Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: There lived a kingbefore you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the magician)grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some youngboy to me so that I may teach him magic. He (the king) sent tohim a young man so that he might train him (in magic). On his way(to the magician) he (the young man) found a monk sitting there.He (the young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and wasimpressed by it. It became his habit that on his way to themagician he met the monk set there so he was late in coming tothe magician. He (the magician) beat him because of the delay. Hemade a complaint about it to the monk and he said to him: Whenyou feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my familydetained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you shouldsay: The magician detained me. It so happened that there came ahuge beast (of prey) and it blocked the way of the people. He(the young boy) said: I shall find out today whether the magicianor the monk is superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah,if the affairs of the monk are dearer to Thee than the affairs ofthe magician, bring death to this animal so that the people willbe able to move about freely. He threw that stone towards it andkilled it and the people began to move about (on the pathfreely). He (the young man) then came to that monk and informedhim. The monk said: My son, today you are superior to me. Youraffairs have reached a stage where I find that you will be soonput to the test, and in case you are put to don't reveal myidentity. That young man began to treat the blind and thosesuffering from leprosy and he in fact began to cure people of(all kinds) of illness. When a companion of the king, who hadbecome blind heard, about him, he came to him with numerous giftsand said: If you cure me, all these things collected togetherhere will be yours. He said: I myself do not cure anyone; it isAllah Who cures. If you affirm faith in Allah, I shall alsosupplicate Allah to cure you. He affirmed his faith in Allah andAllah cured him. He came to the king and sat by his side as heused to sit before. The king said to him: Who restored youreyesight? He said: My Lord. Thereupon he said: It means thatyour Lord is One besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord isAllah; so he (the king) took hold of him and tormented him untilhe revealed the identity of boy. The young man was thus summonedand the king said to him: O boy, it has been conveyed to me thatyou have become so proficient in your magic that you cure theblind and those suffering from leprosy and you do such and suchthings. Thereupon he said: I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Whocures. He (the king) took hold of him and began to torment him.So he revealed the identity of the monk. The monk was thussummoned and it was said to him: You should turn back from yourreligion. He, however, refused to do so. He (ordered) a saw to bebrought (and when it was done) he (the king) placed it in themiddle of his head and backed it until it fell apart. Then thecourtier of the king was brought and it was said to him: Turnback from your religion but he refused to do so. Therefore thesaw was placed in the middle of his head which was backed untilit fell apart.Then young boy was brought and it was said tohim: Turn back from your religion. He refused to do so and he washanded over to a group of his courtier. He said to them: Take himto such and such mountain; make him climb that mountain and whenyou reach its top (ask him to renounce his faith) but if herefuses to do so, then throw him (down the mountain). So theytook him and made him climb the mountain and he said: O Allah,save me from them (in any way) Thou likest. The mountain began toquake and they all fell down young man came walking back to theking. The king said to him: What has happened to yourcompanions? He said: Allah has saved me from them. He againhanded him to some of his courtiers and said: Take him and carryhim away in a small boat and when you reach the middle of theocean (ask him to renounce) his religion, but if he does notrenounce his religion throw him (into the water). So they tookhim and he said: O Allah, save me from them and what they want todo. It was not long before the boat overturned and they weredrowned but he came walking back to the king. The king said tohim: What has happened to your companions? He said: Allah hassaved me from them. He also said to the king: You cannot kill meuntil you do what I ask you to do. And he said: What is that? Hesaid: You should gather people on a plain and hang me by thetrunk (of a tree). Then take an arrow from the quiver and say: Inthe name of Allah, the Lord of the world; then shoot an arrow andif you do that then you would be able to kill me. So he (theking) called the people to an open plain and tied him (the boy)to the trunk of a tree. Then he took an arrow from his quiverplaced the arrow in the bow and then said: In the name of Allah,the Lord of the young boy; he then shot an arrow and it hit histemple. He (the boy) placed his hands upon the temple where thearrow had hit him and he. The people said: We affirm our faith inthe Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord ofthis young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this youngman. The courtiers came to the king and it was said to him: Doyou see that their faith is in the Lord? He (the king) commandedditches to be dug at important points in the path. When theseditches were dug, and the fire was lit in them it was said (tothe people): He who not turn back from his (boy's) religion willbe thrown in the fire or they will be told to jump in it. (Thepeople courted death but did not renounce religion) till a womancame with her child and she felt hesitant about jumping into thefire the child said to her: O mother, endure (this ordeal) for itis the Truth.

