Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 48:
Witnesses
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 805:
Narrated Urwa bin
Al-Musayyab, Alqama bin Waqqas and Ubaidullah bin
Abdullah:
About the story of
'Aisha and their narrations were similar attesting
each other, when the liars said what they invented
about 'Aisha, and the Divine Inspiration was
delayed, Allah's Apostle sent for 'Ali and Usama
to consult them in divorcing his wife (i.e. 'Aisha).
Usama said, "Keep your wife, as we know
nothing about her except good." Buraira said,
"I cannot accuse her of any defect except
that she is still a young girl who sleeps,
neglecting her family's dough which the domestic
goats come to eat (i.e. she was too simpleminded
to deceive her husband)." Allah's Apostle
said, "Who can help me to take revenge over
the man who has harmed me by defaming the
reputation of my family? By Allah, I have not
known about my family-anything except good, and
they mentioned (i.e. accused) a man about whom I
did not know anything except good."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 806:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Umar:
Allah's Apostle and
Ubai bin Kab Al-Ansari went to the garden where
Ibn Saiyad used to live. When Allah's Apostle
entered (the garden), he (i.e. Allah's Apostle )
started hiding himself behind the datepalms as he
wanted to hear secretly the talk of Ibn Saiyad
before the latter saw him. Ibn Saiyad wrapped with
a soft decorated sheet was lying on his bed
murmuring. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw the Prophet
hiding behind the stems of the date-palms. She
addressed Ibn Saiyad saying, "O Saf, this is
Muhammad." Hearing that Ibn Saiyad stopped
murmuring (or got cautious), the Prophet said,
"If she had left him undisturbed, he would
have revealed his reality." (See Hadith No.
290, Vol 4 for details)
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 807:
Narrated Aisha:
The wife of Rifa'a
Al-Qurazi came to the Prophet and said, "I
was Rifa'a's wife, but he divorced me and it was a
final irrevocable divorce. Then I married
AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair but he is
impotent." The Prophet asked her 'Do you want
to remarry Rifa'a? You cannot unless you had a
complete sexual relation with your present
husband." Abu Bakr was sitting with Allah's
Apostle and Khalid bin Said bin Al-'As was at the
door waiting to be admitted. He said, "O Abu
Bakr! Do you hear what this (woman) is revealing
frankly before the Prophet ?"
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 808:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Abu Mulaika from 'Uqba bin Al-Harith:
Uqba married the
daughter of Abu Ihab bin Aziz, and then a woman
came and said, "I suckled 'Uqba and his
wife." 'Uqba said to her, "I do not know
that you have suckled me, and you did not inform
me." He then sent someone to the house of Abu
Ihab to enquire about that but they did not know
that she had suckled their daughter. Then 'Uqba
went to the Prophet in Medina and asked him about
it. The Prophet said to him, "How (can you
keep your wife) after it has been said (that both
of you were suckled by the same woman)?" So,
he divorced her and she was married to another
(husband).
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 809:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab:
People were
(sometimes) judged by the revealing of a Divine
Inspiration during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle
but now there is no longer any more (new
revelation). Now we judge you by the deeds you
practice publicly, so we will trust and favor the
one who does good deeds in front of us, and we
will not call him to account about what he is
really doing in secret, for Allah will judge him
for that; but we will not trust or believe the one
who presents to us with an evil deed even if he
claims that his intentions were good.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 810:
Narrated Anas:
A funeral
procession passed in front of the Prophet and the
people praised the deceased. The Prophet said,
"It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then
another funeral procession passed by and the
people talked badly of the deceased. The Prophet
said, "It has been affirmed (Hell)."
