We were brought a platter with a large amount of tharid and slices of boneless meat and I plunged in my hand in all directions, but Allah's Messenger ate what was in front of him. He seized my right hand with his left and said, "Eat from one place, Ikrash, for it is all one kind of food." Afterwards we were brought a plate containing various kinds of dates and I began to eat what was in front of me while the hand of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) went round on the plate. He then said, "Eat where you wish, Ikrash, for it is not all one kind." Next, water was brought to us and when Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had washed his hands and wiped his face, forearms and head with the moisture on the palms of his hands, he said, "This, Ikrash, is the ablution for what has been changed by fire."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Ibn 'Abbas said to me and to his son 'Ali, "Go to Abu Sa'id and listen to what he narrates." So we went and found him in a garden looking after it. He picked up his Rida', wore it and sat down and started narrating till the topic of the construction of the mosque reached. He said, "We were carrying one adobe at a time while 'Ammar was carrying two. The Prophet saw him and started removing the dust from his body and said, "May Allah be Merciful to 'Ammar. He will be inviting them (i.e. his murderers, the rebellious group) to Paradise and they will invite him to Hell-fire." 'Ammar said, "I seek refuge with Allah from affliction."

I saw a person praying at Muqam-Ibrahim (the place of Abraham by the Ka'ba) and he was saying Takbir on every bowing, rising, standing and sitting. I asked Ibn 'Abbas (about this prayer). He admonished me saying: "Isn't that the prayer of the Prophet?"

I prayed behind a Sheikh at Mecca and he said twenty two Takbirs (during the prayer). I told Ibn 'Abbas that he (i.e. that Sheikh) was foolish. Ibn 'Abbas admonished me and said, "This is the tradition of Abul-Qasim." And narrated Abu Huraira: Whenever Allah's Apostle stood for the prayer, he said Takbir on starting the prayer and then on bowing. On rising from bowing he said, "Sami' a-l-lahu liman hamida," and then while standing straight he used to say, "Rabbana laka-l hamd" Al-Laith said, "(The Prophet said), 'Walaka-l-hamd'. He used to say Takbir on prostrating and on raising his head from prostration; again he would say Takbir on prostrating and raising his head. He would then do the same in the whole of the prayer till it was completed. On rising from the second Rak'a (after sitting for At-Tahiyyat), he used to say Takbir."

Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet saw a man driving a Badana (sacrificial camel). The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said (to him), 'Ride on it.' He replied, 'It is a Badana.' The Prophet again said, 'Ride on it!' Abu Huraira added, 'Then I saw that man riding it, showing obedience to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), and a shoe was (hanging) from its neck.' "

Ibn Abbas said: "Allah's Apostle delivered a sermon on the Day of Nahr, and said, 'O people! (Tell me) what is the day today?' The people replied, 'It is the forbidden (sacred) day.' He asked again, 'What town is this?' They replied, 'It is the forbidden (sacred) town.' He asked, 'Which month is this?' They replied, 'It is the forbidden (sacred) month.' He said, 'No doubt! Your blood, your properties, and your honor are sacred to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this (sacred) town (Mecca) of yours, in this month of yours.' The Prophet repeated his statement again and again. After that he raised his head and said, 'O Allah! Haven't I conveyed (Your Message) to them'. Haven't I conveyed Your Message to them?' " Ibn Abbas added, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the following was his will (Prophet's will) to his followers: It is incumbent upon those who are present to convey this information to those who are absent. Beware don't renegade (as) disbelievers (turn into infidels) after me, striking the necks (cutting the throats) of one another.' "

The people of Medina asked Ibn Abbas about a woman who got her menses after performing Tawaf-al-Ifada. He said, "She could depart (from Mecca)." They said, "We will not act on your verdict and ignore the verdict of Zaid." Ibn Abbas said, "When you reach Medina, inquire about it." So, when they reached Medina they asked (about that). One of those whom they asked was Um Sulaim. She told them the narration of Safiya (812).

that Ibn Abbas told him and Ali bin Abdullah to go to Abu Said and listen to some of his narrations; so they both went (and saw) Abu Said and his brother irrigating a garden belonging to them. When he saw them, he came up to them and sat down with his legs drawn up and wrapped in his garment and said, "(During the construction of the mosque of the Prophet) we carried the adobe of the mosque, one brick at a time while Ammar used to carry two at a time. The Prophet passed by Ammar and removed the dust off his head and said, "May Allah be merciful to Ammar. He will be killed by a rebellious aggressive group. Ammar will invite them to (obey) Allah and they will invite him to the (Hell) fire."

