Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 23:
Funerals
(Al-Janaa'iz)
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 329:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Someone came to me from my Lord and
gave me the news (or good tidings) that if any of
my followers dies worshipping none (in any way)
along with Allah, he will enter Paradise." I
asked, "Even if he committed illegal sexual
intercourse (adultery) and theft?" He
replied, "Even if he committed illegal sexual
intercourse (adultery) and theft."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 330:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Anyone who dies worshipping others
along with Allah will definitely enter the
Fire." I said, "Anyone who dies
worshipping none along with Allah will definitely
enter Paradise."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 331:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib:
Allah's Apostle
ordered us to do seven things and forbade us to do
other seven. He ordered us:
to follow the
funeral procession. to visit the sick, to accept
invitations, to help the oppressed, to fulfill the
oaths, to return the greeting and to reply to the
sneezer: (saying, "May Allah be merciful on
you," provided the sneezer says, "All
the praises are for Allah,"). He forbade us
to use silver utensils and dishes and to wear
golden rings, silk (clothes), Dibaj (pure silk
cloth), Qissi and Istabraq (two kinds of silk
cloths).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 332:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "The rights of a Muslim on
the Muslims are to follow the funeral processions,
to accept invitation and to reply the sneezer.
(see Hadith No 331)
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 333:
Narrated 'Aisha :
Abu Bakr came
riding his horse from his dwelling place in As-Sunh.
He got down from it, entered the Mosque and did
not speak with anybody till he came to me and went
direct to the Prophet, who was covered with a
marked blanket. Abu Bakr uncovered his face. He
knelt down and kissed him and then started weeping
and said, "My father and my mother be
sacrificed for you, O Allah's Prophet! Allah will
not combine two deaths on you. You have died the
death which was written for you."
Narrated Abu Salama
from Ibn Abbas : Abu Bakr came out and 'Umar , was
addressing the people, and Abu Bakr told him to
sit down but 'Umar refused. Abu Bakr again told
him to sit down but 'Umar again refused. Then Abu
Bakr recited the Tashah-hud (i.e. none has the
right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is
Allah's Apostle) and the people attended to Abu
Bakr and left 'Umar. Abu Bakr said, "Amma
ba'du, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad,
then Muhammad is dead, but whoever worshipped
Allah, Allah is alive and will never die. Allah
said: 'Muhammad is no more than an Apostle and
indeed (many) Apostles have passed away before him
..(up to the) grateful.' " (3.144) (The
narrator added, "By Allah, it was as if the
people never knew that Allah had revealed this
verse before till Abu Bakr recited it and then
whoever heard it, started reciting it ")
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 334:
Narrated Kharija
bin Zaid bin Thabit:
Um Al-'Ala', an
Ansari woman who gave the pledge of allegiance to
the Prophet said to me, "The emigrants were
distributed amongst us by drawing lots and we got
in our share 'Uthman bin Maz'un. We made him stay
with us in our house. Then he suffered from a
disease which proved fatal when he died and was
given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes,
Allah's Apostle came I said, 'May Allah be
merciful to you, O Abu As-Sa'ib! I testify that
Allah has honored you'. The Prophet said, 'How do
you know that Allah has honored him?' I replied,
'O Allah's Apostle! Let my father be sacrificed
for you! On whom else shall Allah bestow His
honor?' The Prophet said, 'No doubt, death came to
him. By Allah, I too wish him good, but by Allah,
I do not know what Allah will do with me though I
am Al lah's Apostle. ' By Allah, I never attested
the piety of anyone after that."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 335:
Narrated Al-Laith
as above.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 336:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah :
When my father was
martyred, I lifted the sheet from his face and
wept and the people forbade me to do so but the
Prophet did not forbid me. Then my aunt Fatima
began weeping and the Prophet said, "It is
all the same whether you weep or not. The angels
were shading him continuously with their wings
till you shifted him (from the field). "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 337:
Narrated Abu
Huraira,
Allah's Apostle
informed (the people) about the death of An-Najashi
on the very day he died. He went towards the
Musalla (praying place) and the people stood
behind him in rows. He said four Takbirs (i.e.
offered the Funeral prayer).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 338:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Zaid took over the flag and was martyred.
Then it was taken by Jafar who was martyred as
well. Then 'Abdullah bin Rawaha took the flag but
he too was martyred and at that time the eyes of
Allah's Apostle were full of tears. Then Khalid
bin Al-Walid took the flag without being nominated
as a chief (before hand) and was blessed with
victory."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 339:
Narrated Ibn Abbas.
A person died and
Allah's Apostle used to visit him. He died at
night and (the people) buried him at night. In the
morning they informed the Prophet (about his
death). He said, "What prevented you from
informing me?" They replied, "It was
night and it was a dark night and so we disliked
to trouble you." The Prophet went to his
grave and offered the (funeral) prayer.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 340:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"A Muslim whose three children die before the
age of puberty will be granted Paradise by Allah
due to his mercy for them."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 341:
Narrated Abu Sa'id:
The women requested
the Prophet, "Please fix a day for us."
So the Prophet preached to them and said, "A
woman whose three children died would be screened
from the Hell Fire by them," Hearing that, a
woman asked, "If two died?" The Prophet
replied, "Even two (would screen her from the
(Hell) Fire. " And Abu Huraira added,
"Those children should be below the age of
puberty. "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 342:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"No Muslim whose three children died will go
to the Fire except for Allah's oath (i.e. everyone
has to pass over the bridge above the lake of
fire)."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 343:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet passed
by a woman who was sitting and weeping beside a
grave and said to her, "Fear Allah and be
patient."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 344:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya
al-Ansariya:
Allah's Apostle
came to us when his daughter died and said,
"Wash her thrice or five times or more, if
you see it necessary, with water and Sidr and then
apply camphor or some camphor at the end; and when
you finish, notify me." So when we finished
it, we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet
and told us to shroud the dead body in it.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 345:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya
Allah's Apostle
came to us and we were giving a bath to his (dead)
daughter and said, "Wash her three, five or
more times with water and Sidr and sprinkle
camphor on her at the end; and when you finish,
notify me." So when we finished, we informed
him and he gave us his waist-sheet and told us to
shroud her in it. Aiyub said that Hafsa narrated
to him a narration similar to that of Muhammad in
which it was said that the bath was to be given
for an odd number of times, and the numbers 3, 5
or 7 were mentioned. It was also said that they
were to start with the right side and with the
parts which were washed in ablution, and that Um 'Atiyya
also mentioned, "We combed her hair and
divided them in three braids."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 346:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
Allah's Apostle ,
concerning his (dead) daughter's bath, said,
"Start with the right side, and the parts
which are washed in ablution."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 347:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya
:
When we washed the
deceased daughter of the Prophet, he said to us,
while we were washing her, "Start the bath
from the right side and from the parts which are
washed in ablution."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 348:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
The daughter of the
Prophet expired, and he said to us, "Wash her
three or five times, or more if you see it
necessary, and when you finish, notify me."
So, (when we finished) we informed him and he
unfastened his waist-sheet and told us to shroud
her in it.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 349:
Narrated Muhammad:
Um 'Atiyya said,
"One of the daughters of the Prophet died and
he came out and said, 'Wash her three or five
times or more, if you think it necessary, with
water and Sidr, and last of all put camphor (or
some camphor) and when you finish, inform me.'
" Um Atiyya added, "When we finished we
informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and
said, 'Shroud her in it.' " And Um 'Atiyya
(in another narration) added, "The Prophet
said, 'Wash her three, five or seven times or
more, if you think it necessary.' " Hafsa
said that Um 'Atiyya had also said, "We
entwined her hair into three braids."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 350:
Narrated Hafsa bint
Sirin:
Um 'Atiyya said
that they had entwined the hair of the daughter of
Allah's Apostle in three braids. They first undid
her hair, washed and then entwined it in three
braids."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 351:
Narrated Ibn Sirin:
Um 'Atiyya (an
Ansari woman who gave the pledge of allegiance to
the Prophet ) came to Basra to visit her son, but
she could not find him. She narrated to us,
"The Prophet came to us while we were giving
bath to his (dead) daughter, he said: 'Wash her
three times, five times or more, if you think it
necessary, with water and Sidr, and last of all
put camphor, and when you finish, notify me.'
