GOOD MANNERS AND FORM AS A GOOD MUSLIM

Good Manners and Form (Al−Adab)
8.1:
Narrated Al−Walid bin 'Aizar: I heard Abi `Amr 'Ash−Shaibani
saying, "The owner of this house." he pointed to `Abdullah's
house, "said, 'I asked the Prophet 'Which deed is loved most
by Allah?" He replied, 'To offer prayers at their early (very
first) stated times.' " `Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in
goodness)?" The Prophet said, "To be good and dutiful to one's
parents," `Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?"
The Prophet said, To participate in Jihad for Allah's Cause."
`Abdullah added, "The Prophet narrated to me these three
things, and if I had asked more, he would have told me more."
8.2:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to Allah's Apostle and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Who is more entitled to be treated with
the best companionship by me?" The Prophet said, "Your
mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet said, "Your
mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet
said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who
is next?" The Prophet said, "Your father. "
8.3:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: A man said to the Prophet, "Shall
I participate in Jihad?" The Prophet said, "Are your parents
living?" The man said, "Yes." the Prophet said, "Do Jihad for
their benefit."
8.4:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle said. "It is one
of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents." It
was asked (by the people), "O Allah's Apostle! How does a man
curse his parents?" The Prophet said, "'The man abuses the
father of another man and the latter abuses the father of the
former and abuses his mother."
8.5:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "While three persons
were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took
shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the
mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said
to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which,
you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving
reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from
your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents
who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I
used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night
and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my
parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went
far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and
didn't return home till late at night and found that my
parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and
brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I
disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked
to give the milk to my children before my parents though my
children were crying (from hunger) at my feet. So this state
of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!)
If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your
pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we
can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through
which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O
Allah! I had a she−cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate
man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I
paid her one−hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected
one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in
between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she
said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower
me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O
Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking
Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a
(wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the
opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O
Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a
certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he
demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he
gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that
rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the
price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the
laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o
Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said
(to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he
took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that
I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove
the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them
(from their difficulty).
8.6:
Narrated Al−Mughira: The Prophet said, "Allah has forbidden
you ( 1 ) to be undutiful to your mothers (2) to withhold
(what you should give) or (3) demand (what you do not
deserve), and (4) to bury your daughters alive. And Allah has
disliked that (A) you talk too much about others ( B), ask too
many questions (in religion), or (C) waste your property."
8.7:
Narrated Abu Bakra: Allah's Apostle said thrice, "Shall I not
inform you of the biggest of the great sins?" We said, "Yes, O
Allah's Apostle" He said, "To join partners in worship with
Allah: to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet sat up
after he had been reclining and added, "And I warn you against
giving forged statement and a false witness; I warn you
against giving a forged statement and a false witness." The
Prophet kept on saying that warning till we thought that he
would not stop.
8.8:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle mentioned the
greatest sins or he was asked about the greatest sins. He
said, "To join partners in worship with Allah; to kill a soul
which Allah has forbidden to kill; and to be undutiful or
unkind to one's parents." The Prophet added, "Shall I inform
you of the biggest of the great sins? That is the forged
statement or the false witness." Shu`ba (the sub−narrator)
states that most probably the Prophet said, "the false
witness."
8.9:
Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr: My mother came to me, hoping
(for my favor) during the lifetime of the Prophet asked the
Prophet, "May I treat her kindly?" He replied, "Yes." Ibn
'Uyaina said, "Then Allah revealed: 'Allah forbids you not
with regards to those who fought not against you because of
religion, and drove you not out from your homes, that you
should show them kindness and deal justly with
them.'.......(60.8)
8.10:
Narrated Abu Sufyan: That Heraclius sent for him and said,
"What did he, i.e. the Prophet order you?" I replied, "He
orders us to offer prayers; to give alms; to be chaste; and to
keep good relations with our relatives.
8.11:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: My father, seeing a silken cloak being
sold, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Buy this and wear it on
Fridays and when the foreign delegates pay a visit to you." He
said, "This is worn only by that person who will have no share
in the Hereafter." Later a few silken cloaks were given to the
Prophet as a gift, and he sent one of those cloaks to `Umar.
`Umar said (to the Prophet), "How can I wear it while you have
said about it what you said?" The Prophet said, "I did not
give it to you to wear but to sell or to give to someone else
to wear." So `Umar sent it to his (pagan) brother who was from
the inhabitants of Mecca before he (`Umar's brother) embraced
Islam.
8.12:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al−Ansari: A man said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise." The
people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter
with him?" Allah's Apostle said, "He has something to ask
(what he needs greatly)." The Prophet said (to him), (In order
to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and join none in
worship with Him: You should offer prayers perfectly, give
obligatory charity (Zakat), and keep good relations with your
Kith and kin." He then said, "Leave it!" (The sub−narrator
said, "It seems that the Prophet was riding his she camel."
8.13:
Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: That he heard the Prophet saying,
"The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter
Paradise."
8.14:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Who
ever is pleased that he be granted more wealth and that his
lease of life be pro longed, then he should keep good
relations with his Kith and kin."
8.15:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah 's Apostle said, "Whoever loves
that he be granted more wealth and that his lease of life be
prolonged then he should keep good relations with his Kith and
kin." 8.16:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah created the
creations, and when He finished from His creations, Ar−Rahm
i.e., womb said, "(O Allah) at this place I seek refuge with
You from all those who sever me (i.e. sever the ties of Kith
and kin). Allah said, 'Yes, won't you be pleased that I will
keep good relations with the one who will keep good relations
with you, and I will sever the relation with the one who will
sever the relations with you.' It said, 'Yes, O my Lord.'
Allah said, 'Then that is for you ' " Allah's Apostle added.
"Read (in the Qur'an) if you wish, the Statement of Allah:
'Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief
in the land and sever your ties of kinship?' (47.22)
8.17:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The word 'Ar−Rahm
(womb) derives its name from Ar−Rahman (i.e., one of the names
of Allah) and Allah said: 'I will keep good relation with the
one who will keep good relation with you, (womb i.e. Kith and
Kin) and sever the relation with him who will sever the
relation with you, (womb, i.e. Kith and Kin).
8.18:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet said, "The word
'Ar−Rahm' (womb) derives its name from 'Ar−Rahman' (i.e.
Allah). So whosoever keeps good relations with it (womb i.e.
Kith and kin), Allah will keep good relations with him, and
whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his bonds of Kith and
kin) Allah too will sever His relations with him.
8.19:
Narrated `Amr bin Al−`As: I heard the Prophet saying openly
not secretly, "The family of Abu so−and−so (i.e. Talib) are
not among my protectors." `Amr said that there was a blank
space (1) in the Book of Muhammad bin Ja`far. He added, "My
Protector is Allah and the righteous believing people." `Amr
bin Al−`As added: I heard the Prophet saying, 'But they (that
family) have kinship (Rahm) with me and I will be good and
dutiful to them. "
8.20:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said, "Al−Wasil is
not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his
relatives, but Al−Wasil is the one who keeps good relations
with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with
him."
8.21:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam: That he said, "O Allah's Apostle!
What do you think about my good deeds which I used to do
during the period of ignorance (before embracing Islam) like
keeping good relations with my Kith and kin, manumitting of
slaves and giving alms etc; Shall I receive the reward for
that?" Allah's Apostle said, "You have embraced Islam with all
those good deeds which you did.
8.22:
Narrated Sa`id:
Um Khalid bint Khalid bin Sa`id said, "I came to Allah's
Apostle along with my father and I was wearing a yellow shirt.
Allah's Apostle said, "Sanah Sanah!" (`Abdullah, the
sub−narrator said, "It means, 'Nice, nice!' in the Ethiopian
language.") Um Khalid added, "Then I started playing with the
seal of Prophethood. My father admonished me. But Allah's
Apostle said (to my father), "Leave her," Allah's Apostle
(then addressing me) said, "May you live so long that your
dress gets worn out, and you will mend it many times, and then
wear another till it gets worn out (i.e. May Allah prolong
your life)." (The sub−narrator, `Abdullah aid, "That garment
(which she was wearing remained usable for a long period.").
8.23:
Narrated Ibn Abi Na'm: I was present when a man asked Ibn
`Umar about the blood of mosquitoes. Ibn `Umar said, "From
where are you?" The man replied. "From Iraq." Ibn `Umar said,
"Look at that! he is asking me about the blood of Mosquitoes
while they (the Iraqis ) have killed the (grand) son of the
Prophet. I have heard the Prophet saying, "They (Hasan and
Husain) are my two sweet−smelling flowers in this world."
8.24:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) A lady along with her two daughters
came to me asking me (for some alms), but she found nothing
with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it
between her two daughters, and then she got up and went away.
Then the Prophet came in and I informed him about this story.
He said, "Whoever is in charge of (put to test by) these
daughters and treats them generously, then they will act as a
shield for him from the (Hell) Fire."
8.25:
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet came out towards us, while
carrying Umamah, the daughter of Abi Al−As (his
grand−daughter) over his shoulder. He prayed, and when he
wanted to bow, he put her down, and when he stood up, he
lifted her up.
8.26:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle kissed Al−Hasan bin `Ali
while Al−Aqra' bin H`Abis at−Tamim was sitting beside him.
