Volume 3a

Bk. 27: Minor Pilgrammage (Umra)
3.1:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "(The performance
of) `Umra is an expiation for the sins committed (between it
and the previous one). And the reward of Hajj Mabrur (the one
accepted by Allah) is nothing except Paradise."
3.2:
Narrated Ibn Juraij: `Ikrima bin Khalid asked Ibn `Umar about
performing `Umra before Hajj. Ibn `Umar replied, "There is no
harm in it." `Ikrima said, "Ibn `Umar also said, 'The Prophet
had performed `Umra before performing Hajj.'"
3.3:
Narrated `Ikrima bin Khalid: "I asked Ibn `Umar the same (as
above).
3.4:
Narrated Mujahid:
Ursa bin Az−Zubair and I entered the Mosque (of the Prophet)
and saw `Abdullah bin `Umar sitting near the dwelling place of
Aisha and some people were offering the Duha prayer. We asked
him about their prayer and he replied that it was a heresy. He
(Ursa) then asked him how many times the Prophet had performed
`Umra. He replied, 'Four times; one of them was in the month
of Rajab." We disliked to contradict him. Then we heard
`Aisha, the Mother of faithful believers cleaning her teeth
with Siwak in the dwelling place. 'Ursa said, "O Mother! O
Mother of the believers! Don't you hear what Abu `Abdur Rahman
is saying?" She said, "What does he say?" 'Ursa said, "He says
that Allah's Apostle performed four `Umra and one of them was
in the month of Rajab." `Aisha said, "May Allah be merciful to
Abu `Abdur Rahman! The Prophet did not perform any `Umra
except that he was with him, and he never performed any `Umra
in Rajab."
3.5:
Narrated 'Ursa bin Az−Zubair: I asked `Aisha (whether the
Prophet had performed `Umra in Rajab). She replied, "Allah's
Apostle never performed any `Umra in Rajab."
3.6:
Narrated Qatada:
I asked Anas how many times the Prophet had performed `Umra.
He replied, "Four times.
1. `Umra of Hudaibiya in Dhi−l−Qa'da when the pagans hindered
him;
2. `Umra in the following year in Dhi−l−Qa'da after the peace
treaty with them (the pagans);
3. `Umra from Al−Ja'rana where he distributed the war booty."
I think he meant the booty (of the battle) of Hunain. I asked,
"How many times did he perform Hajj?" He (Anas) replied,
"Once. "
3.7:
Narrated Qatada:
I asked Anas (about the Prophet's `Umra) and he replied, "The
Prophet performed `Umra when the pagans made him return, and
Umra of al−Hudaibiya (the next year), and another `Umra in
Dhi−l−Qa'da, and another `Umra in combination with his Hajj."
3.8:
Narrated Hammam:
The Prophet performed four `Umra (three) in Dhi−l−Qa'da except
the (one) `Umra which he performed with his Hajj: His `Umra
from Al−hudaibiya, and the one of the following year, and the
one from Al−Jr'rana where he distributed the booty (of the
battle) of Hunain, and another `Umra with his Hajj.
3.9:
Narrated Abu 'Is−haq: I asked Masruq, `Ata' and Mujahid (about
the `Umra of Allah's Apostle). They said, "Allah's Apostle had
performed `Umra in Dhi−l−Qa'da before he performed Hajj." I
heard Al−Bara' bin `Azib saying, "Allah's Apostle had
performed `Umra in Dhi−l−Qa'da twice before he performed
Hajj."
3.10:
Narrated Ata:
I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "Allah's Apostle asked an Ansari
woman (Ibn `Abbas named her but `Ata' forgot her name), 'What
prevented you from performing Hajj with us?' She replied, 'We
have a camel and the father of so−and−so and his son (i.e. her
husband and her son) rode it and left one camel for us to use
for irrigation.' He said (to her), 'Perform `Umra when Ramadan
comes, for `Umra in Ramadan is equal to Hajj (in reward),' or
said something similar."
3.11:
Narrated Aisha:
We set out along with Allah's Apostle shortly before the
appearance of the new moon (crescent) of the month of
Dhi−l−Hijja and he said to us, "Whoever wants to assume Ihram
for Hajj may do so; and whoever wants to assume Ihram for
`Umra may do so. Hadn't I brought the Hadi (animal for
sacrificing) (with me), I would have assumed Ihram for `Umra."
(`Aisha added,): So some of us assumed Ihram for `Umra while
the others for Hajj. I was amongst those who assumed Ihram for
`Umra. The day of `Arafat approached and I was still
menstruating. I complained to the Prophet (about that) and he
said, "Abandon your `Umra, undo and comb your hair, and assume
Ihram for Hajj;." When it was the night of Hasba, he sent
`Abdur Rahman with me to at−Tan`im and I assumed Ihram for
`Umra (and performed it) in lieu of my missed `Umra.
3.12:
Narrated `Amr bin Aus: `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Bakr told me that
the Prophet had ordered him to let `Aisha ride behind him and
to make he perform `Umra from at−Tan`im.
3.13:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet and his companions
assumed Ihram for Hajj and none except the Prophet and Talha
had the Hadi with them. `Ali had come from Yemen and he had
the Hadi with him. He (`Ali) said, "I have assumed Ihram with
an intention like that of Allah's Apostle has assumed it." The
Prophet ordered his companions to intend the Ihram with which
they had come for `Umra, to perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba
(and between Safa and Marwa), to get their hair cut short and
then to finish their Ihram with the exception of those who had
the Hadi with them. They asked, "Shall we go to Mina and the
private organs of some of us are dribbling (if we finish Ihram
and have sexual relations with our wives)?" The Prophet heard
that and said, "Had I known what I know now, I would not have
brought the Hadi. If I did not have the Hadi with me I would
have finished my Ihram." `Aisha got her menses and performed
all the ceremonies (of Hajj) except the Tawaf . So when she
became clean from her menses, and she had performed the Tawaf
of the Ka`ba, she said, "O Allah's Apostle! You (people) are
returning with both Hajj and `Umra and I am returning only
with Hajj!" So, he ordered `Abdur Rahman bin Abu Bakr to go
with her to at−Tan`im. Thus she performed `Umra after the Hajj
in the month of Dhi−l−Hijja. Suraqa bin Malik bin Ju'sham met
the Prophet at Al−`Aqaba (Jamrat−ul 'Aqaba) while the latter
was stoning it and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Is this
permissible only for you?" The Prophet replied, "No, it is for
ever (i.e. it is permissible for all Muslims to perform `Umra
before Hajj."
3.14:
Narrated `Aisha:
We set out with Allah's Apostle shortly before the appearance
of the new moon of Dhi−l−Hijja and he said, "Whoever wants to
assume Ihram for `Umra may do so, and whoever wants to assume
Ihram for Hajj may do so. Had not I brought the Hadi with me,
I would have assumed Ihram for `Umra." Some of the people
assumed Ihram for `Umra while others for Hajj. I was amongst
those who had assumed Ihram for `Umra. I got my menses before
entering Mecca, and was menstruating till the day of `Arafat.
I complained to Allah's Apostle about it, he said, "Abandon
your `Umra, undo and comb your hair, and assume Ihram for
Hajj." So, I did that accordingly. When it was the night of
Hasba (day of departure from Mina), the Prophet sent `Abdur
Rahman with me to at−Tan`im. The sub−narrator adds: He
(`Abdur−Rahman) let her ride behind him. And she assumed Ihram
for `Umra in lieu of the abandoned one. Aisha completed her
Hajj and `Umra, and no Hadi, Sadaqa (charity), or fasting was
obligatory for her.
3.15:
Narrated Al−Aswad: That `Aisha said, "O Allah's Apostle! The
people are returning after performing the two Nusuks (i.e.
Hajj and `Umra) but I am returning with one only?" He said,
"Wait till you become clean from your menses and then go to
at−Tan`im, assume Ihram (and after performing `Umra) join us
at such−and−such a place. But it (i.e. the reward if `Umra) is
according to your expenses or the hardship (which you will
undergo while performing it).
3.16:
Narrated `Aisha:
We set out assuming the Ihram for Hajj in the months of Hajj
towards the sacred precincts of Hajj. We dismounted at Sarif
and the Prophet said to his companions, "Whoever has not got
the Hadi with him and likes to make it as `Umra, he should do
it, but he who has got the Hadi with him should not do it."
The Prophet and some of his wealthy companions had the Hadi
with them, so they did not finish Ihram after performing the
`Umra. The Prophet came to me while I was weeping. He asked me
the reason for it. I replied, "I have heard of what you have
said to your companions and I cannot do the `Umra." He asked
me, "What is the matter with you?" I replied, "I am not
praying." He said, "There is no harm in it as you are one of
the daughters of Adam and the same is written for you as for
others. So, you should perform Hajj and I hope that Allah will
enable you to perform the `Umra as well." So, I carried on
till we departed from Mina and halted at Al−Mahassab. The
Prophet called `Abdur−Rahman and said, "Go out of the
sanctuary with your sister and let her assume Ihram for `Umra,
and after both of you have finished the Tawaf I will be
waiting for you at this place." We came back at midnight and
the Prophet asked us, "Have you finished?" I replied in the
affirmative. He announced the departure and the people set out
for the journey and some of them had performed the Tawaf of
the Ka`ba before the morning prayer, and after that the
Prophet set out for Medina.
3.17:
Narrated Safwan bin Ya`la bin Umaiya from his father who said:
"A man came to the Prophet while he was at Ji'rana. The man
was wearing a cloak which had traces of Khaluq or Sufra (a
kind of perfume). The man asked (the Prophet ), 'What do you
order me to perform in my `Umra?' So, Allah inspired the
Prophet divinely and he was screened by a place of cloth. I
wished to see the Prophet being divinely inspired. `Umar said
to me, 'Come! Will you be pleased to look at the Prophet while
Allah is inspiring him?' I replied in the affirmative. `Umar
lifted one corner of the cloth and I looked at the Prophet who
was snoring. (The sub−narrator thought that he said: The
snoring was like that of a camel). When that state was over,
the Prophet asked, "Where is the questioner who asked about
`Umra? Put off your cloak and wash away the traces of Khaluq
from your body and clean the Sufra (yellow color) and perform
in your Umra what you perform in your Hajj (i.e. the Tawaf
round the Ka`ba and the Sa`i between Safa and Marwa). "
3.18:
Narrated Hisham Ibn `Urwa from his father who said: While I
was a youngster, I asked `Aisha the wife of the Prophet. "What
about the meaning of the Statement of Allah; "Verily! (the
mountains) As−Safa and Al Marwa, are among the symbols of
Allah. So, it is not harmful if those who perform Hajj or
`Umra of the House (Ka`ba at Mecca) to perform the going
(Tawaf) between them? (2.158) I understand (from that) that
there is no harm if somebody does not perform the Tawaf
between them." `Aisha replied, "No, for if it were as you are
saying, then the recitation would have been like this: 'It is
not harmful not to perform Tawaf between them.' This verse was
revealed in connection with the Ansar who used to assume the
Ihram for the idol Manat which was put beside a place called
Qudaid and those people thought it not right to perform the
Tawaf of As−Safa and Al−Marwa. When Islam came, they asked
Allah's Apostle about that, and Allah revealed:−− "Verily!
(the mountains) As−Safa and Al−Marwa Are among the symbols of
Allah. So, it is not harmful of those who perform Hajj or
`Umra of the House (Ka`ba at Mecca) to perform the going
(Tawaf) between them." (2.158) Sufyan and Abu Muawiya added
from Hisham (from `Aisha): "The Hajj or `Umra of the person
who does not perform the going (Tawaf) between As−Safa and
Al−Marwa is incomplete in Allah's sight.
3.19:
Narrated Isma`il:
`Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa said: "Allah's Apostle performed `Umra
and we too performed `Umra along with him. When he entered
Mecca he performed the Tawaf (of Ka`ba) and we too performed
it along with him, and then he came to the As−Safa and
Al−Marwa (i.e. performed the Sai) and we also came to them
along with him. We were shielding him from the people of Mecca
lest they may hit him with an arrow." A friend of his asked
him (i.e. `Abdullah bin `Aufa), "Did the Prophet enter the
Ka`ba (during that `Umra)?" He replied in the negative. Then
he said, "What did he (the Prophet ) say about Khadija?" He
(Abdullah bin `Aufa) said, "(He said) 'Give Khadija the good
tidings that she will have a palace made of Qasab in Paradise
and there will be neither noise nor any trouble in it."
3.20:
Narrated `Amr bin Dinar: We asked Ibn `Umar whether a man who
had performed the Tawaf of the Ka`ba but had not performed the
Tawaf between As−Safa and Al−Marwa yet, was permitted to have
sexual relation with his wife. He replied, "The Prophet
arrived (at Mecca) and circumambulated the Ka`ba seven times
and then offered a two rak`at prayer behind Maqam−lbrahim and
then performed the going (Tawaf) between As−Safa and Al−Marwa
(seven times) (and verily, in Allah's Apostle you have a good
example." And we asked Jabir bin `Abdullah (the same question)
and he replied, "He should not go near her till he has
finished the going (Tawaf) between As−Safa and Al−Marwa."
3.21:
Narrated Abu Musa Al−Ash`ari: I came to the Prophet at
Al−Batha' while his camel was kneeling down and he asked me,
"Have you intended to perform the Hajj?" I replied in the
affirmative. He asked me, 'With what intention have you
assumed Ihram?" I replied, "I have assumed Ihram with the same
intention as that of the Prophet. He said, "You have done
well. Perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba and (the Sai) between
As−Safa and Al−Marwa and then finish the Ihram." So, I
performed the Tawaf around the Ka`ba and the Sai) between
As−Safa and Al−Marwa and then went to a woman of the tribe of
Qais who cleaned my head from lice. Later I assumed the Ihram
for Hajj. I used to give the verdict of doing the same till
the caliphate of `Umar who said, "If you follow the Holy Book
then it orders you to remain in the state of Ihram till you
finish from Hajj, if you follow the Prophet then he did not
finish his Ihram till the Hadi (sacrifice) had reached its
place of slaughtering (Hajj−al−Qiran).
3.22:
Narrated Al−Aswad: `Abdullah the slave of Asma bint Abu Bakr,
told me that he used to hear Asma', whenever she passed by
Al−Hajun, saying, "May Allah bless His Apostle Muhammad. Once
we dismounted here with him, and at that time we were
traveling with light luggage; we had a few riding animals and
a little food ration. I, my sister, `Aisha, Az−Zubair and such
and such persons performed `Umra, and when we had passed our
hands over the Ka`ba (i.e. performed Tawaf round the Ka`ba and
between As−Safa and Al−Marwa) we finished our lhram. Later on
we assumed Ihram for Hajj the same evening."
3.23:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Whenever Allah's Apostle
returned from a Ghazwa, Hajj or `Umra, he used to say Takbir
thrice at every elevation of the ground and then would say,
"None has the right to be worshipped but Allah; He is One and
has no partner. All the kingdoms is for Him, and all the
praises are for Him, and He is Omnipotent. We are returning
with repentance, worshipping, prostrating, and praising our
Lord. He has kept up His promise and made His slave
victorious, and He Alone defeated all the clans of
(non−believers).
3.24:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet arrived at Mecca, some
boys of the tribe of Bani `Abdul Muttalib went to receive him,
and the Prophet made one of them ride in front of him and the
other behind him.
3.25:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Whenever Allah's Apostle left for Mecca,
he used to pray in the mosque of Ash−Shajra, and when he
returned (to Medina), he used to pray in the middle of the
valley of Dhul−Hulaifa and used to pass the night there till
morning.
3.26:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet never returned to his family from a journey at
night. He used to return either in the morning or in the
afternoon.
3.27:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet forbade going to one's family at night (on arrival
from a journey).
3.28:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas said, "Whenever Allah's Apostle returned from a journey,
he, on seeing the high places of Medina, would make his
she−camel proceed faster; and if it were another animal, even
then he used to make it proceed faster." Narrated Humaid that
the Prophet used to make it proceed faster out of his love for
Medina.
3.29:
Narrated Anas:
As above, but mentioned "the walls of Medina" instead of "the
high places of Medina. Al−Harith bin `Umar agrees with Anas.
3.30:
Narrated Abu 'Is−haq: I heard Al−Bara' saying, "The above
Verse was revealed regarding us, for the Ansar on returning
from Hajj never entered their houses through the proper doors
but from behind. One of the Ansar came and entered through the
door and he was taunted for it. Therefore, the following was
revealed: −− "It is not righteousness That you enter the
houses from the back, But the righteous man is He who fears
Allah, Obeys His order and keeps away from What He has
forbidden So, enter houses through the proper doors." (2.189)
3.31:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Traveling is a kind
of torture as it prevents one from eating, drinking and
sleeping properly. So, when one's needs are fulfilled, one
should return quickly to one's family."
3.32:
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father: I was with Ibn `Umar
on the way to Mecca, and he got the news that Safiya bint Abu
Ubaid was seriously ill. So, he hastened his pace, and when
the twilight disappeared, he dismounted and offered the
Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together. Then he said, "I saw that
whenever the Prophet had to hasten when traveling, he would
delay the Maghrib prayer and join them together (i.e. offer
the Maghrib and the `Isha prayers together).
Bk. 28: Pilgrims Prevented from Completing the
Pilgrimmage
3.33:
Narrated Nafi`:
When `Abdullah bin `Umar set out for Mecca intending to
perform Umra, at the time of afflictions, he said, "If I
should be prevented from reaching the Ka`ba, then I would do
the same as Allah's Apostle did, so I assume the lhram for
Umra as Allah's Apostle assumed the Ihram for Umra in the year
of Hudaibiya."
3.34:
Narrated Nafi`:
That Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah and Salim bin `Abdullah informed
him that they told Ibn `Umar when Ibn Az−Zubair was attacked
by the army, saying "There is no harm for you if you did not
perform Hajj this year. We are afraid that you may be
prevented from reaching the Ka`ba." Ibn `Umar said "We set out
with Allah's Apostle and the non−believers of Quraish
prevented us from reaching the Ka`ba, and so the Prophet
slaughtered his Hadi and got his head shaved." Ibn `Umar
added, "I make you witnesses that I have made `Umra obligatory
for me. And, Allah willing, I will go and then if the way to
Ka`ba is clear, I will perform the Tawaf, but if I am
prevented from going to the Ka`ba then I will do the same as
the Prophet did while I was in his company." Ibn `Umar then
assumed Ihram for Umra from Dhul−Hulaifa and proceeded for a
while and said, "The conditions of `Umra and Hajj are similar
and I make you witnesses that I have made `Umra and Hajj
obligatory for myself." So, he did not finish the Ihram till
the day of Nahr (slaughtering) came, and he slaughtered his
Hadi. He used to say, "I will not finish the Ihram till I
perform the Tawaf, one Tawaf on the day of entering Mecca
(i.e. of Safa and Marwa for both `Umra and Hajj).
3.35:
Narrated Nafi`:
Some of the sons of `Abdullah told him (i.e. `Abdullah) if he
had stayed (and not performed Hajj that year).
3.36:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle was prevented from
performing (`Umra) Therefore, he shaved his head and had
sexual relations with his wives and slaughtered his Hadi and
performed Umra in the following year.
3.37:
Narrated Salim:
(Abdullah) bin `Umar used to say, "Is not (the following of)
the tradition of Allah's Apostle sufficient for you? If anyone
of you is prevented from performing Hajj, he should perform
the Tawaf of the Ka`ba and between As−Safa and Al−Marwa and
then finish the Ihram and everything will become legal for him
which was illegal for him (during the state of Ihram) and he
can perform Hajj in a following year and he should slaughter a
Hadi or fast in case he cannot afford the Hadi."
3.38:
Narrated Al−Miswar: Allah's Apostle slaughtered (the Hadi)
before he had his head shaved and then he ordered his
Companions to do the same.
3.39:
Narrated Nafi`:
That `Abdullah and Salim said to `Abdullah bin `Umar, "(You
should not go for Hajj this year)." `Abdullah bin `Umar
replied, "We set out with the Prophet (to Mecca for performing
`Umra) and e infidels of Quraish prevented us from reaching
the Ka`ba. Allah's Apostle slaughtered his Budn (camels for
sacrifice) and got his head shaved."
