Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 52:
Fighting
for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 41:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Masud:
I asked Allah's
Apostle, "O Allah's Apostle! What is the best
deed?" He replied, "To offer the prayers
at their early stated fixed times." I asked,
"What is next in goodness?" He replied,
"To be good and dutiful to your
parents." I further asked, what is next in
goodness?" He replied, "To participate
in Jihad in Allah's Cause." I did not ask
Allah's Apostle anymore and if I had asked him
more, he would have told me more.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 42:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There is no Hijra (i.e. migration)
(from Mecca to Medina) after the Conquest (of
Mecca), but Jihad and good intention remain; and
if you are called (by the Muslim ruler) for
fighting, go forth immediately.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 43:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(That she said),
"O Allah's Apostle! We consider Jihad as the
best deed. Should we not fight in Allah's
Cause?" He said, "The best Jihad (for
women) is Hajj-Mabrur (i.e. Hajj which is done
according to the Prophet's tradition and is
accepted by Allah)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 44:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A man came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "Instruct me as to
such a deed as equals Jihad (in reward)." He
replied, "I do not find such a deed."
Then he added, "Can you, while the Muslim
fighter is in the battle-field, enter your mosque
to perform prayers without cease and fast and
never break your fast?" The man said,
"But who can do that?" Abu- Huraira
added, "The Mujahid (i.e. Muslim fighter) is
rewarded even for the footsteps of his horse while
it wanders bout (for grazing) tied in a long
rope."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 45:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Somebody asked,
"O Allah's Apostle! Who is the best among the
people?" Allah's Apostle replied "A
believer who strives his utmost in Allah's Cause
with his life and property." They asked,
"Who is next?" He replied, "A
believer who stays in one of the mountain paths
worshipping Allah and leaving the people secure
from his mischief."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 46:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "The example of a Mujahid in
Allah's Cause-- and Allah knows better who really
strives in His Cause----is like a person who fasts
and prays continuously. Allah guarantees that He
will admit the Mujahid in His Cause into Paradise
if he is killed, otherwise He will return him to
his home safely with rewards and war booty."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 47:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
used to visit Um Haran bint Milhan, who would
offer him reals. Um-Haram was the wife of Ubada
bin As-Samit. Allah's Apostle, once visited her
and she provided him with food and started looking
for lice in his head. Then Allah's Apostle slept,
and afterwards woke up smiling. Um Haran asked,
"What causes you to smile, O Allah's
Apostle?" He said. "Some of my followers
who (in a dream) were presented before me as
fighters in Allah's Cause (on board a ship) amidst
this sea cause me to smile; they were as kings on
the thrones (or like kings on the thrones)."
(Ishaq, a sub-narrator is not sure as to which
expression the Prophet used.) Um-Haram said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah that he
makes me one of them. Allah's Apostle invoked
Allah for her and slept again and woke up smiling.
Once again Um Haram asked, "What makes you
smile, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied,
"Some of my followers were presented to me as
fighters in Allah's Cause," repeating the
same dream. Um-Haram said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Invoke Allah that He makes me one of
them." He said, "You are amongst the
first ones." It happened that she sailed on
the sea during the Caliphate of Mu'awlya bin Abi
Sufyan, and after she disembarked, she fell down
from her riding animal and died.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 48:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever believes in Allah and His Apostle,
offer prayer perfectly and fasts the month of
Ramadan, will rightfully be granted Paradise by
Allah, no matter whether he fights in Allah's
Cause or remains in the land where he is
born." The people said, "O Allah's
Apostle ! Shall we acquaint the people with the is
good news?" He said, "Paradise has
one-hundred grades which Allah has reserved for
the Mujahidin who fight in His Cause, and the
distance between each of two grades is like the
distance between the Heaven and the Earth. So,
when you ask Allah (for something), ask for Al-firdaus
which is the best and highest part of
Paradise." (i.e. The sub-narrator added,
"I think the Prophet also said, 'Above it
(i.e. Al-Firdaus) is the Throne of Beneficent
(i.e. Allah), and from it originate the rivers of
Paradise.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 49:
Narrated Samura:
The Prophet said,
"Last night two men came to me (in a dream)
and made me ascend a tree and then admitted me
into a better and superior house, better of which
I have never seen. One of them said, 'This house
is the house of martyrs."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 50:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah's
Cause in the forenoon or in the afternoon is
better than the world and whatever is in it."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 51:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"A place in Paradise as small as a bow is
better than all that on which the sun rises and
sets (i.e. all the world)." He also said,
"A single endeavor in Allah's Cause in the
afternoon or in the forenoon is better than all
that on which the sun rises and sets."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 52:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad:
The Prophet said,
"A single endeavor in Allah's Cause in the
afternoon and in the forenoon is better than the
world and whatever is in it."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 53:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Nobody who dies and finds good from Allah
(in the Hereafter) would wish to come back to this
world even if he were given the whole world and
whatever is in it, except the martyr who, on
seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to
come back to the world and get killed again (in
Allah's Cause)."
Narrated Anas: The
Prophet said, "A single endeavor (of
fighting) in Allah's Cause in the afternoon or in
the forenoon is better than all the world and
whatever is in it. A place in Paradise as small as
the bow or lash of one of you is better than all
the world and whatever is in it. And if a houri
from Paradise appeared to the people of the earth,
she would fill the space between Heaven and the
Earth with light and pleasant scent and her head
cover is better than the world and whatever is in
it."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 54:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it
not for some men amongst the believers who dislike
to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide
with means of conveyance, I would certainly never
remain behind any Sariya' (army-unit) setting out
in Allah's Cause. By Him in Whose Hands my life
is! I would love to be martyred in Al1ah's Cause
and then get resurrected and then get martyred,
and then get resurrected again and then get
martyred and then get resurrected again and then
get martyred.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 55:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet
delivered a sermon and said, "Zaid took the
flag and was martyred, and then Ja'far took the
flag and was martyred, and then 'Abdullah bin
Rawaha took the flag and was martyred too, and
then Khalid bin Al-Walid took the flag though he
was not appointed as a commander and Allah made
him victorious." The Prophet further added,
"It would not please us to have them with
us." Aiyub, a sub-narrator, added, "Or
the Prophet, shedding tears, said, 'It would not p
ease them to be with us."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 56:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Um Haram said,
"Once the Prophet slept in my house near to
me and got up smiling. I said, 'What makes you
smile?' He replied, 'Some of my followers who
(i.e. in a dream) were presented to me sailing on
this green sea like kings on thrones.' I said, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah to make me one of
them." So the Prophet invoked Allah for her
and went to sleep again. He did the same (i.e. got
up and told his dream) and Um Haran repeated her
question and he gave the same reply. She said,
"Invoke Allah to make me one of them."
He said, "You are among the first
batch." Later on it happened that she went
out in the company of her husband 'Ubada bin As-Samit
who went for Jihad and it was the first time the
Muslims undertook a naval expedition led by Mu
awiya. When the expedition came to an end and they
were returning to Sham, a riding animal was
presented to her to ride, but the animal let her
fall and thus she died.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 57:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet sent
seventy men from the tribe of Bani Salim to the
tribe of Bani Amir. When they reached there, my
maternal uncle said to them, "I will go ahead
of you, and if they allow me to convey the message
of Allah's Apostle (it will be all right);
otherwise you will remain close to me." So he
went ahead of them and the pagans granted him
security But while he was reporting the message of
the Prophet , they beckoned to one of their men
who stabbed him to death. My maternal uncle said,
"Allah is Greater! By the Lord of the Kaba, I
am successful." After that they attached the
rest of the party and killed them all except a
lame man who went up to the top of the mountain. (Hammam,
a sub-narrator said, "I think another man was
saved along with him)." Gabriel informed the
Prophet that they (i.e the martyrs) met their
Lord, and He was pleased with them and made them
pleased. We used to recite, "Inform our
people that we have met our Lord, He is pleased
with us and He has made us pleased " Later on
this Quranic Verse was cancelled. The Prophet
invoked Allah for forty days to curse the
murderers from the tribe of Ral, Dhakwan, Bani
Lihyan and Bam Usaiya who disobeyed Allah and his
Apostle
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 58:
Narrated Jundab bin
Sufyan:
In one of the holy
Battles a finger of Allah's Apostle (got wounded
and) bled. He said, "You are just a finger
that bled, and what you got is in Allah's
Cause."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 59:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is!
Whoever is wounded in Allah's Cause....and Allah
knows well who gets wounded in His Cause....will
come on the Day of Resurrection with his wound
having the color of blood but the scent of
musk."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 60:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Abbas:
That Abu Sufyan
told him that Heraclius said to him, "I asked
you about the outcome of your battles with him
(i.e. the Prophet ) and you told me that you
fought each other with alternate success. So the
Apostles are tested in this way but the ultimate
victory is always theirs.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 61:
Narrated Anas:
My uncle Anas bin
An-Nadr was absent from the Battle of Badr. He
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I was absent from
the first battle you fought against the pagans.
(By Allah) if Allah gives me a chance to fight the
pagans, no doubt. Allah will see how (bravely) I
will fight." On the day of Uhud when the
Muslims turned their backs and fled, he said,
"O Allah! I apologize to You for what these
(i.e. his companions) have done, and I denounce
what these (i.e. the pagans) have done." Then
he advanced and Sad bin Muadh met him. He said
"O Sad bin Muadh ! By the Lord of An-Nadr,
Paradise! I am smelling its aroma coming from
before (the mountain of) Uhud," Later on Sad
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I cannot achieve or
do what he (i.e. Anas bin An-Nadr) did. We found
more than eighty wounds by swords and arrows on
his body. We found him dead and his body was
mutilated so badly that none except his sister
could recognize him by his fingers." We used
to think that the following Verse was revealed
concerning him and other men of his sort:
"Among the believers are men who have been
true to their covenant with Allah.........."
(33.23)
His sister
Ar-Rubbaya' broke a front tooth of a woman and
Allah's Apostle ordered for retaliation. On that
Anas (bin An-Nadr) said, "O Allah's Apostle!
By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, my
sister's tooth shall not be broken." Then the
opponents of Anas's sister accepted the
compensation and gave up the claim of retaliation.
So Allah's Apostle said, "There are some
people amongst Allah's slaves whose oaths are
fulfilled by Allah when they take them."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 62:
Narrated Kharija
bin Zaid:
Zaid bin Thabit
said, "When the Quran was compiled from
various written manuscripts, one of the Verses of
Surat Al-Ahzab was missing which I used to hear
Allah's Apostle reciting. I could not find it
except with Khuzaima bin Thabjt Al-Ansari, whose
witness Allah's Apostle regarded as equal to the
witness of two men. And the Verse was:--
"Among the believers are men who have been
true to what they covenanted with Allah."
(33.23)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 63:
Narrated Al-Bara:
A man whose face
was covered with an iron mask (i.e. clad in armor)
came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Shall I fight or embrace Islam first?
"The Prophet said, "Embrace Islam first
and then fight." So he embraced Islam, and
was martyred. Allah's Apostle said, A Little work,
but a great reward. "(He did very little
(after embracing Islam), but he will be rewarded
in abundance)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 64:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Um Ar-Rubai'bint
Al-Bara', the mother of Hartha bin Suraqa came to
the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Prophet!
Will you tell me about Hartha?" Hartha has
been killed (i.e. martyred) on the day of Badr
with an arrow thrown by an unidentified person.
She added, "If he is in Paradise, I will be
patient; otherwise, I will weep bitterly for
him." He said, "O mother of Hartha!
There are Gardens in Paradise and your son got the
Firdausal-ala (i.e. the best place in
Paradise)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 65:
Narrated Abu Musa:
A man came to the
Prophet and asked, "A man fights for war
booty; another fights for fame and a third fights
for showing off; which of them fights in Allah's
Cause?" The Prophet said, "He who fights
that Allah's Word (i.e. Islam) should be superior,
fights in Allah's Cause."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 66:
Narrated Abu Abs:
(who is 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Jabir) Allah's Apostle said," Anyone
whose both feet get covered with dust in Allah's
Cause will not be touched by the (Hell)
fire."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 67:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
that Ibn 'Abbas
told him and 'Ali bin 'Abdullah to go to Abu Said
and listen to some of his narrations; So they both
went (and saw) Abu Said and his brother irrigating
a garden belonging to them. When he saw them, he
came up to them and sat down with his legs drawn
up and wrapped in his garment and said,
"(During the construction of the mosque of
the Prophet) we carried the adobe of the mosque,
one brick at a time while 'Ammar used to carry two
at a time. The Prophet passed by 'Ammar and
removed the dust off his head and said, "May
Allah be merciful to 'Ammar. He will be killed by
a rebellious aggressive group. 'Ammar will invite
them to (obey) Allah and they will invite him to
the (Hell) fire."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 68:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When Allah's
Apostle returned on the day (of the battle) of Al-Khandaq
(i.e. Trench), he put down his arms and took a
bath. Then Gabriel whose head was covered with
dust, came to him saying, "You have put down
your arms! By Allah, I have not put down my arms
yet." Allah's Apostle said, "Where (to
go now)?" Gabriel said, "This way,"
pointing towards the tribe of Bani Quraiza. So
Allah's Apostle went out towards them .
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 69:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
For thirty days
Allah's Apostle invoked Allah to curse those who
had killed the companions of Bir-Mauna; he invoked
evil upon the tribes of Ral, Dhakwan, and Usaiya
who disobeyed Allah and His Apostle. There was
reveled about those who were killed at Bir-Mauna a
Quranic Verse we used to recite, but it was
cancelled later on. The Verse was:
"Inform our
people that we have met our Lord. He is pleased
with us and He has made us pleased"
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 70:
Narrated Jabir bin
Abdullah:
"Some people
drank alcohol in the morning of the day (of the
battle) of Uhud and were martyred (on the same
day)." Sufyan was asked, "(Were they
martyred) in the last part of the day?)" He
replied, "Such information does not occur in
the narration."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 71:
Narrated Jabir:
My father's
mutilated body was brought to the Prophet and was
placed in front of him. I went to uncover his face
but my companions forbade me. Then mourning cries
of a lady were heard, and it was said that she was
either the daughter or the sister of Amr. The
Prophet said, "Why is she crying?" Or
said, "Do not cry, for the angels are still
shading him with their wings." (Al-Bukhari
asked Sadqa, a sub-narrator, "Does the
narration include the expression: 'Till he was
lifted?' " The latter replied, "Jabir
may have said it.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 72:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back
to the world even if he got everything on the
earth, except a Mujahid who wishes to return to
the world so that he may be martyred ten times
because of the dignity he receives (from
Allah)."
Narrated Al-Mughira
bin Shu'ba: Our Prophet told us about the message
of our Lord that "Whoever amongst us is
killed will go to Paradise." Umar asked the
Prophet, "Is it not true that our men who are
killed will go to Paradise and their's (i.e. those
of the Pagan's) will go to the (Hell) fire?"
The Prophet said, "Yes."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 73:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Aufa:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Know that Paradise is under the shades
of swords."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 74i:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Once Solomon, son of David said, '(By
Allah) Tonight I will have sexual intercourse with
one hundred (or ninety-nine) women each of whom
will give birth to a knight who will fight in
Allah's Cause.' On that a (i.e. if Allah wills)
but he did not say, 'Allah willing.' Therefore
only one of those women conceived and gave birth
to a half-man. By Him in Whose Hands Muhammad's
life is, if he had said, "Allah willing', (he
would have begotten sons) all of whom would have
been knights striving in Allah's Cause."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 74n:
Narrated Anas: The
Prophet was the best, the bravest and the most
generous of all the people. Once when the people
of Medina got frightened, the Prophet rode a horse
and went ahead of them and said, "We found
this horse very fast."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 75:
Narrated Muhammad
bin Jubair:
Jubair bin Mut'im
told me that while he was in the company of
Allah's Apostle with the people returning from
Hunain, some people (bedouins) caught hold of the
Prophet and started begging of him so much so that
he had to stand under a (kind of thorny tree (i.e.
Samurah) and his cloak was snatched away. The
Prophet stopped and said, "Give me my cloak.
