Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of Purification

“My father told me: ‘I heard ‘Aishah say, (narrating) from the Prophet (ﷺ): “Siwak is a means of purification for the mouth and is pleasing to the Lord.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The Fitrah are five: Trimming the mustache, plucking the armpit hairs, clipping the nails, removing the pubes, and circumcision.'”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to like to start with the right whenever he could, when purifying himself and when putting on shoes or combing his hair.” (One of the narrators) Shu’bah said: Then I heard Al-Ash’ath in Wasit, saying that he liked to start with the right, and he preferred that in all his affaris. Then I heard him in Al-Kufah saying that he liked to start with the right whenever he could.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was brought a small vessel (of water) and he performed Wudu’.” I said: “Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) perform Wudu’ for every prayer?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “What about you?” He said: “We used to pray all the prayers so long as we did not commit Hadath.” He said: “And we used to pray all the prayers with (one) Wudu’.”

“I heard Humran bin Aban tell Abu Burdah in the Masjid that he heard ‘Uthman narrating that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever performs Wudu’ completely as commanded by Allah, the five daily prayers will be an expiation for whatever comes in between them.'”

“I felt too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about prostatic fluid because of Fatimah, so I told Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad to ask about it, and he (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: ‘Perform Wudu’ for that.'”

“I came to a man called Safwan bin ‘Assal and sat at his door. He came out and said: ‘What do you want?’ I said: ‘I am seeking knowledge.’ He said: ‘The angels lower their wings for the seeker of knowledge out of pleasure at what he is seeking.’ He said: ‘What do you want to know about?’ I said: ‘About the Khuffs.’ He said: ‘When we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey, he told us not to take them off for three days except in the case of Janabah, but not in the case of defecation, urinating or sleep.'”

“I entered upon Umm Salamah and she told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to wake up in a state of Janabah without having had a wet dream, then he would fast.” And she told him that she brought the Prophet (ﷺ) some grilled ribs and he ate from that, then he got up and prayed, and did not perform Wudu’.

It was reported that Ibn ‘Abbas said “I witnessed (that) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ate bread and meat, then stood for prayer and did not perform ablution. “

“When (a man) sits between the four parts of his wife’s body and exerts himself, then Ghusl becomes obligatory.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform Ghusl from a vessel which was the size of a Faraq and he and I used to perform Ghusl using a single vessel.” Sixteen Ratls.

“I remember competing over the vessel with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he and I were using it to perform Ghusl.”

“For Kufr.”

“Water is not made impure by anything.” See the following versions.

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If a dog licks the vessel of any one of you, let him throw (the contents) away and wash it seven times.'”

It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to perform Ghusl, he and I from a single vessel, both of us scooping water from it.

“As for me, I pour water on my head three times.”

“Ali, Al-Miqdad and ‘Ammar were talking. ‘Ali said: ‘I am a man who emits a lot of Madhi but I am too shy to ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about that because of his daughter’s position with me, so let one of you ask him.’ He told me that one of them – but I forgot who – asked him, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘That is Madhi. If any one of you notices that, let him wash it off himself and perform Wudu’ as for prayer or similar to the Wudu’ of prayer.'”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘He will never enter the Fire, the one who prays before the sun rises and before it sets.'”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Among the prayers is a prayer which, if a person misses it, it is as if he has robbed of his family and his wealth.” Ibn ‘Umar said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘It is ‘Asr prayer.'” Muhammad bin Ishaq contradicted him. That is, Muhammad bin Ishaq narrated it from Yazid bin Abi Habib with the following chain and wording, which differs with this narration, reported by Al-Laith from Yazid.

“We complained to the Messenger of Alalh (ﷺ) about how hot the sand was, but he did not respond to our complaint.” It was said to Abu Ishaq (one of the narrators): “Did they complain regarding his praying it early?” He said: “Yes.”

“Whoever catches up with a Rak’ah of the Subh prayer before the sun rises, then he has caught up with Subh, and whoever catches up with a Rak’ah of ‘Asr prayer before the sun sets, then he has caught up with ‘Asr.”

‘Are you not going to pray?’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘There is no prayer after ‘Asr until the sun has set, nor after Subh until the sun has risen.'”

“Whoever catches up with a Rak’ah of the prayer, then he has caught up with the prayer.”

