I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.”
Once a Jew said to me, “O the chief of believers! There is a verse in your Holy Book Which is read by all of you (Muslims), and had it been revealed to us, we would have taken that day (on which it was revealed as a day of celebration.” ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab asked, “Which is that verse?” The Jew replied, “This day I have perfected your religion For you, completed My favor upon you, And have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” (5:3) ‘Umar replied,”No doubt, we know when and where this verse was revealed to the Prophet. It was Friday and the Prophet (ﷺ) was standing at ‘Arafat (i.e. the Day of Hajj)”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle. And whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.”
My Ansari neighbor from Bani Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live at `Awali Al-Medina and used to visit the Prophet (ﷺ) by turns. He used to go one day and I another day. When I went I used to bring the news of that day regarding the Divine Inspiration and other things, and when he went, he used to do the same for me. Once my Ansari friend, in his turn (on returning from the Prophet), knocked violently at my door and asked if I was there.” I became horrified and came out to him. He said, “Today a great thing has happened.” I then went to Hafsa and saw her weeping. I asked her, “Did Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) divorce you all?” She replied, “I do not know.” Then, I entered upon the Prophet (ﷺ) and said while standing, “Have you divorced your wives?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the negative. On that I said, “Allahu-Akbar (Allah is Greater).” (See Hadith No. 119, Vol. 3 for details)
I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) “Can any one of us sleep while he is Junub?” He replied, “Yes, if he performs ablution, he can sleep while he is Junub.”
My Lord agreed with me in three things: -1. I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), I wish we took the station of Abraham as our praying place (for some of our prayers). So came the Divine Inspiration: And take you (people) the station of Abraham as a place of prayer (for some of your prayers e.g. two rak`at of Tawaf of Ka`ba)”. (2.125) -2. And as regards the (verse of) the veiling of the women, I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I wish you ordered your wives to cover themselves from the men because good and bad ones talk to them.’ So the verse of the veiling of the women was revealed. -3. Once the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) made a united front against the Prophet (ﷺ) and I said to them, ‘It may be if he (the Prophet) divorced you, (all) that his Lord (Allah) will give him instead of you wives better than you.’ So this verse (the same as I had said) was revealed.” (66.5).
“The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade praying after the Fajr prayer till the sun rises and after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets.” Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Some people told me the same narration (as above).
I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with some men from my tribe and stayed with him for twenty nights. He was kind and merciful to us. When he realized our longing for our families, he said to us, “Go back and stay with your families and teach them the religion, and offer the prayer and one of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer when its time is due and the oldest one amongst you should lead the prayer.”
Two men came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with the intention of a journey. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When (both of) you set out, pronounce Adhan and then Iqama and the oldest of you should lead the prayer.”
We came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and stayed with him for twenty days and nights. We were all young and of about the same age. The Prophet (ﷺ) was very kind and merciful. When he realized our longing for our families, he asked about our homes and the people there and we told him. Then he asked us to go back to our families and stay with them and teach them (the religion) and to order them to do good things. He also mentioned some other things which I have (remembered or ) forgotten. The Prophet (ﷺ) then added, “Pray as you have seen me praying and when it is the time for the prayer one of you should pronounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should lead the prayer.
Prophet said (to two persons), “Whenever the prayer time becomes due, you should pronounce Adhan and then Iqama and the older of you should lead the prayer.”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) passed by a man praying two rak`at after the Iqama (had been pronounced). When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) completed the prayer, the people gathered around him (the Prophet) or that man and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said to him (protesting), Are there four rak`at in Fajr prayer? Are there four rak`at in Fajr prayer?”
We went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and we were all young men and stayed with him for about twenty nights. The Prophet (ﷺ) was very merciful. He said, “When you return home, impart religious teachings to your families and tell them to offer perfectly such and such a prayer at such and such a time and such and such a prayer at such and such a time. And at the time of the prayer one of you should pronounce the Adhan and the oldest of you should lead the prayer.”
I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) praying and in the odd rak`at, he used to sit for a moment before getting up.
When `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul died, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) was called upon to offer his funeral prayer. When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) stood up to offer the prayer, I got up quickly and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Are you going to pray for Ibn Ubai and he said so and so on such and such occasions?” And started mentioning all that he had said. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) smiled and said, “O `Umar! Go away from me.” When I talked too much he said, “I have been given the choice and so I have chosen (to offer the prayer). Had I known that he would be forgiven by asking for Allah’s forgiveness for more than seventy times, surely I would have done so.” (`Umar added): Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) offered his funeral prayer and returned and after a short while the two verses of Surat Bara’ were revealed: i.e. “And never (O Muhammad) pray for any of them who dies . . . (to the end of the verse) rebellion (9.84)” — (`Umar added), “Later I astonished at my daring before Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) on that day. And Allah and His Apostle know better.”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to give me something but I would say to him, “would you give it to a poorer and more needy one than l?” The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said to me, “Take it. If you are given something from this property, without asking for it or having greed for it take it; and if not given, do not run for it.”
Once I gave a horse in Allah’s Cause (in charity) but that person did not take care of it. I intended to buy it, as I thought he would sell it at a low price. So, I asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h) about it. He said, “Neither buy, nor take back your alms which you have given, even if the seller were willing to sell it for one Dirham, for he who takes back his alms is like the one who swallows his own vomit.”
In the valley of Al-`Aqiq I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “To night a messenger came to me from my Lord and asked me to pray in this blessed valley and to assume Ihram for Hajj and `Umra together. “
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When night falls from this side and the day vanishes from this side and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his fast.”
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was in Al-`Aqiq he said, “Someone (meaning Gabriel) came to me from my Lord tonight (in my dream) and said, ‘Offer the prayer in this blessed valley and say (I intend to perform) `Umra along with Hajj (together).’ “
I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to that of mine. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had taught it to me (in a different way). So, I was about to quarrel with him (during the prayer) but I waited till he finished, then I tied his garment round his neck and seized him by it and brought him to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “I have heard him reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to the way you taught it to me.” The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered me to release him and asked Hisham to recite it. When he recited it, Allah s Apostle said, “It was revealed in this way.” He then asked me to recite it. When I recited it, he said, “It was revealed in this way. The Qur’an has been revealed in seven different ways, so recite it in the way that is easier for you.”
When Allah took away the soul of His Prophet at his death, the Ansar assembled In the shed of Bani Sa`ida. I said to Abu Bakr, “Let us go.” So, we come to them (i.e. to Ansar) at the shed of Bani Sa`ida. (See Hadith No. 19, Vol. 5 for details)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The (reward of) deeds depend on intentions, and every person will get the reward according to what he intends. So, whoever migrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his migration will be for Allah and His Apostle, and whoever migrated for worldly benefits or for marrying a woman, then his migration will be for what he migrated for.” (See Hadith No. 1, Vol. 1)
I gave a horse in Allah’s Cause. The person to whom it was given, did not look after it. I intended to buy it from him, thinking that he would sell it cheap. When I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) he said, “Don’t buy it, even if he gives it to you for one Dirham, as the person who takes back what he has given in charity, is like a dog that swallows back its vomit.”
Once I gave a horse (for riding) in Allah’s Cause. Later I saw it being sold. I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) (whether I could buy it). He said, “Don’t buy it, for you should not get back what you have given in charity.”
People were (sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah’s Apostle but now there is no longer any more (new revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you practice publicly, so we will trust and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will not call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him for that; but we will not trust or believe the one who presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his intentions were good.
On my departure from the Prophet (ﷺ) he said to me and to a friend of mine, “You two, pronounce the Adhan and the Iqama for the prayer and let the elder of you lead the prayer.”
The properties of Bani An-Nadir which Allah had transferred to His Apostle as Fai Booty were not gained by the Muslims with their horses and camels. The properties therefore, belonged especially to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) who used to give his family their yearly expenditure and spend what remained thereof on arms and horses to be used in Allah’s Cause.
I gave a horse to be used in Allah’s Cause, but later on I saw it being sold. I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) whether I could buy it. He said, “Don’t buy it and don’t take back your gift of charity.”
While I was at home, the sun rose high and it got hot. Suddenly the messenger of `Umar bin Al- Khattab came to me and said, “The chief of the believers has sent for you.” So, I went along with him till I entered the place where `Umar was sitting on a bedstead made of date-palm leaves and covered with no mattress, and he was leaning over a leather pillow. I greeted him and sat down. He said, “O Mali! Some persons of your people who have families came to me and I have ordered that a gift should be given to them, so take it and distribute it among them.” I said, “O chief of the believers! I wish that you order someone else to do it.” He said, “O man! Take it.” While I was sitting there with him, his doorman Yarfa’ came saying, “`Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, Az-Zubair and Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas are asking your permission (to see you); may I admit them?” `Umar said, “Yes”, So they were admitted and they came in, greeted him, and sat down. After a while Yarfa’ came again and said, “May I admit `Ali and `Abbas?” `Umar said, “yes.” So, they were admitted and they came in and greeted (him) and sat down. Then `Abbas said, “O chief of the believers! Judge between me and this (i.e. `Ali).” They had a dispute regarding the property of Bani An-Nadir which Allah had given to His Apostle as Fai. The group (i.e. `Uthman and his companions) said, “O chief of the believers! Judge between them and relieve both of them front each other.” `Umar said, “Be patient! I beseech you by Allah by Whose Permission the Heaven and the Earth exist, do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Our (i.e. prophets’) property will not be inherited, and whatever we leave, is Sadaqa (to be used for charity),’ and Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) meant himself (by saying “we”)?” The group said, “He said so.” `Umar then turned to `Ali and `Abbas and said, “I beseech you by Allah, do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said so?” They replied, ” He said so.” `Umar then said, “So, I will talk to you about this matter. Allah bestowed on His Apostle with a special favor of something of this Fai (booty) which he gave to nobody else.” `Umar then recited the Holy Verses: “What Allah bestowed as (Fai) Booty on his Apostle (Muhammad) from them — for this you made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry: But Allah gives power to His Apostles over whomever He will ‘And Allah is able to do all things.” 9:6) `Umar added “So this property was especially given to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), but, by Allah, neither did he take possession of it and leave your, nor did he favor himself with it to your exclusion, but he gave it to all of you and distributed it amongst you till this property remained out of it. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to spend the yearly expenses of his family out of this property and used to keep the rest of its revenue to be spent on Allah ‘s Cause. Allah ‘s Apostle kept on doing this during all his lifetime. I ask you by Allah do you know this?” They replies in the affirmative. `Umar then said to `Ali and `Abbas. “I ask you by Allah, do you know this?” `Umar added, “When Allah had taken His Prophet unto Him, ‘Abu Bakr said, ‘I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) so, Abu Bakr took over that property and managed it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, and Allah knows that he was true, pious and rightlyguided, and he was a follower of what was right. Then Allah took Abu Bakr unto Him and I became Abu Bakr’s successor, and I kept that property in my possession for the first two years of my Caliphate, managing it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to do and as Abu Bakr used to do, and Allah knows that I have been true, pious, rightly guided, and a follower of what is right. Now you both (i.e. ‘Ah and `Abbas) came to talk to me, bearing the same claim and presenting the same case; you, `Abbas, came to me asking for your share from your nephew’s property, and this man, i.e. `Ali, came to me asking for his wife’s share from her father’s property. I told you both that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Our (prophets’) properties are not to be inherited, but what we leave is Sadaqa (to be used for charity).’ When I thought it right that I should hand over this property to you, I said to you, ‘I am ready to hand over this property to you if you wish, on the condition that you would take Allah’s Pledge and Convention that you would manage it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to, and as Abu Bakr used to do, and as I have done since I was in charge of it.’ So, both of you said (to me), ‘Hand it over to us,’ and on that condition I handed it over to you. So, I ask you by Allah, did I hand it over to them on this condition?” The group aid, “Yes.” Then `Umar faced `Ali and `Abbas saying, “I ask you by Allah, did I hand it over to you on this condition?” They said, “Yes. ” He said, ” Do you want now to give a different decision? By Allah, by Whose Leave both the Heaven and the Earth exist, I will never give any decision other than that (I have already given). And if you are unable to manage it, then return it to me, and I will do the job on your behalf.”
