“A man asked the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘O Messenger of Allah, we travel by sea and we take a little water with us, but if we use it for Wudu’, we will go thirsty. Can we perform Wudu’, with sea-water?’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Its water is a means of purification and its dead meat is permissible.'”
“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! How is Wudu’ done?’ He said: ‘As for Wudu’, when you perform Wudu’, and you wash your hands to clean them, your sins come out from between your fingers and fingertips. When you rinse your mouth and nostrils, and wash your face and hands up to the elbows, and wipe your head, and wash your feet up to the ankles, you are cleansed of all your sins. When you prostrate your face to Allah, may He be exalted, you emerge from your sins like the day your mother bore you.'” Abu Umamah said: “I said: ‘O ‘Amr bin ‘Abasah! Look at what you are saying! Was all of that given in one sitting? He said: ‘By Allah, I have grown old, my appointed time is near and I am not so poor that I should tell lies about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I heard it with my own ears and understood it in my heart from the Messenger of Allah.'”
It was reported that Jabir (ra) said “That last of the two matters from the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) was leaving off ablution from that which had been touched by fire.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘None of you should perform Ghusl in standing water while he is Junub.'”
“A man from the people of Najd came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with unkempt hair. We could hear him talking loudly but we could not understand what he was saying until he came closer. He was asking about Islam. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: ‘Five prayers each day and night.’ He said: ‘Do I have to do anything else’ He said: ‘No, unless you do it voluntarily.’ He said: ‘And fasting the month of Ramadan.’ He said: ‘Do I have to do anything else?’ He said: ‘No, unless you do it voluntarily.’ And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned Zakah to him, and he said: ‘Do I have to do anything else?’ He said: ‘No, unless you do it voluntarily.’ The man left saying: ‘By Allah, I will not do any more than this or any less.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘He will achieve salvation, if he is speaking the truth.'”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed Zuhr when the length of (a person’s shadow) was between three and five feet in summer, and between five and seven feet in winter.”
“A man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and asked him about the times of prayer. He said: ‘Stay with us for these two days.’ Then he told Bilal to say the Iqamah at dawn and he prayed Fajr. Then he told him to do that when the sun had passed its zenith and he prayed Zuhr. Then he told him to do that when the sun was still bright, and he said the Iqamah for ‘Asr. Then he told him to do that when the last part of the sun had dissapeared, and he said the Iqamah for Maghrib. Then he told him to do that when the twilight had disappeared and he said the Iqamah for ‘Isha’. The following day, he prayed Fajr when there was light, then he delayed Zuhr until it was cooler, and waited until it was much cooler before praying ‘Asr but the sun was still clear, so he prayed ‘Asr later than on the first day. Then he prayed Maghrib before the twilight disappeared. Then he told him to say the Iqamah for ‘Isha’ when one-third of the night had passed, and he prayed, then he said: ‘Where is the one who was asking about the times of prayer? The times of your prayer are between the times you have seen.'”
“There are two prayers that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never neglected to pray them in my house secretly nor publicly: Two Rak’ahs before Fajr and two Rak’ahs after ‘Asr.”
“I went out with ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar on a journey to some of his land. Then someone came to him and said: ‘Safiyyah bint Abi ‘Ubaid is sick, try to get there before it is too late.’ He set out quickly, accompanied by a man of the Quraish. The sun set but he did not pray, although I knew him to be very careful about praying on time. When he slowed down I said: ‘The prayer, may Allah have mercy on you.’ He turned to me but carried on until the twilight was almost gone, then he stopped and prayed Maghrib, then he said the Iqamah for ‘Isha’, at that time the twilight had totally disappeared and led us in prayer. Then he turned to us and said: ‘If the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in a hurry to travel he would do this.'”
“Recite it to me.” He said, “Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest, Allah is the greatest), Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah (I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah) – twice. Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah (I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah) – twice. Then he said in a lower voice which those around him could here: Ashhadu an la ilaha ill-Allah (I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah) – twice. Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah (I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah) – twice, Hayya’ala as-salah (come to prayer) – twice, Hayya alal-falah (come to prosperity) – twice, Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar la ilaha illallah (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is none worthy of worship except Allah). Bishir bin Mu’adh who heard it from Ibrahim, and from whom An-Nasa’i is reporting it, is the one who is asking for the Adhan to be recited to him.
