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Hisham ibn Sa'd reported: We entered upon Mu'adh ibn Abdullah ibnKhubayb al-Juhani. He said to his wife: When (at what age) shoulda boy pray? She replied: Some person of us reported: The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) was asked about it; he said: When aboy distinguishes right hand from the left hand, then command himto pray.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone eats food andthen says: "Praise be to Allah Who has fed me with this food andprovided me with it through no might and power on my part," hewill be forgiven his former and later sins. If anyone puts on agarment and says: "Praise be to Allah Who has clothed me withthis and provided me with it through no might and power on mypart," he will be forgiven his former and later sins.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone guards a believerfrom a hypocrite, Allah will send an angel who will guard hisflesh on the Day of Resurrection from the fire of Jahannam; butif anyone attacks a Muslim saying something by which he wishes todisgrace him, he will be restrained by Allah on the bridge overJahannam till he is acquitted of what he said.
(This version is same as previous No 5176 from the Prophet (peacebe upon him), adding that): Afterwards another man came and said:Peace and Allah's mercy, blessings and forgiveness be upon you!whereupon he said: Forty. adding: Thus are excellent qualitiesrewarded.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A person in spite of having the means to wear decent garments, abstains from wearing them out of sense of humility for the sake of Allah, will be called by Allah on the Day of Judgment in preference to all the human beings and will be given the option to choose whichever of the mantles of faith he likes.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
I fought along with the Prophet (peace be upon him) in such andsuch battles. The people occupied much space and encroached onthe road. The Prophet (peace be upon him) sent an announcer toannounce among the people: Those who occupy much space orencroach on the road will not be credited with jihad.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone sits in his placeof prayer when he finishes the dawn prayer till he prays the tworak'ahs of the forenoon, saying nothing but what is good, hissins will be forgiven even if they are more than the foam of thesea.
He who put the necklace of jizyah in his neck abandoned the wayfollowed by the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him).
When the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent him to the Yemen, heordered to take from everyone who had reached puberty one dinaror its equivalent in Mu'afiri garment of Yemen origin.
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Islamincreases and does not diminish. He, therefore, appointed aMuslim heir (of a non-Muslim).
AbdurRahman ibn Ghanam said: We were stationed at the frontiersof the city of Qinnisrin with Shurahbil ibn as-Simt. When heconquered it, he got sheep and cows there. He distributed some ofthem amongst us, and deposited the rest of them in the spoils ofwar. I met Mu'adh ibn Jabal and mentioned it to him. Mu'adh said:we went on an expedition of Khaybar along with the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) and we got spoils there. The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) divided them among us and placed therest of them in the booty.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If anyone fightsin Allah's path as long as the time between two milkings of ashe-camel, Paradise will be assured for him. If anyone sincerelyasks Allah for being killed and then dies or is killed, therewill be a reward of a martyr for him. Ibn al-Musaffa added fromhere: If anyone is wounded in Allah's path, or suffers amisfortune, it will come on the Day of resurrection as copious aspossible, its colour saffron, and its odour musk; and if anyonesuffers from ulcers while in Allah's path, he will have on himthe stamp of the martyrs.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Fighting is of two kinds:The one who seeks Allah's favour, obeys the leader, gives theproperty he values, treats his associates gently and avoids doingmischief, will have the reward for all the time whether he isasleep or awake; but the one who fights in a boasting spirit, forthe sake of display and to gain a reputation, who disobeys theleader and does mischief in the earth will not return credit orwithout blame.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: (The reward of)prayer, fasting and remembrance of Allah is enhanced sevenhundred times over (the reward of) spending in Allah's path.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent him to theYemen, he said (to him): Collect corn from the corn, sheep fromthe sheep, camel from the camels, and cow from the cows.
When the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent him to the Yemen, heordered him to take a male or a female calf a year old for everythirty cattle and a cow in its third year for every forty, andone dinar for every adult (unbeliever as a poll-tax) or cloths ofequivalent value manufactured in the Yemen.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was engaged in the Battle ofTabuk. If he moved off before the sun had declined, he woulddelay the noon prayer till he would combine it with the afternoonprayer and would offer them together. If he moved off after thesun had declined, he would combine the noon and afternoonprayers, and then he proceeded; if he moved off before theevening prayer, he would delay the evening prayer; he would offerit along with the night prayer, he would delay the eveningprayer; he would offer it along with the night prayer. If hemoved off after the evening prayer, he would offer the nightprayer earlier and offer it along with the evening prayer.