If I had as many camels as these thorny trees, I
would have distributed them amongst you and you
will not find me a miser or a liar or a
coward."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 76:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Maimun Al-Audi:
Sad used to teach
his sons the following words as a teacher teaches
his students the skill of writing and used to say
that Allah's Apostle used to seek Refuge with
Allah from them (i.e. the evils) at the end of
every prayer. The words are:
'O Allah! I seek
refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge
with You from being brought back to a bad stage of
old life and seek refuge with You from the
afflictions of the world, and seek refuge with You
from the punishments in the grave.'
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 77:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet used to
say, "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from
helplessness, laziness, cowardice and feeble old
age; I seek refuge with You from afflictions of
life and death and seek refuge with You from the
punishment in the grave."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 78:
Narrated As-Sa'-ib
bin Yazid:
I was in the
company of Talha bin 'Ubaidullah, Sad, Al-Miqdad
bin Al-Aswad and 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf and I
heard none of them narrating anything from Allah's
Apostle but Talha was talking about the day (of
the battle) of Uhud.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 79:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
On the day of the
Conquest (of Mecca) the Prophet said, "There
is no emigration after the Conquest but Jihad and
intentions. When you are called (by the Muslim
ruler) for fighting, go forth immediately."
(See Hadith No. 42)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 80i:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Allah welcomes two men with a smile;
one of whom kills the other and both of them enter
Paradise. One fights in Allah's Cause and gets
killed. Later on Allah forgives the 'killer who
also get martyred (In Allah's Cause)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 80n:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I went to Allah's
Apostle while he was at Khaibar after it had
fallen in the Muslims' hands. I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Give me a share (from the land of
Khaibar)."
One of the sons of
Sa'id bin Al-'As said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do
not give him a share." I said, "This is
the murderer of Ibn Qauqal." The son of Said
bin Al-As said, "Strange! A Wabr (i.e. guinea
pig) who has come down to us from the mountain of
Qaduim (i.e. grazing place of sheep) blames me for
killing a Muslim who was given superiority by
Allah because of me, and Allah did not disgrace me
at his hands (i.e. was not killed as an
infidel)." (The sub-narrator said "I do
not know whether the Prophet gave him a share or
not.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 81:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik
In the life-time of
the Prophet, Abu Talha did not fast because of the
Jihad, but after the Prophet died I never saw him
without fasting except on 'Id-ul-Fitr and 'Id-ul-Aclha.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 82:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Five are regarded as martyrs: They are
those who die because of plague, abdominal
disease, drowning or a falling building etc., and
the martyrs in Allah's Cause."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 83:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Plauge is the cause of martyrdom of every
Muslim (who dies because of it)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 84:
Narrated Al-Bara:
When the Divine
Inspiration: "Those of the believers who sit
(at home), was revealed the Prophet sent for Zaid
(bin Thabit) who came with a shoulder-blade and
wrote on it. Ibn Um-Maktum complained about his
blindness and on that the following revelation
came: "Not equal are those believers who sit
(at home) except those who are disabled (by
injury, or are blind or lame etc.) and those who
strive hard and fight in the Way of Allah with
their wealth and lives)." (4.95)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 85:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad As-Sa'idi:
I saw Marwan bin
Al-Hakam sitting in the Mosque. So I came forward
and sat by his side. He told us that Zaid bin
Thabit had told him that Allah's Apostle had
dictated to him the Divine Verse:
"Not equal are
those believers who sit (at home) and those who
strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with
their wealth and lives.' (4.95)
Zaid said, "Ibn-Maktum
came to the Prophet while he was dictating to me
that very Verse. On that Ibn Um Maktum said,
"O Allah's Apostle! If I had power, I would
surely take part in Jihad." He was a blind
man. So Allah sent down revelation to His Apostle
while his thigh was on mine and it became so heavy
for me that I feared that my thigh would be
broken. Then that state of the Prophet was over
after Allah revealed "...except those who are
disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.)
(4.95)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 86:
Narrated Salim
Abu-An-Nadr:
'Abdullah bin Abi
Aufa wrote and I read what he wrote that Allah's
Apostle said, "When you face them ( i.e. your
enemy) then be patient."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 87:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
went towards the Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and saw the
Emigrants and the Ansar digging in a very cold
morning as they did not have slaves to do that for
them. When he noticed their fatigue and hunger he
said, "O Allah! The real life is that of the
Here-after, (so please) forgive the Ansar and the
Emigrants." In its reply the Emigrants and
the Ansar said, "We are those who have given
a pledge of allegiance to Muhammad that we will
carry on Jihad as long as we live."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 88:
Narrated Anas:
The Emigrants and
the Ansar started digging the trench around Medina
carrying the earth on their backs and saying,
"We are those who have given a pledge of
allegiance to Muhammad that we will I carry on
Jihad as long as we live." The Prophet kept
on replying, "O Allah, there is no good
except the good of the Hereafter; so confer Your
Blessings on the Ansar and the Emigrants."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 89:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The Prophet went on
carrying (i.e. the earth) and saying,
"Without You (O Allah!) we would have got no
guidance."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 90:
Narrated Al-Bara:
On the day (of the
battle) of Al-Ahzab (i.e. clans) I saw the Prophet
carrying earth, and the earth was covering the
whiteness of his abdomen. And he was saying,
"Without You (O Allah!) we would have got no
guidance, nor given in charity, nor prayed. So
please bless us with tranquility and make firm our
feet when we meet our enemies.
Indeed (these)
people have rebelled against (oppressed) us but
never shall we yield if they try to bring
affliction upon us."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 91:
Narrated Anas:
We returned from
the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with the Prophet. (See
Hadith No. 92 below) .
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 92:
Narrated Anas:
While the Prophet
was in a Ghazwa he said, "Some people have
remained behind us in Medina and we never crossed
a mountain path or a valley, but they were with us
(i.e. sharing the reward with us), as they have
been held back by a (legal) excuse. "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 93:
Narrated Abu Said:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Indeed, anyone who fasts for one day
for Allah's Pleasure, Allah will keep his face
away from the (Hell) fire for (a distance covered
by a journey of) seventy years."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 94:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever spends two things in Allah's Cause,
will be called by all the gate-keepers of Paradise
who will be saying, 'O so-and-so! Come here.'
" Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Such persons will never be destroyed." The
Prophet said, "I hope you will be one of
them."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 95:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle
ascended the pulpit and said, "Nothing
worries me as to what will happen to you after me,
except the temptation of worldly blessings which
will be conferred on you." Then he mentioned
the worldly pleasures. He started with the one
(i.e. the blessings) and took up the other (i.e.
the pleasures). A man got up saying, "O
Allah's Apostle! Can the good bring about
evil?" The Prophet remained silent and we
thought that he was being inspired divinely, so
all the people kept silent with awe. Then the
Prophet wiped the sweat off his face and asked,
"Where is the present questioner?"
"Do you think wealth is good?" he
repeated thrice, adding, "No doubt, good
produces nothing but good. Indeed it is like what
grows on the banks of a stream which either kills
or nearly kills the grazing animals because of
gluttony except the vegetation-eating animal which
eats till both its flanks are full (i.e. till it
gets satisfied) and then stands in the sun and
defecates and urinates and again starts grazing.
This worldly property is sweet vegetation. How
excellent the wealth of the Muslim is, if it is
collected through legal means and is spent in
Allah's Cause and on orphans, poor people and
travelers. But he who does not take it legally is
like an eater who is never satisfied and his
wealth will be a witness against him on the Day of
Resurrection."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 96:
Narrated Zaid bin
Khalid:
Allah's Apostle
said, " He who pre pares a Ghazi going in
Allah's Cause is given a reward equal to that of)
a Ghazi; and he who looks after properly the
dependents of a Ghazi going in Allah's Cause is
(given a reward equal to that of) Ghazi."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 97:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet used
not to enter any house in Medina except the house
of Um Sulaim besides those of his wives when he
was asked why, he said, "I take pity on her
as her brother was killed in my company. "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 98:
Narrated Ibn Aun:
Once Musa bin Anas
while describing the battle of Yamama, said,
"Anas bin Malik went to Thabit bin Qais, who
had lifted his clothes from his thighs and was
applying Hunut to his body. Anas asked, 'O Uncle!
What is holding you back (from the battle)?' He
replied, 'O my nephew! I am coming just now,' and
went on perfuming himself with Hunut, then he came
and sat (in the row). Anas then mentioned that the
people fled from the battle-field. On that Thabit
said, 'Clear the way for me to fight the enemy. We
would never do so (i.e. flee) in the company of
Allah's Apostle. How bad the habits you have
acquired from your enemies!"
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 99:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said,
"Who will bring me the information about the
enemy on the day (of the battle) of Al-Ahzab (i.e.
Clans)?" Az-Zubair said, "I will."
The Prophet said again, "Who will bring me
the information about the enemy?" Az-Zubair
said again, "I will." The Prophet said,
"Every prophet had a disciple and my disciple
is Az-Zubair. "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 100:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
When the Prophet
called the people (Sadqa, a sub-narrator, said,
'Most probably that happened on the day of Al-Khandaq)
Az-Zubair responded to the call (i.e. to act as a
reconnoiter). The Prophet) called the people again
and Az-Zubair responded to the call. The Prophet
then said, "Every prophet had a disciple and
my disciple is Zubair bin Al-'Awwam."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 101:
Narrated Malik bin
Al-Huwairith:
On my departure
from the Prophet he said to me and to a friend of
mine, "You two, pronounce the Adhan and the
Iqama for the prayer and let the elder of you lead
the prayer."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 102:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Good will remain (as a permanent
quality) in the foreheads of horses till the Day
of Resurrection."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 103:
Narrated Ursa bin
ALGA:
The Prophet said,
"Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in
the foreheads of horses till the Day of
Resurrection."
And narrated Anas
bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, "There is a
blessing in the fore-heads of horses."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 104:
Narrated 'Urwa Al-Bariqi:
The Prophet said,
"Good will remain (as a permanent quality) in
the foreheads of horses (for Jihad) till the Day
of Resurrection, for they bring about either a
reward (in the Hereafter) or booty (in this
world."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 105:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"If somebody keeps a horse in Allah's Cause
motivated by his faith in Allah and his belief in
His Promise, then he will be rewarded on the Day
of Resurrection for what the horse has eaten or
drunk and for its dung and urine."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 106:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Qatada:
(from his father)
Abu Qatada went out (on a journey) with Allah's
Apostle but he was left behind with some of his
companions who were in the state of Ihram. He
himself was not in the state of Ihram. They saw an
opener before he could see it. When they saw the
opener, they did not speak anything till Abu
Qatada saw it. So, he rode over his horse called
Al-Jarada and requested them to give him his lash,
but they refused. So, he himself took it and then
attacked the opener and slaughtered it. He ate of
its meat and his companions ate, too, but they
regretted their eating. When they met the Prophet
(they asked him about it) and he asked, "Have
you some of its meat (left) with you?" Abu
Qatada replied, "Yes, we have its leg with
us." So, the Prophet took and ate it.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 107:
Narrated Sahl:
In our garden there
was a horse belonging to the Prophet called Al-Luhaif
or Al-Lakhif.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 108:
Narrated Mu'adh:
I was a companion
rider of the Prophet on a donkey called 'Ufair.
The Prophet asked, "O Mu'adh! Do you know
what Allah's right on His slaves is, and what the
right of His slaves on Him is?" I replied,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." He
said, "Allah's right on His slaves is that
they should worship Him (Alone) and should not
worship any besides Him. And slave's right on
Allah is that He should not punish him who
worships none besides Him." I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Should I not inform the people of
this good news?" He said, "Do not inform
them of it, lest they should depend on it
(absolutely)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 109:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once there was a
feeling of fright in Medina, so the Prophet
borrowed a horse belonging to us called Mandub
(and he rode away on it). (When the Prophet
returned) he said, "I have not seen anything
of fright and I found it (i.e. this horse) very
fast."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 110:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
I heard the Prophet
saying. "Evil omen is in three things: The
horse, the woman and the house."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 111:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad Saidi:
Allah's Apostle
said "If there is any evil omen in anything,
then it is in the woman, the horse and the
house."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 112:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, " Horses are kept for one of three
purposes; for some people they are a source of
reward, for some others they are a means of
shelter and for some others they are a source of
sins. The one for whom they are a source of
reward, is he who keeps a horse for Allah's Cause
(i.e. Jihad) tying it with a long tether on a
meadow or in a garden with the result that
whatever it eats from the area of the meadow or
the garden where it is tied will be counted as
good deeds for his benefit, and if it should break
its rope and jump over one or two hillocks then
all its dung and its foot marks will be written as
good deeds for him; and if it passes by a river
and drinks water from it even though he had no
intention of watering it, even then he will get
the reward for its drinking. As for the man for
whom horses are a source of sins, he is the one
who keeps a horse for the sake of pride and
pretense and showing enmity for Muslims: such a
horse will be a source of sins for him. When
Allah's Apostle was asked about donkeys, he
replied, "Nothing has been revealed to me
about them except this unique, comprehensive
Verse: "Then anyone who does an atom's (or a
small ant's) weight of good shall see it; And
anyone who does an atom's (or a small ant's)
weight of evil, shall see it.' (101.7-8)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 113:
Narrated Muslim
from Abu Aqil from Abu Al-Mutawakkil An-Naji:
I called on Jabir
bin 'Abdullah Al-Ansari and said to him,
"Relate to me what you have heard from
Allah's Apostle ." He said, "I
accompanied him on one of the journeys." (Abu
Aqil said, "I do not know whether that
journey was for the purpose of Jihad or 'Umra.")
"When we were returning," Jabir
continued, "the Prophet said, 'Whoever wants
to return earlier to his family, should hurry up.'
We set off and I was on a black red tainted camel
having no defect, and the people were behind me.
While I was in that state the camel stopped
suddenly (because of exhaustion). On that the
Prophet said to me, 'O Jabir, wait!' Then he hit
it once with his lash and it started moving on a
fast pace. He then said, 'Will you sell the
camel?' I replied in the affirmative when we
reached Medina, and the Prophet went to the Mosque
along with his companions. I, too, went to him
after tying the camel on the pavement at the
Mosque gate. Then I said to him, 'This is your
camel.' He came out and started examining the
camel and saying, 'The camel is ours.' Then the
Prophet sent some Awaq (i.e. an amount) of gold
saying, 'Give it to Jabir.' Then he asked, 'Have
you taken the full price (of the camel)?' I
replied in the affirmative. He said, 'Both the
price and the camel are for you.' ''
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 114:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
There was a feeling
of fright in Medina, so the Prophet borrowed a
horse called Mandub belonging 'to Abu Talha and
mounted it. (On his return), he said, "I did
not see anything of fright and I found this horse
very fast."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 115:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
fixed two shares for the horse and one share for
its rider (from the war booty).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 116:
Narrated Abu Ishaq:
Somebody asked
Al-Bar-a bin 'Azib, "Did you flee deserting
Allah's Apostle during the battle of Hunain?"
Al-Bara replied, "But Allah's Apostle did not
flee. The people of the Tribe of Hawazin were good
archers. When we met them, we attacked them, and
they fled. When the Muslims started collecting the
war booty, the pagans faced us with arrows, but
Allah's Apostle did not flee. No doubt, I saw him
on his white mule and Abu Sufyan was holding its
reins and the Prophet was saying, 'I am the
Prophet in truth: I am the son of 'Abdul Muttalib.'
"
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 117:
Narrated Ibn'Umar:
When the Prophet
put his feet in the stirrup and the she-camel got
up carrying him he would start reciting Talbiya at
the mosque of Dhul-Hulaifa.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 118:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet met
them (i.e. the people) while he was riding an
unsaddled horse with his sword slung over his
shoulder.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 119:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once the people of
Medina were frightened, so the Prophet rode a
horse belonging to Abu Talha and it ran slowly, or
was of narrow paces. When he returned, he said,
"I found your (i.e. Abu Talha's) horse very
fast. After that the horse could not be surpassed
in running..'
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 120:
Narrated
('Abdullah) bin 'Umar:
The Prophet
arranged for a horse race amongst the horses that
had been made lean to take place between Al-Hafya''
and Thaniyat Al-Wada' (i.e. names of two places)
and the horses which had not been mad.? lean from
Ath-Thaniyat to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq. I was
also amongst those who took part in that horse
race. Sufyan, a sub-narrator, said, "The
distance between Al-Hafya and Thaniya Al-Wada' is
five or six miles; and between Thaniya and the
mosque of Bani Zuraiq is one mile."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 121:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet
arranged for a horse race of the horses which had
not been made lean; the area of the race was from
Ath-Thaniya to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq. (The
sub-narrator said, "'Abdullah bin 'Umar was
amongst those who participated in that horse
race.").