“I came to the Messenger of Allah, who became Muslim with you?’ He said: ‘Free men and slaves.’ I said: ‘Is there any moment which brings one closer to Allah than another?’ He said: ‘Yes, the last part of the night, so pray as much as you want until you pray Subh, then stop until the sun has risen until and it looks like a shield and (its shinning)spreads. Then pray as much as you want until an object’s shadow is at its shortest, then stop until the sun passes its zenith, for Hell is stoked at midday. Then pray ‘Asr, then stop until you pray ‘Asr, then stop until the sun has set, for it sets between the horns of a Shaitan and rises between the horns of a Shaitan.'” Similar has been recorded by Muslim.

“I never saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combine any two prayers except in Al-Muzdalifah, and on that day he prayed Subh before its time.”

“The final words of the Adhan of Bilal were: ‘Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar; La ilaha illallah (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is none worthy of worship except Allah.)'”

It was narrated from Awn bin Abi Juhaifah, from his father that, the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) went out in a red Hullah, and he set up a short spear (Anazah) and prayed facing toward it, while dogs, women and donkeys were passing beyond it.

“What kept you from praying? Are you not a Muslim man?” He said: “Yes, but I had already prayed with my family.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)said to him: “When you come you should pray with the people even if you have already prayed.”

that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) started to pray, he would raise his hands in level with his shoulders, and when he bowed and when he raised his head from bowing, he would raise them likewise and say “Sami Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (Allah hears those who praise Him, our Lord, to You be praise.” And he did not do that when he prostrated.

“I prayed Isha’ prayer- meaning Al-‘Atamah behind Abu Hurairah and he recited: ‘When the heaven is split asunder’ and prostrated during it. When he had finished praying, I said: ‘O Abu Hurairah, (this is) a prostration that we are not used to.’ He said: ‘Abu Al-Qasim (ﷺ) did this prostration and I was (praying) behind him, and I will continue to do this prostration until I meet Abu Al-Qasim.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited ‘Ha- Mim Ad-Dukhan’ in Maghrib.

“I heard Abu Wa’il say: “A man said in the presence of Abdullah: ‘I recited Al-Mufassal in one rak’ah.’ He said: ‘That is like reciting poetry. I know the similar surahs that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite together.’ And he mentioned twenty surahs from Al-Mufassal, two by two in each rak’ah.”

“I prayed with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he bowed and said when bowing: ‘Subhana Rabbial-azim (Glory be to my Lord Almighty).’ And when prostrating: ‘Subhana Rabbial-‘Ala (Glory be to my Lord Most High).'”

When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood to offer a voluntary prayer, he would say when he bowed: “Allahumma laka rak’atu wa bika amantu wa laka aslamtu wa alayka tawwakaltu, anta Rabbi, khasha’a sam’i wa basri wa lahmi wa dammi wa mukhi wa ‘asabi Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin ( O Allah, to You I have bowed, in You I believe, to You I have submitted and in You I put my trust. You are my Lord. My hearing, my sight, my flesh, my blood, my brain and my sinews are humbled before Allah, the Lord of the Worlds).”

When the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) started to pray, he raised his hands, and when he bowed, he did likewise, and when he raised his head from bowing he did likewise, and when he raised his head from prostration, he did likewise, meaning he raised his hands.

They prayed with Abu Musa and he said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘When you are sitting then let the first words that any of you says be: At-tahiyyatu lillahi was-salawatu wat-tayyibat, as-salamu ‘alaika ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatAllahi wa baraktuhu. As-salamu ‘alaina wa ‘ala ‘ibad illahis-salihin, ashahdu an la illaha ill-Allah wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasuluhu (Allah compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah (SWT) and his blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah (SWT). I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger).”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me to recite Al-Mu’awwidhat following every prayer.”

“We fasted Ramadan with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) did not lead us in Qiyam until there were seven days left of the month, then he led us in Qiyam until one-third of the night had passed. Then, when there were six days left, he did not lead us in Qiyam. When there were five days left, he led us in praying Qiyam until half the night had passed. We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah (SA), why don’t you lead us in praying Qiyam for the rest of the night?’ He said: ‘If a man prays with the Imam until he leaves, that will be continued for him as if he spent the whole night in prayer.’ Then, when there were four days left, he did not lead us in praying Qiyam. When there were three days left he sent for his daughters and women, and gathered the people, and he led us in praying Qiyam until we feared that we would miss Al-Falah. Then he did not lead us in praying Qiyam for the rest of the month.” Dawud (one of the narrators) said: “I said: ‘ What is falah?’ He said: ‘Sahur.’

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “On Friday, there is an hour when, if a Muslim slave asks Allah for something at that time, He will give it to him.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The sun and moon are two signs of Allah (SWT), the Most High, and they do not become eclipsed for death or birth of anyone, rather Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, strikes fear into His slaves through them.'”

He saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), when he prayed for rain, turn to face the Qiblah, turning his cloak around and raising his hands.

“We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Iqamah for prayer was said. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up and one group stood behind him while another group faced the enemy. He led those who were behind him in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice. Then they went and took the place of those who had been facing the enemy, and that group came and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) led them in prayer, bowing once and prostrating twice. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said the taslim and those who were behind him said the taslim, as did the other group.”

“I asked ‘Aishah with what did he- meaning the Prophet (ﷺ)- start Qiyam Al-Lail? She said: ‘You have asked me something which no one before you has asked. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the takbir ten times, the tahmid ten times, the tasbih ten times, and the tahlil ten times, and pray for forgiveness ten times, and say: Allahummaghfirli, wahdini, warzuqni wa ‘afini. A’udhu billahi min diqil-maqami yawmal-qiyamah (O Allah, forgive me, guide me, grant me provision and good health. I seek refuge with Allah from the difficulty of standing on the Day of Resurrection.)”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The most beloved of fasting to Allah is the fasting of Dawud, peace be upon him. He used to fast one day and not the next. And the most beloved of prayer to Allah (SWT) is the prayer of Dawud. He used to sleep half the night, spend one-third of the night in prayer and sleep for one-sixth of it.'”

Abu Musa was between Makkah and Al-Madinah. He prayed ‘Isha with two rak’ahs, then he stood and prayed one rak’ah of witr in which he recited one hundred verses from An-Nisa’. Then he said: “I tried my best to place my feet where the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) placed his, and to recite what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited.”

the Prophet came to visit ‘Abdullah bin Thabit (when he was sick) and found him very close to death. He called out to him and he did not respond, so the Messenger of Allah said: “Truly, to Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return,” and said: “We wanted you to live but we were overtaken by the decree of Allah, O Abu Ar-Rabi.” The women screamed and wept, and Ibn “Atik started telling them to quiet. The Messenger of Allah said: “Leave them; when the inevitable comes, no one should weep.” They said: “What is the inevitable, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Death.” His daughter said: “I had hoped that you would become a martyr, for you had prepared yourself for it.” The Messenger of Allah said: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has rewarded him according to his intention. What do you think martyrdom is?” They said: “Being killed for the sake of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah said: “Martyrdom is of seven types besides being killed for the sake of Allah. The one who dies of the plague is a martyr; the one who is crushed by a falling building is a martyr; the one who is crusheds by a falling building is a martyr; the one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr; the one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr; the one who is burned to death is a martyr, and the woman who dies in pregnancy is a martyr.”

a poor woman fell sick and the Messenger of Allah was informed of her sickness. The Messenger of Allah used to visit the poor when they were sick and ask about them. The Messnger of Allah said: “If she dies, then inform me.” Then her funeral took place at night and they did not like to wake the Messenger of Allah. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah was told what had happened to her. He said: “Did I not tell you to inform me?” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, we did not like to wake you up at night.” The Messenger of Allah went out and the people lined up by her grave and he said four Takbirs.

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not verbally abuse the dead, for they have reached the consequences of what they did.”‘

a man was brought to the Prophet for him to offer the funeral prayer, and he said: “Pray for your companion, for he owes a debt.” Abu Qatadah said: ” I will pay it.” The Prophet said: “In full?” He said: “In full.” So he prayed for him

“We were with Fadalah bin ‘Ubaid in the land of the Romans, and a companion of ours died. Fadalah ordered that his grave be made level, then he said: ‘I heard the Messenger of Allah commanding that it be made level.”‘

“May Allah curse the Jews and Christians who took the graves of their prophets as Masjids.” (Sahih) Chpater 107. It Is Disliked to Walk Between Grave Wearing Sibtiyah Sandals

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The month is like this and like this and like this.” (One of the narrators) Muhammad bin ‘Ubaid clapped his hands three time to demonstrate it, then he withheld his left thumb the third time. Yahya bin Saeed said to Ismail (One of the narrators): “Form his father?’ He said: “No.”

“I had Sahur with Hudhaifah, then we went out to pray. When we came to the Masjid we prayed two Rakahs, then the Iqamah for prayer was said, and there was only a short time between them.” Abu Hurairah said : “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Eat Sahur, for in Sahur there is blessing.”