On the expedition to Tabuk if the sun had passed the meridianbefore the apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) moved off, hecombined the noon and the afternoon prayers; but if he moved offbefore the sun had passed the meridian, he delayed the noonprayer till he halted for the afternoon prayer. He actedsimilarly for the sunset prayer; if the sun set before he movedoff, he combined the sunset and the night prayers, but if hemoved off before sunset, he delayed the sunset prayer till hehalted for the night prayer and then combined them.
Prayer passed through three stages and fasting also passedthrough three stages. The narrator Nasr reported the rest of thetradition completely. The narrator, Ibn al-Muthanna, narrated thestory of saying prayer facing in the direction of Jerusalem. Hesaid: The third stage is that the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) came to Medina and prayed, i.e. facing Jerusalem, forthirteen months. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse:"We have seen thee turning thy face to Heaven (for guidance, OMuhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer)toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face towardthe Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wherever yemay be, turn your face (when ye pray) toward it" (ii.144). AndAllah, the Reverend and the Majestic, turned (them) towards theKa'bah. He (the narrator) completed his tradition. The narrator,Nasr, mentioned the name of the person who had the dream, saying:And Abdullah ibn Zayd, a man from the Ansar, came. The sameversion reads: And he turned his face towards the qiblah andsaid: Allah is most great, Allah is most great; I testify thatthere is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god butAllah; I testify that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, I testifythat Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah; come to prayer (hepronounced it twice), come to salvation (he pronounced it twice);Allah is Most Great, Allah is most great. He then paused for awhile, and then got up and pronounced in a similar way, exceptthat after the phrase "Come to salvation" he added. "The time forprayer has come, the time for prayer has come." The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) said: Teach it to Bilal, then pronouncethe adhan (call to prayer) with the same words. As regardsfasting, he said: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) usedto fast for three days every month, and would fast on the tenthof Muharram. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse:".......Fasting was prescribed for those before you, that ye mayward off (evil)......and for those who can afford it there is aransom: the feeding of a man in need (ii.183-84). If someonewished to keep the fast, he would keep the fast; if someonewished to abandon the fast, he would feed an indigent every day;it would do for him. But this was changed. Allah, the Exalted,revealed: "The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an..........(let him fast the same) number of other days" (ii.185). Hence the fast was prescribed for the one who was present in themonth (of Ramadan) and the traveller was required to atone (forthem); feeding (the indigent) was prescribed for the old man andwoman who were unable to fast. (The narrator, Nasr, furtherreported): The companion Sirmah, came after finishing his day'swork......and he narrated the rest of the tradition.
We waited for the Prophet (peace be upon him) to offer the nightprayer. He delayed until people thought that he would not comeout and some of us said that he had offered the prayer. At themoment when we were in this condition the Prophet (peace be uponhim) came out. People said to him as they were already saying. Hesaid: Observe this prayer when it is dark, for by it you havebeen made superior to all the peoples, no people having observedit before you.
I asked the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him): What is lawfulfor a man to do with his wife when she is menstruating? Hereplied: What is above the waist-wrapper, but it is better toabstain from it, too.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Be on your guardagainst three things which provoke cursing: easing in thewatering places and on the thoroughfares, and in the shade (ofthe tree).
Some companions of Mu'adh ibn Jabal said: When the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) intended to send Mu'adh ibn Jabal tothe Yemen, he asked: How will you judge when the occasion ofdeciding a case arises? He replied: I shall judge in accordancewith Allah's Book. He asked: (What will you do) if you do notfind any guidance in Allah's Book? He replied: (I shall act) inaccordance with the Sunnah of the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim). He asked: (What will you do) if you do not find anyguidance in the Sunnah of the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) and in Allah's Book? He replied: I shall do my best to forman opinion and I shall spare no effort. The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) then patted him on the breast and said:Praise be to Allah Who has helped the messenger of the Apostle ofAllah to find something which pleases the Apostle of Allah.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The flourishing state ofJerusalem will be when Yathrib is in ruins, the ruined state ofYathrib will be when the great war comes, the outbreak of thegreat war will be at the conquest of Constantinople and theconquest of Constantinople when the Dajjal (Antichrist) comesforth. He (the Prophet) struck his thigh or his shoulder with hishand and said: This is as true as you are here or as you aresitting (meaning Mu'adh ibn Jabal).
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The greatest war, theconquest of Constantinople and the coming forth of the Dajjal(Antichrist) will take place within a period of seven months.