" Um 'Atiyya added, "After finishing, we
informed him and he gave us his waist sheet and
told us to shroud her in it and did not say more
than that."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 352:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
We entwined the
hair of the dead daughter of the Prophet into
three braids. Waki said that Sufyan said,
"One braid was entwined in front and the
other two were entwined on the sides of the
head."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 353:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
One of the
daughters of the Prophet expired and he came to us
and said, "Wash her with Sidr (water) for odd
number of times, i.e. three, five or more, if you
think it necessary, and in the last, put camphor
or (some camphor on her), and when you finish,
notify me." So when we finished we informed
him. He gave his waist-sheet to us (to shroud
her). We entwined the hair (of the deceased girl)
in three braids and made them fall at her back.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 354:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle was
shrouded in three Yemenite white Suhuliya (pieces
of cloth) of cotton, and in them there was neither
a shirt nor a turban."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 355:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
While a man was
riding (his Mount) in 'Arafat, he fell down from
it (his Mount) and broke his neck (and died). The
Prophet said, "Wash him with water and Sidr
and shroud him in two pieces of cloth, and neither
perfume him, nor cover his head, for he will be
resurrected on the Day of Resurrection saying, 'Labbaik,'
(i.e. like a pilgrim)."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 356:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
While a man was at
'Arafat (for Hajj) with Allah's Apostle the fell
down from his Mount and broke his neck (and died).
So Allah's Apostle said, "Wash him with water
and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces of cloth and
neither perfume him nor cover his head, for Allah
will resurrect him on the Day of Resurrection and
he will be saying 'Labbaik."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 357:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A man was killed by
his camel while we were with the Prophet and he
was a Muhrim. So the Prophet said, "Wash him
with water and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces
of cloth and neither perfume him nor cover his
head, for Allah will resurrect him on the Day of
Resurrection and he will be saying 'Labbaik' .
"
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 358:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A man fell from his
Mount and died while he was with the Prophet at
'Arafat. The Prophet said, "Wash him with
water and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces of
cloth and neither perfume him nor cover his head,
for he will be resurrected on the Day of
Resurrection saying, 'Labbaik'."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 359:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
When 'Abdullah bin
Ubai (the chief of hypocrites) died, his son came
to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Please give me your shirt to shroud him in it,
offer his funeral prayer and ask for Allah's
forgiveness for him." So Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
gave his shirt to him and said, "Inform me
(When the funeral is ready) so that I may offer
the funeral prayer." So, he informed him and
when the Prophet intended to offer the funeral
prayer, 'Umar took hold of his hand and said,
"Has Allah not forbidden you to offer the
funeral prayer for the hypocrites? The Prophet
said, "I have been given the choice for Allah
says: '(It does not avail) Whether you (O
Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites),
or do not ask for forgiveness for them. Even
though you ask for their forgiveness seventy
times, Allah will not forgive them. (9.80)"
So the Prophet offered the funeral prayer and on
that the revelation came: "And never (O
Muhammad) pray (funeral prayer) for any of them
(i.e. hypocrites) that dies." (9. 84)
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 360:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet came to
(the grave of) 'Abdullah bin Ubai after his body
was buried. The body was brought out and then the
Prophet put his saliva over the body and clothed
it in his shirt.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 361:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet was
shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made
of Suhul (a type of cotton), and neither a shirt
nor a turban were used.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 362:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle was
shrouded in three pieces of cloth and neither a
shirt nor a turban were used.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 363:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle was
shrouded in three pieces of cloth which were made
of white Suhul and neither a shirt nor a turban
were used.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 364:
Narrated Sad from
his father:
Once the meal of 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf was brought in front of him, and he said,
"Mustab bin 'Umar was martyred and he was
better than I, and he had nothing except his Burd
(a black square narrow dress) to be shrouded in.
Hamza or another person was martyred and he was
also better than I and he had nothing to be
shrouded in except his Burd. No doubt, I fear that
the rewards of my deeds might have been given
early in this world." Then he started
weeping.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 365:
Narrated Ibrahim:
Once a meal was
brought to 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf and he was
fasting. He said, "Mustab bin 'Umar was
martyred and he was better than I and was shrouded
in his Burd and when his head was covered with it,
his legs became bare, and when his legs were
covered his head got uncovered. Hamza was martyred
and was better than I. Now the worldly wealth have
been bestowed upon us (or said a similar thing).
No doubt, I fear that the rewards of my deeds
might have been given earlier in this world."
Then he started weeping and left his food.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 366:
Narrated Khabbab:
We emigrated with
the Prophet (p.b.u.h) in Allah's cause, and so our
reward was then surely incumbent on Allah. Some of
us died and they did not take anything from their
rewards in this world, and amongst them was Mustab
bin 'Umar; and the others were those who got their
rewards. Mustab bin 'Umar was martyred on the day
of the Battle of Uhud and we could get nothing
except his Burd to shroud him in. And when we
covered his head his feet became bare and vice
versa. So the Prophet ordered us to cover his head
only and to put idhkhir (a kind of shrub) over his
feet.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 367:
Narrated Sahl:
A woman brought a
woven Burda (sheet) having edging (border) to the
Prophet, Then Sahl asked them whether they knew
what is Burda, they said that Burda is a cloak and
Sahl confirmed their reply. Then the woman said,
"I have woven it with my own hands and I have
brought it so that you may wear it." The
Prophet accepted it, and at that time he was in
need of it. So he came out wearing it as his
waist-sheet. A man praised it and said, "Will
you give it to me? How nice it is!" The other
people said, "You have not done the right
thing as the Prophet is in need of it and you have
asked for it when you know that he never turns
down anybody's request." The man replied,
"By Allah, I have not asked for it to wear it
but to make it my shroud." Later it was his
shroud.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 368:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
We were forbidden
to accompany funeral processions but not strictly.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 369:
Narrated Muhammad
bin Sirin:
One of the sons of
Um 'Atiyya died, and when it was the third day she
asked for a yellow perfume and put it over her
body, and said, "We were forbidden to mourn
for more than three days except for our
husbands."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 370:
Narrated Zainab
bint Abi Salama:
When the news of
the death of Abu Sufyan reached from Sham, Um
Habiba on the third day, asked for a yellow
perfume and scented her cheeks and forearms and
said, "No doubt, I would not have been in
need of this, had I not heard the Prophet saying:
"It is not legal for a woman who believes in
Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than
three days for any dead person except her husband,
for whom she should mourn for four months and ten
days."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 371:
Narrated Zainab
bint Abi Salama :
I went to Um Habiba,
the wife of Prophet, who said, "I heard the
Prophets saying, 'It is not legal for a woman who
believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for
any dead person for more than three days except
for her husband, (for whom she should mourn) for
four months and ten days'." Later I went to
Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died; she asked
for some scent, and after using it she said,
"I am not in need of scent but I heard
Allah's Apostle saying, 'It is not legal for a
woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to
mourn for more than three days for any dead person
except her husband, (for whom she should mourn)
for four months and ten days.' "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 372:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet passed
by a woman who was weeping beside a grave. He told
her to fear Allah and be patient. She said to him,
"Go away, for you have not been afflicted
with a calamity like mine." And she did not
recognize him. Then she was informed that he was
the Prophet . so she went to the house of the
Prophet and there she did not find any guard. Then
she said to him, "I did not recognize
you." He said, "Verily, the patience is
at the first stroke of a calamity."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 373:
Narrated Usama bin
Zaid:
The daughter of the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) sent (a messenger) to the
Prophet requesting him to come as her child was
dying (or was gasping), but the Prophet returned
the messenger and told him to convey his greeting
to her and say: "Whatever Allah takes is for
Him and whatever He gives, is for Him, and
everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in
this world) and so she should be patient and hope
for Allah's reward." She again sent for him,
swearing that he should come. The Prophet got up,
and so did Sad bin 'Ubada, Muadh bin Jabal, Ubai
bin Ka'b, Zaid bin Thabit and some other men. The
child was brought to Allah's Apostle while his
breath was disturbed in his chest (the
sub-narrator thinks that Usama added: ) as if it
was a leather water-skin. On that the eyes of the
Prophet (p.b.u.h) started shedding tears. Sad
said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is this?"
