Hadith #4201 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said Godâs messenger forbade wearing Qassi material and anything dyed with saffron, using a gold ring, and reciting the Qurâan when making the bow. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4202 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAbbas told that when Godâs messenger saw a gold signet-ring on a manâs hand he pulled it off and threw it away saying, âOne of you is making for a coal from hell and putting it on his hand.â After Godâs messenger had departed someone said to the man, âTake your signet-ring and get some good from it,â but he replied, âNo, I swear by God that I shall never take it when Godâs messenger has thrown it away.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4203 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that when the Prophet wanted to write to the Persian Emperor, the Byzantine Emperor and the Negus he was told that they would not accept a letter without a seal; so Godâs messenger fashioned a seal in the form of a silver ring on which he engraved âMuhammad Godâs messenger.â Muslim transmitted it. A version by Bukhari says the engraving on the seal was in three lines, âMuhammadâ being one, âmessengerâ another, and âof Godâ another.
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Hadith #4204 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said the Prophetâs signet-ring was of silver as was also its stone. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4205 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said Godâs messenger wore on his right hand a silver signet-ring with an Abyssinian stone, and put its stone next the palm of his hand. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4206 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said, pointing to the little finger of his left hand, âThe Prophetâs signet-ring was on this.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4207 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli, pointing to the middle finger and the one next it, said, âGodâs messenger forbade me to wear a signet-ring on this finger of mine or on this.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4208 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Jaâfar said the Prophet used to wear a signet-ring on his right hand. Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it on âAliâs authority.
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Hadith #4209 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said the Prophet used to wear a signet-ring on his left hand. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4210 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli told that the Prophet, taking some silk and putting it in his right hand, and taking some gold and putting it in his left hand, said, âThese are prohibited to the male members of my people.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4211 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâawiya said Godâs messenger forbade riding on panther-skins and wearing gold, except in small pieces. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4212 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Buraida reported the Prophet as saying to a man who was wearing a signet-ring of yellow copper, âHow is it that I notice the odour of idols in you ?â So he threw it away and came wearing an iron signet- ring, and when he said, âHow is it that I see you wearing the adornment of the inhabitants of hell ?â he threw it away and asked Godâs messenger what material he should use. He replied, âSilver, but do not let it weigh as much as a mithqal.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmit
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Hadith #4213 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
yellow colouring, meaning khaluq, dyeing grey hair, trailing the lower garment, wearing a gold signet-ring, a woman decking herself before people who are not within the prohibited degrees, throwing dice, using spells, except with the muâawwidhat (The last two suras of the Qurâan are known as al muâawwidhatan. Here the plural is used, and the suggestion is made that it may include certain supplications and prayers using names of God ; or that suras cxii and cix may be added to the last two)
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Hadith #4214 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn az-Zubair told that a woman client of theirs took az-Zubairâs daughter to âUmar b. al-Khattab wearing bells on her leg. âUmar cut them off and said he had heard Godâs messenger say, âThere is a devil along with each bell.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4215 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Bunana, female client of âAbd ar-Rahman b. Hayyan al-Ansari, told that when she was with âAâisha a girl wearing tinkling little bells was brought in to her, whereupon she ordered that they were not to bring her in, where she was unless they cut off her little bells, for she had heard Godâs messenger say, âThe angels do not enter a house in which there is a bell.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4216 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbd ar-Rahman b. Tarafa told that his grandfather âArfaja b. Asâad who had had his nose cut off at the battle of al-Kulab (This was a battle about ten years before the Hijra in which the tribe of Tamim was engaged) got a silver nose, but it developed a stench, so the Prophet ordered him to get a gold nose. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4217 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone wants to put a ring of fire on one he loves let him put a gold ring on him ; if anyone wants to put a necklace of fire on one he loves let him put a gold necklace on him ; and if anyone wants to put a bracelet of fire on one he loves let him put a gold bracelet on him. Keep to silver and amuse yourselves with it.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4218 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Asmaâ daughter of Yazid reported Godâs messenger as saying, âAny woman who wears a gold necklace will have a similar one of fire put on her neck on the day of resurrection, and any woman who puts a gold earring in her ear will have a similar one of fire put in her ear by God on the day of resurrection.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4219 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A sister of Hudhaifa reported Godâs messenger as saying, âYou women have in silver something with which to adorn yourselves. I assure you that any woman of you who adorns herself with gold which she displays will be punished for it.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4220 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUqba b. âAmir told that Godâs messenger used to restrain people who adorned themselves and wore silk, saying, âIf you want the adornment and silk of paradise, do not wear them in this world.â Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4221 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that Godâs messenger got a signet-ring, but when he wore it he said, âThis has distracted me from you ; since today I have been giving a look at it and giving a look at you.â He then threw it away. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4222 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I dislike youths being dressed with any gold, for I have heard that Godâs messenger forbade wearing a gold signet-ring ; and I disapprove of it for men, both old and young. He transmitted it in al-Muwatta.
