Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 44:
Partnership
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 663:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
"Allah's
Apostle sent an army towards the east coast and
appointed Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah as their
chief, and the army consisted of three-hundred men
including myself. We marched on till we reached a
place where our food was about to finish. Abu- 'Ubaida
ordered us to collect all the journey food and it
was collected. My (our) journey food was dates.
Abu 'Ubaida kept on giving us our daily ration in
small amounts from it, till it was exhausted. The
share of everyone of us used to be one date
only." I said, "How could one date
benefit you?" Jabir replied, "We came to
know its value when even that too finished."
Jabir added, "When we reached the sea-shore,
we saw a huge fish which was like a small
mountain. The army ate from it for eighteen days.
Then Abu 'Ubaida ordered that two of its ribs be
fixed and they were fixed in the ground. Then he
ordered that a she-camel be ridden and it passed
under the two ribs (forming an arch) without
touching them."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 664:
Narrated Salama:
Once the journey
food diminished and the people were reduced to
poverty. They went to the Prophet and asked his
permission to slaughter their camels, and he
agreed. 'Umar met them and they told him about it,
and he said, "How would you survive after
slaughtering your camels?" Then he went to
the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! How
would they survive after slaughtering their
camels?" Allah's Apostle ordered 'Umar,
"Call upon the people to bring what has
remained of their food." A leather sheet was
spread and al I the journey food was collected and
heaped over it. Allah's Apostle stood up and
invoked Allah to bless it, and then directed all
the people to come with their utensils, and they
started taking from it till all of them got what
was sufficient for them. Allah's Apostle then
said, "I testify that None has the right to
be worshipped but Allah, and I am His Apostle.
"
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 665:
Narrated Rafi bin
Khadij:
We used to offer
the 'Asr prayer with the Prophet and slaughter a
camel, the meat of which would be divided in ten
parts. We would eat the cooked meat before sunset.
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 666:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"When the people of Ash'ari tribe ran short
of food during the holy battles, or the food of
their families in Medina ran short, they would
collect all their remaining food in one sheet and
then distribute it among themselves equally by
measuring it with a bowl. So, these people are
from me, and I am from them."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 667:
Narrated Anas:
that Abu Bakr As-Siddiq
wrote to him the law of Zakat which was made
obligatory by Allah's Apostle. He wrote: 'Partners
possessing joint property (sheep) have to pay its
Zakat equally.
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 668:
Narrated 'Abaya bin
Rafa'a bin Raft' bin Khadij:
My grandfather
said, "We were in the company of the Prophet
at Dhul-Hulaifa. The people felt hungry and
captured some camels and sheep (as booty). The
Prophet was behind the people. They hurried and
slaughtered the animals and put their meat in pots
and started cooking it. (When the Prophet came) he
ordered the pots to be upset and then he
distributed the animals (of the booty), regarding
ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels
fled and the people ran after it till they were
exhausted. At that time there were few horses. A
man threw an arrow at the camel, and Allah stopped
the camel with it. The Prophet said, "Some of
these animals are like wild animals, so if you
lose control over one of these animals, treat it
in this way (i.e. shoot it with an arrow)."
Before distributing them among the soldiers my
grandfather said, "We may meet the enemies in
the future and have no knives; can we slaughter
the animals with reeds?" The Prophet said,
"Use whatever causes blood to flow, and eat
the animals if the name of Allah has been
mentioned on slaughtering them. Do not slaughter
with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why:
It is because teeth are bones (i.e. cannot cut
properly) and fingernails are the tools used by
the Ethiopians (whom we should not imitate for
they are infidels)."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 669:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet decreed
that one should not eat two dates together at a
time unless he gets the permission from his
companions (sharing the meal with him).
