When the illness of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)became serious while I was with him among a group of people,Bilal called him for prayer. He said: Ask someone to lead thepeople in prayer. So Abdullah ibn Zam'ah went out and found thatUmar was present among the people and AbuBakr was not there. Isaid: Umar, get up and lead the people in prayer. So he cameforward and uttered "Allah is Most Great". When the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) heard his voice, as Umar had a loudvoice, he said: Where is AbuBakr? Allah does not allow that, andthe Muslims too; Allah does not allow that, and the Muslims too.So he sent for AbuBakr. He came after Umar had led the people inthat prayer. He then led the people in prayer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) intended to do many things forcalling (the people) to prayer, but he did not do any of them.Then Abdullah ibn Zayd was taught in a dream how to pronounce thecall to prayer. He came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) andinformed him. He said: Teach it to Bilal. He then taught him, andBilal made a call to prayer. Abdullah said: I saw it in a dreamand I wished to pronounce it, but he (the Prophet) said: Youshould pronounce iqamah.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came upon us. Webrought water for him in a brass vessel and he performedablution.

Abdullah saw Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) perform ablution and he wiped his head with unused water (i.e. freshly taken after washing his hands).

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Muslim transmitted it with additions.

Urwah reported on the authority of his father that Abdullah ibnal-Arqam travelled for performing hajj (pilgrimage) or umrah. Hewas accompanied by the people whom he led in prayer. One day whenhe was leading them in the dawn (fajr) prayer, he said to them:One of you should come forward. He then went away to relievehimself. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) say: When any of you feels the need of relieving himselfwhile the congregational prayer is ready, he should go to relievehimself.

The father or Uncle of Mujibah al-Bahiliyyah visited the Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him). He then went away and came to him(again) after one year when his condition and appearance hadchanged. He said: Apostle of Allah, do you not recognize me? Heasked: Who are you? He replied: I am al-Bahili who came to youlast year. He said: What has changed you? You were looking well,then you were good in appearance? He said: I have only food atnight since I departed from you. Thereupon the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Why did you torment yourself? Fastduring Ramadan (the month of patience) and fast for one day everymonth.He said: Increase it for me, for I have (more) strength. He said: Fast two days. He again said: Increase it for me. Hesaid: Fast three days.He again said: Increase it for me. Hesaid: Fast during the inviolable months and then stop; fastduring the inviolable months and then stop; fast during theinviolable months and then stop. He indicated by his threefingers, and joined them and then opened them.

Abdullah had seen no one more given to smiling than Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him).

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger was brought some bread and meat when he was in the mosque, and he ate and we ate along with him. He then stood up and prayed and we prayed along with him, doing no more than wiping our hands with pebbles.

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Abdullah had seen no one more given to smiling than Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him).

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say between thetwo corners: O Allah, bring us a blessing in this world and ablessing in the next and guard us from punishment of Hell.

I attended the 'Id prayer along with the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him). When he finished the prayer, he said: We shalldeliver the sermon; he who likes to sit for listening to it maysit and he who likes to go away may go away.

I saw the Prophet (peace be upon him) praying on the day of theconquest of Mecca and he had placed his shoe at his left side.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to observe four rak'ahs (nafl) prayer after the sun had passed the meridian before observing the obligatory rak'ahs of noon prayer. He explained: That is the hour when the gates of Heaven are opened and I desire a good deed of mine to ascend (to Heaven) at that time.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

I asked Abdullah ibn Ma'qil about Muzara'ah (cultivating land onshare basis in the produce). He said: Thabit ibn Dahhak informedme that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade Muzara'ahas Ibn AbuShaybah forbade it with a slight change of words. He(the narrator) said: I asked Ibn Ma'qil but he did not nameAbdullah.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: None of you shouldtake the property of his brother in amusement (i.e. jest), nor inearnest. The narrator Sulayman said: Out of amusement and out ofearnest. If anyone takes the staff of his brother, he shouldreturn it. The transmitter Ibn Bashshar did not say "Ibn Yazid,and he said: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said.

I said prayer with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) andsaw him spitting and rubbing it off with his shoe.

I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) praying and asound came from his breast like the rumbling of a mill owing toweeping.

I went with a deputation of Banu Amir to the apostle of Allah(peace be upon him), and we said: You are our lord (sayyid). Tothis he replied: The lord is Allah, the Blessed and Exalted. Thenwe said: And the one of us most endowed with excellence andsuperiority. To this he replied: Say what you have to say, orpart of what you have to say, and do not let the devil make youhis agents.

