Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 58:
Merits
of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 120:
Narrated Ghailan
bin Jarir:
I asked Anas,
"Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you
call yourselves by it or did Allah call you by
it?" He said, "Allah called us by
it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he
used to narrate to us the virtues and deeds of the
Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from
the tribe of Al-Azd and say, "Your tribe did
so-and-so on such-and-such a day."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 121:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The day of Bu'ath
(i.e. Day of fighting between the two tribes of
the Ansar, the Aus and Khazraj) was brought about
by Allah for the good of His Apostle so that when
Allah's Apostle reached (Medina), the tribes of
Medina had already divided and their chiefs had
been killed and wounded. So Allah had brought
about the battle for the good of H is Apostle in
order that they (i.e. the Ansar) might embrace
Islam.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 122:
Narrated Anas:
On the day of the
Conquest of Mecca, when the Prophet had given
(from the booty) the Quraish, the Ansar said,
"By Allah, this is indeed very strange: While
our swords are still dribbling with the blood of
Quraish, our war booty are distributed amongst
them." When this news reached the Prophet he
called the Ansar and said, "What is this news
that has reached me from you?" They used not
to tell lies, so they replied, "What has
reached you is true." He said, "Doesn't
it please you that the people take the booty to
their homes and you take Allah's Apostle to your
homes? If the Ansar took their way through a
valley or a mountain pass, I would take the
Ansar's valley or a mountain pass."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 123:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet or
Abul-Qasim said, "If the Ansar took their way
through a valley or a mountain pass, I would take
Ansar's valley. And but for the migration, I would
have been one of the Ansar." Abu Huraira used
to say, "The Prophet is not unjust (by saying
so). May my parents be sacrificed for him, for the
Ansar sheltered and helped him," or said a
similar sentence.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 124:
Narrated Sa'd's
father:
When the emigrants
reached Medina. Allah's Apostle established the
bond of fraternity between 'Abdur-Rahman and Sad
bin Ar-Rabi. Sad said to 'Abdur-Rahman, "I am
the richest of all the Ansar, so I want to divide
my property (between us), and I have two wives, so
see which of the two you like and tell me, so that
I may divorce her, and when she finishes her
prescribed period (i.e. 'Idda) of divorce, then
marry her." Abdur-Rahman said, "May
Allah bless your family and property for you;
where is your market?" So they showed him the
Qainuqa' market. (He went there and) returned with
a profit in the form of dried yogurt and butter.
He continued going (to the market) till one day he
came, bearing the traces of yellow scent. The
Prophet asked, "What is this (scent)?"
He replied, "I got married." The Prophet
asked, "How much Mahr did you give her?"
He replied, "I gave her a date-stone of gold
or a gold piece equal to the weight of a
date-stone." (The narrator, Ibrahim, is in
doubt as to which is correct.)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 125:
Narrated Anas:
When 'Abdur-Rahman
bin 'Auf came to us, Allah's Apostle made a bond
of fraternity between him and Sad bin Ar-Rabi' who
was a rich man, Sad said, "The Ansar know
that I am the richest of all of them, so I will
divide my property into two parts between me and
you, and I have two wives; see which of the two
you like so that I may divorce her and you can
marry her after she becomes lawful to you by her
passing the prescribed period (i.e. 'Idda) of
divorce. 'Abdur Rahman said, "May Allah bless
you your family (i.e. wives) for you." (But 'Abdur-Rahman
went to the market) and did not return on that day
except with some gain of dried yogurt and butter.
He went on trading just a few days till he came to
Allah's Apostle bearing the traces of yellow scent
over his clothes. Allah's Apostle asked him,
"What is this scent?" He replied,
"I have married a woman from the Ansar."
Allah's Apostle asked, "How much Mahr have
you given?" He said, "A date-stone
weight of gold or a golden date-stone." The
Prophet said, "Arrange a marriage banquet
even with a sheep."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 126:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Ansar said (to
the Prophet ), "Please divide the date-palm
trees between us and them (i.e. emigrants)."
The Prophet said, "No." The Ansar said,
"Let them (i.e. the emigrants) do the labor
for us in the gardens and share the date-fruits
with us." The emigrants said, "We
accepted this."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 127:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet
saying (or the Prophet said), "None loves the
Ansar but a believer, and none hates them but a
hypocrite. So Allah will love him who loves them,
and He will hate him who hates them."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 128:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"The sign of Belief is to love the Ansar, and
the sign of hypocrisy is to hate the Ansar."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 129:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw the
women and children (of the Ansar) coming forward.
(The sub-narrator said, "I think that Anas
said, 'They were returning from a wedding
party.") The Prophet stood up and said
thrice, "By Allah! You are from the most
beloved people to me."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 130:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Once an Ansari
woman, accompanied by a son of hers, came to
Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle spoke to her and
said twice, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is,
you are the most beloved people to me."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 131:
Narrated Zaid bin
Al-Arqam:
The Annwar said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Every prophet has his own
followers and we have followed you. So will you
invoke Allah to let our followers be considered
from us (as Ansar too)?" So he invoked Allah
accordingly.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 132:
Narrated Abu Hamza:
(A man from the
Ansar) The Ansar said, "Every nation has
followers and (O Prophet) we have followed you, so
invoke Allah to let our followers be considered
from us (as Ansar like ourselves)." So the
Prophet said, "O Allah! Let their followers
be considered as Ansar like themselves."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 133:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
The Prophet said,
"The best of the Ansar's families (homes) are
those of Banu An-Najjar and then (those of) Banu
'Abdul Ash-hal, then (those of) Banu Al-Harith bin
Al-Khazraj and then (those of) Banu Sa'ida;
nevertheless, there is good in all the families
(houses) of the Ansar." On this, Sad (bin
Ubada) said, "I see that the Prophet has
preferred some people to us." Somebody said
(to him), "No, but he has given you
superiority to many."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 134:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
That he heard the
Prophet saying, "The best of the Ansar, or
the best of the Ansar families (homes) are Banu
An-Najjar, Bani 'Abdul Ash-hal, Banu Al-Harith and
Banu Sai'da."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 135:
Narrated Abu Humaid:
The Prophet said,
"The best of the Ansar families (homes) are
the families (homes) of Banu An-Najjar, and then
that of Banu 'Abdul Ash-hal, and then that of Banu
Al-Harith, and then that of Banu Saida; and there
is good in all the families (homes) of the Ansar."
Sad bin 'Ubada followed us and said, "O Abu
Usaid ! Don't you see that the Prophet compared
the Ansar and made us the last of them in
superiority?
Then Sad met the
Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! In
comparing the Ansar's families (homes) as to the
degree of superiority, you have made us the last
of them." Allah's Apostle replied,
"Isn't it sufficient that you are regarded
amongst the best?"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 136:
Narrated Usaid bin
Hudair:
A man from the
Ansar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will you
appoint me as you have appointed so-and-so?"
The Prophet said, "After me you will see
others given preference to you; so be patient till
you meet me at the Tank (i.e. Lake of Kauthar).
(on the Day of Resurrection)."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 137:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said to
the Ansar, "After me you will see others
given preference to you; so be patient till you
meet me, and your promised place (of meeting) will
be the Tank (i.e. Lake of Kauthar)."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 138:
Narrated Yahya bin
Said:
That he heard Anas
bin Malik when he went with him to Al-Walid,
saying, "Once the Prophet called the Ansar in
order to give them the territory of Bahrain they
said, 'No, unless you give to our emigrant
brethren a similar share.' On that he said 'If you
do not agree to it, then be patient till you meet
me, for after me others will be given preference
to you."'
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 139:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There is no life except the life of
the Hereafter; so, O Allah! Improve the state of
the Ansar and the Muhajirun." And Anas added
that the Prophet also said, "O Allah! Forgive
the Ansar."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 140:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
On the day of the
battle of the Trench (i.e. Ghazwat-ul-Khandaq) the
Ansar used to say, "We are those who have
given the pledge of allegiance to Muhammad for
Jihad (i.e. holy fighting) as long as we
live." The Prophet , replied to them, "O
Allah! There is no life except the life of the
Hereafter; so please honor the Ansar and the
Emigrants."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 141:
Narrated Sahl:
Allah's Apostle
came to us while we were digging the trench and
carrying out the earth on our backs. Allah's
Apostle then said, "O Allah ! There is no
life except the life of the Hereafter, so please
forgive the Emigrants and the Ansar."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 142:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A man came to the
Prophet. The Prophet sent a messenger to his wives
(to bring something for that man to eat) but they
said that they had nothing except water. Then
Allah's Apostle said, "Who will take this
(person) or entertain him as a guest?" An
Ansar man said, "I." So he took him to
his wife and said to her, "Entertain
generously the guest of Allah's Apostle " She
said, "We have got nothing except the meals
of my children." He said, "Prepare your
meal, light your lamp and let your children sleep
if they ask for supper." So she prepared her
meal, lighted her lamp and made her children
sleep, and then stood up pretending to mend her
lamp, but she put it off. Then both of them
pretended to be eating, but they really went to
bed hungry. In the morning the Ansari went to
Allah's Apostle who said, "Tonight Allah
laughed or wondered at your action." Then
Allah revealed:
"But give them
(emigrants) preference over themselves even though
they were in need of that And whosoever is saved
from the covetousness Such are they who will be
successful." (59.9)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 143:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Abu Bakr and Al-'Abbas
passed by one of the gatherings of the Ansar who
were weeping then. He (i.e. Abu Bakr or Al-'Abbas)
asked, "Why are you weeping?" They
replied, "We are weeping because we remember
the gathering of the Prophet with us." So Abu
Bakr went to the Prophet and told him of that. The
Prophet came out, tying his head with a piece of
the hem of a sheet. He ascended the pulpit which
he never ascended after that day. He glorified and
praised Allah and then said, "I request you
to take care of the Ansar as they are my near
companions to whom I confided my private secrets.
They have fulfilled their obligations and rights
which were enjoined on them but there remains what
is for them. So, accept the good of the good-doers
amongst them and excuse the wrongdoers amongst
them."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 144:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle (in
his fatal illness) came out wrapped in a sheet
covering his shoulders and his head was tied with
an oily tape of cloth till he sat on the pulpit,
and after praising and glorifying Allah, he said,
"Then-after, O people! The people will go on
increasing, but the Ansar will go on decreasing
till they become just like salt in a meal. So
whoever amongst you will be the ruler and have the
power to harm or benefit others, should accept the
good of the good-doers amongst them and excuse the
wrong-doers amongst them."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 145:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said,
"The Ansar are my near companions to whom I
confided my private secrets, People will go on
increasing but the Ansar will go on decreasing; so
accept the good of the good-doers amongst them and
excuse the wrong-doers amongst them. "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 146:
Narrated Al-Bara:
A silken cloth was
given as a present to the Prophet . His companions
started touching it and admiring its softness. The
Prophet said, "Are you admiring its softness?
The handkerchiefs of Sad bin Muadh (in Paradise)
are better and softer than it."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 147:
Narrated Jabir:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "The Throne (of Allah) shook at the
death of Sad bin Muadh." Through another
group of narrators, Jabir added, "I heard the
Prophet : saying, 'The Throne of the Beneficent
shook because of the death of Sad bin Muadh."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 148:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Some people (i.e.
the Jews of Bani bin Quraiza) agreed to accept the
verdict of Sad bin Muadh so the Prophet sent for
him (i.e. Sad bin Muadh). He came riding a donkey,
and when he approached the Mosque, the Prophet
said, "Get up for the best amongst you."
or said, "Get up for your chief." Then
the Prophet said, "O Sad! These people have
agreed to accept your verdict." Sad said,
"I judge that their warriors should be killed
and their children and women should be taken as
captives." The Prophet said, "You have
given a judgment similar to Allah's Judgment (or
the King's judgment)."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 149:
Narrated Anas:
Two men left the
Prophet on a very dark night. Suddenly a light
came in front of them, and when they separated,
the light also separated along with them.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 150:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Learn the recitation of Qur'an from
four persons: Ibn Mas'ud, Salim, the freed slave
of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubai and Muadh bin Jabal."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 151:
Narrated the virtue
of Sad bin Ubada:
Aisha said,
"Before that, he (i.e. Sad) was a pious
man."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 152:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The best of the Ansar's houses are
those of Bani An-Najjar, then those of Bani 'Abdul
Ash-hal, then those of Bani Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj,
then those of Bani Saida; but there is goodness in
all the houses of the Ansar." Sad bin Ubada
who was one of those who embraced Islam early,
said, "I see that Allah's Apostle is giving
others superiority above us." Some people
said to him, "But he has given you
superiority above many other people."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 153:
Narrated Masruq:
'Abdullah bin Masud
was mentioned before Abdullah bin 'Amr who said,
"That is a man I still love, as I heard the
Prophet saying 'Learn the recitation of Quran from
four from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud --he started with
him--Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudaifa, Mu'adh
bin Jabal and Ubai bin Ka'b."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 154:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The Prophet said to
Ubai, "Allah has ordered me to recite to you:
'Those who disbelieve (Surat-al-Bayina 98).'