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 670:
Narrated Jabala:
"While at
Medina we were struck with famine. Ibn Az-Zubair
used to provide us with dates as our food. Ibn 'Umar
used to pass by us and say, "Don't eat two
dates together at a time as the Prophet has
forbidden eating two dates together at a time (in
a gathering) unless one takes the permission of
one's companion brother."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 671:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn 'Umar said,
"Allah's Apostle said, 'If one manumits his
share of a jointly possessed slave, and can afford
the price of the other shares according to the
adequate price of the slave, the slave will be
completely manumitted; otherwise he will be
partially manumitted.' " (Aiyub, a
sub-narrator is not sure whether the saying "
... otherwise he will be partially
manumitted" was said by Nafi' or the
Prophet.)
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 672:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever manumits his share of a jointly
possessed slave, it is imperative for him to get
that slave manumitted completely by paying the
remaining price, and if he does not have
sufficient money to manumit him, then the price of
the slave should be estimated justly, and he is to
be allowed to work and earn the amount that will
manumit him (without overburdening him)".
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 673:
Narrated An-Nu'man
bin Bashir:
The Prophet said,
"The example of the person abiding by Allah's
order and restrictions in comparison to those who
violate them is like the example of those persons
who drew lots for their seats in a boat. Some of
them got seats in the upper part, and the others
in the lower. When the latter needed water, they
had to go up to bring water (and that troubled the
others), so they said, 'Let us make a hole in our
share of the ship (and get water) saving those who
are above us from troubling them. So, if the
people in the upper part left the others do what
they had suggested, all the people of the ship
would be destroyed, but if they prevented them,
both parties would be safe."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 674:
Narrated 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair:
That he had asked 'Aisha
about the meaning of the Statement of Allah:
"If you fear that you shall not Be able to
deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry
(Other) women of your choice Two or three or
four." (4.3)
She said, "O
my nephew! This is about the orphan girl who lives
with her guardian and shares his property. Her
wealth and beauty may tempt him to marry her
without giving her an adequate Mahr (bridal-money)
which might have been given by another suitor. So,
such guardians were forbidden to marry such orphan
girls unless they treated them justly and gave
them the most suitable Mahr; otherwise they were
ordered to marry any other woman." 'Aisha
further said, "After that verse the people
again asked the Prophet (about the marriage with
orphan 'girls), so Allah revealed the following
verses:-- 'They ask your instruction Concerning
the women. Say: Allah Instructs you about them And
about what is Recited unto you In the Book,
concerning The orphan girls to whom You give not
the prescribed portions and yet whom you Desire to
marry..." (4.127)
What is meant by
Allah's Saying:-- 'And about what is Recited unto
you is the former verse which goes:-- 'If you fear
that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the
orphan girls, then Marry (other) women of your
choice.' (4.3) 'Aisha said, "Allah's saying
in the other verse:--'Yet whom you desire to
marry' (4.127) means the desire of the guardian to
marry an orphan girl under his supervision when
she has not much property or beauty (in which case
he should treat her justly). The guardians were
forbidden to marry their orphan girls possessing
property and beauty without being just to them, as
they generally refrain from marrying them (when
they are neither beautiful nor wealthy)."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 675:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet
established the right of Shu'fa (i.e. Pre-emption)
in joint properties; but when the land is divided
and the ways are demarcated, then there is no
pre-emption.
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 676:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"The right of pre-emption is valid in every
joint property, but when the land is divided and
the way is demarcated, then there is no right of
pre-emption."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 677:
Narrated Sulaiman
bin Abu Muslim:
I asked Abu Minhal
about money exchange from hand to hand. He said,
"I and a partner of mine bought something
partly in cash and partly on credit." Al-Bara'
bin 'Azib passed by us and we asked about it. He
replied, "I and my partner Zaid bin Al-Arqam
did the same and then went to the Prophet and
asked him about it. He said, 'Take what was from
hand to hand and leave what was on credit.' "
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 678:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
rented the land of Khaibar to the Jews on the
condition that they would work on it and cultivate
it and take half of its yield.