AbuMusa said: Mu'adh came to me when I was in the Yemen. A manwho was Jew embraced Islam and then retreated from Islam. WhenMu'adh came, he said: I will not come down from my mount until heis killed. He was then killed. One of them said: He was asked torepent before that.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: if anyonesuppresses anger when he is in a position to give vent to it,Allah, the Exalted, will call him on the Day of Resurrection overthe heads of all creatures, and ask him to choose any of thebright and large eyed maidens he wishes.
Two men reviled each other in the presence of the Prophet (peacebe upon him) and one of them became excessively angry so much sothat I thought that his nose will break up on account of excessof anger. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I know a phrasewhich, if he repeated, he could get rid of this angry feeling.They asked: What is it, Apostle of Allah? He replied: He shouldsay: I seek refuge in Thee from the accursed devil. Mu'adh thenbegan to ask him to do so, but he refused and persisted inquarrelling, and began to enhance his anger.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If a Muslim sleeps whileremembering Allah, in the state of purification, is alarmed whileasleep at night, and asks Allah for good in this world and in theHereafter. He surely gives it to him. Thabit al-Bunani said:AbuZabyah came to visit us and he transmitted this tradition tous from Mu'adh ibn Jabal from the Prophet (peace be upon him).Thabit said: So and so said: I tried my best to utter these(prayers) when I got up, but I could not do.
I said to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him): Inform me about an act which would entitle me to get into Paradise, and remove me away from Hell-Fire. He (the Prophet) said: You have asked me about a matter (which ostensibly appears to be) difficult but it is easy to those for whom Allah, the Exalted, has made it easy. Worship Allah and do not associate anything with him, establish prayer, pay the Zakat, observe the fast of Ramadan and perform Hajj to the (sacred) House (Ka'bah). He again said: Should I not direct you to the gateways of good? Listen to me: The fasting is a shield against evil, the charity extinguishes (the fire of sin) just as water extinguishes fire, the prayer of a person during the middle of the night. Then he recited: 'Who forsake their beds...(up to)....they used to do.' Then he said: Should I not direct you to the highest level of this matter, to the pillar on which (it rests) and its top? I said: Allah's Messenger yes, (do tell me). He said: The uppermost level of the matter is al-Islam. Its pillar is the prayer and its top is Jihad. He then said: Should I not inform you of the sheet anchor of all this? I said: Allah's Apostle (of course do it). He took hold of his tongue and said: Exercise restraint on it. I said: Apostle of Allah, would we be held responsible for what we say with it? Thereupon he said: Mu'adh, may your mother be bereaved. Will anything else besides (irresponsible) talk cause the people to be thrown into the Hell-Fire upon their faces or on their nostrils?
Transmitted by Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to Mu'adh: The key to Paradise is the testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah.
Transmitted by Ahmad.
I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying: He who would meet Allah (in the state) that he has not associated anything with Him, he has offered five (daily prayers), and observed the fast of Ramadan he will be pardoned. I said: Allah's Messenger, should I not convey this happy news to them (to the Muslims)? He said: Let them go on doing good deeds.
Transmitted by Ahmad.
Mu'adh asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) as to which faith is excellent. He said: That you love (any person or thing) for the sake of Allah, hate for the sake of Allah, and that you keep your tongue busy in the remembrance of Allah. He said: Allah's Messenger, is there anything besides this? He said: You like for the people what you like for yourself, and you dislike for them what you dislike for yourself.
Transmitted by Ahmad.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) instructed me to do ten things saying: 1. Do not associate anything with Allah even if you are killed and burnt on that account. 2. Don't be disobedient to your parents even if they command you to abandon your family and your property. 3. Do not deliberately neglect to observe a prescribed prayer for he who neglects the prescribed prayer deliberately will become out of the protection of Allah. 4. Do not drink wine for it is the height of every obscenity. 5. Shun evil, for with evil there descends the wrath of Allah. 6. Beware of running away from the battle-field even if the people perish. 7. And when the death overtakes the people (in a plague or disaster) and you are one amongst them, show steadfastness. 8. Spend on your children according to your means. 9. Do not refrain from using pressure (of punishment) with a view to training them. 10. Inculcate in them the fear of Allah.
Transmitted by Ahmad.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily Satan is the wolf of a man just as the wolf is (the enemy) of a flock. He seizes the solitary sheep going astray from the flock or going aside from the flock. So avoid the branching paths; it is essential for you to remain along with the community.