One day the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up amongst us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how the people of Paradise will enter their places and the people of Hell will enter their places. Some remembered what he had said, and some forgot it.
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle.”
I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “Near the Hour you will fight with people who will wear hairy shoes; and you will also fight people with flat faces like shields.”
The pagans used not to leave Jam’ (i.e. Muzdalifa) till the sun had risen on Thabir mountain. The Prophet contradicted them by leaving (Muzdalifa) before the sun rose.
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “The reward of deeds depends on the intentions, so whoever emigrated for the worldly benefits or to marry a woman, his emigration was for that for which he emigrated, but whoever emigrated for the Sake of Allah and His Apostle, his emigration is for Allah and His Apostle.”
That once `Umar bin Al-Khattab called him and while he was sitting with him, his gatekeeper, Yarfa came and said, “Will you admit `Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, AzZubair and Sa`d (bin Abi Waqqas) who are waiting for your permission?” `Umar said, “Yes, let them come in.” After a while, Yarfa- came again and said, “Will you admit `Ali and `Abbas who are asking your permission?” `Umar said, “Yes.” So, when the two entered, `Abbas said, “O chief of the believers! Judge between me and this (i.e. `Ali). “Both of them had a dispute regarding the property of Bani An-Nadir which Allah had given to His Apostle as Fai (i.e. booty gained without fighting), `Ali and `Abbas started reproaching each other. The (present) people (i.e. `Uthman and his companions) said, “O chief of the believers! Give your verdict in their case and relieve each from) the other.” `Umar said, “Wait I beseech you, by Allah, by Whose Permission both the heaven and the earth stand fast! Do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘We (Prophets) our properties are not to be inherited, and whatever we leave, is to be spent in charity,’ and he said it about himself?” They (i.e. `Uthman and his company) said, “He did say it. “`Umar then turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, “I beseech you both, by Allah! Do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said this?” They replied in the affirmative. He said, “Now I am talking to you about this matter. Allah the Glorified favored His Apostle with something of this Fai (i.e. booty won without fighting) which He did not give to anybody else. Allah said:– “And what Allah gave to His Apostle (“Fai”” Booty) from them–For which you made no expedition With either Calvary or camelry. But Allah gives power to His Apostles Over whomsoever He will And Allah is able to do all things.” (59.6) So this property was especially granted to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . But by Allah, the Prophet (ﷺ) neither took it all for himself only, nor deprived you of it, but he gave it to all of you and distributed it amongst you till only this remained out of it. And from this Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to spend the yearly maintenance for his family, and whatever used to remain, he used to spend it where Allah’s Property is spent (i.e. in charity), Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) kept on acting like that during all his life, Then he died, and Abu Bakr said, ‘I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).’ So he (i.e. Abu Bakr) took charge of this property and disposed of it in the same manner as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, and all of you (at that time) knew all about it.” Then `Umar turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, “You both remember that Abu Bakr disposed of it in the way you have described and Allah knows that, in that matter, he was sincere, pious, rightly guided and the follower of the right. Then Allah caused Abu Bakr to die and I said, ‘I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr.’ So I kept this property in my possession for the first two years of my rule (i.e. Caliphate and I used to dispose of it in the same wa as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr used to do; and Allah knows that I have been sincere, pious, rightly guided an the follower of the right (in this matte Later on both of you (i.e. `Ali and `Abbas) came to me, and the claim of you both was one and the same, O `Abbas! You also came to me. So I told you both that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Our property is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity.’ Then when I thought that I should better hand over this property to you both or the condition that you will promise and pledge before Allah that you will dispose it off in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr did and as I have done since the beginning of my caliphate or else you should not speak to me (about it).’ So, both of you said to me, ‘Hand it over to us on this condition.’ And on this condition I handed it over to you. Do you want me now to give a decision other than that (decision)? By Allah, with Whose Permission both the sky and the earth stand fast, I will never give any decision other than that (decision) till the Last Hour is established. But if you are unable to manage it (i.e. that property), then return it to me, and I will manage on your behalf.” The sub-narrator said, “I told `Urwa bin Az-Zubair of this Hadith and he said, ‘Malik bin Aus has told the truth” I heard `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, ‘The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) sent `Uthman to Abu Bakr demanding from him their 1/8 of the Fai which Allah had granted to his Apostle. But I used to oppose them and say to them: Will you not fear Allah? Don’t you know that the Prophet used to say: Our property is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity? The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned that regarding himself. He added: ‘The family of Muhammad can take their sustenance from this property. So the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) stopped demanding it when I told them of that.’ So, this property (of Sadaqa) was in the hands of `Ali who withheld it from `Abbas and overpowered him. Then it came in the hands of Hasan bin `Ali, then in the hands of Husain bin `Ali, and then in the hands of `Ali bin Husain and Hasan bin Hasan, and each of the last two used to manage it in turn, then it came in the hands of Zaid bin Hasan, and it was truly the Sadaqa of Allah’s Apostle .”
By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, were I not afraid that the other Muslims might be left in poverty, I would divide (the land of) whatever village I may conquer (among the fighters), as the Prophet (ﷺ) divided the land of Khaibar. But I prefer to leave it as a (source of) a common treasury for them to distribute it revenue amongst themselves.
But for the other Muslims (i.e. coming generations) I would divide (the land of) whatever villages the Muslims might conquer (among the fighters), as the Prophet (ﷺ) divided (the land of) Khaibar.
When `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul died, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was called in order to offer the funeral prayer for him. When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) got up (to offer the prayer) I jumped towards him and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Do you offer the prayer for Ibn Ubai although he said so-and-so on such-and-such-a day?” I went on mentioning his sayings. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) smiled and said, “Keep away from me, O `Umar!” But when I spoke too much to him, he said, “I have been given the choice, and I have chosen (this) ; and if I knew that if I asked forgiveness for him more than seventy times, he would be for given, I would ask it for more times than that.” So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer for him and then left, but he did not stay long before the two Verses of Surat-Bara’a were revealed, i.e.:– ‘And never (O Muhammad) pray for anyone of them that dies…. and died in a state of rebellion.’ (9.84) Later I was astonished at my daring to speak like that to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Allah and His Apostle know best.
I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Good and bad persons enter upon you, so I suggest that you order the mothers of the Believers (i.e. your wives) to observe veils.” Then Allah revealed the Verses of Al- Hijab.
The properties of Bam An-Nadir were among the booty that Allah gave to His Apostle such Booty were not obtained by any expedition on the part of Muslims, neither with cavalry, nor with camelry. So those properties were for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) only, and he used to provide thereof the yearly expenditure for his wives, and dedicate the rest of its revenues for purchasing arms and horses as war material to be used in Allah’s Cause.
I recommend that my successor should take care of and secure the rights of the early emigrants; and I also advise my successor to be kind to the Ansar who had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith, before the Prophet (ﷺ) migrated to them, and to accept the good from their good ones and excuse their wrong doers.
The wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) out of their jealousy, backed each other against the Prophet, so I said to them, “It may be, if he divorced you all, that Allah will give him, instead of you wives better than you.” So this Verse was revealed. (66.5)
I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited in several different ways which Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had not taught me. I was about to jump over him during his prayer, but I controlled my temper, and when he had completed his prayer, I put his upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and said, “Who taught you this Sura which I heard you reciting?” He replied, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) taught it to me.” I said, “You have told a lie, for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) has taught it to me in a different way from yours.” So I dragged him to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said (to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)), “I heard this person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you haven’t taught me!” On that Allah’s Apostle said, “Release him, (O `Umar!) Recite, O Hisham!” Then he recited in the same way as I heard him reciting. Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It was revealed in this way,” and added, “Recite, O `Umar!” I recited it as he had taught me. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) then said, “It was revealed in this way. This Qur’an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier for you (or read as much of it as may be easy for you).
I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several ways which Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had not taught me. So I was on the point of attacking him in the prayer, but I waited till he finished his prayer, and then I seized him by the collar and said, “Who taught you this Surah which I have heard you reciting?” He replied, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) taught it to me.” I said, “You are telling a lie; By Allah! Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) taught me (in a different way) this very Surah which I have heard you reciting.” So I took him, leading him to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I heard this person reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way that you did not teach me, and you have taught me Surat-al-Furqan.” The Prophet said, “O Hisham, recite!” So he recited in the same way as I heard him recite it before. On that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It was revealed to be recited in this way.” Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Recite, O `Umar!” So I recited it as he had taught me. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) then said, “It was revealed to be recited in this way.” Allah” Apostle added, “The Qur’an has been revealed to be recited in several different ways, so recite of it that which is easier for you.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The rewards (of deeds) are according to the intention, and everybody will get the reward for what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah’s and His Apostle’s sake, his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle; and whoever emigrated for worldly benefits, or to marry a woman, then his emigration was for the thing for what he emigrated for.” (1)
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to sell the dates of the garden of Bani An-Nadir and store for his family so much food as would cover their needs for a whole year.