3.40:
Narrated Nafi`:
When `Abdullah bin `Umar set out for Mecca with the intentions
performing `Umra in the period of afflictions, he said, "If I
should be prevented from reaching the Ka`ba, then I would do
the same as we did while in the company of Allah's Apostle ."
So, he assumed the Ihram for `Umra since the Prophet had
assumed the Ihram for `Umra in the year of Al−Hudaibiya. Then
`Abdullah bin `Umar thought about it and said, "The conditions
for both Hajj and `Umra are similar." He then turned towards
his companions and said, "The conditions of both Hajj and
`Umra are similar and I make you witnesses that I have made
the performance of Hajj obligatory for myself along with
`Umra." He then performed one Tawaf (between As−Safa and
Al−Marwa) for both of them (i.e. Hajj and (`Umra) and
considered that to be sufficient for him and offered a Hadi.
3.41:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Layla: Ka`b bin 'Ujra said that
Allah's Apostle said to him (Ka`b), "Perhaps your lice have
troubled you?" Ka`b replied, "Yes! O Allah's Apostle." Allah's
Apostle said, "Have your head shaved and then either fast
three days or feed six poor persons or slaughter one sheep as
a sacrifice."
3.42:
Narrated Ka`b bin `Umra: Allah's Apostle stood beside me at
Al−Hudaibiya and the lice were falling from my head in great
number. He asked me, "Have your lice troubled you?" I replied
in the affirmative. He ordered me to get my head shaved. Ka`b
added, "This Holy Verse:−−'And if any of you is ill, or has
ailment in his scalp (2.196), etc. was revealed regarding me.
"The Prophet then ordered me either to fast three days, or to
feed six poor persons with one Faraq (three Sas) (of dates),
or to slaughter a sheep, etc. (sacrifice) whatever was
available.
3.43:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Ma'qal: I sat with Ka`b bin 'Ujra and
asked him about the Fidya. He replied, "This revelation was
revealed concerning my case especially, but it is also for you
in general. I was carried to Allah's Apostle and the lice were
falling in great number on my face. The Prophet said, "I have
never thought that your ailment (or struggle) has reached to
such an extent as I see. Can you afford a sheep?" I replied in
the negative. He then said, "Fast for three days, or feed six
poor persons each with half a Sa of food." (1 Sa = 3 Kilograms
approx.)
3.44:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Layla: (Reporting the speech of
Ka`b bin Umra) Allah's Apostle saw him (i.e. Ka`b) while the
lice were falling on his face. He asked (him), "Have your lice
troubled you?" He replied in the affirmative. So, he ordered
him to get his head shaved while he was at Al−Hudaibiya. At
that time they were not permitted to finish their Ihram, and
were still hoping to enter Mecca. So, Allah revealed the
verses of Al−Fidya. Allah's Apostle ordered him to feed six
poor persons with one Faraq of food or to slaughter one sheep
(as a sacrifice) or to fast for three days.
3.45:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever performs
Hajj to this House (Ka`ba) and does not approach his wife for
sexual relations nor commits sins (while performing Hajj), he
will come out as sinless as a newly−born child. (Just
delivered by his mother).
3.46:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever performs Hajj
to this Ka`ba and does not approach his wife for sexual
relations nor commit sins (while performing Hajj), he will
come out as sinless as a newborn child, (just delivered by his
mother).
Bk. 29: Penalty of Hunting while on Pilgrimmage
3.47:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abu Qatada: My father set out (for
Mecca) in the year of Al−Hudaibiya, and his companions assumed
Ihram, but he did not. At that time the Prophet was informed
that an enemy wanted to attack him, so the Prophet proceeded
onwards. While my father was among his companions, some of
them laughed among themselves. (My father said), "I looked up
and saw an onager. I attacked, stabbed and caught it. I then
sought my companions' help but they refused to help me.
(Later) we all ate its meat. We were afraid that we might be
left behind (separated) from the Prophet so I went in search
of the Prophet and made my horse to run at a galloping speed
at times and let it go slow at an ordinary speed at other
times till I met a man from the tribe of Bani Ghifar at
midnight. I asked him, "Where did you leave the Prophet ?" He
replied, "I left him at Ta'hun and he had the intention of
having the midday rest at As−Suqya. I followed the trace and
joined the Prophet and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Your people
(companions) send you their compliments, and (ask for) Allah's
Blessings upon you. They are afraid lest they may be left
behind; so please wait for them.' I added, 'O Allah's Apostle!
I hunted an onager and some of its meat is with me. The
Prophet told the people to eat it though all of them were in
the state of Ihram."
3.48:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abu Qatada: That his father said "We
proceeded with the Prophet in the year of Al−Hudaibiya and his
companions assumed Ihram but I did not. We were informed that
some enemies were at Ghaiqa and so we went on towards them. My
companions saw an onager and some of them started laughing
among themselves. I looked and saw it. I chased it with my
horse and stabbed and caught it. I wanted some help from my
companions but they refused. (I slaughtered it all alone). We
all ate from it (i.e. its meat). Then I followed Allah's
Apostle lest we should be left behind. At times I urged my
horse to run at a galloping speed and at other times at an
ordinary slow speed. On the way I met a man from the tribe of
Bani Ghifar at midnight. I asked him where he had left Allah's
Apostle . The man replied that he had left the Prophet at a
place called Ta'hun and he had the intention of having the
midday rest at As−Suqya. So, I followed Allah's Apostle till I
reached him and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have been sent by
my companions who send you their greetings and compliments and
ask for Allah's Mercy and Blessings upon you. They were afraid
lest the enemy might intervene between you and them; so please
wait for them." So he did. Then I said, "O Allah's Apostle! We
have hunted an onager and have some of it (i.e. its meat) left
over." Allah's Apostle told his companions to eat the meat
although all of them were in a state of Ihram."
3.49:
Narrated Abu Qatada: We were in the company of the Prophet at
a place called Al−Qaha (which is at a distance of three stages
of journey from Medina). Abu Qatada narrated through another
group of narrators: We were in the company of the Prophet at a
place called Al−Qaha and some of us had assumed Ihram while
the others had not. I noticed that some of my companions were
watching something, so I looked up and saw an onager. (I rode
my horse and took the spear and whip) but my whip fell down
(and I asked them to pick it up for me) but they said, "We
will not help you by any means as we are in a state of Ihram."
So, I picked up the whip myself and attacked the onager from
behind a hillock and slaughtered it and brought it to my
companions. Some of them said, "Eat it." While some others
said, "Do not eat it." So, I went to the Prophet who was ahead
of us and asked him about it, He replied, "Eat it as it is
Halal (i.e. it is legal to eat it).
3.50:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abu Qatada: That his father had told
him that Allah's Apostle set out for Hajj and so did his
companions. He sent a batch of his companions by another route
and Abu Qatada was one of them. The Prophet said to them,
"Proceed along the seashore till we meet all together." So,
they took the route of the seashore, and when they started all
of them assumed Ihram except Abu Qatada. While they were
proceeding on, his companions saw a group of onagers. Abu
Qatada chased the onagers and attacked and wounded a
she−onager. They got down and ate some of its meat and said to
each other: "How do we eat the meat of the game while we are
in a state of Ihram?" So, we (they) carried the rest of the
she−onager's meat, and when they met Allah's Apostle they
asked, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! We assumed Ihram with the
exception of Abu Qatada and we saw (a group) of onagers. Abu
Qatada attacked them and wounded a she−onager from them. Then
we got down and ate from its meat. Later, we said, (to each
other), 'How do we eat the meat of the game and we are in a
state of Ihram?' So, we carried the rest of its meat. The
Prophet asked, "Did anyone of you order Abu Qatada to attack
it or point at it?" They replied in the negative. He said,
"Then eat what is left of its meat."
3.51:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: From As−Sa'b bin Jath−thama
Al−Laithi that the latter presented an onager to Allah's
Apostle while he was at Al−Abwa' or at Waddan, and he refused
it. On noticing the signs of some unpleasant feeling of
disappointment on his (As−Sab's) face, the Prophet said to
him, "I have only returned it because I am Muhrim."
3.52:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "It is not
sinful of a Muhrim to kill five kinds of animals."
3.53:
One of the wives of the Prophet narrated: The Prophet said, "A
Muhrim can kill (five kinds of animals.)"
3.54:
Narrated Hafsa:
Allah's Apostle said, "It is not sinful (of a Muhrim) to kill
five kinds of animals, namely: the crow, the kite, the mouse,
the scorpion and the rabid dog."
3.55:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "Five kinds of animals are harmful and
could be killed in the Haram (Sanctuary). These are: the crow,
the kite, the scorpion, the mouse and the rabid dog."
3.56:
Narrated `Abdullah: While we were in the company of the
Prophet in a cave at Mina, when Surat−wal−Mursalat were
revealed and he recited it and I heard it (directly) from his
mouth as soon as he recited its revelation. Suddenly a snake
sprang at us and the Prophet said (ordered us): "Kill it." We
ran to kill it but it escaped quickly. The Prophet said, "It
has escaped your evil and you too have escaped its evil."
3.57:
Narrated `Aisha the wife of the Prophet: Allah's Apostle
called the salamander a bad animal, but I did not hear him
ordering it to be killed."
3.58:
Narrated Sa`id bin Abu Sa`id Al−Maqburi: Abu Shuraih,
Al−`Adawi said that he had said to `Amr bin Sa`id when he was
sending the troops to Mecca (to fight `Abdullah bin
Az−Zubair), "O Chief! Allow me to tell you what Allah's
Apostle said on the day following the Conquest of Mecca. My
ears heard that and my heart understood it thoroughly and I
saw with my own eyes the Prophet when he, after Glorifying and
Praising Allah, started saying, 'Allah, not the people, made
Mecca a sanctuary, so anybody who has belief in Allah and the
Last Day should neither shed blood in it, nor should he cut
down its trees. If anybody tells (argues) that fighting in it
is permissible on the basis that Allah's Apostle did fight in
Mecca, say to him, 'Allah allowed His Apostle and did not
allow you.' "Allah allowed me only for a few hours on that day
(of the conquest) and today its sanctity is valid as it was
before. So, those who are present should inform those who are
absent (concerning this fact." 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 a sinner, a murderer or a thief."
3.59:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: "The Prophet said, 'Allah has made Mecca,
a sanctuary, so it was a sanctuary before me and will continue
to be a sanctuary after me. It was made legal for me (i.e. I
was allowed to fight in it) for a few hours of a day. It is
not allowed to uproot its shrubs or to cut its trees, or to
chase (or disturb) its game, or to pick up its luqata (fallen
things) except by a person who would announce that (what he
has found) publicly.' Al−`Abbas said, 'O Allah's Apostle!
Except Al−Idhkhir (a kind of grass) (for it is used) by our
goldsmiths and for our graves.' The Prophet then said, 'Except
Al−Idhkhir.' " `Ikrima said, 'Do you know what "chasing or
disturbing" the game means? It means driving it out of the
shade to occupy its place."
3.60:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: On the day of the conquest of Mecca, the
Prophet said, "There is no more emigration (from Mecca) but
Jihad and intentions, and whenever you are called for Jihad,
you should go immediately. No doubt, Allah has made this place
(Mecca) a sanctuary since the creation of the heavens and the
earth and will remain a sanctuary till the Day of Resurrection
as Allah has ordained its sanctity. Fighting was not
permissible in it for anyone before me, and even for me it was
allowed only for a portion of a day. So, it is a sanctuary
with Allah's sanctity till the Day of Resurrection. Its thorns
should not be uprooted and its game should not be chased; and
its luqata (fallen things) should not be picked up except by
one who would announce that publicly, and its vegetation
(grass etc.) should not be cut." Al−`Abbas said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Except Al−Idhkhir, (for it is used by their
blacksmiths and for their domestic purposes)." So, the Prophet
said, "Except Al−Idhkhir."
3.61:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle was cupped while he was
in a state of Ihram.
3.62:
Narrated Ibn Buhaina: The Prophet, while in the state of
Ihram, was cupped at the middle of his head at Liha−Jamal.
3.63:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet married Maimuna while he was
in the state of Ihram, (only the ceremonies of marriage were
held).
3.64:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: A person stood up and asked, "O
Allah's: Apostle! What clothes may be worn in the state of
Ihram?" The Prophet replied, "Do not wear a shirt or trousers,
or any headgear (e.g. a turban), or a hooded cloak; but if
somebody has no shoes he can wear leather stockings provided
they are cut short off the ankles, and also, do not wear
anything perfumed with Wars or saffron, and the Muhrima (a
woman in the state of Ihram) should not cover her face, or
wear gloves."
3.65:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A man was crushed to death by his
she−camel and was brought to Allah's Apostle who said, "Give
him a bath and shroud him, but do not cover his head, and do
not bring any perfume near to him, as he will be resurrected
reciting Talbiya."
3.66:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Hunain: `Abdullah bin Al−Abbas and
Al−Miswar bin Makhrama differed at Al−Abwa'; Ibn `Abbas said
that a Muhrim could wash his head; while Al−Miswar maintained
that he should not do so. `Abdullah bin `Abbas sent me to Abu
Aiyub Al−Ansari and I found him bathing between the two wooden
posts (of the well) and was screened with a sheet of cloth. I
greeted him and he asked who I was. I replied, "I am `Abdullah
bin Hunain and I have been sent to you by Ibn `Abbas to ask
you how Allah's Apostle used to wash his head while in the
state of lhram." Abu Aiyub Al−Ansari caught hold of the sheet
of cloth and lowered it till his head appeared before me, and
then told somebody to pour water on his head. He poured water
on his head, and he (Abu Aiyub) rubbed his head with his hands
by bringing them from back to front and from front to back and
said, "I saw the Prophet doing like this."
3.67:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I heard the Prophet delivering a sermon
at `Arafat saying, "If a Muhrim does not find slippers, he
could wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather,
but he has to cut short the Khuffs below the ankles), and if
he does not find an Izar (a waist sheet for wrapping the lower
half of the body) he could wear trousers."
3.68:
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle was asked what sort of
clothes a Muhrim should wear. He replied, "He should not wear
a shirt, turbans, trousers, a hooded cloak, or a dress
perfumed with saffron or Wars; and if slippers are not
available he can wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or
leather) but he should cut them so that they reach below the
ankles.
3.69:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet delivered a sermon at `Arafat
and said, "Whoever does not get an Izar can wear trousers, and
whoever cannot get a pair of shoes can wear Khuffs (socks made
from thick fabric or leather)."
3.70:
Narrated Al−Bara:
The Prophet assumed Ihram for Umra in the month of Dhul−Qa'da
but the (pagan) people of Mecca refused to admit him into
Mecca till he agreed on the condition that he would not bring
into Mecca any arms but sheathed.
3.71:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet fixed Dhul−Hulaifa as the
Miqat (the place for assuming Ihram) for the people of Medina,
and Qaran−al−Manazil for the people of Najd, and Yalamlam for
the people of Yemen. These Mawaqit are for those people and
also for those who come through these Mawaqit (from places
other than the above−mentioned) with the intention of
(performing) Hajj and Umra. And those living inside these
Mawaqit can assume Ihram from the place where they start; even
the people of Mecca can assume Ihram from Mecca.
3.72:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle entered Mecca in the
year of its Conquest wearing an Arabian helmet on his head and
when the Prophet took it off, a person came and said, "Ibn
Khatal is holding the covering of the Ka`ba (taking refuge in
the Ka`ba)." The Prophet said, "Kill him."
3.73:
Narrated Ya'li:
While I was with Allah's Apostle there came to him a man
wearing a cloak having a trace of yellowish perfume or a
similar thing on it. `Umar used to say to me, "Would you like
to see the Prophet at the time when he is inspired divinely?"
So, it happened that he was inspired (then) and when the
inspiration was over the Prophet said (to that man), "Do in
your `Umra the same as you do in your Hajj." A man bit the
hand of another man but in that process the latter broke one
incisor tooth of the former, and the Prophet forgave the
latter.
3.74:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: While a man was standing with the Prophet
at `Arafat, he fell from his Mount and his neck was crushed by
it. The Prophet said, "Wash the deceased with water and Sidr
and shroud him in two pieces of cloth, and neither perfume him
nor cover his head, for Allah will resurrect him on the Day of
Resurrection and he will be reciting Talbiya."
3.75:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: While a man was standing with the Prophet
at `Arafat, he fell from his Mount and his neck was crushed by
it. The Prophet said, "Wash the deceased with water and Sidr
and shroud him in two pieces of cloth, and neither perfume him
nor cover his head, for Allah will resurrect him on the Day of
Resurrection and he will be reciting Talbiya."
3.76:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A man was in the company of the Prophet
and his she−camel crushed his neck while he was in a state of
Ihram and he died Allah's Apostle said, "Wash him with water
and Sidr and shroud him in his two garments; neither perfume
him nor cover his head, for he will be resurrected on the Day
of Resurrection, reciting Talbiya."
3.77:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A woman from the tribe of Juhaina came to
the Prophet and said, "My mother had vowed to perform Hajj but
she died before performing it. May I perform Hajj on my
mother's behalf?" The Prophet replied, "Perform Hajj on her
behalf. Had there been a debt on your mother, would you have
paid it or not? So, pay Allah's debt as He has more right to
be paid."
3.78:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A woman from the tribe of Khath'am came
in the year (of ,Hajjat−al−Wada` of the Prophet ) and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! My father has come under Allah's obligation
of performing Hajj but he is a very old man and cannot sit
properly on his Mount. Will the obligation be fulfilled if I
perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Prophet replied in the
affirmative.
3.79:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Al−Fadl was riding behind the
Prophet and a woman from the tribe of Khath'am came up.
Al−Fadl started looking at her and she looked at him. The
Prophet turned Al−Fadl's face to the other side. She said, "My
father has come under Allah's obligation of performing Hajj
but he is a very old man and cannot sit properly on his Mount.
Shall I perform Hajj on his behalf? The Prophet replied in the
affirmative. That happened during Hajjat−al−Wada` of the
Prophet .
3.80:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet sent me (to Mina) with the
luggage from Jam' (i.e. Al−Muzdalifa) at night.
3.81:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: I came riding on my she−ass and
had (just) then attained the age of puberty. Allah's Apostle
was praying at Mina. I passed in front of a part of the first
row and then dismounted from it, and the animal started
grazing. I aligned with the people behind Allah's Apostle (The
sub−narrator added that happened in Mina during the Prophet's
Hajjat−al−Wada`.)
3.82:
Narrated As−Sa'ib bin Yazid: (While in the company of my
parents) I was made to perform Hajj with Allah's Apostle and I
was a seven−year−old boy then. (Fath−ul−Bari, p.443, Vol.4)
3.83:
Narrated Al−Ju'aid bin `Abdur−Rahman: I heard `Umar bin `Abdul
`Aziz telling about As−Sa'ib bin Yazid that he had performed
Hajj (while carried) with the belongings of the Prophet.
3.84:
Narrated Aisha (mother of the faithful believers): I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Shouldn't we participate in Holy battles and
Jihad along with you?" He replied, "The best and the most
superior Jihad (for women) is Hajj which is accepted by
Allah." `Aisha added: Ever since I heard that from Allah's
Apostle I have determined not to miss Hajj.
3.85:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "A woman should not
travel except with a Dhu−Mahram (her husband or a man with
whom that woman cannot marry at all according to the Islamic
Jurisprudence), and no man may visit her except in the
presence of a Dhu−Mahram." A man got up and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I intend to go to such and such an army and my wife
wants to perform Hajj." The Prophet said (to him), "Go along
with her (to Hajj).
3.86:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet returned after
performing his Hajj, he asked Um Sinan Al−Ansari, "What did
forbid you to perform Hajj?" She replied, "Father of so−and−so
(i.e. her husband) had two camels and he performed Hajj on one
of them, and the second is used for the irrigation of our
land." The Prophet said (to her), "Perform `Umra in the month
of Ramadan, (as it is equivalent to Hajj or Hajj with me (in
reward).
3.87:
Narrated Qaza'a, the slave of Ziyad: Abu Sa`id who
participated in twelve Ghazawat with the Prophet said, "I
heard four things from Allah's Apostle (or I narrate them from
the Prophet ) which won my admiration and appreciation. They
are: −1. "No lady should travel without her husband or without
a Dhu−Mahram for a two−days' journey. −2. No fasting is
permissible on two days of `Id−ul−Fitr, and `Id−al−Adha. −3.