Ali burnt some people and this news reached Ibn Abbas, who said, "Had I been in his place I would not have burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish (anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I would have killed them, for the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.' "

Ibn 'Abbas said, "We stayed for 19 days with Prophet on a journey during which we used to offer shortened prayers." Ibn 'Abbas added, "We offer the Qasr prayer (i.e. shortened prayer) If we stay up to 19 days as travelers, but if we stay longer, we offer complete prayers."

The sister of 'Abdullah bin Ubai narrated (the above narration, 197) with the addition that the Prophet said to Thabit's wife, "Will you return his garden?" She said, "Yes," and returned it, and (then) the Prophet ordered Thabit to divorce her. Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The wife of Thabit bin Qais came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I do not blame Thabit for any defects in his character or his religion, but I cannot endure to live with him." On that Allah's Apostle said, "Will you return his garden to him?" She said, "Yes."

that Jamila... Then he related the whole Hadith, (i.e. 199).

Rifa'a divorced his wife whereupon 'Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. 'Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her ('Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah's Apostle came, 'Aisha said, "I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!" When 'Abdur-Rahman heard that his wife had gone to the Prophet, he came with his two sons from another wife. She said, "By Allah! I have done no wrong to him but he is impotent and is as useless to me as this," holding and showing the fringe of her garment. 'Abdur-Rahman said, "By Allah, O Allah's Apostle! She has told a lie! I am very strong and can satisfy her but she is disobedient and wants to go back to Rifa'a." Allah's Apostle said, to her, "If that is your intention, then know that it is unlawful for you to remarry Rifa'a unless Abdur-Rahman has had sexual intercourse with you." Then the Prophet saw two boys with 'Abdur-Rahman and asked (him), "Are these your sons?" On that 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "You claim what you claim (i.e. that he is impotent)? But by Allah, these boys resemble him as a crow resembles a crow."

Ibn 'Abbas said, "Preach to the people once a week, and if you won't, then preach them twice, but if you want to preach more, then let it be three times (a week only), and do not make the people fed-up with this Qur'an. If you come to some people who are engaged in a talk, don't start interrupting their talk by preaching, lest you should cause them to be bored. You should rather keep quiet, and if they ask you, then preach to them at the time when they are eager to hear what you say. And avoid the use of rhymed prose in invocation for I noticed that Allah's Apostle and his companions always avoided it."

Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.' "

Ibn 'Abbas said, "How can you ask the people of the Scriptures about their Books while you have Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed by Allah, and you read it in its pure undistorted form?"

"I asked Ibn 'Umar the same (as above)."

Ibn 'Umar said, "I went to Hafsa while water was dribbling from her twined braids. I said, 'The condition of the people is as you see, and no authority has been given to me.' Hafsa said, (to me), 'Go to them, and as they (i.e. the people) are waiting for you, and I am afraid your absence from them will produce division amongst them.' " So Hafsa did not leave Ibn 'Umar till we went to them. When the people differed, Muawiya addressed the people saying, "If anybody wants to say anything in this matter of the Caliphate, he should show up and not conceal himself, for we are more rightful to be a Caliph than he and his father." On that, Habib bin Masalama said (to Ibn 'Umar), "Why don't you reply to him (i.e. Muawiya)?" 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "I untied my garment that was going round my back and legs while I was sitting and was about to say, 'He who fought against you and against your father for the sake of Islam, is more rightful to be a Caliph,' but I was afraid that my statement might produce differences amongst the people and cause bloodshed, and my statement might be interpreted not as I intended. (So I kept quiet) remembering what Allah has prepared in the Gardens of Paradise (for those who are patient and prefer the Hereafter to this worldly life)." Habib said, "You did what kept you safe and secure (i.e. you were wise in doing so)."

I will narrate to you a narration which nobody will narrate to you after me. I heard that from the Prophet. I heard the Prophet saying, "The Hour will not be established" or said: "From among the portents of the Hour is that the religious knowledge will be taken away (by the death of religious Scholars) and general ignorance (of religion) will appear; and the drinking of alcoholic drinks will be very common, and (open) illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, and men will decrease in number while women will increase so much so that, for fifty women there will only be one man to look after them."

Allah's Apostle said, "When a slave (of Allah) commits illegal sexual intercourse, he is not a believer at the time of committing it; and if he steals, he is not a believer at the time of stealing; and if he drinks an alcoholic drink, when he is not a believer at the time of drinking it; and he is not a believer when he commits a murder." 'Ikrima said: I asked Ibn Abbas, "How is faith taken away from him?" He said, "Like this," by clasping his hands and then separating them, and added, "But if he repents, faith returns to him like this," by clasping his hands again.