Al−Aqra said, "I have ten children and I have never kissed
anyone of them," Allah's Apostle cast a look at him and said,
"Whoever is not merciful to others will not be treated
mercifully."
8.27:
Narrated `Aisha:
A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "You (people) kiss the
boys! We don't kiss them." The Prophet said, "I cannot put
mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it."
8.28:
Narrated `Umar bin Al−Khattab: Some Sabi (i.e. war prisoners,
children and woman only) were brought before the Prophet 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 then said, "Allah is more merciful to His slaves than
this lady to her son."
8.29:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, Allah
divided Mercy into one−hundred parts and He kept its
ninety−nine parts with Him and sent down its one part on the
earth, and because of that, its one single part, His creations
are Merciful to each other, so that even the mare lifts up its
hoofs away from its baby animal, lest it should trample on
it."
8.30:
Narrated `Abdullah: I said 'O Allah's Apostle! Which sin is
the greatest?" He said, "To set up a rival unto Allah, though
He Alone created you." I said, "What next?" He said, "To kill
your son lest he should share your food with you." I further
asked, "What next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual
intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." And then Allah
revealed as proof of the statement of the Prophet: 'Those who
invoke not with Allah any other god)................. (to end
of verse)...' (25.68) 8.31:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet took a child in his lap for Tahnik (i.e. he chewed
a date in his mouth and put its juice in the mouth of the
child). The child urinated on him, so he asked for water and
poured it over the place of the urine.
8.32:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid: Allah's Apostle used to put me on
(one of) his thighs and put Al−Hasan bin `Ali on his other
thigh, and then embrace us and say, "O Allah! Please be
Merciful to them, as I am merciful to them. "
8.33:
Narrated `Aisha:
I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija,
though she had died three years before the Prophet married me,
and that was because I heard him mentioning her too often, and
because his Lord had ordered him to give her the glad tidings
that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and
because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat
among her friends.
8.34:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The Prophet said, "I and the person
who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in
Paradise like this," putting his index and middle fingers
together. 8.35:
Narrated Safwan bin Salim: The Prophet said "The one who looks
after and works for a widow and for a poor person, is like a
warrior fighting for Allah's Cause or like a person who fasts
during the day and prays all the night." Narrated Abu Huraira
that the Prophet said as above.
8.36:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The one who looks
after and works for a widow and for a poor person is like a
warrior fighting for Allah's Cause." (The narrator Al−Qa'nabi
is not sure whether he also said "Like the one who prays all
the night without slackness and fasts continuously and never
breaks his fast.") 8.37:
Narrated Abu Sulaiman and Malik bin Huwairith: We came to the
Prophet and we were (a few) young men of approximately equal
age and stayed with him for twenty nights. Then he thought
that we were anxious for our families, and he asked us whom we
had left behind to look after our families, and we told him.
He was kindhearted and merciful, so he said, "Return to your
families and teach them (religious knowledge) and order them
(to do good deeds) and offer your prayers in the way you saw
me offering my prayers, and when the stated time for the
prayer becomes due, then one of you should pronounce its call
(i.e. the Adhan), and the eldest of you should lead you in
prayer.
8.38:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was
walking on a road. he became very thirsty. Then he came across
a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came
out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of
excessive thirst. The man said to himself "This dog is
suffering from the same state of thirst as I did." So he went
down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with water) and
held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him
for that deed and forgave him." The people asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?" He
said, "(Yes) There is a reward for serving any animate (living
being) ."
8.39:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle stood up for the prayer
and we too stood up along with him. Then a bedouin shouted
while offering prayer. "O Allah! Bestow Your Mercy on me and
Muhammad only and do not bestow it on anybody else along with
us." When the Prophet had finished his prayer with Taslim, he
said to the Bedouin, "You have limited (narrowed) a very vast
(thing)," meaning Allah's Mercy.
8.40:
Narrated An−Nu`man bin Bashir: Allah's Apostle said, "You see
the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves
and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling
one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then
the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever
with it."
8.41:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "If any Muslim
plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it, he
will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity."
8.42:
Narrated Jarir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "He who is not
merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully.
8.43:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said "Gabriel continued to recommend me about
treating the neighbors Kindly and politely so much so that I
thought he would order me to make them as my heirs.
8.44:
Narrates Ibn `Umar: Allah' Apostle said, Gabriel kept on
recommending me about treating the neighbors in a kind and
polite manner, so much so that I thought that he would order
(me) to make them (my) heirs."
8.45:
Narrated Abu Shuraih: The Prophet said, "By Allah, he does not
believe! By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not
believe!" It was said, "Who is that, O Allah's Apostle?" He
said, "That person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his
evil."
8.46:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet used to say, "O Muslim
ladies! A neighbouress should not look down upon the present
of her neighbouress even it were the hooves of a sheep."
8.47:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Anybody who
believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his
neighbor, and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day
should entertain his guest generously and anybody who believes
in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep
quiet. (i.e. abstain from all kinds of evil and dirty talk).
8.48:
Narrated Abu Shuraih Al−Adawi: My ears heard and my eyes saw
the Prophet when he spoke, "Anybody who believes in Allah and
the Last Day, should serve his neighbor generously, and
anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should serve
his guest generously by giving him his reward." It was asked.
"What is his reward, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "(To be
entertained generously) for a day and a night with high
quality of food and the guest has the right to be entertained
for three days (with ordinary food) and if he stays longer,
what he will be provided with will be regarded as Sadaqa (a
charitable gift). And anybody who believes in Allah and the
Last Day should talk what is good or keep quite (i.e. abstain
from all kinds of dirty and evil talks).
8.49:
Narrated `Aisha:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have two neighbors! To whom
shall I send my gifts?" He said, "To the one whose gate in
nearer to you." 8.50:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, Enjoining, all
that is good is a Sadaqa."
8.51:
Narrated Abu Musa Al−Ash`ari: The Prophet said, "On every
Muslim there is enjoined (a compulsory) Sadaqa (alms)." They
(the people) said, "If one has nothing?' He said, "He should
work with his hands so that he may benefit himself and give in
charity." They said, "If he cannot work or does not work?" He
said, "Then he should help the oppressed unhappy person (by
word or action or both)." They said, "If he does not do it?"
He said, "Then he should enjoin what is good (or said what is
reasonable).' They said, "If he does not do that''' He said,
"Then he should refrain from doing evil, for that will be
considered for Him as a Sadaqa (charity) . "
8.52:
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: The Prophet mentioned the (Hell) Fire
and sought refuge (with Allah) from it, and turned his face to
the other side. He mentioned the (Hell) Fire again and took
refuge (with Allah) from it and turned his face to the other
side. (Shu`ba, the sub−narrator, said, "I have no doubt that
the Prophet repeated it twice.") The Prophet then said, "(O
people!) Save yourselves from the (Hell) Fire even if with one
half of a date fruit (given in charity), and if this is not
available, then (save yourselves) by saying a good pleasant
friendly word."
8.53:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) A group of Jews entered upon the
Prophet and said, "As−Samu−Alaikum." (i.e. death be upon you).
I understood it and said, "Wa−Alaikum As−Samu wal−la'n. (death
and the curse of Allah be Upon you)." Allah's Apostle said "Be
calm, O `Aisha! Allah loves that on, should be kind and
lenient in all matters." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Haven't
you heard what they (the Jews) have said?" Allah's Apostle
said "I have (already) said (to them) "And upon you ! "
8.54:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A bedouin urinated in the mosque and
the people ran to (beat) him. Allah's Apostle said, "Do not
interrupt his urination (i.e. let him finish)." Then the
Prophet asked for a tumbler of water and poured the water over
the place of urine.
8.55:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "A believer to another
believer is like a building whose different parts enforce each
other." The Prophet then clasped his hands with the fingers
interlaced. (At that time) the Prophet was sitting and a man
came and begged or asked for something. The Prophet faced us
and said, "Help and recommend him and you will receive the
reward for it, and Allah will bring about what He will through
His Prophet's tongue."
8.56.1:
Narrated Abu Musa: Whenever a beggar or a person in need came
to the Prophet, the Prophet would say "Help and recommend him
and you will receive the reward for it, and Allah will bring
about what he will through His Prophet's tongue."
8.56.2:
Narrated Masruq:
`Abdullah bin `Amr mentioned Allah's Apostle saying that he
was neither a Fahish nor a Mutafahish. `Abdullah bin `Amr
added, Allah's Apostle said, 'The best among you are those who
have the best manners and character.'
8.57:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mulaika: `Aisha said that the Jews came
to the Prophet and said, "As−Samu 'Alaikum" (death be on you).
`Aisha said (to them), "(Death) be on you, and may Allah curse
you and shower His wrath upon you!" The Prophet said, "Be
calm, O `Aisha ! You should be kind and lenient, and beware of
harshness and Fuhsh (i.e. bad words)." She said (to the
Prophet), "Haven't you heard what they (Jews) have said?" He
said, "Haven't you heard what I have said (to them)? I said
the same to them, and my invocation against them will be
accepted while theirs against me will be rejected (by Allah).