No prayer (may be offered) after two prayers: after the `Asr
prayer till the sun set and after the morning prayer till the
sun rises. −4. Not to travel (for visiting) except for three
mosques: Masjid−al−Haram (in Mecca), my Mosque (in Medina),
and Masjid−al−Aqsa (in Jerusalem).
3.88:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw an old man walking, supported by his two sons,
and asked about him. The people informed him that he had vowed
to go on foot (to the Ka`ba). He said, "Allah is not in need
of this old man's torturing himself," and ordered him to ride.
3.89:
Narrated `Uqba bin 'Amir: My sister vowed to go on foot to the
Ka`ba, and she asked me to take the verdict of the Prophet
about it. So, I did and the Prophet said, "She should walk and
also should ride."
3.90:
Narrated Abul−Khair from `Uqba as above.
Bk. 30: Virtues of Madinah
3.91:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Medina is a sanctuary from that place to
that. Its trees should not be cut and no heresy should be
innovated nor any sin should be committed in it, and whoever
innovates in it an heresy or commits sins (bad deeds), then he
will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all the
people." (See Hadith No. 409, Vol 9).
3.92:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet came to Medina and ordered a mosque to be built
and said, "O Bani Najjar! Suggest to me the price (of your
land)." They said, "We do not want its price except from
Allah" (i.e. they wished for a reward from Allah for giving up
their land freely). So, the Prophet ordered the graves of the
pagans to be dug out and the land to be leveled, and the
date−palm trees to be cut down. The cut date−palms were fixed
in the direction of the Qibla of the mosque.
3.93:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "I have made Medina a
sanctuary between its two (Harrat) mountains." The Prophet
went to the tribe of Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see
that you have gone out of the sanctuary," but looking around,
he added, "No, you are inside the sanctuary."
3.94:
Narrated `Ali:
We have nothing except the Book of Allah and this written
paper from the Prophet (wherein is written:) Medina is a
sanctuary from the 'Air Mountain to such and such a place, and
whoever innovates in it an heresy or commits a sin, or gives
shelter to such an innovator in it will incur the curse of
Allah, the angels, and all the people, none of his compulsory
or optional good deeds of worship will be accepted. And the
asylum (of protection) granted by any Muslim is to be secured
(respected) by all the other Muslims; and whoever betrays a
Muslim in this respect incurs the curse of Allah, the angels,
and all the people, and none of his compulsory or optional
good deeds of worship will be accepted, and whoever (freed
slave) befriends (take as masters) other than his manumitters
without their permission incurs the curse of Allah, the
angels, and all the people, and none of his compulsory or
optional good deeds of worship will be accepted.
3.95:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "I was ordered to
migrate to a town which will swallow (conquer) other towns and
is called Yathrib and that is Medina, and it turns out (bad)
persons as a furnace removes the impurities of iron.
3.96:
Narrated Abu Humaid: We came with the Prophet from Tabuk, and
when we reached near Medina, the Prophet said, "This is
Tabah."
3.97:
Narrated Abu Huraira: If I saw deers grazing in Medina, I
would not chase them, for Allah's Apostle said, "(Medina) is a
sanctuary between its two mountains."
3.98:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The
people will leave Medina in spite of the best state it will
have, and none except the wild birds and the beasts of prey
will live in it, and the last persons who will die will be two
shepherds from the tribe of Muzaina, who will be driving their
sheep towards Medina, but will find nobody in it, and when
they reach the valley of Thaniyat−al−Wada`, they will fall
down on their faces dead."
3.99:
Narrated Abu Zuhair: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Yemen
will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina)
and will urge their families, and those who will obey them to
migrate (to Yemen) although Medina will be better for them; if
they but knew. Sham will also be conquered and some people
will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families and
those who will obey them, to migrate (to Sham) although Medina
will be better for them; if they but knew. 'Iraq will be
conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will
urge their families and those who will obey them to migrate
(to 'Iraq) although Medina will be better for them; if they
but knew."
3.100:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Verily, Belief
returns and goes back to Medina as a snake returns and goes
back to its hole (when in danger).
3.101:
Narrated Sa`d:
I heard the Prophet saying, "None plots against the people of
Medina but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt
is dissolved in water."
3.102:
Narrated Usama:
Once the Prophet stood at the top of a (looked out from upon
one) castle amongst the castles (or the high buildings) of
Medina and said, "Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see the
spots where afflictions will take place among your houses (and
these afflictions will be) as numerous as the spots where
raindrops fall."
3.103:
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet said, "The terror caused by
Al−Masih Ad−Dajjal will not enter Medina and at that time
Medina will have seven gates and there will be two angels at
each gate guarding them."
3.104:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "There are angels
guarding the entrances (or roads) of Medina, neither plague
nor Ad−Dajjal will be able to enter it."
3.105:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "There will be no
town which Ad−Dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina,
and there will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and
Medina) but the angels will be standing in rows guarding it
against him, and then Medina will shake with its inhabitants
thrice (i.e. three earthquakes will take place) and Allah will
expel all the non−believers and the hypocrites from it."
3.106:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle told us a long
narrative about Ad−Dajjal, and among the many things he
mentioned, was his saying, "Ad−Dajjal will come and it will be
forbidden for him to pass through the entrances of Medina. He
will land in some of the salty barren areas (outside) Medina;
on that day the best man or one of the best men will come up
to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same Dajjal whose
description was given to us by Allah's Apostle .' Ad−Dajjal
will say to the people, 'If I kill this man and bring him back
to life again, will you doubt my claim?' They will say, 'No.'
Then Ad−Dajjal will kill that man and bring him back to life.
That man will say, 'Now I know your reality better than
before.' Ad−Dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him but I
cannot.' "
3.107:
Narrated Jabir:
A bedouin came to the Prophet and gave a pledge of allegiance
for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and said
(to the Prophet ), "Please cancel my pledge (of embracing
Islam and of emigrating to Medina)." The Prophet refused (that
request) three times and said, "Medina is like a furnace, it
expels out the impurities (bad persons) and selects the good
ones and makes them perfect."
3.108:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: When the Prophet went out for (the
battle of) Uhud, some of his companions (hypocrites) returned
(home). A party of the believers remarked that they would kill
those (hypocrites) who had returned, but another party said
that they would not kill them. So, this Divine Inspiration was
revealed: "Then what is the matter with you that you are
divided into two parties concerning the hypocrites." (4.88)
The Prophet said, "Medina expels the bad persons from it, as
fire expels the impurities of iron."
3.109:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "O Allah! Bestow on Medina twice the
blessings You bestowed on Mecca."
3.110:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever the Prophet returned from a journey and observed the
walls of Medina, he would make his Mount go fast, and if he
was on an animal (i.e. a horse), he would make it gallop
because of his love for Medina.
3.111:
Narrated Anas:
(The people of) Bani Salama intended to shift near the mosque
(of the Prophet) but Allah's Apostle disliked to see Medina
vacated and said, "O the people of Bani Salama! Don't you
think that you will be rewarded for your footsteps which you
take towards the mosque?" So, they stayed at their old places.
3.112:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "There is a garden
from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit,
and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al−Kauthar).
3.113:
Narrated `Aisha:
When Allah's Apostle reached Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal became
ill. When Abu Bakr's fever got worse, he would recite (this
poetic verse): "Everybody is staying alive with his People,
yet Death is nearer to him than His shoe laces." And Bilal,
when his fever deserted him, would recite: "Would that I could
stay overnight in A valley wherein I would be Surrounded by
Idhkhir and Jalil (kinds of good−smelling grass). Would that
one day I could Drink the water of the Majanna, and Would that
(The two mountains) Shama and Tafil would appear to me!" The
Prophet said, "O Allah! Curse Shaiba bin Rabi`a and `Utba bin
Rabi`a and Umaiya bin Khalaf as they turned us out of our land
to the land of epidemics." Allah's Apostle then said, "O
Allah! Make us love Medina as we love Mecca or even more than
that. O Allah! Give blessings in our Sa and our Mudd (measures
symbolizing food) and make the climate of Medina suitable for
us, and divert its fever towards Aljuhfa." Aisha added: When
we reached Medina, it was the most unhealthy of Allah's lands,
and the valley of Bathan (the valley of Medina) used to flow
with impure colored water.
3.114:
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father: `Umar said, O Allah!
Grant me martyrdom in Your cause, and let my death be in the
city of Your Apostle."
Bk. 31: Fasting
3.115:
Narrated Talha bin 'Ubaidullah: A bedouin with unkempt hair
came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Inform
me what Allah has made compulsory for me as regards the
prayers." He replied: "You have to offer perfectly the five
compulsory prayers in a day and night (24 hours), unless you
want to pray Nawafil." The bedouin further asked, "Inform me
what Allah has made compulsory for me as regards fasting." He
replied, "You have to fast during the whole month of Ramadan,
unless you want to fast more as Nawafil." The bedouin further
asked, "Tell me how much Zakat Allah has enjoined on me."
Thus, Allah's Apostle informed him about all the rules (i.e.
fundamentals) of Islam. The bedouin then said, "By Him Who has
honored you, I will neither perform any Nawafil nor will I
decrease what Allah has enjoined on me. Allah's Apostle said,
"If he is saying the truth, he will succeed (or he will be
granted Paradise).
3.116:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet observed the fast on the 10th
of Muharram ('Ashura), and ordered (Muslims) to fast on that
day, but when the fasting of the month of Ramadan was
prescribed, the fasting of the 'Ashura' was abandoned.
`Abdullah did not use to fast on that day unless it coincided
with his routine fasting by chance.
3.117:
Narrated `Aisha:
(The tribe of) Quraish used to fast on the day of Ashura' in
the Pre−Islamic period, and then Allah's Apostle ordered
(Muslims) to fast on it till the fasting in the month of
Ramadan was prescribed; whereupon the Prophet said, "He who
wants to fast (on 'Ashura') may fast, and he who does not want
to fast may not fast."
3.118:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Fasting is a
shield (or a screen or a shelter). So, the person observing
fasting should avoid sexual relation with his wife and should
not behave foolishly and impudently, and if somebody fights
with him or abuses him, he should tell him twice, 'I am
fasting." The Prophet added, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul
is, the smell coming out from the mouth of a fasting person is
better in the sight of Allah than the smell of musk. (Allah
says about the fasting person), 'He has left his food, drink
and desires for My sake. The fast is for Me. So I will reward
(the fasting person) for it and the reward of good deeds is
multiplied ten times."
3.119:
Narrated Abu Wail from Hudhaifa: `Umar asked the people, "Who
remembers the narration of the Prophet about the affliction?"
Hudhaifa said, "I heard the Prophet saying, 'The affliction of
a person in his property, family and neighbors is expiated by
his prayers, fasting, and giving in charity." `Umar said, "I
do not ask about that, but I ask about those afflictions which
will spread like the waves of the sea." Hudhaifa replied,
"There is a closed gate in front of those afflictions." `Umar
asked, "Will that gate be opened or broken?" He replied, "It
will be broken." `Umar said, "Then the gate will not be closed
again till the Day of Resurrection." We said to Masruq, "Would
you ask Hudhaifa whether `Umar knew what that gate
symbolized?" He asked him and he replied "He (`Umar) knew it
as one knows that there will be night before tomorrow,
morning.
3.120:
Narrated Sahl:
The Prophet said, "There is a gate in Paradise called
Ar−Raiyan, and those who observe fasts will enter through it
on the Day of Resurrection and none except them will enter
through it. It will be said, 'Where are those who used to
observe fasts?' They will get up, and none except them will
enter through it. After their entry the gate will be closed
and nobody will enter through it."
3.121:
'Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever gives
two kinds (of things or property) in charity for Allah's
Cause, will be called from the gates of Paradise and will be
addressed, 'O slaves of Allah! Here is prosperity.' So,
whoever was amongst the people who used to offer their
prayers, will be called from the gate of the prayer; and
whoever was amongst the people who used to participate in
Jihad, will be called from the gate of Jihad; and whoever was
amongst those who used to observe fasts, will be called from
the gate of Ar−Raiyan; whoever was amongst those who used to
give in charity, will be called from the gate of charity." Abu
Bakr said, "Let my parents be sacrificed for you, O Allah's
Apostle! No distress or need will befall him who will be
called from those gates. Will there be any one who will be
called from all these gates?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, and I
hope you will be one of them."
3.122:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When Ramadan
begins, the gates of Paradise are opened."
3.123:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When the month of
Ramadan starts, the gates of the heaven are opened and the
gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained."
3.124:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "When you
see the crescent (of the month of Ramadan), start fasting, and
when you see the crescent (of the month of Shawwal), stop
fasting; and if the sky is overcast (and you can't see it)
then regard the month of Ramadan as of 30 days."
3.125:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever established
prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping
for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be
forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of
sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all
his previous sins will be forgiven."
3.126:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet was the most generous amongst
the people, and he used to be more so in the month of Ramadan
when Gabriel visited him, and Gabriel used to meet him on
every night of Ramadan till the end of the month. The Prophet
used to recite the Holy Qur'an to Gabriel, and when Gabriel
met him, he used to be more generous than a fast wind (which
causes rain and welfare).
3.127:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever does not give
up forged speech and evil actions, Allah is not in need of his
leaving his food and drink (i.e. Allah will not accept his
fasting.)"
3.128:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, 'All
the deeds of Adam's sons (people) are for them, except fasting
which is for Me, and I will give the reward for it.' Fasting
is a shield or protection from the fire and from committing
sins. If one of you is fasting, he should avoid sexual
relation with his wife and quarreling, and if somebody should
fight or quarrel with him, he should say, 'I am fasting.' By
Him in Whose Hands my soul is' The unpleasant smell coming out
from the mouth of a fasting person is better in the sight of
Allah than the smell of musk. There are two pleasures for the
fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the
other at the time when he will meet his Lord; then he will be
pleased because of his fasting."
3.129:
Narrated 'Alqama: While I was walking with `Abdullah he said,
"We were in the company of the Prophet and he said, 'He who
can afford to marry should marry, because it will help him
refrain from looking at other women, and save his private
parts from committing illegal sexual relation; and he who
cannot afford to marry is advised to fast, as fasting will
diminish his sexual power."
3.130:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle mentioned
Ramadan and said, "Do not fast unless you see the crescent (of
Ramadan), and do not give up fasting till you see the crescent
(of Shawwal), but if the sky is overcast (if you cannot see
it), then act on estimation (i.e. count Sha'ban as 30 days).
3.131:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "The month
(can be) 29 nights (i.e. days), and do not fast till you see
the moon, and if the sky is overcast, then complete Sha'ban as
thirty days."
3.132:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The month is like this
and this," (at the same time he showed the fingers of both his
hands thrice) and left out one thumb on the third time.
3.133:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet or Abul−Qasim said, "Start
fasting on seeing the crescent (of Ramadan), and give up
fasting on seeing the crescent (of Shawwal), and if the sky is
overcast (and you cannot see it), complete thirty days of
Sha'ban."
3.134:
Narrated Um Salama: The Prophet vowed to keep aloof from his
wives for a period of one month, and after the completion of
29 days he went either in the morning or in the afternoon to
his wives. Someone said to him "You vowed that you would not
go to your wives for one month." He replied, "The month is of
29 days."
3.135:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle vowed to keep aloof from his wives for one
month, and he had dislocation of his leg. So, he stayed in a
Mashruba for 29 nights and then came down. Some people said,
"O Allah's Apostle! You vowed to stay aloof for one month," He
replied, "The month is of 29 days."
3.136:
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet said, "The two months of `Id
i.e. Ramadan and Dhul−Hijja, do not decrease (in superiority).
3.137:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "We are an illiterate
nation; we neither write, nor know accounts. The month is like
this and this, i.e. sometimes of 29 days and sometimes of
thirty days."
3.138:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "None of you should
fast a day or two before the month of Ramadan unless he has
the habit of fasting (Nawafil) (and if his fasting coincides
with that day) then he can fast that day."
3.139:
Narrated Al−Bara:
It was the custom among the companions of Muhammad that if any
of them was fasting and the food was presented (for breaking
his fast), but he slept before eating, he would not eat that
night and the following day till sunset. Qais bin
Sirma−al−Ansari was fasting and came to his wife at the time
of Iftar (breaking one's fast) and asked her whether she had
anything to eat. She replied, "No, but I would go and bring
some for you." He used to do hard work during the day, so he
was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. When his wife came and saw
him, she said, "Disappointment for you." When it was midday on
the following day, he fainted and the Prophet was informed
about the whole matter and the following verses were revealed:
"You are permitted To go to your wives (for sexual relation)
At the night of fasting." So, they were overjoyed by it. And
then Allah also revealed: "And eat and drink Until the white
thread Of dawn appears to you Distinct from the black thread
(of the night)." (2.187)
3.140:
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: When the above verses were revealed:
'Until the white thread appears to you, distinct from the
black thread,' I took two (hair) strings, one black and the
other white, and kept them under my pillow and went on looking
at them throughout the night but could not make anything out
of it. So, the next morning I went to Allah's Apostle and told
him the whole story. He explained to me, "That verse means the
darkness of the night and the whiteness of the dawn."
3.141:
Narrated Sahl bin Saud: When the following verses were
revealed: 'Eat and drink until the white thread appears to
you, distinct from the black thread' and of dawn was not
revealed, some people who intended to fast, tied black and
white threads to their legs and went on eating till they
differentiated between the two. Allah then revealed the words,
'of dawn', and it became clear that meant night and day.
3.142:
Narrated `Aisha:
Bilal used to pronounce the Adhan at night, so Allah's
Apostle? said, "Carry on taking your meals (eat and drink)
till Ibn Um Maktum pronounces the Adhan, for he does not
pronounce it till it is dawn.
3.143:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: I used to take my Suhur meals with my
family and then hurry up for presenting myself for the (Fajr)
prayer with Allah's Apostle.
3.144:
Narrated Anas:
Zaid bin Thabit said, "We took the Suhur with the Prophet .
Then he stood for the prayer." I asked, "What was the interval
between the Suhur and the Adhan?" He replied, "The interval
was sufficient to recite fifty verses of the Qur'an."
3.145:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet fasted for days continuously;
the people also did the same but it was difficult for them.
So, the Prophet forbade them (to fast continuously for more
than one day). They slid, "But you fast without break (no food
was taken in the evening or in the morning)." The Prophet
replied, "I am not like you, for I am provided with food and
drink (by Allah).
3.146:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Take Suhur as
there is a blessing in it."
3.147:
Narrated Salama bin Al−Akwa`: Once the Prophet ordered a
person on 'Ashura' (the tenth of Muharram) to announce,
"Whoever has eaten, should not eat any more, but fast, and who
has not eaten should not eat, but complete his fast (till the
end of the day).
3.148:
Narrated `Aisha and Um Salama: At times Allah's Apostle used
to get up in the morning in the state of Janaba after having
sexual relations with his wives. He would then take a bath and
fast.
3.149:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to kiss and embrace (his wives) while he was
fasting, and he had more power to control his desires than any
of you. Said Jabir, "The person who gets discharge after
casting a look (on his wife) should complete his fast."
3.150:
Narrated Hisham's father: Aisha said, "Allah's Apostle used to
kiss some of his wives while he was fasting," and then she
smiled.
3.151:
Narrated Zainab:
(daughter of Um Salama) that her mother said, "While I was
(lying) with Allah's Apostle underneath a woolen sheet, I got
the menstruation, and then slipped away and put on the clothes
(which I used to wear) in menses. He asked, "What is the
matter? Did you get your menses?" I replied in the affirmative
and then entered underneath that woolen sheet. I and Allah's
Apostle used to take a bath from one water pot and he used to
kiss me while he was fasting."
3.152:
Narrated `Aisha:
(At times) in Ramadan the Prophet used to take a bath in the
morning not because of a wet dream and would continue his
fast.
3.153:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin `Abdur−Rahman: My father and I went to
`Aisha and she said, "I testify that Allah's Apostle at times
used to get up in the morning in a state of Janaba from sexual
intercourse, not from a wet dream and then he would fast that
day." Then he went to Um Salama and she also narrated a
similar thing.
