Volume 4b

Bk. 54: Beginning of Creation
4.413:
Narrated `Imran bin Husain: Some people of Bani Tamim came to
the Prophet and he said (to them), "O Bani Tamim! rejoice with
glad tidings." They said, "You have given us glad tidings, now
give us something." On hearing that the color of his face
changed then the people of Yemen came to him and he said, "O
people of Yemen ! Accept the good tidings, as Bani Tamim has
refused them." The Yemenites said, "We accept them. Then the
Prophet started taking about the beginning of creation and
about Allah's Throne. In the mean time a man came saying, "O
`Imran! Your she−camel has run away!'' (I got up and went
away), but l wish I had not left that place (for I missed what
Allah's Apostle had said).
4.414:
Narrated `Imran bin Husain: I went to the Prophet and tied my
she−camel at the gate. The people of Bani Tamim came to the
Prophet who said "O Bani Tamim! Accept the good tidings." They
said twice, 'You have given us the good tidings, now give us
something" Then some Yemenites came to him and he said,
"Accept the good tidings, O people of Yemem, for Bani Tamim
refused them." They said, "We accept it, O Allah's Apostle! We
have come to ask you about this matter (i.e. the start of
creations)." He said, "First of all, there was nothing but
Allah, and (then He created His Throne). His throne was over
the water, and He wrote everything in the Book (in the Heaven)
and created the Heavens and the Earth." Then a man shouted, "O
Ibn Husain! Your she−camel has gone away!" So, I went away and
could not see the she−camel because of the mirage. By Allah, I
wished I had left that she−camel (but not that gathering).
Narrated `Umar: One day the Prophet stood up amongst us for a
long period and informed us about the beginning of creation
(and talked about everything in detail) till he mentioned how
the people of Paradise will enter their places and the people
of Hell will enter their places. Some remembered what he had
said, and some forgot it.
4.415:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah the Most
Superior said, "The son of Adam slights Me, and he should not
slight Me, and he disbelieves in Me, and he ought not to do
so. As for his slighting Me, it is that he says that I have a
son; and his disbelief in Me is his statement that I shall not
recreate him as I have created (him) before."
4.416:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When Allah
completed the creation, He wrote in His Book which is with Him
on His Throne, "My Mercy overpowers My Anger."
4.417:
Narrated Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Al−Harith: from Abu Salama
bin `Abdur−Rahman who had a dispute with some people on a
piece of land, and so he went to `Aisha and told her about it.
She said, "O Abu Salama, avoid the land, for Allah's Apostle
said, 'Any person who takes even a span of land unjustly, his
neck shall be encircled with it down seven earths.' "
4.418:
Narrated Salim's father: The Prophet said, "Any person who
takes a piece of land unjustly will sink down the seven earths
on the Day of Resurrection."
4.419:
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet said. "(The division of time
has turned to its original form which was current when Allah
created the Heavens and the Earths. The year is of twelve
months, out of which four months are sacred: Three are in
succession Dhul−Qa' da, Dhul−Hijja and Muharram, and (the
fourth is) Rajab of (the tribe of) Mudar which comes between
Jumadi−ath−Thaniyah and Sha ban."
4.420:
Narrated Sa`id bin Zaid bin `Amr bin Nufail: That Arwa sued
him before Marwan for a right, which she claimed, he had
deprived her of. On that Sa`id said, "How should I deprive her
of her right? I testify that I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
'If anyone takes a span of land unjustly, his neck will be
encircled with it down seven earths on the Day of
Resurrection."
4.421:
Narrated Abu Dhar: The Prophet asked me at sunset, "Do you
know where the sun goes (at the time of sunset)?" I replied,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It goes (i.e.
travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and
takes the permission to rise again, and it is permitted and
then (a time will come when) it will be about to prostrate
itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will
ask permission to go on its course but it will not be
permitted, but it will be ordered to return whence it has come
and so it will rise in the west. And that is the
interpretation of the Statement of Allah: "And the sun Runs
its fixed course For a term (decreed). that is The Decree of
(Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All−Knowing." (36.38)
4.422:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The sun and the moon
will be folded up (deprived of their light) on the Day of
Resurrection."
4.423:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Prophet said, "The sun and
the moon do not eclipse because of someone's death or wife
(i.e. birth), but they are two signs amongst the Signs of
Allah. So, if you see them (i.e. eclipse) offer the Prayer (of
eclipse).
4.424:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: The Prophet said, "The sun and
the moon are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. They do not
eclipse because of someone's death or life. So, if you see
them (i.e. eclipse), celebrate the Praises of Allah (i.e.
pray).
4.425:
Narrated `Aisha:
On the day of a solar eclipse, Allah's Apostle stood up (to
offer the eclipse prayer). He recited Takbir, recited a long
recitation (of Holy Verses), bowed a long bowing, and then he
raised h is head saying. "Allah hears him who sends his
praises to Him." Then he stayed standing, recited a long
recitation again, but shorter than the former, bowed a long
bowing, but shorter than the first, performed a long
prostration and then performed the second rak`a in the same
way as he had done the first. By the time he had finished his
prayer with Taslim, the solar eclipse had been over. Then he
addressed the people referring to the solar and lunar eclipses
saying, "These are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah, and
they do not eclipse because of anyone's death or life. So, if
you see them, hasten for the Prayer."
4.426:
Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "the sun and the moon
do not eclipse because of the death or life of someone, but
they are two signs amongst the Signs of Allah. So, if you see
them, offer the Prayer (of eclipse).
4.427:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "I have been made
victorious with the Saba (i.e. easterly wind) and the people
of 'Ad were destroyed with the Dabur (i.e. westerly wind) ."
4.428:
Narrated Ata:
`Aisha said If the Prophet saw a cloud In the sky, he would
walk to and fro in agitation, go out and come in, and the
color of his face would change, and if it rained, he would
feel relaxed." So `Aisha knew that state of his. So the
Prophet said, I don't know (am afraid), it may be similar to
what happened to some people referred to in the Holy Qur'an in
the following Verse: −− "Then when they saw it as a dense
cloud coming towards their valleys, they said, 'This is a
cloud bringing us rain!' Nay, but, it is that (torment) which
you were asking to be hastened a wind wherein is severe
torment." (46.24)
4.429:
Narrated Malik bin Sasaa: The Prophet said, "While I was at
the House in a state midway between sleep and wakefulness, (an
angel recognized me) as the man lying between two men. A
golden tray full of wisdom and belief was brought to me and my
body was cut open from the throat to the lower part of the
`Abdomen and then my `Abdomen was washed with Zamzam water and
(my heart was) filled with wisdom and belief. Al−Buraq, a
white animal, smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was
brought to me and I set out with Gabriel. When I reached the
nearest heaven. Gabriel said to the heaven gate−keeper, 'Open
the gate.' The gatekeeper asked, 'Who is it?' He said,
'Gabriel.' The gate−keeper,' Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel
said, 'Muhammad.' The gate−keeper said, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel said, 'Yes.' Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What a
wonderful visit his is!' Then I met Adam and greeted him and
he said, 'You are welcomed O son and a Prophet.' Then we
ascended to the second heaven. It was asked, 'Who is it?'
Gabriel said, 'Gabriel.' It was said, 'Who is with you?' He
said, 'Muhammad' It was asked, 'Has he been sent for?' He
said, 'Yes.' It was said, 'He is welcomed. What a wonderful
visit his is!" Then I met Jesus and Yahya (John) who said,
'You are welcomed, O brother and a Prophet.' Then we ascended
to the third heaven. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel said,
'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is with you? Gabriel said,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been sent for?' 'Yes,' said
Gabriel. 'He is welcomed. What a wonderful visit his is!' (The
Prophet added:). There I met Joseph and greeted him, and he
replied, 'You are welcomed, O brother and a Prophet!' Then we
ascended to the 4th heaven and again the same questions and
answers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I met
Idris and greeted him. He said, 'You are welcomed O brother
and Prophet.' Then we ascended to the 5th heaven and again the
same questions and answers were exchanged as in previous
heavens. there I met and greeted Aaron who said, 'You are
welcomed O brother and a Prophet". Then we ascended to the 6th
heaven and again the same questions and answers were exchanged
as in the previous heavens. There I met and greeted Moses who
said, 'You are welcomed O brother and. a Prophet.' When I
proceeded on, he started weeping and on being asked why he was
weeping, he said, 'O Lord! Followers of this youth who was
sent after me will enter Paradise in greater number than my
followers.' Then we ascended to the seventh heaven and again
the same questions and answers were exchanged as in the
previous heavens. There I met and greeted Abraham who said,
'You are welcomed o son and a Prophet.' Then I was shown
Al−Bait−al−Ma'mur (i.e. Allah's House). I asked Gabriel about
it and he said, This is Al Bait−ul−Ma'mur where 70,000 angels
perform prayers daily and when they leave they never return to
it (but always a fresh batch comes into it daily).' Then I was
shown Sidrat−ul−Muntaha (i.e. a tree in the seventh heaven)
and I saw its Nabk fruits which resembled the clay jugs of
Hajr (i.e. a town in Arabia), and its leaves were like the
ears of elephants, and four rivers originated at its root, two
of them were apparent and two were hidden. I asked Gabriel
about those rivers and he said, 'The two hidden rivers are in
Paradise, and the apparent ones are the Nile and the
Euphrates.' Then fifty prayers were enjoined on me. I
descended till I met Moses who asked me, 'What have you done?'
I said, 'Fifty prayers have been enjoined on me.' He said, 'I
know the people better than you, because I had the hardest
experience to bring Bani Israel to obedience. Your followers
cannot put up with such obligation. So, return to your Lord
and request Him (to reduce the number of prayers.' I returned
and requested Allah (for reduction) and He made it forty. I
returned and (met Moses) and had a similar discussion, and
then returned again to Allah for reduction and He made it
thirty, then twenty, then ten, and then I came to Moses who
repeated the same advice. Ultimately Allah reduced it to five.
When I came to Moses again, he said, 'What have you done?' I
said, 'Allah has made it five only.' He repeated the same
advice but I said that I surrendered (to Allah's Final
Order)'" Allah's Apostle was addressed by Allah, "I have
decreed My Obligation and have reduced the burden on My
slaves, and I shall reward a single good deed as if it were
ten good deeds."
4.430:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mus'ud: Allah's Apostle, the true and
truly inspired said, "(The matter of the Creation of) a human
being is put together in the womb of the mother in forty days,
and then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar
period, and then a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then
Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things. He
is ordered to write down his (i.e. the new creature's) deeds,
his livelihood, his (date of) death, and whether he will be
blessed or wretched (in religion). Then the soul is breathed
into him. So, a man amongst you may do (good deeds till there
is only a cubit between him and Paradise and then what has
been written for him decides his behavior and he starts doing
(evil) deeds characteristic of the people of the (Hell) Fire.
And similarly a man amongst you may do (evil) deeds till there
is only a cubit between him and the (Hell) Fire, and then what
has been written for him decides his behavior, and he starts
doing deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise."
4.431:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "If Allah loves a
person, He calls Gabriel saying, 'Allah loves so and−so; O
Gabriel! Love him.' Gabriel would love him and make an
announcement amongst the inhabitants of the Heaven. 'Allah
loves so−and−so, therefore you should love him also,' and so
all the inhabitants of the Heaven would love him, and then he
is granted the pleasure of the people on the earth."
4.432:
Narrated `Aisha:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The angels descend, the
clouds and mention this or that matter decreed in the Heaven.
The devils listen stealthily to such a matter, come down to
inspire the soothsayers with it, and the latter would add to
it one−hundred lies of their own."
4.433:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "On every Friday the
angels take heir stand at every gate of the mosques to write
the names of the people chronologically (i.e. according to the
time of their arrival for the Friday prayer and when the Imam
sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready
to listen to the sermon."
4.434:
Narrated Sa`id bin Al−Musaiyab: `Umar came to the Mosque while
Hassan was reciting a poem. (`Umar disapproved of that). On
that Hassan said, "I used to recite poetry in this very Mosque
in the presence of one (i.e. the Prophet ) who was better than
you." Then he turned towards Abu Huraira and said (to him), "I
ask you by Allah, did you hear Allah's Apostle saying (to me),
"Retort on my behalf. O Allah! Support him (i.e. Hassan) with
the Holy Spirit?" Abu Huraira said, "Yes."
4.435:
Narrated Al Bara:
The Prophet said to Hassan, "Lampoon them (i.e. the pagans)
and Gabriel is with you."
4.436:
Narrated Jarir:
as below (Hadith 437).
4.437:
Narrated Humaid bin Hilal: Anas bin Malik said, "As if I say a
cloud of dust swirling up in the lane of Bani Ghanim." Musa
added, "That was caused by the procession of Gabriel."
4.438:
Narrated Aisha:
Al Harith bin Hisham asked the Prophet, "How does the divine
inspiration come to you?" He replied, "In all these ways: The
Angel sometimes comes to me with a voice which resembles the
sound of a ringing bell, and when this state abandons me, I
remember what the Angel has said, and this type of Divine
Inspiration is the hardest on me; and sometimes the Angel
comes to me in the shape of a man and talks to me, and I
understand and remember what he says."
4.439:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard the Prophet saying, "Who ever
spends a couple (of objects) in Allah's cause, will be called
by the Gatekeepers of Paradise who will say, "O so−and−so,
come on!" Abu Bakr said, "Such a person will never perish or
be miserable' The Prophet said, "I hope you will be among such
person."
4.440:
Narrated Abu Salama: `Aisha said that the Prophet said to her
"O `Aisha' This is Gabriel and he sends his (greetings)
salutations to you." `Aisha said, "Salutations (Greetings) to
him, and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be on him," and
addressing the Prophet she said, "You see what I don't see."
4.441:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle asked Gabriel, "Why don't
you visit us more often than you do?" Then the following Holy
Verse was revealed (in this respect):−− "And we (angels)
descend not but by the order of your Lord. To Him belong what
is before us and what is behind us, and what is between those
two and your Lord was never forgetful." (19.64)
4.442:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel read the
Qur'an to me in one way (i.e. dialect) and I continued asking
him to read it in different ways till he read it in seven
different ways."
4.443:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle was the most generous of
all the people, and he used to be more generous in the month
of Ramadan when Gabriel used to meet him. Gabriel used to meet
him every night in Ramadan to study the Holy Qur'an carefully
together. Allah's Apostle used to become more generous than
the fast wind when he met Gabriel.
4.444:
Narrated Ibn Shihab: Once `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz delayed the
`Asr prayer a little. `Urwa said to him, "Gabriel descended
and led the prayer in front of the Prophet " On that `Umar
said, "O `Urwa! Be sure of what you say." "Urwa, "I heard
Bashir bin Abi Masud narrating from Ibn Masud who heard
Allah's Apostle saying, 'Gabriel descended and led me in
prayer; and then prayed with him again, and then prayed with
him again, and then prayed with him again, and then prayed
with him again, counting with his fingers five prayers."
4.445:
Narrated Abu Dhar: The Prophet said, "Gabriel said to me,
'Whoever amongst your followers die without having worshipped
others besides Allah, will enter Paradise (or will not enter
the (Hell) Fire)." The Prophet asked. "Even if he has
committed illegal sexual intercourse or theft?" He replied,
"Even then."
4.446:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Angels keep on
descending from and ascending to the Heaven in turn, some at
night and some by daytime, and all of them assemble together
at the time of the Fajr and `Asr prayers. Then those who have
stayed with you over−night, ascent unto Allah Who asks them,
and He knows the answer better than they, "How have you left
My slaves?" They reply, "We have left them praying as we found
them praying." If anyone of you says "Amin" (during the Prayer
at the end of the recitation of Surat−al−Faitiha), and the
angels in Heaven say the same, and the two sayings coincide,
all his past sins will be forgiven."
4.447:
Narrated `Aisha:
I stuffed for the Prophet a pillow decorated with pictures (of
animals) which looked like a Namruqa (i.e. a small cushion).
He came and stood among the people with excitement apparent on
his face. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is wrong?" He said,
"What is this pillow?" I said, "I have prepared this pillow
for you, so that you may recline on it." He said, "Don't you
know that angels do not enter a house wherein there are
pictures; and whoever makes a picture will be punished on the
Day of Resurrection and will be asked to give life to (what he
has created)?"
4.448:
Narrated Abu Talha: I heard Allah's Apostle saying; "Angels
(of Mercy) do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or a
picture of a living creature (a human being or an animal).
4.449:
Narrated Busr bin Sa`id: That Zaid bin Khalid Al−Juhani
narrated to him something in the presence of Sa`id bin
'Ubaidullah Al−Khaulani who was brought up in the house of
Maimuna the wife of the Prophet. Zaid narrated to them that
Abu Talha said that the Prophet said, "The Angels (of Mercy)
do not enter a house wherein there is a picture." Busr said,
"Later on Zaid bin Khalid fell ill and we called on him. To
our surprise we saw a curtain decorated with pictures in his
house. I said to Ubaidullah Al−Khaulani, "Didn't he (i.e.
Zaid) tell us about the (prohibition of) pictures?" He said,
"But he excepted the embroidery on garments. Didn't you hear
him?" I said, "No." He said, "Yes, he did."
4.450:
Narrated Salim's father: Once Gabriel promised the Prophet
(that he would visit him, but Gabriel did not come) and later
on he said, "We, angels, do not enter a house which contains a
picture or a dog."
4.451:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When the Imam,
during the prayer, says, "Allah hears him who praises Him',
say: 'O Allah! Our Lord! All the praises are for You/, for if
the saying of anyone of you coincides with the saying of the
angels, his past sins will be forgiven."
4.452:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "As long as any−one of
you is waiting for the prayer, he is considered to be praying
actually, and the angels say, 'O Allah! Be merciful to him and
forgive him', (and go on saying so) unless he leaves his place
of praying or passes wind (i.e. breaks his ablution).
4.453:
Narrated Yali:
I heard the Prophet reciting the following Verse on the
pulpit: "They will call: O Mali......' and Sufyan said that
`Abdullah recited it: 'They will call: O Mali..' (4
3.77)
4.454:
Narrated `Aisha:
That she asked the Prophet , 'Have you encountered a day
harder than the day of the battle) of Uhud?" The Prophet
replied, "Your tribes have troubled me a lot, and the worse
trouble was the trouble on the day of 'Aqaba when I presented
myself to Ibn `Abd−Yalail bin `Abd−Kulal and he did not
respond to my demand. So I departed, overwhelmed with
excessive sorrow, and proceeded on, and could not relax till I
found myself at Qarnath−Tha−alib where I lifted my head
towards the sky to see a cloud shading me unexpectedly. I
looked up and saw Gabriel in it. He called me saying, 'Allah
has heard your people's saying to you, and what they have
replied back to you, Allah has sent the Angel of the Mountains
to you so that you may order him to do whatever you wish to
these people.' The Angel of the Mountains called and greeted
me, and then said, "O Muhammad! Order what you wish. If you
like, I will let Al−Akh−Shabain (i.e. two mountains) fall on
them." The Prophet said, "No but I hope that Allah will let
them beget children who will worship Allah Alone, and will
worship None besides Him."
4.455:
Narrated Abu 'Is−haq−Ash−Shaibani: I asked Zir bin Hubaish
regarding the Statement of Allah: "And was at a distance Of
but two bow−lengths Or (even) nearer; So did (Allah) convey
The Inspiration to His slave (Gabriel) and then he (Gabriel)
Conveyed (that to Muhammad). (5
3.9−10) On that, Zir said, "Ibn Mas`ud informed us that the
Prophet had seen Gabriel having 600 wings."
4.456:
Narrated `Abdullah: Regarding the Verse: "Indeed he (Muhammad)
did see. Of the Signs of his Lord, The Greatest!" (5
3.18) That the Prophet had seen a green carpet spread all over
the horizon of the sky.
4.457:
Narrated Aisha:
Whoever claimed that (the Prophet) Muhammad saw his Lord, is
committing a great fault, for he only saw Gabriel in his
genuine shape in which he was created covering the whole
horizon.
4.458:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Aisha "What about His Statement:−− "Then he (Gabriel)
approached And came closer, And was at a distance Of but two
bow−lengths Or (even) nearer?" (5
3.8−9) She replied, "It was Gabriel who used to come to the
Prophet in the figure of a man, but on that occasion, he came
in his actual and real figure and (he was so huge) that he
covered the whole horizon."
4.459:
Narrated Samura:
The Prophet said, "Last night I saw (in a dream) two men
coming to me. One of them said, "The person who kindles the
fire is Malik, the gate−keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and I am
Gabriel, and this is Michael."
4.460:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If a husband
calls his wife to his bed (i.e. to have sexual relation) and
she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will
curse her till morning."
4.461:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: that he heard the Prophet
saying, "The Divine Inspiration was delayed for a short period
but suddenly, as I was walking. I heard a voice in the sky,
and when I looked up towards the sky, to my surprise, I saw
the angel who had come to me in the Hira Cave, and he was
sitting on a chair in between the sky and the earth. I was so
frightened by him that I fell on the ground and came to my
family and said (to them), 'Cover me! (with a blanket), cover
me!' Then Allah sent the Revelation: "O, You wrapped up (In a
blanket)! (Arise and warn! And your Lord magnify And keep pure
your garments, And desert the idols." (7
4.1−5)
4.462:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "On the night of my
Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown
curly−haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa
tribe, and I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate
complexion inclined to the red and white colors and of lank
hair. I also saw Malik, the gate−keeper of the (Hell) Fire and
Ad−Dajjal amongst the signs which Allah showed me." (The
Prophet then recited the Holy Verse): "So be not you in doubt
of meeting him' when you met Moses during the night of Mi'raj
over the heavens" (3
2.23) Narrated Anas and Abu Bakra: "The Prophet said, "The
angels will guard Medina from Ad−Dajjal (who will not be able
to enter the city of Medina).
4.463:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "When
anyone of you dies, he will be shown his destination both in
the morning and in the evening, and if he belongs to the
people of Paradise, he will be shown his place in Paradise,
and if he is from the people of Hell, he will be shown his
place in Hell."
4.464:
Narrated `Imran bin Husain: The Prophet said, "I looked at
Paradise and found poor people forming the majority of its
inhabitants; and I looked at Hell and saw that the majority of
its inhabitants were women."
4.465:
Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were in the company of the
Prophet, he said, "While I was asleep, I saw myself in
Paradise and there I beheld a woman making ablution beside a
palace, I asked, To whom does this palace belong? 'They said,
To `Umar bin Al−Khattab.' Then I remembered `Umar's Ghaira
(concerning women), and so I quickly went away from that
palace." (When `Umar heard this from the Prophet), he wept and
said, "Do you think it is likely that I feel Ghaira because of
you, O Allah's Apostle?"
4.466:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Qais Al−Ash`ari: The Prophet said, "A
tent (in Paradise) is like a hollow pearl which is thirty
miles in height and on every corner of the tent the believer
will have a family that cannot be seen by the others."
(Narrated Abu `Imran in another narration, "The tent is sixty
miles in height.")
4.467:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, "I
have prepared for My Pious slaves things which have never been
seen by an eye, or heard by an ear, or imagined by a human
being." If you wish, you can recite this Verse from the Holy
Qur'an:−−"No soul knows what is kept hidden for them, of joy
as a reward for what they used to do." (3
2.17)
4.468:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The first group
(of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like
the moon when it is full. They will not spit or blow their
noses or relieve nature. Their utensils will be of gold and
their combs of gold and silver; in their centers the aloe wood
will be used, and their sweat will smell like musk. Everyone
of them will have two wives; the marrow of the bones of the
wives' legs will be seen through the flesh out of excessive
beauty. They ( i.e. the people of Paradise) will neither have
differences nor hatred amongst themselves; their hearts will
be as if one heart and they will be glorifying Allah in the
morning and in the evening."
4.469:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The first batch
(of people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like
a full moon; and those who will enter next will be
(glittering) like the brightest star. Their hearts will be as
if the heart of a single man, for they will have no enmity
amongst themselves, and everyone of them shall have two wives,
each of whom will be so beautiful, pure and transparent that
the marrow of the bones of their legs will be seen through the
flesh. They will be glorifying Allah in the morning and
evening, and will never fall ill, and they will neither blow
their noses, nor spit. Their utensils will be of gold and
silver, and their combs will be of gold, and the fuel used in
their centers will be the aloes−wood, and their sweat will
smell like musk."