"
8.58:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet was not one who would
abuse (others) or say obscene words, or curse (others), and if
he wanted to admonish anyone of us, he used to say: "What is
wrong with him, his forehead be dusted!"
8.59.1:
Narrated `Aisha:
A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet. When the
Prophet saw him, he said, "What an evil brother of his tribe!
And what an evil son of his tribe!" When that man sat down,
the Prophet behaved with him in a nice and polite manner and
was completely at ease with him. When that person had left,
`Aisha said (to the Prophet). "O Allah's Apostle! When you saw
that man, you said so−and−so about him, then you showed him a
kind and polite behavior, and you enjoyed his company?"
Allah's Apostle said, "O `Aisha! Have you ever seen me
speaking a bad and dirty language? (Remember that) the worst
people in Allah's sight on the Day of Resurrection will be
those whom the people leave (undisturbed) to be away from
their evil (deeds).
8.59.2:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet was the best among the people (both in shape and
character) and was the most generous of them, and was the
bravest of them. Once, during the night, the people of Medina
got afraid (of a sound). So the people went towards that
sound, but the Prophet having gone to that sound before them,
met them while he was saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be
afraid." (At that time) he was riding a horse belonging to Abu
Talha and it was naked without a saddle, and he was carrying a
sword slung at his neck. The Prophet said, "I found it (the
horse) like a sea, or, it is the sea indeed."
8.60:
Narrated Jabir:
Never was the Prophet asked for a thing to be given for which
his answer was 'no'.
8.61:
Narrated Masruq:
We were sitting with `Abdullah bin `Amr who was narrating to
us (Hadith): He said, "Allah's Apostle was neither a Fahish
nor a Mutafahhish, and he used to say, 'The best among you are
the best in character (having good manners)."'
8.62:
Narrated Abu Hazim: Sahl bin Sa`d said that a woman brought a
Burda (sheet) to the Prophet. Sahl asked the people, "Do you
know what is a Burda?" The people replied, "It is a 'Shamla',
a sheet with a fringe." That woman said, "O Allah's Apostle! I
have brought it so that you may wear it." So the Prophet took
it because he was in need of it and wore it. A man among his
companions, seeing him wearing it, said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Please give it to me to wear." The Prophet said, "Yes." (and
gave him that sheet). When the Prophet left, the man was
blamed by his companions who said, "It was not nice on your
part to ask the Prophet for it while you know that he took it
because he was in need of it, and you also know that he (the
Prophet) never turns down anybody's request that he might be
asked for." That man said, "I just wanted to have its
blessings as the Prophet had put it on, so l hoped that I
might be shrouded in it."
8.63:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Time will pass
rapidly, good deeds will decrease, and miserliness will be
thrown (in the hearts of the people), and the Harj (will
increase)." They asked, "What is the Harj?" He replied, "(It
is) killing (murdering), (it is) murdering (killing).
8.64:
Narrated Anas:
I served the Prophet for ten years, and he never said to me,
"Uf" (a minor harsh word denoting impatience) and never blamed
me by saying, "Why did you do so or why didn't you do so?"
8.65:
Narrated Al−Aswad: I asked `Aisha what did the Prophet use to
do at home. She replied. "He used to keep himself busy serving
his family and when it was time for the prayer, he would get
up for prayer."
8.66:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "If Allah loves a
person, He calls Gabriel saying: 'Allah loves so and so; O
Gabriel, love him.' Gabriel would love him, and then Gabriel
would make an announcement among the residents of the Heaven,
'Allah loves so−and−so, therefore, you should love him also.'
So, all the residents of the Heavens would love him and then
he is granted the pleasure of the people of the earth."
8.67:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "None will have the
sweetness (delight) of Faith (a) till he loves a person and
loves him only for Allah's sake, (b) and till it becomes
dearer to him to be thrown in the fire than to revert to
disbelief (Heathenism) after Allah has brought him out of it,
(c) and till Allah and His Apostle become dearer to him than
anything else." 8.68:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zam`a: The Prophet forbade laughing at
a person who passes wind, and said, "How does anyone of you
beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he may
embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his
slave"
8.69:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said at Mina, "Do you know
what day is today?" They (the people) replied, "Allah and His
Apostle know better," He said "Today is 10th of Dhul−Hijja,
the sacred (forbidden) day. Do you know what town is this
town?" They (the people) replied, "Allah and His Apostle know
better." He said, "This is the (forbidden) Sacred town (Mecca
a sanctuary)." And do you know which month is this month?"
They (the People) replied, "Allah and His Apostle know
better." He said, ''This is the Sacred (forbidden) month ." He
added, "Allah has made your blood, your properties and your
honor Sacred to one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity
of this day of yours in this month of yours, in this town of
yours." (See Hadith No. 797, Vol.
2.)
8.70:
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "Abusing a Muslim is
Fusuq (i.e., an evil−doing), and killing him is Kufr
(disbelief).
8.71:
Narrated Abu Dhar: That he heard the Prophet saying, "If
somebody accuses another of Fusuq (by calling him 'Fasiq' i.e.
a wicked person) or accuses him of Kufr, such an accusation
will revert to him (i.e. the accuser) if his companion (the
accused) is innocent."
8.72:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle was neither a Fahish (one who had a bad
tongue) nor a Sabbaba (one who abuses others) and he used to
say while admonishing somebody, "What is wrong with him? May
dust be on his forehead!"
8.73:
Narrated Thabit bin Ad−Dahhak: (who was one of the companions
who gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet underneath
the tree (Al−Hudaibiya)) Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever swears
by a religion other than Islam (i.e. if somebody swears by
saying that he is a non−Muslim e.g., a Jew or a Christian,
etc.) in case he is telling a lie, he is really so if his oath
is false, and a person is not bound to fulfill a vow about a
thing which he does not possess. And if somebody commits
suicide with anything in this world, he will be tortured with
that very thing on the Day of Resurrection; And if somebody
curses a believer, then his sin will be as if he murdered him;
And whoever accuses a believer of Kufr (disbelief), then it is
as if he killed him."
8.74:
Narrated Sulaiman bin Surad: A man from the companions of the
Prophet said, "Two men abused each other in front of the
Prophet and one of them became angry and his anger became so
intense that his face became swollen and changed. The Prophet
said, "I know a word the saying of which will cause him to
relax if he does say it." Then a man went to him and informed
him of the statement of the Prophet and said, "Seek refuge
with Allah from Satan." On that, angry man said, 'Do you find
anything wrong with me? Am I insane? Go away!"
8.75:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As−Samit: Allah's Apostle went out to
inform the people about the (date of the Night of decree
(Al−Qadr). There happened a quarrel between two Muslim men.
The Prophet said, "I came out to inform you about the Night of
Al−Qadr, but as so−and−so and so−and−so quarrelled, so the
news about it had been taken away; and may be it was better
for you. So look for it in the ninth, the seventh, or the
fifth (of the last ten days of Ramadan).
8.76:
Narrated Ma'rur:
I saw Abu Dhar wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was
wearing a Burd, so I said (to Abu Dhar), "If you take this
(Burda of your slave) and wear it (along with yours), you will
have a nice suit (costume) and you may give him another
garment." Abu Dhar said, "There was a quarrel between me and
another man whose mother was a non−Arab and I called her bad
names. The man mentioned (complained about) me to the Prophet.
The Prophet said, "Did you abuse so−and−so?" I said, "Yes" He
said, "Did you call his mother bad names?" I said, "Yes". He
said, "You still have the traits of (the Pre−lslamic period
of) ignorance." I said. "(Do I still have ignorance) even now
in my old age?" He said, "Yes, they (slaves or servants) are
your brothers, and Allah has put them under your command. So
the one under whose hand Allah has put his brother, should
feed him of what he eats, and give him dresses of what he
wears, and should not ask him to do a thing beyond his
capacity. And if at all he asks him to do a hard task, he
should help him therein."
8.77:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet led us in the Zuhr prayer,
offering only two rak`at and then (finished it) with Taslim,
and went to a piece of wood in front of the mosque and put his
hand over it. Abu Bakr and `Umar were also present among the
people on that day but dared not talk to him (about his
unfinished prayer). And the hasty people went away, wondering.
"Has the prayer been shortened" Among the people there was a
man whom the Prophet used to call Dhul−Yadain (the longarmed).
He said, "O Allah's Prophet! Have you forgotten or has the
prayer been shortened?" The Prophet said, "Neither have I
forgotten, nor has it been shortened." They (the people) said,
"Surely, you have forgotten, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet
said, Dhul−Yadain has told the truth." So the Prophet got up
and offered other two rak`at and finished his prayer with
Taslim. Then he said Takbir, performed a prostration of
ordinary duration or longer, then he raised his head and said
Takbir and performed another prostration of ordinary duration
or longer and then raised his head and said Takbir (i.e. he
performed the two prostrations of Sahu, i.e., forgetfulness).
8.78:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle passed by two graves and
said, "Both of them (persons in the grave) are being tortured,
and they are not being tortured for a major sin. This one used
not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and the
other used to go about with calumnies (among the people to
rouse hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him
that so−and−so says about him such−and−such evil things). The
Prophet then asked for a green leaf of a date−palm tree, split
it into two pieces and planted one on each grave and said, "It
is hoped that their punishment may be abated till those two
pieces of the leaf get dried." (See Hadith No 215, Vol 1).