3.154:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "If somebody eats or
drinks forgetfully then he should complete his fast, for what
he has eaten or drunk, has been given to him by Allah."
Narrated 'Amir bin Rabi`a, "I saw the Prophet cleaning his
teeth with Siwak while he was fasting so many times as I can't
count." And narrated Abu Huraira, "The Prophet said, 'But for
my fear that it would be hard for my followers, I would have
ordered them to clean their teeth with Siwak on every
performance of ablution." The same is narrated by Jabir and
Zaid bin Khalid from the Prophet who did not differentiate
between a fasting and a nonfasting person in this respect
(using Siwak). Aisha said, "The Prophet said, "It (i.e. Siwak)
is a purification for the mouth and it is a way of seeking
Allah's pleasures." Ata' and Qatada said, "There is no harm in
swallowing the resultant saliva."
3.155:
Narrated Humran:
I saw `Uthman performing ablution; he washed his hands thrice,
rinsed his mouth and then washed his nose, by putting water in
it and then blowing it out, and washed his face thrice, and
then washed his right forearm up to the elbow thrice, and then
the left−forearm up to the elbow thrice, then smeared his head
with water, washed his right foot thrice, and then his left
foot thrice and said, "I saw Allah's Apostle performing
ablution similar to my present ablution, and then he said,
'Whoever performs ablution like my present ablution and then
offers two rak`at in which he does not think of worldly
things, all his previous sins will be forgiven."
3.156:
Narrated `Aisha:
A man came to the Prophet and said that he had been burnt
(ruined). The Prophet asked him what was the matter. He
replied, "I had sexual intercourse with my wife in Ramadan
(while I was fasting)." Then a basket full of dates was
brought to the Prophet and he asked, "Where is the burnt
(ruined) man?" He replied, "I am present." The Prophet told
him to give that basket in charity (as expiation).
3.157:
Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were sitting with the Prophet a
man came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have been ruined."
Allah's Apostle asked what was the matter with him. He replied
"I had sexual intercourse with my wife while I was fasting."
Allah's Apostle asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a
slave?" He replied in the negative. Allah's Apostle asked him,
"Can you fast for two successive months?" He replied in the
negative. The Prophet asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty
poor persons?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet kept
silent and while we were in that state, a big basket full of
dates was brought to the Prophet . He asked, "Where is the
questioner?" He replied, "I (am here)." The Prophet said (to
him), "Take this (basket of dates) and give it in charity."
The man said, "Should I give it to a person poorer than I? By
Allah; there is no family between its (i.e. Medina's) two
mountains who are poorer than I." The Prophet smiled till his
premolar teeth became visible and then said, 'Feed your family
with it."
3.158:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A man came to the Prophet and said, "I
had sexual intercourse with my wife on Ramadan (while
fasting)." The Prophet asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a
slave?" He replied in the negative. The Prophet asked him,
"Can you fast for two successive months?" He replied in the
negative. He asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor
persons?" He replied in the negative. (Abu Huraira added):
Then a basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet and he
said (to that man), "Feed (poor people) with this by way of
atonement." He said, "(Should I feed it) to poorer people than
we? There is no poorer house than ours between its (Medina's)
mountains." The Prophet said, "Then feed your family with it."
3.159:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet was cupped while he was in
the state of lhram, and also while he was observing a fast.
3.160:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet was cupped while he was
fasting.
3.161:
Narrated Thabit Al−Bunani: Anas bin Malik was asked whether
they disliked the cupping for a fasting person. He replied in
the negative and said, "Only if it causes weakness."
3.162:
Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa: We were in the company of Allah's
Apostle on a journey. He said to a man, "Get down and mix
Sawiq (powdered barley) with water for me." The man said, "The
sun (has not set yet), O Allah's Apostle." The Prophet again
said to him, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me." The
man again said, "O Allah's Apostle! The sun!" The Prophet said
to him (for the third time) "Get down and mix Sawiq with water
for me." The man dismounted and mixed Sawiq with water for
him. The Prophet drank it and then beckoned with his hand
(towards the East) and said, "When you see the night falling
from this side, then a fasting person should break his fast."
3.163:
Narrated `Aisha:
Hamza bin `Amr Al−Aslami said, "O Allah's Apostle! I fast
continuously."
3.164:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Hamza bin `Amr Al−Aslami asked the
Prophet, "Should I fast while traveling?" The Prophet replied,
"You may fast if you wish, and you may not fast if you wish."
3.165:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle set out for Mecca in
Ramadan and he fasted, and when he reached Al−Kadid, he broke
his fast and the people (with him) broke their fast too. (Abu
`Abdullah said, "Al−Kadid is a land covered with water between
Usfan and Qudaid.")
3.166:
Narrated Abu Ad−Darda: We set out with Allah's Apostle on one
of his journeys on a very hot day, and it was so hot that one
had to put his hand over his head because of the severity of
heat. None of us was fasting except the Prophet and Ibn
Rawaha.
3.167:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle was on a journey
and saw a crowd of people, and a man was being shaded (by
them). He asked, "What is the matter?" They said, "He (the
man) is fasting." The Prophet said, "It is not righteousness
that you fast on a journey."
3.168:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We used to travel with the Prophet
and neither did the fasting persons criticize those who were
not fasting, nor did those who were not fasting criticize the
fasting ones.
3.169:
Narrated Tawus:
Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's Apostle set out from Medina to Mecca
and he fasted till he reached 'Usfan, where he asked for water
and raised his hand to let the people see him, and then broke
the fast, and did not fast after that till he reached Mecca,
and that happened in Ramadan." Ibn `Abbas used to say,
"Allah's Apostle (sometimes) fasted and (sometimes) did not
fast during the journeys so whoever wished to fast could fast,
and whoever wished not to fast, could do so."
3.170:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar recited the verse: "They had a choice either to fast
or to feed a poor person for every day, and said that the
order of this Verse was canceled.
3.171:
Narrated `Aisha:
Sometimes I missed some days of Ramadan, but could not fast in
lieu of them except in the month of Sha'ban." Said Yahya, a
sub−narrator, "She used to be busy serving the Prophet ."
3.172:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet said, "Isn't it true that a
woman does not pray and does not fast on menstruating? And
that is the defect (a loss) in her religion."
3.173:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever died and he ought to have
fasted (the missed days of Ramadan) then his guardians must
fast on his behalf."
3.174:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A man came to the Prophet and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! My mother died and she ought to have fasted
one month (for her missed Ramadan). Shall I fast on her
behalf?" The Prophet replied in the affirmative and said,
"Allah's debts have more right to be paid." In another
narration a woman is reported to have said, "My sister
died..." Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A woman said to the Prophet "My
mother died and she had vowed to fast but she didn't fast." In
another narration Ibn `Abbas is reported to have said, "A
woman said to the Prophet, "My mother died while she ought to
have fasted for fifteen days."
3.175:
Narrated `Umar bin Al−Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "When
night falls from this side and the day vanishes from this side
and the sun sets, then the fasting person should break his
fast."
3.176:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa: We were in the company of
the Prophet on a journey and he was fasting, and when the sun
set, he addressed somebody, "O so−and−so, get up and mix Sawiq
with water for us." He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (Will you
wait) till it is evening?" The Prophet said, "Get down and mix
Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (If
you wait) till it is evening." The Prophet said again, "Get
down and mix Sawiq with water for us." He replied, "It is
still daytime."(1) The Prophet said again, "Get down and mix
Sawiq with water for us." He got down and mixed Sawiq for
them. The Prophet drank it and then said, "When you see night
falling from this side, the fasting person should break his
fast."
3.177:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa: We were traveling with
Allah's Apostle and he was fasting, and when the sun set, he
said to (someone), "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for us."
He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (Will you wait) till it is
evening?" The Prophet again said, "Get down and mix Sawiq with
water for us." He replied, "O Allah's Apostle! It is still
daytime." The Prophet said again, "Get down and mix Sawiq with
water for us." So, he got down and carried out that order. The
Prophet then said, "When you see night falling from this side,
the fasting person should break his fast," and he beckoned
with his finger towards the east.
3.178:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: Allah's Apostle said, "The people will
remain on the right path as long as they hasten the breaking
of the fast."
3.179:
Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa: I was with the Prophet on a journey,
and he observed the fast till evening. The Prophet said to a
man, "Get down and mix Sawiq with water for me." He replied,
"Will you wait till it is evening?" The Prophet said, "Get
down and mix Sawiq with water for me; when you see night
falling from this side, the fasting person should break his
fast."
3.180:
Narrated Abu Usama from Hisham bin 'Ursa from Fatima: Asma
bint Abi Bakr said, "We broke our fast during the lifetime of
the Prophet on a cloudy day and then the sun appeared." Hisham
was asked, "Were they ordered to fast in lieu of that day?" He
replied, "It had to be made up for." Ma`mar said, "I heard
Hisham saying, "I don't know whether they fasted in lieu of
that day or not."
3.181:
Narrated Ar−Rubi' bint Mu'awadh: "The Prophet sent a messenger
to the village of the Ansar in the morning of the day of
'Ashura' (10th of Muharram) to announce: 'Whoever has eaten
something should not eat but complete the fast, and whoever is
observing the fast should complete it.' "She further said,
"Since then we used to fast on that day regularly and also
make our boys fast. We used to make toys of wool for the boys
and if anyone of them cried for, he was given those toys till
it was the time of the breaking of the fast."
3.182:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Do not practice Al−Wisal (fasting
continuously without breaking one's fast in the evening or
eating before the following dawn)." The people said to the
Prophet, "But you practice Al−Wisal?" The Prophet replied, "I
am not like any of you, for I am given food and drink (by
Allah) during the night."
3.183:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade
Al−Wisal. The people said (to him), "But you practice it?" He
said, "I am not like you, for I am given food and drink by
Allah."
3.184:
'Narrated Abu Sa`id: That he had heard the Prophet saying, "Do
not fast continuously (practice Al−Wisal), and if you intend
to lengthen your fast, then carry it on only till the Suhur
(before the following dawn)." The people said to him, "But you
practice (Al−Wisal), O Allah's Apostle!" He replied, "I am not
similar to you, for during my sleep I have One Who makes me
eat and drink."
3.185:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle forbade Al−Wisal out of mercy to them. They
said to him, "But you practice Al−Wisal?" He said, "I am not
similar to you, for my Lord gives me food and drink. "
3.186:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade Al−Wisal in
fasting. So, one of the Muslims said to him, "But you practice
Al−Wisal. O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet replied, "Who
amongst you is similar to me? I am given food and drink during
my sleep by my Lord." So, when the people refused to stop
Al−Wisal (fasting continuously), the Prophet fasted day and
night continuously along with them for a day and then another
day and then they saw the crescent moon (of the month of
Shawwal). The Prophet said to them (angrily), "If It (the
crescent) had not appeared, I would have made you fast for a
longer period." That was as a punishment for them when they
refused to stop (practicing Al−Wisal).
3.187:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said twice, "(O you people)
Be cautious! Do not practice Al−Wisal." The people said to
him, "But you practice Al−Wisal?" The Prophet replied, "My
Lord gives me food and drink during my sleep. Do that much of
deeds which is within your ability."
3.188:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not
fast continuously day and night (practice Al−Wisal) and if
anyone of you intends to fast continuously day and night, he
should continue till the Suhur time." They said, "But you
practice Al−Wisal, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "I am
not similar to you;. during my sleep I have One Who makes me
eat and drink."
3.189:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: The Prophet made a bond of brotherhood
between Salman and Abu Ad−Darda.' Salman paid a visit to Abu
Ad−Darda' and found Um Ad−Darda' dressed in shabby clothes and
asked her why she was in that state. She replied, "Your
brother Abu Ad−Darda' is not interested in (the luxuries of)
this world." In the meantime Abu Ad−Darda' came and prepared a
meal for Salman. Salman requested Abu Ad−Darda' to eat (with
him), but Abu Ad−Darda' said, "I am fasting." Salman said, "I
am not going to eat unless you eat." So, Abu Ad−Darda' ate
(with Salman). When it was night and (a part of the night
passed), Abu Ad−Darda' got up (to offer the night prayer), but
Salman told him to sleep and Abu Ad−Darda' slept. After
sometime Abu Ad−Darda' again got up but Salman told him to
sleep. When it was the last hours of the night, Salman told
him to get up then, and both of them offered the prayer.
Salman told Abu Ad−Darda', "Your Lord has a right on you, your
soul has a right on you, and your family has a right on you;
so you should give the rights of all those who has a right on
you." Abu Ad−Darda' came to the Prophet and narrated the whole
story. The Prophet said, "Salman has spoken the truth."
3.190:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to fast till one would say that he would
never stop fasting, and he would abandon fasting till one
would say that he would never fast. I never saw Allah's
Apostle fasting for a whole month except the month of Ramadan,
and did not see him fasting in any month more than in the
month of Sha'ban.
3.191:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet never fasted in any month more than in the month
of Sha'ban. He used to say, "Do those deeds which you can do
easily, as Allah will not get tired (of giving rewards) till
you get bored and tired (of performing religious deeds)." The
most beloved prayer to the Prophet was the one that was done
regularly (throughout the life) even if it were little. And
whenever the Prophet offered a prayer he used to offer it
regularly .
3.192:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet never fasted a full month
except the month of Ramadan, and he used to fast till one
could say, "By Allah, he will never stop fasting," and he
would abandon fasting till one would say, "By Allah, he will
never fast."
3.193:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle used to leave fasting in a certain month till
we thought that he would not fast in that month, and he used
to fast in another month till we thought he would not stop
fasting at all in that month. And if one wanted to see him
praying at night, one could see him (in that condition), and
if one wanted to see him sleeping at night, one could see him
(in that condition) too.
3.194:
Narrated Humaid:
I asked Anas about the fasting of the Prophet. He said
"Whenever I liked to see the Prophet fasting in any month, I
could see that, and whenever I liked to see him not fasting, I
could see that too, and if I liked to see him praying in any
night, I could see that, and if I liked to see him sleeping, I
could see that, too." Anas further said, "I never touched silk
or velvet softer than the hand of Allah's Apostle and never
smelled musk or perfumed smoke more pleasant than the smell of
Allah's Apostle."
3.195:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al−`As: "Once Allah's Apostle
came to me," and then he narrated the whole narration, i.e.
your guest has a right on you, and your wife has a right on
you. I then asked about the fasting of David. The Prophet
replied, "Half of the year," (i.e. he used to fast on every
alternate day).
3.196:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al−`As: Allah's Apostle said
to me, "O `Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you fast
during the day and offer prayers all the night." `Abdullah
replied, "Yes, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "Don't do
that; fast for few days and then give it up for few days,
offer prayers and also sleep at night, as your body has a
right on you, and your wife has a right on you, and your guest
has a right on you. And it is sufficient for you to fast three
days in a month, as the reward of a good deed is multiplied
ten times, so it will be like fasting throughout the year." I
insisted (on fasting) and so I was given a hard instruction. I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have power." The Prophet said,
"Fast like the fasting of the Prophet David and do not fast
more than that." I said, "How was the fasting of the Prophet
of Allah, David?" He said, "Half of the year," (i.e. he used
to fast on every alternate day). Afterwards when `Abdullah
became old, he used to say, "It would have been better for me
if I had accepted the permission of the Prophet (which he gave
me i.e. to fast only three days a month).
3.197:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle was informed that
I had taken an oath to fast daily and to pray (every night)
all the night throughout my life (so Allah's Apostle came to
me and asked whether it was correct): I replied, "Let my
parents be sacrificed for you! I said so." The Prophet said,
"You can not do that. So, fast for few days and give it up for
few days, r ray and sleep. Fast three days a month as the
reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times and that will be
equal to one year of fasting." I replied, "I can do better
than that." The Prophet said to me, "Fast one day and give up
fasting for a day and that is the fasting of Prophet David and
that is the best fasting." I said, "I have the power to fast
better (more) than that." The Prophet said, "There is no
better fasting than that."
3.198:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The news of my daily fasting and
praying every night throughout the night reached the Prophet.
So he sent for me or I met him, and he said, "I have been
informed that you fast everyday and pray every night (all the
night). Fast (for some days) and give up fasting (for some
days); pray and sleep, for your eyes have a right on you, and
your body and your family (i.e. wife) have a right on you." I
replied, "I have more power than that (fasting)." The Prophet
said, "Then fast like the fasts of (the Prophet) David". I
said, "How?" He replied, "He used to fast on alternate days,
and he used not to flee on meeting the enemy." I said, "From
where can I get that chance?" (`Ata' said, "I do not know how
the expression of fasting daily throughout the life
occurred.") So, the Prophet said, twice, "Whoever fasts daily
throughout his life is just as the one who does not fast at
all."
3.199:
Narrated Mujahid from `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said (to
`Abdullah), "Fast three days a month." `Abdullah said, (to the
Prophet) "I am able to fast more than that." They kept on
arguing on this matter till the Prophet said, "Fast on
alternate days, and recite the whole Qur'an once a month."
`Abdullah said, "I can recite more (in a month)," and the
argument went on till the Prophet said, "Recite the Qur'an
once each three days." (i.e. you must not recite the whole
Qur'an in less than three days).
3.200:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al−`As: The Prophet said to
me, "You fast daily all the year and pray every night all the
night?" I replied in the affirmative. The Prophet said, "If
you keep on doing this, your eyes will become weak and your
body will get tired. He who fasts all the year is as he who
did not fast at all. The fasting of three days (a month) will
be equal to the tasting of the whole year." I replied, "I have
the power for more than this." The Prophet said, "Then fast
like the fasting of David who used to fast on alternate days
and would never flee from the battle field, on meeting the
enemy.
3.201:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle was informed
about my fasts, and he came to me and I spread for him a
leather cushion stuffed with palm fires, but he sat on the
ground and the cushion remained between me and him, and then
he said, "Isn't it sufficient for you to fast three days a
month?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)." He
said, "Five?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast
more)." He said, "Seven?" I replied, "O Allah's Apostle! (I
can fast more)." He said, "Nine (days per month)?" I replied,
"O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more)" He said, "Eleven (days
per month)?" And then the Prophet said, "There is no fast
superior to that of the Prophet David it was for half of the
year. So, fast on alternate days."
3.202:
Narrated Abu Huraira: My friend (the Prophet ) advised me to
observe three things: (1) to fast three days a month; (2) to
pray two rak`at of Duha prayer (forenoon prayer); and (3) to
pray witr before sleeping.
3.203:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet paid a visit to Um−Sulaim and she placed before
him dates and ghee. The Prophet said, "Replace the ghee and
dates in their respective containers for I am fasting." Then
he stood somewhere in her house and offered an optional prayer
and then he invoked good on Um−Sulaim and her family. Then
Um−Sulaim said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have a special request
(today)." He said, "What is it?" She replied, "(Please invoke
for) your servant Anas." So Allah's Apostle did not leave
anything good in the world or the Hereafter which he did not
invoke (Allah to bestow) on me and said, "O Allah! Give him
(i.e. Anas) property and children and bless him." Thus I am
one of the richest among the Ansar and my daughter Umaina told
me that when Al−Hajjaj came to Basra, more than 120 of my
offspring had been buried.
3.204:
Narrated Mutarrif from `Imran Ibn Husain: That the Prophet
asked him (Imran) or asked a man and `Imran was listening, "O
Abu so−and−so! Have you fasted the last days of this month?"
(The narrator thought that he said, "the month of Ramadan").
The man replied, "No, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said to
him, "When you finish your fasting (of Ramadan) fast two days
(in Shawwal)." Through another series of narrators `Imran
said, "The Prophet said, '(Have you fasted) the last days of
Sha'ban?"
3.205:
Narrated Muhammad bin `Abbas: I asked Jabir "Did the Prophet
forbid fasting on Fridays?" He replied, "Yes." (Other
narrators added, "If he intends to fast only that day.")
3.206:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard the Prophet saying, "None of you
should fast on Friday unless he fasts a day before or after
it."
3.207:
Narrated Abu Aiyub from Juwairiya bint Al−Harith: The Prophet
visited her (Juwairiya) on a Friday and she was fasting. He
asked her, "Did you fast yesterday?" She said, "No." He said,
"Do you intend to fast tomorrow?" She said, "No." He said,
"Then break your fast." Through another series of narrators,
Abu Aiyub is reported to have said, "He ordered her and she
broke her fast."