Transmitted by Ahmad.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whenever a woman causes annoyance and torture to her husband in this world, his mate from among the houris of Paradise says to her: May Allah ruin thee, do not cause thy husband annoyance, for he is only thy guest, and will soon leave thee to join us in Paradise.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Mu'adh heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: Allah, the master of honour, says: For those who love one another for the sake of fear of My majesty and magnificence, there will be high seats of light that will be the envy of prophets and martyrs.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
I saw Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) wiping his face with the hem of his garment as he performed ablution.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was detained one morning from observing the dawn prayer (in congregation) along with us till the sun had almost appeared on the horizon. He then came out hurriedly and Iqamah for prayer was observed and he conducted it (prayer) in brief form. When he had concluded the prayer by saying As-salamu alaykum wa Rahmatullah, he called out to us saying: Remain in your places as you were. Then turning to us he said: I am going to tell you what detained me from you (on account of which I could not join you in the prayer) in the morning. I got up in the night and performed ablution and observed the prayer as had been ordained for me. I dozed in my prayer till I was overcome by (sleep) and lo, I found myself in the presence of my Lord, the Blessed and the Glorious, in the best form. He said: Muhammad! I said: At Thy service, my Lord. He said: What these highest angels contend about? I said: I do not know. He repeated it thrice. He said: Then I saw Him put His Palms between my shoulder blades till I felt the coldness of His fingers between the two sides of my chest. Then everything was illuminated for me and I could recognize everything. He said: Muhammad! I said: At Thy service, my Lord. He said: What do these high angels contend about? I said: In regard to expiations. He said: What are these? I said: Going on foot to join congregational prayers, sitting in the mosques after the prayers, performing ablution well despite difficulties. He again said: Then what do they contend? I said: In regard to the ranks. He said: What are these? I said: Providing of food, speaking gently, observing the prayer when the people are asleep. He again said to me: Beg (Your Lord) and say: O Allah, I beg of Thee (power) to do good deeds, and abandon abominable deeds, to love the poor, that Thou forgive me and show mercy to me and when Thou intendst to put people to trial Thou causes me to die unblemished and I beg of Thee Thy love and the love of one who loves Thee and the love for the deed which brings me near to Thy love. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: It is a truth, so learn it and teach it.
Transmitted by Ahmad, Tirmidhi who said: This is a hasan sahih hadith and I asked Muhammad ibn Isma'il about this hadith and he said: It is a sahih hadith.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) liked to pray in enclosures. Some of the transmitters explained enclosures as gardens.
Tirmidhi transmitted it and he said: This is a gharib hadith. We do not know it but from the narration transmitted to us by Hasan ibn AbuJa'far, Yahya ibn Sa'id and others deemed it as a weak tradition.
I asked the Prophet (peace be upon him): Messenger of Allah, tell me of something which should cause me to be admitted to Paradise and will keep me away from the Fire. He answered: You have asked about a matter of great importance but it is easy for one for whom Allah makes it easy. Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him. Observe Prayer, pay the Zakat, observe the Fast of Ramadan and perform the Pilgrimage if you can afford the journey. Then he added: Shall I inform you of the gates of goodness? The fast is a shield. Charity puts out sins as water puts out fire and also the Prayer in the middle of the night. Then he recited: They withdraw themselves from their beds in the latter part of the night for Prayers and they call on their Lord in fear and hope and spend out of that which We have bestowed on them. No one knows what bliss is kept hidden from them, as a reward for what they used to do (32:17-18). Then he added: Shall I tell you of the root of the matter and of its contours and of its top? I said: Certainly, Messenger of Allah. He said: The root of the matter is Islam, its contours are Prayers and its top is striving in the cause of Allah (Jihad). Then he asked: Shall I tell you of that which is at the bottom of all this? I said: Certainly, Messenger of Allah. Then he took hold of his tongue and said: Keep this in control. I said: Shall we be called to account in respect of that which we say? He answered: May your mother lose you, will people not be thrown face down into Hell only on account of the harvest of their tongue.
Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Ahmad.
Mu'adh told of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying that if they wished he would tell them the first thing Allah would say to the believers on the Day of Resurrection and the first thing they would say to Him. When his hearers expressed a desire to be told, he said that Allah would say to the believers, "Did you wish to meet Me?" and that they would reply, "Yes, our Lord." He would ask them why, and they would reply that it was because they hoped for His forgiveness and pardon. He would then say, "My forgiveness has become necessary for you."
