Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 55:
Prophets
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 543:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits
tall. When He created him, He said to him,
"Go and greet that group of angels, and
listen to their reply, for it will be your
greeting (salutation) and the greeting
(salutations of your offspring." So, Adam
said (to the angels), As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e.
Peace be upon you). The angels said, "As-salamu
Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and
Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added
to Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa
Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter
Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and
figure). People have been decreasing in stature
since Adam's creation.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 544:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The first group of people who will
enter Paradise, will be glittering like the full
moon and those who will follow them, will glitter
like the most brilliant star in the sky. They will
not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any
nasal secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and
their sweat will smell like musk. The aloes-wood
will be used in their centers. Their wives will be
houris. All of them will look alike and will
resemble their father Adam (in statute), sixty
cubits tall."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 545:
Narrated Abu Salama:
Um Salama said,
"Um Salaim said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah
does not refrain from saying the truth! Is it
obligatory for a woman to take a bath after she
gets nocturnal discharge?' He said, 'Yes, if she
notices the water (i.e. discharge).' Um Salama
smiled and said, 'Does a woman get discharge?'
Allah's Apostle said. 'Then why does a child
resemble (its mother)?"
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 546:
Narrated Anas:
When 'Abdullah bin
Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina,
he came to him and said, "I am going to ask
you about three things which nobody knows except a
prophet: What is the first portent of the Hour?
What will be the first meal taken by the people of
Paradise? Why does a child resemble its father,
and why does it resemble its maternal uncle"
Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel has just now
told me of their answers." 'Abdullah said,
"He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the
angels, is the enemy of the Jews." Allah's
Apostle said, "The first portent of the Hour
will be a fire that will bring together the people
from the east to the west; the first meal of the
people of Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate
lobe) of fish-liver. As for the resemblance of the
child to its parents: If a man has sexual
intercourse with his wife and gets discharge
first, the child will resemble the father, and if
the woman gets discharge first, the child will
resemble her." On that 'Abdullah bin Salam
said, "I testify that you are the Apostle of
Allah." 'Abdullah bin Salam further said,
"O Allah's Apostle! The Jews are liars, and
if they should come to know about my conversion to
Islam before you ask them (about me), they would
tell a lie about me." The Jews came to
Allah's Apostle and 'Abdullah went inside the
house. Allah's Apostle asked (the Jews),
"What kind of man is 'Abdullah bin Salam
amongst you?" They replied, "He is the
most learned person amongst us, and the best
amongst us, and the son of the best amongst
us." Allah's Apostle said, "What do you
think if he embraces Islam (will you do as he
does)?" The Jews said, "May Allah save
him from it." Then 'Abdullah bin Salam came
out in front of them saying, "I testify that
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah."
Thereupon they said, "He is the evilest among
us, and the son of the evilest amongst us,"
and continued talking badly of him.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 547:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"But for the Israelis, meat would not decay
and but for Eve, wives would never betray their
husbands."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 548:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah 's Apostle
said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is
created from a rib, and the most curved portion of
the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should
try to straighten it, it will break, but if you
leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So
treat women nicely."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 549:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle,
the true and truly inspired said, "(as
regards your creation), every one of you is
collected in the womb of his mother for the first
forty days, and then he becomes a clot for an
other forty days, and then a piece of flesh for an
other forty days. Then Allah sends an angel to
write four words: He writes his deeds, time of his
death, means of his livelihood, and whether he
will be wretched or blessed (in religion). Then
the soul is breathed into his body. So a man may
do deeds characteristic of the people of the
(Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the
distance of a cubit between him and it, and then
what has been written (by the angel) surpasses,
and so he starts doing deeds characteristic of the
people of Paradise and enters Paradise. Similarly,
a person may do deeds characteristic of the people
of Paradise, so much so that there is only the
distance of a cubit between him and it, and then
what has been written (by the angel) surpasses,
and he starts doing deeds of the people of the
(Hell) Fire and enters the (Hell) Fire."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 550:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"Allah has appointed an angel in the womb,
and the angel says, 'O Lord! A drop of discharge
(i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a piece
of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to complete
the child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord!
A male or a female? O Lord! wretched or blessed
(in religion)? What will his livelihood be? What
will his age be?' The angel writes all this while
the child is in the womb of its mother."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 551:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will say to that person of the (Hell)
Fire who will receive the least punishment, 'If
you had everything on the earth, would you give it
as a ransom to free yourself (i.e. save yourself
from this Fire)?' He will say, 'Yes.' Then Allah
will say, 'While you were in the backbone of Adam,
I asked you much less than this, i.e. not to
worship others besides Me, but you insisted on
worshipping others besides me.' "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 552:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whenever a person is murdered
unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the
crime on the first son of Adam for he was the
first to start the tradition of murdering."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 553:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Once Allah's
Apostle stood amongst the people, glorified and
praised Allah as He deserved and then mentioned
the Dajjal saying, "l warn you against him
(i.e. the Dajjal) and there was no prophet but
warned his nation against him. No doubt, Noah
warned his nation against him but I tell you about
him something of which no prophet told his nation
before me. You should know that he is one-eyed,
and Allah is not one-eyed."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 554:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal
a story of which no prophet told his nation? The
Dajjall is one-eyed and will bring with him what
will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will
call Paradise will be actually Hell; so I warn you
(against him) as Noah warned his nation against
him."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 555:
Narrated Abu Said:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Noah and his nation will come (on the
Day of Resurrection and Allah will ask (Noah),
"Did you convey (the Message)?' He will
reply, 'Yes, O my Lord!' Then Allah will ask
Noah's nation, 'Did Noah convey My Message to
you?' They will reply, 'No, no prophet came to
us.' Then Allah will ask Noah, 'Who will stand a
witness for you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his
followers (will stand witness for me).' So, I and
my followers will stand as witnesses for him (that
he conveyed Allah's Message)." That is, (the
interpretation) of the Statement of Allah:
"Thus we have made you a just and the best
nation that you might be witnesses Over mankind
.." (2.143)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 556:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
We were in the
company of the Prophet at a banquet and a cooked
(mutton) forearm was set before him, and he used
to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said,
"I will be the chief of all the people on the
Day of Resurrection. Do you know how Allah will
gather all the first and the last (people) in one
level place where an observer will be able to see
(all) of them and they will be able to hear the
announcer, and the sun will come near to them.
Some People will say: Don't you see, in what
condition you are and the state to which you have
reached? Why don't you look for a person who can
intercede for you with your Lord? Some people will
say: Appeal to your father, Adam.' They will go to
him and say: 'O Adam! You are the father of all
mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands,
and ordered the angels to prostrate for you, and
made you live in Paradise. Will you not intercede
for us with your Lord? Don't you see in what
(miserable) state we are, and to what condition we
have reached?' On that Adam will reply, 'My Lord
is so angry as He has never been before and will
never be in the future; (besides), He forbade me
(to eat from) the tree, but I disobeyed (Him), (I
am worried about) myself! Myself! Go to somebody
else; go to Noah.' They will go to Noah and say;
'O Noah! You are the first amongst the messengers
of Allah to the people of the earth, and Allah
named you a thankful slave. Don't you see in what
a (miserable) state we are and to what condition
we have reached? Will you not intercede for us
with your Lord? Noah will reply: 'Today my Lord
has become so angry as he had never been before
and will never be in the future Myself! Myself! Go
to the Prophet (Muhammad). The people will come to
me, and I will prostrate myself underneath Allah's
Throne. Then I will be addressed: 'O Muhammad!
Raise your head; intercede, for your intercession
will be accepted, and ask (for anything). for you
will be given. "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 557:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
recited the following Verse) in the usual tone: 'Fahal-Min-Muddalkir.'
