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Once the Prophet led us in the 'Isha' prayer during the last days of his life and after finishing it (the prayer) (with Taslim) he said: "Do you realize (the importance of) this night?" Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight will be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night."
Once Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst the trees there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim, tell me the name of that tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas and I thought of the date-palm tree but felt shy (to answer). The others asked, "O Allah's Apostle! inform us of it." He replied, "it is the date-palm tree." I told my father what had come to my mind and on that he said, "Had you said it I would have preferred it to such and such a thing that I might possess."
People say, "Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qibla or Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." I told them, "Once I went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature while sitting on two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) (but there was a screen covering him.)" (Fateh-al-Bari, Page 258, Vol. 1).
I went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature facing Sham (Syria, Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon regarded as one country) with his back towards the Qibla. (See Hadith No. 147).
Once I went up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No. 147).
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas said, "The Prophet passed wet hands over his Khuffs." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar asked Umar about it. 'Umar replied in the affirmative and added, "Whenever Sa'd narrates a Hadith from the Prophet, there is no need to ask anyone else about it."
Umar bin Al-Khattab told Allah's Apostle, "I became Junub at night." Allah's Apostle replied, "Perform ablution after washing your private parts and then sleep."
While the people were offering the Fajr prayer at Quba (near Medina), someone came to them and said: "It has been revealed to Allah's Apostle tonight, and he has been ordered to pray facing the Ka'ba." So turn your faces to the Ka'ba. Those people were facing Sham (Jerusalem) so they turned their faces towards Ka'ba (at Mecca).
Allah's Apostle saw sputum on the wall of the mosque in the direction of the Qibla and scraped it off. He faced the people and said, "Whenever any one of you is praying, he should not spit in front of him because in the prayer Allah is in front of him."
Allah's Apostle ordered for a horse race; the trained horses were to run from a place called Al-Hafya' to Thaniyat Al-Wada' and the horses which were not trained were to run from Al-Thaniya to the Masjid (mosque of) Bani Zuraiq. The sub narrator added: Ibn Umar was one of those who took part in the race.
Allah's Apostle said, "Do not enter (the places) of these people where Allah's punishment had fallen unless you do so weeping. If you do not weep, do not enter (the places of these people) because Allah's curse and punishment which fell upon them may fall upon you."
In the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the mosque was built of adobes, its roof of the leaves of date-palms and its pillars of the stems of date-palms. Abu Bakr did not alter it. 'Umar expanded it on the same pattern as it was in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle by using adobes, leaves of date-palms and changing the pillars into wooden ones. 'Uthman changed it by expanding it to a great extent and built its walls with engraved stones and lime and made its pillars of engraved stones and its roof of teak wood.
The Prophet prayed one of the 'Isha' prayer in his last days and after finishing it with Taslim, he stood up and said, "Do you realize (the importance of) this night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight would be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night."
The people made a mistake in grasping the meaning of this statement of Allah's Apostle and they indulged in those things which are said about these narrators (i.e. some said that the Day of Resurrection will be established after 100 years, etc.) But the Prophet said, "Nobody present on the surface of earth tonight would be living after the completion of 100 years from this night"; he meant "When that century (people of that century) would pass away."
Allah's Apostle said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night, so keep on eating and drinking (Suhur) till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan."
Allah's Apostle said, "The prayer in congregation is twenty seven times superior to the prayer offered by person alone."
I saw that whenever Allah's Apostle stood for the prayer, he used to raise both his hands up to the shoulders, and used to do the same on saying the Takbir for bowing and on raising his head from it and used to say, "Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida". But he did not do that (i.e. raising his hands) in prostrations.
I saw Allah's Apostle opening the prayer with the Takbir and raising his hands to the level of his shoulders at the time of saying the Takbir, and on saying the Takbir for bowing he did the same; and when he said, "Sami a-l-lahu Liman hamida ", he did the same and then said, "Rabbana wa laka-l-hamd." But he did not do the same on prostrating and on lifting the head from it.
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Anyone of you attending the Friday (prayers) should take a bath."
Umar bin Al-Khattab saw a silken cloak (being sold) at the gate of the Mosque and said to Allah's Apostle, "I wish you would buy this to wear on Fridays and also on occasions of the arrivals of the delegations." Allah's Apostle replied, "This will be worn by a person who will have no share (reward) in the Hereafter." Later on similar cloaks were given to Allah's Apostle and he gave one of them to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. On that 'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have given me this cloak although on the cloak of Atarid (a cloak merchant who was selling that silken cloak at the gate of the mosque) you passed such and such a remark." Allah's Apostle replied, "I have not given you this to wear". And so 'Umar bin Al-Khattab gave it to his pagan brother in Mecca to wear.
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Anyone of you coming for the Jumua prayer should take a bath."
Allah's Apostle used to pray two Rakat before the Zuhr prayer and two Rakat after it. He also used to pray two Rakat after the Maghrib prayer in his house, and two Rakat after the 'Isha' prayer. He never prayed after Jumua prayer till he departed (from the Mosque), and then he would pray two Rakat at home.
Umar bought a silk cloak from the market, took it to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Take it and adorn yourself with it during the 'Id and when the delegations visit you." Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) replied, "This dress is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter)." After a long period Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) sent to Umar a cloak of silk brocade. Umar came to Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) with the cloak and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You said that this dress was for those who had no share (in the Hereafter); yet you have sent me this cloak." Allah's Apostle said to him, "Sell it and fulfill your needs by it."
Allah's Apostle used to offer the prayer of 'Id-ul-Adha and 'Id-ul-Fitr and then deliver the Khutba after the prayer.
The Prophet said, "Night prayer is offered as two Rakat followed by two Rakat and so on, and if you want to finish it, pray only one Raka which will be Witr for all the previous Rakat." Al-Qasim said, "Since we attained the age of puberty we have seen some people offering a three-Rakat prayer as Witr and all that is permissible. I hope there will be no harm in it."
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Make Witr as your last prayer at night."
I offered the prayer with the Prophet, Abu Bakr and 'Umar at Mina and it was of two Rakat. 'Uthman in the early days of his caliphate did the same, but later on he started praying the full prayer.
"I saw Allah's Apostle delaying the Maghrib prayer till he offered it along with the 'Isha' prayer whenever he was in a hurry during the journey." Salim narrated, "Ibn 'Umar used to do the same whenever he was in a hurry during the journey." And Salim added, "Ibn 'Umar used to pray the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers together in Al-Muzdalifa." Salim said, "Ibn 'Umar delayed the Maghrib prayer because at that time he heard the news of the death of his wife Safiya bint Abi 'Ubaid. I said to him, 'The prayer (is due).' He said, 'Go on.' Again I said, 'The prayer (is due).' He said, 'Go on,' till we covered two or three miles. Then he got down, prayed and said, 'I saw the Prophet praying in this way, whenever he was in a hurry during the journey.' 'Abdullah (bin 'Umar) added, "Whenever the Prophet was in a hurry, he used to delay the Maghrib prayer and then offer three Rakat (of the Maghrib) and perform Taslim, and after waiting for a short while, Iqama used to be pronounced for the 'Isha' prayer when he would offer two Rakat and perform Taslim. He would never offer any optional prayer till the middle of the night (when he used to pray the Tahajjud)."
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! How is the prayer of the night?" He said, "Two Rakat followed by two Rakat and so on, and when you apprehend the approaching dawn, offer one Raka as Witr."
Sad bin 'Ubada became sick and the Prophet along with 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf, Sad bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud visited him to inquire about his health. When he came to him, he found him surrounded by his household and he asked, "Has he died?" They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle." The Prophet wept and when the people saw the weeping of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) they all wept. He said, "Will you listen? Allah does not punish for shedding tears, nor for the grief of the heart but he punishes or bestows His Mercy because of this." He pointed to his tongue and added, "The deceased is punished for the wailing of his relatives over him." 'Umar used to beat with a stick and throw stones and put dust over the faces (of those who used to wail over the dead).
The Jew brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned (to death), near the place of offering the funeral prayers beside the mosque."
Allah's Apostle said, "When anyone of you dies, he is shown his place both in the morning and in the evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise; he is shown his place in it, and if he is from the people of the Hell-Fire; he is shown his place there-in. Then it is said to him, 'This is your place till Allah resurrect you on the Day of Resurrection.' "
The Prophet said, "A man keeps on asking others for something till he comes on the Day of Resurrection without any piece of flesh on his face." The Prophet added, "On the Day of Resurrection, the sun will come near (to the people) to such an extent that the sweat will reach up to the middle of the ears, so, when all the people are in that state, they will ask Adam for help, and then Moses, and then Muhammad (p.b.u.h)." The sub-narrator added, "Muhammad will intercede with Allah to judge amongst the people. He will proceed on till he will hold the ring of the door (of Paradise) and then Allah will exalt him to Maqam Mahmud (the privilege of intercession, etc.). And all the people of the gathering will send their praises to Allah."
Umar bin Al-Khattab gave a horse in charity in Allah's cause and later he saw it being sold in the market and intended to purchase it. Then he went to the Prophet and asked his permission. The Prophet said, "Do not take back what you have given in charity." For this reason, Ibn 'Umar never purchased the things which he had given in charity, and in case he had purchased something (unknowingly) he would give it in charity again.
The Prophet ordered (Muslims) to give one Sa' of dates or one Sa' of barley as Zakat-ul-Fitr. The people rewarded two Mudds of wheat as equal to that.
A man asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What kind of clothes should a Muhrim wear?" Allah's Apostle replied, "He should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, a headcloak or leather socks except if he can find no slippers, he then may wear leather socks after cutting off what might cover the ankles. And he should not wear clothes which are scented with saffron or wars (kinds of perfumes)."
The Talbiya of Allah's Apostle was : "Labbaika Allahumma labbaik, Labbaika la sharika Laka labbaik, Inna-l-hamda wan-ni'mata Laka walmulk, La sharika Laka." (I respond to Your call O Allah, I respond to Your call, and I am obedient to Your orders, You have no partner, I respond to Your call. All the praises and blessings are for You, all the sovereignty is for You, and You have no partners with you.)
The Prophet did Ramal in (first) three rounds (of Tawaf), and walked in the remaining four, in Hajj and Umra.
When Allah's Apostle performed Tawaf of the Ka'ba for Hajj or 'Umra, he used to do Ramal during the first three rounds, and in the last four rounds he used to walk; then after the Tawaf he used to offer two Rakat and then performed Tawaf between Safa and Marwa.
Allah's Apostle offered a two-Rak'at prayer at Mina. Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman, (during the early years of his caliphate) followed the same practice.
Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Be merciful to those who have their head shaved." The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! And (invoke Allah for) those who get their hair cut short." The Prophet said, "O Allah! Be merciful to those who have their head shaved." The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! And those who get their hair cut short." The Prophet said (the third time), "And to those who get their hair cut short." Nafi' said that the Prophet had said once or twice, "O Allah! Be merciful to those who get their head shaved," and on the fourth time he added, "And to those who have their hair cut short."
Whenever Allah's Apostle returned from a Ghazwa, Hajj or 'Umra, he used to say Takbir thrice at every elevation of the ground and then would say, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah; He is One and has no partner. All the kingdoms are for Him, and all the praises are for Him, and He is Omnipotent. We are returning with repentance, worshipping, prostrating, and praising our Lord. He has kept up His promise and made His slave victorious, and He Alone defeated all the clans of (non-believers)."
Allah's Apostle said, "It is not sinful of a Muhrim to kill five kinds of animals."
One of the wives of the Prophet narrated:
The Prophet said, "A Muhrim can kill (five kinds of animals.)"
A person stood up and asked, "O Allah's: Apostle! What clothes may be worn in the state of Ihram?" The Prophet replied, "Do not wear a shirt or trousers, or any headgear (e.g. a turban), or a hooded cloak; but if somebody has no shoes he can wear leather stockings provided they are cut short off the ankles, and also, do not wear anything perfumed with wars or saffron, and the Muhrima (a woman in the state of Ihram) should not cover her face, or wear gloves."
Allah's Apostle mentioned Ramadan and said, "Do not fast unless you see the crescent (of Ramadan), and do not give up fasting till you see the crescent (of Shawwal), but if the sky is overcast (if you cannot see it), then act on estimation (i.e. count Sha'ban as 30 days)."
Allah's Apostle said, "The month (can be) 29 nights (i.e. days), and do not fast till you see the moon, and if the sky is overcast, then complete Sha'ban as thirty days."
Allah's Apostle forbade Al-Wisal. The people said (to him), "But you practice it?" He said, "I am not like you, for I am given food and drink by Allah."
Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.
'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "O Allah's Apostle! I vowed in the pre-Islamic period to perform Itikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram for one night." The Prophet said, "Fulfill your vow." So, he performed Itikaf for one night.
Once the Prophet sent to 'Umar a silken two-piece garment, and when he saw 'Umar wearing it, he said to him, "I have not sent it to you to wear. It is worn by him who has no share in the Hereafter, and I have sent it to you so that you could benefit by it (i.e. sell it)."
Allah's Apostle said, "Both the buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming a bargain unless they separate, or the sale is optional." (See Hadith No.320).
A person came to the Prophet and told him that he was always betrayed in purchasing. The Prophet told him to say at the time of buying, "No cheating."
Allah's Apostle said, "Do not urge somebody to return what he has already bought (i.e. in optional sale) from another seller so as to sell him your own goods."
Allah's Apostle forbade the sale called 'Habal-al-Habala which was a kind of sale practiced in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. One would pay the price of a she-camel which was not born yet would be born by the immediate offspring of an extant she-camel.
'Aisha wanted to buy Buraira and he (the Prophet ) went out for the prayer. When he returned, she told him that they (her masters) refused to sell her except on the condition that her Wala' would go to them. The Prophet replied, 'The Wala' would go to him who manumits.' " Hammam asked Nafi' whether her (Buraira's) husband was a free man or a slave. He replied that he did not know.
Allah's Apostle forbade the selling of the goods of a desert dweller by a town person.
Allah's Apostle said, "You should not try to cancel the purchases of one another (to get a benefit thereof), and do not go ahead to meet the caravan (for buying the goods) (but wait) till it reaches the market."
'Aisha, (mother of the faithful believers) wanted to buy a slave girl and manumit her, but her masters said that they would sell her only on the condition that her Wala' would be for them. 'Aisha told Allah's Apostle of that. He said, "What they stipulate should not hinder you from buying her, as the Wala' is for the manumitted."
Allah's Apostle said, "Do not sell fruits of dates until they become free from all the dangers of being spoilt or blighted; and do not sell fresh dates for dry dates."
Narrated Salim and 'Abdullah from Zaid bin Habit': "Later on Allah's Apostle permitted the selling of ripe fruits on trees for fresh dates or dried dates in Bai'-l-'Araya, and did not allow it for any other kind of sale."
Allah's Apostle forbade Muzabana; and Muzabana means the selling of fresh dates (on the trees) for dried dates by measure and also the selling of fresh grapes for dried grapes by measure.
Allah's Apostle forbade the sale of fruits till their benefit is evident. He forbade both the seller and the buyer (such sale).
Allah's Apostle said, "If somebody sells pollinated date palms, the fruits will be for the seller unless the buyer stipulates that they will be for himself (and the seller agrees)."
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Three men from among those who were before you, set out together till they reached a cave at night and entered it. A big rock rolled down the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said (to each other), Nothing could save you from this rock but to invoke Allah by giving referenda to the righteous deed which you have done (for Allah's sake only).' So, one of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and I never provided my family (wife, children etc.) with milk before them. One day, by chance I was delayed, and I came late (at night) while they had slept. I milked the sheep for them and took the milk to them, but I found them sleeping. I disliked to provide my family with the milk before them. I waited for them and the bowl of milk was in my hand and I kept on waiting for them to get up till the day dawned. Then they got up and drank the milk. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please relieve us from our critical situation caused by this rock.' So, the rock shifted a little but they could not get out."
The Prophet added, "The second man said, 'O Allah! I had a cousin who was the dearest of all people to me and I wanted to have sexual relations with her but she refused. Later she had a hard time in a famine year and she came to me and I gave her one-hundred-and-twenty Dinars on the condition that she would not resist my desire, and she agreed. When I was about to fulfill my desire, she said: It is illegal for you to outrage my chastity except by legitimate marriage. So, I thought it a sin to have sexual intercourse with her and left her though she was the dearest of all the people to me, and also I left the gold I had given her. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the present calamity.' So, the rock shifted a little more but still they could not get out from there."
The Prophet added, "Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed few laborers and I paid them their wages with the exception of one man who did not take his wages and went away. I invested his wages and I got much property thereby. (Then after some time) he came and said to me: O Allah's slave! Pay me my wages. I said to him: All the camels, cows, sheep and slaves you see, are yours. He said: O Allah's slave! Don't mock at me. I said: I am not mocking at you. So, he took all the herd and drove them away and left nothing. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the present suffering.' So, that rock shifted completely and they got out walking.
"Allah's Apostle gave the land of Khaibar to the Jews to work on and cultivate and take half of its yield. Ibn 'Umar added, "The land used to be rented for a certain portion (of its yield)." Nafi mentioned the amount of the portion but I forgot it. Rafi' bin Khadij said, "The Prophet forbade renting farms." Narrated 'Ubaidullah Nafi' said: Ibn 'Umar said: (The contract of Khaibar continued) till 'Umar evacuated the Jews (from Khaibar).
The Prophet concluded a contract with the people of Khaibar to utilize the land on the condition that half the products of fruits or vegetation would be their share. The Prophet used to give his wives one hundred Wasqs each, eighty Wasqs of dates and twenty Wasqs of barley. (When 'Umar became the Caliph) he gave the wives of the Prophet the option of either having the land and water as their shares, or carrying on the previous practice. Some of them chose the land and some chose the Wasqs, and 'Aisha chose the land.
The Prophet said, "While three men were walking, it started raining and they took shelter (refuge) in a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled down from the mountain and closed the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, 'Think of good deeds which you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that He may remove this rock from you.' One of them said, 'O Allah! I had old parents and small children and I used to graze the sheep for them. On my return to them in the evening, I used to milk (the sheep) and start providing my parents first of all before my children. One day I was delayed and came late at night and found my parents sleeping. I milked (the sheep) as usual and stood by their heads. I hated to wake them up and disliked to give milk to my children before them, although my children were weeping (because of hunger) at my feet till the day dawned. O Allah! If I did this for Your sake only, kindly remove the rock so that we could see the sky through it.' So, Allah removed the rock a little and they saw the sky. The second man said, 'O Allah! I was in love with a cousin of mine like the deepest love a man may have for a woman. I wanted to outrage her chastity but she refused unless I gave her one hundred Dinars. So, I struggled to collect that amount. And when I sat between her legs, she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah and do not deflower me except rightfully (by marriage).' So, I got up. O Allah! If I did it for Your sake only, please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a little more. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! I employed a laborer for a Faraq of rice and when he finished his job and demanded his right, I presented it to him, but he refused to take it. So, I sowed the rice many times till I gathered cows and their shepherd (from the yield). (Then after some time) he came and said to me, "Fear Allah (and give me my right)." I said, "Go and take those cows and the shepherd." He said, "Be afraid of Allah! Don't mock at me."I said, "I am not mocking at you. Take (all that)." So, he took all that. O Allah! If I did that for Your sake only, please remove the rest of the rock.' So, Allah removed the rock."
