Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of Purification

“Umm Habibah bint Jahsh suffered Istihadah (non-menstrual vaginal bleeding) for seven years. She complained about that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘That is not menstruation; rather that is (bleeding from) a vein, so perform Ghusl then pray.'”

“Umm Habibah bint Jahsh- the wife of ‘Abdur-Rahman bin ‘Awf and the sister of Zainab bint Jahsh – suffered Istihadah (non-mentrual vaginal bleeding).” She said: “She consulted the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: ‘That is not menstruation, rather that is a vein. When you period goes, perform Ghusl and pray, and when it comes, stop praying (for that period).'” ‘Aishah said: “She used to perform Ghusl for every prayer and pray. Sometimes she would perform Ghusl in a washtub in the room of her sister Zainab when she was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and the water would turn red with blood, then she would go out and pray with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). That did not stop her from praying.”

‘That is not menstruation, rather that is a vein, so perform Ghusl and pray.'”

“That is not menstruation, rather it is a vein. Tell her not to pray for the amount of time that her period used to last, then let her perform Ghusl and pray.’ She used to perform Ghusl for every prayer.

“That is a vein, so when your period comes, do not pray, and when your period is over, purify yourself and pray in between one period and the next.” This is evidence that Al-Aqra’ is menstruation. Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman said: Hisham bin ‘Urwah reported this Hadith from ‘Urwah, and he did not mention what Al-Mundhir mentioned in it.

“That is not menstruation, rather it is a kick in the womb, so let her work out the length of the menses that she used to have, and stop praying (for that period of time), then after that let her perform Ghusl for every for every prayer.”

“That is not menstruation, rather it is a vein. Tell her not to pray for the period of time that her period used to last, then let her perform Ghusl and pray.” She used to perform Ghusl for every prayer.

“Umm ‘Atiyah would never mention the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) without saying: ‘May my father be ransomed for him.’ I said: ‘Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say such and such?’ And she said: ‘Yes, may my father be ransomed for him.’ He said: ‘Let the mature girls, virgins staying in seclusion, and menstruating woman go out and witness the good occasions and the supplications of the Muslims, but let the menstruating women keep away from the prayer place.'”

“Pray Fajr when the dawn shines.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever eats of this plant’ – the first time he said ‘garlic’ then he said, ‘garlic, onions and leeks’ – ‘let him not approach us in our Masjids, for the angels are offended by that which offends mankinds.'” In Fath, Al-Bari, Ibn Hajar is of the opinion that it was Ibn Juraij who was talking, explaining that ‘Ata’ – who reported it from Jabir – narrated it both ways.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in teh first rak’ah of Fajr “Say: We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us” to the end verse, and in the second rak’ah, “We believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims.”

He prayed Subh and recited Ar-Rum, but he stumbled in his recitation. When he had finished praying he said: ‘What is the matter with people who pray with us without purifying themselves properly? Those people make us stumble in reciting Quran.'”

“I heard Ubaid bin Umair say: ‘Someone whom I trust’- and I think he meant Aishah- told me: There was an eclipse of the sun during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He led the people in prayer and stood for a very long time, then he bowed, then he stood, then he bowed, then he stood, then he bowed. He prayed two rak’ahs, bowing three times in each rak’ah. After bowing for the third time he prostrated for a long time. Some men fainted on that day and had to be revived by having buckets of water thrown over them, because of having stood for so log. When he bowed, he said: Allahu Akbar, and when he raised his head, he said: Sami’ Allahu lima hamidah.He did not finish until the eclipse had ended. Then he stood and praised and glorified Allah (SWT) and said: The sun and moon do not eclipse for the death or birth of anyone, but they are two of the signs of Allah (SWT) with which He strikes fear unto you. If they are eclipsed then turn to the remembrance of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, until it (the eclipse) is over.'”

The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed, bowing six times and prostrating four times. “I said to Mu’adh: ‘Is this from the Prophet (ﷺ)?’ He said: ‘Without a doubt.'”