I came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) as he was engaged in prayer and I heard a sound within him like the gurgling of a pot, meaning that he was weeping. In another version he said: I saw Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) engaged in prayer and (heard) a sound from his breast like the rumbling of a mill, owing to his weeping.

Transmitted by Ahmad, Nasa'i transmitted the first version and AbuDawud the second one.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The son of Adam was created with ninety-nine trials at his side. If the trials miss him he falls into decrepitude till he dies."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying that this is a gharib tradition.

I came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) as he was reciting:"Abundance diverts you" (cii.1). He said: The son of Adam claims:My wealth, my wealth. And he (the Prophet) said: O, son of Adam,is there anything as your belonging except that which youconsumed, which you utilised, or which you wore and then it wasworn out or you gave as charity and sent it forward?

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to point with his finger (atthe end of the tashahhud) and he would not move it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gave the decision thatthe two adversaries should be made to sit in front of the judge.

A man disputed with az-Zubayr about streamlets in the lava plainwhich was irrigated by them. The Ansari said: Release the waterand let it run, but az-Zubayr refused. The Holy Prophet (peace beupon him) said to az-Zubayr: Water (your ground), Zubayr, thenlet the water run to your neighbour. The Ansari then became angryand said: Apostle of Allah! it is because he is your cousin!Thereupon the face of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)changed colour and he said: Water (your ground), then keep backthe water till it returns to the embankment. Az-Zubayr said: ByAllah! I think this verse came down about that: "But no , by thyLord! they can have no (real) faith, until they make theejudge....."

I asked Masruq, "Who informed the Prophet about the Jinns at the night when they heard the Qur'an?" He said, "Your father 'Abdullah informed me that a tree informed the Prophet about them."

That Abu Said Al-Khudri said to his father. "I see you are fond of sheep and the desert, so when you want to pronounce the Adhan, raise your voice with it for whoever will hear the Adhan whether a human being, or a Jinn, or anything else, will bear witness, in favor on the Day of Resurrection." Abu Said added, "I have heard this from Allah's Apostle ."

The companions of Suffa were poor people. The Prophet once said, "Whoever has food enough for two persons, should take a third one (from among them), and whoever has food enough for four persons, should take a fifth or a sixth (or said something similar)." Abu Bakr brought three persons while the Prophet took ten. And Abu Bakr with his three family members (who were I, my father and my mother) (the sub-narrator is in doubt whether 'Abdur-Rahman said, "My wife and my servant who was common for both my house and Abu Bakr's house"). Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet and stayed there till he offered the 'Isha' prayers. He returned and stayed till Allah's Apostle took his supper. After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his house. His wife said to him, "What has detained you from your guests?" He said, "Have you served supper to them?" She said, "They refused to take supper) until you come. They (i.e. some members of the household) presented the meal to them but they refused (to eat)." I went to hide myself and he said, "O Ghunthar!" He invoked Allah to cause my ears to be cut and he rebuked me. He then said (to them): Please eat!" and added, I will never eat the meal." By Allah, whenever we took a handful of the meal, the meal grew from underneath more than that handful till everybody ate to his satisfaction; yet the remaining food was more than the original meal. Abu Bakr saw that the food was as much or more than the original amount. He called his wife, "O sister of Bani Firas!" She said, "O pleasure of my eyes. The food has been tripled in quantity." Abu Bakr then started eating thereof and said, "It (i.e. my oath not to eat) was because of Satan." He took a handful from it, and carried the rest to the Prophet. So that food was with the Prophet . There was a treaty between us and some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed, he divided us into twelve groups, each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many men were under the command of each leader. Anyhow, the Prophet surely sent a leader with each group. Then all of them ate of that meal.

The Prophet ordered me to let Aisha sit behind me (on the animal) and to let her perform Umra from At-Tan'im.

Abu Bakra wrote to his son who was in Sijistan: "Do not judge between two persons when you are angry, for I heard the Prophet saying, 'A judge should not judge between two persons while he is in an angry mood.' "

Once the Prophet was riding his camel and a man was holding its rein. The Prophet asked, "What is the day today?" We kept quiet, thinking that he might give that day another name. He said, "Isn't it the day of Nahr (slaughtering of the animals of sacrifice)" We replied, "Yes." He further asked, "Which month is this?" We again kept quiet, thinking that he might give it another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the month of Dhul-Hijja?" We replied, "Yes." He said, "Verily! Your blood, property and honor are sacred to one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours and in this city of yours. It is incumbent upon those who are present to inform those who are absent because those who are absent might comprehend (what I have said) better than the present audience."