While the Prophet was passing the night at his place of rest in Dhul-Hulaifa in the bottom of the valley (of Aqiq), he saw a dream and it was said to him, "You are in a blessed valley." Musa said, "Salim let our camels kneel at the place where 'Abdullah used to make his camel kneel, seeking the place where Allah's Apostle used to take a rest, which is situated below the mosque which is in the bottom of the valley; it is midway between the mosque and the road."
Allah's Apostle said, "A woman was tortured and was put in Hell because of a cat which she had kept locked till it died of hunger." Allah's Apostle further said, (Allah knows better) Allah said (to the woman), 'You neither fed it nor watered when you locked it up, nor did you set it free to eat the insects of the earth.' "
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Everyone of you is a guardian, and responsible for what is in his custody. The ruler is a guardian of his subjects and responsible for them; a husband is a guardian of his family and is responsible for it; a lady is a guardian of her husband's house and is responsible for it, and a servant is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it." I heard that from Allah's Apostle and I think that the Prophet also said, "A man is a guardian of is father's property and is responsible for it, so all of you are guardians and responsible for your wards and things under your care."
Allah's Apostle said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day of Resurrection."
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever frees his share of a common slave and he has sufficient money to free him completely, should let its price be estimated by a just man and give his partners the price of their shares and manumit the slave; otherwise (i.e. if he has not sufficient money) he manumits the slave partially."
That he heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charge; the ruler is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; the man is a guardian in his family and responsible for his charges; a woman is a guardian of her husband's house and responsible for her charges; and the servant is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for his charge." I definitely heard the above from the Prophet and think that the Prophet also said, "A man is a guardian of his father's property and responsible for his charges; so everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges."
Aisha wanted to buy a slave-girl in order to manumit her. The girl's masters stipulated that her Wala' would be for them. Allah's Apostle said (to 'Aisha), "What they stipulate should not stop you, for the Wala' is for the liberator."
Umar bin Al-Khattab saw a silken dress (cloak) being sold at the gate of the Mosque and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Would that you buy it and wear it on Fridays and when the delegates come to you!" Allah's Apostle said, "This is worn by the one who will have no share in the Hereafter." Later on some silk dresses were brought and Allah's Apostle sent one of them to 'Umar. 'Umar said, "How do you give me this to wear while you said what you said about the dress of 'Utarid?" Allah's Apostle said, "I have not given it to you to wear." So, 'Umar gave it to a pagan brother of his in Mecca.
Allah's Apostle and Ubai bin Kab Al-Ansari went to the garden where Ibn Saiyad used to live. When Allah's Apostle entered (the garden), he (i.e. Allah's Apostle ) started hiding himself behind the date-palms as he wanted to hear secretly the talk of Ibn Saiyad before the latter saw him. Ibn Saiyad wrapped with a soft decorated sheet was lying on his bed murmuring. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw the Prophet hiding behind the stems of the date-palms. She addressed Ibn Saiyad saying, "O Saf, this is Muhammad." Hearing that Ibn Saiyad stopped murmuring (or got cautious), the Prophet said, "If she had left him undisturbed, he would have revealed his reality." (See Hadith No. 290, Vol 4 for details)
The Prophet said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan when it is still night (before dawn), so eat and drink till the next Adhan is pronounced (or till you hear Ibn Um Maktum's Adhan)." Ibn Um Maktum was a blind man who would not pronounce the Adhan till he was told that it was dawn.
Allah's Apostle said, "If someone sells pollinated date-palms, their fruits will be for the seller, unless the buyer stipulates the contrary."
Allah's Apostle gave the land of Khaibar to the Jews on the condition that they would work on it and cultivate it and they would get half of its yield.
Allah's Apostle said, "It is not permissible for any Muslim who has something to will to stay for two nights without having his last will and testament written and kept ready with him."
Allah's Apostle said, "Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in the foreheads of horses till the Day of Resurrection."
I heard the Prophet saying. "Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house."
The Prophet arranged for a horse race amongst the horses that had been made lean to take place between Al-Hafya and Thaniyat Al-Wada (i.e. names of two places) and the horses which had not been made lean from Ath-Thaniyat to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq. I was also amongst those who took part in that horse race. Sufyan, a sub-narrator, said, "The distance between Al-Hafya and Thaniya Al-Wada is five or six miles; and between Thaniya and the mosque of Bani Zuraiq is one mile."
Allah's Apostle said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O Abdullah (i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.' "
Umar gave a horse to be used in Allah's cause, but later on he found it being sold. So, he intended to buy it and asked Allah's Apostle who said, "Don't buy it and don't take back your gift of charity."
Allah's Apostle forbade the people to travel to a hostile country carrying (copies of) the Qur'an.
Whenever the Prophet returned from the Hajj or the Umra or a ghazwa, he would say Takbir thrice. Whenever he came upon a mountain path or wasteland, and then he would say, "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, Alone Who has no partner. All the Kingdom belongs to Him and all the praises are for Him and He is Omnipotent. We are returning with repentance, worshipping, prostrating ourselves and praising our Lord. Allah fulfilled His Promise, granted victory to His slave and He Alone defeated all the clans."
Umar bin Al-Khattab gave a horse to be ridden in Allah's cause and then he found it being sold. He intended to purchase it. So, he consulted Allah's Apostle who said, "Don't buy it and don't take back your gift of charity."
Once I went upstairs in Hafsa's house and saw the Prophet answering the call of nature with his back towards the Qibla and facing Sham.
The Prophet said, "The sun and the moon do not eclipse because of someone's death or life (i.e. birth), but they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see them (i.e. eclipse) offer the Prayer (of eclipse)."
Allah's Apostle said, "When anyone of you dies, he will be shown his destination both in the morning and in the evening, and if he belongs to the people of Paradise, he will be shown his place in Paradise, and if he is from the people of Hell, he will be shown his place in Hell."
I saw Allah's Apostle pointing towards the east saying, "Lo! Afflictions will verily emerge hence; afflictions will verily emerge hence where the (side of the head of) Satan appears."
Allah's Apostle said, "It is not sinful of a person in the state of Ihram to kill any of these five animals: The scorpion, the rat, the rabid dog, the crow and the kite."
Allah's Apostle ordered that the dogs should be killed.
The people landed at the land of Thamud called Al-Hijr along with Allah's Apostle and they took water from its well for drinking and kneading the dough with it as well. (When Allah's Apostle heard about it) he ordered them to pour out the water they had taken from its wells and feed the camels with the dough, and ordered them to take water from the well whence the she-camel (of Prophet Salih) used to drink.
When the Prophet passed by (a place called) Al Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the house of those who were unjust to themselves, unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as was inflicted upon them." After that he covered his face with his sheet cloth while he was on the camel-saddle.
Allah's Apostle said, "A lady was punished because of a cat which she had imprisoned till it died. She entered the (Hell) Fire because of it, for she neither gave it food nor water as she had imprisoned it, nor set it free to eat from the vermin of the earth."
I heard Allah's Apostle on the pulpit saying, "Verily, afflictions (will start) from here," pointing towards the east, "whence the side of the head of Satan comes out."
While Allah's Apostle was on the pulpit, he said, "May Allah give the tribe of Ghifar! And may Allah save the tribe of Aslam! The tribe of 'Usaiya have disobeyed Allah and His Apostle."
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victory over them so that a stone will say, 'O Muslim! There is a Jew behind me; kill him!' "
The Jews came to Allah's Apostle and told him that a man and a woman from amongst them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Apostle said to them, "What do you find in the Torah (old Testament) about the legal punishment of Ar-Rajm (stoning)?" They replied, (But) we announce their crime and lash them." Abdullah bin Salam said, "You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order of Rajm." They brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his hand on the Verse of Rajm and read the verses preceding and following it. Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift your hand." When he lifted his hand, the Verse of Rajm was written there. They said, "Muhammad has told the truth; the Torah has the Verse of Rajm. The Prophet then gave the order that both of them should be stoned to death. ('Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "I saw the man leaning over the woman to shelter her from the stones."
That Allah's Apostle said, "Allah will not look on the Day of Judgment at him who drags his robe (behind him) out of pride." Abu Bakr said "One side of my robe slacks down unless I get very cautious about it." Allah's Apostle said, "But you do not do that with a pride."
Allah's Apostle said. "While (in a dream), I was standing by a well, drawing water from it. Abu Bakr and 'Umar came to me. Abu Bakr took the bucket (from me) and drew one or two buckets of water, and there was some weakness in his drawing. May Allah forgive him. Then Ibn Al-Khattab took the bucket from Abu Bakr, and the bucket turned into a very large one in his hands. I had never seen such a mighty person amongst the people as him in performing such hard work. He drew so much water that the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels." (Wahab, a sub-narrator said, "till their camels drank and knelt down.")
The Prophet said, "In a dream I saw myself drawing water from a well with a bucket. Abu Bakr came and drew a bucket or two weakly. May Allah forgive him. Then 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came and the bucket turned into a very large one in his hands. I had never seen such a mighty person as he in doing such hard work till all the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there."
The Prophet sent an army under the command of Usama bin Zaid. When some people criticized his leadership, the Prophet said, "If you are criticizing Usama's leadership, you used to criticize his father's leadership before. By Allah! He was worthy of leadership and was one of the dearest persons to me, and (now) this (i.e. Usama) is one of the dearest to me after him (i.e. Zaid)."
The Prophet met Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail in the bottom of (the valley of) Baldah before any Divine Inspiration came to the Prophet. A meal was presented to the Prophet but he refused to eat from it. (Then it was presented to Zaid) who said, "I do not eat anything which you slaughter in the name of your stone idols. I eat none but those things on which Allah's Name has been mentioned at the time of slaughtering." Zaid bin 'Amr used to criticize the way Quraish used to slaughter their animals, and used to say, "Allah has created the sheep and He has sent the water for it from the sky, and He has grown the grass for it from the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the Name of Allah. He used to say so, for he rejected that practice and considered it as something abominable."
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail went to Sham, inquiring about a true religion to follow. He met a Jewish religious scholar and asked him about their religion. He said, "I intend to embrace your religion, so tell me some thing about it." The Jew said, "You will not embrace our religion unless you receive your share of Allah's anger." Zaid said, "'I do not run except from Allah's anger, and I will never bear a bit of it if I have the power to avoid it. Can you tell me of some other religion?" He said, "I do not know any other religion except the Hanif." Zaid enquired, "What is Hanif?" He said, "Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christian, and he used to worship none but Allah (Alone)" Then Zaid went out and met a Christian religious scholar and told him the same as before. The Christian said, "You will not embrace our religion unless you get a share of Allah's curse." Zaid replied, "I do not run except from Allah's curse, and I will never bear any of Allah's curse and His Anger if I have the power to avoid them. Will you tell me of some other religion?" He replied, "I do not know any other religion except Hanif." Zaid enquired, "What is Hanif?" He replied, Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham, who was neither a Jew nor a Christian and he used to worship none but Allah (Alone)." When Zaid heard their Statement about (the religion of) Abraham, he left that place, and when he came out, he raised both his hands and said, "O Allah! I make You my Witness that I am on the religion of Abraham."
Narrated Asma bint Abi Bakr: I saw Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail standing with his back against the Ka'ba and saying, "O people of Quraish! By Allah, none amongst you is on the religion of Abraham except me." He used to preserve the lives of little girls: If somebody wanted to kill his daughter he would say to him, "Do not kill her for I will feed her on your behalf." So he would take her, and when she grew up nicely, he would say to her father, "Now if you want her, I will give her to you, and if you wish, I will feed her on your behalf."
While 'Umar was at home in a state of fear, there came Al-'As bin Wail As-Sahmi Abu 'Amr, wearing an embroidered cloak and a shirt having silk hems. He was from the tribe of Bani Sahm who were our allies during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Al-'As said to 'Umar, "What is wrong with you?" He said, "Your people claim that they would kill me if I become a Muslim." Al-'As said, "Nobody will harm you after I have given protection to you." So Al-'As went out and met the people streaming in the whole valley. He said, "Where are you going?" They said, "We want Ibn Al-Khattab who has embraced Islam." Al-'As said, "There is no way for anybody to touch him." So the people retreated.
When 'Umar embraced Islam, all the (disbelieving) people gathered around his home and said, "'Umar has embraced Islam." At that time I was still a boy and was on the roof of my house. There came a man wearing a cloak of Dibaj (i.e. a kind of silk), and said, " 'Umar has embraced Islam. Nobody can harm him for I am his protector." I then saw the people going away from 'Umar and asked who the man was, and they said, "Al-'As bin Wail."
I never heard 'Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was quite right. Once, while 'Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, 'Umar said, "If I am not wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man said, "I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." 'Umar said, "I am determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance." Then 'Umar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told you of." He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e. 'Arabs)?' " 'Umar said, "He is right," and added, "One day while I was near their idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).' On that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was said, 'A prophet has appeared.' "
Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "When (my daughter) Hafsa bint 'Umar lost her husband Khunais bin Hudhaifa As-Sahrni who was one of the companions of Allah's Apostle and had fought in the battle of Badr and had died in Medina, I met 'Uthman bin 'Affan and suggested that he should marry Hafsa saying, "If you wish, I will marry Hafsa bint 'Umar to you,' on that, he said, 'I will think it over.' I waited for a few days and then he said to me. 'I am of the opinion that I shall not marry at present.' Then I met Abu Bakr and said, 'if you wish, I will marry you, Hafsa bint 'Umar.' He kept quiet and did not give me any reply and I became more angry with him than I was with Uthman . Some days later, Allah's Apostle demanded her hand in marriage and I married her to him. Later on Abu Bakr met me and said, "Perhaps you were angry with me when you offered me Hafsa for marriage and I gave no reply to you?' I said, 'Yes.' Abu Bakr said, 'Nothing prevented me from accepting your offer except that I learnt that Allah's Apostle had referred to the issue of Hafsa and I did not want to disclose the secret of Allah's Apostle , but had he (i.e. the Prophet) given her up I would surely have accepted her."
Allah's Apostle led the Fear prayer with one of the two batches of the army while the other (batch) faced the enemy. Then the first batch went away and took places of their companions (i.e. second batch) and the second batch came and he led his second Rak'a with them. Then he (i.e. the Prophet) finished his prayer with Taslim and then each of the two batches got up and completed their remaining one Rak'a.
The Prophet arrived (at Mecca) in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) while Usama was riding behind him on (his she-camel)'. Al-Qaswa,' Bilal and 'Uthman bin Talha were accompanying him. When he made his she-camel kneel down near the Ka'ba, he said to 'Uthman, "Get us the key (of the Ka'ba). He brought the key to him and opened the gate (of the Ka'ba), for him. The Prophet, Usama, Bilal and 'Uthman (bin Talha) entered the Ka'ba and then closed the gate behind them (from inside). The Prophet stayed there for a long period and then came out. The people rushed to get in, but I went in before them and found Bilal standing behind the gate, and I said to him, "Where did the Prophet pray?" He said, "He prayed between those two front pillars." The Ka'ba was built on six pillars, arranged in two rows, and he prayed between the two pillars of the front row leaving the gate of the Ka'ba at his back and facing (in prayer) the wall which faces one when one enters the Ka'ba. Between him and that wall (was the distance of about three cubits). But I forgot to ask Bilal about the number of Rakat the Prophet had prayed. There was a red piece of marble at the place where he (i.e. the Prophet) had offered the prayer.
Allah's Apostle sent troops appointed Usama bin Zaid as their commander. The people criticized his leadership. Allah's Apostle got up and said, "If you (people) are criticizing his (i.e. Usama's) leadership you used to criticize the leadership of his father before. By Allah, he (i.e. Zaid) deserved the leadership indeed, and he used to be one of the most beloved persons to me, and now this (i.e. his son, Usama) is one of the most beloved persons to me after him."
The Jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them." He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them, "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the Jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. 'Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.
The Prophet said, "The honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable, i.e. Joseph, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham."
(While we were going for the Battle of Tabuk and when we reached the places of the dwellers of Al-Hijr), Allah's Apostle said about the dwellers of Al-Hijr (to us),"Do not enter (the dwelling places) of these people unless you enter weeping, but if you weep not, then do not enter upon them, lest you be afflicted with what they were afflicted with."
The Prophet said, "The keys of the Unseen are five." And then he recited:
'Verily, the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone).' (31.34)
We used not to call Zaid bin Haritha the freed slave of Allah's Apostle except Zaid bin Muhammad till the Qu'anic Verse was revealed: "Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers. That is more than just in the Sight of Allah." (33.5)
The Prophet said, "On the Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds, some of them will be enveloped in their sweat up to the middle of their ears."
Allah's Apostle said, "Not to wish to be the like except of two men. A man whom Allah has given the knowledge of the Book and he recites it during the hours of the night, and a man whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it in charity during the night and the hours of the day."
Allah's Apostle said, "Bad omen is in the women, the house and the horse."
'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "When Hafsa bint 'Umar became a widow after the death of (her husband) Khunais bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi who had been one of the companions of the Prophet, and he died at Medina, I went to 'Uthman bin 'Affan and presented Hafsa (for marriage) to him. He said, "I will think it over.' I waited for a few days, then he met me and said, 'It seems that it is not possible for me to marry at present.' " 'Umar further said, "I met Abu Bakr As-Siddique and said to him, 'If you wish, I will marry my daughter Hafsa to you.' Abu Bakr kept quiet and did not say anything to me in reply. I became more angry with him than with 'Uthman. I waited for a few days and then Allah's Apostle asked for her hand, and I gave her in marriage to him. Afterwards I met Abu Bakr who said, 'Perhaps you became angry with me when you presented Hafsa to me and I did not give you a reply?' I said, 'Yes.' Abu Bakr said, 'Nothing stopped me to respond to your offer except that I knew that Allah's Apostle had mentioned her, and I never wanted to let out the secret of Allah's Apostle. And if Allah's Apostle had refused her, I would have accepted her.' "
When Hafsa, 'Umar's daughter became a widow because of the death of her (husband) Ibn Hudhafa As-Sahmi who was one of the companions of the Prophet and one of the Badr warriors and died at Medina, 'Umar said, "I met 'Uthman bin 'Affan and gave him an offer, saying, 'If you wish, I will marry Hafsa to you.' He said, 'I will think it over.' I waited for a few days, then he met me and said, 'I have made up my mind not to marry at present.' - "Umar added, "Then I met Abu Bakr and said to him, 'If you wish, I will marry Hafsa to you.' "
"When Hafsa became a widow," Umar said, "I met Abu Bakr and said to him, 'If you wish I will marry Hafsa bint 'Umar to you.' I waited for a few days then Allah's Apostle asked for her hand. Later Abu Bakr met me and said, 'Nothing stopped me from returning to you concerning your offer except that I knew that Allah's Apostle had mentioned (his wish to marry) her, and I could never let out the secret of Allah's Apostle. If he had left her, I would have accepted her.' "
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you is invited to a wedding banquet, he must go for it (accept the invitation)."