“I asked Ibn ‘Abbas: ‘How did the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) pray at night?’ He said: ‘He prayed eleven Rak’ahs including Witr, then he slept deeply until I could hear him snoring, then Bilal came to him and said: “The prayer, O Messenger of Allah!” Then he got up and prayed two brief Rak’ahs then led the people in prayer, and he did not perform Wudu’.'”
“These markings distracted me. Take it to Abu Jahm and bring me his Anbijani (a woolen garment with no markings).”
“Whoever completes a row, may Allah be generous to him, and whoever cuts a row, may Allah cut him off.”
“We asked ‘Ali about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: ‘Who among you could manage to do that?’ We said: ‘Even if we cannot do it, we still want to hear about it.’ He said: ‘When the sun reached the same height (in the east) as it reaches (in the west) at the time of ‘Asr, he would pray two rak’ahs, and when the sun reached the same height (in the east) as it reaches (in the west) at the time for Zuhr he would pray four Rak’ahs. He would pray four Rak’ahs before Zuhr and two after, and he would pray four Rak’ahs before ‘Asr, separating each two Rak’ahs with Taslim upon the angels who are close to Allah, and the prophets, and those who follow them of the believers and Muslims.”‘
They heard Umar bin Al-Khattab say: “I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so I listened to his recitation and he was reciting it in a way that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had not taught me. I was about to jump on him while he was praying, but I waited patiently until he said the Salam (at the end of the prayer). When he had said the Salam I grabbed him by his garment and said: ‘Who taught you this Surah that I heard you reciting?’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) taught me it. I said: ‘You are lying, by Allah! The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is the one who taught me this Surah that I heard you reciting.’ I took him to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way that you did not teach me, but you taught me Surat Al-Furqan.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:’ Let him go, O Umar. Recite, O Hisham.’ So I recited it to him in the way that I had heard him recite. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘It was revealed like this.’ Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Recite, O Umar.’ So I recited it in the way that he had taught me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘It was revealed like this.’ Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘This Quran has been revealed to be recited in seven different modes, so recite as much of the Quran as may be easy for you.'”
“I have never prayed behind anyone whose prayer more closely resembled that of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) than so-and-so. We prayed behind that person and he used to make the first two rak’ahs of Zuhr lengthy and the last two shorter, and he would make ‘Asr shorter; in Maghrib he would recite the short Mufassal surahs. In Isha’ he recited: ‘By the sun and its brightness and similar surahs, and in subh he recited two lengthy surahs.”
I know the similar surahs that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite, twenty surahs in ten rak’ahs.” Then he took ‘Alqamah’s hand and went in, then ‘Alqamah came out and we asked him and he told us what they were.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) often used to say when bowing and prostrating: ‘Subhanaka Rabbana wa bi Hamdika, Allahumm aghfirli (Glorfy and praise be to You, our Lord. O Allah, forgive me.).'”
“My two eyes saw the traces of water and mud on the forehead and nose of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), from his praying Qiyam on the night of the twenty-first.”
“The Prophet(ﷺ) prayed Zuhr with five rak’ahs, and it was said to him: ‘Has something been added to the prayer?’ He said: ‘Why are you asking?’ They said: ‘You prayed five.’ So he turned around and prostrated twice.”
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the taslim to his right and to his left.
The Prophet (ﷺ) came rushing out to the masjid one day when the sun eclipsed, and he prayed until the eclipse ended, then he said: “The people of Jahilliyyah used to say that eclipses of the sun and the moon only happened when some great man on earth died. But eclipses of the sun and the moon do not happen for the death or birth of anyone. Rather they are two of the creations of Allah (SWT) and Allah (SWT) causes to happen in His creation what He wills. Whichever of them becomes eclipsed, pray until it is over or Allah (SWT) causes something to happen.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) would not omit four rak’ahs before Zuhr and two rak’ahs before Fajr.
“I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘When you see the dead, say something good, for the angels say Amin to whatever you say; When Abu Salamah died, I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what should I say?’ He said: ‘Say” Allahummaghfirlanaa wa lahu wa a ‘qibni minhu ‘uqbai hasanah (O Allah, forgive us and him, and compensate me well for this loss.)”‘ Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, compensated me with Muhammad.”
the Messenger of Allah had told them of the death of An-Najashi, the ruler of Ethiopia, on the day that he died, and he said: “Pray for forgiveness for your brother.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘D not anticipate the month until you complete the number, or you see the crescent. Then fast, and do not stop fasting until you see the crescent, or your complete thirty days.”‘ (Sahih) Al-Hajjaj bin Artah reported it in a Mursal from.