4.470:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The Prophet said, "Verily! 70,000 or
700,000 of my followers will enter Paradise altogether; so
that the first and the last amongst them will enter at the
same time, and their faces will be glittering like the bright
full moon."
4.471:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: A silken cloak was presented to the
Prophet and he used to forbid the usage of silk (by men). When
the people were fascinated by the cloak. he said, "By Allah in
Whose Hands the life of Muhammad is, the handkerchiefs of Sa`d
bin Mu`adh in Paradise are better than this."
4.472:
Narrated Al−Bara bin Azib: Allah's Apostle was given a silken
garment, and its beauty and delicacy astonished the people. On
that, Allah's Apostle said, "No doubt, the handkerchiefs of
Sa`d bin Mu`adh in Paradise are better than this."
4.473:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d Al−Saidi: Allah's Apostle said, "A
place in Paradise equal to the size of a lash is better than
the whole world and whatever is in it."
4.474:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "There is a tree in
Paradise (which is so big and huge that) if a rider travels in
its shade for one hundred years, he would not be able to cross
it."
4.475:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said "There is a tree in
Paradise (which is so big and huge that) a rider could travel
in its shade for a hundred years. And if you wish, you can
recite:−−'In shade long extended..' (56. 30) and a place in
Paradise equal to an arrow bow of one of you, is better than
(the whole earth) on which the sun rises and sets."
4.476:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The first batch (of
people) who will enter Paradise will be (glittering) like the
full moon, and the batch next to them will be (glittering)
like the most brilliant star in the sky. Their hearts will be
as if the heart of a single man, for they will have neither
enmity nor jealousy amongst themselves; everyone will have two
wives from the houris, (who will be so beautiful, pure and
transparent that) the marrow of the bones of their legs will
be seen through the bones and the flesh."
4.477:
Narrated Al−Bara (bin Azib): The Prophet, after the death of
his son Ibrahim, said, "There is a wet−nurse for him (i.e.
Ibrahim) in Paradise."
4.478:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet said, "The people of
Paradise will look at the dwellers of the lofty mansions (i.e.
a superior place in Paradise) in the same way as one looks at
a brilliant star far away in the East or in the West on the
horizon; all that is because of their superiority over one
another (in rewards)." On that the people said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Are these lofty mansions for the prophets which
nobody else can reach? The Prophet replied," No! "By Allah in
whose Hands my life is, these are for the men who believed in
Allah and also believed in the Apostles."
4.479:
Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: The Prophet said, "Paradise has eight
gates, and one of them is called Ar−Raiyan through which none
will enter but those who observe fasting." The Prophet also
said, "If a person spends two different kinds of something
(for Allah's Cause), he will be called from the gates of
Paradise."
4.480:
Narrated Abu Dhar: While the Prophet was on a journey, he said
(regarding the performance of the Zuhr prayer), "Wait till it
(i.e. the weather) gets cooler." He said the same again till
the shade of the hillocks extended. Then he said, "Delay the
(Zuhr) Prayer till it gets cooler, for the severity of heat is
from the increase in heat of Hell (fire).
4.481:
Narrated Abu Sa`d: The Prophet said, "Delay the (Zuhr) Prayer
till it gets cooler, for the severity of heat is from the
increase in the heat of Hell (fire).
4.482:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The (Hell) Fire
complained to its Lord saying, 'O my Lord! My different parts
eat up each other.' So, He allowed it to take two breaths, one
in the winter and the other in summer, and this is the reason
for the severe heat and the bitter cold you find (in weather).
4.483:
Narrated Abu Jamra Ad−Dabi: I used to sit with Ibn `Abbas in
Mecca. Once I had a fever and he said (to me), "Cool your
fever with Zamzam water, for Allah's Apostle said: 'It, (the
Fever) is from the heat of the (Hell) Fire; so, cool it with
water (or Zamzam water).
4.484:
Narrated Rafi` bin Khadij: I heard the Prophet saying, "Fever
is from the heat of the (Hell) Fire; so cool it with water."
4.485:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Fever is from the heat of the (Hell) Fire,
so cool it with water."
4.486:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "Fever is from the heat
of the (Hell) Fire; so abate fever with water."
4.487:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Your (ordinary)
fire is one of 70 parts of the (Hell) Fire." Someone asked, "O
Allah's Apostle This (ordinary) fire would have been
sufficient (to torture the unbelievers)," Allah's Apostle
said, "The (Hell) Fire has 69 parts more than the ordinary
(worldly) fire, each part is as hot as this (worldly) fire."
4.488:
Narrated Yali:
That he heard the Prophet on the pulpit reciting:−− "They will
cry: "O Malik!' (4
3.77) (Malik is the gate−keeper (angel) of the (Hell) Fire.)
4.489:
Narrated Abu Wail: Somebody said to Usama, "Will you go to
so−and−so (i.e. `Uthman) and talk to him (i.e. advise him
regarding ruling the country)?" He said, "You see that I don't
talk to him. Really I talk to (advise) him secretly without
opening a gate (of affliction), for neither do I want to be
the first to open it (i.e. rebellion), nor will I say to a man
who is my ruler that he is the best of all the people after I
have heard something from Allah s Apostle ." They said, What
have you heard him saying? He said, "I have heard him saying,
"A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown
in the (Hell) Fire, so that his intestines will come out, and
he will go around like a donkey goes around a millstone. The
people of (Hell) Fire will gather around him and say: O
so−and−so! What is wrong with you? Didn't you use to order us
to do good deeds and forbid us to do bad deeds? He will reply:
Yes, I used to order you to do good deeds, but I did not do
them myself, and I used to forbid you to do bad deeds, yet I
used to do them myself."
4.490:
Narrated `Aisha:
Magic was worked on the Prophet so that he began to fancy that
he was doing a thing which he was not actually doing. One day
he invoked (Allah) for a long period and then said, "I feel
that Allah has inspired me as how to cure myself. Two persons
came to me (in my dream) and sat, one by my head and the other
by my feet. One of them asked the other, "What is the ailment
of this man?" The other replied, 'He has been bewitched" The
first asked, 'Who has bewitched him?' The other replied,
'Lubaid bin Al−A'sam.' The first one asked, 'What material has
he used?' The other replied, 'A comb, the hair gathered on it,
and the outer skin of the pollen of the male date−palm.' The
first asked, 'Where is that?' The other replied, 'It is in the
well of Dharwan.' " So, the Prophet went out towards the well
and then returned and said to me on his return, "Its
date−palms (the date−palms near the well) are like the heads
of the devils." I asked, "Did you take out those things with
which the magic was worked?" He said, "No, for I have been
cured by Allah and I am afraid that this action may spread
evil amongst the people." Later on the well was filled up with
earth.
4.491:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "During your
sleep, Satan knots three knots at the back of the head of each
of you, and he breathes the following words at each knot, 'The
night is, long, so keep on sleeping,' If that person wakes up
and celebrates the praises of Allah, then one knot is undone,
and when he performs ablution the second knot is undone, and
when he prays, all the knots are undone, and he gets up in the
morning lively and gay, otherwise he gets up dull and gloomy.
"
4.492:
Narrated `Abdullah: It was mentioned before the Prophet that
there was a man who slept the night till morning (after
sunrise). The Prophet said, "He is a man in whose ears (or
ear) Satan had urinated."
4.493:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you, when
having sexual relation with his wife, say: 'In the name of
Allah. O Allah! Protect us from Satan and prevent Satan from
approaching our offspring you are going to give us,' and if he
begets a child (as a result of that relation) Satan will not
harm it."
4.494:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "When the (upper)
edge of the sun appears (in the morning), don't perform a
prayer till the sun appears in full, and when the lower edge
of the sun sets, don't perform a prayer till it sets
completely. And you should not seek to pray at sunrise or
sunset for the sun rises between two sides of the head of the
devil (or Satan).
4.495:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet said, "If while you
are praying, somebody intends to pass in front of you, prevent
him; and should he insist, prevent him again; and if he
insists again, fight with him (i.e. prevent him violently e.g.
pushing him violently), because such a person is (like) a
devil." Narrated Muhammad bin Seereen: Abu Huraira said,
"Allah's Apostle put me in charge of the Zakat of Ramadan
(i.e. Zakat−ul−Fitr). Someone came to me and started scooping
some of the foodstuff of (Zakat) with both hands. I caught him
and told him that I would take him to Allah's Apostle." Then
Abu Huraira told the whole narration and added "He (i.e. the
thief) said, 'Whenever you go to your bed, recite the Verse of
"Al−Kursi" (2.255) for then a guardian from Allah will be
guarding you, and Satan will not approach you till dawn.' " On
that the Prophet said, "He told you the truth, though he is a
liar, and he (the thief) himself was the Satan."
4.496:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Satan comes to
one of you and says, 'Who created so−and−so? 'till he says,
'Who has created your Lord?' So, when he inspires such a
question, one should seek refuge with Allah and give up such
thoughts."
4.497:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When the month of
Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates
of the (Hell) Fire are closed, and the devils are chained."
4.498:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b: That he heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"(The prophet) Moses said to his attendant, "Bring us our
early meal' (18.62). The latter said, 'Did you remember when
we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish and
none but Satan made me forget to remember it." (18.63) Moses
did not feel tired till he had crossed the place which Allah
ordered him to go to."
4.499:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I saw Allah's Apostle pointing
towards the east saying, "Lo! Afflictions will verily emerge
hence; afflictions will verily emerge hence where the (side of
the head of) Satan appears."
4.500:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said, "When nightfalls, then keep your children
close to you, for the devil spread out then. An hour later you
can let them free; and close the gates of your house (at
night), and mention Allah's Name thereupon, and cover your
utensils, and mention Allah's Name thereupon, (and if you
don't have something to cover your utensil) you may put across
it something (e.g. a piece of wood etc.).
4.501:
Narrated Safiya bint Huyay: While Allah's Apostle was in
I`tikaf, I called on him at night and having had a talk with
him, I got up to depart. He got up also to accompany me to my
dwelling place, which was then in the house of Usama bin Zaid.
Two Ansari men passed by, and when they saw the Prophet they
hastened away. The Prophet said (to them). "Don't hurry! It is
Safiya, the daughter of Huyay (i.e. my wife)." They said,
"Glorified be Allah! O Allah's Apostle! (How dare we suspect
you?)" He said, "Satan circulates in the human mind as blood
circulates in it, and I was afraid that Satan might throw an
evil thought (or something) into your hearts."
4.502:
Narrated Sulaiman bin Surd: While I was sitting in the company
of the Prophet, two men abused each other and the face of one
of them became red with anger, and his jugular veins swelled
(i.e. he became furious). On that the Prophet said, "I know a
word, the saying of which will cause him to relax, if he does
say it. If he says: 'I seek Refuge with Allah from Satan.'
then all is anger will go away." Some body said to him, "The
Prophet has said, 'Seek refuge with Allah from Satan."' The
angry man said, "Am I mad?"
4.503:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you, on
having sexual relation with his wife, says: 'O Allah! Protect
me from Satan, and prevent Satan from approaching the
offspring you are going to give me,' and if it happens that
the lady conceives a child, Satan will neither harm it nor be
given power over it."
4.504:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet offered a prayer, and (after
finishing) he said, "Satan came in front of me trying
persistently to divert my attention from the prayer, but Allah
gave me the strength to over−power him."
4.505:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When the call for the
prayer is pronounced, Satan takes to his heels, passing wind
with noise, When the call for the prayer is finished, he comes
back. And when the Iqama is pronounced, he again takes to his
heels, and after its completion, he returns again to interfere
between the (praying) person and his heart, saying to him.
'Remember this or that thing.' till the person forgets whether
he has offered three or four rak`at: so if one forgets whether
he has prayed three or four rak`a−t, he should perform two
prostrations of Sahu (i.e. forgetfulness).
4.506:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When any human being
is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his
two fingers, except Jesus, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried
to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta−cover
instead."
4.507:
Narrated Alqama:
I went to Sham (and asked. "Who is here?"), The people said,
"Abu Ad−Darda." Abu Darda said, "Is the person whom Allah has
protected against Satan, (as Allah's Apostle said) amongst
you". The sub−narrator, Mughira said that the person who was
given Allah's Refuge through the tongue of the Prophet was
`Ammar (bin Yasir).
4.508:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "While the angels talk amidst the clouds
about things that are going to happen on earth, the devils
hear a word of what they say and pour it in the ears of a
soothsayer as one pours something in a bottle, and they add
one hundred lies to that (one word).
4.509:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Yawning is from Satan
and if anyone of you yawns, he should check his yawning as
much as possible, for if anyone of you (during the act of
yawning) should say: 'Ha', Satan will laugh at him."
4.510:
Narrated `Aisha:
On the day (of the battle) of Uhud when the pagans were
defeated, Satan shouted, "O slaves of Allah! Beware of the
forces at your back," and on that the Muslims of the front
files fought with the Muslims of the back files (thinking they
were pagans). Hudhaifa looked back to see his father
"Al−Yaman," (being attacked by the Muslims). He shouted, "O
Allah's Slaves! My father! My father!" By Allah, they did not
stop till they killed him. Hudhaifa said, "May Allah forgive
you." `Urwa said that Hudhaifa continued to do good (invoking
Allah to forgive the killer of his father till he met Allah
(i.e. died).
4.511:
Narrated `Aisha:
I asked the Prophet about one's looking here and there during
the prayer. He replied, "It is what Satan steals from the
prayer of any one of you."
4.512:
Narrated Abu Qatada: as below i.e. Hadith No. 513)
4.513:
Narrated Abu Qatada: The Prophet said, "A good dream is from
Allah, and a bad or evil dream is from Satan; so if anyone of
you has a bad dream of which he gets afraid, he should spit on
his left side and should seek Refuge with Allah from its evil,
for then it will not harm him."
4.514:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If one says
one−hundred times in one day: "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah, the Alone Who has no partners, to Him
belongs Dominion and to Him belong all the Praises, and He has
power over all things (i.e. Omnipotent)", one will get the
reward of manumitting ten slaves, and one−hundred good deeds
will be written in his account, and one−hundred bad deeds will
be wiped off or erased from his account, and on that day he
will be protected from the morning till evening from Satan,
and nobody will be superior to him except one who has done
more than that which he has done."
4.515:
Narrated Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas: Once `Umar asked the leave to
see Allah's Apostle in whose company there were some Quraishi
women who were talking to him and asking him for more
financial support raising their voices. When `Umar asked
permission to enter the women got up (quickly) hurrying to
screen themselves. When Allah's Apostle admitted `Umar,
Allah's Apostle was smiling, `Umar asked, "O Allah's Apostle!
May Allah keep you gay always." Allah's Apostle said, "I am
astonished at these women who were with me. As soon as they
heard your voice, they hastened to screen themselves." `Umar
said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have more right to be feared by
them." Then he addressed (those women) saying, "O enemies of
your own souls! Do you fear me and not Allah's Apostle ?" They
replied. "Yes, for you are a fearful and fierce man as
compared with Allah's Apostle." On that Allah's Apostle said
(to `Umar), "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, whenever Satan
sees you taking a path, he follows a path other than yours."
4.516:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "If anyone of you
rouses from sleep and performs the ablution, he should wash
his nose by putting water in it and then blowing it out
thrice, because Satan has stayed in the upper part of his nose
all the night."
4.517:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin `Abdullah bin `Abdur−Rahman bin Abi
Sasaa Ansari: That Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri said to his father. "I
see you are fond of sheep and the desert, so when you want to
pronounce the Adhan, raise your voice with it for whoever will
hear the Adhan whether a human being, or a Jinn, or anything
else, will bear witness, in favor on the Day of Resurrection."
Abu Sa`id added, "I have heard this from Allah's Apostle ."
4.518:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: That he heard the Prophet delivering a
sermon on the pulpit saying, "Kill snakes and kill
Dhu−at−Tufyatain (i.e. a snake with two white lines on its
back) and ALBATROSS (i.e. a snake with short or mutilated
tail) for they destroy the sight of one's eyes and bring about
abortion." (`Abdullah bin `Umar further added): Once while I
was chasing a snake in order, to kill it, Abu Lubaba called me
saying: "Don't kill it," I said. "Allah's Apostle ordered us
to kill snakes." He said, "But later on he prohibited the
killing of snakes living in the houses." (Az−Zubri said. "Such
snakes are called Al−Awamir.")
4.519:
Narrated Abu Sa`id al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle said, "There
will come a time when the best property of a man will be sheep
which he will graze on the tops of mountains and the places
where rain falls (i.e. pastures) escaping to protect his
religion from afflictions."
4.520:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The main source
of disbelief is in the east. Pride and arrogance are
characteristics of the owners of horses and camels, and those
bedouins who are busy with their camels and pay no attention
to Religion; while modesty and gentleness are the
characteristics of the owners of sheep."
4.521:
Narrated `Uqba bin `Umar and Abu Mas`ud: Allah's Apostle
pointed with his hand towards Yemen and said, "True Belief is
Yemenite yonder (i.e. the Yemenite, had True Belief and
embraced Islam readily), but sternness and mercilessness are
the qualities of those who are busy with their camels and pay
no attention to the Religion where the two sides of the head
of Satan will appear. Such qualities belong to the tribe of
Rabi`a and Mudar."
4.522:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "When you hear the
crowing of cocks, ask for Allah's Blessings for (their crowing
indicates that) they have seen an angel. And when you hear the
braying of donkeys, seek Refuge with Allah from Satan for
(their braying indicates) that they have seen a Satan."
4.523:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "When
night falls (or it is evening), keep your children close to
you for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour
of the night elapses, you can let them free. Close the doors
and mention the Name of Allah, for Satan does not open a
closed door."
4.524:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A group of Israelites
were lost. Nobody knows what they did. But I do not see them
except that they were cursed and changed into rats, for if you
put the milk of a she−camel in front of a rat, it will not
drink it, but if the milk of a sheep is put in front of it, it
will drink it." I told this to Ka`b who asked me, "Did you
hear it from the Prophet ?" I said, "Yes." Ka`b asked me the
same question several times.; I said to Ka`b. "Do I read the
Torah? (i.e. I tell you this from the Prophet.)"
4.525:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet called the Salamander, a mischief−doer. I have not
heard him ordering that it should be killed. Sa`d bin Waqqas
claims that the Prophet ordered that it should be killed.
4.526:
Narrated Um Sharik: That the Prophet ordered her to kill
Salamanders.
4.527:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Kill the snake with two white lines on its
back, for it blinds the on−looker and causes abortion."
4.528:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet ordered that a short−tailed or mutilated−tailed
snake (i.e. Abtar) should be killed, for it blinds the
on−looker and causes abortion."
4.529:
Narrated Abu Mulaika: Ibn `Umar used to kill snakes, but
afterwards he forbade their killing and said, "Once the
Prophet pulled down a wall and saw a cast−off skin of a snake
in it. He said, 'Look for the snake. 'They found it and the
Prophet said, "Kill it." For this reason I used to kill
snakes. Later on I met Abu Lubaba who told me the Prophet
said, 'Do not kill snakes except the short−tailed or
mutilated−tailed snake with two white lines on its back, for
it causes abortion and makes one blind. So kill it.' "
4.530:
Narrated Nafi`:
Ibn `Umar used to kill snakes but when Abu Lubaba informed him
that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of snakes living in
houses, he gave up killing them.
4.531:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Five kinds of animals are mischief−doers
and can be killed even in the Sanctuary: They are the rat the
scorpion, the kite, the crow and the rabid dog."
4.532:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "It is not
sinful of a person in the state of Ihram to kill any of these
five animals: The scorpion, the rat, the rabid dog, the crow
and the kite."
4.533:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "Cover your
utensils and tie your water skins, and close your doors and
keep your children close to you at night, as the Jinns spread
out at such time and snatch things away. When you go to bed,
put out your lights, for the mischief−doer (i.e. the rat) may
drag away the wick of the candle and burn the dwellers of the
house." Ata said, "The devils." (instead of the Jinns).
4.534:
Narrated `Abdullah: Once we were in the company of Allah's
Apostle in a cave. Surat−al−Mursalat (77) was revealed there,
and we were learning it from Allah's Apostle . Suddenly a
snake came out of its hole and we rushed towards it to kill
it, but it hastened and entered its hole before we were able
to catch it. Allah's Apostle said," It has been saved from
your evil and you have been saved from its evil."
4.535:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "A woman entered the
(Hell) Fire because of a cat which she had tied, neither
giving it food nor setting it free to eat from the vermin of
the earth. "
4.536:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Once while a
prophet amongst the prophets was taking a rest underneath a
tree, an ant bit him. He, therefore, ordered that his luggage
be taken away from underneath that tree and then ordered that
the dwelling place of the ants should be set on fire. Allah
sent him a revelation:−− "Wouldn't it have been sufficient to
burn a single ant? (that bit you): (See Page 162, chapter No.
153).
4.537:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said "If a house fly falls
in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the
drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has
the cure for the disease."
4.538:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "A prostitute was
forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a
well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she
took off her shoe, and tying it with her head−cover she drew
out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that."
4.539:
Narrated Abu Talha: The Prophet said, "Angels do not enter a
house witch has either a dog or a picture in it."
4.540:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle ordered that the
dogs should be killed.
4.541:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "If somebody keeps
a dog, he loses one Qirat (of the reward) of his good deeds
everyday, except if he keeps it for the purpose of agriculture
or for the protection of livestock. "
4.542:
Narrated Sufyan bin Abi Zuhair Ash−Shani: That he heard
Allah's Apostle saying, "If somebody keeps a dog that is
neither used for farm work nor for guarding the livestock, he
will lose one Qirat (of the reward) of his good deeds
everyday."
Bk. 55: Prophets
4.543:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam,
making him 60 cubits tall. When He created him, He said to
him, "Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their
reply, for it will be your greeting (salutation) and the
greeting (salutations of your offspring." So, Adam said (to
the angels), As−Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The
angels said, "As−salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu−l−lahi" (i.e. Peace
and Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to
Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa Rahmatu−l−lahi,' Any
person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in
appearance and figure). People have been decreasing in stature
since Adam's creation.
4.544:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The first group
of people who will enter Paradise, will be glittering like the
full moon and those who will follow them, will glitter like
the most brilliant star in the sky. They will not urinate,
relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal secretions. Their
combs will be of gold, and their sweat will smell like musk.
The aloes−wood will be used in their centers. Their wives will
be houris. All of them will look alike and will resemble their
father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall."
4.545:
Narrated Abu Salama: Um Salama said, "Um Salaim said, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Allah does not refrain from saying the truth!
Is it obligatory for a woman to take a bath after she gets
nocturnal discharge?' He said, 'Yes, if she notices the water
(i.e. discharge).' Um Salama smiled and said, 'Does a woman
get discharge?' Allah's Apostle said. 'Then why does a child
resemble (its mother)?"
4.546:
Narrated Anas:
When `Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at
Medina, he came to him and said, "I am going to ask you about
three things which nobody knows except a prophet: What is the
first portent of the Hour? What will be the first meal taken
by the people of Paradise? Why does a child resemble its
father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle" Allah's
Apostle said, "Gabriel has just now told me of their answers."
`Abdullah said, "He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the
angels, is the enemy of the Jews." Allah's Apostle said, "The
first portent of the Hour will be a fire that will bring
together the people from the east to the west; the first meal
of the people of Paradise will be Extra−lobe (caudate lobe) of
fish−liver. As for the resemblance of the child to its
parents: If a man has sexual intercourse with his wife and
gets discharge first, the child will resemble the father, and
if the woman gets discharge first, the child will resemble
her." On that `Abdullah bin Salam said, "I testify that you
are the Apostle of Allah." `Abdullah bin Salam further said,
"O Allah's Apostle! The Jews are liars, and if they should
come to know about my conversion to Islam before you ask them
(about me), they would tell a lie about me." The Jews came to
Allah's Apostle and `Abdullah went inside the house. Allah's
Apostle asked (the Jews), "What kind of man is `Abdullah bin
Salam amongst you?" They replied, "He is the most learned
person amongst us, and the best amongst us, and the son of the
best amongst us." Allah's Apostle said, "What do you think if
he embraces Islam (will you do as he does)?" The Jews said,
"May Allah save him from it." Then `Abdullah bin Salam came
out in front of them saying, "I testify that None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the
Apostle of Allah." Thereupon they said, "He is the evilest
among us, and the son of the evilest amongst us," and
continued talking badly of him.