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Hadith #4223 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that he saw Godâs messenger wearing sandals which had no hair on them. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4224 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said the Prophetâs sandal had two thongs. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4225 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that he heard the Prophet say on one of his expeditions, âMake a general practice of wearing sandals, for a man keeps riding as long as he wears sandals.â (The meaning is that wearing sandals makes movement easier and protects the feet lrom toughness or thorns on the road. So it is here compared with riding on an animal.) Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4226 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen one of you puts on sandals he should put on the right one first and when he takes them off he should take off the left one first, so that the right one should be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off. â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4227 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âNone of you should walk with one sandal, but should walk barefoot or wear a pair.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4228 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs messenger as saying, âWhen the thong of a manâs sandal is cut off he should not walk with one sandal till he repairs his thong ; he should not walk with one shoe, or eat with his left hand, or support himself when sitting with a single garment wrapped round his knees, or wrap himself up completely leaving no opening for the arms.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4229 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said Godâs messengerâs sandal had two thongs, their straps being doubled. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4230 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir said Godâs messenger forbade that a man should put on sandals while standing. Abu Dawad transmitted it, and Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it on Abu Hurairaâs authority.
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Hadith #4231 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Qasim b. Muhammad quoted âAâisha as saying the Prophet often walked wearing one sandal. A version says she walked wearing one sandal. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is sounder
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Hadith #4232 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Abbas said it is part of the sunna that when a man sits down he should take off his sandals and place them at his side. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4233 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Buraida told on his fatherâs authority that the Negus presented the Prophet with two plain black shoes and he wore them. Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Tirmidhi added on Ibn Buraidaâs authority quoting his fatherâs authority, that he then performed ablution and wiped over them.
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Hadith #4234 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said she used to comb Godâs messengerâs head when she was menstruating. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4235 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
circumcision, shaving with a razor, clipping the moustache, paring the nails, and plucking out hairs under the armpit.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4236 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported Godâs messenger as saying, âDo the opposite of what the polytheists do ; let the beard grow long and clip the moustache.â A version has, âCut the moustache down and leave the beard.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4237 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said they were told not to let more than forty days elapse between the times they clipped the moustache, pared the nails, plucked out hairs under the armipits and shaved the pubes. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4238 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âJews and Christians do not dye , so act differently from them.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4239 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that when Abu Quhafa (Abu Bakrâs father) was brought on the day of the Conquest of Mecca with his head and beard white like hyssop, the Prophet said, âChange this with something, but avoid black.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4240 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said the Prophet liked to do the same as the People of the Book in matters about which he had received no command. The People of the Book used to let their hair hang down and the polytheists used to part their hair, so the Prophet let his forelock hang down, but afterwards he parted it. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4241 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nafiâ quoted Ibn âUmar as saying he had heard the Prophet forbidding qazaâ. Nafiâ was asked what qazaâ was and replied that it was having part of a boyâs head shaved arid leaving part unshaven. (Bukhari and Muslim.) Some made the explanation a part of the tradition.
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Hadith #4242 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that when the Prophet saw a boy with part of his head shaved and part left unshaven he forbade them to do that, saying, ââShave it al or leave it all.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4243 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said the Prophet cursed the mukhannaths among men and the women who imitated men, saying, âPut them out of your houses.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4244 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported the Prophet as saying, âGod has cursed men who imitate women and women who imitate men.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4245 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âGod has cursed the woman who adds some false hair and the woman who asks for it, the woman who tattoos and the woman who asks for it.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4246 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
God has cursed the women who tattoo and the women who have themselves tattooed, the women who pluck hairs from their faces and who make spaces between their teeth for beauty, changing what God has created. When a woman came and told him she had heard he had cursed such and such he asked why he should not curse those whom Godâs messenger had cursed and those who were mentioned in Godâs Book. She told him she had read it from cover to cover and had not found in it what he had been saying, to w
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Hadith #4247 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that Godâs messenger said, âThe influence of the evil eye is true,â and forbade tattooing. (It would seem from this tradition that tattooing was used as a protection agains; the evil eye.) Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4248 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said he had seen Godâs messenger with matted hair. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4249 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said the Prophet forbade men to use saffron. (Mirqat, iv, 461, says this applies to their clothing and their bodies, as it is a female custom but does not prohibit a small use of it.) (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4250 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said she used to perfume the Prophet with the sweetest perfume she could find till she saw the perfume shining on his head and beard. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4251 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nafiâ said that when Ibn âUmar perfumed himself he used aloes-wood mixed with no other perfume, and also used camphor which he mixed in with the aloes-wood. Then he said that Godâs messenger had perfumed himself thus. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4252 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said the Prophet used to clip or take something off his moustache, and Abraham the friend of the Compassionate One used to do it. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4253 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Arqam reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who does not take something off his moustache is not one of us.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4254 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib; on his fatherâs authority, said his grandfather told that the Prophet used to take something off the side and the bottom of his beard. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #4255 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yaâla b. Murra told that when the Prophet saw some khaluq (A liquid, yellow perfume mainly composed of saffron) on him he asked whether he had a wife, and when he replied that he had not he said, âWash it, then wash it, then wash it, and do not use it again.â Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4256 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod does not accept the prayer of a man who has any khaluq on his body.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4257 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I came to my family after a journey with my hands chapped and they perfumed me with saffron. In the morning I went to the Prophet and gave him a greeting, but instead of responding to it he said, âGo away and wash this off yourself.â Abu Dawud transimitted it.