The Prophet said, "Everyone of you is a guardian and everyone of you is responsible (for his wards). A ruler is a guardian and is responsible(for his subjects); a man is a guardian of his family and responsible (for them); a wife is a guardian of her husband's house and she is responsible (for it), a slave is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible (for that). Beware! All of you are guardians and are responsible (for your wards)."
that he had divorced his wife while she was menstruating during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle. 'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked Allah's Apostle about that. Allah's Apostle said, "Order him (your son) to take her back and keep her till she is clean and then to wait till she gets her next period and becomes clean again, whereupon, if he wishes to keep her, he can do so, and if he wishes to divorce her he can divorce her before having sexual intercourse with her; and that is the prescribed period which Allah has fixed for the women meant to be divorced."
While we were sitting with the Prophet a spadix of palm tree was brought to him. The Prophet said, "There is a tree among the trees which is as blessed as a Muslim" I thought that it was the date palm tree and intended to say, "It is the date palm tree, O Allah's Apostle!" but I looked behind to see that I was the tenth and youngest of ten men present there, so I kept quiet. Then the Prophet said, "It is the date palm tree."
I heard the Prophet saying, "If someone keeps a dog neither for hunting, nor for guarding livestock, the reward (for his good deeds) will be reduced by two Qirats per day."
Allah's Apostle said, "If someone keeps a dog neither for guarding livestock, nor for hunting, his good deeds will decrease (in reward) by two Qirats a day.'
Allah's Apostle said, "There is neither 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in three a woman, a house or an animal."
Two men came from the East and addressed the people who wondered at their eloquent speeches. On that Allah's Apostle said, "Some eloquent speech is as effective as magic."
Allah's Apostle said, "There is neither 'Adha nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is only in three: a horse, a woman and a house." (See the foot-note of Hadith No. 649)
Allah's Apostle said, "Allah will not look at the person who drags his garment (behind him) out of conceit.''
The Prophet said, "Allah will not look, on the Day of Resurrection, at the person who drags his garment (behind him) out of conceit." On that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Apostle! One side of my Izar hangs low if I do not take care of it." The Prophet said, "You are not one of those who do that out of conceit."
Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was dragging his Izar on the ground (behind him), suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection."
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever drags his clothes (on the ground) out of pride and arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection."
When Abdullah bin Ubdi (bin Salul) died, his son came to Allah's Apostle and said "O Allah's Apostle, give me your shirt so that I may shroud my father's body in it. And please offer a funeral prayer for him and invoke Allah for his forgiveness." The Prophet gave him his shirt and said to him, "Inform us when you finish (and the funeral procession is ready) call us." When he had finished he told the Prophet and the Prophet proceeded to order his funeral prayers but Umar stopped him and said, "Didn't Allah forbid you to offer the funeral prayer for the hypocrites when He said: 'Whether you (O Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them or ask not forgiveness for them: (and even) if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times. Allah will not forgive them.' (9.80) Then there was revealed: 'And never (O Muhammad) pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave.' " (9.34) Thenceforth the Prophet did not offer funeral prayers for the hypocrites.
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle. What type of clothes should a Muhrim wear?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Do not wear shirts, turbans, trousers, hooded cloaks or Khuffs; but if someone cannot get sandals, then he can wear Khuffs after cutting them short below the ankles. Do not wear clothes touched by saffon or wars (two kinds of perfumes)."
The Prophet said, "A Muhrim should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, hooded cloaks, a garment touched with (perfumes) of saffron or wars, or Khuffs except if one has no sandals in which case he should cut short the Khuffs below the ankles."
'Umar saw a silk suit being sold, so he said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why don't you buy it so that you may wear it when delegates come to you, and also on Fridays?" The Prophet said, "This is worn only by him who has no share in the Hereafter." Afterwards the Prophet sent to 'Umar a silk suit suitable for wearing. 'Umar said to the Prophet, "You have given it to me to wear, yet I have heard you saying about it what you said?" The Prophet said, "I sent it to you so that you might either sell it or give it to somebody else to wear."
Allah's Apostle said, "Today I saw myself in a dream near the Ka'ba. I saw a whitish brown man, the handsomest of all brown men you might ever see. He had the most beautiful Limma (hair hanging down to the earlobes) you might ever see. He had combed it and it was dripping water; and he was performing the Tawaf around the Kaba leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men. I asked, 'Who is this?' It was said, 'Messiah, the son of Mary.' Suddenly I saw a curly-haired man, blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' It was said, 'He is Masiah Ad-Dajjal.' "
I heard 'Umar saying, "Whoever braids his hair should shave it (on finishing Ihram). You'd better not do, something like Talbid." Ibn Umar used to say: "I saw Allah's Apostle with his hair stuck together with gum."
Allah's Apostle forbade Al-Qaza' (leaving a tuft of hair here and there after shaving one's head.)
Allah's Apostle said, "Those who make these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have created.' "
When Allah Apostle was in Ta'if (trying to conquer it), he said to his companions, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." Some of the companions of Allah's Apostle said, "We will not leave till we conquer it." The Prophet said, "Therefore, be ready to fight tomorrow." On the following day, they (Muslims) fought fiercely (with the people of Ta'if) and suffered many wounds. Then Allah's Apostle said, "Tomorrow we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." His companions kept quiet this time. Allah's Apostle then smiled.
Allah's Apostle said, "If a man says to his brother, 'O Kafir (disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them is such (i.e., a Kafir)."
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone says to his brother, 'O disbeliever!' then surely, one of them such."
While the Prophet was praying, he saw sputum (on the wall) of the mosque, in the direction of the Qibla, and so he scraped it off with his hand, and the sign of disgust (was apparent from his face) and then said, "Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he should not spit in front of him (in prayer) because Allah is in front of him."
The Prophet passed by a man who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya and was saying, "You are very shy, and I am afraid that might harm you." On that, Allah's Apostle said, "Leave him, for Haya is (a part) of Faith."
'Umar bin Al-Khattab set out with Allah's Apostle, and a group of his companions to Ibn Saiyad. They found him playing with the boys in the fort or near the Hillocks of Bani Maghala. Ibn Saiyad was nearing his puberty at that time, and he did not notice the arrival of the Prophet till Allah's Apostle stroked him on the back with his hand and said, "Do you testify that I am Allah's Apostle?" Ibn Saiyad looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Apostle of the unlettered ones (illiterates)." Then Ibn Saiyad said to the Prophet, "Do you testify that I am Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet denied that, saying, "I believe in Allah and all His Apostles," and then said to Ibn Saiyad, "What do you see?" Ibn Saiyad said, "True people and liars visit me." The Prophet said, "You have been confused as to this matter." Allah's Apostle added, "I have kept something for you (in my mind)." Ibn Saiyad said, "Ad-Dukh." The Prophet said, "Ikhsa (you should be ashamed) for you can not cross your limits." 'Umar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allow me to chop off his neck." Allah's Apostle said (to Umar), "Should this person be him (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) then you cannot overpower him; and should he be someone else, then it will be no use your killing him." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar added: Later on Allah's Apostle and Ubai bin Ka'b Al-Ansari (once again) went to the garden in which Ibn Saiyad was present.
When Allah's Apostle entered the garden, he started hiding behind the trunks of the date-palms intending to hear something from Ibn Saiyad before the latter could see him. Ibn Saiyad was lying on his bed, covered with a velvet sheet from where his mumurs were heard. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw the Prophet and said, "O Saf (the nickname of Ibn Saiyad)! Here is Muhammad!" Ibn Saiyad stopped his murmuring. The Prophet said, "If his mother had kept quiet, then I would have learnt more about him." 'Abdullah added: Allah's Apostle stood up before the people (delivering a sermon), and after praising and glorifying Allah as He deserved, he mentioned the Ad-Dajjal saying, "I warn you against him, and there has been no prophet but warned his followers against him. Noah warned his followers against him but I am telling you about him, something which no prophet has told his people of, and that is: Know that he is blind in one eye where as Allah is not so."
Allah's Apostle said, "When the Jews greet you, they usually say, 'As-Samu 'alaikum (Death be on you),' so you should say (in reply to them), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you).' "
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "People are just like camels, out of one hundred, one can hardly find a single camel suitable to ride."
Allah's Apostle said, "Do not swear by your fathers."
The Prophet forbade the making of vows and said, "It (a vow) does not prevent anything (that has to take place), but the property of a miser is spent (taken out) with it."
that he was asked about a man who had vowed that he would fast all the days of his life then the day of 'Id al Adha or 'Id-al-Fitr came. 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said: You have indeed a good example in Allah's Apostle. He did not fast on the day of 'Id al Adha or the day of 'Id-al-Fitr, and we do not intend fasting on these two days.
The Prophet cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield that was worth three Dirhams.
The Prophet cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield that was worth three Dirhams.
The Jews came to Allah's Apostle and mentioned to him that a man and a lady among them had committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Apostle said to them, "What do you find in the Torah regarding the Rajam?" They replied, "We only disgrace and flog them with stripes." 'Abdullah bin Salam said to them, "You have told a lie the penalty of Rajam is in the Torah." They brought the Torah and opened it. One of them put his hand over the verse of the Rajam and read what was before and after it. Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift up your hand." Where he lifted it there appeared the verse of the Rajam. So they said, "O Muhammad! He has said the truth, the verse of the Rajam is in it (Torah)." Then Allah's Apostle ordered that the two persons (guilty of illegal sexual intercourse) be stoned to death, and so they were stoned, and I saw the man bending over the woman so as to protect her from the stones.
Those people who used to buy foodstuff at random (without weighing or measuring it) were beaten in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle if they sold it at the very place where they had bought it, till they carried it to their dwelling places.
One of the evil deeds with bad consequence from which there is no escape for the one who is involved in it is to kill someone unlawfully.
The Prophet said, "After me (i.e. after my death), do not become disbelievers, by striking (cutting) the necks of one another."
Regarding Al-Harauriyya: The Prophet said, "They will go out of Islam as an arrow darts out of the game's body."
Allah's Apostle said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim. So he should neither oppress him nor hand him over to an oppressor. And whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs."
A man mentioned to the Prophet that he had always been cheated in bargains. The Prophet said, "Whenever you do bargain, say, 'No cheating.' "
The Prophet said, "For every betrayer there will be a flag by which he will be recognized on the Day of Resurrection."
Allah's Apostle said, "I saw myself (in a dream) near the Ka'ba last night, and I saw a man with whitish red complexion, the best you may see amongst men of that complexion having long hair reaching his earlobes which was the best hair of its sort, and he had combed his hair and water was dropping from it, and he was performing the Tawaf around the Ka'ba while he was leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men. I asked, 'Who is this man?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah, son of Mary.' Then I saw another man with very curly hair, blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Masiah, Ad-Dajjal.' "
Allah's Apostle said, "While I was sleeping, I was given a bowl full of milk (in the dream) and I drank from it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness coming out of my limbs. Then I gave the rest of it to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab." The persons sitting around him, asked, "What have you interpreted (about the dream) O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "(It is religious) knowledge."
Allah's Apostle said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself performing the Tawaf of the Ka'ba. Behold, there I saw a whitish-red lank-haired man (holding himself) between two men with water dropping from his hair. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people replied, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I turned my face to see another man with red complexion, big body, curly hair, and blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is he?' They replied, 'He is Ad-Dajjal.' Ibn Qatan resembles him more than anybody else among the people and Ibn Qatan was a man from Bani Al-Mustaliq from Khuza'a."
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw a bowl full of milk was brought to me and I drank of it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness flowing (in my body). Then I gave the remaining of it to 'Umar." They asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What have you interpreted (about the dream)? He said, "(It is religious) knowledge." (See Hadith No. 134)
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw that a cup full of milk was brought to me and I drank of it and gave the remaining of it to 'Umar bin Al-Khattab." They asked, "What have you interpreted (about the dream), O Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet said, "(It is religious) knowledge."
concerning the dream of the Prophet in Medina: The Prophet said, "I saw (in a dream) a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Medina and settling at Mahai'a. I interpreted that as (a symbol of) the epidemic of Medina being transferred to Mahai'a, namely, Al-Juhfa."
The statement of the Prophet: "Whoever takes up arms against us, is not from us."
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever takes up arms against us, is not from us."
Allah's Apostle stood up amongst the people and then praised and glorified Allah as He deserved and then he mentioned Ad-Dajjal, saying, "I warn you of him, and there was no prophet but warned his followers of him; but I will tell you something about him which no prophet has told his followers: Ad-Dajjal is one-eyed whereas Allah is not."
Allah's Apostle said. "While I was sleeping, I saw myself (in a dream) performing Tawaf around the Ka'ba. Behold, I saw a reddish-white man with lank hair, and water was dropping from his head. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'The son of Mary.' Then I turned my face to see another man with a huge body, red complexion and curly hair and blind in one eye. His eye looked like a protruding out grape. They said (to me), 'He is Ad-Dajjal.' " The Prophet added, "The man he resembled most is Ibn Qatan, a man from the tribe of Khuza'a."
Allah's Apostle said, "Surely! Everyone of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges: The Imam (ruler) of the people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; a man is the guardian of his family (household) and is responsible for his subjects; a woman is the guardian of her husband's home and of his children and is responsible for them; and the slave of a man is a guardian of his master's property and is responsible for it. Surely, everyone of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges."
That he had divorced his wife during her menses. 'Umar mentioned that to the Prophet. Allah's Apostle became angry and said, "He must take her back (his wife) and keep her with him till she becomes clean from her menses and then to wait till she gets her next period and becomes clean again from it and only then, if he wants to divorce her, he may do so."
Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, "for as much as you can."
It was said to 'Umar, "Will you appoint your successor?" Umar said, "If I appoint a Caliph (as my successor) it is true that somebody who was better than I (i.e., Abu Bakr) did so, and if I leave the matter undecided, it is true that somebody who was better than I (i.e., Allah's Apostle) did so." On this, the people praised him. 'Umar said, "People are of two kinds: Either one who is keen to take over the Caliphate or one who is afraid of assuming such a responsibility. I wish I could be free from its responsibility in that I would receive neither reward nor retribution. I won't bear the burden of the caliphate in my death as I do in my life."
The Prophet said, "Bilal pronounces the Adhan at night so that you may eat and drink till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan (for the Fajr prayer)."
While the people were at Quba offering the morning prayer, suddenly a person came to them saying, "Tonight Divine Inspiration has been revealed to Allah's Apostle and he has been ordered to face the Ka'ba (in prayers): therefore you people should face it." Their faces were towards Sham, so they turned their faces towards the Ka'ba (at Mecca).
The Prophet had a dream in the last portion of the night when he was sleeping at Dhul-Hulaifa. (In the dream) it was said to him, "You are in a blessed Batha' (i.e., valley)."
I heard Allah's Apostle while he was standing on the pulpit, saying, "The remaining period of your stay (on the earth) in comparison to the nations before you, is like the period between the 'Asr prayer and sunset. The people of the Torah were given the Torah and they acted upon it till midday, and then they were worn out and were given for their labor, one Qirat each. Then the people of the Gospel were given the Gospel and they acted upon it till the time of the 'Asr prayer, and then they were worn out and were given (for their labor), one Qirat each. Then you people were given the Quran and you acted upon it till sunset and so you were given two Qirats each (double the reward of the previous nations). Then the people of the Torah said, 'O our Lord! These people have done a little labor (much less than we) but have taken a greater reward.' Allah said, 'Have I withheld anything from your reward?' They said, 'No.' Then Allah said, 'That is My Favor which I bestow on whom I wish.' "
The Prophet besieged the people of Ta'if, but he did not conquer it. He said, "Tomorrow, if Allah will, we will return home." On this the Muslims said, "Then we return without conquering it?" He said, "Then carry on fighting tomorrow." The next day many of them were injured. The Prophet said, "If Allah will, we will return home tomorrow." It seemed that statement pleased them whereupon Allah's Apostle smiled.
I offered with Allah's Apostle a two Rakat prayer before the Zuhr prayer and two Rakat after the Zuhr prayer, two Rakat after Jumua, Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers.
Allah's Apostle said, "Your example and the example of Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed some laborers to whom he said, 'Who will work for me up to midday for one Qirat each?' The Jews carried out the work for one Qirat each; and then the Christians carried out the work up to the 'Asr prayer for one Qirat each; and now you Muslims are working from the 'Asr prayer up to sunset for two Qirats each. The Jews and Christians got angry and said, 'We work more and are paid less.' The employer (Allah) asked them, 'Have I usurped some of your right?' They replied in the negative. He said, 'That is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish.' "
The Prophet forbade An-Nuhba and Al-Muthla.
The Prophet forbade robbery (taking away what belongs to others without their permission), and also forbade mutilation (or maiming) of bodies.
That Abu Aiyub informed him that he offered the Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers together with the Prophet during Hajjat-ul-Wada.
The Prophet performed ablution by washing the body parts twice.
Once Allah's Apostle came to us and we brought out water for him in a brass pot. He performed ablution thus: He washed his face thrice, and his forearms to the elbows twice, then passed his wet hands lightly over the head from front to rear and brought them to front again and washed his feet (up to the ankles).
The Prophet turned his cloak inside out on Istisqa.
The Prophet went towards the Musalla and invoked Allah for rain. He faced the Qibla and wore his cloak inside out, and offered two Rakat.
The Prophet said, "The Prophet Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and asked for Allah's blessing in it. I made Medina a sanctuary as Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary and I asked for Allah's blessing in its measures the Mudd and the Sa as Abraham did for Mecca."
That in the time (of the battle) of Al-Harra a person came to him and said, "Ibn Hanzala is taking the pledge of allegiance from the people for death." He said, "I will never give a pledge of allegiance for such a thing to anyone after Allah's Apostle."
Allah's Apostle went out to this Musalla (praying place) to offer the prayer of Istisqa.' He invoked Allah for rain and then faced the Qibla and turned his Rida' (upper garment) inside out.
The Prophet said, "But for the emigration, I would have been one of the Ansar; and if the people took their way in a valley (or a mountain pass), I would take Ansar's valley or their mountain pass."
The Prophet went out towards the Musalla in order to offer the Istisqa' prayer and when he intended to invoke (Allah) or started invoking, he faced the Qibla and turned his cloak inside out.
Allah's Apostle said, "Between my house and the pulpit there is a garden of the gardens of Paradise."
When Allah gave to His Apostle the war booty on the day of Hunain, he distributed that booty amongst those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Islam), but did not give anything to the Ansar. So they seemed to have felt angry and sad as they did not get the same as other people had got. The Prophet then delivered a sermon before them, saying, "O, the assembly of Ansar! Didn't I find you astray, and then Allah guided you on the Right Path through me? You were divided into groups, and Allah brought you together through me; you were poor and Allah made you rich through me." Whatever the Prophet said, they (i.e. the Ansar) said, "Allah and his Apostle have more favours to do." The Prophet said, "What stops you from answering the Apostle of Allah?" But whatever he said to them, they replied, "Allah and His Apostle have more favours to do." The Prophet then said, "If you wish you could say: 'You came to us in such-and-such state (at Medina).' Wouldn't you be willing to see the people go away with sheep and camels while you go with the Prophet to your homes? But for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar, and if the people took their way through a valley or mountain pass, I would select the valley or mountain pass of the Ansar. The Ansar are Shiar (i.e. those clothes which are in direct contact with the body and worn inside the other garments), and the people are Dithar (i.e. those clothes which are not in direct contact with the body and are worn over other garments). No doubt, you will see other people favoured over you, so you should be patient till you meet me at the Tank (of Kauthar)."