(54.15)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 558:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"I have been made victorious with As-Saba
(i.e. an easterly wind) and the people of 'Ad were
destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly
wind)." Narrated Abu Said: Ali sent a piece
of gold to the Prophet who distributed it among
four persons: Al-Aqra' bin Habis Al-Hanzali from
the tribe of Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari,
Zaid At-Ta'i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani
Nahban, and 'Alqama bin Ulatha Al-'Amir who
belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the
Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said,
"He (i.e. the Prophet, ) gives the chief of
Najd and does not give us." The Prophet said,
"I give them) so as to attract their hearts
(to Islam)." Then a man with sunken eyes,
prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard
and a shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet )
and said, "Be afraid of Allah, O
Muhammad!" The Prophet ' said "Who would
obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that)
Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to
me while, you do not trust me?" Somebody who,
I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the
Prophet to let him chop that man's head off, but
he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet
said, "Among the off-spring of this man will
be some who will recite the Qur'an but the Qur'an
will not reach beyond their throats (i.e. they
will recite like parrots and will not understand
it nor act on it), and they will renegade from the
religion as an arrow goes through the game's body.
They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb
the idolaters. If I should live up to their time'
I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed
(i.e. I will kill all of them)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 559:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet
reciting: "Fahal Min Muddakir." (See
Hadith No. 557)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 560:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Zam'a:
I heard the Prophet
while referring to the person who had cut the legs
of the she-camel (of the Prophet Salih), saying,
"The man who was appointed for doing this
job, was a man of honor and power in his nation
like Abu Zam'a,"
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 561:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
When Allah's
Apostle landed at Al-Hijr during the Ghazwa of
Tabuk, he ordered his companions not to drink
water from its well or reserve water from it. They
said, "We have already kneaded the dough with
its water. and also filled our bags with its
water.'' On that, the Prophet ordered them to
throw away the dough and pour out the water.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 562:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
The people landed
at the land of Thamud called Al-Hijr along with
Allah's Apostle and they took water from its well
for drinking and kneading the dough with it as
well. (When Allah's Apostle heard about it) he
ordered them to pour out the water they had taken
from its wells and feed the camels with the dough,
and ordered them to take water from the well
whence the she-camel (of Prophet Salih) used to
drink.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 563:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
When the Prophet
passed by (a place called) Al Hijr, he said,
"Do not enter the house of those who were
unjust to themselves, unless (you enter) weeping,
lest you should suffer the same punishment as was
inflicted upon them." After that he covered
his face with his sheet cloth while he was on the
camel-saddle.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 564:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Do not enter the ruined dwellings of
those who were unjust to themselves unless (you
enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same
punishment as was inflicted upon them."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 565:
Narrated Zainab
bint Jahsh:
That the Prophet
once came to her in a state of fear and said,
"None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that has
come near. An opening has been made in the wall of
Gog and Magog like this," making a circle
with his thumb and index finger. Zainab bint Jahsh
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we be
destroyed even though there are pious persons
among us?" He said, "Yes, when the evil
person will increase."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 566:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Allah has made an opening in the wall of the
Gog and Magog (people) like this, and he made with
his hand (with the help of his fingers).
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 567:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection),
'O Adam.' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik wa Sa'daik',
and all the good is in Your Hand.' Allah will say:
'Bring out the people of the fire.' Adam will say:
'O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?'
Allah will reply: 'From every one thousand, take
out nine-hundred-and ninety-nine.' At that time
children will become hoary headed, every pregnant
female will have a miscarriage, and one will see
mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken,
but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah." The
companions of the Prophet asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! Who is that (excepted) one?" He
said, "Rejoice with glad tidings; one person
will be from you and one-thousand will be from Gog
and Magog."
The Prophet further
said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope
that you will be one-fourth of the people of
Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!"
He added, "I hope that you will be one-third
of the people of Paradise." We shouted,
"Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope
that you will be half of the people of
Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!"
He further said, "You (Muslims) (compared
with non Muslims) are like a black hair in the
skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the
skin of a black ox (i.e. your number is very small
as compared with theirs)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 568:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"You will be gathered (on the Day of
Judgment), bare-footed, naked and not
circumcised." He then recited:--'As We began
the first creation, We, shall repeat it: A Promise
We have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.'
(21.104) He added, "The first to be dressed
on the Day of Resurrection, will be Abraham, and
some of my companions will be taken towards the
left side (i.e. to the (Hell) Fire), and I will
say: 'My companions! My companions!' It will be
said: 'They renegade from Islam after you left
them.' Then I will say as the Pious slave of Allah
(i.e. Jesus) said. 'And I was a witness Over them
while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up
You were the Watcher over them, And You are a
witness to all things. If You punish them. They
are Your slaves And if You forgive them, Verily
you, only You are the All-Mighty, the
All-Wise." (5.120-121)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 569:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"On the Day of Resurrection Abraham will meet
his father Azar whose face will be dark and
covered with dust.(The Prophet Abraham will say to
him): 'Didn't I tell you not to disobey me?' His
father will reply: 'Today I will not disobey you.'
'Abraham will say: 'O Lord! You promised me not to
disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection; and what
will be more disgraceful to me than cursing and
dishonoring my father?' Then Allah will say (to
him):' 'I have forbidden Paradise for the
disbelievers." Then he will be addressed, 'O
Abraham! Look! What is underneath your feet?' He
will look and there he will see a Dhabh (an
animal,) blood-stained, which will be caught by
the legs and thrown in the (Hell) Fire."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 570:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet entered
the Ka'ba and found in it the pictures of
(Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that he said'
"What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)?
They have already heard that angels do not enter a
house in which there are pictures; yet this is the
picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as
practicing divination by arrows?"
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 571:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet
saw pictures in the Ka'ba, he did not enter it
till he ordered them to be erased. When he saw
(the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the
arrows of divination, he said, "May Allah
curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither
Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by
arrows."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 572:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The people said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Who is the most honorable
amongst the people (in Allah's Sight)?" He
said, "The most righteous amongst them."
They said, "We do not ask you, about this.
" He said, "Then Joseph, Allah's
Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, The son of
Allah's Prophet the son of Allah's Khalil (i.e.
Abraham)." They said, "We do not want to
ask about this," He said' "Then you want
to ask about the descent of the Arabs. Those who
were the best in the pre-lslamic period of
ignorance will be the best in Islam provided they
comprehend the religious knowledge."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 573:
Narrated Samura:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Two persons came to me at night (in
dream) (and took me along with them). We passed by
a tall man who was so tall that I was not able to
see his head and that person was Abraham."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 574:
Narrated Mujahid:
That when the
people mentioned before Ibn 'Abbas that the Dajjal
would have the word Kafir, (i.e. unbeliever) or
the letters Kafir (the root of the Arabic verb
'disbelieve') written on his forehead, I heard Ibn
'Abbas saying, "I did not hear this, but the
Prophet said, 'If you want to see Abraham, then
look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet) but
Moses was a curly-haired, brown man (who used to
ride) a red camel, the reins of which was made of
fires of date-palms. As if I were now looking down
a valley."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 575:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Abraham did his circumcision with an
adze at the age of eighty."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 576:
Narrated Abu
Az-Zinad:
(as above in Hadith
No. 575) With an adze.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 577:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Abraham did not tell a lie except on
three occasions."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 578:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Abraham did not
tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the
Sake of Allah when he said, "I am sick,"
and he said, "(I have not done this but) the
big idol has done it." The (third was) that
while Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on
a journey) they passed by (the territory of) a
tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant, "This man
(i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming
lady." So, he sent for Abraham and asked him
about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?"
Abraham said, "She is my sister."
Abraham went to Sarah and said, "O Sarah!
There are no believers on the surface of the earth
except you and I. This man asked me about you and
I have told him that you are my sister, so don't
contradict my statement." The tyrant then
called Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to
take hold of her with his hand, but (his hand got
stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah.
