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Volume 1
Bk. 1: Revelation
1.1:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: I
heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Deeds (their correctness and rewards) depend upon
intentions, and every person gets but what he has intended. So whoever emigrated
for worldly benefits, or for a woman to marry, his emigration is for what he
emigrated for."
1.2:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of the faithful
believers) Al-Harith
bin Hisham asked Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle!
How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration
is the hardest of all and then this state passes off after I have grasped what
is inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to me and
I grasp what he says." `Aisha added: Verily I saw the Prophet being inspired
Divinely on a very cold day and noticed the sweat dropping from his forehead (as
the Inspiration was over).
1.3:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of the
faithful believers) The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's
Apostle was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright day light,
and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion
in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many
days before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him the journey
food for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food
likewise again till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the
cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet replied,
"I do not know how to read. The Prophet added, "The angel caught me (forcefully)
and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me
and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon
he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any
more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, 'I do
not know how to read (or what shall I read)?' Thereupon he caught me for the
third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, 'Read in the name of
your Lord, who has created (all that exists) has created man from a clot. Read!
And your Lord is the Most Generous." (96.1, 96.2, 96.3) Then Allah's Apostle
returned with the Inspiration and with his heart beating severely. Then he went
to Khadija bint Khuwailid and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till
his fear was over and after that he told her everything that had happened and
said, "I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija replied, "Never! By
Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your Kith and
kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist
the deserving calamity-afflicted ones." Khadija then accompanied him to her
cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad [??] bin `Abdul `Uzza, who, during the pre
Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew
letters. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to
write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa,
"Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked, "O my nephew!
What have you seen?" Allah's Apostle described whatever he had seen. Waraqa
said, "This is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had
sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your
people would turn you out." Allah's Apostle asked, "Will they drive me out?"
Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone (man) who came with
something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I
should remain Alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would
support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine
Inspiration was also paused for a while. Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah Al-Ansari
while talking about the period of pause in revelation reporting the speech of
the Prophet "While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky.
I looked up and saw the same angel who had visited me at the cave of Hira'
sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. I got afraid of him and came
back home and said, 'Wrap me (in blankets).' And then Allah revealed the
following Holy Verses (of Qur'an): 'O you (i.e. Muhammad)! wrapped up in
garments!' Arise and warn (the people against Allah's Punishment),... up to 'and
desert the idols.' (74.1-5) After this the revelation started coming strongly,
frequently and regularly."
1.4:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: Ibn `Abbas in
the explanation of the Statement of Allah 'Move not your tongue concerning (the
Qur'an) to make haste therewith (75.16)' said "Allah's Apostle used to bear the
revelation with great trouble and used to move his lips (quickly) with the
Inspiration." Ibn `Abbas moved his lips saying, "I am moving my lips in front of
you as Allah's Apostle used to move his." Sa`id moved his lips saying: "I am
moving my lips, as I saw Ibn `Abbas moving his." Ibn `Abbas added, "So Allah
revealed 'Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith.
It is for us to collect it and to give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite it
(the Qur'an) (75.16-17)' which means that Allah will make him (the Prophet )
remember the portion of the Qur'an which was revealed at that time by heart and
recite it. The Statement of Allah: And 'When we have recited it to you (O
Muhammad through Gabriel) then you follow its (Qur'an) recital' (75.18) means
'listen to it and be silent.' Then it is for Us (Allah) to make It clear to you'
(75.19) means 'Then it is (for Allah) to make you recite it (and its meaning
will be clear by itself through your tongue). Afterwards, Allah's Apostle used
to listen to Gabriel whenever he came and after his departure he used to recite
it as Gabriel had recited it."
1.5:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle
was the most generous of all the people, and he used to reach the peak in
generosity in the month of Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet
him every night of Ramadan to teach him the Qur'an. Allah's Apostle was the most
generous person, even more generous than the strong uncontrollable wind (in
readiness and haste to do charitable deeds).
1.6:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Abbas: Abu Sufyan bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to
him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants
doing business in Sham (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan), at the time when
Allah's Apostle had truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan
and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya (Jerusalem). Heraclius called them
in the court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called
for his translator who, translating Heraclius' question said to them, "Who
amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet?" Abu
Sufyan replied, "I am the nearest relative to him (amongst the group). Heraclius
said, "Bring him (Abu Sufyan) close to me and make his companions stand behind
him." Abu Sufyan added, Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that
he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man (The Prophet) and that
if I told a lie they (my companions) should contradict me." Abu Sufyan added,
"By Allah! Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar, I would
not have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me
about him was: 'What is his family status amongst you?' I replied, 'He belongs
to a good (noble) family amongst us.' Heraclius further asked, 'Has anybody
amongst you ever claimed the same (i.e. to be a Prophet) before him?' I replied,
'No.'
He said, 'Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?' I replied, 'No.'
Heraclius asked, 'Do the nobles or the poor follow him?' I replied, 'It is
the poor who follow him.' He said, 'Are his followers increasing decreasing (day
by day)?' I replied, 'They are increasing.' He then asked, 'Does anybody amongst
those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion
afterwards?' I replied, 'No.'
Heraclius said, 'Have you ever accused him of
telling lies before his claim (to be a Prophet)?' I replied, 'No. '
Heraclius said, 'Does he break his promises?' I replied, 'No. We are at
truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it.' I could not find
opportunity to say anything against him except that. Heraclius asked, 'Have you
ever had a war with him?' I replied, 'Yes.'
Then he said, 'What was the
outcome of the battles?' I replied, 'Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes
we.' Heraclius said, 'What does he order you to do?' I said, 'He tells us to
worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him, and to
renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray, to speak the
truth, to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin.' Heraclius
asked the translator to convey to me the following, I asked you about his family
and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. In fact all the
Apostles come from noble families amongst their respective peoples. I questioned
you whether anybody else amongst you claimed such a thing, your reply was in the
negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that
this man was following the previous man's statement. Then I asked you whether
anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative, and if it
had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man wanted to take
back his ancestral kingdom. I further asked whether he was ever accused of
telling lies before he said what he said, and your reply was in the negative. So
I wondered how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a
lie about Allah. I, then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the
poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the
Apostle have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you
whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were
increasing, and in fact this is the way of true faith, till it is complete in
all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after
embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply
was in the negative, and in fact this is (the sign of) true faith, when its
delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he
had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the Apostles never
betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You replied that he ordered
you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship any thing along with Him
and forbade you to worship idols and ordered you to pray, to speak the truth and
to be chaste. If what you have said is true, he will very soon occupy this place
underneath my feet and I knew it (from the scriptures) that he was going to
appear but I did not know that he would be from you, and if I could reach him
definitely, I would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him, I would
certainly wash his feet.' Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by
Allah's Apostle which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra, who
forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows:
"In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful (This letter is) from
Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine.
Peace be upon him, who follows the right path. Furthermore I invite you to
Islam, and if you become a Muslim you will be safe, and Allah will double your
reward, and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin
by misguiding your Arisiyin (peasants). (And I recite to you Allah's Statement:)
'O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship
none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him, and that none
of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then, if they turn away, say:
Bear witness that we are Muslims (those who have surrendered to Allah).' (3:64).
Abu Sufyan then added, "When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the
letter, there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we were turned out
of the court. I told my companions that the question of Ibn-Abi-Kabsha (the
Prophet Muhammad) has become so prominent that even the King of Bani Al-Asfar
(Byzantine) is afraid of him. Then I started to become sure that he (the
Prophet) would be the conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam (i.e.
Allah guided me to it). The sub narrator adds, "Ibn An-Natur was the Governor of
Ilya' (Jerusalem) and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn
An-Natur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting Ilya' (Jerusalem), he
got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was
in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied, 'At
night when I looked at the stars, I saw that the leader of those who practice
circumcision had appeared (become the conqueror). Who are they who practice
circumcision?' The people replied, 'Except the Jews nobody practices
circumcision, so you should not be afraid of them (Jews). 'Just Issue orders to
kill every Jew present in the country.' While they were discussing it, a
messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to convey the news of Allah's Apostle to
Heraclius was brought in. Having heard the news, he (Heraclius) ordered the
people to go and see whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The
people, after seeing him, told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then
asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied, 'Arabs also practice
circumcision.' (After hearing that) Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the
Arabs had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was
as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. (a town in
Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his friend
who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the Prophet and the
fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all the heads of the
Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled, he ordered
that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said, 'O
Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want
your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet (i.e.
embrace Islam).' (On hearing the views of Heraclius) the people ran towards the
gates of the palace like onagers [??] but found the doors closed. Heraclius
realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing
Islam, he ordered that they should be brought back in audience. (When they
returned) he said, 'What already said was just to test the strength of your
conviction and I have seen it.' The people prostrated before him and became
pleased with him, and this was the end of Heraclius' story (in connection with
his faith).
Bk. 2: Belief
1.7:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said:
Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): -1. To testify that there
is no deity (owing the right to be worshipped) but Allah and that Muhammad is
Allah's Messenger. -2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers
dutifully and perfectly. -3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) . -4. To
perform Hajj. (i.e. Pilgrimage to Mecca) -5. To observe fast during the month of
Ramadan.
1.8:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Faith (Belief)
consists of more than sixty branches (i.e. parts). And Haya' (This word "Haya'"
covers a large number of concepts which are to be taken together; amongst them
are self respect, modesty, bashfulness, and scruple, etc. Its predominant
meaning is: pious shyness from committing religious indiscretions) is a part of
faith."
1.9:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said, "A Muslim is
the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and hands. And a Muhajir
(emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."
1.10:
Narrated Abu Musa: Some people asked Allah's Apostle, "Whose Islam
is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids
harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands."
1.11:
Narrated `Abdullah
bin `Amr: A man asked the Prophet , "What sort of deeds or (what qualities of)
Islam are good?" The Prophet replied, 'To feed (the poor) and greet those whom
you know and those whom you do not Know (See Hadith No. 27).
1.12:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "None of you will have faith till he
wishes for his (Muslim) brother what he likes for himself."
1.13:
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life
is, none of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father and his
children."
1.14:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said "None of you will
have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind."
1.15:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the
following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith: - 1. The
one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else. -2. Who
loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake. -3. Who hates to revert
to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire."
1.16:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Love for the Ansar is a sign of faith
and hatred for the Ansar is a sign of hypocrisy."
1.17:
Narrated 'Ubada
bin As-Samit: who took part in the battle of Badr and was a Naqib (a person
heading a group of six persons), on the night of Al-`Aqaba pledge: Allah's
Apostle said while a group of his companions were around him, "Swear allegiance
to me for: - 1. Not to join anything in worship along with Allah. -2. Not to
steal. -3. Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse. -4. Not to kill your
children. -5. Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation
among people). -6. Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deed." The
Prophet added: "Whoever among you fulfills his pledge will be rewarded by Allah.
And whoever indulges in any one of them (except the ascription of partners to
Allah) and gets the punishment in this world, that punishment will be an
expiation for that sin. And if one indulges in any of them, and Allah conceals
his sin, it is up to Him to forgive or punish him (in the Hereafter)." 'Ubada
bin As-Samit added: "So we swore allegiance for these." (points to Allah's
Apostle)
1.18:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "A
time will come that the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will
take on the top of mountains and the places of rainfall (valleys) so as to flee
with his religion from afflictions."
1.19:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever
Allah's Apostle ordered the Muslims to do something, he used to order them deeds
which were easy for them to do, (according to their strength endurance). They
said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are not like you. Allah has forgiven your past and
future sins." So Allah's Apostle became angry and it was apparent on his face.
He said, "I am the most Allah fearing, and know Allah better than all of you
do."
1.20:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the
following three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith: -1. The one to whom
Allah and His Apostle become dearer than anything else. -2. Who loves a person
and he loves him only for Allah's sake. -3. Who hates to revert to disbelief
(Atheism) after Allah has brought (saved) him out from it, as he hates to be
thrown in fire."
1.21:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: The Prophet said,
"When the people of Paradise will enter Paradise and the people of Hell will go
to Hell, Allah will order those who have had faith equal to the weight of a
grain of mustard seed to be taken out from Hell. So they will be taken out but
(by then) they will be blackened (charred). Then they will be put in the river
of Haya' (rain) or Hayat (life) (the Narrator is in doubt as to which is the
right term), and they will revive like a grain that grows near the bank of a
flood channel. Don't you see that it comes out yellow and twisted"
1.22:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "While I was sleeping I
saw (in a dream) some people wearing shirts of which some were reaching up to
the breasts only while others were even shorter than that. `Umar bin Al-Khattab
was shown wearing a shirt that he was dragging." The people asked, "How did you
interpret it? (What is its interpretation) O Allah's Apostle?" He (the Prophet )
replied, "It is the Religion."