“The month is like this,” and (one of the narrators) Shubah did the same gesture as Jabalah had done, copying, Ibn ‘Umar: “It is twenty-nine, as he gestured twice with all fingers of both hands, and putting down one of his fingers the third time.”
“We were traveling with the Prophet and among us were some who were fasting and some who were not criticize those who were not, and those who were not fasting did not criticize those who were.”
concerning this verse “And as for those who can fast with difficulty, (a choice either to fast or) to feed a Miskin (poor person) (for every day).” That for those who can fast with difficulty means they find it hard; to feed a Miskin means feeding one poor person for each day. But whoever does good of his own accord means feeding another poor person. This is not abrogated, and it is bette for him. And: that “you fast is better for you” means there is no concession regarding this except for those who are not able to fast, or who are incurably sick.
“The Messenger of Allah used to be keen to fast on Mondays and Thursday.”
“Jarir said: ‘The Messenger of Allah said: When the Zakah collector comes to you, let him leave happy with you.”‘
“The poor man (Miskin) is not the one who goes around asking people and they send him away with a morsel or two, of a date or two. “They said: “Then what does poor (Mishkin) mean?” He said: “The one who does not possess independence of means and no one notices him to give charity to him, and he does not stand and ask of people.”
“I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. Then he said: ‘O Kahim! This wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without being greedy, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will not be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand.”‘
“I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. The he said: ‘O Hakim, this wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without being greedy, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! By the One Who sent you with the truth, I will never ask anyone for anything after you, until I depart this world. “‘
That the Messenger of Allah told ‘Attab bin Usaid to estimate the (harvest of) grapes, and to pay Zakah in raisins, just as the Zakah on date palms is given in died dates.
a woman from Khath’am asked the Messenger of Allah a question during the Farewell Pilgrimage, when Al-Fadl bin ‘Abbas was riding behing the Messenger of Allah She said: “O Messenger of Allah! The command of Allah has come for His slaves to perform Hajj, but my father is an old man and cannot sit upright in the saddle. Will it be paid off on his behalf if I perform Hajj on his behalf?” The Messenger of Allah said to her: “Yes.” And Al-Fadl started to turn toward her, as she was a beautiful woman, but the Messenger of Allah took hold of Al-Fadl’s face and turned it to the other side.
“The Messenger of Allah set out and when he was in Ar-Rawha he met some people and said: ‘Who are you?’ They said: ‘Muslins.’ They said: ‘Who are you?’ They said: ‘The Messenger of Allah.’ A woman brought a child out of the litter and said: ‘Is there Hajj for this one?’ He said” “Yes, and you will be rewarded.”'(Shih)
“The Messenger of Allah stayed overnight in dhul-Hulaifah, where he started his Hajj with this action, and he prayed in the Masjid there.”(sahih)
“Kill him.”
“My father told me: ‘We came to Jabir bin `Abdullah and asked him about the Hajj of the Prophet. He told us that the Prophet said: “All of Arafat is the place of standing.”
“Are you going to pray Magrib?” He said: “The prayer place is still ahead of you.”
“We entered upon Jabir bin ‘Abdullah and I said: ‘Tell me about the Hajj of the Prophet. He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah stoned the Jamart which is by the tree, with seven pebbles, saying the Takbir with eeach pebble – pebbles that were the size of data stones or fingertips. And he threw them for the bottom of the valley, then he went to the place of sacrifice in Mina.”‘
“Whoever asks Allah, the mighty and Sublime, sincerely for martyrdom, Allah will cause him to reach the status of the martyrs even of he dies in his bed.”
“There are five things, whoever dies of any of them is a martyr. The one who is killed in the cause of Allah is a martyr; the one who dies of an abdominal complaint in the cause of Allah is a martyr; the one who dies of the plague in the cause of Allah is a martyr; and the woman who dies in childbirth in the cause of Allah is a martyr.”
“The Prophet married Maimunah when he was a Muhrim.”
“We have been saying that you want to marry Durrah bint Abi Salamah.” The Messenger of Allah said: “As a co-wife to Umm Salamah? Even if I were not married to Umm Salamah, she would not be permissible to me, for her father is my brother through breast-feeding.”
“I was thinking of forbidding Ghilah until I remembered that it is done by the Persians and Romans” -(one of the narrators) Ishaq said: “(They) do that -and it does not harm their children.”
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah forbade Ash-Shighar. Ash-Shighar means when a man marries his daughter to another man, on the condition that that man marries his daughter to him, and no dowry is exchanged between them.