8.79:
Narrated Abu Usaid As−Sa`idi: The Prophet said, "The best
family among the Ansar is the Banu An−Najjar. "
8.80:
Narrated `Aisha:
A man asked permission to enter upon Allah's Apostle. The
Prophet said, "Admit him. What an evil brother of his people
or a son of his people." But when the man entered, the Prophet
spoke to him in a very polite manner. (And when that person
left) I said, "O Allah's Apostle! You had said what you had
said, yet you spoke to him in a very polite manner?" The
Prophet said, "O `Aisha! The worst people are those whom the
people desert or leave in order to save themselves from their
dirty language or from their transgression."
8.81:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet went through the
grave−yards of Medina and heard the voices of two humans who
were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet said, "They
are being punished, but they are not being punished because of
a major sin, yet their sins are great. One of them used not to
save himself from (being soiled with) the urine, and the other
used to go about with calumnies (Namima)." Then the Prophet
asked for a green palm tree leaf and split it into two pieces
and placed one piece on each grave, saying, "I hope that their
punishment may be abated as long as these pieces of the leaf
are not dried."
8.82:
Narrated Hudhaifa: I heard the Prophet saying, "A Qattat will
not enter Paradise."
8.83:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever does not give
up false statements (i.e. telling lies), and evil deeds, and
speaking bad words to others, Allah is not in need of his
(fasting) leaving his food and drink."
8.84:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The worst people in
the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the
double faced people who appear to some people with one face
and to other people with another face."
8.85:
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: Once Allah's Apostle divided and
distributed (the war booty). An Ansar man said, "By Allah !
Muhammad, by this distribution, did not intend to please
Allah." So I came to Allah's Apostle and informed him about it
whereupon his face became changed with anger and he said, "May
Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses for he was hurt with more than
this, yet he remained patient."
8.86:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet heard a man praising another
man and he was exaggerating in his praise. The Prophet said
(to him). "You have destroyed (or cut) the back of the man."
8.87:
Narrated Abu Bakra: A man was mentioned before the Prophet and
another man praised him greatly The Prophet said, "May Allah's
Mercy be on you ! You have cut the neck of your friend." The
Prophet repeated this sentence many times and said, "If it is
indispensable for anyone of you to praise someone, then he
should say, 'I think that he is so−and−so," if he really
thinks that he is such. Allah is the One Who will take his
accounts (as He knows his reality) and no−one can sanctify
anybody before Allah." (Khalid said, "Woe to you," instead of
"Allah's Mercy be on you.")
8.88:
Narrated Salim:
that his father said; "When Allah's Apostle mentioned wh at he
mentioned about (the hanging of) the Izar (waist sheet), Abu
Bakr said, "O Allah's Apostle! My Izar slackens on one side
(without my intention)." The Prophet said, "You are not among
those (who, out of pride) drag their Izars behind them."
8.89:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet continued for such−and−such period imagining that
he has slept (had sexual relations) with his wives, and in
fact he did not. One day he said, to me, "O `Aisha! Allah has
instructed me regarding a matter about which I had asked Him.
There came to me two men, one of them sat near my feet and the
other near my head. The one near my feet, asked the one near
my head (pointing at me), 'What is wrong with this man? The
latter replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.' The first
one asked, 'Who had worked magic on him?' The other replied,
'Lubaid bin Asam.' The first one asked, 'What material (did he
use)?' The other replied, 'The skin of the pollen of a male
date tree with a comb and the hair stuck to it, kept under a
stone in the well of Dharwan."' Then the Prophet went to that
well and said, "This is the same well which was shown to me in
the dream. The tops of its date−palm trees look like the heads
of the devils, and its water looks like the Henna infusion."
Then the Prophet ordered that those things be taken out. I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Won't you disclose (the magic
object)?" The Prophet said, "Allah has cured me and I hate to
circulate the evil among the people." `Aisha added, "(The
magician) Lubaid bin Asam was a man from Bani Zuraiq, an ally
of the Jews." 8.90:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Beware of suspicion,
for suspicion is the worst of false tales; and do not look for
the others' faults and do not spy, and do not be jealous of
one another, and do not desert (cut your relation with) one
another, and do not hate one another; and O Allah's
worshipers! Be brothers (as Allah has ordered you!")
8.91:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not hate
one another, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not
desert each other, and O, Allah's worshipers! Be brothers. Lo!
It is not permissible for any Muslim to desert (not talk to)
his brother (Muslim) for more than three days."
8.92:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Beware of
suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales. and do
not look for the others' faults, and do not do spying on one
another, and do not practice Najsh, and do not be jealous of
one another and do not hate one another, and do not desert
(stop talking to) one another. And O, Allah's worshipers! Be
brothers!"
8.93:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "I do not think that so−and−so and so−and−so
know anything of our religion." (And Al−Laith said, "These two
persons were among the hypocrites.") 8.94:
Narrated Al−Laith: `Aisha said "The Prophet entered upon me
one day and said, 'O `Aisha! I do not think that so−and−so and
so−and−so know anything of our religion which we follow."'
8.95:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying. "All the
sins of my followers will be forgiven except those of the
Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their
sins to the people). An example of such disclosure is that a
person commits a sin at night and though Allah screens it from
the public, then he comes in the morning, and says, 'O
so−and−so, I did such−and−such (evil) deed yesterday,' though
he spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about
his sin) and in the morning he removes Allah's screen from
himself."
8.96:
Narrated Safwan bin Muhriz: A man asked Ibn `Umar, "What did
you hear Allah's Apostle saying regarding An−Najwa (secret
talk between Allah and His believing worshipper on the Day of
Judgment)?" He said, "(The Prophet said), "One of you will
come close to his Lord till He will shelter him in His screen
and say: Did you commit such−and−such sin? He will say, 'Yes.'
Then Allah will say: Did you commit such and such sin? He will
say, 'Yes.' So Allah will make him confess (all his sins) and
He will say, 'I screened them (your sins) for you in the
world, and today I forgive them for you."'
8.97:
Narrated Haritha bin Wahb: Al−Khuza`i: The Prophet said,
"Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? They
comprise every obscure unimportant humble person, and if he
takes Allah's Oath that he will do that thing, Allah will
fulfill his oath (by doing that). Shall I inform you about the
people of the Fire? They comprise every cruel, violent, proud
and conceited person." Anas bin Malik said, "Any of the female
slaves of Medina could take hold of the hand of Allah's
Apostle and take him wherever she wished."
8.98:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) that she was told that `Abdullah bin
Az−Zubair (on hearing that she was selling or giving something
as a gift) said, "By Allah, if `Aisha does not give up this, I
will declare her incompetent to dispose of her wealth." I
said, "Did he (`Abdullah bin Az−Zubair) say so?" They (people)
said, "Yes." `Aisha said, "I vow to Allah that I will never
speak to Ibn Az−Zubair." When this desertion lasted long,
`Abdullah bin Az−Zubair sought intercession with her, but she
said, "By Allah, I will not accept the intercession of anyone
for him, and will not commit a sin by breaking my vow." When
this state of affairs was prolonged on Ibn Az−Zubair (he felt
it hard on him), he said to Al−Miswar bin Makhrama and
`Abdur−Rahman bin Al−Aswad bin 'Abu Yaghuth, who were from the
tribe of Bani Zahra, "I beseech you, by Allah, to let me enter
upon `Aisha, for it is unlawful for her to vow to cut the
relation with me." So Al−Miswar and `Abdur−Rahman, wrapping
their sheets around themselves, asked `Aisha's permission
saying, "Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you!
Shall we come in?" `Aisha said, "Come in." They said, "All of
us?" She said, "Yes, come in all of you," not knowing that Ibn
Az−Zubair was also with them. So when they entered, Ibn
Az−Zubair entered the screened place and got hold of `Aisha
and started requesting her to excuse him, and wept. Al−Miswar
and `Abdur Rahman also started requesting her to speak to him
and to accept his repentance. They said (to her), "The Prophet
forbade what you know of deserting (not speaking to your
Muslim Brethren), for it is unlawful for any Muslim not to
talk to his brother for more than three nights (days)." So
when they increased their reminding her (of the superiority of
having good relation with Kith and kin, and of excusing
others' sins), and brought her down to a critical situation,
she started reminding them, and wept, saying, "I have made a
vow, and (the question of) vow is a difficult one." They
(Al−Miswar and `Abdur−Rahman) persisted in their appeal till
she spoke with `Abdullah bin Az−Zubair and she manumitted
forty slaves as an expiation for her vow. Later on, whenever
she remembered her vow, she used to weep so much that her veil
used to become wet with her tears.
8.99:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not hate
one another, nor be jealous of one another; and do not desert
one another, but O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers! And it is
unlawful for a Muslim to desert his brother Muslim (and not to
talk to him) for more than three nights."
8.100:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al−Ansari: Allah's Apostle said, "It is not
lawful for a man to desert his brother Muslim for more than
three nights. (It is unlawful for them that) when they meet,
one of them turns his face away from the other, and the other
turns his face from the former, and the better of the two will
be the one who greets the other first."