"Pray to Allah for me, and I shall not harm
you." So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he
got cured. He tried to take hold of her for the
second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or
stiffer than before and) was more confounded. He
again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me,
and I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah
again and he became alright. He then called one of
his guards (who had brought her) and said,
"You have not brought me a human being but
have brought me a devil." The tyrant then
gave Hajar as a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah came
back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham,
gesturing with his hand, asked, "What has
happened?" She replied, "Allah has
spoiled the evil plot of the infidel (or immoral
person) and gave me Hajar for service." (Abu
Huraira then addressed his listeners saying,
"That (Hajar) was your mother, O Bani
Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descendants of
Ishmael, Hajar's son)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 579:
Narrated Um Sharik:
Allah's Apostle
ordered that the salamander should be killed and
said, "It (i.e. the salamander) blew (the
fire) on Abraham."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 580:
Narrated Abdullah:
When the
Verse:--"It is those who believe and do not
confuse their belief with wrong ( i.e. joining
others in worship with Allah" (6.83) was
revealed, we said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is
there amongst us who has not done wrong to
himself?" He replied, "It is not as you
say, for 'wrong' in the Verse and 'do not confuse
their belief, with wrong means 'SHIRK' (i.e.
joining others in worship with Allah). Haven't you
heard Luqman's saying to his son, 'O my son! Join
not others in worship with Allah, verily joining
others in worship with Allah is a great wrong
indeed." (31.13)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 581:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
One day some meat
was given to the Prophet and he said, "On the
Day of Resurrection Allah will gather all the
first and the last (people) in one plain, and the
voice of the announcer will reach all of them, and
one will be able to see them all, and the sun will
come closer to them." (The narrator then
mentioned the narration of intercession):
"The people will go to Abraham and say: 'You
are Allah's Prophet and His Khalil on the earth.
Will you intercede for us with your Lord?' Abraham
will then remember his lies and say: 'Myself!
Myself! Go to Moses."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 582:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of
Ishmael! Had she not hastened (to fill her
water-skin with water from the Zam-zam well).
Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the
surface of the earth." Ibn 'Abbas further
added, "(The Prophet) Abraham brought Ishmael
and his mother (to Mecca) and she was suckling
Ishmael and she had a water-skin with her.'
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 583:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The first lady to
use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a
girdle so that she might hide her tracks from
Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael
while she was suckling him, to a place near the
Ka'ba under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam, at the
highest place in the mosque. During those days
there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there any water
So he made them sit over there and placed near
them a leather bag containing some dates, and a
small water-skin containing some water, and set
out homeward. Ishmael's mother followed him
saying, "O Abraham! Where are you going,
leaving us in this valley where there is no person
whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything
(to enjoy)?" She repeated that to him many
times, but he did not look back at her Then she
asked him, "Has Allah ordered you to do
so?" He said, "Yes." She said,
"Then He will not neglect us," and
returned while Abraham proceeded onwards, and on
reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him,
he faced the Ka'ba, and raising both hands,
invoked Allah saying the following prayers:
'O our Lord! I have
made some of my offspring dwell in a valley
without cultivation, by Your Sacred House (Kaba at
Mecca) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer
prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts among men
with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them
with fruits, so that they may give thanks.'
(14.37) Ishmael's mother went on suckling Ishmael
and drinking from the water (she had).
When the water in
the water-skin had all been used up, she became
thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She
started looking at him (i.e. Ishmael) tossing in
agony; She left him, for she could not endure
looking at him, and found that the mountain of
Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land.
She stood on it and started looking at the valley
keenly so that she might see somebody, but she
could not see anybody. Then she descended from
Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked
up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in
distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley
and reached the Marwa mountain where she stood and
started looking, expecting to see somebody, but
she could not see anybody. She repeated that
(running between Safa and Marwa) seven
times."
The Prophet said,
"This is the source of the tradition of the
walking of people between them (i.e. Safa and
Marwa). When she reached the Marwa (for the last
time) she heard a voice and she asked herself to
be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the
voice again and said, 'O, (whoever you may be)!
You have made me hear your voice; have you got
something to help me?" And behold! She saw an
angel at the place of Zam-zam, digging the earth
with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed
from that place. She started to make something
like a basin around it, using her hand in this
way, and started filling her water-skin with water
with her hands, and the water was flowing out
after she had scooped some of it."
The Prophet added,
"May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother!
Had she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to
control it) (or had she not scooped from that
water) (to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would
have been a stream flowing on the surface of the
earth." The Prophet further added, "Then
she drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel
said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected,
for this is the House of Allah which will be built
by this boy and his father, and Allah never
neglects His people.' The House (i.e. Kaba) at
that time was on a high place resembling a
hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to
its right and left. She lived in that way till
some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family
from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they
(i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the
way of Kada'. They landed in the lower part of
Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of
flying around water and not leaving it. They said,
'This bird must be flying around water, though we
know that there is no water in this valley.' They
sent one or two messengers who discovered the
source of water, and returned to inform them of
the water. So, they all came (towards the
water)." The Prophet added, "Ishmael's
mother was sitting near the water. They asked her,
'Do you allow us to stay with you?" She
replied, 'Yes, but you will have no right to
possess the water.' They agreed to that." The
Prophet further said, "Ishmael's mother was
pleased with the whole situation as she used to
love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they
settled there, and later on they sent for their
families who came and settled with them so that
some families became permanent residents there.
The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and learnt Arabic
from them and (his virtues) caused them to love
and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached
the age of puberty they made him marry a woman
from amongst them.
After Ishmael's
mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's
marriage in order to see his family that he had
left before, but he did not find Ishmael there.
When he asked Ishmael's wife about him, she
replied, 'He has gone in search of our
livelihood.' Then he asked her about their way of
living and their condition, and she replied, 'We
are living in misery; we are living in hardship
and destitution,' complaining to him. He said,
'When your husband returns, convey my salutation
to him and tell him to change the threshold of the
gate (of his house).' When Ishmael came, he seemed
to have felt something unusual, so he asked his
wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She replied, 'Yes,
an old man of so-and-so description came and asked
me about you and I informed him, and he asked
about our state of living, and I told him that we
were living in a hardship and poverty.' On that
Ishmael said, 'Did he advise you anything?' She
replied, 'Yes, he told me to convey his salutation
to you and to tell you to change the threshold of
your gate.' Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and
he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your
family.' So, Ishmael divorced her and married
another woman from amongst them (i.e. Jurhum).
Then Abraham stayed
away from them for a period as long as Allah
wished and called on them again but did not find
Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael's wife and asked
her about Ishmael. She said, 'He has gone in
search of our livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How
are you getting on?' asking her about their
sustenance and living. She replied, 'We are
prosperous and well-off (i.e. we have everything
in abundance).' Then she thanked Allah' Abraham
said, 'What kind of food do you eat?' She said.
'Meat.' He said, 'What do you drink?' She said,
'Water." He said, "O Allah! Bless their
meat and water." The Prophet added, "At
that time they did not have grain, and if they had
grain, he would have also invoked Allah to bless
it." The Prophet added, "If somebody has
only these two things as his sustenance, his
health and disposition will be badly affected,
unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet
added," Then Abraham said Ishmael's wife,
"When your husband comes, give my regards to
him and tell him that he should keep firm the
threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he
asked his wife, 'Did anyone call on you?' She
replied, 'Yes, a good-looking old man came to me,'
so she praised him and added. 'He asked about you,
and I informed him, and he asked about our
livelihood and I told him that we were in a good
condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he give you
any piece of advice?' She said, 'Yes, he told me
to give his regards to you and ordered that you
should keep firm the threshold of your gate.' On
that Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and you are
the threshold (of the gate). He has ordered me to
keep you with me.'
Then Abraham stayed
away from them for a period as long as Allah
wished, and called on them afterwards. He saw
Ishmael under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his
arrows. When he saw Abraham, he rose up to welcome
him (and they greeted each other as a father does
with his son or a son does with his father).
Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has given me an
order.' Ishmael said, 'Do what your Lord has
ordered you to do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you help
me?' Ishmael said, 'I will help you.' Abraham
said, Allah has ordered me to build a house here,'
pointing to a hillock higher than the land
surrounding it." The Prophet added,
"Then they raised the foundations of the
House (i.e. the Ka'ba). Ishmael brought the stones
and Abraham was building, and when the walls
became high, Ishmael brought this stone and put it
for Abraham who stood over it and carried on
building, while Ishmael was handing him the
stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord!
Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the
All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' The Prophet added,
"Then both of them went on building and going
round the Ka'ba saying: O our Lord ! Accept (this
service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing,
the All-Knowing." (2.127)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 584:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When Abraham had
differences with his wife), (because of her
jealousy of Hajar, Ishmael's mother), he took
Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a
water-skin with them containing some water,
Ishmael's mother used to drink water from the
water-skin so that her milk would increase for her
child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made her sit
under a tree and afterwards returned home.
Ishmael's mother followed him, and when they
reached Kada', she called him from behind, 'O
Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?' He replied,
'(I am leaving you) to Allah's (Care).' She said,
'I am satisfied to be with Allah.' She returned to
her place and started drinking water from the
water-skin, and her milk increased for her child.
When the water had all been used up, she said to
herself, 'I'd better go and look so that I may see
somebody.' She ascended the Safa mountain and
looked, hoping to see somebody, but in vain. When
she came down to the valley, she ran till she
reached the Marwa mountain. She ran to and fro
(between the two mountains) many times. They she
said to herself, 'i'd better go and see the state
of the child,' she went and found it in a state of
one on the point of dying. She could not endure to
watch it dying and said (to herself), 'If I go and
look, I may find somebody.' She went and ascended
the Safa mountain and looked for a long while but
could not find anybody. Thus she completed seven
rounds (of running) between Safa and Marwa. Again
she said (to herself), 'I'd better go back and see
the state of the child.' But suddenly she heard a
voice, and she said to that strange voice, 'Help
us if you can offer any help.' Lo! It was Gabriel
(who had made the voice). Gabriel hit the earth
with his heel like this (Ibn 'Abbas hit the earth
with his heel to Illustrate it), and so the water
gushed out. Ishmael's mother was astonished and
started digging. (Abu Al-Qasim) (i.e. the Prophet)
said, "If she had left the water, (flow
naturally without her intervention), it would have
been flowing on the surface of the earth.")
Ishmael's mother started drinking from the water
and her milk increased for her child . Afterwards
some people of the tribe of Jurhum, while passing
through the bottom of the valley, saw some birds,
and that astonished them, and they said, 'Birds
can only be found at a place where there is
water.' They sent a messenger who searched the
place and found the water, and returned to inform
them about it. Then they all went to her and said,
'O ishmael's mother! Will you allow us to be with
you (or dwell with you)?' (And thus they stayed
there.) Later on her boy reached the age of
puberty and married a lady from them. Then an idea
occurred to Abraham which he disclosed to his wife
(Sarah), 'I want to call on my dependents I left
(at Mecca).' When he went there, he greeted
(Ishmael's wife) and said, 'Where is Ishmael?' She
replied, 'He has gone out hunting.' Abraham said
(to her), 'When he comes, tell him to change the
threshold of his gate.' When he came, she told him
the same whereupon Ishmael said to her, 'You are
the threshold, so go to your family (i.e. you are
divorced).' Again Abraham thought of visiting his
dependents whom he had left (at Mecca), and he
told his wife (Sarah) of his intentions. Abraham
came to Ishmael's house and asked. "Where is
Ishmael?" Ishmael's wife replied, "He
has gone out hunting," and added, "Will
you stay (for some time) and have something to eat
and drink?' Abraham asked, 'What is your food and
what is your drink?' She replied, 'Our food is
meat and our drink is water.' He said, 'O Allah!
Bless their meals and their drink." Abu Al-Qa-sim
(i.e. Prophet) said, "Because of Abraham's
invocation there are blessings (in Mecca)."
Once more Abraham thought of visiting his family
he had left (at Mecca), so he told his wife
(Sarah) of his decision. He went and found Ishmael
behind the Zam-zam well, mending his arrows. He
said, "O Ishmael, Your Lord has ordered me to
build a house for Him." Ishmael said,
"Obey (the order of) your Lord." Abraham
said, "Allah has also ordered me that you
should help me therein." Ishmael said,
"Then I will do." So, both of them rose
and Abraham started building (the Ka'ba) while
Ishmael went on handing him the stones, and both
of them were saying, "O our Lord ! Accept
(this service) from us, Verily, You are the
All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127). When
the building became high and the old man (i.e.
Abraham) could no longer lift the stones (to such
a high position), he stood over the stone of Al-Maqam
and Ishmael carried on handing him the stones, and
both of them were saying, 'O our Lord! Accept
(this service) from us, Verily You are
All-Hearing, All-Knowing." (2.127)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 585:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was first built on
the surface of the earth?" He said, "Al-Masjid-ul-,Haram
(in Mecca)." I said, "Which was built
next?" He replied "The mosque of Al-Aqsa
( in Jerusalem) ." I said, "What was the
period of construction between the two?" He
said, "Forty years." He added,
"Wherever (you may be, and) the prayer time
becomes due, perform the prayer there, for the
best thing is to do so (i.e. to offer the prayers
in time)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 586:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
When the mountain
of Uhud came in the sight of Allah's Apostle he
said. "This is a mountain that loves us and
is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a
sanctuary, and I make (the area) in between these
two mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 587:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Allah's Apostle said (to her).
"Don't you see that when your folk built the
Ka'ba, they did not build it on all the
foundations built by Abraham?" I said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Why don't we rebuild it
on the foundations of Abraham?" He said.
"But for the fact that your folk have
recently given up infidelity (I would have done
so)."
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Aisha must have heard this from Allah's Apostle
for I see that Allah's Apostle used not to touch
the two corners facing Al-Hijr only because the
House had not been built on the foundations of
Abraham''
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 588:
Narrated Abu Humaid
As-Sa'idi:
The people asked,
"O Allah's Apostle! How shall we (ask Allah
to) send blessings on you?" Allah's Apostle
replied, "Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on
Muhammad and on his wives and on his off spring,
as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham's family; and
send Your Blessings on Muhammad and on his
offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on Abraham's
family, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the
Most Glorious."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 589:
Narrated
Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila:
Ka'b bin Ujrah met
me and said, "Shall I not give you a present
I got from the Prophet?" 'Abdur-Rahman said,
"Yes, give it to me." I said, "We
asked Allah's Apostle saying, 'O Allah's Apostle!
How should one (ask Allah to) send blessings on
you, the members of the family, for Allah has
taught us how to salute you (in the prayer)?' He
said, 'Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad
and on the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your
Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for
You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.
O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on
Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are
the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.' "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 590:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet used to
seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain
and say: "Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used
to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by
reciting the following: 'O Allah! I seek Refuge
with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from
poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful,
envious eye.' "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 591:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than
Abraham when he said, 'My Lord! Show me how You
give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah)
slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham)
said: "Yes, but (I ask) in order to be
stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may Allah
send His Mercy on Lot! He wished to have a
powerful support. If I were to stay in prison for
such a long time as Joseph did I would have
accepted the offer (of freedom without insisting
on having my guiltless less declared)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 592:
Narrated Salama bin
Al-Akwa:
The Prophet passed
by some persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing
archery (i.e. the throwing of arrows) Allah's
Apostle said, "O offspring of Ishmael!
Practice archery (i.e. arrow throwing) as your
father was a great archer (i.e. arrow-thrower). I
am with (on the side of) the son of
so-and-so-." Hearing that, one of the two
teams stopped throwing. Allah's Apostle asked
them, ' Why are you not throwing?" They
replied, "O Allah's Apostle! How shall we
throw when you are with the opposite team?"
He said, "Throw, for I am with you all."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 593:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Some people asked
the Prophet: "Who is the most honorable
amongst the people?" He replied, "The
most honorable among them is the one who is the
most Allah-fearing." They said, "O
Allah's Prophet! We do not ask about this."
