Hadith #3801 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that Godâs Messenger sent some horsemen to Najd and they brought a man of the B. Hanifa called Thumama b. Uthal who was the chief of the people of al-Yamama and bound him to one of the pillars of the mosque. Godâs Messenger came out to him and said, âWhat are you expecting, Thumama?â He replied, âI expect good, Muhammad. If you kill me you will kill one whose blood will be avenged, if you show favour you will show it to one who is grateful, and if you want property and
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Hadith #3802 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jubair b. Mutâim reported the Prophet as saying about the prisoners taken at Badr, âIf al-Mutâim b. âAdi* had been alive and spoken to me about these filthy ones, I would have left them for him.â * He was head of the B. Naufal. He agreed to give Muhammad protection after his return from at-Taâif where he had gone after Abu Talibâs death. Al-Mutâim died before the battle of Badr. He did not become a Muslim. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3803 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that eighty Meccans came down armed from the mountain of at-Tanâim against Godâs Messenger intending to take him and his companions unawares, but he took them captive without fighting and spared them. A version says he set them free and God most high sent down, âHe it is who averted their hands from you and your hands from them in the valley of Meccaâ (Al-Qurâan; 48:24). Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3804 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Qatada told that Anas b. Malik mentioned to him on the authority of Abu Talha that at the battle of Badr Godâs prophet ordered twenty-four of the strong men of Quraish to be cast into one of the wells of Badr cased with stones which was corrupt and corrupting. When he prevailed over an enemy he stayed three nights on the field of battle; and when the third day came at Badr he ordered his riding-beast to be saddled. He then walked followed by his companions till he came to the mouth of the well
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Hadith #3805 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Your brethren have come repentant and I have considered that I should return their captives to them, so let those of you who are willing to release the captives act accordingly, but those who wish to hold on to what they have till I give them some of the first booty God gives us may do so.â The people told Godâs Messenger that they were willing to release the captives, and he said, âI cannot distinguish between those of you who have granted that and those who have not, so return that your
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Hadith #3806 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thaqif were allies of the B. âUqail, so when Thaqif took two of Godâs Messengerâs companions prisoner, his companions took prisoner a man of the B. âUqail, bound him and threw him out on the lava plain. Godâs Messenger passed him and he called to him, âMuhammad, Muhammad, for what have I been taken?â He replied, âFor the crime of your allies Thaqif.â He then left him and passed on, but when he cried, âMuhammad, Muhammad,â Godâs Messenger took pity on him and returned and
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Hadith #3807 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when the people of Mecca sent about ransoming their prisoners1 Zainab sent some property to ransom Abul âAs, sending among it a necklace of hers which Khadija had had and had sent with her when she married Abul âAs. When Godâs Messenger saw it he felt great tenderness about it and said, âIf you consider that you should free her prisoner for her and return to her what belongs to her it will be well.â To this they agreed. The Prophet had made an agreement with him t
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Hadith #3808 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She told that when Godâs Messenger took prisoner the people at Badr he killed âUqba b. Aba Muâait and an-Nadr b. al-Harith, but showed favour to Abu âAzza al-Jumahi. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3809 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud told that when Godâs Messenger intended to kill âUqba b. Abu Muâait he asked who would look after the children, and he replied that hell would. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3810 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported Godâs Messenger as saying that Gabriel came down to him and said to him, âGive them (i.e. your companions) their choice regarding the prisoners at Badr whether they should be killed or ransomed on condition that a like number of them should be killed the following year.â They replied, âWe shall accept ransom and have some of us killed.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #3811 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was among the captives of Quraiza who were brought before the Prophet. The Companions examined us, and those who had begun to grow hair were killed, but those who had not were not killed. They uncovered my private parts and when they found that the hair had not begun to grow they put me among the captives. Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3812 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli told that some slaves came out to Godâs Messenger, i.e. on the day of al-Hudaibiya, before the peace was ratified, and their masters wrote to him saying, âWe swear by God, Muhammad, that they have not gone out to you through desire for your religion, but they have done so only to fly from servitude.â Some people assured him they had spoken the truth and advised him to send them back to them, but Godâs Messenger became angry and said, âI do not think you people of Quraish will ce
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Hadith #3813 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet sent Khalid b. al-Walid to the B. Hadhima and he summoned them to accept Islam. When they did not express their acceptance of Islam properly but began to say, âWe have changed our religion, we have changed our religion,â* Khalid began to kill them and take prisoners, and he handed a prisoner to each one of us. But when a day came when Khalid ordered each of us to kill his prisoner, I said, âI swear by God that I will not kill my prisoner and that not one of my companions will k
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Hadith #3814 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I went to Godâs Messenger in the year of the Conquest and found him bathing while his daughter Fatima was screening him with a garment. I gave a salutation and he asked who was there, then when I told him I was Umm Haniâ daughter of Abu Talib he said, âWelcome, Umm Haniâ.â After he finished his bathing he got up and prayed eight rakâas wrapped in a garment, and when he was done I said, âMessenger of God, my motherâs son âAli has asserted that he is going to kill a man to whom I
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Hadith #3815 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âA woman acts for the people,â i.e. she gives protection on behalf of the Muslims. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3816 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. al-Hamiq told that he heard Godâs Messenger say, âHe who grants a man security and then kills him will be given the banner of treachery on the day of resurrection.â It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3817 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
There was a covenant between Muâawiya and the Byzantines, and he was going towards their country; then when the covenant came to an end he attacked them. A man came on a horse, or a packhorse, saying, âGod is most great, God is most great; let there be faithfulness and not treachery.â* And when they looked they found that he was âAmr b. âAbasa. Muâawiya questioned him about that and he replied that he had heard Godâs Messenger say, âWhen one has a covenant with people he must not
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Hadith #3818 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Quraish sent me to Godâs Messenger and when I saw him Islam was cast into my heart, so I said, âMessenger of God, I swear by God that I shall never return to them.â He replied, âI do not break a covenant or imprison messengers; but return, and if you feel the same as you do just now, come back.â So I went away and then came to the Prophet and accepted Islam. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3819 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nuâaim b. Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying to two men who came from Musailima, âI swear by God that were it not that messengers are not killed, I would cut off your heads.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3820 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, told that his grandfather reported Godâs Messenger as saying in the course of his sermon, âObserve fully the alliance made in the pre-Islamic period, for it, i.e. Islam, will only make it stronger; but make no new alliances in Islam.â The source is not given. See Tirmidhi, Siyar, 30
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Hadith #3821 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud told that when Ibn an-Nawwaha and Ibn Uthal, Musailimaâs messengers, came to the Prophet he asked them whether they testified that he was Godâs Messenger. On their replying, âWe testify that Musailima is Godâs messenger,â he said, âI believe in God and His Messenger. If it was my custom to kill a messenger I would kill you.â âAbdallah (i.e. Ibn Masâud) said that the sunna that a messenger should not be killed then came into force. Ahmad transmitted it.