He replied, "It is mercy which Allah has
lodged in the hearts of His slaves, and Allah is
merciful only to those of His slaves who are
merciful (to others).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 374:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
We were (in the
funeral procession) of one of the daughters of the
Prophet and he was sitting by the side of the
grave. I saw his eyes shedding tears. He said,
"Is there anyone among you who did not have
sexual relations with his wife last night?"
Abu Talha replied in the affirmative. And so the
Prophet told him to get down in the grave. And so
he got down in her grave.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 375:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Mulaika:
One of the
daughters of 'Uthman died at Mecca. We went to
attend her funeral procession. Ibn 'Umar and Ibn
Abbas were also present. I sat in between them (or
said, I sat beside one of them. Then a man came
and sat beside me.) 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said to 'Amr
bin 'Uthman, "Will you not prohibit crying as
Allah's Apostle has said, 'The dead person is
tortured by the crying of his relatives.?"
Ibn Abbas said, "Umar used to say so."
Then he added narrating, "I accompanied Umar
on a journey from Mecca till we reached Al-Baida.
There he saw some travelers in the shade of a
Samura (A kind of forest tree). He said (to me),
"Go and see who those travelers are." So
I went and saw that one of them was Suhaib. I told
this to 'Umar who then asked me to call him. So I
went back to Suhaib and said to him, "Depart
and follow the chief of the faithful
believers." Later, when 'Umar was stabbed,
Suhaib came in weeping and saying, "O my
brother, O my friend!" (on this 'Umar said to
him, "O Suhaib! Are you weeping for me while
the Prophet said, "The dead person is
punished by some of the weeping of his
relatives?" Ibn Abbas added, "When 'Umar
died I told all this to Aisha and she said, 'May
Allah be merciful to Umar. By Allah, Allah's
Apostle did not say that a believer is punished by
the weeping of his relatives. But he said, Allah
increases the punishment of a non-believer because
of the weeping of his relatives." Aisha
further added, "The Quran is sufficient for
you (to clear up this point) as Allah has stated:
'No burdened soul will bear another's burden.'
" (35.18). Ibn Abbas then said, "Only
Allah makes one laugh or cry." Ibn Umar did
not say anything after that.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 376:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Once Allah's Apostle passed by (the grave
of) a Jewess whose relatives were weeping over
her. He said, "They are weeping over her and
she is being tortured in her grave."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 377:
Narrated Abu Burda:
That his father
said, "When Umar was stabbed, Suhaib started
crying: O my brother! 'Umar said, 'Don't you know
that the Prophet said: The deceased is tortured
for the weeping of the living'?"
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 378:
Narrated Al-Mughira:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Ascribing false things to me is not
like ascribing false things to anyone else.
Whosoever tells a lie against me intentionally
then surely let him occupy his seat in
Hell-Fire." I heard the Prophet saying,
"The deceased who is wailed over is tortured
for that wailing."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 379:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar
from his father:
The Prophet said,
"The deceased is tortured in his grave for
the wailing done over him."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 380:
Narrated Shu'ba:
The deceased is
tortured for the wailing of the living ones over
him .
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 381:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah :
On the day of the
Battle of Uhud, my father was brought and he had
been mayhemed and was placed in front of Allah's
Apostle and a sheet was over him. I went intending
to uncover my father but my people forbade me;
again I wanted to uncover him but my people
forbade me. Allah's Apostle gave his order and he
was shifted away. At that time he heard the voice
of a crying woman and asked, "Who is
this?" They said, "It is the daughter or
the sister of Amr." He said, "Why does
she weep? (or let her stop weeping), for the
angels had been shading him with their wings till
he (i.e. the body of the martyr) was shifted
away."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 382:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
the Prophet said,
"He who slaps his cheeks, tears his clothes
and follows the ways and traditions of the Days of
Ignorance is not one of us."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 383:
Narrated 'Amir bin
Sad bin Abi Waqqas:
That his father
said, "In the year of the last Hajj of the
Prophet I became seriously ill and the Prophet
used to visit me inquiring about my health. I told
him, 'I am reduced to this state because of
illness and I am wealthy and have no inheritors
except a daughter, (In this narration the name of
'Amir bin Sad is mentioned and in fact it is a
mistake; the narrator is 'Aisha bint Sad bin Abi
Waqqas). Should I give two-thirds of my property
in charity?' He said, 'No.' I asked, 'Half?' He
said, 'No.' then he added, 'One-third, and even
one-third is much. You'd better leave your
inheritors wealthy rather than leaving them poor,
begging others. You will get a reward for whatever
you spend for Allah's sake, even for what you put
in your wife's mouth.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle!
Will I be left alone after my companions have
gone?' He said, 'If you are left behind, whatever
good deeds you will do will up-grade you and raise
you high. And perhaps you will have a long life so
that some people will be benefited by you while
others will be harmed by you. O Allah! Complete
the emigration of my companions and do not turn
them renegades.' But Allah's Apostle felt sorry
for poor Sad bin Khaula as he died in Mecca."
(but Sad bin Abi Waqqas lived long after the
Prophet (p.b.u.h).)
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 384:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"He who slaps the cheeks, tears the clothes
and follows the tradition of the Days of Ignorance
is not from us."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 385:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"He who slaps the cheeks, tears the clothes
and follows the traditions of the Days of
Ignorance is not from us."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 386:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When the Prophet
got the news of the death of Ibn Haritha, Ja'far
and Ibn Rawaha he sat down and looked sad and I
was looking at him through the chink of the door.
A man came and told him about the crying of the
women of Ja'far. The Prophet ordered him to forbid
them. The man went and came back saying that he
had told them but they did not listen to him. The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Forbid them."
So again he went and came back for the third time
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! By Allah, they
did not listen to us at all." ('Aisha added):
Allah's Apostle ordered him to go and put dust in
their mouths. I said, (to that man) "May
Allah stick your nose in the dust (i.e. humiliate
you)! You could neither (persuade the women to)
fulfill the order of Allah's Apostle nor did you
relieve Allah's Apostle from fatigue. "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 387:
Narrated Anas:
When the reciters
of Quran were martyred, Allah's Apostle recited
Qunut for one month and I never saw him (i.e.
Allah's Apostle) so sad as he was on that day.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 388:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
One of the sons of
Abu Talha became sick and died and Abu Talha at
that time was not at home. When his wife saw that
he was dead, she prepared him (washed and shrouded
him) and placed him somewhere in the house. When
Abu Talha came, he asked, "How is the
boy?" She said, "The child is quiet and
I hope he is in peace." Abu Talha thought
that she had spoken the truth. Abu Talha passed
the night and in the morning took a bath and when
he intended to go out, she told him that his son
had died, Abu Talha offered the (morning) prayer
with the Prophet and informed the Prophet of what
happened to them. Allah's Apostle said, "May
Allah bless you concerning your night. (That is,
may Allah bless you with good offspring)."
Sufyan said, "One of the Ansar said, 'They
(i.e. Abu Talha and his wife) had nine sons and
all of them became reciters of the Quran (by
heart).' "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 389:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"The real patience is at the first stroke of
a calamity."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 390:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
We went with
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) to the blacksmith Abu
Saif, and he was the husband of the wet-nurse of
Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah's Apostle
took Ibrahim and kissed him and smelled him and
later we entered Abu Saif's house and at that time
Ibrahim was in his last breaths, and the eyes of
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) started shedding tears.
'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf said, "O Allah's
Apostle, even you are weeping!" He said,
"O Ibn 'Auf, this is mercy." Then he
wept more and said, "The eyes are shedding
tears and the heart is grieved, and we will not
say except what pleases our Lord, O Ibrahim !
Indeed we are grieved by your separation."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 391:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar :
Sad bin 'Ubada
became sick and the Prophet along with 'Abdur
Rahman bin 'Auf, Sad bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abdullah
bin Masud visited him to enquire about his health.
When he came to him, he found him surrounded by
his household and he asked, "Has he
died?" They said, "No, O Allah's
Apostle." The Prophet wept and when the
people saw the weeping of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
they all wept. He said, "Will you listen?