I heard the Prophet while referring to the person who had cut the legs of the she-camel (of the Prophet Salih), saying, "The man who was appointed for doing this job, was a man of honor and power in his nation like Abu Zam'a."
That he heard the Prophet delivering a sermon, and he mentioned the she-camel and the one who hamstrung it. Allah's Apostle recited:
"When, the most wicked man among them went forth (to hamstrung the she-camel)." (91.12.) Then he said, "A tough man whose equal was rare and who enjoyed the protection of his people, like Abi Zama went forth to (hamstrung) it." The Prophet then mentioned about the women (in his sermon). "It is not wise for anyone of you to lash his wife like a slave, for he might sleep with her the same evening." Then he advised them not to laugh when somebody breaks wind and said, "Why should anybody laugh at what he himself does?"
The Prophet said, "None of you should flog his wife as he flogs a slave and then have sexual intercourse with her in the last part of the day."
The Prophet forbade laughing at a person who passes wind, and said, "How does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he may embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his slave."
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) commanded to removeweapons and skins from the martyrs of Uhud, and that they shouldbe buried with their blood and clothes.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone visits a sickwhose time (of death) has not come, and says with him seventimes: I ask Allah, the Mighty, the Lord of the mighty Throne, tocure you, Allah will cure him from that disease.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Jizyah is not to be leviedon a Muslim.
A man belonging to Usbadhiyin of the people of Bahrayn, who werethe Magians of Hajar, came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) and remained with him (for some time), and then came out. Iasked him: What have Allah and His Apostle of Allah decided foryou? He replied: Evil. I said: Silent. He said: Islam or killing.AbdurRahman ibn Awf said: He accepted jizyah from them. Ibn Abbassaid: The people followed the statement of AbdurRahman ibn Awf,and they left that which I heard from the Usbadhi.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) concluded peace with thepeople of Najran on condition that they would pay to Muslims twothousand suits of garments, half of Safar, and the rest in Rajab,and they would lend (Muslims) thirty coats of mail, thirtyhorses, thirty camels, and thirty weapons of each type used inbattle. Muslims will stand surely for them until they return themin case there is any plot or treachery in the Yemen. No church oftheirs will be demolished and no clergyman of theirs will beturned out. There will be no interruption in their religion untilthey bring something new or take usury. Isma'il said: They tookusury.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Two qiblahs in one land arenot right.
Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib brought AbuSufyan ibn Harb to theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) in the year of the conquest(of Mecca). So he embraced Islam at Marr az-Zahran. Al-Abbas saidto him: Apostle of Allah, AbuSufyan is a man who likes takingthis pride, if you may do something for him. He said: Yes, hewho enters the house of AbuSufyan is safe, and he who closes hisdoor is safe.
Yazid ibn Hurmuz said that when Najdah al-Haruri performed hajjduring the rule of Ibn az-Zubayr, he sent someone to Ibn Abbas toask him about the portion of the relatives (in the fifth). Heasked: For whom do you think? Ibn Abbas replied: For therelatives of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) divided it among them. Umarpresented it to us but we found it less than our right. We,therefore returned it to him and refused to accept it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: An estate which was dividedin pre-Islamic period may follow the division in force then, butany estate in Islamic times must follow the division laid down byIslam.
A man died leaving no heir but a slave whom he had emancipated.The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) asked: Has he any heir?They replied: No, except a slave whom he had emancipated. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) assigned his estate to him(the emancipated slave).
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Divide the property amongthose whose share have been prescribed in the Book of Allah, andwhat remains from the prescribed shares goes to the nearest maleheirs.
When Allah, Most High, revealed the verses: "Come not nigh to theorphan's property except to improve it". And "Those who unjustlyeat up the property of orphans", everyone who had an orphan withhim went and separated his food from his (orphan's) food, and hisdrink from his drink, and began to detain the remaining foodwhich he (the orphan) himself ate or spoiled. This fell heavy onthem, and they mentioned this to the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him). So Allah, Most High, revealed the verse: "They askthee concerning orphans. Say: The best thing to do is what is fortheir good; if ye mix their affairs with yours, they are yourbrethren." Then they mixed their food with his food and theirdrink with his drink.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: (the narrator Sufyan said:I do not know but that it [the tradition] has been transmittedfrom the Prophet (peace be upon him): He who lives in the desertwill become rude; he who pursues the game will be negligent, andhe who visits a king will be perverted.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sacrificed a ram forboth al-Hasan and al-Husayn each (Allah be pleased with them).
Ibn Isa added: (Ibn Abbas) and AbuHurayrah said: The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) forbade the devil's sacrifice. AbuIsaadded in his version: This refers to the slaughtered animal whoseskin cut off, and is then left to die without its jugular veinsbeing severed.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade to eat (the meatof animals) slaughtered by the bedouins for vainglory and pride.
The Jews came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: We eatwhich we kill but we do not eat which Allah kills? So Allahrevealed: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not beenpronounced." to the end of the verse.
explaining the verse "But the evil ones ever inspire their friendto contend with you" They used to say: Do not eat which Allahkilled, but eat which you slaughtered. So Allah revealed theverse: "Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not beenpronounced"...to the end of the verse.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said on the day of Badr:He who kills a man will get such-and-such, and he who captivatesa man will get such-and-such. The narrator then transmitted therest of the tradition in a similar manner. The tradition ofKhalid is more perfect.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said on the day of Badr:He who does such-and-such, will have such-and such. The young mencame forward and the old men remained standing near the banners,and they did not move from there. When Allah bestowed victory onthem, the old men said: We were support for you. If you had beendefeated, you would have returned to us. Do not take this bootyalone and we remain (deprived of it). The young men refused (togive), and said: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) hasgiven it to us. Then Allah sent down: "They ask thee concerning(things taken as) spoils of war, Say: (Such) spoils are at thedisposal of Allah and the Apostle......Just as they Lord orderedthee out of thy house in truth, even though a party among thebelievers disliked it." This proved good for them. Similarly obeyme. I know the consequence of this better than you.
Yazid ibn Hurmuz said: Najdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking him aboutsuch-and-such, and such-and-such, and he mentioned some things;he (asked) about a slave whether he would get something from thespoils; and he (asked) about women whether they used to go out(on expeditions) along with the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim), and whether they would be allotted a share, Ibn Abbas said:Had I not apprehended a folly, I would not have written (a reply)to him. As for the slave, he was given a little of the spoils (asa reward from the booty); as to the women, they would treat thewounded and supply water.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) fixed the ransom of the people ofpre-Islamic Arabia at four hundred dirhams per head on the day ofthe battle of Badr.
When the children of a woman (in pre-Islamic days) did notsurvive, she took a vow on herself that if her child survives,she would convert it a Jew. When Banu an-Nadir were expelled(from Arabia), there were some children of the Ansar (Helpers)among them. They said: We shall not leave our children. So Allahthe Exalted revealed; "Let there be no compulsion in religion.Truth stands out clear from error."
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best number ofcompanions is four, the best number in expeditions four hundred,and the best number in armies four thousand; and twelve thousandwill not be overcome through smallness of numbers.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prohibited to provokethe beasts for fighting.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The most favoured horsesare the sorrel.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When your brethren weresmitten at the battle of Uhud, Allah put their spirits in thecrops of green birds which go down to the rivers of Paradise, eatits fruit and nestle in lamps of gold in the shade of the Throne.Then when they experienced the sweetness of their food, drink andrest, they asked: Who will tell our brethren about us that we arealive in Paradise provided with provision, in order that theymight not be disinterested in jihad and recoil in war? Allah MostHigh said: I shall tell them about you; so Allah sent down; "Anddo not consider those who have been killed in Allah's path." tillthe end of the verse.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had himself cupped whenhe was fasting and wearing ihram (pilgrim garb).
A bedouin came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Ihave sighted the moon. Al-Hasan added in his version: that is, ofRamadan. He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah?He replied: Yes. He again asked: Do you testify that Muhammad isthe Apostle of Allah? He replied: Yes. and he testified that hehad sighted the moon. He said: Bilal, announce to the people thatthey must fast tomorrow.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not fast one day or twodays just before Ramadan except in the case of a man who has beenin the habit or observing a fast (on that day); and do not fastuntil you sight it (the moon). Then fast until you sight it. If acloud appears on that day (i.e. 29th of Ramadan) then completethe number thirty (days) and then end the fasting: a monthconsists of twenty-nine days.
Explaining the verse; "For those who can do it (with hard-ship)is a ransom, the feeding of one, that is indigent," he said: Thiswas a concession granted to the aged man and woman who were ableto keep fast; they were allowed to leave the fast and insteadfeed an indigent person for each fast; (and a concession) topregnant and suckling woman when they apprehended harm (tothemselves).
Ibn Abbas explained the following Qur'anic verse: "O ye whobelieve! fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed forthose before you" During the lifetime of the Prophet (peace beupon him), when the people offered night prayer, they were askedto abstain from food and drink and (intercourse with) women, theykept fast till the next night. A man betrayed himself and hadintercourse with his wife after he had offered the night prayer,and he did not break his fast. So Allah, the Exalted, intended tomake it (fasting) easy for those who survived,thus providing aconcession and utility. Allah, the Glorified, said: "Allahknoweth what ye used to do secretly among yourselves." By thisAllah benefited the people and provided concession and ease tothem.
Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart,three monthly courses; and then said: And for such of your womenas despair of menstruation, if ye doubt, their period (ofwaiting) shall be three months. This was abrogated from theformer verse. Again he said: (O ye who believe, if ye wedbelieving women) and divorce them before ye have touched them,then there is no period that ye should reckon."
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There is no prostitution inIslam. If anyone practised prostitution in pre-Islamic times, thechild will be attributed to the master (of the slave-woman). Hewho claims his child without a valid marriage or ownership willneither inherit nor be inherited.
When the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered a man and his wifeto invoke curses on each other, he ordered a man to put his handon his mouth when he came to the fifth utterance, saying that itwould be the deciding one.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) restored his daughterZaynab to Abul'As on the basis of the previous marriage, and hedid not do anything afresh.
A woman embraced Islam during the time of the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him); she then married. Her (former) husband thencame to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle ofAllah, I have already embraced Islam, and she had the knowledgeabout my Islam. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) took heraway from her latter husband and restored her to her formerhusband.
A man came after embracing Islam during the time of the Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him). Afterwards his wife came afterembracing Islam. He said: Apostle of Allah, she embraced Islamalong with me; so restore her to me.
The wife of Thabit ibn Qays separated herself from him for acompensation. The Prophet (peace be upon him) made her waitingperiod a menstrual course.
Tawus said: AbusSahba' said to Ibn Abbas: Do you know that adivorce by three pronouncements was made a single one during thetime of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and of AbuBakr and inthe early days of the caliphate of Umar? He replied: Yes.
Abdu Yazid, the father of Rukanah and his brothers, divorced UmmRukanah and married a woman of the tribe of Muzaynah. She went tothe Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: He is of no use to meexcept that he is as useful to me as a hair; and she took a hairfrom her head. So separate me from him. The Prophet (peace beupon him) became furious. He called on Rukanah and his brothers.He then said to those who were sitting beside him. Do you seeso-and-so who resembles Abdu Yazid in respect of so-and-so; andso-and-so who resembles him in respect of so-and-so? Theyreplied: Yes. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Abdu Yazid:Divorce her. Then he did so. He said: Take your wife, the motherof Rukanah and his brothers, back in marriage. He said: I havedivorced her by three pronouncements, Apostle of Allah. He said:I know: take her back. He then recited the verse: "O Prophet,when you divorce women, divorce them at their appointed periods."
Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthlyperiods. Nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah hathcreated in their wombs. This means that if a man divorced hiswife he had the right to take her back in marriage though he haddivorced her by three pronouncements. This was then repealed (bya Qur'anic verse). Divorce is only permissible twice.
The aforesaid tradition (No. 2182) has also been transmitted byAli (ibn al-Mubarak) through a different chain of narrators tothe same effect. This version adds: Ibn Abbas said: Thereremained one more pronouncement of divorce for you. The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) took the same decision.
Umar ibn Mu'tab reported: AbuHasan, a client of Banu Nawfal askedIbn Abbas: A slave had a wife who was a slave-girl. He divorcedher by two pronouncements. Afterwards both of them were freed. Isit permissible for him to ask her in marriage again? He said:Yes. This is a decision given by the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him).
If a man has sexual intercourse (with menstruating woman) duringher bleeding, he should give one dinar as sadaqah, and if he doesso when bleeding has stopped, he should give half a dinar assadaqah.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said about a man who has sexualintercourse with a menstruating woman: He should give one or halfdinar as sadaqah.
When Ali married Fatimah, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said tohim: Give her something. He said: I have nothing with me. Hesaid: Where is your Hutamiyyah (coat of mail).
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A guardian has no concernwith a woman previously married and has no husband, and an orphangirl (i.e. virgin) must be consulted, her silence being heracceptance.
A virgin came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and mentionedthat her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet(peace be upon him) allowed her to exercise her choice.
About the Qur'anic verse: "It is not lawful for you forcibly toinherit the woman (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) yeshould put constraint upon them. When a man died, his relativeshad more right to his wife then her own guardian. If any one ofthem wanted to marry her, he did so; or they married her (to someother person), and if they did not want to marry her, they didso. So this verse was revealed about the matter.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) abominated the combination ofpaternal and maternal aunts and the combination of two maternalaunts and two paternal aunts in marriage.
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and said: My wifedoes not prevent the hand of a man who touches her. He said:Divorce her. He then said: I am afraid my inner self may covether. He said: Then enjoy her.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not walk quickly (ramal) inthe seven rounds of the last circumambulation (Tawaf al-Ifadah).
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) stayed (at Mecca) forthree days during umrah for atonement ('Umrat al-Qada')
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) performed four umrahs,viz. umrah al-Hudaybiyyah; the second is the one when they (theCompanions) were agreed upon performing umrah next year; thethird is umrah performed from al-Ji'ranah; the fourth is the onewhich he combined with his hajj.
By Allah, the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) did not makeAisha perform umrah during Dhul-Hijjah but to discontinue thepractice of the idolaters (in Arabia before Islam), for this clanof Quraysh and those who followed them used to say: When the furof the camel abounds, and the wounds on the back of the camelsare recovered and the month of Safar begins, umrah becomes lawfulfor one who performs umrah. They considered performing umrahunlawful till the months of Dhul-Hijjah and al-Muharram passedaway.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Shaving is not a duty laidon women; only clipping the hair is incumbent on them.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Shaving is not a duty laidon women; only clipping the hair is incumbent on them.
AbuMijlaz said: I asked Ibn Abbas about a thing concerning thethrowing of stones at the jamrahs. He said: I do not know whetherthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) threw six or sevenpebbles.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to send ahead theweak members of his family in darkness (to Mina), and commandthem not to throw pebbles at jamrahs until the sun rose.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent ahead some boysfrom Banu AbdulMuttalib on donkeys on the night of al-Muzdalifah.He began to pat our thighs (out of love) and said: O young! boysdo not throw pebbles at the jamrah till the sun rises.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) offered the noon prayeron the 8th of Dhul-Hijjah (Yawm at-Tarwiyah) and dawn prayer onthe 9th of Dhul-Hijjah (Yawm al-Arafah) in Mina.
Abdullah ibn as-Sa'ib reported on the authority of his fatheras-Sa'ib that he used to lead Ibn Abbas (when he become blind)and make him stand in the third corner that was adjacent to thecorner (Black Stone) near the entrance of the Ka'bah. Ibn Abbasused to say: Has it been reported to you that the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) would pray in this place. He wouldreply: Yes. He then used to stand (there) and pray.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and his Companionsperformed umrah from al-Ji'ranah and walked proudly with rapidstrides round the House (the Ka'bah) in three circuits and walkedas usual in four circuits.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) wore the mantle under his rightarmpit with the end over his left shoulder, and touched thecorner (Black Stone), then uttered "Allah is most great" andwalked proudly in three circuits of circumambulation. When they(the Companions) reached the Yamani corner, and disappeared fromthe eyes of the Quraysh, they walked as usual; When they appearedbefore them, they walked proudly with rapid strides. Thereuponthe Quraysh said: They look to be the deer (that are jumping).Ibn Abbas said: Hence this became the sunnah (model behaviour ofthe Prophet).
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and his Companionsperformed umrah from al-Ji'ranah. They went quickly round theHouse (the Ka'bah) moving their shoulders) proudly. They puttheir upper garments under their armpits and threw the ends overtheir left shoulders.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had himself cupped inhis head when he was in the sacred state (wearing ihram due to adisease from which he was suffering.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A person who performs umrahshould shout talbiyah till he touches the Black Stone.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) heard a man say: Labbayk (alwaysready to obey) on behalf of Shubrumah. He asked: Who isShubrumah? He replied: A brother or relative of mine. He asked:Have you performed hajj on your own behalf? He said: No. He said:perform hajj on your own behalf, then perform it on behalf ofShubrumah.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) raised his voice in talbiyah forhajj. When he came (to Mecca) he went round the House (theKa'bah) and ran between as-Safa and al-Marwah. The narrator IbnShawkar said: He did not clip his hair, nor did he take off hisihram due to sacrificial animals. But he commanded those who didnot bring sacrificial animals with them to go round the Ka'bah,to run between as-Safa and al-Marwah, to clip their hair, andthen put off their ihram. The narrator Ibn Mani' added: Or shavetheir heads, then take off their ihram."
Sa'id ibn Jubayr said: I said to Abdullah ibn Abbas: AbulAbbas, Iam surprised to see the difference of opinion amongst thecompanions of the Apostle (peace be upon him) about the wearingof ihram by the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) when he madeit obligatory.He replied: I am aware of it more than thepeople. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) performed onlyone hajj. Hence the people differed among themselves. The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) came out (from Medina) with theintention of performing hajj. When he offered two rak'ahs ofprayer in the mosque at Dhul-Hulayfah, he made it obligatory bywearing it. At the same meeting, he raised his voice in thetalbiyah for hajj, when he finished his two rak'ahs. Some peopleheard it and I retained it from him. He then rode (on theshe-camel), and when it (the she-camel) stood up, with him on itsback, he raised his voice in the talbiyah and some people heardit at that moment. This is because the people were coming ingroups, so they heard him raising his voice calling the talbiyahwhen his she-camel stood up with him on its back, and theythought that the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had raisedhis voice in the talbiyah when his she-camel stood up with him onits back. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) proceededfurther; when he ascended the height of al-Bayda' he raised hisvoice in the talbiyah. Some people heard it at that moment. Theythought that he had raised his voice in the talbiyah when heascended the height of al-Bayda'. I swear by Allah, he raised hisvoice in the talbiyah at the place where he prayed, and he raisedhis voice in the talbiyah when his she-camel stood up with him onits back, and he raised his voice in the talbiyah when heascended the height of al-Bayda'. Sa'id (ibn Jubayr) said; Hewho follows the view of Ibn Abbas raises his voice in talbiyah(and ihram) at the place of is prayer after he finishes tworak'ahs of his prayer.
In the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) included among his sacrificial animals a camel with asilver nose-ring (Ibn Minhal's version has gold) which hadbelonged to AbuJahl (the version of an-Nufayli added) "therebyenraging the polytheists".