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 122:
Narrated Abu Ishaq
from Musa bin 'Uqba from Mafia from Ibn 'Umar who
said:
"Allah's
Apostle arranged a horse race amongst the horses
that had been made lean, letting them start from
Al-Hafya' and their limit (distance of running)
was up to Thaniyat-al-Wada'. I asked Musa, 'What
was the distance between the two places?' Musa
replied, 'Six or seven miles. He arranged a race
of the horses which had not been made lean sending
them from Thaniyat-al-Wada', and their limit was
up to the mosque of Bani Zuraiq.' I asked, 'What
was the distance between those two places?' He
replied 'One mile or so.' Ibn 'Umar was amongst
those who participated in that horse race."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 123:
Narrated Anas:
The she camel of
the Prophet was called Al-Adba.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 124:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet had a
she camel called Al Adba which could not be
excelled in a race. (Humaid, a sub-narrator said,
"Or could hardly be excelled.") Once a
bedouin came riding a camel below six years of age
which surpasses it (i.e. Al'Adba) in the race. The
Muslims felt it so much that the Prophet noticed
their distress. He then said, "It is Allah's
Law that He brings down whatever rises high in the
world."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 125:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Al-Harith:
The Prophet did not
leave anything behind him after his death except a
white mule, his arms and a piece of land which he
left to be given in charity.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 126:
Narrated Al-Bara:
that a man asked
him. "O Abu 'Umara! Did you flee on the day
(of the battle) of Hunain?" He replied,
"No, by Allah, the Prophet did not flee but
the hasty people fled and the people of the Tribe
of Hawazin attacked them with arrows, while the
Prophet was riding his white mule and Abu Sufyan
bin Al-Harith was holding its reins, and the
Prophet was saying, 'I am the Prophet in truth, I
am the son of 'Abdul Muttalib.' "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 127:
Narrated 'Aisha:
the mother of the
faithful believers, I requested the Prophet permit
me to participate in Jihad, but he said,
"Your Jihad is the performance of Hajj."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 128:
Narrated 'Aisha:
the mother of the
faithful believers: The Prophet was asked by his
wives about the Jihad and he replied, "The
best Jihad (for you) is (the performance of)
Hajj."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 129:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle
went to the daughter of Milhan and reclined there
(and slept) and then (woke up) smiling. She asked,
"O Allah's Apostle! What makes you
smile?" He replied, (I dreamt that) some
people amongst my followers were sailing on the
green sea in Allah's Cause, resembling kings on
thrones." She said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Invoke Allah to make me one of them." He
said, "O Allah! Let her be one of them."
Then he (slept again and woke up and) smiled. She
asked him the same question and he gave the same
reply. She said, "Invoke Allah to make me one
of them." He replied, ''You will be amongst
the first group of them; you will not be amongst
the last." Later on she married 'Ubada bin
As-Samit and then she sailed on the sea with bint
Qaraza, Mu'awiya's wife (for Jihad). On her
return, she mounted her riding animal, which threw
her down breaking her neck, and she died on
falling down.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 130:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever the
Prophet intended to proceed on a journey, he used
to draw lots amongst his wives and would take the
one upon whom the lot fell. Once, before setting
out for Jihad, he drew lots amongst us and the lot
came to me; so I went with the Prophet; and that
happened after the revelation of the Verse Hijab
(i.e. veiling).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 131:
Narrated Anas:
On the day (of the
battle) of Uhad when (some) people retreated and
left the Prophet, I saw 'Aisha bint Abu Bakr and
Um Sulaim, with their robes tucked up so that the
bangles around their ankles were visible hurrying
with their water skins (in another narration it is
said, "carrying the water skins on their
backs"). Then they would pour the water in
the mouths of the people, and return to fill the
water skins again and came back again to pour
water in the mouths of the people.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 132:
Narrated Tha'laba
bin Abi Malik:
'Umar bin Al-Khattab
distributed some garments amongst the women of
Medina. One good garment remained, and one of
those present with him said, "O chief of the
believers! Give this garment to your wife, the
(grand) daughter of Allah's Apostle." They
meant Um Kulthum, the daughter of 'Ali. 'Umar
said, Um Salit has more right (to have it)."
Um Salit was amongst those Ansari women who had
given the pledge of allegiance to Allah's
Apostle.' 'Umar said, "She (i.e. Um Salit)
used to carry the water skins for us on the day of
Uhud."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 133:
Narrated Ar-Rubayyi
'bint Mu'auwidh:
We were in the
company of the Prophet providing the wounded with
water and treating them and bringing the killed to
Medina (from the battle field) .
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 134:
Narrated
Ar-Rabi'bint Mu'auwidh:
We used to take
part in holy battles with the Prophet by providing
the people with water and serving them and
bringing the killed and the wounded back to
Medina.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 135:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Abu 'Amir was hit
with an arrow in his knee, so I went to him and he
asked me to remove the arrow. When I removed it,
the water started dribbling from it. Then I went
to the Prophet and told him about it. He said,
"O Allah! Forgive 'Ubaid Abu 'Amir."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 136:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet was
vigilant one night and when he reached Medina, he
said, "Would that a pious man from my
companions guard me tonight!" Suddenly we
heard the clatter of arms. He said, "Who is
that? " He (The new comer) replied, " I
am Sad bin Abi Waqqas and have come to guard
you." So, the Prophet slept (that night).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 137:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Let the slave of Dinar and Dirham of
Quantify and Khamisa (i.e. money and luxurious
clothes) perish for he is pleased if these things
are given to him, and if not, he is
displeased!"
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet said, " Let the slave of
Dinar and Dirham, of Quantify and Khamisa perish
as he is pleased if these things are given to him,
and if not, he is displeased. Let such a person
perish and relapse, and if he is pierced with a
thorn, let him not find anyone to take it out for
him. Paradise is for him who holds the reins of
his horse to strive in Allah's Cause, with his
hair unkempt and feet covered with dust: if he is
appointed in the vanguard, he is perfectly
satisfied with his post of guarding, and if he is
appointed in the rearward, he accepts his post
with satisfaction; (he is so simple and
unambiguous that) if he asks for permission he is
not permitted, and if he intercedes, his
intercession is not accepted."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 138:
Narrated Anas:
I was in the
company of Jabir bin 'Abdullah on a journey and he
used to serve me though he was older than I. Jarir
said, "I saw the Ansar doing a thing (i.e.
showing great reverence to the Prophet ) for which
I have vowed that whenever I meet any of them, I
will serve him."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 139:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
I went along with
the Prophet to Khaibar so as to serve him. (Later
on) when the Prophet returned he, on seeing the
Uhud mountain, said, "This is a mountain that
loves us andis loved by us." Then he pointed
to Medina with his hand saying, "O Allah! I
make the area which is in between Medina's two
mountains a sanctuary, as Abraham made Mecca a
sanctuary. O Allah! Bless us in our Sa and Mudd
(i.e. units of measuring)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 140:
Narrated Anas:
We were with the
Prophet (on a journey) and the only shade one
could have was the shade made by one's own
garment. Those who fasted did not do any work and
those who did not fast served the camels and
brought the water on them and treated the sick and
(wounded). So, the Prophet said, "Today,
those who were not fasting took (all) the
reward."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 141:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Charity is obligatory everyday on every
joint of a human being. If one helps a person in
matters concerning his riding animal by helping
him to ride it or by lifting his luggage on to it,
all this will be regarded charity. A good word,
and every step one takes to offer the compulsory
Congregational prayer, is regarded as charity; and
guiding somebody on the road is regarded as
charity."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 142:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad As-Sa'di :
Allah's Apostle
said, "To guard Muslims from infidels in
Allah's Cause for one day is better than the world
and whatever is on its surface, and a place in
Paradise as small as that occupied by the whip of
one of you is better than the world and whatever
is on its surface; and a morning's or an evening's
journey which a slave (person) travels in Allah's
Cause is better than the world and whatever is on
its surface."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 143:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said to
Abu Talha, "Choose one of your boy servants
to serve me in my expedition to Khaibar." So,
Abu Talha took me letting me ride behind him while
I was a boy nearing the age of puberty. I used to
serve Allah's Apostle when he stopped to rest. I
heard him saying repeatedly, "O Allah! I seek
refuge with You from distress and sorrow, from
helplessness and laziness, from miserliness and
cowardice, from being heavily in debt and from
being overcome by men." Then we reached
Khaibar; and when Allah enabled him to conquer the
Fort (of Khaibar), the beauty of Safiya bint Huyai
bin Akhtab was described to him. Her husband had
been killed while she was a bride. So Allah's
Apostle selected her for himself and took her
along with him till we reached a place called Sad-AsSahba,'
where her menses were over and he took her for his
wife. Haris (a kind of dish) was served on a small
leather sheet. Then Allah's Apostle told me to
call those who were around me. So, that was the
marriage banquet of Allah's Apostle and Safiya.
Then we left for Medina. I saw Allah's Apostle
folding a cloak round the hump of the camel so as
to make a wide space for Safiya (to sit on behind
him) He sat beside his camel letting his knees for
Safiya to put her feet on so as to mount the
camel. Then, we proceeded till we approached
Medina; he looked at Uhud (mountain) and said,
"This is a mountain which loves us and is
loved by us." Then he looked at Medina and
said, "O Allah! I make the area between its
(i.e. Medina's) two mountains a sanctuary as
Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary. O Allah! Bless
them (i.e. the people of Medina) in their Mudd and
Sa (i.e. measures)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 144:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Um Haram told me
that the Prophet one day took a midday nap in her
house. Then he woke up smiling. Um Haram asked,
"O Allah's Apostle! What makes you
smile?" He replied "I was astonished to
see (in my dream) some people amongst my followers
on a sea-voyage looking like kings on the
thrones." She said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Invoke Allah to make me one of them." He
replied, "You are amongst them." He
slept again and then woke up smiling and said the
same as before twice or thrice. And she said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah to make me
one of them." And he said, "You are
amongst the first batch." 'Ubada bin As-Samit
married her (i.e. Um Haram) and then he took her
for Jihad. When she returned, an animal was
presented to her to ride, but she fell down and
her neck was broken.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 145:
Narrated Mus'ab bin
Sad:
Once Sad (bin Abi
Waqqas) thought that he was superior to those who
were below him in rank. On that the Prophet said,
"You gain no victory or livelihood except
through (the blessings and invocations of) the
poor amongst you."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 146:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri
The Prophet said,
"A time will come when groups of people will
go for Jihad and it will be asked, 'Is there
anyone amongst you who has enjoyed the company of
the Prophet?' The answer will be, 'Yes.' Then they
will be given victory (by Allah) (because of him).
Then a time will come when it will be asked. 'Is
there anyone amongst you who has enjoyed the
company of the companions of the Prophet?' It will
be said, 'Yes,' and they will be given victory (by
Allah). Then a time will come when it will be
said. 'Is there anyone amongst you who has enjoyed
the company of the companions of the companions of
the Prophet?' It will be said, 'Yes,' and they
will be given victory (by Allah)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 147:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad As-Sa'idi:
Allah's Apostle and
the pagans faced each other and started fighting.
When Allah's Apostle returned to his camp and when
the pagans returned to their camp, somebody talked
about a man amongst the companions of Allah's
Apostle who would follow and kill with his sword
any pagan going alone. He said, "Nobody did
his job (i.e. fighting) so properly today as that
man." Allah's Apostle said, "Indeed, he
is amongst the people of the (Hell) Fire." A
man amongst the people said, "I shall
accompany him (to watch what he does)" Thus
he accompanied him, and wherever he stood, he
would stand with him, and wherever he ran, he
would run with him.
Then the (brave)
man got wounded seriously and he decided to bring
about his death quickly. He planted the blade of
the sword in the ground directing its sharp end
towards his chest between his two breasts. Then he
leaned on the sword and killed himself. The other
man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "I
testify that you are Allah's Apostle." The
Prophet asked, "What has happened?" He
replied, "(It is about) the man whom you had
described as one of the people of the (Hell) Fire.
The people were greatly surprised at what you
said, and I said, 'I will find out his reality for
you.' So, I came out seeking him. He got severely
wounded, and hastened to die by slanting the blade
of his sword in the ground directing its sharp end
towards his chest between his two breasts. Then he
eased on his sword and killed himself." when
Allah's Apostle said, "A man may seem to the
people as if he were practising the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact he is from the
people of the Hell) Fire, another may seem to the
people as if he were practicing the deeds of the
people of Hell (Fire), while in fact he is from
the people of Paradise."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 148:
Narrated Salama bin
Al-Akwa:
The Prophet passed
by some people of the tribe of Bani Aslam who were
practicing archery. The Prophet said, "O Bani
Ismail ! Practice archery as your father Isma'il
was a great archer. Keep on throwing arrows and I
am with Bani so-and-so." So one of the
parties ceased throwing. Allah's Apostle said,
"Why do you not throw?" They replied,
"How should we throw while you are with them
(i.e. on their side)?" On that the Prophet
said, "Throw, and I am with all of you."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 149:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
On the day (of the
battle) of Badr when we stood in rows against (the
army of) Quraish and they stood in rows against
us, the Prophet said, "When they do come near
you, throw arrows at them."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 150:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
While some
Ethiopians were playing in the presence of the
Prophet, 'Umar came in, picked up a stone and hit
them with it. On that the Prophet said, "O 'Umar!
Allow them (to play)." Ma'mar (the
sub-narrator) added that they were playing in the
Mosque.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 151:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Abu Talha and the
Prophet used to shield themselves with one shield.
Abu Talha was a good archer, and when he threw
(his arrows) the Prophet would look at the target
of his arrows.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 152:
Narrated Sahl:
When the helmet of
the Prophet was smashed on his head and blood
covered his face and one of his front teeth got
broken, 'Ali brought the water in his shield and
Fatima the Prophet's daughter) washed him. But
when she saw that the bleeding increased more by
the water, she took a mat, burnt it, and placed
the ashes on the wound of the Prophet and so the
blood stopped oozing out.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 153:
Narrated 'Umar:
The properties of
Bani An-Nadir which Allah had transferred to His
Apostle as Fai Booty were not gained by the
Muslims with their horses and camels. The
properties therefore, belonged especially to
Allah's Apostle who used to give his family their
yearly expenditure and spend what remained thereof
on arms and horses to be used in Allah's Cause.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 154:
Narrated Ali:
I never saw the
Prophet saying, "Let my parents sacrifice
their lives for you," to any man after Sad. I
heard him saying (to him), "Throw (the
arrows)! Let my parents sacrifice their lives for
you."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 155:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
came to my house while two girls were singing
beside me the songs of Bu'ath (a story about the
war between the two tribes of the Ansar, i.e.
Khazraj and Aus, before Islam.) The Prophet
reclined on the bed and turned his face to the
other side. Abu Bakr came and scolded me and said
protestingly, "Instrument of Satan in the
presence of Allah's Apostle?" Allah's Apostle
turned his face towards him and said, "Leave
them." When Abu Bakr became inattentive, I
waved the two girls to go away and they left. It
was the day of 'Id when negroes used to play with
leather shields and spears. Either I requested
Allah's Apostle or he himself asked me whether I
would like to see the display. I replied in the
affirmative. Then he let me stand behind him and
my cheek was touching his cheek and he was saying,
"Carry on, O Bani Arfida (i.e. negroes)!"
When I got tired, he asked me if that was enough.
I replied in the affirmative and he told me to
leave.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 156:
Narrated Anas:
The 'Prophet was
the best and the bravest amongst the people. Once
the people of Medina got terrified at night, so
they went in the direction of the noise (that
terrified them). The Prophet met them (on his way
back) after he had found out the truth. He was
riding an unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talha
and a sword was hanging by his neck, and he was
saying, "Don't be afraid! Don't be
afraid!" He further said, "I found it
(i.e. the horse) very fast," or said,
"This horse is very fast." (Qastala-ni)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 157:
Narrated Abu Umama:
Some people
conquered many countries and their swords were
decorated neither with gold nor silver, but they
were decorated with leather, lead and iron.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 158:
Narrated Jabir bin
Abdullah:
That he proceeded
in the company of Allah's Apostle towards Najd to
participate in a Ghazwa. (Holy-battle) When
Allah's Apostle returned, he too returned with
him. Midday came upon them while they were in a
valley having many thorny trees. Allah's Apostle
and the people dismounted and dispersed to rest in
the shade of the trees. Allah's Apostle rested
under a tree and hung his sword on it. We all took
a nap and suddenly we heard Allah's Apostle
calling us. (We woke up) to see a bedouin with
him. The Prophet said, "This bedouin took out
my sword while I was sleeping and when I woke up,
I found the unsheathed sword in his hand and he
challenged me saying, 'Who will save you from me?'