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Hadith #3822 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âSpoils were not lawful for anyone before us, that being because God saw our weakness and incapacity and made them allowable for us.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3823 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We went out with Godâs Messenger in the year of Hunain, and when the armies met, the Muslims suffered a reverse. I saw one of the polytheists getting the better of one of the Muslims, so I struck him with my sword from behind on his shoulder-blade and cut his coat of mail. He came at me and closed with me, so that I felt death was near, but he was overtaken by death and let me go. I then caught up on âUmar b. al-Khattab and asked him what was the matter with the people, to which he replied t
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Hadith #3824 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that Godâs Messenger allotted three portions for a man and his horse, one for him and two for his horse. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3825 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yazid b. Hurmuz told that Najda al-Haruri wrote to Ibn âAbbas asking whether a slave and a woman should be allotted a portion when they are present at the division of the spoil, and he told Yazid to write telling him they are not entitled to a portion, but may have a small amount given them. A version says that Ibn âAbbas wrote to him, âYou have written asking me whether Godâs Messenger took women on military expeditions and whether he allotted them a portion. He used to take them on mil
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Hadith #3826 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger sent his riding-beasts with his servant Rabah and I went along with him. In the morning âAbd ar-Rahman al-Fazari raided Godâs Messengerâs riding-beasts, so I went up on a mound and shouted three times facing Medina, âA morning raid!â I then went after the people shooting arrows at them and composing words in the rajaz metre saying, âI am the son of al-Akwaâ; today is the day of the ignoble ones.â* I kept on shooting at them and killing their beasts so that they
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Hadith #3827 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that Godâs Messenger used to give to some of the detachments he sent out booty for themselves in particular apart from the division made to the whole army. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3828 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger gave us booty apart from our share of the fifth, and I got a sharif, which is a very old camel. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3829 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that in the time of Godâs Messenger a horse of his went off and was taken by the enemy, but when the Muslims conquered them it was returned to him. A version says that after the death of the Prophet a slave of his ran away and joined himself to the Byzantines, and when the Muslims conquered them Khalid b. al-Walid returned him to him. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3830 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jubair b. Mutâim told that âUthman b. âAffan and he went to the Prophet and said, âYou have given the B. al-Muttalib some of the fifth from Khaibar and left us out although we are all alike in relationship to you.â* He replied, âThe only people who are one and the same are the B. Hashim and the B. al-Muttalib.â Jubair said that the Prophet gave no share to the B. âAbd Shams and the B. Naufal. *They were all descendants of âAbd Manaf. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3831 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Gods Messenger as saying, âWhatever town you come to and stay in, your portion is in it; but whatever town disobeys God and His Messenger, a fifth of it goes to God and His Messenger and what remains is yours.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3832 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Khaula al-Ansariya told that she heard Godâs Messenger say, âMen will wrongfully acquire Godâs property and will go to hell on the day of resurrection.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3833 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that Godâs Messenger stood up among them one day and mentioned dishonesty regarding spoil, treating it and everything connected with it as a serious matter. He then said, âLet me not find any of you coming on the day of resurrection with a camel rumbling on his neck and asking me to rescue him,* for I shall say that I can do nothing for him as I have given him full instruction. Let me not find any of you coming on the day of resurrection with a horse whinnying on his neck an
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Hadith #3834 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that a man presented Godâs Messenger with a slave called Midâam, and while Midâam was unsaddling a camel belonging to Godâs Messenger he was struck by a random arrow which killed him. The people said, âCongratulations to him! He will go to paradise;â but Godâs Messenger said, âNot at all. By Him in whose hand my soul is, the cloak he took on the day of Khaibar from the spoils which was not among the shares divided will blaze with fire upon him.â When the people heard th
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Hadith #3835 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr told that when a man called Karkara* who was in charge of the Prophetâs belongings died Godâs Messenger said, âHe will go to hell. âThe people went off and looked and found a striped woollen garment which he had dishonestly appropriated from the spoil. *There is doubt about the spelling of this manâs name. Karkira and Kirkira are also mentioned. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3836 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
On our expeditions we used to get honey and grapes and eat them without bringing them to the Prophet. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3837 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
On the day of Khaibar I got a skin of fat, and when I decided not to give anyone any of it that day I turned round and saw Godâs Messenger smiling at me. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3838 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama reported the Prophet as saying, âGod has given me superiority over the prophets,â or as saying, âhas given my people superiority over other peoples and made spoils lawful to us.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3839 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying on that day, meaning the day of Hunain, âHe who kills an infidel gets what he takes from him.â Abu Talha killed twenty men that day and got what was taken from them. Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3840 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAuf b. Malik al-Ashjaâi and Khalid b. al-Walid told that Godâs Messenger gave judgment that the killer should have what was taken from the man he killed, and did not make this subject to division into fifths. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3841 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud said that at the battle of Badr Godâs Messenger gave him Abu Jahlâs sword, as he had killed him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3842 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was present at Khaibar along with my masters who spoke about me to Godâs Messenger, telling him that I was a slave. He ordered that I should have a sword girded on me, and I was trailing it.* He then ordered that I should be given some inferior goods. I submitted to him a spell with which I used to treat people who were possessed and he ordered me to reject part of it and retain part. *Either because he was a small man, or because he was young. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it, but the
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Hadith #3843 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Khaibar was divided among those who had been at al-Hudaibiya, and Godâs Messenger divided it into eighteen portions. The army was one thousand five hundred of which three hundred were cavalry, and he gave two shares to a horseman and one to a footman. Abu Dawud transmitted it, saying Ibn âUmarâs tradition1 is sounder, and it is the one which is followed. The error in the tradition of Mujammiâ was because he said three hundred horsemen when there were only two hundred. Habib b. Maslama al
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Hadith #3844 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger used to give a quarter as booty after the fifth had been kept off, and a third after the fifth had been kept off when he returned. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3845 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