" Ubai said, "Has He mentioned my
name?" The Prophet said, "Yes." On
hearing this, Ubai started weeping.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 155:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas said,
"The Quran was collected in the lifetime of
the Prophet by four (men), all of whom were from
the Ansar: Ubai, Muadh bin Jabal, Abu Zaid and
Zaid bin Thabit." I asked Anas, "Who is
Abu Zaid?" He said, "One of my
uncles."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 156:
Narrated Anas:
On the day of the
battle of Uhud, the people ran away, leaving the
Prophet , but Abu- Talha was shielding the Prophet
with his shield in front of him. Abu Talha was a
strong, experienced archer who used to keep his
arrow bow strong and well stretched. On that day
he broke two or three arrow bows. If any man
passed by carrying a quiver full of arrows, the
Prophet would say to him, "Empty it in front
of Abu Talha." When the Prophet stated
looking at the enemy by raising his head, Abu
Talha said, "O Allah's Prophet! Let my
parents be sacrificed for your sake! Please don't
raise your head and make it visible, lest an arrow
of the enemy should hit you. Let my neck and chest
be wounded instead of yours." (On that day) I
saw 'Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr and Um Sulaim
both lifting their dresses up so that I was able
to see the ornaments of their legs, and they were
carrying the water skins of their arms to pour the
water into the mouths of the thirsty people and
then go back and fill them and come to pour the
water into the mouths of the people again. (On
that day) Abu Talha's sword fell from his hand
twice or thrice.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 157:
Narrated Sad bin
Abi Waqqas:
I have never heard
the Prophet saying about anybody walking on the
earth that he is from the people of Paradise
except 'Abdullah bin Salam. The following Verse
was revealed concerning him: "And a witness
from the children of Israel testifies that this
Qur'an is true" (46.10)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 158:
Narrated Qais bin
Ubad:
While I was sitting
in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man
(Abdullah bin Salam) with signs of solemnity over
his face. The people said, "He is one of the
people of Paradise." He prayed two light
Rakat and then left. I followed him and said,
"When you entered the Mosque, the people
said, 'He is one of the people of Paradise.'
" He said, "By Allah, one ought not say
what he does not know; and I will tell you why. In
the lifetime of the Prophet I had a dream which I
narrated to him. I saw as if I were in a
garden." He then described its extension and
greenery. He added: In its center there was an
iron pillar whose lower end was fixed in the earth
and the upper end was in the sky, and at its upper
end there was a (ring-shaped) hand-hold. I was
told to climb it. I said, "I can't."
"Then a servant came to me and lifted my
clothes from behind and I climbed till I reached
the top (of the pillar). Then I got hold of the
hand-hold, and I was told to hold it tightly, then
I woke up and (the effect of) the hand-hold was in
my hand. I narrated al I that to the Prophet who
said, 'The garden is Islam, and the hand-hold is
the Most Truth-worthy Hand-Hold. So you will
remain as a Muslim till you die." The
narrator added: "The man was 'Abdullah bin
Salam."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 159:
Narrated Abu Burda:
When I came to
Medina. I met Abdullah bin Salam. He said,
"Will you come to me so that I may serve you
with Sawiq (i.e. powdered barley) and dates, and
let you enter a (blessed) house that in which the
Prophet entered?" Then he added, "You
are In a country where the practice of Riba (i.e.
usury) is prevalent; so if somebody owe you
something and he sends you a present of a load of
chopped straw or a load of barley or a load of
provender then do not take it, as it is Riba."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 160:
Narrated Jarir bin
'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle has
never refused to admit me since I embraced Islam,
and whenever he saw me, he would smile. (In
another narration) Jarir bin 'Abdullah narrated:
There was a house called Dhul-Khalasa in the Pre-lslamic
Period and it was also called Al-Ka'ba Al-Yamaniya
or Al-Ka'ba Ash-Shamiya. Allah's Apostle said to
me, "Will you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa?"
So I left for it with 150 cavalrymen from the
tribe of Ahmas and then we destroyed it and killed
whoever we found there. Then we came to the
Prophet and informed him about it. He invoked good
upon us and upon the tribe of Ahmas.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 161:
Narrated 'Aisha:
On the day of the
battle of Uhud the pagans were defeated
completely. Then Satan shouted loudly, "O
Allah's slaves! Beware the ones behind you!"
So the front files attacked the back ones. Then
Hudhaifa looked and saw his father, and said
loudly, "O Allah's slaves! My father! My
father!" By Allah, they did not stop till
they killed him (i.e. Hudaifa's father). Hudhaifa
said, "May Allah forgive you!" The
sub-narrator said, "By Allah, because of what
Hudhaifa said, he remained in a good state till he
met Allah (i.e. died)."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 162:
Narrated 'Ali:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying (as below).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 163:
Narrated 'Ali:
The Prophet said,
"The best of the world's women is Mary (at
her lifetime), and the best of the world's women
is Khadija (at her lifetime)."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 164:
Narrated
'Aisha: I did not
feel jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet as
much as I did of Khadija (although) she died
before he married me, for I often heard him
mentioning her, and Allah had told him to give her
the good tidings that she would have a palace of
Qasab (i.e. pipes of precious stones and pearls in
Paradise), and whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he
would send her women-friends a good share of it.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 165:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not feel
jealous of any woman as much as I did of Khadija
because Allah's Apostle used to mention her very
often. He married me after three years of her
death, and his Lord (or Gabriel) ordered him to
give her the good news of having a palace of Qasab
in Paradise.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 166:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not feel
jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet as much
as I did of Khadija though I did not see her, but
the Prophet used to mention her very often, and
when ever he slaughtered a sheep, he would cut its
parts and send them to the women friends of
Khadija. When I sometimes said to him, "(You
treat Khadija in such a way) as if there is no
woman on earth except Khadija," he would say,
"Khadija was such-and-such, and from her I
had children."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 167:
Narrated Ismail:
I asked 'Abdullah
bin Abi Aufa, "Did the Prophet give glad
tidings to Khadija?" He said, "Yes, of a
palace of Qasab (in Paradise) where there will be
neither any noise nor any fatigue."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 168:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Gabriel came to the
Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is
Khadija coming to you with a dish having meat soup
(or some food or drink). When she reaches you,
greet her on behalf of her Lord (i.e. Allah) and
on my behalf, and give her the glad tidings of
having a Qasab palace in Paradise wherein there
will be neither any noise nor any fatigue
(trouble) . "
Narrated 'Aisha:
Once Hala bint Khuwailid, Khadija's sister, asked
the permission of the Prophet to enter. On that,
the Prophet remembered the way Khadija used to ask
permission, and that upset him. He said, "O
Allah! Hala!" So I became jealous and said,
"What makes you remember an old woman amongst
the old women of Quraish an old woman (with a
teethless mouth) of red gums who died long ago,
and in whose place Allah has given you somebody
better than her?"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 169:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
The Prophet met
Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail in the bottom of (the
valley of) Baldah before any Divine Inspiration
came to the Prophet. A meal was presented to the
Prophet but he refused to eat from it. (Then it
was presented to Zaid) who said, "I do not
eat anything which you slaughter in the name of
your stone idols. I eat none but those things on
which Allah's Name has been mentioned at the time
of slaughtering." Zaid bin 'Amr used to
criticize the way Quraish used to slaughter their
animals, and used to say, "Allah has created
the sheep and He has sent the water for it from
the sky, and He has grown the grass for it from
the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the
Name of Allah. He used to say so, for he rejected
that practice and considered it as something
abominable.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail went to Sham, inquiring
about a true religion to follow. He met a Jewish
religious scholar and asked him about their
religion. He said, "I intend to embrace your
religion, so tell me some thing about it."
The Jew said, "You will not embrace our
religion unless you receive your share of Allah's
Anger." Zaid said, "'I do not run except
from Allah's Anger, and I will never bear a bit of
it if I have the power to avoid it. Can you tell
me of some other religion?" He said, "I
do not know any other religion except the Hanif."
Zaid enquired, "What is Hanif?" He said,
"Hanif is the religion of (the prophet)
Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christian, and
he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)"
Then Zaid went out and met a Christian religious
scholar and told him the same as before. The
Christian said, "You will not embrace our
religion unless you get a share of Allah's
Curse." Zaid replied, "I do not run
except from Allah's Curse, and I will never bear
any of Allah's Curse and His Anger if I have the
power to avoid them. Will you tell me of some
other religion?" He replied, "I do not
know any other religion except Hanif." Zaid
enquired, "What is Hanif?" He replied,
Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who
was neither a Jew nor a Christian and he used to
worship None but Allah (Alone)" When Zaid
heard their Statement about (the religion of)
Abraham, he left that place, and when he came out,
he raised both his hands and said, "O Allah!
I make You my Witness that I am on the religion of
Abraham."
Narrated Asma bint
Abi Bakr: I saw Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail standing
with his back against the Ka'ba and saying,
"O people of Quraish! By Allah, none amongst
you is on the religion of Abraham except me."
He used to preserve the lives of little girls: If
somebody wanted to kill his daughter he would say
to him, "Do not kill her for I will feed her
on your behalf." So he would take her, and
when she grew up nicely, he would say to her
father, "Now if you want her, I will give her
to you, and if you wish, I will feed her on your
behalf."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 170:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
When the Ka'ba was
rebuilt, the Prophet and 'Abbas went to carry
stones. 'Abbas said to the Prophet "(Take off
and) put your waist sheet over your neck so that
the stones may not hurt you." (But as soon as
he took off his waist sheet) he fell unconscious
on the ground with both his eyes towards the sky.
When he came to his senses, he said, "My
waist sheet! My waist sheet!" Then he tied
his waist sheet (round his waist).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 171:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Dinar and 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid:
In the lifetime of
the Prophet there was no wall around the Ka'ba and
the people used to pray around the Ka'ba till 'Umar
became the Caliph and he built the wall around it.
'Ubaidullah further said, "Its wall was low,
so Ibn Az-Zubair built it."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 172:
Narrated 'Aisha:
'Ashura' (i.e. the
tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of
Quraish used to fast in the pre-lslamic period of
ignorance. The Prophet also used to fast on this
day. So when he migrated to Medina, he fasted on
it and ordered (the Muslims) to fast on it. When
the fasting of Ramadan was enjoined, it became
optional for the people to fast or not to fast on
the day of Ashura.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 173:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The people used to
consider the performance of 'Umra in the months of
Hajj an evil deed on the earth, and they used to
call the month of Muharram as Safar and used to
say, "When (the wounds over) the backs (of
the camels) have healed and the foot-marks (of the
camels) have vanished (after coming from Hajj),
then 'Umra becomes legal for the one who wants to
perform 'Umra." Allah's Apostle and his
companions reached Mecca assuming Ihram for Hajj
on the fourth of Dhul-Hijja. The Prophet ordered
his companions to perform 'Umra (with that lhram
instead of Hajj). They asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! What kind of finishing of Ihram?"
The Prophet said, "Finish the Ihram
completely.'
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 174:
Narrated Sa'id bin
Al-Musaiyab's grand-father:
In the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance a flood of rain came and
filled the valley in between the two mountains
(around the Ka'ba)......