I said thrice, 'Allah.' The Prophet did not punish
him but sat down.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 159:
Narrated Sahl:
That he was asked
about the wound of the Prophet on the day (of the
battle) of Uhud. He said, "The face of the
Prophet as wounded and one of his front teeth as
broken and the helmet over his head was smashed.
Fatima washed of the blood while Ali held water.
When she saw that bleeding was increasing
continuously, she burnt a mat (of date-palm
leaves) till it turned into ashes which she put
over the wound and thus the bleeding ceased."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 160:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Al-Harith:
The Prophet did not
leave behind him after his death, anything except
his arms, his white mule, and a piece of land at
Khaibar which he left to be given in charity .
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 161:
Narrated Jabir:
as above (Hadith
No. 158).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 162:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
That he
participated in a Ghazwa (Holy-Battle) in the
company of Allah's Apostle. Midday came upon them
while they were in a valley having many thorny
trees. The people dispersed to rest in the shade
of the trees. The Prophet rested under a tree,
hung his sword on it, and then slept. Then he woke
up to find near to him, a man whose presence he
had not noticed before. The Prophet said,
"This (man) took my sword (out of its
scabbard) and said, 'Who will save you from me.' I
replied, 'Allah.' So, he put the sword back into
its scabbard, and you see him sitting here."
Anyhow, the Prophet did not punish him. (See
Hadith No. 158)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 163:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
That he was in the
company of Allah's Apostle and when they had
covered a portion of the road to Mecca, he and
some of the companions lagged behind. The latter
were in a state of Ihram, while he was not. He saw
an onager and rode his horse and requested his
companions to give him his lash but they refused.
Then he asked them to give him his spear but they
refused, so he took it himself, attacked the
onager, and killed it. Some of the companions of
the Prophet ate of it while some others refused to
eat. When they caught up with Allah's Apostle they
asked him about that, and he said, "That was
a meal Allah fed you with." (It is also said
that Allah's Apostle asked, "Have you got
something of its meat?")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 164:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet , while
in a tent (on the day of the battle of Badr) said,
"O Allah! I ask you the fulfillment of Your
Covenant and Promise. O Allah! If You wish (to
destroy the believers) You will never be
worshipped after today." Abu Bakr caught him
by the hand and said, "This is sufficient, O
Allah's Apostle! You have asked Allah
pressingly." The Prophet was clad in his
armor at that time. He went out, saying to me:
"There multitude will be put to flight and
they will show their backs. Nay, but the Hour is
their appointed time (for their full recompense)
and that Hour will be more grievous and more
bitter (than their worldly failure)."
(54.45-46) Khalid said that was on the day of the
battle of Badr.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 165:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
died while his (iron) armor was mortgaged to a Jew
for thirty Sas of barley.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 166:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The example of a miser and the one who gives
in charity, is like the example of two men wearing
iron cloaks so tightly that their arms are raised
forcibly towards their collar-bones. So, whenever
a charitable person wants to give in charity, his
cloak spreads over his body so much so that it
wipes out his traces, but whenever the miser wants
to give in charity, the rings (of the iron cloak)
come closer to each other and press over his body,
and his hands gets connected to his collar-bones.
Abu Huraira heard the Prophet saying. "The
miser then tries to widen it but in vain."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 167:
Narrated Al-Mughira
bin Shu'ba:
Allah's Apostle
went out to answer the call of nature and on his
return I brought some water to him. He performed
the ablution while he was wearing a Sha'mi cloak.
He rinsed his mouth and washed his nose by putting
water in it and then blowing it out, and washed
his face. Then he tried to take out his hands
through his sleeves but they were tight, so he
took them out from underneath, washed them and
passed wet hands over his head and over his
leather socks.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 168:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet allowed
'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf and Az-Zubair to wear
silken shirts because they had a skin disease
causing itching.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 169:
Narrated Anas:
as above.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 170:
Narrated Anas:
Abdur Rahman bin
'Auf and Az-Zubair complained to the Prophet, i.e.
about the lice (that caused itching) so he allowed
them to wear silken clothes. I saw them wearing
such clothes in a holy battle.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 171:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet allowed
'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf and Az-Zubair bin Al-'Awwam
to wear silk.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 172:
Narrated Anas:
(Wearing of silk)
was allowed to them (i.e. 'AbdurRahman and
Az-Zubair) because of the itching they suffered
from.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 173:
Narrated Umaiya Ad-Damri:
I saw the Prophet
eating of a shoulder (of a sheep) by cutting from
it and then he was called to prayer and he prayed
without repeating his ablution.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 174:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
as above (Hadith
No. 173...) and added that the Prophet put the
knife down.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 175:
Narrated Khalid bin
Madan:
That 'Umair bin Al-Aswad
Al-Anasi told him that he went to 'Ubada bin As-Samit
while he was staying in his house at the sea-shore
of Hims with (his wife) Um Haram. 'Umair said. Um
Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet
saying, "Paradise is granted to the first
batch of my followers who will undertake a naval
expedition." Um Haram added, I said, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Will I be amongst them?' He
replied, 'You are amongst them.' The Prophet then
said, 'The first army amongst' my followers who
will invade Caesar's City will be forgiven their
sins.' I asked, 'Will I be one of them, O Allah's
Apostle?' He replied in the negative."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 176:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "You (i.e. Muslims) will fight wi the
Jews till some of them will hide behind stones.
The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah
(i.e. slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding
behind me; so kill him.' "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 177:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The Hour will not be established until
you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind
which a Jew will be hiding will say. "O
Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill
him."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 178:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Taghlib:
The Prophet said,
"One of the portents of the Hour is that you
will fight with people wearing shoes made of hair;
and one of the portents of the Hour is that you
will fight with broad-faced people whose faces
will look like shields coated with leather."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 179:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The Hour will not be established until
you fight with the Turks; people with small eyes,
red faces, and flat noses. Their faces will look
like shields coated with leather. The Hour will
not be established till you fight with people
whose shoes are made of hair."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 180:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The Hour will not be established till you
fight with people wearing shoes made of hair. And
the Hour will not be established till you fight
with people whose faces look like shields coated
with leather. " (Abu Huraira added,
"They will be) small-eyed, flat nosed, and
their faces will look like shields coated with
leather.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 181:
Narrated Abu Ishaq:
A man asked Al-Bara',
"O Abu 'Umara! Did you all flee on the day
(of the battle) of Hunain?" He replied,
"No, by Allah! Allah's Apostle did not flee,
but his young unarmed companions passed by the
archers of the tribe of Hawazin and Bani Nasr
whose arrows hardly missed a target, and they
threw arrows at them hardly missing a shot. So the
Muslims retreated towards the Prophet while he was
riding his white mule which was being led by his
cousin Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith bin 'Abdul
Muttalib. The Prophet dismounted and invoked Allah
for victory; then he said, 'I am the Prophet,
without a lie; I am the son of 'Abdul Muttalib,
and then he arranged his companions in rows."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 182:
Narrated 'Ali:
When it was the day
of the battle of Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans),
Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Fill their
(i.e. the infidels') houses and graves with fire
as they busied us so much that we did not perform
the prayer (i.e. 'Asr) till the sun set."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 183:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet used to
recite the following invocations during Qunut:
"O Allah! Save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah!
Save Al-Walid bin Al-Walid. O Allah! Save 'Aiyash
bin Rabi'a O Allah ! Save the weak Muslims. O
Allah! Be very hard on Mudar tribe. O Allah!
Afflict them with years (of famine) similar to the
(famine) years of the time of Prophet
Joseph."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 184:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abi Aufa:
Allah's Apostle
invoked evil upon the pagans on the ay (of the
battle) of Al-Ahzab, saying, "O Allah! The
Revealer of the Holy Book, the Swift-Taker of
Accounts, O Allah, defeat Al-Ahzab (i.e. the
clans), O Allah, defeat them and shake them."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 185:
Narrated Abdullah:
Once the Prophet
was offering the prayer in the shade of the Ka'ba.
Abu Jahl and some Quraishi men sent somebody to
bring the abdominal contents of a shecamel which
had been slaughtered somewhere in Mecca, and when
he brought them, they put them over the Prophet
Then Fatima (i.e. the Prophet's daughter) came and
threw them away from him, and he said, "O
Allah! Destroy (the pagans of) Quraish; O Allah!
Destroy Quraish; O Allah Destroy Quraish,"
naming especially Abu Jahl bin Hisham, 'Utba bin
Rabi'a, Shaiba bin Rabi'a, Al Walid bin 'Utba,
Ubai bin Khalaf and 'Uqba bin Abi Mitt. (The
narrator, 'Abdullah added, "I saw them all
killed and thrown in the Badr well).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 186:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once the Jews came
to the Prophet and said, "Death be upon
you." So I cursed them. The Prophet said,
"What is the matter?" I said, "Have
you not heard what they said?" The Prophet
said, "Have you not heard what I replied (to
them)? (I said), ('The same is upon you.')"
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 187:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
wrote a letter to Caesar saying, "If you
reject Islam, you will be responsible for the sins
of the peasants (i.e. your people)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 188:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Tufail bin 'Amr Ad-Dausi
and his companions came to the Prophet and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! The people of the tribe
of Daus disobeyed and refused to follow you; so
invoke Allah against them." The people said,
"The tribe of Daus is ruined." The
Prophet said, "O Allah! Give guidance to the
people of Daus, and let them embrace Islam."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 189:
Narrated Anas:
When the Prophet
intended to write a letter to the ruler of the
Byzantines, he was told that those people did not
read any letter unless it was stamped with a seal.
So, the Prophet got a silver ring-- as if I were
just looking at its white glitter on his hand ----
and stamped on it the expression "Muhammad,
Apostle of Allah".
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 190:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
sent his letter to Khusrau and ordered his
messenger to hand it over to the Governor of
Bahrain who was to hand it over to Khusrau. So,
when Khusrau read the letter he tore it. Said bin
Al-Musaiyab said, "The Prophet then invoked
Allah to disperse them with full dispersion,
(destroy them (i.e. Khusrau and his followers)
severely)".
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 191:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
wrote to Caesar and invited him to Islam and sent
him his letter with Dihya Al-Kalbi whom Allah's
Apostle ordered to hand it over to the Governor of
Busra who would forward it to Caesar. Caesar as a
sign of gratitude to Allah, had walked from Hims
to Ilya (i.e. Jerusalem) when Allah had granted
Him victory over the Persian forces. So, when the
letter of Allah's Apostle reached Caesar, he said
after reading t, 'Seek for me any one of his
people! (Arabs of Quraish tribe) if present here,
in order to ask him about Allah's Apostle. At that
time Abu Sufyan bin Harb was in Sham with some men
frown Quraish who had come (to Sham) as merchants
during the truce that had been concluded between
Allah's Apostle; and the infidels of Quraish. Abu
Sufyan said, Caesar's messenger found us somewhere
in Sham so he took me and my companions to Ilya
and we were admitted into Ceasar's court to find
him sitting in his royal court wearing a crown and
surrounded by the senior dignitaries of the
Byzantine. He said to his translator. 'Ask them
who amongst them is a close relation to the man
who claims to be a prophet." Abu Sufyan
added, "I replied, 'I am the nearest relative
to him.' He asked, 'What degree of relationship do
you have with him?' I replied, 'He is my cousin,'
and there was none of Bani Abu Manaf in the
caravan except myself. Caesar said, 'Let him come
nearer.' He then ordered that my companions stand
behind me near my shoulder and said to his
translator, 'Tell his companions that I am going
to ask this man about the man who claims to be a
prophet. If he tells a lie, they should contradict
him immediately." Abu Sufyan added, "By
Allah ! Had it not been shameful that my
companions label me a liar, I would not have
spoken the truth about him when he asked me. But I
considered it shameful to be called a liar by my
companions. So I told the truth. He then said to
his translator, 'Ask him what kind of family does
he belong to.' I replied, 'He belongs to a noble
family amongst us.' He said, 'Have anybody else
amongst you ever claimed the same before him? 'I
replied, 'No.' He said, 'Had you ever blamed him
for telling lies before he claimed what he
claimed? ' I replied, 'No.' He said, 'Was anybody
amongst his ancestors a king?' I replied, 'No.' He
said, "Do the noble or the poor follow him?'
I replied, 'It is the poor who follow him.' He
said, 'Are they increasing or decreasing (day by
day)?' I replied,' They are increasing.' He said,
'Does anybody amongst those who embrace his (the
Prophet's) Religion become displeased and then
discard his Religion?'. I replied, 'No. ' He said,
'Does he break his promises? I replied, 'No, but
we are now at truce with him and we are afraid
that he may betray us." Abu Sufyan added,
"Other than the last sentence, I could not
say anything against him. Caesar then asked, 'Have
you ever had a war with him?' I replied, 'Yes.' He
said, 'What was the outcome of your battles with
him?' I replied, 'The result was unstable;
sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we.' He
said, 'What does he order you to do?' I said, 'He
tells us to worship Allah alone, and not to
worship others along with Him, and to leave all
that our fore-fathers used to worship. He orders
us to pray, give in charity, be chaste, keep
promises and return what is entrusted to us.' When
I had said that, Caesar said to his translator,
'Say to him: I ask you about his lineage and your
reply was that he belonged to a noble family. In
fact, all the apostles came from the noblest
lineage of their nations. Then I questioned you
whether anybody else amongst you had claimed such
a thing, and your reply was in the negative. If
the answer had been in the affirmative, I would
have thought that this man was following a claim
that had been said before him. When I asked you
whether he was ever blamed for telling lies, your
reply was in the negative, so I took it for
granted that a person who did not tell a lie about
(others) the people could never tell a lie about
Allah. Then I asked you whether any of his
ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the
negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I
would have thought that this man wanted to take
back his ancestral kingdom. When I asked you
whether the rich or the poor people followed him,
you replied that it was the poor who followed him.
In fact, such are the followers of the apostles.
Then I asked you whether his followers were
increasing or decreasing. You replied that they
were increasing. In fact, this is the result of
true faith till it is complete (in all respects).
I asked you whether there was anybody who, after
embracing his religion, became displeased and
discarded his religion; your reply was in the
negative. In fact, this is the sign of true faith,
for when its cheerfulness enters and mixes in the
hearts completely, nobody will be displeased with
it. I asked you whether he had ever broken his
promise. You replied in the negative. And such are
the apostles; they never break their promises.
When I asked you whether you fought with him and
he fought with you, you replied that he did, and
that sometimes he was victorious and sometimes
you. Indeed, such are the apostles; they are put
to trials and the final victory is always theirs.
Then I asked you what he ordered you. You replied
that he ordered you to worship Allah alone and not
to worship others along with Him, to leave all
that your fore-fathers used to worship, to offer
prayers, to speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep
promises, and to return what is entrusted to you.