“Whoever spends the night of Ramadan in prayer (Qiyam) out of faith and in the hope of reward, he will be forgiven his previous sins.” ‘

“The Messenger of Allah came one day and said: ‘Do you have any food?’ I said: ‘No.’ He came in to me on another occasion, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have been given some Hais.’ He said: “Then I will break my fast today, although I had started my day fasting.”‘

“There is no fast for one who does not intend (to fast) before dawn.”

“My father got me married to a woman and he came to visit her and said: ‘What do you think of your husband?’ She said: ‘What a wonderful man he is. He does not sleep at night and he does not break his fast during the day.’ He got upset with me and said: ‘I got you married to a woman from among the Muslims and you have neglected her.’ I did not pay attention to what he said because of my energy and love of worship. News of that reached the Prophet and he said: ‘But I stand (in prayer) and I sleep, I fast and I break my fast. So stand (in prayer) and sleep, fast and break your fast.’ He said: ‘Fast three days of every month.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘O bserve the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him: fast one day and break your fast one day.’ I said: ‘I am able to do more than that.’ He said: ‘Read the Quran (once) every month.’ Then it ended up being every fifteen days, and I still said: ‘I am able to do more than that.”‘ ‘Ata said: “someone who heard him told me that Ibn ‘Umar (said) that the Prophet said: ‘Whoever fasts every day of his life, then he has not fasted.”

“Fast one day, and you will have the reward of what is left.” He said: “I am able to do more than that.” He (ﷺ) said: “Fast two days, and you will have the reward of what is left.” He said: “I am able to do more than that.” He (ﷺ) said: “Fast three days and you will have the reward of what is left.” He said: “I am able to do more than that.” He (ﷺ) said: “Fast four days and you will have the reward of what is left.” He said: “I am able to do more than that.” He (ﷺ) said: “Observe the best kind of fasting before Allah, the fast of Dawud, peace be upon him; he used to fast one day and break his fast for one day.” ‘Ata said: “Someone who heard him told me that Ibn ‘Umar (said) that the Prophet said: ‘Whoever fasts every day of his life, then he has not fasted.'”

“You should fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.” (Hasan) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake, it is not a narration of Bayan; perhaps Sufyan said: “It was narrated to us by two (Ithnan)” and the ‘Alif was dropped so it became Bayan.

the Prophet commanded them to fast the three days of Al-Bid. He said: “That is (equivalent to) fasting for the whole month.”

“My father told, me that my grandfather said: ‘I heard the Prophet say: With regard to grazing camels, for every forty a Bint Labbun (a two-year old female camel). No differentiation is to be made between camels when calculating them. Whoever gives it seeking reward, he will be rewarded for it. Whoever refuses, we will take it, and half of his camels, as one of the rights of our Lord. And it is not permissible for the family of Muhammad to have any of them.”‘

“No Sadaqah is due on less than five Awsaq of dates, no Sadaqah is due on less than five Awaq of silver, and no Sadagah is due on less than five Dhawd (head) of camels.”

the Messenger of Allah said, when mentioning charity and those who refrain from asking. “The upper hand is better than the lower hand; the upper hand is that which gives and the lower hand is that which asks.”

“Do not count what you give, otherwise Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will count what He gives to you.”

“The one who recites the Qur’an loudly is like one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur’an quietly is like one who gives charity in secret.”

“There are three to whom Allah will not speak on the Day of Resurrection, or look at them, or sanctify them, and theirs will be a painful torment.” The Messenger of Allah repeated and Abu Dharr said: “May they be lost and doomed.” He said: “The one who lets his garment hang beneath his ankles, a vendor who tries to sell his product by means of false oaths, and the one who reminds people of what he has given them.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: “The one who strives to sponsor a widow or a poor person is like the one who strives in Jihad in the cause of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime.”‘

he gave someone a horse to ride in the cause of Allah, then he saw it offered for sale and wanted to buy it. The Prophet said to him: “Do not think of buying back what you have given in charity.”

“Mu’awiyah saide to Ibmn ‘Abbas: “do you know that I cut the hair of the Messenger of Allah at Al-Marwah?” He said: “No.” Ibn ‘Abbas said: “This Mu’awiyah forbids the people to perform Tamattu’ but the Prophet performed Tamattue.”