4.547:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "But for the Israelis,
meat would not decay and but for Eve, wives would never betray
their husbands."
4.548:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women
nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and the most curved
portion of the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should try
to straighten it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is,
it will remain crooked. So treat women nicely."
4.549:
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle, the true and truly
inspired said, "(as regards your creation), every one of you
is collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty
days, and then he becomes a clot for an other forty days, and
then a piece of flesh for an other forty days. Then Allah
sends an angel to write four words: He writes his deeds, time
of his death, means of his livelihood, and whether he will be
wretched or blessed (in religion). Then the soul is breathed
into his body. So a man may do deeds characteristic of the
people of the (Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the
distance of a cubit between him and it, and then what has been
written (by the angel) surpasses, and so he starts doing deeds
characteristic of the people of Paradise and enters Paradise.
Similarly, a person may do deeds characteristic of the people
of Paradise, so much so that there is only the distance of a
cubit between him and it, and then what has been written (by
the angel) surpasses, and he starts doing deeds of the people
of the (Hell) Fire and enters the (Hell) Fire."
4.550:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet said, "Allah has
appointed an angel in the womb, and the angel says, 'O Lord! A
drop of discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a
piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete the
child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord! A male or a
female? O Lord! wretched or blessed (in religion)? What will
his livelihood be? What will his age be?' The angel writes all
this while the child is in the womb of its mother."
4.551:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Allah will say to that person of the (Hell)
Fire who will receive the least punishment, 'If you had
everything on the earth, would you give it as a ransom to free
yourself (i.e. save yourself from this Fire)?' He will say,
'Yes.' Then Allah will say, 'While you were in the backbone of
Adam, I asked you much less than this, i.e. not to worship
others besides Me, but you insisted on worshipping others
besides me.' "
4.552:
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever a person
is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the
crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start
the tradition of murdering."
4.553:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Once Allah's Apostle stood amongst the
people, glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then
mentioned the Dajjal saying, "l warn you against him (i.e. the
Dajjal) and there was no prophet but warned his nation against
him. No doubt, Noah warned his nation against him but I tell
you about him something of which no prophet told his nation
before me. You should know that he is one−eyed, and Allah is
not one−eyed."
4.554:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Shall I not tell
you about the Dajjal a story of which no prophet told his
nation? The Dajjall is one−eyed and will bring with him what
will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will call
Paradise will be actually Hell; so I warn you (against him) as
Noah warned his nation against him."
4.555:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: Allah's Apostle said, "Noah and his nation
will come (on the Day of Resurrection and Allah will ask
(Noah), "Did you convey (the Message)?' He will reply, 'Yes, O
my Lord!' Then Allah will ask Noah's nation, 'Did Noah convey
My Message to you?' They will reply, 'No, no prophet came to
us.' Then Allah will ask Noah, 'Who will stand a witness for
you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his followers (will stand
witness for me).' So, I and my followers will stand as
witnesses for him (that he conveyed Allah's Message)." That
is, (the interpretation) of the Statement of Allah: "Thus we
have made you a just and the best nation that you might be
witnesses Over mankind .." (2.143)
4.556:
Narrated Abu Huraira: We were in the company of the Prophet at
a banquet and a cooked (mutton) forearm was set before him,
and he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I
will be the chief of all the people on the Day of
Resurrection. Do you know how Allah will gather all the first
and the last (people) in one level place where an observer
will be able to see (all) of them and they will be able to
hear the announcer, and the sun will come near to them. Some
People will say: Don't you see, in what condition you are and
the state to which you have reached? Why don't you look for a
person who can intercede for you with your Lord? Some people
will say: Appeal to your father, Adam.' They will go to him
and say: 'O Adam! You are the father of all mankind, and Allah
created you with His Own Hands, and ordered the angels to
prostrate for you, and made you live in Paradise. Will you not
intercede for us with your Lord? Don't you see in what
(miserable) state we are, and to what condition we have
reached?' On that Adam will reply, 'My Lord is so angry as He
has never been before and will never be in the future;
(besides), He forbade me (to eat from) the tree, but I
disobeyed (Him), (I am worried about) myself! Myself! Go to
somebody else; go to Noah.' They will go to Noah and say; 'O
Noah! You are the first amongst the messengers of Allah to the
people of the earth, and Allah named you a thankful slave.
Don't you see in what a (miserable) state we are and to what
condition we have reached? Will you not intercede for us with
your Lord? Noah will reply: 'Today my Lord has become so angry
as he had never been before and will never be in the future
Myself! Myself! Go to the Prophet (Muhammad). The people will
come to me, and I will prostrate myself underneath Allah's
Throne. Then I will be addressed: 'O Muhammad! Raise your
head; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and
ask (for anything). for you will be given. "
4.557:
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle recited the following
Verse) in the usual tone: 'Fahal−Min−Muddalkir.' (5
4.15)
4.558:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "I have been made
victorious with As−Saba (i.e. an easterly wind) and the people
of 'Ad were destroyed by Ad−Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind)."
Narrated Abu Sa`id: `Ali sent a piece of gold to the Prophet
who distributed it among four persons: Al−Aqra' bin H`Abis
Al−Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr
Al−Fazari, Zaid at−Ta'i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani
Nahban, and 'Alqama bin Ulatha Al−`Amir who belonged to (the
tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar became
angry and said, "He (i.e. the Prophet, ) gives the chief of
Najd and does not give us." The Prophet said, "I give them) so
as to attract their hearts (to Islam)." Then a man with sunken
eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a
shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet ) and said, "Be
afraid of Allah, O Muhammad!" The Prophet ' said "Who would
obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has
trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not
trust me?" Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al−Walid,
requested the Prophet to let him chop that man's head off, but
he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet said, "Among
the off−spring of this man will be some who will recite the
Qur'an but the Qur'an will not reach beyond their throats
(i.e. they will recite like parrots and will not understand it
nor act on it), and they will renegade from the religion as an
arrow goes through the game's body. They will kill the Muslims
but will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to
their time' I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed
(i.e. I will kill all of them)."
4.559:
Narrated `Abdullah: I heard the Prophet reciting: "Fahal Min
Muddakir." (See Hadith No. 557)
4.560:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Zam`a: I heard the Prophet while
referring to the person who had cut the legs of the she−camel
(of the Prophet Salih), saying, "The man who was appointed for
doing this job, was a man of honor and power in his nation
like Abu Zam`a."
4.561:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: When Allah's Apostle landed at Al−Hijr
during the Ghazwa of Tabuk, he ordered his companions not to
drink water from its well or reserve water from it. They said,
"We have already kneaded the dough with its water. and also
filled our bags with its water.'' On that, the Prophet ordered
them to throw away the dough and pour out the water.
4.562:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The people landed at the land of
Thamud called Al−Hijr along with Allah's Apostle and they took
water from its well for drinking and kneading the dough with
it as well. (When Allah's Apostle heard about it) he ordered
them to pour out the water they had taken from its wells and
feed the camels with the dough, and ordered them to take water
from the well whence the she−camel (of Prophet Salih) used to
drink.
4.563:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: When the Prophet passed by (a
place called) Al Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the house of
those who were unjust to themselves, unless (you enter)
weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as was
inflicted upon them." After that he covered his face with his
sheet cloth while he was on the camel−saddle.
4.564:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Do not enter the
ruined dwellings of those who were unjust to themselves unless
(you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same
punishment as was inflicted upon them."
4.565:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh: That the Prophet once came to her
in a state of fear and said, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that
has come near. An opening has been made in the wall of Gog and
Magog like this," making a circle with his thumb and index
finger. Zainab bint Jahsh said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we
be destroyed even though there are pious persons among us?" He
said, "Yes, when the evil person will increase."
4.566:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah has made an
opening in the wall of the Gog and Magog (people) like this,
and he made with his hand (with the help of his fingers).
4.567:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet said, "Allah will
say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam.' Adam will reply,
'Labbaik wa Sa`daik', and all the good is in Your Hand.' Allah
will say: 'Bring out the people of the fire.' Adam will say:
'O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?' Allah will
reply: 'From every one thousand, take out nine−hundred−and
ninety−nine.' At that time children will become hoary headed,
every pregnant female will have a miscarriage, and one will
see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but
dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah." The companions of the
Prophet asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is that (excepted)
one?" He said, "Rejoice with glad tidings; one person will be
from you and one−thousand will be from Gog and Magog." The
Prophet further said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope
that you will be one−fourth of the people of Paradise." We
shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He added, "I hope that you will be
one−third of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu
Akbar!" He said, "I hope that you will be half of the people
of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He further said,
"You (Muslims) (compared with non Muslims) are like a black
hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the
skin of a black ox (i.e. your number is very small as compared
with theirs).
4.568:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "You will be gathered
(on the Day of Judgment), bare−footed, naked and not
circumcised." He then recited:−−'As We began the first
creation, We, shall repeat it: A Promise We have undertaken:
Truly we shall do it.' (2
1.104) He added, "The first to be dressed on the Day of
Resurrection, will be Abraham, and some of my companions will
be taken towards the left side (i.e. to the (Hell) Fire), and
I will say: 'My companions! My companions!' It will be said:
'They renegade from Islam after you left them.' Then I will
say as the Pious slave of Allah (i.e. Jesus) said. 'And I was
a witness Over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took
me up You were the Watcher over them, And You are a witness to
all things. If You punish them. They are Your slaves And if
You forgive them, Verily you, only You are the All−Mighty, the
All−Wise." (5.120−121)
4.569:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "On the Day of
Resurrection Abraham will meet his father Azar whose face will
be dark and covered with dust.(The Prophet Abraham will say to
him): 'Didn't I tell you not to disobey me?' His father will
reply: 'Today I will not disobey you.' 'Abraham will say: 'O
Lord! You promised me not to disgrace me on the Day of
Resurrection; and what will be more disgraceful to me than
cursing and dishonoring my father?' Then Allah will say (to
him):' 'I have forbidden Paradise for the disbelievers." Then
he will be addressed, 'O Abraham! Look! What is underneath
your feet?' He will look and there he will see a Dhabh (an
animal,) blood−stained, which will be caught by the legs and
thrown in the (Hell) Fire."
4.570:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet entered the Ka`ba and found
in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he
said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have
already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there
are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is
he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?"
4.571:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet saw pictures in the
Ka`ba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased.
When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the
arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah curse them (i.e. the
Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced
divination by arrows."
4.572:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who
is the most honorable amongst the people (in Allah's Sight)?"
He said, "The most righteous amongst them." They said, "We do
not ask you, about this. " He said, "Then Joseph, Allah's
Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, The son of Allah's
Prophet the son of Allah's Khalil (i.e. Abraham)." They said,
"We do not want to ask about this," He said' "Then you want to
ask about the descent of the Arabs. Those who were the best in
the pre−lslamic period of ignorance will be the best in Islam
provided they comprehend the religious knowledge."
4.573:
Narrated Samura:
Allah's Apostle said, "Two persons came to me at night (in
dream) (and took me along with them). We passed by a tall man
who was so tall that I was not able to see his head and that
person was Abraham."
4.574:
Narrated Mujahid:
That when the people mentioned before Ibn `Abbas that the
Dajjal would have the word Kafir, (i.e. unbeliever) or the
letters Kafir (the root of the Arabic verb 'disbelieve')
written on his forehead, I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "I did not
hear this, but the Prophet said, 'If you want to see Abraham,
then look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet) but Moses was a
curly−haired, brown man (who used to ride) a red camel, the
reins of which was made of fires of date−palms. As if I were
now looking down a valley."
4.575:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Abraham did his
circumcision with an adze at the age of eighty."
4.576:
Narrated Abu Az−Zinad: (as above in Hadith No. 575) With an
adze.
4.577:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Abraham did not
tell a lie except on three occasions."
4.578:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Abraham did not tell a lie except on
three occasion. Twice for the Sake of Allah when he said, "I
am sick," and he said, "(I have not done this but) the big
idol has done it." The (third was) that while Abraham and
Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by (the
territory of) a tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant, "This man
(i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So, he
sent for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is
this lady?" Abraham said, "She is my sister." Abraham went to
Sarah and said, "O Sarah! There are no believers on the
surface of the earth except you and I. This man asked me about
you and I have told him that you are my sister, so don't
contradict my statement." The tyrant then called Sarah and
when she went to him, he tried to take hold of her with his
hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked
Sarah. "Pray to Allah for me, and I shall not harm you." So
Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried to
take hold of her for the second time, but (his hand got as
stiff as or stiffer than before and) was more confounded. He
again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me, and I will not
harm you." Sarah asked Allah again and he became alright. He
then called one of his guards (who had brought her) and said,
"You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a
devil." The tyrant then gave Hajar as a girl−servant to Sarah.
Sarah came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham,
gesturing with his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She
replied, "Allah has spoiled the evil plot of the infidel (or
immoral person) and gave me Hajar for service." (Abu Huraira
then addressed his listeners saying, "That (Hajar) was your
mother, O Bani Ma−is−Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descendants of
Ishmael, Hajar's son).
4.579:
Narrated Um Sharik: Allah's Apostle ordered that the
salamander should be killed and said, "It (i.e. the
salamander) blew (the fire) on Abraham."
4.580:
Narrated `Abdullah: When the Verse:−−"It is those who believe
and do not confuse their belief with wrong ( i.e. joining
others in worship with Allah" (6.83) was revealed, we said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Who is there amongst us who has not done
wrong to himself?" He replied, "It is not as you say, for
'wrong' in the Verse and 'do not confuse their belief, with
wrong means 'SHIRK' (i.e. joining others in worship with
Allah). Haven't you heard Luqman's saying to his son, 'O my
son! Join not others in worship with Allah, verily joining
others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed." (3
1.13)
4.581:
Narrated Abu Huraira: One day some meat was given to the
Prophet and he said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allah will
gather all the first and the last (people) in one plain, and
the voice of the announcer will reach all of them, and one
will be able to see them all, and the sun will come closer to
them." (The narrator then mentioned the narration of
intercession): "The people will go to Abraham and say: 'You
are Allah's Prophet and His Khalil on the earth. Will you
intercede for us with your Lord?' Abraham will then remember
his lies and say: 'Myself! Myself! Go to Moses."
4.582:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His
Mercy on the mother of Ishmael! Had she not hastened (to fill
her water−skin with water from the Zamzam well). Zamzam would
have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." Ibn
`Abbas further added, "(The Prophet) Abraham brought Ishmael
and his mother (to Mecca) and she was suckling Ishmael and she
had a water−skin with her.'
4.583:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The first lady to use a girdle was the
mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide
her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael
while she was suckling him, to a place near the Ka`ba under a
tree on the spot of Zamzam, at the highest place in the
mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was
there any water So he made them sit over there and placed near
them a leather bag containing some dates, and a small
water−skin containing some water, and set out homeward.
Ishmael's mother followed him saying, "O Abraham! Where are
you going, leaving us in this valley where there is no person
whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to enjoy)?"
She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back
at her Then she asked him, "Has Allah ordered you to do so?"
He said, "Yes." She said, "Then He will not neglect us," and
returned while Abraham proceeded onwards, and on reaching the
Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Ka`ba, and
raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following
prayers: 'O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell
in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Ka`ba
at Mecca) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayer
perfectly. So fill some hearts among men with love towards
them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits, so that they may
give thanks.' (1
4.37) Ishmael's mother went on suckling Ishmael and drinking
from the water (she had). When the water in the water−skin had
all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became
thirsty. She started looking at him (i.e. Ishmael) tossing in
agony; She left him, for she could not endure looking at him,
and found that the mountain of Safa was the nearest mountain
to her on that land. She stood on it and started looking at
the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she
could not see anybody. Then she descended from Safa and when
she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the
valley like a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed
the valley and reached the Marwa mountain where she stood and
started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not
see anybody. She repeated that (running between Safa and
Marwa) seven times." The Prophet said, "This is the source of
the tradition of the walking of people between them (i.e. Safa
and Marwa). When she reached the Marwa (for the last time) she
heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened
attentively. She heard the voice again and said, 'O, (whoever
you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you got
something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the
place of Zamzam, digging the earth with his heel (or his
wing), till water flowed from that place. She started to make
something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way,
and started filling her water−skin with water with her hands,
and the water was flowing out after she had scooped some of
it." The Prophet added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's
mother! Had she let the Zamzam (flow without trying to control
it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to fill her
water−skin), Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on the
surface of the earth." The Prophet further added, "Then she
drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her,
'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of
Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and
Allah never neglects His people.' The House (i.e. Ka`ba) at
that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when
torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She lived in
that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family
from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they (i.e. the
Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada'. They
landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that
had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They
said, 'This bird must be flying around water, though we know
that there is no water in this valley.' They sent one or two
messengers who discovered the source of water, and returned to
inform them of the water. So, they all came (towards the
water)." The Prophet added, "Ishmael's mother was sitting near
the water. They asked her, 'Do you allow us to stay with you?"
She replied, 'Yes, but you will have no right to possess the
water.' They agreed to that." The Prophet further said,
"Ishmael's mother was pleased with the whole situation as she
used to love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they
settled there, and later on they sent for their families who
came and settled with them so that some families became
permanent residents there. The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up
and learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to
love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age
of puberty they made him marry a woman from amongst them.
After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's
marriage in order to see his family that he had left before,
but he did not find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael's
wife about him, she replied, 'He has gone in search of our
livelihood.' Then he asked her about their way of living and
their condition, and she replied, 'We are living in misery; we
are living in hardship and destitution,' complaining to him.
He said, 'When your husband returns, convey my salutation to
him and tell him to change the threshold of the gate (of his
house).' When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something
unusual, so he asked his wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She
replied, 'Yes, an old man of so−and−so description came and
asked me about you and I informed him, and he asked about our
state of living, and I told him that we were living in a
hardship and poverty.' On that Ishmael said, 'Did he advise
you anything?' She replied, 'Yes, he told me to convey his
salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of
your gate.' Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and he has
ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.' So,
Ishmael divorced her and married another woman from amongst
them (i.e. Jurhum). Then Abraham stayed away from them for a
period as long as Allah wished and called on them again but
did not find Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael's wife and asked
her about Ishmael. She said, 'He has gone in search of our
livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How are you getting on?'
asking her about their sustenance and living. She replied, 'We
are prosperous and well−off (i.e. we have everything in
abundance).' Then she thanked Allah' Abraham said, 'What kind
of food do you eat?' She said. 'Meat.' He said, 'What do you
drink?' She said, 'Water." He said, "O Allah! Bless their meat
and water." The Prophet added, "At that time they did not have
grain, and if they had grain, he would have also invoked Allah
to bless it." The Prophet added, "If somebody has only these
two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will
be badly affected, unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet
added," Then Abraham said Ishmael's wife, "When your husband
comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep
firm the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he
asked his wife, 'Did anyone call on you?' She replied, 'Yes, a
good−looking old man came to me,' so she praised him and
added. 'He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked
about our livelihood and I told him that we were in a good
condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he give you any piece of
advice?' She said, 'Yes, he told me to give his regards to you
and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your
gate.' On that Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and you are
the threshold (of the gate). He has ordered me to keep you
with me.' Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as
long as Allah wished, and called on them afterwards. He saw
Ishmael under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When
he saw Abraham, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted
each other as a father does with his son or a son does with
his father). Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has given me an
order.' Ishmael said, 'Do what your Lord has ordered you to
do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you help me?' Ishmael said, 'I will
help you.' Abraham said, Allah has ordered me to build a house
here,' pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding
it." The Prophet added, "Then they raised the foundations of
the House (i.e. the Ka`ba). Ishmael brought the stones and
Abraham was building, and when the walls became high, Ishmael
brought this stone and put it for Abraham who stood over it
and carried on building, while Ishmael was handing him the
stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord! Accept
(this service) from us, Verily, You are the All−Hearing, the
All−Knowing.' The Prophet added, "Then both of them went on
building and going round the Ka`ba saying: O our Lord ! Accept
(this service) from us, Verily, You are the All−Hearing, the
All−Knowing." (2.127)
4.584:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When Abraham had differences with his
wife), (because of her jealousy of Hajar, Ishmael's mother),
he took Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a
water−skin with them containing some water, Ishmael's mother
used to drink water from the water−skin so that her milk would
increase for her child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made
her sit under a tree and afterwards returned home. Ishmael's
mother followed him, and when they reached Kada', she called
him from behind, 'O Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?' He
replied, '(I am leaving you) to Allah's (Care).' She said, 'I
am satisfied to be with Allah.' She returned to her place and
started drinking water from the water−skin, and her milk
increased for her child. When the water had all been used up,
she said to herself, 'I'd better go and look so that I may see
somebody.' She ascended the Safa mountain and looked, hoping
to see somebody, but in vain. When she came down to the
valley, she ran till she reached the Marwa mountain. She ran
to and fro (between the two mountains) many times. They she
said to herself, 'i'd better go and see the state of the
child,' she went and found it in a state of one on the point
of dying. She could not endure to watch it dying and said (to
herself), 'If I go and look, I may find somebody.' She went
and ascended the Safa mountain and looked for a long while but
could not find anybody. Thus she completed seven rounds (of
running) between Safa and Marwa. Again she said (to herself),
'I'd better go back and see the state of the child.' But
suddenly she heard a voice, and she said to that strange
voice, 'Help us if you can offer any help.' Lo! It was Gabriel
(who had made the voice). Gabriel hit the earth with his heel
like this (Ibn `Abbas hit the earth with his heel to
Illustrate it), and so the water gushed out. Ishmael's mother
was astonished and started digging. (Abu Al−Qasim) (i.e. the
Prophet) said, "If she had left the water, (flow naturally
without her intervention), it would have been flowing on the
surface of the earth.") Ishmael's mother started drinking from
the water and her milk increased for her child . Afterwards
some people of the tribe of Jurhum, while passing through the
bottom of the valley, saw some birds, and that astonished
them, and they said, 'Birds can only be found at a place where
there is water.' They sent a messenger who searched the place
and found the water, and returned to inform them about it.
Then they all went to her and said, 'O ishmael's mother! Will
you allow us to be with you (or dwell with you)?' (And thus
they stayed there.) Later on her boy reached the age of
puberty and married a lady from them. Then an idea occurred to
Abraham which he disclosed to his wife (Sarah), 'I want to
call on my dependents I left (at Mecca).' When he went there,
he greeted (Ishmael's wife) and said, 'Where is Ishmael?' She
replied, 'He has gone out hunting.' Abraham said (to her),
'When he comes, tell him to change the threshold of his gate.'
When he came, she told him the same whereupon Ishmael said to
her, 'You are the threshold, so go to your family (i.e. you
are divorced).' Again Abraham thought of visiting his
dependents whom he had left (at Mecca), and he told his wife
(Sarah) of his intentions. Abraham came to Ishmael's house and
asked. "Where is Ishmael?" Ishmael's wife replied, "He has
gone out hunting," and added, "Will you stay (for some time)
and have something to eat and drink?' Abraham asked, 'What is
your food and what is your drink?' She replied, 'Our food is
meat and our drink is water.' He said, 'O Allah! Bless their
meals and their drink." Abu Al−Qa−sim (i.e. Prophet) said,
"Because of Abraham's invocation there are blessings (in
Mecca)." Once more Abraham thought of visiting his family he
had left (at Mecca), so he told his wife (Sarah) of his
decision. He went and found Ishmael behind the Zamzam well,
mending his arrows. He said, "O Ishmael, Your Lord has ordered
me to build a house for Him." Ishmael said, "Obey (the order
of) your Lord." Abraham said, "Allah has also ordered me that
you should help me therein." Ishmael said, "Then I will do."
So, both of them rose and Abraham started building (the Ka`ba)
while Ishmael went on handing him the stones, and both of them
were saying, "O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us,
Verily, You are the All−Hearing, the All−Knowing." (2.127).