Only Um Hani narrated to me that she had seen the Prophet offering the Duha prayer. She said, "On the day of the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet entered my house, took a bath and offered eight Rakat (of Duha prayer). I had never seen the Prophet offering such a light prayer but he performed bowing and prostrations perfectly."

Sahl bin Hunaif and Qais bin Sad were sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya. A funeral procession passed in front of them and they stood up. They were told that funeral procession was of one of the inhabitants of the land i.e. of a non-believer, under the protection of Muslims. They said, "A funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet and he stood up. When he was told that it was the coffin of a Jew, he said, "Is it not a living being (soul)?"

Ka'b bin Ujrah met me and said, "Shall I not give you a present I got from the Prophet?" 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Yes, give it to me." I said, "We asked Allah's Apostle saying, 'O Allah's Apostle! How should one (ask Allah to) send blessings on you, the members of the family, for Allah has taught us how to salute you (in the prayer)?' He said, 'Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most Praiseworthy, the Most Glorious.' "

We were sitting in the company of Hudhaifa who asked for water and a Magian brought him water. But when he placed the cup in his hand, he threw it at him and said, "Had I not forbidden him to do so more than once or twice?" He wanted to say, "I would not have done so," adding, "but I heard the Prophet saying, "Do not wear silk or Dibaja, and do not drink in silver or golden vessels, and do not eat in plates of such metals, for such things are for the unbelievers in this worldly life and for us in the Hereafter."

Ka'b bin 'Ujra met me and said, "Shall I give you a present? Once the Prophet came to us and we said, 'O Allah's Apostle! We know how to greet you; but how to send Salat upon you? He said, 'Say: Allahumma Salli ala Muhammadin wa 'ala Ali Muhammadin, kama sal-laita 'ala all Ibrahima innaka Hamidun Majid. Allahumma barik 'ala Muhammadin wa 'ala all Muhammadin, kama barakta 'ala all Ibrahima, innaka Hamidun Majid.' "

A person asked Ibn Abbas, "Have you ever presented yourself at the ('Id) prayer with Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "Yes. And had it not been for my kinship (position) with the Prophet it would not have been possible for me to do so," (for he was too young). The Prophet went to the mark near the house of Kathir bin As-Salt and delivered a sermon. He then went towards the women. He advised and reminded them and asked them to give alms. So the woman would bring her hand near her neck and take off her necklace and put it in the garment of Bilal. Then the Prophet and Bilal came to the house."

Ibn Abbas was asked whether he had joined the Prophet in the 'Id prayer. He said, "Yes. And I could not have joined him had I not been young. (The Prophet came out) till he reached the mark which was near the house of Kathir bin As-Salt, offered the prayer, delivered the Khutba and then went towards the women. Bilal was accompanying him. He preached to them and advised them and ordered them to give alms. I saw the women putting their ornaments with their outstretched hands into Bilal's garment. Then the Prophet along with Bilal returned home."

I heard Ibn 'Abbas answering a man who asked him, "Did you attend the prayer of 'Id al Adha or 'Id-al-Fitr with Allah's Apostle?" Ibn 'Abbas replied, "Yes, and had it not been for my close relationship with him, I could not have offered it." (That was because of his young age). Ibn 'Abbas further said, Allah's Apostle went out and offered the Id prayer and then delivered the sermon." Ibn 'Abbas did not mention anything about the Adhan (the call for prayer) or the Iqama. He added, "Then the Prophet went to the women and instructed them and gave them religious advice and ordered them to give alms and I saw them reaching out (their hands to) their ears and necks (to take off the earrings and necklaces, etc.) and throwing (it) towards Bilal. Then the Prophet returned with Bilal to his house."

Ibn 'Abbas was asked, "Did you offer the Id prayer with the Prophet?" He said, "Yes, had it not been for my close relation to the Prophet, I would not have performed it (with him) because of my being too young. The Prophet came to the mark which is near the home of Kathir bin As-Salt and offered the Id prayer and then delivered the sermon. I do not remember if any Adhan or Iqama were pronounced for the prayer. Then the Prophet ordered (the women) to give alms, and they started stretching out their hands towards their ears and throats (giving their ornaments in charity), and the Prophet ordered Bilal to go to them (to collect the alms), and then Bilal returned to the Prophet."