Once the people doubted the appearance of the moon of Ramadan,and intended neither to offer the tarawih prayer nor to keepfast. A bedouin came from al-Harrah and testified that he hadsighted the moon. He was brought to the Prophet (peace be uponhim). He asked: Do you testify that there is no god but Allah,and that I am the Apostle of Allah? He said: Yes; and hetestified that he had sighted the moon. He commanded Bilal whoannounced to the people to offer the tarawih prayer and to keepfast.

A man made his wife like the back of his mother. He then hadintercourse with her before he atoned for it. He came to theProphet (peace be upon him) and informed him of this matter. Heasked (him): What moved you to the action you have committed? Hereplied: I saw the whiteness of her shins in moon light. He said:Keep away from her until you expiate for your deed.

The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said to Ibn Suriya': Iremind you by Allah Who saved you from the people of Pharaoh,made you cover the sea, gave you the shade of clouds, sent downto you manna and quails, sent down you Torah to Moses, do youfind stoning (for adultery) in your Book? He said: You havereminded me by the Great. It is not possible for me to belie you.He then transmitted the rest of the tradition.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I swear by Allah, I shallfight against the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fightagainst the Quraysh; I swear by Allah, I shall fight against theQuraysh. He then said: "If Allah wills."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said on the day he came to him, "Welcome to the rider and the emigrant."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Once we were traveling with the Prophet and we carried on traveling till the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. So it was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up and the first to wake up was so and so, then so and so and then so and so (the narrator 'Auf said that Abu Raja' had told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. And whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would wake up him till he himself used to get up as we did not know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep. So, 'Umar got up and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, "Allahu Akbar" and raised his voice with Takbir, and kept on saying loudly till the Prophet got up because of it. When he got up, the people informed him about what had happened to them. He said, "There is no harm (or it will not be harmful). Depart!" So they departed from that place, and after covering some distance the Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution. So he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer was pronounced and he led the people in prayer. After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had not prayed with the people. He asked, "O so and so! What has prevented you from praying with us?" He replied, "I am Junub and there is no water." The Prophet said, "Perform Tayammum with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for you."

Then the Prophet proceeded on and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down and called a person (the narrator 'Auf added that Abu Raja' had named him but he had forgotten) and 'Ali, and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags of water. They asked, "Where can we find water?" She replied, "I was there (at the place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind me." They requested her to accompany them. She asked, "Where?" They said, "To Allah's Apostle." She said, "Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi, (with a new religion)?" They replied, "Yes, the same person. So come along." They brought her to the Prophet and narrated the whole story. He said, "Help her to dismount." The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths of the bags and poured some water into the pot. Then he closed the big openings of the bags and opened the small ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their animals. So they all watered their animals and they (too) all quenched their thirst and also gave water to others and last of all the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was Junub and told him to pour it over his body. The woman was standing and watching all that they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned they looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before (Miracle of Allah's Apostle). Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so dates, flour and Sawiq were collected which amounted to a good meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel and that cloth full of foodstuff was also placed in front of her and then the Prophet said to her, "We have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us." She returned home late. Her relatives asked her: "O so and so what has delayed you?" She said, "A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called the Sabi' and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah's true Apostle."

Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her village. One day she said to her people, "I think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any inclination to Islam?" They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam.

Abu 'Abdullah said: The word Saba'a means "The one who has deserted his old religion and embraced a new religion." Abul 'Ailya said, "The Sabis are a sect of people of the Scripture who recite the Book of Psalms."

We performed Hajj-at-Tamattu' in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle and then the Qur'an was revealed (regarding Hajj-at-Tamattu') and somebody said what he wished (regarding Hajj-at-Tamattu') according his own opinion.

The Prophet said, "I looked at Paradise and saw that the majority of its residents were the poor; and I looked at the (Hell) Fire and saw that the majority of its residents were women."

The Prophet said, "I looked into paradise and saw that the majority of its people were the poor, and I looked into the Fire and found that the majority of its people were women."

I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why should a doer (people) try to do good deeds?" The Prophet said, "Everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined place for which he has been created."

I offered the prayer with 'Ali in Basra and he made us remember the prayer which we used to pray with Allah's Apostle. 'Ali said Takbir on each rising and bowing.

(who had piles) I asked Allah's Apostle about the praying of a man while sitting. He said, "If he prays while standing it is better and he who prays while sitting gets half the reward of that who prays standing; and whoever prays while lying gets half the reward of that who prays while sitting."

had piles, so I asked the Prophet about the prayer. He said, "Pray while standing and if you can't, pray while sitting and if you cannot do even that, then pray lying on your side."