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Hadith #4258 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe perfume for men is that whose odour is apparent but whose colour is hidden, and the perfume for women is that whose colour is apparent but whose odour is hidden. Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4259 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said Godâs messenger had sukka (A perfume made from ramik, a black substance mixed with musk. After an elaborate process of pounding and moistening it was left for a year before being used. Its perfume is said to have improved with age. Cf. Mirqat, iv, 463 f.) with which he perfumed himself. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4260 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said Godâs messenger often greased his head and combed his beard, and he often wore a head veil as though his garment (the explanation which seems to be preferred is that the word âgarmentââ here refers to the cloth like a veil which was used to protect the turban from the grease.) were that of an olive-oil seller. It is transmitted in Sharh as sunna.
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Hadith #4261 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger came to us once in Mecca and he had four plaits of hair. Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4262 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that when she parted Godâs messengerâs hair she made a parting from the crown of his head and let his forelock hang between his eyes. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4263 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Mughaffal said Godâs messenger forbade combing the hair except every second day. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4264 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Buraida told that a man asked Fadala b. âUbaid why it was he saw him dishevelled and he replied that Godâs messenger had forbidden them to indulge much in luxury. He asked why it was he saw him unshod and he replied that Godâs messenger used to command them to go barefoot at times. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4265 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who has hair should honour it.â Abu Dawud trrnsmitted it.
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Hadith #4266 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dharr reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe best things with which grey hairs are changed are henna and katam (leaves of the salam tree (mimosa flava). This dye applied with henna to the hair is said to preserve its original colour. Katam is also said to lighten the colour of the hair). Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4267 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âAt the end of time there will be people who will use this black dye like the crops of doves who will not experience the fragrance of paradise.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4268 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said the Prophet used to wear tanned leather sandals and dye his beard yellow with wars (a plant of yellow colour in the Yemen, like sesame) and saffron. And Ibn âUmar used to do that. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4269 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that when a man who had dyed himself with henna passed the Prophet he said, âHow fine this is! â When another who had dyed himself with henna and katam passed by he said, âThis is better than that.â Then when another who had dyed himself with yellow dye passed by he said, âThis is better than all that.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4270 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âChange grey hairs and do not copy the Jews.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Nasaâi transmitted it on the authority of Ibn âUmar and az-Zubair.
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Hadith #4271 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, told that his grandfather reported Godâs messenger as saying. âDo not pluck out grey hairs, for they are the Muslimâs light. If anyone grows a grey hair in Islam God will record on his behalf a good deed for it, will blot out a sin for it, and raise him a degree for it.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4272 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kaâb b. Murra reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone grows a grey hair in Islam it will be a light for him on the day of resurrection.â Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4273 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger and I used to wash from one vessel; and he had hair which did not reach the shoulder but which came lower than the ear. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4274 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn al-Hanzaliya, one of the Prophetâs Companions, reported the Prophet as saying, âKhuraim al-Asadi would be a fine man were it not for the length of his hair which reaches the shoulders and the way he lets his lower garment hang down.â When Khuraim heard that he took a knife and cut his hair in line with his ears, and he raised his lower garment halfway up his legs. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4275 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said he had a hanging lock of hair and his mother told him not to cut it, for Godâs messenger used to stretch it out and hold it. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4276 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet waited three days before visiting the family of Jaâfar (Jaâfar b. Abu Talib was killed at Muâta in the year 7 A.H). He said, âDo not weep for my brother after today,â and then said, âCall my brotherâs children to me.â When we had been brought like a number of chickens he said, âCall me a barber,â and then ordered him to shave our heads. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4277 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm âAtiya al-Ansariya told that the Prophet said to a woman who used to perform circumcision (on girls) in Medina, âDo not cut severely, as that is better for a woman and more desirable to a husband.â Abu Dawud transmitted it, saying this is a weak tradition one of whose transmitters is an unknown man.
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Hadith #4278 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Karima daughter of Hammam told that a woman asked âAâisha about dyeing with henna and she replied, âThere is no harm, but I do not like it. My beloved disliked its odour.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4279 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when Hind daughter of âUtba said, âProphet of God, accept my allegiance,â he replied, âNot till you make a difference to the palms of your hands ; for they look like the paws of a beast of prey.â (A strong way of saying that a womanâs hands with no henna on them are ugly) Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4280 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She told that a woman made a sign from behind a curtain to indicate that she had a letter for Godâs messenger. The Prophet closed his hand saying, âI do not know whether this is a manâs or a womanâs hand,â and when she declared that it was a womanâs he said, âIf you were a woman you would make a difference to your nails,â meaning with henna. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4281 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said the woman who supplies false hair and the one who asks for it, the woman who pulls out hair for other people and the woman who depilates herself, the woman who tattoos and the one who has it done when there was no disease to justify it were cursed. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4282 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said Godâs messenger cursed the man who dressed like a woman and the woman who dressed like a man. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4283 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Abu Mulaika told that when someone remarked to âAâisha that a woman was wearing sandals (in refrence to menâs footwear) she replied that Godâs messenger cursed mannish women. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4284 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thauban told that when Godâs messenger went on a journey the last member of his family he saw was Fatima and the first he visited on his return was Fatima. Once when he returned from an expedition she had hung up a hair-cloth, or a curtain, at her door and adorned al-Hasan and al-Husain with silver bracelets, so when he arrived he did not enter. Thinking that he had been prevented from entering by what he had seen she tore down the curtain, unfastened the bracelets from the boys and cut them o