We were with the Prophet when a tall pagan with long matted unkempt hair came driving his sheep. The Prophet asked him, "Are those sheep for sale or for gifts?" The pagan replied, "They are for sale." The Prophet bought one sheep from him.

We were one-hundred and thirty persons accompanying the Prophet who asked us whether anyone of us had food. There was a man who had about a Sa of wheat which was mixed with water then. A very tall pagan came driving sheep. The Prophet asked him, "Will you sell us (a sheep) or give it as a present?" He said, "I will sell you (a sheep)." The Prophet bought a sheep and it was slaughtered. The Prophet ordered that its liver and other abdominal organs be roasted. By Allah, the Prophet gave every person of the one-hundred-and-thirty a piece of that; he gave all those of them who were present; and kept the shares of those who were absent. The Prophet then put its meat in two huge basins and all of them ate to their fill, and even then more food was left in the two basins which were carried on the camel (or said something like it).

We were one hundred and thirty men sitting with the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Have anyone of you any food with him?" It happened that one man had one Sa of wheat flour (or so) which was turned into dough then. After a while a tall lanky pagan came, driving some sheep. The Prophet asked, 'Will you sell us (a sheep), or give (it to) us as a gift?" The pagan said, "No, but I will sell it " So the Prophet bought from him a sheep which was slaughtered, and then the Prophet ordered that the liver, the kidneys, lungs and heart, etc., of that sheep be roasted. By Allah, none of those one hundred and thirty men but had his share of those things. The Prophet gave to those who were present, and also kept a share for those who were absent. He then served that cooked sheep in two big trays and we all ate together our fill; yet there remained a part of it in those two trays which I carried on the camel.

Abu Bakr invited a group of people and told me, "Look after your guests." Abu Bakr added, "I am going to visit the Prophet and you should finish serving them before I return." 'Abdur-Rahman said: "So I went at once and served them with what was available at that time in the house and requested them to eat. They said, 'Where is the owner of the house (i.e., Abu Bakr)?' " 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Take your meal." They said, "We will not eat till the owner of the house comes." 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Accept your meal from us, for if my father comes and finds you not having taken your meal yet, we will be blamed severely by him." But they refused to take their meals . So I was sure that my father would be angry with me. When he came, I went away (to hide myself) from him. He asked, "What have you done (about the guests)?" They informed him the whole story. Abu Bakr called, "O 'Abdur Rahman!" I kept quiet. He then called again. "O 'Abdur-Rahman!" I kept quiet and he called again, "O ignorant (boy)! I beseech you by Allah, if you hear my voice, then come out!" I came out and said, "Please ask your guests (and do not be angry with me)." They said, "He has told the truth; he brought the meal to us." He said, "As you have been waiting for me, by Allah, I will not eat of it tonight." They said, "By Allah, we will not eat of it till you eat of it." He said, "I have never seen a night like this night in evil. What is wrong with you? Why don't you accept your meals of hospitality from us?" (He said to me), "Bring your meal." I brought it to him, and he put his hand in it, saying, "In the name of Allah. The first (state of fury) was because of Satan." So Abu Bakr ate and so did his guests.

Abu Bakr came with a guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with the Prophet and when he came, my mother said (to him), "Have you been detained from your guest or guests tonight?" He said, "Haven't you served the supper to them?" She replied, "We presented the meal to him (or to them), but he (or they) refused to eat." Abu Bakr became angry, rebuked me and invoked Allah to cause (my) ears to be cut and swore not to eat of it. I hid myself, and he called me, "O ignorant (boy)!" Abu Bakr's wife swore that she would not eat of it and so the guests or the guest swore that they would not eat of it till he ate of it. Abu Bakr said, "All that happened was from Satan." So he asked for the meals and ate of it, and so did they. Whenever they took a handful of the meal, the meal grew (increased) from underneath more than that mouthful. He said (to his wife), "O, sister of Bani Firas! What is this?" She said, "O, pleasure of my eyes! The meal is now more than it had been before we started eating.'' So they ate of it and sent the rest of that meal to the Prophet. It is said that the Prophet also ate of it.