3.208:
Narrated Alqama:
I asked `Aisha "Did Allah s Apostle, use to choose some
special days (for fasting)?" She replied, "No, but he used to
be regular (constant) (in his service of worshipping). Who
amongst you can endure what Allah's Apostle used to endure?"
3.209:
Narrated Um Al−Fadl bint Al−Harith: "While the people were
with me on the day of `Arafat they differed as to whether the
Prophet was fasting or not; some said that he was fasting
while others said that he was not fasting. So, I sent to him a
bowl full of milk while he was riding over his camel and he
drank it."
3.210:
Narrated Maimuna:
The people doubted whether the Prophet was fasting on the day
of `Arafat or not, so I sent milk while he was standing at
`Arafat, he drank it and the people were looking at him.
3.211:
Narrated Abu `Ubaid: (the slave of Ibn Azhar) I witnessed the
`Id with `Umar bin Al−Khattab who said, Allah's Apostle has
forbidden people to fast on the day on which you break fasting
(the fasts of Ramadan) and the day on which you eat the meat
of your sacrifices (the first day of `Id ul Fitr and `Id
ul−Adha).
3.212:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet forbade the fasting of
`Id−ul−Fitr and `Id−ul−Adha (two feast days) and also the
wearing of As−Samma' (a single garment covering the whole
body), and sitting with one's leg drawn up while being wrapped
in one garment. He also forbade the prayers after the Fajr
(morning) and the `Asr (afternoon) prayers.
3.213:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Two fasts and two kinds of sale are
forbidden: fasting on the day of `Id ul Fitr and `Id−ul−Adha
and the kinds of sale called Mulamasa and Munabadha. (These
two kinds of sale used to be practiced in the days of
Pre−Islamic period of ignorance; Mulamasa means when you touch
something displayed for sale you have to buy it; Munabadha
means when the seller throws something to you, you have to buy
it.)
3.214:
Narrated Ziyad bin Jubair: A man went to Ibn `Umar I. and
said, "A man vowed to fast one day (the sub−narrator thinks
that he said that the day was Monday), and that day happened
to be `Id day." Ibn `Umar said, "Allah orders vows to be
fulfilled and the Prophet forbade the fasting on this day
(i.e. Id).
3.215:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: (who fought in twelve Ghazawat
in the company of the Prophet). I heard four things from the
Prophet and they won my admiration. He said; −1. "No lady
should travel on a journey of two days except with her husband
or a Dhi−Mahram; −2. "No fasting is permissible on the two
days of Id−ul−Fitr and `Id−ul−Adha; −3. "No prayer (may be
offered) after the morning compulsory prayer until the sun
rises; and no prayer after the `Asr prayer till the sun sets;
−4. "One should travel only for visiting three Masjid
(Mosques): Masjid−al−Haram (Mecca), Masjid−al−Aqsa
(Jerusalem), and this (my) Mosque (at Medina).
3.216:
Narrated `Aisha and Ibn `Umar: Nobody was allowed to fast on
the days of Tashriq except those who could not afford the Hadi
(Sacrifice).
3.217:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Fasting for those who perform
,Hajj−at−Tamattu` (in lieu of the Hadi which they cannot
afford) may be performed up to the day of `Arafat. And if one
does not get a Hadi and has not fasted (before the `Id) then
one should fast of the days of Mina. (11, 12 and 13th of Dhul
Hajja).
3.218:
Narrated Salim's father: The Prophet said, "Whoever wishes may
fast on the day of 'Ashura'."
3.219:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle ordered (the Muslims) to fast on the day of
'Ashura', and when fasting in the month of Ramadan was
prescribed, it became optional for one to fast on that day
('Ashura') or not.
3.220:
Narrated Aisha:
Quraish used to fast on the day of 'Ashura' in the Pre−Islamic
period, and Allah's Apostle too, used to fast on that day.
When he came to Medina, he fasted on that day and ordered
others to fast, too. Later when the fasting of the month of
Ramadan was prescribed, he gave up fasting on the day of
'Ashura' and it became optional for one to fast on it or not.
3.221:
Narrated Humaid bin `Abdur Rahman: That he heard Muawiya bin
Abi Sufyan on the day of 'Ashura' during the year he performed
the Hajj, saying on the pulpit, "O the people of Medina! Where
are your Religious Scholars? I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
'This is the day of 'Ashura'. Allah has not enjoined its
fasting on you but I am fasting it. You have the choice either
to fast or not to fast (on this day).' "
3.222:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet came to Medina and saw the
Jews fasting on the day of Ashura. He asked them about that.
They replied, "This is a good day, the day on which Allah
rescued Bani Israel from their enemy. So, Moses fasted this
day." The Prophet said, "We have more claim over Moses than
you." So, the Prophet fasted on that day and ordered (the
Muslims) to fast (on that day).
3.223:
Narrated Abu Musa: The day of 'Ashura' was considered as `Id
day by the Jews. So the Prophet ordered, "I recommend you
(Muslims) to fast on this day."
3.224:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I never saw the Prophet seeking to fast
on a day more (preferable to him) than this day, the day of
'Ashura', or this month, i.e. the month of Ramadan.
3.225:
Narrated Salama bin Al−Akwa`: The Prophet ordered a man from
the tribe of Bani Aslam to announce amongst the people that
whoever had eaten should fast the rest of the day, and whoever
had not eaten should continue his fast, as that day was the
day of 'Ashura'.
Bk. 32: Praying at Night in Ramadaan (Taraweeh)
3.226:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying regarding
Ramadan, "Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of Ramadan)
out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then
all his previous sins will be forgiven."
3.227:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever prayed at
night the whole month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith and
hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins
will be forgiven." Ibn Shihab (a sub−narrator) said, "Allah's
Apostle died and the people continued observing that (i.e.
Nawafil offered individually, not in congregation), and it
remained as it was during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr and in the
early days of `Umar's Caliphate." `Abdur Rahman bin `Abdul
Qari said, "I went out in the company of `Umar bin Al−Khattab
one night in Ramadan to the mosque and found the people
praying in different groups. A man praying alone or a man
praying with a little group behind him. So, `Umar said, 'In my
opinion I would better collect these (people) under the
leadership of one Qari (Reciter) (i.e. let them pray in
congregation!)'. So, he made up his mind to congregate them
behind Ubai bin Ka`b. Then on another night I went again in
his company and the people were praying behind their reciter.
On that, `Umar remarked, 'What an excellent Bid`a (i.e.
innovation in religion) this is; but the prayer which they do
not perform, but sleep at its time is better than the one they
are offering.' He meant the prayer in the last part of the
night. (In those days) people used to pray in the early part
of the night."
3.228:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to pray (at
night) in Ramadan.
3.229:
Narrated 'Ursa:
That he was informed by `Aisha, "Allah's Apostle went out in
the middle of the night and prayed in the mosque and some men
prayed behind him. In the morning, the people spoke about it
and then a large number of them gathered and prayed behind him
(on the second night). In the next morning the people again
talked about it and on the third night the mosque was full
with a large number of people. Allah's Apostle came out and
the people prayed behind him. On the fourth night the Mosque
was overwhelmed with people and could not accommodate them,
but the Prophet came out (only) for the morning prayer. When
the morning prayer was finished he recited Tashah−hud and
(addressing the people) said, "Amma ba'du, your presence was
not hidden from me but I was afraid lest the night prayer
(Qiyam) should be enjoined on you and you might not be able to
carry it on." So, Allah's Apostle died and the situation
remained like that (i.e. people prayed individually). "
3.230:
Narrated Abu Salama bin `Abdur Rahman: that he asked `Aisha
"How was the prayer of Allah's Apostle in Ramadan?" She
replied, "He did not pray more than eleven rak`at in Ramadan
or in any other month. He used to pray four rak`at −−−− let
alone their beauty and length−−−−and then he would pray four
−−−−let alone their beauty and length −−−−and then he would
pray three rak`at (witr)." She added, "I asked, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Do you sleep before praying the witr?' He replied, 'O
`Aisha! My eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep."
3.231:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever fasted the
month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith (i.e. belief) and hoping
for a reward from Allah, then all his past sins will be
forgiven, and whoever stood for the prayers in the night of
Qadr out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah,
then all his previous sins will be forgiven ."
3.232:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Some men amongst the companions of the
Prophet were shown in their dreams that the night of Qadr was
in the last seven nights of Ramadan. Allah's Apostle said, "It
seems that all your dreams agree that (the Night of Qadr) is
in the last seven nights, and whoever wants to search for it
(i.e. the Night of Qadr) should search in the last seven
(nights of Ramadan).
3.233:
Narrated Abu Salama: I asked Abu Sa`id, and he was a friend of
mine, (about the Night of Qadr) and he said, "We practiced
I`tikaf (seclusion in the mosque) in the middle third of the
month of Ramadan with the Prophet . In the morning of the 20th
of Ramadan, the Prophet came and addressed us and said, 'I was
informed of (the date of the Night of Qadr) but I was caused
to forget it; so search for it in the odd nights of the last
ten nights of the month of Ramadan. (In the dream) I saw
myself prostrating in mud and water (as a sign). So, whoever
was in I`tikaf with me should return to it with me (for
another 10−day's period)', and we returned. At that time there
was no sign of clouds in the sky but suddenly a cloud came and
it rained till rainwater started leaking through the roof of
the mosque which was made of date−palm leaf stalks. Then the
prayer was established and I saw Allah's Apostle prostrating
in mud and water and I saw the traces of mud on his forehead."
3.234:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd
nights of the last ten days of Ramadan."
3.235:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle used to practice
I`tikaf (in the mosque) in the middle third of Ramadan and
after passing the twenty nights he used to go back to his
house on the 21st, and the people who were in I`tikaf with him
also used to go back to their houses. Once in Ramadan, in
which he practiced I`tikaf, he established the night prayers
at the night in which he used to return home, and then he
addressed the people and ordered them whatever Allah wished
him to order and said, "I used to practice I`tikaf for these
ten days (i.e. the middle third but now I intend to stay in
I`tikaf for the last ten days (of the month); so whoever was
in I`tikaf with me should stay at his place of seclusion. I
have verily been shown (the date of) this Night (of Qadr) but
I have forgotten it. So search for it in the odd nights of the
last ten days (of this month). I also saw myself (in the
dream) prostrating in mud and water." On the night of the
21st, the sky was covered with clouds and it rained, and the
rainwater started leaking through the roof of the mosque at
the praying place of the Prophet . I saw with my own eyes the
Prophet at the completion of the morning prayer leaving with
his face covered with mud and water.
3.236:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Look for (the Night of Qadr).
3.237:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to practice I`tikaf in the last ten
nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look for the Night of Qadr
in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan."
3.238:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "Look for the Night of
Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan ,' on the night when
nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights
of Ramadan (i.e. 21, 23, 25, respectively).
3.239:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle said, "The Night of Qadr
is in the last ten nights of the month (Ramadan), either on
the first nine or in the last (remaining) seven nights (of
Ramadan)." Ibn `Abbas added, "Search for it on the
twenty−fourth (of Ramadan).
3.240:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As−Samit: The Prophet came out to inform
us about the Night of Qadr but two Muslims were quarreling
with each other. So, the Prophet said, "I came out to inform
you about the Night of Qadr but such−and−such persons were
quarreling, so the news about it had been taken away; yet that
might be for your own good, so search for it on the 29th, 27th
and 25th (of Ramadan).
3.241:
Narrated Aisha:
With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet
used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to
pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the
prayers.
Bk. 33: Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah
(I'tikaf)
3.242:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle used to practice
I`tikaf in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.
3.243:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet used to practice I`tikaf
in the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then his
wives used to practice I`tikaf after him.
3.244:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle used to practice
I`tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan and once he stayed
in I`tikaf till the night of the twenty−first and it was the
night in the morning of which he used to come out of his
I`tikaf. The Prophet said, "Whoever was in I`tikaf with me
should stay in I`tikaf for the last ten days, for I was
informed (of the date) of the Night (of Qadr) but I have been
caused to forget it. (In the dream) I saw myself prostrating
in mud and water in the morning of that night. So, look for it
in the last ten nights and in the odd ones of them." It rained
that night and the roof of the mosque dribbled as it was made
of leaf stalks of date−palms. I saw with my own eyes the mark
of mud and water on the forehead of the Prophet (i.e. in the
morning of the twenty−first).
3.245:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to (put) bend his head (out) to me while he
was in I`tikaf in the mosque during my monthly periods and I
would comb and oil his hair.
3.246:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to let his head
in (the house) while he was in the mosque and I would comb and
oil his hair. When in I`tikaf he used not to enter the house
except for a need.
3.247:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to embrace me during my menses. He also used
to put his head out of the mosque while he was in I`tikaf, and
I would wash it during my menses.
3.248:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: `Umar asked the Prophet "I vowed in the
Pre−Islamic period of ignorance to stay in I`tikaf for one
night in Al−Masjid al−Haram." The Prophet said to him,
"Fulfill your vow."
3.249:
Narrated `Amra:
Aisha said, "the Prophet used to practice I`tikaf in the last
ten days of Ramadan and I used to pitch a tent for him, and
after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the tent."
Hafsa asked the permission of `Aisha to pitch a tent for her
and she allowed her and she pitched her tent. When Zainab bint
Jahsh saw it, she pitched another tent. In the morning the
Prophet noticed the tents. He said, 'What is this?" He was
told of the whole situation. Then the Prophet said, "Do you
think that they intended to do righteousness by doing this?"
He therefore abandoned the I`tikaf in that month and practiced
I`tikaf for ten days in the month of Shawwal."
3.250:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet intended to practice I`tikaf and when he reached
the place where he intended to perform I`tikaf, he saw some
tents, the tents of `Aisha, Hafsa and Zainab. So, he said, "Do
you consider that they intended to do righteousness by doing
this?" And then he went away and did not perform I`tikaf (in
Ramadan) but performed it in the month of Shawwal for ten
days.
3.251:
Narrated `Ali bin Al−Husain: Safiya, the wife of the Prophet
told me that she went to Allah's Apostle to visit him in the
mosque while he was in I`tikaf in the last ten days of
Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up
in order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her. When
they reached the gate of the mosque, opposite the door of
Um−Salama, two Ansari men were passing by and they greeted
Allah's Apostle . He told them: Do not run away! And said,
"She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." Both of them said,
"Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O Allah's
Apostle!" And they felt it. The Prophet said (to them), "Satan
reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it,
(everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest Satan might
insert an evil thought in your minds."
3.252:
Narrated Abu Salama bin `Abdur−Rahman: I asked Abu Sa`id
Al−Khudri, "Did you hear Allah's Apostle talking about the
Night of Qadr?" He replied in the affirmative and said, "Once
we were in I`tikaf with Allah's Apostle in the middle ten days
of (Ramadan) and we came out of it in the morning of the
twentieth, and Allah's Apostle− delivered a sermon on the 20th
(of Ramadan) and said, 'I was informed (of the date) of the
Night of Qadr (in my dream) but had forgotten it. So, look for
it in the odd nights of the last ten nights of the month of
Ramadan. I saw myself prostrating in mud and water on that
night (as a sign of the Night of Qadr). So, whoever had been
in I`tikaf with Allah's Apostle should return for it.' The
people returned to the mosque (for I`tikaf). There was no
trace of clouds in the sky. But all of a sudden a cloud came
and it rained. Then the prayer was established (they stood for
the prayer) and Allah's Apostle prostrated in mud and water
and I saw mud over the forehead and the nose of the Prophet.
3.253:
Narrated `Aisha:
One of the wives of Allah's Apostle practiced I`tikaf with him
while she ad bleeding in between her periods and she would see
red (blood) or yellowish traces, and sometimes we put a tray
beneath her when she offered the prayer.
3.254:
Narrated `Ali bin Al−Husain (from Safiya, the Prophet's wife):
The wives of the Prophet were with him in the mosque (while he
was in I`tikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet said to
Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany
you," (and her dwelling was in the house of Usama). The
Prophet went out and in the meantime two Ansari men met him
and they looked at the Prophet and passed by. The Prophet said
to them, "Come here. She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." They
replied, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil) O Allah's
Apostle! (we never expect anything bad from you)." The Prophet
replied, "Satan circulates in the human being as blood
circulates in the body, and I was afraid lest Satan might
insert an evil thought in your minds."
3.255:
Narrated `Ali bin Al−Husain from Safiya: Safiya went to the
Prophet while he was in I`tikaf. When she returned, the
Prophet accompanied her walking. An Ansari man saw him. When
the Prophet noticed him, he called him and said, "Come here.
She is Safiya. (Sufyan a sub−narrator perhaps said that the
Prophet had said, "This is Safiya"). And Satan circulates in
the body of Adam's offspring as his blood circulates in it."
(A sub−narrator asked Sufyan, "Did Safiya visit him at night?"
He said, "Of course, at night.")
3.256:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: We practiced I`tikaf with Allah's Apostle
in the middle ten days (of Ramadan). In the morning of the
twentieth (of Ramadan) we shifted our baggage, but Allah's
Apostle came to us and said, "Whoever was m I`tikaf should
return to his place of I`tikaf, for I saw (i.e. was informed
about the date of) this Night (of Qadr) and saw myself
prostrating in mud and water." When I returned to my place the
sky was overcast with clouds and it rained. By Him Who sent
Muhammad with the Truth, the sky was covered with clouds from
the end of that day, and the mosque which was roofed with
leafstalks of date palm trees (leaked with rain) and I saw the
trace of mud and water over the nose of the Prophet and its
tip.
3.257:
Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur−Rahman from `Aisha: Allah's Apostle
used to practice I`tikaf every year in the month of Ramadan.
And after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the
place of his I`tikaf. `Aisha asked his permission to let her
practice I`tikaf and he allowed her, and so she pitched a tent
in the mosque. When Hafsa heard of that, she also pitched a
tent (for herself), and when Zainab heard of that, she too
pitched another tent. When, in the morning, Allah's Apostle
had finished the morning prayer, he saw four tents and asked,
"What is this?" He was informed about it. He then said, "What
made them do this? Is it righteousness? Remove the tents, for
I do not want to see them." So, the tents were removed. The
Prophet did not perform I`tikaf that year in the month of
Ramadan, but did it in the last ten days of Shawwal.
3.258:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: `Umar bin Al−Khattab said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I vowed in the Pre−Islamic period to perform
I`tikaf in Al−Masjid−al−Haram for one night." The Prophet
said, "Fulfill your vow." So, he performed I`tikaf for one
night.
3.259:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: that `Umar had vowed in the Pre−Islamic
period to perform I`tikaf in Al−Masjid−al−Haram. (A
sub−narrator thinks that `Umar vowed to perform I`tikaf for
one night.) Allah's Apostle said to `Umar, "Fulfill your vow."
3.260:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet used to perform I`tikaf
every year in the month of Ramadan for ten days, and when it
was the year of his death, he stayed in I`tikaf for twenty
days.
3.261:
Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur−Rahman from `Aisha: Allah's Apostle
mentioned that he would practice I`tikaf in the last ten days
of Ramadan. `Aisha asked his permission to perform I`tikaf and
he permitted her. Hafsa asked `Aisha to take his permission
for her, and she did so. When Zainab bint Jahsh saw that, she
ordered a tent to be pitched for her and it was pitched for
her. Allah's Apostle used to proceed to his tent after the
prayer. So, he saw the tents ans asked, "What is this?" He was
told that those were the tents of Aisha, Hafsa, and Zainab.
Allah's Apostle said, "Is it righteousness which they intended
by doing so? I am not going to perform I`tikaf." So he
returned home. When the fasting month was over, he performed
Itikar for ten days in the month of Shawwal.
3.262:
Narrated `Urwa:
Aisha during her menses used to comb and oil the hair of the
Prophet while he used to be in I`tikaf in the mosque. He would
stretch out his head towards her while she was in her chamber.