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A menstruating woman andthe one who delivered a child should take a bath, put on ihramand perform all the rites of hajj except circumambulation of theHouse (Ka'bah) when they came to the place of wearing ihram.AbuMa'mar said in his version: "till she is purified". Thenarrator Ibn Isa did not mention the names of Ikrimah andMujahid, but he said: from Ata on the authority of Ibn Abbas. IbnIsa also did not mention the word "all (rites of hajj)." He saidin his version: All the rites of hajj except circumambulation ofthe House (the Ka'bah).
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) appointed al-Aqiq as theplace for putting on ihram for the people of East.
The people used to trade, in the beginning, at Mina, Arafat, themarket place of Dhul-Majaz, and during the season of hajj. But(later on) they became afraid of trading while they were puttingon ihram. So Allah, glory be to Him, sent down this verse: "It isno sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord during theseasons of hajj." Ubayd ibn Umayr told me that he (Ibn Abbas)used to recite this verse in his codex.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who intends to performhajj should hasten to do so.
Ibn Abbas recited this verse: 'It is no sin for you that you seekthe bounty of your Lord', and said: The people would not trade inMina (during the hajj), so they were commanded to trade when theyproceeded from Arafat.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Islam does not allow forfailure to perform the hajj.
When this verse was revealed: "And those who hoard gold andsilver," the Muslims were grieved about it. Umar said: I shalldispel your care. He, therefore, went and said: Prophet of Allah,your Companions were grieved by this verse. The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Allah has made zakat obligatory simplyto purify your remaining property, and He made inheritancesobligatory that they might come to those who survive you. Umarthen said: Allah is most great. He then said to him: Let meinform you about the best a man hoards; it is a virtuous womanwho pleases him when he looks at her, obeys him when he gives hera command, and guards his interests when he is away from her.
My father sent me to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to take thecamels which he had given him from among those of sadaqah.
Al-Hasan said: Ibn Abbas preached towards the end of Ramadan onthe pulpit (in the mosque) of al-Basrah. He said: Bring forth thesadaqah relating to your fast. The people, as it were, could notunderstand. Which of the people of Medina are present here? Standfor your brethren, and teach them, for they do not know. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prescribed this sadaqah asone sa' of dried dates or barley, or half a sa' of wheat payableby every freeman or slave, male or female, young or old. When Alicame (to Basrah), he found that price had come down. He said:Allah has given prosperity to you, so give one sa' of everything(as sadaqah). The narrator Humayd said: Al-Hasan maintained thatthe sadaqah at the end of Ramadan was due on a person who fasted.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prescribed the sadaqah(alms) relating to the breaking of the fast as a purification ofthe fasting from empty and obscene talk and as food for the poor.If anyone pays it before the prayer (of 'Id), it will be acceptedas zakat. If anyone pays it after the prayer, that will be asadaqah like other sadaqahs (alms).
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone continually askspardon, Allah will appoint for him a way out of every distress,and a relief from every anxiety, and will provide for him fromwhere he did not reckon.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to supplicate Allah: "MyLord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory,and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do notplan against me; guide me, and made my right guidance easy forme; grant me victory over those who act wrongfully towards me; OAllah, make me grateful to Thee, mindful of Thee, full of feartowards Thee, devoted to Thy obedience, humble before Thee, orpenitent. My Lord, accept my repentance, wash away my sin, answermy supplication, clearly establish my evidence, guide my heart,make true my tongue and draw out malice in my breast."
Ikrimah quoted Ibn Abbas as saying: When asking for something youshould raise your hands opposite to your shoulders; when askingfor forgiveness you should point with one finger; and when makingan earnest supplication you should spread out both your hands.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not cover the walls. Hewho sees the letter of his brother without his permission, seesHell-fire. Supplicate Allah with the palms of your hands; do notsupplicate Him with their backs upwards. When you finishsupplication, wipe your faces with them.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was given seven repeatedlong surahs, while Moses was given six, When he threw thetablets, two of them were withdrawn and four remained.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) recited the supplication(Qunut) daily for a month at the noon, afternoon, sunset, nightand morning prayers. When he said: "Allah listens to him whopraises Him" in the last rak'ah, invoking a curse on some clansof Banu Sulaym, Ri'l, Dhakwan and Usayyah, and those who werestanding behind him said: Amen.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) did not make aprostration at any verse in al-Mufassal from the time he moved toMedina.
I spent a night with my maternal aunt Maymunah. The Prophet(peace be upon him) got up to pray at night. He prayed thirteenrak'ahs including two rak'ahs of the dawn prayer. I guessed thathe stood in every rak'ah as long as one could recite Surahal-Muzzammil (73).
The Prophet's (peace be upon him) recitation was loud enough forone who was in the inner chamber to hear it when he was in thehouse.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to prolong therecitation of the Qur'an in the two rak'ahs after the sunsetprayer until the people praying in the mosque dispersed.
Some reliable people testified before me, and among them was Umaribn al-Khattab, and most reliable in my eyes was Umar: TheProphet of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There is no prayerafter the dawn prayer until the sun rises; and there is no prayerafter the afternoon prayer until the sun sets.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) stayed fifteen days inMecca in the year of Conquest. Shortening the prayer.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had a stop of seventeendays in Mecca and he shortened the prayer (i.e. prayed tworak'ahs at each time of prayer). Ibn Abbas said: He who staysseventeen days should shorten the prayer; and who stays more thanthat should offer complete prayer.
Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Kinanah reported: Al-Walid ibn Utbah or(according to the version of Uthman) al-Walid ibn Uqbah, the thengovernor of Medina, sent me to Ibn Abbas to ask him about theprayer for rain offered by the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim). He said: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) went outwearing old clothes in a humble and lowly manner until he reachedthe place of prayer. He then ascended the pulpit, but he did notdeliver the sermon as you deliver (usually). He remained engagedin making supplication, showing humbleness (to Allah) anduttering the takbir (Allah is most great). He then offered tworak'ahs of prayer as done on the 'Id (festival).
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) offered the 'Id prayerwithout the adhan and the iqamah. AbuBakr and Umar or Uthman alsodid so. The narrator Yahya is doubtful about Uthman.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came out on 'Id (thefestival day). He first offered the prayer and then delivered thesermon . He then went to women, taking Bilal with him. Thenarrator Ibn Kathir said: The probable opinion of Shu'bah is thathe commanded them to give alms. So they began to put (theirjewellery).
Ata' ibn AbuRabah said: Ibn az-Zubayr led us in the 'Id prayer onFriday early in the morning. When we went to offer the Friday, hedid not come out to us. So we prayed ourselves alone. At thattime Ibn Abbas was present in at-Ta'if. When he came to us, wementioned this (incident) to him. He said: He followed thesunnah.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) named the two prostrations offorgetfulness disgraceful for the devil.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say after the tashahhud:"O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in Hell, andI seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in the grave, and Iseek refuge in Thee from the trial of antichrist, and I seekrefuge in Thee from the trial of life and death."
I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) from behind. I saw thewhiteness of his armpits and he kept his arms away from his sidesand raised his stomach (from the ground).
Ibn Abbas reported the Prophet (peace be upon him) as saying: Ihave been commanded - according to the version of Hammad: YourProphet (peace be upon him) was commanded - to prostrate on seven(bones), and not to fold back the hair or the clothing.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to say between the twoprostrations: "O Allah, forgive me, have mercy on me, guide me,heal me, and provide for me."
I do not know whether the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)would recite the Qur'an at the noon and afternoon prayer or not.
Abdullah ibn Ubaydullah said: I went to Ibn Abbas accompanyingsome youths of Banu Hashim. We said to one of them: Ask IbnAbbas: Did the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) recite (theQur'an) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: No. Peoplesaid to him: Perhaps he might recite the Qur'an quietly. He said:May your face be scratched (a kind of curse)! This (statement)is worse than the former. He was only a servant (of Allah)receiving Commands from Him. He preached (the divine) messagewhich he brought with him. He did not command anything to us(Banu Hashim) specially excluding other people except threepoints: he commanded us to perform ablution perfectly, and not toaccept charity (sadaqah) and not to make pairing of donkey withhorse.
Nadr ibn Kathir as-Sa'di said: Abdullah ibn Tawus prayed at myside in the mosque of al-Khayf. When he made the firstprostration, he raised his head after it and raised his handsopposite to his face. This came as something strange for me. I,therefore, said it to Wuhayb ibn Khalid. Then Wuhayb ibn Khalidsaid to him: You are doing a thing that I did not see anyone do.Ibn Tawus then replied: I saw my father doing it, and my fathersaid: I saw Ibn Abbas doing it. I do not know but he said: TheProphet (peace be upon him) used to do it.
Maymun al-Makki said: that he saw Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr leadingin prayer. He pointed with his hands (i.e. raised his handsopposite to the shoulders) when he stood up, when he bowed andwhen he prostrated, and when he got up after prostration, hepointed with his hands (i.e. raised his hands). The I went to IbnAbbas and said (to him) I saw Ibn az-Zubayr praying that I neversaw anyone praying. I then told him about the pointing with hishands (raising his hands). He said: If you like to see the prayerof the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) follower the prayeras offered by Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr.
AbusSahba' said: We discussed the things that cut off the prayeraccording to Ibn Abbas. He said: I and a boy from BanuAbdulMuttalib came riding a donkey, and the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) was leading the people in prayer. Hedismounted and I also dismounted. I left the donkey in front ofthe row (of the worshippers). He (the Prophet) did not payattention to that. Then two girls from Banu AbdulMuttalib cameand joined the row in the middle, but he paid no attention tothat.
I came riding a donkey. Another version has: Ibn Abbas said: WhenI was near the age of the puberty I came riding a she-ass andfound the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) leading the peoplein prayer at Mina. I passed in front of a part of the row (ofworshippers), and dismounting left my she-ass for grazing in thepasture, and I joined the row, and no one objected to that.
Ikrimah reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas, saying: I thinkthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When one of youprays without a sutrah, a dog, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian,and a woman cut off his prayer, but it will suffice if they passin front of him at a distance of over a stone's throw.
Qatadah said: I heard Jabir ibn Zayd who reported on theauthority of Ibn Abbas; and Shu'bah reported the Prophet (peacebe upon him) as saying: A menstruating woman and a dog cut offthe prayer.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not pray behind asleeping or a talking person.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The best of you are thosewhose shoulders are soft in prayer.
Kurayb the freed slave of Ibn Abbas reported: Abdullah ibn Abbassaw Abdullah ibn al-Harith praying having the back knot of thehair. He stood behind him and began to untie it. He remainedstanding unmoved (stationary). When he finished his prayer hecame to Ibn Abbas and said to him: What were you doing with myhead? He said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)say: A man who prays with the black knot of hair tied is the onepraying pinioned.
Let the best among you call the adhan for you, and theQur'an-readers act as your imams.
If anyone hears him who makes the call to prayer and is notprevented from joining the congregation by any excuse--he wasasked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear orillness--the prayer he offers will not be accepted from him.
I was not commanded to build high mosques. Ibn Abbas said: Youwill certainly adorn them as the Jews and Christians did.
A man was injured during the lifetime of the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him); he then had a sexual dream, and he wasadvised to wash and he washed himself. Consequently he died. Whenthis was reported to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) hesaid: They killed him; may Allah kill them! Is not inquiry thecure of ignorance?
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said about a person who hadintercourse with his wife while she was menstruating: He mustgive one dinar or half a dinar in alms.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to prostrate andsleep (in prostration) and produce puffing sounds (during sleep).Then he would stand and pray and would not perform ablution. Isaid to him: you prayed but did not perform ablution though youslept (in prostration). He replied: Ablution is necessary for onewho sleeps while he is lying down. Uthman and Hannad added: Forwhen he lies down, his joints are relaxed.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took a shoulder (ofgoat's meat) and after wiping his hand with a cloth on which hewas sitting, he got up and prayed.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Cleanse yournose well (after snuffing up water) twice or thrice.
Sa'id ibn Jubayr reported: Ibn Abbas saw the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) performed ablution. He narrated the traditionwhich says that he (the Prophet) performed each detail ofablution three times. He wiped his head and ears once.
One of the wives of the Prophet (peace be upon him) took a bathfrom a large bowl. The Prophet (peace be upon him) wanted toperform ablution or take from the water left over. She said tohim: O Prophet of Allah, verily I was sexually defiled. TheProphet said: Water not defiled.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was shrouded in threegarments made in Najran: two garments and one shirt in which hedied.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The niche in the side ofthe grave is for us and the excavation in the middle is forothers.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) cursed women who visitgraves, those who built mosques over them and erected lamps(there).
AbuBakr adjured the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet(peace be upon him) said: Do not adjure an oath.
Two men brought their dispute to the Prophet (peace be upon him).The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked the plaintiff to produceevidence, but he had no evidence. So he asked the defendant toswear. He swore by Allah "There is no god but He." The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) said: Yes, you have done it, but youhave been forgiven for the sincerity of the statement: "There isno god but Allah."
A man came to Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle ofAllah, my sister has taken a vow to perform hajj on foot. TheProphet (peace be upon him) said: Allah gets no good from theaffliction your sister imposed on herself, so let her performhajj riding and make atonement for her oath.
The sister of Uqbah ibn Amir took a vow that she would performhajj on foot, and she was unable to do so. The Prophet (peace beupon him) said: Allah is not in need of the walking of yoursister. She must ride and offer a sacrificial camel.
A woman made a voyage and vowed that she would fast one month ifAllah made her reach her destination with peace and security.Allah made her reach her destination with security but she diedbefore she could fast. Her daughter or sister (the narratordoubted) came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). So hecommanded to fast on her behalf.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone takes a vow butdoes not name it, its atonement is the same as that for an oath,if anyone takes a vow to do an act of disobedience, its atonementis the same as that for an oath, if anyone takes a vow he isunable to fulfil, its atonement is the same as that for an oath,but if anyone takes a vow he is able to fulfil, he must do so.
A man seized his debtor who owed ten dinars to him. He said tohim: I swear by Allah, I shall not leave you until you pay off(my debt) to me or bring a surety. The Prophet (peace be uponhim) stood as a surety for him. He then brought as much (money)as he promised. The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked: From wheredid you acquire this gold? He replied: From a mine. He said: Wehave no need of it; there is no good in it. Then the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) paid (the debt) on his behalf.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade the price paidfor a dog; if someone comes to ask for the price of a dog, fillhis hand-palm with dust.
When this verse was revealed: "If they do come to thee, eitherjudge between them, or decline to interfere....If thou judge,judge in equity between them." Banu an-Nadir used to pay halfblood-money if they killed any-one from Banu Qurayzah. When BanuQurayzah killed anyone from Banu an-Nadir, they would pay fullblood-money. So the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) made itequal between them.
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said to a man whom he askedto take an oath: Swear by Allah except whom there is no god thatyou have nothing belonging to him, i.e. the plaintiff.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: You hear (from me), andothers will hear from you; and people will hear from them whoheard from you.
In the story of the deputation of AbdulQays Ibn Abbas said: They(the people) asked: In which should we drink, Prophet of Allah?The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: You should use those skinvessels that are tied at their mouths.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade blowing orbreathing into a vessel.
I was in the house of Maymunah. The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) accompanied by Khalid ibn al-Walid entered. Two roastedlong-tailed lizards (dabb) placed on the sticks were brought tohim. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) spat. Khalid said:I think that you abominate it, Apostle of Allah. He said: Yes.Then the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was brought milk,and he drank (it). The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) thensaid: When one of you eats food, he should say: O Allah, bless usin it, and give us food (or nourishment) better than it. When heis given milk to drink he should say: O Allah! bless us in it andgive us more of it, for no food or drink satisfies like milk.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade that the food of twopeople who were rivalling on another should be eaten
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came out from the privyand was presented to him. They (the people) asked: Should webring you water for ablution? He replied: I have been commandedto perform ablution when I get up for prayer.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you eats, hemust not eat from the top of the dish, but should eat from thebottom; for the blessing descends from the top of it.
The food the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) liked best wastharid made from bread and tharid made from Hays.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited to drink the milk ofthe animal which feeds on filth.
The people of pre-Islamic times used to eat some things and leaveothers alone, considering them unclean. Then Allah sent HisProphet (peace be upon him) and sent down His Book, marking somethings lawful and others unlawful; so what He made lawful islawful, what he made unlawful is unlawful, and what he saidnothing about is allowable. And he recited: "Say: I find not inthe message received by me by inspiration any (meat) forbidden tobe eaten by one who wishes to eat it...." up to the end of theverse.
On the day of Khaybar the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)prohibited eating every beast of prey, and every bird with atalon.
The tradition mentioned above (No. 3833) has also beentransmitted by Ibn Abbas from Maymunah, from the Prophet (peacebe upon him) like the tradition narrated by az-Zuhri, from Ibnal-Musayyab.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Wear your white garments,for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead inthem. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony(ithmid): it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone acquires anyknowledge of astrology, he acquires a branch of magic of which hegets more as long as he continues to do so.
The verse "And no Prophet could (ever) be false to his trust" wasrevealed about a red velvet. When it was found missing on the dayof Badr, some people said; Perhaps the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) has taken it. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down "And noprophet could (ever) be false to his trust" to the end of theverse.
Ubayy ibn Ka'b made me read the following verse as the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) made him read: "in a spring of murkywater" (fi 'aynin hami'atin) with short vowel a after h.
When the Haruriyyah made a revolt, I came to Ali (may Allah bepleased with him). He said: Go to these people. I then put on thebest suit of the Yemen. AbuZumayl (a transmitter) said: Ibn Abbaswas handsome and of imposing countenance. Ibn Abbas said: I thencame to them and they said: Welcome to you, Ibn Abbas! what isthis suit of clothes? I said: Why are you objecting to me? I sawover the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) the best suit ofclothes.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Wear your white garments,for they are among your best garments, and shroud your dead inthem. Among the best types of collyrium you use is antimony(ithmid) for it clears the vision and makes the hair sprout.
Ikrimah said that he saw Ibn Abbas putting on lower garment,letting the hem on the top of his foot and raising it behind. Hesaid: Why do you put on the lower garment in this way? Hereplied: It is how I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)do it.
It is part of the Sunnah that when a man sits down, he shouldtake off his sandals and place them at his side.
When a man who had dyed himself with henna passed by the Prophet(peace be upon him), he said: How fine this is! When another manwho had dyed himself with henna and katam passed by, he said:This is better than that. Then another man who had dyed himselfwith yellow dye, passed by, he said: This is better than allthat.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: At the end of time therewill be people who will use this black dye like the crops ofdoves who will not experience the fragrance of Paradise.
Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: I saw as-Salt ibn Abdullah ibn Nawfalibn AbdulMuttalib wearing the signet-ring on his right smallfinger. I asked: What is this? He replied: I saw Ibn Abbaswearing his ring in this manner. He put its stone towards theupper part of his palm. Ibn Abbas also mentioned that the Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) used to wear his signet-ring in hismanner.
Abdullah ibn AbuSarh used to write (the revelation) for theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). Satan made him slip, and hejoined the infidels. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)commanded to kill him on the day of Conquest (of Mecca). Uthmanibn Affan sought protection for him. The Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) gave him protection.