“I asked Sa’eed bin Jubair about a man who performs Hajj and stipulates a condition. He said: ‘Conditions are something that people do among themselves.’ I narrated the Hadith of ‘Ikrimah to him, and he narrated to me from Ibn ‘Abbas, that Duba’ah bint Az-Zubair bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib came to the Prophet, and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I want to perform Hajj, so what should I say?’ He said: ‘Say: Labbaik Allahumma! Labbaika wa mahilli min al-ardihayth tahbisuni (Here I am, O Allah, Here I am, and I shall exit Ihram at any place where You decree that I cannot proceed.)” And whatever condition you stipulate will be accepted by your Lord.”

he gave the Messenger of Allah an onager when he was in Al-Abwa or in Waddan, but the Messenger of Allah gave it back to him. “And when the Messenger of Allah saw the expression on my face he said: “We only gave it back to you because we are in Ihram.'”

That the Prophet was treated by means of cupping when he was in Ihram for a contusion that he had suffered. (Diaf)

when the Prophet came to a place in Dar Yala he turned to face the Qiblah and supplicated. (Daif)

“One prayer in this Masjid of mine is better than a thousand prayers in any other Masjid except Al-Masjid Al-Kabah.'”

“I entered the House with the Messenger of Allah. He sat and praised Allah, and recited the Takbir, and the Tahlil. Then he went to the wall of the House that was in front of him, and placed his chest, cheek and hands on it, then he recited the Takbir, and the Tahlil, and supplicated. And he did that in all the corners, then he came out, and turned to face the Qiblah while he was in front of the door, and he said: ‘This is the Qiblah, this is the Qiblah.'”

“I sqa Ibn Masud stone Jamratul ‘Aqabah from the bottom of the valley, then he said: ;This – by the One beside Whom there is no other God-is the place where the one to whom Surat Al-Baqarah was revealed stood.”‘

Al-Fadl to him that he roed behind the Messenger of Allah and he continued to recited the Talbiyah until eh stoned the Jamrat.

“O Abu Sa’eed! Whoever is content with Allah as Lord, Islam as his religion and Muhammad as Prophet, then he is guaranteed Paradise.” Abu Sa’eed found this amazing and said: “Say it to me again, O Messenger of Allah.” So he did that, then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “And there is something else by means of which a person may be raised one hundred degrees in Paradise, each of which is like that which is between the Heaven and the Earth.” He said: “What is it, O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Jihad in the cause of Allah, Jihad in the cause of Allah.”

“O Shaikh, tell me of a Hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).” (He said: “Yes; I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)) say: ‘The first of people for whom judgment will be passed on the Day of Resurrection are three. A man who was martyred. He will be brought and Allah will remind him of His blessings and he will acknowledge them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I fought for Your sake until I was martyred. He will say: You are lying. You fought so that it would be said that so-and-so is brave, and it was said. Then He will order that he be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire. And (the second will be) a man who acquired knowledge and taught others,and read Qur’an. He will be brought, and Allah will remind him of His blessings, and he will acknowledge them. He will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I acquired knowledge and taught others, and read the Qur’an for Your sake. He will say: You are lying. You acquired knowledge so that it would be said that you were a scholar; and you read Qur’an so that it would be said that you were a reciter, and it was said. Then He will order that he be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire. And (the third will be) a man whom Allah made rich and gave him all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will remind him of His blessings, and he will acknowledge them. he will say: What did you do with them? He will say: I did not leave any way that You like wealth to be spent – Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasa’i) said: I did not understand “what You like” as I wanted to – “but I spent it.” He will say: “You are lying. You spent it so that it would be said that he was generous, and it was said.” Then he will order that he be dragged on his face and thrown into the Fire.'” That is, he did not hear or understand what came after it as well as he wanted to, but it was similar to what follows regarding the spending. Similar was stated by Shaikh ‘Abdur-Rahman Al-punjani in his notes on the text, according to Al-Funjani in his commentary At-Ta’iqat As-Salafiyyah (2:51)

“Whoever fights seeking only an ‘Iqbal, then he will have what he intended.”

“A previously married woman has more right to decide about herself (with regard to marriage) than her guardian, and an orphan girl should be consulted, and her permission is her silence.”

a woman and her paternal aunt or a woman and her maternal aunt.

“Why do you do that?” We said: “A man may have a wife, and he has intercourse with her, but he does not want her to get pregnant, or he may have a concubine, and he has intercourse with her, but he does not want her to get pregnant.” He said: “It does not make any difference if you do that, for it is the matter of Al-Qadr.”

“If he forced her, then she is free at his expense and he has to give her mistress a similar slave as a replacement. If she obeyed him in that, then she belongs to her mistress, and he has to give her mistress a similar slave as well.”

“You are confused, the Messenger of Allah forbade it, and the meat of domestic donkeys on the day of Khaibar.”