1.23:
Narrated `Abdullah (bin `Umar):
Once Allah's Apostle passed by an Ansari (man) who was admonishing to his
brother regarding Haya' (pious shyness from committing religious indiscretions).
On that Allah's Apostle said, "Leave him as Haya' is a part of faith." (See
Hadith No. 8)
1.24:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have
been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none
has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle,
and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they
perform a that, then they save their lives an property from me except for
Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."
1.25:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle was asked, "What is the best
deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad). The
questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To
participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's Cause." The questioner
again asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To perform Hajj
(Pilgrim age to Mecca) Mabrur" (i.e. accepted by Allah, performed with the
intention of seeking Allah's pleasure only and not to show off, without
committing a sin and in accordance with the traditions of the Prophet).
1.26:
Narrated Sa`d:
Allah's Apostle distributed (Zakat) amongst (a
group of) people while I was sitting there but Allah's Apostle left a man whom I
thought the best of the lot. I asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you left that
person? By Allah I regard him as a faithful believer." The Prophet commented:
"Or merely a Muslim." I remained quiet for a while, but could not help repeating
my question because of what I knew about him. And then asked Allah's Apostle,
"Why have you left so and so? By Allah! He is a faithful believer." The Prophet
again said, "Or merely a Muslim." And I could not help repeating my question
because of what I knew about him. Then the Prophet said, "O Sa`d! I give to a
person while another is dearer to me, for fear that he might be thrown on his
face in the Fire by Allah."
1.27:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: A person
asked Allah's Apostle . "What (sort of) deeds in or (what qualities of) Islam
are good?" He replied, "To feed (the poor) and greet those whom you know and
those whom you don't know."
1.28:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said:
"I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who
were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they
ungrateful to Allah?) He replied, "They are ungrateful to their husbands and are
ungrateful for the favors and the good (charitable deeds) done to them. If you
have always been good (benevolent) to one of them and then she sees something in
you (not of her liking), she will say, 'I have never received any good from
you."
1.29:
Narrated Al-Ma`rur: At Ar-Rabadha I met Abu Dhar who was
wearing a cloak, and his slave, too, was wearing a similar one. I asked about
the reason for it. He replied, "I abused a person by calling his mother with bad
names." The Prophet said to me, 'O Abu Dhar! Did you abuse him by calling his
mother with bad names You still have some characteristics of ignorance. Your
slaves are your brothers and Allah has put them under your command. So whoever
has a brother under his command should feed him of what he eats and dress him of
what he wears. Do not ask them (slaves) to do things beyond their capacity
(power) and if you do so, then help them.' "
1.30:
Narrated Al-Ahnaf bin
Qais: While I was going to help this man (`Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakra met me
and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that person."
He said, "Go back for I have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'When two Muslims
fight (meet) each other with their swords, both the murderer as well as the
murdered will go to the Hell-fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! It is all right
for the murderer but what about the murdered one?' Allah's Apostle replied, "He
surely had the intention to kill his companion."
1.31:
Narrated
`Abdullah: When the following Verse was revealed: "It is those who believe and
confuse not their belief with wrong (worshipping others besides Allah.)" (6:83),
the companions of Allah's Apostle asked, "Who is amongst us who had not done
injustice (wrong)?" Allah revealed: "No doubt, joining others in worship with
Allah is a great injustice (wrong) indeed." (31.13)
1.32:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three: -1. Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie. -2. Whenever he promises, he always breaks it (his
promise ). -3. If you trust him, he proves to be dishonest. (If you keep
something as a trust with him, he will not return it.)"
1.33:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said, "Whoever has the following four
(characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following
four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until
he gives it up. -1. Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays. -2. Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie. -3. Whenever he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous.
-4. Whenever he quarrels, he behaves in a very imprudent, evil and insulting
manner."
1.34:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever
establishes the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping to
attain Allah's rewards (not to show off) then all his past sins will be
forgiven."
1.35:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The person who
participates in (Holy battles) in Allah's cause and nothing compels him to do so
except belief in Allah and His Apostles, will be recompensed by Allah either
with a reward, or booty (if he survives) or will be admitted to Paradise (if he
is killed in the battle as a martyr). Had I not found it difficult for my
followers, then I would not remain behind any sariya (military unit) going for
Jihad and I would have loved to be martyred in Allah's cause and then made
Alive, and then martyred and then made alive, and then again martyred in His
cause."
1.36:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said: "Whoever
establishes prayers during the nights of Ramadan faithfully out of sincere faith
and hoping to attain Allah's rewards (not for showing off), all his past sins
will be forgiven."
1.37:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said,
"Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and
hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven."
1.38:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Religion is very easy and
whoever overburdens himself in his religion will not be able to continue in that
way. So you should not be extremists, but try to be near to perfection and
receive the good tidings that you will be rewarded; and gain strength by
worshipping in the mornings, the nights." (See Fath-ul-Bari, Page 102, Vol. 1).
1.39:
Narrated Al-Bara' (bin `Azib): When the Prophet came to Medina, he
stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered his
prayers facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months, but he
wished that he could pray facing the Ka`ba (at Mecca). The first prayer which he
offered facing the Ka`ba was the `Asr prayer in the company of some people. Then
one of those who had offered that prayer with him came out and passed by some
people in a mosque who were bowing during their prayers (facing Jerusalem). He
said addressing them, "By Allah, I testify that I have prayed with Allah's
Apostle facing Mecca (Ka`ba).' Hearing that, those people changed their
direction towards the Ka`ba immediately. Jews and the people of the scriptures
used to be pleased to see the Prophet facing Jerusalem in prayers but when he
changed his direction towards the Ka`ba, during the prayers, they disapproved of
it. Al-Bara' added, "Before we changed our direction towards the Ka`ba (Mecca)
in prayers, some Muslims had died or had been killed and we did not know what to
say about them (regarding their prayers.) Allah then revealed: And Allah would
never make your faith (prayers) to be lost (i.e. the prayers of those Muslims
were valid).' " (2:143).
1.40:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "If any one of you improve (follows strictly) his Islamic religion then
his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to seven hundred times for each good
deed and a bad deed will be recorded as it is."
1.41:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once the Prophet came while a woman was sitting with me. He said, "Who is
she?" I replied, "She is so and so," and told him about her (excessive) praying.
He said disapprovingly, "Do (good) deeds which is within your capacity (without
overtaxing yourself) as Allah does not get tired (of giving rewards) but
(surely) you will get tired; the best deed (act of Worship) in the sight of
Allah is that which is done regularly."
1.42:
Narrated Anas:
The
Prophet said, "Whoever said "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a barley grain will be
taken out of Hell. And whoever said: "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of a wheat grain
will be taken out of Hell. And whoever said, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and has in his heart good (faith) equal to the weight of an
atom will be taken out of Hell."
1.43:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:
Once a Jew said to me, "O the chief of believers! There is a verse in your Holy
Book Which is read by all of you (Muslims), and had it been revealed to us, we
would have taken that day (on which it was revealed as a day of celebration."
`Umar bin Al-Khattab asked, "Which is that verse?" The Jew replied, "This day I
have perfected your religion For you, completed My favor upon you, And have
chosen for you Islam as your religion." (5:3) `Umar replied, "No doubt, we know
when and where this verse was revealed to the Prophet. It was Friday and the
Prophet was standing at `Arafat (i.e. the Day of Hajj)"
1.44:
Narrated
Talha bin 'Ubaidullah: A man from Najd with unkempt hair came to Allah's Apostle
and we heard his loud voice but could not understand what he was saying, till he
came near and then we came to know that he was asking about Islam. Allah's
Apostle said, "You have to offer prayers perfectly five times in a day and night
(24 hours)." The man asked, "Is there any more (praying)?" Allah's Apostle
replied, "No, but if you want to offer the Nawafil prayers (you can)." Allah's
Apostle further said to him: "You have to observe fasts during the month of
Ramadan." The man asked, "Is there any more fasting?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"No, but if you want to observe the Nawafil fasts (you can.)" Then Allah's
Apostle further said to him, "You have to pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)."
The man asked, "Is there any thing other than the Zakat for me to pay?" Allah's
Apostle replied, "No, unless you want to give alms of your own." And then that
man retreated saying, "By Allah! I will neither do less nor more than this."
Allah's Apostle said, "If what he said is true, then he will be successful (i.e.
he will be granted Paradise).
1.45:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "(A believer) who accompanies the funeral procession of a Muslim
out of sincere faith and hoping to attain Allah's reward and remains with it
till the funeral prayer is offered and the burial ceremonies are over, he will
return with a reward of two Qirats. Each Qirat is like the size of the (Mount)
Uhud. He who offers the funeral prayer only and returns before the burial, will
return with the reward of one Qirat only."
1.46:
Narrated `Abdullah: The
Prophet said, "Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (an evil doing) and killing him is Kufr
(disbelief)." Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: "Allah's Apostle went out to inform
the people about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened
a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet said, "I came out to inform you
about (the date of) the night of Al-Qadr, but as so and so and so and so
quarreled, its knowledge was taken away (I forgot it) and maybe it was better
for you. Now look for it in the 7th, the 9th and the 5th (of the last 10 nights
of the month of Ramadan).
1.47:
Narrated Abu Huraira: One day while the
Prophet was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and
asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Apostle replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah,
His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in
Resurrection." Then he further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"To worship Allah Alone and none else, to offer prayers perfectly to pay the
compulsory charity (Zakat) and to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan."
Then he further asked, "What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Apostle replied,
"To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of
devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you." Then he further
asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle replied, "The
answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I will inform you
about its portents. -1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master. -2. When
the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the
construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five things which
nobody knows except Allah. The Prophet then recited: "Verily, with Allah (Alone)
is the knowledge of the Hour--." (31. 34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the
Prophet asked his companions to call him back, but they could not see him. Then
the Prophet said, "That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their
religion." Abu `Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as a part of
faith.
1.48:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: I was informed by Abu Sufyan
that Heraclius said to him, "I asked you whether they (followers of Muhammad)
were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing. And in
fact, this is the way of true Faith till it is complete in all respects. I
further asked you whether there was anybody, who, after embracing his (the
Prophets) religion (Islam) became displeased and discarded it. You replied in
the negative, and in fact, this is (a sign of) true faith. When its delight
enters the heart and mixes with them completely, nobody can be displeased with
it."
1.49:
Narrated An-Nu`man bin Bashir: I heard Allah's Apostle
saying, 'Both legal and illegal things are evident but in between them there are
doubtful (suspicious) things and most of the people have no knowledge about
them. So whoever saves himself from these suspicious things saves his religion
and his honor. And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a
shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone
else and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware! Every king
has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal (forbidden) things.
Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if it becomes good (reformed) the
whole body becomes good but if it gets spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and
that is the heart.
1.50:
Narrated Abu Jamra: I used to sit with Ibn
`Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place. He requested me to stay with him
in order that he might give me a share from his property. So I stayed with him
for two months. Once he told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of
`Abdul Qais came to the Prophet, the Prophet asked them, "Who are the people
(i.e. you)? (Or) who are the delegate?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of
Rabi`a." Then the Prophet said to them, "Welcome! O people (or O delegation of
`Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "O
Allah's Apostle! We cannot come to you except in the sacred month and there is
the infidel tribe of Mudar intervening between you and us. So please order us to
do something good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we
have left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on them)."
Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is illegal). The Prophet
ordered them to do four things and forbade them from four things. He ordered
them to believe in Allah Alone and asked them, "Do you know what is meant by
believing in Allah Alone?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better."
Thereupon the Prophet said, "It means: -1. To testify that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle. -2. To offer prayers
perfectly -3. To pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) -4. To observe fast during
the month of Ramadan. -5. And to pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be
given in Allah's Cause). Then he forbade them four things, namely Hantam, Dubba,
Naqir-Muzaffat or (Naqir) Muqaiyar (names of pots in which Alcoholic drinks were
prepared, the Prophet used the names of the pots to designate the prohibited
drinks usually brewed in them). The Prophet further said (to them): "Memorize
them (these instructions) and convey them to the people whom you have left
behind."