Allah's Apostle was asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! You said it has been affirmed for
both?" The Prophet said, "The testimony
of the people (is accepted), (for) the believer
are Allah's witnesses on the earth."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 811:
Narrated Abu Al-Aswad:
Once I went to
Medina where there was an outbreak of disease and
the people were dying rapidly. I was sitting with
'Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The
people praised the deceased. 'Umar said, "It
has been affirmed" (Paradise). Then another
funeral procession passed by. The people praised
the deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been
affirmed." (Paradise). Then another funeral
procession passed by. The people praised the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed
(Paradise)." Then a third funeral procession
passed by and the people talked badly of the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed
(Hell)." I asked Umar, "O chief of the
believers! What has been affirmed?" He said,
"I have said what the Prophet said. He said,
'Allah will admit into paradise any Muslim whose
good character is attested by four persons.' We
asked the Prophet, 'If there were three witnesses
only?' He said, 'Even three.' We asked, 'If there
were two only?' He said, 'Even two.' But we did
not ask him about one witness."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 812:
Narrated Aisha:
Aflah asked the
permission to visit me but I did not allow him. He
said, "Do you veil yourself before me
although I am your uncle?" 'Aisha said,
"How is that?" Aflah replied, "You
were suckled by my brother's wife with my
brother's milk." I asked Allah's Apostle
about it, and he said, "Allah is right, so
permit him to visit you."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 813:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said
about Hamza's daughter, "I am not legally
permitted to marry her, as foster relations are
treated like blood relations (in marital affairs).
She is the daughter of my foster brother."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 814:
Narrated Amra bint
'Abdur-Rahman:
That 'Aisha the
wife of the Prophet told her uncle that once,
while the Prophet was in her house, she heard a
man asking Hafsa's permission to enter her house.
'Aisha said, "I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I
think the man is Hafsa's foster uncle.' " 'Aisha
added, "O Allah's Apostle! There is a man
asking the permission to enter your house."
Allah's Apostle replied, "I think the man is
Hafsa's foster uncle." 'Aisha said, "If
so-and-so were living (i.e. her foster uncle)
would he be allowed to visit me?" Allah's
Apostle said, "Yes, he would, as the foster
relations are treated like blood relations (in
marital affairs)."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 815:
Narrated Aisha:
Once the Prophet
came to me while a man was in my house. He said,
"O 'Aisha! Who is this (man)?" I
replied, "My foster brothers" He said,
"O 'Aisha! Be sure about your foster
brothers, as fostership is only valid if it takes
place in the suckling period (before two years of
age)."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 816:
Narrated 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair:
A woman committed
theft in the Ghazwa of the Conquest (of Mecca) and
she was taken to the Prophet who ordered her hand
to be cut off. 'Aisha said, "Her repentance
was perfect and she was married (later) and used
to come to me (after that) and I would present her
needs to Allah's Apostle."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 817:
Narrated Zaid bin
Khalid:
Allah's Apostle
ordered that an unmarried man who committed
illegal sexual intercourse be scourged one hundred
lashes and sent into exile for one year.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 818:
Narrated An-Nu'man
bin Bashir:
My mother asked my
father to present me a gift from his property; and
he gave it to me after some hesitation. My mother
said that she would not be satisfied unless the
Prophet was made a witness to it. I being a young
boy, my father held me by the hand and took me to
the Prophet . He said to the Prophet, "His
mother, bint Rawaha, requested me to give this boy
a gift." The Prophet said, "Do you have
other sons besides him?" He said,
"Yes." The Prophet said, "Do not
make me a witness for injustice." Narrated
Ash-Shabi that the Prophet said, "I will not
become a witness for injustice."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 819:
Narrated Zahdam bin
Mudrab:
I heard Imran bin
Husain saying, "The Prophet said, 'The best
people are those living in my generation, then
those coming after them, and then those coming
after (the second generation)." Imran said
"I do not know whether the Prophet mentioned
two or three generations after your present
generation. The Prophet added, 'There will be some
people after you, who will be dishonest and will
not be trustworthy and will give witness
(evidences) without being asked to give witness,
and will vow but will not fulfill their vows, and
fatness will appear among them."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 820:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"The people of my generation are the best,
then those who follow them, and then whose who
follow the latter. After that there will come some
people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths,
and their oaths will go ahead of their
witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said,
"We used to be beaten for taking oaths by
saying, 'I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by
the Covenant of Allah."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 821:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet was
asked about the great sins He said, "They
are:--
(1 ) To join others
in worship with Allah,
(2) To be undutiful
to one's parents.