“Tell him to take her back and keep her until she becomes pure, then menstruates again and becomes pure again. Then if he wishes he may keep her, or if he wishes, he may divorce her before he touches (has intercourse with) her. This is the time when Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has stated that women may be divorced.”

“A man came to him and said: ‘I have made my wife forbidden to myself.’ He said: ‘You are lying, she is not forbidden to you.’ Then he recited this Verse: ‘O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you.’ (And he said): ‘You have to offer the severest form of expiation: Freeing a slave.'”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has forgiven my Ummah for what is whispered to them or what enters their minds, so long as they do not act upon it or speak of it.'”

“The Messenger of Allah had a Persian neighbor who was good at making soup. He came to the Messenger of Allah one day when ‘Aishah was with him, and gestured to him with his hand to come. The Messenger of Allah gestured toward ‘Aishah -meaning: ‘What about her?’- and the man gestured to him like this, meaning, ‘No,’ two or three times.”

“Look at how Allah diverts the insults and curses of Quraish from me. They insult ‘Mudhammam’ and curse ‘Mudhammam’ -but I am Muhammad.”

“Al-Wala’ is to the one who did the favor (of setting the slave free).” The Messenger of Allah gave her the choice, as her husband was a slave. And she gave some meat to ‘Aishah as a gift, and the Messenger of Allah said: “Why don’t you give me some of this meat?” ‘Aishah said: “It was given in charity to Barirah.” He said: “It is a charity for her, and a gift for us.”

“I was with the Messenger of Allah, and ‘Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, was in Yemen at that time. A man came to him and said: ‘I saw ‘Ali when three men were brought to him who all claimed (to be the father) of a child. ‘Ali said to one of them: Will you give the child up to him? And he refused. He said to (the next one): Will you give the child up to him? And he refused. He said to (the next one): Will you give the child up to him? And he refused. ‘Ali said: You are disputing partners. I will cast lots among you, and whoever wins the draw, the child is for him, and he has to pay two-thirds of the Diyah.’ The Messenger of Allah laughed so much that his back teeth became visible.”

“O Allah, guide him,” and (the child) went to his father.

“Ibn ‘Abbas, Abu Hurairah and I were together, and Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘If a woman gives birth after her husband dies, her ‘Iddah is the longer of the two periods.'” Abu Salamah said: “We sent Kuraib to Umm Salamah to ask her about that. He came to us and told us from her that the husband of Subai’ah died and she gave birth a few days after her husband died, and the Messenger of Allah told her to get married.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘There is goodness tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection. And horses are of three types: Those that bring reward to man, those that are a means of protection for a man, and those that are a burden (of sin) for a man. As for those that bring reward, they are kept for the cause of Allah and for Jihad. No fodder enters their stomach but for everything that enters their stomachs, reward is written for him, even if he puts them out to pasture.'” And he quoted the Hadith.

“Ruqba and ‘Umra are not permissible; whoever is given something on the basis of ‘Umra, it is his, and whoever is given something on the basis of Ruqba, it is his.”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade ‘Umra and Ruqba.” I said: “What is Ruqba?” He said: “When one man says to another: ‘This belongs to you for the rest of your life.’ But if you do that, it is permissible.”

“I heard Qatadah narrating from ‘Ata’, from Jabir that the Prophet said: ‘Umra is permissible.'”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Umra (a lifelong gift) belongs to the one to whom it was given; it belongs to him and to his heirs, and is inherited by those among his descendants who inherit from him.'”

“You are setting up rivals (to Allah) and associating others (with Him). You say: ‘Whatever Allah wills and you will,’ and you say: ‘By the Ka’bah.'” So the Prophet commanded them, if they wanted to swear an oath, to say: “By the Lord of the Ka’bah;” and to say: “Whatever Allah wills, then what you will.”

“In Al-Madinah we used to buy and sell Wasqs (of goods), and we used to call ourselves Samasir (brokers), and the people used to call us like that. The Messenger of Allah came out to us one day, and called us by a name that was better than that which we called ourselves and which the people called us. He said: ‘O Tujjar (traders), your selling involves (false) oaths and lies, so mix some charity with it.'”

“They do not bring any good; they are just a means of taking wealth from the miserly.”

“Zuhair bin Rafi’ came to us and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah forbade me to do something that was convenient for us.’ I said: ‘What was that?’ He said: ‘The command of the Messenger of Allah is true. He asked me: What do you do with your land? I said: We rent it out in return for one-quarter (of the yield) and a number of Wasqs of dates or barley. He said: Do not do that. Cultivate it, give it to someone else to cultivate, or keep it.'”