Some people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet and he said (to them), "O Bani Tamim! rejoice with glad tidings." They said, "You have given us glad tidings, now give us something." On hearing that the color of his face changed then the people of Yemen came to him and he said, "O people of Yemen! Accept the good tidings, as Bani Tamim has refused them." The Yemenites said, "We accept them. Then the Prophet started taking about the beginning of creation and about Allah's Throne. In the meantime a man came saying, "O 'Imran! Your she-camel has run away!'' (I got up and went away), but I wish I had not left that place (for I missed what Allah's Apostle had said).

I went to the Prophet and tied my she-camel at the gate. The people of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet who said "O Bani Tamim! Accept the good tidings." They said twice, 'You have given us the good tidings, now give us something." Then some Yemenites came to him and he said, "Accept the good tidings, O people of Yemen, for Bani Tamim refused them." They said, "We accept it, O Allah's Apostle! We have come to ask you about this matter (i.e. the start of creations)." He said, "First of all, there was nothing but Allah, and (then He created His Throne). His throne was over the water, and He wrote everything in the Book (in the Heaven) and created the Heavens and the Earth." Then a man shouted, "O Ibn Husain! Your she-camel has gone away!" So, I went away and could not see the she-camel because of the mirage. By Allah, I wished I had left that she-camel (but not that gathering).

Narrated 'Umar: One day the Prophet stood up amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Paradise will enter their places and the people of Hell will enter their places. Some remembered what he had said, and some forgot it.

The Prophet said, "I looked at Paradise and found poor people forming the majority of its inhabitants; and I looked at Hell and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were women."

That they were with the Prophet on a journey. They travelled the whole night, and when dawn approached, they took a rest and sleep overwhelmed them till the sun rose high in the sky. The first to get up was Abu Bakr. Allah's Apostles used not to be awakened from his sleep, but he would wake up by himself. 'Umar woke up and then Abu Bakr sat by the side of the Prophet's head and started saying: Allahu-Akbar raising his voice till the Prophet woke up, (and after traveling for a while) he dismounted and led us in the morning prayer. A man amongst the people failed to join us in the prayer. When the Prophet had finished the prayer, he asked (the man), "O so-and-so! What prevented you from offering the prayer with us?" He replied, "I am Junub," Alllah's Apostle ordered him to perform Tayammam with clean earth. The man then offered the prayer. Allah's Apostle ordered me and a few others to go ahead of him. We had become very thirsty. While we were on our way (looking for water), we came across a lady (riding an animal), hanging her legs between two water-skins. We asked her, "Where can we get water?" She replied, "Oh ! There is no water." We asked, "how far is your house from the water?" She replied, "A distance of a day and a night travel." We said, "Come on to Allah's Apostle, "She asked, "What is Allah's Apostle ?" So we brought her to Allah's Apostle against her will, and she told him what she had told us before and added that she was the mother of orphans. So the Prophet ordered that her two water-skins be brought and he rubbed the mouths of the water-skins. As we were thirsty, we drank till we quenched our thirst and we were forty men. We also filled all our waterskins and other utensils with water, but we did not water the camels. The waterskin was so full that it was almost about to burst. The Prophet then said, "Bring what (foodstuff) you have." So some dates and pieces of bread were collected for the lady, and when she went to her people, she said, "I have met either the greatest magician or a prophet as the people claim." So Allah guided the people of that village through that lady. She embraced Islam and they all embraced Islam.

Allah's Apostle said, "The best of my followers are those living in my generation (i.e. my contemporaries), and then those who will follow the latter." 'Imran added, "I do not remember whether he mentioned two or three generations after his generation, then the Prophet added, 'There will come after you, people who will bear witness without being asked to do so, and will be treacherous and untrustworthy, and they will vow and never fulfill their vows, and fatness will appear among them.' "

The people of Banu Tamim came to Allah's Apostle, and he said, "Be glad (i.e. have good tidings). O Banu Tamim!" They said, "As you have given us good tidings then give us (some material things)." On that the features of Allah's Apostle changed (i.e. he took it ill). Then some people from Yemen came, and the Prophet said (to them), "Accept good tidings as Banu Tamim have not accepted them." They said, "We accept them, O Allah's Apostle!"

The Verse of Hajj-at-Tamatu was revealed in Allah's Book, so we performed it with Allah's Apostle, and nothing was revealed in Qur'an to make it illegal, nor did the Prophet prohibit it till he died. But the man (who regarded it illegal) just expressed what his own mind suggested.

The Prophet said, "I looked into Paradise and found that the majority of its dwellers were the poor people, and I looked into the (Hell) Fire and found that the majority of its dwellers were women."

The Prophet said, "Some people will be taken out of the Fire through the intercession of Muhammad they will enter Paradise and will be called Al-Jahannamiyin (the Hell Fire people)."