(3) To kill a
person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e.
to commit the crime of murdering).
(4) And to give a
false witness."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 822:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
The Prophet said
thrice, "Should I inform you out the greatest
of the great sins?" They said, "Yes, O
Allah's Apostle!" He said, "To join
others in worship with Allah and to be undutiful
to one's parents." The Prophet then sat up
after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and
said, "And I warn you against giving a false
witness, and he kept on saying that warning till
we thought he would not stop. (See Hadith No. 7,
Vol. 8)
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 823:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet heard a
man (reciting Quran) in the Mosque, and he said,
"May Allah bestow His Mercy upon him. No
doubt, he made me remember such-and such Verses of
such-and-such Sura which I dropped (from my
memory).
Narrated Aisha: The
Prophet performed the Tahajjud prayer in my house,
and then he heard the voice of 'Abbas who was
praying in the Mosque, and said, "O 'Aisha!
Is this 'Abbad's voice?" I said,
"Yes." He said, "O Allah! Be
merciful to 'Abbas!"
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 824:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Umar:
The Prophet said,
"Bilal pronounces the Adhan when it is still
night (before dawn), so eat and drink till the
next Adhan is pronounced (or till you hear Ibn Um
Maktum's Adhan)." Ibn Um Maktum was a blind
man who would not pronounce the Adhan till he was
told that it was dawn.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 825:
Narrated Al-Miswar
bin Makhrama:
Some outer garments
were received the Prophet and my father (Makhrama)
said to me, "Let us go to the Prophet so that
he may give us something from the garments."
So, my father stood at the door and spoke. The
Prophet recognized his voice and came out carrying
a garment and telling Makhrama the good qualities
of that garment, adding, "I have kept this
for you, I have sent this for you."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 826:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half
of that of a man?" The women said,
"Yes." He said, "This is because of
the deficiency of a woman's mind."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 827:
Narrated Uqba bin
Al-Harith:
That he had married
Um Yahya bint Abu Ihab. He said. "A black
slave-lady came and said, 'I suckled you both.' I
then mentioned that to the Prophet who turned his
face aside." Uqba further said, "I went
to the other side and told the Prophet about it.
He said, 'How can you (keep her as your wife) when
the lady has said that she suckled both of you
(i.e. you and your wife?)" So, the Prophet
ordered him to divorce her.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 828:
Narrated 'Uqba bin
Al-Harith:
I married a woman
and later on a woman came and said, "I
suckled you both." So, I went to the Prophet
(to ask him about it). He said, "How can you
(keep her as a wife) when it has been said (that
you were foster brother and sister)? Leave
(divorce) her.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 829:
Narrated Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) "Whenever Allah's Apostle intended
to go on a journey, he would draw lots amongst his
wives and would take with him the one upon whom
the lot fell. During a Ghazwa of his, he drew lots
amongst us and the lot fell upon me, and I
proceeded with him after Allah had decreed the use
of the veil by women. I was carried in a Howdah
(on the camel) and dismounted while still in it.
When Allah's Apostle was through with his Ghazwa
and returned home, and we approached the city of
Medina, Allah's Apostle ordered us to proceed at
night. When the order of setting off was given, I
walked till I was past the army to answer the call
of nature. After finishing I returned (to the
camp) to depart (with the others) and suddenly
realized that my necklace over my chest was
missing. So, I returned to look for it and was
delayed because of that. The people who used to
carry me on the camel, came to my Howdah and put
it on the back of the camel, thinking that I was
in it, as, at that time, women were light in
weight, and thin and lean, and did not use to eat
much. So, those people did not feel the difference
in the heaviness of the Howdah while lifting it,
and they put it over the camel. At that time I was
a young lady. They set the camel moving and
proceeded on. I found my necklace after the army
had gone, and came to their camp to find nobody.