Allah does not punish for shedding tears, nor for
the grief of the heart but he punishes or bestows
His Mercy because of this." He pointed to his
tongue and added, "The deceased is punished
for the wailing of his relatives over him." 'Umar
used to beat with a stick and throw stones and put
dust over the faces (of those who used to wail
over the dead).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 392:
Narrated Aisha:
When the news of
the martyrdom of Zaid bin Haritha, Ja'far and
'Abdullah bin Rawaha came, the Prophet sat down
looking sad, and I was looking through the chink
of the door. A man came and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! The women of Ja'far," and then he
mentioned their crying . The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
ordered h im to stop them from crying. The man
went and came back and said, "I tried to stop
them but they disobeyed." The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
ordered him for the second time to forbid them. He
went again and came back and said, "They did
not listen to me, (or "us": the
sub-narrator Muhammad bin Haushab is in doubt as
to which is right). " ('Aisha added: The
Prophet said, "Put dust in their
mouths." I said (to that man), "May
Allah stick your nose in the dust (i.e. humiliate
you)." By Allah, you could not (stop the
women from crying) to fulfill the order, besides
you did not relieve Allah's Apostle from
fatigue."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 393:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
At the time of
giving the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet one
of the conditions was that we would not wail, but
it was not fulfilled except by five women and they
are Um Sulaim, Um Al-'Ala', the daughter of Abi
Sabra (the wife of Muadh), and two other women; or
the daughter of Abi Sabra and the wife of Muadh
and another woman.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 394:
Narrated 'Amir bin
Rabi'a:,
The Prophet said,
"Whenever you see a funeral procession, stand
up till the procession goes ahead of you."
Al-Humaidi added, "Till the coffin leaves you
behind or is put down."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 395:
Narrated 'Amir bin
Rabi'a:
The Prophet said,
"If any one of you see a funeral procession
and he is not going along with it, then he should
stand and remain standing till he gets behind it,
or it leaves him behind, or the coffin is put down
before it goes ahead of him . "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 396:
Narrated Said Al-Maqburi:
That his father
said, "While we were accompanying a funeral
procession, Abu Huraira got hold of the hand of
Marwan and they sat down before the coffin was put
down. Then Abu Said came and took hold of Marwan's
hand and said, "Get up. By Allah, no doubt
this (i.e. Abu Huraira) knows that the Prophet
forbade us to do that." Abu Huraira said,
"He (Abu Said) has spoken the truth."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 397:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri
The Prophet said,
"When you see a funeral procession, you
should stand up, and whoever accompanies it should
not sit till the coffin is put down."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 398:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah :
A funeral
procession passed in front of us and the Prophet
stood up and we too stood up. We said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! This is the funeral procession of a
Jew." He said, "Whenever you see a
funeral procession, you should stand up."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 399:
Narrated 'Abdur
Rahman bin Abi Laila:
Sahl bin Hunaif and
Qais bin Sad were sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya.
A funeral procession passed in front of them and
they stood up. They were told that funeral
procession was of one of the inhabitants of the
land i.e. of a non-believer, under the protection
of Muslims. They said, "A funeral procession
passed in front of the Prophet and he stood up.
When he was told that it was the coffin of a Jew,
he said, "Is it not a living being
(soul)?"
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 400:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle
said, When the funeral is ready and the men carry
it on their shoulders, if the deceased was
righteous it will say, 'Present me (hurriedly),'
and if he was not righteous, it will say, 'Woe to
it (me)! Where are they taking it (me)?' Its voice
is heard by everything except man and if he heard
it he would fall unconscious."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 401:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Hurry up with the dead body for if it was
righteous, you are forwarding it to welfare; and
if it was otherwise, then you are putting off an
evil thing down your necks."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 402:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri
The Prophet said,
"When a funeral is ready and the men carry
the deceased on their necks (shoulders), if it was
pious then it will say, 'Present me quickly', and
if it was not pious, then it will say, 'Woe to it
(me), where are they taking it (me)?' And its
voice is heard by everything except mankind and if
he heard it he would fall unconscious."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 403:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
offered the funeral prayer for An-Najashi and I
was in the second or third row.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 404:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
informed his companions about the death of
AnNajashi and then he went ahead (to lead the
prayer) and the people lined up behind him in rows
and he said four Takbir.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 405:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
Ash Sha'bi said,
"I was informed by a man who had seen the
Prophet going to a grave that was separate from
the other graves and he aligned the people in rows
and said four Takbir." I said, "O Abu 'Amr!
who narrated (that) to you"? He said, "Ibn
Abbas. "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 406:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah :
The Prophet said,
"Today a pious man from Ethiopia (i.e. An
Najashi) has expired, come on to offer the funeral
prayer." (Jabir said): We lined up in rows
and after that the Prophet led the prayer and we
were in rows. Jabir added, I was in the second
row."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 407:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
passed by a grave of a deceased who had been
buried at night. He said, "When was this
(deceased) buried?" The people said,
"Yesterday." He said, "Why did you
not inform me?" They said, "We buried
him when it was dark and so we disliked to wake
you up." He stood up and we lined up behind
him. (Ibn Abbas said): I was one of them, and the
Prophet offered the funeral prayer.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 408:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
Ash-Sha'bi said,
"Somebody who passed along with your Prophet
(p.b.u.h) by a grave that was separate from the
other graves informed me (saying), "The
Prophet
led us (in the
prayer) and we aligned behind him." We said,
"O Abu 'Amr! Who told you this
narration?" He replied, "Ibn Abbas."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 409:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn Umar was told
that Abu Huraira said, "Whoever accompanies
the funeral procession will have a reward equal to
one Qirat." Ibn 'Umar said, "Abu Huraira
talks of a too enormous reward." Aisha
attested Abu Huraira's narration and said, "I
heard Allah's Apostle saying like that." Ibn
Umar said, "We have lost numerous Qirats."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 410:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
that Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever attends the
funeral procession till he offers the funeral
prayer for it, will get a reward equal to one
Qirat, and whoever accompanies it till burial,
will get a reward equal to two Qirats." It
was asked, "What are two Qirats?" He
replied, "Like two huge mountains."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 411:
Narrated 'Amir:
Ibn Abbas (who was
at that time a boy) said, "Allah's Apostle
came to a grave and the people said, 'He or she
was buried yesterday.' " Ibn Abbas added,
"We aligned behind the Prophet and he led the
funeral prayer of the deceased."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 412:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
informed about the news of the death of An-Najash
(King of Ethiopia) on the day he expired. He said,
"Ask Allah's forgiveness for your brother.
" Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet made them
align in rows at the Musalla and said four Takbir.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 413:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar :
The Jew brought to
the Prophet a man and a woman from amongst them
who have committed (adultery) illegal sexual
intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned
(to death), near the place of offering the funeral
prayers beside the mosque."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 414:
Narrated 'Urwa:
Aisha said,
"The Prophet in his fatal illness said,
'Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because
they took the graves of their Prophets as places
for praying."' Aisha added, "Had it not
been for that the grave of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
would have been
made prominent but I am afraid it might be taken
(as a) place for praying.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 415:
Narrated Samura bin
Jundab:
I offered the
funeral prayer behind the Prophet for a woman who
had died during child-birth and he stood up by the
middle of the coffin.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 416:
Narrated Samura bin
Jundab
I offered the
funeral prayer behind the Prophet for a woman who
had died during child-birth and he stood up by the
middle of the coffin.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 417:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
informed about the news of the death of An-Najash
on the day he died. He went out with us to the
Musalla and we aligned in rows and he said four
Takbirs for An-Najashi's funeral prayer.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 418:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet offered
the funeral prayer of As-Hama An-Najash and said
four Takbir.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 419:
Narrated Talha bin
'Abdullah bin 'Auf:
I offered the
funeral prayer behind Ibn Abbas and he recited Al-Fatiha
and said, "You should know that it (i.e.
recitation of Al-Fatiha) is the tradition of the
Prophet Muhammad.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 420:
Narrated Sulaiman
Ash-Shaibani:
I heard Ash-Sha'bi
saying, "I was told by a man who had passed
with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) by a grave that was
separate from the other graves that he (the
Prophet ) led them in the prayer and they prayed
behind him." I said, "O Abu 'Amr! Who
narrated that to you?" He replied, "Ibn
Abbas."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 421:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A black person, a
male or a female used to clean the Mosque and then
died. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) did not know about it
. One day the Prophet remembered him and said,
"What happened to that person?" The
people replied, "O Allah's Apostle! He
died." He said, "Why did you not inform
me?" They said, "His story was so and so
(i.e. regarded him as insignificant)." He
said, "Show me his grave." He then went
to his grave and offered the funeral prayer.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 422:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"When a human being is laid in his grave and
his companions return and he even hears their foot
steps, two angels come to him and make him sit and
ask him: What did you use to say about this man,
Muhammad ? He will say: I testify that he is
Allah's slave and His Apostle. Then it will be
said to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire.