The verse "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah andHis Apostle, and strive with might and main for mischief throughthe land is execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off ofhands and feet from opposite side or exile from the land...mostmerciful" was revealed about polytheists. If any of them repentsbefore they are arrested, it does not prevent from inflicting onhim the prescribed punishment which he deserves.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had a man's hand cut offfor (stealing) a shield whose price was a dinar or ten dirhams.
Ma'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and saidthat he had committed fornication and he (the Prophet) turnedaway from him. He repeated it many times, but he (the Prophet)turned away from him. He asked his people: Is he mad? Theyreplied: There is no defect in him. He asked: Have you done itwith her? He replied: Yes. so he ordered that he should be stonedto death. He was taken out and stoned to death, and he (theProphet) did not pray over him.
Ma'iz ibn Malik came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) andadmitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He then cameand admitted fornication twice. But he drove him away. He thencame and admitted fornication twice. He (the Prophet) said: Youhave testified to yourself four times. Take him away and stonehim to death.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Ma'iz ibn Malik: Perhapsyou kissed, or squeezed, or looked. He said: No. He then said:Did you have intercourse with her? He said: Yes. On the (reply)he (the Prophet) gave order that he should be stoned to death.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If you find anyone doing asLot's people did, kill the one who does it, and the one to whomit is done.
If a man who is not married is seized committing sodomy, he willbe stoned to death.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone has sexualintercourse with an animal, kill him and kill it along with him.I (Ikrimah) said: I asked him (Ibn Abbas): What offence can beattributed to the animal/ He replied: I think he (the Prophet)disapproved of its flesh being eaten when such a thing had beendone to it.
There is no prescribed punishment for one who has sexualintercourse with an animal.
A man of Bakr ibn Layth came to the Prophet (peace be upon him)and made confession four times that he had committed fornicationwith a woman, so he had a hundred lashes administered to him. Theman had not been married. He then asked him to produce proofagainst the woman, and she said: I swear by Allah, Apostle ofAllah, that he has lied. Then he was given the punishment ofeighty lashes of falsehood.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not prescribe any punishmentfor drinking wine. Ibn Abbas said: A man who had drunk wine andbecome intoxicated was found staggering on the road, so he wastaken to the Prophet (peace be upon him). When he was oppositeal-Abbas's house, he escaped, and going in to al-Abbas, hegrasped hold of him. When that was mentioned to the Prophet(peace be upon him), he laughed and said: Did he do that? and hegave no command regarding him.
A man of Banu Adi was killed. The Prophet (peace be upon him)fixed his blood-wit at the rate of twelve thousand (dirhams).
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The fingers are equal andthe teeth are equal. The front tooth and the molar tooth areequal, this and that are equal.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The teeth are equal, andthe fingers are equal.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) treated the fingers andtoes as equal.
About the story of Haml ibn Malik, Ibn Abbas said: She aborted achild who had grown hair and was dead, and the woman also died.He (the Prophet) gave judgment that the blood-wit was to be paidby the woman's relatives on the father's side. Her uncle said:Apostle of Allah! She has aborted a child who had grown hair. Thefather of the woman who had slain said: He is a liar: I swear byAllah, he did not raise his voice, or drink or eat. Nocompensation is to be paid for an offence like this. The Prophet(peace be upon him) said: is it a rhymed prose of pre-IslamicArabia and its soothsaying? Pay a male or female slave of thebest quality in compensation for the child.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gave judgment about theslave who had made an agreement to purchase his freedom (mukatab)and he had been killed that blood-wit is paid for him at the ratepaid for a free man so far as he has paid the purchase money, andat the rate paid for a slave as the remainder is concerned.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When a mukatab (a slave whohas made an agreement to purchase his freedom) gifts blood-moneyor an inheritance, he can inherit in accordance with the extentto which he has been emancipated.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone is killed blindlyor, when people are throwing stones, by a stone or a whip, hisblood-wit is the blood-wit for an accidental murder. But ifanyone is killed intentionally, retaliation is due. If anyonetries to prevent it, the curse of Allah, of angels, and of allthe people will rest on him.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Good way, dignified goodbearing and moderation are the twenty-fifth part of Prophecy.
A man cursed the wind. The narrator Muslim's version has: Thewind snatched away a man's cloak during the time of the Prophet(peace be upon him) and he cursed it. The Prophet (peace be uponhim) said: Do not curse it, for it is under command, and ifanyone curses a thing undeservedly, the curse returns upon him.
A desert Arab came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and beganto speak. Thereupon the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)said: In eloquence there is magic and in poetry there is wisdom.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone repeats in themorning: "So glory be to Allah in the evening and in the morning;to Him is the praise in the heavens and the earth, and in thelate evening and at noon....thus shall you be brought forth, " hewill get that day what he has missed; and if anyone repeats thesewords in the evening he will get that night what he has missed.Ar-Rabi' transmitted it from al-Layth.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone asks (you) forrefuge for the sake of Allah, give him refuge; and if anyone asksyou (for something) for the pleasure of Allah, give him.Ubaydullah said: If anyone asks you for the sake of Allah.
AbuZumayl said: I asked Ibn Abbas, saying: What is that I find inmy breast? He asked: What is it? I replied: I swear by Allah, Icannot speak about it. He asked me: Is it something doubtful? andhe laughed. He then said: No one could escape that, until Allah,the exalted, revealed: "If thou went in doubt as to what we haverevealed unto thee, and ask those who have been reading the Bookfrom before thee." He said: If you find something in your heart,say: He is the first and the Last, the Evident and the Immanent,and He has full knowledge of all things.
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Apostleof Allah! one of us has thoughts of such nature that he wouldrather be reduced to charcoal than speak about them. He said:Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most Great.Praise be to Allah Who has reduced the guile of the devil to evil prompting. Ibn Qudamah said "reduced his matter" instead of"reduced his guile".
The Prophet (peace be upon him) wrote a letter to Heraclius:"From Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah, to Hiraql (Heraclius),Chief of the Byzantines. Peace be to those who follow theguidance." Ibn Yahya reported on the authority of Ibn Abbas thatAbuSufyan said to him: We then came to see Hiraql (Heraclius) whoseated us before him. He then called for the letter from theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). Its contents were: "In thename of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, from Muhammad theApostle of Allah, to Hiraql, chief of Byzantines. Peace be tothose who follow the guidance. To proceed."
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone has a femalechild, and does not bury her alive, or slight her, or prefer hischildren (i.e. the male ones) to her, Allah will bring him intoParadise. Uthman did not mention "male children".
Umar came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he was in hiswooden oriel, and said to him: Peace be upon you. Apostle ofAllah, peace be upon you! May Umar enter ?
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He who leaves the snakesalong through fear of their pursuit, does not belong to us. Wehave not made peace with them since we have fought with them.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited to kill fourcreatures: ants, bees, hoopoes, and sparrow-hawks.
Once I was riding (on an animal) behind the Prophet (peace be upon him) when he said: Boy, I would like to teach you something. Be careful and follow Allah's commands perseveringly. Allah will protect you. You should safeguard His rights, and you will always find Him with you; if you need something, ask Allah, and when you need help, solicit Allah alone for the same. Bear it in mind that if all the people combined together to grant you some benefit, they would not be able to do so except that which Allah has determined for you and that if all of them were combined together to do you harm, they would not be able to do so except that which Allah has determined for you. The pens have been set aside and the writings of the book of fate have become dry.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: There are two sections of my Ummah where those who belong to them will have no share of Islam: Murji'ah and the Qadariyyah.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi and he declared it to be a Hasan Sahih gharib hadith.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Allah made covenant (with the whole of mankind) while creating it from Adam's back in Na'man i.e. Arafah and emitting from his loins all his offspring that He created and scattering them before Him like ant. He then spoke to them in their presence and said: `Am I not your Lord? They answered: Yes, we do bear witness thereto (of this We remind you) lest you say on the Day of Resurrection: Verily, we were unaware of this. Or lest you say: Verily, these were our forefathers in times gone by, who began to ascribe divinity to other things besides Allah and we were but their late offspring. Wilt Thou then destroy us for doings of those inventors of falsehood.' (7:172-173)
Transmitted by Ahmad.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A single scholar of religion is more formidable against Satan than a thousand devout people.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Be mindful when transmitting a Hadith from me. (Transmit) only that which you know (very well) for he who intentionally lies about me will find his abode in Hell-Fire.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, He who speaks about the Qur'an on the basis of his personal opinion (only) will find his abode in Hell-Fire. In another version (the words are): He who speaks about the Qur'an without sound knowledge of it will find his abode in Hell-Fire.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Acquiring knowledge in company for an hour in the night is better than spending the whole night in prayer.
Transmitted by Darimi.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily some from amongst my Ummah will acquire the understanding of religion, recite the Qur'an, and would say: We will go to the men of authority and partake of their worldly (riches) and (then) withdraw from them with our religion. But it can't be; as nothing can be gathered from thorny trees except thorns, similarly nothing can be gathered by drawing near to them except.. - Muhammad ibn as-Sabbah said: (the same), i.e. sin and vice.
Transmitted by Ibn Majah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, Whenever you perform ablution, let the water flow between the fingers of your hands and your toes.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi said: This is a gharib hadith.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) wiped his head and the inside of his ears with his forefingers, and their exterior with his thumbs.
Transmitted by Nasa'i.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) had to suffer from starvation for several nights consecutively. His family members did not have even their evening meals, (that is the last meal of the day) and generally their fare used to be barley bread.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
It is reported that Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: (The Kaffarah for having intercourse with menstruating women) is one dinar if the blood is completely red and half a dinar when the blood is (somewhat) yellow.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) once passed by some graves in Medina. Facing towards them, he said: "Peace be on you, O dwellers of the graves! May Allah forgive you and us. You have preceded us, and we shall follow you.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not drink water in one gulp (or one breath) like a camel, but take it in two or three instalments (with break for breaths); take the name of Allah (i.e. recite Bismillah) when you start drinking and praise Him (say Alhamdulillah) when you finish.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited breathing in the pot and blowing upon it.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to commence his prayer with: In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Tirmidhi transmitted it and he said: Its isnad is not approved.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) cast a glance towards the right and the left but he did not turn his neck to see behind (him).
Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Nasa'i.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He in whose heart there is nothing of the Qur'an is like a house in ruin.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
A man came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, as I was asleep, I saw during the night (in a dream) that I was praying behind a tree. I observed sajdah and so did the tree, prostrating like my prostration. I heard it say: O Allah record for me a reward for it with Thee, remove from me a burden for it, make for me a treasure with Thee and accept it (prostration) as Thou accepted it (prostration) from Thy servant, Dawud. Ibn Abbas said: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) then recited a verse which necessitated prostration, observed prostration, and I heard him repeat that which the man had told him about the words of that tree.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) observed prostration while reciting (Surah) Sad. He also said: Dawud observed this prostration in repentance; we observe it out of gratitude.
Transmitted by Nasa'i.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who hears the Adhan and does not respond to it, will not be deemed to have offered the prayer unless he has a valid excuse (for it).
Transmitted by Ibn Majah and Daraqutni.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There are three people whose prayer does not ascend beyond their heads, even to the length of a span: the person who leads people in prayer despite their disapproval; a woman who spends the night (in a state) in which her husband is annoyed with her; and the two brothers who are estranged.
Transmitted by Ibn Majah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Idbar an-Nujum (setting of the stars) implies two rak'ahs before (the fard rak'ahs of) the dawn prayer and Idbar-us-Sujud (after prostration) implies two rak'ahs after the sunset prayer.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not anticipate Ramadan. Start the fast with observing the new moon and terminate it with observing it. If the sky is overcast let the month run to thirty days.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Ibn Abbas heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: The Fire will not touch two pairs of eyes: The one that sheds tears out of fear of Allah and the other that keeps watch through the night in the cause of Allah.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
A Jew who was with Ibn Abbas when he recited, "Today I have perfected for you your religion..." (5:3) remarked, "If this verse had been revealed to us we would have made it a festival." Ibn Abbas replied, "It was revealed on a day which contained two festivals, on Friday and on the day of Arafah."
Tirmidhi transmitted it and said this is a hasan gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone speaks on Friday while the imam is preaching, he is like an ass which carries books, and he who tells him to be quiet is not credited with the Friday prayer."
Ahmad transmitted it.
"We were with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) on a journey when the day of sacrifice came, and we shared with one another, seven for a cow and ten for a camel."
Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a hasan gharib tradition.
Ibn Abbas told how the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, when a man cursed the wind in his presence, "Do not curse the wind, for it is under command. If anyone curses a thing which does not deserve it, the curse will return on himself."
Tirmidhi transmitted it and said this is a gharib tradition.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to teach them to say when afflicted by fever or any pain, "In the name of Allah, the Great, I seek refuge in Allah, the Mighty, from the evil of every vein that bleeds and from the evil of the heat of Hell."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, but said this was a gharib tradition which he knew only among the traditions of Ibrahim ibn Isma'il who is declared to be weak in tradition.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) once visited a (sick) man and asked him what he would like. When he replied that he would like some wheaten bread the Prophet said, "Let anyone who has any wheaten bread send it to his brother," adding, "when any of you has an invalid who expresses a desire for something, give to him to eat."
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Dying abroad is treated as martyrdom."
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was lowered gently into the grave head first.
Shafi'i transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) entered a grave during the night, and when a lamp was lit for him he faced the qiblah and said, "Allah have mercy on you if you were devoted to supplication with tears and to the recitation of the Qur'an."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, but in Sharh as-Sunnah its isnad is said to be weak.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If any member of my people has two children who die before him, Allah will cause him to enter Paradise on their account." Aisha asked, "Does it apply to a member of your people who has one child who dies before him?" He replied, "It does, you who have been helped by Allah to ask this." She then asked, "What about a member of your people who has no children who die before him?" He replied, "I am the one who dies before my people, and they will never suffer any loss to compare with the loss of me."
Tirmidhi transmitted it saying, "this is a gharib tradition".
When Zaynab, the daughter of Allah's Messenger died and the women wept, Umar began to strike them with his whip, but Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) pushed him back saying, "Gently, Umar." He then said, "Beware of the devil's clamour," and added, "whatever comes from the eye and from the heart is from Allah, who is Great and Glorious and pertains to compassion, but that which comes from the hand and from the tongue is of the Devil." ,
Ahmad transmitted it.
When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) passed by some graves in Madinah, he turned his face towards them and said, "Peace be upon you, inhabitants of the graves. Allah forgive us and you. You have gone before us and we are coming after."
Tirmidhi transmitted it saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked some people whether they would like him to tell them who was in the worst position, and when they replied that they would, he said, "The one who is asked for something in Allah's name and does not give it in His name."
Ahmad transmitted it.
Ibn Abbas heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "Any Muslim who gives a Muslim a garment to wear will be in Allah's safe keeping as long as a shred of it remains on him."
Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), said, "I shall tell you who is the best of men; he is a man who holds his horse's rein in Allah's cause. I shall tell you who comes next to him; he is a man who retires with a few goats which he possesses and pays what is due to Allah on them. I shall tell you who is the worst of men; he is a man from whom someone begs in Allah's name, but who does not give anything in His name."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
When the month, of Ramadan began, Allah's Messenger set every prisoner free and gave to every beggar.
Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
It was the custom of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) not to eat on the middle days of the month, whether travelling or not.
Nasa'i transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, about one who observes a period of private devotion in a mosque: "He turns away from sins and he is rewarded for good deeds like one who does all good deeds."
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Anyone who has nothing of the Qur'an within him is like a ruined house."
Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a sahih tradition.
One of the Prophet's companions set up his tent over a grave without realising that it was a grave, and it contained a man who was reciting the surah, "Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom," up to the end. He went and told the Prophet (peace be upon him), who said, "It is the defender; it is the protector which is protecting him from Allah's punishment."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The first to be summoned to Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be those who praise Allah in prosperity and adversity."
Transmitted by Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
With reference to Allah's words "Except for slight faults", Ibn Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as saying, "If Thou forgivest, O Allah, Thou wilt forgive much sin, for which of Thy servants has not committed slight faults?"
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah has prescribed the pilgrimage for you people." Al-Aqra' ibn Habis then got up and asked whether it was to be performed annually, to which Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) replied that if he were to tell them that it was, it would become obligatory, and if it did they would not keep it nor be able to do so, adding, "The pilgrimage should be performed once, and if anyone does it oftener he performs a supererogatory act."
Ahmad, Nasa'i and Darimi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The circumambulation of the House is like prayer, except that you speak while performing it; but he who speaks must say only what is good."
Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi mentioning a number who traced it no farther back than Ibn Abbas.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The black stone descended from Paradise whiter than milk, but the sins of the descendants of Adam made it black."
Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, the latter saying that his is a hasan sahih tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said concerning the stone, "I swear by Allah that Allah will certainly raise it on the Day of Resurrection with eyes with which it will see and a tongue with which it will speak, and it will give testimony about those who touched it in a proper manner."
Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
"When one throws pebbles at the jamrah everything but women becomes lawful for him."
Ahmad and Nasa'i transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to Mecca, "What a fine town you are, and how dear you are to me! Were it not that my people expelled me from you, I should live nowhere else."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition whose isnad is gharib.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to those who measured commodities by capacity and those who measured by weight, "You have been put in charge of two matters because of which peoples of the past before your time perished."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The partner has first right to buy neighbouring property and the option to buy applies to everything."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying it has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn AbuMulaykah who quoted the Prophet (peace be upon him) in mursal form, and it is sounder.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "You have seen nothing like marriage for increasing the love of two people.'
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Adulteresses are those women who marry themselves without evidence." The soundest view is that it does not go back farther than Ibn Abbas.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Aisha gave a woman relative of hers among the Ansar in marriage and Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came and said, "Have you escorted the girl to her husband?" On being told that they had, he asked whether they had sent someone along with her to sing, and when she replied that they had not, he said, "The Ansar are a people who give a place to love songs. I wish you had sent with her someone to say, 'We have come to you, We have come to you; so may Allah preserve us and preserve you'."
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
The temporary marriage applied only in the early days of Islam. A man would come to a settlement where he had no acquaintance and marry a woman for the period it was thought he would stay there, and she would look after his belongings and cook for him. But Ibn Abbas said that when the verse came down, "Except their wives or the captives their right hands possess," intercourse with anyone else became unlawful.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) received the revelation, "Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth.....", that means from in front or behind, but avoid the anus and intercourse during menstruation.
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah will not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman through the anus."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Ikrimah told on the authority of Ibn Abbas that a man who had vowed to make his wife like his mother's back had intercourse with her before making atonement, so he went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and mentioned that to him. He asked him what had induced him to do that and he replied, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), I saw the whiteness of her silver anklets in the moonlight and could not restrain myself from having intercourse with her." Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) laughed and ordered him not to go near her till he had made atonement.
Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi transmitted something similar, saying this is a hasan sahih gharib tradition. AbuDawud and Nasa'i transmitted something similar both with a full isnad and in mursal form, Nasa'i saying that the mursal version is nearer the truth than the one with a full isnad.
When the Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered a man and wife to invoke curses regarding each other, he ordered the man to put his hand on his mouth when he came to the fifth utterance, saying that it would be the deciding one.
Nasa'i transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "When a man's slave woman bears him a child she becomes free at his death."
Darimi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "On the Day of Resurrection the slain will bring the slayer with his forelock and his head in his hand, his own jugular vein meanwhile dripping with blood, and he will say, 'My Lord, he killed me' till he brings him near the throne."
Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The prescribed punishments are not to be inflicted in mosques and a father is not to be killed for a son."
Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.
Allah`s Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If you find anyone doing as Lot's people did, kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "When a man calls another a Jew give him twenty lashes, when he calls someone a mukhannath give him twenty lashes; and kill anyone who has intercourse with a woman who is within the prohibited degrees."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "He who lives in the desert will become rough, he who follows the chase will become negligent, and he who goes to a ruler will be led astray."
Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it. AbuDawud's version has, "He who attaches himself to a ruler will be led astray, and the nearer a man comes to a ruler the farther he goes from Allah."
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "There are two eyes which will never be touched by Hell: an eye which weeps from fear of Allah and an eye which spends the night on guard in Allah's cause."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was a servant under command who applied to us only three things which he did not apply to the people in general. He ordered us to perform ablution fully, not to consume sadaqah, and not to make an ass cover a mare.
Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it.
The Prophet's standard was black and his banner white.
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) sent Abdullah ibn Rawahah with a detachment and that happened to be on a Friday. His companions set off in the morning, but he decided to stay behind and catch up with them after saying the prayer along with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). When he did so he saw him and asked him what had prevented him from going out in the morning with his companions. He replied, "I wanted to pray along with you and then catch up with them." Whereupon he said, "If you were to contribute all that the earth contains you would not attain the excellence of their going out in the morning."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) acquired his sword, Dhul-Fiqar, as private booty at the battle of Badr.
Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi added that it was that about which he had the vision at the battle of Uhud.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade inciting animals to fight with one another.
Tirmidhi and AbuDawud transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was brought a dish containing tharid and said, "Eat from its sides and not from the middle, for the blessing descends in the middle of it."
Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition. In AbuDawud's version the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "When one of you eats he must not eat from the top of the dish, but from the bottom, for the blessing descends from the top of it."
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Good comes more quickly to the house in which food is provided than the knife comes to the camel's hump."
Transmitted by Ibn Majah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Do not drink without stopping as a camel does, but divide your drink into two or three sections; mention Allah's name when you drink and praise Him when you finish."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) got a signet-ring, but when he wore it he said, "This has distracted me from you; since today I have been giving a look at it and giving a look at you." He then threw it away.
Nasa'i transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)'s sandal had two thongs, their straps being doubled.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to clip or take something off his moustache, and Abraham, the friend of the Compassionate One, used to do it.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Apply antimony, for it clears the sight and makes the hair grow." And he asserted that the Prophet had a collyrium-case from which he applied collyrium every night in three times each eye.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to apply antimony three times in each eye before going to sleep, and reported him as saying, "The best medicines you apply are those sipped at the corners of the mouth, those snuffed up the nose, cupping and purgatives. The best thing you apply to your eyes is antimony, for it clears the sight and makes the hair grow. The best days for cupping are the seventeenth, nineteenth and twenty-first." When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was taken up to visit Heaven, every company of angels he passed said, "Keep up the practice of cupping."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Don't dispute with your brother; don't make jokes with him; and don't make him a promise which you break."
Tirmidhi transmitted, saying this a gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He does not belong to us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our old ones, who does not recommend what is reputable and prohibit what is disreputable."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
One day he was riding behind Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) who said, "Young man, if you are mindful of Allah He will be mindful of you, and if you are mindful of Allah you will find Him before you. When you ask for anything ask it from Allah, and if you seek help seek help Allah. Know that if the people were to unite to do you some benefit they could benefit you only with what Allah had recorded for you, and that if they were to unite to do you some injury they could injure you only with what Allah had recorded for you. The pens are withdrawn and the pages are dry."
Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
When AbuBakr remarked to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) that he had become grey-haired, he replied, "Hud, al-Waqi'ah, al-Mursalat, 'About what are they asking one another?' and 'When the sun is folded up' have made may hair grey."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah created Israfil who has been keeping his feet in line from the day he was created and not raising his glance. Between him and the Lord Who is Blessed and Exalted, there are seventy lights, not one of which he could approach without being burned."
Tirmidhi transmitted it and called it sahih.
When some of the companions of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) were sitting he came out, and when he came near them he heard them discussing. One of them said Allah had taken Abraham as a friend, another said He spoke direct to Moses, another said Jesus was Allah's word and spirit, and another said Allah chose Adam. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) then came out to them and said, "I have heard what you said, and you wonder that Abraham was Allah's friend, as indeed he was; that Moses was Allah's confidant, as indeed he was; that Jesus was His spirit and word, as indeed he was; and that Adam was chosen by Allah, as indeed he was. I am the one whom Allah loves, and this is no boast. On the Day of Resurrection I shall be the bearer of the banner of praise under which will be Adam and the others, and this is no boast. I shall be the first intercessor and the first whose intercession is accepted on the Day of Resurrection, and this is no boast. I shall be the first to rattle the knocker of Paradise, and Allah will open for me and bring me into it accompanied by the poor ones among the believers, and this is no boast. I shall be the most honourable in Allah's estimation among those of earliest and latest times, and this is no boast."
Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.
A nomadic Arab came to Allah's Messenger and asked, "By what means can I know that you are a prophet?" He replied, "If I call this raceme from this palm-tree it will testify that I am Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). He called it and it began to come down from the palm-tree and fell beside the Prophet. He then told it to go back, and when it returned, the nomadic Arab accepted Islam.
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying it is sahih.
Allah's Messenger said, "O Allah, Thou hast caused the first members of Quraysh to experience punishment; now cause the last of them to experience generosity."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him), said, "O Allah, strengthen Islam with AbuJahl ibn Hisham, or Umar ibn al-Khattab." In the morning Umar went to the Prophet and accepted Islam; then prayed openly in the mosque.
Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) ordered all the doors (opening on the mosque) to be shut except Ali's.
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Al-Abbas pertains to me and I to him."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to al-Abbas, "When Monday morning arrives come to me with your children so that I may make for you a supplication by which Allah may benefit you and your children." He and they came in the morning, and when he had put his cloak over them he said, "O Allah, grant al-Abbas and his children such forgiveness without and within as will not leave a sin. O Allah, guard him in his children."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Razin added, "And cause the Caliphate to remain among his descendants." Tirmidhi said this is a gharib tradition.
Ibn Abbas had seen Gabriel twice and that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) invoked a blessing on him twice.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Allah`s Messenger (peace be upon him) made supplication for me twice that Allah might give me wisdom.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was carrying al-Hasan ibn Ali on his shoulder, a man said, "You are mounted on a fine steed, boy." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "And he is a fine rider."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
One day at midday he saw in a dream the Prophet (peace be upon him) dishevelled and dusty with a bottle containing blood in his hand and said, "You for whom I would give my father and mother as ransom, what is this?" He replied, "This is the blood of al-Husayn and his companions which I have been collecting today." He told that he was reckoning that time and found that he had been killed at that time.
Ahmad transmitted it and Bayhaqi in Dala'il an-Nubuwwah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Love Allah for the favours with which He provides you, love me because of the love of Allah, and love my family from love of me."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Let no one who believes in Allah and the Last Day hate the Ansar."
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah has overlooked my people's mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do against their will." Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi transmitted it.
There was (once) a downpour during the life of the Apostle (peacebe upon him) Upon this the Apostle (peace be upon him) observed:Some people entered the morning with gratitude and some withingratitude (to Allah). Those who entered with gratitude said:This is the blessing of Allah, and those who entered withingratitude said: Such and such asterism was right. It was uponthis that the verse was revealed: I swear by the setting of thestars to the end and made your provision that you shoulddisbelieve it 140 (1vi.75-82)
When this verse: "Whether you disclose that which is in your mindor conceal it, Allah will call you to account according to it"(ii.284) was revealed, there entered their minds something (ofthat fear) such as had never entered their hearts (before). TheApostle (peace be upon him) observed: Say: We have heard andobeyed and submitted ourselves. He (the reporter) said: Allahinstilled faith in their hearts and He revealed this verse:"Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It receives everygood that it earns and it suffers every ill that it earns. OurLord, call us not to account if we forget or make a mistake. Hethe (Lord) said: I indeed did it. Our Lord! do not lay on us aburden as Thou didst lay on those before us. He (our Lord) said:I indeed did it. And pardon us, have mercy on us. Thou art ourProtector (ii.286). He said: I indeed did it.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) passed through thevalley of Azraq, and he asked: Which valley is this? They said:This is he valley of Azraq. He observed: (it seems) as if I amseeing Moses (peace be upon him) coming down from the mountaintrack, and he is calling upon Allah loudly (saying: Here I am! Atyour service).Then he came to the mountain track of Harsha. He(the Holy Prophet) said: Which is this mountain track?Theysaid: It is the mountain track of Harsha. He observed: (I feel)as if I am seeing Yunus (Jonah)--(peace be upon him), son ofMatta, on a well-built red dromedary, with a cloak of wool aroundhim and the rein of his dromedary is made of the fibres ofdate-palm. He is calling upon Allah (saying: Here I am! At yourservice, my Lord!). Ibn Hanbal said in the hadith narrated byhim: Hushaym said that the meaning of khulbah was the fibre ofthe date-palm.
He (the Prophet) saw (Allah) with his heart.
The words: "The heart belied not what he saw" (al-Qur'an,Iiii.11) and "Certainly he saw Him in another descent"(al-Qur'an, Iiii.13) imply that he saw him twice with his heart.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Among theinhabitants of the Fire AbuTalib would have the least suffering,and he would be wearing two shoes (of Fire) which would boil hisbrain.
Ibn Abbas spent a night at the house of the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gotup for prayer in the latter part of the night. He went out andlooked towards the sky and then recited this verse (190th) ofAal-i-Imran: "Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earthand the alternation of night and day," up to the (words) "Save usfrom the torment of Hell." He then returned to his house, usedthe tooth-stick, performed ablution, and then got up and offeredthe prayer. He than lay down on the bed, and again got up andwent out and looked towards the sky and recited this verse(mentioned above), then returned, used the tooth-stick, performedablution and again offered the prayer.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) woke up at night;relieved himself, and then washed his face and hands and thenagain slept.
Maymunah (the wife of the Prophet) reported to Ibn Abbas that sheand the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) took a bath from onevessel.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took a bath with thewater left over by Maymunah.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) dressed himself, andthen went out for prayer, when he was presented with bread andmeat. He took three morsels out of that, and then offered prayeralong with other people and did not touch water.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came out of the privy,and he was presented with some food, and the people reminded himabout ablution, but he said: Am I to say prayer that I shouldperform ablution?
The Messenger of Allah, (peace be upon him) used to teach ustashahhud just as he used to teach us a Surah of the Qur'an, andhe would say: All services rendered by words, acts of worship,and all good things are due to Allah, Peace be upon you, OProphet, and Allah's mercy and blessings. Peace be upon us andupon Allah's upright servants. I testify that there is no god butAllah, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Inthe narration of Ibn Rumh (the words are): "As he would teach usthe Qur'an".
When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) raised his headafter bowing, he said: Allah! our Lord, to Thee be the praisethat would fill the heavens and the earth and that which isbetween them, and that which will please Thee besides (them).Worthy art Thou of all praise and glory. No one can withhold whatThou givest, or give what Thou withholdest. And the greatness ofthe great availeth not against Thee.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) drew aside the curtain(of his apartment) and (he saw) people in rows (saying prayer)behind AbuBakr. And he said: Nothing remains of the glad tidingsof apostlehood, except good visions which a Muslim sees orsomeone is made to see for him. And see that I have beenforbidden to recite the Qur'an in the state of bowing andprostration. So far as Ruku' is concerned, extol in it the Greatand Glorious Lord, and while prostrating yourselves be earnest insupplication, for it is fitting that your supplications should beanswered.
I was forbidden to recite (the Qur'an) while I was bowing, andthere is no mention of Ali in the chain of transmitters.
Ibn Abbas saw Abdullah ibn al-Harith observing the prayer and(his hair) was plaited behind his head. He (Abdullah ibn Abbas)stood up and unfolded them. While going back (from the prayer) hemet Ibn Abbas and said to him: why is it that you touched myhead? He (Ibn Abbas) replied: (The man who observes prayer withplaited hair) is like one who prays with his hands tied behind.
Tawus asked Ibn Abbas about sitting on one's buttocks (inprayer). He said: It is sunnah. We said to him: We find it a sortof cruelty to the foot. Ibn Abbas said: It is the sunnah of yourApostle (peace be upon him)
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to teach themthis supplication (in the same spirit) with which he used toteach them a surah of the Qur'an. He would thus instruct us:"Say, O Allah! we seek refuge with Thee from the torment of Hell,and I seek refuge with Thee from the torment of the grave, and Iseek refuge with Thee from the trial of Masih ad-Dajjal, and Iseek refuge with Thee from the trial of life and death." Muslimibn Hajjaj said: It has reached me that Tawus said to his son:Did you make this supplication in prayer? He said: No (Upon this)he (Tawus) said: Repeat the prayer. Tawus has narrated thishadith through three or four (transmitters) with words to thesame effect.
Allah has prescribed the prayer through the word of your Prophet(peace be upon him) as four rak'ahs when resident, two whentravelling, and one when danger is present.
Musa ibn Salamah Hudhali said: I asked ibn Abbas: How should Isay prayer when I am in Mecca, and when I do not pray along withthe Imam? He said: Two rak'ahs (of prayer) is the Sunnah ofAbulQasim (peace be upon him) .
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed the noon andafternoon prayers together, and the sunset and Isha' prayerstogether without being in a state of fear or in a state ofjourney.
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) observed the noon andafternoon prayers together in Medina without being in a state offear or in a state of journey. AbuzZubayr said
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to recite infirst of the two (supererogatory) rak'ahs of the dawn: "Say: Webelieved in Allah and what was revealed to us..." verses 285-286from Surah al-Baqarah, and in the second of the two: "I believein Allah and I bear testimony that we are Muslims"
AbuMijlaz asked Ibn Abbas about the Witr prayer. He said: I heardthe Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: It is arak'ah at the end of the night prayer.
I spent a night with my maternal aunt (sister of my mother),Maymunah. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) rose duringthe night and relieved himself, then washed his face and handsand went to sleep. He then rose again and came to the water-skinand loosened its straps, then performed a thorough ablutionbetween the two extremes. He then stood up and observed prayer. Ialso stood up and stretched my body fearing that he might beunder the impression that I was there to find out (what he did atnight). So I also performed ablution and stood up to pray, but Istood on his left. He took hold of my hand and made me go roundto his right. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)completed thirteen rak'ahs of his night prayer. He then lay downand slept and snored (it was his habit to snore while asleep). Then Bilal came and he informed him about the prayer. He (theHoly Prophet) then stood up for prayer but did not performablution. His supplication included these words: "O Allah, placelight in my heart, light in my sight, light in my hearing, lighton my right hand, light on my left hand, light above me, lightbelow me, light in front of me, light behind me, and enhancelight for me."Kurayb (the narrator) said: There are seven(words more) which are in my heart (but I cannot recall them) andI met some of the descendants of Abbas, who narrated these wordsto me and mentioned in them: (Light) in my sinew, in my flesh, inmy blood, in my hair, in my skin, and mentioned two more things.
While Gabriel was sitting with the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) he heard a creaking sound above him. He lifted his headand said: This is a gate opened in heaven today which had neverbeen opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, hesaid: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had nevercome down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lightsgiven to you which have not been given to any prophet before you:Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqarah.You will never recite a letter from them for which you will notbe given (a reward).
Dimad came to Mecca. He belonged to the tribe of Azd Shanu'ah,and he used to protect anyone who was under the influence of acharm. He heard the foolish people of Mecca say that Muhammad(peace be upon him) was under the spell. Upon this he said: If Iwere to come across this man, Allah might cure him at my hand. He met him and said: Muhammad, I can protect (one) who is underthe influence of a charm, and Allah cures one whom He so desiresat my hand. Do you desire (this)? Upon this the Messenger ofAllah (peace be upon him) said: Praise is due to Allah, we praiseHim and ask His help. He whom Allah guides aright, there is noneto lead him astray, and he who is led astray, there is none toguide him. I bear testimony to the fact that there is no god butAllah, He is One, having no partner with Him, and that Muhammadis His Servant and Messenger. Now after this he (Dimad) said:Repeat these words of yours before me, and the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) repeated them to him thrice. He said: I haveheard the words of soothsayers, the words of magicians, and thewords of poets, but I have never heard such words as yours: theyreach the depth (of the ocean of eloquence). Give me your hand sothat I may take the oath of fealty to you in Islam. So he took anoath of allegiance to him. The Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: It (this allegiance of yours) is on behalf of yourpeople too. He said: It is on behalf of my people too. TheMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent an expedition and theflying column passed by his people. The leader of the flyingcolumn said to the detachment: Did you find anything from thesepeople? One of the people said: I found a utensil for water. Upon this he (the commander) said: Return it, for he is one ofthe people of Dimad.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to recite in themorning prayer on Friday Surah "Alif-Lam-Mim, Tanzil as-Sajdah"(Surah 32): "Surely there came over the man a time" (Surah 76)and he used to recite in Jumu'ah prayer Surahs Jumu'ah andal-Munafiqin.
Zuhri said; Kathir ibn Abbas used to narrate that Ibn Abbas usedto relate about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) in regard to the eclipse of the sun like that what wasnarrated by Urwah on the authority of Aisha.
When there was a solar eclipse the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) observed eight ruku's and four prostrations (in tworak'ahs). This has been narrated by Ali also.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) observed prayer while itwas (solar) eclipse. He recited (the Qur'an in qiyam) and thenobserved prayer while it was (solar) eclipse. He recited (theQur'an in qiyam) and then bowed. He again recited and againbowed. He again recited and again bowed and again recited andagain bowed, and then prostrated; and the second (rak'ah) waslike this.
His son died in Qudayd or Usfan. He said to Kurayb to see as tohow many people had gathered there for his (funeral). He (Kurayb)said: So I went out and I informed him about the people who hadgathered there. He (Ibn Abbas) said: Do you think they are forty?He (Kurayb) said: Yes. Ibn Abbas then said to them: Bring him(the dead body) out for I have heard Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) as saying: If any Muslim dies and forty men whoassociate nothing with Allah stand over his prayer (they offerprayer over him), Allah will accept them as intercessors for him.
A piece of red stuff was put in the grave of Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him).
Kurayb said: Umm Fadl, daughter of Harith, sent him (Fadl, i.e.her son) to Mu'awiyah in Syria. I (Fadl) arrived in Syria, anddid the needful for her. It was there in Syria that the month ofRamadan commenced. I saw the new moon (of Ramadan) on Friday. Ithen came back to Medina at the end of the month. Abdullah ibnAbbas asked me (about the new moon of Ramadan) and said: When didyou see it? I said: We saw it on Friday night. He said: (Did)you see it yourself? I said: Yes, and the people also saw it sothey observed fast and Mu'awiyah also observed fast. Thereuponhe said: But we saw it on Saturday night. So we shall continue toobserve the fast until we complete thirty (fasts) or we see it(the new moon of Shawwal). I said: Is the sighting of the moonby Mu'awiyah not valid for you? He said: No; this is how theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has commanded us. Yahyaibn Yahya was in doubt (whether the word used in the narration byKurayb) was Naktafi or Taktafi.