So, I went to the place where I used to stay,
thinking that they would discover my absence and
come back in my search. While in that state, I
felt sleepy and slept.
Safwan bin Mu'attal
As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani was behind the army and
reached my abode in the morning. When he saw a
sleeping person, he came to me, and he used to see
me before veiling. So, I got up when I heard him
saying, "Inna lil-lah-wa inn a ilaihi rajiun
(We are for Allah, and we will return to
Him)." He made his camel knell down. He got
down from his camel, and put his leg on the front
legs of the camel and then I rode and sat over it.
Safwan set out walking, leading the camel by the
rope till we reached the army who had halted to
take rest at midday. Then whoever was meant for
destruction, fell into destruction, (some people
accused me falsely) and the leader of the false
accusers was 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul. After
that we returned to Medina, and I became ill for
one month while the people were spreading the
forged statements of the false accusers. I was
feeling during my ailment as if I were not
receiving the usual kindness from the Prophet
which I used to receive from him when I got sick.
But he would come, greet and say, 'How is that
(girl)?' I did not know anything of what was going
on till I recovered from my ailment and went out
with Um Mistah to the Manasi where we used to
answer the call of nature, and we used not to go
to answer the call of nature except from night to
night and that was before we had lavatories near
to our houses. And this habit of ours was similar
to the habit of the old 'Arabs in the open country
(or away from houses). So. I and Um Mistah bint
Ruhm went out walking. Um Mistah stumbled because
of her long dress and on that she said, 'Let
Mistah be ruined.' I said, 'You are saying a bad
word. Why are you abusing a man who took part in
(the battle of) Badr?' She said, 'O Hanata (you
there) didn't you hear what they said?' Then she
told me the rumors of the false accusers.
My sickness was
aggravated, and when I returned home, Allah's
Apostle came to me, and after greeting he said,
'How is that (girl)?' I requested him to allow me
to go to my parents. I wanted then to be sure of
the news through them I Allah's Apostle allowed
me, and I went to my parents and asked my mother,
'What are the people talking about?' She said, 'O
my daughter! Don't worry much about this matter.
By Allah, never is there a charming woman loved by
her husband who has other wives, but the women
would forge false news about her.' I said,
'Glorified be Allah! Are the people really taking
of this matter?' That night I kept on weeping and
could not sleep till morning. In the morning
Allah's Apostle called Ali bin Abu Talib and Usama
bin Zaid when he saw the Divine Inspiration
delayed, to consul them about divorcing his wife
(i.e. 'Aisha). Usama bin Zaid said what he knew of
the good reputation of his wives and added, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Keep you wife, for, by Allah, we
know nothing about her but good.' 'Ali bin Abu
Talib said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah has no
imposed restrictions on you, and there are many
women other than she, yet you may ask the
woman-servant who will tell you the truth.' On
that Allah's Apostle called Buraira and said, 'O
Burair. Did you ever see anything which roused
your suspicions about her?' Buraira said, 'No, by
Allah Who has sent you with the Truth, I have
never seen in her anything faulty except that she
is a girl of immature age, who sometimes sleeps
and leaves the dough for the goats to eat.' On
that day Allah's Apostle ascended the pulpit and
requested that somebody support him in punishing
'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul. Allah's Apostle
said, 'Who will support me to punish that person
('Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul) who has hurt me by
slandering the reputation of my family? By Allah,
I know nothing about my family but good, and they
have accused a person about whom I know nothing
except good, and he never entered my house except
in my company.'