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Hadith #4285 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âApply antimony, for it clears the sight and makes the hair grow.â And he asserted that the Prophet had a collyrium-case from which he applied collyrium every night in each eye three times. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4286 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said the Prophet used to apply antimony three times in each eye before going to sleep, and reported him as saying, âThe best medicines you apply are those sipped at the corners of the mouth, those snuffed up the nose, cupping, purgatives; the best thing you apply to your eyes is antimony, for it clears the sight and makes the hair grow ; and the best days for cupping are the seventeenth, nineteenth and twenty-first.â When Godâs messenger was taken up to visit heaven every company of ang
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Hadith #4287 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said the Prophet forbade men and women from entering baths, but afterwards permitted men to enter them wearing lower garments. Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4288 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abul Malih told that some women who belonged to Hims came to âAâisha and she asked where they were from. On their replying that they came from Syria she said, âPerhaps you come from the region whose women enter the baths.â They replied that that was so, and then she told them she had heard Godâs messenger say, âA woman does not remoye her clothes elsewhere than in her husbandâs house without tearing down the veil between her and her Lord.â A version has, âelsewhere than in her
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Hadith #4289 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âAmr reported Godâs messenger as saving, âThe land of the foreigners will be conquered for you, and you will find in it houses called baths. Men must not enter them without lower garments. Keep women away from them, except those who are ill or in childbed.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4290 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported the Prophet as saying, âHe who believes in God and the last day must not enter a bath without a lower garment; he who believes in God and the last day must not bring his spouse into a bath ; and he who believes in God and the last day must not sit at a cloth where wine is being circulated.â Tirmidhi and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4291 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thabit told that when Anas was asked whether the Prophet dyed his hair he replied, âIf I had wanted to count the hoary hairs which were on his head I could have done so,â adding that he did not dye his hair. In a version he added that Abu Bakr dyed his hair with henna and katam, and âUmar dyed it with henna alone. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4292 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar used to make his beard yellow with a yellow dye so that his clothes were full of it. He was asked why he used the yellow dye and replied, âI saw Godâs messenger using it as a dye, and he liked nothing better than it. He used to dye all his clothes with it, even his turban.â Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4293 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I went to visit Umm Salama and she brought out for us some hairs of the Prophet which had been dyed. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4294 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that a mukhannath who had dyed his hands and feet with henna was brought to Godâs messenger who asked, âWhat is the matter with this man?â On being told that he affected womenâs get-up he ordered him to be banished to an-Naqiâ. The people suggested that they should kill him, but he said, âI have been prohibited from killing people who pray.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4295 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When Godâs messenger conquered Mecca the people of Mecca began to bring their boys and he would invoke a blessing on them and rub their heads. I was brought, but as I had been perfumed with a mixture of saffron he did not touch me because of the perfume. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4296 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Qatada told that he said to Godâs messenger, âI have locks coming down to the shoulders, so should I comb it ?â He replied, âYes, and show honour to it.â Abu Qatada often greased it twice a day because Godâs messenger said, âYes, and show honour to it.â Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #4297 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We went in to visit Anas b. Malik, and my sister al-Mughira told me that at that time I was a youth with two plaits of hair (The text mentions qarnan or qussatan. The former would mean two side plaits and the latter two plaits over the forehead. The alternative is given evidently because the transmitter is not sure which was the correct word), and he wiped my head, invoked a blessing on me and said, âShave these two, or clip them, for this is the style of the Jews.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4298 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said Godâs messenger forbade that a woman should shave her head. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4299 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAtaâ b. Yasar told that when Godâs messenger was in the mosque a man whose head and beard were dishevelled entered, and Godâs messenger pointed his hand at him as though he were ordering him to arrange his hair and his beard. When he had done so and returned, Godâs messenger said, âIs this not better than that one of you should come with his head dishevelled, as though he were a devil ?â Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #4300 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âGod is good and likes what is fragrant (Tayyib is âgoodâ and tib is âperfumeâ, or âfragrance.â); clean and likes cleanliness; generous and likes generosity; munificent and likes munificence; so cleanse (I think he said, your courtyards), and do not imitate the Jews.â I mentioned that to Muhajir b. Mismar and he said he had been told by âAmir b. Saâd, on his fatherâs authority, that the Prophet had said something similar, but he said, âCleanse your courtyards.â Tirmidhi
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Hadith #4301 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abraham, the friend of the Compassionate One, was the first man to entertain a guest, the first man to be circumcised, the first man to clip his moustache, and he first man to notice grey hairs, so he said, âWhat is this, my Lord?â The Lord who is blessed and exalted replied, âDignity, Abraham.â He said, âMy Lord, give me more dignity.â Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #4302 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Talha reported the Prophet as saying, âThe angels do not enter a house which contains a dog or pictures.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4303 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told on Maimunaâs authority that one morning Godâs messenger was silent with grief, and said, âGabriel promised to meet me last night, but he did not do so. I swear by God that he has never broken his promise before.â He then thought of a puppy which he had seen under a (Fustat Mirqat, iv, 484 considers that here it means a couch) tent of his, and when he had given orders and had it put out he took some water in his hand and sprinkled the place where it had been. In the even
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Hadith #4304 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that the Prophet never left in his house anything containing figures of a cross without destroying it. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4305 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She told that she bought a cushion on which were pictures, and when Godâs messenger saw it he stopped at the door and did not enter. Seeing the signs of disapproval in his face she said, âMessenger of God, I repent towards God and His messenger. What have I done wrong ?â He asked, âWhat is the meaning of this cushion ?â and when she replied that she had bought it for him to sit and recline on he said, âThe people who make these pictures will be punished on the day of resurrection and
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Hadith #4306 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She told that she had screened a store-room of hers with a curtain on which there were figures and the Prophet tore it down ; so she made two cushions out of it and had them in the house for sitting on.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4307 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet went out on an expedition and I got a carpet which I hung as a screen at the door, but when he came and saw the carpet he pulled it and tore it down, saying, âGod has not commanded us to clothe stones and clay.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4308 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She reported the Prophet as saying, âThose who will receive the severest punishment on the day of resurrection will be they who imitate what God has created.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4309 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told of hearing Godâs messenger state that God most high says, âWho is more in the wrong than he who sets about creating things like what I have created ? Well, let such people create an atom, let them create a grain, or a grain of barley.â (Bukhari and Muslim).