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘What differentiates between the lawful and the unlawful is the Duff, and the voice (singing) for the wedding.'”
“I said to Ayyub: ‘Do you know anyone who said concerning the phrase ‘It is up to you’ that it is equivalent to three (divorces) except Al-Hasan?’ He said: ‘No.’ Then he said: ‘O Allah! Grant forgiveness, sorry.'” Qatadah narrated to me from Kathir the freed slave of Ibn Samurah, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet said: “Three.” I met Kathir and asked him, and he did not know of it. I went back to Qatadah and told him, and he said: “He forgot.”
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that he presented himself to the Messenger of Allah on the Day of Uhud when he was fourteen years old, but he did not permit him (to join the army). He presented himself on the Day of Al-Khandaq when he was fifteen years old, and he permitted him (to join the army).
“The child is the bed’s and for the fornicator is the stone.”
“O Messenger of Allah, this is Fatimah bint Qais who has been divorced by so-and-so. He sent her some provision but she rejected it. He said that it was something he did not have to do (a favor).” He said: “He is telling the truth.” The Prophet said: “Go to Umm Kulthum and observe your ‘Iddah in her house.” Then he said: “Umm Kulthum is a woman who has a lot of visitors. Go to ‘Abdullah bin Umm Maktum for he is blind.” So she went to ‘Abdullah and observed her ‘Iddah in his house, until her ‘Iddah was over. Then Abu Al-Jahm and Mu’awiyah bin Abi Sufyan proposed to her. So she came to the Messenger of Allah to consult him about them. He said: “As for Abu Al-Jahm, he is a man the waving of whose stick I fear for you. And as for Mu’awiyah he is a man who does not have any money.” So she married Usamah bin Zaid after that.
“By Allah, she is not entitled to any provision. So, she sent to Al-Harith bin Hisham and ‘Ayyash asking them for the provisions from us unless she is pregnant, and she has no right to live in our house unless we permit her.” Fatimah said that she went to the Messenger of Allah and told him about that and he said that they had told the truth. She said: “I said: ‘Where shall I move to, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘Move to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum’ -who was the blind man, concerning whom Allah rebuked him in His Book. I moved to his house, and I used to take off my outer garments.” Then the Messenger of Allah married her to Usamah bin Zaid.
“It is not right for a Muslim who has anything concerning which a will should be made, to abide for more than three nights without having a written will with him.”
“Yahya bin Abi Kathir narrated to us, he said: ‘Abu Salamah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman narrated to me, he said: “I heard Jabir say: ‘The Messenger of Allah said: “A lifelong gift belongs to the one to whom it was given.”‘”‘”
“Whoever swears an oath and says: ‘If Allah wills’, then if he wishes he may go ahead, and if he wishes he may not, without having broken his oath.”
“The wives of the Prophet sent Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, to the Messenger of Allah. She asked permission to enter when he was lying with me under my cover. He gave her permission to enter, and she said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, your wives have sent me to you to ask you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abu Quhafah.’ I (‘Aishah) kept quiet and the Messenger of Allah said to her: ‘O my daughter! Do you not love the one whom I love?’ She said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then love this one.’ Fatimah stood up when she heard this and left the Messenger of Allah, and went back to the wives of the Prophet. She told them what she had said, and what he had said to her. They said to her: ‘We do not think that you have been of any avail to us. Go back to the Messenger of Allah and say to him: Your wives are urging you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abu Quhafah.’ Fatimah said: ‘No, by Allah; I will never speak to him about her again.'” ‘Aishah said: “So the wives of the Prophet sent Zainab bint Jahsh to the Messenger of Allah; she was one who was somewhat equal to me in rank in the eyes of the Messenger of Allah. And I have never seen a woman who was better in religious commitment than Zainab, more fearing of Allah, more honest in speech, more dutiful in upholding the ties of kinship, more generous in giving charity, and devoted in giving of herself in acts of charity, by means of which she sought to draw closer to Allah. But she was quick-tempered; however, she was also quick to calm down. She asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah when he was with ‘Aishah under her cover, in the same situation as when Fatimah had entered. The Messenger of Allah gave her permission to enter and she said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, your wives have sent me to ask you to be equitable with regard to the matter of the daughter of Abu Quhafah.’ Then she verbally abused me at length, and I was watching the Messenger of Allah to see if he would allow me to respond. Zainab went on until I realized that the Messenger of Allah would not disapprove if I responded. Then I spoke back to her in such a way, until I silenced her. Then the Messenger of Allah said: ‘She is the daughter of Abu Bakr.'”