8.101:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, " I know whether you are angry or
pleased." I said, "How do you know that, Allah's Apostle?" He
said, "When you are pleased, you say, "Yes, by the Lord of
Muhammad,' but when you are angry, you say, 'No, by the Lord
of Abraham!' " I said, "Yes, I do not leave, except your
name."
8.102:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) "I do not remember my parents
believing in any religion other than the Religion (of Islam),
and our being visited by Allah's Apostle in the morning and in
the evening. One day, while we were sitting in the house of
Abu Bakr (my father) at noon, someone said, 'This is Allah's
Apostle coming at an hour at which he never used to visit us.'
Abu Bakr said, 'There must be something very urgent that has
brought him at this hour.' The Prophet said, 'I have been
allowed to go out (of Mecca) to migrate.' "
8.103:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle visited a household
among the Ansars, and he took a meal with them. When he
intended to leave, he asked for a place in that house for him,
to pray so a mat sprinkled with water was put and he offered
prayer over it, and invoked for Allah's Blessing upon them
(his hosts).
8.104:
Narrated `Abdullah: `Umar saw a silken cloak over a man (for
sale) so he took it to the Prophet and said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Buy this and wear it when the delegate come to you.'
He said, 'The silk is worn by one who will have no share (in
the Here−after).' Some time passed after this event, and then
the Prophet sent a (similar) cloak to him. `Umar brought that
cloak back to the Prophet and said, 'You have sent this to me,
and you said about a similar one what you said?' The Prophet
said, 'I have sent it to you so that you may get money by
selling it.' Because of this, Ibn `Umar used to hate the
silken markings on the garments.
8.105:
Narrated Anas:
When `Abdur−Rahman came to us, the Prophet established a bond
of brotherhood between him and Sa`d bin Ar−Rabi`. Once the
Prophet said, "As you (O `Abdur−Rahman) have married, give a
wedding banquet even if with one sheep."
8.106:
Narrated `Asim:
I said to Anas bin Malik, "Did it reach you that the Prophet
said, "There is no treaty of brotherhood in Islam'?" Anas
said, "The Prophet made a treaty (of brotherhood) between the
Ansar and the Quraish in my home."
8.107:
Narrated `Aisha:
Rifa`a Al−Qurazi divorced his wife irrevocably (i.e. that
divorce was the final). Later on `Abdur−Rahman bin Az−Zubair
married her after him. She came to the Prophet and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I was Rifa`a's wife and he divorced me
thrice, and then I was married to `Abdur−Rahman bin AzZubair,
who, by Allah has nothing with him except something like this
fringe, O Allah's Apostle," showing a fringe she had taken
from her covering sheet. Abu Bakr was sitting with the Prophet
while Khalid Ibn Sa`id bin Al−As was sitting at the gate of
the room waiting for admission. Khalid started calling Abu
Bakr, "O Abu Bakr! Why don't you reprove this lady from what
she is openly saying before Allah's Apostle?" Allah's Apostle
did nothing except smiling, and then said (to the lady),
"Perhaps you want to go back to Rifa`a? No, (it is not
possible), unless and until you enjoy the sexual relation with
him (`Abdur Rahman), and he enjoys the sexual relation with
you."
8.108:
Narrated Sa`d:
`Umar bin Al−Khattab asked permission of Allah's Apostle to
see him while some Quraishi women were sitting with him and
they were asking him to give them more financial support while
raising their voices over the voice of the Prophet. When `Umar
asked permission to enter, all of them hurried to screen
themselves the Prophet admitted `Umar and he entered, while
the Prophet was smiling. `Umar said, "May Allah always keep
you smiling, O Allah's Apostle! Let my father and mother be
sacrificed for you !" The Prophet said, "I am astonished at
these women who were with me. As soon as they heard your
voice, they hastened to screen themselves." `Umar said, "You
have more right, that they should be afraid of you, O Allah's
Apostle!" And then he (`Umar) turned towards them and said, "O
enemies of your souls! You are afraid of me and not of Allah's
Apostle?" The women replied, "Yes, for you are sterner and
harsher than Allah's Apostle." Allah's Apostle said, "O Ibn
Al−Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is, whenever Satan
sees you taking a way, he follows a way other than yours!"
8.109:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: When Allah Apostle was in Ta'if
(trying to conquer it), he said to his companions, "Tomorrow
we will return (to Medina), if Allah wills." Some of the
companions of Allah's Apostle said, "We will not leave till we
conquer it." The Prophet said, "Therefore, be ready to fight
tomorrow." On the following day, they (Muslims) fought
fiercely (with the people of Ta'if) and suffered many wounds.
Then Allah's Apostle said, "Tomorrow we will return (to
Medina), if Allah wills." His companions kept quiet this time.
Allah's Apostle then smiled.
8.110:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to the Prophet and said, "I
have been ruined for I have had sexual relation with my wife
in Ramadan (while I was fasting)" The Prophet said (to him),
"Manumit a slave." The man said, " I cannot afford that." The
Prophet said, "(Then) fast for two successive months
continuously". The man said, "I cannot do that." The Prophet
said, "(Then) feed sixty poor persons." The man said, "I have
nothing (to feed them with)." Then a big basket full of dates
was brought to the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Where is the
questioner? Go and give this in charity." The man said,
"(Shall I give this in charity) to a poorer person than l? By
Allah, there is no family in between these two mountains (of
Medina) who are poorer than we." The Prophet then smiled till
his premolar teeth became visible, and said, "Then (feed) your
(family with it).
8.111:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: While I was going along with Allah's
Apostle who was wearing a Najrani Burd (sheet) with a thick
border, a bedouin overtook the Prophet and pulled his Rida'
(sheet) forcibly. I looked at the side of the shoulder of the
Prophet and noticed that the edge of the Rida' had left a mark
on it because of the violence of his pull. The bedouin said,
"O Muhammad! Order for me some of Allah's property which you
have." The Prophet turned towards him, (smiled) and ordered
that he be given something.
8.112:
Narrated Jarir:
The Prophet did not screen himself from me (had never
prevented me from entering upon him) since I embraced Islam,
and whenever he saw me, he would receive me with a smile. Once
I told him that I could not sit firm on horses. He stroked me
on the chest with his hand, and said, "O Allah! Make him firm
and make him a guiding and a rightly guided man. 8.113:
Narrated Zainab bint Um Salama: Um Sulaim said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth.
Is it essential for a woman to take a bath after she had a wet
dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?" He said, "Yes, if she
notices discharge. On that Um Salama laughed and said, "Does a
woman get a (nocturnal sexual) discharge?" He said, "How then
does (her) son resemble her (his mother)?"
8.114:
Narrated `Aisha:
I never saw the Prophet laughing to an extent that one could
see his palate, but he always used to smile only.
8.115:
Narrated Anas:
A man came to the Prophet on a Friday while he (the Prophet)
was delivering a sermon at Medina, and said, "There is lack of
rain, so please invoke your Lord to bless us with the rain."
The Prophet looked at the sky when no cloud could be detected.
Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering
together and it rained till the Medina valleys started flowing
with water. It continued raining till the next Friday. Then
that man (or some other man) stood up while the Prophet was
delivering the Friday sermon, and said, "We are drowned;
Please invoke your Lord to withhold it (rain) from us" The
Prophet smiled and said twice or thrice, "O Allah! Please let
it rain round about us and not upon us." The clouds started
dispersing over Medina to the right and to the left, and it
rained round about Medina and not upon Medina. Allah showed
them (the people) the miracle of His Prophet and His response
to his invocation.
8.116:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "Truthfulness leads to
righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man
keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person.
Falsehood leads to Al−Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil−doing), and
Al−Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may
keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar."
8.117:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The signs of a
hypocrite are three: Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie; and
whenever he promises, he breaks his promise; and whenever he
is entrusted, he betrays (proves to be dishonest)".
8.118:
Narrated Samura bin Jundub: The Prophet said, "I saw (in a
dream), two men came to me." Then the Prophet narrated the
story (saying), "They said, 'The person, the one whose cheek
you saw being torn away (from the mouth to the ear) was a liar
and used to tell lies and the people would report those lies
on his authority till they spread all over the world. So he
will be punished like that till the Day of Resurrection."'
8.119:
Narrated Hudhaifa: From among the people, Ibn Um `Abd greatly
resembled Allah's Apostles in solemn gate and good appearance
of piety and in calmness and sobriety from the time he goes
out of his house till he returns to it. But we do not know how
he behaves with his family when he is alone with them.
8.120:
Narrated Tariq:
`Abdullah said, "The best talk is Allah's Book (Qur'an), and
the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad."
8.121:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said: None is more patient than
Allah against the harmful saying. He hears from the people
they ascribe children to Him, yet He gives them health and
(supplies them with) provision."
8.122:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet divided and distributed
something as he used to do for some of his distributions. A
man from the Ansar said, "By Allah, in this division the
pleasure of Allah has not been intended." I said, "I will
definitely tell this to the Prophet ." So I went to him while
he was sitting with his companions and told him of it
secretly. That was hard upon the Prophet and the color of his
face changed, and he became so angry that I wished I had not
told him. The Prophet then said, "Moses was harmed with more
than this, yet he remained patient."