He said, "Then the most honorable person is
Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's
Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of
Allah's Khalil." They said, "We do not
ask about this." He said, "Then you want
to ask me about the Arabs' descent?" They
said, "Yes." He said, "Those who
were best in the pre-lslamic period, are the best
in Islam, if they comprehend (the religious
knowledge)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 594:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"May Allah forgive Lot: He wanted to have a
powerful support."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 595:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet
recited:-- 'Hal-min-Muddakir' (54.15) (Is there
any that will remember) (and avoid evil).
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 596:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet said,
"The honorable is the son of the honorable,
the son the honorable, i.e. Joseph, the son of
Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 597:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle was
asked, "Who is the most honorable amongst the
people?" He replied, "The most Allah
fearing." The people said, "We do not
want to ask you about this." He said,
"The most honorable person is Joseph, Allah's
Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of
Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil"
The people said, 'We do not want to ask you about
this." He said," Then you want to ask me
about the origins of the Arabs? People are of
various origins. The best in the pre-lslamic
period are the best in Islam, provided they
comprehend (the religious knowledge)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 598:
Narrated 'Aisha:
That the Prophet
said (to her). "Order Abu Bakr to lead the
people in prayer." She replied," Abu
Bakr is a soft-hearted person and when he stands
at your place, he will weep (so he will not be
able to lead the prayer)." The Prophet
repeated the same order and she gave the same
reply. The narrator, Shuba said that the Prophet
said on the third or fourth time. "You are
(like) the female companions of Joseph. Order Abu
Bakr to lead the prayer. "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 599:
Narrated Abu Musa:
When the Prophet
fell ill, he said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead
the people in prayer." 'Aisha said, "Abu
Bakr is a soft-hearted person. The Prophet gave
the same order again and she again gave the same
reply. He again said, "Order Abu Bakr (to
lead the prayer)! You are (like) the female
companions of Joseph." Consequently Abu Bakr
led the people in prayer in the life-time of the
Prophet
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 600:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "O Allah! Save Aiyyash bin Abi Rabia
(from the unjust treatment of the infidels). O
Allah! Save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Send your
Punishment on (the tribe of) Mudar. O Allah! Let
them suffer from years (of drought) similar to
that inflicted during the life-time of
Joseph."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 601:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He
wanted to have a powerful support. If I were to
stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of
Joseph (prison) and then the offer of freedom came
to me, then I would have accepted it." (See
Hadith No. 591)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 602:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Um Ruman, 'Aisha's
mother about the accusation forged against 'Aisha.
She said, "While I was sitting with 'Aisha,
an Ansari woman came to us and said, 'Let Allah
condemn such-and-such person.' I asked her, 'Why
do you say so?' She replied, 'For he has spread
the (slanderous) story.' 'Aisha said, 'What
story?' The woman then told her the story. 'Aisha
asked, 'Have Abu Bakr and Allah's Apostle heard
about it ?' She said, 'Yes.' 'Aisha fell down
senseless (on hearing that), and when she came to
her senses, she got fever and shaking of the body.
The Prophet came and asked, 'What is wrong with
her?' I said, 'She has got fever because of a
story which has been rumored.' 'Aisha got up and
said, 'By Allah! Even if I took an oath, you would
not believe me, and if I put forward an excuse,
You would not excuse me. My example and your
example is just like that example of Jacob and his
sons. Against that which you assert, it is Allah
(Alone) Whose Help can be sought.' (12.18) The
Prophet left and then Allah revealed the Verses
(concerning the matter), and on that 'Aisha said,
'Thanks to Allah (only) and not to anybody
else."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 603:
Narrated 'Urwa:
I asked 'Aisha the
wife of the Prophet about the meaning of the
following Verse: -- "(Respite will be
granted) 'Until when the apostles give up hope (of
their people) and thought that they were denied
(by their people)..............."(12.110) 'Aisha
replied, "Really, their nations did not
believe them." I said, "By Allah! They
were definite that their nations treated them as
liars and it was not a matter of suspecting."
'Aisha said, "O 'Uraiya (i.e. 'Urwa)! No
doubt, they were quite sure about it."
I said, "May
the Verse be read in such a way as to mean that
the apostles thought that Allah did not help
them?" Aisha said, "Allah forbid!
(Impossible) The Apostles did not suspect their
Lord of such a thing. But this Verse is concerned
with the Apostles' followers who had faith in
their Lord and believed in their apostles and
their period of trials was long and Allah's Help
was delayed till the apostles gave up hope for the
conversion of the disbelievers amongst their
nation and suspected that even their followers
were shaken in their belief, Allah's Help then
came to them." Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The
Prophet said, "The honorable, the son of the
honorable, the son of the honorable, (was) Joseph,
the son of Jacob! the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 604:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm
of gold locusts fell on him and he started
collecting them in his garment. His Lord called
him, 'O Job! Have I not made you rich enough to
need what you see? He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I
cannot dispense with your Blessing."'
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 605:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet
returned to Khadija while his heart was beating
rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was
a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels
in Arabic Waraqa asked (the Prophet), "What
do you see?" When he told him, Waraqa said,
"That is the same angel whom Allah sent to
the Prophet) Moses. Should I live till you receive
the Divine Message, I will support you
strongly."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 606:
Narrated Malik bin
Sasaa:
Allah's Apostle
talked to his companions about his Night Journey
to the Heavens. When he reached the fifth Heaven,
he met Aaron. (Gabriel said to the Prophet),
"This is Aaron." The Prophet said,
"Gabriel greeted and so did I, and he
returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious
Brother and Pious Prophet."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 607:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "On the night of my Ascension to
Heaven, I saw (the prophet) Moses who was a thin
person with lank hair, looking like one of the men
of the tribe of Shanua; and I saw Jesus who was of
average height with red face as if he had just
come out of a bathroom. And I resemble prophet
Abraham more than any of his offspring does. Then
I was given two cups, one containing milk and the
other wine. Gabriel said, 'Drink whichever you
like.' I took the milk and drank it. Gabriel said,
'You have accepted what is natural, (True Religion
i.e. Islam) and if you had taken the wine, your
followers would have gone astray.' "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 608:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"One should not say that I am better than
Jonah (i.e. Yunus) bin Matta." So, he
mentioned his father Matta. The Prophet mentioned
the night of his Ascension and said, "The
prophet Moses was brown, a tall person as if from
the people of the tribe of Shanu'a. Jesus was a
curly-haired man of moderate height." He also
mentioned Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell)
Fire, and Ad-Dajjal.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 609:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When the Prophet
came to Medina, he found (the Jews) fasting on the
day of 'Ashura' (i.e. 10th of Muharram). They used
to say: "This is a great day on which Allah
saved Moses and drowned the folk of Pharaoh. Moses
observed the fast on this day, as a sign of
gratitude to Allah." The Prophet said,
"I am closer to Moses than they." So, he
observed the fast (on that day) and ordered the
Muslims to fast on it.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 610:
Narrated Abu Said:
The Prophet said,
'People will be struck unconscious on the Day of
Resurrection and I will be the first to regain
consciousness, and behold! There I will see Moses
holding one of the pillars of Allah's Throne. I
will wonder whether he has become conscious before
me of he has been exempted, because of his
unconsciousness at the Tur (mountain) which he
received (on the earth)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 611:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Were it not for Bani Israel, meat would not
decay; and were it not for Eve, no woman would
ever betray her husband."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 612:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
That he differed
with Al-Hur bin Qais Al-Fazari regarding the
companion of Moses. Ibn 'Abbas said that he was
Al-Khadir. Meanwhile Ubai bin Ka'b passed by them
and Ibn 'Abbas called him saying, "My friend
and I have differed regarding Moses' companion
whom Moses asked the way to meet. Have you heard
Allah's Apostle mentioning something about
him?" He said, "Yes, I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'While Moses was sitting in the
company of some Israelites, a man came and asked
(him), 'Do you know anyone who is more learned
than you?' Moses replied, 'No.' So, Allah sent the
Divine Inspiration to Moses: 'Yes, Our slave,
Khadir (is more learned than you).' Moses asked
how to meet him (i.e. Khadir). So, the fish, was
made, as a sign for him, and he was told that when
the fish was lost, he should return and there he
would meet him. So, Moses went on looking for the
sign of the fish in the sea. The servant boy of
Moses said to him, 'Do you know that when we were
sitting by the side of the rock, I forgot the
fish, and t was only Satan who made me forget to
tell (you) about it.' Moses said, That was what we
were seeking after,' and both of them returned,
following their footmarks and found Khadir; and
what happened further to them, is mentioned in
Allah's Book."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 613:
Narrated Said bin
Jubair:
I said to Ibn Abbas,
"Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the
companion of Al-Khadir was not Moses (the prophet)
of the children of Israel, but some other
Moses." Ibn 'Abbas said, "Allah's enemy
(i.e. Nauf) has told a lie. Ubai bin Ka'b told us
that the Prophet said, 'Once Moses stood up and
addressed Bani Israel. He was asked who was the
most learned man amongst the people. He said, 'I.'