A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! Can the people of Paradise be known (differentiated) from the people of the Fire?" The Prophet replied, "Yes." The man said, "Why do people (try to) do (good) deeds?" The Prophet said, "Everyone will do the deeds for which he has been created to do or he will do those deeds which will be made easy for him to do," (i.e. everybody will find easy to do such deeds as will lead him to his destined place for which he has been created).

A man bit another man's hand and the latter pulled his hand out of his mouth by force, causing two of his incisors (teeth) to fall out. They submitted their case to the Prophet, who said, "One of you bit his brother as a male camel bites. (Go away), there is no Diya (Blood-money) for you."

Allah's Apostle saw a person sitting aloof and not praying with the people. He asked him, "O so and so! What prevented you from offering the prayer with the people?" He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! I am Junub and there is no water." The Prophet said, "Perform Tayammum with clean earth and that will be sufficient for you."

While I was with the Prophet , some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet said, "O Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given us the good news; now give us (something)." (After a while) some Yemenites entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen! Accept the good news, as Bani Tamim have refused it. " They said, "We accept it, for we have come to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of this universe was." The Prophet said "There was Allah and nothing else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then created the Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book." Then a man came to me and said, "O Imran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I set out seeking it, and behold, it was beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the gathering)."

A delegation from Banu Tamim came to the Prophet . The Prophet said, "Accept the good tidings, O Banu Tamim!" They said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have given us good tidings, so give us (something)." Signs of displeasure appeared on his face. Then another delegation from Yemen came and he said (to them), "Accept the good tidings, for Banu Tamim refuses to accept them." They replied, "We have accepted them, O Allah's Apostle!"

A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: My sonhas died; what do I receive from his estate? He replied: Youreceive a sixth. When he turned away he called him and said: Youreceive another sixth. When he turned away, he called him andsaid: The other sixth is an allowance (beyond what is due).Qatadah said: They (the Companions) did not know the heirs withwhom he was given (a sixth). Qatadah said: The minimum sharegiven to the grandfather was a sixth.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There must be no shoutingor leading another horse at one's side. Yahya added in histradition: When racing for a wager.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A section of my communitywill continue to fight for the right and overcome their opponentstill the last of them fights with the Antichrist.

Mutarrif ibn Abdullah reported:Imran ibn Husayn was asked about aperson who divorces his wife, and then has intercourse with her,but he does not call any witness to her divorce nor to herrestoration. He said: You divorced against the sunnah and tookher back against the sunnah. Call someone to bear witness to herdivorce, and to her return in marriage, and do not repeat it.

Ibrahim ibn Ata, the client of Imran ibn Husayn, reported on theauthority of his father: Ziyad, or some other governor, sentImran ibn Husayn to collect sadaqah (i.e. zakat). When hereturned, he asked Imran: Where is the property? He replied: Didyou send me to bring the property? We collected it from where weused to collect in the lifetime of the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him), and we spent it where we used to spend during the timeof the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him).

Habib al-Maliki said: A man said to Imran ibn Husayn: AbuNujayd,you narrate to us traditions whose basis we do not find in theQur'an. Thereupon, Imran got angry and said to the man: Do youfind in the Qur'an that one dirham is due on forty dirhams (asZakat), and one goat is due on such-and-such number of goats, andone camel will be due on such-and-such number of camels? Hereplied: No. He said: From whom did you take it? You took it fromus, from the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). He mentionedmany similar things.

I went on an expedition with the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim), and I was present with him at the conquest. He stayedeighteen days in Mecca and prayed only two rak'ahs (at each timeof prayer). And he said: You who live in the town must pray four;we are travellers.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) led them in prayer and forgotsomething, so he made prostrations and uttered the tashahhud,then gave the salutation.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) led (us) in the noon prayer, anda man came and recited behind him "Glorify the name of thy Lord,the Most High" (Surah 87). When he finished (the prayer), hesaid: Which of you recited? They (the people) said: A man(recited). He said: I knew that some one of you confused me in it(in the recitation of the Qur'an).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone swears a falseoath in confinement, he should make his seat in Hell on accountof his (act).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: No vow must betaken to do an act of disobedience, and the atonement for it isthe same as for an oath.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade to cauterise; wecauterised but they (cauterisation) did not benefit us, norproved useful for us.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: No spell is to be usedexcept for the evil eye or a scorpion sting.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I do not ride on purple, orwear a garment dyed with saffron, or wear shirt hemmed with silk.Pointing to the collar of his shirt al-Hasan (al-Basri) said: Theperfume used by men should have an odour but no colour, and theperfume used by women should have a colour but no odour. Sa'idsaid: I think he said: They interpreted his tradition aboutperfume used by women as applying when she comes out. But whenshe is with her husband, she may use any perfume she wishes.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Let him who hears of theDajjal (Antichrist) go far from him for I swear by Allah that aman will come to him thinking he is a believer and follow himbecause of confused ideas roused in him by him.