Bk. 34: Sales and Trade
3.263:
Narrated Abu Huraira: You people say that Abu Huraira tells
many narrations from Allah's Apostle and you also wonder why
the emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah's Apostle as
Abu Huraira does. My emigrant brothers were busy in the market
while I used to stick to Allah's Apostle content with what
fills my stomach; so I used to be present when they were
absent and I used to remember when they used to forget, and my
Ansari brothers used to be busy with their properties and I
was one of the poor men of Suffa. I used to remember the
narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Allah's Apostle
once said, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished
my present speech and then gathers it to himself, will
remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment
which I was wearing till Allah's Apostle had finished his
saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not
forget any of that narrations.
3.264:
Narrated Ibrahim bin Sa`d from his father from his
grandfather: `Abdur Rahman bin `Auf said, "When we came to
Medina as emigrants, Allah's Apostle established a bond of
brotherhood between me and Sa`d bin Ar−Rabi`. Sa`d bin
Ar−Rabi` said (to me), 'I am the richest among the Ansar, so I
will give you half of my wealth and you may look at my two
wives and whichever of the two you may choose I will divorce
her, and when she has completed the prescribed period (before
marriage) you may marry her.' `Abdur−Rahman replied, "I am not
in need of all that. Is there any marketplace where trade is
practiced?' He replied, "The market of Qainuqa." `Abdur−Rahman
went to that market the following day and brought some dried
buttermilk (yogurt) and butter, and then he continued going
there regularly. Few days later, `Abdur−Rahman came having
traces of yellow (scent) on his body. Allah's Apostle asked
him whether he had got married. He replied in the affirmative.
The Prophet said, 'Whom have you married?' He replied, 'A
woman from the Ansar.' Then the Prophet asked, 'How much did
you pay her?' He replied, '(I gave her) a gold piece equal in
weigh to a date stone (or a date stone of gold)! The Prophet
said, 'Give a Walima (wedding banquet) even if with one sheep
.' "
3.265:
Narrated Anas:
When `Abdur−Rahman bin `Auf came to Medina, the Prophet
established a bond of brotherhood between him and Sa`d bin
Ar−Rabi al−Ansari. Sa`d was a rich man, so he said to
`Abdur−Rahman, "I will give you half of my property and will
help you marry." `Abdur−Rahman said (to him), "May Allah bless
you in your family and property. Show me the market." So
`Abdur−Rahman did not return from the market) till he gained
some dried buttermilk (yogurt) and butter (through trading).
He brought that to his house−hold. We stayed for sometime (or
as long as Allah wished), and then `Abdur−Rahman came, scented
with yellowish perfume. The Prophet said (to him) "What is
this?" He replied, "I got married to an Ansari woman." The
Prophet asked, "What did you pay her?" He replied, "A gold
stone or gold equal to the weight of a date stone." The
Prophet said (to him), "Give a wedding banquet even if with
one sheep."
3.266:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: `Ukaz, Majanna and Dhul−Majaz were
marketplaces in the Pre−Islamic period of ignorance. When
Islam came, Muslims felt that marketing there might be a sin.
So, the Divine Inspiration came: "There is no harm for you to
seek the bounty of your Lord (in the seasons of Hajj)."
(2.198) Ibn `Abbas recited the Verse in this way.
3.267:
Narrated An−Nu`man bin Bashir: The Prophet said "Both legal
and illegal things are obvious, and in between them are
(suspicious) doubtful matters. So whoever forsakes those
doubtful things lest he may commit a sin, will definitely
avoid what is clearly illegal; and whoever indulges in these
(suspicious) doubtful things bravely, is likely to commit what
is clearly illegal. Sins are Allah's Hima (i.e. private
pasture) and whoever pastures (his sheep) near it, is likely
to get in it at any moment."
3.268:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abu Mulaika: `Uqba bin Al−Harith said
that a black woman came and claimed that she had suckled both
of them (i.e. `Uqba and his wife). So, he mentioned that to
the Prophet who turned his face from him and smiled and said,
"How (can you keep your wife), and it was said (that both of
you were suckled by the same woman)?" His wife was the
daughter of Abu Ihab−al−Tamimi.
3.269:
Narrated Aisha:
`Utba bin Abu Waqqas took a firm promise from his brother Sa`d
bin Abu Waqqas to take the son of the slave−girl of Zam`a into
his custody as he was his (i.e. `Utba's) son. In the year of
the Conquest (of Mecca) Sa`d bin Abu Waqqas took him, and said
that he was his brother's son, and his brother took a promise
from him to that effect. 'Abu bin Zam`a got up and said, "He
is my brother and the son of the slave−girl of my father and
was born on my father's bed." Then they both went to the
Prophet Sa`d said, "O Allah's Apostle! He is the son of my
brother and he has taken a promise from me that I will take
him." 'Abu bin Zam`a said, "(He is) my brother and the son of
my father's slave−girl and was born on my father's bed."
Allah's Apostle said, "The boy is for you. O 'Abu bin Zam`a."
Then the Prophet said, "The son is for the bed (i.e. the man
on whose bed he was born) and stones (disappointment and
deprivation) for the one who has done illegal sexual
intercourse." The Prophet told his wife Sauda bint Zam`a to
screen herself from that boy as he noticed a similarity
between the boy and `Utba. So, the boy did not see her till he
died.
3.270:
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: I asked Allah's Apostle about Al
Mirad (i.e. a sharp−edged piece of wood or a piece of wood
provided with a piece of iron used for hunting). He replied,
"If the game is hit by its sharp edge, eat it, and if it is
hit by its broad side, do not eat it, for it has been beaten
to death." I asked, "O Allah's Apostle! I release my dog by
the name of Allah and find with it at the game, another dog on
which I have not mentioned the name of Allah, and I do not
know which one of them caught the game." Allah's Apostle said
(to him), 'Don't eat it as you have mentioned the name of
Allah on your dog and not on the other dog."
3.271:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet passed by a fallen date and said, "Were it not for
my doubt that this might have been given in charity, I would
have eaten it." And narrated Abu Huraira the Prophet said, "I
found a date−fruit fallen on my bed."
3.272:
Narrated `Abbas bin Tamim: that his uncle said: "The Prophet
was asked: If a person feels something during his prayer;
should one interrupt his prayer?" The Prophet said: No! You
should not give it up unless you hear a sound or smell
something." Narrated Ibn Abi Hafsa: Az−Zuhri said, "There is
no need of repeating ablution unless you detect a smell or
hear a sound."
3.273:
Narrated `Aisha:
Some people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Meat is brought to us by
some people and we are not sure whether the name of Allah has
been mentioned on it or not (at the time of slaughtering the
animals)." Allah's Apostle said (to them), "Mention the name
of Allah and eat it."
3.274:
Narrated Jabir:
While we were offering the prayer with the Prophet a caravan
carrying food came from Sham. The people looked towards the
caravan (and went to it) and only twelve persons remained with
the Prophet. So, the Divine Inspiration came; "But when they
see some bargain or some amusement, they disperse headlong to
it." (6
2.11)
3.275:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A time will come when
one will not care how one gains one's money, legally or
illegally."
3.276:
Narrated Abu Al−Minhal: I used to practice money exchange, and
I asked Zaid bin 'Arqam about it, and he narrated what the
Prophet said in the following: Abu Al−Minhal said, "I asked
Al−Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid bin Arqam about practicing money
exchange. They replied, 'We were traders in the time of
Allah's Apostle and I asked Allah's Apostle about money
exchange. He replied, 'If it is from hand to hand, there is no
harm in it; otherwise it is not permissible."
3.277:
Narrated 'Ubai bin `Umar: Abu Musa asked `Umar to admit him
but he was not admitted as `Umar was busy, so Abu Musa went
back. When `Umar finished his job he said, "Didn't I hear the
voice of `Abdullah bin Qais? Let him come in." `Umar was told
that he had left. So, he sent for him and on his arrival, he
(Abu Musa) said, "We were ordered to do so (i.e. to leave if
not admitted after asking permission thrice). `Umar told him,
"Bring witness in proof of your statement." Abu Musa went to
the Ansar's meeting places and asked them. They said, "None
amongst us will give this witness except the youngest of us,
Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri. Abu Musa then took Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri
(to `Umar) and `Umar said, surprisingly, "Has this order of
Allah's Apostle been hidden from me?" (Then he added), "I used
to be busy trading in markets."
3.278:
Narrated Jabir:
A caravan arrived (at Medina) while we were offering the Jumua
prayer with the Prophet. The people left out for the caravan,
with the exception of twelve persons. Then this Verse was
revealed: 'But when they see some bargain or some amusement,
they disperse headlong to it and leave you standing." (6
2.11)
3.279:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "If a woman gives in charity from her house
meals without wasting (i.e. being extravagant), she will get
the reward for her giving, and her husband will also get the
reward for his earning and the storekeeper will also get a
similar reward. The acquisition of the reward of none of them
will reduce the reward of the others."
3.280:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "If a woman gives
something (i.e. in charity) from her husband's earnings
without his permission, she will get half his reward."
3.281:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"whoever desires an expansion in his sustenance and age,
should keep good relations with his Kith and kin."
3.282:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet purchased food grains from a Jew on credit and
mortgaged his iron armor to him.
3.283:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas went to the Prophet with barley bread having some
dissolved fat on it. The Prophet had mortgaged his armor to a
Jew in Medina and took from him some barley for his family.
Anas heard him saying, "The household of Muhammad did not
possess even a single Sa of wheat or food grains for the
evening meal, although he has nine wives to look after." (See
Hadith No. 685)
3.284:
Narrated `Aisha:
When Abu Bakr As−Siddiq was chosen Caliph, he said, "My people
know that my profession was not incapable of providing
substance to my family. And as I will be busy serving the
Muslim nation, my family will eat from the National Treasury
of Muslims, and I will practice the profession of serving the
Muslims."
3.285:
Narrated Aisha:
The companions of Allah's Apostle used to practice manual
labor, so their sweat used to smell, and they were advised to
take a bath.
3.286:
Narrated Al−Miqdam: The Prophet said, "Nobody has ever eaten a
better meal than that which one has earned by working with
one's own hands. The Prophet of Allah, David used to eat from
the earnings of his manual labor."
3.287:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The Prophet David
used not to eat except from the earnings of his manual labor."
3.288:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "One would rather
cut and carry a bundle of wood on his back than ask somebody
who may or may not live him."
3.289:
Narrated Az−Zubair bin Al−Awwam: The Prophet said, "One would
rather take a rope and cut wood and carry it than ask others).
3.290:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "May
Allah's mercy be on him who is lenient in his buying, selling,
and in demanding back his money."
3.291:
Narrated Hudhaifa: The Prophet said, "Before your time the
angels received the soul of a man and asked him, 'Did you do
any good deeds (in your life)?' He replied, 'I used to order
my employees to grant time to the rich person to pay his debts
at his convenience.' So Allah said to the angels; "Excuse
him." Rabi said that (the dead man said), 'I used to be easy
to the rich and grant time to the poor.' Or, in another
narration, 'grant time to the well−off and forgive the needy,'
or, 'accept from the well−off and forgive the needy.'
3.292:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "There was a merchant
who used to lend the people, and whenever his debtor was in
straitened circumstances, he would say to his employees,
'Forgive him so that Allah may forgive us.' So, Allah forgave
him."
3.293:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam: Allah's Apostle said, "The seller
and the buyer have the right to keep or return goods as long
as they have not parted or till they part; and if both the
parties spoke the truth and described the defects and
qualities (of the goods), then they would be blessed in their
transaction, and if they told lies or hid something, then the
blessings of their transaction would be lost."
3.294:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: We used to be given mixed dates (from the
booty) and used to sell (barter) two Sas of those dates) for
one Sa (of good dates). The Prophet said (to us), "No
(bartering of) two Sas for one Sa nor two Dirhams for one
Dirham is permissible", (as that is a kind of usury). (See
Hadith No. 405).
3.295:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: An Ansari man, called Abu Shu'aib, came
and told his butcher slave, "Prepare meals sufficient for five
persons, for I want to invite the Prophet along with four
other persons as I saw signs of hunger on his face." Abu
Shu'aib invited them and another person came along with them.
The Prophet said (to Abu Shu'aib), This man followed us, so if
you allow him, he will join us, and if you want him to return,
he will go back." Abu Shu'aib said, "No, I have allowed him
(i.e. he, too, is welcomed to the meal).
3.296:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam: The Prophet aid, "The buyer and the
seller have the option to cancel or to confirm the deal, as
long as they have not parted or till they part, and if they
spoke the truth and told each other the defects of the things,
then blessings would be in their deal, and if they hid
something and told lies, the blessing of the deal would be
lost."
3.297:
Narrated Aisha:
When the last Verses of Surat al− Baqara were revealed, the
Prophet recited them in the mosque and proclaimed the trade of
alcohol as illegal.
3.298:
Narrated Samura bin Jundab: The Prophet said, "This night I
dreamt that two men came and took me to a Holy land whence we
proceeded on till we reached a river of blood, where a man was
standing, and on its bank was standing another man with stones
in his hands. The man in the middle of the river tried to come
out, but the other threw a stone in his mouth and forced him
to go back to his original place. So, whenever he tried to
come out, the other man would throw a stone in his mouth and
force him to go back to his former place. I asked, 'Who is
this?' I was told, 'The person in the river was a Riba−eater."
3.299:
Narrated `Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: My father bought a slave who
practiced the profession of cupping. (My father broke the
slave's instruments of cupping). I asked my father why he had
done so. He replied, "The Prophet forbade the acceptance of
the price of a dog or blood, and also forbade the profession
of tattooing, getting tattooed and receiving or giving Riba,
(usury), and cursed the picture−makers."
3.300:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The
swearing (by the seller) may persuade the buyer to purchase
the goods but that will be deprived of Allah's blessing."
3.301:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa: A man displayed some goods
in the market and swore by Allah that he had been offered so
much for that, that which was not offered, and he said so, so
as to cheat a Muslim. On that occasion the following Verse was
revealed: "Verily! Those who purchase a small gain at the cost
of Allah's covenant and their oaths (They shall have no
portion in the Hereafter ..etc.)' (3.77)
3.302:
Narrated `Ali:
I got an old she−camel as my share from the booty, and the
Prophet had given me another from Al−Khumus. And when I
intended to marry Fatima (daughter of the Prophet), I arranged
that a goldsmith from the tribe of Bani Qainuqa' would
accompany me in order to bring Idhkhir and then sell it to the
goldsmiths and use its price for my marriage banquet.
3.303:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah made Mecca a
sanctuary and it was neither permitted for anyone before, nor
will it be permitted for anyone after me (to fight in it). And
fighting in it was made legal for me for a few hours of a day
only. None is allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut
down its trees or to chase its game or to pick up its Luqata
(fallen things) except by a person who would announce it
publicly." `Abbas bin `Abdul−Muttalib requested the Prophet,
"Except Al−Idhkhir, for our goldsmiths and for the roofs of
our houses." The Prophet said, "Except Al−Idhkhir." `Ikrima
said, "Do you know what is meant by chasing its game? It is to
drive it out of the shade and sit in its place." Khalid said,
"(`Abbas said: Al−Idhkhir) for our goldsmiths and our graves."
3.304:
Narrated Khabbab:
I was a blacksmith in the Pre−Islamic period, and 'Asi bin
Wail owed me some money, so I went to him to demand it. He
said (to me), "I will not pay you unless you disbelieve
Muhammad." I said, "I will not disbelieve till Allah kills you
and then you get resurrected." He said, "Leave me till I die
and get resurrected, then I will be given wealth and children
and I will pay you your debt." On that occasion it was
revealed to the Prophet: 'Have you seen him who disbelieved in
Our signs and says: Surely I will be given wealth and
children? Has he known the unseen, or has he taken a covenant
from the Beneficent (Allah)? (19.77−78)
3.305:
Narrated 'Is−haq bin `Abdullah bin Abu Talha: I heard Anas bin
Malik saying, "A tailor invited Allah's Apostle to a meal
which he had prepared. " Anas bin Malik said, "I accompanied
Allah's Apostle to that meal. He served the Prophet with bread
and soup made with gourd and dried meat. I saw the Prophet
taking the pieces of gourd from the dish." Anas added, "Since
that day I have continued to like gourd."
3.306:
Narrated Abu Hazim: I heard Sahl bin Sa`d saying, "A woman
brought a Burda (i.e. a square piece of cloth having edging).
I asked, 'Do you know what a Burda is?' They replied in the
affirmative and said, "It is a cloth sheet with woven
margins." Sahl went on, "She addressed the Prophet and said,
'I have woven it with my hands for you to wear.' The Prophet
took it as he was in need of it, and came to us wearing it as
a waist sheet. One of us said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Give it to
me to wear.' The Prophet agreed to give it to him. The Prophet
sat with the people for a while and then returned (home),
wrapped that waist sheet and sent it to him. The people said
to that man, 'You haven't done well by asking him for it when
you know that he never turns down anybody's request.' The man
replied, 'By Allah, I have not asked him for it except to use
it as my shroud when I die." Sahl added; "Later it (i.e. that
sheet) was his shroud."
3.307:
Narrated Abu Hazim: Some men came to Sahl bin Sa`d to ask him
about the pulpit. He replied, "Allah's Apostle sent for a
woman (Sahl named her) (this message): 'Order your slave
carpenter to make pieces of wood (i.e. a pulpit) for me so
that I may sit on it while addressing the people.' So, she
ordered him to make it from the tamarisk of the forest. He
brought it to her and she sent it to Allah's Apostle . Allah's
Apostle ordered it to be placed in the mosque: so, it was put
and he sat on it.
3.308:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: An Ansari woman said to Allah's
Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I make something for you to
sit on, as I have a slave who is a carpenter?" He replied, "If
you wish." So, she got a pulpit made for him. When it was
Friday the Prophet sat on that pulpit. The date−palm stem near
which the Prophet used to deliver his sermons cried so much so
that it was about to burst. The Prophet came down from the
pulpit to the stem and embraced it and it started groaning
like a child being persuaded to stop crying and then it
stopped crying. The Prophet said,"It has cried because of
(missing) what it use to hear of the religions knowledge."
3.309:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle bought food grains from a Jew on credit and
mortgaged his armor to him.
3.310:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I was with the Prophet in a
Ghazwa (Military Expedition) and my camel was slow and
exhausted. The Prophet came up to me and said, "O Jabir." I
replied, "Yes?" He said, "What is the matter with you?" I
replied, "My camel is slow and tired, so I am left behind."
So, he got down and poked the camel with his stick and then
ordered me to ride. I rode the camel and it became so fast
that I had to hold it from going ahead of Allah's Apostle . He
then asked me, have you got married?" I replied in the
affirmative. He asked, "A virgin or a matron?" I replied, "I
married a matron." The Prophet said, "Why have you not married
a virgin, so that you may play with her and she may play with
you?" Jabir replied, "I have sisters (young in age) so I liked
to marry a matron who could collect them all and comb their
hair and look after them." The Prophet said, "You will reach,
so when you have arrived (at home), I advise you to associate
with your wife (that you may have an intelligent son)." Then
he asked me, "Would you like to sell your camel?" I replied in
the affirmative and the Prophet purchased it for one Uqiya of
gold. Allah's Apostle reached before me and I reached in the
morning, and when I went to the mosque, I found him at the
door of the mosque. He asked me, "Have you arrived just now?"
I replied in the affirmative. He said, "Leave your camel and
come into (the mosque) and pray two rak`at." I entered and
offered the prayer. He told Bilal to weigh and give me one
Uqiya of gold. So Bilal weighed for me fairly and I went away.
The Prophet sent for me and I thought that he would return to
me my camel which I hated more than anything else. But the
Prophet said to me, "Take your camel as well as its price."
3.311:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: `Ukaz, Majanna and Dhul−Majaz were
markets in the Pre−Islamic period. When the people embraced
Islam they considered it a sin to trade there. So, the
following Holy Verse came:−− 'There is no harm for you if you
seek of the bounty of your Lord (Allah) in the Hajj season."
(2.198) Ibn `Abbas recited it like this.
3.312:
Narrated `Amr:
Here (i.e. in Mecca) there was a man called Nawwas and he had
camels suffering from the disease of excessive and
unquenchable thirst. Ibn `Umar went to the partner of Nawwas
and bought those camels. The man returned to Nawwas and told
him that he had sold those camels. Nawwas asked him, "To whom
have you sold them?" He replied, "To such and such Sheikh."