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 175:
Narrated Qais bin
Abi Hazim:
Abu Bakr went to a
lady from the Ahmas tribe called Zainab bint Al-Muhajir
and found that she refused to speak. He asked,
"Why does she not speak." The people
said, "She has intended to perform Hajj
without speaking." He said to her,
"Speak, for it is illegal not to speak, as it
is an action of the pre-islamic period of
ignorance. So she spoke and said, "Who are
you?" He said, "A man from the
Emigrants." She asked, "Which
Emigrants?" He replied, "From Quraish."
She asked, "From what branch of Quraish are
you?" He said, "You ask too many
questions; I am Abu Bakr." She said,
"How long shall we enjoy this good order
(i.e. Islamic religion) which Allah has brought
after the period of ignorance?" He said,
"You will enjoy it as long as your Imams keep
on abiding by its rules and regulations." She
asked, "What are the Imams?" He said,
"Were there not heads and chiefs of your
nation who used to order the people and they used
to obey them?" She said, "Yes." He
said, "So they (i.e. the Imams) are those
whom I meant."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 176:
Narrated 'Aisha:
A black lady slave
of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a
hut in the mosque. She used to visit us and talk
to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to
say: "The day of the scarf was one of our
Lord's wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from
the land of Kufr." When she said the above
verse many times, I (i.e. 'Aisha) asked her,
"What was the day of the scarf?" She
replied, "Once the daughter of some of my
masters went out and she was wearing a leather
scarf (round her neck) and the leather scarf fell
from her and a kite descended and picked it up,
mistaking it for a piece of meat. They (i.e. my
masters) accused me of stealing it and they
tortured me to such an extent that they even
looked for it in my private parts. So, while they
all were around me, and I was in my great
distress, suddenly the kite came over our heads
and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said to
them 'This is what you accused me of stealing,
though I was innocent."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 177:
Narrated 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"If anybody has to take an oath, he should
swear only by Allah." The people of Quraish
used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet
said, "Do not swear by your fathers. "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 178:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Al-Qasim:
Al-Qasim used to
walk in front of the funeral procession. He used
not to get up for the funeral procession (in case
it passed by him). And he narrated from 'Aisha
that she said, "The people of the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance used to stand up for the
funeral procession. When they saw it they used to
say twice: 'You were noble in your family. What
are you now?"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 179:
Narrated 'Umar:
The pagans used not
to leave Jam' (i.e. Muzdalifa) till the sun had
risen on Thabir mountain. The Prophet contradicted
them by leaving (Muzdalifa) before the sun rose.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 180:
Narrated Husain:
That Ikrima said,
"Kasan Dihaqa means glass full (of something)
followed successively with other full
glasses." Ibn 'Abbas said, "In the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance I heard my father saying,
"Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 181:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"The most true words said by a poet was the
words of Labid." He said, Verily, Everything
except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt
was about to be a Muslim (but he did not embrace
Islam).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 182:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Abu Bakr had a
slave who used to give him some of his earnings.
Abu Bakr used to eat from it. One day he brought
something and Abu Bakr ate from it. The slave said
to him, "Do you know what this is?" Abu
Bakr then enquired, "What is it?" The
slave said, "Once, in the pre-Islamic period
of ignorance I foretold somebody's future though I
did not know this knowledge of foretelling but I,
cheated him, and when he met me, he gave me
something for that service, and that is what you
have eaten from." Then Abu Bakr put his hand
in his mouth and vomited whatever was present in
his stomach.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 183:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
In the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance the people used to bargain
with the meat of camels on the principle of
Habal-al-Habala which meant the sale of a
she-camel that would be born by a she-camel that
had not yet been born. The Prophet forbade them
such a transaction.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 184:
Narrated Ghailan
bin Jarir:
We used to visit
Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the
Ansar, and used to say to me: "Your people
did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your
people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 185:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The first event of
Qasama in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance was
practiced by us (i.e. Banu Hashim). A man from
Banu Hashim was employed by a Quraishi man from
another branch-family. The (Hashimi) laborer set
out with the Quraishi driving his camels. There
passed by him another man from Banu Hashim. The
leather rope of the latter's bag had broken so he
said to the laborer, "Will you help me by
giving me a rope in order to tie the handle of my
bag lest the camels should run away from me?"
The laborer gave him a rope and the latter tied
his bag with it. When the caravan halted, all the
camels' legs were tied with their fetters except
one camel. The employer asked the laborer,
"Why, from among all the camels has this
camel not been fettered?" He replied,
"There is no fetter for it." The
Quraishi asked, "Where is its fetter?"
and hit the laborer with a stick that caused his
death (later on Just before his death) a man from
Yemen passed by him. The laborer asked (him),
"Will you go for the pilgrimage?" He
replied, "I do not think I will attend it,
but perhaps I will attend it." The (Hashimi)
laborer said, "Will you please convey a
message for me once in your life?" The other
man said, "yes." The laborer wrote:
'When you attend the pilgrimage, call the family
of Quraish, and if they respond to you, call the
family of Banu Hashim, and if they respond to you,
ask about Abu Talib and tell him that so-and-so
has killed me for a fetter." Then the laborer
expired. When the employer reached (Mecca), Abu
Talib visited him and asked, "What has
happened to our companion?" He said, "He
became ill and I looked after him nicely (but he
died) and I buried him." Then Abu Talib said,
"The deceased deserved this from you."
After some time, the messenger whom the laborer
has asked to convey the message, reached during
the pilgrimage season. He called, "O the
family of Quraish!" The people replied,
"This is Quraish." Then he called,
"O the family of Banu Hashim!" Again the
people replied, "This is Banu Hashim."
He asked, "Who is Abu Talib?" The people
replied, "This is Abu Talib." He said,
"'So-and-so has asked me to convey a message
to you that so-and-so has killed him for a fetter
(of a camel)." Then Abu Talib went to the (Quraishi)
killer and said to him, "Choose one of three
alternatives: (i) If you wish, give us one-hundred
camels because you have murdered our companion,
(ii) or if you wish, fifty of your men should take
an oath that you have not murdered our companion,
and if you do not accept this, (iii) we will kill
you in Qisas." The killer went to his people
and they said, "We will take an oath."
Then a woman from Banu Hashim who was married to
one of them (i.e.the Quraishis) and had given
birth to a child from him, came to Abu Talib and
said, "O Abu Talib! I wish that my son from
among the fifty men, should be excused from this
oath, and that he should not take the oath where
the oath-taking is carried on." Abu Talib
excused him. Then another man from them came (to
Abu Talib) and said, "O Abu Talib! You want
fifty persons to take an oath instead of giving a
hundred camels, and that means each man has to
give two camels (in case he does not take an
oath). So there are two camels I would like you to
accept from me and excuse me from taking an oath
where the oaths are taken. Abu Talib accepted them
from him. Then 48 men came and took the oath. Ibn
'Abbas further said:) By Him in Whose Hand my life
is, before the end of that year, none of those 48
persons remained alive.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 186:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah caused the
day of Buath to take place before Allah's Apostle
was sent (as an Apostle) so that when Allah's
Apostle reached Medina, those people had already
divided (in different groups) and their chiefs had
been killed or wounded. So Allah made that day
precede Allah's Apostle so that they (i.e. the
Ansar) might embrace Islam.
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
To run along the valley between two green pillars
of Safa and Marwa (mountains) was not Sunna, but
the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance
used to run along it, and used to say: "We do
not cross this rain stream except running
strongly. "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 187:
Narrated Abu As-Safar:
I heard Ibn 'Abbas
saying, "O people! Listen to what I say to
you, and let me hear whatever you say, and don't
go (without understanding), and start saying, 'Ibn
'Abbas said so-and-so, Ibn 'Abbas said so-and-so,
Ibn 'Abbas said so-and-so.' He who wants to
perform the Tawaf around the Ka'ba should go
behind Al-Hijr (i.e. a portion of the Ka'ba left
out unroofed) and do not call it Al-Hatim, for in
the pre-Islamic period of ignorance if any man
took an oath, he used to throw his whip, shoes or
bow in it.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 188:
Narrated 'Amr bin
Maimun:
During the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded
by a number of monkeys. They were all stoning it,
because it had committed illegal sexual
intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 189:
Narrated Sufyan:
'Ubaidullah said:
"I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying, "Following
are some traits of the people of the pre-Islamic
period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of
other families, (ii) and to wail over the
dead." 'Ubaidullah forgot the third trait.
Sufyan said, "They say it (i.e. the third
trait) was to believe that rain was caused by the
influence of stars (i.e. if a special star appears
it will rain)."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 190:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle was
inspired Divinely at the age of forty. Then he
stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, and then was
ordered to migrate, and he migrated to Medina and
stayed there for ten years and then died.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 191:
Narrated Khabbaba:
I came to the
Prophet while he was leaning against his sheet
cloak in the shade of the Ka'ba. We were suffering
greatly from the pagans in those days. i said (to
him). "Will you invoke Allah (to help
us)?" He sat down with a red face and said,
"(A believer among) those who were before you
used to be combed with iron combs so that nothing
of his flesh or nerves would remain on his bones;
yet that would never make him desert his religion.
A saw might be put over the parting of his head
which would be split into two parts, yet all that
would never make him abandon his religion. Allah
will surely complete this religion (i.e. Islam) so
that a traveler from Sana to Hadra-maut will not
be afraid of anybody except Allah." (The
sub-narrator, Baiyan added, "Or the wolf,
lest it should harm his sheep.")
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 192:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet recited
Surat An-Najam and prostrated, and there was
nobody who did not prostrate then except a man
whom I saw taking a handful of pebbles, lifting
it, and prostrating on it. He then said,
"This is sufficient for me." No doubt I
saw him killed as a disbeliever afterwards.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 193:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
While the Prophet
was prostrating, surrounded by some of Quraish, 'Uqba
bin Abi Mu'ait brought the intestines (i.e.
abdominal contents) of a camel and put them over
the back of the Prophet. The Prophet did not raise
his head, (till) Fatima, came and took it off his
back and cursed the one who had done the harm. The
Prophet said, "O Allah! Destroy the chiefs of
Quraish, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, 'Utba bin Rabi'al,
Shaba bin Rabi'a, Umaiya bin Khalaf or Ubai bin
Khalaf." (The sub-narrator Shu'ba, is not
sure of the last name.) I saw these people killed
on the day of Badr battle and thrown in the well
except Umaiya or Ubai whose body parts were
mutilated but he was not thrown in the well.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 194:
Narrated Said bin
Jubair:
'AbdurRahman bin
Abza said, "Ask Ibn 'Abbas about these two
Qur'anic Verses: 'Nor kill such life as Allah has
made sacred, Except for just cause.' (25.168)
"And whoever kills a believer intentionally,
his recompense is Hell. (4.93)
So I asked Ibn 'Abbas
who said, "When the Verse that is in
Sura-al-Furqan was revealed, the pagans of Mecca
said, 'But we have slain such life as Allah has
made sacred, and we have invoked other gods along
with Allah, and we have also committed
fornication.' So Allah revealed:-- 'Except those
who repent, believe, and do good-- (25.70)
So this Verse was
concerned with those people. As for the Verse in
Surat-an-Nisa (4-93), it means that if a man,
after understanding Islam and its laws and
obligations, murders somebody, then his punishment
is to dwell in the (Hell) Fire forever." Then
I mentioned this to Mujahid who said, "Except
the one who regrets (one's crime) . "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 195:
Narrated 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair:
I asked Ibn Amr bin
Al-As, "Tell me of the worst thing which the
pagans did to the Prophet." He said,
"While the Prophet was praying in the Hijr of
the Ka'ba; 'Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and put his
garment around the Prophet's neck and throttled
him violently. Abu Bakr came and caught him by his
shoulder and pushed him away from the Prophet and
said, "Do you want to kill a man just because
he says, 'My Lord is Allah?' "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 196:
Narrated 'Urwa:
As above (Hadith
195).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 197:
Narrated 'Ammar bin
Yasir:
I saw Allah's
Apostle , and the only converts (to Islam) with
him, were five slaves, two women and Abu Bakr.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 198:
Narrated Abu Ishaq
Saud bin Abi Waqqas:
None embraced
Islam, except on the day I embraced it. And for
seven days I was one of the three persons who were
Muslims (one-third of Islam).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 199:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman:
"I asked
Masruq, 'Who informed the Prophet about the Jinns
at the night when they heard the Qur'an?' He said,
'Your father 'Abdullah informed me that a tree
informed the Prophet about them.' "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 200:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
That once he was in
the, company of the Prophet carrying a water pot
for his ablution and for cleaning his private
parts. While he was following him carrying it(i.e.
the pot), the Prophet said, "Who is
this?" He said, "I am Abu Huraira."