Allah admonished him as he did not attribute
absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So, Allah said
to him, 'Yes, at the junction of the two seas
there is a Slave of Mine who is more learned than
you.' Moses said, 'O my Lord! How can I meet him?'
Allah said, 'Take a fish and put it in a large
basket and you will find him at the place where
you will lose the fish.' Moses took a fish and put
it in a basket and proceeded along with his
(servant) boy, Yusha 'bin Nun, till they reached
the rock where they laid their heads (i.e. lay
down). Moses slept, and the fish, moving out of
the basket, fell into the sea. It took its way
into the sea (straight) as in a tunnel. Allah
stopped the flow of water over the fish and it
became like an arch (the Prophet pointed out this
arch with his hands). They travelled the rest of
the night, and the next day Moses said to his boy
(servant), 'Give us our food, for indeed, we have
suffered much fatigue in this journey of ours.'
Moses did not feel tired till he crossed that
place which Allah had ordered him to seek after.
His boy (servant) said to him, 'Do you know that
when we were sitting near that rock, I forgot the
fish, and none but Satan caused me to forget to
tell (you) about it, and it took its course into
the sea in an amazing way?.' So there was a path
for the fish and that astonished them. Moses said,
'That was what we were seeking after.' So, both of
them retraced their footsteps till they reached
the rock. There they saw a man Lying covered with
a garment. Moses greeted him and he replied
saying, 'How do people greet each other in your
land?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man asked,
'Moses of Bani Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes, I have
come to you so that you may teach me from those
things which Allah has taught you.' He said, 'O
Moses! I have some of the Knowledge of Allah which
Allah has taught me, and which you do not know,
while you have some of the Knowledge of Allah
which Allah has taught you and which I do not
know.' Moses asked, 'May I follow you?' He said,
'But you will not be able to remain patient with
me for how can you be patient about things which
you will not be able to understand?' (Moses said,
'You will find me, if Allah so will, truly
patient, and I will not disobey you in aught.')
So, both of them set out walking along the
sea-shore, a boat passed by them and they asked
the crew of the boat to take them on board. The
crew recognized Al-Khadir and so they took them on
board without fare. When they were on board the
boat, a sparrow came and stood on the edge of the
boat and dipped its beak once or twice into the
sea. Al-Khadir said to Moses, 'O Moses! My
knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased
Allah's Knowledge except as much as this sparrow
has decreased the water of the sea with its beak.'
Then suddenly Al-Khadir took an adze and plucked a
plank, and Moses did not notice it till he had
plucked a plank with the adze. Moses said to him,
'What have you done? They took us on board
charging us nothing; yet you I have intentionally
made a hole in their boat so as to drown its
passengers. Verily, you have done a dreadful
thing.' Al-Khadir replied, 'Did I not tell you
that you would not be able to remain patient with
me?' Moses replied, 'Do not blame me for what I
have forgotten, and do not be hard upon me for my
fault.' So the first excuse of Moses was that he
had forgotten. When they had left the sea, they
passed by a boy playing with other boys.
Al-Khadir took hold
of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like
this. (Sufyan, the sub narrator pointed with his
fingertips as if he was plucking some fruit.)
Moses said to him, "Have you killed an
innocent person who has not killed any person? You
have really done a horrible thing." Al-Khadir
said, "Did I not tell you that you could not
remain patient with me?' Moses said "If I ask
you about anything after this, don't accompany me.
You have received an excuse from me.' Then both of
them went on till they came to some people of a
village, and they asked its inhabitant for wood
but they refused to entertain them as guests. Then
they saw therein a wall which was just going to
collapse (and Al Khadir repaired it just by
touching it with his hands). (Sufyan, the
sub-narrator, pointed with his hands, illustrating
how Al-Khadir passed his hands over the wall
upwards.) Moses said, "These are the people
whom we have called on, but they neither gave us
food, nor entertained us as guests, yet you have
repaired their wall. If you had wished, you could
have taken wages for it." Al-Khadir said,
"This is the parting between you and me, and
I shall tell you the explanation of those things
on which you could not remain patient." The
Prophet added, "We wished that Moses could
have remained patient by virtue of which Allah
might have told us more about their story. (Sufyan
the sub-narrator said that the Prophet said,
"May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses! If he
had remained patient, we would have been told
further about their case.")
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 614:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Al-Khadir was named so because he sat over a
barren white land, it turned green with plantation
after (his sitting over it."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 615:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "It was said to Bani Israel, Enter the
gate (of the town) with humility (prostrating
yourselves) and saying: "Repentance",
but they changed the word and entered the town
crawling on their buttocks and saying: "A
wheat grain in the hair."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 616:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "(The Prophet) Moses was a shy person
and used to cover his body completely because of
his extensive shyness. One of the children of
Israel hurt him by saying, 'He covers his body in
this way only because of some defect in his skin,
either leprosy or scrotal hernia, or he has some
other defect.' Allah wished to clear Moses of what
they said about him, so one day while Moses was in
seclusion, he took off his clothes and put them on
a stone and started taking a bath. When he had
finished the bath, he moved towards his clothes so
as to take them, but the stone took his clothes
and fled; Moses picked up his stick and ran after
the stone saying, 'O stone! Give me my garment!'
Till he reached a group of Bani Israel who saw him
naked then, and found him the best of what Allah
had created, and Allah cleared him of what they
had accused him of. The stone stopped there and
Moses took and put his garment on and started
hitting the stone with his stick. By Allah, the
stone still has some traces of the hitting, three,
four or five marks. This was what Allah refers to
in His Saying:-- "O you who believe! Be you
not like those Who annoyed Moses, But Allah proved
his innocence of that which they alleged, And he
was honorable In Allah's Sight." (33.69)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 617:
Narrated Abdullah:
Once the Prophet
distributed something (among his followers. A man
said, "This distribution has not been done
(with justice) seeking Allah's Countenance."
I went to the Prophet and told him (of that). He
became so angry that I saw the signs of anger oh
his face. Then he said, "May Allah bestow His
Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more (in a worse
manner) than this; yet he endured patiently."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 618:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
We were with
Allah's Apostle picking the fruits of the 'Arak
trees, and Allah's Apostle said, "Pick the
black fruit, for it is the best." The
companions asked, "Were you a shepherd?"
He replied, "There was no prophet who was not
a shepherd."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 619:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Angel of Death
was sent to Moses when he came to Moses, Moses
slapped him on the eye. The angel returned to his
Lord and said, "You have sent me to a Slave
who does not want to die." Allah said,
"Return to him and tell him to put his hand
on the back of an ox and for every hair that will
come under it, he will be granted one year of
life." Moses said, "O Lord! What will
happen after that?" Allah replied, "Then
death." Moses said, "Let it come
now." Moses then requested Allah to let him
die close to the Sacred Land so much so that he
would be at a distance of a stone's throw from
it." Abu Huraira added, "Allah's Apostle
said, 'If I were there, I would show you his grave
below the red sand hill on the side of the
road."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 620:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A Muslim and a Jew
quarreled. The Muslim taking an oath, said,
"By Him Who has preferred Muhammad over all
people...!" The Jew said, "By Him Who
has preferred Moses, over all people." The
Muslim raised his hand and slapped the Jew who
came to the Prophet to tell him what had happened
between him and the Muslim. The Prophet said,
"Don't give me superiority over Moses, for
the people will become unconscious (on the Day of
Resurrection) and I will be the first to gain
consciousness to see Moses standing and holding a
side of Allah's Throne. I will not know if he has
been among those people who have become
unconscious; and that he has gained consciousness
before me, or he has been amongst those whom Allah
has exempted."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 621:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other.