“The sun was eclipsed during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He stood and said the takbir, and the people formed rows behind him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited for a long time, then he said the takbir and bowed for a long time, then he raised his head and said: Sami Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal-hamd. Then he stood and recited for a long time, but it was a shorter recitation than the first recitation, then he said the takbir and bowed but it was shorter than the first bowing. Then he said: Sami Allahu liman hamidah, then he prostrated. In this manner, he bowed four times, and the eclipse ended before he had finished. Then he stood and addressed the people. He praised and glorified Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, as He deserves, then he said: The sun and moon are two of the signs of Allah (SWT), Most High. They do not become eclipsed for the death or birth of anyone. If you see that (eclipsed) then pray until it ends. And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: While I was standing just now I saw everything you have been promised. When you saw me moving forward, I wanted to take a cluster of fruit from Paradise. And I saw Hell; parts of it were consuming other parts when you saw me step backward. And I saw therein Ibn Luhayy, who was the first one to establish the Sa’ibah.'”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed, bowing four times, and he recited loudly, and every time he raised his head he said: “Sami Allahu liman hamidah. Rabbana wa lakal-hamd (Allah hears those who praise Him, Our Lord to You be praise.).”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray until he developed fissures in his feet.”

“My father was brought on the day of Uhud and he had been mutilated. He was placed in front of the Messenger of Allah covered with a cloth. I wanted to uncover him but my people forbade m3e to do so. The Prophet ordered that he was lifted up, he heard the voice of a woman weeping. He said: ‘Who is this?’ They said: ‘This is the daughter of ‘Amr, or the sister of ‘Amr.’ He said: ‘Do not weep, or ‘She should not weep, for the angels kept on shading him with their wings until he was lifted up,””

“Do not wail over me, for no one wailed over the Messenger of Allah.” This is an abridgment.

“Allahumma inni a udhu bika min adhabil-qabri wa a ‘udhu bika min ‘adhabin-nar, wa a ‘udhu bika min fitnatil-mahya wal-mamat, wa audhu bika min fitnatil-masihid-dajjal (O Allah, I seek refuge with you from the torment of the grave, and I seek refuge with You from the torment of the Fire, and I seek refuge with You from the trial of the Dajjal).”

a woman helf up a child of hers to the Messenger of Allah and said: “O Messenger of Allah, is there Hajj for this one?” He said: “Yes, and you will be rewarded. (Sahih) “

he used to denounce stipulating conditions in Hajj and said: “Is not the Sunnah of your Prophet sufficient for you? If one of you is prevented (from completing Hajj) by anything, let him come to the House and circumambulate it, and (perform Sai) between As-Safa and Al-Marwah, then let him shave his head or cut his hair, then exit Ihram; and he has to perform Hajj the next year.”

“I sued to twist the garlands of the sacrificial sheep of the Messenger of Allah. Then he did not enter a state of Ihram.”

the Messenger of Allah saw a man driving a Badanah (Sacrificial camel) and said: “Ride it.” He said: “O Messenger of Allah, it is a Badanah.” He said: “Ride it, woe to you!” the second or third time.

“The Messenger of Allah forbade taking a woman as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt.”

“I read a book to Ash-Sha’bi in which it was narrated from Jabir that the Prophet said: ‘A woman should not be taken as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt.’ He said: ‘I heard that from Jabir.'”

“Do not observe Hijab before him, for what becomes unlawful (for marriage) through breast-feeding is that which becomes unlawful through lineage.”

“One of the things that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed” -(one of the narrators) Al-Harith said (in his narration): “One of the things that were revealed in the Qur’an”- “was that ten known breast-feedings make marriage prohibited, then that was abrogated and changed to five known breast-feedings. Then the Messenger of Allah passed away when this was something that was still being recited in the Qur’an.”

“The Prophet swore an oath of abstention from his wives for a month and stayed in his room for twenty-nine days. It was said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, did you not swear an oath of abstention for a month?’ He said: ‘This month is twenty-nine days.'”

“We slaughtered (naharna) a horse during the time of the Messenger of Allah while we were in Al-Madinah, and we ate it.” (Sahih )

“The Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief’s hand) for a shield which was worth five Durham’s.” This is how he (the narrator) said it. (Daif)

“The Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief’s hand) for a shield which was worth three Dirham.” (Sahih) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is correct.