The Prophet said, "Bring me stones in order
to clean my private parts, and do not bring any
bones or animal dung." Abu Huraira went on
narrating: So I brought some stones, carrying them
in the corner of my robe till I put them by his
side and went away. When he finished, I walked
with him and asked, "What about the bone and
the animal dung?" He said, "They are of
the food of Jinns. The delegate of Jinns of (the
city of) Nasibin came to me--and how nice those
Jinns were--and asked me for the remains of the
human food. I invoked Allah for them that they
would never pass by a bone or animal dung but find
food on them."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 201:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When Abu Dhar
received the news of the Advent of the Prophet he
said to his brother, "Ride to this valley (of
Mecca) and try to find out the truth of the person
who claims to be a prophet who is informed of the
news of Heaven. Listen to what he says and come
back to me." So his brother set out and came
to the Prophet and listened to some of his talks,
and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him. "I
have seen him enjoining virtuous behavior and
saying something that is not poetry." Abu
Dhar said, "You have not satisfied me as to
what I wanted." He then took his journey-food
and carried a water-skin of his, containing some
water till be reached Mecca. He went to the Mosque
and searched for the Prophet and though he did not
know him, he hated to ask anybody about him. When
a part of the night had passed away, 'Ali saw him
and knew that he was a stranger. So when Abu Dhar
saw 'Ali, he followed him, and none of them asked
his companion about anything, and when it was
dawn, Abu Dhar took his journey food and his
water-skin to the Mosque and stayed there all the
day long without being perceived by the Prophet,
and when it was evening, he came back to his
retiring place. 'Ali passed by him and said,
"Has the man not known his dwelling place
yet?" So 'Ali awakened him and took him with
him and none of them spoke to the other about
anything. When it was the third day. 'Ali did the
same and Abu Dhar stayed with him. Then 'Ali said
"Will you tell me what has brought you
here?" Abu Dhar said, "If you give me a
firm promise that you will guide me, then I will
tell you." 'Ali promised him, and he informed
'Ali about the matter. 'Ali said, "It is
true, and he is the Apostle of Allah. Next morning
when you get up, accompany me, and if I see any
danger for you, I will stop as if to pass water,
but if I go on, follow me and enter the place
which I will enter." Abu Dhar did so, and
followed 'Ali till he entered the place of the
Prophet, and Abu Dhar went in with him, Abu Dhar
listened to some of the Prophet's talks and
embraced Islam on the spot. The Prophet said to
him, "Go back to your people and inform them
(about it) till you receive my order." Abu
Dhar said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is,
I will proclaim my conversion loudly amongst them
(i.e. the pagans)." So he went out, and when
he reached the Mosque, he said as loudly as
possible, "I bear witness that None has the
right to be worshipped except Allah, and Muhammad
is the Apostle of Allah." The People got up
and beat him painfully. Then Al-Abbas came and
knelt over him ((to protect him) and said (to the
people), "Woe to you! Don't you know that
this man belongs to the tribe of Ghifar and your
trade to Sha'm is through their way?" So he
rescued him from them. Abu Dhar again did the same
the next day. They beat him and took vengeance on
him and again Al-Abbas knelt over him (to protect
him).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 202:
Narrated Qais:
I heard Said bin
Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail saying in the mosque of
Al-Kufa. "By Allah, I have seen myself tied
and forced by 'Umar to leave Islam before 'Umar
himself embraced Islam. And if the mountain of
Uhud could move from its place for the evil which
you people have done to 'Uthman, then it would
have the right to move from its place."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 203:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Mus'ud:
We have been
powerful since 'Umar embraced Islam.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 204:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Umar:
While 'Umar was at
home in a state of fear, there came Al-'As bin
Wail As-Sahmi Abu 'Amr, wearing an embroidered
cloak and a shirt having silk hems. He was from
the tribe of Bani Sahm who were our allies during
the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Al-'As said
to 'Umar "What is wrong with you?" He
said, "Your people claim that they would kill
me if I become a Muslim." Al-'As said,
"Nobody will harm you after I have given
protection to you." So Al-'As went out and
met the people streaming in the whole valley. He
said, "Where are you going?" They said,
"We want Ibn Al-Khattab who has embraced
Islam." Al-'As said, "There is no way
for anybody to touch him." So the people
retreated.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 205:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
When 'Umar embraced
Islam, all The (disbelieving) people gathered
around his home and said, "'Umar has embraced
Islam." At that time I was still a boy and
was on the roof of my house. There came a man
wearing a cloak of Dibaj (i.e. a kind of silk),
and said, "Umar has embraced Islam. Nobody
can harm him for I am his protector." I then
saw the people going away from 'Umar and asked who
the man was, and they said, "Al-'As bin
Wail."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 206:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
I never heard 'Umar
saying about something that he thought it would be
so-and-so, but he was quite right. Once, while 'Umar
was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, 'Umar
said, "If I am not wrong, this person is
still on his religion of the pre-lslamic period of
ignorance or he was their foreteller. Call the man
to me." When the man was called to him, he
told him of his thought. The man said, "I
have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is
faced with such an accusation." 'Umar said,
"I am determined that you should tell me the
truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in
the pre-lslamic period of ignorance." Then 'Umar
said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing
your female Jinn has told you of." He said,
"One-day while I was in the market, she came
to me scared and said, 'Haven't you seen the Jinns
and their despair and they were overthrown after
their defeat (and prevented from listening to the
news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to
the sky and) kept following camel-riders (i.e.
'Arabs)?" 'Umar said, "He is
right." and added, "One day while I was
near their idols, there came a man with a calf and
slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An
(unseen) creature shouted at him, and I have never
heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O
you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An
eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be
worshipped except you (O Allah).' On that the
people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till
I know what is behind this.' Then the cry came
again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success!
An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to
be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and
a few days later it was said, "A prophet has
appeared."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 207:
Narrated Qais:
I heard Said bin
Zaid saying to the people, "If you but saw me
and 'Umar's sister tied and forced by 'Umar to
leave Islam while he was not yet a Muslim. And if
the mountain of Uhud could move from its place for
the evil which you people have done to Uthman, it
would have the right to do that."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 208:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
The people of Mecca
asked Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle. So
he showed them the moon split in two halves
between which they saw the Hiram' mountain.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 209:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The moon was split
( into two pieces ) while we were with the Prophet
in Mina. He said, "Be witnesses." Then a
Piece of the moon went towards the mountain.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 210:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Abbas:
During the lifetime
of Allah's Apostle the moon was split (into two
places).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 211:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The moon was split
(into two pieces).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 212:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah
bin 'Adi bin Al-Khiyar:
That Al-Miswar bin
Makhrama and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abu
Yaghuth had said to him, "What prevents you
from speaking to your uncle 'Uthman regarding his
brother Al-Walid bin 'Uqba?" The people were
speaking against the latter for what he had done.
'Ubaidullah said, "So I kept waiting for 'Uthman,
and when he went out for the prayer, I said to
him, 'I have got something to say to you as a
piece of advice.' 'Uthman said, 'O man! I seek
Refuge with Allah from you. So I went away. When I
finished my prayer, I sat with Al-Miswar and Ibn
'Abu Yaghuth and talked to both of them of what I
had said to 'Uthman and what he had said to me.
They said, 'You have done your duty.' So while I
was sitting with them. 'Uthman's Messenger came to
me. They said, 'Allah has put you to trial."
I set out and when I reached 'Uthman, he said,
'What is your advice which you mentioned a while
ago?' I recited Tashahhud and added, 'Allah has
sent Muhammad and has revealed the Holy Book (i.e.
Quran) to him. You (O Uthman!) were amongst those
who responded to the call of Allah and His Apostle
and had faith in him. And you took part in the
first two migrations (to Ethiopia and to Medina),
and you enjoyed the company of Allah's Apostle and
learned his traditions and advice. Now the people
are talking much about Al-Walid bin 'Uqba and so
it is your duty to impose on him the legal
punishment.' 'Uthman then said to me, 'O my
nephew! Did you ever meet Allah's Apostle ?' I
said, 'No, but his knowledge has reached me as it
has reached the virgin in her seclusion.' 'Uthman
then recited Tashahhud and said, 'No doubt, Allah
has sent Muhammad with the Truth and has revealed
to him His Holy Book (i.e. Quran) and I was
amongst those who responded to the call of Allah
and His Apostle and I had faith in Muhammad's
Mission, and I had performed the first two
migrations as you have said, and I enjoyed the
company of Allah's Apostle and gave the pledge of
allegiance to him. By Allah, I never disobeyed him
and never cheated him till Allah caused him to
die. Then Allah made Abu Bakr Caliph, and by
Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I
cheat him. Then 'Umar became Caliph, and by Allah,
I was never disobedient to him, nor did I cheat
him. Then I became Caliph. Have I not then the
same rights over you as they had over me?' I
replied in the affirmative. 'Uthman further said,
'The what are these talks which are reaching me
from you? As for what you ha mentioned about Al-Walid
bin 'Uqb; Allah willing, I shall give him the leg;
punishment justly. Then Uthman ordered that Al-Walid
be flogged fort lashes. He ordered 'Ali to flog
him an he himself flogged him as well."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 213:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Um Habiba and Um
Salama mentioned a church they had seen in
Ethiopia and in the church there were pictures.
When they told the Prophet of this, he said,
"Those people are such that if a pious man
amongst them died, they build a place of worship
over his grave and paint these pictures in it.
Those people will be Allah's worst creatures on
the Day of Resurrection . "
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 214:
Narrated Um Khalid
bint Khalid:
When I came from
Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's
Apostle made me wear a sheet having marks on it.
Allah's Apostle was rubbing those marks with his
hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!" (i.e.
good, good).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 215:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
We used to greet
the Prophet while he used to be in prayers, and he
used to reply to our greetings. But when we came
back from Najashi (the King of Ethiopia) we
greeted him (while he was praying) and he did not
reply to us. We said, "O Allah's Apostle! We
used to greet you in the past and you used to
reply to us." He said, "Verily The Mind
is occupied and busy with more important matter
during the prayer." (So one cannot return
One's greetings.)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 216:
Narrated Abu Musa:
We received the
news of the departure of the Prophet (to Medina)
while we were in Yemen. So we went on board a ship
but our ship took us away to An-Najashi (the Negus)
in Ethiopia. There we met Ja'far bin Abi Talib and
stayed with him till we came (to Medina) by the
time when the Prophet had conquered Khaibar. The
Prophet said, "O you people of the ship! You
will have (the reward of) two migrations."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 217:
Narrated Jabir:
When Negus died,
the Prophet said, "Today a pious man has
died. So get up and offer the funeral prayer for
your brother Ashama
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 218:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah Al-Ansari:
Allah's Apostle led
the funeral prayer for the Negus and made us stand
in rows behind him and I was in the second or
third row.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 219:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
The Prophet offered
the funeral prayer for Ashama, the Negus, with
four Takbir.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 220:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
that Allah's
Apostle informed them (i.e. his companions) of the
death of Negus, the king of Ethiopia, on the very
day on which the latter died, and said, "Ask
Allah's Forgiveness for your brother" Abu
Huraira further said, "Allah's Apostle made
them (i.e. the Muslims) stand in rows at the
Musalla (i.e. praying place) and led the funeral
prayer for the Negus and said four Takbir."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 221:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle,
while going out for the battle of Hunain, said,
"Tomorrow Allah willing, we will encamp at
Khaif Bani Kinana where the pagans(of Quraish)
took the oath of Kufr (against the Prophet i.e. to
be loyal to heathenism, by boycotting Banu Hashim,
the Prophet's folk, See Hadith No. 659 Vol. 2) .