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 679:
Narrated 'Uqba bin
'Amir:
that Allah's
Apostle gave him some sheep to distribute among
his companions in order to sacrifice them and a
kid was left. He told the Prophet about it and the
Prophet said to him, "Sacrifice it on your
behalf."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 680:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Hisham:
that his mother
Zainab bint Humaid took him to the Prophet and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Take the pledge of
allegiance from him." But he said, "He
is still too young for the pledge," and
passed his hand on his (i.e. 'Abdullah's) head and
invoked for Allah's blessing for him. Zuhra bin
Ma'bad stated that he used to go with his
grandfather, 'Abdullah bin Hisham, to the market
to buy foodstuff. Ibn 'Umar and Ibn Az-Zubair
would meet him and say to him, "Be our
partner, as the Prophet invoked Allah to bless
you." So, he would be their partner, and very
often he would win a camel's load and send it
home.
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 681:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever manumits his share o a jointly
possessed slave, it is imperative on him to
manumit the slave completely if he has sufficient
money to pay the rest of its price which is to be
estimated justly. He should pay his partners their
shares and release him (the freed one).
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 682:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever manumits his share of a jointly
possessed slave, it is essential for him to
manumit the slave completely if he has sufficient
money. Otherwise he should look for some work for
the slave (to earn what would enable him to
emancipate himself), without overburdening him
with work."
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 683:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet (along
with his companions) reached Mecca in the morning
of the fourth of Dhul-Hijja assuming Ihram for
Hajj only. So when we arrived at Mecca, the
Prophet ordered us to change our intentions of the
Ihram for'Umra and that we could finish our Ihram
after performing the 'Umra and could go to our
wives (for sexual intercourse). The people began
talking about that. Jabir said surprisingly,
"Shall we go to Mina while semen is dribbling
from our male organs?" Jabir moved his hand
while saying so. When this news reached the
Prophet he delivered a sermon and said, "I
have been informed that some peoples were saying
so and so; By Allah I fear Allah more than you do,
and am more obedient to Him than you. If I had
known what I know now, I would not have brought
the Hadi (sacrifice) with me and had the Hadi not
been with me, I would have finished the
Ihram." At that Suraqa bin Malik stood up and
asked "O Allah's Apostle! Is this permission
for us only or is it forever?" The Prophet
replied, "It is forever." In the
meantime 'Ali bin Abu Talib came from Yemen and
was saying Labbaik for what the Prophet has
intended. (According to another man, 'Ali was
saying Labbaik for Hajj similar to Allah's
Apostle's). The Prophet told him to keep on the
Ihram and let him share the Hadi with him.
Volume
3, Book 44, Number 684:
Narrated Abaya bin
Rifaa:
My grandfather,
Rafi bin Khadij said, "We were in the valley
of Dhul-Hulaifa of Tuhama in the company of the
Prophet and had some camels and sheep (of the
booty). The people hurried (in slaughtering the
animals) and put their meat in the pots and
started cooking. Allah's Apostle came and ordered
them to upset the pots, and distributed the booty
considering one camel as equal to ten sheep. One
of the camels fled and the people had only a few
horses, so they got worried. (The camel was chased
and) a man slopped the camel by throwing an arrow
at it. Allah's Apostle said, 'Some of these
animals are untamed like wild animals, so if
anyone of them went out of your control, then you
should treat it as you have done now.' " My
grandfather said, "O Allah's Apostle! We fear
that we may meet our enemy tomorrow and we have no
knives, could we slaughter the animals with
reeds?" The Prophet said, "Yes, or you
can use what would make blood flow (slaughter) and
you can eat what is slaughtered and the Name of
Allah is mentioned at the time of slaughtering.
But don't use teeth or fingernails (in
slaughtering). I will tell you why, as for teeth,
they are bones, and fingernails are used by
Ethiopians for slaughtering. (See Hadith 668)
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