Moses said to Adam. 'You are Adam whose mistake
expelled you from Paradise.' Adam said to him,
'You are Moses whom Allah selected as His
Messenger and as the one to whom He spoke
directly; yet you blame me for a thing which had
already been written in my fate before my
creation?"' Allah's Apostle said twice,
"So, Adam overpowered Moses."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 622:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once
came to us and said, "All the nations were
displayed in front of me, and I saw a large
multitude of people covering the horizon. Somebody
said, 'This is Moses and his followers.' "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 623:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Many amongst men reached (the level
of) perfection but none amongst the women reached
this level except Asia, Pharaoh's wife, and Mary,
the daughter of 'Imran. And no doubt, the
superiority of 'Aisha to other women is like the
superiority of Tharid (i.e. a meat and bread dish)
to other meals."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 624:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"None of you should say that I am better than
Yunus (i.e. Jonah)." Musadded added,
"Jonah bin Matta."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 625:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"No slave (of Allah) should say that I am
better than Yunus bin Matta." So the Prophet
mentioned his father's name with his name.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 626:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Once while a Jew
was selling something, he was offered a price that
he was not pleased with. So, he said, "No, by
Him Who gave Moses superiority over all human
beings!" Hearing him, an Ansari man got up
and slapped him on the face and said, "You
say: By Him Who Gave Moses superiority over all
human beings although the Prophet (Muhammad) is
present amongst us!" The Jew went to the
Prophet and said, "O Abu-l-Qasim! I am under
the assurance and contract of security, so what
right does so-and-so have to slap me?" The
Prophet asked the other, "Why have you
slapped". He told him the whole story. The
Prophet became angry, till anger appeared on his
face, and said, "Don't give superiority to
any prophet amongst Allah's Prophets, for when the
trumpet will be blown, everyone on the earth and
in the heavens will become unconscious except
those whom Allah will exempt. The trumpet will be
blown for the second time and I will be the first
to be resurrected to see Moses holding Allah's
Throne. I will not know whether the
unconsciousness which Moses received on the Day of
Tur has been sufficient for him, or has he got up
before me. And I do not say that there is anybody
who is better than Yunus bin Matta."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 627:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"None should say that I am better than Yunus
bin Matta."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 628:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The reciting of the Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was
made easy for David. He used to order that his
riding animals be saddled, and would finish
reciting the Zabur before they were saddled. And
he would never eat except from the earnings of his
manual work."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 629:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Amr:
Allah's Apostle was
informed that I have said: "By Allah, I will
fast all the days and pray all the nights as long
as I live." On that, Allah's Apostle asked
me. "Are you the one who says: 'I will fast
all the days and pray all the nights as long as I
live?' " I said, "Yes, I have said
it." He said, "You cannot do that. So
fast (sometimes) and do not fast (sometimes). Pray
and sleep. Fast for three days a month, for the
reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time,
and so the fasting of three days a month equals
the fasting of a year." I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I can do (fast) more than
this." He said, "Fast on every third
day. I said: I can do (fast) more than that, He
said: "Fast on alternate days and this was
the fasting of David which is the most moderate
sort of fasting." I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I can do (fast) more than that." He
said, "There is nothing better than
that."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 630:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Amr bin Al-As:
The Prophet said to
me, "I have been informed that you pray all
the nights and observe fast all the days; is this
true?" I replied, "Yes." He said,
"If you do so, your eyes will become weak and
you will get bored. So fast three days a month,
for this will be the fasting of a whole year, or
equal to the fasting of a whole year." I
said, "I find myself able to fast more."
He said, "Then fast like the fasting of (the
Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days
and would not flee on facing the enemy."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 631:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Amr:
Allah's Apostle
said to me, "The most beloved fasting to
Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet) David who
used to fast on alternate days. And the most
beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David
who used to sleep for (the first) half of the
night and pray for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for
a sixth of it."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 632:
Narrated Mujahid:
I asked Ibn 'Abbas,
"Should we perform a prostration on reciting
Surat-Sad?" He recited (the Sura) including:
'And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up
to)...so follow their guidance (6.84-91) And then
he said, "Your Prophet is amongst those
people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e.
the preceding apostles).
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 633:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The prostration in
Sura-Sad is not amongst the compulsory
prostrations, though I saw the Prophet prostrating
on reciting The Statement of Allah:--and to David
We gave Solomon (for a son). How excellent (a)
slave he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to
us) (38.30) And His Statement:-- He said: My Lord
Forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as shall
not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) And His
Statement:-- 'And they followed what the Devils
gave out (falsely), of magic in the life-time of
Solomon.' (2.102)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 634:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"A strong demon from the Jinns came to me
yesterday suddenly, so as to spoil my prayer, but
Allah enabled me to overpower him, and so I caught
him and intended to tie him to one of the pillars
of the Mosque so that all of you might see him,
but I remembered the invocation of my brother
Solomon: 'And grant me a kingdom such as shall not
belong to any other after me.' (38.35) so I let
him go cursed."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 635:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Solomon (the son of) David said, 'Tonight I
will sleep with seventy ladies each of whom will
conceive a child who will be a knight fighting for
"Allah's Cause.' His companion said, 'If
Allah will.' But Solomon did not say so; therefore
none of those women got pregnant except one who
gave birth to a half child." The Prophet
further said, "If the Prophet Solomon had
said it (i.e. 'If Allah will') he would have
begotten children who would have fought in Allah's
Cause." Shuaib and Ibn Abi Az-Zinad said,
"Ninety (women) is more correct (than
seventy)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 636:
Narrated Abu Dhaar:
I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was built
first?" He replied, "Al-Masjid-ul-Haram."
I asked, "Which (was built) next?" He
replied, "Al-Masjid-ul-Aqs-a (i.e.
Jerusalem)." I asked, "What was the
period in between them?" He replied,
"Forty (years)." He then added,
"Wherever the time for the prayer comes upon
you, perform the prayer, for all the earth is a
place of worshipping for you."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 637:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "My example and the example o the
people is like that of a person who lit a fire and
let the moths, butterflies and these insects fall
in it." He also said, "There were two
women, each of whom had a child with her. A wolf
came and took away the child of one of them,
whereupon the other said, 'It has taken your
child.' The first said, 'But it has taken your
child.' So they both carried the case before David
who judged that the living child be given to the
elder lady. So both of them went to Solomon bin
David and informed him (of the case). He said,
'Bring me a knife so as to cut the child into two
pieces and distribute it between them.' The
younger lady said, 'May Allah be merciful to you!
Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the other
lady's) child.' So he gave the child to the
younger lady."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 638:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When the Verse:--
'Those who believe and mix not their belief with
wrong." was revealed, the companions of the
Prophet said, "Who amongst us has not mixed
his belief with wrong?" Then Allah revealed:
"Join none in worship with Allah, Verily
joining others in worship with Allah is a great
wrong indeed."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 639:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When the Verse:--
'Those who believe and mix not their belief with
wrong.' was revealed, the Muslims felt it very
hard on them and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Who amongst us does not do wrong to himself?"
He replied, "The Verse does not mean this.
But that (wrong) means to associate others in
worship to Allah: Don't you listen to what Luqman
said to his son when he was advising him," O
my son! Join not others in worship with Allah.
Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a
great wrong indeed." (31.13)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 640:
Narrated Malik bin
Sasaa:
That the Prophet
talked to them about the night of his Ascension to
the Heavens. He said, "(Then Gabriel took me)
and ascended up till he reached the second heaven
where he asked for the gate to be opened, but it
was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'I am
Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?'
He replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been
called?' He said, 'Yes.' When we reached over the
second heaven, I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and Jesus
who were cousins. Gabriel said, 'These are John (Yahya)
and Jesus, so greet them.' I greeted them and they
returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious
Brother and Pious Prophet!;' "
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 641:
Narrated Said bin
Al-Musaiyab:
Abu Huraira said,
"I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is
none born among the off-spring of Adam, but Satan
touches it. A child therefore, cries loudly at the
time of birth because of the touch of Satan,
except Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira
recited: "And I seek refuge with You for her
and for her offspring from the outcast Satan"
(3.36)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 642:
Narrated 'Ali:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, was
the best among the women (of the world of her
time) and Khadija is the best amongst the women.
(of this nation)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 643:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ashari:
The Prophet said,
"The superiority of 'Aisha to other ladies is
like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. meat and
bread dish) to other meals. Many men reached the
level of perfection, but no woman reached such a
level except Mary, the daughter of Imran and Asia,
the wife of Pharaoh."
Narrated Abu
Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying,
"Amongst all those women who ride camels
(i.e. Arabs), the ladies of Quraish are the best.
They are merciful and kind to their off-spring and
the best guardians of their husbands' properties.'
Abu Huraira added, "Mary the daughter of
Imran never rode a camel."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 644:
Narrated 'Ubada:
The Prophet said,
"If anyone testifies that None has the right
to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who has no
partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His
Apostle, and that Jesus is Allah's Slave and His
Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and
a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is
true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him into
Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if
those deeds were few." (Junada, the
sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a
person can enter Paradise through any of its eight
gates he likes.")
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 645:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"None spoke in cradle but three: (The first
was) Jesus, (the second was), there a man from
Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering
his prayers, his mother came and called him. He
said (to himself), 'Shall I answer her or keep on
praying?" (He went on praying) and did not
answer her, his mother said, "O Allah! Do not
let him die till he sees the faces of
prostitutes." So while he was in his
hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him,
but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and
presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual
intercourse with her and then later she gave birth
to a child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij.
The people, therefore, came to him and dismantled
his hermitage and expelled him out of it and
abused him. Juraij performed the ablution and
offered prayer, and then came to the child and
said, 'O child! Who is your father?' The child
replied, 'The shepherd.' (After hearing this) the
people said, 'We shall rebuild your hermitage of
gold,' but he said, 'No, of nothing but mud.'(The
third was the hero of the following story) A lady
from Bani Israel was nursing her child at her
breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She
said, 'O Allah ! Make my child like him.' On that
the child left her breast, and facing the rider
said, 'O Allah! Do not make me like him.' The
child then started to suck her breast again. (Abu
Huraira further said, "As if I were now
looking at the Prophet sucking his finger (in way
of demonstration.") After a while the people
passed by, with a lady slave and she (i.e. the
child's mother) said, 'O Allah! Do not make my
child like this (slave girl)!, On that the child
left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me like
her.' When she asked why, the child replied, 'The
rider is one of the tyrants while this slave girl
is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual
intercourse."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 646:
Narrated Hisham:
from Ma'mar as
below.
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 647:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"I met Moses on the night of my Ascension to
heaven." The Prophet then described him
saying, as I think, "He was a tall person
with lank hair as if he belonged to the people of
the tribe of Shanu's.' The Prophet further said,
"I met Jesus." The Prophet described him
saying, "He was one of moderate height and
was red-faced as if he had just come out of a
bathroom. I saw Abraham whom I resembled more than
any of his children did." The Prophet further
said, "(That night) I was given two cups; one
full of milk and the other full of wine. I was
asked to take either of them which I liked, and I
took the milk and drank it. On that it was said to
me, 'You have taken the right path (religion). If
you had taken the wine, your (Muslim) nation would
have gone astray."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 648:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet said,
"I saw Moses, Jesus and Abraham (on the night
of my Ascension to the heavens). Jesus was of red
complexion, curly hair and a broad chest. Moses
was of brown complexion, straight hair and tall
stature as if he was from the people of Az-Zutt."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 649:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet
mentioned the Massiah Ad-Dajjal in front of the
people saying, Allah is not one eyed while
Messsiah, Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye and
his eye looks like a bulging out grape. While
sleeping near the Ka'ba last night, I saw in my
dream a man of brown color the best one can see
amongst brown color and his hair was long that it
fell between his shoulders. His hair was lank and
water was dribbling from his head and he was
placing his hands on the shoulders of two men
while circumambulating the Kaba. I asked, 'Who is
this?' They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of Mary.'
Behind him I saw a man who had very curly hair and
was blind in the right eye, resembling Ibn Qatan
(i.e. an infidel) in appearance. He was placing
his hands on the shoulders of a person while
performing Tawaf around the Ka'ba. I asked, 'Who
is this? 'They replied, 'The Masih, Ad-Dajjal.'
"
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 650:
Narrated Salim from
his father:
No, By Allah, the
Prophet did not tell that Jesus was of red
complexion but said, "While I was asleep
circumambulating the Ka'ba (in my dream), suddenly
I saw a man of brown complexion and lank hair
walking between two men, and water was dropping
from his head. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people
said, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I looked
behind and I saw a red-complexioned, fat,
curly-haired man, blind in the right eye which
looked like a bulging out grape. I asked, 'Who is
this?' They replied, 'He is Ad-Dajjal.' The one
who resembled to him among the people, was Ibn
Qatar." (Az-Zuhri said, "He (i.e. Ibn
Qatan) was a man from the tribe Khuza'a who died
in the pre-lslamic period.")
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 651:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "I am the nearest of all the
people to the son of Mary, and all the prophets
are paternal brothers, and there has been no
prophet between me and him (i.e. Jesus)."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 652:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Both in this world and in the
Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to
Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal
brothers; their mothers are different, but their
religion is one."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 653:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Jesus, seeing a man stealing, asked him,
'Did you steal?, He said, 'No, by Allah, except
Whom there is None who has the right to be
worshipped' Jesus said, 'I believe in Allah and
suspect my eyes."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 654:
Narrated 'Umar:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Do not exaggerate in praising me as
the Christians praised the son of Mary, for I am
only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and
His Apostle."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 655:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If a person teaches his slave girl
good manners properly, educates her properly, and
then manumits and marries her, he will get a
double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and
then believes in me, he will get a double reward.
And if a slave fears his Lord (i.e. Allah) and
obeys his masters, he too will get a double
reward."
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 656:
Narrted Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "You will be resurrected (and
assembled) bare-footed, naked and
uncircumcised." The Prophet then recited the
Divine Verse:-- "As We began the first
creation, We shall repeat it: A promise We have
undertaken. Truly we shall do it." (21.104)
He added, "The
first to be dressed will be Abraham. Then some of
my companions will take to the right and to the
left. I will say: 'My companions! 'It will be
said, 'They had been renegades since you left
them.' I will then say what the Pious Slave Jesus,
the son of Mary said: 'And I was a witness over
them while I dwelt amongst them; when You did take
me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are
a Witness to all things. If You punish them, they
are Your slaves, and if you forgive them, You,
only You are the All-Mighty the All-Wise.' "
(5.117-118) Narrated Quaggas, "Those were the
apostates who renegade from Islam during the
Caliphate of Abu Bakr who fought them".
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 657:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is,
surely (Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon descend
amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a
Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill the
pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation
taken from non Muslims). Money will be in
abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a
single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be
better than the whole world and whatever is in
it." Abu Huraira added "If you wish, you
can recite (this verse of the Holy Book): -- 'And
there is none Of the people of the Scriptures
(Jews and Christians) But must believe in him (i.e
Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being)
Before his death. And on the Day of Judgment He
will be a witness Against them." (4.159) (See
Fateh Al Bari, Page 302 Vol 7)
Volume
4, Book 55, Number 658:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said "How will you be when the son of Mary
(i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you and he will
judge people by the Law of the Quran and not by
the law of Gospel (Fateh-ul Bari page 304 and 305
Vol 7)
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