When the building became high and the old man (i.e. Abraham)
could no longer lift the stones (to such a high position), he
stood over the stone of Al−Maqam and Ishmael carried on
handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our
Lord! Accept (this service) from us, Verily You are
All−Hearing, All−Knowing." (2.127)
4.585:
Narrated Abu Dhar: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque
was first built on the surface of the earth?" He said,
"Al−Masjid−ul−,Haram (in Mecca)." I said, "Which was built
next?" He replied "The mosque of Al−Aqsa ( in Jerusalem) ." I
said, "What was the period of construction between the two?"
He said, "Forty years." He added, "Wherever (you may be, and)
the prayer time becomes due, perform the prayer there, for the
best thing is to do so (i.e. to offer the prayers in time).
4.586:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: When the mountain of Uhud came in the
sight of Allah's Apostle he said. "This is a mountain that
loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a
sanctuary, and I make (the area) in between these two
mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary."
4.587:
Narrated `Aisha:
(The wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said (to her).
"Don't you see that when your folk built the Ka`ba, they did
not build it on all the foundations built by Abraham?" I said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Why don't we rebuild it on the foundations
of Abraham?" He said. "But for the fact that your folk have
recently given up infidelity (I would have done so). Narrated
Ibn `Umar: Aisha must have heard this from Allah's Apostle for
I see that Allah's Apostle used not to touch the two corners
facing Al−Hijr only because the House had not been built on
the foundations of Abraham.''
4.588:
Narrated Abu Humaid As−Sa`idi: The people asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! How shall we (ask Allah to) send blessings on you?"
Allah's Apostle replied, "Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on
Muhammad and on his wives and on his off spring, as You sent
Your Mercy on Abraham's family; and send Your Blessings on
Muhammad and on his offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on
Abraham's family, for You are the Most Praise−worthy, the Most
Glorious."
4.589:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abi Laila: Ka`b bin Ujrah met me
and said, "Shall I not give you a present I got from the
Prophet?" `Abdur−Rahman said, "Yes, give it to me." I said,
"We asked Allah's Apostle saying, 'O Allah's Apostle! How
should one (ask Allah to) send blessings on you, the members
of the family, for Allah has taught us how to salute you (in
the prayer)?' He said, 'Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on
Muhammad and on the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy
on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the Most
Praise−worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings
on Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your
Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are
the Most Praise−worthy, the Most Glorious.' "
4.590:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet used to seek Refuge with
Allah for Al−Hasan and Al−Husain and say: "Your forefather
(i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and
Isaac by reciting the following: 'O Allah! I seek Refuge with
Your Perfect Words from every devil and from poisonous pests
and from every evil, harmful, envious eye.' "
4.591:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "We are more
liable to be in doubt than Abraham when he said, 'My Lord!
Show me how You give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah)
slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham) said: "Yes,
but (I ask) in order to be stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may
Allah send His Mercy on Lot! He wished to have a powerful
support. If I were to stay in prison for such a long time as
Joseph did I would have accepted the offer (of freedom without
insisting on having my guiltless less declared).
4.592:
Narrated Salama bin Al−Akwa`: The Prophet passed by some
persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing archery (i.e. the
throwing of arrows) Allah's Apostle said, "O offspring of
Ishmael! Practice archery (i.e. arrow throwing) as your father
was a great archer (i.e. arrow−thrower). I am with (on the
side of) the son of so−and−so−." Hearing that, one of the two
teams stopped throwing. Allah's Apostle asked them, ' Why are
you not throwing?" They replied, "O Allah's Apostle! How shall
we throw when you are with the opposite team?" He said,
"Throw, for I am with you all."
4.593:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Some people asked the Prophet: "Who is
the most honorable amongst the people?" He replied, "The most
honorable among them is the one who is the most
Allah−fearing." They said, "O Allah's Prophet! We do not ask
about this." He said, "Then the most honorable person is
Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son
of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil." They said, "We
do not ask about this." He said, "Then you want to ask me
about the Arabs' descent?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Those
who were best in the pre−lslamic period, are the best in
Islam, if they comprehend (the religious knowledge).
4.594:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "May Allah forgive
Lot: He wanted to have a powerful support."
4.595:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet recited:−− 'Hal−min−Muddakir'
(5
4.15) (Is there any that will remember) (and avoid evil).
4.596:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The honorable is the
son of the honorable, the son the honorable, i.e. Joseph, the
son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.
4.597:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle was asked, "Who is the
most honorable amongst the people?" He replied, "The most
Allah fearing." The people said, "We do not want to ask you
about this." He said, "The most honorable person is Joseph,
Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of
Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil" The people said,
'We do not want to ask you about this." He said," Then you
want to ask me about the origins of the Arabs? People are of
various origins. The best in the pre−lslamic period are the
best in Islam, provided they comprehend (the religious
knowledge).
4.598:
Narrated `Aisha:
That the Prophet said (to her). "Order Abu Bakr to lead the
people in prayer." She replied," Abu Bakr is a soft−hearted
person and when he stands at your place, he will weep (so he
will not be able to lead the prayer)." The Prophet repeated
the same order and she gave the same reply. The narrator,
Shuba said that the Prophet said on the third or fourth time.
"You are (like) the female companions of Joseph. Order Abu
Bakr to lead the prayer. "
4.599:
Narrated Abu Musa: When the Prophet fell ill, he said, "Order
Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." `Aisha said, "Abu Bakr
is a soft−hearted person. The Prophet gave the same order
again and she again gave the same reply. He again said, "Order
Abu Bakr (to lead the prayer)! You are (like) the female
companions of Joseph." Consequently Abu Bakr led the people in
prayer in the life−time of the Prophet.
4.600:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Save
`Aiyyash bin Abi Rabi`a (from the unjust treatment of the
infidels). O Allah! Save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Send your
Punishment on (the tribe of) Mudar. O Allah! Let them suffer
from years (of drought) similar to that inflicted during the
life−time of Joseph."
4.601:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah bestow
His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to have a powerful support. If I
were to stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of
Joseph (prison) and then the offer of freedom came to me, then
I would have accepted it." (See Hadith No. 591)
4.602:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Um Ruman, `Aisha's mother about the accusation forged
against `Aisha. She said, "While I was sitting with `Aisha, an
Ansari woman came to us and said, 'Let Allah condemn
such−and−such person.' I asked her, 'Why do you say so?' She
replied, 'For he has spread the (slanderous) story.' `Aisha
said, 'What story?' The woman then told her the story. `Aisha
asked, 'Have Abu Bakr and Allah's Apostle heard about it ?'
She said, 'Yes.' `Aisha fell down senseless (on hearing that),
and when she came to her senses, she got fever and shaking of
the body. The Prophet came and asked, 'What is wrong with
her?' I said, 'She has got fever because of a story which has
been rumored.' `Aisha got up and said, 'By Allah! Even if I
took an oath, you would not believe me, and if I put forward
an excuse, You would not excuse me. My example and your
example is just like that example of Jacob and his sons.
Against that which you assert, it is Allah (Alone) Whose Help
can be sought.' (1
2.18) The Prophet left and then Allah revealed the Verses
(concerning the matter), and on that `Aisha said, 'Thanks to
Allah (only) and not to anybody else."
4.603:
Narrated `Urwa:
I asked `Aisha the wife of the Prophet about the meaning of
the following Verse: −− "(Respite will be granted) 'Until when
the apostles give up hope (of their people) and thought that
they were denied (by their people)..............."(1
2.110) `Aisha replied, "Really, their nations did not believe
them." I said, "By Allah! They were definite that their
nations treated them as liars and it was not a matter of
suspecting." `Aisha said, "O 'Uraiya (i.e. `Urwa)! No doubt,
they were quite sure about it." I said, "May the Verse be read
in such a way as to mean that the apostles thought that Allah
did not help them?" Aisha said, "Allah forbid! (Impossible)
The Apostles did not suspect their Lord of such a thing. But
this Verse is concerned with the Apostles' followers who had
faith in their Lord and believed in their apostles and their
period of trials was long and Allah's Help was delayed till
the apostles gave up hope for the conversion of the
disbelievers amongst their nation and suspected that even
their followers were shaken in their belief, Allah's Help then
came to them." Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The
honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable,
(was) Joseph, the son of Jacob! the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham."
4.604:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "While Job was naked,
taking a bath, a swarm of gold locusts fell on him and he
started collecting them in his garment. His Lord called him,
'O Job! Have I not made you rich enough to need what you see?
He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with your
Blessing."'
4.605:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet returned to Khadija while his heart was beating
rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian
convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic Waraqa asked
(the Prophet), "What do you see?" When he told him, Waraqa
said, "That is the same angel whom Allah sent to the Prophet)
Moses. Should I live till you receive the Divine Message, I
will support you strongly."
4.606:
Narrated Malik bin Sasaa: Allah's Apostle talked to his
companions about his Night Journey to the Heavens. When he
reached the fifth Heaven, he met Aaron. (Gabriel said to the
Prophet), "This is Aaron." The Prophet said, "Gabriel greeted
and so did I, and he returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O
Pious Brother and Pious Prophet."
4.607:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "On the night of
my Ascension to Heaven, I saw (the prophet) Moses who was a
thin person with lank hair, looking like one of the men of the
tribe of Shanua; and I saw Jesus who was of average height
with red face as if he had just come out of a bathroom. And I
resemble prophet Abraham more than any of his offspring does.
Then I was given two cups, one containing milk and the other
wine. Gabriel said, 'Drink whichever you like.' I took the
milk and drank it. Gabriel said, 'You have accepted what is
natural, (True Religion i.e. Islam) and if you had taken the
wine, your followers would have gone astray.' "
4.608:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "One should not say
that I am better than Jonah (i.e. Yunus) bin Matta." So, he
mentioned his father Matta. The Prophet mentioned the night of
his Ascension and said, "The prophet Moses was brown, a tall
person as if from the people of the tribe of Shanu'a. Jesus
was a curly−haired man of moderate height." He also mentioned
Malik, the gate−keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and Ad−Dajjal.
4.609:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Prophet came to Medina, he found
(the Jews) fasting on the day of 'Ashura' (i.e. 10th of
Muharram). They used to say: "This is a great day on which
Allah saved Moses and drowned the folk of Pharaoh. Moses
observed the fast on this day, as a sign of gratitude to
Allah." The Prophet said, "I am closer to Moses than they."
So, he observed the fast (on that day) and ordered the Muslims
to fast on it.
4.610:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet said, 'People will be struck
unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first
to regain consciousness, and behold! There I will see Moses
holding one of the pillars of Allah's Throne. I will wonder
whether he has become conscious before me of he has been
exempted, because of his unconsciousness at the Tur (mountain)
which he received (on the earth).
4.611:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Were it not for Bani
Israel, meat would not decay; and were it not for Eve, no
woman would ever betray her husband."
4.612:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: That he differed with Al−Hur bin Qais
Al−Fazari regarding the companion of Moses. Ibn `Abbas said
that he was Al−Khadir. Meanwhile Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them
and Ibn `Abbas called him saying, "My friend and I have
differed regarding Moses' companion whom Moses asked the way
to meet. Have you heard Allah's Apostle mentioning something
about him?" He said, "Yes, I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
'While Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a
man came and asked (him), 'Do you know anyone who is more
learned than you?' Moses replied, 'No.' So, Allah sent the
Divine Inspiration to Moses: 'Yes, Our slave, Khadir (is more
learned than you).' Moses asked how to meet him (i.e. Khadir).
So, the fish, was made, as a sign for him, and he was told
that when the fish was lost, he should return and there he
would meet him. So, Moses went on looking for the sign of the
fish in the sea. The servant boy of Moses said to him, 'Do you
know that when we were sitting by the side of the rock, I
forgot the fish, and t was only Satan who made me forget to
tell (you) about it.' Moses said, That was what we were
seeking after,' and both of them returned, following their
footmarks and found Khadir; and what happened further to them,
is mentioned in Allah's Book."
4.613:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: I said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf
Al−Bukah claims that Moses, the companion of Al−Khadir was not
Moses (the prophet) of the children of Israel, but some other
Moses." Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's enemy (i.e. Nauf) has told a
lie. Ubai bin Ka`b told us that the Prophet said, 'Once Moses
stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was asked who was the
most learned man amongst the people. He said, 'I.' Allah
admonished him as he did not attribute absolute knowledge to
Him (Allah). So, Allah said to him, 'Yes, at the junction of
the two seas there is a Slave of Mine who is more learned than
you.' Moses said, 'O my Lord! How can I meet him?' Allah said,
'Take a fish and put it in a large basket and you will find
him at the place where you will lose the fish.' Moses took a
fish and put it in a basket and proceeded along with his
(servant) boy, Yusha` bin Noon, till they reached the rock
where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down). Moses slept, and
the fish, moving out of the basket, fell into the sea. It took
its way into the sea (straight) as in a tunnel. Allah stopped
the flow of water over the fish and it became like an arch
(the Prophet pointed out this arch with his hands). They
travelled the rest of the night, and the next day Moses said
to his boy (servant), 'Give us our food, for indeed, we have
suffered much fatigue in this journey of ours.' Moses did not
feel tired till he crossed that place which Allah had ordered
him to seek after. His boy (servant) said to him, 'Do you know
that when we were sitting near that rock, I forgot the fish,
and none but Satan caused me to forget to tell (you) about it,
and it took its course into the sea in an amazing way?.' So
there was a path for the fish and that astonished them. Moses
said, 'That was what we were seeking after.' So, both of them
retraced their footsteps till they reached the rock. There
they saw a man Lying covered with a garment. Moses greeted him
and he replied saying, 'How do people greet each other in your
land?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man asked, 'Moses of Bani
Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes, I have come to you so that you may
teach me from those things which Allah has taught you.' He
said, 'O Moses! I have some of the Knowledge of Allah which
Allah has taught me, and which you do not know, while you have
some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught you and
which I do not know.' Moses asked, 'May I follow you?' He
said, 'But you will not be able to remain patient with me for
how can you be patient about things which you will not be able
to understand?' (Moses said, 'You will find me, if Allah so
will, truly patient, and I will not disobey you in aught.')
So, both of them set out walking along the sea−shore, a boat
passed by them and they asked the crew of the boat to take
them on board. The crew recognized Al−Khadir and so they took
them on board without fare. When they were on board the boat,
a sparrow came and stood on the edge of the boat and dipped
its beak once or twice into the sea. Al−Khadir said to Moses,
'O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased
Allah's Knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased
the water of the sea with its beak.' Then suddenly Al−Khadir
took an adze and plucked a plank, and Moses did not notice it
till he had plucked a plank with the adze. Moses said to him,
'What have you done? They took us on board charging us
nothing; yet you I have intentionally made a hole in their
boat so as to drown its passengers. Verily, you have done a
dreadful thing.' Al−Khadir replied, 'Did I not tell you that
you would not be able to remain patient with me?' Moses
replied, 'Do not blame me for what I have forgotten, and do
not be hard upon me for my fault.' So the first excuse of
Moses was that he had forgotten. When they had left the sea,
they passed by a boy playing with other boys. Al−Khadir took
hold of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like this.
(Sufyan, the sub narrator pointed with his fingertips as if he
was plucking some fruit.) Moses said to him, "Have you killed
an innocent person who has not killed any person? You have
really done a horrible thing." Al−Khadir said, "Did I not tell
you that you could not remain patient with me?' Moses said "If
I ask you about anything after this, don't accompany me. You
have received an excuse from me.' Then both of them went on
till they came to some people of a village, and they asked its
inhabitant for wood but they refused to entertain them as
guests. Then they saw therein a wall which was just going to
collapse (and Al Khadir repaired it just by touching it with
his hands). (Sufyan, the sub−narrator, pointed with his hands,
illustrating how Al−Khadir passed his hands over the wall
upwards.) Moses said, "These are the people whom we have
called on, but they neither gave us food, nor entertained us
as guests, yet you have repaired their wall. If you had
wished, you could have taken wages for it." Al−Khadir said,
"This is the parting between you and me, and I shall tell you
the explanation of those things on which you could not remain
patient." The Prophet added, "We wished that Moses could have
remained patient by virtue of which Allah might have told us
more about their story. (Sufyan the sub−narrator said that the
Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses! If he had
remained patient, we would have been told further about their
case.")
4.614:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Al−Khadir was named
so because he sat over a barren white land, it turned green
with plantation after (his sitting over it."
4.615:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "It was said to
Bani Israel, Enter the gate (of the town) with humility
(prostrating yourselves) and saying: "Repentance", but they
changed the word and entered the town crawling on their
buttocks and saying: "A wheat grain in the hair."
4.616:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "(The Prophet)
Moses was a shy person and used to cover his body completely
because of his extensive shyness. One of the children of
Israel hurt him by saying, 'He covers his body in this way
only because of some defect in his skin, either leprosy or
scrotal hernia, or he has some other defect.' Allah wished to
clear Moses of what they said about him, so one day while
Moses was in seclusion, he took off his clothes and put them
on a stone and started taking a bath. When he had finished the
bath, he moved towards his clothes so as to take them, but the
stone took his clothes and fled; Moses picked up his stick and
ran after the stone saying, 'O stone! Give me my garment!'
Till he reached a group of Bani Israel who saw him naked then,
and found him the best of what Allah had created, and Allah
cleared him of what they had accused him of. The stone stopped
there and Moses took and put his garment on and started
hitting the stone with his stick. By Allah, the stone still
has some traces of the hitting, three, four or five marks.
This was what Allah refers to in His Saying:−− "O you who
believe! Be you not like those Who annoyed Moses, But Allah
proved his innocence of that which they alleged, And he was
honorable In Allah's Sight." (3
3.69)
4.617:
Narrated `Abdullah: Once the Prophet distributed something
(among his followers. A man said, "This distribution has not
been done (with justice) seeking Allah's Countenance." I went
to the Prophet and told him (of that). He became so angry that
I saw the signs of anger oh his face. Then he said, "May Allah
bestow His Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more (in a worse
manner) than this; yet he endured patiently."
4.618:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: We were with Allah's Apostle
picking the fruits of the 'Arak trees, and Allah's Apostle
said, "Pick the black fruit, for it is the best." The
companions asked, "Were you a shepherd?" He replied, "There
was no prophet who was not a shepherd."
4.619:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Angel of Death was sent to Moses
when he came to Moses, Moses slapped him on the eye. The angel
returned to his Lord and said, "You have sent me to a Slave
who does not want to die." Allah said, "Return to him and tell
him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair
that will come under it, he will be granted one year of life."
Moses said, "O Lord! What will happen after that?" Allah
replied, "Then death." Moses said, "Let it come now." Moses
then requested Allah to let him die close to the Sacred Land
so much so that he would be at a distance of a stone's throw
from it." Abu Huraira added, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If I were
there, I would show you his grave below the red sand hill on
the side of the road."
4.620:
Narrated Abu Huraira: A Muslim and a Jew quarreled. The Muslim
taking an oath, said, "By Him Who has preferred Muhammad over
all people...!" The Jew said, "By Him Who has preferred Moses,
over all people." The Muslim raised his hand and slapped the
Jew who came to the Prophet to tell him what had happened
between him and the Muslim. The Prophet said, "Don't give me
superiority over Moses, for the people will become unconscious
(on the Day of Resurrection) and I will be the first to gain
consciousness to see Moses standing and holding a side of
Allah's Throne. I will not know if he has been among those
people who have become unconscious; and that he has gained
consciousness before me, or he has been amongst those whom
Allah has exempted."
4.621:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Adam and Moses
argued with each other. Moses said to Adam. 'You are Adam
whose mistake expelled you from Paradise.' Adam said to him,
'You are Moses whom Allah selected as His Messenger and as the
one to whom He spoke directly; yet you blame me for a thing
which had already been written in my fate before my
creation?"' Allah's Apostle said twice, "So, Adam overpowered
Moses."
4.622:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet once came to us and said,
"All the nations were displayed in front of me, and I saw a
large multitude of people covering the horizon. Somebody said,
'This is Moses and his followers.' "
4.623:
Narrated Abu Musa: Allah's Apostle said, "Many amongst men
reached (the level of) perfection but none amongst the women
reached this level except Asia, Pharaoh's wife, and Mary, the
daughter of `Imran. And no doubt, the superiority of `Aisha to
other women is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. a meat and
bread dish) to other meals."
4.624:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "None of you should say
that I am better than Yunus (i.e. Jonah)." Musadded added,
"Jonah bin Matta."
4.625:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet said, "No slave (of Allah)
should say that I am better than Yunus bin Matta." So the
Prophet mentioned his father's name with his name.
4.626:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once while a Jew was selling something,
he was offered a price that he was not pleased with. So, he
said, "No, by Him Who gave Moses superiority over all human
beings!" Hearing him, an Ansari man got up and slapped him on
the face and said, "You say: By Him Who Gave Moses superiority
over all human beings although the Prophet (Muhammad) is
present amongst us!" The Jew went to the Prophet and said, "O
Abu−l−Qasim! I am under the assurance and contract of
security, so what right does so−and−so have to slap me?" The
Prophet asked the other, "Why have you slapped". He told him
the whole story. The Prophet became angry, till anger appeared
on his face, and said, "Don't give superiority to any prophet
amongst Allah's Prophets, for when the trumpet will be blown,
everyone on the earth and in the heavens will become
unconscious except those whom Allah will exempt. The trumpet
will be blown for the second time and I will be the first to
be resurrected to see Moses holding Allah's Throne. I will not
know whether the unconsciousness which Moses received on the
Day of Tur has been sufficient for him, or has he got up
before me. And I do not say that there is anybody who is
better than Yunus bin Matta."
4.627:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "None should say that
I am better than Yunus bin Matta."
4.628:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The reciting of the
Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was made easy for David. He used to order
that his riding animals be saddled, and would finish reciting
the Zabur before they were saddled. And he would never eat
except from the earnings of his manual work."
4.629:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle was informed that
I have said: "By Allah, I will fast all the days and pray all
the nights as long as I live." On that, Allah's Apostle asked
me. "Are you the one who says: 'I will fast all the days and
pray all the nights as long as I live?' " I said, "Yes, I have
said it." He said, "You cannot do that. So fast (sometimes)
and do not fast (sometimes). Pray and sleep. Fast for three
days a month, for the reward of a good deed is multiplied by
ten time, and so the fasting of three days a month equals the
fasting of a year." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I can do
(fast) more than this." He said, "Fast on every third day. I
said: I can do (fast) more than that, He said: "Fast on
alternate days and this was the fasting of David which is the
most moderate sort of fasting." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I
can do (fast) more than that." He said, "There is nothing
better than that."
4.630:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al−As: The Prophet said to me,
"I have been informed that you pray all the nights and observe
fast all the days; is this true?" I replied, "Yes." He said,
"If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will get
bored. So fast three days a month, for this will be the
fasting of a whole year, or equal to the fasting of a whole
year." I said, "I find myself able to fast more." He said,
"Then fast like the fasting of (the Prophet) David who used to
fast on alternate days and would not flee on facing the
enemy."
4.631:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Apostle said to me, "The
most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet)
David who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved
prayer to Allah was the prayer of David who used to sleep for
(the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and
(again) sleep for a sixth of it."
4.632:
Narrated Mujahid:
I asked Ibn `Abbas, "Should we perform a prostration on
reciting Surat−Sa`d?" He recited (the Sura) including: 'And
among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)...so follow their
guidance (6.84−91) And then he said, "Your Prophet is amongst
those people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the
preceding apostles).
4.633:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The prostration in Sura−Sa`d is not
amongst the compulsory prostrations, though I saw the Prophet
prostrating on reciting The Statement of Allah:−−and to David
We gave Solomon (for a son). How excellent (a) slave he was
ever oft−returning in repentance (to us) (38.30) And His
Statement:−− He said: My Lord Forgive me and grant me a
kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.'
(38.35) And His Statement:−− 'And they followed what the
Devils gave out (falsely), of magic in the life−time of
Solomon.' (2.102)
4.634:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A strong demon from
the Jinns came to me yesterday suddenly, so as to spoil my
prayer, but Allah enabled me to overpower him, and so I caught
him and intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the
Mosque so that all of you might see him, but I remembered the
invocation of my brother Solomon: 'And grant me a kingdom such
as shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) so I let
him go cursed."