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Hadith #4310 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud told that he heard Godâs messenger say, âThose who will receive the severest punishment from God will be the people who make representations of things.â (Al-musawwiruna. There is a difference of opinion as to whether this refers to those who make snch representations as idols to be worshipped, or whether the reference is to representations of living creatures in general.) (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4311 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
If you must do it, make pictures of trees and of things which do not possess a soul. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4312 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that he heard Godâs messenger say, âIf anyone pretends to have had a dream which he did not see he will be given the task of joining two barley-seeds, but will be unable to do so ; if anyone listens to other peopleâs talk when they do not want him to hear, or try to avoid him, lead will be poured into his ears on the day of resurrection; and he who makes a representation of anything will be punished and given the task of breathing into it, but will be unable to do so.â Bukhari tr
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Hadith #4313 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Buraida reported the Prophet as saying, âHe who plays backgammon is as though he had dipped his hand in a pigâs flesh and blood.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4314 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said Godâs messenger told that Gabriel came to him and said, âI came to you last night and was prevented from entering simply by the fact that there were images at the door, for there was a figured curtain with images on it and there was a dog in the house. So order that the head of the image which is at the door of the house be cut off so that it may become like the form of a tree; order that the curtain be cut up and made into two cushions spread out on which people may tread;
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Hadith #4315 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
everyone who is proud and obstreperous, everyone who invokes another god along with God, and those who make representations of things.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4316 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod most high has made wine, maisir and the kuba unlawfuland he said, âEvery intoxicant is unlawful.â The kuba is said to be the drum. Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #4317 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said the Prophet prohibited wine, maisir, the kuba,/i>, and ghubairaâ which is an intoxicating drink made by Abyssinians from millet. It is called sukruka. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4318 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa al-Ashâari reported Godâs messenger as saying, âHe who plays backgammon has disobeyed God and His messenger.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4319 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that Godâs messenger saw a man following a pigeon and said, âA devil is following a she-devil.â Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, transmitted it.
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Hadith #4320 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âGod has not sent down a disease without sending down remedy for it.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4321 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThere is a medicine for every disease, and when the medicine is applied to the disease it is cured by Godâs permission.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4322 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThere is a remedy in three things: the incision of a cupping-glass, a drink of honey, or cauterization by fire, but I forbid my people to cauterize.â Bukhari transmitted.it.
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Hadith #4323 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that at the battle of the Confederates* Ubayy was struck by an arrow in the median vein of the arm and Godâs messenger cauterized it. Muslim transmitted it. * i.e. the battle of the Trench, 5 A. H.
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Hadith #4324 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that when Saâid b. Muâadh was shot in the median vein of his arm the Prophet with his own hand cauterized it with a broad arrow head. Afterwards it swelled up and he cauterized it a second time. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4325 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that Godâs messenger sent to Ubayy b. Kaâb a physician who cut a vein of his and cauterized it. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4326 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âNigella seed is a remedy for every disease but sam.â Ibn Shihab said sant is death and the nigella seed is shuniz.* (Bukhari and Muslim.) * Taj al-âarus says this is a Persian word which came to be used by Arabs. It indicates a seed of a species of nigella.
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Hadith #4327 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri said that a man came to the Prophet and told him his brotherâs bowels were loose, so Godâs messenger told him to give him honey to drink . He did so and then came and said, âI gave it him to drink but it has only made his bowels more loose.â This he said three times, and when he came a fourth time and was told to give him honey to drink he said, âI have done so, but it has only increased the looseness.â Godâs messenger replied, âGod has spoken the truth and
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Hadith #4328 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThe best medical treatments you apply are cupping and sea costus.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4329 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âDo not afflict your children by squeezing for a swelling in the uvula, but apply costus.â (Bukhari and Muslim .)
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Hadith #4330 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWhy do you compress the uvula in this way? Use this Indian aloes wood, for it contains seven types of remedy, among them being a remedy for pleurisy. It is applied through the nose for a swelling of the uvula and poured into the side of the mouth for pleurisy.â (Bukhari and Muslim )
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Hadith #4331 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âFever is due to the vehemence of the heat of hell, so cool it with water.â (Bukhari and Muslim.).