8.123:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet did something and allowed his people to do it, but
some people refrained from doing it. When the Prophet learned
of that, he delivered a sermon, and after having sent Praises
to Allah, he said, "What is wrong with such people as refrain
from doing a thing that I do? By Allah, I know Allah better
than they, and I am more afraid of Him than they."
8.124:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet was more shy than a
virgin in her separate room. And if he saw a thing which he
disliked, we would recognize that (feeling) in his face.
8.125.1:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a man says to
his brother, O Kafir (disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them
is such (i.e., a Kifir). "
8.125.2:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, 'If anyone
says to his brother, 'O misbeliever! Then surely, one of them
such."
8.126:
Narrated Thabit bin Ad−Dahhak: The Prophet said, "Whoever
swears by a religion other than Islam (i.e. if he swears by
saying that he is a non−Muslim in case he is telling a lie),
then he is as he says if his oath is false and whoever commits
suicide with something, will be punished with the same thing
in the (Hell) fire, and cursing a believer is like murdering
him, and whoever accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is
as if he had killed him."
8.127:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Mu`adh bin Jabal used to pray
with the Prophet and then go to lead his people in prayer.
Once he led the people in prayer and recited Surat−al−Baqara.
A man left (the row of the praying people) and offered (light)
prayer (separately) and went away. When Mu`adh came to know
about it, he said. "He (that man) is a hypocrite." Later that
man heard what Mu`adh said about him, so he came to the
Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are people who work
with our own hands and irrigate (our farms) with our camels.
Last night Mu`adh led us in the (night) prayer and he recited
Sura−al−Baqara, so I offered my prayer separately, and because
of that, he accused me of being a hypocrite." The Prophet
called Mu`adh and said thrice, "O Mu`adh! You are putting the
people to trials? Recite 'Wash−shamsi wad−uhaha' (91)
or'Sabbih isma Rabbi ka−l−A'la' (87) or the like."
8.128:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said: "Whoever amongst
you swears, (saying by error) in his oath 'By Al−Lat and
Al−Uzza', then he should say, 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah.' And whoever says to his companions,
'Come let me gamble' with you, then he must give something in
charity (as an expiation for such a sin)." (See Hadith No.
645)
8.129:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: that he found `Umar bin Al−Khattab in a
group of people and he was swearing by his father. So Allah's
Apostle called them, saying, "Verily! Allah forbids you to
swear by your fathers. If one has to take an oath, he should
swear by Allah or otherwise keep quiet."
8.130:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet entered upon me while there was a curtain having
pictures (of animals) in the house. His face got red with
anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into
pieces. The Prophet said, "Such people as paint these pictures
will receive the severest punishment on the Day of
Resurrection ."
8.131:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: A man came to the Prophet and said "I
keep away from the morning prayer only because such and such
person prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it. The
narrator added: I had never seen Allah's Apostle more furious
in giving advice than he was on that day. He said, "O people!
There are some among you who make others dislike good deeds)
cause the others to have aversion (to congregational prayers).
Beware! Whoever among you leads the people in prayer should
not prolong it, because among them there are the sick, the
old, and the needy." (See Hadith No. 670, Vol 1)
8.132:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: While the Prophet was praying,
he saw sputum (on the wall) of the mosque, in the direction of
the Qibla, and so he scraped it off with his hand, and the
sign of disgust (was apparent from his face) and then said,
"Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he should not spit in
front of him (in prayer) because Allah is in front of him."
8.133:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al−Juhani: A man asked Allah's
Apostle about "Al−Luqata" (a lost fallen purse or a thing
picked up by somebody). The Prophet said, "You should announce
it publicly for one year, and then remember and recognize the
tying material of its container, and then you can spend it. If
its owner came to you, then you should pay him its
equivalent." The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! What about a
lost sheep?" The Prophet said, "Take it because it is for you,
for your brother, or for the wolf." The man again said, "O
Allah's Apostle! What about a lost camel?" Allah's Apostle
became very angry and furious and his cheeks became red (or
his face became red), and he said, "You have nothing to do
with it (the camel) for it has its food and its water
container with it till it meets its owner."
8.134:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: Allah's Apostle made a small room
(with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Apostle came out (of his
house) and prayed in it. Some men came and joined him in his
prayer. Then again the next night they came for the prayer,
but Allah's Apostle delayed and did not come out to them. So
they raised their voices and knocked the door with small
stones (to draw his attention). He came out to them in a state
of anger, saying, "You are still insisting (on your deed, i.e.
Tarawih prayer in the mosque) that I thought that this prayer
(Tarawih) might become obligatory on you. So you people, offer
this prayer at your homes, for the best prayer of a person is
the one which he offers at home, except the compulsory
(congregational) prayer."
8.135:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The strong is not
the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the
strong is the one who controls himself while in anger."
8.136:
Narrated Sulaiman bin Sarad: Two men abused each other in
front of the Prophet while we were sitting with him. One of
the two abused his companion furiously and his face became
red. The Prophet said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of
which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he
said, "I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the outcast.' " So
they said to that (furious) man, 'Don't you hear what the
Prophet is saying?" He said, "I am not mad."
8.137:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man said to the Prophet , "Advise me!
"The Prophet said, "Do not become angry and furious." The man
asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet said in each
case, "Do not become angry and furious."
8.138:
Narrated Abu As−Sawar Al−Adawi: `Imran bin Husain said: The
Prophet said, "Haya' (pious shyness from committing religeous
indiscretions) does not bring anything except good." Thereupon
Bashir bin Ka`b said, 'It is written in the wisdom paper:
Haya' leads to solemnity; Haya' leads to tranquility (peace of
mind)." `Imran said to him, "I am narrating to you the saying
of Allah's Apostle and you are speaking about your paper
(wisdom book)?" 8.139:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet passed by a man who
was admonishing his brother regarding Haya' (pious shyness
from committing religeous indiscretions) and was saying, "You
are very shy, and I am afraid that might harm you." On that,
Allah's Apostle said, "Leave him, for Haya' is (a part) of
Faith."
8.140:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet was more shy (from Haya':
pious shyness from committing religeous indiscretions) than a
veiled virgin girl. (See Hadith No. 762, Vol. 4)
8.141:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet said, 'One of the sayings of
the early Prophets which the people have got is: If you don't
feel ashamed (from Haya': pious shyness from committing
religeous indiscretions) do whatever you like." (See Hadith No
690, 691, Vol 4)
8.142:
Narrated Um Salama: Um Sulaim came to Allah's Apostle and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Verily, Allah does not feel shy to
tell the truth. If a woman gets a nocturnal sexual discharge
(has a wet dream), is it essential for her to take a bath? He
replied, "Yes if she notices a discharge."
8.143:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The example of a
believer is like a green tree, the leaves of which do not
fall." The people said. "It is such−and−such tree: It is
such−and−such tree." I intended to say that it was the
datepalm tree, but I was a young boy and felt shy (to answer).
The Prophet said, "It is the date−palm tree." Ibn `Umar added,
" I told that to `Umar who said, 'Had you said it, I would
have preferred it to such−and such a thing."
8.144:
Narrated Thabit:
that he heard Anas saying, "A woman came to the Prophet
offering herself to him in marriage, saying, "Have you got any
interest in me (i.e. would you like to marry me?)" Anas's
daughter said, "How shameless that woman was!" On that Anas
said, "She is better than you, for she presented herself to
Allah's Apostle (for marriage).
8.145:
Narrated Abu Musa: that when Allah's Apostle sent him and
Mu`adh bin Jabal to Yemen, he said to them, "Facilitate things
for the people (treat the people in the most agreeable way),
and do not make things difficult for them, and give them glad
tidings, and let them not have aversion (i.e. to make the
people hate good deeds) and you should both work in
cooperation and mutual understanding, obey each other." Abu
Musa said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are in a land in which a
drink named Al Bit' is prepared from honey, and another drink
named Al−Mizr is prepared from barley." On that, Allah's
Apostle said, "All intoxicants (i.e. all alcoholic drinks) are
prohibited."
8.146:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Make things easy
for the people, and do not make it difficult for them, and
make them calm (with glad tidings) and do not repulse (them ).
8.147:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle was given the choice of one of two
matters he would choose the easier of the two as long as it
was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful, he would not
approach it. Allah's Apostle never took revenge over anybody
for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's legal bindings
were outraged, in which case he would take revenge for Allah's
sake." (See Hadith No. 760. Vol. 4)
8.148:
Narrated Al−Azraq bin Qais: We were in the city of Al−Ahwaz on
the bank of a river which had dried up. Then Abu Barza
Al−Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let
his horse loose. The horse ran away, so Abu Barza interrupted
his prayer and went after the horse till he caught it and
brought it, and then he offered his prayer. There was a man
amongst us who was (from the Khawari) having a different
opinion. He came saying. "Look at this old man! He left his
prayer because of a horse." On that Abu Barza came to us and
said, "Since the time I left Allah's Apostle, nobody has
admonished me; My house is very far from this place, and if I
had carried on praying and left my horse, I could not have
reached my house till night." Then Abu Barza mentioned that he
had been in the company of the Prophet, and that he had seen
his leniency.