4.635:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Solomon (the son of)
David said, 'Tonight I will sleep with seventy ladies each of
whom will conceive a child who will be a knight fighting for
"Allah's Cause.' His companion said, 'If Allah will.' But
Solomon did not say so; therefore none of those women got
pregnant except one who gave birth to a half child." The
Prophet further said, "If the Prophet Solomon had said it
(i.e. 'If Allah will') he would have begotten children who
would have fought in Allah's Cause." Shuaib and Ibn Abi
Az−Zinad said, "Ninety (women) is more correct (than seventy).
4.636:
Narrated Abu Dhaar: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque
was built first?" He replied, "Al−Masjid−ul−Haram." I asked,
"Which (was built) next?" He replied, "Al−Masjid−ul−Aqs−a
(i.e. Jerusalem)." I asked, "What was the period in between
them?" He replied, "Forty (years)." He then added, "Wherever
the time for the prayer comes upon you, perform the prayer,
for all the earth is a place of worshipping for you."
4.637:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "My example and
the example o the people is like that of a person who lit a
fire and let the moths, butterflies and these insects fall in
it." He also said, "There were two women, each of whom had a
child with her. A wolf came and took away the child of one of
them, whereupon the other said, 'It has taken your child.' The
first said, 'But it has taken your child.' So they both
carried the case before David who judged that the living child
be given to the elder lady. So both of them went to Solomon
bin David and informed him (of the case). He said, 'Bring me a
knife so as to cut the child into two pieces and distribute it
between them.' The younger lady said, 'May Allah be merciful
to you! Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the other lady's)
child.' So he gave the child to the younger lady."
4.638:
Narrated `Abdullah: When the Verse:−− 'Those who believe and
mix not their belief with wrong." was revealed, the companions
of the Prophet said, "Who amongst us has not mixed his belief
with wrong?" Then Allah revealed: "Join none in worship with
Allah, Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a great
wrong indeed."
4.639:
Narrated `Abdullah: When the Verse:−− 'Those who believe and
mix not their belief with wrong.' was revealed, the Muslims
felt it very hard on them and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who
amongst us does not do wrong to himself?" He replied, "The
Verse does not mean this. But that (wrong) means to associate
others in worship to Allah: Don't you listen to what Luqman
said to his son when he was advising him," O my son! Join not
others in worship with Allah. Verily joining others in worship
with Allah is a great wrong indeed." (3
1.13)
4.640:
Narrated Malik bin Sasaa: That the Prophet talked to them
about the night of his Ascension to the Heavens. He said,
"(Then Gabriel took me) and ascended up till he reached the
second heaven where he asked for the gate to be opened, but it
was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'I am Gabriel.' It
was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' He replied, 'Muhammad.'
It was asked, 'Has he been called?' He said, 'Yes.' When we
reached over the second heaven, I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and
Jesus who were cousins. Gabriel said, 'These are John (Yahya)
and Jesus, so greet them.' I greeted them and they returned
the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious Brother and Pious
Prophet!;' "
4.641:
Narrated Sa`id bin Al−Musaiyab: Abu Huraira said, "I heard
Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is none born among the
off−spring of Adam, but Satan touches it. A child therefore,
cries loudly at the time of birth because of the touch of
Satan, except Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira recited:
"And I seek refuge with You for her and for her offspring from
the outcast Satan" (3.36)
4.642:
Narrated `Ali:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Mary, the daughter of `Imran, was
the best among the women (of the world of her time) and
Khadija is the best amongst the women. (of this nation).
4.643:
Narrated Abu Musa Al−Ash`ari: The Prophet said, "The
superiority of `Aisha to other ladies is like the superiority
of Tharid (i.e. meat and bread dish) to other meals. Many men
reached the level of perfection, but no woman reached such a
level except Mary, the daughter of `Imran and Asia, the wife
of Pharaoh." Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle
saying, "Amongst all those women who ride camels (i.e. Arabs),
the ladies of Quraish are the best. They are merciful and kind
to their off−spring and the best guardians of their husbands'
properties.' Abu Huraira added, "Mary the daughter of `Imran
never rode a camel."
4.644:
Narrated 'Ubada:
The Prophet said, "If anyone testifies that None has the right
to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no partners, and that
Muhammad is His Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is
Allah's Slave and His Apostle and His Word which He bestowed
on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is
true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him into Paradise
with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were
few." (Junada, the sub−narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a
person can enter Paradise through any of its eight gates he
likes.")
4.645:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "None spoke in cradle
but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second was), there a
man from Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering his
prayers, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself),
'Shall I answer her or keep on praying?" (He went on praying)
and did not answer her, his mother said, "O Allah! Do not let
him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he
was in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him,
but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and presented
herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her
and then later she gave birth to a child and claimed that it
belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore, came to him and
dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused
him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer, and
then came to the child and said, 'O child! Who is your
father?' The child replied, 'The shepherd.' (After hearing
this) the people said, 'We shall rebuild your hermitage of
gold,' but he said, 'No, of nothing but mud.'(The third was
the hero of the following story) A lady from Bani Israel was
nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed
by her. She said, 'O Allah ! Make my child like him.' On that
the child left her breast, and facing the rider said, 'O
Allah! Do not make me like him.' The child then started to
suck her breast again. (Abu Huraira further said, "As if I
were now looking at the Prophet sucking his finger (in way of
demonstration.") After a while the people passed by, with a
lady slave and she (i.e. the child's mother) said, 'O Allah!
Do not make my child like this (slave girl)!, On that the
child left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.'
When she asked why, the child replied, 'The rider is one of
the tyrants while this slave girl is falsely accused of theft
and illegal sexual intercourse."
4.646:
Narrated Hisham:
From Ma`mar as below.
4.647:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "I met Moses on the
night of my Ascension to heaven." The Prophet then described
him saying, as I think, "He was a tall person with lank hair
as if he belonged to the people of the tribe of Shanu's.' The
Prophet further said, "I met Jesus." The Prophet described him
saying, "He was one of moderate height and was red−faced as if
he had just come out of a bathroom. I saw Abraham whom I
resembled more than any of his children did." The Prophet
further said, "(That night) I was given two cups; one full of
milk and the other full of wine. I was asked to take either of
them which I liked, and I took the milk and drank it. On that
it was said to me, 'You have taken the right path (religion).
If you had taken the wine, your (Muslim) nation would have
gone astray."
4.648:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "I saw Moses, Jesus and
Abraham (on the night of my Ascension to the heavens). Jesus
was of red complexion, curly hair and a broad chest. Moses was
of brown complexion, straight hair and tall stature as if he
was from the people of Az−Zutt."
4.649:
Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet mentioned the Massiah
Ad−Dajjal in front of the people saying, Allah is not one eyed
while Messsiah, Ad−Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his
eye looks like a bulging out grape. While sleeping near the
Ka`ba last night, I saw in my dream a man of brown color the
best one can see amongst brown color and his hair was long
that it fell between his shoulders. His hair was lank and
water was dribbling from his head and he was placing his hands
on the shoulders of two men while circumambulating the Ka`ba.
I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of
Mary.' Behind him I saw a man who had very curly hair and was
blind in the right eye, resembling Ibn Qatan (i.e. an infidel)
in appearance. He was placing his hands on the shoulders of a
person while performing Tawaf around the Ka`ba. I asked, 'Who
is this? 'They replied, 'The Masih, Ad−Dajjal.' "
4.650:
Narrated Salim from his father: No, By Allah, the Prophet did
not tell that Jesus was of red complexion but said, "While I
was asleep circumambulating the Ka`ba (in my dream), suddenly
I saw a man of brown complexion and lank hair walking between
two men, and water was dropping from his head. I asked, 'Who
is this?' The people said, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I
looked behind and I saw a red−complexioned, fat, curly−haired
man, blind in the right eye which looked like a bulging out
grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'He is
Ad−Dajjal.' The one who resembled to him among the people, was
Ibn Qatar." (Az−Zuhri said, "He (i.e. Ibn Qatan) was a man
from the tribe Khuza`a who died in the pre−lslamic period.")
4.651:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "I am
the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the
prophets are paternal brothers, and there has been no prophet
between me and him (i.e. Jesus).
4.652:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Both in this
world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people
to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers;
their mothers are different, but their religion is one."
4.653:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Jesus, seeing a man
stealing, asked him, 'Did you steal?, He said, 'No, by Allah,
except Whom there is None who has the right to be worshipped'
Jesus said, 'I believe in Allah and suspect my eyes."
4.654:
Narrated `Umar:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Do not exaggerate in praising me
as the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am only a
Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle."
4.655:
Narrated Abu Musa Al−Ash`ari: Allah's Apostle said, "If a
person teaches his slave girl good manners properly, educates
her properly, and then manumits and marries her, he will get a
double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and then
believes in me, he will get a double reward. And if a slave
fears his Lord (i.e. Allah) and obeys his masters, he too will
get a double reward."
4.656:
Narrted Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle said, "You will be
resurrected (and assembled) bare−footed, naked and
uncircumcised." The Prophet then recited the Divine Verse:−−
"As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it: A promise
We have undertaken. Truly we shall do it." (2
1.104) He added, "The first to be dressed will be Abraham.
Then some of my companions will take to the right and to the
left. I will say: 'My companions! 'It will be said, 'They had
been renegades since you left them.' I will then say what the
Pious Slave Jesus, the son of Mary said: 'And I was a witness
over them while I dwelt amongst them; when You did take me up,
You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all
things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if you
forgive them, You, only You are the All−Mighty the All−Wise.'
" (5.117−118) Narrated Quaggas, "Those were the apostates who
renegade from Islam during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr who
fought them".
4.657:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose
Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon
descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just
Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the pigs and there
will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken from non Muslims). Money
will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a
single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than
the whole world and whatever is in it." Abu Huraira added "If
you wish, you can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): −−
'And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and
Christians) But must believe in him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle
of Allah and a human being) Before his death. And on the Day
of Judgment He will be a witness Against them." ( 4.159) (See
Fath−ul−Bari, Page 302 Vol 7)
4.658:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said "How will you be
when the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you and he
will judge people by the Law of the Qur'an and not by the law
of Gospel (Fateh−ul Bari page 304 and 305 Vol 7).
Bk. 56: Virtues and Merits of the Prophet (pbuh) and his
Companions
4.659:
Narrated Rabi bin Hirash: `Uqba bin `Amr said to Hudhaifa,
"Won't you relate to us of what you have heard from Allah's
Apostle ?" He said, "I heard him saying, "When Al−Dajjal
appears, he will have fire and water along with him. What the
people will consider as cold water, will be fire that will
burn (things). So, if anyone of you comes across this, he
should fall in the thing which will appear to him as fire, for
in reality, it will be fresh cold water." Hudhaifa added, "I
also heard him saying, 'From among the people preceding your
generation, there was a man whom the angel of death visited to
capture his soul. (So his soul was captured) and he was asked
if he had done any good deed.' He replied, 'I don't remember
any good deed.' He was asked to think it over. He said, 'I do
not remember, except that I used to trade with the people in
the world and I used to give a respite to the rich and forgive
the poor (among my debtors). So Allah made him enter
Paradise." Hudhaifa further said, "I also heard him saying,
'Once there was a man on his death−bed, who, losing every hope
of surviving said to his family: When I die, gather for me a
large heap of wood and make a fire (to burn me). When the fire
eats my meat and reaches my bones, and when the bones burn,
take and crush them into powder and wait for a windy day to
throw it (i.e. the powder) over the sea. They did so, but
Allah collected his particles and asked him: Why did you do
so? He replied: For fear of You. So Allah forgave him." `Uqba
bin `Amr said, "I heard him saying that the Israeli used to
dig the grave of the dead (to steal their shrouds).
4.660:
Narrated `Aisha and Ibn `Abbas: On his death−bed Allah's
Apostle put a sheet over his−face and when he felt hot, he
would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting
and removing the sheet) he said, "May Allah's Curse be on the
Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at
the graves of their prophets." (By that) he intended to warn
(the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had
done.
4.661:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Israelis used to
be ruled and guided by prophets: Whenever a prophet died,
another would take over his place. There will be no prophet
after me, but there will be Caliphs who will increase in
number." The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What do you
order us (to do)?" He said, "Obey the one who will be given
the pledge of allegiance first. Fulfil their (i.e. the
Caliphs) rights, for Allah will ask them about (any
shortcoming) in ruling those Allah has put under their
guardianship."
4.662:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet said, "You will follow the
wrong ways, of your predecessors so completely and literally
that if they should go into the hole of a mastigure, you too
will go there." We said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do you mean the
Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?" (Meaning,
of course, the Jews and the Christians.)
4.663:
Narrated Anas:
The people mentioned the fire and the bell (as means proposed
for announcing the time of prayer) and by such a suggestion
they referred to the Jews and the Christians. But Bilal was
ordered, "Pronounce the words of the Adhan (i.e. call for the
prayer) twice and the Iqama once only."
4.664:
Narrated `Aisha:
That she used to hate that one should keep his hands on his
flanks while praying. She said that the Jew used to do so.
4.665:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Your period (i.e.
the Muslims' period) in comparison to the periods of the
previous nations, is like the period between the `Asr prayer
and sunset. And your example in comparison to the Jews and the
Christians is like the example of a person who employed some
laborers and asked them, 'Who will work for me till midday for
one Qirat each?' The Jews worked for half a day for one Qirat
each. The person asked, 'Who will do the work for me from
midday to the time of the `Asr (prayer) for one Qirat each?'
The Christians worked from midday till the `Asr prayer for one
Qirat. Then the person asked, 'Who will do the work for me
from the `Asr till sunset for two Qirats each?' " The Prophet
added, "It is you (i.e. Muslims) who are doing the work from
the `Asr till sunset, so you will have a double reward. The
Jews and the Christians got angry and said, 'We have done more
work but got less wages.' Allah said, 'Have I been unjust to
you as regards your rights?' They said, 'No.' So Allah said,
'Then it is My Blessing which I bestow on whomever I like. "
4.666:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I heard `Umar saying, "May Allah Curse
so−and−so! Doesn't he know that the Prophet said, 'May Allah
curse the Jews for, though they were forbidden (to eat) fat,
they liquefied it and sold it. "
4.667:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet said, "Convey (my
teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence,
and tell others the stories of Bani Israel (which have been
taught to you), for it is not sinful to do so. And whoever
tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in
the (Hell) Fire."
4.668:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The Jews and the
Christians do not dye (their grey hair), so you shall do the
opposite of what they do (i.e. dye your grey hair and beards).
4.669:
Narrated Jundub:
Allah's Apostle said, "Amongst the nations before you there
was a man who got a wound, and growing impatient (with its
pain), he took a knife and cut his hand with it and the blood
did not stop till he died. Allah said, 'My Slave hurried to
bring death upon himself so I have forbidden him (to enter)
Paradise.' "
4.670:
Narrated Abu Huraira: that he heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"Allah willed to test three Israelis who were a Leper, a blind
man and a bald−headed man. So, he sent them an angel who came
to the leper and said, 'What thing do you like most?' He
replied, "Good color and good skin, for the people have a
strong aversion to me.' The angel touched him and his illness
was cured, and he was given a good color and beautiful skin.
The angel asked him, 'What kind of property do you like best?'
He replied, 'Camels (or cows).' (The narrator is in doubt, for
either the leper or the bald−headed man demanded camels and
the other demanded cows.) So he (i.e. the leper) was given a
pregnant she−camei, and the angel said (to him), 'May Allah
bless you in it.' The angel then went to the bald−headed man
and said, 'What thing do you like most?' He said, 'I like good
hair and wish to be cured of this disease, for the people feel
repulsion for me.' The angel touched him and his illness was
cured, and he was given good hair. The angel asked (him),
'What kind of property do you like bests' He replied, 'Cows,'
The angel gave him a pregnant cow and said, 'May Allah bless
you in it.' The angel went to the blind man and asked, 'What
thing do you like best?' He said, '(I like) that Allah may
restore my eye−sight to me so that I may see the people.' The
angel touched his eyes and Allah gave him back his eye−sight.
The angel asked him, "What kind of property do you like best?'
He replied, 'Sheep.' The angel gave him a pregnant sheep.
Afterwards, all the three pregnant animals gave birth to young
ones, and multiplied and brought forth so much that one of the
(three) men had a herd of camels filling a valley, and one had
a herd of cows filling a valley, and one had a flock of sheep
filling a valley. Then the angel, disguised in the shape and
appearance of a leper, went to the leper and said, I am a poor
man, who has lost all means of livelihood while on a journey.
So none will satisfy my need except Allah and then you. In the
Name of Him Who has given you such nice color and beautiful
skin, and so much property, I ask you to give me a camel so
that I may reach my destination. The man replied, 'I have many
obligations (so I cannot give you).' The angel said, 'I think
I know you; were you not a leper to whom the people had a
strong aversion? Weren't you a poor man, and then Allah gave
you (all this property).' He replied, '(This is all wrong), I
got this property through inheritance from my fore−fathers'
The angel said, 'If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make
you as you were before. ' Then the angel, disguised in the
shape and appearance of a bald man, went to the bald man and
said to him the same as he told the first one, and he too
answered the same as the first one did. The angel said, 'If
you are telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were
before.' The angel, disguised in the shape of a blind man,
went to the blind man and said, 'I am a poor man and a
traveler, whose means of livelihood have been exhausted while
on a journey. I have nobody to help me except Allah, and after
Him, you yourself. I ask you in the Name of Him Who has given
you back your eye−sight to give me a sheep, so that with its
help, I may complete my journey' The man said, 'No doubt, I
was blind and Allah gave me back my eye−sight; I was poor and
Allah made me rich; so take anything you wish from my
property. By Allah, I will not stop you for taking anything
(you need) of my property which you may take for Allah's
sake.' The angel replied, 'Keep your property with you. You
(i.e 3 men) have been tested and Allah is pleased with you and
is angry with your two companions."
4.671:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "Once three persons
(from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it
started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance
of the cave got closed while they were inside. They said to
each other, 'O you! Nothing can save you except the truth, so
each of you should ask Allah's Help by referring to such a
deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining
Allah's Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know
that I had a laborer who worked for me for one Faraq (i.e.
three Sas) of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his
wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and with its yield I bought
cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his
wages, I said (to him), 'Go to those cows and drive them
away.' He said to me, 'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of
rice,' I said to him, 'Go to those cows and take them, for
they are the product of that Faraq (of rice).' So he drove
them. O Allah! If you consider that I did that for fear of
You, then please remove the rock.' The rock shifted a bit from
the mouth of the cave. The second one said, 'O Allah, You know
that I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk of
my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and when I came,
they had slept, while my wife and children were crying with
hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless
my parents had drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and
also disliked that they should sleep without drinking it, I
kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah! If
You consider that I did that for fear of you, then please
remove the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the
sky through it. The (third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that
I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was
most beloved to me and I sought to seduce her, but she
refused, unless I paid her one−hundred Dinars (i.e. gold
pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and
she allowed me to sleep with her. But when I sat between her
legs, she said, 'Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me
but legally. 'I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her).
O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you than
please remove the rock. So Allah saved them and they came out
(of the cave)." [It has been flasely argued that "This Hadith
indicates that one can ONLY ask Allah for help directly or
through his performed good deeds." [In fact this hadith does
account the request of those three men based on their good
deeds, but nowhere within this hadith's text is it mentioned −
as claimed − that this is the ONLY way that Allah may be
asked. The reader is requested to review our holy Prophets
words for himself, and not to allow others to falsely
interject their own opinions in them. [It has also been
wrongly (and vehemently) added that "But to ask Allah through
dead or absent prophets, saints, spirits, holy men, angels
etc. is absolutely forbidden in Islam and it is a kind of
disbelief." Such statements are extremely inflamatory and
un−islamically accusative. They purport to deny intercession,
even though it was affirmed by the majority of Muslim
scholars. The authentis hadeeth where one of the the
Companions asks the Prophet: "I ask you to be in your company
in Jannah" is enough proof for the wise. As for debative
persons who prefer their own opinions, they will not accept
even volumes of proofs. Addition by Dar Al Hadeeth]
4.672:
Narrated Abu Huraira: That he heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"While a lady was nursing her child, a rider passed by and she
said, 'O Allah! Don't let my child die till he becomes like
this (rider).' The child said, 'O Allah! Don't make me like
him,' and then returned to her breast (sucking it). (After a
while) they passed by a lady who was being pulled and teased
(by the people). The child's mother said, 'O Allah! Do not
make my child like her.' The child said, 'O Allah! Make me
like her.' Then he said, 'As for the rider, he is an infidel,
while the lady is accused of illegal sexual intercourse
(falsely) and she says: Allah is sufficient for me (He knows
the truth).
4.673:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "While a dog was going
round a well and was about to die of thirst, an Israeli
prostitute saw it and took off her shoe and watered it. So
Allah forgave her because of that good deed."
4.674:
Narrated Humaid bin `Abdur−Rahman: That he heard Muawiya bin
Abi Sufyan (talking) on the pulpit in the year when he
performed the Hajj. He took a tuft of hair that was in the
hand of an orderly and said, "O people of Medina! Where are
your learned men? I heard the Prophet forbidding such a thing
as this (i.e. false hair) and he used to say, 'The Israelis
were destroyed when their ladies practiced this habit (of
using false hair to lengthen their locks).
4.675:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Amongst the people
preceding you there used to be 'Muhaddithun' (i.e. persons who
can guess things that come true later on, as if those persons
have been inspired by a divine power), and if there are any
such persons amongst my followers, it is `Umar bin
Al−Khattab."
4.676:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet said, "Amongst the
men of Bani Israel there was a man who had murdered
ninety−nine persons. Then he set out asking (whether his
repentance could be accepted or not). He came upon a monk and
asked him if his repentance could be accepted. The monk
replied in the negative and so the man killed him. He kept on
asking till a man advised to go to such and such village. (So
he left for it) but death overtook him on the way. While
dying, he turned his chest towards that village (where he had
hoped his repentance would be accepted), and so the angels of
mercy and the angels of punishment quarrelled amongst
themselves regarding him. Allah ordered the village (towards
which he was going) to come closer to him, and ordered the
village (whence he had come), to go far away, and then He
ordered the angels to measure the distances between his body
and the two villages. So he was found to be one span closer to
the village (he was going to). So he was forgiven."
4.677:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once Allah's Apostle; offered the
morning prayer and then faced the people and said, "While a
man was driving a cow, he suddenly rode over it and beat it.
The cow said, "We have not been created for this, but we have
been created for sloughing." On that the people said
astonishingly, "Glorified be Allah! A cow speaks!" The Prophet
said, "I believe this, and Abu Bakr and `Umar too, believe it,
although neither of them was present there. While a person was
amongst his sheep, a wolf attacked and took one of the sheep.
The man chased the wolf till he saved it from the wolf, where
upon the wolf said, 'You have saved it from me; but who will
guard it on the day of the wild beasts when there will be no
shepherd to guard them except me (because of riots and
afflictions)? ' " The people said surprisingly, "Glorified be
Allah! A wolf speaks!" The Prophet said, "But I believe this,
and Abu Bakr and `Umar too, believe this, although neither of
them was present there." (See the Foot−note of page No. 10
Vol.5)
4.678:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "A man bought a
piece of and from another man, and the buyer found an
earthenware jar filled with gold in the land. The buyer said
to the seller. 'Take your gold, as I have bought only the land
from you, but I have not bought the gold from you.' The
(former) owner of the land said, "I have sold you the land
with everything in it.' So both of them took their case before
a man who asked, 'Do you have children?' One of them said, "I
have a boy.' The other said, "I have a girl.' The man said,
'Marry the girl to the boy and spend the money on both of them
and give the rest of it in charity.' "
4.679:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid: Allah's Apostle said, "Plague was a
means of torture sent on a group of Israelis (or on some
people before you). So if you hear of its spread in a land,
don't approach it, and if a plague should appear in a land
where you are present, then don't leave that land in order to
run away from it (i.e. plague).
4.680:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) I asked Allah's Apostle about the
plague. He told me that it was a Punishment sent by Allah on
whom he wished, and Allah made it a source of mercy for the
believers, for if one in the time of an epidemic plague stays
in his country patiently hoping for Allah's Reward and
believing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has
written for him, he will get the reward of a martyr."