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief’s hand) for a shield which cost three Dirhams.

the Prophet cut off the hand of a thief, who stole a shield, from a portico allocated to women, the price of which was three Dirhams.

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief’s hand) for a shield that was worth three Dirhams.

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief’s hand) for a shield. (Sahih) Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman (An-Nasai) said: This is a mistake.

“Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, cut off (a thief’s hand) for a shield that was worth five Dirhams.

“I heard Anas say: ‘A man stole a shield during the time of Abu Bakr, the value of which was five Dirhams, and he cut off his hand.”‘

the Messenger of Allah cut off (a thief’s hand) for one quarter of a Dinar.

“(The thief’s hand) is not to be cut off except for the price of a shield, one-third of a Dinar or half of Dinar, or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for a quarter of a Dinar, or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

‘Used to cut off the hand of the thief for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“The hand of the thief is to be cut off for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“Cutting off (the hand of the thief) is for one-quarter of a Dinar or more.”

“The Messenger of Allah used to seek refuge by saying these words: ‘Allahumma inni a’udhu bika minal-kasali, wal-harami, wal-jubni, wal-bukhli, wa suw’il-kibari, wa fitnatid-dajjali wa ‘adhabil-qabr (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from laziness, old age, cowardice, miserliness, a bad old age, the tribulation of the Dajjal and the torment of the grave.)'”

She (Habibah) was the wife of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shimmas. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out one morning and found Habibah by his door. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Who is this? She replied: I am Habibah, daughter of Sahl. He asked: What is your case? She replied: I and Thabit ibn Qays, referring to her husband, cannot live together. When Thabit ibn Qays came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: This is Habibah, daughter of Sahl, and she has mentioned (about you) what Allah wished to mention. Habibah said: Messenger of Allah, all that he gave me is with me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Thabit ibn Qays: Take it from her. So he took it from her, and she lived among her people (relatives).

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to observe i’tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. One year he did not observe i’tikaf. When the next year came, he observed i’tikaf for twenty nights (i.e. days).

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to observe I’tikaf during ten days of Ramadan every year. But when the year in which he died, he observed I’tikaf for twenty days.

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to slaughter his sacrificial animal at the place of prayer. Ibn ‘Umar used to do so.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Recite Surah Ya-Sin over your dying men. This is the version of Ibn al-Ala’

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not pray over Ma’iz ibn Malik, and he did not prohibit to pray over him.

When Uthman ibn Maz’un died, he was brought out on his bier and buried. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered a man to bring him a stone, but he was unable to carry it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up and going over to it rolled up his sleeves. The narrator Kathir told that al-Muttalib remarked: The one who told me about the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: I still seem to see the whiteness of the forearms of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when he rolled up his sleeves. He then carried it and placed it at his head saying: I am marking my brother’s grave with it, and I shall bury beside him those of my family who die.

I saw a sign of injury in the shin of Salamah. I asked : What is this ? He replied : I was afflicted. I was afflicted by it on the day of Khaibar. The people said : Salamah has been afflicted. I was then brought to the Prophet (ﷺ). He blew on me three times. I did not feel any pain up till now.

The Quraish were anxious about the Makhzumi woman who had committed theft, They said : Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) about her ? Then they said: Who will be bold enough for it but Uasmah bin Zaid, the prophet’s (ﷺ) friend! So Usamah spoke to him, and the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said : Are you interceding regarding one of the punishments prescribed by Allah ? He then got up and gave an address, saying : What destroyed your predecessors was just that when a person of rank among them committed a theft, They left him alone , and when a weak one of them committed a theft, they inflicted the prescribed punishment on him . I swear by Allah that if Fatimah daughter of Muhammad should steal, I would have her hand cut off.

A man came to the prophet (ﷺ) and said : Messenger of Allah ! I have committed a crime which involves prescribed punishment so inflict it on me . He said : Have you not performed ablution when you came? He said : Yes, He said: Have you not prayed with us when we prayed ? He said : Yes .He then said : Go off, for Allah, the Exalted, forgave you.