Baghawi transmitted it in Sharh as-Sunnah and AbuNu'aym in al-Hilyah.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "No pair of Muslims will lose three (of their children) by death without Allah bringing them into Paradise by His great mercy." He was asked if that applied if they lost two, and he said it did. He was also asked if it applied if they lost one, and he said it did. Then he said, "By Him in Whose hand my soul is, the abortion draws his mother to Paradise by his umbilical cord when she seeks her reward for him from Allah."
Ahmad transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted from "By Him in whose hand my soul is."
The Prophet (peace be upon him) heard a man making supplication saying, "O Allah, I ask Thee for complete favour," and asked him what complete favour meant. On his replying that it was a supplication by which he hoped to receive good, he said, "Part of complete favour is to enter Paradise and be safe from Hell." He heard a man saying, "O Possessor of majesty and splendour," and said, "Your prayer is answered, so make a request." The Prophet (peace be upon him) also heard a man who was saying, "O Allah, I ask Thee for endurance," and said, "You have asked Allah for trial; now ask Him for wellbeing."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Seek refuge in Allah from covetousness which leads to disgrace."
Ahmad and Bayhaqi, in [Kitab] ad-Da'wah al-Kabir, transmitted it.
AbdurRahman ibn Ka'b ibn Malik said that Mu'adh ibn Jabal was a generous young man who could save nothing and was always borrowing, so that he expended all his property on his debts. He went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked him to speak to his creditors. If they could have remitted debts to anyone they would have done it to Mu'adh for the sake of Allah's Messenger's, but Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sold them his property with the result that Mu'adh had nothing left.
Sa'id ibn Mansur transmitted it in his Sunan in mursal form.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said that no woman annoyed her husband in this world without his wife among the large-eyed maidens saying, "You must not annoy him. Allah curse you! He is only a passing guest with you and is about to leave you to come to us."
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him, "Mu'adh, Allah has created nothing on the face of the earth dearer to Him than emancipation, and Allah has created nothing on the face of the earth more hateful to Him than divorce."
Transmitted by Daraqutni.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sent me to the Yemen, but when I set off he sent after me and I was brought back. He then said, "Do you know why I sent for you? Do not take anything without my permission, for it is unfaithful dealing, and he who acts unfaithfully will come on the Day of Resurrection with the unfaithful deeds he has done. This is why I called you. Now go off to your task."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sent him to the Yemen, he went out with him giving him advice, Mu'adh riding and Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) walking beside his riding beast. Then when he finished he said, "Perhaps, Mu'adh, you may not meet me after this year, but perhaps, you may pass this mosque of mine and my grave." Mu'adh wept from grief over the departure of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) then turned facing Medina and said, "Those nearest to me are the pious, whoever they are and whenever they are."
Ahmad transmitted it.
When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sent him to the Yemen, he said, "Beware of living sumptuously, for Allah's servants do not live sumptuously."
Ahmad transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "In the last days there will be people who will be brethren in public but enemies in secret." He was asked how that would come about and replied, "Because they will have ulterior motives in their mutual dealings and at the same time will fear one another."
Ahmad transmitted it.
The Prophet (peace be upon him), said, "The inhabitants of Paradise will enter Paradise hairless, beardless with their eyes anointed with collyrium, aged thirty or thirty-three years."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
Mu'adh was on his deathbed and he said, "Seek knowledge from four people, from Uwaymir AbudDarda', from Salman, from Ibn Mas'ud, and from Abdullah ibn Salam who was a Jewish convert to Islam, for I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say he would be the tenth to enter Paradise."
Tirmidhi transmitted it.
We set out with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on theTabuk expedition, and he observed the noon and afternoon prayerstogether and the sunset and Isha prayers together.
The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say when hebroke his fast: O Allah, for Thee I have fasted, and with Thyprovision I have broken my fast.
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Migrationwill not end until repentance ends, and repentance will not enduntil the sun rises in the west.
AbulAzhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah said: Mu'awiyah stood among thepeople at Dayr Mustahill lying at the gate of Hims. He said: Opeople, we sighted the moon on such-and-such day. We shall fastin advance. Anyone who likes to do so may do it. Malik ibnHubayrah as-Saba'i stood up and asked: Mu'awiyah, did you hearthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say something (aboutthis matter), or is this something on the basis of your opinion?He replied: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) assaying: Fast the month (in the beginning) and in the last.