A man said to him: “The Messenger of Allah came to us while we were in a tent inside the Masjid of Al-Al-Madinah, and he said to us: ‘It has been revealed to me that I should fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah.'” A similar narration.
“‘Abdullah said: ‘Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr.'”
“The Messenger of Allah wrote to us: ‘Do not make use of the skins and sinew of dead animals.”‘
“The Messenger of Allah reached Khaibar in the morning, and they came out to us carrying their shovels. When they saw us they said: ‘Muhammad and the army!’ And they rushed back inot the fortress. The Messenger of Allah raised his hands, then he said: ‘ Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Khaibar is destroyed. Verily, when we descend in field of a people (i.e. near to them), evil will be the morning for those who had been warned! Acquired some donkeys there and we cooked the., Then the caller of the Prophet called out: ‘Allah and His Messenger forbid you to eat the flesh of donkeys, for it is an abomination.”‘
the Messenger of Allah slaughtered some of his sacrificial animals with his won hand, and someone else slaughtered some of them. (Sahih )
“The messenger of Allah said: ‘Gold for gold, of equal measure; silver for silver, of equal measure; salt for salt, dates for dates wheat for wheat, barley for barley, like for like. Whoever gives more or takes more has engaged in Riba.”‘ (Sahih) The wording is that of Muhammad Yaqub did not mention – “Wheat for wheat”.
“I saw people being beaten (in punishment) at the time of the Messenger of Allah for buying food unmeasured and selling it before bringing it to their own camp.”
“He put his armor in pledge for that with a Jew in Al-Madinah, and he took some barley from him for his family.
“The Messenger of Allah forbade charging stud fees for a camel, the sale of water, the renting of land for cultivation. Selling one’s land and water, this is what the Prophet forbade.”
‘Abdullah bin Sahi Al-Anasri and Muhayysah bin Mas’ud went out to Khaibar and went their separate ways to go about their business. ‘Abdullah bin Sahl Al-Anasari was killed and Muhayysah. ‘Abdur-Rahman, who was the brother of the victim, and Huwayysah, came to the Messenger of Allah. ‘Abdur-Rahman started to speak, but the prophert said to him: “Let the elders speak first.” So Muhayysah and Huwayysah spoke and told him about the case of ‘Abdullah bin Sahl. The Messenger of Allah said: “Will you swear fifty oaths, then you will receive compensation or be entitled to retaliate?” They said: “How can we swear an oath when we did not witness (what happened) and we were not there?” The Messenger of Allah said: “Then can the Jews swear fifty oaths declaring their innocence?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, how can we accept the oath of a disbelieving people?” So the Messenger of Allah paid the blood money himself. (One of the narrators) Bushair said: ‘One of those camels kicked me in a Mirbad of ours.”‘
“It is not permissible to shed the blood of a Muslim except in one of three cases: A soul for a soul, a adulterer who has been married, and one who separates leaving his religion.”
“For fingers (the Diyah is ) ten (camels) each.
“This and this are the same: The little finger and the thumb (sahih)
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The hand of the pilferer, robber and traitor is not to be cut off.”‘
“The thief is not to be penalized (financially) if the Hadd punishment is carried out on him.” (Daif) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is Mursal and it is not confirmed.
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam.'”
A woman reached out her hand (to give) a letter to the Prophet , and he withdrew his hand. She said: “O Messenger of Allah, I reached out my hand (to give you) a letter and you did not take it.” He said: “I did not know whether it was the hand of a woman or a man.” She said: “It is the hand of a woman.” He said: “If you were a woman, you would change your nails (by dyeing them with Henna).”
The Messenger of Allah forbade (wearing) garments dyed with safflower, and Al-Qassiyah garments, and reciting Qur’an while he is bowing.
“The Messenger of Allah had a ring of silver which he wore on his right hand. It had an Ethiopian stone (Fass), and he used to wear the stone (Fass) next to his palm.”
He saw Umm Kalthum, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah , wearing a Burdah of Sira’ silk, and Sira’ is a fabric with stripes of silk.
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever drags his garment out of pride, Allah will not look at him.’ Umm Salamah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what should women do with their hems?’ He said: ‘Let it down a hand span.’ She said: ‘But then their feet will show.’ He said: ‘Let it down a forearm’s length, but no more than that.'”
“The pommel of the sword of the Messenger of Allah was of silver.”