These are really the qualities of a prophet who, I
knew (from the previous Scriptures) would appear,
but I did not know that he would be from amongst
you. If what you say should be true, he will very
soon occupy the earth under my feet, and if I knew
that I would reach him definitely, I would go
immediately to meet Him; and were I with him, then
I would certainly wash his feet.' " Abu
Sufyan added, "Caesar then asked for the
letter of Allah's Apostle and it was read. Its
contents were:--
"In the name
of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful
(This letter is) from Muhammad, the slave of
Allah, and His Apostle, to Heraculius, the Ruler
of the Byzantine. Peace be upon the followers of
guidance. Now then, I invite you to Islam (i.e.
surrender to Allah), embrace Islam and you will be
safe; embrace Islam and Allah will bestow on you a
double reward. But if you reject this invitation
of Islam, you shall be responsible for misguiding
the peasants (i.e. your nation). O people of the
Scriptures! Come to a word common to you and us
and you, that we worship. None but Allah, and that
we associate nothing in worship with Him; and that
none of us shall take others as Lords besides
Allah. Then if they turn away, say: Bear witness
that we are (they who have surrendered (unto
Him)..(3.64)
Abu Sufyan added,
"When Heraclius had finished his speech,
there was a great hue and cry caused by the
Byzantine Royalties surrounding him, and there was
so much noise that I did not understand what they
said. So, we were turned out of the court. When I
went out with my companions and we were alone, I
said to them, 'Verily, Ibn Abi Kabsha's (i.e. the
Prophet's) affair has gained power. This is the
King of Bani Al-Asfar fearing him." Abu
Sufyan added, "By Allah, I remained low and
was sure that his religion would be victorious
till Allah converted me to Islam, though I
disliked it "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 192:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad:
That he heard the
Prophet on the day (of the battle) of Khaibar
saying, "I will give the flag to a person at
whose hands Allah will grant victory." So,
the companions of the Prophet got up, wishing
eagerly to see to whom the flag will be given, and
everyone of them wished to be given the flag. But
the Prophet asked for 'Ali. Someone informed him
that he was suffering from eye-trouble. So, he
ordered them to bring 'Ali in front of him. Then
the Prophet spat in his eyes and his eyes were
cured immediately as if he had never any
eye-trouble. 'Ali said, "We will fight with
them (i.e. infidels) till they become like us
(i.e. Muslims)." The Prophet said, "Be
patient, till you face them and invite them to
Islam and inform them of what Allah has enjoined
upon them. By Allah! If a single person embraces
Islam at your hands (i.e. through you), that will
be better for you than the red camels."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 193:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle attacked some people, he would never
attack them till it was dawn. If he heard the
Adhan (i.e. call for prayer) he would delay the
fight, and if he did not hear the Adhan, he would
attack them immediately after dawn. We reached
Khaibar at night.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 194:
Narrated Anas: as
Hadith No. 193 above.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 195:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet set out
for Khaibar and reached it at night. He used not
to attack if he reached the people at night, till
the day broke. So, when the day dawned, the Jews
came out with their bags and spades. When they saw
the Prophet; they said, "Muhammad and his
army!" The Prophet said, Allahu--Akbar!
(Allah is Greater) and Khaibar is ruined, for
whenever we approach a nation (i.e. enemy to
fight) then it will be a miserable morning for
those who have been warned."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 196:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah 's Apostle
said, " I have been ordered to fight with the
people till they say, 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah,' and whoever says, 'None has
the right to be worshipped but Allah,' his life
and property will be saved by me except for
Islamic law, and his accounts will be with Allah,
(either to punish him or to forgive him.)"
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 197:
Narrated Ka'b bin
Malik:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle intended to lead a Ghazwa, he would use an
equivocation from which one would understand that
he was going to a different destination .
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 198:
Narrated Ka'b bin
Malik:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle intended to carry out a Ghazwa, he would
use an equivocation to conceal his real
destination till it was the Ghazwa of Tabuk which
Allah's Apostle carried out in very hot weather.
As he was going to face a very long journey
through a wasteland and was to meet and attack a
large number of enemies. So, he made the situation
clear to the Muslims so that they might prepare
themselves accordingly and get ready to conquer
their enemy. The Prophet informed them of the
destination he was heading for (Ka'b bin Malik
used to say, "Scarcely did Allah's Apostle
set out for a journey on a day other than
Thursday.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 199:
Narrated Ka'b bin
Malik:
The Prophet set out
on Thursday for the Ghazwa of Tabuk and he used to
prefer to set out (i.e. travel) on Thursdays.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 200:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet offered
a four-Rak'at Zuhr prayer at Medina and then
offered a two Rak'at 'Asr prayer at Dhul-Hulaifa
and I heard the companions of the Prophet reciting
Talbiya aloud (for Hajj and 'Umra) altogether.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 201:
Narrated 'Aisha:
We set out in the
company of Allah's Apostle five days before the
end of Dhul Qa'da intending to perform Hajj only.
When we approached Mecca Allah's Apostle ordered
those who did not have the Hadi (i.e. an animal
for sacrifice) with them, to perform the Tawaf
around the Ka'ba, and between Safa and Marwa and
then finish their Ihram. Beef was brought to us on
the day of (i.e. the days of slaughtering) and I
asked, "What is this?" Somebody said,
Allah's Apostle has slaughtered (a cow) on behalf
of his wives."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 202:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Once the Prophet
set out in the month of Ramadan. He observed
fasting till he reached a place called Kadid where
he broke his fast.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 203:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The 'Prophet said,
"It is obligatory for one to listen to and
obey (the ruler's orders) unless these orders
involve one disobedience (to Allah); but if an act
of disobedience (to Allah) is imposed, he should
not listen to or obey it."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 204:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
That heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "We are the last but will be
the foremost to enter Paradise)." The Prophet
added, "He who obeys me, obeys Allah, and he
who disobeys me, disobeys Allah. He who obeys the
chief, obeys me, and he who disobeys the chief,
disobeys me. The Imam is like a shelter for whose
safety the Muslims should fight and where they
should seek protection. If the Imam orders people
with righteousness and rules justly, then he will
be rewarded for that, and if he does the opposite,
he will be responsible for that."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 205:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
When we reached (Hudaibiya)
in the next year (of the treaty of Hudaibiya), not
even two men amongst us agreed unanimously as to
which was the tree under which we had given the
pledge of allegiance, and that was out of Allah's
Mercy. (The sub narrator asked Naf'i, "For
what did the Prophet take their pledge of
allegiance, was it for death?" Naf'i replied
"No, but he took their pledge of allegiance
for patience.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 206:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Zaid:
that in the time
(of the battle) of Al-Harra a person came to him
and said, "Ibn Hanzala is taking the pledge
of allegiance from the people for death." He
said, "I will never give a pledge of
allegiance for such a thing to anyone after
Allah's Apostle."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 207:
Narrated Yazid bin
Ubaid:
Salama said,
"I gave the Pledge of allegiance (Al-Ridwan)
to Allah's Apostle and then I moved to the shade
of a tree. When the number of people around the
Prophet diminished, he said, 'O Ibn Al-Akwa ! Will
you not give to me the pledge of Allegiance?' I
replied, 'O Allah's Apostle! I have already given
to you the pledge of Allegiance.' He said, 'Do it
again.' So I gave the pledge of allegiance for the
second time." I asked 'O Abu Muslim! For what
did you give he pledge of Allegiance on that
day?" He replied, "We gave the pledge of
Allegiance for death."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 208:
Narrated Anas:
On the day (of the
battle) of the Trench, the Ansar were saying,
"We are those who have sworn allegiance to
Muhammad for Jihaid (for ever) as long as we
live." The Prophet replied to them, "O
Allah! There is no life except the life of the
Hereafter. So honor the Ansar and emigrants with
Your Generosity."
And Narrated
Mujashi: My brother and I came to the Prophet and
I requested him to take the pledge of allegiance
from us for migration. He said, "Migration
has passed away with its people." I asked,
"For what will you take the pledge of
allegiance from us then?" He said, "I
will take (the pledge) for Islam and Jihad."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 209:
Narrated Abdullah:
Today a man came to
me and asked me a question which I did not know
how to answer. He said, "Tell me, if a
wealthy active man, well-equipped with arms, goes
out on military expeditions with our chiefs, and
orders us to do such things as we cannot do
(should we obey him?)" I replied, "By
Allah, I do not know what to reply you, except
that we, were in the company of the Prophet and he
used to order us to do a thing once only till we
finished it. And no doubt, everyone among you will
remain in a good state as long as he obeys Allah.
If one is in doubt as to the legality of
something, he should ask somebody who would
satisfy him, but soon will come a time when you
will not find such a man. By Him, except Whom none
has the right to be worshipped. I see that the
example of what has passed of this life (to what
remains thereof) is like a pond whose fresh water
has been used up and nothing remains but muddy
water."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 210:
Narrated Salim Abu
An-Nadr:
The freed slave of
'Umar bin 'Ubaidullah who was 'Umar's clerk:
'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa wrote him (i.e. 'Umar) a
letter that contained the following:--
"Once Allah's
Apostle (during a holy battle), waited till the
sun had declined and then he got up among the
people and said, "O people! Do not wish to
face the enemy (in a battle) and ask Allah to save
you (from calamities) but if you should face the
enemy, then be patient and let it be known to you
that Paradise is under the shades of swords."
He then said,, "O Allah! The Revealer of the
(Holy) Book, the Mover of the clouds, and Defeater
of Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans of infidels), defeat
them infidels and bestow victory upon us."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 211:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
I participated in a
Ghazwa along with Allah's Apostle The Prophet met
me (on the way) while I was riding a camel of ours
used for irrigation and it had got so tired that
it could hardly walk. The Prophet asked me,
"What is wrong with the camel?" I
replied, "It has got tired." So. Allah's
Apostle came from behind it and rebuked it and
prayed for it so it started surpassing the other
camels and going ahead of them. Then he asked me,
"How do you find your camel (now)?" I
replied, "I find it quite well, now as it has
received your blessings." He said, "Will
you sell it to me?" I felt shy (to refuse his
offer) though it was the only camel for irrigation
we had. So, I said, "Yes." He said,
"Sell it to me then." I sold it to him
on the condition that I should keep on riding it
till I reached Medina. Then I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I am a bridegroom," and
requested him to allow me to go home. He allowed
me, and I set out for Medina before the people
till I reached Medina, where I met my uncle, who
asked me about the camel and I informed him all
about it and he blamed me for that. When I took
the permission of Allah's Apostle he asked me
whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I
replied that I had married a matron. He said,
"Why hadn't you married a virgin who would
have played with you, and you would have played
with her?" I replied, "O Allah's
Apostle! My father died (or was martyred) and I
have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper
that I should marry a young girl like them who
would neither teach them manners nor serve them.
So, I have married a matron so that she may serve
them and teach them manners." When Allah's
Apostle arrived in Medina, I took the camel to him
the next morning and he gave me its price and gave
me the camel itself as well.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 212:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once there was a
feeling of fright at Medina, so Allah's Apostle
rode a horse belonging to Abu Talha and (on his
return) he said, "We have not seen anything
(fearful), but we found this horse very
fast."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 213:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once the people got
frightened, so Allah's Apostle rode a slow horse
belonging to Abu Talha, and he set out all alone,
making the horse gallop. Then the people rode,
making their horses gallop after him. On his
return he said, "Don't be afraid (there is
nothing to be afraid of) (and I have found) this
horse a very fast one." That horse was never
excelled in running hence forward. (Qastalani Vol.
5)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 214:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab:
I gave a horse to
be used in Allah's Cause, but later on I saw it
being sold. I asked the Prophet whether I could
buy it. He said, "Don't buy it and don't take
back your gift of charity."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 215:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
'Umar gave a horse
to be used in Allah's Cause, but later on he found
it being sold. So, he intended to buy it and asked
Allah's Apostle who said, "Don't buy it and
don't take back your gift of charity."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 216:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Were it not for the fear that it would
be difficult for my followers, I would not have
remained behind any Sariya, (army-unit) but I
don't have riding camels and have no other means
of conveyance to carry them on, and it is hard for
me that my companions should remain behind me. No
doubt I wish I could fight in Allah's Cause and be
martyred and come to life again to be martyred and
come to life once more."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 217:
Narrated Yali:
I participated in
the Ghazwa of Tabuk along with Allah's Apostle and
I gave a young camel to be ridden in Jihad and
that was, to me, one of my best deeds. Then I
employed a laborer who quarrelled with another
person. One of them bit the hand of the other and
the latter drew his hand from the mouth of the
former pulling out his front tooth. Then the
former instituted a suit against the latter before
the Prophet who rejected that suit saying,
"Do you expect him to put out his hand for
you to snap as a male camel snaps
(vegetation)?"
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 218:
Narrated Tha'laba
bin Abi Malik Al-Qurazi:
When Qais bin Sad
Al-Ansari, who used to carry the flag of the
Prophet, intended to perform Hajj, he combed his
hair.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 219c:
Narrated Salama bin
Al-Akwa:
Ali remained behind
the Prophet during the battle of Khaibar as he way
suffering from some eye trouble but then he said,
"How should I stay behind Allah's
Apostle?" So, he set out till he joined the
Prophet. On the eve of the day of the conquest of
Khaibar, Allah's Apostle said, "(No doubt) I
will give the flag or, tomorrow, a man whom Allah
and His Apostle love or who loves Allah and His
apostle will take the flag. Allah will bestow
victory upon him." Suddenly 'Ali joined us
though we were not expecting him. The people said,
"Here is 'Ali. "So, Allah's Apostle gave
the flag to him and Allah bestowed victory upon
him.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 219n:
Narrated Nafi bin
Jubair:
I heard Al Abbas
telling Az-Zubair, "The Prophet ordered you
to fix the flag here."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 220:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "I have been sent with the shortest
expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I
have been made victorious with terror (cast in the
hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping,
the keys of the treasures of the world were
brought to me and put in my hand." Abu
Huraira added: Allah's Apostle has left the world
and now you, people, are bringing out those
treasures (i.e. the Prophet did not benefit by
them).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 221:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Abu Sufyan said,
"Heraclius sent for me when I was in 'llya'
(i.e. Jerusalem). Then he asked for the letter of
Allah's Apostle and when he had finished its
reading there was a great hue and cry around him
and the voices grew louder and we were asked to
quit the place. When we were turned out, I said to
my companions, 'The cause of Ibn Abi Kabsha has
become conspicuous as the King of Bani Al-Asfar is
afraid of him.' "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 222:
Narrated Asma:
I prepared the
journey-food for Allah's Apostle in Abu Bakr's
house when he intended to emigrate to Medina. I
could not find anything to tie the food-container
and the water skin with. So, I said to Abu Bakr,
"By Allah, I do not find anything to tie
(these things) with except my waist belt." He
said, "Cut it into two pieces and tie the
water-skin with one piece and the food-container
with the other (the sub-narrator added, "She
did accordingly and that was the reason for
calling her Dhatun-Nitaqain (i.e. two-belted
woman))."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 223:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
During the
life-time of the Prophet we used to take the meat
of sacrificed animals (as journey food) to Medina.
(See Hadith No. 474 Vol. 7)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 224:
Narrated Suwaid bin
An-Nu'man:
That he went out in
the company o; the Prophet during the year of
Khaibar (campaign till they reached a place called
As-Sahba', the lower part of Khaibar. They offered
the 'Asr prayer (there) and the Prophet asked for
the food. Nothing but Sawiq was brought to the
Prophet. So, they chewed it and ate it and drank
water. After that the Prophet got up, washed his
mouth, and they too washed their mouths and then
offered the prayer.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 225:
Narrated Salama:
Once the
journey-food of the people ran short and they were
in great need. So, they came to the Prophet to
take his permission for slaughtering their camels,
and he permitted them. Then 'Umar met them and
they informed him about it. He said, "What
will sustain you after your camels (are
finished)?" Then 'Umar went to the Prophet
and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What will
sustain them after their camels (are
finished)?" Allah's Apostle said, "Make
an announcement amongst the people that they
should bring all their remaining food (to
me)." (They brought it and) the Prophet
invoked Allah and asked for His Blessings for it.
Then he asked them to bring their food utensils
and the people started filling their food utensils
with their hands till they were satisfied. Allah's
Apostle then said, "I testify that None has
the right to be worshipped but Allah, and I am His
Apostle. "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 226:
Narrated Wahb bin
Kaisan:
Jabir bin 'Abdullah
said, "We set out, and we were three-hundred
men carrying our journey-food on our shoulders.