Allah has given you a place in Paradise instead of
it.' " The Prophet added, "The dead
person will see both his places. But a
non-believer or a hypocrite will say to the
angels, 'I do not know, but I used to say what the
people used to say! It will be said to him,
'Neither did you know nor did you take the
guidance (by reciting the Quran).' Then he will be
hit with an iron hammer between his two ears, and
he will cry and that cry will be heard by whatever
approaches him except human beings and jinns."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 423:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The angel of death
was sent to Moses and when he went to him, Moses
slapped him severely, spoiling one of his eyes.
The angel went back to his Lord, and said,
"You sent me to a slave who does not want to
die." Allah restored his eye and said,
"Go back and tell him (i.e. Moses) to place
his hand over the back of an ox, for he will be
allowed to live for a number of years equal to the
number of hairs coming under his hand." (So
the angel came to him and told him the same). Then
Moses asked, "O my Lord! What will be
then?" He said, "Death will be
then." He said, "(Let it be) now."
He asked Allah that He bring him near the Sacred
Land at a distance of a stone's throw. Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Were I there I would
show you the grave of Moses by the way near the
red sand hill."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 424:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
offered the funeral prayer of a man one night
after he was buried, he and his companions stood
up (for the Prayer). He had asked them about him
before standing, saying, "Who is this?"
They said, "He is so and so and was buried
last night." So all of them offered the
funeral prayer.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 425:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When the Prophet
became ill, some of his wives talked about a
church which they had seen in Ethiopia and it was
called Mariya. Um Salma and Um Habiba had been to
Ethiopia, and both of them narrated its (the
Church's) beauty and the pictures it contained.
The Prophet raised his head and said, "Those
are the people who, whenever a pious man dies
amongst them, make a place of worship at his grave
and then they make those pictures in it. Those are
the worst creatures in the Sight of Allah."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 426:
Narrated Anas:
We were in the
funeral procession of the daughter of Allah's
Apostle and Allah's Apostle was sitting near the
grave and I saw his eyes full of tears. He said,
"Is there anyone amongst you who did not have
sexual relations with his wife last night?"
Abu Talha replied in the affirmative. And so
Allah's Apostle told him to get down in her grave
and he got down in her grave and buried her.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 427:
Narrated Jabir bin
Abdullah:
The Prophet
collected every two martyrs of Uhud in one piece
of cloth, then he would ask, "Which of them
had (knew) more of the Quran?" When one of
them was pointed out for him, he would put that
one first in the grave and say, "I will be a
witness on these on the Day of Resurrection."
He ordered them to be buried with their blood on
their bodies and they were neither washed nor was
a funeral prayer offered for them.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 428:
Narrated 'Uqba bin
'Amir:
One day the Prophet
went out and offered the funeral prayers of the
martyrs of Uhud and then went up the pulpit and
said, "I will pave the way for you as your
predecessor and will be a witness on you. By
Allah! I see my Fount (Kauthar) just now and I
have been given the keys of all the treasures of
the earth (or the keys of the earth). By Allah! I
am not afraid that you will worship others along
with Allah after my death, but I am afraid that
you will fight with one another for the worldly
things."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 429:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah :
The Prophet buried
every two martyrs in of Uhud in one grave.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 430:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said,
"Bury them (i.e. martyrs) with their
blood." (that was) On the day of the Battle
of Uhud. He did not get them washed.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 431:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah :
Allah's Apostle
shrouded every two martyrs of Uhud in one piece of
cloth and then he would ask, "Which of them
knew more Quran?" When one of them was
pointed out he would put him first in the grave.
He said, "I am a witness on these." Then
he ordered them to be buried with blood on their
bodies. Neither did he offer their funeral prayer
nor did he get them washed. (Jabir bin Abdullah
added): Allah's Apostle used to ask about the
martyrs of Uhud as to which of them knew more of
the Quran." And when one of them was pointed
out as having more of it he would put him first in
the grave and then his companions. (Jabir added):
My father and my uncle were shrouded in one sheet.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 432:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"Allah has made Mecca a sanctuary (sacred
place) and it was a sanctuary before me and will
be so after me. It was made legal for me (to fight
in it) for a few hours of the day. None is allowed
to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut its trees or
to chase its game or to pick up its fallen things
except by a person who announces it
publicly." On that Al-Abbas said (to the
Prophet), "Except Al-Idhkhir for our
goldsmiths and for our graves." And so the
Prophet added, "Except Al-Idhkhir. " And
Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet said,
"Except Al-Idhkhir for our graves and
houses." And Ibn Abbas said, "For their
goldsmiths and houses."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 433:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
came to Abdullah bin Ubai (a hypocrite) after his
death and he has been laid in his pit (grave). He
ordered (that he be taken out of the grave) and he
was taken out. Then he placed him on his knees and
threw some of his saliva on him and clothed him in
his (the Prophet's) own shirt. Allah knows better
(why he did so). 'Abdullah bin Ubai had given his
shirt to Al-Abbas to wear. Abu Harun said,
"Allah's Apostle at that time had two shirts
and the son of 'Abdullah bin Ubai said to him, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Clothe my father in your shirt
which has been in contact with your skin.' '
Sufyan added, "Thus people think that the
Prophet clothed 'Abdullah bin Tubal in his shirt
in lieu of what he (Abdullah) had done (for Al
Abbas, the Prophet's uncle.)"
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 434:
Narrated Jabir:
When the time of
the Battle of Uhud approached, my father called me
at night and said, "I think that I will be
the first amongst the companions of the Prophet to
be martyred. I do not leave anyone after me dearer
to me than you, except Allah's Apostle's soul and
I owe some debt and you should repay it and treat
your sisters favorably (nicely and
politely)." So in the morning he was the
first to be martyred and was buried along with
another (martyr). I did not like to leave him with
the other (martyr) so I took him out of the grave
after six months of his burial and he was in the
same condition as he was on the day of burial,
except a slight change near his ear.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 435:
Narrated Jabir:
A man was buried
along with my father and I did not like it till I
took him (i.e. my father) out and buried him in a
separate grave.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 436:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet
collected every two martyrs of Uhud (in one grave)
and then he would ask, "Which of them knew
the Quran more?" And if one of them was
pointed out for him as having more knowledge, he
would put him first in the Lahd. The Prophet said,
"I will be a witness on these on the Day of
Resurrection." Then he ordered them to be
buried with their blood on their bodies and he did
not have them washed.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 437:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
'Umar set out along
with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) with a group of people
to Ibn Saiyad till they saw him playing with the
boys near the hillocks of Bani Mughala. Ibn Saiyad
at that time was nearing his puberty and did not
notice (us) until the Prophet stroked him with his
hand and said to him, "Do you testify that I
am Allah's Apostle?" Ibn Saiyad looked at him
and said, "I testify that you are the
Messenger of illiterates." Then Ibn Saiyad
asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h), "Do you testify
that I am Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
refuted it and said, "I believe in Allah and
His Apostles." Then he said (to Ibn Saiyad),
"What do you think?" Ibn Saiyad
answered, "True people and liars visit
me." The Prophet said, "You have been
confused as to this matter." Then the Prophet
said to him, "I have kept something (in my
mind) for you, (can you tell me that?)" Ibn
Saiyad said, "It is Al-Dukh (the
smoke)." (2) The Prophet said, "Let you
be in ignominy. You cannot cross your
limits." On that 'Umar, said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off." The
Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "If he is he (i.e.