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 222:
Narrated Al-Abbas
bin 'Abdul Muttalib:
That he said to the
Prophet "You have not been of any avail to
your uncle (Abu Talib) (though) by Allah, he used
to protect you and used to become angry on your
behalf." The Prophet said, "He is in a
shallow fire, and had It not been for me, he would
have been in the bottom of the (Hell) Fire."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 223:
Narrated Al-Musaiyab:
When Abu Talib was
in his death bed, the Prophet went to him while
Abu Jahl was sitting beside him. The Prophet said,
"O my uncle! Say: None has the right to be
worshipped except Allah, an expression I will
defend your case with, before Allah." Abu
Jahl and 'Abdullah bin Umaya said, "O Abu
Talib! Will you leave the religion of 'Abdul
Muttalib?" So they kept on saying this to him
so that the last statement he said to them (before
he died) was: "I am on the religion of 'Abdul
Muttalib." Then the Prophet said, " I
will keep on asking for Allah's Forgiveness for
you unless I am forbidden to do so." Then the
following Verse was revealed:--
"It is not
fitting for the Prophet and the believers to ask
Allah's Forgiveness for the pagans, even if they
were their near relatives, after it has become
clear to them that they are the dwellers of the
(Hell) Fire." (9.113)
The other Verse was
also revealed:-- "(O Prophet!) Verily, you
guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He
will ......." (28.56)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 224:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
That he heard the
Prophet when somebody mentioned his uncle (i.e.
Abu Talib), saying, "Perhaps my intercession
will be helpful to him on the Day of Resurrection
so that he may be put in a shallow fire reaching
only up to his ankles. His brain will boil from
it."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 225:
Narrated Yazid:
(as above, Hadith
224) using the words: "will make his brain
boil."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 226:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
That he heard
Allah's Apostle saying, "When the people of
Quraish did not believe me (i.e. the story of my
Night Journey), I stood up in Al-Hijr and Allah
displayed Jerusalem in front of me, and I began
describing it to them while I was looking at
it."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 227:
Narrated Abbas bin
Malik:
Malik bin Sasaa
said that Allah's Apostle described to them his
Night Journey saying, "While I was lying in
Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me
and cut my body open from here to here." I
asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "What does
he mean?" He said, "It means from his
throat to his pubic area," or said,
"From the top of the chest." The Prophet
further said, "He then took out my heart.
Then a gold tray of Belief was brought to me and
my heart was washed and was filled (with Belief)
and then returned to its original place. Then a
white animal which was smaller than a mule and
bigger than a donkey was brought to me." (On
this Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu
Hamza?" I (i.e. Anas) replied in the
affirmative). The Prophet said, "The animal's
step (was so wide that it) reached the farthest
point within the reach of the animal's sight. I
was carried on it, and Gabriel set out with me
till we reached the nearest heaven.
When he asked for
the gate to be opened, it was asked, 'Who is it?'
Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is
accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It
was asked, 'Has Muhammad been called?' Gabriel
replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He
is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The
gate was opened, and when I went over the first
heaven, I saw Adam there. Gabriel said (to me).
'This is your father, Adam; pay him your
greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the
greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O
pious son and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel
ascended with me till we reached the second
heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to be opened.
It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered,
'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying
you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the
affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed.
What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was
opened.
When I went over
the second heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John)
and 'Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were cousins of each
other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and
Jesus; pay them your greetings.' So I greeted them
and both of them returned my greetings to me and
said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious
Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the
third heaven and asked for its gate to be opened.
It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied,
'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying
you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the
affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed,
what an excellent visit his is!' The gate was
opened, and when I went over the third heaven
there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is
Joseph; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him
and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You
are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.'
Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven
and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked,
'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was
asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was
said, 'He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit
his is!'
The gate was
opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven,
there I saw Idris. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is
Idris; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him
and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You
are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.'
Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fifth heaven
and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked,
'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was
asked. 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was
said He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his
is! So when I went over the fifth heaven, there I
saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me).
This is Aaron; pay him your greetings.' I greeted
him and he returned the greeting to me and said,
'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious
Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the
sixth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened.
It was asked. 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied,
'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying
you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the
affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an
excellent visit his is!'
When I went (over
the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said
(to me),' This is Moses; pay him your greeting. So
I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me
and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and
pious Prophet.' When I left him (i.e. Moses) he
wept. Someone asked him, 'What makes you weep?'
Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has
been sent (as Prophet) a young man whose followers
will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my
followers.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the
seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be
opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel
replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked,' Who is
accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It
was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied
in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is
welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'
So when I went
(over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham.
Gabriel said (to me), 'This is your father; pay
your greetings to him.' So I greeted him and he
returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are
welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.' Then I
was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e. the
Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its
fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a place
near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the
ears of elephants. Gabriel said, 'This is the Lote
Tree of the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran
four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible,
I asked, 'What are these two kinds of rivers, O
Gabriel?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers,
they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible
rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.'
Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur
(i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a
container full of wine and another full of milk
and a third full of honey were brought to me. I
took the milk. Gabriel remarked, 'This is the
Islamic religion which you and your followers are
following.' Then the prayers were enjoined on me:
They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I
passed by Moses who asked (me), 'What have you
been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I have been
ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.' Moses said,
'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day,
and by Allah, I have tested people before you, and
I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in
vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction
to lessen your followers' burden.' So I went back,
and Allah reduced ten prayers for me. Then again I
came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had
said before. Then again I went back to Allah and
He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to
Moses he said the same, I went back to Allah and
He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I
came back to Moses, he repeated the same advice,
so I went back to Allah and was ordered to observe
five prayers a day.
When I came back to
Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I
replied, 'I have been ordered to observe five
prayers a day.' He said, 'Your followers cannot
bear five prayers a day, and no doubt, I have got
an experience of the people before you, and I have
tried my level best with Bani Israel, so go back
to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your
follower's burden.' I said, 'I have requested so
much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am
satisfied now and surrender to Allah's Order.'
When I left, I heard a voice saying, 'I have
passed My Order and have lessened the burden of My
Worshipers."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 228:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Regarding the
Statement of Allah"
"And We
granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens)
which We made you see (as an actual eye witness)
was only made as a trial for the people."
(17.60)
Ibn Abbas added:
The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the
Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ulMaqdis
(i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams).
And the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in the Quran is
the tree of Zaqqum (itself) .
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 229:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Ka'b:
Who was Kab's guide
when Ka'b turned blind: I heard Ka'b bin Malik
narrating: When he remained behind (i.e. did not
Join) the Prophet in the Ghazwa of Tabuk. Ibn
Bukair, in his narration stated that Ka'b said,
" I witnessed the Al-'Aqaba pledge of
allegiance at night with the Prophet when we
jointly agreed to support Islam with all our
efforts I would not like to have attended the Badr
battle instead of that 'Aqaba pledge although Badr
is more well-known than it, amongst the
people."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 230:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
I was present with
my two maternal uncles at Al-'Aqaba (where the
pledge of allegiance was given). (Ibn 'Uyaina
said, "One of the two was Al-Bara' bin Marur.")
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 231:
Narrated Jabir:
My father, my two
maternal uncles and I were among those who took
part in the 'Aqaba Pledge.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 232:
Narrated 'Ubada bin
As-Samit:
Who had taken part
in the battle of Badr with Allah's Apostle and had
been amongst his companions on the night of Al-'Aqaba
Pledge: Allah's Apostle, surrounded by a group of
his companions said, "Come along and give me
the pledge of allegiance that you will not worship
anything besides Allah, will not steal, will not
commit illegal sexual intercourse will not kill
your children, will not utter; slander, invented
by yourself, and will not disobey me if I order
you to do something good. Whoever among you will
respect and fulfill this pledge, will be rewarded
by Allah. And if one of you commits any of these
sins and is punished in this world then that will
be his expiation for it, and if one of you commits
any of these sins and Allah screens his sin, then
his matter, will rest with Allah: If He will, He
will punish him and if He will,. He will excuse
him." So I gave the pledge of allegiance to
him for these conditions.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 233:
Narrated 'Ubada bin
As Samit:
I was one of the
Naqibs who gave the ('Aqaba) Pledge of Allegiance
to Allah's Apostle . We gave the pledge of
allegiance to him that we would not worship
anything other than Allah, would not steal, would
not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not
kill a person whose killing Allah has made illegal
except rightfully, would not rob each other, and
we would not be promised Paradise jf we did the
above sins, then if we committed one of the above
sins, Allah will give His Judgment concerning it.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 234:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet engaged
me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to
Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith
bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down.
Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um
Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing
with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I
went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to
me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at
the door of the house. I was breathless then, and
when my breathing became Allright, she took some
water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then
she took me into the house. There in the house I
saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes
and Allah's Blessing and a good luck." Then
she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for
the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came
to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over
to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine
years of age.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 235:
Narrated 'Aisha:
That the Prophet
said to her, "You have been shown to me twice
in my dream. I saw you pictured on a piece of silk
and some-one said (to me). 'This is your wife.'
When I uncovered the picture, I saw that it was
yours. I said, 'If this is from Allah, it will be
done."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 236:
Narrated Hisham's
father:
Khadija died three
years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He
stayed there for two years or so and then he
married 'Aisha when she was a girl of six years of
age, and he consumed that marriage when she was
nine years old.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 237:
Narrated Abu Wail:
We visited Khabbaba
who said, "We migrated with the Prophet for
Allah's Sake, so our reward became due and sure
with Allah. Some of us passed away without taking
anything of their rewards (in this world) and one
of them was Mus'ab bin 'Umar who was martyred on
the day (of the battle) of Uhud leaving a striped
woolen cloak. When we covered his head with it,
his feet became naked, and when covered his feet,
his head became naked.
So Allah's Apostle
ordered us to cover his head and put some Idhkhir
(i.e. a special kind of grass) on his feet. (On
the other hand) some of us have had their fruits
ripened (in this world) and they are collecting
them."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 238:
Narrated 'Umar:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "The reward of deeds depends on the
intentions, so whoever emigrated for the worldly
benefits or to marry a woman, his emigration was
for that for which he emigrated, but whoever
emigrated for the Sake of Allah and His Apostle,
his emigration is for Allah and His Apostle."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 239:
Narrated Mujahid
bin Jabir Al-Makki:
Abdullah bin 'Umar
used to say, "There is no more Hijrah (i.e.
migration) after the Conquest of Mecca."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 240:
Narrated 'Ata bin
Abi Rabah:
'Ubaid bin 'Umar
Al-Laithi and I visited Aisha and asked her about
the Hijra (i.e. migration), and she said,
"Today there is no (Hijrah) emigration. A
believer used to run away with his religion to
Allah and His Apostle lest he should be put to
trial because of his religion. Today Allah has
made Islam triumphant, and today a believer can
worship his Lord wherever he likes. But the deeds
that are still rewardable (in place of emigration)
are Jihad and good intentions." (See Hadith
No. 42 Vol. 4).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 241:
Narrated Aisha:
Sad said, "O
Allah! You know that there is none against whom I
am eager to fight more willingly for Your Cause
than those people who disbelieved Your Apostle and
drove him out (of his city). O Allah! I think that
You have ended the fight between us and
them."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 242:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
started receiving the Divine Inspiration at the
age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen
years, receiving the Divine Revelation. Then he
was ordered to migrate and he lived as an Emigrant
for ten years and then died at the age of
sixty-three (years).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 243:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
stayed in Mecca for thirteen years (after
receiving the first Divine Inspiration) and died
at the age of sixty-three.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 244:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle sat
on the pulpit and said, "Allah has given one
of His Slaves the choice of receiving the splendor
and luxury of the worldly life whatever he likes
or to accept the good (of the Hereafter) which is
with Allah. So he has chosen that good which is
with Allah." On that Abu Bakr wept and said,
"Our fathers and mothers be sacrificed for
you." We became astonished at this. The
people said, "Look at this old man! Allah's
Apostle talks about a Slave of Allah to whom He
has given the option to choose either the splendor
of this worldly life or the good which is with
Him, while he says. 'our fathers and mothers be
sacrifice(i for you." But it was Allah's
Apostle who had been given option, and Abu Bakr
knew it better than we. Allah's Apostle added,
"No doubt, I am indebted to Abu Bakr more
than to anybody else regarding both his
companionship and his wealth. And if I had to take
a Khalil from my followers, I would certainly have
taken Abu Bakr, but the fraternity of Islam is.
sufficient. Let no door (i.e. Khoukha) of the
Mosque remain open, except the door of Abu Bakr."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 245:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) I never remembered my parents believing
in any religion other than the true religion (i.e.
