” Those to whom they call upon, themselves seek the means or access to their Lord as to whoever of them becomes nearest” (xvii. 57) that it related to a party of Jinn who were being worshipped and they embraced Islam but those who worshipped them kept on worshipping them (though the Jinn whom the […]
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu ‘Umais through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
As-Salam-o-‘Alaikum. They caught hold of him and killed him and took possession of his flock. Then this verse was revealed:” He who meets you and extends you salutations, don’t say: You are not a Muslim” (iv. 94). Ibn ‘Abbas, however, recited the word as-Salam instead of” as-Salam”.
When the Ansar performed the Pilgrimage, they did not enter their houses but from behind. A person from the Ansar came and he began to enter from his door but it was said to him (why he was doing something in contravention to the common practice of coming to the houses from behind). Then this […]
Since our acceptance of Islam and the revelation of this verse in which Allah has shown annoyance to us:” Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah?” (lvii. 16), there was a gap of four years.
During the pre-Islamic days women circumambulated the Ka’ba nakedly, and said: Who would provide cloth to cover the one who is circumambulating the Ka’ba so that she would cover her private parts? And then she would say: Today will be exposed the whole or the part and what is exposed I shall not make it […]
Go and fetch something for us by committing prostitution. It was in this connection that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this verse:” And compel not your slave-girls to prostitution when they desire to keep chaste in order to seek the frail goods of this world’s life, and whoever compels them, then surely after their […]
O, the son of my sister, the Muslims were commanded to seek forgiveness for the Companions of Allah’s Apostle (ﷺ) but they reviled them.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Usama with the same chain of narrators.
The inhabitants of Kufa differed in regard to this verse:” But whoever slays another believer intentionally, his requital shall be Hell” (iv. 92), so I went to Ibn ‘Abbas and asked him about it, whereupon he said: This has been revealed and nothing abrogated it.