Once I set out to visit `Umar (bin Al-Khattab). (While I was sitting there with him his gate-keeper, Yarfa, came and said, “Uthman `AbdurRahman (bin `Auf), Az-Zubair and Sa`d (bin Abi Waqqas) are seeking permission (to meet you).” `Umar said, “Yes. So he admitted them and they entered, greeted, and sat down. After a short while Yarfa came again and said to `Umar ‘Shall I admit `Ali and `Abbas?” `Umar said, “Yes.” He admitted them and when they entered, they greeted and sat down. `Abbas said, “O Chief of the Believers! Judge between me and this (`Ali).” The group, `Uthman and his companions Sa`d, ‘O Chief of the Believers! Judge between them and relieve one from the other.” `Umar said. Wait! I beseech you by Allah, by Whose permission both the Heaven and the Earth stand fast ! Do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said. ‘We (Apostles) do not bequeath anything to our heirs, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity.’ And by that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)s meant himself?” The group said, “He did say so.” `Umar then turned towards ‘All and `Abbas and said. “I beseech you both by Allah, do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said that?” They said, ‘Yes ” `Umar said, “Now, let me talk to you about this matter. Allah favored His Apostle with something of this property (war booty) which He did not give to anybody else. And Allah said:– ‘And what Allah has bestowed on His Apostle (as Fai Booty) from them for which you made no expedition with either cavalry or camelry . . . Allah is Able to do all things.’ (59.6) So this property was especially granted to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). But by Allah he neither withheld it from you, nor did he keep it for himself and deprive you of it, but he gave it all to you and distributed it among you till only this remained out of it. And out of this property Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to provide his family with their yearly needs, and whatever remained, he would spend where Allah’s Property (the revenues of Zakat) used to be spent. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) kept on acting like this throughout his lifetime. Now I beseech you by Allah, do you know that?” They said, “Yes.” Then `Umar said to `Ali and `Abbas, “I beseech you by Allah, do you both know that?” They said, “Yes.” `Umar added, “When Allah had taken His Apostle unto Him, Abu Bakr said, ‘I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). So he took charge of that property and did with it the same what Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, and both of you knew all about it then.” Then `Umar turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, “You both claim that Abu- Bakr was so-and-so! But Allah knows that he was honest, sincere, pious and right (in that matter). Then Allah caused Abu Bakr to die, and I said, ‘I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr.’ So I kept this property in my possession for the first two years of my rule, and I used to do the same with it as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr used to do. Later both of you (`Ali and `Abbas) came to me with the same claim and the same problem. (O `Abbas!) You came to me demanding your share from (the inheritance of) the son of your brother, and he (`Ali) came to me demanding his wives share from (the inheritance of) her father. So I said to you, ‘If you wish I will hand over this property to you, on condition that you both promise me before Allah that you will manage it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr did, and as I have done since the beginning of my rule; otherwise you should not speak to me about it.’ So you both said, ‘Hand over this property to us on this condition.’ And on this condition I handed it over to you. I beseech you by Allah, did I hand it over to them on that condition?” The group said, “Yes.” `Umar then faced `Ali and `Abbas and said, “I beseech you both by Allah, did I hand it over to you both on that condition?” They both said, “Yes.” `Umar added, “Do you want me now to give a decision other than that? By Him with Whose permission (order) both the Heaven and the Earth stand fast, I will never give any decision other than that till the Hour is established! But if you are unable to manage it (that property), then return it to me and I will be sufficient for it on your behalf . “
Who was the son of Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet: Once I ate a meal with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and I was eating from all sides of the dish. So Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, “Eat of the dish what is nearer to you.”
“Alcoholic drinks are prepared from five things, i.e., raisins, dates. wheat, barley and honey.”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “None wears silk in this world, but he who will have no share in the Hereafter.”
Some Sabi (i.e. war prisoners, children and woman only) were brought before the Prophet (ﷺ) and behold, a woman amongst them was milking her breasts to feed and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took it over her chest and nursed it (she had lost her child but later she found him) the Prophet said to us, “Do you think that this lady can throw her son in the fire?” We replied, “No, if she has the power not to throw it (in the fire).” The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, “Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to her son.”
I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “The (reward of) deeds, depend upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for the sake of Allah and His Apostle, then his emigration will be considered to be for Allah and His Apostle, and whoever emigrated for the sake of worldly gain or for a woman to marry, then his emigration will be considered to be for what he emigrated for.”
‘I went and entered upon `Umar, his doorman, Yarfa came saying `Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman, Az- Zubair and Sa`d are asking your permission (to see you). May I admit them? `Umar said, ‘Yes.’ So he admitted them Then he came again and said, ‘May I admit `Ali and `Abbas?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ `Abbas said, ‘O, chief of the believers! Judge between me and this man (Ali ). `Umar said, ‘I beseech you by Allah by Whose permission both the heaven and the earth exist, do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Our (the Apostles’) property will not be inherited, and whatever we leave (after our death) is to be spent in charity?’ And by that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) meant himself.’ The group said, ‘(No doubt), he said so.’ `Umar then faced `Ali and `Abbas and said, ‘Do you both know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said that?’ They replied, ‘(No doubt), he said so.’ `Umar said, ‘So let me talk to you about this matter. Allah favored His Apostle with something of this Fai’ (i.e. booty won by the Muslims at war without fighting) which He did not give to anybody else; Allah said:– ‘And what Allah gave to His Apostle ( Fai’ Booty) ………to do all things….(59.6) And so that property was only for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . Yet, by Allah, he neither gathered that property for himself nor withheld it from you, but he gave its income to you, and distributed it among you till there remained the present property out of which the Prophet (ﷺ) used to spend the yearly maintenance for his family, and whatever used to remain, he used to spend it where Allah’s property is spent (i.e. in charity etc.). Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) followed that throughout his life. Now I beseech you by Allah, do you know all that?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ `Umar then said to `Ali and `Abbas, ‘I beseech you by Allah, do you know that?’ Both of them said, ‘Yes.’ `Umar added, ‘And when the Prophet (ﷺ) died, Abu Bakr said, ‘ I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and took charge of that property and managed it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did. Then I took charge of this property for two years during which I managed it as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr did. Then you both (`Ali and `Abbas) came to talk to me, bearing the same claim and presenting the same case. (O `Abbas!) You came to me asking for your share from the property of your nephew, and this man (Ali) came to me, asking for the share of h is wife from the property of her father. I said, ‘If you both wish, I will give that to you on that condition (i.e. that you would follow the way of the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr and as I (`Umar) have done in man aging it).’ Now both of you seek of me a verdict other than that? Lo! By Allah, by Whose permission both the heaven and the earth exist, I will not give any verdict other than that till the Hour is established. If you are unable to manage it, then return it to me, and I will be sufficient to manage it on your behalf.’ “
During the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) there was a man called `Abdullah whose nickname was Donkey, and he used to make Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) laugh. The Prophet (ﷺ) lashed him because of drinking (alcohol). And one-day he was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man among the people said, “O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet (ﷺ) on such a charge)!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His Apostle.”
I heard Hisham bin Al-Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways which Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had not taught me. So I was about to jump over him during his Salat (prayer) but I waited till he finished his Salat (prayer) whereupon I put, either his upper garment or my upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and asked him, “Who has taught you this Surah?” He replied: “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) has taught it to me.” I said (to him), “You have told a lie! By Allah, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) has taught me this Surah which I have heard you reciting.” So I dragged him to the Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). I said: “O Allah’s Messenger I have heard this man reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way in which you have not taught me, and you did teach me Surah Al-Furqan.” On that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “O ‘Umar, release him! Recite, O Hisham”. So Hisham recited before him in the way as I heard him reciting. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It has been revealed like this.” Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Recite, O ‘Umar” So recited it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It has been revealed like this.” And then he added, “This Qur’an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite it whichever way is easier for you.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘O people! The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions, and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So, whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle, and whoever emigrated to take worldly benefit or for a woman to marry, then his emigration was for what he emigrated for.”
We came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and we were young men nearly of equal ages and we stayed with him for twenty nights. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was a very kind man and when he realized our longing for our families, he asked us about those whom we had left behind. When we informed him, he said, “Go back to your families and stay with them and teach them (religion) and order them (to do good deeds). The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned things some of which I remembered and some I did not. Then he said, “Pray as you have seen me praying, and when it is the time of prayer, one of you should pronounce the call (Adhan) for the prayer and the eldest of you should lead the prayer. “
There was a man from the Ansar (who was a friend of mine). If he was not present in the company of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I used to be present with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), I would tell him what I used to hear from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and when I was absent from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) he used to be present with him, and he would tell me what he used to hear from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) .
I came and behold, Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was staying on a Mashroba (attic room) and a black slave of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was at the top if its stairs. I said to him, “(Tell the Prophet) that here is `Umar bin Al- Khattab (asking for permission to enter).” Then he admitted me.
I proceeded till I entered upon `Umar (and while I was sitting there), his gate-keeper Yarfa came to him and said, ” `Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman, Az-Zubair and Sa`d ask your permission to come in.” `Umar allowed them. So they entered, greeted, and sat down. (After a while the gatekeeper came) and said, “Shall I admit `Ali and `Abbas?” `Umar allowed them to enter. Al-`Abbas said “O Chief of the believers! Judge between me and the oppressor (`Ali).” Then there was a dispute (regarding the property of Bani Nadir) between them (`Abbas and `Ali). `Uthman and his companions said, “O Chief of the Believers! Judge between them and relieve one from the other.” `Umar said, “Be patient! beseech you by Allah, with Whose permission the Heaven and the Earth Exist! Do you know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘Our property is not to be inherited, and whatever we leave is to be given in charity,’ and by this Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) meant himself?” On that the group said, “He verily said so.” `Umar then faced `Ali and `Abbas and said, “I beseech you both by Allah, do you both know that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said so?” They both replied, “Yes”. `Umar then said, “Now I am talking to you about this matter (in detail) . Allah favored Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) with some of this wealth which He did not give to anybody else, as Allah said: ‘What Allah bestowed as Fai (Booty on His Apostle for which you made no expedition… ‘ (59.6) So that property was totally meant for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), yet he did not collect it and ignore you, nor did he withhold it with your exclusion, but he gave it to you and distributed it among you till this much of it was left behind, and the Prophet, used to spend of this as the yearly expenditures of his family and then take what remained of it and spent it as he did with (other) Allah’s wealth. The Prophet (ﷺ) did so during all his lifetime, and I beseech you by Allah, do you know that?” They replied, “Yes.” `Umar then addressed `Ali and `Abbas, saying, “I beseech you both by Allah, do you know that?” Both of them replied, “Yes.” `Umar added, “Then Allah took His Apostle unto Him. Abu Bakr then said ‘I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)’ and took over all the Prophet’s property and disposed of it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to do, and you were present then.” Then he turned to `Ali and `Abbas and said, “You both claim that Abu Bakr did so-and-so in managing the property, but Allah knows that Abu Bakr was honest, righteous, intelligent, and a follower of what is right in managing it. Then Allah took Abu Bakr unto Him, ‘I said: I am the successor of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr.’ So I took over the property for two years and managed it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and Abu Bakr used to do. Then you both (`Ali and `Abbas) came to me and asked for the same thing! (O `Abbas! You came to me to ask me for your share from nephew’s property; and this (`Ali) came to me asking for his wives share from her father’s property, and I said to you both, ‘If you wish, I will place it in your custody on condition that you both will manage it in the same way as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr did and as I have been doing since I took charge of managing it; otherwise, do not speak to me anymore about it.’ Then you both said, ‘Give it to us on that (condition).’ So I gave it to you on that condition. Now I beseech you by Allah, did I not give it to them on that condition?” The group (whom he had been addressing) replied, “Yes.” `Umar then addressed `Abbas and `Ali saying, “I beseech you both by Allah, didn’t I give you all that property on that condition?” They said, “Yes.” `Umar then said, “Are you now seeking a verdict from me other than that? By Him with Whose Permission the Heaven and the Earth exists I will not give any verdict other than that till the Hour is established; and if you both are unable to manage this property, then you can hand it back to me, and I will be sufficient for it on your behalf.” (See, Hadith No. 326, Vol. 4)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, “Someone came to me tonight from my Lord while I was in the ‘Aqiq (valley), and said to me, “Offer prayer in this blessed valley and say: ‘Labbaik’ for the (performance of) `Umra and Hajj.”