AbdurRahman ibn Hurmuz al-A'raj said: Al-Abbas ibn Abdullah ibnal-Abbas married his daughter to AbdurRahman ibn al-Hakam, andAbdurRahman married his daughter to him. And they made this(exchange) their dower. Mu'awiyah wrote to Marwan commanding himto separate them. He wrote in his letter: This is the shigharwhich the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) has forbidden.
Ibn Abbas said that Mu'awiyah told him: do you not know that Iclipped the hair of the head of the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) with a broad iron arrowhead at al-Marwah? Al-Hasanadded in his version: "during his hajj."
AbulAzhar al-Mughirah ibn Farwah and Yazid ibn AbuMalik reported:Mu'awiyah performed ablution before the people, as he saw theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) performed ablution. When hereached the stage of wiping his head, he took a handful of waterand poured it with his left hand over the middle of his head somuch so that drops of water came down or almost came down. Thenhe wiped (his head) from its front to its back and from its backto its front.
The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade the discussion ofthornyquestions.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not ride on silk stuffand panther skins. AbuSa'id said to us: AbuDawud said to us: Thename of AbulMu'tamir is Yazid ibn Tahman. He lived in al-Hirah.
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: If yousearch for the faults of the people, you will corrupt them, orwill nearly corrupt them. AbudDarda' said: These are the wordswhich Mu'awiyah himself from the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim), and Allah benefited him by them.
Make intercession, you will be rewarded, for I purposely delay amatter so that you intercede and then you are rewarded. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If you makeintercession, you will be rewarded.
AbuMijlaz said: Mu'awiyah went out to Ibn az-Zubayr and Ibn Amir.Ibn Amir got up and Ibn az-Zubayr remained sitting. Mu'awiyahsaid to Ibn Amir: Sit down, for I heard the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) say: Let him who likes people to stand upbefore him prepare his place in Hell.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If you are put in a position of authority, Mu'awiyah, fear Allah and act justly." He said that he continued to think he would be afflicted by a governorship, in accordance with what the Prophet had said, till it actually came true.
Ahmad transmitted it and Bayhaqi transmitted in Dala'il an-Nubuwwah.
Mu'awiyah wrote to Aisha asking her to write him a letter giving him advice but not to make it lengthy. She wrote: Peace be upon you! To proceed: I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "If anyone seeks Allah's good pleasure at the cost of men's displeasure Allah will keep from him the trouble caused by men; but if anyone seeks men's good pleasure at the cost of Allah's displeasure Allah will leave him in men's hands."
Transmitted by Tirmidhi.
Mu'awiyah went to a circle in the mosque and said: What makes yousit here? They said: We are sitting here in order to rememberAllah.He said: I adjure you by Allah (to tell me whether youare sitting here for this very purpose)? They said: By Allah, weare sitting here for this very purpose. Thereupon, he said: Ihave not ordered you to take an oath, because of any allegationagainst you and none of my rank in the eye of Allah's Apostle(peace be upon him) is the narrator of so few hadiths as I am. The fact is that Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) went out tothe circle of his companions and said: What makes you sit there? They said: We are sitting here in order to remember Allah and topraise Him because He guided us to the path of Islam and Heconferred favours upon us. Thereupon he adjured by Allah andasked if that were the only purpose of their sitting there. Theysaid: By Allah, we are not sitting out here for this verypurpose. Thereupon he (the Apostle (peace be upon him) said: I amnot asking you to take an oath because of any allegation againstyou but for the fact that Gabriel came to me and he informed methat Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, was talking to the angelsabout your magnificence.
I went to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and asked him:What do you say (command) about our wives? He replied: Give themfood what you have for yourself, and clothe them by which youclothe yourself, and do not beat them, and do not revile them.
Mu'awiyah asked: Apostle of Allah, what is the right of the wifeof one of us over him? He replied: That you should give her foodwhen you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, do not strikeher on the face, do not revile her or separate yourself from herexcept in the house.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) imprisoned a man on suspicion.
Bahz ibn Hakim reported from his grandfather: (Ibn Qudamah'sversion has: His grandfather's brother or uncle reported:) - thenarrator Mu'ammal said: - He (his grandfather Mu'awiyah) got upbefore the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) who was givingsermon: and he said: Why have your companions arrested myneighbours? He turned away from him twice. He (his grandfatherMu'awiyah) then mentioned something. The Holy Prophet (peace beupon him) then said: Let his neighbours go. (Mu'ammal did notmention the words "He was giving sermon.")