1.51:
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "The
reward of deeds depends upon the intention and every person will get the reward
according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His
Apostle, then his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle. And whoever
emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for
what he emigrated for."
1.52:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "If
a man spends on his family (with the intention of having a reward from Allah)
sincerely for Allah's sake then it is a (kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.
1.53:
Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas: Allah's Apostle said, "You will be
rewarded for whatever you spend for Allah's sake even if it were a morsel which
you put in your wife's mouth."
1.54:
Narrated Jarir bin `Abdullah: I
gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for the following: -1. offer
prayers perfectly -2. pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) -3. and be sincere and
true to every Muslim.
1.55:
Narrated Ziyad bin `Ilaqa [??] : I heard
Jarir bin `Abdullah (Praising Allah). On the day when Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba
died, he (Jarir) got up (on the pulpit) and thanked and praised Allah and said,
"Be afraid of Allah alone Who has none along with Him to be worshipped. (You
should) be calm and quiet till the (new) chief comes to you and he will come to
you soon. Ask Allah's forgiveness for your (late) chief because he himself loved
to forgive others." Jarir added, "Amma ba`du (now then), I went to the Prophet
and said, 'I give my pledge of allegiance to you for Islam." The Prophet
conditioned (my pledge) for me to be sincere and true to every Muslim so I gave
my pledge to him for this. By the Lord of this mosque! I am sincere and true to
you (Muslims). Then Jarir asked for Allah's forgiveness and came down (from the
pulpit).
Bk. 3: Knowledge
1.56:
Narrated Abu Huraira: While the Prophet
was saying something in a gathering, a Bedouin came and asked him, "When would
the Hour (Doomsday) take place?" Allah's Apostle continued his talk, so some
people said that Allah's Apostle had heard the question, but did not like what
that Bedouin had asked. Some of them said that Allah's Apostle had not heard it.
When the Prophet finished his speech, he said, "Where is the questioner, who
inquired about the Hour (Doomsday)?" The Bedouin said, "I am here, O Allah's
Apostle ." Then the Prophet said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour
(Doomsday)." The Bedouin said, "How will that be lost?" The Prophet said, "When
the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons, then wait for the
Hour (Doomsday.)"
1.57:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Once the Prophet
remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while we were performing ablution
for the prayer which was over-due. We were just passing wet hands over our feet
(and not washing them properly) so the Prophet addressed us in a loud voice and
said twice or thrice: "Save your heels from the fire."
1.58:
Narrated
Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree, the leaves
of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that tree."
Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I thought of
the date-palm tree but felt shy to answer the others then asked, "What is that
tree, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "It is the date-palm true."
1.59:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree,
the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that
tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I
thought of the date-palm tree. The others then asked, "Please inform us what is
that tree, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "It is the date-palm tree."
1.60:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: same as above Hadith 59.
1.61:
Narrated Ibn
`Umar: same as above Hadith 59.
1.62:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: same as above
Hadith 59.
1.63:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: While we were sitting with the
Prophet in the mosque, a man came riding on a camel. He made his camel kneel
down in the mosque, tied its foreleg and then said: "Who amongst you is
Muhammad?" At that time the Prophet was sitting amongst us (his companions)
leaning on his arm. We replied, "This white man reclining on his arm." The an
then addressed him, "O Son of `Abdul Muttalib." The Prophet said, "I am here to
answer your questions." The man said to the Prophet, "I want to ask you
something and will be hard in questioning. So do not get angry." The Prophet
said, "Ask whatever you want." The man said, "I ask you by your Lord, and the
Lord of those who were before you, has Allah sent you as an Apostle to all the
mankind?" The Prophet replied, "By Allah, yes." The man further said, "I ask you
by Allah. Has Allah ordered you to offer five prayers in a day and night (24
hours).? He replied, "By Allah, Yes." The man further said, "I ask you by Allah!
Has Allah ordered you to observe fasts during this month of the year (i.e.
Ramadan)?" He replied, "By Allah, Yes." The man further said, "I ask you by
Allah. Has Allah ordered you to take Zakat (obligatory charity) from our rich
people and distribute it amongst our poor people?" The Prophet replied, "By
Allah, yes." Thereupon that man said, "I have believed in all that with which
you have been sent, and I have been sent by my people as a messenger, and I am
Dimam bin Tha`laba from the brothers of Bani Sa`d bin Bakr."
1.64:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Once Allah's Apostle gave a letter to a
person and ordered him to go and deliver it to the Governor of Bahrain. (He did
so) and the Governor of Bahrain sent it to Chousroes, who read that letter and
then tore it to pieces. (The sub-narrator (Ibn Shihab) thinks that Ibn
Al-Musaiyab said that Allah's Apostle invoked Allah against them (saying), "May
Allah tear them into pieces, and disperse them all totally.)"
1.65:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Once the Prophet wrote a letter or had an idea of
writing a letter. The Prophet was told that they (rulers) would not read letters
unless they were sealed. So the Prophet got a silver ring made with "Muhammad
Allah's Apostle" engraved on it. As if I were just observing its white glitter
in the hand of the Prophet.
1.66:
Narrated Abu Waqid Al-Laithi: While
Allah's Apostle was sitting in the mosque with some people, three men came. Two
of them came in front of Allah's Apostle and the third one went away. The two
persons kept on standing before Allah's Apostle for a while and then one of them
found a place in the circle and sat there while the other sat behind the
gathering, and the third one went away. When Allah's Apostle finished his
preaching, he said, "Shall I tell you about these three persons? One of them
betook himself to Allah, so Allah took him into His grace and mercy and
accommodated him, the second felt shy from Allah, so Allah sheltered Him in His
mercy (and did not punish him), while the third turned his face from Allah and
went away, so Allah turned His face from him likewise. "
1.67:
Narrated
`Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakra's father: Once the Prophet was riding his camel and
a man was holding its rein. The Prophet asked, "What is the day today?" We kept
quiet, thinking that he might give that day another name. He said, "Isn't it the
day of Nahr (slaughtering of the animals of sacrifice)" We replied, "Yes." He
further asked, "Which month is this?" We again kept quiet, thinking that he
might give it another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the month of Dhul-Hijja?" We
replied, "Yes." He said, "Verily! Your blood, property and honor are sacred to
one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month
of yours and in this city of yours. It is incumbent upon those who are present
to inform those who are absent because those who are absent might comprehend
(what I have said) better than the present audience."
1.68:
Narrated Ibn
Mas`ud: The Prophet used to take care of us in preaching by selecting a suitable
time, so that we might not get bored. (He abstained from pestering us with
sermons and knowledge all the time).
1.69:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The
Prophet said, "Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and
do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run
away (from Islam).
1.70:
Narrated Abu Wail: `Abdullah used to give a
religious talk to the people on every Thursday. Once a man said, "O Aba
`Abdur-Rahman! (By Allah) I wish if you could preach us daily." He replied, "The
only thing which prevents me from doing so, is that I hate to bore you, and no
doubt I take care of you in preaching by selecting a suitable time just as the
Prophet used to do with us, for fear of making us bored."
1.71:
Narrated
Muawiya:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If Allah wants to do good to a
person, He makes him comprehend the religion. I am just a distributor, but the
grant is from Allah. (And remember) that this nation (true Muslims) will keep on
following Allah's teachings strictly and they will not be harmed by any one
going on a different path till Allah's order (Day of Judgment) is established."
1.72:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: We were with the Prophet and fresh dates of a
palm tree were brought to him. On that he said, "Amongst the trees, there is a
tree which resembles a Muslim." I wanted to say that it was the date-palm tree
but as I was the youngest of all (of them) I kept quiet. And then the Prophet
said, "It is the date-palm tree."
1.73:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud:
The Prophet said, "Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases. (The first
is) A person, whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously; (the
second is) the one whom Allah has given wisdom (the Holy Qur'an) and he acts
according to it and teaches it to others." (Fath-al-Bari page 177 Vol. 1)
1.74:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: That he differed with Hur bin Qais bin Hisn
Al-Fazari regarding the companion of (the Prophet) Moses. Ibn `Abbas said that
he was Al Khadir. Meanwhile, Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called
him, saying "My friend (Hur) and I have differed regarding Moses' companion,
whom Moses asked the way to meet. Have you heard the Prophet mentioning
something about him? He said, "Yes. I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "While Moses
was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a man came and asked him. "Do you
know anyone who is more learned than you? Moses replied: "No." So Allah sent the
Divine Inspiration to Moses: 'Yes, Our slave Khadir (is more learned than you.)'
Moses asked (Allah) how to meet him (Khadir). So Allah made the fish as a sign
for him and he was told that when the fish was lost, he should return (to the
place where he had lost it) and there he would meet him (Al-Khadir). So Moses
went on looking for the sign of the fish in the sea. The servant-boy of Moses
said to him: Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock, I indeed
forgot the fish, none but Satan made me forget to remember it. On that Moses
said: 'That is what we have been seeking? (18.64) So they went back retracing
their footsteps, and found Khadir. (And) what happened further to them is
narrated in the Holy Qur'an by Allah. (18.54 up to 18.82)
1.75:
Narrated
Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet embraced me and said, "O Allah! Bestow on him the
knowledge of the Book (Qur'an).
1.76:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once I came
riding a she-ass and had (just) attained the age of puberty. Allah's Apostle was
offering the prayer at Mina. There was no wall in front of him and I passed in
front of some of the row while they were offering their prayers. There I let the
she-ass loose to graze and entered the row, and nobody objected to it.
1.77:
Narrated Mahmud bin Rabi`a: When I was a boy of five, I remember, the
Prophet took water from a bucket (used far getting water out of a well) with his
mouth and threw it on my face.
1.78:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: that he
differed with Hur bin Qais bin Hisn Al-Fazari regarding the companion of the
Prophet Moses. Meanwhile, Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called him
saying, "My friend (Hur) and I have differed regarding Moses' companion whom
Moses asked the way to meet. Have you heard Allah's Apostle mentioning something
about him? Ubai bin Ka`b said: "Yes, I heard the Prophet mentioning something
about him (saying) while Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a
man came and asked him: "Do you know anyone who is more learned than you? Moses
replied: "No." So Allah sent the Divine Inspiration to Moses: '--Yes, Our slave
Khadir is more learned than you. Moses asked Allah how to meet him (Al-Khadir).
So Allah made the fish a sign for him and he was told when the fish was lost, he
should return (to the place where he had lost it) and there he would meet him
(Al-Khadir). So Moses went on looking for the sign of the fish in the sea. The
servant-boy of Moses said: 'Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the
rock, I indeed forgot the fish, none but Satan made me forget to remember it. On
that Moses said, 'That is what we have been seeking.' So they went back
retracing their footsteps, and found Khadir. (and) what happened further about
them is narrated in the Holy Qur'an by Allah." (18.54 up to 18.82)
1.79:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "The example of guidance and knowledge
with which Allah has sent me is like abundant rain falling on the earth, some of
which was fertile soil that absorbed rain water and brought forth vegetation and
grass in abundance. (And) another portion of it was hard and held the rain water
and Allah benefited the people with it and they utilized it for drinking, making
their animals drink from it and for irrigation of the land for cultivation.
(And) a portion of it was barren which could neither hold the water nor bring
forth vegetation (then that land gave no benefits). The first is the example of
the person who comprehends Allah's religion and gets benefit (from the
knowledge) which Allah has revealed through me (the Prophets and learns and then
teaches others. The last example is that of a person who does not care for it
and does not take Allah's guidance revealed through me (He is like that barren
land.)"
1.80:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle said, "From among the
portents of the Hour are (the following): -1. Religious knowledge will be taken
away (by the death of Religious learned men). -2. (Religious) ignorance will
prevail. -3. Drinking of Alcoholic drinks (will be very common). -4. There will
be prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse.
1.81:
Narrated Anas:
I will narrate to you a Hadith and none other than I will tell you about
after it. I heard Allah's Apostle saying: From among the portents of the Hour
are (the following): -1. Religious knowledge will decrease (by the death of
religious learned men). -2. Religious ignorance will prevail. -3. There will be
prevalence of open illegal sexual intercourse. -4. Women will increase in number
and men will decrease in number so much so that fifty women will be looked after
by one man.
1.82:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "While I was
sleeping, I saw that a cup full of milk was brought to me and I drank my fill
till I noticed (the milk) its wetness coming out of my nails. Then I gave the
remaining milk to `Umar Ibn Al-Khattab" The companions of the Prophet asked,
"What have you interpreted (about this dream)? "O Allah's Apostle ,!" he
replied, "(It is religious) knowledge."