A woman belonging to the tribe of Juhaynah (according to theversion of Aban) came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and saidthat she had committed fornication and that she was pregnant. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) called her guardian. Thenthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to him: Be good toher, and when she bears a child, bring her (to me). When she gavebirth to the child, he brought her (to him). The Prophet (peacebe upon him) gave orders regarding her, and her clothes were tiedto her. He then commanded regarding her and she was stoned todeath. He commanded the people (to pray) and they prayed overher. Thereupon Umar said: Are you praying over her, Apostle ofAllah, when she has committed fornication? He said: By Him inWhose hand my soul is, she has repented to such an extent that ifit were divided among the seventy people of Medina, it would havebeen enough for them all. And what do you find better than thefact that she gave her life. Aban did not say in his version:Then her clothes were tied to her.

A servant of some poor people cut off the ear of the servant ofsome rich people. His people came to the Prophet (peace be uponhim) and said: Apostle of Allah! we are poor people. So heimposed no compensation on them.

A man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Peace beupon you! He responded to his salutation. He then sat down. TheProphet (peace be upon him) said: Ten. Another man came and said:Peace and Allah's mercy be upon you! He responded to hissalutation when he sat down. He said: Twenty. Another man cameand said: Peace and Allah's mercy and blessings be upon you! Heresponded to him and said when he sat down: and blessings be uponyou! He responded to him and said when he sat down: Thirty.

In the pre-Islamic period we used to say: "May Allah make the eyehappy for you," and "Good morning" but when Islam came, we wereforbidden to say that. AbdurRazzaq said on the authority ofMa'mar: It is disapproved that a man should say: "May Allah makethe eye happy for you," but there is no harm in saying: "MayAllah make your eye happy.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) led them in prayer and forgot something. So he observed two (extra) prostrations (as compensation), then recited Tashahhud and then observed salutations.

Tirmidhi transmitted it and he said: This is a hasan gharib hadith.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) taught his father, Husayn, two phrases of supplication: Allah, reveal to me my guidance, and protect me against the evil of my mind.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

When Imran came upon a story-teller who was reciting the Qur'an and then asking for payment he first uttered the words, "We belong to Allah and to Him do we return" and then told that he had heard Allah's Messenger say, "When anyone recites the Qur'an, let him ask a reward for it from Allah, for people will arise who will recite the Qur'an and ask a reward for it from men."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Imran told of the Prophet (peace be upon him) asking his father, "How many gods do you worship today, Husayn?" His father replied, "Seven, six in the earth and one in heaven." He asked, "Which of them do you take account of regarding your hopes and your fears?" On receiving his reply that it was the one in heaven he said, 'If you were to accept Islam, Husayn, I would teach you two phrases which would benefit you." When Husayn accepted Islam he asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) to teach him the two phrases he had promised him, and he told him to say, "O Allah, direct me in the right way and deliver me from the evil within myself."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When anyone has something due to him from another he will be credited with sadaqah for every day he allows the other to postpone payment."

Ahmad transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Having someone to urge on a horse from behind in a race, having a horse beside the one that is being ridden in a race, to which the rider may transfer, and giving a woman in marriage in return for another without dowry, are not allowed in Islam, and he who plunders does not belong to us."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Imran heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "Vows are of two kinds, so if anyone vows to do an act of obedience, that is for Allah and must be fulfilled; but if anyone vows to do an act of disobedience, that is for the Devil and must not be fulfilled, but he must make atonement for it to the extent he would do in the case of an oath."

Nasa'i transmitted it.

AbuRaja said, Imran ibn Husayn came out to us wearing a robe of silk cloth with ornamented borders and declared that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had said, "If Allah shows favour to anyone, He likes the mark of His favour to be seen on His servant."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah loves His poor, believing servant who refrains from begging and yet has children."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) at the time of his death disliked three tribes: Thaqif, the Banu Hanifah and the Banu Umayyah.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Ali pertains to me and I pertain to him, and he is the guardian of every believer."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Seventy thousandpeople of my Ummah would be admitted into Paradise withoutrendering any account. They (the companions) said: Who would bethose (fortunate persons)? He (the Prophet) said: Those who donot cauterise and practise charm, but repose trust in their Lord,Ukkashah then stood up and said: Supplicate (before) Allah thatHe should make me one among them. He (the Prophet) said: Thou artone among them He (the narrator) said: A man stood up and said:Apostle of Allah, supplicate (before) Allah that He should makeme one among them. He (the Prophet) said: Ukkashah has precededyou (in this matter).