4.681:
Narrated `Aisha:
The people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum
who had committed theft. They asked, "Who will intercede for
her with Allah's Apostle?" Some said, "No one dare to do so
except Usama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah's Apostle ."
When Usama spoke about that to Allah's Apostle Allah's Apostle
said, (to him), "Do you try to intercede for somebody in a
case connected with Allah's Prescribed Punishments?" Then he
got up and delivered a sermon saying, "What destroyed the
nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole,
they would forgive him, and if a poor person amongst them
stole, they would inflict Allah's Legal punishment on him. By
Allah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut
off her hand."
4.682:
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: I heard a person reciting a (Qur'anic)
Verse in a certain way, and I had heard the Prophet reciting
the same Verse in a different way. So I took him to the
Prophet and informed him of that but I noticed the sign of
disapproval on his face, and then he said, "Both of you are
correct, so don't differ, for the nations before you differed,
so they were destroyed."
4.683:
Narrated `Abdullah: As if I saw the Prophet talking about one
of the prophets whose nation had beaten him and caused him to
bleed, while he was cleaning the blood off his face and
saying, "O Allah! Forgive my nation, for they have no
knowledge."
4.684:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet said, "Amongst the people
preceding your age, there was a man whom Allah had given a lot
of money. While he was in his death−bed, he called his sons
and said, 'What type of father have I been to you? They
replied, 'You have been a good father.' He said, 'I have never
done a single good deed; so when I die, burn me, crush my
body, and scatter the resulting ashes on a windy day.' His
sons did accordingly, but Allah gathered his particles and
asked (him), 'What made you do so?' He replied, "Fear of you.'
So Allah bestowed His Mercy upon him. (forgave him).
4.685:
Narrated Ribi bin Hirash: `Uqba said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you
narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Apostle ?" Hudhaifa
said, "I heard him saying, 'Death approached a man and when he
had no hope of surviving, he said to his family, 'When I die,
gather for me much wood and build a fire (to burn me),. When
the fire has eaten my flesh and reached my bones, take the
bones and grind them and scatter the resulting powder in the
sea on a hot (or windy) day.' (That was done.) But Allah
collected his particles and asked (him), 'Why did you do so?'
He replied, 'For fear of You.' So Allah forgave him."
4.686:
Narrated `Abdu Malik: As above, saying, "On a windy day."
4.687:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "A man used to
give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If
the debtor is poor, forgive him, so that Allah may forgive
us.' So when he met Allah (after his death), Allah forgave
him."
4.688:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A man used to do
sinful deeds, and when death came to him, he said to his sons,
'After my death, burn me and then crush me, and scatter the
powder in the air, for by Allah, if Allah has control over me,
He will give me such a punishment as He has never given to
anyone else.' When he died, his sons did accordingly. Allah
ordered the earth saying, 'Collect what you hold of his
particles.' It did so, and behold! There he was (the man)
standing. Allah asked (him), 'What made you do what you did?'
He replied, 'O my Lord! I was afraid of You.' So Allah forgave
him. " Another narrator said "The man said, Fear of You, O
Lord!"
4.689:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "A lady
was punished because of a cat which she had imprisoned till it
died. She entered the (Hell) Fire because of it, for she
neither gave it food nor water as she had imprisoned it, nor
set it free to eat from the vermin of the earth."
4.690:
Narrated Abu Masud `Uqba: The Prophet said, "One of the
sayings of the prophets which the people have got, is. 'If you
do not feel ashamed, then do whatever you like."
4.691:
Narrated Abu Mus'ud: The Prophet said, "One of the sayings of
the prophets which the people have got is, 'If you do not feel
ashamed, then do whatever you like."
4.692:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "While a man was
walking, dragging his dress with pride, he was caused to be
swallowed by the earth and will go on sinking in it till the
Day of Resurrection."
4.693:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "We are the last (to
come) but we will be the foremost on the Day of Resurrection,
nations were given the Book (i.e. Scripture) before us, and we
were given the Holy Book after them. This (i.e. Friday) is the
day about which they differed. So the next day (i.e. Saturday)
was prescribed for the Jews and the day after it (i.e. Sunday)
for the Christians. It is incumbent on every Muslim to wash
his head and body on a Day (i.e. Friday) (at least) in every
seven days."
4.694:
Narrated Sa`id bin Al−Musaiyab: When Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan
came to Medina for the last time, he delivered a sermon before
us. He took out a tuft of hair and said, "I never thought that
someone other than the Jews would do such a thing (i.e. use
false hair). The Prophet named such a practice, 'Az−Zur' (i.e.
falsehood)," meaning the use of false hair.
4.695:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Regarding the Verse: 'And (We) made you
into Shu'ub and Qabail−− (49.13) that Shu'uib means the big
Qabail (i.e. nations) while the Qabail (i.e. tribes) means the
branch tribes.
4.696:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Once Allah's Apostle was asked, "Who is
the most honorable amongst the people?" He said, "The most
righteous (i.e. Allah−fearing) amongst you." They said, "We do
not ask you about this." He said, "Then Joseph, the prophet of
Allah."
4.697:
Narrated Kulaib bin Wail: I asked Zainab bint Abi Salama (i.e.
daughter of the wife of the Prophet, "Tell me about the
Prophet . Did he belong to the tribe of Mudar?" She replied,
"Yes, he belonged to the tribe of Mudar and was from the
offspring of An−Nadr bin Kinana."
4.698:
Narrated Kulaib:
I was told by the Rabiba (i.e. daughter of the wife of the
Prophet) who, I think, was Zainab, that the Prophet (forbade
the utensils (of wine called) Ad−Dubba, Al−Hantam, Al−Muqaiyar
and Al−Muzaffat. I said to her, 'Tell me as to which tribe the
Prophet belonged; was he from the tribe of Mudar?'' She
replied, "He belonged to the tribe of Mudar and was from the
offspring of An−Nadr bin Kinana. "
4.699:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "You see that the
people are of different natures. Those who were the best in
the pre−lslamic period, are also the best in Islam if they
comprehend religious knowledge. You see that the best amongst
the people in this respect (i.e. ambition of ruling) are those
who hate it most. And you see that the worst among people is
the double faced (person) who appears to these with one face
and to the others with another face (i.e a hypocrite).
4.700:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The tribe of Quraish
has precedence over the people in this connection (i.e the
right of ruling). The Muslims follow the Muslims amongst them,
and the infidels follow the infidels amongst them. People are
of different natures: The best amongst them in the pre−lslamic
period are the best in Islam provided they comprehend the
religious knowledge. You will find that the best amongst the
people in this respect (i.e. of ruling) is he who hates it
(i.e. the idea of ruling) most, till he is given the pledge of
allegiance."
4.701:
Narrated Tawus:
Ibn `Abbas recited the Qur'anic Verse:−−'Except to be kind to
me for my kin−ship to you−−" (4
2.23) Sa`id bin Jubair said, "(The Verse implies) the kinship
of Muhammad." Ibn `Abbas said, "There was not a single house
(i.e. sub−tribe) of Quraish but had a kinship to the Prophet
and so the above Verse was revealed in this connection, and
its interpretation is: 'O Quraish! You should keep good
relation between me (i.e. Muhammad) and you."
4.702:
Narrated Abi Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "From this side from
the east, afflictions will appear. Rudeness and lack of mercy
are characteristics of the rural bedouins who are busy with
their camels and cows (and pay no attention to religion). Such
are the tribes of Rabi`a and Mudar."
4.703:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Pride
and arrogance are characteristics of the rural bedouins while
calmness is found among the owners of sheep. Belief is
Yemenite, and wisdom is also Yemenite i.e. the Yemenites are
well−known for their true belief and wisdom)." Abu `Abdullah
(Al−Bukhari) said, "Yemen was called so because it is situated
to the right of the Ka`ba, and Sham was called so because it
is situated to the left of the Ka`ba."
4.704:
Narrated Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut`im: That while he was
with a delegation from Quraish to Muawiya, the latter heard
the news that `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al−`As said that there
would be a king from the tribe of Qahtan. On that Muawiya
became angry, got up and then praised Allah as He deserved,
and said, "Now then, I have heard that some men amongst you
narrate things which are neither in the Holy Book, nor have
been told by Allah's Apostle. Those men are the ignorant
amongst you. Beware of such hopes as make the people go
astray, for I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'Authority of
ruling will remain with Quraish, and whoever bears hostility
to them, Allah will destroy him as long as they abide by the
laws of the religion.' "
4.705:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "Authority of ruling
will remain with Quraish, even if only two of them remained."
4.706:
Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: `Uthman bin `Affan went (to the
Prophet) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You gave property to
Bani Al−Muttalib and did not give us, although we and they are
of the same degree of relationship to you." The Prophet said,
"Only Bani Hashim and Bani Al Muttalib are one thing (as
regards family status). Narrated `Urwa bin Az−Zubair:
`Abdullah bin Az−Zubair went with some women of the tribe of
Bani Zuhra to `Aisha who used to treat them nicely because of
their relation to Allah's Apostle.
4.707:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The tribe of
Quraish, the Ansar, the (people of the tribe of) Julhaina,
Muzaina, Aslam, Ashja', and Ghifar are my disciples and have
no protectors except Allah and His Apostle."
4.708:
Narrated `Urwa bin Az−Zubair: `Abdullah bin Az−Zubair was the
most beloved person to `Aisha excluding the Prophet and Abu
Bakr, and he in his turn, was the most devoted to her, `Aisha
used not to withhold the money given to her by Allah, but she
used to spend it in charity. (`Abdullah) bin AzZubair said, "
`Aisha should be stopped from doing so." (When `Aisha heard
this), she said protestingly, "Shall I be stopped from doing
so? I vow that I will never talk to `Abdullah bin Az−Zubair."
On that, Ibn Az−Zubair asked some people from Quraish and
particularly the two uncles of Allah's Apostle to intercede
with her, but she refused (to talk to him). Az−Zuhriyun, the
uncles of the Prophet, including `Abdur−Rahman bin Al−Aswad
bin `Abd Yaghuth and Al−Miswar bin Makhrama said to him, "When
we ask for the permission to visit her, enter her house along
with us (without taking her leave)." He did accordingly (and
she accepted their intercession). He sent her ten slaves whom
she manumitted as an expiation for (not keeping) her vow.
`Aisha manumitted more slaves for the same purpose till she
manumitted forty slaves. She said, "I wish I had specified
what I would have done in case of not fulfilling my vow when I
made the vow, so that I might have done it easily."
4.709:
Narrated Anas:
`Uthman called Zaid bin Thabit, `Abdullah bin Az−Zubair, Sa`id
bin Al−`As and `AbdurRahman bin Al−Harith bin Hisham, and then
they wrote the manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an in the form of
book in several copies. `Uthman said to the three Quraishi
persons. " If you differ with Zaid bin Thabit on any point of
the Qur'an, then write it in the language of Quraish, as the
Qur'an was revealed in their language." So they acted
accordingly. (Sa`id bin Thabit was an Ansari and not from
Quraish ).
4.710:
Narrated Salama:
Allah's Apostle passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam
practicing archery. He said, "O children of Ishmael! Throw
(arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of
Bani so−and−so," meaning one of the two teams. The other team
stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet said, "What has
happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you
are with Bani so−and−so?" He said, "Throw for I am with all of
you."
4.711:
Narrated Abu Dhar: The Prophet said, "If somebody claims to be
the son of any other than his real father knowingly, he but
disbelieves in Allah, and if somebody claims to belong to some
folk to whom he does not belong, let such a person take his
place in the (Hell) Fire."
4.712:
Narrated Wathila bin Al−Asqa: Allah's Apostle said, "Verily,
one of the worst lies is to claim falsely to be the son of
someone other than one's real father, or to claim to have had
a dream one has not had, or to attribute to me what I have not
said."
4.713:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The delegates of `Abd−ul−Qais came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are from the
tribe of Rabi`a and the infidels of Mudar tribe stand between
us and you, so that we cannot come to you except in the Sacred
Months. Therefore we would like you to give us some
instructions which we may follow and convey to our people
staying behind us." The Prophet said, "I order you to observe
four things and forbid you (to do) four things: (I order you)
to believe in Allah testifying that None has the right to be
worshipped except Allah; to offer the prayer perfectly; to pay
the Zakat; and to give one−fifth of the war booty to Allah.
And I forbid you to use Ad−Dubba, Al−Hantam, An−Naqir and
Al−Muzaffat." (These are names of utensils in which alcoholic
drinks were served.)
4.714:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I heard Allah's Apostle on the
pulpit saying, "Verily, afflictions (will start) from here,"
pointing towards the east, "whence the side of the head of
Satan comes out."
4.715:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The tribes of
Quraish, Al−Ansar, Juhaina, Muzaina, Aslam, Ghifar and Ashja'
are my helpers, and they have no protector (i.e. Master)
except Allah and His Apostle."
4.716:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: While Allah's Apostle was on the
pulpit, he said, "May Allah give the tribe of Ghifar! And may
Allah save the tribe of Aslam! The tribe of 'Usaiya have
disobeyed Allah and His Apostle."
4.717:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "May Allah save the
tribe of Aslam, and may Allah forgive the tribe of Ghifar!"
4.718:
Narrated Abu Bakra: The Prophet said, "Do you think that the
tribes of Juhaina, Muzaina, Aslam and Ghifar are better than
the tribes of Bani Tamim, Bani Asad, Bam `Abdullah bin
Ghatafan and Bani Amir bin Sasaa?" A man said, "They were
unsuccessful and losers." The Prophet added," (Yes), they are
better than the tribes of Bani Tamim, Bani Asad, Bani
`Abdullah bin Ghatafan and Bani Amir bin Sasaa."
4.719:
Narrated Abu Bakra: Al−Aqra' bin H`Abis said to the Prophet
"Nobody gave you the pledge of allegiance but the robbers of
the pilgrims (i.e. those who used to rob the pilgrims) from
the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina." (Ibn Abi Ya'qub is in
doubt whether Al−Aqra' added. 'And Juhaina.') The Prophet
said, "Don't you think that the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar,
Muzaina (and also perhaps) Juhaina are better than the tribes
of Bani Tamim, Bani Amir, Asad, and Ghatafan?" Somebody said,
"They were unsuccessful and losers!" The Prophet said, "Yes,
by Him in Whose Hands my life is, they (i.e. the former) are
better than they (i.e. the latter). Abu Huraira said, "(The
Prophet said), '(The people of) Bani Aslam, Ghifar and some
people of Muzaina (or some people of Juhaina or Muzaina) are
better in Allah's Sight (or on the Day of Resurrection) than
the tribes of Asad, Tamim, Hawazin and Ghatafan.' "
4.720:
Narrated Jabir:
We were in the company of the Prophet in a Ghazwa. A large
number of emigrants joined him and among the emigrants there
was a person who used to play jokes (or play with spears); so
he (jokingly) stroked an Ansari man on the hip. The Ans−ari
got so angry that both of them called their people. The Ansari
said, "Help, O Ansar!" And the emigrant said "Help, O
emigrants!" The Prophet came out and said, "What is wrong with
the people (as they are calling) this call of the period of
Ignorance? "Then he said, "What is the matter with them?" So
he was told about the stroke of the emigrant to the Ansari.
The Prophet said, "Stop this (i.e. appeal for help) for it is
an evil call. "Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul (a hypocrite) said,
"The emigrants have called and (gathered against us); so when
we return to Medina, surely, the more honorable people will
expel therefrom the meaner," Upon that `Umar said, "O Allah's
Prophet! Shall we not kill this evil person (i.e. `Abdullah
bin Ubai bin Salul) ?" The Prophet) said, "(No), lest the
people should say that Muhammad used to kill his companions."
4.721:
Narrated `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud): The Prophet said, "Who−ever
slaps his face or tears the bosom of his dress, or calls the
calls of the Period of Ignorance, is not from us."
4.722:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "`Amr bin Luhai
bin Qam'a bin Khindif was the father of Khuza`a.'
4.723:
Narrated Sa`id bin Al−Musaiyab: Al−Bahira was an animal whose
milk was spared for the idols and other dieties, and so nobody
was allowed to milk it. As−Saiba was an animal which they (i.e
infidels) used to set free in the names of their gods so that
it would not be used for carrying anything. Abu Huraira said,
"The Prophet said, 'I saw `Amr bin 'Amir bin Luhai Al−Khuza`i
dragging his intestines in the (Hell) Fire, for he was the
first man who started the custom of releasing animals (for the
sake of false gods).' "
4.724:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the news of the advent of the
Prophet reached Abu Dhar, he said to his brother, "Ride to
this valley and bring me the news of this man (i.e. the
Prophet ) who claims to be a Prophet receiving information
from the Heaven. Listen to him and then come to me." His
brother set out till he met the Prophet and listened to his
speech and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him, "I have seen
him exhorting people to virtues and his speech was not like
poetry." Abu Dhar said, "You have not satisfied me as to what
I wanted." So, he took his journey−food and a water−skin full
of water and set out till he reached Mecca, where he went to
the Mosque looking for the Prophet , whom he did not know, and
he would not like to ask someone about him. So, a portion of
the night had passed when `Ali saw him and realized that he
was a stranger. Abu Dhar followed him (to his house), but
neither of them asked the other about anything till it was
morning, when he carried his water−skin and food and went to
the Mosque. He spent that day without being observed by the
Prophet till it was night, when he returned to his sleeping
place. `Ali again passed by him and said, "Hasn't the man
(i.e. Abu Dhar) recognized his dwelling place yet?" So, `Ali
let him get up and took him (to his house), but neither of
them asked the other about anything, till it was the third day
when `Ali had the same experience with him and Abu Dhar again
stayed with him. `Ali then asked, "Won't you tell me what has
brought you here?" He replied, "If you give me a promise and a
convention that you will guide me, then I will tell you." When
`Ali did, Abu Dhar informed him (of his purpose). `Ali said,
"It is the Truth, and he (i.e. Muhammad) is the Apostle of
Allah. So when the morning comes, follow me, and if I should
perceive any danger threatening you, I will give you a hint by
pretending to go to the watercloset. But if I carried on
walking, follow me till you enter the place that I will
enter." Abu Dhur agreed and followed `Ali till he entered the
place of the Prophet and Abu Dhur entered with him. He then
listened to the speech of the Prophet and embraced Islam on
that very spot. The Prophet said to him, "Go back to your
people and inform them (of this religion) till you receive my
(further) orders." Abu Dhur said, "By Him in Whose Hands my
life is! I will proclaim my conversion to Islam publicly
amongst them (i.e. infidels)." He went out till he reached the
Mosque and announced as loudly as possible, "I testify that
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that
Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah." The people then got up and
beat him till they knocked him down. Al−Abbas came and threw
himself over him (to protect him) saying, Woe to you! Don't
you know that he is from Ghifar and there is the route (road)
to your merchants towards Sham (i.e. through the place where
this tribe dwells)?" Thus he saved him from them. Abu Dhar did
the same on the next day and the people beat him again and
Al−`Abbas drew himself over him (to save him as before).
4.725:
Narrated Abu Jamra: Ibn `Abbas said to us, "Shall I tell you
the story of Abu Dhar's conversion to Islam?" We said, "Yes."
He said, "Abu Dhar said: I was a man from the tribe of Ghifar.
We heard that a man had appeared in Mecca, claiming to be a
Prophet. ! said to my brother, 'Go to that man and talk to him
and bring me his news.' He set out, met him and returned. I
asked him, 'What is the news with you?' He said, 'By Allah, I
saw a man enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.'
I said to him, 'You have not satisfied me with this little
information.' So, I took a waterskin and a stick and proceeded
towards Mecca. Neither did I know him (i.e. the Prophet ), nor
did I like to ask anyone about him. I Kept on drinking Zam zam
water and staying in the Mosque. Then `Ali passed by me and
said, 'It seems you are a stranger?' I said, 'Yes.' He
proceeded to his house and I accompanied him. Neither did he
ask me anything, nor did I tell him anything. Next morning I
went to the Mosque to ask about the Prophet but no−one told me
anything about him. `Ali passed by me again and asked, 'Hasn't
the man recognized his dwelling place yet' I said, 'No.' He
said, 'Come along with me.' He asked me, 'What is your
business? What has brought you to this town?' I said to him,
'If you keep my secret, I will tell you.' He said, 'I will
do,' I said to him, 'We have heard that a person has appeared
here, claiming to be a Prophet. I sent my brother to speak to
him and when he returned, he did not bring a satisfactory
report; so I thought of meeting him personally.' `Ali said (to
Abu Dhar), 'You have reached your goal; I am going to him just
now, so follow me, and wherever I enter, enter after me. If I
should see someone who may cause you trouble, I will stand
near a wall pretending to mend my shoes (as a warning), and
you should go away then.' `Ali proceeded and I accompanied him
till he entered a place, and I entered with him to the Prophet
to whom I said, 'Present (the principles of) Islam to me.'
When he did, I embraced Islam 'immediately. He said to me, 'O
Abu Dhar! Keep your conversion as a secret and return to your
town; and when you hear of our victory, return to us. ' I
said, 'By H him Who has sent you with the Truth, I will
announce my conversion to Islam publicly amongst them (i.e.
the infidels),' Abu Dhar went to the Mosque, where some people
from Quraish were present, and said, 'O folk of Quraish ! I
testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,
and I (also) testify that Muhammad is Allah's Slave and His
Apostle.' (Hearing that) the Quraishi men said, 'Get at this
Sabi (i.e. Muslim) !' They got up and beat me nearly to death.
Al `Abbas saw me and threw himself over me to protect me. He
then faced them and said, 'Woe to you! You want to kill a man
from the tribe of Ghifar, although your trade and your
communications are through the territory of Ghifar?' They
therefore left me. The next morning I returned (to the Mosque)
and said the same as I have said on the previous day. They
again said, 'Get at this Sabi!' I was treated in the same way
as on the previous day, and again Al−Abbas found me and threw
himself over me to protect me and told them the same as he had
said the day before.' So, that was the conversion of Abu Dhar
(may Allah be Merciful to him) to Islam."
4.726:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: If you wish to know about the ignorance
of the Arabs, refer to Surat−al−Anam after Verse No.
130:−−Indeed lost are those who have killed their children
From folly without knowledge and have forbidden that which
Allah has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allah.
They have indeed gone astray and were not guided.' (6.14)
4.727:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Verse:−− 'And warn your tribe of
near kindred.' (26.214) was revealed, the Prophet started
calling (the 'Arab tribes), "O Bani Fihr, O Bani `Adi"
mentioning first the various branch tribes of Quraish.
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: When the Verse:−− 'And warn your tribe of
near kindred' (26.214). was revealed, the Prophet started
calling every tribe by its name.
4.728:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "O Bani `Abd Munaf!
Buy yourselves from Allah; O Bani `Abdul−Muttalib! Buy
yourselves from Allah; O mother of Az−Zubair bin Al−Awwam, the
aunt of Allah's Apostle, and O Fatima bint Muhammad! Buy
yourselves from Allah, for I cannot defend you before Allah.
You (both) can ask me from my property as much as you like. "
4.729:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet sent for the Ansar (and when they came), he asked,
'Is there any stranger amongst you?" They said, "No except the
son of our sister." Allah's Apostle said, "The son of the
sister of some people belongs to them."
4.730:
Narrated `Aisha:
That during the Mina days, Abu Bakr came to her, while there
where two girls with her, beating drums, and the Prophet was
(lying) covering himself with his garment. Abu Bakr rebuked
the two girls, but the Prophet uncovered his face and said, "O
Abu Bakr! Leave them, for these are the days of Id
(festival)." Those days were the days of Mina−. `Aisha added,
"I was being screened by the Prophet while I was watching the
Ethiopians playing in the Mosque. `Umar rebuked them, but the
Prophet said, "Leave them, O Bani Arfida! Play. (for) you are
safe."
4.731:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of the Prophet to
lampoon (i.e. compose satirical poetry defaming) the infidels.
The Prophet said, "What about the fact that I have common
descent with them?" Hassan replied, "I shall take you out of
them as a hair is taken out of dough." Narrated `Urwa: I
started abusing Hassan in front of `Aisha, whereupon she said.