In the period when Muâawiya was governor he got a red jar containing dinars in the land of the Byzantines. A man of the B. Sulaim called Maân b. Yazid who was a companion of Godâs Messenger was in charge of us, and when I took it to him he divided it among the Muslims giving me the same as he gave the others. He then said that if he had not heard Godâs Messenger say, âBooty is granted only after the fifth has been kept off,â he would have given it to me. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3846 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We arrived just at the moment when Godâs Messenger had conquered Khaibar and he appointed us a portion (or he said he gave us some of it). He allotted nothing to anyone who was not present at the conquest of Khaibar, giving shares only to those who were present with him, except for those who were in our ship,* Jaâfar and his companions to whom he appointed something along with them. *The party to which reference is made is that of people who had emigrated from Mecca to Abyssinia and were now
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Hadith #3847 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yazid b. Khalid told that when one of Godâs Messengerâs companions died at the battle of Khaibar they mentioned the matter to him and he replied, âPray over your companion.â When the people looked perplexed at that he said, âYour companion was dishonest about booty in Godâs path.â They searched his belongings and found some Jewish beads not worth two dirhams. Malik, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3848 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr told that when Godâs Messenger gained booty he ordered Bilal to make a public announcement, and when the people brought their booty he would take a fifth and divide it. One day a man brought a halter of hair after that and said, âMessenger of God, this is part of the booty we got.â He asked whether he had heard Bilal making announcement three times, and when he replied that he had, he asked what had prevented him from bringing it. He made some excuse, so he said, âY
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Hadith #3849 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said that his grandfather told that Godâs Messenger, Abu Bakr and âUmar burned the belongings of anyone who was dishonest about booty and beat him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3850 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Samura b. Jundub told that Godâs Messenger used to say, âAnyone who conceals one who has been dishonest about booty is like him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3851 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Aba Saâid told that Godâs Messenger forbade selling booty before it was divided. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3852 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama told that the Prophet forbade the sale of portions before they were divided. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3853 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Khaula, daughter of Qais, told of hearing Godâs Messenger say, âThis property is fresh and sweet and he who gets it in a proper way will be blessed in it, but he who improperly acquires such property of God and His Messenger as his soul wishes will have nothing but hell on the day of resurrection.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3854 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that the Prophet got his sword Dhul Fiqar as private booty at the battle of Badr. Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi added that it was that about which he had the vision at the battle of Uhud.
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Hadith #3855 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ruwaifiâ b. Thabit reported the Prophet as saying, âHe who believes in God and the last day must not ride a packhorse belonging to the booty of the Muslims and put it back when he has emaciated it; and he who believes in God and the last day must not wear a garment belonging to the booty of the Muslims and put it back when he has made it threadbare.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3856 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muhammad b. Abul Mujalid reported âAbdallah b. Abu Aufa as saying he asked whether they set aside the fifth of food in the time of Godâs Messenger and received the reply that on the day of Khaibar they captured food and a man would come and take as much of it as he needed and then go away. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3857 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that in the time of Godâs Messenger an army got food and honey in booty and a fifth was not taken from them. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3858 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We would eat a camel on an expedition without dividing it, and when we returned to our dwellings our saddle-bags would be full with its flesh. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3859 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUbada b. as-Samit told that the Prophet used to say, âHand over threads and needles and avoid dishonesty about booty, for it will be a reproach to those who are guilty of it on the day of resurrection.â Darimi transmitted it, and Nasaâi transmitted on the authority of âAmr b. Shuâaib who gave it on his fatherâs authority as coming from his grandfather.
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Hadith #3860 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said his grandfather told that, the Prophet approached a camel, and taking a hair from its hump said, âO people, I get nothing of this booty, not even this (meanwhile raising his finger), but the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you, so hand over threads and needles.â A man got up with a ball of hair in his hand and said, âI took this to repair the cloth under a pack-saddle.â The Prophet replied, âYou can have what belongs to me and
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Hadith #3861 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger led us in prayer facing a camel which had been taken in booty, and when he had given the salutation he took a hair from the camelâs side and said, âI have no right to as much as this of your booty, but only to the fifth, and the fifth is returned to you.â Abu Dawud transmited it.
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Hadith #3862 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When Godâs Messenger divided the portion of the relatives among the B. Hashim and the B. al-Muttalib, âUthman b. âAffan and I came to him and said, âMessenger of God, these are our brethren of the B. Hashim whose superiority we do not deny because of the position in which God has placed you in relation to them, but tell us about our brethren of the B. al-Muttalib to whom you have given something while omitting us though our relationship is the same as theirs.â* Godâs Messenger replie
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Hadith #3863 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When I stood in the rank at the battle of Badr I looked to my right and my left, and when I saw that I was between two young men of the Ansar I wished that I had been between men who were stronger than they. One of them pinched me and said, âDo you know Abu Jahl, uncle?â and I replied, âYes, but what do you want with him, nephew?â He said, âI have been told that he reviles Godâs Messenger. By Him in whose hand my soul is, if I see him I shall not leave him till the one of us who is t
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Hadith #3864 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying at the battle of Badr, âWho will find out for us what has happened to Abu Jahl?â Ibn Masâud went and. found that the two sons of âAfra,â had struck him till he was almost dead, so he seized him by his beard and said, âAre you Abu Jahl?â He replied, âHave you killed more than a man?â In a version he said, âI wish someone other than a tiller of the ground had killed me.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3865 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While I was sitting Godâs Messenger gave a company something but omitted the one who was most attractive to me. I therefore got up and said, âWhy have you omitted so and so? I swear by God that I consider him to be a believer.â Godâs Messenger replied, âNo, a Muslim.â Saâd mentioned that three times and he gave him the same reply, then said, âI give a man something although I like someone else better, from fear he may be thrown face downwards in hell.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) In