1.83:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Amr bin Al `Aas: Allah's Apostle stopped (for a while near the Jimar) at Mina
during his last Hajj for the people and they were asking him questions. A man
came and said, "I forgot and got my head shaved before slaughtering the Hadi
(sacrificing animal)." The Prophet said, "There is no harm, go and do the
slaughtering now." Then another person came and said, "I forgot and slaughtered
(the camel) before Rami (throwing of the pebbles) at the Jamra." The Prophet
said, "Do the Rami now and there is no harm." The narrator added: So on that
day, when the Prophet was asked about anything (as regards the ceremonies of
Hajj) performed before or after its due time, his reply was: "Do it (now) and
there is no harm."
1.84:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Somebody said to the
Prophet (during his last Hajj), "I did the slaughtering before doing the Rami.'
The Prophet beckoned with his hand and said, "There is no harm in that." Then
another person said. "I got my head shaved before offering the sacrifice." The
Prophet beckoned with his hand saying, "There is no harm in that."
1.85:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "(Religious) knowledge will be taken
away (by the death of religious scholars) ignorance (in religion) and
afflictions will appear; and Harj will increase." It was asked, "What is Harj, O
Allah's Apostle?" He replied by beckoning with his hand indicating "killing."
(Fath-al-Bari Page 192, Vol. 1)
1.86:
Narrated Asma':
I came to
`Aisha while she was praying, and said to her, "What has happened to the
people?" She pointed out towards the sky. (I looked towards the mosque), and saw
the people offering the prayer. Aisha said, "Subhan Allah." I said to her, "Is
there a sign?" She nodded with her head meaning, "Yes." I, too, then stood (for
the prayer of eclipse) till I became (nearly) unconscious and later on I poured
water on my head. After the prayer, the Prophet praised and glorified Allah and
then said, "Just now at this place I have seen what I have never seen before,
including Paradise and Hell. No doubt it has been inspired to me that you will
be put to trials in your graves and these trials will be like the trials of
Masih-ad-Dajjal or nearly like it (the sub narrator is not sure which expression
Asma' used). You will be asked, 'What do you know about this man (the Prophet
Muhammad)?' Then the faithful believer (or Asma' said a similar word) will
reply, 'He is Muhammad Allah's Apostle who had come to us with clear evidences
and guidance and so we accepted his teachings and followed him. And he is
Muhammad.' And he will repeat it thrice. Then the angels will say to him, 'Sleep
in peace as we have come to know that you were a faithful believer.' On the
other hand, a hypocrite or a doubtful person will reply, 'I do not know, but I
heard the people saying something and so I said it.' (the same). "
1.87:
Narrated Abu Jamra: I was an interpreter between the people and Ibn `Abbas.
Once Ibn `Abbas said that a delegation of the tribe of `Abdul Qais came to the
Prophet who asked them, "Who are the people (i.e. you)? (Or) who are the
delegates?" They replied, "We are from the tribe of Rabi`a." Then the Prophet
said to them, "Welcome, O people (or said, "O delegation (of `Abdul Qais).")
Neither will you have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "We have come to
you from a distant place and there is the tribe of the infidels of Mudar
intervening between you and us and we cannot come to you except in the sacred
month. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) and that we may
also inform our people whom we have left behind (at home) and that we may enter
Paradise (by acting on them.)" The Prophet ordered them to do four things, and
forbade them from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allah Alone, the
Honorable the Majestic and said to them, "Do you know what is meant by believing
in Allah Alone?" They replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." Thereupon
the Prophet said, "(That means to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is His Apostle, to offer prayers
perfectly, to pay Zakat, to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan, (and) to
pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be given in Allah's cause)." Then he
forbade them four things, namely Ad-Dubba.' Hantam, Muzaffat (and) An-Naqir or
Muqaiyar (These were the names of pots in which alcoholic drinks used to be
prepared). The Prophet further said, "Memorize them (these instructions) and
tell them to the people whom you have left behind."
1.88:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin Abi Mulaika: `Uqba bin Al-Harith said that he had married the
daughter of Abi Ihab bin `Aziz. Later on a woman came to him and said, "I have
suckled (nursed) `Uqba and the woman whom he married (his wife) at my breast."
`Uqba said to her, "Neither I knew that you have suckled (nursed) me nor did you
tell me." Then he rode over to see Allah's Apostle at Medina, and asked him
about it. Allah's Apostle said, "How can you keep her as a wife when it has been
said (that she is your foster-sister)?" Then `Uqba divorced her, and she married
another man.
1.89:
Narrated `Umar:
My Ansari neighbor from Bani
Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live at `Awali Al-Medina and used to visit the
Prophet by turns. He used to go one day and I another day. When I went I used to
bring the news of that day regarding the Divine Inspiration and other things,
and when he went, he used to do the same for me. Once my Ansari friend, in his
turn (on returning from the Prophet), knocked violently at my door and asked if
I was there." I became horrified and came out to him. He said, "Today a great
thing has happened." I then went to Hafsa and saw her weeping. I asked her, "Did
Allah's Apostle divorce you all?" She replied, "I do not know." Then, I entered
upon the Prophet and said while standing, "Have you divorced your wives?" The
Prophet replied in the negative. On what I said, "Allahu-Akbar (Allah is
Greater)." (See Hadith No. 119, Vol. 3 for details)
1.90:
Narrated Abu
Mas`ud Al-Ansari: Once a man said to Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle! I may
not attend the (compulsory congregational) prayer because so and so (the Imam)
prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it. The narrator added: "I never saw
the Prophet more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. The Prophet
said, "O people! Some of you make others dislike good deeds (the prayers). So
whoever leads the people in prayer should shorten it because among them there
are the sick the weak and the needy (having some jobs to do).
1.91:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: A man asked the Prophet about the
picking up of a "Luqata" (fallen lost thing). The Prophet replied, "Recognize
and remember its tying material and its container, and make public announcement
(about it) for one year, then utilize it but give it to its owner if he comes."
Then the person asked about the lost camel. On that, the Prophet got angry and
his cheeks or his Face became red and he said, "You have no concern with it as
it has its water container, and its feet and it will reach water, and eat (the
leaves) of trees till its owner finds it." The man then asked about the lost
sheep. The Prophet replied, "It is either for you, for your brother (another
person) or for the wolf."
1.92:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet was asked
about things which he did not like, but when the questioners insisted, the
Prophet got angry. He then said to the people, "Ask me anything you like." A man
asked, "Who is my father?" The Prophet replied, "Your father is Hudhafa." Then
another man got up and said, "Who is my father, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied,
"Your father is Salim, Maula (the freed slave) of Shaiba." So when `Umar saw
that (the anger) on the face of the Prophet he said, "O Allah's Apostle! We
repent to Allah (Our offending you).
1.93:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: One
day Allah's Apostle came out (before the people) and `Abdullah bin Hudhafa stood
up and asked (him) "Who is my father?" The Prophet replied, "Your father is
Hudhafa." The Prophet told them repeatedly (in anger) to ask him anything they
liked. `Umar knelt down before the Prophet and said thrice, "We accept Allah as
(our) Lord and Islam as (our) religion and Muhammad as (our) Prophet." After
that the Prophet became silent.
1.94:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the
Prophet asked permission to enter, he knocked the door thrice with greeting and
whenever he spoke a sentence (said a thing) he used to repeat it thrice. (See
Hadith No. 261, Vol. 8).
1.95:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the Prophet
spoke a sentence (said a thing), he used to repeat it thrice so that the people
could understand it properly from him and whenever he asked permission to enter,
(he knocked the door) thrice with greeting.
1.96:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Amr: Once Allah's Apostle remained behind us in a journey. He joined us while
we were performing ablution for the `Asr prayer which was over-due. We were just
passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them properly) so the Prophet
addressed us in a loud voice and said twice or thrice, "Save your heels from the
fire."
1.97.1:
Narrated Abu Burda's father: Allah's Apostle said "Three
persons will have a double reward: -1. A Person from the people of the
scriptures who believed in his prophet (Jesus or Moses) and then believed in the
Prophet Muhammad (i.e. has embraced Islam). -2. A slave who discharges his
duties to Allah and his master. -3. A master of a woman-slave who teaches her
good manners and educates her in the best possible way (the religion) and
manumits her and then marries her."
1.97.2:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once
Allah's Apostle came out while Bilal was accompanying him. He went towards the
women thinking that they had not heard him (i.e. his sermon). So he preached
them and ordered them to pay alms. (Hearing that) the women started giving alms;
some donated their earrings, some gave their rings and Bilal was collecting them
in the corner of his garment.
1.98:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I said: "O
Allah's Apostle! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your
intercession on the Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Apostle said: O Abu Huraira!
"I have thought that none will ask me about it before you as I know your longing
for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who will have my intercession
on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the bottom of
his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah." And `Umar bin `Abdul
`Aziz wrote to Abu Bakr bin Hazm, "Look for the knowledge of Hadith and get it
written, as I am afraid that religious knowledge will vanish and the religious
learned men will pass away (die). Do not accept anything save the Hadiths of the
Prophet. Circulate knowledge and teach the ignorant, for knowledge does not
vanish except when it is kept secretly (to oneself).
1.99:
Narrated
`Abdullah Ibn Dinar: also narrates the same (above mentioned statement) as has
been narrated by `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz up to "The religious scholar (learned
men) will pass away (die).
1.100:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin
Al-`As: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Allah does not take away the knowledge,
by taking it away from (the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the
death of the religious learned men till when none of the (religious learned men)
remains, people will take as their leaders ignorant persons who when consulted
will give their verdict without knowledge. So they will go astray and will lead
the people astray."
1.101:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Some women
requested the Prophet to fix a day for them as the men were taking all his time.
On that he promised them one day for religious lessons and commandments. Once
during such a lesson the Prophet said, "A woman whose three children die will be
shielded by them from the Hell fire." On that a woman asked, "If only two die?"
He replied, "Even two (will shield her from the Hell-fire).
1.102:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: as above (the sub narrators are different).
Abu Huraira qualified the three children referred to in the above mentioned
Hadith as not having reached the age of committing sins (i.e. age of puberty) .
1.103:
Narrated Ibn Abu Mulaika: Whenever `Aisha (the wife of the
Prophet) heard anything which she did not understand, she used to ask again till
she understood it completely. Aisha said: "Once the Prophet said, "Whoever will
be called to account (about his deeds on the Day of Resurrection) will surely be
punished." I said, "Doesn't Allah say: "He surely will receive an easy
reckoning." (84.8) The Prophet replied, "This means only the presentation of the
accounts but whoever will be argued about his account, will certainly be
ruined."
1.104:
Narrated Sa`id:
Abu Shuraih said, "When `Amr bin
Sa`id was sending the troops to Mecca (to fight `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) I said
to him, 'O chief! Allow me to tell you what the Prophet said on the day
following the conquests of Mecca. My ears heard and my heart comprehended, and I
saw him with my own eyes, when he said it. He glorified and praised Allah and
then said, "Allah and not the people has made Mecca a sanctuary. So anybody who
has belief in Allah and the Last Day (i.e. a Muslim) should neither shed blood
in it nor cut down its trees. If anybody argues that fighting is allowed in
Mecca as Allah's Apostle did fight (in Mecca), tell him that Allah gave
permission to His Apostle, but He did not give it to you. The Prophet added:
Allah allowed me only for a few hours on that day (of the conquest) and today
(now) its sanctity is the same (valid) as it was before. So it is incumbent upon
those who are present to convey it (this information) to those who are absent."
Abu- Shuraih was asked, "What did `Amr reply?" He said `Amr said, "O Abu
Shuraih! I know better than you (in this respect). Mecca does not give
protection to one who disobeys (Allah) or runs after committing murder, or theft
(and takes refuge in Mecca).
1.105:
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet
said. No doubt your blood, property, the sub-narrator Muhammad thought that Abu
Bakra had also mentioned and your honor (chastity), are sacred to one another as
is the sanctity of this day of yours in this month of yours. It is incumbent on
those who are present to inform those who are absent." (Muhammad the
Sub-narrator used to say, "Allah's Apostle told the truth.") The Prophet
repeated twice: "No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's message to you.
1.106:
Narrated `Ali:
The Prophet said, "Do not tell a lie against me for
whoever tells a lie against me (intentionally) then he will surely enter the
Hell-fire."