8.149:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A bedouin urinated in the mosque, and
the people rushed to beat him. Allah's Apostle ordered them to
leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler (full) of water over
the place where he has passed urine. The Prophet then said, "
You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and
you have not been sent to make things difficult for them."
8.150:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet used to mix with us to
the extent that he would say to a younger brother of mine, 'O
father of `Umar! What did the Nughair (a kind of bird) do?"
8.151:
Narrated `Aisha:
I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet,
and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's
Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide
themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play
with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is
forbidden, but it was allowed for `Aisha at that time, as she
was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.)
(Fath−ul−Bari page 143, Vol.13)
8.152:
Narrated Aisha:
A man asked permission to see the Prophet. He said, "Let Him
come in; What an evil man of the tribe he is! (Or, What an
evil brother of the tribe he is). But when he entered, the
Prophet spoke to him gently in a polite manner. I said to him,
"O Allah's Apostle! You have said what you have said, then you
spoke to him in a very gentle and polite manner? The Prophet
said, "The worse people, in the sight of Allah are those whom
the people leave (undisturbed) to save themselves from their
dirty language."
8.153:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abu Mulaika: The Prophet was given a
gift of a few silken cloaks with gold buttons. He distributed
them amongst some of his companions and put aside one of them
for Makhrama. When Makhrama came, the Prophet said, "I kept
this for you." (Aiyub, the sub−narrator held his garment to
show how the Prophet showed the cloak to Makhrama who had
something unfavorable about his temper.)
8.154:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A believer is not
stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole."
8.155:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle entered upon me
and said, "Have I not been informed that you offer prayer all
the night and fast the whole day?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Do
not do so; Offer prayer at night and also sleep; Fast for a
few days and give up fasting for a few days because your body
has a right on you, and your eye has a right on you, and your
guest has a right on you, and your wife has a right on you. I
hope that you will have a long life, and it is sufficient for
you to fast for three days a month as the reward of a good
deed, is multiplied ten times, that means, as if you fasted
the whole year." I insisted (on fasting more) so I was given a
hard instruction. I said, "I can do more than that (fasting)"
The Prophet said, "Fast three days every week." But as I
insisted (on fasting more) so I was burdened. I said, "I can
fast more than that." The Prophet said, "Fast as Allah's
prophet David used to fast." I said, "How was the fasting of
the prophet David?" The Prophet said, "One half of a year
(i.e. he used to fast on alternate days). '
8.156:
Narrated Abu Shuraih Al−Ka`bi: Allah's Apostle said, Whoever
believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest
generously. The guest's reward is: To provide him with a
superior type of food for a night and a day and a guest is to
be entertained with food for three days, and whatever is
offered beyond that, is regarded as something given in
charity. And it is not lawful for a guest to stay with his
host for such a long period so as to put him in a critical
position."
8.157:
Narrated Malik:
Similarly as above (156) adding, "Who believes in Allah and
the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet." (i.e.
abstain from dirty and evil talk, and should think before
uttering).
8.158:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in
Allah and the Last Day, should not hurt his neighbor and
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his
guest generously and whoever believes in Allah and the Last
Day, should talk what is good or keep quiet."
8.159:
Narrated `Uqba bin 'Amir: We said, "O Allah's Apostle! You
send us out and it happens that we have to stay with such
people as do not entertain us. What do you think about it?"
Allah's Apostle said to us, "If you stay with some people and
they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept is; but
if they do not do then you should take from them the right of
the guest, which they ought to give."
8.160:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever believes in
Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously; and
whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should unite the
bond of kinship (i.e. keep good relation with his Kith and
kin); and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should
talk what is good or keep quit. " 8.161:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: The Prophet established a bond of
brotherhood between Salman and Abu Darda'. Salman paid a visit
to Abu ad−Darda and found Um Ad−Darda' dressed in shabby
clothes and asked her why she was in that state.?" She
replied, "Your brother, Abu Ad−Darda is not interested in the
luxuries of this world." In the meantime Abu Ad−Darda came and
prepared a meal for him (Salman), and said to him, "(Please)
eat for I am fasting." Salman said, "I am not going to eat,
unless you eat." So Abu Ad−Darda' ate. When it was night, Abu
Ad−Darda' got up (for the night prayer). Salman said (to him),
"Sleep," and he slept. Again Abu− Ad−Darda' got up (for the
prayer), and Salman said (to him), "Sleep." When it was the
last part of the night, Salman said to him, "Get up now (for
the prayer)." So both of them offered their prayers and Salman
said to Abu Ad−Darda',"Your Lord has a right on you; and your
soul has a right on you; and your family has a right on you;
so you should give the rights of all those who have a right on
you). Later on Abu Ad−Darda' visited the Prophet and mentioned
that to him. The Prophet, said, "Salman has spoken the truth."
8.162:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr invited a group
of people and told me, "Look after your guests." Abu Bakr
added, I am going to visit the Prophet and you should finish
serving them before I return." `Abdur−Rahman said, So I went
at once and served them with what was available at that time
in the house and requested them to eat." They said, "Where is
the owner of the house (i.e., Abu Bakr)?" `Abdur−Rahman said,
"Take your meal." They said, "We will not eat till the owner
of the house comes." `Abdur−Rahman said, "Accept your meal
from us, for if my father comes and finds you not having taken
your meal yet, we will be blamed severely by him, but they
refused to take their meals . So I was sure that my father
would be angry with me. When he came, I went away (to hide
myself) from him. He asked, "What have you done (about the
guests)?" They informed him the whole story. Abu Bakr called,
"O `Abdur Rahman!" I kept quiet. He then called again. "O
`Abdur−Rahman!" I kept quiet and he called again, "O ignorant
(boy)! I beseech you by Allah, if you hear my voice, then come
out!" I came out and said, "Please ask your guests (and do not
be angry with me)." They said, "He has told the truth; he
brought the meal to us." He said, "As you have been waiting
for me, by Allah, I will not eat of it tonight." They said,
"By Allah, we will not eat of it till you eat of it." He said,
I have never seen a night like this night in evil. What is
wrong with you? Why don't you accept your meals of hospitality
from us?" (He said to me), "Bring your meal." I brought it to
him, and he put his hand in it, saying, "In the name of Allah.
The first (state of fury) was because of Satan." So Abu Bakr
ate and so did his guests. 8.163:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr came with a
guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with the
Prophet and when he came, my mother said (to him), "Have you
been detained from your guest or guests tonight?" He said,
"Haven't you served the supper to them?" She replied, "We
presented the meal to him (or to them), but he (or they)
refused to eat." Abu Bakr became angry, rebuked me and invoked
Allah to cause (my) ears to be cut and swore not to eat of
it!" I hid myself, and he called me, "O ignorant (boy)!" Abu
Bakr's wife swore that she would not eat of it and so the
guests or the guest swore that they would not eat of it till
he ate of it. Abu Bakr said, "All that happened was from
Satan." So he asked for the meals and ate of it, and so did
they. Whenever they took a handful of the meal, the meal grew
(increased) from underneath more than that mouthful. He said
(to his wife), "O, sister of Bani Firas! What is this?" She
said, "O, pleasure of my eyes! The meal is now more than it
had been before we started eating'' So they ate of it and sent
the rest of that meal to the Prophet. It is said that the
Prophet also ate of it.
8.164:
Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij and Sahl bin Abu Hathma: `Abdullah
bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas`ud went to Khaibar and they
dispersed in the gardens of the date−palm trees. `Abdullah bin
Sahl was murdered. Then `Abdur−Rahman bin Sahl, Huwaiyisa and
Muhaiyisa, the two sons of Mas`ud, came to the Prophet and
spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend. `Abdur−Rahman
who was the youngest of them all, started talking. The Prophet
said, "Let the older (among you) speak first." So they spoke
about the case of their (murdered) friend. The Prophet said,
"Will fifty of you take an oath whereby you will have the
right to receive the blood money of your murdered man," (or
said, "..your companion"). They said, "O Allah's Apostle! The
murder was a thing we did not witness." The Prophet said,
"Then the Jews will release you from the oath, if fifty of
them (the Jews) should take an oath to contradict your claim."
They said, "O Allah's Apostle! They are disbelievers (and they
will take a false oath)." Then Allah's Apostle himself paid
the blood money to them.
8.165:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Inform me of a tree
which resembles a Muslim, giving its fruits at every season by
the permission of its Lord, and the leaves of which do not
fall." I thought of the date−palm tree, but I disliked to
speak because Abu Bakr and `Umar were present there. When
nobody spoke, the Prophet said, "It is the date−palm tree"
When I came out with my father, I said, "O father! It came to
my mind that it was the date−palm tree." He said, "What
prevented you from saying it?" Had you said it, it would have
been more dearer to me than such−and−such a thing (fortune)."
I said, "Nothing prevented me but the fact that neither you
nor Abu Bakr spoke, so I disliked to speak (in your presence).
8.166:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b: Allah's Apostle said, "Some poetry
contains wisdom." 8.167:
Narrated Jundub:
While the Prophet was walking, a stone hit his foot and
stumbled and his toe was injured. He then (quoting a poetic
verse) said, "You are not more than a toe which has been
bathed in blood in Allah's Cause."