I heard Hisham bin Hakim reciting Surat-al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), I listened to his recitation and noticed that he was reciting in a way that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had not taught me. I was about to jump over him while He was still in prayer, but I waited patiently and when he finished his prayer, I put my sheet round his neck (and pulled him) and said, “Who has taught you this Sura which I have heard you reciting?” Hisham said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) taught it to me.” I said, “You are telling a lie, for he taught it to me in a way different from the way you have recited it!” Then I started leading (dragged) him to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said (to the Prophet), ” I have heard this man reciting Surat-al- Furqan in a way that you have not taught me.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “(O `Umar) release him! Recite, O Hisham.” Hisham recited in the way I heard him reciting. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “It was revealed like this.” Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Recite, O `Umar!” I recited in the way he had taught me, whereupon he said, “It was revealed like this,” and added, “The Qur’an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite of it whichever is easy for you .” (See Hadith No. 514, Vol. 6)
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Actions are only done with intentions, and every man shall have what he intended. Thus he whose emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, his emigration was for Allah and His Messenger, and he whose emigration was to achieve some worldly benefit or to take some woman in marriage, his emigration was for that which he intended.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever performs Wudu’ and does it well, then says: “Ashhadu an la ilaha ill-Allah was ashhadu anna Muhammadan ‘abduhu wa rasuluh (I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is his slave and Messenger),” eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him, and he may enter through whichever one he wishes.'”
“Umar mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he became Junub at night, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Perform Wudu’ and wash you penis, then sleep.'”
“A man became Junub and came to ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: ‘I have become Junub and I cannot find any water.’ He said: ‘Do not pray.’ ‘Ammar said to him: ‘Do you not remember when we were on a campaign and became Junub. You did not prayed, then I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him that, and he said: ‘This would have been sufficient for you.'” – (One of the narrators) Shu’bah struck his hands once and blew into them, then he rubbed them together, then wiped his face with them – (‘Ammar said): “‘Umar said something I did not understand.” So he said: “If you wish, I shall not narrate it.” Salamah mentioned something in this chain from Abu Malik, and Salamah added that he said: “Rather, we will let you bear the burden of what you tool upon yourself.”
“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to like to start with the right as much as he could when purifying himself, putting on sandals and combing his hair” – and he (the narrator) said in Wasit (a place in Iraq): “And in all his affairs.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘When the wife of any one of you asks for permission to go to the Masjid, do not stop her.'”
Al-Harith bin Hisham asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘How does the Revelation come to you?’ He said: ‘Like the ringing of a bell, and this is the hardest on me. When it departs I remember what he said. And sometimes the Angel appears to me in the form of a man and speaks to me, and I remember what he said.” Aishah said: “I saw him when the Revelation came to him on a very cold day, and his forhead was dripping with sweat.”
Concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: “Move not your tongue concerning to make haste therewith. It is for Us to collect it and to give you the ability to recite it- “The Prophet (ﷺ) used to suffer a great deal of hardship when the Revelation came to him, and he used to move his lips. Allah said: Move not your tongue concerning to make haste therewith. It is for Us to collect it and to give you the ability to recite it.” He said: ” (This means) He will gather it in your heart, then you will recite it,” And when We have recited it to you, then follow the recitation. He said: “So listen to it and remain silent. So when Jibril came to him, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) listened, and when he left, he would recite it as he had taught him.”
Umar bin Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said: “I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting: Surat Al-Furqan, in a way that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) had not taught me. I said: ‘Who taught you this Surah?’ He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ I said: ‘You are lying; the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not teach you like that. ‘I took him by the hand and brought him to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you taught me Surat Al-Furqan, but I heard this man reciting it in a way that you did not teach me.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Recite, O Hisham.’ So he recited it as he had recited it (before). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘It was revealed like this.’ Then he said: ‘Recite, O Umar.’ So I recited it, and he said: ‘It was revealed like this.’ Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The Quran was revealed to be recited in seven different modes.'”
“I prayed beside my father and I put my hands between my knees, and he told me: ‘Put your hands on your knees.’ Then I did that again and he struck my hands and said: ‘We were forbidden to do that, and we were commanded to put our hands on our knees.'”
“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) set out from Makkah to Al-Madinah, fearing nothing but the Lord of the worlds, and praying two rak’ahs.
‘Ali appointed Abu Mas’ud over the people, then went out on the day of ‘Eid and said: ‘O people, it is not part of the sunnah to pray before the imam.'”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever has the habit of praying at night but he sleeps and misses it, that is a charity that Allah (SWT) has given to him, and the reward of his prayer will be recorded for him.'”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: and he mentioned something similar.
“Whoever goes to his bed intending to get up and pray qiyam at night, then sleep overwhelms him until morning, will have recorded that which he intended and his sleep is a charity given to him by his Lord, the Mighty and Sublime.”
“I heard Suwaid bin Ghaflah (narrate it) from Abu Dharr and Abu Ad-Darda.'”
“When a young daughter of the Messenger of Allah was dying, the Messenger of Allah picked her up and held her to his chest, then he put his hand on her, and she died in front of the Messenger of Allah. Umm Ayman wept and the Messenger of Allah said ‘Oh Umm Ayman, do you weep while the Messenger of Allah is with you?’ She said: ‘Why shouldn’t I weep when the Messenger of Allah is weeping.” So the Messenger of Allah said “Verily, I am not weeping. Rather it is compassion.’ Then the Messenger of Allah said: ‘The believer is fine whatever the situation; even when his soul is being pulled from his body and he praises Allah, the Mighty and Sublime”‘
“I started to uncover his face, weeping. The people told me not to do that but the Messenger of Allah did not forbid me. My paternal aunt started to weep, and the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Do not weep, for angels kept on shading him with their wings until you lifted him up.”‘
“The deceased is punished due to the weeping of his family for him.”
“A Janazah was brought to the Prophet and they said: ” O Prophet of Allah, pray for him.’ He said: “Did he leave any debt behind?’ They said: “Yes.’ He said ‘Did he leave anything?’ They said: No. He said; ‘Pray fro your companion.’ A man among the Ansar who was called Abu Qatadah said: ‘Pray for him and I will pay off his debt.’ So he prayed for him.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The one who fasts every day of his life has neither fasted, nor broken the fast.”‘ ‘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.”
“I asked the Messenger of Allah and he gave me, then I asked him and he gave me. The he said: ‘O Hakim, this wealth is attractive and sweet. Whoever takes it without being greedy, it will be blessed for him, and whoever takes it with avarice, it will be blessed for him. He is like one who eats and is not satisfied. And the upper hand is better than the lower hand.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! By the One Who sent you with the truth, I will never ask anyone for anything after you, until I depart this world. “‘
“I said to Abu Iyas Mu’awiyah bin Qurrah: ‘Did you hear Ans bin Malik say: The Messenger of Allah said: The son of the daughter of a people is one of them? He said: ‘Yes.”‘
“The son of the daughter of a people is one of them.”
“Anas said: ‘I heard the Prophet reciting the Talbiyah for ‘Umrah and Hajj together. I told Ibn ‘Umar about that and he said: “He recited the Talbiyah for Hajj only. I met Anas and told him what Ibn ‘Umar had said, and Anas said: “do you think of us as no more than children? I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Labbaika ‘Umratan wa Hajjan ma’an (Here I am (O allah) for ‘Umrah and Hajj together) (sahih)
“None of you should propose marriage to a woman when someone else has already proposed to her.”
“The Messenger of Allah used to teach his Companions to perform Istikharah in all matters, just as he used to teach them Surahs from the Qur’an. He said: ‘If any one of you is deliberating about a decision he has to make, then let him pray two Rak’ahs of non-obligatory prayer, then say: Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi ‘ilmika wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika wa as’aluka min fadlika, fa innaka taqdiru wa la aqdir, wa ta’lamu wa la a’lam, wa anta ‘allam al-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu anna hadhal-amra khayrun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa aqibati amri faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li thumma barik li fihi. Allahumma, wa in kunta ta’lamu annahu sharrun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri fasrifhu ‘anni wasrifni ‘anhu waqdur li al-khayr haythu kana, thumma radini bihi. (O Allah, I seek Your guidance (in making a choice) by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. You have power, I have none. And You know, I know not. You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if in Your knowledge, this matter (then it should be mentioned by name) is good for me in my religion, my livelihood and my affairs (or: both in this world and in the Hereafter), then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if in Your knowledge it is bad for me and for my religion, my livelihood and my affairs (or: for me both in this world and the next), then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and ordain for me the good wherever it may be and make me pleased with it.)”
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that he presented himself to the Messenger of Allah on the Day of Uhud when he was fourteen years old, but he did not permit him (to join the army). He presented himself on the Day of Al-Khandaq when he was fifteen years old, and he permitted him (to join the army).
“By Allah, she is not entitled to any provision. So, she sent to Al-Harith bin Hisham and ‘Ayyash asking them for the provisions from us unless she is pregnant, and she has no right to live in our house unless we permit her.” Fatimah said that she went to the Messenger of Allah and told him about that and he said that they had told the truth. She said: “I said: ‘Where shall I move to, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘Move to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum’ -who was the blind man, concerning whom Allah rebuked him in His Book. I moved to his house, and I used to take off my outer garments.” Then the Messenger of Allah married her to Usamah bin Zaid.
“There should be no awards (for victory in a competition) except over camels or horses.”
“There is no ‘bringing’, no ‘avoidance’ and no Shighar in Islam, and whoever robs is not one of us.”
“There is no ‘bringing’, no ‘avoidance’ and no Shighar in Islam.”
“I heard ‘Amr bin Al-Harith say: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah and he left nothing behind except his white mule, his weapon and some land which he left as a charity.'”
“I was allocated some land of Khaibar. I came to the Messenger of Allah and said: ‘I have acquired some land and I have never acquired any wealth that is dearer to me or more precious than it.’ He said: ‘If you wish, you can give it in charity.'” So he gave it in charity on condition that it would not be bought or given away, for the poor, relatives, slaves, guests and wayfarers. And there is no sin on the administrator if he eats from it or feeds others on a reasonable basis, with no intention of becoming wealthy from it.
“My father took me to the Prophet to ask him to bear witness to something that he had given to me. He said: ‘Do you have any other children?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He gestured with his hand held horizontally like this, (saying): ‘Why don’t you treat them all equally?'”
“Do not give things on the basis of Ruqba or ‘Umra. Whoever is given something on the basis of Ruqba or ‘Umra, it belongs to his heirs.”