1.107:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair: I said to my
father, 'I do not hear from you any narration (Hadith) of Allah s Apostle as I
hear (his narration) from so and so?" Az-Zubair replied. l was always with him
(the Prophet) and I heard him saying "Whoever tells a lie against me
(intentionally) then (surely) let him occupy, his seat in Hell-fire.
1.108:
Narrated Anas:
The fact which stops me from narrating a great number of
Hadiths to you is that the Prophet said: "Whoever tells a lie against me
intentionally, then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."
1.109:
Narrated Salama:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Whoever (intentionally)
ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy his seat in
Hell-fire."
1.110:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Name
yourselves with my name (use my name) but do not name yourselves with my Kunya
name (i.e. Abul Qasim). And whoever sees me in a dream then surely he has seen
me for Satan cannot impersonate me. And whoever tells a lie against me
(intentionally), then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."
1.111:
Narrated Ash-Shu`bi: Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked `Ali, 'Have you got any book
(which has been revealed to the Prophet apart from the Qur'an)?' `Ali replied,
'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has been bestowed
(by Allah) upon a Muslim or what is (written) in this sheet of paper (with me).'
Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked, 'What is (written) in this sheet of paper?' `Ali
replied, it deals with The Diyya (compensation (blood money) paid by the killer
to the relatives of the victim), the ransom for the releasing of the captives
from the hands of the enemies, and the law that no Muslim should be killed in
Qisas (equality in punishment) for the killing of (a disbeliever).
1.112:
Narrated Abu Huraira: In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of
Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in revenge for a killed
person, belonging to them. They informed the Prophet about it. So he rode his
Rahila (she-camel for riding) and addressed the people saying, "Allah held back
the killing from Mecca. (The sub-narrator is in doubt whether the Prophet said
"elephant or killing," as the Arabic words standing for these words have great
similarity in shape), but He (Allah) let His Apostle and the believers over
power the infidels of Mecca. Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary) Verily! Fighting in
Mecca was not permitted for anyone before me nor will it be permitted for anyone
after me. It (war) in it was made legal for me for few hours or so on that day.
No doubt it is at this moment a sanctuary, it is not allowed to uproot its
thorny shrubs or to uproot its trees or to pick up its Luqat (fallen things)
except by a person who will look for its owner (announce it publicly). And if
somebody is killed, then his closest relative has the right to choose one of the
two-- the blood money (Diyya) or retaliation having the killer killed. In the
meantime a man from Yemen came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Get that written
for me." The Prophet ordered his companions to write that for him. Then a man
from Quraish said, "Except Al-Idhkhir (a type of grass that has good smell) O
Allah's Apostle, as we use it in our houses and graves." The Prophet said,
"Except Al-Idhkhir i.e. Al-Idhkhir is allowed to be plucked."
1.113:
Narrated Abu Huraira: There is none among the companions of the Prophet who
has narrated more Hadiths than I except `Abdullah bin `Amr (bin Al-`As) who used
to write them and I never did the same.
1.114:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin
`Abdullah: Ibn `Abbas said, "When the ailment of the Prophet became worse, he
said, 'Bring for me (writing) paper and I will write for you a statement after
which you will not go astray.' But `Umar said, 'The Prophet is seriously ill,
and we have got Allah's Book with us and that is sufficient for us.' But the
companions of the Prophet differed about this and there was a hue and cry. On
that the Prophet said to them, 'Go away (and leave me alone). It is not right
that you should quarrel in front of me." Ibn `Abbas came out saying, "It was
most unfortunate (a great disaster) that Allah's Apostle was prevented from
writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise. (Note:
It is apparent from this Hadith that Ibn `Abbas had witnessed the event and came
out saying this statement. The truth is not so, for Ibn `Abbas used to say this
statement on narrating the Hadith and he had not witnessed the event personally.
See Fath Al-Bari Vol. 1, p.220 footnote.) (See Hadith No. 228, Vol. 4).
1.115:
Narrated Um Salama: One night Allah's Apostle got up and said,
"Subhan Allah! How many afflictions have been descended tonight and how many
treasures have been disclosed! Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of these
dwellings (his wives) up (for prayers). A well-dressed (soul) in this world may
be naked in the Hereafter. "
1.116:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once
the Prophet led us in the `Isha' prayer during the last days of his life and
after finishing it (the prayer) (with Taslim) he said: "Do you realize (the
importance of) this night?" Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight
will be living after the completion of one hundred years from this night."
1.117:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt
Maimuna bint Al-Harith (the wife of the Prophet ) while the Prophet was there
with her during her night turn. The Prophet offered the `Isha' prayer (in the
mosque), returned home and after having prayed four rak`at, he slept. Later on
he got up at night and then asked whether the boy (or he used a similar word)
had slept? Then he got up for the prayer and I stood up by his left side but he
made me stand to his right and offered five rak`at followed by two more rak`at.
Then he slept and I heard him snoring and then (after a while) he left for the
(Fajr) prayer.
1.118:
Narrated Abu Huraira: People say that I have
narrated many Hadiths (The Prophet's narration). Had it not been for two verses
in the Qur'an, I would not have narrated a single Hadith, and the verses are:
"Verily those who conceal the clear sign and the guidance which We have sent
down . . . (up to) Most Merciful." (2:159-160). And no doubt our Muhajir
(emigrant) brothers used to be busy in the market with their business (bargains)
and our Ansari brothers used to be busy with their property (agriculture). But I
(Abu Huraira) used to stick to Allah's Apostle contented with what will fill my
stomach and I used to attend that which they used not to attend and I used to
memorize that which they used not to memorize.
1.119:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: I said to Allah's Apostle "I hear many narrations (Hadiths) from you
but I forget them." Allah's Apostle said, "Spread your Rida' (garment)." I did
accordingly and then he moved his hands as if filling them with something (and
emptied them in my Rida') and then said, "Take and wrap this sheet over your
body." I did it and after that I never forgot any thing.
1.120:
Narrated
Ibrahim bin Al-Mundhir: Ibn Abi Fudaik narrated the same as above (Hadith...119)
but added that the Prophet had moved his hands as if filling them with something
and then he emptied them in the Rida' of Abu Huraira.
1.121:
Narrated
Abu Huraira: I have memorized two kinds of knowledge from Allah's Apostle . I
have propagated one of them to you and if I propagated the second, then my
pharynx (throat) would be cut (i.e. killed).
1.122:
Narrated Jarir:
The Prophet said to me during Hajjat-al-Wida`: Let the people keep quiet and
listen. Then he said (addressing the people), "Do not (become infidels) revert
to disbelief after me by striking the necks (cutting the throats) of one another
(killing each other).
1.123:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: I said to Ibn
`Abbas, "Nauf-Al-Bakali claims that Moses (the companion of Khadir) was not the
Moses of Bani Israel but he was another Moses." Ibn `Abbas remarked that the
enemy of Allah (Nauf) was a liar.
1.124:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b: The
Prophet said, "Once the Prophet Moses stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was
asked, "Who is the most learned man amongst the people. He said, "I am the most
learned." Allah admonished Moses as he did not attribute absolute knowledge to
Him (Allah). So Allah inspired to him "At the junction of the two seas there is
a slave amongst my slaves who is more learned than you." Moses said, "O my Lord!
How can I meet him?" Allah said: Take a fish in a large basket (and proceed) and
you will find him at the place where you will lose the fish. So Moses set out
along with his (servant) boy, Yusha` bin Noon and carried a fish in a large
basket till they reached a rock, where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down) and
slept. The fish came out of the basket and it took its way into the sea as in a
tunnel. So it was an amazing thing for both Moses and his (servant) boy. They
proceeded for the rest of that night and the following day. When the day broke,
Moses said to his (servant) boy: "Bring us our early meal. No doubt, we have
suffered much fatigue in this journey." Moses did not get tired till he passed
the place about which he was told. There the (servant) boy told Moses, "Do you
remember when we betook ourselves to the rock, I indeed forgot the fish." Moses
remarked, "That is what we have been seeking. So they went back retracing their
footsteps, till they reached the rock. There they saw a man covered with a
garment (or covering himself with his own garment). Moses greeted him. Al-Khadir
replied saying, "How do people greet each other in your land?" Moses said, "I am
Moses." He asked, "The Moses of Bani Israel?" Moses replied in the affirmative
and added, "May I follow you so that you teach me of that knowledge which you
have been taught." Al-Khadir replied, "Verily! You will not be able to remain
patient with me, O Moses! I have some of the knowledge of Allah which He has
taught me and which you do not know, while you have some knowledge which Allah
has taught you which I do not know." Moses said, "Allah willing, you will find
me patient and I will disobey no order of yours. So both of them set out walking
along the seashore, as they did not have a boat. In the meantime a boat passed
by them and they requested the crew of the boat to take them on board. The crew
recognized Al-Khadir and took them on board without fare. Then a sparrow came
and stood on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once or twice in the sea.
Al-Khadir said: "O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased
Allah's knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the water of the
sea with its beak." Al-Khadir went to one of the planks of the boat and plucked
it out. Moses said, "These people gave us a free lift but you have broken their
boat and scuttled it so as to drown its people." Al-Khadir replied, "Didn't I
tell you that you will not be able to remain patient with me." Moses said, "Call
me not to account for what I forgot." The first (excuse) of Moses was that he
had forgotten. Then they proceeded further and found a boy playing with other
boys. Al-Khadir took hold of the boy's head from the top and plucked it out with
his hands (i.e. killed him). Moses said, "Have you killed an innocent soul who
has killed none." Al-Khadir replied, "Did I not tell you that you cannot remain
patient with me?" Then they both proceeded till when they came to the people of
a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them. Then they
found there a wall on the point of collapsing. Al-Khadir repaired it with his
own hands. Moses said, "If you had wished, surely you could have taken wages for
it." Al-Khadir replied, "This is the parting between you and me." The Prophet
added, "May Allah be Merciful to Moses! Would that he could have been more
patient to learn more about his story with Al-Khadir. "
1.125:
Narrated
Abu Musa: A man came to the Prophet and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What kind of
fighting is in Allah's cause? (I ask this), for some of us fight because of
being enraged and angry and some for the sake of his pride and haughtiness." The
Prophet raised his head (as the questioner was standing) and said, "He who
fights so that Allah's Word (Islam) should be superior, then he fights in
Allah's cause."
1.126:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Ammar: I saw the Prophet
near the Jamra and the people were asking him questions (about religious
problems). A man asked, "O Allah's Apostle! I have slaughtered the Hadi (animal)
before doing the Rami." The Prophet replied, "Do the Rami (now) and there is no
harm." Another person asked, "O Allah's Apostle! I got my head shaved before
slaughtering the animal." The Prophet replied, "Do the slaughtering (now) and
there is no harm." So on that day, when the Prophet was asked about anything as
regards the ceremonies of Hajj performed before or after its due time his reply
was, "Do it (now) and there is no harm."
1.127:
Narrated `Abdullah:
While I was going with the Prophet through the ruins of Medina and he was
reclining on a date-palm leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to
the others: Ask him (the Prophet) about the spirit. Some of them said that they
should not ask him that question as he might give a reply which would displease
them. But some of them insisted on asking, and so one of them stood up and
asked, "O Abul-Qasim ! What is the spirit?" The Prophet remained quiet. I
thought he was being inspired Divinely. So I stayed till that state of the
Prophet (while being inspired) was over. The Prophet then said, "And they ask
you (O Muhammad) concerning the spirit --Say: The spirit -- its knowledge is
with my Lord. And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little)."
(17.85)
1.128:
Narrated Aswad:
Ibn Az-Zubair said to me, "Aisha used
to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you about the Ka`ba?"
I replied, "She told me that once the Prophet said, 'O `Aisha! Had not your
people been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (infidelity)! I
would have dismantled the Ka`ba and would have made two doors in it; one for
entrance and the other for exit." Later on Ibn Az-Zubair did the same.
1.129:
Narrated Abu at-Tufail: The above mentioned Statement of `Ali.