8.168:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The most true words
said by a poet were the words of Labid. He said, i.e. 'Verily,
everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin Abi
As−Salt was about to embrace Islam . 8.169:
Narrated Salama bin Al−Aqwa: We went out with Allah's Apostle
to Khaibar and we travelled during the night. A man amongst
the people said to 'Amir bin Al−Aqwa', "Won't you let us hear
your poetry?" 'Amir was a poet, and so he got down and started
(chanting Huda) reciting for the people, poetry that keep pace
with the camel's foot steps, saying, "O Allah! Without You we
would not have been guided on the right path, neither would we
have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So please
forgive us what we have committed. Let all of us be sacrificed
for Your cause and when we meet our enemy, make our feet firm
and bestow peace and calmness on us and if they (our enemy)
will call us towards an unjust thing we will refuse. The
infidels have made a hue and cry to ask others help against
us. Allah's Apostle said, "Who is that driver (of the
camels)?" They said, "He is 'Amir bin Al−Aqwa."' He said, "May
Allah bestow His mercy on him." A man among the people said,
Has Martyrdom been granted to him, O Allah's Prophet! Would
that you let us enjoy his company longer." We reached (the
people of) Khaibar and besieged them till we were stricken
with severe hunger but Allah helped the Muslims conquer
Khaibar. In the evening of its conquest the people made many
fires. Allah's Apostle asked, "What are those fires? For what
are you making fires?" They said, "For cooking meat." He
asked, "What kind of meat?" They said, "Donkeys' meat."
Allah's Apostle said, "Throw away the meat and break the
cooking pots." A man said, O Allah's Apostle! Shall we throw
away the meat and wash the cooking pots?" He said, "You can do
that too." When the army files aligned in rows (for the
battle), 'Amir's sword was a short one, and while attacking a
Jew with it in order to hit him, the sharp edge of the sword
turned back and hit 'Amir's knee and caused him to die. When
the Muslims returned (from the battle), Salama said, Allah's
Apostle saw me pale and said, 'What is wrong with you?"' I
said, "Let my parents be sacrificed for you! The people claim
that all the deeds of Amir have been annulled." The Prophet
asked, "Who said so?" I replied, "So−and−so and so−and−so and
Usaid bin Al−Hudair Al−Ansari said, 'Whoever says so is
telling a lie. Verily, 'Amir will have double reward."' (While
speaking) the Prophet put two of his fingers together to
indicate that, and added, "He was really a hard−working man
and a Mujahid (devout fighter in Allah's Cause) and rarely
have there lived in it (i.e., Medina or the battle−field) an
"Arab like him."
8.170:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet came to some of his wives
among whom there was Um Sulaim, and said, "May Allah be
merciful to you, O Anjasha! Drive the camels slowly, as they
are carrying glass vessels!" Abu Qalaba said, "The Prophet
said a sentence (i.e. the above metaphor) which, had anyone of
you said it, you would have admonished him for it".
8.171:
Narrated `Aisha:
Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of Allah's Apostle to
lampoon the pagans (in verse). Allah's Apostle said, "What
about my fore−fathers (ancestry)?' Hassan said (to the
Prophet) "I will take you out of them as a hair is taken out
of dough." Narrated Hisham bin `Urwa that his father said, "I
called Hassan with bad names in front of `Aisha." She said,
"Don't call him with bad names because he used to defend
Allah's Apostle (against the pagans).
8.172:
Narrated Al−Haitham bin Abu Sinan: that he heard Abu Huraira
in his narration, mentioning that the Prophet said, "A Muslim
brother of yours who does not say dirty words." and by that he
meant Ibn Rawaha, "said (in verse): 'We have Allah's Apostle
with us who recites the Holy Qur'an in the early morning time.
He gave us guidance and light while we were blind and astray,
so our hearts are sure that whatever he says, will certainly
happen. He does not touch his bed at night, being busy in
worshipping Allah while the pagans are sound asleep in their
beds.' "
8.173:
Narrated Abu Salama bin `Abdur−Rahman bin `Auf: that he heard
Hassan bin Thabit Al−Ansari asking the witness of Abu Huraira,
saying, "O Abu− Huraira! I beseech you by Allah (to tell me).
Did you hear Allah's Apostle saying' 'O Hassan ! Reply on
behalf of Allah's Apostle. O Allah ! Support him (Hassan) with
the Holy Spirit (Gabriel).'?" Abu Huraira said, "Yes."
8.174:
Narrated Al−Bara:
The Prophet said to Hassan, "Lampoon them (the pagans) in
verse, and Gabriel is with you."
8.175:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "It is better for a man
to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with
poetry."
8.176:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle; said, "It is better for
anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus
which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry."
8.177:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah, the brother of Abu Al−Qu'ais asked my permission to
enter after the verses of Al−Hijab (veiling the ladies) was
revealed, and I said, "By Allah, I will not admit him unless I
take permission of Allah's Apostle for it was not the brother
of Al−Qu'ais who had suckled me, but it was the wife of
Al−Qu'ais, who had suckled me." Then Allah's Apostle entered
upon me, and I said, "O Allah's Apostle! The man has not
nursed me but his wife has nursed me." He said, "Admit him
because he is your uncle (not from blood relation, but because
you have been nursed by his wife), Taribat Yaminuki." `Urwa
said, "Because of this reason, ' Aisha used to say: Foster
suckling relations render all those things (marriages etc.)
illegal which are illegal because of the corresponding blood
relations." (See Hadith No. 36, Vol. 7)
8.178:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet intended to return home after the performance of
the Hajj, and he saw Safiya standing at the entrance of her
tent, depressed and sad because she got her menses. The
Prophet said, "Aqra Halqa! −−An expression used in the Quraish
dialect−−"You will detain us." The Prophet then asked (her),
"Did you perform the Tawaf Al−Ifada on the Day of Sacrifice
(10th of Dhul−Hijja)?" She said, "Yes." The Prophet said,
"Then you can leave (with us).
8.179:
Narrated Um Hani:
(the daughter of Abu Talib) I visited Allah's Apostle in the
year of the Conquest of Mecca and found him taking a bath, and
his daughter, Fatima was screening him. When I greeted him, he
said, "Who is it?" I replied, "I am Um Hani, the daughter of
Abu Talib." He said, "Welcome, O Um Hani ! " When the Prophet
had finished his bath, he stood up and offered eight rak`at of
prayer while he was wrapped in a single garment. When he had
finished his prayer, I said, "O Allah's Apostle! My maternal
brother assumes (or claims) that he will murder some man whom
I have given shelter, i.e., so−and−so bin Hubaira." Allah's
Apostle said, "O Um Hani! We shelter him whom you have
sheltered." Um Hani added, "That happened in the forenoon."
8.180:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw a man driving a Badana (a camel for sacrifice)
and said (to him). "Ride it." The man said, "It is a Bandana."
The Prophet said, "Ride on it." The man said, "It is a
Bandana." The Prophet said, Ride on it, woe to you!"
8.181:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle saw a man driving a
Badana (a camel for sacrifice) and said to him, "Ride on it."
The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is a Bandana." The
Prophet said, "Ride on it, woe to you!" on the second or third
time.
8.182:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle was on a journey and
he had a black slave called Anjasha, and he was driving the
camels (very fast, and there were women riding on those
camels). Allah's Apostle said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful
to you), O Anjasha! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass
vessels (women)!"
8.183:
Narrated Abu Bakra: A man praised another man in front of the
Prophet. The Prophet said thrice, "Wailaka (Woe on you) ! You
have cut the neck of your brother!" The Prophet added, "If it
is indispensable for anyone of you to praise a person, then he
should say, "I think that such−and−such person (is so−and−so),
and Allah is the one who will take his accounts (as he knows
his reality) and none can sanctify anybody before Allah (and
that only if he knows well about that person.)".
8.184:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: While the Prophet was
distributing (war booty etc.) one day, Dhul Khawaisira, a man
from the tribe of Bani Tamim, said, "O Allah's Apostle! Act
justly." The Prophets said, "Woe to you! Who else would act
justly if I did not act justly?" `Umar said (to the Prophet ),
"Allow me to chop his neck off." The Prophet said, "No, for he
has companions (who are apparently so pious that) if anyone of
(you compares his prayer with) their prayer, he will consider
his prayer inferior to theirs, and similarly his fasting
inferior to theirs, but they will desert Islam (go out of
religion) as an arrow goes through the victim's body (games
etc.) in which case if its Nasl is examined nothing will be
seen thereon, and if its Nady is examined, nothing will be
seen thereon, and if its Qudhadh is examined, nothing will be
seen thereon, for the arrow has gone out too fast even for the
excretions and blood to smear over it. Such people will come
out at the time of difference among the (Muslim) people and
the sign by which they will be recognized, will be a man whose
one of the two hands will look like the breast of a woman or a
lump of flesh moving loosely." Abu Sa`id added, "I testify
that I heard that from the Prophet and also testify that I was
with `Ali when `Ali fought against those people. The man
described by the Prophet was searched for among the killed,
and was found, and he was exactly as the Prophet had described
him." (See Hadith No. 807, Vol. 4)