“The delegation of Thaqif came to the Messenger of Allah, bringing a gift with them. He said: ‘Is it a gift or charity?’ If it was a gift it would be for the sake of the Messenger of Allah and to have their needs met, and if it was charity then it would be in the cause of Allah. They said: ‘It is a gift.’ So he accepted it from them, and sat with them, and they asked questions, until he prayed Zuhr with ‘Asr.”
“I was thinking of not accepting gifts except from a Quraishi, an Ansari, a Thaqafi or a Dawsi.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better and offer expiation for his oath.'”
“The Prophet passed by a man who was circumambulating the Ka’bah, led by another man with a reign in his nose. The Prophet took him by the hand and commanded him to lead him by his hand.” Ibn Juraij said: “Sulaiman told me that Tawus told him, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Prophet passed by him when he was circumambulating the Ka’bah, and a man had tied his hand to another man with some string or thread or whatever. The Prophet cut it with his hand then said: ‘Lead him with your hand.'”
“Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam, telling a lie, will be as he said, and whoever kills himself with something, he will be punished with it in the Hereafter, and there is no vow concerning that which a man does not possess.”
The Prophet said: “Do not revert to misguidance after I am gone, striking the necks of one another (killing one another).”
“While there was a group of his companions around him, the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Pledge to me, that you will not associate anything with Allah, nor steal, nor commit unlawful sexual relations, nor kill your children; you will not utter slander, fabricating from between your hands and feet, and you will not disobey me in goodness (Ma’ruf). Whoever fulfills (this pledge), his reward will be with Allah, and whoever commits any of these actions and is punished for it, it will be an expiation for him. Whoever commits any of these actions then Allah conceals him, then his affair is up to Allah; if He wills He will forgive him, and if He wills punish him.”‘ (Sahih) Ahmed bin Sa’eed contradicted him.
“If you see your arrow in it. And you do not see any other mark, and you know that (Your arrow) killed it, then eat it.”
“The Prophet said: ‘ A heap of grain should not be sold for a heap of grain, or for a heap of grain of known measure. “
his father told them that a man who had killed another man was brought to the Prophet and he handed him over to their of the victim to kill him. Then the Prophet said to those who were sitting with him: “The killer and the slain will both be in Fire. “A man went after him and told him that, and when he told him that, he left him (let him go). He (the narrator) said: “I saw him dragging his string when he let him go. I mentioned that the Habib and he said: ‘Sa’eed bin Ashwa’ told me that the Prophet commanded the man to forgive him.”‘
he hired a worker who fought with a man and bit his hand, and his from tooth fell out. So he referred the dispute to the Prophet who said: “Do you want to bite his hand as a stallion bites?”
‘I was among the prisoners of Quraizah; we were examined, and whoever had grown (pubic) hair was killed, and whoever had not grown hair, he was allowed to live and was not killed.”
“I heard ‘Ali say: ‘The Prophet of Allah forbade me to wear a ring on the forefinger and middle finger.'”
“I saw Zainab, the daughter of the Prophet , wearing a Qamis of Sira’.”
“Muhammad said: ‘Whoever wears silk in this world, will not wear it in the Hereafter.'”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If a judge passes judgment and strives to reach the right conclusion and gets it right, he will have two rewards; if he strives to reach the right conclusion but gets it wrong, he will still have one reward.”
He asked the Messenger of Allah recited them when he led us in Salah Al-Ghadah (As-Subh).”
“The Messenger of Allah used to say in his supplication: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minash-shiqaqi wan-nifaqi, wa suw’il-akhlaq (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from opposing the truth, hypocrisy and bad manners.)'”
“The Messenger of Allah often used to seek refuge (with Allah) from debt and sin. It was said to him: ‘O Messenger of Allah! You often seek refuge from debt and sin?’ He said: ‘If a man gets into debt, he speaks and lies, and he makes a promise and breaks it.'”
“The Messenger of Allah used to say: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minat-taraddi, wal-hadmi, wal-gharaqi, wal-hariqi, wa a’udhu bika, an yatakhabbatanish-shaitanu ‘indal-mawti, wa a’udhu bika an amuta fi sabilika mudbiran, wa a’udhu bika an amuta ladigha (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from being thrown from a high place or crushed beneath a falling wall, or drowning or being burned, and I seek refuge with You from being led astray by the Shaitan at the time of death, and I seek refuge with You from dying in Your cause while fleeing from the battlefield, and I seek refuge with You from dying of a scorpion sting.)'”
“The Messenger of Allah forbade mixing Al-Busr with dried dates, or raisins with dried dates, or raisins with Al-Busr, and he said: ‘Whoever among you (wants to) drink them, let him drink each one of them on its own: dried dates on their own, or Al-Busr on their own, or raisins on their own.”
The Prophet forbade mixing Al-Busr with dried dates, or raisins with dried dates, or raisins with Al-Busr, and he said: “Whoever among you (wants to) drink them, let him drink each one on its own.”
A similar report was narrated from ‘Abdul-Malik bin Nafi’ from Ibn ‘Umar, from the Prophet .
“Intoxicants are unlawful in small or large amounts.”
Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Mas’ud said: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud was informed of this story of a man. The people continued to visit him for a month or visited him many times (the narrator was not sure). He said: In this matter I hold the opinion that she should receive the type of dower given to women of her class with no diminution or excess, observe the waiting period (‘iddah) and have her share of inheritance. If it is erroneous, that is from me and from Satan. Allah and His Apostle are free from its responsibility. Some people from Ashja’ got up; among them were al-Jarrah and AbuSinan. They said: Ibn Mas’ud, we bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave a decision for us regarding Birwa’, daughter of Washiq, to the same effect as the decision you have given. Her husband was Hilal ibn Murrah al-Ashja’i. Thereupon Abdullah ibn Mas’ud was very pleased when his decision agreed with the decision of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Do not beat Allah’s handmaidens, but when Umar came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them. Then many women came round the family of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) complaining against their husbands. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Many women have gone round Muhammad’s family complaining against their husbands. They are not the best among you.
Abu al-Sahba’ said to Ibn Abbas: Do you know that a divorce by three pronouncements was made a single one during the time of the Prophet (ﷺ), and of AbuBakr and in the early days of the caliphate of Umar? He replied: Yes.
Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three monthly courses; and then said: And for such of your women as despair of menstruation, if ye doubt, their period (of waiting) shall be three months. This was abrogated from the former verse. Again he said: (O ye who believe, if ye wed believing women) and divorce them before ye have touched them, then there is no period that ye should reckon.”
AbdurRahman reported on the authority of his uncle that the people of the tribe Aslam came to the Prophet (ﷺ). He said (to them): Did you fast on this day? They replied: No. He said: Complete the rest of your day, and make atonement for it.
The sunnah for one who is observing i’tikaf (in a mosque) is not to visit a patient, or to attend a funeral, or touch or embrace one’s wife, or go out for anything but necessary purposes. There is no i’tikaf without fasting, and there is no i’tikaf except in a congregational mosque.
Jubair bin Mut’im reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying about the prisoners taken at Badr. If Mut’im bin ‘Adi had been alive and spoken to me about these filthy ones, I would have left them for him.
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gained booty he ordered Bilal to make a public announcement. He made a public announcement, and when the people brought their booty, he would take a fifth and divide it. Thereafter a man brought a halter of hair and said: Messenger of Allah, this is a part of the booty we got. He asked: Have you heard Bilal making announcement three times? He replied: Yes. He asked: What did prevent you from bringing it? He made some excuse, to which he said: Be (as you are), you may bring it on the Day of Judgment, for I shall not accept it from you.
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: My son has died; what do I receive from his estate? He replied: You receive a sixth. When he turned away he called him and said: You receive another sixth. When he turned away, he called him and said: The other sixth is an allowance (beyond what is due). Qatadah said: They (the Companions) did not know the heirs with whom he was given (a sixth). Qatadah said: The minimum share given to the grandfather was a sixth.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established an alliance (of brotherhood) between the Emigrants and the Helpers in our house. He was asked: Did not the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: There is no alliance in Islam ? He replied: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) established an alliance between the Emigrants and the Helpers in our house. This he said twice or thrice.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not on my own that I give you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting it where I have been commanded.
They i.e ‘Ali and al-‘Abbas (Allah be pleased with them), were quarrelling about what Allah bestowed on His Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), that is, the property of Banu al-Nadir. Abu Dawud said: He (‘Umar) intended that the name of division should not apply to it.
The Prophet fought with the people of Khaybar, and captured their palm-trees and land, and forced them to remain confined to their fortresses. So they concluded a treaty of peace providing that gold, silver and weapons would go to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and whatever they took away on their camels would belong to them, on condition that they would not hide and carry away anything. If they did (so), there would be no protection for them and no treaty (with Muslims). They carried away a purse of Huyayy ibn Akhtab who was killed before (the battle of) Khaybar. He took away the ornaments of Banu an-Nadir when they were expelled. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked Sa’yah: Where is the purse of Huyayy ibn Akhtab? He replied: The contents of this purse were spent on battles and other expenses. (Later on) they found the purse. So he killed Ibn AbulHuqayq, captured their women and children, and intended to deport them. They said: Muhammad, leave us to work on this land; we shall have half (of the produce) as you wish, and you will have half. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to make a contribution of eighty wasqs of dates and twenty wasqs of wheat to each of his wives.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took out his fifth from the booty of Khaybar, and divided the rest of it among those who attended the battle and among those who were away from it but attend the expedition of al-Hudaybiyyah.
Ibn ‘Abbas said that the Prophet (ﷺ) gave three instructions saying “Expel the polytheists from Arabia, reward deputations as I did”. Ibn ‘Abbas said “He either did not mention the third or I have been caused to forget it. Al Humaidi said on the authority of Sufyan that Sulaiman said “I do not know whether Sa’id mentioned the third and I forgot or he himself did not mention it.”
Jabir bin ‘Abd Allah said that he was told by ‘Umar bin Al Khattab that he heard the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) say “I will certainly expel the Jews and the Christians from Arabia and I shall leave only Muslims in it.”
He asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for giving him some land which had arak trees growing in it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: There is no (permission for) protecting a land which has arak trees growing in it. He said: These arak trees are within the boundaries of my field. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: There is no (permission for) protecting a land which has arak trees growing in it. The narrator Faraj said: By the phrase ‘within the boundaries of my field’ he meant the land which had crop growing in it and was surrounded on four sides.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not swear by your fathers, or by your mothers, or by rivals to Allah; and swear by Allah only, and swear by Allah only when you are speaking the truth.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) found ‘Umar al-Khattab in a caravan while he was swearing by his father. So he said: Allah forbids you to swear by forefathers. If anyone swears, he must swear by Allah or keep silence.
A man stood on the day of Conquest (of Mecca) and said: Messenger of Allah, I have vowed to Allah that if He grants conquest of Mecca at your hands, I shall pray two rak’ahs in Jerusalem. He replied: Pray here. He repeated (his statement) to him and he said: Pray here. He again repeated (his statement) to him. He (the Prophet) replied: Pursue your own course, then. Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been narrated by ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Awf from the Prophet (ﷺ).
The Prophet (ﷺ) owed me a debt and gave me something extra when he paid it.
