Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of Purification

“We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with no intention other than Hajj. When he was in Sarif I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘This is something that Allah the Mighty and Sublime has decreed for the daughter of Adam. Do what the pilgrims do, but do not perform tawaf around the House.’ And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sacrificed a cow on behalf of his wives.” Sarif is a place between Al-Madinah and Makkah, near Makkah. Here, it means menstruation. See the chapter clarifying that where it appears again, No. 349.

“Let him give a Dinar or half a Dinar in charity.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray nine (rak’ahs) at night, then when he grew older and put on weight he prayed seven.”

” Ibn Shihab informed me, saying: ‘Ata bin Yazid narrated to me from Abu Ayyub: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak’ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'”

“Az-Zuhri narrated to me, he said: ‘Ata bin Yazid, from Abu Ayyub: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Witr is a duty, and whoever wants to pray witr with seven (rak’ahs), let him do so; whoever wants to pray witr with five, let him do so, whoever wants to pray witr with three, let him do so; and whoever wants to pray witr with one, let him do so.'”

“I went out with Abu Qilabah on a journey and he brought some food. I said: ‘I am fasting.’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah went out on a journey and brought some food, and said to a man: Come and eat. He said: I am fasting. He said: Allah has waived for the traveler half of the prayer and fasting when traveling, so come and eat. So I came close and ate.”‘

“It is said that fasting while traveling is like not fasting while a resident.” (Daif)

Maimunah daughter of Al Harith said “When the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) intended to associate and lie with any of his wives who was menstruating, he ordered her to wrap up the lower garment(loin-cloth) and then he had association with her.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said about a man who has sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman: He should give one or half dinar as sadaqah.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had himself cupped when he was fasting. Abu Dawud said: Wuhaib b. Khalid narrated a similar tradition from Ayyub through a different chain of narrators. Ja’far b. Rabi’ah and Hisham, that is, Ibn Hassan, narrated a similar tradition from ‘Ikrimah on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas.

“of cotton”. The narrator said: Aisha was told that the people said that he was shrouded in two garments and one cloak. She replied: A cloak was brought but they returned it and did not shroud him in it.

The Prophet (ﷺ) handed over the Jews of Khaibar the palm trees and the land of Khaibar on condition that they should employ what belonged to them in working on them, and that he should have half of the fruits.

He said: He assessed, and after the words of kull safara’ wa baida’, he said: that is, gold and silver will belong to him.

A man got up (for prayer) at night, he read the Qur’an and raised his voice in reading. When the morning came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: May Allah have mercy on so-and-so! Last night he reminded me a number of verses which I was about to forget.

the Prophet said about a man who had sexual intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating: “He should give half a Dinar in charity.”

the Prophet said: “When the blood is red then (give) a Dinar. And when the blood is yellow then half Dinar.”

“The Prophet sent Abdullah bin Rawahah to lead a military detachment, and that corresponded to a Friday. So his companions left early in the day, and he said: ‘I will remain behind to pray with Allah’s Messenger then meet up with them.’ When he prayed with the Prophet, he saw him and said: ‘What prevented you from leaving earlier with your companions?’ He said: ‘I wanted to pray with you then meet up with them.’ He said: ‘If you have spent what is in the earth, you would not have achieved the virtue you have had you left early in the day with them.'”

“The Prophet was cupped somewhere between Makkah and Al-Madinah and he was fasting and in Ihram.”

“The Messenger of Allah led us in Salat at Mina for Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr, then he left in the morning to Arafat.”

“The Messenger of Allah sent me with the Thaqal (load of baggage) during the night from Jam.”

“The Prophet would stone on the Day of An-Nahr during the morning light, as for (the days) afterwards, then (he would do it) after the Zenith of the sun.”

“I saw the Messenger of Allah stoning the Jimar with what was similar to pebbles for Al-Khadhaf.”

“The Messenger of Allah stoned the Jimar when the sun had passed the zenith.”

from his father who said: “When the Messenger of Allah would perform the Salat for the funeral he would said: (Allahammaghfir li-hayyina wa mayyittina, wa shahidina wa gha’ibina, wa saghirina wa kabirina, wa dhakarina wa unthana) ‘O Allah! Forgive our living and our deceased, our present and our absent, our young and our old, our male and our female.'”

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever meets Allah without any traces from Jihad he meets Allah with a defect. This Hadith is Gharib as a narration of Al-Walid bin Muslim from Isma’il bin Rafi’. Isma’il bin Rafi’ was graded weak by some of the people of Hadith. I heard Muhammad saying: “He is trustworthy, average (Muqarib) in Hadith.” This Hadith has been reported from Abu Hurairah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through other than this route. Regarding the Hadith of Salman, its chain is not connected, Muhammad bin Al-Munkadir did not see Salman Al-Farisi. This Hadith has been reported from Ayyub bin Musa, from Makhul, from Shurahbil bin As-Simt from Salman, from the Prophet (ﷺ).

Their sides forsake their beds (32:16) – “It was revealed about waiting for Salat which you call Al-‘Atamah.”

“The moon was cleft asunder during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so the Prophet (ﷺ) said to us: ‘Bear witness.'”

“The prayer is severed by a black dog and a woman who has reached the age of menstruation.”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to teach us not to bow or prostrate before the Imam; when he says the Takbir then say the Takbir, and when he prostrates, you should prostrate.”

“Which of them had memorized more Qur’an?” And if one of them was pointed out to him, he would put him in the niche-grave first. And he said: “I am a witness over them.” He commanded that they should be buried with their blood, and that the funeral prayer should not be offered for them and they should not be washed.

the Prophet said: “For every thirty cattle, Tabi or Tabi’ah and for every forty a Musinnah.”

Qais bin Sa’ad said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) enjoined Sadaqatul-Fitr upon is before (the command of) Zakat was revealed. He neither ordered us (to pay) nor forbade us (from paying it), so we did it.”

the Messenger of Allah said: “Charity given to the poor is charity, and that given to a relative is two things: charity and upholding the ties of kinship.”

the Messenger of Allah said: “Marriage is part of my sunnah, and whoever does not follow my sunnah has nothing to do with me. Get married, for I will boast of your great numbers before the nations. Whoever has the means, let him get married, and whoever does not, then he should fast for it will diminish his desire.”

the Messenger of Allah said: “The most hated of permissible things to Allah is divorce. “

“I taught a man the Qur’an, and he gave me a bow. I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he said: ‘If you accept it you will be accepting a bow of fire.’ So I returned it.”

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would dispatch troops, he would say to the leader: ‘I commend to Allah’s keeping your religious commitment, your dignity and the end of your deeds.’”

“The one who drinks from a silver vessel is swallowing Hell-fire into his belly.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade drinking from vessels of gold and silver. He said: “They are for them in this world and for you in the Hereafter.’”

“The oen who serves water to others should be the last one to drink from it.”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: ‘The cure for sciatica is the fat from the tail of a Bedouin sheep (or wild sheep), which should be melted and divided into three parts, one part to be taken each day on an empty stomach.’”

It was narrated from Anas that the Prophet (ﷺ) was cupped in the two veins at theside of the neck and the base of the neck.