“I heard Aws say: ‘I came to the Messenger of Allah said: Leave him alone. Then he said: I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah. If they say it, then their blood and their wealth become forbidden to me, except for a right that is due. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: I said to Shu’bah: ‘Doesn’t the Hadith contain: Does he not testify to La ilaha illallah (there is none worthy of worship except Allah) and that I am the Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘I think it is both, but I do not know.'”

“The people of Al-Kufah differed concerning this Verse: “And whoever kills a believer intentionally.” So I went to Ibn ‘Abbas and asked him, and he said: ‘It was revealed among the last of what was revealed, and nothing of it was abrogated after that.'”

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ) when they are all united, strike him with the sword.'”

“Abu Bakr became infuriated with a man.” He said: “If you tell me to, I will do it.” He said: “By Allah, that is not for any human being after Muhammad .”

“Among the delegation of Thaqif there was a man who suffered from leprosy. The Prophet sent word to him saying: ‘Go back, for I have accepted your pledge.”‘

“We were with the Prophet in a gathering and he said: ‘Pledge to me that you will not associate anything with Allah, you will not steal, and you will not have unlawful sexual relations.’ He recited the Verse to them (and said) Whoever does any of these things, and Allah conceals him then it is up to Allah, the mighty and Sublime: If He wills, He will punish him, and if He wills, He will forgive him.

“The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for herding livestock or a dog for hunting, one Qirat will be deducted from his reward each day.” ‘Abdullah said: “Abu Hurairah said: ‘Or a dog for farming.'”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade the price of a dog, the gift of a female fornicator and the fees of a fortuneteller.”( Sahih)

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The worst of earnings arte the gift of a female fornicator, the price of a dog and the earnings of a cupper.””

“The Messenger of Allah allowed us to eat the flesh of horses but he forbade the flesh of donkeys.”

‘Abdullah told him that the Messenger of Allah used to offer the sacrifice at the prayer place.

“The Messenger of Allah forbade sacrificing an animals with its ears slit form the front, and animals with its ears slit form the back, and animal with its ears slit lengthwise, an animals with a round hole in tits ear, or an animals with its nose cut off”

“When distributing the spoils of war, the Messenger of Allah used to make ten sheep equivalent to one camel.” Shu’bah said: “I know most if it from what I heard form Sa’eed bin Masruq, and Sufyan narrated it to me.” (Sahih )

“I said: “O Messenger of Allah, is slaughtering only in the throat or upper chest?” He said: ‘If you stab it in the thigh, that will suffice,”‘(Daif)

a man told the Messenger of Allah that he was always being cheated. The Messenger of Allah said to him: “When you make a deal, say: There is no intention of cheating” So, whenever the man engages in a deal he says, ‘There is no intention of cheating.” “(Sahih )

the Messenger of Allah forbade artificially inflating prices, meeting traders on the way, and for a town-dweller to sell for a desert-dweller.” (Sahih )

“No tow-dweller should sell for desert-dweller, no man should outbid his brother; and no woman should ask for her sister (in faith) to be divorced so as to turn over what is in her bowl (deprive her of her share of maintenance)”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade two kinds of garments and two kinds of transactions. As for the two kinds of transactions, they are Mulamash and Munabadhaha. Munabadha is when a man says, ‘I throw this garment, and the transaction becomes binding, and Mulamasah is when a man touches it with his had, without spreading it out and checking it, and once he touches it, the transaction becomes binding.”

“There is no Riba except in credit.’

“The Messenger of Allah forbade lending on the condition of a sale, selling what you do not have, and profiting on what you do not possess.

“If a woman is married off by two guardians, then the first marriage is the one that counts, and if a man sells something to two men, it belongs to the first one.”

“I said to Fadalah bin ‘Ubaid: ‘Do you think that hanging the hand from the thief’s neck is Sunnah?’ He said: ‘Yes; a thief was brought to the Messenger of Allah and he cut off his hand and hung it from his neck.”‘ (Daif) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said; Al-Hajjaj bin Artah is weak, his narrations are not used as proof.

The Prophet said: “Whoever follows the funeral procession of a Muslim out of faith and in the hope of reward, then offers the funeral prayer for him and waits until he is placed in his grave, then he will have two Qirats, each of which is like Mount Uhud. Whoever offers the funeral prayer for him then returns, he will have one Qirat.”