Then we began to eat a single date each per
day." A man asked (Jabir), "O Abu
'Abdullah! How could a person be satisfied with a
single date?" Jabir replied, "We
realized the value of that one date when we could
not even have that much till we reached the
sea-shore, when all of a sudden we saw a huge fish
cast by the sea. So, we ate of it as much as we
wished for eighteen days."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 227:
Narrated Aisha:
That she said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Your companions are
returning with the reward of both Hajj and 'Umra,
while I am returning with (the reward of) Hajj
only." He said to her, "Go, and let 'Abdur-Rahman
(i.e. your brother) make you sit behind him (on
the animal)." So, he ordered 'AbdurRahman to
let her perform 'Umra from Al-Tan'im. Then the
Prophet waited for her at the higher region of
Mecca till she returned.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 228:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Abi Bakr As-Siddiq:
The Prophet ordered
me to let 'Aisha sit behind me (on the animal) and
to let her perform 'Umra from At-Tan'im.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 229:
Narrated Anas:
I was riding behind
Abu Talha (on the same) riding animal) and (the
Prophet's companions) were reciting Talbiya aloud
for both Hajj and 'Umra.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 230:
Narrated 'Urwa from
Usama bin Zaid:
Allah's Apostle
rode a donkey on which there was a saddle covered
by a velvet sheet and let Usama ride behind him
(on the donkey).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 231:
Narrated Nafi from
'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
came to Mecca through its higher region on the day
of the Conquest (of Mecca) riding his she-camel on
which Usama was riding behind him. Bilal and 'Uthman
bin Talha, one of the servants of the Ka'ba, were
also accompanying him till he made his camel kneel
in the mosque and ordered the latter to bring the
key of the Ka'ba. He opened the door of the Ka'ba
and Allah's Apostle entered in the company of
Usama, Bilal and 'Uthman, and stayed in it for a
long period. When he came out, the people rushed
to it, and 'Abdullah bin 'Umar was the first to
enter it and found Bilal standing behind the door.
He asked Bilal, "Where did the Prophet offer
his prayer?" He pointed to the place where he
had offered his prayer. 'Abdullah said, "I
forgot to ask him how many Rakat he had
performed."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 232:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There is a (compulsory) Sadaqa
(charity) to be given for every joint of the human
body (as a sign of gratitude to Allah) everyday
the sun rises. To judge justly between two persons
is regarded as Sadaqa, and to help a man
concerning his riding animal by helping him to
ride it or by lifting his luggage on to it, is
also regarded as Sadaqa, and (saying) a good word
is also Sadaqa, and every step taken on one's way
to offer the compulsory prayer (in the mosque) is
also Sadaqa and to remove a harmful thing from the
way is also Sadaqa."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 233:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
forbade the people to travel to a hostile country
carrying (copies of) the Quran.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 234:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet reached
Khaibar in the morning, while the people were
coming out carrying their spades over their
shoulders. When they saw him they said, "This
is Muhammad and his army! Muhammad and his
army!" So, they took refuge in the fort. The
Prophet raised both his hands and said, "Allahu
Akbar, Khaibar is ruined, for when we approach a
nation (i.e. enemy to fight) then miserable is the
morning of the warned ones." Then we found
some donkeys which we (killed and) cooked: The
announcer of the Prophet announced: "Allah
and His Apostle forbid you to eat donkey's
meat." So, all the pots including their
contents were turned upside down.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 235:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ashari:
We were in the
company of Allah's Apostle (during Hajj). Whenever
we went up a high place we used to say: "None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and
Allah is Greater," and our voices used to
rise, so the Prophet said, "O people! Be
merciful to yourselves (i.e. don't raise your
voice), for you are not calling a deaf or an
absent one, but One Who is with you, no doubt He
is All-Hearer, ever Near (to all things)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 236:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
Whenever we went up
a place we would say, "Allahu--Akbar (i.e.
Allah is Greater)", and whenever we went down
a place we would say, "Subhan Allah."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 237:
Narrated Jabir:
Whenever we went up
a place we would say Takbir, and whenever we went
down we would say, "Subhan Allah."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 238:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Umar:
Whenever the
Prophet returned from the Hajj or the 'Umra or a
Ghazwa, he would say Takbir thrice. Whenever he
came upon a mountain path or wasteland, and then
he would say, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah, Alone Who has no partner.
All the Kingdom belongs to Him and all the praises
are for Him and He is Omnipotent. We are returning
with repentance, worshipping, prostrating
ourselves and praising our Lord. Allah fulfilled
His Promise, granted victory to His slave and He
Alone defeated all the clans."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 239:
Narrated Ibrahim
Abu Isma'il As-Saksaki:
I heard Abu Burda
who accompanied Yazid bin Abi Kabsha on a journey.
Yazid used to observe fasting on journeys. Abu
Burda said to him, "I heard Abu Musa several
times saying that Allah's Apostle said, 'When a
slave falls ill or travels, then he will get
reward similar to that he gets for good deeds
practiced at home when in good health."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 240:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
On the day of the
battle of the Trench, the Prophet wanted somebody
from amongst the people to volunteer to be a
reconnoitre. Az-Zubair volunteered. He demanded
the same again and Az-Zubair volunteered again.
Then he repeated the same demand (thrice) and
AzZubair volunteered once more. The Prophet then
said, " Every prophet has a disciple and my
disciple is Az-Zubair."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 241:
Narrated Ibn' Umar:
from the Prophet
the following Hadith (No. 242).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 242:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"If the people knew what I know about
traveling alone, then nobody would travel alone at
night."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 243:
Narrated Hisham's
father:
Usama bin Zaid was
asked at what pace the Prophet rode during
Hajjat-ul-Wada' "He rode at a medium pace,
but when he came upon an open way he would go at
full pace."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 244:
Narrated Aslam:
While I was in the
company of 'Abdullah bin 'Umar on the way to
Mecca, he received the news of the severe illness
of Safiya bint Abi Ubaid (i.e. his wife), so he
proceeded at greater speed, and when the twilight
disappeared, he dismounted and offered the Maghrib
and 'Isha 'prayers together and said, " I saw
the Prophet delaying the Maghrib prayer to offer
it along with the 'Isha' when he was in a hurry on
a journey."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 245:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Journey is a piece of torture, for it
disturbs one's sleep, eating and drinking. So,
when you fulfill your job, you should hurry up to
your family."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 246:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab
gave a horse to be ridden in Allah's Cause and
then he found it being sold. He intended to
purchase it. So, he consulted Allah's Apostle who
said, "Don't buy it and don't take back your
gift of charity."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 247:
Narrated Aslam:
I heard 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab saying, "I gave a horse to be
ridden in Allah's Cause and the person who got it
intended to sell it or neglected it. So, I wanted
to buy it as I thought he would sell it cheap. I
consulted the Prophet who said, "Do not buy
it even if for one Dirham, because he who takes
back his gift is like a dog swallowing its
vomit."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 248:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr:
A man came to the
Prophet asking his permission to take part in
Jihad. The Prophet asked him, "Are your
parents alive?" He replied in the
affirmative. The Prophet said to him, "Then
exert yourself in their service."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 249:
Narrated Abu Bashir
Al-Ansari:
That he was in the
company of Allah's Apostle on some of his
journeys. (The sub-narrator 'Abdullah adds,
"I think that Abu Bashir also said, 'And the
people were at their sleeping places.")
Allah's Apostle sent a messenger ordering:
"There shall not remain any necklace of
string or any other kind of necklace round the
necks of camels except it is cut off."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 250:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
That he heard the
Prophet saying, "It is not permissible for a
man to be alone with a woman, and no lady should
travel except with a Muhram (i.e. her husband or a
person whom she cannot marry in any case for ever;
e.g. her father, brother, etc.)." Then a man
got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have
enlisted in the army for such-and-such Ghazwa and
my wife is proceeding for Hajj." Allah's
Apostle said, "Go, and perform the Hajj with
your wife."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 251:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah
bin Abi Rafi:
I heard 'Ali
saying, "Allah's Apostle sent me, Az-Zubair
and Al-Miqdad somewhere saying, 'Proceed till you
reach Rawdat Khakh. There you will find a lady
with a letter. Take the letter from her.' "
So, we set out and our horses ran at full pace
till we got at Ar-Rawda where we found the lady
and said (to her). "Take out the
letter." She replied, "I have no letter
with me." We said, "Either you take out
the letter or else we will take off your
clothes." So, she took it out of her braid.
We brought the letter to Allah's Apostle and it
contained a statement from Hatib bin Abi Balta a
to some of the Meccan pagans informing them of
some of the intentions of Allah's Apostle. Then
Allah's Apostle said, "O Hatib! What is
this?" Hatib replied, "O Allah's
Apostle! Don't hasten to give your judgment about
me. I was a man closely connected with the Quraish,
but I did not belong to this tribe, while the
other emigrants with you, had their relatives in
Mecca who would protect their dependents and
property . So, I wanted to recompense for my
lacking blood relation to them by doing them a
favor so that they might protect my dependents. I
did this neither because of disbelief not apostasy
nor out of preferring Kufr (disbelief) to
Islam." Allah's Apostle, said, "Hatib
has told you the truth." Umar said, O Allah's
Apostle! Allow me to chop off the head of this
hypocrite." Allah's Apostle said, "Hatib
participated in the battle of Badr, and who knows,
perhaps Allah has already looked at the Badr
warriors and said, 'Do whatever you like, for I
have forgiven you."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 252:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
When it was the day
(of the battle) of Badr, prisoners of war were
brought including Al-Abbas who was undressed. The
Prophet looked for a shirt for him. It was found
that the shirt of 'Abdullah bin Ubai would do, so
the Prophet let him wear it. That was the reason
why the Prophet took off and gave his own shirt to
'Abdullah. (The narrator adds, "He had done
the Prophet some favor for which the Prophet liked
to reward him.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 253:
Narrated Sahl:
On the day (of the
battle) of Khaibar the Prophet said,
"Tomorrow I will give the flag to somebody
who will be given victory (by Allah) and who loves
Allah and His Apostle and is loved by Allah and
His Apostle." So, the people wondered all
that night as to who would receive the flag and in
the morning everyone hoped that he would be that
person. Allah's Apostle asked, "Where is
'Ali?" He was told that 'Ali was suffering
from eye-trouble, so he applied saliva to his eyes
and invoked Allah to cure him. He at once got
cured as if he had no ailment. The Prophet gave
him the flag. 'Ali said, "Should I fight them
till they become like us (i.e. Muslim)?" The
Prophet said, "Go to them patiently and
calmly till you enter the land. Then, invite them
to Islam, and inform them what is enjoined upon
them, for, by Allah, if Allah gives guidance to
somebody through you, it is better for you than
possessing red camels."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 254:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah wonders at those people who will enter
Paradise in chains."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 255:
Narrated Abu
Burda's father:
The Prophet said,
"Three persons will get their reward twice.
(One is) a person who has a slave girl and he
educates her properly and teaches her good manners
properly (without violence) and then manumits and
marries her. Such a person will get a double
reward. (Another is) a believer from the people of
the scriptures who has been a true believer and
then he believes in the Prophet (Muhammad). Such a
person will get a double reward. (The third is) a
slave who observes Allah's Rights and Obligations
and is sincere to his master."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 256:
Narrated As-Sab bin
Jaththama:
The Prophet passed
by me at a place called Al-Abwa or Waddan, and was
asked whether it was permissible to attack the
pagan warriors at night with the probability of
exposing their women and children to danger. The
Prophet replied, "They (i.e. women and
children) are from them (i.e. pagans)." I
also heard the Prophet saying, "The
institution of Hima is invalid except for Allah
and His Apostle."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 257:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
During some of the
Ghazawat of the Prophet a woman was found killed.
Allah's Apostle disapproved the killing of women
and children.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 258:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
During some of the
Ghazawat of Allah's Apostle a woman was found
killed, so Allah's Apostle forbade the killing of
women and children.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 259:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
sent us in a mission (i.e. am army-unit) and said,
"If you find so-and-so and so-and-so, burn
both of them with fire." When we intended to
depart, Allah's Apostle said, "I have ordered
you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so, and it is
none but Allah Who punishes with fire, so, if you
find them, kill them."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 260:
Narrated Ikrima:
Ali burnt some
people and this news reached Ibn 'Abbas, who said,
"Had I been in his place I would not have
burnt them, as the Prophet said, 'Don't punish
(anybody) with Allah's Punishment.' No doubt, I
would have killed them, for the Prophet said, 'If
somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill
him.' "
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 261:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
A group of eight
men from the tribe of 'Ukil came to the Prophet
and then they found the climate of Medina
unsuitable for them. So, they said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Provide us with some milk."
Allah's Apostle said, "I recommend that you
should join the herd of camels." So they went
and drank the urine and the milk of the camels (as
a medicine) till they became healthy and fat. Then
they killed the shepherd and drove away the
camels, and they became unbelievers after they
were Muslims. When the Prophet was informed by a
shouter for help, he sent some men in their
pursuit, and before the sun rose high, they were
brought, and he had their hands and feet cut off.
Then he ordered for nails which were heated and
passed over their eyes, and whey were left in the
Harra (i.e. rocky land in Medina). They asked for
water, and nobody provided them with water till
they died (Abu Qilaba, a sub-narrator said,
"They committed murder and theft and fought
against Allah and His Apostle, and spread evil in
the land.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 262:
Narrated Jarir:
Allah's Apostles
said to me, "Will you relieve me from
Dhul-Khalasa? Dhul-Khalasa was a house (of an
idol) belonging to the tribe of Khath'am called
Al-Ka'ba Al-Yama-niya. So, I proceeded with one
hundred and fifty cavalry men from the tribe of
Ahmas, who were excellent knights. It happened
that I could not sit firm on horses, so the
Prophet , stroke me over my chest till I saw his
finger-marks over my chest, he said, 'O Allah!
Make him firm and make him a guiding and rightly
guided man.' " Jarir proceeded towards that
house, and dismantled and burnt it. Then he sent a
messenger to Allah's Apostle informing him of
that. Jarir's messenger said, "By Him Who has
sent you with the Truth, I did not come to you
till I had left it like an emancipated or gabby
camel (i.e. completely marred and spoilt)."
Jarir added, "The Prophet asked for Allah's
Blessings for the horses and the men of Ahmas five
times."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 263:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet burnt
the date-palms of Bani An-Nadir.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 264:
Narrated Al-Bara
bin Azib:
Allah's Apostle
sent a group of Ansari men to kill Abu-Rafi. One
of them set out and entered their (i.e. the
enemies) fort. That man said, "I hid myself
in a stable for their animals. They closed the
fort gate. Later they lost a donkey of theirs, so
they went out in its search. I, too, went out
along with them, pretending to look for it. They
found the donkey and entered their fort. And I,
too, entered along with them. They closed the gate
of the fort at night, and kept its keys in a small
window where I could see them. When those people
slept, I took the keys and opened the gate of the
fort and came upon Abu Rafi and said, 'O Abu Rafi.
When he replied me, I proceeded towards the voice
and hit him. He shouted and I came out to come
back, pretending to be a helper. I said, 'O Abu
Rafi, changing the tone of my voice. He asked me,
'What do you want; woe to your mother?' I asked
him, 'What has happened to you?' He said, 'I don't
know who came to me and hit me.' Then I drove my
sword into his belly and pushed it forcibly till
it touched the bone. Then I came out, filled with
puzzlement and went towards a ladder of theirs in
order to get down but I fell down and sprained my
foot. I came to my companions and said, 'I will
not leave till I hear the wailing of the women.'
So, I did not leave till I heard the women
bewailing Abu Rafi, the merchant pf Hijaz. Then I
got up, feeling no ailment, (and we proceeded)
till we came upon the Prophet and informed
him."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 265:
Narrated Al-Bara
bin Azib:
Allah's Apostle
sent a group of the Ansar to Abu Rafi. Abdullah
bin Atik entered his house at night and killed him
while he was sleeping.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 266l:
Narrated Salim Abu
An-Nadr:
(the freed slave of
'Umar bin 'Ubaidullah) I was Umar's clerk. Once
Abdullah bin Abi Aufa wrote a letter to 'Umar when
he proceeded to Al-Haruriya. I read in it that
Allah's Apostle in one of his military expeditions
against the enemy, waited till the sun declined
and then he got up amongst the people saying,
"O people! Do not wish to meet the enemy, and
ask Allah for safety, but when you face the enemy,
be patient, and remember that Paradise is under
the shades of swords." Then he said, "O
Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book, and the
Mover of the clouds and the Defeater of the clans,
defeat them, and grant us victory over them."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 266c:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said:
"Do not wish to meet the enemy, but when you
meet face) the enemy, be patient."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 267:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Khosrau will be ruined, and there will be no
Khosrau after him, and Caesar will surely be
ruined and there will be no Caesar after him, and
you will spend their treasures in Allah's
Cause." He called, "War is deceit'.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 268:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
called,: "War is deceit".
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 269:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"War is deceit."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 270:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Who is ready to kill Ka'b bin Al-Ashraf who
has really hurt Allah and His Apostle?"