Some goods of the people of Kila’ were stolen. They accused some men of the weavers (of theft). They came to an-Nu’man ibn Bashir, the companion of the Prophet (ﷺ). He confined them for some days and then set them free. They came to an-Nu’man and said: You have set them free without beating and investigation. An-Nu’man said: What do you want? You want me to beat them. If your goods are found with them, then it is all right; otherwise, I shall take (retaliation) from your back as I have taken from their backs. They asked: Is this your decision? He said: This is the decision of Allah and His Apostle (ﷺ). Abu Dawud said: By this statement he frightened them ; that is, beating is not necessary except after acknowledgement.

AbuUmamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf said that some companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told that one of their men suffered so much from some illness that he pined away until he was skin and bone (i.e. only a skeleton). A slave-girl of someone visited him, and he was cheered by her and had unlawful intercourse with her. When his people came to visit the patient, he told them about it. He said: Ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the legal verdict for me, for I have had unlawful intercourse with a slave-girl who visited me. So they mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: We have never seen anyone (so weak) from illness as he is. If we bring him to you, his bones will disintegrate. He is only skin and bone. So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded them to take one hundred twigs and strike him once.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: I and a woman whose cheeks have become black shall on the Day of Resurrection be like these two (pointing to the middle and forefinger), i.e. a woman of rank and beauty who has been bereft of her husband and devotes herself to her fatherless children till they go their separate ways or die.

“Allah’s Messenger would pray Subh (at such time that) the women would leave (after the prayer)” – AI-AnsarI (one of the narrators) said – the women would pass by wrapped in their Mirts and they would not be recognizable due to the darkness.” And Qutaibah said: “covered.” (instead of “wrapped.”)

“When the Prophet opened the Salat he would say: (Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika wa tabarakasmuka, wa ta’ala jadduka wa la ilaha ghairuk)” ‘Glorious You are O Allah, and with Your praise, and blessed is Your Name, and exalted is Your majesty, and none has the right to be worshipped but You.’

“When the Messenger of Allah wanted to perform I’tikaf, he would perform Fajr prayer and then he would enter his place of I’tikaf.”

“When the Messenger of Allah performed I’tikaf, he would bring his head near me so I could comb it, and he would not enter the house except for some personal needs.”

From Al-Laith (a similar narration as no. 804)

The Prophet said: “The deceased is punished for the crying of his family over him.” So, Aishah said: “May Allah have mercy upon him. He has not lied, but he is mistaken. It is only that the Messenger of Allah said about a Jewish man who died: ‘The deceased is being punished and his family is crying over him.'”

That the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Ma’iz bin Malik: “Is what has reached me about you true?” He said: “What has reached you about me?” He said: “It has reached me that you had relations with the slave-maid of the family of so-and-so” He said: “Yes.” So he testified four times, and he gave the order that he be stoned.

“A man shall remain exalting himself until he is written among the tyrants, so that he suffers from their afflictions.”

“Constantinople will be conquered with the coming of the Hour.”

the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Whoever says, when he goes to his bed: ‘I seek forgiveness from Allah, alladhi lā ilāha illā huw, al-Ḥayyul-Qayyūm, wa atūbu ilaihi)’ three times, Allah shall forgive him his sins if they were like the foam of the sea, even if they were the number of leaves of the trees, even if they were the number of sand particles of `Alij, even if they were the number of the days of the world.”

“A man came to the Prophet and said: ‘I bathed to cleanse myself from sexual impurity, and I prayed Fajr, then I noticed a spot the size of a fingernail that the water did not reach.’ The Messenger of Allah said: ‘If you had wiped it that would have been sufficient for you.'”

“If food is ready and the Iqamah is being given, then start with the food.”

“Whoever catches one Rak’ah of Friday, let him add another Rak’ah to it.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Pray Witr before morning comes.’”

“I asked ‘Aishah: ‘Did the Prophet (ﷺ) pray Duha?’ She said: ‘Yes; four (Rak’ah) and he would add whatever Allah willed.’”