The Messenger of Allah ((peace be upon him)) led us in Zuhr orAsr prayer (noon or the afternoon prayer). (On concluding it) hesaid: Who recited behind me (the verses): Glorify the name of thyLord, the Most High (surah 87)? Thereupon a person said: It wasI, but I intended nothing but goodness. I felt that some one ofyou was disputing with me in it (or he was taking out from mytongue what I was reciting), said the Prophet (peace be upon him)

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said the afternoonprayer and gave the salutation at the end of three rak'ahs andthen went into his house. A man called al-Khirbaq, who had longarms, got up and went to him, and addressed him as Messenger ofAllah and mentioned to him what he had done. He came out angrilytrailing his mantle, and when he came to the people he said: Isthis man telling the truth? They said: Yes. He then said onerak'ah and then gave salutation and then performed twoprostrations and then gave salutation.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: A brother of yourshas died; so stand up and offer prayer for him, i.e. Negus. Andin the hadith transmitted by Zubayr (the words are): Yourbrother.

Mutarrif reported: Imran ibn Husayn said to me: Should I notnarrate to you a hadith today by which Allah will benefit yousubsequently--and bear in mind that Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) made some members of his family perform Umrah withinten days of Dhul-Hijjah. No verse was revealed to abrogate that,and he (the Prophet) did not refrain from doing it till he died.So after him everyone said as he liked, (but it would be hispersonal opinion and not the verdict of the Shari'ah).

The tribe of Thaqif was the ally of Banu Uqayl. Thaqif took twopeople from amongst the companions of Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) as prisoners. The companions of Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him) took one person of Banu Uqayl as prisoner,and captured al-Adba' (the she-camel of the Holy Prophet) withhim. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came to him and he wastied with ropes. He said: Muhammad. He came up to him and said:What is the matter with you? Thereupon he (the prisoner) said:Why have you taken me as prisoner and why have you caught hold ofone preceding the pilgrims (the she-camel as she carried the HolyProphet on her back and walked ahead of the multitude)? He (theHoly Prophet) said: (Yours is a great fault). I (my men) havecaptured of you for the crime of your allies, Banu Thaqif. He(the Holy Prophet) then turned away. He again called him andsaid: Muhammad, Muhammad, and since Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) was very compassionate and tenderhearted, he returnedto him, and said: What is the matter with you?He said: I am aMuslim. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Had you said thiswhen you had been the master of yourself, you would have gainedevery success. He then turned away. He (the prisoner) called himagain saying: Muhammad, Muhammad. He came to him and said: Whatis the matter with you? He said: I am hungry, feed me, and I amthirsty, so provide me with drink. He (the Holy Prophet) said:That is (to satisfy) your want. He was then ransomed for twopeople (who had been taken prisoner by Thaqif). He (the narrator)said: A woman of the Ansar had been taken prisoner and alsoal-Abda' was caught. The woman had been tied with ropes. Thepeople were resting to their animals in front of their houses.She escaped one night from the bondage and came to the camels. Asshe drew near the camels, they fretted and became angry and soshe left them alone until she came to al-Adba'. It did not fretand fume; it was docile. She mounted upon its back and rode away.Thus she escaped. When they (the enemies of Islam) were warned ofthis, they went in search of it, but it (the she-camel) exhaustedthem. She (the woman) made vow to Allah that He saved her throughit, she would offer that as a sacrifice. As she reached Medina,the people saw her and they said: Here is al-Adba', the she-camelof Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). She (the woman) saidthat she had taken a vow that if Allah would save her on itsback, she would sacrifice it. They (the Prophet's companions)came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and mentioned thatto him. Thereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, how ill sherewarded it by vowing to Allah that if He saved her on its back,she would sacrifice it! There is no fulfilment of the vow in anact of disobedience, nor in an act over which a person has nocontrol. In the version of Ibn Hujr (the words are): "There is novow in disobedience to Allah."

A person who had no other property emancipated six slaves of hisat the time of his death. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him)called for them and divided them into three sections, cast lotsamongst them and set two free and kept four in slavery; and he(the Prophet) spoke severely of him.