Islam), and (I don't remember) a single day
passing without our being visited by Allah's
Apostle in the morning and in the evening. When
the Muslims were put to test (i.e. troubled by the
pagans), Abu Bakr set out migrating to the land of
Ethiopia, and when he reached Bark-al-Ghimad, Ibn
Ad-Daghina, the chief of the tribe of Qara, met
him and said, "O Abu Bakr! Where are you
going?" Abu Bakr replied, "My people
have turned me out (of my country), so I want to
wander on the earth and worship my Lord." Ibn
Ad-Daghina said, "O Abu Bakr! A man like you
should not leave his home-land, nor should he be
driven out, because you help the destitute, earn
their livings, and you keep good relations with
your Kith and kin, help the weak and poor,
entertain guests generously, and help the
calamity-stricken persons. Therefore I am your
protector. Go back and worship your Lord in your
town."
So Abu Bakr
returned and Ibn Ad-Daghina accompanied him. In
the evening Ibn Ad-Daghina visited the nobles of
Quraish and said to them. "A man like Abu
Bakr should not leave his homeland, nor should he
be driven out. Do you (i.e. Quraish) drive out a
man who helps the destitute, earns their living,
keeps good relations with his Kith and kin, helps
the weak and poor, entertains guests generously
and helps the calamity-stricken persons?" So
the people of Quraish could not refuse Ibn Ad-Daghina's
protection, and they said to Ibn Ad-Daghina,
"Let Abu Bakr worship his Lord in his house.
He can pray and recite there whatever he likes,
but he should not hurt us with it, and should not
do it publicly, because we are afraid that he may
affect our women and children." Ibn Ad-Daghina
told Abu Bakr of all that. Abu Bakr stayed in that
state, worshipping his Lord in his house. He did
not pray publicly, nor did he recite Quran outside
his house.
Then a thought
occurred to Abu Bakr to build a mosque in front of
his house, and there he used to pray and recite
the Quran. The women and children of the pagans
began to gather around him in great number. They
used to wonder at him and look at him. Abu Bakr
was a man who used to weep too much, and he could
not help weeping on reciting the Quran. That
situation scared the nobles of the pagans of
Quraish, so they sent for Ibn Ad-Daghina. When he
came to them, they said, "We accepted your
protection of Abu Bakr on condition that he should
worship his Lord in his house, but he has violated
the conditions and he has built a mosque in front
of his house where he prays and recites the Quran
publicly. We are now afraid that he may affect our
women and children unfavorably. So, prevent him
from that. If he likes to confine the worship of
his Lord to his house, he may do so, but if he
insists on doing that openly, ask him to release
you from your obligation to protect him, for we
dislike to break our pact with you, but we deny
Abu Bakr the right to announce his act
publicly." Ibn Ad-Daghina went to Abu- Bakr
and said, ("O Abu Bakr!) You know well what
contract I have made on your behalf; now, you are
either to abide by it, or else release me from my
obligation of protecting you, because I do not
want the 'Arabs hear that my people have
dishonored a contract I have made on behalf of
another man." Abu Bakr replied, "I
release you from your pact to protect me, and am
pleased with the protection from Allah."
At that time the
Prophet was in Mecca, and he said to the Muslims,
"In a dream I have been shown your migration
place, a land of date palm trees, between two
mountains, the two stony tracts." So, some
people migrated to Medina, and most of those
people who had previously migrated to the land of
Ethiopia, returned to Medina. Abu Bakr also
prepared to leave for Medina, but Allah's Apostle
said to him, "Wait for a while, because I
hope that I will be allowed to migrate also."
Abu Bakr said, "Do you indeed expect this?
Let my father be sacrificed for you!" The
Prophet said, "Yes." So Abu Bakr did not
migrate for the sake of Allah's Apostle in order
to accompany him. He fed two she-camels he
possessed with the leaves of As-Samur tree that
fell on being struck by a stick for four months.
One day, while we
were sitting in Abu Bakr's house at noon, someone
said to Abu Bakr, "This is Allah's Apostle
with his head covered coming at a time at which he
never used to visit us before." Abu Bakr
said, "May my parents be sacrificed for him.
By Allah, he has not come at this hour except for
a great necessity." So Allah's Apostle came
and asked permission to enter, and he was allowed
to enter. When he entered, he said to Abu Bakr.
"Tell everyone who is present with you to go
away." Abu Bakr replied, "There are none
but your family. May my father be sacrificed for
you, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said,
"i have been given permission to
migrate." Abu Bakr said, "Shall I
accompany you? May my father be sacrificed for
you, O Allah's Apostle!" Allah's Apostle
said, "Yes." Abu Bakr said, "O
Allah's Apostle! May my father be sacrificed for
you, take one of these two she-camels of
mine." Allah's Apostle replied, "(I will
accept it) with payment." So we prepared the
baggage quickly and put some journey food in a
leather bag for them. Asma, Abu Bakr's daughter,
cut a piece from her waist belt and tied the mouth
of the leather bag with it, and for that reason
she was named Dhat-un-Nitaqain (i.e. the owner of
two belts).
Then Allah's
Apostle and Abu Bakr reached a cave on the
mountain of Thaur and stayed there for three
nights. 'Abdullah bin Abi Bakr who was intelligent
and a sagacious youth, used to stay (with them)
aver night. He used to leave them before day break
so that in the morning he would be with Quraish as
if he had spent the night in Mecca. He would keep
in mind any plot made against them, and when it
became dark he would (go and) inform them of it. 'Amir
bin Fuhaira, the freed slave of Abu Bakr, used to
bring the milch sheep (of his master, Abu Bakr) to
them a little while after nightfall in order to
rest the sheep there. So they always had fresh
milk at night, the milk of their sheep, and the
milk which they warmed by throwing heated stones
in it. 'Amir bin Fuhaira would then call the herd
away when it was still dark (before daybreak). He
did the same in each of those three nights.
Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr had hired a man from
the tribe of Bani Ad-Dail from the family of Bani
Abd bin Adi as an expert guide, and he was in
alliance with the family of Al-'As bin Wail As-Sahmi
and he was on the religion of the infidels of
Quraish. The Prophet and Abu Bakr trusted him and
gave him their two she-camels and took his promise
to bring their two she camels to the cave of the
mountain of Thaur in the morning after three
nights later. And (when they set out), 'Amir bin
Fuhaira and the guide went along with them and the
guide led them along the sea-shore.
The nephew of
Suraqa bin Ju'sham said that his father informed
him that he heard Suraqa bin Ju'sham saying,
"The messengers of the heathens of Quraish
came to us declaring that they had assigned for
the persons why would kill or arrest Allah's
Apostle and Abu Bakr, a reward equal to their
bloodmoney. While I was sitting in one of the
gatherings of my tribe. Bani Mudlij, a man from
them came to us and stood up while we were
sitting, and said, "O Suraqa! No doubt, I
have just seen some people far away on the
seashore, and I think they are Muhammad and his
companions." Suraqa added, "I too
realized that it must have been they. But I said
'No, it is not they, but you have seen so-and-so,
and so-and-so whom we saw set out.' I stayed in
the gathering for a while and then got up and left
for my home. and ordered my slave-girl to get my
horse which was behind a hillock, and keep it
ready for me.
Then I took my
spear and left by the back door of my house
dragging the lower end of the spear on the ground
and keeping it low. Then I reached my horse,
mounted it and made it gallop. When I approached
them (i.e. Muhammad and Abu Bakr), my horse
stumbled and I fell down from it, Then I stood up,
got hold of my quiver and took out the divining
arrows and drew lots as to whether I should harm
them (i.e. the Prophet and Abu Bakr) or not, and
the lot which I disliked came out. But I remounted
my horse and let it gallop, giving no importance
to the divining arrows. When I heard the
recitation of the Quran by Allah's Apostle who did
not look hither and thither while Abu Bakr was
doing it often, suddenly the forelegs of my horse
sank into the ground up to the knees, and I fell
down from it. Then I rebuked it and it got up but
could hardly take out its forelegs from the
ground, and when it stood up straight again, its
fore-legs caused dust to rise up in the sky like
smoke. Then again I drew lots with the divining
arrows, and the lot which I disliked, came out. So
I called upon them to feel secure. They stopped,
and I remounted my horse and went to them. When I
saw how I had been hampered from harming them, it
came to my mind that the cause of Allah's Apostle
(i.e. Islam) will become victorious. So I said to
him, "Your people have assigned a reward
equal to the bloodmoney for your head." Then
I told them all the plans the people of Mecca had
made concerning them. Then I offered them some
journey food and goods but they refused to take
anything and did not ask for anything, but the
Prophet said, "Do not tell others about
us." Then I requested him to write for me a
statement of security and peace. He ordered 'Amr
bin Fuhaira who wrote it for me on a parchment,
and then Allah's Apostle proceeded on his way.
Narrated 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair: Allah's Apostle met Az-Zubair in a
caravan of Muslim merchants who were returning
from Sham. Az-Zubair provided Allah's Apostle and
Abu Bakr with white clothes to wear. When the
Muslims of Medina heard the news of the departure
of Allah's Apostle from Mecca (towards Medina),
they started going to the Harra every morning .
They would wait for him till the heat of the noon
forced them to return. One day, after waiting for
a long while, they returned home, and when they
went into their houses, a Jew climbed up the roof
of one of the forts of his people to look for some
thing, and he saw Allah's Apostle and his
companions dressed in white clothes, emerging out
of the desert mirage.
The Jew could not
help shouting at the top of his voice, "O you
'Arabs! Here is your great man whom you have been
waiting for!" So all the Muslims rushed to
their arms and received Allah's Apostle on the
summit of Harra. The Prophet turned with them to
the right and alighted at the quarters of Bani 'Amr
bin 'Auf, and this was on Monday in the month of
Rabi-ul-Awal. Abu Bakr stood up, receiving the
people while Allah's Apostle sat down and kept
silent. Some of the Ansar who came and had not
seen Allah's Apostle before, began greeting Abu
Bakr, but when the sunshine fell on Allah's
Apostle and Abu Bakr came forward and shaded him
with his sheet only then the people came to know
Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle stayed with Bani
'Amr bin 'Auf for ten nights and established the
mosque (mosque of Quba) which was founded on
piety. Allah's Apostle prayed in it and then
mounted his she-camel and proceeded on,
accompanied by the people till his she-camel knelt
down at (the place of) the Mosque of Allah's
Apostle at Medina. Some Muslims used to pray there
in those days, and that place was a yard for
drying dates belonging to Suhail and Sahl, the
orphan boys who were under the guardianship of 'Asad
bin Zurara. When his she-camel knelt down, Allah's
Apostle said, "This place, Allah willing,
will be our abiding place." Allah's Apostle
then called the two boys and told them to suggest
a price for that yard so that he might take it as
a mosque. The two boys said, "No, but we will
give it as a gift, O Allah's Apostle!"
Allah's Apostle then built a mosque there. The
Prophet himself started carrying unburnt bricks
for its building and while doing so, he was saying
"This load is better than the load of Khaibar,
for it is more pious in the Sight of Allah and
purer and better rewardable." He was also
saying, "O Allah! The actual reward is the
reward in the Hereafter, so bestow Your Mercy on
the Ansar and the Emigrants." Thus the
Prophet recited (by way of proverb) the poem of
some Muslim poet whose name is unknown to me.
(Ibn Shibab said,
"In the Hadiths it does not occur that
Allah's Apostle
recited a complete
poetic verse other than this one.")
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 246:
Narrated Asma:
I prepared the
journey food for the Prophet and Abu Bakr when
they wanted (to migrate to) Medina. I said to my
father (Abu Bakr), "I do not have anything to
tie the container of the journey food with except
my waist belt." He said, "Divide it
lengthwise into two." I did so, and for this
reason I was named 'Dhat-un-Nitaqain' (i.e. the
owner of two belts). (Ibn 'Abbas said, "Asma',
Dhat-un-Nitaq.")