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Hadith #3866 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that Godâs Messenger stood up, i.e. on the day of Badr, and said, âUthman has gone off on the business of God and His Messenger and I shall take the oath of allegiance on his behalf. Godâs Messenger then appointed him a share, but did not do so for anyone else who was absent. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3867 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Rafiâ b. Khadij said that in the division of the booty Godâs Messenger used to treat ten sheep as equivalent to a camel. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3868 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA prophet who went out on an expedition told his people that no man should follow him who had married a woman with whom he wished to cohabit but had not yet done so, or who had built houses on which he had not yet put the roofs, or who had bought sheep or pregnant she-camels and was expecting them to produce young. He then went on the expedition and approached the town at the time of the afternoon prayer or thereabouts. He then told the sun th
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Hadith #3869 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said he was told by âUmar that on the day of Khaibar some of the Prophetâs companions came and said, So and so is a martyr and so and so is a martyr,â but when they came to a man about whom they said, âSo and so is a martyrâ Godâs Messenger declared, âBy no means, I have seen him in hell in a mantle (or cloak) which he took dishonestly.â Godâs Messenger then said, âGo, Ibn al-Khattab, and announce among the people three times that only the believers will enter pa
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Hadith #3870 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was a clerk of Jazâ b. Muâawiya the paternal uncle of al-Ahnaf, and a year before the death of âUmar b. al-Khattab we received his letter in which he gave instruction to separate married couples among the Magians who were within the prohibited degrees. âUmar had not taken the jizya from the Magians till âAbd ar-Rahman b. âAuf testified that Godâs Messenger had taken it from the Magians of Hajar. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3871 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh said that when Godâs Messenger sent him to the Yemen he ordered him to take from every halim, meaning one who had reached puberty, a dinar or its equivalent in Maâafiri,* i.e. garments of Yemen origin. *This word, which is usually an adjective qualifying thaub (garment), is here used by itself with an explanation of the meaning following Maâafir is the name of a tribe which was a section of Hamdan, the Yemen tribal group. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3872 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying âTwo qiblas in one land are not right, and no jizya is to be levied on a Muslim.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3873 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that Godâs Messenger sent Khalid b. al-Walid to Ukaidir of Duma,* and when they seized him and brought him he spared his life and made peace with him on condition that he should pay jizya. *Duma was a fortress-near Tabuk. Ukaidir was a Christian. The incident took place in the year 9 A.H during the expedition to Tabuk. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3874 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Harb b. âUbaidallah told on the authority of his grandfather, his motherâs father, that he had it on the authority of his father that Godâs Messenger said, âTithes are to be levied on Jews and Christians, but are not to be levied on Muslims.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3875 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUqba b. âAmir told that he said, âMessenger of God, we come to people who do not give us hospitality, or pay what is due to us from them, and we take nothing from them.ââ He replied, âIf they make it necessary for you to take it by force, do so.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3876 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Aslam told that âUmar b. al-Khattab imposed as jizya four dinars on those who possessed gold and forty dirhams on those who possessed silver along with provisions for the Muslims and three daysâ hospitality. Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #3877 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
This is what Muhammad Godâs Messenger has decided.â Suhail protested, âI swear by God that if we knew you were Godâs Messenger we would not turn you away from the House or fight with you; but write: Muhammad b. âAbdallah.â The Prophet replied, âI swear by God that I am Godâs Messenger even if you disbelieve me; write Muhammad b. âAbdallah.â Suhail said, âAnd that a man will not come to you from us, even if he follows your religion, without your sending him back to us.â Th
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Hadith #3878 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
that he should return to the polytheists anyone who came to him from them, but they should not return any of the Muslims who came to them; that he should enter Mecca the following year and stay in it three days; and that he should enter it only with such weapons as swords and bows in cases. Then Abu Jandal came hobbling in his fetters and he sent him back to them. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3879 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that Quraish made an agreement with the Prophet laying down the condition that if anyone came to them from him they should not send him back, but that if anyone came to him from them he should send him back. They asked Godâs Messenger whether they should write that down and he replied, âYes; may God remove far from His mercy anyone who goes from us to them, but God will make an escape and a way out for anyone who comes to us from them.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3880 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said regarding the oath of allegiance taken from women that Godâs Messenger used to test them with this verse, âO Prophet, when believing women come to you to swear allegiance to youâ¦â (Al-Qurâan; 60:12). When one of them acknowledged this condition he said to her, âI have made a covenant with you,â doing this only by words which he spoke to her. His hand never touched a womanâs hand when an oath of allegiance was taken. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3881 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Miswar and Marwan said they agreed to abandon war for ten years during which the people would have security, on the basis that there should be sincerity between them and that there should be no theft or treachery. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3882 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Safwan b. Sulaim quoted the authority of a number of the sons of the Companions of Godâs Messenger who told on the authority of their fathers that Godâs Messenger said, âIf anyone wrongs a man with whom a covenant has been made, or curtails any right of his, or imposes on him more than he can bear, or takes anything from him without his ready agreement, I shall be his adversary on the day of resurrection.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3883 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I swore allegiance to the Prophet along with some women and he said to us, âAs far as you are able and are capable.â I said, âGod and His Messenger are more merciful to us than we are to ourselves.â I asked Godâs Messenger to ratify our covenant, meaning to shake hands with us, but he replied, âI say the same to a hundred women as I do to one.â â¦transmitted it. The name of the collection of traditions where this is found is omitted. Cf. Nasaâi, Baiâa, 18; Ibn Majah, Jihad, 43
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Hadith #3884 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger went to perform an âumra in Dhul Qaâda, but the people of Mecca refused to let him enter Mecca till he had made an agreement with them to enter (i.e. in the following year) and stay three days. Then when on writing the document they wrote, âThis is what Muhammad Godâs Messenger has agreed,â the Meccans said, âWe do not acknowledge it, for if we knew you were Godâs Messenger we would not prevent you; but you are Muhammad b. âAbdallah.â He replied, âI amâ bo
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Hadith #3885 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
While we were in the mosque the Prophet came out and said, âCome on to the Jews.â So we went out with him and came to the house where they read their Scriptures, and the Prophet stood up and said, âIf you Jews accept Islam you will be safe. Know that the land belongs to God and His Messenger, and I intend to deport you from this land; so if any of you has property he must sell it.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3886 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that âUmar stood up to make a speech and said, âGodâs Messenger employed the Jews of Khaibar to work their property and told them he would confirm them in it as long as God did; and I have now seen good to deport them.â When âUmar decided on that one of the B. Abul Huqaiq came to him and said, âCommander of the Faithful, are you expelling us when Muhammad has confirmed us in our property and employed us to work it?â âUmar replied, âDo you think I have forgotten