Mu'awiyah said to the Companions of the Prophet (peace be uponhim): Do you know that the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)prohibited from doing so and so (and he prohibited from) ridingon the skins of leopards? They said: Yes. He again said: You knowthat he prohibited combining hajj and umrah. They replied: Thiswe do not (know). He said: This was prohibited along with otherthings, but you forgot.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not try to outstrip mein bowing and prostrating because however earlier I bow you willjoin me when I raise (my head from bowing); I have become bulky.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade to ride onpanther skins and to wear gold except a little.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If they (the people) drinkwine, flog them, again if they drink it, flog them. Again if theydrink it, kill them.
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: (Ablution becomes essential) for one who goes to sleep, for when one (closes) one's eyes (in sleep) the sphincter (of one's anus) is loosened.
Transmitted by Darimi.
When the Mu'adhdhin called (Muslims) to prayer. Mu'awiyah said: Iheard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) saying: TheMu'adhdhins will have the longest necks on the Day orResurrection.
Umar ibn Ata ibn AbuKhuwar said that Nafi ibn Jubayr sent him toas-Sa'ib the son of Namir's sister with a view to asking himabout what he had seen in the prayer of Mu'awiyah. He said: Yes Iobserved the Jumu'ah prayer along with him in Maqsura and whenthe Imam pronounced salutation I stood up at my place andobserved (sunnah rak'ahs). As he entered (the apartment) he sentfor me and said: Do not repeat what you have done. Whenever youhave observed the Jumu'ah prayer, do not observe (sunnah prayer)till you have talked or got out for the Messenger of Allah (peacebe upon him) had ordered us to do this and not to combine two(types of) prayers without talking or going out.
Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not begimportunately, for, I swear by Allah, none of you who asks me foranything and manages to get what he asks for when I disapprove ofit will he be blessed in that which I give him.
AbuIshaq reported: I was sitting with Abdullah ibn Utbah andthere was a discussion about the age of the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him). Some of the persons said: AbuBakr was olderthan Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). Abdullah said:Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) died when he was sixtythree, and AbuBakr died when he was sixty-three and so Umar fellas a martyr when he was sixty three. A person from the people whowas called Amir ibn Sa'd reported that Jarir had said: We weresitting with Mu'awiyah that there was a discussion about the ageof Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him). Thereupon Mu'awiyahsaid: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) died when he hadattained the age of sixty-three, and AbuBakr died when he hadattained the age of sixty-three, and Umar fell as a martyr whenhe had attained the age of sixty-three.
I said: Apostle of Allah! to whom should I show kindness? Hereplied: Your mother, next your mother, next your mother, andthen comes your father, and then your relatives in order ofrelationship. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If aman asks his slave whom he freed for giving him property which issurplus with him and he refuses to give it to him, the surplusproperty which he refused to give will be called on the Day ofresurrection as a large bald snake.
I said: Apostle of Allah, how should we approach our wives andhow should we leave them? He replied: Approach your tilth when orhow you will, give her (your wife) food when you take food,clothe when you clothe yourself, do not revile her face, and donot beat her.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: For fortypasturing camels, one she-camel in her third year is to be given.The camels are not to be separated from reckoning. He who payszakat with the intention of getting reward will be rewarded. Ifanyone evades zakat, we shall take half the property from him asa due from the dues of our Lord, the Exalted. There is no sharein it (zakat) of the descendants of Muhammad (peace be upon him).
I said: Apostle of Allah, from whom should we conceal our privateparts and to whom can we show? He replied: conceal your privateparts except from your wife and from whom your right handspossess (slave-girls). I then asked: Apostle of Allah, (whatshould we do), if the people are assembled together? He replied:If it is within your power that no one looks at it, then no oneshould look at it. I then asked: Apostle of Allah if one of us isalone, (what should he do)? He replied: Allah is more entitledthan people that bashfulness should be shown to him.
Jahimah came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "Messenger of Allah, I desire to go on a military expedition and I have come to consult you. He asked him if he had a mother, and when he replied that he had, he said, "Stay with her, for Paradise is at her feet."
Ahmad, Nasa'i and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, transmitted it.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Woe to him whotells things, speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woeto him! Woe to him!.
One day the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prayed and gavethe salutation while a rak'ah of the prayer remained to beoffered. A man went to him and said: You forgot to offer onerak'ah of prayer. Then he returned and entered the mosque andordered Bilal (to utter the Iqamah). He uttered the Iqamah forprayer. He then led the people in one rak'ah of prayer. I statedit to the people. They asked me: Do you know who he was? I said:No, but I can recognise him if I see him. Then the man passed byme, I said: It is he. The people said: This is Talhah ibnUbaydullah.