Nawwas said, "Woe to you; By Allah, that Sheikh was Ibn
`Umar." Nawwas then went to Ibn `Umar and said to him, "My
partner sold you camels suffering from the disease of
excessive thirst and he had not known you." Ibn `Umar told him
to take them back. When Nawwas went to take them, Ibn `Umar
said to him, "Leave them there as I am happy with the decision
of Allah's Apostle that there is no oppression . "
3.313:
Narrated Abu Qatada: We set out with Allah's Apostle in the
year of Hunain, (the Prophet gave me an armor). I sold that
armor and bought a garden in the region of the tribe of Bani
Salama and that was the first property I got after embracing
Islam.
3.314:
Narrated Abu Musa: Allah's Apostle said, "The example of a
good companion (who sits with you) in comparison with a bad
one, is I like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith's
bellows (or furnace); from the first you would either buy musk
or enjoy its good smell while the bellows would either burn
your clothes or your house, or you get a bad nasty smell
thereof."
3.315:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Abu Taiba cupped Allah's Apostle so
he ordered that he be paid one Sa of dates and ordered his
masters to reduce his tax (as he was a slave and had to pay a
tax to them).
3.316:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once the Prophet got his blood out
(medically) and paid that person who had done it. If it had
been illegal, the Prophet would not have paid him.
3.317:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once the Prophet sent to `Umar a
silken two−piece garment, and when he saw `Umar wearing it, he
said to him, "I have not sent it to you to wear. It is worn by
him who has no share in the Hereafter, and I have sent it to
you so that you could benefit by it (i.e. sell it).
3.318:
Narrated Aisha:
(mother of the faithful believers) I bought a cushion with
pictures on it. When Allah's Apostle saw it, he kept standing
at the door and did not enter the house. I noticed the sign of
disgust on his face, so I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I repent
to Allah and H is Apostle . (Please let me know) what sin I
have done." Allah's Apostle said, "What about this cushion?" I
replied, "I bought it for you to sit and recline on." Allah's
Apostle said, "The painters (i.e. owners) of these pictures
will be punished on the Day of Resurrection. It will be said
to them, 'Put life in what you have created (i.e. painted).' "
The Prophet added, "The angels do not enter a house where
there are pictures."
3.319:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "O Bani Najjar! Suggest a price for your
garden." Part of it was a ruin and it contained some date
palms.
3.320:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The buyer and the
seller have the option to cancel or confirm the bargain before
they separate from each other or if the sale is optional."
Nafi` said, "Ibn `Umar used to separate quickly from the
seller if he had bought a thing which he liked."
3.321:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam" The Prophet said, "The buyer and the
seller have the option of canceling or confirming the deal
unless they separate."
3.322:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "The seller and the
buyer have the option of canceling or confirming the deal
unless they separate, or one of them says to the other,
'Choose (i.e. decide to cancel or confirm the bargain now)."
Perhaps he said, 'Or if it is an optional sale.' " Ibn `Umar,
Shuraih, Ash−Shu`bi, Tawus, Ata, and Ibn Abu Mulaika agree
upon this judgment.
3.323:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam: The Prophet said, "The buyer and the
seller have the option of canceling or confirming the bargain
unless they separate, and if they spoke the truth and made
clear the defects of the goods, them they would be blessed in
their bargain, and if they told lies and hid some facts, their
bargain would be deprived of Allah's blessings."
3.324:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Both the
buyer and the seller have the option of canceling or
confirming a bargain unless they separate, or the sale is
optional." (See Hadith No.320).
3.325:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Both the buyer and
the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the
bargain, as long as they are still together, and unless they
separate or one of them gives the other the option of keeping
or re
3.326:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "No deal is settled and
finalized unless the buyer and the seller separate, except if
the deal is optional (whereby the validity of the bargain
depends on the stipulations agreed upon).
3.327:
Narrated Hakim bin Hizam: The Prophet said, "Both the buyer
and the seller have the option of canceling or confirming the
bargain unless they separate." The sub−narrator, Hammam said,
"I found this in my book: 'Both the buyer and the seller give
the option of either confirming or canceling the bargain three
times, and if they speak the truth and mention the defects,
then their bargain will be blessed, and if they tell lies and
conceal the defects, they might gain some financial gain but
they will deprive their sale of (Allah's) blessings."
3.328:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: A person came to the Prophet and
told him that he was always betrayed in purchasing. The
Prophet told him to say at the time of buying, "No cheating."
3.329:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "An army will invade the Ka`ba and when
the invaders reach Al−Baida', all the ground will sink and
swallow the whole army." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! How will
they sink into the ground while amongst them will be their
markets (the people who worked in business and not invaders)
and the people not belonging to them?" The Prophet replied,
"all of those people will sink but they will be resurrected
and judged according to their intentions."
3.330:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The
congregational prayer of anyone amongst you is more than
twenty (five or twenty seven) times in reward than his prayer
in the market or in his house, for if he performs ablution
completely and then goes to the mosque with the sole intention
of performing the prayer, and nothing urges him to proceed to
the mosque except the prayer, then, on every step which he
takes towards the mosque, he will be raised one degree or one
of his sins will be forgiven. The angels will keep on asking
Allah's forgiveness and blessings for everyone of you so long
as he keeps sitting at his praying place. The angels will say,
'O Allah, bless him! O Allah, be merciful to him!' as long as
he does not do Hadath or a thing which gives trouble to the
other." The Prophet further said, "One is regarded in prayer
so long as one is waiting for the prayer."
3.331:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: While the Prophet was in the market,
somebody, called, "O Abul−Qasim." The Prophet turned to him.
The man said, "I have called to this (i.e. another man)." The
Prophet said, "Name yourselves by my name but not by my Kunya
(name)." (In Arabic world it is the custom to call the man as
the father of his eldest son, e.g. Abul−Qasim.) (See Hadith
No. 737, Vol. 4)
3.332:
Narrated Anas:
A man at Al−Baqi' called, "O Abul−Qasim!" The Prophet turned
to him and the man said (to the Prophet ), "I did not intend
to call you." The prophet said, "Name yourselves by my name
but not by my Kunya (name).
3.333:
Narrated Abu Huraira Ad−Dausi: Once the Prophet went out
during the day. Neither did he talk to me nor I to him till he
reached the market of Bani Qainuqa and then he sat in the
compound of Fatima's house and asked about the small boy (his
grandson Al−Hasan) but Fatima kept the boy in for a while. I
thought she was either changing his clothes or giving the boy
a bath. After a while the boy came out running and the Prophet
embraced and kissed him and then said, 'O Allah! Love him, and
love whoever loves him.'
3.334:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar told us that the people used to buy food from the
caravans in the lifetime of the Prophet. The Prophet used to
forbid them to sell it at the very place where they had
purchased it (but they were to wait) till they carried it to
the market where foodstuff was sold. Ibn `Umar said, 'The
Prophet also forbade the reselling of foodstuff by somebody
who had bought it unless he had received it with exact full
measure.'
3.335:
Narrated Ata bin Yasar: I met `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al−`As
and asked him, "Tell me about the description of Allah's
Apostle which is mentioned in Torah (i.e. Old Testament.") He
replied, 'Yes. By Allah, he is described in Torah with some of
the qualities attributed to him in the Qur'an as follows: "O
Prophet ! We have sent you as a witness (for Allah's True
religion) And a giver of glad tidings (to the faithful
believers), And a warner (to the unbelievers) And guardian of
the illiterates. You are My slave and My messenger (i.e.
Apostle). I have named you "Al−Mutawakkil" (who depends upon
Allah). You are neither discourteous, harsh Nor a noisemaker
in the markets And you do not do evil to those Who do evil to
you, but you deal With them with forgiveness and kindness.
Allah will not let him (the Prophet) Die till he makes
straight the crooked people by making them say: "None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah," With which will be opened
blind eyes And deaf ears and enveloped hearts."
3.336:
Narrated `Abdullah ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "He who
buys foodstuff should not sell it till he is satisfied with
the measure with which he has bought it.
3.337:
Narrated Jabir:
`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Haram died and was in debt to others. I
asked the Prophet to intercede with his creditors for some
reduction in the debts. The Prophet requested them (to reduce
the debts) but they refused. The Prophet said to me, "Go and
put your dates (In heaps) according to their different kinds.
The Ajwa on one side, the cluster of Ibn Zaid on another side,
etc.. Then call me." I did that and called the Prophet He came
and sat at the head or in the middle of the heaps and ordered
me. Measure (the dates) for the people (creditors)." I
measured for them till I paid all the debts. My dates remained
as it nothing had been taken from them. In other narrations,
Jabir said; The Prophet said, "He (i.e. `Abdullah) continued
measuring for them till he paid all the debts." The Prophet
said (to `Abdullah), "Cut (clusters) for him (i.e. one of the
creditors) and measure for him fully."
3.338:
Narrated Al−Miqdam bin Ma'diyakrib: The Prophet said, "Measure
your foodstuff and you will be blessed."
3.339:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zaid: The Prophet said, "The Prophet
Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and asked for Allah's blessing
in it. I made Medina a sanctuary as Abraham made Mecca a
sanctuary and I asked for Allah's Blessing in its measures the
Mudd and the Sa as Abraham did for Mecca.
3.340:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah bestow
your blessings on their measures, bless their Mudd and Sa."
The Prophet meant the people of Medina.
3.341:
Narrated Salim:
that his father said. "I saw those, who used to buy foodstuff
without measuring or weighing in the life time of the Prophet
being punished if they sold it before carrying it to their own
houses."
3.342:
Narrated Tawus:
Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's Apostle forbade the selling of
foodstuff before its measuring and transferring into one's
possession." I asked Ibn `Abbas, "How is that?" Ibn `Abbas
replied, "It will be just like selling money for money, as the
foodstuff has not been handed over to the first purchaser who
is the present seller."
3.343:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "He who buys foodstuff
should not sell it till he has received it."
3.344:
Narrated Az−Zuhri from Malik bin Aus: that the latter said,
"Who has change?" Talha said, "I (will have change) when our
storekeeper comes from the forest." Narrated `Umar bin
Al−Khattab: Allah's Apostle said, "The bartering of gold for
silver is Riba, (usury), except if it is from hand to hand and
equal in amount, and wheat grain for wheat grain is usury
except if it is form hand to hand and equal in amount, and
dates for dates is usury except if it is from hand to hand and
equal in amount, and barley for barley is usury except if it
is from hand to hand and equal in amount." (See Riba−Fadl in
the glossary).
3.345:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet forbade the selling of
foodstuff before receiving it. I consider that all types of
sellings should be done similarly.
3.346:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The buyer of foodstuff
should not sell it before it has been measured for him."
Isma`il narrated instead, "He should not sell it before
receiving it."
3.347:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I saw the people buy foodstuff randomly
(i.e. blindly without measuring it) in the lifetime of Allah's
Apostle and they were punished (by beating), if they tried to
sell it before carrying it to their own houses.
3.348:
Narrated Aisha:
Rarely did the Prophet fail to visit Abu Bakr's house
everyday, either in the morning or in the evening. When the
permission for migration to Medina was granted, all of a
sudden the Prophet came to us at noon and Abu Bakr was
informed, who said, "Certainly the Prophet has come for some
urgent matter." The Prophet said to Abu Bark, when the latter
entered "Let nobody stay in your home." Abu Bakr said, "O
Allah's Apostle! There are only my two daughters (namely
`Aisha and Asma') present." The Prophet said, "I feel (am
informed) that I have been granted the permission for
migration." Abu Bakr said, "I will accompany you, O Allah's
Apostle!" The Prophet said, "You will accompany me." Abu Bakr
then said "O Allah's Apostle! I have two she−camels I have
prepared specially for migration, so I offer you one of them.
The Prophet said, "I have accepted it on the condition that I
will pay its price."
3.349:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not
urge somebody to return what he has already bought (i.e. in
optional sale) from another seller so as to sell him your own
goods."
3.350:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle forbade the selling of
things by a town dweller on behalf of a desert dweller; and
similarly Najsh was forbidden. And one should not urge
somebody to return the goods to the seller so as to sell him
his own goods; nor should one demand the hand of a girl who
has already been engaged to someone else; and a woman should
not try to cause some other woman to be divorced in order to
take her place.
3.351:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: A man decided that a slave of
his would be manumitted after his death and later on he was in
need of money, so the Prophet took the slave and said, "Who
will buy this slave from me?" Nu'aim bin `Abdullah bought him
for such and such price and the Prophet gave him the slave.
3.352:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade Najsh.
3.353:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade the sale
called 'Habal−al−Habala which was a kind of sale practiced in
the Pre−Islamic Period of ignorance. One would pay the price
of a she−camel which was not born yet would be born by the
immediate offspring of an extant she−camel.
3.354:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: Allah's Apostle forbade the selling by
Munabadha, i.e. to sell one's garment by casting it to the
buyer not allowing him to examine or see it. Similarly he
forbade the selling by Mulamasa. Mulamasa is to buy a garment,
for example, by merely touching it, not looking at it.
3.355:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet forbade two kinds of
dressing; (one of them) is to sit with one's legs drawn up
while wrapped in one garment. (The other) is to lift that
garment on one's shoulders. And also forbade two kinds of
sale: Al−Limais and An−Nibadh.
3.356:
Narrated Abu Huraira : Allah's Apostle forbade selling by
Mulamasa and Munabadha.
3.357:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet forbade two kinds of dresses
and two kinds of sale, i.e., Mulamasa and Munabadha.
3.358:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Don't keep camels and
sheep unmilked for a long time, for whoever buys such an
animal has the option to milk it and then either to keep it or
return it to the owner along with one Sa of dates." Some
narrated from Ibn Seereen (that the Prophet had said), "One Sa
of wheat, and he has the option for three days." And some
narrated from Ibn Seereen, " ... a Sa of dates," not
mentioning the option for three days. But a Sa of dates is
mentioned in most narrations.
3.359:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: Whoever buys a sheep which has
not been milked for a long time, has the option of returning
it along with one Sa of dates; and the Prophet forbade going
to meet the seller on the way (as he has no knowledge of the
market price and he may sell his goods at a low price).
3.360:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not go forward
to meet the caravan (to buy from it on the way before it
reaches the town). And do not urge buyers to cancel their
purchases to sell them (your own goods) yourselves, and do not
practice Najsh. A town dweller should not sell the goods for
the desert dweller. Do not leave sheep unmilked for a long
time, when they are on sale, and whoever buys such an animal
has the option of returning it, after milking it, along with a
Sa of dates or keeping it. it has been kept unmilked for a
long period by the seller (to deceive others).
3.361:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever buys a
sheep which has been kept unmilked for a long period, and
milks it, can keep it if he is satisfied, and if he is not
satisfied, he can return it, but he should pay one Sa of dates
for the milk."
3.362:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "If a slave−girl
commits illegal sexual intercourse and it is proved beyond
doubt, then her owner should lash her and should not blame her
after the legal punishment. And then if she repeats the
illegal sexual intercourse he should lash her again and should
not blame her after the legal punishment, and if she commits
it a third time, then he should sell her even for a hair
rope."
3.363:
Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid: Allah's Apostle was
asked about the slave−girl, if she was a virgin and committed
illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said, "If she
committed illegal sexual intercourse, lash her, and if she did
it a second time, then lash her again, and if she repeated the
third time, then sell her even for a hair rope." Ibn Shihab
said, "I don't know whether to sell her after the third or
fourth offense."
3.364:
Narrated `Aisha:
Allah's Apostle came to me and I told him about the slave−girl
(Buraira) Allah's Apostle said, "Buy and manumit her, for the
Wala is for the one who manumits." In the evening the Prophet
got up and glorified Allah as He deserved and then said, "Why
do some people impose conditions which are not present in
Allah's Book (Laws)? Whoever imposes such a condition as is
not in Allah's Laws, then that condition is invalid even if he
imposes one hundred conditions, for Allah's conditions are
more binding and reliable."
3.365:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Aisha wanted to buy Buraira and
he (the Prophet ) went out for the prayer. When he returned,
she told him that they (her masters) refused to sell her
except on the condition that her Wala' would go to them. The
Prophet replied, 'The Wala' would go to him who manumits.' "
Hammam asked Nafi` whether her (Buraira's) husband was a free
man or a slave. He replied that he did not know.
3.366:
Narrated Jarir:
I have given a pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for to
testify that None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,
and Muhammad is His Apostle, to offer prayers perfectly, to
pay Zakat, to listen to and obey (Allah's and His Prophet's
orders), and to give good advice to every Muslim.
3.367:
Narrated Tawus:
Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'Do not go to meet the
caravans on the way (for buying their goods without letting
them know the market price); a town dweller should not sell
the goods of a desert dweller on behalf of the latter.' I
asked Ibn `Abbas, 'What does he mean by not selling the goods
of a desert dweller by a town dweller?' He said, 'He should
not become his broker.' "
3.368:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade the
selling of the goods of a desert dweller by a town person.
3.369:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "A buyer should
not urge a seller to restore a purchase so as to buy it
himself, and do not practice Najsh; and a town dweller should
not sell goods of a desert dweller."
3.370:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: We were forbidden that a town dweller
should sell goods of a desert dweller.
3.371:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet forbade the meeting (of
caravans) on the way and the selling of goods by an inhabitant
of the town on behalf of a desert dweller.
3.372:
Narrated Tawus:
I asked Ibn `Abbas, "What is the meaning of, 'No town dweller
should sell (or buy) for a desert dweller'?" Ibn `Abbas said,
"It means he should not become his broker."
3.373:
Narrated `Abdullah: Whoever buys an animal which has been kept
unmilked for a long time, could return it, but has to pay a Sa
of dates along with it. And the Prophet forbade meeting the
owners of goods on the way away from the market.
3.374:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "You
should not try to cancel the purchases of one another (to get
a benefit thereof), and do not go ahead to meet the caravan
(for buying the goods) (but wait) till it reaches the market."
3.375:
Narrated `Abdullah: We used to go ahead to meet the caravan
and used to buy foodstuff from them. The Prophet forbade us to
sell it till it was carried to the market.
3.376:
Narrated `Abdullah: Some people used to buy foodstuff at the
head of the market and used to sell it on the spot. Allah's
Apostle forbade them to sell it till they brought it to
(their) places.
3.377:
Narrated `Urwa:
Aisha said, "Buraira came to me and said, 'I have agreed with
my masters to pay them nine Uqiyas (of gold) (in installments)
one Uqiya per year; please help me.' I said, 'I am ready to
pay the whole amount now provided your masters agree that your
Wala will be for me.' So, Buraira went to her masters and told
them about that offer but they refused to accept it. She
returned, and at that time, Allah's Apostle was sitting
(present). Buraira said, 'I told them of the offer but they
did not accept it and insisted on having the Wala.'.' The
Prophet heard that." `Aisha narrated the whole story to the
Prophet . He said to her, "Buy her and stipulate that her
Wala' would be yours as the Wala' is for the manumitted."
`Aisha did so. Then Allah's Apostle stood up in front of the
people, and after glorifying Allah he said, "Amma Badu (i.e.
then after)! What about the people who impose conditions which
are not in Allah's Book (Laws)? Any condition that is not in
Allah's Book (Laws) is invalid even if they were one hundred
conditions, for Allah's decisions are the right ones and His
conditions are the strong ones (firmer) and the Wala' will be
for the manumitted."
3.378:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Aisha, (mother of the faithful
believers) wanted to buy a slave girl and manumit her, but her
masters said that they would sell her only on the condition
that her Wala' would be for them. `Aisha told Allah's Apostle
of that. He said, "What they stipulate should not hinder you
from buying her, as the Wala' is for the manumitted."
3.379:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The selling of wheat
for wheat is Riba (usury) except if it is handed from hand to
hand and equal in amount. Similarly the selling of barley for
barley, is Riba except if it is from hand to hand and equal in
amount, and dates for dates is usury except if it is from hand
to hand and equal in amount. (See Riba−Fadl in the glossary).
3.380:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade Muzabana; and
Muzabana is the selling of fresh dates for dried old dates by
measure, and the selling of fresh grapes for dried grapes by
measure.