Sad bin Mu'adh got
up and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! by Allah, I will
relieve you from him. If that man is from the
tribe of the Aus, then we will chop his head off,
and if he is from our brothers, the Khazraj, then
order us, and we will fulfill your order.' On that
Sad bin 'Ubada, the chief of the Khazraj and
before this incident, he had been a pious man, got
up, motivated by his zeal for his tribe and said,
'By Allah, you have told a lie; you cannot kill
him, and you will never be able to kill him.' On
that Usaid bin Al-Hadir got up and said (to Sad
bin 'Ubada), 'By Allah! you are a liar. By Allah,
we will kill him; and you are a hypocrite,
defending the hypocrites.' On this the two tribes
of Aus and Khazraj got excited and were about to
fight each other, while Allah's Apostle was
standing on the pulpit. He got down and quietened
them till they became silent and he kept quiet. On
that day I kept on weeping so much so that neither
did my tears stop, nor could I sleep.
In the morning my
parents were with me and I had wept for two nights
and a day, till I thought my liver would burst
from weeping. While they were sitting with me and
I was weeping, an Ansari woman asked my permission
to enter, and I allowed her to come in. She sat
down and started weeping with me. While we were in
this state, Allah's Apostle came and sat down and
he had never sat with me since the day they forged
the accusation. No revelation regarding my case
came to him for a month. He recited Tashah-hud
(i.e. None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle) and then said,
'O 'Aisha! I have been informed such-and-such
about you; if you are innocent, then Allah will
soon reveal your innocence, and if you have
committed a sin, then repent to Allah and ask Him
to forgive you, for when a person confesses his
sin and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah accepts
his repentance.' When Allah's Apostle finished his
speech my tears ceased completely and there
remained not even a single drop of it. I requested
my father to reply to Allah's Apostle on my
behalf. My father said, By Allah, I do not know
what to say to Allah's Apostle.' I said to my
mother, 'Talk to Allah's Apostle on my behalf.'
She said, 'By Allah, I do not know what to say to
Allah's Apostle.
I was a young girl
and did not have much knowledge of the Quran. I
said. 'I know, by Allah, that you have listened to
what people are saying and that has been planted
in your minds and you have taken it as a truth.
Now, if I told you that I am innocent and Allah
knows that I am innocent, you would not believe me
and if I confessed to you falsely that I am
guilty, and Allah knows that I am innocent you
would believe me. By Allah, I don't compare my
situation with you except to the situation of
Joseph's father (i.e. Jacob) who said, 'So (for
me) patience is most fitting against that which
you assert and it is Allah (Alone) whose help can
be sought.' Then I turned to the other side of my
bed hoping that Allah would prove my innocence. By
Allah I never thought that Allah would reveal
Divine Inspiration in my case, as I considered
myself too inferior to be talked of in the Holy
Qur'an. I had hoped that Allah's Apostle might
have a dream in which Allah would prove my
innocence. By Allah, Allah's Apostle had not got
up and nobody had left the house before the Divine
Inspiration came to Allah's Apostle. So, there
overtook him the same state which used to overtake
him, (when he used to have, on being inspired
divinely). He was sweating so much so that the
drops of the sweat were dropping like pearls
though it was a (cold) wintry day. When that state
of Allah's Apostle was over, he was smiling and
the first word he said, 'Aisha! Thank Allah, for
Allah has declared your innocence.' My mother told
me to go to Allah's Apostle . I replied, 'By Allah
I will not go to him and will not thank but
Allah.' So Allah revealed: "Verily! They who
spread the slander are a gang among you . .
." (24.11)
When Allah gave the
declaration of my Innocence, Abu Bakr, who used to
provide for Mistah bin Uthatha for he was his
relative, said, 'By Allah, I will never provide
Mistah with anything because of what he said about
Aisha.' But Allah later revealed: --
"And let not
those who are good and wealthy among you swear not
to help their kinsmen, those in need and those who
left their homes in Allah's Cause. Let them
forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah
should forgive you? Verily! Allah is
Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." (24.22) After
that Abu Bakr said, 'Yes ! By Allah! I like that
Allah should forgive me,' and resumed helping
Mistah whom he used to help before.