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Hadith #3887 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that Godâs Messenger gave three instructions saying, âExpel the polytheists from Arabia; reward deputations as I did.â Ibn âAbbas said either that he did not mention the third, or that he* had been caused to forget it. *i.e. Ibn âAbbas. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3888 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir b. âAbdallah said he was told by âUmar b. al-Khattab that he had heard Godâs Messenger say, âI will certainly expel the Jews and the Christians from Arabia so as to leave only Muslims in it.â Muslim transmitted it. A version has, âIf I live, God willing, I will certainly expel the Jews and the Christians from Arabia.â
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Hadith #3889 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that âUmar b. al-Khattab deported the Jews and the Christians from the land of the Hijaz and when Godâs Messenger got supremacy over the people of Khaibar he intended to expel the Jews from it, for when the land was conquered it belonged to God, His Messenger and the Muslims. But the Jews asked Godâs Messenger to leave them on condition that they should do all the cultivation and have half the produce, and he replied, âWe shall confirm you on that condition as long as we
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Hadith #3890 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Malik b. Aus b. al-Hadathan reported âUmar b. al-Khattab as saying that God appointed His Messenger a special portion in this faiâ* which He gave to no other. He then recited, âWhat God has bestowed on His Messenger from them . . . omnipotentâ (Al-Qurâan; 59:6). This was purely for Godâs Messenger who used to give his family their annual contribution from this property, then take what remained and deal with it as he did with Godâs property. *Faiâ is the term used for tribute fro
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Hadith #3891 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar said that the properties of the B. an-Nadir were part of what God bestowed on His Messenger from what the Muslims had not ridden on horses or camels to get; so they belonged specially to Godâs Messenger who gave his family their annual contribution, then applied what remained for weapons and horses as equipment in Godâs path. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3892 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When the faiâ came to Godâs Messenger he divided it that day, giving two portions to a married man and one to a bachelor. I was summoned and he gave me two portions, for I had a family; then âAmmar b. Yasir was summoned after me and given one. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3893 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that he saw the first thing Godâs Messenger did immediately anything came to him was to give something to those who had been set free. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3894 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said the Prophet was brought a pouch containing beads and divided it among freewomen and slave women. She said her father used to divide things between freemen and slaves. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3895 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I have no more right to this faiâ than you, and none of us has more right to it than another, except that we occupy our positions fixed by the Book of God who is great and glorious and the division made by His Messenger, people being arranged according to their precedence in accepting Islam, the hardships they have endured, their having children, and their need. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3896 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that âUmar b. al-Khattab recited, âAlms are for the poor and needyâ¦Knowing, Wise,â (Al-Qurâan; 9:60) and said that this verse applies to such. He then recited, âKnow that a fifth of whatever booty you acquire goes to God and the Messenger . . . the traveller,â (Al-Qurâan; 8:41) and said that this verse applies to such. He then recited, âWhat God has bestowed on His Messenger from the people of the towns â¦ to the poorâ (Al-Qurâan; 59:7 f. The last word mentioned is
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Hadith #3897 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
the B. an-Nadir, Khaibar and Fadak.1 The B. an-Nadir property was kept wholly for his own purposes,2 Fadak for travellers, and Khaibar was divided by Godâs Messenger into three sections, two for the Muslims and one as a contribution for his family. If anything remained after making the contribution to his family, he divided it among the poor Emigrants. 1. Fadak was near Khaibar. It capitulated without fighting. 2. This would include, besides personal needs, the cost of entertaining guests, pr
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Hadith #3898 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Fadak belonged, to Godâs Messenger, and he made contributions from it, showing repeated kindness to the poor members of the B. Hashim from it and supplying: from it the cost of marriages for those of them who were unmarried. Fatima asked him to give it to her, but he refused. That is how matters stood during the lifetime of Godâs Messenger till he went his way (i.e. he died). When Abu Bakr was made ruler he administered it as Godâs Messenger had done in his lifetime till he went his way. T
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Hadith #3899 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAdi b. Hatim told that Godâs messenger said to him, âWhen you set off your dog mention Godâs name, and if it catches anything for you and you come up to it while it is still alive cut its throat; if you come up to it when the dog has killed it but not eaten any of it eat it; but if it has eaten any of it do not eat, for it has caught it only for itself. If you find another dog with yours and a kill has been made, do not eat, for you do not know which of them killed the animal. When you
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Hadith #3900 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said he told Godâs messenger that he set off trained dogs, and he replied, âEat what they catch for you.â He asked if that applied even if they killed the game, and he replied that it did. He told him that he shot featherless arrows (miârad)* and he replied, âEat what they pierce, but what they strike with the middle part and kill is beaten to death, so do not eat it.â *The miârad was thick in the middle and slender at the ends. It was liable to strike the animal with its middle
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Hadith #3901 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Thaâlaba al-Khushani told that he said, âProphet of God, we are in a land belonging to folk who are people of the Book, so may we eat out of their vessels? In a hunting region I hunt with my bow, my dog which is not trained and my dog which is trained, so what is right for me?â He replied, âRegarding what you have mentioned about the vessels of the people of the Book, if you can get anything else do not eat out of them, but if you cannot, wash them and eat out of them. Eat what you c
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Hadith #3902 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen you shoot your arrow and the animal goes out of your sight, eat it when you come upon it, provided it has not a stench.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3903 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported the Prophet as saying about one who comes three days later on the game he has shot, âEat it, provided it has not a stench.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3904 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that some people said, âMessenger of God, there are people here, recent converts from polytheism, who bring us meat and we do not know whether or not they mention Godâs name over it.â He replied, âMention Godâs name yourselves and eat.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3905 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abut Tufail said âAli was asked whether Godâs messenger had given them* any instruction for themselves alone and replied that he had given them none which did not apply to all the people except what was in the scabbard of his sword. He then drew out a document containing, âGod curse him who kills an animal mentioning anyone other than God, and God curse him who steals a landmark!â A version has, âwho changes a landmark; God curse him who curses his father; and God curse him who protect