The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade these two plants(i.e. garlic and onions), and he said: He who eats them shouldnot come near our mosque. If it is necessary to eat them, makethem dead by cooking, that is, onions and garlic.
I slapped a slave belonging to us and then fled away. I came backjust before noon and offered prayer behind my father. He calledhim (the slave) and me and said: Do as he has done to you. Hegranted pardon. He (my father) then said: We belonged to thefamily of Muqarrin during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him), and had only one slave girl and one of usslapped her. This news reached Allah's Apostle (peace be uponhim) and he said: Set her free. They (the members of the family)said: There is no other servant except she. Thereupon he said:Then employ her and when you can afford to dispense with herservices, then set her free.
I slapped a freed slave of ours. My father called him and me andsaid: Take retaliation on him. We, the people of Banu Muqarrin,were seven during the time of the Prophet (peace be upon him),andwe had only a female servant. A man of us slapped her. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Set her free. Theysaid: We have no other servant than her. He said: She must servethem till they become well off. When they become well off, theyshould set her free.
I was a companion rider of the Prophet on a donkey called Ufair. The Prophet asked, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what Allah's right on His slaves is, and what the right of His slaves on Him is?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "Allah's right on His slaves is that they should worship Him (Alone) and should not worship any besides Him. And slave's right on Allah is that He should not punish him who worships none besides Him." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Should I not inform the people of this good news?" He said, "Do not inform them of it, lest they should depend on it (absolutely)."
The one who asked (the Prophet) was Gabriel (refer to Hadith 5.327).
While I was a companion rider with the Prophet he said, "O Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik wa Sa'daik." He repeated this call three times and then said, "Do you know what Allah's Right on His slaves is?" I replied, "No." He said, "Allah's Right on His slaves is that they should worship Him (Alone) and should not join partners in worship with Him." He said, "O Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik wa Sa'daik." He said, "Do you know what the right of (Allah's) slaves on Allah is, if they do that (worship Him Alone and join none in His worship)? It is that He will not punish them."
as above, No. 283.
I used to pray the 'Isha prayer with the Prophet and then go to lead my people in the prayer.
While I was riding behind the Prophet and between me and him there was only the back of the saddle, he said, "0 Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik, 0 Allah's Apostle, and Sa'daik!" he said, "Do you know what is Allah's right upon his slave?" I said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "Allah's right upon his slaves is that they should worship Him alone and not worship anything else besides Him." Then he proceeded for a while and then said, "O Muadh bin Jabal!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, Sa'daik!" He said, "Do you know what is the right of the slaves upon Allah if they do that?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "The right of the slaves upon Allah is that He will not punish them (if they do that)."
While I was riding behind the Prophet as a companion rider and there was nothing between me and him except the back of the saddle, he said, "O Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik O Allah's Apostle! And Sa'diak!" He proceeded for a while and then said, "O Mu'adh!" I said, "Labbaik and Sa'daik, O Allah's Apostle!" He then proceeded for another while and said, "O Mu'adh bin Jabal!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and Sa'daik!" He said, "Do you know what is Allah's right on His slaves?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "Allah's right on his slaves is that they should worship Him and not worship anything besides Him." He then proceeded for a while, and again said, "O Mu'adh bin Jabal!" I replied. "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and Sa'daik." He said, "Do you know what is (Allah's) slaves' (people's) right on Allah if they did that?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "The right of (Allah's) slaves on Allah is that He should not punish them (if they did that)."
The Prophet said, "O Mu'adh! Do you know what Allah's Right upon His slaves is?" I said, "Allah and His Apostle know best." The Prophet said, "To worship Him (Allah) Alone and to join none in worship with Him (Allah). Do you know what their right upon Him is?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." The Prophet said, "Not to punish them (if they do so)."
Rifa'a was one of the warriors of Badr while (his father) Rafi' was one of the people of Al-'Aqaba (i.e. those who gave the pledge of allegiance at Al-'Aqaba). Rafi' used to say to his son, "I would not have been happier if I had taken part in the Badr battle instead of taking part in the 'Aqaba pledge."
A slave girl belonging to Ka'b used to graze some sheep at Si'a (mountain). Once one of her sheep was dying. She reached it (before it died) and slaughtered it with a stone. The Prophet was asked, and he said, "Eat it."