Allah's Apostle
also asked Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. the Prophet's
wife about me saying, 'What do you know and what
did you see?' She replied, 'O Allah's Apostle! I
refrain to claim hearing or seeing what I have not
heard or seen. By Allah, I know nothing except
goodness about Aisha." Aisha further added
"Zainab was competing with me (in her beauty
and the Prophet's love), yet Allah protected her
(from being malicious), for she had piety."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 830:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
A man praised
another man in front of the Prophet . The Prophet
said to him, "Woe to you, you have cut off
your companion's neck, you have cut off your
companion's neck," repeating it several times
and then added, "Whoever amongst you has to
praise his brother should say, 'I think that he is
so and so, and Allah knows exactly the truth, and
I do not confirm anybody's good conduct before
Allah, but I think him so and so,' if he really
knows what he says about him."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 831:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ashari:
The Prophet heard
someone praising another and exaggerating in his
praise. The Prophet said, "You have ruined or
cut the man's back (by praising him so much).
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 832:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
called me to present myself in front of him or the
eve of the battle of Uhud, while I was fourteen
years of age at that time, and he did not allow me
to take part in that battle, but he called me in
front of him on the eve of the battle of the
Trench when I was fifteen years old, and he
allowed me (to join the battle)." Nafi' said,
"I went to 'Umar bin 'Abdul Aziz who was
Caliph at that time and related the above
narration to him, He said, "This age
(fifteen) is the limit between childhood and
manhood," and wrote to his governors to give
salaries to those who reached the age of fifteen.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 833:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Bath on Friday is compulsory for those who
have attained the age of puberty."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 834:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If somebody takes a false oath in
order to get the property of a Muslim (unjustly)
by that oath, then Allah will be angry with him
when he will meet Him." Al-Ash'ath informed
me, "By Allah! This was said regarding me.
There was a dispute about a piece of land between
me and a man from the Jews who denied my right. I
took him to the Prophet. Allah's Apostle asked me,
'Do you have an evidence?' I replied in the
negative. He said to the Jew, 'Take an oath.' I
said, 'O Allah's Apostle! He will surely take an
oath and take my property unjustly." So,
Allah revealed: "Verily! Those who purchase a
little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and
their oaths . . . " (3.77)
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 835:
Narrated Ibn Abu
Mulaika:
Ibn 'Abbas wrote
that the Prophet gave his verdict on the basis of
the defendant's oath.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 836:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Abdullah (bin
Mas'ud) said, "Whoever takes a (false) oath
in order to grab some property (unjustly), Allah
will be angry with him when he will meet Him.
Allah confirmed that through His Divine
Revelation: "Verily! Those who purchase a
little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and
their oaths . . . they will have a painful
punishment." (3.77)
Al-Ash'ath bin Qais
came to us and asked, 'What is Abu Abdur-Rahman
(i.e. 'Abdullah) telling you? 'We told him what he
was narrating to us. He said, 'He was telling the
truth; this Divine Verse was revealed in
connection with me. There was a dispute between me
and another man about something and the case was
filed before Allah's Apostle who said, 'Produce
your two witnesses or else the defendant is to
take an oath.' I said, The defendant will surely
take a (false) oath caring for nothing.' The
Prophet said, 'Whoever takes a false oath in order
to grab (other's) property, then Allah will be
angry with him when he will meet Him.' Then Allah
revealed its confirmation. Al-Ashath then recited
the above Divine Verse." (3.77)
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 837:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Hilal bin Umaiya
accused his wife before the Prophet of committing
illegal sexual intercourse with Sharik bin Sahma.'
The Prophet said, "Produce a proof, or else
you would get the legal punishment (by being
lashed) on your back." Hilal said, "O
Allah's Apostle! If anyone of us saw another man
over his wife, would he go to search for a
proof." The Prophet went on saying,
"Produce a proof or else you would get the
legal punishment (by being lashed) on your
back." The Prophet then mentioned the
narration of Lian (as in the Holy Book). (Surat-al-Nur:
24)
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 838:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "There are
three persons whom Allah will neither talk to nor
look at, nor purify from (the sins), and they will
have a painful punishment. (They are):
(1) A man possessed
superfluous water on a way and he withheld it from
the travelers.