I heard Ash-Sha'bi saying, "A person who was accompanying the Prophet passed by a grave that was separated from the other graves told me that the Prophet once led the people in the (funeral) prayer and the people had aligned behind him. I said, "O Aba 'Amr! Who told you about it?" He said, "Ibn Abbas."

I heard Ash-Sha'bi saying, "I was told by a man who had passed with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) by a grave that was separate from the other graves that he (the Prophet ) led them in the prayer and they prayed behind him." I said, "O Abu 'Amr! Who narrated that to you?" He replied, "Ibn Abbas."

I asked Abu Minhal about money exchange from hand to hand. He said, "I and a partner of mine bought something partly in cash and partly on credit." Al-Bara' bin 'Azib passed by us and we asked about it. He replied, "I and my partner Zaid bin Al-Arqam did the same and then went to the Prophet and asked him about it. He said, 'Take what was from hand to hand and leave what was on credit.' "

Yazid Maula Al-Munba'ith heard Zaid bin Khalid al-Juham saying, "The Prophet was asked about Luqata. He said, 'Remember the description of its container and the string it is tied with, and announce it publicly for one year.' " Yazid added, "If nobody claims then the person who has found it can spend it, and it is regarded as a trust entrusted to him." Yahya said, "I do not know whether the last sentences were said by the Prophet or by Yazid." Zaid further said, "The Prophet was asked, 'What about a lost sheep?' The Prophet said, 'Take it, for it is for you or for your brother (i.e. its owner) or for the wolf." Yazid added that it should also be announced publicly. The man then asked the Prophet about a lost camel. The Prophet said, "Leave it, as it has its feet, water container (reservoir), and it will reach a place of water and eat trees till its owner finds it."

Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, 'I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, "Don't you hear what the Prophet is saying?" He said, "I am not mad."

A man from the companions of the Prophet said, "Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet and one of them became angry and his anger became so intense that his face became swollen and changed. The Prophet said, 'I know a word the saying of which will cause him to relax if he does say it.' Then a man went to him and informed him of the statement of the Prophet and said, 'Seek refuge with Allah from Satan.' On that, angry man said, 'Do you find anything wrong with me? Am I insane? Go away!' "

While I was sitting in the company of the Prophet, two men abused each other and the face of one of them became red with anger, and his jugular veins swelled (i.e. he became furious). On that the Prophet said, "I know a word, the saying of which will cause him to relax, if he does say it. If he says: 'I seek Refuge with Allah from Satan.' then all is anger will go away." Somebody said to him, "The Prophet has said, 'Seek refuge with Allah from Satan.' " The angry man said, "Am I mad?"

On the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. clans) the Prophet said, -(After this battle) we will go to attack them (i.e. the infidels) and they will not come to attack us."

When the clans were driven away, I heard the Prophet saying, "From now onwards we will go to attack them (i.e. the infidels) and they will not come to attack us, but we will go to them."

I asked 'Aisha about the clothes soiled with semen. She replied, "I used to wash it off the clothes of Allah's Apostle and he would go for the prayer while water spots were still visible."

My uncle brought me (to Medina) in the pre-Islamic days. He soldme to al-Hubab ibn Amr, brother of AbulYusr ibn Amr. I bore achild, AbdurRahman ibn al-Hubab, to him and he (al-Hubab) thendied. Thereupon his wife said: I swear by Allah, now you will besold (as a repayment) for his loan. So I came to the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) and said: Apostle of Allah! I am awoman of Banu Kharijah Qays ibn Aylan. My uncle had brought me toMedina in pre-Islamic days. He sold me to al-Hubab ibn Amr,brother of AbulYusr ibn Amr. I bore AbdurRahman ibn al-Hubab tohim. His wife said: I swear by Allah, you will be sold for hisloan. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Who is theguardian of al-Hubab? He was told: His brother, AbulYusr ibnAmr. He then sent for him and said: Set her free; when you hearthat some slaves have been brought to me, came to me, and I shallcompensate you for her. She said: They set me free, and whensome slaves were brought to the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim), he gave them a slave in compensation for me.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: One of thesigns of the Last Hour will be that people in a mosque willrefuse to act as imam and will not find an imam to lead them inprayer.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Sadaqah given to a poor man is just sadaqah, but when given to a relative it serves a double purpose, being both sadaqah and a connecting link."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

The tradition mentioned above (No. 3593) has also beentransmitted by Sulayman ibn Musa through a different chain ofnarrators. This version has: The Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) said: The testimony of a deceitful man or woman, of anadulterer and adulteress, and of one who harbours rancour againsthis brother is not allowable.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who dies of an internal trouble will not be punished in his grave."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, the latter saying this is a gharib tradition.