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Hadith #3906 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Rafiâ b. Khadij told that he said, âMessenger of God, we shall meet the enemy tomorrow and we have no knives; may we kill animals with canes?â* He replied, âWhen Godâs name is mentioned you may eat what is killed by anything which causes the blood to flow, except tooth and claw. I shall tell you about it. The tooth is a bone and the claw is the knife of the Abyssinians.â We got some camels and sheep as booty, and when one of the camels ran away a man shot an arrow at it and prevented
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Hadith #3907 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kaâb b. Malik told that he had sheep which were pastured at Salâ, and when a slavegirl of his saw one of their sheep which was dying she broke a stone and cut its throat with it. He questioned the Prophet and he ordered him to eat it. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3908 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Shaddad b. Aus reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod who is blessed and exalted has decreed that everything should be done in a good way, so when you kill use a good method, and when you cut an animalâs throat you should use a good method, for each of you should sharpen his knife and give the animal as little pain as possible.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3909 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that he heard Godâs messenger prohibit keeping an animal or anything else* waiting to be killed. *The word translated animal is bahima, which indicates a quadruped. âAnything elseâ means other creatures which are killed for food. The prohibition is said to refer either to keeping such animals without food and drink, or to imprisoning them and using them as targets. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3910 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that the Prophet cursed those who used a living creature as a target. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3911 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âDo not take any living creature as a target.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3912 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that Godâs messenger forbade striking the face and branding on the face. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3913 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported the Prophet as saying when an ass which had been branded on its face passed him, âGod curse the one who branded it!â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3914 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that one morning he took âAbdallah b. Abu Talha to Godâs messenger for him to chew something and rub his palate with it,* and found him with a branding-iron in his hand branding the camels of the sadaqa. *This was a custom for the purpose of acquiring a blessing for children. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3915 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hisham b. Zaid quoted Anas as saying that he went to visit the Prophet when he was in an enclosure and saw him branding sheep. He thought he said it was on their ears. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3916 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAdi b. Hatim told that he said, âTell me, messenger of God; when one of us catches game and has no knife, may he cut its throat with a flint and a splinter of stick?â He replied, âCause the blood to flow with whatever you take and mention Godâs name.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3917 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abul âUsharaâ* quoted his father as telling that he said, âIs the slaughtering to be done, messenger of God, only in the throat and the upper part of the breast?â He replied, âIf you pierced its thigh that would serve you.â *He was Usama b. Malik b. Qahtam (or Qahtam). See Ibn *Abd al-Barr. Istiâab, p. 246, No. 10S9. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it. Abu Dawud said this is the way to slaughter an animal which has fallen into a well, and Tirmidhi sa
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Hadith #3918 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAdi b. Hatim reported the Prophet as saying, âEat whatever is caught for you by a dog or a hawk which you have trained and set off when you have mentioned Godâs name.â He asked whether that applied if it killed the animal and he replied, âWhen it kills it without eating any of it, for it caught it only for you.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3919 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that he said, âMessenger of God, I shoot at game and find my arrow in it the next day.â He replied, âWhen you know your arrow killed it and see no mark of a beast of prey on the animal you may eat it.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3920 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said they were forbidden game caught by a dog belonging to Magians. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3921 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Thaâlaba al-Khushani told that he said, âMessenger of God, we travel about and when we come to Jews, Christians and Magians we can get nothing but their vessels.â He replied, âIf you can get nothing else, wash them with water and then eat and drink out of them.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3922 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Qabisa b. Hulb quoted his father as saying that he asked the Prophet about the food of the Christians, (a version saying it was a man who asked him), adding that it was a kind of food from which he kept aloof. He replied, âLet no doubt enter your breast by which you resemble Christianity.â* *The general sense is that such food is allowable. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3923 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abud Dardaâ said Godâs messenger forbade eating the mujaththama, which is the animal kept as a target for arrows. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3924 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Irbad b. Sariya told that on the day of Khaibar Godâs messenger forbade every carnivorous beast which had a fang, every bird which had a claw, the flesh of domestic asses, the mujaththama, the khalisa, and sexual intercourse with pregnant wbmen till they have given birth to a child. Muhammad b. Yahya* said that Abu âAsim was asked about the mujaththama and said it meant a bird or something else being set up and shot at. He was asked about the khalisa and said it was an animal taken from a
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Hadith #3925 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas and Abu Huraira said Godâs messenger forbade the devilâs sacrification. Ibn Isa* added that this refers to the slaughtered animal whose skin is cut off and is then left to die without its jugular veins being severed. *Cf. Abu Dawud, Adahi, 17. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3926 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported the Prophet as saying, âThe slaughter of the embryo is included when its mother is slaughtered.â Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi transmitted it on the authority of Abu Saâid.
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Hadith #3927 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri told th at they said, âMessenger of God, we cut the throat of a she-camel and slaughter a cow and a sheep and find an embryo in its womb. Shall we throw it away or eat it?â He replied, âEat it if you wish, for its slaughter is included when its mother is slaughtered.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3928 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr b. al-âAs reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone kills a sparrow or anything greater wrongfully God will question him about killing it.â On being asked what was the right way he replied, âTo cut its throat and eat it, but not to cut off its head and throw it away.â Ahmad, Nasaâi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3929 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Waqid al-Laithi told that when the Prophet came to Medina the people used to cut off camelsâ humps and cut the fat tails of sheep, so he said, âWhatever is cut off an animal when it is alive is dead* and must not be eaten.â *i.e. it is treated as something which had died a natural death, and therefore may not be lawfully eaten. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3930 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAtaâ b. Yasar was told by a man of the B. Haritha that when he was pasturing a pregnant she-camel in one of the ravines of Uhud he saw that it was about to die, and as he could find nothing with which to cut its throat he took a stake and stabbed it in the upper part of its breast till he made its blood flow. He then informed the Prophet and he ordered him to eat it. Abu Dawud and Malik transmitted it. In his version he said he slaughtered it with a pointed piece of wood.