(2) a man who gives
a pledge of allegiance to a Muslim ruler and gives
it only for worldly gains. If the ruler gives him
what he wants, he remains obedient to It,
otherwise he does not abide by it, and
(3) a man bargains
with another man after the Asr prayer and the
latter takes a false oath in the Name of Allah)
claiming that he has been offered so much for the
thing and the former (believes him and) buys
it."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 839:
Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever takes a (false) oath in order to
grab (others) property, then Allah will be angry
with him when he will meet Him."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 840:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet asked
some people to take an oath, and they hurried for
it. The Prophet ordered that lots should be drawn
amongst them as to who would take an oath first.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 841:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abu Aufa:
A man displayed
some goods in the market and took a false oath
that he had been offered so much for them though
he was not offered that amount Then the following
Divine Verse was revealed:-- "Verily! Those
who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's
covenant and their oaths . . . Will get painful
punishment." (3.77) Ibn Abu Aufa added,
"Such person as described above is a
treacherous Riba-eater (i.e. eater of usury).
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 842:
Narrated Abu Wail
from Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever takes a false oath in order to grab
another man's (or his brother's) property, then
Allah will be angry with him when he will meet
him." Then Allah confirmed this by revealing
the Divine Verse: "Verily! Those who purchase
a little gain at the cost of Allah's Covenant and
their oaths . . . Will get painful
punishment." (3.77) Al-Ash'ath met me and
asked, "What did 'Abdullah tell you
today?" I said, "So and so." He
said, "The Verse was revealed regarding my
case."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 843:
Narrated Talha bin
'Ubaidullah:
A man came to
Allah's Apostle asking him about Islam, Allah's
Apostle said, "You have to offer five
compulsory prayers in a day and a night (24
hours)." The man asked, "Is there any
more compulsory prayers for me?" Allah's
Apostle said, "No, unless you like to offer
Nawafil (i.e. optional prayers)." Allah's
Apostle then added, "You have to observe
fasts during the month of Ramadan." The man
said, "Am I to fast any other days?' Allah's
Apostle said, "No, unless you wish to observe
the optional fast voluntarily." Then Allah's
Apostle told him about the compulsory Zakat. The
man asked, "Do I have to give anything
besides?" Allah's Apostle said, "No,
unless you wish to give in charity
voluntarily." So, the man departed saying,
"By Allah I will neither do more nor less
than that." Allah's Apostle said, "If he
has said the truth he will be successful."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 844:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever has to take an oath should swear by
Allah or remain silent." (i.e. He should not
swear by other than Allah.)
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 845:
Narrated Um Salama:
Once Allah's
Apostle said, "You people present your cases
to me and some of you may be more eloquent and
persuasive in presenting their argument. So, if I
give some one's right to another (wrongly) because
of the latter's (tricky) presentation of the case,
I am really giving him a piece of fire; so he
should not take it."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 846:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Abbas:
Abu Sufyan told me
that Heraclius said to him, "When I enquired
you what he (i.e. Muhammad) ordered you, you
replied that he ordered you to establish the
prayer, to speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep
promises and to pay back trusts." Then
Heraclius added, "These are really the
qualities of a prophet."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 847:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three:
(1) whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie,
(2) whenever he is
entrusted, he proves to be dishonest,
(3) whenever he
promises, he breaks his promise.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 848:
Narrated Muhammad
bin Ali:
Jabir bin Abdullah
said, "When the Prophet died, Abu Bakr
received some property from Al-Ala bin Al-Hadrami.
Abu Bakr said to the people, "Whoever has a
money claim on the Prophet, or was promised
something by him, should come to us (so that we
may pay him his right)." Jabir added, "I
said (to Abu Bakr), Allah's Apostle promised me
that he would give me this much, and this much,
and this much (spreading his hands three
times)." Jabir added, "Abu Bakr counted
for me and handed me five-hundred (gold pieces),
and then five-hundred, and then
five-hundred."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 849:
Narrated Said bin
Jubair:
A Jew from Hira
asked me which one of the two periods Musa (i.e.