“The Prophet used to say in his supplication: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-kasali, wal-harami, wal-jubni, wal-bukhli, wa fitnatid-dajjali, wa ‘adhabil-qabr (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from laziness, old age, cowardice, miserliness, the tribulation of the Dajjal and the torment of the grave.)”
“The Messenger of Allah used to say in his supplication: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minash-shiqaqi wan-nifaqi, wa suw’il-akhlaq (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from opposing the truth, hypocrisy and bad manners.)'”
“I heard Abu Al-Qasim say, during his prayer: ‘Allahumma, inni a’udhu bika min fitnatil-qabri, wa fitnatid-dajjali, wa min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamati, wa min harri jahannam (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from the trial of the grave, and from the tribulation of the Dajjal, and from the trials of life and death, and from the heat of Hell.)'”
“The Messenger of Allah forbade (mixing) Az-Zahuw and At-Tamr, and raisins and dried dates (At-Tamr).”
“I asked Ibn ‘Umar about drinks and he said: ‘Avoid everything that intoxicates.'”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married me when I was seven years old. The narrator Sulaiman said: or Six years. He had intercourse with me when I was nine years old.
Do not beat Allah’s handmaidens, but when Umar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them. Then many women came round the family of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) complaining against their husbands. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Many women have gone round Muhammad’s family complaining against their husbands. They are not the best among you.
Imran ibn Husayn was asked about a person who divorces his wife, and then has intercourse with her, but he does not call any witness to her divorce nor to her restoration. He said: You divorced against the sunnah and took her back against the sunnah. Call someone to bear witness to her divorce, and to her return in marriage, and do not repeat it.
Nafi’ bun Ujair bin Abd Yazid bin Ruknah reported Ruknah bin ‘Abd Yazid divorced his wife Suhaimah absolutely. The Prophet (ﷺ) was informed about this matter. He said to him (the Prophet) I swear by Allaah that I meant it to be only a single utterance of divorce. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) said “I swear by Allaah that I meant it to be only a single divorce. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) restored her to him, Then he divorced her the second time in the time of ‘Umar and the third time of ‘Uthman. Abu Dawud said “This tradition contains the words of Ibrahim in its beginning and the words of Ibn Al Sarh in the end.
Barirah was emancipated, and she was the wife of Mughith, a slave of Aal AbuAhmad. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave her choice, and said to her: If he has intercourse with you, then there is no choice for you.
I was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ). A man came from the Yemen, and said: Three men from the people of the Yemen came to Ali, quarrelling about a child, asking him to give a decision. They had had sexual intercourse with a woman during a single state of purity. He said to two of them: Give this child to this man (the third person) with pleasure. But they (refused and) cried loudly. Again he said to two of them: Give the child to the man (the third person) willingly. But they (refused and) cried loudly. He then said: You are quarrelsome partners. I shall cast lots among you; he who receives the lot, will acquire the child, and he shall pay two-thirds of the blood-money to both his companions. He then cast lots among them, and gave the child to the one who received the lot. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed so much that his canine or molar teeth appeared.
A’ishah said “Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas and ‘Abd bin Zamah disputed amongst themselves about the (relationship of the) son of the slave girl of Zam’ah and brought the case to the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ). Sa’d said “My brother ‘Utbah enjoined me that when I came to Makkah I should see the son of the slave girl of Zam’ah and take his possession for that is his son”. ‘Abd bin Zam’ah said “He is my brother, the son of my father’s slave girl having been born on my father’s bed”. The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) saw his clear resemblance to ‘Utbah. So he said “The child is attributed to the one on whose bed it is born and the fornicator is deprived of any right (lit. the fornicator will have the stone). Veil yourself from him, Saudah. Musaddad added in his version “he is your brother ‘Abd”.
The tradition mentioned above has also been narrated by Al ‘Umm Athiyah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. The tradition narrated by Yazid bin Harun from Hisham does perfectly correspond to the tradition transmitted by Ibrahim bin Tahman and ‘Abd Allah Al Shami from Hisham. The narrator Al Misma’I reported Yazid as saying “I do not know but that he said “she should not dye herself.” To this the narrator Harun added “She should not wear colored clothes except one of the types made of dyed yarn.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: One of you should not say: I fasted the whole of Ramadan, and I prayed during the night in the whole of Ramadan. I do not know whether he disliked the purification; or he (the narrator) said: He must have slept a little and taken rest.