Dajjal), then you cannot over-power him, and if he
is not, then there is no use of murdering
him." (Ibn 'Umar added): Later on Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) once again went along with Ubai
bin Ka'b to the date-palm trees (garden) where Ibn
Saiyad was staying. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) wanted
to hear something from Ibn Saiyad before Ibn
Saiyad could see him, and the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
saw him lying covered with a sheet and from where
his murmurs were heard. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw
Allah's Apostle while he was hiding himself behind
the trunks of the date-palm trees. She addressed
Ibn Saiyad, "O Saf ! (and this was the name
of Ibn Saiyad) Here is Muhammad." And with
that Ibn Saiyad got up. The Prophet said,
"Had this woman left him (Had she not
disturbed him), then Ibn Saiyad would have
revealed the reality of his case.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 438:
Narrated Anas:
A young Jewish boy
used to serve the Prophet and he became sick. So
the Prophet went to visit him. He sat near his
head and asked him to embrace Islam. The boy
looked at his father, who was sitting there; the
latter told him to obey Abu-l-Qasim and the boy
embraced Islam. The Prophet came out saying:
"Praises be to Allah Who saved the boy from
the Hell-fire."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 439:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
My mother and I
were among the weak and oppressed. I from among
the children, and my mother from among the women.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 440:
Narrated Ibn Shihab:
The funeral prayer
should be offered for every child even if he were
the son of a prostitute as he was born with a true
faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah
Alone). If his parents are Muslims, particularly
the father, even if his mother were a non-Muslim,
and if he after the delivery cries (even once)
before his death (i.e. born alive) then the
funeral prayer must be offered. And if the child
does not cry after his delivery (i.e. born dead)
then his funeral prayer should not be offered, and
he will be considered as a miscarriage. Abu
Huraira, narrated that the Prophet said,
"Every child is born with a true faith (i.e.
to worship none but Allah Alone) but his parents
convert him to Judaism or to Christianity or to
Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby
animal. Do you find it mutilated?" Then Abu
Huraira recited the holy verses: 'The pure Allah's
Islamic nature (true faith i.e. to worship none
but Allah Alone), with which He has created human
beings.' " (30.30).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 441:
Narrated Abu
Huraira :
Allah's Apostle
said, "Every child is born with a true faith
of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone)
but his parents convert him to Judaism,
Christianity or Magainism, as an animal delivers a
perfect baby animal. Do you find it
mutilated?" Then Abu Huraira recited the holy
verses: "The pure Allah's Islamic nature
(true faith of Islam) (i.e. worshipping none but
Allah) with which He has created human beings. No
change let there be in the religion of Allah (i.e.
joining none in worship with Allah). That is the
straight religion (Islam) but most of men know,
not." (30.30)
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 442:
Narrated Said bin
Al-Musaiyab from his father:
When the time of
the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah's Apostle
went to him and found Abu Jahl bin Hisham and
'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya bin Al-Mughira by his
side. Allah's Apostle said to Abu Talib, "O
uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped
but Allah, a sentence with which I shall be a
witness (i.e. argue) for you before Allah. Abu
Jahl and 'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya said, "O
Abu Talib! Are you going to denounce the religion
of Abdul Muttalib?" Allah's Apostle kept on
inviting Abu Talib to say it (i.e. 'None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah') while they (Abu
Jahl and Abdullah) kept on repeating their
statement till Abu Talib said as his last
statement that he was on the religion of Abdul
Muttalib and refused to say, 'None has the right
to be worshipped but Allah.' (Then Allah's Apostle
said, "I will keep on asking Allah's
forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden (by
Allah) to do so." So Allah revealed (the
verse) concerning him (i.e. It is not fitting for
the Prophet and those who believe that they should
invoke (Allah) for forgiveness for pagans even
though they be of kin, after it has become clear
to them that they are companions of the fire
(9.113).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 443:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once
passed by two graves, and those two persons (in
the graves) were being tortured. He said,
"They are being tortured not for a great
thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself
from being soiled with his urine, while the other
was going about with calumnies (to make enmity
between friends). He then took a green leaf of a
date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed
one on each grave. The people said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Why have you done so?" He
replied, "I hope that their punishment may be
lessened till they (the leaf) become dry."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 444:
Narrated 'Ali:
" We were
accompanying a funeral procession in
Baqi-I-Gharqad. The Prophet came to us and sat and
we sat around him. He had a small stick in his
hand then he bent his head and started scraping
the ground with it. He then said, "There is
none among you, and not a created soul, but has
place either in Paradise or in Hell assigned for
him and it is also determined for him whether he
will be among the blessed or wretched." A man
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Should we not
depend on what has been written for us and leave
the deeds as whoever amongst us is blessed will do
the deeds of a blessed person and whoever amongst
us will be wretched, will do the deeds of a
wretched person?" The Prophet said, "The
good deeds are made easy for the blessed, and bad
deeds are made easy for the wretched." Then
he recited the Verses:-- "As for him who
gives (in charity) and is Allah-fearing And
believes in the Best reward from Allah. "
(92.5-6)
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 445:
Narrated Thabit bin
Ad-Dahhak:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely
by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he
has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not
true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And
whoever commits suicide with piece of iron will be
punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell
Fire." Narrated Jundab the Prophet said,
"A man was inflicted with wounds and he
committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has
caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid
Paradise for him."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 446:
Narrated Abu
Huraira-:
The Prophet said,
"He who commits suicide by throttling shall
keep on throttling himself in the Hell Fire
(forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing
himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the
Hell-Fire."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 447:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab :
When 'Abdullah bin
Ubai bin Salul died, Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) was
called upon to offer his funeral prayer. When
Allah's Apostle stood up to offer the prayer, I
got up quickly and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Are you going to pray for Ibn Ubai and he said so
and so on such and such occasions?" And
started mentioning all that he had said. Allah's
Apostle smiled and said, "O 'Umar! Go away
from me." When I talked too much he said,
"I have been given the choice and so I have
chosen (to offer the prayer). Had I known that he
would be forgiven by asking for Allah's
forgiveness for more than seventy times, surely I
would have done so." ('Umar added): Allah's
Apostle offered his funeral prayer and returned
and after a short while the two verses of Surat
Bara' were revealed: i.e. "And never (O
Muhammad) pray for any of them who dies . . . (to
the end of the verse) rebellion (9.84)" -- ('Umar
added), "Later I astonished at my daring
before Allah's Apostle on that day. And Allah and
His Apostle know better."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 448:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik, :
A funeral
procession passed and the people praised the
deceased. The Prophet said, "It has been
affirmed to him." Then another funeral
procession passed and the people spoke badly of
the deceased. The Prophet said, "It has been
affirmed to him". 'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked
(Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) ), "What has been
affirmed?" He replied, "You praised
this, so Paradise has been affirmed to him; and
you spoke badly of this, so Hell has been affirmed
to him. You people are Allah's witnesses on
earth."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 449:
Narrated Abu Al-Aswad:
I came to Medina
when an epidemic had broken out. While I was
sitting with 'Umar bin Al-Khattab a funeral
procession passed by and the people praised the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed
to him." And another funeral procession
passed by and the people praised the deceased. 'Umar
said, "It has been affirmed to him." A
third (funeral procession) passed by and the
people spoke badly of the deceased. He said,
"It has been affirmed to him." I (Abu
Al-Aswad) asked, "O chief of the believers!
What has been affirmed?" He replied, "I
said the same as the Prophet had said, that is: if
four persons testify the piety of a Muslim, Allah
will grant him Paradise." We asked, "If
three persons testify his piety?" He (the
Prophet) replied, "Even three." Then we
asked, "If two?" He replied, "Even
two." We did not ask him regarding one
witness.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 450:
Narrated Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said, "When a faithful believer is made to
sit in his grave, then (the angels) come to him
and he testifies that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's
Apostle. And that corresponds to Allah's
statement: Allah will keep firm those who believe
with the word that stands firm . . . (14.27).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 451:
Narrated Shu'ba:
Same as above and
added, "Allah will keep firm those who
believe . . . (14.27) was revealed concerning the
punishment of the grave."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 452:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet looked
at the people of the well (the well in which the
bodies of the pagans killed in the Battle of Badr
were thrown) and said, "Have you found true
what your Lord promised you?" Somebody said
to him, "You are addressing dead
people." He replied, "You do not hear
better than they but they cannot reply."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 453:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said,
"They now realize that what I used to tell
them was the truth. "And Allah said, 'Verily!
You cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit
them, and similarly the disbelievers) nor can you
make the deaf hear. (27.80).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 454:
Narrated Masruq:
'Aisha said that a
Jewess came to her and mentioned the punishment in
the grave, saying to her, "May Allah protect
you from the punishment of the grave." 'Aisha
then asked Allah's Apostle about the punishment of
the grave. He said, "Yes, (there is)
punishment in the grave." 'Aisha added,
"After that I never saw Allah's Apostle but
seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment in
the grave in every prayer he prayed."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 455:
Narrated Asma' bint
Abi Bakr :
Allah's Apostle
once stood up delivering a sermon and mentioned
the trial which people will face in the grave.
When he mentioned that, the Muslims started
shouting loudly.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 456:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "When (Allah's) slave is put in his
grave and his companions return and he even hears
their footsteps, two angels come to him and make
him sit and ask, 'What did you use to say about
this man (i.e. Muhammad)?' The faithful Believer
will say, 'I testify that he is Allah's slave and
His Apostle.' Then they will say to him, 'Look at
your place in the Hell Fire; Allah has given you a
place in Paradise instead of it.' So he will see
both his places." (Qatada said, "We were
informed that his grave would be made
spacious." Then Qatada went back to the
narration of Anas who said;) Whereas a hypocrite
or a non-believer will be asked, "What did
you use to say about this man." He will
reply, "I do not know; but I used to say what
the people used to say." So they will say to
him, "Neither did you know nor did you take
the guidance (by reciting the Quran)." Then
he will be hit with iron hammers once, that he
will send such a cry as everything near to him
will hear, except Jinns and human beings. (See
Hadith No. 422).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 457:
Narrated Abi Aiyub:
Once the Prophet
went out after sunset and heard a dreadful voice,
and said, "The Jews are being punished in
their graves."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 458:
Narrated Musa bin 'Uqba:
(From the daughter
of Khalid bin Sa id bin Al-'Asi) who said that she
had heard the Prophet seeking refuge with Allah
from the punishment in the grave.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 459:
Narrated Abu
Huraira :
Allah's Apostle
used to invoke (Allah): "Allahumma ini a'udhu
bika min 'adhabi-l-Qabr, wa min 'adhabi-nnar, wa
min fitnati-l-mahya wa-lmamat, wa min
fitnati-l-masih ad-dajjal. (O Allah! I seek refuge
with you from the punishment in the grave and from
the punishment in the Hell fire and from the
afflictions of life and death, and the afflictions
of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 460:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once
passed by two graves and said, "They (the
deceased persons in those graves) are being
tortured not for a great thing to avoid." And
then added, "Yes, (they are being punished
for a big sin), for one of them used to go about
with calumnies while the other never saved himself
from being soiled with his urine." (Ibn Abbas
added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm)
and split it into two pieces and fixed one piece
on each grave and said, "May their punishment
be abated till these (two pieces) get dry."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 461:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar :
Allah's Apostle
said, "When anyone of you dies, he is shown
his place both in the morning and in the evening.
If he is one of the people of Paradise; he is
shown his place in it, and if he is from the
people of the Hell-Fire; he is shown his place
there-in. Then it is said to him, 'This is your
place till Allah resurrect you on the Day of
Resurrection."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 462:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle
said, "When the funeral is ready (for its
burial) and the people lift it on their shoulders,
then if the deceased is a righteous person he
says, 'Take me ahead,' and if he is not a
righteous one then he says, 'Woe to it (me)! Where
are you taking it (me)?' And his voice is audible
to everything except human beings; and if they
heard it they would fall down unconscious . "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 463:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
said, "Any Muslim whose three children died
before the age of puberty will be granted Paradise
by Allah because of His mercy to them."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 464:
Narrated Al-Bara':
When Ibrahim (the
son of Prophet) expired, Allah's Apostle said,
"There is a wet-nurse for him in
Paradise."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 465:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
was asked about the children of (Mushrikeen)
pagans. The Prophet replied, "Since Allah
created them, He knows what sort of deeds they
would have done."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 466:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet was
asked about the offspring of pagans (Mushrakeen);
so he said, "Allah knows what sort of deeds
they would have done."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 467:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Every child is born with a true faith of
Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and
his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity
or Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby
animal. Do you find it mutilated?"
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 468:
Narrated Samura bin
Jundab:
Whenever the
Prophet finished the (morning) prayer, he would
face us and ask, "Who amongst you had a dream
last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he
would narrate it. The Prophet would say: "Ma
sha'a-llah" (An Arabic maxim meaning
literally, 'What Allah wished,' and it indicates a
good omen.) One day, he asked us whether anyone of
us had seen a dream. We replied in the negative.
The Prophet said, "But I had seen (a dream)
last night that two men came to me, caught hold of
my hands, and took me to the Sacred Land
(Jerusalem). There, I saw a person sitting and
another standing with an iron hook in his hand
pushing it inside the mouth of the former till it
reached the jaw-bone, and then tore off one side
of his cheek, and then did the same with the other
side; in the mean-time the first side of his cheek
became normal again and then he repeated the same
operation again. I said, 'What is this?' They told
me to proceed on and we went on till we came to a
man Lying flat on his back, and another man
standing at his head carrying a stone or a piece
of rock, and crushing the head of the Lying man,
with that stone. Whenever he struck him, the stone
rolled away.
The man went to
pick it up and by the time he returned to him, the
crushed head had returned to its normal state and
the man came back and struck him again (and so
on). I said, 'Who is this?' They told me to
proceed on; so we proceeded on and passed by a
hole like an oven; with a narrow top and wide
bottom, and the fire was kindling underneath that
hole. Whenever the fire-flame went up, the people
were lifted up to such an extent that they about
to get out of it, and whenever the fire got
quieter, the people went down into it, and there
were naked men and women in it. I said, 'Who is
this?' They told me to proceed on. So we proceeded
on till we reached a river of blood and a man was
in it, and another man was standing at its bank
with stones in front of him, facing the man
standing in the river. Whenever the man in the
river wanted to come out, the other one threw a
stone in his mouth and caused him to retreat to
his original position; and so whenever he wanted
to come out the other would throw a stone in his
mouth, and he would retreat to his original
position. I asked, 'What is this?' They told me to
proceed on and we did so till we reached a
well-flourished green garden having a huge tree
and near its root was sitting an old man with some
children. (I saw) Another man near the tree with
fire in front of him and he was kindling it up.
Then they (i.e. my two companions) made me climb
up the tree and made me enter a house, better than
which I have ever seen. In it were some old men
and young men, women and children.
Then they took me
out of this house and made me climb up the tree
and made me enter another house that was better
and superior (to the first) containing old and
young people. I said to them (i.e. my two
companions), 'You have made me ramble all the
night. Tell me all about that I have seen.' They
said, 'Yes. As for the one whose cheek you saw
being torn away, he was a liar and he used to tell
lies, and the people would report those lies on
his authority till they spread all over the world.
So, he will be punished like that till the Day of
Resurrection.
The one whose head
you saw being crushed is the one whom Allah had
given the knowledge of Quran (i.e. knowing it by
heart) but he used to sleep at night (i.e. he did
not recite it then) and did not use to act upon it
(i.e. upon its orders etc.) by day; and so this
punishment will go on till the Day of
Resurrection. And those you saw in the hole (like
oven) were adulterers (those men and women who
commit illegal sexual intercourse). And those you
saw in the river of blood were those dealing in
Riba (usury). And the old man who was sitting at
the base of the tree was Abraham and the little
children around him were the offspring of the
people. And the one who was kindling the fire was
Malik, the gate-keeper of the Hell-fire. And the
first house in which you have gone was the house
of the common believers, and the second house was
of the martyrs. I am Gabriel and this is Michael.