1.130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: "Once Mu`adh was along with Allah's
Apostle as a companion rider. Allah's Apostle said, "O Mu`adh bin Jabal." Mu`adh
replied, "Labbaik and Sa`daik. O Allah's Apostle!" Again the Prophet said, "O
Mu`adh!" Mu`adh said thrice, "Labbaik and Sa`daik, O Allah's Apostle!" Allah's
Apostle said, "There is none who testifies sincerely that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is his Apostle, except that Allah, will
save him from the Hell-fire." Mu`adh said, "O Allah's Apostle ! Should I not
inform the people about it so that they may have glad tidings?" He replied,
"When the people hear about it, they will solely depend on it." Then Mu`adh
narrated the above-mentioned Hadith just before his death, being afraid of
committing sin (by not telling the knowledge).
1.131:
Narrated Anas:
I was informed that the Prophet had said to Mu`adh, "Whosoever will meet
Allah without associating anything in worship with Him will go to Paradise."
Mu`adh asked the Prophet, "Should I not inform the people of this good news?"
The Prophet replied, "No, I am afraid, lest they should depend upon it
(absolutely).
1.132:
Narrated Um Salama: Um-Sulaim came to Allah's
Apostle and said, "Verily, Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it
necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual
discharge?) The Prophet replied, "Yes, if she notices a discharge." Um Salama,
then covered her face and asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Does a woman get a
discharge?" He replied, "Yes, let your right hand be in dust (An Arabic
expression you say to a person when you contradict his statement meaning "you
will not achieve goodness"), and that is why the son resembles his mother."
1.133:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst
the trees there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim,
tell me the name of that tree." Everybody started thinking about the trees of
the desert areas and I thought of the date-palm tree but felt shy (to answer).
The others asked, "O Allah's Apostle! inform us of it." He replied, "it is the
date-palm tree." I told my father what had come to my mind and on that he said,
"Had you said it I would have preferred it to such and such a thing that I might
possess."
1.134:
Narrated `Ali:
I used to get the menstrual urethral
discharge frequently so I requested Al-Miqdad to ask the Prophet about it.
Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "One has to perform ablution (after it)."
(See Hadith No. 269).
1.135:
Narrated Nafi`:
`Abdullah bin `Umar
said: "A man got up in the mosque and said: O Allah's Apostle 'At which place
you order us that we should assume the Ihram?' Allah's Apostle replied, 'The
residents of Medina should assure the Ihram from Dhil-Hulaifa, the people of
Syria from Al-Juhfa and the people of Najd from Qarn." Ibn `Umar further said,
"The people consider that Allah's Apostle had also said, 'The residents of Yemen
should assume Ihram from Yalamlam.' " Ibn `Umar used to say, "I do not: remember
whether Allah's Apostle had said the last statement or not?"
1.136:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: A man asked the Prophet : "What (kinds of clothes)
should a Muhrim (a Muslim intending to perform `Umra or Hajj) wear? He replied,
"He should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, a head cloak or garment scented
with saffron or Wars (kinds of perfumes). And if he has no slippers, then he can
use Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather) but the socks should be cut
short so as to make the ankles bare." (See Hadith No. 615, Vol. 2).
Bk. 4: Ablutions (Wudu')
1.137:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "The prayer of a person who does Hadath (passes urine, stool or
wind) is not accepted till he performs the ablution." A person from Hadaramout
asked Abu Huraira, "What is 'Hadath'?" Abu Huraira replied, " 'Hadath' means the
passing of wind."
1.138:
Narrated Nu`am Al-Mujmir: Once I went up the
roof of the mosque, along with Abu Huraira. He perform ablution and said, "I
heard the Prophet saying, "On the Day of Resurrection, my followers will be
called "Al-Ghurr-ul-Muhajjalun" from the trace of ablution and whoever can
increase the area of his radiance should do so (i.e. by performing ablution
regularly).' "
1.139:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim: My uncle asked Allah's
Apostle about a person who imagined to have passed wind during the prayer.
Allah' Apostle replied: "He should not leave his prayers unless he hears sound
or smells something."
1.140:
Narrated Kuraib:
Ibn `Abbas said, "The
Prophet slept till he snored and then prayed (or probably lay till his breath
sounds were heard and then got up and prayed)." Ibn `Abbas added: "I stayed
overnight in the house of my aunt, Maimuna, the Prophet slept for a part of the
night, (See Fath-al-Bari page 249, Vol. 1), and late in the night, he got up and
performed ablution from a hanging water skin, a light (perfect) ablution and
stood up for the prayer. I, too, performed a similar ablution, then I went and
stood on his left. He drew me to his right and prayed as much as Allah wished,
and again lay and slept till his breath sounds were heard. Later on the
Mu'adh-dhin (call maker for the prayer) came to him and informed him that it was
time for Prayer. The Prophet went with him for the prayer without performing a
new ablution." (Sufyan said to `Amr that some people said, "The eyes of Allah's
Apostle sleep but his heart does not sleep." `Amr replied, "I heard `Ubaid bin
`Umar saying that the dreams of Prophets were Divine Inspiration, and then he
recited the verse: 'I (Abraham) see in a dream, (O my son) that I offer you in
sacrifice (to Allah)." (37.102) (See Hadith No. 183)
1.141:
Narrated
Usama bin Zaid: Allah's Apostle proceeded from `Arafat till when he reached the
mountain pass, he dismounted, urinated and then performed ablution but not a
perfect one. I said to him, ("Is it the time for) the prayer, O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "The (place of) prayer is ahead of you." He rode till when he
reached Al-Muzdalifa, he dismounted and performed ablution and a perfect one,
The (call for) Iqama was pronounced and he led the Maghrib prayer. Then
everybody made his camel kneel down at its place. Then the Iqama was pronounced
for the `Isha' prayer which the Prophet led and no prayer was offered in between
the two . prayers (`Isha' and Maghrib).
1.142:
Narrated `Ata' bin Yasar:
Ibn `Abbas performed ablution and washed his face (in the following way): He
ladled out a handful of water, rinsed his mouth and washed his nose with it by
putting in water and then blowing it out. He then, took another handful (of
water) and did like this (gesturing) joining both hands, and washed his face,
took another handful of water and washed his right forearm. He again took
another handful of water and washed his left forearm, and passed wet hands over
his head and took another handful of water and poured it over his right foot (up
to his ankles) and washed it thoroughly and similarly took another handful of
water and washed thoroughly his left foot (up to the ankles) and said, "I saw
Allah's Apostle performing ablution in this way."
1.143:
Narrated Ibn
`Abbas: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you on having sexual relations with his
wife said (and he must say it before starting) 'In the name of Allah. O Allah!
Protect us from Satan and also protect what you bestow upon us (i.e. the coming
offspring) from Satan, and if it is destined that they should have a child then,
Satan will never be able to harm that offspring."
1.144:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the Prophet went to answer the call of nature, he used to say,
"Allah-umma inni a`udhu bika minal khubuthi wal khaba'ith i.e. O Allah, I seek
Refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things (evil deeds and evil
spirits).
1.145:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet entered a
lavatory and I placed water for his ablution. He asked, "Who placed it?" He was
informed accordingly and so he said, "O Allah! Make him (Ibn `Abbas) a learned
scholar in religion (Islam).
1.146:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the
call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he
should either face the east or the west."
1.147:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: People say, "Whenever you sit for answering the call of nature, you
should not face the Qibla or Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." I told them. "Once I
went up the roof of our house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of
nature while sitting on two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) (but there
was a screen covering him. ' (Fath-al-Bari, Page 258, Vol. 1).
1.148:
Narrated `Aisha:
The wives of the Prophet used to go to Al-Manasi, a
vast open place (near Baqi` at Medina) to answer the call of nature at night.
`Umar used to say to the Prophet "Let your wives be veiled," but Allah's Apostle
did not do so. One night Sauda bint Zam`a the wife of the Prophet went out at
`Isha' time and she was a tall lady. `Umar addressed her and said, "I have
recognized you, O Sauda." He said so, as he desired eagerly that the verses of
Al-Hijab (the observing of veils by the Muslim women) may be revealed. So Allah
revealed the verses of "Al-Hijab" (A complete body cover excluding the eyes).
1.149:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said to his wives, "You are
allowed to go out to answer the call of nature. "
1.150:
Narrated
`Abdullah bin `Umar: I went up to the roof of Hafsa's house for some job and I
saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature facing Sham (Syria, Jordan,
Palestine and Lebanon regarded as one country) with his back towards the Qibla.
(See Hadith No. 147).
1.151:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once I went
up the roof of our house and saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature
while sitting over two bricks facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem). (See Hadith No.
147).
1.152:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Whenever Allah's Apostle went to
answer the call of nature, I along with another boy used to accompany him with a
tumbler full of water. (Hisham commented, "So that he might wash his private
parts with it.)"
1.153:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever Allah's Apostle went
to answer the call of nature, I along with another boy from us used to go behind
him with a tumbler full of water.
1.154:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Whenever Allah's Apostle went to answer the call of nature, I along with another
boy used to carry a tumbler full of water (for cleaning the private parts) and a
short spear (or stick).
1.155:
Narrated Abu Qatada: Allah's Apostle
said, "Whenever anyone of you drinks water, he should not breathe in the
drinking utensil, and whenever anyone of you goes to a lavatory, he should
neither touch his penis nor clean his private parts with his right hand."
1.156:
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, "Whenever anyone of you
makes water he should not hold his penis or clean his private parts with his
right hand. (And while drinking) one should not breathe in the drinking utensil
."
1.157:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I followed the Prophet while he was
going out to answer the call of nature. He used not to look this way or that.
So, when I approached near him he said to me, "Fetch for me some stones for '
cleaning the privates parts (or said something similar), and do not bring a bone
or a piece of dung." So I brought the stones in the corner of my garment and
placed them by his side and I then went away from him. When he finished (from
answering the call of nature) he used, them .
1.158:
Narrated `Abdullah:
The Prophet went out to answer the call of nature and asked me to bring three
stones. I found two stones and searched for the third but could not find it. So
took a dried piece of dung and brought it to him. He took the two stones and
threw away the dung and said, "This is a filthy thing."
1.159:
Narrated
Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet performed ablution by washing the body parts only once.
1.160:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet performed ablution by
washing the body parts twice.
1.161:
Narrated Humran:
(the slave of
`Uthman) I saw `Uthman bin `Affan asking for a tumbler of water (and when it was
brought) he poured water over his hands and washed them thrice and then put his
right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth, washed his nose by
putting water in it and then blowing it out. then he washed his face and
forearms up to the elbows thrice, passed his wet hands over his head and washed
his feet up to the ankles thrice. Then he said, "Allah's Apostle said 'If anyone
Performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak`at prayer during which
he does not think of anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his
past sins will be forgiven.' " After performing the ablution `Uthman said, "I am
going to tell you a Hadith which I would not have told you, had I not been
compelled by a certain Holy Verse (the sub narrator `Urwa said: This verse is:
"Verily, those who conceal the clear signs and the guidance which we have sent
down...)" (2:159). I heard the Prophet saying, 'If a man performs ablution
perfectly and then offers the compulsory congregational prayer, Allah will
forgive his sins committed between that (prayer) and the (next) prayer till he
offers it.
1.162:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever
performs ablution should clean his nose with water by putting the water in it
and then blowing it out, and whoever cleans his private parts with stones should
do it with odd number of stones."
1.163:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "If anyone of you performs ablution he should put water in his
nose and then blow it out and whoever cleans his private parts with stones
should do so with odd numbers. And whoever wakes up from his sleep should wash
his hands before putting them in the water for ablution, because nobody knows
where his hands were during sleep."
1.164:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
The Prophet remained behind us on a journey. He joined us while we were
performing ablution for the `Asr prayer which was overdue and we were just
passing wet hands over our feet (not washing them thoroughly) so he addressed us
in a loud voice saying twice , "Save your heels from the fire."