3.381:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet forbade Muzabana; and Muzabana
is the selling of fresh fruit (without measuring it) for
something by measure on the basis that if that thing turns to
be more than the fruit, the increase would be for the seller
of the fruit, and if it turns to be less, that would be of his
lot. Narrated Ibn `Umar from Zaid bin Thabit that the Prophet
allowed the selling of the fruits on the trees after
estimation (when they are ripe).
3.382:
Narrated Ibn Shihab: that Malik bin Aus said, "I was in need
of change for one−hundred Dinars. Talha bin 'Ubaidullah called
me and we discussed the matter, and he agreed to change (my
Dinars). He took the gold pieces in his hands and fidgeted
with them, and then said, "Wait till my storekeeper comes from
the forest." `Umar was listening to that and said, "By Allah!
You should not separate from Talha till you get the money from
him, for Allah's Apostle said, 'The selling of gold for gold
is Riba (usury) except if the exchange is from hand to hand
and equal in amount, and similarly, the selling of wheat for
wheat is Riba (usury) unless it is from hand to hand and equal
in amount, and the selling of barley for barley is usury
unless it is from hand to hand and equal in amount, and dates
for dates, is usury unless it is from hand to hand and equal
in amount"
3.383:
Narrated Abu Bakra: Allah's Apostle said, "Don't sell gold for
gold unless equal in weight, nor silver for silver unless
equal in weight, but you could sell gold for silver or silver
for gold as you like."
3.384:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: (Concerning exchange) that he heard
Allah's Apostle saying, "Do not sell gold for gold unless
equal in weight, and do not sell silver unless equal in
weight."
3.385:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not
sell gold for gold unless equivalent in weight, and do not
sell less amount for greater amount or vice versa; and do not
sell silver for silver unless equivalent in weight, and do not
sell less amount for greater amount or vice versa and do not
sell gold or silver that is not present at the moment of
exchange for gold or silver that is present.
3.386:
Narrated Abu Salih Az−Zaiyat: I heard Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri
saying, "The selling of a Dinar for a Dinar, and a Dirham for
a Dirham (is permissible)." I said to him, "Ibn `Abbas does
not say the same." Abu Sa`id replied, "I asked Ibn `Abbas
whether he had heard it from the Prophet s or seen it in the
Holy Book. Ibn `Abbas replied, "I do not claim that, and you
know Allah's Apostle better than I, but Usama informed me that
the Prophet had said, 'There is no Riba (in money exchange)
except when it is not done from hand to hand (i.e. when there
is delay in payment).' "
3.387:
Narrated Abu Al−Minhal: I asked Al−Bara' bin `Azib and Zaid
bin Arqam about money exchanges. Each of them said, "This is
better than I," and both of them said, "Allah's Apostle
forbade the selling of silver for gold on credit. "
3.388:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Bakra: that his father said,
"The Prophet forbade the selling of gold for gold and silver
for silver except if they are equivalent in weight, and
allowed us to sell gold for silver and vice versa as we
wished."
3.389:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not
sell fruits of dates until they become free from all the
dangers of being spoilt or blighted; and do not sell fresh
dates for dry dates." Narrated Salim and `Abdullah from Zaid
bin Habit' "Later on Allah's Apostle permitted the selling of
ripe fruits on trees for fresh dates or dried dates in
Bai'−al−'Araya, and did not allow it for any other kind of
sale."
3.390:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade
Muzabana; and Muzabana means the selling of fresh dates (on
the trees) for dried dates by measure and also the selling of
fresh grapes for dried grapes by measure.
3.391:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle forbade Muzabana
and Muhaqala; and Muzabana means the selling of ripe dates for
dates still on the trees.
3.392:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet forbade Muzabana and
Muhaqala.
3.393:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit: Allah's Apostle al lowed the owner
of 'Araya to sell the fruits on the trees by means of
estimation.
3.394:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet forbade the selling of fruits unless they get
ripe, and none of them should be sold except for Dinar or
Dirham (i.e. money), except the 'Araya trees (the dates of
which could be sold for dates).
3.395:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet allowed the sale of the
dates of 'Araya provided they were about five Awsuq (singular:
Wasaq which means sixty Sa's) or less (in amount).
3.396:
Narrated Sahl bin Abu Hathma: Allah's Apostle forbade the
selling of fruits (fresh dates) for dried dates but allowed
the sale of fruits on the 'Araya by estimation and their new
owners might eat their dates fresh. Sufyan (in another
narration) said, "I told Yahya (a sub−narrator) when I was a
mere boy, 'Meccans say that the Prophet allowed them the sale
of the fruits on 'Araya by estimation.' Yahya asked, 'How do
the Meccans know about it?' I replied, 'They narrated it (from
the Prophet ) through Jabir.' On that, Yahya kept quiet."
Sufyan said, "I meant that Jabir belonged to Medina." Sufyan
was asked whether in Jabir's narration there was any
prohibition of selling fruits before their benefit is evident
(i.e. no dangers of being spoilt or blighted). He replied that
there was none.
3.397:
Narrated Ibn `Umar from Zaid bin Thabit: Allah's Apostle
allowed the sale of 'Araya by estimating the dates on them for
measured amounts of dried dates. Musa bin `Uqba said, "Al−
'Araya were distinguished date palms; one could come and buy
them (i.e. their fruits).
3.398:
Narrated Zaid:
Same as above (Hadith 397).
3.399:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade the sale
of fruits till their benefit is evident. He forbade both the
seller and the buyer (such sale).
3.400:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle forbade the sale of date fruits till they were
ripe. Abu `Abdullah (Al−Bukhari) said, "That means till they
were red (can be eaten).
3.401:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet forbade the s of
(date) fruits till they were red or yellow and fit for eating.
3.402:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet forbade the sale of
fruits till their benefit is evident; and the sale of date
palms till the dates are almost ripe. He was asked what 'are
almost ripe' meant. He replied, "Got red and yellow."
3.403:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle forbade the sale of
fruits till they are almost ripe. He was asked what is meant
by 'are almost ripe.' He replied, "Till they become red."
Allah's Apostle further said, "If Allah spoiled the fruits,
what right would one have to take the money of one's brother
(i.e. other people)?" Narrated Ibn Shihab: If somebody bought
fruits before their benefit is evident and then the fruits
were spoiled with blights, the loss would be suffered by the
owner (not the buyer). Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah from Ibn
`Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not sell or buy fruits before
their benefit was evident and do not sell fresh fruits (dates)
for dried dates."
3.404:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet bought some foodstuff from a Jew on credit and
mortgaged his armor to him.
3.405:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri and Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle
appointed somebody as a governor of Khaibar. That governor
brought to him an excellent kind of dates (from Khaibar). The
Prophet asked, "Are all the dates of Khaibar like this?" He
replied, "By Allah, no, O Allah's Apostle! But we barter one
Sa of this (type of dates) for two Sas of dates of ours and
two Sas of it for three of ours." Allah's Apostle said, "Do
not do so (as that is a kind of usury) but sell the mixed
dates (of inferior quality) for money, and then buy good dates
with that money."
3.406:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "If
somebody sells pollinated date palms, the fruits will be for
the seller unless the buyer stipulates that they will be for
himself (and the seller agrees).
3.407:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle forbade Al−Muzabana, i.e.
to sell ungathered dates of one's garden for measured dried
dates or fresh ungathered grapes for measured dried grapes; or
standing crops for measured quantity of foodstuff. He forbade
all such bargains.
3.408:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "Whoever pollinates date
palms and then sells them, the fruits will belong to him
unless the buyer stipulates that the fruits should belong to
him (and the seller agrees).
3.409:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle forbade Muhaqala,
Mukhadara, Mulamasa, Munabadha and Muzabana. (See glossary and
previous Hadiths for the meanings of these terms.)
3.410:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas said, "The Prophet forbade the selling of dates till they
were almost ripe." We asked Anas, "What does 'almost ripe'
mean?" He replied, "They get red and yellow. The Prophet
added, 'If Allah destroyed the fruits present on the trees,
what right would the seller have to take the money of his
brother (somebody else)?' "
3.411:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: I was with the Prophet while he was eating
fresh dates. He said, "From the trees there is a tree which
resembles a faithful believer." I wanted to say that it was
the date palm, but I was the youngest among them (so I kept
quiet). He added, "It is the date palm." Shuraih told the
weavers, "You are permitted to follow your own conventions to
solve your problems (it is legal for you to stick to your
traditions in bargain) . " Narrated `Abdul Wahab: Aiyub said:
Muhammad said, "There is no harm in selling for eleven what
you buy for ten, and you are allowed to take a profit for
expenses . " The Prophet told Hind, "Take what is reasonable
and sufficient for you and your sons." Allah says: Whoever is
poor, can eat (from the orphan's property) reasonably
(according to his labors). Al−Hasan hired a donkey from
`Abdullah bin Mirdas and asked him about the hire. The latter
replied that it was for two Daniqs (a Daniq equals 116th
Dirham). So Al−Hasan rode away. Another time, Al−Hasan came to
`Abdullah bin Mirdas and asked him to hire the donkey to him
and rode away without asking him about the hire, but he sent
him half a Dirham.
3.412:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Abu Taiba cupped Allah's Apostle and
so Allah's Apostle ordered that a Sa of dates be paid to him
and ordered his masters (for he was a slave) to reduce his
tax.
3.413:
Narrated `Aisha:
Hind, the mother of Mu'awiya said to Allah's Apostle, "Abu
Sufyan (her husband) is a miser. Am I allowed to take from his
money secretly?" The Prophet said to her, "You and your sons
may take what is sufficient reasonably and fairly."
3.414:
Narrated Hisham bin `Urwa from his father: who heard Aisha
saying, "The Holy Verse; 'Whoever amongst the guardians is
rich, he should take no wages (from the property of the
orphans) but If he is poor, let him have for himself what is
just and reasonable (according to his labors)' (4.6) was
revealed concerning the guardian of the orphans who looks
after them and manages favorably their financial affairs; If
the guardian Is poor, he could have from It what Is just and
reasonable, (according to his labors).
3.415:
Narrated Jabir:
Allah's Apostle gave preemption (to the partner) in every
joint property, but if the boundaries of the property were
demarcated or the ways and streets were fixed, then there was
no pre−emption.
3.416:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle decided the
validity of preemption in every joint undivided property, but
if the boundaries were well marked or the ways and streets
were fixed, then there was no pre−emption.
3.417:
Narrated Mussaddad from `Abdul Wahid: the same as above but
said, "... in every joint undivided thing..." Narrated Hisham
from Ma`mar the same as above but said, " ... in every
property... "
3.418:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "While three persons
were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave
in a mountain. A big rock rolled over and blocked the mouth of
the cave. They said to each other, 'Invoke Allah with the best
deed you have performed (so Allah might remove the rock)'. One
of them said, 'O Allah! My parents were old and I used to go
out for grazing (my animals). On my return I would milk (the
animals) and take the milk in a vessel to my parents to drink.
After they had drunk from it, I would give it to my children,
family and wife. One day I was delayed and on my return I
found my parents sleeping, and I disliked to wake them up. The
children were crying at my feet (because of hunger). That
state of affairs continued till it was dawn. O Allah! If You
regard that I did it for Your sake, then please remove this
rock so that we may see the sky.' So, the rock was moved a
bit. The second said, 'O Allah! You know that I was in love
with a cousin of mine, like the deepest love a man may have
for a woman, and she told me that I would not get my desire
fulfilled unless I paid her one−hundred Dinars (gold pieces).
So, I struggled for it till I gathered the desired amount, and
when I sat in between her legs, she told me to be afraid of
Allah, and asked me not to deflower her except rightfully (by
marriage). So, I got up and left her. O Allah! If You regard
that I did if for Your sake, kindly remove this rock.' So,
two−thirds of the rock was removed. Then the third man said,
'O Allah! No doubt You know that once I employed a worker for
one Faraq (three Sa's) of millet, and when I wanted to pay
him, he refused to take it, so I sowed it and from its yield I
bought cows and a shepherd. After a time that man came and
demanded his money. I said to him: Go to those cows and the
shepherd and take them for they are for you. He asked me
whether I was joking with him. I told him that I was not
joking with him, and all that belonged to him. O Allah! If You
regard that I did it sincerely for Your sake, then please
remove the rock.' So, the rock was removed completely from the
mouth of the cave."
3.419:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abu Bakr: We were with the Prophet
when a tall pagan with long matted unkempt hair came driving
his sheep. The Prophet asked him, "Are those sheep for sale or
for gifts?" The pagan replied, "They are for sale." The
Prophet bought one sheep from him.
3.420:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Prophet Abraham
emigrated with Sarah and entered a village where there was a
king or a tyrant. (The king) was told that Abraham had entered
(the village) accompanied by a woman who was one of the most
charming women. So, the king sent for Abraham and asked, 'O
Abraham! Who is this lady accompanying you?' Abraham replied,
'She is my sister (i.e. in religion).' Then Abraham returned
to her and said, 'Do not contradict my statement, for I have
informed them that you are my sister. By Allah, there are no
true believers on this land except you and
1.' Then Abraham sent her to the king. When the king got to
her, she got up and performed ablution, prayed and said, 'O
Allah! If I have believed in You and Your Apostle, and have
saved my private parts from everybody except my husband, then
please do not let this pagan overpower me.' On that the king
fell in a mood of agitation and started moving his legs.
Seeing the condition of the king, Sarah said, 'O Allah! If he
should die, the people will say that I have killed him.' The
king regained his power, and proceeded towards her but she got
up again and performed ablution, prayed and said, 'O Allah! If
I have believed in You and Your Apostle and have kept my
private parts safe from all except my husband, then please do
not let this pagan overpower me.' The king again fell in a
mood of agitation and started moving his legs. On seeing that
state of the king, Sarah said, 'O Allah! If he should die, the
people will say that I have killed him.' The king got either
two or three attacks, and after recovering from the last
attack he said, 'By Allah! You have sent a satan to me. Take
her to Abraham and give her Ajar.' So she came back to Abraham
and said, 'Allah humiliated the pagan and gave us a slave−girl
for service."
3.421:
Narrated `Aisha:
Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abu bin Zam`a quarreled over a boy.
Sa`d said, "O Allah's Apostle! This boy is the son of my
brother (`Utba bin Abi Waqqas) who took a promise from me that
I would take him as he was his (illegal) son. Look at him and
see whom he resembles." 'Abu bin Zam`a said, "O Allah's
Apostle! This is my brother and was born on my father's bed
from his slave−girl." Allah's Apostle cast a look at the boy
and found definite resemblance to `Utba and then said, "The
boy is for you, O 'Abu bin Zam`a. The child goes to the owner
of the bed and the adulterer gets nothing but the stones
(despair, i.e. to be stoned to death). Then the Prophet said,
"O Sauda bint Zama! Screen yourself from this boy." So, Sauda
never saw him again.
3.422:
Narrated Sa`d that his father said: `Abdur−Rahman bin `Auf
said to Suhaib, 'Fear Allah and do not ascribe yourself to
somebody other than your father.' Suhaib replied, 'I would not
like to say it even if I were given large amounts of money,
but I say I was kidnapped in my childhood.' "
3.423:
Narrated `Urwa bin Az−Zubair: Hakim bin Hizam said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I used to do good deeds in the Pre−Islamic period of
Ignorance, e.g., keeping good relations with my Kith and kin,
manumitting slaves and giving alms. Shall I receive a reward
for all that?" Allah's Apostle replied, "You embraced Islam
with all the good deeds which you did in the past."
3.424:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: Once Allah's Apostle passed by
a dead sheep and said to the people, "Wouldn't you benefit by
its skin?" The people replied that it was dead. The Prophet
said, "But its eating only is illegal."
3.425:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose
Hands my soul is, son of Mary (Jesus) will shortly descend
amongst you people (Muslims) as a just ruler and will break
the Cross and kill the pig and abolish the Jizya (a tax taken
from the non−Muslims, who are in the protection, of the Muslim
government). Then there will be abundance of money and nobody
will accept charitable gifts.
3.426:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Once `Umar was informed that a certain
man sold alcohol. `Umar said, "May Allah curse him! Doesn't he
know that Allah's Apostle said, 'May Allah curse the Jews, for
Allah had forbidden them to eat the fat of animals but they
melted it and sold it."
3.427:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah curse
the Jews, because Allah made fat illegal for them but they
sold it and ate its price. "
3.428:
Narrated Sa`id bin Abu Al−Hasan: While I was with Ibn `Abbas a
man came and said, "O father of `Abbas! My sustenance is from
my manual profession and I make these pictures." Ibn `Abbas
said, "I will tell you only what I heard from Allah's Apostle
. I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a picture will be
punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he will never
be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man heaved a
sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn `Abbas said to him, "What a
pity! If you insist on making pictures I advise you to make
pictures of trees and any other unanimated objects."
3.429:
Narrated `Aisha:
When the last verses of Surat−al−Baqara were revealed, the
Prophet went out (of his house to the Mosque) and said, "The
trade of alcohol has become illegal."
3.430:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah says, 'I will
be against three persons on the Day of Resurrection: −1. One
who makes a covenant in My Name, but he proves treacherous.
−2. One who sells a free person (as a slave) and eats the
price, −3. And one who employs a laborer and gets the full
work done by him but does not pay him his wages.' "
3.431:
Narrated Anas:
Amongst the captives was Safiya. First she was given to Dihya
Al−Kalbi and then to the Prophet.
3.432:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: that while he was sitting with
Allah's Apostle he said, "O Allah's Apostle! We get female
captives as our share of booty, and we are interested in their
prices, what is your opinion about coitus interrupt us?" The
Prophet said, "Do you really do that? It is better for you not
to do it. No soul that which Allah has destined to exist, but
will surely come into existence.
3.433:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet sold a Mudabbar (on behalf of his master who was
still living and in need of money).
3.434:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle sold a Mudabbar.
3.435:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid and Abu Huraira: that Allah's Apostle
was asked about an unmarried slave−girl who committed illegal
sexual intercourse. They heard him saying, "Flog her, and if
she commits illegal sexual intercourse after that, flog her
again, and on the third (or the fourth) offense, sell her."
3.436:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard the Prophet saying, "If a
slave−girl of yours commits illegal sexual intercourse and her
illegal sexual intercourse is proved, she should be lashed,
and after that nobody should blame her, and if she commits
illegal sexual intercourse the second time, she should be
lashed and nobody should blame her after that, and if she does
the offense for the third time and her illegal sexual
intercourse is proved, she should be sold even for a hair
rope."
3.437:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet came to Khaibar and when
Allah made him victorious and he conquered the town by
breaking the enemy's defense, the beauty of Safiya bint Huyai
bin Akhtab was mentioned to him and her husband had been
killed while she was a bride. Allah's Apostle selected her for
himself and he set out in her company till he reached
Sadd−ar−Rawha' where her menses were over and he married her.
Then Hais (a kind of meal) was prepared and served on a small
leather sheet (used for serving meals). Allah's Apostle then
said to me, "Inform those who are around you (about the
wedding banquet)." So that was the marriage banquet given by
Allah's Apostle for (his marriage with) Safiya. After that we
proceeded to Medina and I saw that Allah's Apostle was
covering her with a cloak while she was behind him. Then he
would sit beside his camel and let Safiya put her feet on his
knees to ride (the camel).
3.438:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: I heard Allah's Apostle, in the
year of the Conquest of Mecca, saying, "Allah and His Apostle
made illegal the trade of alcohol, dead animals, pigs and
idols." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What about the
fat of dead animals, for it was used for greasing the boats
and the hides; and people use it for lights?" He said, "No, it
is illegal." Allah's Apostle further said, "May Allah curse
the Jews, for Allah made the fat (of animals) illegal for
them, yet they melted the fat and sold it and ate its price."
3.439:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud Al−Ansari: Allah's Apostle forbade taking
the price of a dog, money earned by prostitution and the
earnings of a soothsayer.
3.440:
Narrated `Aun bin Abu Juhaifa: I saw my father buying a slave
whose profession was cupping, and ordered that his instruments
(of cupping) be broken. I asked him the reason for doing so.
He replied, "Allah's Apostle prohibited taking money for
blood, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a slave−girl by
prostitution; he cursed her who tattoos and her who gets
tattooed, the eater of Riba (usury), and the maker of
pictures."