Raise your head.' I raised my head and saw a thing
like a cloud over me. They said, 'That is your
place.' I said, 'Let me enter my place.' They
said, 'You still have some life which you have not
yet completed, and when you complete (that
remaining portion of your life) you will then
enter your place.' "
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 469:
Narrated Hisham's
father:
Aisha said, "I
went to Abu Bakr (during his fatal illness) and he
asked me, 'In how many garments was the Prophet
shrouded?' She replied, 'In three Sahuliya pieces
of white cloth of cotton, and there was neither a
shirt nor a turban among them.' Abu Bakr further
asked her, 'On which day did the Prophet die?' She
replied, 'He died on Monday.' He asked, 'What is
today?' She replied, 'Today is Monday.' He added,
'I hope I shall die sometime between this morning
and tonight.' Then he looked at a garment that he
was wearing during his illness and it had some
stains of saffron. Then he said, 'Wash this
garment of mine and add two more garments and
shroud me in them.' I said, 'This is worn out.' He
said, 'A living person has more right to wear new
clothes than a dead one; the shroud is only for
the body's pus.' He did not die till it was the
night of Tuesday and was buried before the
morning."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 470:
Narrated Aisha:
A man said to the
Prophet (p.b.u.h), "My mother died suddenly
and I thought that if she had lived she would have
given alms. So, if I give alms now on her behalf,
will she get the reward?" The Prophet replied
in the affirmative.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 471:
Narrated 'Aisha:
During his
sickness, Allah's Apostle was asking repeatedly,
"Where am I today? Where will I be
tomorrow?" And I was waiting for the day of
my turn (impatiently). Then, when my turn came,
Allah took his soul away (in my lap) between my
chest and arms and he was buried in my house.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 472:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle in
his fatal illness said, "Allah cursed the
Jews and the Christians, for they built the places
of worship at the graves of their prophets."
And if that had not been the case, then the
Prophet's grave would have been made prominent
before the people. So (the Prophet ) was afraid,
or the people were afraid that his grave might be
taken as a place for worship.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 473:
Narrated Abu Bakr
bin 'Aiyash :
Sufyan At-Tammar
told me that he had seen the grave of the Prophet
elevated and convex.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 474:
Narrated 'Urwa:
When the wall fell
on them (i.e. graves) during the caliphate of Al-Walid
bin 'Abdul Malik, the people started repairing it,
and a foot appeared to them. The people got scared
and thought that it was the foot of the Prophet.
No-one could be found who could tell them about it
till I ('Urwa) said to them, "By Allah, this
is not the foot of the Prophet but it is the foot
of Umar." Aisha narrated that she made a will
to 'Abdullah bin Zubair, "Do not bury me with
them (the Prophet and his two companions) but bury
me with my companions (wives of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
) in Al-Baqi as I would not like to be looked upon
as better than I really am (by being buried near
the Prophet)."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 475:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Maimun Al-Audi:
I saw 'Umar bin Al-Khattab
(when he was stabbed) saying, "O 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar! Go to the mother of the believers Aisha
and say, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings
to you,' and request her to allow me to be buried
with my companions." (So, Ibn 'Umar conveyed
the message to 'Aisha.) She said, "I had the
idea of having this place for myself but today I
prefer him ('Umar) to myself (and allow him to be
buried there)." When 'Abdullah bin 'Umar
returned, 'Umar asked him, "What (news) do
you have?" He replied, "O chief of the
believers! She has allowed you (to be buried
there)." On that 'Umar said, "Nothing
was more important to me than to be buried in that
(sacred) place. So, when I expire, carry me there
and pay my greetings to her ('Aisha ) and say, 'Umar
bin Al-Khattab asks permission; and if she gives
permission, then bury me (there) and if she does
not, then take me to the grave-yard of the
Muslims. I do not think any person has more right
for the caliphate than those with whom Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) was always pleased till his
death. And whoever is chosen by the people after
me will be the caliph, and you people must listen
to him and obey him," and then he mentioned
the name of 'Uthman, 'Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf and Sad bin Abi Waqqas.
By this time a
young man from Ansar came and said, "O chief
of the believers! Be happy with Allah's glad
tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is
known to you, then you became the caliph and you
ruled with justice and then you have been awarded
martyrdom after all this." 'Umar replied,
"O son of my brother! Would that all that
privileges will counterbalance (my short comings),
so that I neither lose nor gain anything. I
recommend my successor to be good to the early
emigrants and realize their rights and to protect
their honor and sacred things. And I also
recommend him to be good to the Ansar who before
them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the
Faith. He should accept the good of the righteous
among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I
recommend him to abide by the rules and
regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of
Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their contracts
completely and fight for them and not to tax
(overburden) them beyond their capabilities."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 476:
Narrated 'Aisha :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said, "Don't abuse the dead, because they
have reached the result of what they
forwarded."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 477:
Narrated Ibn Abbas.:
Abu Lahab, may
Allah curse him, once said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h),
"Perish you all the day."
Then the Divine
Inspiration came: "Perish the hands of Abi
Lahab! And perish he!" (111.1).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 478:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Thy Prophet sent
Muadh to Yemen and said, "Invite the people
to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and I am Allah's Apostle, and
if they obey you to do so, then teach them that
Allah has enjoined on them five prayers in every
day and night (in twenty-four hours), and if they
obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has
made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakat from
their property and it is to be taken from the
wealthy among them and given to the poor."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 479:
Narrated Abu Aiyub:
A man said to the
Prophet "Tell me of such a deed as will make
me enter Paradise." The people said,
"What is the matter with him? What is the
matter with him?" The Prophet said, "He
has something to ask. (What he needs greatly) The
Prophet said: (In order to enter Paradise) you
should worship Allah and do not ascribe any
partners to Him, offer prayer perfectly, pay the
Zakat and keep good relations with your Kith and
kin." (See Hadith No. 12, Vol 8).
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 480:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A Bedouin came to
the Prophet and said, "Tell me of such a deed
as will make me enter Paradise, if I do it."
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Worship Allah,
and worship none along with Him, offer the (five)
prescribed compulsory prayers perfectly, pay the
compulsory Zakat, and fast the month of
Ramadan." The Bedouin said, "By Him, in
Whose Hands my life is, I will not do more than
this." When he (the Bedouin) left, the
Prophet said, "Whoever likes to see a man of
Paradise, then he may look at this man."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 481:
Narrated Abu Zur'a:
from the Prophet
the same as above.
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 482:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A delegation of the
tribe of 'Abdul Qais came to the Prophet and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! We are from the tribe of
Rabi'a, and the infidels of the tribe of Mudar
stands between us and you; so we cannot come to
you except during the Sacred Months. Please order
us to do something (religious deeds) which we may
carry out and also invite to it our people whom we
have left behind." The Prophet said, "I
order you to do four things and forbid you four
others: (I order you) to have faith in Allah, and
confess that none has the right to be worshipped
but Allah, (and the Prophet gestured with his hand
like this (i.e. one knot) and to offer prayers
perfectly and to pay the Zakat, and to pay
one-fifth of the booty in Allah's Cause. And I
forbid you to use Dubba', Hantam, Naqir and
Muzaffat (all these are the names of utensils used
for preparing alcoholic drinks)."
Volume
2, Book 23, Number 483:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
When Allah's
Apostle died and Abu Bakr became the caliph some
Arabs renegade (reverted to disbelief) (Abu Bakr
decided to declare war against them), 'Umar, said
to Abu Bakr, "How can you fight with these
people although Allah's Apostle said, 'I have been
ordered (by Allah) to fight the people till they
say: "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah, and whoever said it then he will save his
life and property from me except on trespassing
the law (rights and conditions for which he will
be punished justly), and his accounts will be with
Allah.' " Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! I
will fight those who differentiate between the
prayer and the Zakat as Zakat is the compulsory
right to be taken from the property (according to
Allah's orders) By Allah! If they refuse to pay me
even a she-kid which they used to pay at the time
of Allah's Apostle . I would fight with them for
withholding it" Then 'Umar said, "By
Allah, it was nothing, but Allah opened Abu Bakr's
chest towards the decision (to fight) and I came
to know that his decision was right."
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