AbulBakhtari reported: We went out to perform Umrah and when weencamped in the valley of Nakhlah, we tried to see the new moon.Some of the people said: It was three nights old, and others(said) that it was two nights old. We then met Ibn Abbas and toldhim we had seen the new moon, but that some of the people said itwas three nights old and others that it was two nights old. Heasked on which night we had seen it; and when we told him we hadseen it on such and such night, he said the Prophet of Allah(peace be upon him) had said Verily Allah deferred it till thetime it is seen, so it is to be reckoned from the night you sawit.
Hakim ibn al-Araj reported: I went to Ibn Abbas and he wasreclining using his mantle as a pillow near the fountain ofZamzam. I said to him: Tell me about fasting on Ashura. He said:When you see the new moon of Muharram then count the (days) andobserve fast on the 9th. I said to him: Is it how the Messengerof Allah (peace be upon him) observed the fast? He said: Yes.
When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) fasted on the dayof Ashura and commanded that it should be observed as a fast,they (his Companions) said to him: Messenger of Allah, it is aday which the Jews and Christians hold in high esteem. Thereuponthe Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When the nextyear comes, God willing, we would observe fast on the 9th . Butthe Messenger of Allah ( peace be upon him) died before theadvent of the next year.
The polytheists also pronounced (Talbiyah) as: Here I am at Thyservice, there is no associate with Thee. The Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Woe be upon them, as they also said:But one associate with Thee, you possess mastery over him, but hedoes not possess mastery (over you.) They used to say this andcircumambulate the Ka'bah.
As-Sa'b ibn Jaththamah presented to the Apostle (peace be uponhim) a wild ass as he was in a state of Ihram, and he returned itto him saying: If we were not in a state of Ihram, we would haveaccepted it from you.
Duba'ah bint az-Zubayr ibn AbdulMuttalib came to Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) and said: I am an ailing woman butI intend to perform Hajj; what you command me (to do)? He (theProphet) said: Enter into the state of Ihram (uttering thesewords) of condition: I would be free from it when Thou wouldstdetain me. He (the narrator) said: But she was able to complete(the Hajj without breaking down).
Muslim al-Qurri heard Ibn Abbas (Allah be please with them)saying that Allah's Apostle (may peace be with him) entered intothe state of Ihram for Umrah and his Companions for Hajj. NeitherAllah's Apostle (peace be upon him) nor those among hisCompanions who had brought sacrificial animals with them put offIhram, whereas the rest (of the pilgrims) did so. Talhah ibnUbaydullah was one of those who had brought the sacrificialanimals along with them, so he did not put off Ihram.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: This is the Umrah ofwhich we have taken advantage. So he who has not the sacrificialanimal with him should get out of the state of Ihram completely,for Umrah has been incorporated in Hajj until the Day ofResurrection.
AbuHassan al-A'raj reported that a person from Banu Hujaym saidto Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them): What is this religiousverdict of yours which has engaged the attention of the people orwhich has become a matter of dispute among them that he whocircumambulated the House can be free from Ihram? Thereupon hesaid: That is the Sunnah of your Apostle (peace be upon him),even though you may not approve of it.
AbuTufayl reported: I said to Ibn Abbas: Do you think thatwalking swiftly round the House in three circuits, and justwalking in four circuits is the Sunnah (of the Holy Prophet), foryour people say that it is Sunnah? Thereupon he (Ibn Abbas)said: They have told the truth and the lie (too). I said: Whatdo your words "They have told the truth and the lie (too)" imply? Thereupon he said: When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)came to Mecca, the polytheists said that Muhammad and hiscompanions were emaciated and would therefore be unable tocircumambulate the House; and they felt jealous of him (the HolyProphet). (It was due to this) that Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) commanded them to walk swiftly in three (circuits) andwalk (normally) in four. I said to him: Inform me if it isSunnah to observe Tawaf between as-Safa and al-Marwah whileriding, for your people look upon it as Sunnah. He (Ibn Abbas)said: They have told the truth and the lie too. I said: What doyour words "They have told the truth and the lie too" imply? Hesaid: As Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had come to Mecca,here was such a large gathering of people around him that eventhe virgins had come out of their houses (to catch a glimpse ofhis face), and they were saying: He is Muhammad; He is Muhammad.Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) (was so gentle and kind)that the people were not beaten back (to make way) in front ofhim. When there was a throng (of people) around him, he rode (theshe-camel) but walking and running is, however, better.
AbuTufayl reported: I said to Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased withthem): I think that I saw Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him).He (Ibn Abbas) said: Give a description of his to me. I said: Isaw him near al-Marwah on the back of she-camel, and people hadthronged around him. Thereupon Ibn Abbas said: It was Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) for they (the Companions of theProphet) were neither pushed aside from him, nor were they turnedaway.
Ata' reported from Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them):Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sent me from Muzdalifahalong with his luggage (in the very early part of the dawn). I(Ibn Jurayj, one of the narrators) said (to Ata'): Has this(news) reached you that Ibn Abbas (Allah be please with them) hadsaid; "He (Allah's Messenger) had sent me in the latter part ofthe night"? Thereupon he said; No, it was the dawn. I (again)said to him: (Did you hear) Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased withthem) having said this (too): "We stoned al-Jamrah before thedawn prayer" ? So where did he observe the dawn prayer? He said:No. But he said only so much (as described above).
Bakr ibn Abdullah al-Muzani said: While I was sitting with IbnAbbas near the Ka'bah, a bedouin came to him and said: Why is itthat I see that the progeny of your uncle supply honey and milk(as drink to the travellers), whereas you supply an-Nabidh (watersweetened with dates)? Is it due to your poverty or due to yourclose-fistedness? Thereupon Ibn Abbas said: Allah be praised, itis neither due to poverty nor due to close-fistedness (but due tothe fact) that Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) came hereriding his she-camel, and Usamah was sitting behind him. He askedfor water so we gave him a cup full of nabidh and he drank it,giving the remainder to Usamah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Youhave done good, you have done well. So continue in the same way.So we do not like to change what Allah's Messenger (peace be uponhim) has commanded us to do.
Musa ibn Salamah al-Hudhali reported: Sinan ibn Salman and Iproceeded (to Mecca to perform Umrah. Sinan had a sacrificialcamel with him which he was driving. The camel stopped on theway, being completely exhausted, and its condition made him(Sinan) helpless. (He thought) if it could not go any further howhe would be able to take it with him, and said: I shalldefinitely find out (the religious verdict) about it. I moved onin the morning and as we encamped at al-Batha, (Sinan) said: Come(with me) to Ibn Abbas so that we may narrate to him (thisincident), and he (Sinan) reported to him the incident of thesacrificial camel. He (Ibn Abbas) said: You referred (thematter) to the well-informed person. (Now listen) Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) sent sixteen sacrificial camelswith a man whom he put in charge of them. He set out and cameback and said: Messenger of Allah, what should I do with thosewho are completely exhausted and become powerless to move on? Hereplied: Slaughter them, dye their hoofs in their blood, and putthem on the sides of their humps, but neither you nor anyoneamong those who are with you must eat any part of them.
The people used to return through every path, whereupon Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) said: None amongst you shoulddepart until he performs the last circumambulation round theHouse.
Tawus reported: I was in the company of Ibn Abbas (Allah bepleased with them) when Zayd ibn Thabit said: Do you givereligious verdict that the woman who is in menses is allowed togo without performing the last circumambulation of the House? IbnAbbas (Allah be pleased with them) said to him: Ask such and suchwoman of the Ansar, if you do not (believe my religious verdict)whether Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had commanded herthis. Zayd ibn Thabit (went to that lady and after getting thisverdict attested by her) came back to Ibn Abbas (Allah bepleased with them) smilingly and said: I did not find you buttelling the truth.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) met some riders at ar-Rawhaand asked who they were. They replied that they were Muslims.They said: Who art thou? He said: (I am) Messenger of Allah. Awoman (Then) lifted up a boy to him and said: Would this child becredited with having performed the Hajj? Thereupon he said: Yes,and you will have a reward.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: A woman without ahusband has more right to her person than her guardian, and avirgin's consent must be asked from her, and her silence impliesher consent.
The (Pronouncement) of three divorces during the lifetime ofAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and that of AbuBakr and twoyears of the caliphate of Umar (Allah be pleased with him) (wastreated) as one. But Umar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased withhim) said: Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matterin which they are required to observe respite. So if we hadimposed this upon them. And he imposed it upon them.
AbdurRahman ibn Wa'alah as-Saba'i (who was an Egyptian) askedAbdullah ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) about that whichis extracted from the grapes, whereupon he said: A personpresented to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) a smallwater-skin of wine. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said tohim: Do you know that Allah has forbidden it? He said: No thenwhispered to another man. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)asked him what he had whispered. He said: I advised him to sellthat, whereupon he (the Prophet) said: Verily He Who hasforbidden its drinking has forbidden its sale also. He (thenarrator) said: He opened the waterskin until what was containedin it was spilt.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said to Ma'iz ibn Malik: Isit true what has reached me about you? He said: What has reachedyou about me? He said: It has reached me that you have committed(adultery) with the slave girl of so and so? He said: Yes. He(the narrator) said: He testified four times. He (the Prophet)then made pronouncement about him and he was stoned (to death).
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) pronounced judgement on thebasis of an oath and a witness (by the plaintiff).
It has been narrated on the authority of Yazid ibn Hurmuz thatNajdah wrote to Ibn Abbas inquiring of him five things. Ibn Abbassaid: If I had not the fear of committing (sin) in concealingknowledge, I should not have written to him. Najdah wrote to himsaying (after praising the Almighty and invoking blessings on theHoly Prophet): Tell me whether the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) took women to participate with him in Jihad; (if hedid), whether he allotted them a regular share from the booty;whether he killed the children (of the enemy in the war); howlong an orphan would be entitled to consideration as such; andfor whom the Khums (fifth part of the booty) was meant. IbnAbbas wrote to him: You have written asking me whether theMessenger of Allah (peace be upon him) took women with him toparticipate in Jihad. He did take them to the battle andsometimes he fought alongside them. They would treat the woundedand were given a reward from the booty, but he did not assign anyregular share for them. The Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) did not kill the children of the enemy, so you should notkill the children. Also you have written to me asking me when theorphanhood of an orphan comes to an end. By my life, if a youngman has become bearded but is still incapable of obtaining hisdue from others as well as meeting his obligations towards them,(he is yet an orphan to be treated as such), but when he can lookafter his interests like grown-up people, he is no longer anorphan. You have written to me, inquiring about Khums, namely,for whom it is meant. (In this connection) we (the kinsmen of theMessenger of Allah) used to say: It is for us, but those people(i.e. Banu Umayyah) have denied it to us.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) prohibited the eating ofall fanged beasts of prey, and all the birds having talons.
I and Khalid ibn Walid went to the apartment of Maymunah alongwith Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), and there waspresented to him a roasted lizard. Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) stretched his hand towards it, whereupon some of thewomen who had been in the house of Maymunah said: Inform Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) what he intends to eat. Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) lifted his hand. I said: Messengerof Allah, is it forbidden? He said: No. It is not found in theland of my people, and I feel that I have no liking for it.Khalid said: I then chewed and ate it, while Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him) was looking (at me).
Yazid ibn al-Asamm reported: A newly-wedded man of Medina invitedus to a wedding feast, and he served us thirteen lizards. Somepeople ate it and some left it. I met Ibn Abbas the next day,and informed him (about this) in the presence of many people.Some of them said that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)had observed: I neither eat it nor forbid (anyone) to eat it, nordo I declare it to be unlawful. Thereupon Ibn Abbas said: Thatis what you say! Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) has beenexpressly sent (to declare in clear words) the lawful and theunlawful (things). We were once with Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) when he was with Maymunah. There were with him al-Fadlibn Abbas, Khalid ibn Walid and some women (also), when a tray offood containing flesh was presented to him. As Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him) was about to eat that, Maymunah said: It isthe flesh of the lizard. He withdrew his hand saying: That isthe flesh which I never eat; but he said to them (those who werepresent there): You may eat. Al-Fadl ate from it, so did Khalidibn Walid, and the women. Maymunah (however) said: I do not eatanything but that which Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)eats.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not make anythinghaving life as a target.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) forbade the mixing of datesand grapes together, and mixing of unripe dates and ripe datestogether (for preparing Nabidh), and he wrote to the people ofJurash (in Yemen) forbidding them to prepare the mixture of datesand grapes. This hadith has been narrated through another chainof transmitters with a slight variation of words.
Nabidh was prepared for Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) inthe beginning of the night and he would drink it in the morningand the following night and the following day and the night afterthat up to the afternoon. If anything was left out of that hegave it to his servant, or gave orders for it to be poured out.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saw a person wearing a goldsignet ring in his hand. He (the Prophet) pulled it off and threwit away, saying: One of you is wishing live coal from Hell, andputting it on his hand. It was said to the person after Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) had left: Take your signet ring (ofgold) and derive benefit out of it, whereupon he said: No, byAllah, I would never take it when Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) has thrown it away.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saw an ass which had beencauterised on the face. He disapproved of it saying: By Allah, Ido not cauterise (the animal) but on a part at distance from theface, and commanded (for the cauterisation) of his ass and it wascauterised on the buttocks and he was the first to cauterise onthe buttocks.
The name of Juwayriyyah (the wife of the Prophet) was Barrah(Pious). Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) changed her nameto Juwayriyyah and said: I did not like that it should be said:He had come out from Barrah (Pious).
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The influence of anevil eyes is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny itwould be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked totake bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye, youshould take bath.
Amr reported: I said to Urwah: How long did Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him) stay in Mecca? He said: For ten years. Isaid: Ibn Abbas says (that he stayed in Mecca) for thirteenyears.
Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, reported: I asked IbnAbbas how old was he when death overtook the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him). He said: I little know that such a thing isnot known to a man like you who belongs to his people. He said: Iasked people about it but they differed with me, and I liked toknow your opinion about it. He said: Do you know counting? Hesaid: Yes. He then said: Bear this in mind very well that he wascommissioned (as a Prophet) at the age of forty, and he stayed inMecca for fifteen years; sometime in peace and sometime in dread,and (lived) for ten years after his migration to Medina.
The Muslims neither looked to AbuSufyan (with respect) nor didthey sit in his company. He (AbuSufyan) said to Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him): Allah's Apostle, confer, upon me threethings. He replied in the affirmative. He (further) said: I havewith me the most handsome and the best (woman) Umm Habibah,daughter of AbuSufyan; marry her, whereupon he said: Yes. And heagain said: Accept Mu'awiyah to serve as your scribe. He said:Yes. He again said: Make me the commander (of the Muslim army) sothat I should fight against the unbelievers as I fought againstthe Muslims. He said: Yes. AbuZumayl said: If he had not askedfor these three things from Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him),he would have never conferred them upon him, for it was (hishabit) to accede to everybody's (earnest) request.
I was playing with children and Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim) happened to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He(the Prophet) came and he patted upon my shoulders and said: Goand call Mu'awiyah. I returned and said: He is busy in takingfood. He again asked me to go and call Mu'awiyah to him. I went(and came back) and said that he was busy in taking food,whereupon he said: May Allah not fill his belly! Ibn Muthannasaid: I asked Umm Umayyah what he meant by the word Hatani. Hesaid: It means "he patted my shoulders".
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: If anyone wants to havehis deeds widely publicised, Allah will publicise (hishumiliation). And if anyone makes a hypocritical display (of hisdeeds) Allah will make a display of him.
During the pre-Islamic days women circumambulated the Ka'bahnakedly, and said: Who would provide cloth to cover the one whois circumambulating the Ka'bah so that she would cover herprivate parts? And then she would say: Today will be exposed thewhole or the part and what is exposed I shall not make it lawful.It was in this connection that the verse was revealed: "Adornyourself at every place of worship: (vii.31).
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) established the practice of praying two rak'ahs when travelling, they constituting a complete observance and not an abbreviation; and the witr while travelling is a Sunnah.
Ibn Majah transmitted it.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If one who is addicted to wine dies he will meet Allah Most High in the same condition as an idolater."
Ahmad transmitted it, Ibn Majah transmitted on AbuHurayrah's authority, and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, gave it one the authority of Muhammad ibn Ubaydullah, who quoted his father's authority. He said that Bukhari in his Ta'rikh mentioned it one the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdullah who quoted his father's authority.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said that, "When is shaken" is equivalent to half of the Qur'an, "Say, He is Allah, One" is equivalent to a third of the Qur'an, and "Say, O infidels" is equivalent to a quarter of the Qur'an.
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Muhammad ibn AbulMujahid reported Abdullah ibn AbuAwfa as saying:I asked: Did you set aside the fifth of the food in the time ofthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)? He replied: On the dayof Khaybar we captured food and a man would come and take as muchfood of it as needed and then go away.
A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: I cannotmemorise anything from the Qur'an: so teach me something which issufficient for me. He said: Say Glory be to Allah, and praise beto Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is most great,and there is no might and no strength but in Allah. :He said:Apostle of Allah, this is for Allah, but what is for me? He said:Say: O Allah have mercy on me, and sustain me, and keep me well,and guide me. When he stood up, he made a sign with his hand(indicating that he had earned a lot). The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: He filed up his hand with virtues.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The supplier of the peopleis the last (man) to drink.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone wants something from Allah, or from a human being, he should perform ablution and do it well, then pray two rak'ahs, then extol Allah Most High and invoke blessing on the Prophet, then say: `There is no god but Allah, the Clement and Generous. Glory be to Allah, the Lord of the mighty throne. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the universe. I ask Thee for words which will guarantee Thy mercy, actions which will make certain Thy forgiveness, a supply of every virtue, and freedom from every offence. Do not leave me a sin which Thou dost not pardon, a care which Thou dost not remove, or a want that meets with Thy pleasure which Thou dost not supply, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones.'"
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah is with the qadi as long as he is not tyrannical, but when he is, He departs from him and the Devil attaches himself to him."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
The Companions of the Tree (i.e. those who swore fealty under thetree) were one thousand and three hundred, and the people ofAslam tribe were one-eight of the Muhajirs.
We made a journey to Syria on an expedition along with theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). The Nabateans of Syria cameto us and we paid in advance to them (in a salam contract) inwheat and olive oil at a specified rate and for a specified time.He asked (by the people): you might have contracted with him whohad these things in his possession? He replied: We did not askthem.
Abdullah ibn AbuBakr and some children of Muhammad ibn Maslamahsaid: There remained some people of Khaybar and they confinedthemselves to the fortresses. They asked the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) to protect their lives and let them go. Hedid so. The people of Fadak heard this; they also adopted asimilar way. (Fadak) was, therefore, exclusively reserved for theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him), for it was not captured bythe expedition of cavalry and camelry.
Iyas ibn Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab reported the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) as saying: Do not beat Allah's handmaidens,but when Umar came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he(the Prophet) gave permission to beat them. Then many women cameround the family of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)complaining against their husbands. So the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Many women have gone round Muhammad'sfamily complaining against their husbands. They are not the bestamong you.
AbuQatadah demanded (the payment of his debt) from his debtor buthe disappeared; later on he found him and he said: I am hard upfinancially, whereupon he said: (Do you state it) by God? Hesaid: By God. Upon this he (Qatadah) said: I heard Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) said: He who loves that Allah saveshim from the torments of the Day of Resurrection should giverespite to the insolvent or remit (his debt). This hadith hasbeen narrated on the authority of Ayyub with the same chain oftransmitters.