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Hadith #3931 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere is no creature in the sea which God has not slaughtered for the sons of Adam.â* *A way of saying that fish are lawful food although they are not slaughtered. Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #3932 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone acquires a dog, except a sheepdog or one trained for hunting, two qirats will be deducted from his good deeds daily.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3933 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone gets a dog, except a sheepdog or a hunting dog or a farm dog, a qirat of his reward will be deducted daily.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3934 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger ordered us to kill dogs, and we were even killing a dog which a woman brought with her from the desert. Afterwards Godâs messenger forbade us to kill dogs, saying, âConfine yourselves to the type which is pure black and has two spots, for it is a devil.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3935 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said the Prophet ordered dogs to be killed, except hunting dogs or sheepdogs or dogs used for looking after animals. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3936 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abdallah b. Mughaffal reported the Prophet as saying, âWere dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be killed; but kill every pure black one.â Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it. Tirmidhi and Nasaâi added, âNo family attaches itself to a dog without a qirat of their good deeds being deducted daily, except in the case of a hunting dog, a farm dog, or a sheepdog.â
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Hadith #3937 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that Godâs messenger forbade inciting animals to fight with one another. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3938 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âEating any fanged beast of prey is prohibited.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3939 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Abbas said Godâs messenger prohibited every beast of prey with a fang and every bird with a talon. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3940 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Thaâlaba said Godâs messenger prohibited the flesh of domestic asses. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3941 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said that on the day of Khaibar Godâs messenger forbade the flesh of domestic asses, but permitted horseflesh. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3942 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada told that he saw a wild ass and killed it. The Prophet asked whether they had any of its flesh and when he replied that they had a leg he took it and ate it. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3943 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We started a hare at Marr az-Zahran1 and when I caught it and brought it to Abu Talha he cut its throat and sent its haunch and two hindlegs to Godâs messenger, and he accepted it. 1. A wadi near Mecca. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3944 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âI neither eat nor prohibit the eating of lizards.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3945 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Abbas said he was told by Khalid b. al-Walid that he went with Godâs messenger to visit Maimuna who was both his and Ibn âAbbasâs maternal aunt and found that she had a roasted lizard. She offered the lizard to Godâs messenger, and when he withdrew his hand from it Khalid asked him whether lizards were prohibited. He replaid, âNo; but there were none in the land of my people, and I find that I dislike them.â Khalid said, âI then chewed and ate it while Godâs messenger was loo
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Hadith #3946 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa told that he saw Godâs messenger eating fowl. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3947 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Abu Aufa told that they went on seven expeditions along with Godâs messenger and ate locusts along with him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3948 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was on the expedition when the army had to beat leaves off trees for food and Abu âUbaida was placed in charge. We suffered severe hunger, and then the sea cast up a dead fish the like of which we had never seen before, called the spermaceti whale, and we ate of it for half a month. Abu âUbaida took one of its bones and a rider was able to pass under it. When we arrived and mentioned the matter to the Prophet he said, âEat a provision which God has brought forth for you, and give us some
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Hadith #3949 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messsenger as saying, âWhen a fly alights in anyoneâs vessel he should plunge it all in and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a cure and in the other disease.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3950 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Maimuna said that when a mouse fell into some clarified butter and died Godâs messenger was asked about it and replied, âThrow it and what is round it away and eat what is left.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3951 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told of hearing the Prophet say, âKill snakes, kill those which have two streaks and those with small tails, for they obliterate the eyesight and cause miscarriage.â âAbdallah said that while he was chasing a snake and trying to kill it Abu Lubaba called to him not to kill it, but he replied that Godâs messenger had given command that snakes should be killed. He then said that he had later prohibited killing house-snakes, for they are resident jinn. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3952 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We went in to visit Abu Saâid al-Khudri, and while we were sitting we heard a movement under his couch. When we had looked and found a snake in it I jumped up to kill it, but Abu Saâid who was engaged in prayer made a gesture to me indicating that I should sit down, so I sat down. When he finished he pointed to a room in the house and asked if I saw it, and when I said I did he told me that a servant of theirs who had recently been married had occupied it. They went out with Godâs messenge
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Hadith #3953 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Sharik told that Godâs messenger ordered geckos to be killed, saying the gecko blew on Abraham.1 1. Al-Qurâan 21:68 speaks of Abraham being put into a fire. In this tradition it is said that the gecko blew on the fire to stir it up. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3954 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd b. Abu Waqqas told that Godâs messenger ordered geckos to be killed, calling them noxious little creatures. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3955 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone kills a gecko with the first blow a hundred good deeds will be recorded for him, less if he kills it at the second and less still if he kills it at the third.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3956 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying that when a prophet was stung by an ant he ordered a colony of ants to be burned, and God most high revealed to him, âBecause an ant stung you you have burned a community which glorifies me.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3957 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen a mouse falls into clarified butter which, is solid throw the mouse and what is around it away; but if it is in a liquid state do not go near it.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted it on the authority of Ibn âAbbas.
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Hadith #3958 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Safina told that he and Godâs messenger ate the flesh of a bustard. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3959 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that Godâs messenger prohibited eating the animal which feeds on filth or drinking its milk. Trimidhi transmitted it. In Abu Dawudâs version he said that he forbade riding the animal which feeds on filth.
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Hadith #3960 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbd ar-Rahman b. Shibl said the Prophet forbade eating the flesh of lizards. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3961 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said the Prophet forbade eating cats or what is paid for them. 1 1. This might be either what was paid in kind, or what was bought with money paid for them. Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3962 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said, referring to the day of Khaibar, that Godâs messenger declared domestic asses, the flesh of mules, every beast of prey with a fang and every bird with a talon to be unlawful. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #3963 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Khalid b. al-Walld said Godâs messenger prohibited eating the flesh of horses, mules and asses. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3964 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that he went with the Prophet to fight at the battle of Khaibar and the Jews came and complained that the people had hastened to take their green dates, 2 so Godâs messenger said, âThe property of those who have been given a covenant is not lawful except for the dues which are levied.â 2. The reference is to dates which fall from the tree while still green. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3965 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âTwo types of animals which have died a natural death and two types of blood have been made allowable to us, the two which die a natural death being the fish and the locust, and the two types of blood being the liver and the spleen.â Ahmad, Ibn Majah and Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #3966 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abuz Zubair quoted Jabirâs authority for the statement that Godâs messenger said, âWhat the sea throws up and is left by the tide you may eat, but what dies in the sea and floats you must not eat.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it, but Muhyi as-Sunna said most people hold that it goes no farther back than Jabir.
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Hadith #3967 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salman said the Prophet was asked about locusts and replied, âThey are the most numerous of Godâs hosts. I neither eat them nor declare them unlawful.â Abu Dawud transmitted it, but Muhyi as-Sunna said it is weak.