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Hadith #4332 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said Godâs messenger gave permission to use a spell for the evil eye, scorpion sting and small pustules. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4333 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet gave command that we should use a spell against the evil eye. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4334 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUse a spell for her, for she has been affected by the evil eye.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) * Safâa is explained as a stroke from the devil, or the influence of the evil eye. It may be read sufâa which means blackness, or blackness tinged with red. Sufra normally means yellowness, but it can also mean blackness, and that may be the interpretation it should have here, in which case one should read sufâa.
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Hadith #4335 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that Godâs messenger prohibited spells, and the family of âAmr b. Hazm came and said, âMessenger of God, we had a spell proved efficacious which we applied for scorpion bite, but you have prohibited spells.â They submitted it to him and he said, âI see no harm in it. If any of you is able to benefit his brother, let him do so.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4336 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
In the pre-Islamic period we used to apply spells, and we asked Godâs messenger how he looked upon that. He replied, âSubmit your spells to me. There is no harm in spells so long as they involve no polytheism.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4337 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThe evil eye is genuine If anything could get ahead of the decree the evil eye would do so. And when you are asked to bathe do so.â* Muslim transmitted it. * An indication of the practice here intended will be found in the tradition of Abu Umama near the end of Section II of this chapter.
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Hadith #4338 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Usama b. Sharik told that when Godâs messenger was asked whether they should make use of medical treatment he replied, âYes servants of God, make use of medical treatment, for God has not made a disease without appointing a remedy for it, with the exception of one disease; viz., old age.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4339 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âDo not force your invalids to eat, for God most high gives them food and drink.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #4340 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that the Prophet cauterized Asâad b. Zurara because of a redness from which he suffered. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #4341 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zaid b. Arqam told that Godâs messenger ordered them to treat pleurisy with sea costus and olive oil. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4342 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told that the Prophet used to recommend olive oil and wars for pleurisy. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4343 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anything contained a remedy for death it would be senna.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharlb tradition.
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Hadith #4344 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abud Dardaâ reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod has sent down both the disease and the cure, and He has appointed a cure for every disease, so treat yourselves medically, but use nothing unlawful.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4345 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that Godâs messenger prohibited unclean medicine. Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4346 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salma, the Prophetâs woman-servant, told that no one complained to Godâs messenger of a headache without his telling him to get cupped, or of a pain in his legs without his telling him to dye them with henna. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4347 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that Godâs messenger never had a wound or a bleeding foot* without ordering her to put henna on it. Tirmidhi transmitted it. * Nakba is used. It means an injury to the foot caused by a stone which produce bleeding.
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Hadith #4348 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone pours out any of this blood he will not suffer if he applies no medical treatment for anything.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4349 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that the Prophet had himself cupped above the thigh for a contusion from which he suffered. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4350 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
In telling about the night when he was taken up to heaven Godâs messenger said that he did not pass a company of angels without their ordering him to command his people to have themselves cupped. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a hasan gharlb tradition.
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Hadith #4351 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbd ar-Rahman b. âUthman told that when a physician consulted the Prophet about putting frogs in medicine he forbade him to kill them.* Abu Dawud transmitted it. * The flesh of frogs mixed with olive oil was used as an antidote for snake bite, and the fat was considered helpful for extracting teeth. The prohibition of killing frogs most probably applies only to killing them for medicinal purposes.
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Hadith #4352 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Godâs messenger used to have himself cupped in the two veins at the sides of the neck and on the shoulder. Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah added that he used to have himself cupped on the 17th, 19th, and 21st.
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Hadith #4353 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said the Prophet liked to have himself cupped on the 17th, 19th, and 21st. Baghawi transmitted it in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #4354 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âIf anyone has himself cupped on the 17th, 19th, and 21st, it will be a remedy for every disease.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4355 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Kabsha daughter of Abu Bakra told that her father used to forbid his family to have themselves cupped on a Tuesday, and used to assert on the authority of Godâs messenger that Tuesday is the day of blood in which there is an hour when it does not stop. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4356 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone has himself cupped on a Wednesday or a Saturday and is smitten by leprosy, he must blame no one but himself .â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it. It has been given an isnad, but Abu Dawud said that that is not sound;
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Hadith #4357 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone has himself cupped or smeared with something on a Saturday or a Wednesday, he must blame no one but himself if he gets leprosy.â It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #4358 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zainab the wife of âAbdallah b. Masâud told that âAbdallah saw a thread on her neck and asked what it was. When she told him that it was a thread over which a spell had been recited for her he took it, cut it up and said, âYou, family of âAbdallah, are independent of polytheism. I have heard Godâs messenger say that spells, charms and love-spells are polytheism.â She replied, âWhy do you speak like this? My eye was discharging and I kept going to so and so, the Jew, and when he a
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Hadith #4359 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir told that when the Prophet was asked about a charm for one who is possessed (nushra)* he replied, âIt pertains to the work of the devil.â Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Nushra comes from a root meaning to disperse and is said to be used meaning a charm for one who is possessed because it disperses the trouble.
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Hadith #4360 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf I drink an antidote, or tie on an amulet, or compose poetry, I am the type who does not care what he does.â* Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Meaning that one who does any such thing is an abandoned character.
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Hadith #4361 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âHe who has himself cauterized or uses a spell has exempted himself from trust in God.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4362 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIsa b. Hamza told that he went to visit âAbdallah b. âUkaim* who was suffering from erysipelas and asked why he did not attach an amulet. He replied, âWe seek refuge in God from that. Godâs messenger said that if anyone hangs anything on himself he will be left to it.â** Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Mirqat, iv, 510 wrongly gives Hukaim. Cf. Tahdhib, v, 323 f. ** If anyone puts his trust in a charm instead of seeking Godâs help His help will be withheld from him.