1.165:
Narrated Humran:
(the freed slave of `Uthman bin `Affan) I saw `Uthman
bin `Affan asking (for a tumbler of water) to perform ablution (and when it was
brought) he poured water from it over his hands and washed them thrice and then
put his right hand in the water container and rinsed his mouth and washed his
nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out. Then he washed his face
thrice and (then) forearms up to the elbows thrice, then passed his wet hands
over his head and then washed each foot thrice. After that `Uthman said, "I saw
the Prophet performing ablution like this of mine, and he said, 'If anyone
performs ablution like that of mine and offers a two-rak`at prayer during which
he does not think of anything else (not related to the present prayer) then his
past sins will be forgiven. '
1.166:
Narrated Muhammad Ibn Ziyad: I
heard Abu Huraira saying as he passed by us while the people were performing
ablution from a utensil containing water, "Perform ablution perfectly and
thoroughly for Abul-Qasim (the Prophet) said, 'Save your heels from the
Hell-fire.' "
1.167:
Narrated `Ubaid Ibn Juraij: I asked `Abdullah bin
`Umar, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! I saw you doing four things which I never saw being
done by anyone of you companions?" `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "What are those, O
Ibn Juraij?" I said, "I never saw you touching any corner of the Ka`ba except
these (two) facing south (Yemen) and I saw you wearing shoes made of tanned
leather and dyeing your hair with Hinna (a kind of red dye). I also noticed that
whenever you were in Mecca, the people assume Ihram on seeing the new moon
crescent (1st of Dhul-Hijja) while you did not assume the Ihlal (Ihram) -(Ihram
is also called Ihlal which means 'Loud calling' because a Muhrim has to recite
Talbiya aloud when assuming the state of Ihram) - till the 8th of Dhul-Hijja
(Day of Tarwiya). `Abdullah replied, "Regarding the corners of Ka`ba, I never
saw Allah's Apostle touching except those facing south (Yemen) and regarding the
tanned leather shoes, no doubt I saw Allah's Apostle wearing non-hairy shoes and
he used to perform ablution while wearing the shoes (i.e. wash his feet and then
put on the shoes). So I love to wear similar shoes. And about the dyeing of hair
with Hinna; no doubt I saw Allah's Apostle dyeing his hair with it and that is
why I like to dye (my hair with it). Regarding Ihlal, I did not see Allah's
Apostle assuming Ihlal till he set out for Hajj (on the 8th of Dhul-Hijja).
1.168:
Narrated Um-`Atiya: That the Prophet at the time of washing his
deceased daughter had said to them, "Start from the right side beginning with
those parts which are washed in ablution."
1.169:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to like to start from the right side on wearing shoes,
combing his hair and cleaning or washing himself and on doing anything else.
1.170:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: saw Allah's Apostle when the `Asr prayer
was due and the people searched for water to perform ablution but they could not
find it. Later on (a pot full of) water for ablution was brought to Allah's
Apostle . He put his hand in that pot and ordered the people to perform ablution
from it. I saw the water springing out from underneath his fingers till all of
them performed the ablution (it was one of the miracles of the Prophet).
1.171:
Narrated Ibn Seereen: I said to `Abida, "I have some of the hair
of the Prophet which I got from Anas or from his family." `Abida replied. "No
doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the
whole world and whatever is in it."
1.172:
Narrated Anas:
When
Allah's Apostle got his head shaved, Abu- Talha was the first to take some of
his hair.
1.173:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a dog
drinks from the utensil of anyone of you it is essential to wash it seven
times."
1.174:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A man saw a dog
eating mud from (the severity of) thirst. So, that man took a shoe (and filled
it) with water and kept on pouring the water for the dog till it quenched its
thirst. So Allah approved of his deed and made him to enter Paradise." And
narrated Hamza bin `Abdullah: My father said. "During the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle, the dogs used to urinate, and pass through the mosques (come and go),
nevertheless they never used to sprinkle water on it (urine of the dog.)"
1.175:
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: I asked the Prophet (about the hunting
dogs) and he replied, "If you let loose (with Allah's name) your tamed dog after
a game and it hunts it, you may eat it, but if the dog eats of (that game) then
do not eat it because the dog has hunted it for itself." I further said,
"Sometimes I send my dog for hunting and find another dog with it. He said, "Do
not eat the game for you have mentioned Allah's name only on sending your dog
and not the other dog."
1.176:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "A person is considered in prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer
in the mosque as long as he does not do Hadath." A non-Arab man asked, "O Abu
Huraira! What is Hadath?" I replied, "It is the passing of wind (from the anus)
(that is one of the types of Hadath).
1.177:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim:
My uncle said: The Prophet said, "One should not leave his prayer unless he
hears sound or smells something."
1.178:
Narrated `Ali:
I used to
get emotional urethral discharges frequently and felt shy to ask Allah's Apostle
about it. So I requested Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad to ask (the Prophet ) about it.
Al-Miqdad asked him and he replied, "On has to perform ablution (after it).
1.179:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid: I asked `Uthman bin `Affan about a
person who engaged in intercourse but did no discharge. `Uthman replied, "He
should perform ablution like the one for an ordinary prayer but he must wash his
penis." `Uthman added, "I heard it from Allah's Apostle." I asked `Ali
Az-Zubair, Talha and Ubai bin Ka`b about it and they, too, gave the same reply.
(This order was canceled later on and taking a bath became necessary for such
cases).
1.180:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle sent for a
Ansari man who came with water dropping from his head. The Prophet said,
"Perhaps we have forced you to hurry up, haven't we?" The Ansari replied, "Yes."
Allah's Apostle further said, "If you are forced to hurry up (during
intercourse) or you do not discharge then ablution is due on you (This order was
canceled later on, i.e. one has to take a bath).
1.181:
Narrated Usama
bin Zaid: "When Allah's Apostle departed from `Arafat, he turned towards a
mountain pass where he answered the call of nature. (After he had finished) I
poured water and he performed ablution and then I said to him, "O Allah's
Apostle! Will you offer the prayer?" He replied, "The Musalla (place of the
prayer) is ahead of you (in Al-Muzdalifa).
1.182:
Narrated Al-Mughira
bin Shu`ba: I was in the company of Allah's Apostle on one of the journeys and
he went out to answer the call of nature (and after he finished) I poured water
and he performed ablution; he washed his face, forearms and passed his wet hand
over his head and over the two Khuff (socks made from thick fabric or leather).
1.183:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: That he stayed overnight in the
house of Maimuna the wife of the Prophet, his aunt. He added : I lay on the bed
(cushion transversally) while Allah's Apostle and his wife lay in the lengthwise
direction of the cushion. Allah's Apostle slept till the middle of the night,
either a bit before or a bit after it and then woke up, rubbing the traces of
sleep off his face with his hands. He then, recited the last ten verses of Sura
Al-`Imran, got up and went to a hanging water-skin. He then Performed the
ablution from it and it was a perfect ablution, and then stood up to offer the
prayer. I, too, got up and did as the Prophet had done. Then I went and stood by
his side. He placed his right hand on my head and caught my right ear and
twisted it. He prayed two rak`at then two rak`at and two rak`at and then two
rak`at and then two rak`at and then two rak`at (separately six times), and
finally one rak`a (the witr). Then he lay down again in the bed till the
Mu'adh-dhin came to him where upon the Prophet got up, offered a two light
rak`at prayer and went out and led the Fajr prayer.
1.184:
Narrated
Asma' bint Abu Bakr: I came to `Aisha the wife of the Prophet during the solar
eclipse. The people were standing and offering the prayer and she was also
praying. I asked her, "What is wrong with the people?" She beckoned with her
hand towards the sky and said, "Subhan Allah." I asked her, "Is there a sign?"
She pointed out, "Yes." So I, too, stood for the prayer till I fell unconscious
and later on I poured water on my head. After the prayer, Allah's Apostle
praised and glorified Allah and said, "Just now I have seen something which I
never saw before at this place of mine, including Paradise and Hell. I have been
inspired (and have understood) that you will be put to trials in your graves and
these trials will be like the trials of Ad-Dajjal, or nearly like it (the sub
narrator is not sure of what Asma' said). Angels will come to every one of you
and ask, 'What do you know about this man?' A believer will reply, 'He is
Muhammad, Allah's Apostle , and he came to us with self-evident truth and
guidance. So we accepted his teaching, believed and followed him.' Then the
angels will say to him to sleep in peace as they have come to know that he was a
believer. On the other hand a hypocrite or a doubtful person will reply, 'I do
not know but heard the people saying something and so I said the same.' "
1.185:
Narrated Yahya Al-Mazini: A person asked `Abdullah bin Zaid who
was the grandfather of `Amr bin Yahya, "Can you show me how Allah's Apostle used
to perform ablution?" `Abdullah bin Zaid replied in the affirmative and asked
for water. He poured it on his hands and washed them twice, then he rinsed his
mouth thrice and washed his nose with water thrice by putting water in it and
blowing it out. He washed his face thrice and after that he washed his forearms
up to the elbows twice and then passed his wet hands over his head from its
front to its back and vice versa (beginning from the front and taking them to
the back of his head up to the nape of the neck and then brought them to the
front again from where he had started) and washed his feet (up to the ankles).
1.186:
Narrated `Amr:
My father saw `Amr bin Abi Hasan asking
`Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet. `Abdullah bin Zaid asked
for earthenware pot containing water and in front of them performed ablution
like that of the Prophet . He poured water from the pot over his hand and washed
his hands thrice and then he put his hands in the pot and rinsed his mouth and
washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out with three
handfuls of water. Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice
and washed his forearms up to the elbows twice; and then put his hands in the
water and then passed them over his head by bringing them to the front and then
to the rear of the head once, and then he washed his feet up to the ankles.
1.187:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: Allah's Apostle came to us at noon and
water for ablution was brought to him. After he had performed ablution, the
remaining water was taken by the people and they started smearing their bodies
with it (as a blessed thing). The Prophet offered two rak`at of the Zuhr prayer
and then two rak`at of the `Asr prayer while a short spear (or stick) was there
(as a Sutra) in front of him. Abu Musa said: The Prophet asked for a tumbler
containing water and washed both his hands and face in it and then threw a
mouthful of water in the tumbler and said to both of us (Abu Musa and Bilal),
"Drink from the tumbler and pour some of its water on your faces and chests."
1.188:
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi` who was the person on
whose face the Prophet had ejected a mouthful of water from his family's well
while he was a boy, and `Urwa (on the authority of Al-Miswar and others) who
testified each other, said, "Whenever the Prophet , performed ablution, his
companions were nearly fighting for the remains of the water."
1.189:
Narrated As-Sa'ib bin Yazid: My aunt took me to the Prophet and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs." So he
passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah's blessings for me; then he
performed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind him and
saw the seal of Prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the
"Zir-al-Hijla" (means the button of a small tent, but some said 'egg of a
partridge.' etc.)
1.190:
Narrated `Amr bin Yahya: (on the authority of
his father) `Abdullah bin Zaid poured water on his hands from a utensil
containing water and washed them and then with one handful of water he rinsed
his mouth and cleaned his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out.
He repeated it thrice. He, then, washed his hands and forearms up to the elbows
twice and passed wet hands over his head, both forwards and backwards, and
washed his feet up to the ankles and said, "This is the ablution of Allah's
Apostle."
1.191:
Narrated `Amr bin Yahya: My father said, "I saw `Amr
bin Abi Hasan asking `Abdullah bin Zaid about the ablution of the Prophet.
`Abdullah bin Zaid asked for an earthenware pot containing water and performed
ablution in front of them. He poured water over his hands and washed them
thrice. Then he put his (right) hand in the pot and rinsed his mouth and washed
his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out thrice with three
handfuls of water Again he put his hand in the water and washed his face thrice.
After that he put his hand in the pot and washed his forearms up to the elbows
twice and then again put his hand in the water and passed wet hands over his
head by bringing them to the front and then to the back and once more he put his
hand in the pot and washed his feet (up to the ankles.)"
1.192:
Narrated
Wuhaib:
That he (the Prophet in narration 191 above) had passed his wet
hands on the head once only.
1.193:
Narrated Jabir:
Allah's Apostle
came to visit me while I was sick and unconscious. He performed ablution and
sprinkled the remaining water on me and I became conscious and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! To whom will my inheritance go as I have neither ascendants nor
descendants?" Then the Divine verses regarding Fara'id (inheritance) were
revealed.
1.194:
Narrated Anas:
It was the time for prayer, and
those whose houses were near got up and went to their people (to perform
ablution), and there remained some people (sitting). Then a painted stove pot
(Mikhdab) containing water was brought to Allah's Apostles The pot was small,
not broad enough for one to spread one's hand in; yet all the people performed
ablution. (The sub narrator said, "We asked Anas, 'How many persons were you?'
Anas replied 'We were eighty or more"). (It was one of the miracles of Allah's
Apostle).
1.195:
Narrated Abu Musa: Once the Prophet asked for a tumbler
containing water. He washed his hands and face in it and also threw a mouthful
of water in it.
1.196:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: Once Allah's Apostle
came to us and we brought out water for him in a brass pot. He performed
ablution thus: He washed his face thrice, and his forearms to the elbows twice,
then passed his wet hands lightly over the head from front to rear and brought
them to front again and washed his feet (up to the ankles).