The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) used to fast three days every month: Monday, Thursday and Monday in the next week.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: If anyone fights in Allah’s path as long as the time between two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise will be assured for him. If anyone sincerely asks Allah for being killed and then dies or is killed, there will be a reward of a martyr for him. Ibn al-Musaffa added from here: If anyone is wounded in Allah’s path, or suffers a misfortune, it will come on the Day of resurrection as copious as possible, its colour saffron, and its odour musk; and if anyone suffers from ulcers while in Allah’s path, he will have on him the stamp of the martyrs.
‘Abd Allaah bin ‘Umar said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) prohibited to travel with a copy of the Qur’an to the enemy territory. The narrator Malik said “(It is) I think lest the enemy should take it.
‘Abd Allah bin Umar reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “One should not milk the cattle of anyone without his permission. Does anyone of you like that any one approaches his corn cell and its storage is broken and then the corn scatters away? Likewise, the teats of their Cattle store their food. Therefore none of you should milk the cattle of anyone without his permission.”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade a townsman to sell for a man from the desert. I asked: What do you mean by the selling of a townsman for a man from the desert ? He replied: He should not be a broker for him.
Hakim asked (the Prophet): Messenger of Allah, a man comes to me and wants me to sell him something which is not in my possession. Should I buy it for him from the market? He replied: Do not sell what you do not possess.
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: The milk of milch camels may be drunk for payment when in pledge, and the animal may be ridden for payment when it is pledge; payment being made by the one who rides and the one who drinks. Abu Dawud said: In our opinion this is correct.
Hind, the mother of Mu’awiyah, came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘Abu Sufyan is a stingy person. He does not give me as much (money) as suffices me and my children. Is there any harm to me if I take something from his property ? He said: Take as much as suffices you and your children according to the custom.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who is asked something he knows and conceals it will have a bridle of fire put on him on the Day of Resurrection.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Allah has cursed wine, its drinker, its server, its seller, its buyer, its presser, the one for whom it is pressed, the one who conveys it, and the one to whom it is conveyed.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I wish I had a white loaf made from tawny and softened with clarified butter and milk. A man from among the people got up and getting one brought it. He asked: In which had it been? He replied: In a lizard skin. He said: Take it away. Abu Dawud said: This is a munkar (rejected) tradition. Abu Dawud said: Ayyub, the narrator of this tradition, is not (Ayyub) al-Sakhtiyani.
I saw a sign of injury in the shin of Salamah. I asked : What is this ? He replied : I was afflicted. I was afflicted by it on the day of Khaibar. The people said : Salamah has been afflicted. I was then brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He blew on me three times. I did not feel any pain up till now.
The Prophet (ﷺ) cursed women who imitate men and men who imitate women.
On his father’s authority, said that his grandfather reported the Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you marries his male-slave to his slave-woman, he should not look at her private parts.
On his father’s authority, said that his grandfather reported the Prophet (ﷺ) said: When one of you marries his female servant to his slave or to his employee, he should not look at her private part below the navel and above the knees. Abu Dawud said: The correct name is Sawwad b. Dawud al-Muzani al-Sairafi (and not Dawud b. Sawwad as mentioned in the chain). The narrator waki’ misunderstood it.
Ammar said: I used khaluq. The first version is more perfect; it mentioned “taking a bath”. Ibn Jurayj said: I said to Umar (a transmitter): They might be wearing ihram (robe of pilgrim)? He replied: No, they were residents.
The prophet (ﷺ) offered the noon prayer and ascended the pulpit. Before this day he did not ascend it except on Friday. He then narrated this story. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Sudran belongs to Basrah. He was drowned in the sea along with Ibn Miswar, and no one could escape except him.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) treated the fingers and toes as equal.
The place of the assembly of Muslims at the time of war will be in a land called al-Ghutah.
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.
A man was reviling Abu Bakr. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition in a similar manner. Abu Dawud said: Similarly, it has been transmitted by Safwan b. ‘Isa, from Ibn ‘Affan, as Sufyan said.
Allah likes sneezing but dislikes yawning. So when one of you yawns, he should restrain it as much as possible, and should not say Ha, Ha, for that is from the devil who laughs at him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says in the morning or in the evening: “O Allah! in the morning we call Thee, the bearers of Thy Throne, Thy angels and all Thy creatures to witness that thou art Allah (God) than Whom alone there is no god, and that Muhammad is Thy Servant and Apostle,” Allah will emancipate his fourth from Hell; if anyone says twice, Allah will emancipate his half; if anyone says it thrice, Allah will emancipate three-fourth; and if he says four times, Allah will emancipate him from Hell.