“When the deceased was placed in the grave, the Prophet (ﷺ) would say: ‘Bismillah, wa ‘ala millati rasul-illah (In the Name of Allah and according to the religion of the Messenger of Allah).’” Abu Khalid said on one occasion, when the deceased was placed in the grave: “Bismillah wa ‘ala sunnati rasul- illah (In the Name of Allah and according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah).” Hisham said in his narration: “Bismillah, wa fi sabil-illah, wa ‘ala millati rasul-illah (In the Name of Allah, for the sake of Allah and according to the religion of the Messenger of Allah).”

“I came to the Messenger of Allah, and I was married to two sisters whom I had married during the Ignorance period. He said: ‘When you go back, divorce one of them.’ ”

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, my cousin comes to me and I swear that I will not give him anything or uphold the ties of kinship with him.’ He said: ‘Offer expiation for what you swore about.'”

“If anyone of you insists on fulfilling what he swore to (after learning that it is wrong) then it is more sinful before Allah than (breaking the oath for which) the expiation that has been enjoined upon him.”

“O Messenger of Allah, I vowed to offer a sacrifice at Buwanah.” He said: “Do you intend any action of Ignorance period?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then fulfill your vow.”

“I said to ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar: ‘Can I pay in advance for a date palm before it bears fruit?’ He said: ‘No.’ I said: ‘Why not?’ He said: ‘A man paid in advance for a grove of trees during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), before they had produced any fruit, and they did not bear anything that year. The purchaser said: ‘They belong to me until they produce but the seller said: ‘I only sold the trees to you for this year! They referred their dispute to the Messenger of Allah who said to the seller: ‘Did he take anything from your date palms?’ He said: ‘No.’ He said: ‘Then why do you regard his wealth as lawful for You? Give back what you took from him, and do not take payment in advance for date palms until their usefulness appears.”‘

“I heard ‘Irbad bin Sariyah say: ‘I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) and a Bedouin said: “Pay me back for my young camel, and he gave him an older (i.e., better) camel.” He said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! It is older (i.e., better) than my camel.’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘The best of people are those who are best in repaying.”‘

“(Wrongdoing) is when a rich man takes a long time to repay a debt, and if one of you is referred to a rich man (to collect a debt), he should accept that referral.”

“When a rich man takes too long to repay a debt, this is wrongdoing, and if the debt is transferred to a rich man, you should accept if.”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressed us and said: ‘Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or allow someone else to cultivate it, and not rent it out.’ ”

It was narrated from Abu Muhammad, the freed slave of Abu Qatadah (from Abu Qatadah) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) awarded him the spoils of a man whom he killed on the Day of Hunain.

“It is as if I can see the races of perfume in the parting (of hair) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), while he is reciting the Talbiyah.”

“It is as if I can see the traces of perfume in the parting (of hair) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) after three days, and he was a Muhrim.”

“When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that things had settled down, in the year of the Conquest (of Makkah), he performed Tawaf on his camel, touching the corner with a staff in his hand. Then he entered the House and found a dove made of aloeswood. He broke it, then he stood at the door of the Ka’bah and threw it out, and I was watching him.”

“I made some food and called the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (to come and eat). He came and saw some images in the house, so he went back.”

“On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), I did not pass by any group of angels but all of them said to me: ‘O Muhammad, you should use cupping.’”

“I recited the Ruqyah for snakebite to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), or it was recited to him, and he commanded that it be used.”

“Dreams are attached to the foot of a bird* until they are interpreted, then when they are interpreted they come to pass.” He said: “And dreams are one of the forty-six parts of prophecy.” He (the narrator) said: “And I think he said: ‘(A person) should not tell them except to one whom he loves or one who is wise.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) woke up red in the face and said: ‘La ilaha illallah, woe to the Arabs from an evil that has drawn nigh. Today a hole has been opened in the barrier of Gog and Magog.’ And he gestured to indicate the size of the hole.” Zainab said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Will we be destroyed when there are righteous people among us?’ He said: ‘If sin and evil deeds increase.’”