1.197:
Narrated `Aisha:
When the ailment of the Prophet became aggravated and
his disease became severe, he asked his wives to permit him to be nursed
(treated) in my house. So they gave him the permission. Then the Prophet came
(to my house) with the support of two men, and his legs were dragging on the
ground, between `Abbas, and another man." 'Ubaidullah (the sub narrator) said,
"I informed `Abdullah bin `Abbas of what `Aisha said. Ibn `Abbas said: 'Do you
know who was the other man?' I replied in the negative. Ibn `Abbas said, 'He was
`Ali (bin Abi Talib)." `Aisha further said, "When the Prophet came to my house
and his sickness became aggravated he ordered us to pour seven skins full of
water on him, so that he might give some advice to the people. So he was seated
in a Mikhdab (brass tub) belonging to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet. Then, all
of us started pouring water on him from the water skins till he beckoned to us
to stop and that we have done (what he wanted us to do). After that he went out
to the people."
1.198:
Narrated `Amr bin Yahya: (on the authority of his
father) My uncle used to perform ablution extravagantly and once he asked
`Abdullah bin Zaid to tell him how he had seen the Prophet performing ablution.
He asked for an earthenware pot containing water, and poured water from it on
his hands and washed them thrice, and then put his hand in the earthenware pot
and rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting water in it and then blowing
it Out thrice with one handful of water; he again put his hand in the water and
took a handful of water and washed his face thrice, then washed his hands up to
the elbows twice, and took water with his hand, and passed it over his head from
front to back and then from back to front, and then washed his feet (up to the
ankles) and said, "I saw the Prophet performing ablution in that way."
1.199:
Narrated Thabit:
Anas said, "The Prophet asked for water and
a tumbler with a broad base and no so deep, containing a small quantity of
water, was brought to him whereby he put his fingers in it." Anas further said,
' noticed the water springing out from amongst his fingers." Anas added, '
estimated that the people who performed ablution with it numbered between
seventy to eighty."
1.200:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet used to take a
bath with one Sa` up to five Mudds (1 Sa` = [??] Mudds) of water and used to
perform ablution with one Mudd of water.
1.201:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
`Umar: Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas said, "The Prophet passed wet hands over his Khuffs
(socks made from thick fabric or leather)." `Abdullah bin `Umar asked `Umar
about it. `Umar replied in the affirmative and added, "Whenever Sa`d narrates a
Hadith from the Prophet, there is no need to ask anyone else about it."
1.202:
Narrated Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba: Once Allah's Apostle went out to
answer the call of nature and I followed him with a tumbler containing water,
and when he finished, I poured water and he performed ablution and passed wet
hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather).
1.203:
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr bin Umaiya Ad-Damri: My father said, "I saw the
Prophet passing wet hands over his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or
leather)."
1.204:
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr: My father said, "I saw the
Prophet passing wet hands over his turban and Khuffs (socks made from thick
fabric or leather).
1.205:
Narrated `Urwa bin Al-Mughira: My father
said, "Once I was in the company of the Prophet on a journey and I dashed to
take off his Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather). He ordered me to
leave them as he had put them after performing ablution. So he passed wet hands
or them.
1.206:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Allah's Apostle ate a
piece of cooked mutton from the shoulder region and prayed without repeating
ablution.
1.207:
Narrated Ja`far bin `Amr bin Umaiya: My father said, "I
saw Allah's Apostle taking a piece of (cooked) mutton from the shoulder region
and then he was called for prayer. He put his knife down and prayed without
repeating ablution."
1.208:
Narrated Suwaid bin Al-Nu`man: In the year
of the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Apostle till we reached Sahba, a
place near Khaibar, where Allah's Apostle offered the `Asr prayer and asked for
food. Nothing but Sawrq [??] was brought. He ordered it to be moistened with
water. He and all of us ate it and the Prophet got up for the evening prayer
(Maghrib prayer), rinsed his mouth with water and we did the same, and he then
prayed without repeating the ablution.
1.209:
Narrated Maimuna:
The
Prophet ate (a piece of) mutton from the shoulder region and then prayed without
repeating the ablution.
1.210:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle
drank milk, rinsed his mouth and said, "It has fat."
1.211:
Narrated
`Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you feels drowsy while praying
he should go to bed (sleep) till his slumber is over because in praying while
drowsy one does not know whether one is asking for forgiveness or for a bad
thing for oneself."
1.212:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "If
anyone of you feels drowsy while praying, he should sleep till he understands
what he is saying (reciting).
1.213:
Narrated `Amr bin `Amir: Anas said,
"The Prophet used to perform ablution for every prayer." I asked Anas, "What you
used to do?' Anas replied, "We used to pray with the same ablution until we
break it with Hadath."
1.214:
Narrated Suwaid bin Nu`man: In the year of
the conquest of Khaibar I went with Allah's Apostle till we reached As-Sahba'
where Allah's Apostle led the `Asr prayer and asked for the food. Nothing but
Sawiq [??] was brought and we ate it and drank (water). The Prophet got up for
the (Maghrib) Prayer, rinsed his mouth with water and then led the prayer
without repeating the ablution.
1.215:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the
Prophet, while passing through one of the graveyards of Medina or Mecca heard
the voices of two persons who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet
said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid)." The
Prophet then added, "Yes! (they are being tortured for a major sin). Indeed, one
of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine while the other
used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends). The Prophet
then asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, broke it into two pieces and
put one on each grave. On being asked why he had done so, he replied, "I hope
that their torture might be lessened, till these get dried."
1.216:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Whenever the Prophet went to answer the call of
nature, I used to bring water with which he used to clean his private parts.
1.217:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet once passed by two graves and
said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid). One
of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the other
used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends)." The Prophet
then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree, split it into (pieces) and fixed one
on each grave. They said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you done so?" He replied,
"I hope that their punishment might be lessened till these (the pieces of the
leaf) become dry." (See the footnote of Hadith 215).
1.218:
Narrated
Anas bin Malik: The Prophet saw a Bedouin making water in the mosque and told
the people not to disturb him. When he finished, the Prophet asked for some
water and poured it over (the urine).
1.219:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A
Bedouin stood up and started making water in the mosque. The people caught him
but the Prophet ordered them to leave him and to pour a bucket or a tumbler of
water over the place where he had passed the urine. The Prophet then said, "You
have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult."
1.220:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said as above (219).
1.221:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A Bedouin came and passed urine in one corner of
the mosque. The people shouted at him but the Prophet stopped them till he
finished urinating. The Prophet ordered them to spill a bucket of water over
that place and they did so.
1.222:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the mother of
faithful believers) A child was brought to Allah's Apostle and it urinated on
the garment of the Prophet. The Prophet asked for water and poured it over the
soiled place.
1.223:
Narrated Um Qais bint Mihsin: I brought my young
son, who had not started eating (ordinary food) to Allah's Apostle who took him
and made him sit in his lap. The child urinated on the garment of the Prophet,
so he asked for water and poured it over the soiled (area) and did not wash it.
1.224:
Narrated Hudhaifa: Once the Prophet went to the dumps of some
people and passed urine while standing. He then asked for water and so I brought
it to him and he performed ablution.
1.225:
Narrated Hudhaifa': The
Prophet and I walked till we reached the dumps of some people. He stood, as any
one of you stands, behind a wall and urinated. I went away, but he beckoned me
to come. So I approached him and stood near his back till he finished.
1.226:
Narrated Abu Wail: Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari used to lay great stress
on the question of urination and he used to say, "If anyone from Bani Israel
happened to soil his clothes with urine, he used to cut that portion away."
Hearing that, Hudhaifa said to Abu Wail, "I wish he (Abu Musa) didn't (lay great
stress on that matter)." Hudhaifa added, "Allah's Apostle went to the dumps of
some people and urinated while standing."
1.227:
Narrated Asma':
A
woman came to the Prophet and said, "If anyone of us gets menses in her clothes
then what should she do?" He replied, "She should (take hold of the soiled
place), rub it and put it in the water and rub it in order to remove the traces
of blood and then pour water over it. Then she can pray in it."
1.228:
Narrated `Aisha:
Fatima bint Abi Hubaish came to the Prophet and said,
"O Allah's Apostle I get persistent bleeding from the uterus and do not become
clean. Shall I give up my prayers?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, because it is
from a blood vessel and not the menses. So when your real menses begins give up
your prayers and when it has finished wash off the blood (take a bath) and offer
your prayers." Hisham (the sub narrator) narrated that his father had also said,
(the Prophet told her): "Perform ablution for every prayer till the time of the
next period comes."
1.229:
Narrated `Aisha:
I used to wash the
traces of Janaba (semen) from the clothes of the Prophet and he used to go for
prayers while traces of water were still on it (water spots were still visible).
1.230:
Narrated `Aisha:
as above (229).
1.231:
Narrated
Sulaiman bin Yasar: I asked `Aisha about the clothes soiled with semen. She
replied, "I used to wash it off the clothes of Allah's Apostle and he would go
for the prayer while water spots were still visible. "
1.232:
Narrated
`Amr bin Maimun: I heard Sulaiman bin Yasar talking about the clothes soiled
with semen. He said that `Aisha had said, "I used to wash it off the clothes of
Allah's Apostle and he would go for the prayers while water spots were still
visible on them.
1.233:
Narrated `Aisha:
I used to wash the semen
off the clothes of the Prophet and even then I used to notice one or more spots
on them.
1.234:
Narrated Abu Qilaba: Anas said, "Some people of `Ukl or
`Uraina tribe came to Medina and its climate did not suit them. So the Prophet
ordered them to go to the herd of (Milch) camels and to drink their milk and
urine (as a medicine). So they went as directed and after they became healthy,
they killed the shepherd of the Prophet and drove away all the camels. The news
reached the Prophet early in the morning and he sent (men) in their pursuit and
they were captured and brought at noon. He then ordered to cut their hands and
feet (and it was done), and their eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron,
They were put in 'Al-Harra' and when they asked for water, no water was given to
them." Abu Qilaba said, "Those people committed theft and murder, became
infidels after embracing Islam and fought against Allah and His Apostle ."
1.235:
Narrated Anas:
Prior to the construction of the mosque, the
Prophet offered the prayers at sheep-folds.
1.236:
Narrated Maimuna:
Allah's Apostle was asked regarding ghee (cooking butter) in which a mouse
had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and throw away the ghee around it and
use the rest."
1.237:
Narrated Maimuna:
The Prophet was asked
regarding ghee in which a mouse had fallen. He said, "Take out the mouse and
throw away the ghee around it (and use the rest.)"
1.238:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet said, "A wound which a Muslim receives in Allah's cause
will appear on the Day of Resurrection as it was at the time of infliction;
blood will be flowing from the wound and its color will be that of the blood but
will smell like musk."
1.239:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
said, "We (Muslims) are the last (people to come in the world) but (will be) the
foremost (on the Day of Resurrection)." The same narrator told that the Prophet
had said, "You should not pass urine in stagnant water which is not flowing then
(you may need to) wash in it."
1.240:
Narrated `Abdullah: While Allah's
Apostle was prostrating (as stated below).
1.241:
Narrated `Abdullah bin
Mas`ud: Once the Prophet was offering prayers at the Ka`ba. Abu Jahl was sitting
with some of his companions. One of them said to the others, "Who amongst you
will bring the Abdominal contents (intestines, etc.) of a camel of Bani so and
so and put it on the back of Muhammad, when he prostrates?" The most unfortunate
of them got up and brought it. He waited till the Prophet prostrated and then
placed it on his back between his shoulders. I was watching but could not do any
thing. I wish I had some people with me to hold out against them. They started
laughing and falling on one another. Allah's Apostle was in prostration and he
did not lift his head up till Fatima (Prophet's daughter) came and threw that
(camel's Abdominal contents) away from his back. He raised his head and said
thrice, "O Allah! Punish Quraish." So it was hard for Abu Jahl and his
companions when the Prophet invoked Allah against them as they had a conviction
that the prayers and invocations were accepted in this city (Mecca). The Prophet
said, "O Allah! Punish Abu Jahl, `Utba bin Rabi`a, Shaiba bin Rabi`a, Al-Walid
bin `Utba, Umaiya bin Khalaf, and `Uqba bin Al Mu'it [??] (and he mentioned the
seventh whose name I cannot recall). By Allah in Whose Hands my life is, I saw
the dead bodies of those