He who believes in Allah and in the last day should honour his guest; he who believes in Allah and in the last day should not harm his neighbor; he who believes in Allah and in the last day should speak good or keep silence.
“A man asked Allah’s Messenger ‘O Messenger of Allah! We sail the seas, and we only carry a little water with us. If we use it for Wudu then we will go thirsty. So shall we perform Wudu from the (water of the) sea?’ Allah’s Messenger said: ‘Its water is pure, and its dead are lawful.'”
“The charity collector of the Prophet came to us. So he took the charity from our rich to our poor. I was a orphan boy, so he came to me and gave me a young she-camel from it.”
“During the Farewell Hajj, while the Messener of allah was standing at Arafat, a Bedouin came to him begging while pulling on the edge of his Rida. He gave him something and he left. With that, begging was made unlawful, so the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Begging is not lawful for the rich nor for the physically fit, except for the one who is severely poor or in perilous debt. And whoever begs the people (merely) to increase his wealth, then on the Day of Judgment (the wealth he begged for) will be lacerations on his face and heated coals from Hell will be provided for him to eat. Whoever wishes, let him take a little, and whoever wishes, then let him take a lot.'”
“A man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about lost items. So he said: ‘Make a public announcement about it for one year. Remember its string, its contained, and its sack. Then use it, and if its owner comes then give it to him.’ So he said to him: ‘O Messenger of Allah! What about the stray sheep?’ He said:’Take it, for it is either for you, your brother, or the wolf.’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! What about stray camel?'” He said: “Then the Prophet (ﷺ) got angry until his cheeks became red or his face became red. He said: ‘What concern is it of yours? It has its feet and its water reserve until it reaches its owner.'”
(Another chain) from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr, and it is similar but he did not narrated it in Marfu’ form.
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The blood of a Muslim man, who testifies that none has the right to be worshipped Allah, is not lawful except for one of three cases: The (previously married or) married adulterer, a life for a life, and the one who leaves the religion and parts from the Jama’ah (the community of Muslims.)
From this father (Ibn Umar) who said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) often would swear with this oath: ‘No! By the Changer of the Hearts.'”
“Whoever saw me (in a dream) while sleeping then he has indeed seen me. For indeed the Shaitan can not resemble me.”
Fatimah came to the Prophet (ﷺ), asking him for a servant. So he (ﷺ) said to her: “Say: ‘O Allah, Lord of the Seven Heavens and the Lord of the Magnificent Throne, our Lord, and the Lord of everything, Revealer of the Tawrah, the Injil, and the Quran, Splitter of the seed-grain and the date-stone, I seek refuge in You from the evil of everything that You are holding by the forelock, You are the First, for there is nothing above You, and You are the Last, for there is nothing after you. And you are az-Zahir, for there is nothing above you. And you are Al-Batin, for there is nothing below You. Relieve me from debt, and enrich me from poverty (Allāhumma rabbas samāwātis-sab`i wa rabbal-`arshil-`aẓīm, rabbana, wa rabba kulli shai’in, munzilat-Tawrāti wal-Injīli wal-Qur’ān, fāliqal-habbi wan-nawā, a`ūdhu bika min sharri kulli shai’in anta ākhidhun bināṣiyatihi, antal-awwalu falaisa qablaka shai’un, wa antal-ākhiru falaisa ba`daka shai’un, wa antaẓ-ẓāhiru falaisa fawqaka shai’un, wa antal-bāṭinu falaisa dūnaka shai’un, iqḍi `anni-daina wa aghnini minal-faqr).”
“I heard my father say: ‘I entered upon ‘Aishah, and I heard her say: “When the Messenger of Allah exited the toilet, he would say: Ghufranaka (I seek Your forgiveness).'” (Sahih) Another chain with similar wording.
“I asked Abu Ja’far: Was it narrated to you from Jabir bin ‘Abdullah that the Prophet performed ablution washing each part once?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ I said: ‘And each part twice, and each part thrice?’ He said: ‘Yes.'”
“The Prophet prayed the ‘Asr when the sun was shining into my room and there were no shadows yet.”
“Adda’ bin Khalid bin Hawdhah said to me: ‘Shall I not read to you a letter that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), wrote to me?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ So he took out a letter. In it was: ‘This is what ‘Adda’ bin Khalid bin Hawdhah bought Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) He bought from him a slave’ or ‘a female slave, having no ailments, nor being a runaway, not having any malicious behavior. Sold by a Muslim to a Muslim.'”
“I used to part the hair of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) behind his crown, and let his forelock hang down.”