I cut the ear of a boy, or he cut my ear (the narrator is doubtful). AbuBakr then came to us to perform hajj and we got together with him. But he referred us to Umar ibn al-Khattab. Umar (ibn al-Khattab) said: This reached the extent of retaliation. Call a cupper to me so that he may retaliate. When the cupper was called, he (Umar) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I gave a boy to my maternal aunt, and I hope that she will be blessed in respect of him. I said to her: Do not entrust him to a supper, nor to a goldsmith, nor to a butcher. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by ‘Abd al-A’la from Ibn Ishaq who said: Abu Majidah is a man of Banu Sahm narrating from ‘Umar b. al-Khattab.
A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Abu Majidah al-Sahmi from ‘Umar b. al-Khattab through a different chain of narrators.
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone buys a slave who possesses property. his property belongs to the seller unless buyer makes a provision and if anyone buys palm-trees after they have been fecundated, the fruit belongs to the seller unless the buyer make a provision.
The Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: The milk of milch camels may be drunk for payment when in pledge, and the animal may be ridden for payment when it is pledge; payment being made by the one who rides and the one who drinks. Abu Dawud said: In our opinion this is correct.
I decide between you on the basis of my opinion in cases about which no revelation has been sent down to me.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: recite Surat al-Nisa’. I asked: Shall I recite to you what was sent down to you? He replied: I like to here it from someone else. So I recited (it) until I reached this verse “How then shall it be when We bring from every people a witness?”. Then I raised my head and saw tears falling from his eyes.
The prohibition of wine came down when (the Quranic verse ) came down. It was made from five thing namely, grapes, dates, honey, wheat ,barley. Wine is what infects (khamara) the mind. There are three things I wished that the prophet (ﷺ) would not leave us until he explained them fully to our satisfaction: (share of) grandfather, one who leaves no descendants or ascendants as hairs, and the details of usury.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: (The narrator Musa said in another place: From Samurah ibn Jundub as presumed by Hammad): If anyone gets possession of a relative who is within the prohibited degrees, that person becomes free. AbuDawud said: A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Samurah from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain. Abu Dawud said: Only Hammad b. Salamah has transmitted this tradition and he had doubt in it.
He (the Prophet) exiled him and he lived in a desert (outside Medina). He would come every Friday asking for food.
They shall receive a hundred lashes and toned to death.
The Prophet (ﷺ) fixed the bloodwit for the slain woman to be paid by the relatives of the woman who had slain her, on the father’s side. Abu Dawud said: In a similar way it has been transmitted by al-Hakam from Mujahid from al-Mughirah.
‘Umar consulted the people about the compensation of abortion of woman. Al-Mughirah b. Shu’bah said: I was present with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he gave judgement that a male or female slave should testify you. So he brought Muhammad b. Maslamah to him. Harun added: He then testified him. Imlas means a man striking the belly of his wife. Abu Dawud said: I have been informed that Abu ‘Ubaid said: It (abortion) is called imlas because the woman causes it to slip before the time of delivery. Similarly, anything which slips from the hand or from some other thing is called malasa (slipped).
Son! You will not get the taste of the reality of faith until you know that what has come to you could not miss you, and that what has missed you could not come to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The first thing Allah created was the pen. He said to it: Write. It asked: What should I write, my Lord? He said: Write what was decreed about everything till the Last Hour comes. Son! I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say : He who dies on something other than this does not belong to me.
Adam and Moses held a disputation. Moses said : Adam you are our father. You deprived us and caused us to come out from Paradise. Adam said : You are Moses Allah chose you for his speech and wrote the Torah for you with his hand. Do you blame me for doing a deed which Allah had decreed that I should do forty year before he created me? So Adam got the better of Moses in argument. Ahmad b. Salih said from ‘Amr from Tawus who heard Abu Hurairah.
The Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) who spoke the truth and whose word was belief told us the following : The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother’s womb, then they become a piece of congealed blood for a similar period, then they become a lump of flesh for a similar period. Then Allah sends to him an angel with four words who records his provision the period of his life, his deeds, and whether he will be miserable or blessed ; thereafter he breathes the spirit into him. One of you will do the deeds of those who go to Paradise so that there will be only a cubit between him and it or will be within a cubit, then what is decreed will overcome him so that he will do the deeds of those who go to Hell and will enter it; and one of you will do the deeds of those who go to hell, so that there will be only a cubit between him and it or will be within a cubit, then what is decreed will overcome him, so that he will do the deeds of those who go to Paradise and will enter it.
A man asked : where is my father, Messenger of Allah? He replied! Your father is in Hell. When he turned his back, he said : My father and your father are in Hell.
Avoid sitting in the roads. The people said: Apostle of Allah! We must have meeting places in which to converse. The apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: If you insist on meeting, give the road its due. They asked: What is the due of roads, Apostle of Allah? He replied: Lowering the eyes, removing anything offensive, returning salutation, commanding what is reputable and forbidding what is disreputable.
The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade that a man should lie placing(and according to Qutaibah’s version: “should raise”) one of his legs over the other. Qutaibah’s version adds: When he was lying on his back.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a man tells something and then departs, it is a trust.
The vilest names in Allah’s sight on the Day of resurrection will be that of a man called Malik al-Amlak. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Shu’aib b. Abi Hamzah from Abi al-Zinad through different chain of narrators. This version has the words “akhna’ ismin” (most obscene name) instead of “akhna ismin” (the vilest name).
one who is riding should salute one who is walking. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition.
Allah’s Messenger said: ‘Whoever performs Wudu, making Wudu well, then says: (Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, wahdahu la sharika lahu, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan-abduhu wa rasuluhu, Allahummajalni minat tawwabin, waj’alni minal mutatahhirin) ‘I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone, there are no partners for Him. And I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. O Allah! Make me among the repentant, and make me among those who purify themselves.’ Then eight gates of Paradise are opened for him, that may enter by whichever of them wishes.”
he asked the Prophet: “Can one of us sleep while he is Junub?” So he replied: “Yes, when he performs Wudu.”
“Allah’s Messenger would talk during the night with Abu Bakr about matters concerning the Muslims while I was with them.”
“On the Day of Al-Khandaq (the battle of the Trench), Umar bin Al-Khattab came cursing the disbelievers of Quraish and said: ‘O Allah’s Messenger! I could not offer he Asr prayer until the sun was about to set.’ The Prophet said: ‘By Allah! I too have not offered the Salat.'” So he said: “We descended into Buthan, Allah’s Messenger performed Wudu and we too performed Wudu. Allah’s Messenger prayed Asr after the sun had set, then after it he prayed Maghrib.”
Same as 255 (above) with a different chain
“Umar bin Al-Khattab said to us: ‘The knees are the Sunnah for you, so hold the knees.'”
“Indeed the supplication stops between the heavens and the earth. Nothing of it is raised up until you send Salat upon your Prophet.”
“No one should sell in our markets except one who has understanding in the religion.”
“Umar bin Al-Khattab was giving a Khutbah on Friday when a man from the Companions of the Prophet entered. So he said: “What time is it?” So he said: ‘I don’t know, I heard the call and did nothing more than perform Wudu.’ So he said: And Wudu again!? I know surely that the Messenger of Allah has ordered Ghusl.'”
“Umar bin Al-Khattab asked Abu Waqid Al-Laithi what Allah’s Messenger would recite during Al-Fitr and Al-Adha, so he said: ‘He would recite: Qaf, By the Glorious Quran and the Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder.'”
“I performed eleven prostrations with the Messenger of Allah, among them was that which is in Surat An-Najm.”
the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever slept, (missing) his section or some of it, then he recited it between the Fajr prayer and the Zuhr prayer, it is written for him as if he had recited it in the night.”
Umar gave a horse to be used in the cause of Allah. Then he saw it being sold, so he wanted to buy it, but the Prophet said: “Do not take back what you have given in charity.”
The Messenger of Allah said: “When the night advances and the day retreats, and the sun is hidden, then the fast is to be broken.”
he asked Ibn Al-Musaiyab about fasting on a journey, so he narrated to him that Umar bin Al-Khattab said: “We fought in two battles along with the Messenger of Allah during Ramadan; the Day of Badr, and the Conquest (of Makkah), so we broke our fast during them.”
“A man died among the Ansar named Qarazah bin Ka’b, and he was being wailed over. So Al-Mughirah bin Shu’bah came and ascended the Minbar. He uttered thanks and praise to Allah and said: “As for the gravity of wailing in Islam, indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: ‘The one who is wailed over is punished as long as he is being wailed over.'”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) judged for the accidental blood-Money: Twenty Bint Makhad, twenty make Ibn Makhad, twenty Bint Labunm twenty Jadha’ah, and twenty Hiqqah. (Another chain) with similar meaning.
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The father does not suffer retaliation for the son.”
“A man bit the hand of another man. The man who was bitten pulled his hand out, causing two of his incisors (teeth) to fall out. They brought their case of the Prophet (ﷺ). So he said: “One of you bites his brother like the stallion bites? There is no blood-money for you.’ So Allah Most High revealed: Wounds, equal for equal.”
from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet (ﷺ) imprisoned a man for an accusation, then he let him go.
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “If one of your slave girl commits illegal sexual intercourse, then whip her three times according to the Book of Allah, and if she does it again then sell her, even if it is for a rope made of hair.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stayed in Al-Madinah for ten years performing the Udhiyah.
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not vow, for the vows does not prevent what is decreed at all, and it only causes the miser to spend (of his wealth).”
“When the Prophet (ﷺ) overtook a people he would stay at the outskirts of their city for three nights.”
From her father who told her that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited intercourse with female prisoners, until they deliver what is in their wombs.” There is something on this topic from Ruwaifi’ bin Thabit, and the Hadith of ‘Irbad is a Gharib Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge. Al-Awza’i said: “When a man purchases a slave girl from the captives and she is pregnant, then it has been related from ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab that he said: ‘Do not have intercourse with the pregnant women until she gives birth.'” Al-Awza’i said: “As for the free women, then the Sunnah about them has passed, in that the ‘Iddah is observed.” All of this was narrated to me by ‘Ali bin Khushram who said: ” ‘Eisa bin Yunus narrated to us from Al-Awza’i.”
From his father, who said: “I asked the Prophet (ﷺ) about the food of the Christians. He (ﷺ) said: ‘Do not allow food to put uneasiness in your chest similar to the doubts of Christianity about it.” This Hadith is Hasan
That a woman was found killed in one of the expeditions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) rebuked that, and he prohibited killing women and children. There are narrations on this topic from Buraidah and Rabah – and they say he was Riyah – bin Ar-Rabi’, Al-Aswad bin Sari’, Ibn ‘Abbas, and As-Sa’b bin Jaththamah. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and others. They disliked killing women and children. This is the view of Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Ash-Shafi’i. Some of the people of knowledge made an exception for killing the women who had children with them during night attacks, this is the view of Ahmad and Ishaq, they permitted it in night attacks.