"Don't abuse him, for he used to defend the Prophet (with his
poetry).
4.732:
Narrated Jubair bin Mut`im: Allah's Apostle said, "I have five
names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al−Mahi through whom
Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al−Hashir who will be
the first to be resurrected, the people being resurrected
there after; and I am also Al−`Aqib (i.e. There will be no
prophet after me).
4.733:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Doesn't it
astonish you how Allah protects me from the Quraish's abusing
and cursing? They abuse Mudhammam and curse Mudhammam while I
am Muhammad (and not Mudhammam).
4.734:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet said, "My similitude
in comparison with the other prophets is that of a man who has
built a house completely and excellently except for a place of
one brick. When the people enter the house, they admire its
beauty and say: 'But for the place of this brick (how splendid
the house will be)!"
4.735:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "My similitude in
comparison with the other prophets before me, is that of a man
who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a
place of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and
wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick be put
in its place!' So I am that brick, and I am the last of the
Prophets."
4.736:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet died when he was sixty three years old.
4.737:
Narrated Anas:
While the Prophet was in the market, a man called (somebody),
"O Abu−l−Qasim!' The Prophet turned to him and said "Name
yourselves after me but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."
4.738:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call
yourselves by my Kuniya."
4.739:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Abu−l−Qasim said, "Name yourselves after
me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."
4.740:
Narrated Al−Ju'aid bin `Abdur Rahman: I saw As−Sa'ib bin Yazid
when he was ninety−four years old, quite strong and of
straight figure. He said, "I know that I enjoyed my hearing
and seeing powers only because of the invocation of Allah's
Apostle . My aunt took me to him and said, 'O Allah's Apostle!
My nephew is sick; will you invoke Allah for him?' So he
invoked (Allah) for me."
4.741:
Narrated As− Scab bin Yazid: My aunt took me to Allah's
Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! My nephew is sick"' The
Prophet passed his hands over my head and blessed me. Then he
performed ablution and I drank the remaining water, and
standing behind him. A saw the seal in between his shoulders."
4.742:
Narrated `Uqba bin Al−Harith: (Once) Abu Bakr offered the `Asr
prayer and then went out walking and saw Al−Hasan playing with
the boys. He lifted him on to his shoulders and said, " Let my
parents be sacrificed for your sake! (You) resemble the
Prophet and not `Ali," while `Ali was smiling.
4.743:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: I saw the Prophet, and Al−Hasan
resembled him.
4.744:
Narrated Isma`il bin Abi Khalid: I heard Abii Juhaifa saying,
"I saw the Prophet, and Al−Hasan bin `Ali resembled him." I
said to Abu− Juhaifa, "Describe him for me." He said, "He was
white and his beard was black with some white hair. He
promised to give us 13 young she−camels, but he expired before
we could get them."
4.745:
Narrated Wahb Abu Juhaifa As−Sawwai: I saw the Prophet and saw
some white hair below his lower lip above the chin.
4.746:
Narrated Hariz bin `Uthman: That he asked `Abdullah bin Busr
(i.e. the companion of the Prophet), "Did you see the Prophet
when he was old?" He said, "He had a few white hairs between
the lower lip and the chin."
4.747:
Narrated Rabi`a bin Abi `Abdur−Rahman: I heard Anas bin Malik
describing the Prophet saying, "He was of medium height
amongst the people, neither tall nor short; he had a rosy
color, neither absolutely white nor deep brown; his hair was
neither completely curly nor quite lank. Divine Inspiration
was revealed to him when he was forty years old. He stayed ten
years in Mecca receiving the Divine Inspiration, and stayed in
Medina for ten more years. When he expired, he had scarcely
twenty white hairs in his head and beard." Rabi`a said, "I saw
some of his hairs and it was red. When I asked about that, I
was told that it turned red because of scent. "
4.748:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle was neither very tall nor short, neither
absolutely white nor deep brown. His hair was neither curly
nor lank. Allah sent him (as an Apostle) when he was forty
years old. Afterwards he resided in Mecca for ten years and in
Medina for ten more years. When Allah took him unto Him, there
was scarcely twenty white hairs in his head and beard.
4.749:
Narrated Al−Bara:
Allah's Apostle was the handsomest of all the people, and had
the best appearance. He was neither very tall nor short.
4.750:
Narrated Qatada:
I asked Anas, "Did the Prophet use to dye (his) hair?" He
said, "No, for there were only a few white hairs on his
temples."
4.751:
Narrated Al−Bara:
The Prophet was of moderate height having broad shoulders
(long) hair reaching his ear−lobes. Once I saw him in a red
cloak and I had never seen a more handsome than him."
4.752:
Narrated Abu 'Is−haq: Al−Bara' was asked, "Was the face of the
Prophet (as bright) as a sword?" He said, "No, but (as bright)
as a moon."
4.753:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: Once Allah's Apostle went to Al−Batha'
at noon, performed the ablution and offered' a two rak`at Zuhr
prayer and a two−rak`at `Asr prayer while a spearheaded stick
was planted before him and the passersby were passing in front
of it. (After the prayer), the people got up and held the
hands of the Prophet and passed them on their faces. I also
took his hand and kept it on my face and noticed that it was
colder than ice, and its smell was nicer than musk.
4.754:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet was the most generous of all
the people, and he used to become more generous in Ramadan
when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night
during Ramadan to revise the Qur'an with him. Allah's Apostle
then used to be more generous than the fast wind.
4.755:
Narrated `Aisha:
That Allah's Apostle came to her in a happy mood with his
features glittering with joy, and said, "Have you not heard
what the Qaif has said about Zaid and Us−ama? He saw their
feet and remarked. These belong to each other." (i.e. They are
father and son.)
4.756:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b: I heard Ka`b bin Malik talking
after his failure to join (the Ghazwa of) Tabuk. He said,
"When I greeted Allah's Apostle whose face was glittering with
happiness, for whenever Allah's Apostle was happy, his face
used to glitter, as if it was a piece of the moon, and we used
to recognize it (i.e. his happiness) from his face."
4.757:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "I have been sent
(as an Apostle) in the best of all the generations of Adam's
offspring since their Creation."
4.758:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle used to let his hair hang
down while the infidels used to part their hair. The people of
the Scriptures were used to letting their hair hang down and
Allah's Apostle liked to follow the people of the Scriptures
in the matters about which he was not instructed otherwise.
Then Allah's Apostle parted his hair.
4.759:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet never used bad
language neither a "Fahish nor a Mutafahish. He used to say
"The best amongst you are those who have the best manners and
character." (See Hadith No. 56 (B) Vol. 8)
4.760:
Narrated `Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle was given the choice of one of two
matters, he would choose the easier of the two, as long as it
was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful to do so, he
would not approach it. Allah's Apostle never took revenge
(over anybody) for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's
Legal Bindings were outraged in which case he would take
revenge for Allah's Sake.
4.761:
Narrated Anas:
I have never touched silk or Dibaj (i.e. thick silk) softer
than the palm of the Prophet nor have I smelt a perfume nicer
than the sweat of the Prophet.
4.762:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet was shier than a
veined virgin girl.
4.763:
Narrated Shuba:
A similar Hadith (i e. No. 762) with this addition: And if he
(i.e. the Prophet) disliked something, the sign of aversion
would appear on his face.
4.764:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet never criticized any food
(presented him), but he would eat it if he liked it;
otherwise, he would leave it (without expressing his dislike).
4.765:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Malik bin Buhaina Al−Asdi: When the
Prophet prostrated, he used to keep his arms so widely apart
that we used to see his armpits. (The sub−narrator, Ibn Bukair
said, "The whiteness of his armpits.")
4.766:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle did not use to raise his hands in his
invocations except in the Istisqa (i.e. invoking Allah for the
rain) in which he used to raise his hands so high that one
could see the whiteness of his armpits. (Note: It may be that
Anas did not see the prophet (as) raising his hands but it has
been narrated that the Prophet (as) used to raise his hands
for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No. 612 Vol. 5.
and Hadith No. 807 & 808 Vol
2.)
4.767:
Narrated Abu Juhaifa: By chance I went to the Prophet at noon
while he was at Al−Abtah (resting) in a tent. Bilal came out
(of the tent) and pronounced the Adhan for the prayer, and
entering again, he brought out the water which was left after
Allah's Apostle had performed the ablution. The people rushed
to take some of the water. Bilal again went in and brought out
a spear−headed stick, and then Allah's Apostle came out. As if
I were now looking at the whiteness of his leg. Bilal fixed
the stick and the Prophet offered a two−rak`at Zuhr prayer and
a two−rak`at `Asr prayer, while women and donkeys were passing
in front of the Prophet (beyond the stick) .
4.768:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to talk so clearly that if somebody wanted to
count the number of his words, he could do so. Narrated `Urwa
bin Az−Zubair: `Aisha said (to me), "Don't you wonder at Abu
so−and−so who came and sat by my dwelling and started relating
the traditions of Allah's Apostle intending to let me hear
that, while I was performing an optional prayer. He left
before I finished my optional prayer. Had I found him still
there. I would have said to him, 'Allah's Apostle never talked
so quickly and vaguely as you do.' "
4.769:
Narrated Abu Salama bin `Abdur−Rahman: That he asked `Aisha
"How was the prayer of Allah's Apostle in the month of
Ramadan?" She replied, "He used not to pray more than eleven
rak`at whether in Ramadan or in any other month. He used to
offer four rak`at, let alone their beauty and length, and then
four rak`at, let alone their beauty and length. Afterwards he
would offer three rak`at. I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Do you
go to bed before offering the witr prayer?' He said, 'My eyes
sleep, but my heart does not sleep."'
4.770:
Narrated Sharik bin `Abdullah bin Abi Namr: I heard Anas bin
Malik telling us about the night when the Prophet was made to
travel from the Ka`ba Mosque. Three persons (i.e. angels) came
to the Prophet before he was divinely inspired was an
Aspostle), while he was sleeping in Al Masjid−ul−Haram. The
first (of the three angels) said, "Which of them is he?" The
second said, "He is the best of them." That was all that
happened then, and he did not see them till they came at
another night and he perceived their presence with his heart,
for the eyes of the Prophet were closed when he was asleep,
but his heart was not asleep (not unconscious). This is
characteristic of all the prophets: Their eyes sleep but their
hearts do not sleep. Then Gabriel took charge of the Prophet
and ascended along with him to the Heaven.
4.771:
Narrated `Imran bin Husain: That they were with the Prophet on
a journey. They travelled the whole night, and when dawn
approached, they took a rest and sleep overwhelmed them till
the sun rose high in the sky. The first to get up was Abu
Bakr. Allah's Apostles used not to be awakened from his sleep,
but he would wake up by himself. `Umar woke up and then Abu
Bakr sat by the side of the Prophet's head and started saying:
Allahu−Akbar raising his voice till the Prophet woke up, (and
after traveling for a while) he dismounted and led us in the
morning prayer. A man amongst the people failed to join us in
the prayer. When the Prophet had finished the prayer, he asked
(the man), "O so−and−so! What prevented you from offering the
prayer with us?" He replied, "I am Junub," Alllah's Apostle
ordered him to perform Tayammam with clean earth. The man then
offered the prayer. Allah's Apostle ordered me and a few
others to go ahead of him. We had become very thirsty. While
we were on our way (looking for water), we came across a lady
(riding an animal), hanging her legs between two water−skins.
We asked her, "Where can we get water?" She replied, "Oh !
There is no water." We asked, "how far is your house from the
water?" She replied, "A distance of a day and a night travel."
We said, "Come on to Allah's Apostle, "She asked, "What is
Allah's Apostle ?" So we brought her to Allah's Apostle
against her will, and she told him what she had told us before
and added that she was the mother of orphans. So the Prophet
ordered that her two water−skins be brought and he rubbed the
mouths of the water−skins. As we were thirsty, we drank till
we quenched our thirst and we were forty men. We also filled
all our waterskins and other utensils with water, but we did
not water the camels. The waterskin was so full that it was
almost about to burst. The Prophet then said, "Bring what
(foodstuff) you have." So some dates and pieces of bread were
collected for the lady, and when she went to her people, she
said, "I have met either the greatest magician or a prophet as
the people claim." So Allah guided the people of that village
through that lady. She embraced Islam and they all embraced
Islam.
4.772:
Narrated Anas:
A bowl of water was brought to the Prophet while he was at
Az−Zawra. He placed his hand in it and the water started
flowing among his fingers. All the people performed ablution
(with that water). Qatada asked Anas, "How many people were
you?" Anas replied, "Three hundred or nearly three−hundred."
4.773:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: I saw Allah's Apostle at the 'time
when the `Asr prayer was due. Then the people were searching
for water for ablution but they could not find any. Then some
water was brought to Allah's Apostle and he placed his hand in
the pot and ordered the people to perform the ablution with
the water. I saw water flowing from underneath his fingers and
the people started performing the ablution till all of them
did it.
4.774:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet went out on one of his
journeys with some of his companions. They went on walking
till the time of the prayer became due. They could not find
water to perform the ablution. One of them went away and
brought a little amount of water in a pot. The Prophet took it
and performed the ablution, and then stretched his four
fingers on to the pot and said (to the people), "Get up to
perform the ablution." They started performing the ablution
till all of them did it, and they were seventy or so persons.
4.775:
Narrated Humaid:
Anas bin Malik said, "Once the time of the prayer became due
and the people whose houses were close to the Mosque went to
their houses to perform ablution, while the others remained
(sitting there). A stone pot containing water was brought to
the Prophet, who wanted to put his hand in it, but It was too
small for him to spread his hand in it, and so he had to bring
his fingers together before putting his hand in the pot. Then
all the people performed the ablution (with that water)." I
asked Anas, "How many persons were they." He replied, "There
were eighty men."
4.776:
Narrated Salim bin Abi Aj−Jad: Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "The
people became very thirsty on the day of Al−Hudaibiya
(Treaty). A small pot containing some water was in front of
the Prophet and when he had finished the ablution, the people
rushed towards him. He asked, 'What is wrong with you?' They
replied, 'We have no water either for performing ablution or
for drinking except what is present in front of you.' So he
placed his hand in that pot and the water started flowing
among his fingers like springs. We all drank and performed
ablution (from it)." I asked Jabir, "How many were you?" he
replied, "Even if we had been one−hundred−thousand, it would
have been sufficient for us, but we were fifteen−hundred."
4.777:
Narrated Al−Bara:
We were one−thousand−and−four−hundred persons on the day of
Al−Hudaibiya (Treaty), and (at) Al−Hudaibiya (there) was a
well. We drew out its water not leaving even a single drop.
The Prophet sat at the edge of the well and asked for some
water with which he rinsed his mouth and then he threw it out
into the well. We stayed for a short while and then drew water
from the well and quenched our thirst, and even our riding
animals drank water to their satisfaction.
4.778:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Abu Talha said to Um Sulaim, "I have
noticed feebleness in the voice of Allah's Apostle which I
think, is caused by hunger. Have you got any food?" She said,
"Yes." She brought out some loaves of barley and took out a
veil belonging to her, and wrapped the bread in part of it and
put it under my arm and wrapped part of the veil round me and
sent me to Allah's Apostle. I went carrying it and found
Allah's Apostle in the Mosque sitting with some people. When I
stood there, Allah's Apostle asked, "Has Abu Talha sent you?"
I said, "Yes". He asked, "With some food? I said, "Yes"
Allah's Apostle then said to the men around him, "Get up!" He
set out (accompanied by them) and I went ahead of them till I
reached Abu Talha and told him (of the Prophet's visit). Abu
Talha said, "O Um Sulaim! Allah's Apostle is coming with the
people and we have no food to feed them." She said, "Allah and
His Apostle know better." So Abu Talha went out to receive
Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle came along with Abu Talha.
Allah's Apostle said, "O Um Sulaim! Bring whatever you have."
She brought the bread which Allah's Apostle ordered to be
broken into pieces. Um Sulaim poured on them some butter from
an oilskin. Then Allah's Apostle recited what Allah wished him
to recite, and then said, "Let ten persons come (to share the
meal)." Ten persons were admitted, ate their fill and went
out. Then he again said, "Let another ten do the same." They
were admitted, ate their fill and went out. Then he again
said, '"'Let another ten persons (do the same.)" They were
admitted, ate their fill and went out. Then he said, "Let
another ten persons come." In short, all of them ate their
fill, and they were seventy or eighty men.
4.779:
Narrated `Abdullah: We used to consider miracles as Allah's
Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning. Once
we were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and we ran short of
water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The
people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed
his hand in it and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the
Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from among
the fingers of Allah's Apostle , and no doubt, we heard the
meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him).
4.780:
Narrated Jabir:
My father had died in debt. So I came to the Prophet and said,
"My father (died) leaving unpaid debts, and I have nothing
except the yield of his date palms; and their yield for many
years will not cover his debts. So please come with me, so
that the creditors may not misbehave with me." The Prophet
went round one of the heaps of dates and invoked (Allah), and
then did the same with another heap and sat on it and said,
"Measure (for them)." He paid them their rights and what
remained was as much as had been paid to them.
4.781:
Narrated `Abdur−Rahman bin Abi Bakr: The companions of Suffa
were poor people. The Prophet once said, "Whoever has food
enough for two persons, should take a third one (from among
them), and whoever has food enough for four persons, should
take a fifth or a sixth (or said something similar)." Abu Bakr
brought three persons while the Prophet took ten. And Abu Bakr
with his three family member (who were I, my father and my
mother) (the sub−narrator is in doubt whether `Abdur−Rahman
said, "My wife and my servant who was common for both my house
and Abu Bakr's house.") Abu Bakr took his supper with the
Prophet and stayed there till he offered the `Isha' prayers.
He returned and stayed till Allah's Apostle took his supper.
After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his
house. His wife said to him, "What has detained you from your
guests?" He said, "Have you served supper to them?" She said,
"They refused to take supper until you come. They (i.e. some
members of the household) presented the meal to them but they
refused (to eat)" I went to hide myself and he said, "O
Ghunthar!" He invoked Allah to cause my ears to be cut and he
rebuked me. He then said (to them): Please eat!" and added, I
will never eat the meal." By Allah, whenever we took a handful
of the meal, the meal grew from underneath more than that
handful till everybody ate to his satisfaction; yet the
remaining food was more than the original meal. Abu Bakr saw
that the food was as much or more than the original amount. He
called his wife, "O sister of Bani Firas!" She said, "O
pleasure of my eyes. The food has been tripled in quantity."
Abu Bakr then started eating thereof and said, "It (i.e. my
oath not to eat) was because of Sa all." He took a handful
from it, and carried the rest to the Prophet. So that food was
with the Prophet . There was a treaty between us and some
people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed, he
divided US into twelve groups, each being headed by a man.
Allah knows how many men were under the command of each
leader. Anyhow, the Prophet surely sent a leader with each
group. Then all of them ate of that meal.
4.782:
Narrated Anas:
Once during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, the people of
Medina suffered from drought. So while the Prophet was
delivering a sermon on a Friday a man got up saying, "O
Allah's Apostle! The horses and sheep have perished. Will you
invoke Allah to bless us with rain?" The Prophet lifted both
his hands and invoked. The sky at that time was as clear as
glass. Suddenly a wind blew, raising clouds that gathered
together, and it started raining heavily. We came out (of the
Mosque) wading through the flowing water till we reached our
homes. It went on raining till the next Friday, when the same
man or some other man stood up and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
The houses have collapsed; please invoke Allah to withhold the
rain." On that the Prophet smiled and said, "O Allah, (let it
rain) around us and not on us." I then looked at the clouds to
see them separating forming a sort of a crown round Medina.
4.783:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet used to deliver his sermons
while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had the
pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and
the Prophet went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to stop its
crying).
4.784:
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: The Prophet used to stand by a
tree or a date−palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man
said. "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we make a pulpit for you?" He
replied, "If you wish." So they made a pulpit for him and when
it was Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit (for delivering
the sermon). The date−palm cried like a child! The Prophet
descended (the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued
moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet said, "It
was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of religious
knowledge given near to it."
4.785:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: That he heard Jabir bin `Abdullah
saying, "The roof of the Mosque was built over trunks of
date−palms working as pillars. When the Prophet delivered a
sermon, he used to stand by one of those trunks till the
pulpit was made for him, and he used it instead. Then we heard
the trunk sending a sound like of a pregnant she−camel till
the Prophet came to it, and put his hand over it, then it
became quiet."
4.786:
Narrated Hudhaifa: Once `Umar bin Al−Khattab said, said, "Who
amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Apostle
regarding the afflictions?" Hudhaifa replied, "I remember what
he said exactly." `Umar said. "Tell (us), you are really a
daring man!'' Hudhaifa said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'A man's
afflictions (i.e. wrong deeds) concerning his relation to his
family, his property and his neighbors are expiated by his
prayers, giving in charity and enjoining what is good and
forbidding what is evil.' " `Umar said, "I don't mean these
afflictions but the afflictions that will be heaving up and
down like waves of the sea." Hudhaifa replied, "O chief of the
believers! You need not fear those (afflictions) as there is a
closed door between you and them." `Umar asked, "Will that
door be opened or broken?" Hudhaifa replied, "No, it will be
broken." `Umar said, "Then it is very likely that the door
will not be closed again." Later on the people asked Hudhaifa,
"Did `Umar know what that door meant?" He said. "Yes, `Umar
knew it as everyone knows that there will be night before the
tomorrow morning. I narrated to `Umar an authentic narration,
not lies." We dared not ask Hudhaifa; therefore we requested
Masruq who asked him, "What does the door stand for?" He said,
"`Umar."
4.787:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Hour will not be
established till you fight a nation wearing hairy shoes, and
till you fight the Turks, who will have small eyes, red faces
and flat noses; and their faces will be like flat shields. And
you will find that the best people are those who hate
responsibility of ruling most of all till they are chosen to
be the rulers. And the people are of different natures: The
best in the pre−lslamic period are the best in Islam. A time
will come when any of you will love to see me rather than to
have his family and property doubled."
4.788:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Hour will not be
established till you fight with the Khudh and the Kirman from
among the non−Arabs. They will be of red faces, flat noses and
small eyes; their faces will look like flat shields, and their
shoes will be of hair."
4.789:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I enjoyed the company of Allah's Apostle
for three years, and during the other years of my life, never
was I so anxious to understand the (Prophet's) traditions as I
was during those three years. I heard him saying, beckoning
with his hand in this way, "Before the Hour you will fight
with people who will have hairy shoes and live in Al−Bariz."
(Sufyan, the sub−narrator once said, "And they are the people
of Al−Bazir.")
4.790:
Narrated `Umar bin Taghlib: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"Near the Hour you will fight with people who will wear hairy
shoes; and you will also fight people with flat faces like
shields."
4.791:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victory
over them so that a stone will say, 'O Muslim! There is a Jew
behind me; kill him!' "
4.792:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: The Prophet said, "A time will
come when the people will wage holy war, and it will be asked,
'Is there any amongst you who has enjoyed the company of
Allah's Apostle?' They will say: 'Yes.' And then victory will
be bestowed upon them. They will wage holy war again, and it
will be asked: 'Is there any among you who has enjoyed the
company of the companions of Allah's Apostle ?' They will say:
'Yes.' And then victory will be bestowed on them."
4.793:
Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: While I was in the city of the
Prophet, a man came and complained to him (the Prophet, ) of
destitution and poverty. Then another man came and complained
of robbery (by highwaymen). The Prophet said, "Adi! Have you
been to Al−Hira?" I said, "I haven't been to it, but I was
informed about it." He said, "If you should live for a long
time, you will certainly see that a lady in a Howdah traveling
from Al−Hira will (safely reach Mecca and) perform the Tawaf
of the Ka`ba, fearing none but Allah." I said to myself, "What
will happen to the robbers of the tribe of Tai who have spread
evil through out the country?" The Prophet further said. "If
you should live long, the treasures of Khosrau will be opened
(and taken as spoils)." I asked, "You mean Khosrau, son of
Hurmuz?" He said, "Khosrau, son of Hurmuz; and if you should
live long, you will see that one will carry a handful of gold
or silver and go out looking for a person to accept it from
him, but will find none to accept it from him. And any of you,
when meeting Allah, will meet Him without needing an
interpreter between him and Allah to interpret for him, and
Allah will say to him: 'Didn't I send a messenger to teach
you?' He will say: 'Yes.' Allah will say: 'Didn't I give you
wealth and do you favors?' He will say: 'Yes.' Then he will
look to his right and see nothing but Hell, and look to his
left and see nothing but Hell." `Adi further said: I heard the
Prophet saying, "Save yourself from the (Hell) Fire even with
half a date (to be given in charity) and if you do not find a
half date, then with a good pleasant word." `Adi added: (later
on) I saw a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al−Hira till she
performed the Tawaf of the Ka`ba, fearing none but Allah. And
I was one of those who opened (conquered) the treasures of
Khosrau, son of Hurmuz. If you should live long, you will see
what the Prophet Abu−l−Qasim had said: 'A person will come out
with a handful. of gold...etc.