Sulayman reported (in continuation of Hadith 3299) quoting Salamah ibn Sakhr who said, "I was a man who was more given than others to sexual intercourse." The version of AbuDawud and Darimi (of the Hadith 3299) has, "Feed sixty poor people with a camel-load of dates.

AbuDawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Shall I not guide you to the most excellent sadaqah? It is to provide for your daughter when she is sent back to you and has no one but you to provide for her."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gave us an address andsaid: The best of you is the one who defends his tribe, so longas he commits no sin.

In the year of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Apostle till we reached Sahba', a place near Khaibar, where Allah's Apostle offered the 'Asr prayer and asked for food. Nothing but Sawrq was brought. He ordered it to be moistened with water. He and all of us ate it and the Prophet got up for the evening prayer (Maghrib prayer), rinsed his mouth with water and we did the same, and he then prayed without repeating the ablution.

That he went out in the company o; the Prophet during the year of Khaibar (campaign till they reached a place called As-Sahba, the lower part of Khaibar. They offered the Asr prayer (there) and the Prophet asked for the food. Nothing but Sawiq was brought to the Prophet. So, they chewed it and ate it and drank water. After that the Prophet got up, washed his mouth, and they too washed their mouths and then offered the prayer.

who was one of those who witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree: Allah's Apostle and his companions were given Sawiq and they chewed it.

I went out in the company of the Prophet in the year of Khaibar, and when we reached As Sahba' which is the lower part of Khaibar, the Prophet offered the Asr prayer and then asked the people to collect the journey food. Nothing was brought but Sawiq which the Prophet ordered to be moistened with water, and then he ate it and we also ate it. Then he got up to offer the Maghrib prayer. He washed his mouth, and we too washed our mouths, and then he offered the prayer without repeating his ablution.

We went out with Allah's Apostle to Khaibar, and when we were at As-Sahba', (Yahya, a sub-narrator said, "As-Sahba' is a place at a distance of one day's journey to Khaibar)." Allah's Apostle asked the people to bring their food, but there was nothing with the people except Sawiq. So we all chewed and ate of it. Then the Prophet asked for some water and he rinsed his mouth, and we too, rinsed our mouths. Then he led us in the Maghrib prayer without performing ablution (again).

that while they were with the Prophet at As-Sahba' which was at a distance of one day's journey from Khaibar the prayer became due, and the Prophet asked the people for food but there was nothing with the people except Sawiq. He ate of it and we ate along with him, and then he asked for water and rinsed his mouth (with it), and then offered the (Maghrib) prayer and we too offered the prayer but the Prophet did not perform ablution (again after eating the Sawiq.).

We went out with Allah's Apostle to Khaibar, and when we reached As-Sahba', the Prophet asked for food, and he was offered nothing but Sawiq. We ate, and then Allah's Apostle stood up for the prayer. He rinsed his mouth with water, and we too, rinsed our mouths. Narrated Suwaid; We went out with Allah's Apostle to Khaibar, and when we reached As-Sahba', which (Yahya says) is one day's journey from Khaibar, the Prophet asked for food, and he was offered nothing but Sawiq which we chewed and ate. Then the Prophet asked for water and rinsed his mouth, and we too, rinsed our mouths along with him. He then led us in the Maghrib prayer without performing ablution again.

While I as in the company of Salman bin Rabi'a and Suhan, in one of the holy battles, I found a whip. One of them told me to drop it but I refused to do so and said that I would give it to its owner if I found him, otherwise I would utilize it. On our return we performed Hajj and on passing by Medina, I asked Ubai bin Ka'b about it. He said, "I found a bag containing a hundred Dinars in the lifetime of the Prophet and took it to the Prophet who said to me, 'Make public announcement about it for one year.' So, I announced it for one year and went to the Prophet who said, 'Announce it publicly for another year.' So, I announced it for another year. I went to him again and he said, 'Announce for another year.' So I announced for still another year. I went to the Prophet for the fourth time, and he said, 'Remember the amount of money, the description of its container and the string it is tied with, and if the owner comes, give it to him; otherwise, utilize it.' "