That the Prophet (ﷺ) said to a delegation from ‘Abdul-Qais: “I order you to give the Khumus from your spoils of war.” He said: There is a story with this Hadith This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever plunders then he is not of us.” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih Gharib as a Hadith of Anas.
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Bring me a shoulder blade or tablet.” Then he wrote: Not equal are those of believers who sit. ‘Amr bin Umm Maktum who was behind him said: “Is there an exemption for me?” So the following was revealed: Except those who are disabled. There are narrations on this topic from Ibn ‘Abbas, Jabir and Zaid bin Thabit. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih and it is a Hadith that is Gharib from the narration of Sulaiman At-Taimi from Abu Ishaq. And Shu’bah and Ath-Thawri reported this Hadith from Abu Ishaq.
That Ibn Juraij commented on Allah’s saying: Obey Allah and obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you. He said: “Abdullah bin Hudhafah bin Qais bin ‘Adi As-Sahmi was sent by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) over a military expedition. I was informed of that by Ya’la bin Muslim, from Sa’eed bin Jubair, from Ibn ‘Abbas. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih Gharib. We do not know if it except as a narration of Ibn Juraij.
“I asked Jabir: ‘Is badger kind of game animal?’ He said: ‘Yes.'” He said: “I said: ‘Should I eat it?’ He said: ‘Yes.'” He said: ‘I said: ‘Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say that ?’ He said: ‘Yes.'” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. Some of the people of knowledge followed this. They did not see any harm eating badger. This is the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. A Hadith has been related from the Prophet (ﷺ) indicating disapproval of eating badger but its chain is not strong. Some of the people of knowledge disliked eating badger. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubarak. Yahya bin Al-Qattan said: “Jarir bin Hazm reported this Hadith from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Ubaid bin ‘Umair, from Ibn Abi ‘Ammar, from Jabir, from ‘Umar, as his saying. And the narration of Ibn Juraij (a narrator in the chain of this Hadith) is more correct. And Ibn Abi ‘Ammar is ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Abdullah bin Abi ‘Ammar Al-Makki.
That the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Close the door, tie the water-skin, turn over the vessel, or cover the vessel, and extinguish the torch. Indeed Ash-Shaitan does not open what is closed, nor undo what is fastened, nor uncover a vessel, but the small vermin may cause a fire in people’s houses.” He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn ‘Umar, Abu Hurairah, and Ibn ‘Abbas. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih, and it has been reported through other routes from Jabir.
From his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not leave the fire (burning) in your houses when you sleep.” This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
“Whoever saw me (in a dream) while sleeping then he has indeed seen me. For indeed the Shaitan can not resemble me.”
“The molar teeth of the disbeliever will be like Uhud (mountain).”
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Salat Al-Wusta is Salat Al-‘Asr.”
that ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab said: “When this Ayah was revealed: Some among them will be wretches and (others) blessed (11:105). I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: ‘O Prophet of Allah! Based upon what are we then working; something that has already finished or something that has not yet happened?’ He said: ‘Rather something that has happened, and the Pens have already passed over it O ‘Umar! But for everyone, what he has been created for is made easy.'”
that regarding the saying of Allah, Most High: “The Day when We shall call together all human beings with their (respective) Imam (17:71)” the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “One of you will be called out to be given his record in his right hand, he will be grown in his body to sixty forearm-lengths, his face will be whitened, and a crown of sparkling pearls will be placed upon his head. So he will go to his companions, who can see him from afar, and they will say: ‘O Allah! Bring this one to us, and let us be blessed by him.’ Until he reaches them, and says to them: ‘Receive the good news! For each man among you shall be the likes of this.'” “As for the disbeliever, then his face shall be blackened, he will be grown in his body to sixty forearm-lengths in the image of Adam, he will given a crown, and his companions will see him and say: ‘We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of this one. O Allah! Do not bring this one to us.'” He said: “So when he reaches them, they say: ‘O Allah! Take him away’ so they will be told: ‘May Allah cast you away! Indeed for each man among you is the likes of this.'”
regarding Allah’s saying: “It may be that your Lord will raise you to a praised station (17:79)” that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about it and he said: “It is the intercession.”
that Ibn ‘Abbas said: “Do you know what is the width of Jahannam?” I said: “No.” He said: “Yes, and by Allah I do not know. ‘Aishah narrated to me that she asked the Messenger of ALlah (ﷺ) about Allah’s saying: ‘On the Day of Resurrection the whole earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in his Right Hand (39:67).’ She said: ‘I said “Where will the people be on that day O Messenger of Allah?” He said: “Upon the bridge over Jahannam.”
that ‘Aishah said: “O Messenger of Allah! – On the Day of Resurrection the whole earth will be grasped by His Hand and the heavens will be rolled up in His Right Hand (39:67). Where will the believers be?” He said: “Upon the Sirat O ‘Aishah!”
from Samurah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Al-Hasab is wealth and Al-Karam is Taqwa.”
“I asked Zirr bin Hubaish about the saying of Allah the Might and Sublime: And was a distance of two bow lengths or less (53:9). So he said: ‘Ibn Mas’ud informed me that the Prophet (ﷺ) saw Jibra’il, and he had six-hundred wings.'”
“The Messenger of Allah recited: Verily, We have created them a special creation. He said: “Among that special creation is the women who were decrepit, bleary eyed and elderly in the world.”
“The Messenger of Allah ordered burning and cutting down the date palms of Banu An-Nadir, and that (place was called Al-Buwairah. So Allah revealed: What you cut down of the Linah, or you left of them standing on their trunks, it was by the leave of Allah, and in order that He might disgrace the rebellious.”
“We were participating in a battle along with the Messenger of Allah, and there were some people from the Bedouins with us. So we all rushed toward some water and the Bedouins raced us to it. One of the Bedouins beat his companions to it and he (tried to obstruct) the pond, he placed rocks around it and he put a leather sheet over it until his companions came.” He said: “A man among the Ansar reached the Bedouin and he dropped the reigns of his camel to drink, but the Bedouin would not allow him. So he started removing the barriers around the water, but the Bedouin raised a stick beating the Ansari man on the head, and smashed it. He went to Abdullah bin Ubayy, the head of the hypocrite, to inform him – he was in fact one of his companions. So Abdullah bin Ubayy became enraged, the he said: ‘Do not spend anything on whoever is with Muhammad until they depart.’ Meaning the Bedouins. They were preparing food for the Messenger of Allah. So Abdullah said: ‘When they depart from Muhammad, then bring Muhammad some food, and let him and whoever is with him eat it.’ Then he said to his companions: ‘If we return to Al-Madinah, indeed the more honorable will expel therefrom the meaner.’” Zaid said: “And I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah, and I had heard Abdullah bin Ubayy, so I informed my uncle who went to tell the Messenger of Allah. He sent a message to him (Abdullah) but he took an oath and denied it.” He said: “So the Messenger of Allah accepted what he said and did not believe me. So my uncle came to me and said: ‘You only wanted the Messenger of Allah to hate you, and the Muslims to say that you lied.’” He said: “I suffered such worry as has not been suffered by anyone else.” He said: “(Later) while I was on the move with the Messenger of Allah on a journey, my mind was relieved of worry, since the Messenger of Allah came to me and rubbed my ear and smiled in my face. I would never be happier than with that as long as the world remained. Then Abu Bakr caught up to me, and said: ‘What did the Messenger of Allah say to you?’ I said: ‘He did not say anything to me, he only rubbed my ear and smiled in my face.’ He said: ‘Receive the good news!’ Then Umar caught up with me and I said the same to him as I had said to Abu Bakr. In the morning the Messenger of Allah recited Surat Al-Munafiqin.”
‘They Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists.’ He said: “One of them will be standing in sweat up to the middle of his ears.”
“I heard `Uthman bin `Affan (ra) saying: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no worshiper who says, in the morning of every day, and the evening of every night: ‘In the Name of Allah, who with His Name, nothing in the earth or the heavens can cause harm, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing (Bismillāh, alladhi lā yaḍurru ma`a ismihi shai’un fil-arḍi wa lā fis-samā’, wa huwas-Samī`ul `Alīm)’ – three times, (except that) nothing shall harm him.” And Aban had been stricken with a type of semi-paralysis, so a man began to look at him, so Aban said to him, “What are you looking at? Indeed the Hadith is as I reported it to you, but I did not say it one day, so Allah brought about His decree upon me.”
concerning the saying of Allah: O our Lord, give us good in this world, and good in the Hereafter. He said: “Knowledge and worship in this world, and Paradise in the Hereafter.”
that a Bedouin gave the pledge to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) for Islam, then he was afflicted by the sickness in Al-Madinah. So the Bedouin went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: “Take back my pledge.” But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) refused. Then the Bedouin left and came back and said: “Take back my pledge,” and he refused. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Al-Madinah is but like bellows, it expels its filth and purifies its good.”
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Aslam, may Allah make them safe: Ghifar, may Allah forgive them, and ‘Usayyah has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.”
“I was with the Prophet on a journey. He went away to relieve himself, then he came and called for water and performed ablution.”
“I entered upon ‘Ali bin Abu Talib and he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah used to go to the lavatory and relieve himself, then come out, and he would eat bread and meat with us and recite Qur’an, nothing stopped him’ or perhaps he said: ‘prevented him from doing so except sexual impurity.'”
“The Messenger of Allah said: There are two characteristics in which the Muslims are dependent upon their Mu’adh-dhins: their prayer and their fasting.”
“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘When one of you performs ablution and does it well, then he comes to the mosque with no other motive but prayer and not seeking anything other than the prayer, he does not take one step but Allah raises him in status one degree thereby, and takes away one of his sins, until he enters the mosque. When he enters the mosque he is in a state of prayer so long as he is waiting for the prayer.'”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: “Do not squat between the two prostrations.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) liked the Muhajirun and Ansar to stand closest to him, so that they could learn from him.”
“It was said to the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘The left side of the mosque has been abandoned. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever frequents the left side of the mosque, two Kifl* of reward will be recorded for him.”
“When one of you enters the mosque, let him perform two Rak’ah before he sits down.”
“The prayer when traveling is two Rak’ah, and Friday is two Rak’ah, and Al-Fitr and Al-Adha are two Rak’ah, complete, not shortened, as told by Muhammad (ﷺ).”