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Hadith #3968 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Khalid said that Godâs messenger prohibited reviling a cock, saying that it is making the caH to prayer. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3969 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âDo not revile a cock, for it wakens people for prayer.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3970 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbd ar-Rahman b. Abu Laila. said that Abu Laila reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen a snake appears in a dwelling say to it, âWe ask you by the covenant made with Noah and the covenant made with Solomon son of David not to harm us.â Then if it comes back, kill it.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3971 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIkrima told on the authority of Ibn âAbbas, saying he was sure that he traced it back to the Prophet, that he used to order snakes to be killed and say, âHe who leaves them alone fearing that one will come to take revenge does not belong to us.â It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3972 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWe have not made peace with them 1 since we fought with them, so he who leaves any of them alone through fear does not belong to us.â 1. i.e. snakes. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3973 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âKill all the snakes, and he who fears their revenge does not belong to me.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3974 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-âAbbas said, âMessenger of God, we wish to sweep out Zamzam, but in it there are some of these jinnan,â meaning small snakes; so Godâs messenger ordered that they should be killed. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3975 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs messenger as saying, âKill all the snakes except the little white one which looks like a silver wand.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3976 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen a fly alights in the vessel of any of you plunge it in, for in one of its wings there is disease and in the other a cure; it puts forward the one containing the disease, so dip it all in.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3977 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen a fly alights on food plunge it in, for one of its wings contains poison and the other a cure, and it puts the poison first and the cure second.â It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3978 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
ants, bees, hoopoes and sparrow-hawks. Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3979 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that the people of pre-Islamic times used to eat some things and leave others alone, considering them unclean. Then God sent His Prophet and sent down His Book, marking some things lawful and others unlawful; so what He made lawful is lawful, what He made unlawful is unlawful, and what He said nothing about is allowable. And he recited, âSay, I do not find in what is revealed to me anything forbidden to him who eats it, except carrion or bloodâ¦â 1 1. Qurâan, vi, 145. Ab
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Hadith #3980 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zahir al-Aslami said he was kindling fire under pots which contained assesâ flesh when Godâs messengerâs crier made an announcement to the effect that Godâs messenger prohibited assesâ flesh to the people. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3981 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Thaâlaba al-Khushani traced to the Prophet the saying that the jinn are of three classes, one which have wings and fly in the air, one which consists of snakes and dogs, and one which stay in places and travel about. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3982 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salman b. âAmir ad Dabbl told that he heard Godâs messenger say, âAlong with a boy there is an âaqiqa, so shed blood on his behalf and remove injury from him.â* *This is variously explained as shaving the hair of the infant, or removing the impurities with which it is defiled at birth, or even circumcision. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3983 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that boys used to be brought to Godâs messenger, and he would invoke blessings on them and soften some dates and rub their palates with them. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3984 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Asmaâ daughter of Abu Bakr said she conceived âAbdallah b. azZubair in Mecca and gave birth to him in Qubaâ, then took him to Godâs messenger and placed him in his lap. He called for a date, chewed it and spat in his mouth, after which he rubbed his palate and then made supplication for him and invoked a blessing on him. He was the first child to be born in the Islamic period. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3985 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Kurz told that she heard Godâs messenger say, âLet the birds stay in their roosts.â* She told that she also heard him say, âTwo sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl, but it does you no harm whether they are male or female.â *Either that they are not to be molested, or that they are not to be disturbed for the purpose of taking omens. Abu Dawud transmitted it. Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmit it from âtwo sheepâ to the end, Tirmidhi saying this is a sahih tradit
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Hadith #3986 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Hasan quoted Samura who reported Godâs messenger as saying, âA boy is in pledge for his âaqiqa. Sacrifice is made for him on the seventh day, he is given a name and his head is shaved.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it, but the last two have âa pledgeâ for âin pledge.â A version by Ahmad and Abu Dawud has âis smeared with bloodâ 1 in place of âis given a name.â Abu Dawud says th at âis given a nameâ is sounder.
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Hadith #3987 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muhammad b. âAll b. Husain quoted âAli b. Abu Talib as saying that Godâs messenger sacrificed a sheep on the seventh day for al-Hasan and said, âShave his head, Fatima, and give the weight of his hair in silver as sadaqa.â So they weighed it and it amounted to a dirham or part of a dirham. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition, but its isnad is not fully connected because Muhammad b. âAli b. Husain was not born in the time of âAli b. Abu Talib.
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Hadith #3988 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that Godâs messenger sacrificed a ram on the seventh day for both al-Hasan and al-Husain. Abu Dawud transmitted it. Nasaâi says two rams each.
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Hadith #3989 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said his grandfather told that Godâs messenger was asked about the âaqiqa and replied, âGod does not like the breaking of ties (âuquq),â as though he disliked the name. And he said, âIf anyone has a child born to him and wishes to offer a sacrifice on its behalf, he may offer two sheep for a boy and one for a girl. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3990 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Rafiâ told th at he saw Godâs messenger uttering the call to prayer in the ear of al-Hasan b. âAli when Fatima gave birth to him. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.
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Hadith #3991 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When a boy was born to one of us in the pre-Islamic period he sacrificed a sheep and smeared his head with its blood; but when Islam came we sacrificed a sheep on the seventh day, shaved his head and smeared it with saffron. Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Razin added, âand gave him his name.â
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Hadith #3992 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was a boy under the protection of Godâs messenger, and as my hand used to roam at large in the dish he said to me, âMention Godâs name, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is next you.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3993 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hudhaifa reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe devil considers food lawful for him when Godâs name is not mentioned over it.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3994 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs messenger as saying that when a man enters his house and mentions Godâs name on entering and when at his food, the devil says, âYou* have no place to spend the night and no evening meal; â but when he enters without mentioning Godâs name on entering the devil says, âYou have found a place to spend the night; â and when he does not mention God at his food he says, âYou have found a place to spend the night and an evening meal.â *The pronoun is plural. The de
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Hadith #3995 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen any of you eats he should eat with his right hand, and when he drinks he should drink with his right hand.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3996 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNone of you must ever eat or drink with his left hand, for the devil eats and drinks with his left hand.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3997 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kaâb b. Malik said that Godâs messenger used to eat with three fingers and lick his hand before wiping it. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3998 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said the Prophet ordered people to lick their fingers and the dish, saying, âYou do not know in what portion blessing lies.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3999 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen one of you eats he must not wipe his hand till he licks it, or gives it to someone to lick.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4000 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that he heard the Prophet say, âThe devil is present with one of you in everything he does, even being present when he is at food; so if any of you drops a mouthful he should wipe away anything injurious on it and eat it and not leave it for the devil; and when he finishes he should lick his fingers, for he does not know in what part of the food the blessing lies.â Muslim transmitted it.
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