Prophet Moses) completed. I said, "I don't
know, (but wait) till I see the most learned 'Arab
and enquire him about it." So, I went to Ibn
'Abbas and asked him. He replied, "Moses
completed the longer and better period." Ibn
'Abbas added, "No doubt, an apostle of Allah
always does what he says."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 850:
Narrated Ubaidullah
bin Abdullah bin Utba:
Ibn Abbas said,
"O Muslims? How do you ask the people of the
Scriptures, though your Book (i.e. the Quran)
which was revealed to His Prophet is the most
recent information from Allah and you recite it,
the Book that has not been distorted? Allah has
revealed to you that the people of the scriptures
have changed with their own hands what was
revealed to them and they have said (as regards
their changed Scriptures): This is from Allah, in
order to get some worldly benefit thereby."
Ibn Abbas added: "Isn't the knowledge
revealed to you sufficient to prevent you from
asking them? By Allah I have never seen any one of
them asking (Muslims) about what has been revealed
to you."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 851:
Narrated An-Nu'man
bin Bashir:
The Prophet said,
"The example of the person abiding by Allah's
orders and limits (or the one who abides by the
limits and regulations prescribed by Allah) in
comparison to the one who do wrong and violate
Allah's limits and orders is like the example of
people drawing lots for seats in a boat. Some of
them got seats in the upper part while the others
in the lower part ; those in the, lower part have
to pass by those in the upper one to get water,
and that troubled the latter. One of them (i.e.
the people in the lower part) took an axe and
started making a hole in the bottom of the boat.
The people of the upper part came and asked him,
(saying), 'What is wrong with you?' He replied,
"You have been troubled much by my (coming up
to you), and I have to get water.' Now if they
prevent him from doing that they will save him and
themselves, but if they leave him (to do what he
wants), they will destroy him and
themselves."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 852:
Narrated Um Al-Ala:
That when the Ansar
drew lots as to which of the emigrants should
dwell with which of the Ansar, the name of Uthman
bin Mazun came out (to be in their lot). Um Al-Ala
further said, "Uthman stayed with us, and we
nursed him when he got sick, but he died. We
shrouded him in his clothes, and Allah's Apostle
came to our house and I said, (addressing the dead
'Uthman), 'O Abu As-Sa'ib! May Allah be merciful
to you. I testify that Allah has blessed you.' The
Prophet said to me, "How do you know that
Allah has blessed him?" I replied, 'I do not
know O Allah's Apostle! May my parents be
sacrificed for you.' Allah's Apostle said, 'As
regards Uthman, by Allah he has died and I really
wish him every good, yet, by Allah, although I am
Allah's Apostle, I do not know what will be done
to him.' Um Al-Ala added, 'By Allah I shall never
attest the piety of anybody after him. And what
Allah's Apostles said made me sad." Um Al-Ala
further said, "Once I slept and saw in a
dream, a flowing stream for Uthman. So I went to
Allah's Apostle and told him about it, he said,
'That is (the symbol of) his deeds."
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 853:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle intended to go on a journey, he used to
draw lots among his wives and would take with him
the one on whom the lot fell. He also used to fix
for everyone of his wives a day and a night, but
Sauda bint Zam'a gave her day and night to 'Aisha,
the wife of the Prophet intending thereby to
please Allah's Apostle.
Volume
3, Book 48, Number 854:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If the people knew what is the reward
of making the call (for the prayer) and (of being
in) the first row (in the prayer), and if they
found no other way to get this privilege except by
casting lots, they would certainly cast lots for
it. If they knew the reward of the noon prayer,
they would race for it, and if they knew the
reward of the morning (i.e. Fajr) and Isha
prayers, they would present themselves for the
prayer even if they had to crawl to reach there.
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