A woman from Juhaynah came to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him)and she had become pregnant because of adultery. She said:Allah's Apostle, I have done something for which (prescribedpunishment) must be imposed upon me, so impose that. Allah'sApostle (peace be upon him) called her master and said: Treat herwell, and when she gives birthbring her to me. He didaccordingly. Then Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) pronouncedjudgment on her. Her clothes were tied around her and then hegave the order and she was stoned to death. He then prayed overher (dead body). Thereupon Umar said to him: Allah's Apostle,you offer prayer for her although she had committed adultery!Thereupon he said: She has made such a repentance that if it wereto be divided among seventy men of Medina, it would be enough.Have you found any repentance better than that she sacrificed herlife for Allah, the Majestic?

We were with Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) in some of hisjourneys and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camelthat it shied and she invoked curse upon that. Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him) heard it and said: Unload that and set itfree for it is accursed. Imran said: I still perceive that(dromedary) walking amongst people and none taking any notice ofthat.

AbulAswad reported that Imran asked me: What is your view whatthe people do today in the world, and strive for, is it somethingdecreed for them or preordained for them or will their fate inthe Hereafter be determined by the fact that their Prophetsbrought them teaching which they did not act upon? I said: Ofcourse, it is something which is predetermined for them andpreordained for them. He (further) said: Then, would it not be aninjustice (to punish them)? I felt greatly disturbed about that,and said: Everything is created by Allah and lies in His Power.He will not be questioned as to what He does, but they will bequestioned. Thereupon he said to me: May Allah have mercy uponyou, I only meant to ask you in order to test your intelligence.Two men of the tribe of Muzaynah came to Allah's Apostle (peacebe upon him) and said: Allah's Apostle, what is your opinion?That which the people do in the world and strive for, issomething decreed for them, something preordained for them? Andwill their fate in the Hereafter be determined by the fact thattheir Prophets brought them teachings which they did not act uponand thus they deserve of punishment? Thereupon, he said: Ofcourse, it happens as it is decreed by Destiny and preordainedfor them, and this view is confirmed by this verse of the Book ofAllah, the Exalted and Glorious: "Consider the soul and Him Whomade it perfect, then breathed into it its sin and its piety."(91:8).

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Amongst the inmates ofParadise the women form a minority.

When they went out with with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) to a funeral he saw some people who had removed their cloaks and were walking in shirts, and said, "Do you adhere to the practice of pre-Islamic times?" or, "Do you copy what was done in pre-Islamic times? I feel inclined to invoke a curse on you that you should return metamorphosed." Then they took their cloaks and did not do that again.

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

AbdurRahman ibn Amr as-Sulami and Hujr ibn Hujr said: We came toIrbad ibn Sariyah who was among those about whom the followingverse was revealed: "Nor (is there blame) on those who come tothee to be provided with mounts, and when thou saidst: "I canfind no mounts for you." We greeted him and said: We have cometo see you to give healing and obtain benefit from you. Al-Irbadsaid: One day the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) led us inprayer, then faced us and gave us a lengthy exhortation at whichthe eyes shed tears and the hearts were afraid. A man said:Apostle of Allah! It seems as if it were a farewell exhortation,so what injunction do you give us? He then said: I enjoin you tofear Allah, and to hear and obey even if it be an Abyssinianslave, for those of you who live after me will see greatdisagreement. You must then follow my sunnah and that of therightly-guided caliphs. Hold to it and stick fast to it. Avoidnovelties, for every novelty is an innovation, and everyinnovation is an error.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to reciteal-Musabbihat before going to sleep, and say: They contain averse which is better than a thousand verses.

Anas brought out to us two worn out leather shoes without hair and with pieces of leather straps. Later on Thabit Al-Banani told me that Anas said that they were the shoes of the Prophet.

that he had heard Muawiya repeating the words of Adhan up to "Wa ash-hadu Anna Muhammadan Rasulul-lah (and I testify that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle.)"

Anas bin Malik brought out for us, two sandals having two straps. Thabit Al-Banani said, "These were the sandals of the Prophet."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent us in a detachmentand said (to us): If you see a mosque or hear a mu'adhdhin(calling to prayer), do not kill anyone.

Anas bin Malik said, "My grandmother Mulaika invited Allah's Apostle for a meal which she herself had prepared. He ate from it and said, 'Get up! I will lead you in the prayer.' " Anas added, "I took my Hasir, washed it with water as it had become dark because of long use and Allah's Apostle stood on it. The orphan (Damira or Ruh) and I aligned behind him and the old lady (Mulaika) stood behind us. Allah's Apostle led us in the prayer and offered two Rak'at and then left."

I heard Anas bin Malik saying, "A tailor invited Allah's Apostle to a meal which he had prepared. " Anas bin Malik said, "I accompanied Allah's Apostle to that meal. He served the Prophet with bread and soup made with gourd and dried meat. I saw the Prophet taking the pieces of gourd from the dish." Anas added, "Since that day I have continued to like gourd."