“The Prophet said: ‘The parable of the believer who recites the Qur’an is that of a citron, the taste and smell of which are good. The parable of a believer who does not read the Qur’an is that of a date, the taste of which is good but it has no smell. The parable of a hypocrite who reads the Qur’an is that of basil, the smell of which is good but its taste is bitter. And the parable of a hypocrite who does not read the Qur’an is that of a colocynth (bitter-apple), the taste of which is bitter and it has no smell.'”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Change gray hair, but do not imitate the Jews.'”

“I heard the Prophet say: ‘Some of the best things with which you can change gray hair are Henna and Katam.'”

“My father and I came to the Prophet and he had dyed his beard with Henna.”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade giving a false impression.”

“We heard that the Messenger of Allah forbade filing (the teeth) and tattoos.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If one of you wants to attend ‘Isha’ prayer, let her not touch perfume.'”

“The Prophet used to wear a ring of gold, then he discarded it, and put on a ring of silver on which was engraved (the words): ‘Muhammad Rasul Allah.’ He said: ‘No one else should engrave his ring with an inscription like this ring of mine.’ Then he put the stone toward the palm of his hand.”

The Prophet forbade Al-Qaza’ (shaving part of the head and leaving part).”

“I never saw any long haired man in a Hullah who was more handsome than the Messenger of Allah , and he had hair that came down to his shoulders.”

“The Messenger of Allah came out to us wearing two green garments.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whatever of the Izar comes below the ankles is in the Fire.'”

“The Prophet entered (Makkah) on the Day of the Conquest wearing a black turban.”

“The metallic end of the scabbard of the Messenger of Allah was of silver, the pommel of his sword was silver, and in between were rings of silver.”

The Messenger of Allah used to say supplication in these words: “Allahumma inni a’udhu bika min ghalabatid-dain, wa ghalabatil-‘aduwwi, wa shamatatil-a’da’. (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from being overwhelmed by debt and from being overpowered by the enemy, and from the enemy rejoicing at my misfortune.)”

The Messenger of Allah said: “Seek refuge with Allah from the torment of the Fire and the torment of the grave, from the trials of life and death, and from the evil of Al-Masihid-Dajjal.”

The Prophet said: “I forbid to you small amounts of whatever intoxicates in large amounts.”

“The Messenger of Allah forbade soaking (fruits) in Ad-Dubba’ (gourds) and Al-Muzaffat.”

“(Fruit) would be soaked for the Messenger of Allah forbade Ad-Dubba’ (gourds), An-Naqir, and Al-Muzaffat.”

“Nabidh made from Al-Busr is forbidden and is not permissible.”

‘Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “If you fear that Nabidh may be too strong, then weaken it with water.” ‘Abdullah (one of the narrators) said: “Before it gets strong.”

I asked the Prophet about eating with a menstruating woman. He said: “Eat with her.”

“The Messenger of Allah would not pray in women’s covers.”

“At-Tahsib is nothing, it is only a place that the Messenger of Allah camped at.”

“A woman from Khath’am said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! My father has lived until Allah has made Hajj obligatory, and he is an elderly man who is not able to sit on the back of a camel.’ So he (pbuh) said: ‘Perform Hajj for him.'”

From his father: “A women went out during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ) to go to Salat, but she was caught by a man and he had relations with her, so she screamed and he left. Then a man came across her and she said: ‘That man has done this and that to me’, then she came across a group of Emigrants (Muhajirin) and she said: ‘That man did this and that to me.’ They went to get the man she thought had relations with her, and they brought him to her. She said: ‘Yes, that’s him.’ So they brought him to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and when he ordered that he be stoned, the man who had relations with her, said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am the one who had relations with her.’ So he said to her: ‘Go, for Allah has forgiven you.’ Then he said some nice words to the man (who was brought). And he said to the man who had relations with her: ‘Stone him.’ Then he said: ‘He has repented a repentance that, if the inhabitants of Al-Madinah had repented with, it would have been accepted from them.'”

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “For a boy, there is an ‘Aqiqah. So spill blood for him and remove the harm from him.”

“They (meaning the people in general) told me that I was proud, while I rode a donkey, wore a cloak, and I milked the sheep. And the Messenger of Allah said to me: “Whoever does these, then there is no pride (arrogance) in him.'”

“O Messenger of Allah! Which of the people is the best?” He said: “He whose life is long and his deeds are good.” He said: “Then which of the people is the worst?” He said: “He whose life is long and his deeds are bad.”

from As-Suffi from Murrah: “‘Abdullah said: ‘There is not one of you but will pass over it (19:71) – They pass over it, then they avert it based upon their deeds.'”