4.794:
Narrated `Adi:
as above (i.e. Hadith No. 793).
4.795:
Narrated `Uqba bin `Amr: The Prophet once came out and offered
the funeral prayer for the martyrs of Uhud, and proceeded to
the pulpit and said, "I shall be your predecessor and a
witness on you, and I am really looking at my sacred Fount
now, and no doubt, I have been given the keys of the treasures
of the world. By Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship
others along with Allah, but I am afraid that you will envy
and fight one another for worldly fortunes."
4.796:
Narrated Usama:
Once the Prophet stood on one of the high buildings (of
Medina) and said, "Do you see what I see? I see affliction
pouring among your hours like raindrops."
4.797:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh: That the Prophet came to her in a
state of fear saying, "None has the right to be worshiped but
Allah! Woe to the Arabs because of evil that has come near.
Today a hole has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog as
large as this." pointing with two of his fingers making a
circle. Zainab said, "I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Shall we be
destroyed though amongst us there are pious people? ' He said,
'Yes, if evil increases." Narrated Um Salama: The Prophet woke
up and said, "Glorified be Allah: What great (how many)
treasures have been sent down, and what great (how many )
afflictions have been sent down!"
4.798:
Narrated Sasaa:
Abu Sa`id Al−Khudr said to me, "I notice that you like sheep
and you keep them; so take care of them and their food, for I
have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'A time will come upon the
people when the best of a Muslim's property will be sheep,
which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the places
of rain−falls to run away with his religion in order to save
it from afflictions.' "
4.799:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "There will be
afflictions (and at the time) the sitting person will be
better than the standing one, and the standing one will be
better than the walking, and the walking will be better than
the running. And whoever will look towards those afflictions,
they will overtake him, and whoever will find a refuge or a
shelter, should take refuge in it." The same narration is
reported by Abu Bakr, with the addition, "(The Prophet said),
'Among the prayers there is a prayer the missing of which will
be to one like losing one's family and property."
4.800:
Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "Soon others will be
preferred to you, and there will be things which you will not
like." The companions of the Prophet asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! What do you order us to do (in this case)? " He said,
"(I order you) to give the rights that are on you and to ask
your rights from Allah."
4.801:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "This branch from
Quraish will ruin the people." The companions of the Prophet
asked, "What do you order us to do (then)?" He said, "I would
suggest that the people keep away from them.''
4.802:
Narrated Sa`id Al−Umawi: I was with Marwan and Abu Huraira and
heard Abu Huraira saying, "I heard the trustworthy, truly
inspired one (i.e. the Prophet ) saying, 'The destruction of
my followers will be brought about by the hands of some
youngsters from Quraish." Marwan asked, "Youngsters?" Abu
Huraira said, "If you wish, I would name them: They are the
children of so−and−so and the children of so−and−so."
4.803:
Narrated Hudhaifa bin Al−Yaman: The people used to ask Allah's
Apostle about good, but I used to ask him about evil for fear
that it might overtake me. Once I said, "O Allah's Apostle! We
were in ignorance and in evil and Allah has bestowed upon us
the present good; will there by any evil after this good?" He
said, "Yes." I asked, "Will there be good after that evil?" He
said, "Yes, but it would be tained with Dakhan (i.e. Little
evil)." I asked, "What will its Dakhan be?" He said, "There
will be some people who will lead (people) according to
principles other than my tradition. You will see their actions
and disapprove of them." I said, "Will there by any evil after
that good?" He said, "Yes, there will be some people who will
invite others to the doors of Hell, and whoever accepts their
invitation to it will be thrown in it (by them)." I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Describe those people to us." He said, "They
will belong to us and speak our language" I asked, "What do
you order me to do if such a thing should take place in my
life?" He said, "Adhere to the group of Muslims and their
Chief." I asked, "If there is neither a group (of Muslims) nor
a chief (what shall I do)?" He said, "Keep away from all those
different sects, even if you had to bite (i.e. eat) the root
of a tree, till you meet Allah while you are still in that
state."
4.804:
Narrated Hudhaifa: My companions learned (something about)
good (through asking the Prophet while I learned (something
about) evil.
4.805:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "The Day of
(Judgment) will not be established till there is a war between
two groups whose claims (or religion) will be the same."
4.806:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "The Hour will not be
established till there is a war between two groups among whom
there will be a great number of casualties, though the claims
(or religion) of both of them will be one and the same. And
the Hour will not be established till there appear about
thirty liars, all of whom will be claiming to be the
messengers of Allah. "
4.807:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: While we were with Allah's
Apostle who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came
Dhu−l−Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Do Justice." The Prophet said, "Woe to
you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate
loser if I did not do justice." `Umar said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet said,
"Leave him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a
way that you will consider your fasting negligible in
comparison to theirs. They recite Qur'an but it does not go
beyond their throats (i.e. they do not act on it) and they
will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim's body, so
that the hunter, on looking at the arrow's blade, would see
nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see nothing: he
would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at
its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see nothing (neither meat nor blood),
for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and
excretions to smear. The sign by which they will be recognized
is that among them there will be a black man, one of whose
arms will resemble a woman's breast or a lump of meat moving
loosely. Those people will appear when there will be
differences amongst the people." I testify that I heard this
narration from Allah's Apostle and I testify that `Ali bin Abi
Talib fought with such people, and I was in his company. He
ordered that the man (described by the Prophet ) should be
looked for. The man was brought and I looked at him and
noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet had described
him.
4.808:
Narrated `Ali:
I relate the traditions of Allah's Apostle to you for I would
rather fall from the sky than attribute something to him
falsely. But when I tell you a thing which is between you and
me, then no doubt, war is guile. I heard Allah's Apostle
saying, "In the last days of this world there will appear some
young foolish people who will use (in their claim) the best
speech of all people (i.e. the Qur'an) and they will abandon
Islam as an arrow going through the game. Their belief will
not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have practically
no belief), so wherever you meet them, kill them, for he who
kills them shall get a reward on the Day of Resurrection."
4.809:
Narrated Khabbab bin Al−Arat: We complained to Allah's Apostle
(of the persecution inflicted on us by the infidels) while he
was sitting in the shade of the Ka`ba, leaning over his Burd
(i.e. covering sheet). We said to him, "Would you seek help
for us? Would you pray to Allah for us?" He said, "Among the
nations before you a (believing) man would be put in a ditch
that was dug for him, and a saw would be put over his head and
he would be cut into two pieces; yet that (torture) would not
make him give up his religion. His body would be combed with
iron combs that would remove his flesh from the bones and
nerves, yet that would not make him abandon his religion. By
Allah, this religion (i.e. Islam) will prevail till a traveler
from Sana (in Yemen) to Hadrarmaut will fear none but Allah,
or a wolf as regards his sheep, but you (people) are hasty.
4.810:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet noticed the absence of
Thabit bin Qais. A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! I shall bring
you his news." So he went to him and saw him sitting in his
house drooping his head (sadly). He asked Thabit, "What's the
matter?" Thabit replied, "An evil situation: A man used to
raise his voice over the voice of the Prophet and so all his
good deeds have been annulled and he is from the people of
Hell." The man went back and told the Prophet that Thabit had
said so−and−so. (The sub−narrator, Musa bin Anas said, "The
man went to Thabit again with glad tidings)." The Prophet said
to him, "Go and say to Thabit: 'You are not from the people of
Fire, but from the people of Paradise."
4.811:
Narrated Al−Bara' bin `Azib: A man recited Surat−al−Kahf (in
his prayer) and in the house there was a (riding) animal which
got frightened and started jumping. The man finished his
prayer with Taslim, but behold! A mist or a cloud hovered over
him. He informed the Prophet of that and the Prophet said, "O
so−and−so! Recite, for this (mist or cloud) was a sign of
peace descending for the recitation of Qur'an."
4.812:
Narrated Al−Bara' bin `Azib: Abu Bakr came to my father who
was at home and purchased a saddle from him. He said to `Azib.
"Tell your son to carry it with me." So I carried it with him
and my father followed us so as to take the price (of the
saddle). My father said, "O Abu Bakr! Tell me what happened to
you on your night journey with Allah's Apostle (during
Migration)." He said, "Yes, we travelled the whole night and
also the next day till midday. when nobody could be seen on
the way ( because of the severe heat) . Then there appeared a
long rock having shade beneath it, and the sunshine had not
come to it yet. So we dismounted there and I levelled a place
and covered it with an animal hide or dry grass for the
Prophet to sleep on (for a while). I then said, 'Sleep, O
Allah's Apostle, and I will guard you.' So he slept and I went
out to guard him. Suddenly I saw a shepherd coming with his
sheep to that rock with the same intention we had when we came
to it. I asked (him). 'To whom do you belong, O boy?' He
replied, 'I belong to a man from Medina or Mecca.' I said, 'Do
your sheep have milk?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'Will you milk
for us?' He said, 'Yes.' He caught hold of a sheep and I asked
him to clean its teat from dust, hairs and dirt. (The
sub−narrator said that he saw Al−Bara' striking one of his
hands with the other, demonstrating how the shepherd removed
the dust.) The shepherd milked a little milk in a wooden
container and I had a leather container which I carried for
the Prophet to drink and perform the ablution from. I went to
the Prophet, hating to wake him up, but when I reached there,
the Prophet had already awakened; so I poured water over the
middle part of the milk container, till the milk was cold.
Then I said, 'Drink, O Allah's Apostle!' He drank till I was
pleased. Then he asked, 'Has the time for our departure come?'
I said, 'Yes.' So we departed after midday. Suraqa bin Malik
followed us and I said, 'We have been discovered, O Allah's
Apostle!' He said, Don't grieve for Allah is with us.' The
Prophet invoked evil on him (i.e. Suraqa) and so the legs of
his horse sank into the earth up to its belly. (The
subnarrator, Zuhair is not sure whether Abu Bakr said, "(It
sank) into solid earth.") Suraqa said, 'I see that you have
invoked evil on me. Please invoke good on me, and by Allah, I
will cause those who are seeking after you to return.' The
Prophet invoked good on him and he was saved. Then, whenever
he met somebody on the way, he would say, 'I have looked for
him here in vain.' So he caused whomever he met to return.
Thus Suraqa fulfilled his promise."
4.813:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet paid a visit to a sick
bedouin. The Prophet when visiting a patient used to say, "No
harm will befall you! May Allah cure you! May Allah cure you!"
So the Prophet said to the bedouin. "No harm will befall you.
May Allah cure you!" The bedouin said, "You say, may Allah
cure me? No, for it is a fever which boils in (the body of) an
old man, and will lead him to the grave." The Prophet said,
"Yes, then may it be as you say."
4.814:
Narrated Anas:
There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read
Surat−al−Baqara and Al−`Imran, and he used to write (the
revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to
Christianity again and he used to say: "Muhammad knows nothing
but what I have written for him." Then Allah caused him to
die, and the people buried him, but in the morning they saw
that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is
the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of
our companion and took his body out of it because he had run
away from them." They again dug the grave deeply for him, but
in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his
body out. They said, "This is an act of Muhammad and his
companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his
body outside it, for he had run away from them." They dug the
grave for him as deep as they could, but in the morning they
again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they
believed that what had befallen him was not done by human
beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).
4.815:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "When Khosrau
perishes, there will be no (more) Khosrau after him, and when
Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him. By
Him in Whose Hands Muhammad's life is, you will spend the
treasures of both of them in Allah's Cause."
4.816:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura: The Prophet said, "When Khosrau
perishes, there will be no more Khosrau a after him, and when
Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him," The
Prophet also said, "You will spend the treasures of both of
them in Allah's Cause."
4.817:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Musailama−al−Kadhdhab (i.e. the liar)
came in the life−time of Allah's Apostle with many of his
people (to Medina) and said, "If Muhammad makes me his
successor, I will follow him." Allah's Apostle went up to him
with Thabit bin Qais bin Shams; and Allah's Apostle was
carrying a piece of a date−palm leaf in his hand. He stood
before Musailama (and his companions) and said, "If you asked
me even this piece (of a leaf), I would not give it to you.
You cannot avoid the fate you are destined to, by Allah. If
you reject Islam, Allah will destroy you. I think that you are
most probably the same person whom I have seen in the dream."
Abu Huraira told me that Allah's Apostle; said, "While I was
sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two gold bracelets round my arm,
and that worried me too much. Then I was instructed divinely
in my dream, to blow them off and so I blew them off, and they
flew away. I interpreted the two bracelets as symbols of two
liars who would appear after me. And so one of them was
Al−Ansi and the other was Musailama Al−Kadhdhab from
Al−Yamama."
4.818:
Narrated Abu Musa: The Prophet said, "In a dream I saw myself
migrating from Mecca to a place having plenty of date trees. I
thought that it was Al−Yamama or Hajar, but it came to be
Medina i.e. Yathrib. In the same dream I saw myself moving a
sword and its blade got broken. It came to symbolize the
defeat which the Muslims suffered from, on the Day of Uhud. I
moved the sword again, and it became normal as before, and
that was the symbol of the victory Allah bestowed upon Muslims
and their gathering together. I saw cows in my dream, and by
Allah, that was a blessing, and they symbolized the believers
on the Day of Uhud. And the blessing was the good Allah
bestowed upon us and the reward of true belief which Allah
gave us after the day of Badr.
4.819:
Narrated `Aisha:
Once Fatima came walking and her gait resembled the gait of
the Prophet . The Prophet said, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then
he made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he
told her a secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why
are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and she started
laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as
I saw today." I asked her what the Prophet had told her. She
said, "I would never disclose the secret of Allah's Apostle ."
When the Prophet died, I asked her about it. She replied. "The
Prophet said.) 'Every year Gabriel used to revise the Qur'an
with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think
this portends my death, and you will be the first of my family
to follow me.' So I started weeping. Then he said. 'Don't you
like to be the mistress of all the ladies of Paradise or the
mistress of all the lady believers? So I laughed for that."
4.820:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet in his fatal illness, called his daughter Fatima
and told her a secret because of which she started weeping.
Then he called her and told her another secret, and she
started laughing. When I asked her about that, she replied,
The Prophet told me that he would die in his fatal illness,
and so I wept, but then he secretly told me that from amongst
his family, I would be the first to join him, and so I
laughed."
4.821:
Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: About Ibn `Abbas: `Umar bin
Al−Khattab used to treat Ibn `Abbas very favorably `Abdur
Rahman bin `Auf said to him. "We also have sons that are equal
to him (but you are partial to him.)" `Umar said, "It is
because of his knowledge." Then `Umar asked Ibn `Abbas about
the interpretation of the Verse:− 'When come the Help of Allah
and the conquest (of Mecca) (110.1) Ibn `Abbas said. "It
portended the death of Allah's Apostle, which Allah had
informed him of." `Umar said, "I do not know from this Verse
but what you know."
4.822:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle in his fatal illness came
out, wrapped with a sheet, and his head was wrapped with an
oiled bandage. He sat on the pulpit, and praising and
glorifying Allah, he said, "Now then, people will increase but
the Ansar will decrease in number, so much so that they,
compared with the people, will be just like the salt in the!
meals. So, if any of you should take over the authority by
which he can either benefit some people or harm some others,
he should accept the goodness of their good people (i.e.
Ansar) and excuse the faults of their wrong−doers." That was
the last gathering which the Prophet attended.
4.823:
Narrated Abu Bakra: Once the Prophet brought out Al−Hasan and
took him up the pulpit along with him and said, "This son of
mine is a Saiyid (i.e. chief) and I hope that Allah will help
him bring about reconciliation between two Muslim groups."
4.824:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet had informed us of the
death of Ja`far and Zaid before the news of their death
reached us, and his eyes were shedding tears.
4.825:
Narrated Jabir:
(Once) the Prophet said, "Have you got carpets?" I replied,
"Whence can we get carpets?" He said, "But you shall soon have
carpets." I used to say to my wife, "Remove your carpets from
my sight," but she would say, "Didn't the Prophet tell you
that you would soon have carpets?" So I would give up my
request.
4.826:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Mas`ud: Sa`d bin Mu`adh came to Mecca
with the intention of performing `Umra, and stayed at the
house of Umaiya bin Khalaf Abi Safwan, for Umaiya himself used
to stay at Sa`d's house when he passed by Medina on his way to
Sham. Umaiya said to Sa`d, "Will you wait till midday when the
people are (at their homes), then you may go and perform the
Tawaf round the Ka`ba?" So, while Sa`d was going around the
Ka`ba, Abu Jahl came and asked, "Who is that who is performing
Tawaf?" Sa`d replied, "I am Sa`d." Abu Jahl said, "Are you
circumambulating the Ka`ba safely although you have given
refuge to Muhammad and his companions?" Sa`d said, "Yes," and
they started quarreling. Umaiya said to Sa`d, "Don't shout at
Abi−l−Hakam (i.e. Abu Jahl), for he is chief of the valley (of
Mecca)." Sa`d then said (to Abu Jahl). 'By Allah, if you
prevent me from performing the Tawaf of the Ka`ba, I will
spoil your trade with Sham." Umaiya kept on saying to Sa`d,
"Don't raise your voice." and kept on taking hold of him. Sa`d
became furious and said, (to Umaiya), "Be away from me, for I
have heard Muhammad saying that he will kill you." Umaiiya
said, "Will he kill me?" Sa`d said, "Yes,." Umaiya said, "By
Allah! When Muhammad says a thing, he never tells a lie."
Umaiya went to his wife and said to her, "Do you know what my
brother from Yathrib (i.e. Medina) has said to me?" She said,
"What has he said?" He said, "He claims that he has heard
Muhammad claiming that he will kill me." She said, By Allah!
Muhammad never tells a lie." So when the infidels started to
proceed for Badr (Battle) and declared war (against the
Muslims), his wife said to him, "Don't you remember what your
brother from Yathrib told you?" Umaiya decided not to go but
Abu Jahl said to him, "You are from the nobles of the valley
of Mecca), so you should accompany us for a day or two." He
went with them and thus Allah got him killed.
4.827:
Narrated Abu `Uthman: I got the news that Gabriel came to the
Prophet while Um Salama was present. Gabriel started talking
(to the Prophet and then left. The Prophet said to Um Salama,
"(Do you know) who it was?" (or a similar question). She said,
"It was Dihya (a handsome person amongst the companions of the
Prophet )." Later on Um Salama said, "By Allah! I thought he
was none but Dihya, till I heard the Prophet talking about
Gabriel in his sermon." (The Sub−narrator asked Abu `Uthman,
"From where have you heard this narration?" He replied, "From
Usama bin Zaid.")
4.828:
Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Apostle said, "I saw (in a dream)
the people assembled in a gathering, and then Abu Bakr got up
and drew one or two buckets of water (from a well) but there
was weakness in his drawing. May Allah forgive him. Then `Umar
took the bucket and in his hands it turned into a very large
bucket. I had never seen anyone amongst: the people who could
draw the water as strongly as `Umar till all the people drank
their fill and watered their camels that knelt down there.
4.829:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: The Jews came to Allah's Apostle
and told him that a man and a woman from amongst them had
committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Apostle said to
them, "What do you find in the Torah (old Testament) about the
legal punishment of Ar−Rajm (stoning)?" They replied, (But) we
announce their crime and lash them." `Abdullah bin Salam said,
"You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order of Rajm."
They brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his
hand on the Verse of Rajm and read the verses preceding and
following it. `Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift your
hand." When he lifted his hand, the Verse of Rajm was written
there. They said, "Muhammad has told the truth; the Torah has
the Verse of Rajm. The Prophet then gave the order that both
of them should be stoned to death. (`Abdullah bin `Umar said,
"I saw the man leaning over the woman to shelter her from the
stones."
4.830:
Narrated `Abdullah bin Masud: During the lifetime of the
Prophet the moon was split into two parts and on that the
Prophet said, "Bear witness (to thus).
4.831:
Narrated Anas:
That the Meccan people requested Allah's Apostle to show them
a miracle, and so he showed them the splitting of the moon.
4.832:
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The moon was split into two parts during
the lifetime of the Prophet.
4.833:
Narrated Anas:
Once two men from the companions of Allah's Apostle went out
of the house of the Prophet on a very dark night. They were
accompanied by two things that resembled two lamps lighting
the way in front of them, and when they parted, each of them
was accompanied by one of those two things (lamps) till they
reached their homes.
4.834:
Narrated Al−Mughira bin Shu`ba: The Prophet said, "Some of my
followers will remain victorious (and on the right path) till
the Last Day comes, and they will still be victorious."
4.835:
Narrated Muawiya:
I heard the Prophet saying, "A group of people amongst my
followers will remain obedient to Allah's orders and they will
not be harmed by anyone who will not help them or who will
oppose them, till Allah's Order (the Last Day) comes upon them
while they are still on the right path."
4.836:
Narrated `Urwa:
That the Prophet gave him one Dinar so as to buy a sheep for
him. `Urwa bought two sheep for him with the money. Then he
sold one of the sheep for one Dinar, and brought one Dinar and
a sheep to the Prophet. On that, the Prophet invoked Allah to
bless him in his deals. So `Urwa used to gain (from any deal)
even if he bought dust. (In another narration) `Urwa said, "I
heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is always goodness in
horses till the Day of Resurrection." (The subnarrator added,
"I saw 70 horses in `Urwa's house.') (Sufyan said, "The
Prophet asked `Urwa to buy a sheep for him as a sacrifice.")
4.837:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah's Apostle said, "There is always
goodness in horses till the Day of Resurrection. "
4.838:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "There is always goodness in horses."
4.839:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "A horse may be kept
for one of three purposes: for a man it may be a source of
reward; for another it may be a means of living; and for a
third it may be a burden (a source of committing sins). As for
the one for whom it is a source of reward, he is the one who
keeps his horse for the sake of Jihad in Allah's Cause; he
ties it with a long rope on a pasture or in a garden. So
whatever its rope allows it to eat, will be regarded as good
rewardable deeds (for its owner). And if it breaks off its
rope and jumps over one or two hillocks, even its dung will be
considered amongst his good deeds. And if it passes by a river
and drinks water from it, that will be considered as good
deeds for his benefit) even if he has had no intention of
watering it. A horse is a shelter for the one who keeps it so
that he may earn his living honestly and takes it as a refuge
to keep him from following illegal ways (of gaining money),
and does not forget the rights of Allah (i.e. paying the Zakat
and allowing others to use it for Allah's Sake). But a horse
is a burden (and a source of committing sins for him who keeps
it out of pride and pretense and with the intention of harming
the Muslims." The Prophet was asked about donkeys. He replied,
"Nothing has been revealed to be concerning them except this
comprehensive Verse (which covers everything) :−−'Then
whosoever has done good equal to the weight of an atom (or a
small ant), Shall see it (its reward) And whosoever has done
evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ) ant), Shall
see it (Its punishment)." (99.7−8)
4.840:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle reached Khaibar in
the early morning and the people of Khaibar came out with
their spades, and when they saw the Prophet they said,
"Muhammad and his army!" and returned hurriedly to take refuge
in the fort. The Prophet raised his hands and said, "Allah is
Greater! Khaibar is ruined ! If we approach a nation, then
miserable is the morning of those who are warned."
4.841:
Narrated Abu Huraira: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I hear many
narrations from you but I forget them." He said, "Spread your
covering sheet." I spread my sheet and he moved both his hands
as if scooping something and emptied them in the sheet and
said, "Wrap it." I wrapped it round my body, and since then I
have never forgotten a single Hadith.