Muhammad bin Maslama said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Do you like me to kill him?" He
replied in the affirmative. So, Muhammad bin
Maslama went to him (i.e. Ka'b) and said,
"This person (i.e. the Prophet) has put us to
task and asked us for charity." Ka'b replied,
"By Allah, you will get tired of him."
Muhammad said to him, "We have followed him,
so we dislike to leave him till we see the end of
his affair." Muhammad bin Maslama went on
talking to him in this way till he got the chance
to kill him.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 271:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said,
"Who is ready to kill Ka'b bin Ashraf (i.e. a
Jew)." Muhammad bin Maslama replied, "Do
you like me to kill him?" The Prophet replied
in the affirmative. Muhammad bin Maslama said,
"Then allow me to say what I like." The
Prophet replied, "I do (i.e. allow
you)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 272:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I saw Allah's
Apostle on the day (of the battle) of the Trench
carrying earth till the hair of his chest were
covered with dust and he was a hairy man. He was
reciting the following verses of 'Abdullah (bin
Rawaha): "O Allah, were it not for You, We
would not have been guided, Nor would we have
given in charity, nor prayed. So, bestow on us
calmness, and when we meet the enemy. Then make
our feet firm, for indeed, Yet if they want to put
us in affliction, (i.e. want to fight against us)
we would not (flee but withstand them)." The
Prophet used to raise his voice while reciting
these verses. (See Hadith No. 432, Vol. 5).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 273:
Narrated Jarir:
Allah's Apostle did
not screen himself from me since my embracing
Islam, and whenever he saw me he would receive me
with a smile. Once I told him that I could not sit
firm on horses. He stroke me on the chest with his
hand and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and
make him a guiding and a rightly-guided man."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 274:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
The people asked
Sahl bin Sad As-Sa' idi "With what thing
(medicine) was the wound of Allah's Apostle
treated?" He replied, "There is none
left (living) amongst the people who knows it
better than. 'Ali used to bring water in his
shield and Fatima (i.e. the Prophet's daughter)
used to wash the blood off his face. Then a mat
(of palm leaves) was burnt and its ash was
inserted in the wound of Allah's Apostle."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 275:
Narrated Abu Burda:
That his father
said, "The Prophet sent Mu'adh and Abu Musa
to Yemen telling them. 'Treat the people with ease
and don't be hard on them; give them glad tidings
and don't fill them with aversion; and love each
other, and don't differ."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 276:
Narrated Al-Bara
bin Azib:
The Prophet
appointed 'Abdullah bin Jubair as the commander of
the infantry men (archers) who were fifty on the
day (of the battle) of Uhud. He instructed them,
"Stick to your place, and don't leave it even
if you see birds snatching us, till I send for
you; and if you see that we have defeated the
infidels and made them flee, even then you should
not leave your place till I send for you."
Then the infidels were defeated. By Allah, I saw
the women fleeing lifting up their clothes
revealing their leg-bangles and their legs. So,
the companions of 'Abdullah bin Jubair said,
"The booty! O people, the booty ! Your
companions have become victorious, what are you
waiting for now?" 'Abdullah bin Jubair said,
"Have you forgotten what Allah's Apostle said
to you?" They replied, "By Allah! We
will go to the people (i.e. the enemy) and collect
our share from the war booty." But when they
went to them, they were forced to turn back
defeated. At that time Allah's Apostle in their
rear was calling them back. Only twelve men
remained with the Prophet and the infidels
martyred seventy men from us.
On the day (of the
battle) of Badr, the Prophet and his companions
had caused the 'Pagans to lose 140 men, seventy of
whom were captured and seventy were killed. Then
Abu Sufyan asked thrice, "Is Muhammad present
amongst these people?" The Prophet ordered
his companions not to answer him. Then he asked
thrice, "Is the son of Abu Quhafa present
amongst these people?" He asked again thrice,
"Is the son of Al-Khattab present amongst
these people?" He then returned to his
companions and said, "As for these (men),
they have been killed." 'Umar could not
control himself and said (to Abu Sufyan),
"You told a lie, by Allah! O enemy of Allah!
All those you have mentioned are alive, and the
thing which will make you unhappy is still
there." Abu Sufyan said, "Our victory
today is a counterbalance to yours in the battle
of Badr, and in war (the victory) is always
undecided and is shared in turns by the
belligerents, and you will find some of your
(killed) men mutilated, but I did not urge my men
to do so, yet I do not feel sorry for their
deed" After that he started reciting
cheerfully, "O Hubal, be high! (1) On that
the Prophet said (to his companions), "Why
don't you answer him back?" They said,
"O Allah's Apostle What shall we say?"
He said, "Say, Allah is Higher and more
Sublime." (Then) Abu Sufyan said, "We
have the (idol) Al Uzza, and you have no Uzza."
The Prophet said (to his companions), "Why
don't you answer him back?" They asked,
"O Allah's Apostle! What shall we say?"
He said, "Says Allah is our Helper and you
have no helper."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 277:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle was
the (most handsome), most generous and the bravest
of all the people. Once the people of Medina got
frightened having heard an uproar at night. So,
the Prophet met the people while he was riding an
unsaddled horse belonging to Abu Talha and
carrying his sword (slung over his shoulder). He
said (to them), "Don't get scared, don't get
scared." Then he added, "I found it (i.e
the horse) very fast."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 278:
Narrated Salama:
I went out of
Medina towards Al-Ghaba. When I reached the
mountain path of Al-Ghaba, a slave of 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf met me. I said to him, "Woe to you!
What brought you here?" He replied, "The
she-camels of the Prophet have been taken
away." I said, "Who took them?" He
said, "Ghatafan and Fazara." So, I sent
three cries, "O Sabaha-h ! O Sabahah !"
so loudly that made the people in between its
(i.e. Medina's) two mountains hear me. Then I
rushed till I met them after they had taken the
camels away. I started throwing arrows at them
saying, "I am the son of Al-Akwa"; and
today perish the mean people!" So, I saved
the she-camels from them before they (i.e. the
robbers) could drink water. When I returned
driving the camels, the Prophet met me, I said,
"O Allah's Apostle Those people are thirsty
and I have prevented them from drinking water, so
send some people to chase them." The Prophet
said, "O son of Al-Akwa', you have gained
power (over your enemy), so forgive (them).
(Besides) those people are now being entertained
by their folk."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 279:
Narrated Abu Ishaq:
A man asked Al-Bara
"O Abu 'Umara! Did you flee on the day (of
the battle) of Hunain?" Al-Bara replied while
I was listening, "As for Allah's Apostle he
did not flee on that day. Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith
was holding the reins of his mule and when the
pagans attacked him, he dismounted and started
saying, 'I am the Prophet, and there is no lie
about it; I am the son of 'Abdul Muttalib.' On
that day nobody was seen braver than the Prophet
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 280:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri:
When the tribe of
Bani Quraiza was ready to accept Sad's judgment,
Allah's Apostle sent for Sad who was near to him.
Sad came, riding a donkey and when he came near,
Allah's Apostle said (to the Ansar), "Stand
up for your leader." Then Sad came and sat
beside Allah's Apostle who said to him.
"These people are ready to accept your
judgment." Sad said, "I give the
judgment that their warriors should be killed and
their children and women should be taken as
prisoners." The Prophet then remarked,
"O Sad! You have judged amongst them with (or
similar to) the judgment of the King Allah."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 281:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
sent a Sariya of ten men as spies under the
leadership of 'Asim bin Thabit al-Ansari, the
grandfather of 'Asim bin Umar Al-Khattab. They
proceeded till they reached Hadaa, a place between
'Usfan, and Mecca, and their news reached a branch
of the tribe of Hudhail called Bani Lihyan. About
two-hundred men, who were all archers, hurried to
follow their tracks till they found the place
where they had eaten dates they had brought with
them from Medina. They said, "These are the
dates of Yathrib (i.e. Medina), "and
continued following their tracks When 'Asim and
his companions saw their pursuers, they went up a
high place and the infidels circled them. The
infidels said to them, "Come down and
surrender, and we promise and guarantee you that
we will not kill any one of you" 'Asim bin
Thabit; the leader of the Sariya said, "By
Allah! I will not come down to be under the
protection of infidels. O Allah! Convey our news
to Your Prophet. Then the infidels threw arrows at
them till they martyred 'Asim along with six other
men, and three men came down accepting their
promise and convention, and they were
Khubaib-al-Ansari and Ibn Dathina and another man
So, when the infidels captured them, they undid
the strings of their bows and tied them. Then the
third (of the captives) said, "This is the
first betrayal. By Allah! I will not go with you.
No doubt these, namely the martyred, have set a
good example to us." So, they dragged him and
tried to compel him to accompany them, but as he
refused, they killed him. They took Khubaid and
Ibn Dathina with them and sold them (as slaves) in
Mecca (and all that took place) after the battle
of Badr. Khubaib was bought by the sons of Al-Harith
bin 'Amir bin Naufal bin 'Abd Manaf. It was
Khubaib who had killed Al-Harith bin 'Amir on the
day (of the battle of) Badr. So, Khubaib remained
a prisoner with those people.
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
'Ubaidullah bin 'Iyyad said that the daughter of
Al-Harith had told him, "When those people
gathered (to kill Khubaib) he borrowed a razor
from me to shave his pubes and I gave it to him.
Then he took a son of mine while I was unaware
when he came upon him. I saw him placing my son on
his thigh and the razor was in his hand. I got
scared so much that Khubaib noticed the agitation
on my face and said, 'Are you afraid that I will
kill him? No, I will never do so.' By Allah, I
never saw a prisoner better than Khubaib. By
Allah, one day I saw him eating of a bunch of
grapes in his hand while he was chained in irons,
and there was no fruit at that time in
Mecca." The daughter of Al-Harith used to
say, "It was a boon Allah bestowed upon
Khubaib." When they took him out of the
Sanctuary (of Mecca) to kill him outside its
boundaries, Khubaib requested them to let him
offer two Rakat (prayer). They allowed him and he
offered Two Rakat and then said, "Hadn't I
been afraid that you would think that I was afraid
(of being killed), I would have prolonged the
prayer. O Allah, kill them all with no
exception." (He then recited the poetic
verse):-- "I being martyred as a Muslim, Do
not mind how I am killed in Allah's Cause, For my
killing is for Allah's Sake, And if Allah wishes,
He will bless the amputated parts of a torn
body" Then the son of Al Harith killed him.
So, it was Khubaib who set the tradition for any
Muslim sentenced to death in captivity, to offer a
two-Rak'at prayer (before being killed). Allah
fulfilled the invocation of Asim bin Thabit on
that very day on which he was martyred. The
Prophet informed his companions of their news and
what had happened to them. Later on when some
infidels from Quraish were informed that Asim had
been killed, they sent some people to fetch a part
of his body (i.e. his head) by which he would be
recognized. (That was because) 'Asim had killed
one of their chiefs on the day (of the battle) of
Badr. So, a swarm of wasps, resembling a shady
cloud, were sent to hover over Asim and protect
him from their messenger and thus they could not
cut off anything from his flesh.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 282:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"Free the captives, feed the hungry and pay a
visit to the sick."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 283:
Narrated Abu
Juhaifa:
I asked Ali,
"Do you have the knowledge of any Divine
Inspiration besides what is in Allah's Book?"
'Ali replied, "No, by Him Who splits the
grain of corn and creates the soul. I don't think
we have such knowledge, but we have the ability of
understanding which Allah may endow a person with,
so that he may understand the Qur'an, and we have
what is written in this paper as well." I
asked, "What is written in this paper?"
He replied, "(The regulations of)
blood-money, the freeing of captives, and the
judgment that no Muslim should be killed for
killing an infidel."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 284:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Some Ansari men
asked permission from Allah's Apostle saying,
"O Allah's Apostle! Allow us not to take the
ransom of our nephew Al Abbas. The Prophet
replied, "Do not leave a single Dirham
thereof."
(In another
narration) Anas said, "Some wealth was
brought to the Prophet from Bahrain. Al Abbas came
to him and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Give me (some
of it), as I have paid my and 'Aqil's ransom.' The
Prophet said, 'Take,' and gave him in his
garment."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 285:
Narrated Jubair:
(who was among the
captives of the Battle of Badr) I heard the
Prophet reciting 'Surat-at-Tur' in the Maghrib
prayer.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 286:
Narrated Salama bin
Al-Akwa:
"An infidel
spy came to the Prophet while he was on a journey.
The spy sat with the companions of the Prophet and
started talking and then went away. The Prophet
said (to his companions), 'Chase and kill him.'
So, I killed him." The Prophet then gave him
the belongings of the killed spy (in addition to
his share of the war booty).
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 287:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Maimun:
Umar (after he was
stabbed), instructed (his would-be-successor)
saying, "I urge him (i.e. the new Caliph) to
take care of those non-Muslims who are under the
protection of Allah and His Apostle in that he
should observe the convention agreed upon with
them, and fight on their behalf (to secure their
safety) and he should not over-tax them beyond
their capability."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 288:
Narrated Said bin
Jubair:
Ibn 'Abbas said,
"Thursday! What (great thing) took place on
Thursday!" Then he started weeping till his
tears wetted the gravels of the ground . Then he
said, "On Thursday the illness of Allah's
Apostle was aggravated and he said, "Fetch me
writing materials so that I may have something
written to you after which you will never go
astray." The people (present there) differed
in this matter and people should not differ before
a prophet. They said, "Allah's Apostle is
seriously sick.' The Prophet said, "Let me
alone, as the state in which I am now, is better
than what you are calling me for." The
Prophet on his death-bed, gave three orders
saying, "Expel the pagans from the Arabian
Peninsula, respect and give gifts to the foreign
delegates as you have seen me dealing with
them." I forgot the third (order)" (Ya'qub
bin Muhammad said, "I asked Al-Mughira bin 'Abdur-Rahman
about the Arabian Peninsula and he said, 'It
comprises Mecca, Medina, Al-Yama-ma and
Yemen." Ya'qub added, "And Al-Arj, the
beginning of Tihama.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 289:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
'Umar saw a silken
cloak being sold in the market and he brought it
to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Buy this cloak and adorn yourself with it
on the 'Id festivals and on meeting the
delegations." Allah's Apostle replied,
"This is the dress for the one who will have
no share in the Hereafter (or, this is worn by one
who will have no share in the Hereafter)."
After sometime had passed, Allah's Apostle sent a
silken cloak to 'Umar. 'Umar took it and brought
it to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! You have said that this is the dress of
that who will have no share in the Hereafter (or,
this is worn by one who will have no share in the
Hereafter), yet you have sent me this!" The
Prophet said," I have sent it) so that you
may sell it or fulfill with it some of your
needs."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 290d:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Umar and a group of
the companions of the Prophet set out with the
Prophet to Ibn Saiyad. He found him playing with
some boys near the hillocks of Bani Maghala. Ibn
Saiyad at that time was nearing his puberty. He
did not notice (the Prophet's presence) till the
Prophet stroked him on the back with his hand and
said, "Ibn Saiyad! Do you testify that I am
Allah's Apostle?" Ibn Saiyad looked at him
and said, "I testify that you are the Apostle
of the illiterates."
Then Ibn Saiyad
asked the Prophet. "Do you testify that I am
the apostle of Allah?" The Prophet said to
him, "I believe in Allah and His
Apostles." Then the Prophet said (to Ibn
Saiyad). "What do you see?" Ibn Saiyad
replied, "True people and false ones visit
me." The Prophet said, "Your mind is
confused as to this matter." The Prophet
added, " I have kept something (in my mind)
for you." Ibn Saiyad said, "It is Ad-Dukh."
The Prophet said (to him), "Shame be on you!
You cannot cross your limits." On that 'Umar
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allow me to chop
his head off." The Prophet said, "If he
should be him (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) then you cannot
overpower him, and should he not be him, then you
are not going to benefit by murdering him."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 290:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
(Later on) Allah's
Apostle (once again) went along with Ubai bin Ka'b
to the garden of date-palms where Ibn Saiyad was
staying. When the Prophet entered the garden, he
started hiding himself behind the trunks of the
date-palms as he wanted to hear something from the
Ibn Saiyad before the latter could see him. Ibn
Saiyad was lying in his bed, covered with a velvet
sheet from where his murmurs were heard. Ibn
Saiyad's mother saw the Prophet while he was
hiding himself behind the trunks of the
date-palms. She addressed Ibn Saiyad, "O Saf!"