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 247:
Narrated Al-Bara:
When the Prophet
migrated to Medina, Suraqa bin Malik bin Ju'sham
pursued him. The Prophet invoked evil on him,
therefore the forelegs of his horse sank into the
ground. Suraqa said (to the Prophet ),
"Invoke Allah to rescue me, and I will not
harm you. "The Prophet invoked Allah for him.
Then Allah's Apostle felt thirsty and he passed by
a shepherd. Abu Bakr said, "I took a bowl and
milked a little milk in it and brought it to the
Prophet and he drank till I was pleased."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 248:
Narrated Asma:
That she conceived
'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. She added, "I
migrated to Medina while I was at full term of
pregnancy and alighted at Quba where I gave birth
to him. Then I brought him to the Prophet and put
him in his lap. The Prophet asked for a date,
chewed it, and put some of its juice in the
child's mouth. So, the first thing that entered
the child's stomach was the saliva of Allah's
Apostle. Then the Prophet rubbed the child's
palate with a date and invoked for Allah's
Blessings on him, and he was the first child born
amongst the Emigrants in the Islamic Land (i.e.
Medina).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 249:
Narrated Aisha:
The first child who
was born in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina) amongst
the Emigrants, was 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. They
brought him to the Prophet. The Prophet took a
date, and after chewing it, put its juice in his
mouth. So the first thing that went into the
child's stomach, was the saliva of the Prophet
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 250:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
arrived at Medina with Abu Bakr, riding behind him
on the same camel. Abu Bakr was an elderly man
known to the people, while Allah's Apostle was a
youth that was unknown. Thus, if a man met Abu
Bakr, he would day, "O Abu Bakr! Who is this
man in front of you?" Abu Bakr would say,
"This man shows me the Way," One would
think that Abu Bakr meant the road, while in fact,
Abu Bakr meant the way of virtue and good. Then
Abu Bakr looked behind and saw a horse-rider
persuing them. He said, "O Allah's Apostle!
This is a horse-rider persuing us." The
Prophet looked behind and said, "O Allah!
Cause him to fall down." So the horse threw
him down and got up neighing. After that the
rider, Suraqa said, "O Allah's Prophet! Order
me whatever you want." The Prophet said,
"Stay where you are and do not allow anybody
to reach us." So, in the first part of the
day Suraqa was an enemy of Allah's Prophet and in
the last part of it, he was a protector. Then
Allah's Apostle alighted by the side of the Al-Harra
and sent a message to the Ansar, and they came to
Allah's Prophet and Abu Bakr, and having greeted
them, they said, "Ride (your she-camels) safe
and obeyed." Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr
rode and the Ansar, carrying their arms,
surrounded them. The news that Allah's Prophet had
come circulated in Medina. The people came out and
were eagerly looking and saying "Allah's
Prophet has come! Allah's Prophet has come! So the
Prophet went on till he alighted near the house of
Abu Aiyub. While the Prophet was speaking with the
family members of Abu Aiyub, 'Abdullah bin Salam
heard the news of his arrival while he himself was
picking the dates for his family from his family
garden. He hurried to the Prophet carrying the
dates which he had collected for his family from
the garden. He listened to Allah's Prophet and
then went home.
Then Allah's
Prophet said, "Which is the nearest of the
houses of our Kith and kin?" Abu Aiyub
replied, "Mine, O Allah's Prophet! This is my
house and this is my gate." The Prophet said,
"Go and prepare a place for our midday
rest." Abu Aiyub said, "Get up (both of
you) with Allah's Blessings." So when Allah's
Prophet went into the house, 'Abdullah bin Salaim
came and said "I testify that you (i.e.
Muhammad) are Apostle of Allah and that you have
come with the Truth. The Jews know well that I am
their chief and the son of their chief and the
most learned amongst them and the son of the most
learned amongst them. So send for them (i.e. Jews)
and ask them about me before they know that I have
embraced Islam, for if they know that they will
say about me things which are not correct."
So Allah's Apostle sent for them, and they came
and entered. Allah's Apostle said to them, "O
(the group of) Jews! Woe to you: be afraid of
Allah. By Allah except Whom none has the right to
be worshipped, you people know for certain, that I
am Apostle of Allah and that I have come to you
with the Truth, so embrace Islam." The Jews
replied, "We do not know this." So they
said this to the Prophet and he repeated it
thrice. Then he said, "What sort of a man is
'Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?" They said,
"He is our chief and the son of our chief and
the most learned man, and the son of the most
learned amongst us." He said, "What
would you think if he should embrace Islam?"
They said, "Allah forbid! He can not embrace
Islam." He said, " What would you think
if he should embrace Islam?" They said,
"Allah forbid! He can not embrace
Islam." He said, "What would you think
if he should embrace Islam?" They said,
"Allah forbid! He can not embrace
Islam." He said, "O Ibn Salaim! Come out
to them." He came out and said, "O (the
group of) Jews! 8e afraid of Allah except Whom
none has the right to be worshipped. You know for
certain that he is Apostle of Allah and that he
has brought a True Religion!' They said, "You
tell a lie." On that Allah's Apostle turned
them out.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 251:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab
fixed a grant of 4000 (Dirhams) for every Early
Emigrant (i.e. Muhajir) and fixed a grant of 3500
(Dirhams) only for Ibn 'Umar. Somebody said to 'Umar,
"Ibn 'Umar is also one of the Early
Emigrants; why do you give him less than
four-thousand?" 'Umar replied, "His
parents took him with them when they migrated, so
he was not like the one who had migrated by
himself.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 252:
Narrated Khabbab:
We migrated with
Allah's Apostle (See Hadith No. 253 below).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 253:
Narrated Khabbab:
We migrated with
Allah's Apostle seeking Allah's Countenance, so
our rewards became due and sure with Allah. Some
of us passed away without eating anything of their
rewards in this world. One of these was Mus'ab bin
'Umar who was martyred on the day of the battle of
Uhud. We did not find anything to shroud his body
with except a striped cloak. When we covered his
head with it, his feet remained uncovered, and
when we covered his feet with it, his head
remained uncovered. So Allah's Apostle ordered us
to cover his head with it and put some Idhkhir
(i.e. a kind of grass) over his feet. And there
are some amongst us whose fruits have ripened and
they are collecting them (i.e. they have received
their rewards in this world).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 254:
Narrated Abu Burda
Bin Abi Musa Al-Ashari:
'Abdullah bin 'Umar
said to me, "Do you know what my father said
to your father once?" I said, "No."
He said, "My father said to your father, 'O
Abu Musa, will it please you that we will be
rewarded for our conversion to Islam with Allah's
Apostle and our migration with him, and our Jihad
with him and all our good deeds which we did, with
him, and that all the deeds we did after his death
will be disregarded whether good or bad?' Your
father (i.e. Abu Musa) said, 'No, by Allah, we
took part in Jihad after Allah's Apostle , prayed
and did plenty of good deeds, and many people have
embraced Islam at our hands, and no doubt, we
expect rewards from Allah for these good deeds.'
On that my father (i.e. 'Umar) said, 'As for
myself, By Him in Whose Hand 'Umar's soul is, I
wish that the deeds done by us at the time of the
Prophet remain rewardable while whatsoever we did
after the death of the Prophet be enough to save
us from Punishment in that the good deeds
compensate for the bad ones.' " On that I
said (to Ibn 'Umar), "By Allah, your father
was better than my father!"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 255:
Narrated Abu 'Uthman:
I heard that Ibn 'Umar
used to become angry if someone mentioned that he
had migrated before his father ('Umar), and he
used to say, " 'Umar and I came to Allah's
Apostle and found him having his midday rest, so
we returned home. Then 'Umar sent me again (to the
Prophet ) and said, 'Go and see whether he is
awake.' I went to him and entered his place and
gave him the pledge of allegiance. Then I went
back to 'Umar and informed him that the Prophet
was awake. So we both went, running slowly, and
when 'Umar entered his place, he gave him the
pledge of allegiance and thereafter I too gave him
the pledge of allegiance,"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 256:
Narrated Al-Bara:
Abu Bakr bought a
(camel's) saddle from 'Azib, and I carried it for
him. 'Azib (i.e. my father) asked Abu Bakr
regarding the journey of the migration of Allah's
Apostle. Abu Bakr said, "Close observers were
appointed by our enemies to watch us. So we went
out at night and travelled throughout the night
and the following day till it was noon, then we
perceived a rock and went towards it, and there
was some shade under it. I spread a cloak I had
with me for Allah's Apostle and then the Prophet
layed on it. I went out to guard him and all of a
sudden I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep
looking for the same, the shade of the rock as we
did, I asked him, 'O boy, to whom do you belong?'
He replied, 'I belong to so-and-so.' I asked him,
'Is there some milk in your sheep?' He replied in
the affirmative. I asked him, 'Will you milk?' He
replied in the affirmative. Then he got hold of
one of his sheep. I said to him, 'Remove the dust
from its udder.' Then he milked a little milk. I
had a water-skin with me which was tied with a
piece of cloth. I had prepared the water-skin for
Allah's Apostle . So I poured some water over the
milk (container) till its bottom became cold. Then
I brought the milk to the Prophet and said,
'Drink, O Allah's Apostle.' Allah's Apostle drank
till I became pleased. Then we departed and the
pursuers were following us." Al-Bara added: I
then went with Abu Bakr into his home (carrying
that saddle) and there I saw his daughter 'Aisha
Lying in a bed because of heavy fever and I saw
her father Abu Bakr kissing her cheek and saying,
"How are you, little daughter?"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 257:
Narrated Anas:
(the servant of the
Prophet) When the Prophet arrived (at Medina),
there was not a single companion of the Prophet
who had grey and black hair except Abu Bakr, and
he dyed his hair with Henna' and Katam (i.e.
plants used for dying hair). Through another group
of narrators, Anas bin Malik said,. "When the
Prophet arrived at Medina, the eldest amongst his
companions was Abu Bakr. He dyed his hair with
Hinna and Katam till it became of dark red color.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 258:
Narrate Aisha:
Abu Bakr married a
woman from the tribe of Bani Kalb, called Um Bakr.
When Abu Bakr migrated to Medina, he divorced her
and she was married by her cousin, the poet who
said the following poem lamenting the infidels of
Quraish:
"What is there
kept in the well, The well of Badr, (The owners
of) the trays of Roasted camel humps? What is
there kept in the well, The well of Badr, (The
owners of) lady singers And friends of the
honorable companions; who used to drink (wine)
together, Um Bakr greets us With the greeting of
peace, But can I find peace After my people have
gone? The Apostle tells us that We shall live
again, But what sort of life will owls and skulls
live?:
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 259:
Narrated Abu Bakr:
I was with the
Prophet in the Cave. When I raised my head, I saw
the feet of the people. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! If some of them should look down, they
will see us." The Prophet said, "O Abu
Bakr, be quiet! (For we are) two and Allah is the
Third of us."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 260:
Narrated Abu Said:
Once a bedouin came
to the Prophet and asked him about the migration.
The Prophet said, "Mercy of Allah be on you!