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Hadith #4363 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âNo spell is to be used except for the evil eye or a scorpion sting.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it on the authority of Buraida.
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Hadith #4364 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âNo spell is to be used except for the evil eye, or a scorpion sting, or bleeding.â* Abu Dawud transmitted it. * The text has dam (blood), but it is said that nose-bleeding in particular is what is meant here. Cf. Mirqat, iv, 5U.
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Hadith #4365 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Asmaâ daughter of âUmais said, âMessenger of Goâd, Jaâfarâs children are readily susceptible to the influence of the evil eye, so may I use a spell for them?â He replied, âYes, for if anything could get ahead of the decree the evil eye could.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4366 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWhy do you not teach this one the spell for skin eruptions as you taught her writing?â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4367 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Umama b. Sahl b. Hunaif told that âAmir b. Rabiâa saw Sahl b. Hunaif bathing and said, âI swear by God that I have seen no skin to compare with what I have seen to-day, not even that of a secluded girl.â Sahl fell to the ground and people went to Godâs messenger and said to him, âMessenger of God, can you do anything for Sahl b. Hunaif? We swear by God that he cannot raise his head â He asked if they suspected anyone, and when they replied that they suspected âAmir b. Rablâ
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Hadith #4368 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri told that Godâs messenger used to seek refuge in God from jinn and the evil eye in men till the Muâawwidhatan* came down, after which he made use of them and abandoned everything else. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharib tradition. * Qurâan, 113 & 114.
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Hadith #4369 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that Godâs messenger asked her, âHave the mugharribun been seen among you?â She asked what that meant and he replied, âThey are those in whom is a strain of the jinn.â* Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Mirqat, iv, 514, says this happens if a man neglects to mention God when he has sexual intercourse with his wife.
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Hadith #4370 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThe stomach is the tank of the body and the veins go down to it. When the stomach is healthy the veins come back in a healthy condition, but when it is in a bad condition they return diseased.â
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Hadith #4371 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When Godâs messenger was praying one night he placed his hand on the ground and was stung by a scorpion, so he struck it with his sandal and killed it. Then when he departed he said: âGod curse the scorpion! It does not leave alone one who is praying or anyone else, or a prophet or anyone else.â He then called for salt and water, and putting it in a vessel he began to pour it over his finger where it had stung him and wipe it, seeking refuge in God by reciting the Muâawwidhatan. Baihaqi
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Hadith #4372 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
My people sent me to Umm Salama with a bowl of water. Whenever anyone was smitten by the evil eye or anything else he sent her a basin, and she took out some hairs of Godâs messenger which she kept in a little silver bell.* She moved it about for him in the water and he drank some of it. I looked into the little bell and saw some red hairs. Bukhari transmitted it. * Mirqat, iv, 515, says that although the word means a bell, it may here be used of a small box in the shape of a bell. This is the
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Hadith #4373 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âTruffles are a kind of manna, and their juice is a remedy for the evil eye. The âajwa dates come from paradise, and they are a remedy for poison.â Abu Huraira said that he took three, five, or seven truffles, pressed them, put their juice in a bottle and applied it as an eye-lotion to a slavegirl of his who was blear-eyed, and she recovered. Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan tradition.
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Hadith #4374 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone licks honey three mornings every month, he will not be afflicted with any serious trouble.â
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Hadith #4375 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âMake use of the two remedies: honey and the Qurâan.â Ibn Majah and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-lman, transmitted the two traditions, Baihaqi saying the correct view is that the second goes no farther back than Ibn Masâud.
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Hadith #4376 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I had myself cupped like that in the middle of my head for a reason other than poison and suffered some loss of memory till I was recommended to use Fatihat al-Kitab in the prayer. Razin transmitted it. * An attempt was made to poison the Prophet after the conquest of Khaibar in 7 A.H., but when he had taken a mouthful of the poisoned meat he spat it out realizing that it was poisoned.
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Hadith #4377 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âCupping before food is best; it increases the intelligence, increases the memory and increases the memory of one who has a good memory. He who has himself cupped should choose Thursday, doing it in the name of God most high; but avoid cupping on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Get yourselves cupped on Monday and Tuesday, but avoid cupping on Wednesday for it is the day when Job was smitten with affliction. Tubercular leprosy and leprosy make their appearance only on Wednesday or Tuesday night.â
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Hadith #4378 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âCupping on Tuesday the 17th of the month is a cure for a yearâs illness.â Harb b. Ismaâil al-Kirmani, Ahmadâs companion, transmitted it, but his isnad is worthless. Thus it is stated in al-Muntaqa. Razin transmitted something to the same effect on the authority of Abu Huraira.