“I met Abu Salamah bin ‘Abdur-Rahman and said: ‘Tell me a Hadith that you heard from your father, in which mention is made of the month of Ramadan.’ He said: ‘Yes, my father narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) mentioned the month of Ramadan and said: “A month which Allah has enjoined upon you to fast, and in which I have established Qiyam (prayers at night) as Sunnah for you. So whoever fasts it and spends its nights in prayer out of faith and in hope of reward; he will emerge from his sins as on the day his mother bore him.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever prays a great deal at night, his face will be handsome during the day.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever regularly prays two Rak’ah of Duha, his sins will be forgiven even if they are like the foam of the sea.’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach us Istikharah, just as he used to teach us a Surah of the Qur’an. He said: ‘If anyone of you is deliberating about a decision he has to make, then let him pray two Rak’ah of non- obligatory prayer, then say: Allahumma inni astakhiruka bi ‘ilmika wa astaqdiruka bi qudratika wa as’aluka min fadlikal-‘azim, fa innaka taqdiru wa la aqdir, wa ta’lamu wa la a’lam, wa Anta ‘allamul-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu hadhal-amra (then the matter should be mentioned by name) ma kan min shay’in khairan li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri, aw khairanli fi ‘ajili amri wa ajilihi, faqdurhu li wa yassirhu li wa barik li fihi. Wa in kunta ta’lamu [O Allah, I seek Your guidance (in making a choice) by virtue of Your knowledge, and I seek ability by virtue of Your power, and I ask You of Your great bounty. You have power, I have none. And You know, I know not. You are the Knower of hidden things. O Allah, if in Your knowledge, this matter (then it should be mentioned by name) is good for me in my religion, my livelihood and my affairs, or both in this world and in the Hereafter then ordain it for me, make it easy for me, and bless it for me. And if in Your knowledge]. Then saying similar to what he said the first time, except: Wa in kana sharran li fasrifhu ‘anni wasrifni ‘anhu waqdur li al-khair haithuma kana thumma raddini bihi (If it is bad for me then turn it away from me and turn me away from it, and ordain for me the good wherever it may be and make me pleased with it).’”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us and said: ‘Whoever has some need from Allah or from any of His creation, let him perform ablution and pray two Rak’ah, then let him say: La ilaha illallahul-Halimul- Karim. Subhan-Allahi Rabbil-‘arshil-‘azim. Al-hamdu Lillahi Rabbil-‘Alamin. Allahumma inni as’aluka mujibat rahmatika, wa ‘aza’ima maghfiratika, wal-ghanimata min kulli birrin, was-salamata min kulli ithmnin. As’aluka alla tada’a li dhanban illa ghafartahu, wa la hamman illa farrajtahu, wa la hajah hiya laka ridan illa qadaitaha li (None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, the Forbearing, the Most Generous. Glory is to Allah, the Lord of the Mighty Throne. Praise is to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. O Allah, I ask You for the means of Your mercy and forgiveness, the benefit of every good deed and safety from all sins. I ask You not to leave any sin of mine but You forgive it, or any distress but You relieve it, or any need that is pleasing to You but You meet it). Then he should ask Allah for whatever he wants in this world and in the Hereafter, for it is decreed.”
“We used to menstruate at the time of the Prophet (ﷺ), and he would order us to make up for the (missed) fasts.’”
“I asked Umm Salamah about a man who gets up in the morning when he is in a state of sexual impurity and wants to fast. She said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to get up in the morning in a state of sexual impurity after having intercourse, not from a wet dream, then he would take a bath and complete his fast.’”
When the Prophet (ﷺ) observed I’tikaf, his bedding would be spread for him, or his bed would be placed there for him, behind the Pillar of Repentance.
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Allah is not too shy to tell the truth,” three times. “Do not have intercourse with women in their buttocks.”
‘We used to practice coitus interruptus during the time of the Messenger of Allah when the Qur’an was being revealed.”
“Whoever takes an oath to cut off the ties of kinship, or to do something that is not right, the fulfillment of his vow is not to do that.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever buys food, let him not sell it until he has taken full possession of it.'” (Sahih) In his narration, (one of the narrators) Abu ‘Awanah said: “Ibn ‘Abbas said: ‘I think everything is like food.”‘
“Zaid bin Thabit told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave a concession regarding the sale of the estimated harvest of ‘Araya return for dried dates.” (Sahih) Yahya (one of the narrators) said: “The ‘Araya is when a man purchases dates on the trees for food that his family has that is ripe, by estimating them (the dates).”
“Camels are the pride of their owners, and sheep are a blessing, and goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came in one day looking happy, and said: ‘O ‘Aishah, did you not see that Mujazziz Al-Mudliji entered upon me and saw Usamah and Zaid. There was a blanket over them and their faces were covered but their feet were exposed, and he said: ‘These feet belong to one another’.”
We came to Abu Hurairah and asked him about a companion of ours who had become bankrupt. He said: “This is what the Prophet (ﷺ) ruled: ‘Any man who dies or becomes bankrupt, the owner of the product has more right to it, if he finds the exact thing.”
the Prophet (ﷺ) died while his armor was pawned to a Jew for food.
“I heard Iyas bin ‘Abd Muzani say – when he saw people selling water: ‘Do not sell water, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbidding selling of water.’ ”
“Preemption is like undoing the `Iqal.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The lost animal of the Muslim may lead to the burning flame of Hell.’ ”
“Do not punish with more than ten whips.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me to a man who had married his father’s wife after he died, to strike his neck (execute him) and confiscate his wealth.”
“Whoever kills deliberately, he will be handed over to the heirs of the victim. If they want, they may kill him, or if they want, they may accept the blood money, which is thirty Hiqqah, thirty Jadha’ah and forty Khalifah. This is the blood money for deliberate slaying. Whatever is settled by reconciliation belongs to them, and that is a binding covenant.”
“It is disbelief for a man to attribute himself to someone other than his father knowingly, or to deny his connection to his father, even subtly.”*
“Every child who is attributed to his father after his father to whom he is attributed has died, and his heirs attributed him to him after he died, he ruled that* whoever was born to a slave woman whom he owned at the time when he had intercourse with her, he should be named after the one to whom he was attributed, but he has no share of any inheritance that was distributed previously. Whatever inheritance he finds has not yet been distributed, he will have a share of it. But he cannot be named after his father if the man whom he claimed as his father did not acknowledge him. If he as born to a slave woman whom his father did not own, or to a free woman with whom he committed adultery, then he cannot be named after him and he does not inherit from him, even if the one whom he claims as his father acknowledges him. So he is an illegitimate child who belongs to his mother’s people, whoever they are, whether she is a free woman or a slave.”
“The people of Al-Madinah should begin the Talbiyah from Dhul- Hulaifah, the people of Sham from Juhfah, and the people of Najd from Qarn.” ‘Abdullah said: “As for these three, I heard them from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). And it reached me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘And the people of Yemen should enter Ihram from Yalamlam.’”
“We said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should we not build you a house in Mina that will be a means of shade for you?’ He said: ‘No, Mina is just a stopping place for those who get there first.’”
“We went in the morning on this day with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from Mina to ‘Arafat. Some of us recited the Takbir (Allahu Akbar) and some of us recited the Tahlil (La ilaha illallah), and neither criticized the other.”
“I saw the Prophet (saw0 on the Day of Sacrifice, at ‘Aqabah Pillar, riding a mule. He said: ‘O people! When you stone the Pillar, throw small pebbles.’”
‘Aishah the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said; “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to send the sacrificial animal from Al-Madinah, and I would twist the garlands for his sacrificial animal, then, he would not (because of that) avoid the things that the one in Ihram avoids.”
“The Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what are these sacrifices?’ He said: ‘The Sunnah of your father Ibrahim.’ They said: ‘What is there for us in them, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘For every hair, one merit.’ They said: ‘What about wool, O Messenger of Allah?’ He said: ‘For every hair of wool, one merit.’”
“At the time of Khaibar we ate horses and wild donkeys.”
“I do not eat while reclining.”
“I gave the Prophet (ﷺ) a gift of a sheep, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat on his knees to eat. A Bedouin said: ‘What is this sitting?’ He said: ‘Allah has made me a humble and generous slave (of Allah) and has not made me arrogant and stubborn.’”
“None of you should wipe his hand until he has licked it, for he does not know where the blessing if in his food.’”
“O Allah, bless us in our city and in our fruits, in our Mudd and in our Sa’,* blessing upon blessing.” Then he would give it to the smallest of the children present.
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-ju’, fa innahu bi’sad- daji’, wa a’udhu bika minal-khiyanah, fa innaha bi’satil-bitanah (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from hunger, for it is a bad companion, and I seek refuge with You from treachery, for it is a bad thing to hide in one’s heart).’”
“I see that you dye your beard yellow with Wars.” Ibn ‘Umar said: “As for my dyeing of my beard yellow with Wars, I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dyeing his beard yellow.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade wearing gold rings.”
“We said to the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ): ‘ You send us and we stay with people who do not show us any hospitality. WHat do you think of that?’ The MEssenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If you stay with people and they give you what a guest deserves, then accept it. If they do not do that , then take from them what they should have offered, which a guest is entitled to.'”
“I had two times of visiting the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), at night and during the day. If I came to him when he was praying, he would clear his throat (to let me know he was praying).”
“the Prophet(ﷺ) would coat (with hair removing chemical) and remove the pubic hairs with his hand.”
“Islam began as something strange and will go back to being strange, so glad tidings to the strangers.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”
“I heard your Prophet (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever focuses all his concerns on one thing, the Hereafter, Allah will relieve him of worldly concerns, but whoever has disparate concerns scattered among a number of worldly issues, Allah will not care in which of its valleys he died.’”
“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a sermon, his eyes would turn red, he would raise his voice and he would speak with intensity, as if he were warning of an (enemy) army, saying, ‘They will surely attack you in the morning, or they will surely attack you in the evening!’ He would say: ‘I and the Hour have been sent like these two,’ and he would hold his index and middle finger. Then he would say: ‘The best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. The most evil matters are those that are newly-invented, and every innovation (Bid’ah) is a going astray.’ And he used to say: ‘Whoever dies and leaves behind some wealth, it is for his family, and whoever leaves behind a debt or dependent children, then they are both my responsibility.'”
While we were one day sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) there appeared before us a man dressed in extremely white clothes and with very black hair. No traces of journeying were visible on him, and none of us knew him. He sat down close by the Prophet (ﷺ) rested his knees against the knees of the Prophet (ﷺ) and placed his palms over his thighs, and said: “O Muhammad! Inform me about Islam.” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied: “Islam is that you should testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger (ﷺ), that you should perform salah (ritual prayer), pay the zakah, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj (pilgrimage) to the House (the Ka`bah at Makkah), if you can find a way to it (or find the means for making the journey to it).” He said: “You have spoken the truth.” We were astonished at his thus questioning him (ﷺ) and then telling him that he was right, but he went on to say, “Inform me about Iman (faith).” He (the Prophet) answered, “It is that you believe in Allah and His angels and His Books and His Messengers and in the Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good and in its evil aspects.” He said, “You have spoken the truth.” Then he (the man) said, “Inform me about Ihsan.” He (the Prophet) answered, “It is that you should serve Allah as though you could see Him, for though you cannot see Him yet He sees you.” He said, “Inform me about the Hour.” He (the Prophet) said, “About that the one questioned knows no more than the questioner.” So he said, “Well, inform me about its signs.” He said, “They are that the slave-girl will give birth to her mistress and that you will see the barefooted ones, the naked, the destitute, the herdsmen of the sheep (competing with each other) in raising lofty buildings.” Thereupon the man went off. I waited a while, and then he (the Prophet) said, “O `Umar, do you know who that questioner was?” I replied, “Allah and His Messenger know better.” He said, “That was Jibril. He came to teach you your religion.”