The migration is a quite difficult matter. Have
you got some camels?" He replied in the
affirmative. Then the Prophet said, "Do you
give their Zakat?" He replied in the
affirmative. The Prophet said, "Do you let
others benefit by their milk gratis?" He
replied in the affirmative. Then the Prophet
asked, "Do you milk them on their watering
days and give their milk to the poor and
needy?" He replied in the affirmative. The
Prophet, said, "Go on doing like this from
beyond the seas, and there is no doubt that Allah
will not overlook any of your good deeds."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 261:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The first people
who came to us (in Medina) were Mus'ab bin 'Umar
and Ibn Um Maktum. Then came to us 'Ammar bin
Yasir and Bilal.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 262:
Narrated Al-Bara
bin Azib:
The first people
who came to us (in Medina) were Mus'ab bin 'Umar
and Ibn Um Maktum who were teaching Qur'an to the
people. Then their came Bilal. Sad and 'Ammar bin
Yasir. After that 'Umar bin Al-Khattab came along
with twenty other companions of the Prophet. Later
on the Prophet himself (to Medina) and I had never
seen the people of Medina so joyful as they were
on the arrival of Allah's Apostle, for even the
slave girls were saying, "Allah's Apostle has
arrived!" And before his arrival I had read
the Sura starting with:-- "Glorify the Name
of your Lord, the Most High" (87.1) together
with other Suras of Al-Mufassal.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 263:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When Allah's
Apostle came to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got
fever, and I went to both of them and said,
"O my father, how do you feel? O Bilal, how
do you feel?" Whenever Abu Bakr's fever got
worse, he would say, "Every man will meet his
death once in one morning while he will be among
his family, for death is really nearer to him than
his leather shoe laces (to his feet)." And
whenever fever deserted Bilal, he would say aloud,
"Would that I know whether I shall spend a
night in the valley (of Mecca) with Idhkhir and
Jalil (i.e. kinds of grass) around me, and whether
I shall drink one day the water of Mijannah, and
whether I shall see once again the hills of Shamah
and Tafil?" Then I went to Allah's Apostle
and told him of that. He said, "O Allah, make
us love Medina as much as or more than we used to
love Mecca, O Allah, make it healthy and bless its
Sa' and Mud (i.e. measures), and take away its
fever to Al-Juhfa."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 264:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah
bin Ad bin Khiyair:
I went to Uthman.
After reciting Tashah-hud, he said,. "Then
after no doubt, Allah sent Muhammad with the
Truth, and I was amongst those who responded to
the Call of Allah and His Prophet and believed in
the message of Muhammad. Then took part in the two
migrations. I became the son-in-law of Allah's
Apostle and gave the pledge of allegiance to him
By Allah, I never disobeyed him, nor did I deceive
him till Allah took him unto Him."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 265:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
During the last
Hajj led by 'Umar, 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf returned
to his family at Mina and met me there. 'AbdurRahman
said (to 'Umar), "O chief of the believers!
The season of Hajj is the season when there comes
the scum of the people (besides the good amongst
them), so I recommend that you should wait till
you go back to Medina, for it is the place of
Migration and Sunna (i.e. the Prophet's
tradition), and there you will be able to refer
the matter to the religious scholars and the
nobles and the people of wise opinions." 'Umar
said, "I will speak of it in Medina on my
very first sermon I will deliver there."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 266:
Narrated 'Um
al-'Ala:
An Ansari woman who
gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet that
the Ansar drew lots concerning the dwelling of the
Emigrants. 'Uthman bin Maz'un was decided to dwell
with them (i.e. Um al-'Ala's family), 'Uthman fell
ill and I nursed him till he died, and we covered
him with his clothes. Then the Prophet came to us
and I (addressing the dead body) said, "O Abu
As-Sa'ib, may Allah's Mercy be on you! I bear
witness that Allah has honored you." On that
the Prophet said, "How do you know that Allah
has honored him?" I replied, "I do not
know. May my father and my mother be sacrificed
for you, O Allah's Apostle! But who else is worthy
of it (if not 'Uthman)?" He said, "As to
him, by Allah, death has overtaken him, and I hope
the best for him. By Allah, though I am the
Apostle of Allah, yet I do not know what Allah
will do to me," By Allah, I will never assert
the piety of anyone after him. That made me sad,
and when I slept I saw in a dream a flowing stream
for 'Uthman bin Maz'un. I went to Allah's Apostle
and told him of it. He remarked, "That
symbolizes his (good) deeds."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 267:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The day of Bu'ath
was a day (i.e. battle) which Allah caused to take
place just before the mission of His Apostle so
that when Allah's Apostle came to Medina, they
(the tribes) had divided (into hostile groups) and
their nobles had been killed; and all that
facilitated their conversion to Islam.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 268:
Narrated Aisha:
That once Abu Bakr
came to her on the day of 'Id-ul-Fitr or 'Id ul
Adha while the Prophet was with her and there were
two girl singers with her, singing songs of the
Ansar about the day of Buath. Abu Bakr said twice.
"Musical instrument of Satan!" But the
Prophet said, "Leave them Abu Bakr, for every
nation has an 'Id (i.e. festival) and this day is
our 'Id."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 269:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
When Allah's
Apostle arrived at Medina, he alighted at the
upper part of Medina among the people called Bani
'Amr bin 'Auf and he stayed with them for fourteen
nights. Then he sent for the chiefs of Bani An-Najjar,
and they came, carrying their swords. As if I am
just now looking at Allah's Apostle on his
she-camel with Abu Bakr riding behind him (on the
same camel) and the chiefs of Bani An-Najjar
around him till he dismounted in the courtyard of
Abu Aiyub's home. The Prophet used to offer the
prayer wherever the prayer was due, and he would
pray even in sheepfolds. Then he ordered that the
mosque be built. He sent for the chiefs of Banu
An-Najjar, and when they came, he said, "O
Banu An-Najjar! Suggest to me the price of this
garden of yours." They replied "No! By
Allah, we do not demand its price except from
Allah." In that garden there were the
(following) things that I will tell you: Graves of
pagans, unleveled land with holes and pits etc.,
and date-palm trees. Allah's Apostle ordered that
the graves of the pagans be dug up and, the
unleveled land be leveled and the date-palm trees
be cut down. The trunks of the trees were arranged
so as to form the wall facing the Qibla. The Stone
pillars were built at the sides of its gate. The
companions of the Prophet were carrying the stones
and reciting some lyrics, and Allah's Apostle . .
was with them and they were saying, "O Allah!
There is no good Excel the good of the Hereafter,
so bestow victory on the Ansar and the Emigrants.
"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 270:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Humaid Az-Zuhri:
I heard 'Umar bin
'Abdul-Aziz asking As-Sa'ib, the nephew of An-Nimr.
"What have you heard about residing in
Mecca?" The other said, "I heard Al-Ala
bin Al-Hadrami saying, Allah's Apostle said: An
Emigrant is allowed to stay in Mecca for three
days after departing from Mina (i.e. after
performing all the ceremonies of Hajj)"
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 271:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad:
The Prophet's
companions did not take as a starting date for the
Muslim calendar, the day, the Prophet had been
sent as an Apostle or the day of his death, but
the day of his arrival at Medina.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 272:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Originally, two
Rakat were prescribed in every prayer. When the
Prophet migrated (to Medina) four Rakat were
enjoined, while the journey prayer remained
unchanged(i.e. two Rakat).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 273:
Narrated Sad bin
Malik:
In the year of
Hajjat-ul-Wada' the Prophet visited me when I fell
ill and was about to die because of that illness.
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am very ill as
you see, and I am a rich man and have no heir
except my only daughter. Shall I give 2/3 of my
property in charity?" He said,
"No." I said, "Shall I then give
one half of it in charity?" He said, "O
Sad! Give 1/3 (in charity) and even 1/3 is too
much. No doubt, it is better to leave your
children rich than to leave them poor, reduced to
begging from others. And Allah will reward you for
whatever you spend with the intention of gaining
Allah's Pleasure even if it were a mouthful of
food you put into your wives mouth." I said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Am I to be left behind
(in Mecca) after my companions have gone?" He
said, "If you should be left behind, you will
be upgraded and elevated for every deed you will
do with a desire to achieve Allah's Pleasure. I
hope that you will live long so that some people
will benefit by you while others will be harmed. O
Allah! Please fulfill the migration of my
companions and do not make them turn back on their
heels. But (we feel sorry for) the unlucky Sad bin
Khaulah." Allah's Apostle lamented his death
in Mecca.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 274:
Narrated Anas:
When 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Auf came to Medina and the Prophet established
the bond of brotherhood between him and Sad bin
Ar-Rabi-al-Ansari, Saud suggested that 'Abdur-Rahman
should accept half of his property and family. 'Abdur
Rahman said, "May Allah bless you in your
family and property; guide me to the market."
So 'Abdur-Rahman (while doing business in the
market) made some profit of some condensed dry
yoghurt and butter. After a few days the Prophet
saw him wearing clothes stained with yellow
perfume. The Prophet asked, "What is this, O
'Abdur-Rahman?" He said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I have married an Ansar' woman." The
Prophet asked, "What have you given her as
Mahr?" He (i.e. 'Abdur-Rahman) said, "A
piece of gold, about the weight of a date
stone." Then the Prophet said, Give a
banquet, even though of a sheep."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 275:
Narrated Anas:
When the news of
the arrival of the Prophet at Medina reached
'Abdullah bin Salam, he went to him to ask him
about certain things, He said, "I am going to
ask you about three things which only a Prophet
can answer: What is the first sign of The Hour?
What is the first food which the people of
Paradise will eat? Why does a child attract the
similarity to his father or to his mother?"
The Prophet replied, "Gabriel has just now
informed me of that." Ibn Salam said,
"He (i.e. Gabriel) is the enemy of the Jews
amongst the angels. The Prophet said, "As for
the first sign of The Hour, it will be a fire that
will collect the people from the East to the West.
As for the first meal which the people of Paradise
will eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of
the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man's
discharge proceeds the woman's discharge, the
child attracts the similarity to the man, and if
the woman's discharge proceeds the man's, then the
child attracts the similarity to the woman."
On this, 'Abdullah
bin Salam said, "I testify that None has the
right to be worshipped except Allah, and that you
are the Apostle of Allah." and added, "O
Allah's Apostle! Jews invent such lies as make one
astonished, so please ask them about me before
they know about my conversion to I slam . "
The Jews came, and the Prophet said, "What
kind of man is 'Abdullah bin Salam among
you?" They replied, "The best of us and
the son of the best of us and the most superior
among us, and the son of the most superior among
us. "The Prophet said, "What would you
think if 'Abdullah bin Salam should embrace
Islam?" They said, "May Allah protect
him from that." The Prophet repeated his
question and they gave the same answer. Then
'Abdullah came out to them and said, "I
testify that None has the right to be worshipped
except Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of
Allah!" On this, the Jews said, "He is
the most wicked among us and the son of the most
wicked among us." So they degraded him. On
this, he (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Salam) said, "It
is this that I was afraid of, O Allah's Apostle.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 276:
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal
'AbdurRahman bin Mut'im:
A partner of mine
sold some Dirhams on credit in the market. I said,
"Glorified be Allah! Is this legal?" He
replied, "Glorified be Allah! By Allah, when
I sold them in the market, nobody objected to
it." Then I asked Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (about
it) he said, "We used to make such a
transaction when the Prophet came to Medina. So he
said, 'There is no harm in it if it is done from
hand to hand, but it is not allowed on credit.' Go
to Zaid bin Al- Arqam and ask him about it for he
was the greatest trader of all of us." So I
asked Zaid bin Al-Arqam., and he said the same (as
Al-Bara) did."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 277:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"Had only ten Jews (amongst their chiefs)
believe me, all the Jews would definitely have
believed me."
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 278:
Narrated Abu Musa:
When the Prophet
arrived at Medina, he noticed that some people
among the Jews used to respect Ashura' (i.e. 10th
of Muharram) and fast on it. The Prophet then
said, "We have more right to observe fast on
this day." and ordered that fasting should be
observed on it.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 279:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When the Prophet
arrived at Medina he found that the Jews observed
fast on the day of 'Ashura'. They were asked the
reason for the fast. They replied, "This is
the day when Allah caused Moses and the children
of Israel to have victory over Pharaoh, so we fast
on this day as a sign of glorifying it."
Allah's Apostle said, "We are closer to Moses
than you." Then he ordered that fasting on
this day should be observed.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 280:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Abbas:
The Prophet used to
keep his hair falling loose while the pagans used
to part their hair, and the People of the
Scriptures used to keep their hair falling loose,
and the Prophet liked to follow the People of the
Scriptures in matters about which he had not been
instructed differently, but later on the Prophet
started parting his hair.
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 281:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
They, the people of
the Scriptures, divided this Scripture into parts,
believing in some portions of it and disbelieving
the others. (See 15:91)
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 282:
Narrated Salman Al-Farisi:
That he was sold
(as a slave) by one master to another for more
than ten times (i.e between 13 and 19).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 283:
Narrated Salman:
I am from Ram-Hurmuz
(i.e. a Persian town).
Volume
5, Book 58, Number 284:
Narrated Salman:
The interval
between Jesus and Muhammad was six hundred years.
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