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Hadith #4379 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told of hearing Godâs messenger say, âThere should be no taking of omens, but the best type is the good omen.â He was asked what a good omen was and replied, âA good word which one of you hears.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4380 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere is no infection, no evil omen, no hama*, and no serpent in a hungry belly*; but flee from one who has tubercular leprosy as you would from a lion.â Bukhari transmitted it. * The word means an owl, or a night-bird which frequents graves. The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that when vengeance had not been taken for one who had been killed a bird called hama came forth from the dead and screeched demanding vengeance. ** The word is safar. The pre-Isla
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Hadith #4381 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs messenger as saying, âThere is no infection, no hama, and no serpent in a hungry belly.â A nomadic Arab asked, âMessenger of God, how is it that when camels are in the sand as if they were gazelles* and a mangy camel comes among them it gives them mange?â Godâs messenger replied, âWho infected the first one?â Bukhari transmitted it. * The comparison is used to indicate the clearness of their skin.
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Hadith #4382 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThere is no infection, no hama, no star promising rain, and no serpent in a hungry belly.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4383 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThere is no infection, no serpent in a hungry belly, and no ghoul.â* Muslim transmitted it. * I have used the English word derived from the Arabic ghul. It was used of a creature which was a type of jinni or devil which was believed to appear to people in various forms and lead them astray in the desert and cause their destruction.
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Hadith #4384 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWe have taken your oath of allegiance, so go home.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #4385 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that Godâs messenger took good omens but not evil ones, and that he liked a pleasing name. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #4386 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAugury from the flight of birds, the practice of pessomancy,* and taking evil omens pertain to divination.â** Abu Dawud transmitted it. * Tarq. It is used of the practice of divinantion in which women threw stones. It is also used of geomancy by drawing lines. ** Min al-jibt. Jibt means devil and also divination. An alternative translation would be that these practices come from the devil.
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Hadith #4387 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âTaking evil omens is polytheism (saying it three times). None of us fails to be affected by it, but God removes such influence by trust in Him.â Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi transmitted it. Tirmidhi told that he heard Muhammad b. Ismaâil* say that Sulaiman b. Harb used to say about this tradition that in his opinion âNone of us fails to be affected by it, but God removes such influence by trust in Himâ are Ibn Masâudâs words. * i.e. Bukhari.
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Hadith #4388 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âEat with confidence in God and trust in Him.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #4389 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThere is no hama, no infection and no evil omen; but if anything is affected by an evil omen it is a house, a horse, and a woman.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4390 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that when the Prophet went out to attend to some business he was delighted to hear someone say, âO rightly guided one! O successful one!â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #4391 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Buraida told that the Prophet did not take omens from anything; but when he sent out an agent he asked about his name and if it pleased him he was glad about it and his cheerfulness on that account was visible in his face, but if he disliked his name his displeasure on that account was visible in his face. When he entered a village he asked about its name and if it pleased him he was glad about it and his cheerfulness on that account was visible in his face, but if he disliked its name his displ
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Hadith #4392 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas told that a man said, âMessenger of God, we were in an abode in which our numbers and our goods were many and changed to an abode in which our numbers and our goods have become few.â He replied, âLeave it, for it is reprehensible.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #4393 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Yahya b. âAbdallah b. Bahir said he was informed by one who had heard Farwa b. Musaik tell that he said, âMessenger of God, we have land called Abyan* which is the land where we have our fields and grow our crops, but it is very unhealthy.â He replied, âLeave it, for destruction comes from being near disease.â Abu Dawud transmitted it. * To the east of Aden some early riders held it was either a place on the rocks of Adea, or a name of Aden itself.
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Hadith #4394 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUrwa b. âAmir told that when taking omens was mentioned in the presence of Godâs messenger he replied that the best type was the good omen, adding that a Muslim is not turned back from anything because of an omen. He told them that when any of them saw anything he disliked he should say, âO God, Thou alone bringest good things, Thou alone avertest evil things, and there is no might or power but in God.â Abu Dawud transmitted it in mursal form.
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Hadith #4395 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâawiya b. al-Hakam told that he said, âMessenger of God, there were things we used to do in the pre-Islamic period. We used to visit kahins.â He replied, âDo not visit kdhinsâ He said, âWe used to take omens.â He replied, âThat is an idea a man has, but it must not turn you aside from your purposes.â He said, âAmong us there were men who practised divination by drawing lines on the ground.â He replied, âThere was a prophet who drew lines, so if anyone does it in the sam
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Hadith #4396 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when Godâs messenger was asked by some people about kahins he replied, âThey are of no account.â They said, âMessenger of God, they sometimes tell a thing which is true.â He replied, âThat is a word pertaining to truth which a jinni snatches and cackles into the ear of his friend as a hen does; then they mix more than a hundred lies with it.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #4397 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âThe angels descend in al-âanan, i e. the clouds, and mention a matter which has been decreed in heaven, then the devils listening by stealth and hearing it communicate it to the kahins who tell along with it a hundred lies of their own making.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #4398 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIf anyone resorts to a diviner (arraf) and asks him about anything prayer will not be accepted from him for forty days.â* Muslim transmitted it. * Literally, Nights.
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Hadith #4399 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs messenger led us in the morning prayer at al-Hudaibiya after rain which had fallen during the night, and when he finished he turned to the people and said, âDo you know what your Lord has said?â On their replying that God and His messsenger knew best he told them that He had said, âThis morning there were among my servants one who believes in me and one who disbelieves. The one who said, âWe have been given rain by Godâs grace and mercyâ is the one who believes in me and disb
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Hadith #4400 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs messenger as saying, âGod has not sent down any blessing from heaven without a section of the people disbelieving in it. God sends down the rain but they say it comes by means of such and such a star.â Muslim transmitted it.
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