(And this was his name). Ibn Saiyad got up. The
Prophet said, "Had this woman let him to
himself, he would have revealed the reality of his
case." Then the Prophet got up amongst the
people, glorifying Allah as He deserves, he
mentioned Ad-Dajjal, saying, "I warn you
about him (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) and there is no prophet
who did not warn his nation about him, and Noah
warned his nation about him, but I tell you a
statement which no prophet informed his nation of.
You should understand that he is a one-eyed man
and Allah is not one-eyed."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 291:
Narrated Usama bin
Zaid:
I asked the Prophet
during his Hajj, "O Allah's Apostle! Where
will you stay tomorrow?" He said, "Has
Aqil left for us any house?" He then added,
"Tomorrow we will stay at Khaif Bani Kinana,
i.e. Al-Muhassab, where (the Pagans of) Quraish
took an oath of Kufr (i.e. to be loyal to
heathenism) in that Bani Kinana got allied with
Quraish against Bani Hashim on the terms that they
would not deal with the members of the is tribe or
give them shelter." (Az-Zuhri said, "Khaif
means valley.") (See Hadith No. 659, Vol. 2)
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 292:
Narrated Aslam:
Umar bin Al-Khattab
appointed a freed slave of his, called Hunai,
manager of the Hima (i.e. a pasture devoted for
grazing the animals of the Zakat or other
specified animals). He said to him, "O Hunai!
Don't oppress the Muslims and ward off their curse
(invocations against you) for the invocation of
the oppressed is responded to (by Allah); and
allow the shepherd having a few camels and those
having a few sheep (to graze their animals), and
take care not to allow the livestock of 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf and the livestock of ('Uthman) bin 'Affan,
for if their livestock should perish, then they
have their farms and gardens, while those who own
a few camels and those who own a few sheep, if
their livestock should perish, would bring their
dependents to me and appeal for help saying, 'O
chief of the believers! O chief of the believers!'
Would I then neglect them? (No, of course). So, I
find it easier to let them have water and grass
rather than to give them gold and silver (from the
Muslims' treasury). By Allah, these people think
that I have been unjust to them. This is their
land, and during the pre-lslamic period, they
fought for it and they embraced Islam (willingly)
while it was in their possession. By Him in Whose
Hand my life is! Were it not for the animals (in
my custody) which I give to be ridden for striving
in Allah's Cause, I would not have turned even a
span of their land into a Hima."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 293:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
The Prophet said
(to us), " List the names of those people who
have announced that they are Muslims." So, we
listed one thousand and five hundred men. Then we
wondered, "Should we be afraid (of infidels)
although we are one thousand and five hundred in
number?" No doubt, we witnessed ourselves
being afflicted with such bad trials that one
would have to offer the prayer alone in fear.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 294:
Narrated Al-Amash:
"We (listed
the Muslims and) found them five hundred."
And Abu Muawiya said, "Between six-hundred to
seven-hundred."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 295:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
A man came to the
Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have
enlisted in the army for such-and-such Ghazwa, and
my wife is leaving for Hajj." Allah's Apostle
said, "Go back and perform Hajj with your
wife."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 296:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
as follows in
Hadith 297.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 297:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
We were in the
company of Allah's Apostle in a Ghazwa, and he
remarked about a man who claimed to be a Muslim,
saying, "This (man) is from the people of the
(Hell) Fire." When the battle started, the
man fought violently till he got wounded. Somebody
said, "O Allah's Apostle! The man whom you
described as being from the people of the (Hell)
Fire fought violently today and died." The
Prophet said, "He will go to the (Hell)
Fire." Some people were on the point of
doubting (the truth of what the Prophet had said)
while they were in this state, suddenly someone
said that he was still alive but severely wounded.
When night fell, he lost patience and committed
suicide. The Prophet was informed of that, and he
said, "Allah is Greater! I testify that I am
Allah's Slave and His Apostle." Then he
ordered Bilal to announce amongst the people:
'None will enter Paradise but a Muslim, and Allah
may support this religion (i.e. Islam) even with a
disobedient man.'
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 298:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
delivered a sermon and said, "Zaid received
the flag and was martyred, then Ja'far took it and
was martyred, then 'Abdullah bin Rawaha took it
and was martyred, and then Khalid bin Al-Walid
took it without being appointed, and Allah gave
him victory." The Prophet added, "I am
not pleased (or they will not be pleased) that
they should remain (alive) with us," while
his eyes were shedding tears.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 299:
Narrated Anas:
The people of the
tribes of Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usiya and Bani Lihyan
came to the Prophet and claimed that they had
embraced Islam, and they requested him to support
them with some men to fight their own people. The
Prophet supported them with seventy men from the
Ansar whom we used to call Al-Qurra'(i.e.
Scholars) who (out of piety) used to cut wood
during the day and pray all the night. So, those
people took the (seventy) men till they reached a
place called Bi'r-Ma'ana where they betrayed and
martyred them. So, the Prophet invoked evil on the
tribe of Ril, Dhakwan and Bani Lihyan for one
month in the prayer.
Narrated Qatada:
Anas told us that they (i.e. Muslims) used to
recite a Quranic Verse concerning those martyrs
which was:-- "O Allah! Let our people be
informed on our behalf that we have met our Lord
Who has got pleased with us and made us
pleased." Then the Verse was cancelled.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 300:
Narrated Abu Talha:
Whenever the
Prophet conquered some people, he would stay in
their town for three days.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 301:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet
performed 'Umra, setting out from Al-Jarana where
he distributed the war booty of Hunain.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 302:
Narrated Nafi:
Once a slave of Ibn
'Umar fled and joined the Byzantine. Khalid bin
Al-Walid got him back and returned him to
'Abdullah (bin 'Umar). Once a horse of Ibn 'Umar
also ran away and followed the Byzantines, and he
(i.e. Khalid) got it back and returned it to
'Abdullah.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 303:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
That he was riding
a horse on the day, the Muslims fought (against
the Byzantines), and the commander of the Muslim
army was Khalid bin Al-Walid who had been
appointed by Abu Bakr. The enemy took the horse
away, and when the enemy was defeated, Khalid
returned the horse to him.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 304:
Narrated Jabir bin
Abdullah:
I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! We have slaughtered a young sheep
of ours and have ground one Sa of barley. So, I
invite you along with some persons." So, the
Prophet said in a loud voice, "O the people
of the Trench! Jabir had prepared "Sur"
so come along."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 305:
Narrated Um Khalid:
(the daughter of
Khalid bin Said) I went to Allah's Apostle with my
father and I was Nearing a yellow shirt. Allah's
Apostle said, "Sanah, Sanah!"
('Abdullah, the narrator, said that 'Sanah' meant
'good' in the Ethiopian language). I then started
playing with the seal of Prophethood (in between
the Prophet's shoulders) and my father rebuked me
harshly for that. Allah's Apostle said.
"Leave her," and then Allah's Apostle
(invoked Allah to grant me a long life) by saying
(thrice), "Wear this dress till it is worn
out and then wear it till it is worn out, and then
wear it till it is worn out." (The narrator
adds, "It is said that she lived for a long
period, wearing that (yellow) dress till its color
became dark because of long wear.")
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 306:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Al-Hasan bin 'All
took a date from the dates of the Sadaqa and put
it in his mouth. The Prophet said (to him) in
Persian, "Kakh, kakh! (i.e. Don't you know
that we do not eat the Sadaqa (i.e. what is given
in charity) (charity is the dirt of the
people))."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 307:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet got up
amongst us and mentioned Al Ghulul, emphasized its
magnitude and declared that it was a great sin
saying, "Don't commit Ghulul for I should not
like to see anyone amongst you on the Day of
Ressurection, carrying over his neck a sheep that
will be bleating, or carrying over his neck a
horse that will be neighing. Such a man will be
saying: 'O Allah's Apostle! Intercede with Allah
for me,' and I will reply, 'I can't help you, for
I have conveyed Allah's Message to you Nor should
I like to see a man carrying over his neck, a
camel that will be grunting. Such a man will say,
'O Allah's Apostle! Intercede with Allah for me,
and I will say, 'I can't help you for I have
conveyed Allah's Message to you,' or one carrying
over his neck gold and silver and saying, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Intercede with Allah for me,' and
I will say, 'I can't help you for I have conveyed
Allah's Message to you,' or one carrying clothes
that will be fluttering, and the man will say, 'O
Allah's Apostle! Intercede with Allah for me.' And
I will say, 'I can't help you, for I have conveyed
Allah's Message to you."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 308:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr:
There was a man who
looked after the family and the belongings of the
Prophet and he was called Karkara. The man died
and Allah's Apostle said, "He is in the
'(Hell) Fire." The people then went to look
at him and found in his place, a cloak he had
stolen from the war booty.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 309:
Narrated Abaya bin
Rifaa:
My grandfather,
Rafi said, "We were in the company of the
Prophet at DhulHulaifa, and the people suffered
from hunger. We got some camels and sheep (as
booty) and the Prophet was still behind the
people. They hurried and put the cooking pots on
the fire. (When he came) he ordered that the
cooking pots should be upset and then he
distributed the booty (amongst the people)
regarding ten sheep as equal to one camel then a
camel fled and the people chased it till they got
tired, as they had a few horses (for chasing it).
So a man threw an arrow at it and caused it to
stop (with Allah's Permission). On that the
Prophet said, 'Some of these animals behave like
wild beasts, so, if any animal flee from you, deal
with it in the same way." My grandfather
asked (the Prophet ), "We hope (or are
afraid) that we may meet the enemy tomorrow and we
have no knives. Can we slaughter our animals with
canes?" Allah's Apostle replied, "If the
instrument used for killing causes the animal to
bleed profusely and if Allah's Name is mentioned
on killing it, then eat its meat (i.e. it is
lawful) but won't use a tooth or a nail and I am
telling you the reason: A tooth is a bone (and
slaughtering with a bone is forbidden ), and a
nail is the slaughtering instrument of the
Ethiopians."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 310:
Narrated Qais:
Jarir bin 'Abdullah
said to me, "Allah's Apostle said to me,
'Won't you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa?'
Dhul-Khalasa was a house where the tribe of
Khatham used to stay, and it used to be called
Ka'bat-ul Yamaniya. So I proceeded with one
hundred-and-fifty (men) from the tribe of Ahmas
who were good cavalry. I informed the Prophet that
I could not sit firm on horses, so he stroke me on
the chest with his hand and I noticed his finger
marks on my chest. He invoked, 'O Allah! Make him
firm and a guiding and rightly-guided man."
Jarir set out towards that place, dismantled and
burnt it, and then sent the good news to Allah's
Apostle . The messenger of Jarir said to Allah's
Apostle. "O Allah's Apostle! By Him Who has
sent you with the Truth, I did not come to you
till it (i.e. the house) had been turned (black)
like a scabby camel (covered with tar)." So
the Prophet invokes Allah to Bless the horses of
the men of Ahmas five times.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 311:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
on the day of the Conquest of Mecca, "There
is no migration (after the Conquest), but Jihad
and good intentions, and when you are called for
Jihad, you should immediately respond to the
call."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 312:
Narrated Abu Uthman
An-Nahdi:
Mujashi (bin
Mas'ud) took his brother Mujalid bin Musud to the
Prophet and said, "This is Mujalid and he
will give a pledge of allegiance to you for
migration." The Prophet said, "There is
no migration after the Conquest of Mecca, but I
will take his pledge of allegiance for
Islam."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 313:
Narrated 'Ata':
I and 'Ubai bin
'Umar went to 'Aisha while she was staying near
Thabir (i.e. a mountain). She said, "There is
no Migration after Allah gave His Prophet victory
over Mecca."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 314:
Narrated Sad bin
'Ubaida:
Abu Abdur-Rahman
who was one of the supporters of Uthman said to
Abu Talha who was one of the supporters of Ali,
"I perfectly know what encouraged your leader
(i.e. 'Ali) to shed blood. I heard him saying:
Once the Prophet sent me and Az-Zubair saying,
'Proceed to such-and-such Ar-Roudah (place) where
you will find a lady whom Hatib has given a
letter. So when we arrived at Ar-Roudah, we
requested the lady to hand over the letter to us.
She said, 'Hatib has not given me any letter.' We
said to her. 'Take out the letter or else we will
strip off your clothes.' So she took it out of her
braid. So the Prophet sent for Hatib, (who came)
and said, 'Don't hurry in judging me, for, by
Allah, I have not become a disbeliever, and my
love to Islam is increasing. (The reason for
writing this letter was) that there is none of
your companions but has relatives in Mecca who
look after their families and property, while I
have nobody there, so I wanted to do them some
favor (so that they might look after my family and
property).' The Prophet believed him. 'Umar said,
'Allow me to chop off his (i.e. Hatib's) neck as
he has done hypocrisy.' The Prophet said, (to
'Umar), 'Who knows, perhaps Allah has looked at
the warriors of Badr and said (to them), 'Do
whatever you like, for I have forgiven you.'
" 'Abdur-Rahman added, "So this is what
encouraged him (i.e. Ali)."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 315:
Narrated Ibn Abi
Mulaika:
Ibn Az-Zubair said
to Ibn Ja'far "Do you remember when I, you
and Ibn 'Abbas went out to receive Allah's
Apostle?" Ibn Ja'far replied in the
affirmative. Ibn Az-Zubair added, "And
Allah's Apostle made us (i.e. I and Ibn 'Abbas)
ride along with him and left you."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 316:
Narrated As-Sa'ib
bin Yazid:
I along with some
boys went out to receive Allah's Apostle at
Thaniyatal-Wada'.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 317:
Narrated Abdullah:
When the Prophet
returned (from Jihad), he would say Takbir thrice
and add, "We are returning, if Allah wishes,
with repentance and worshipping and praising (our
Lord) and prostrating ourselves before our Lord.
Allah fulfilled His Promise and helped His Slave,
and He Alone defeated the (infidel) clans."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 318:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
We were in the
company of the Prophet while returning from
'Usfan, and Allah's Apostle was riding his
she-camel keeping Safiya bint Huyay riding behind
him. His she-camel slipped and both of them fell
down. Abu Talha jumped from his camel and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! May Allah sacrifice me
for you." The Prophet said, "Take care
of the lady." So, Abu Talha covered his face
with a garment and went to Safiya and covered her
with it, and then he set right the condition of
their shecamel so that both of them rode, and we
were encircling Allah's Apostle like a cover. When
we approached Medina, the Prophet said, "We
are returning with repentance and worshipping and
praising our Lord." He kept on saying this
till he entered Medina.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 319:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
That he and Abu
Talha came in the company of the Prophet and
Safiya was accompanying the Prophet, who let her
ride behind him on his she-camel. During the
journey, the she-camel slipped and both the
Prophet and (his) wife fell down. Abu Talha (the
sub-narrator thinks that Anas said that Abu Talha
jumped from his camel quickly) said, "O
Allah's Apostle! May Allah sacrifice me for your
sake! Did you get hurt?" The Prophet
replied,"No, but take care of the lady."
Abu Talha covered his face with his garment and
proceeded towards her and covered her with his
garment, and she got up. He then set right the
condition of their she-camel and both of them
(i.e. the Prophet and his wife) rode and proceeded
till they approached Medina. The Prophet said,
"We are returning with repentance and
worshipping and praising our Lord." The
Prophet kept on saying this statement till he
entered Medina.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 320:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
I was on a journey
in the company of the Prophet and when we reached
Medina, he said to me, "Enter the Mosque and
offer two Rakat."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 321:
Narrated Ka'b:
Whenever the
Prophet returned from a journey in the forenoon,
he would enter the Mosque and offer two Rakat
before sitting.
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 322:
Narrated Muharib
bin Dithar:
Jabir bin 'Abdullah
said, "When Allah's Apostle arrived at
Medina, he slaughtered a camel or a cow."
Jabir added, "The Prophet bought a camel from
me for two Uqiyas (of gold) and one or two
Dirhams. When he reached Sirar, he ordered that a
cow be slaughtered and they ate its meat. When he
arrived at Medina, he ordered me to go to the
Mosque and offer two Rakat, and weighed (and gave)
me the price of the camel."
Volume
4, Book 52, Number 323:
Narrated Jabir:
Once I returned
from a journey and the Prophet said (to me)
"Offer two Rakat." (Sirar is a place
near Medina).
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