Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 89:
Judgments
(Ahkaam)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 251:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, and
whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and whoever
obeys the ruler I appoint, obeys me, and whoever
disobeys him, disobeys me."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 252:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Surely! Everyone of you is a guardian
and is responsible for his charges: The Imam
(ruler) of the people is a guardian and is
responsible for his subjects; a man is the
guardian of his family (household) and is
responsible for his subjects; a woman is the
guardian of her husband's home and of his children
and is responsible for them; and the slave of a
man is a guardian of his master's property and is
responsible for it. Surely, everyone of you is a
guardian and responsible for his charges."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 253:
Narrated Muhammad
bin Jubair bin Mut'im:
That while he was
included in a delegation of Quraish staying with
Muawiya, Muawiya heard that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr had
said that there would be a king from Qahtan tribe,
whereupon he became very angry. He stood up, and
after glorifying and praising Allah as He
deserved, said, "To proceed, I have come to
know that some of you men are narrating things
which are neither in Allah's Book, nor has been
mentioned by Allah's Apostle . Such people are the
ignorant among you. Beware of such vain desires
that mislead those who have them. I have heard
Allah's Apostle saying, 'This matter (of the
caliphate) will remain with the Quraish, and none
will rebel against them, but Allah will throw him
down on his face as long as they stick to the
rules and regulations of the religion
(Islam).'"
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 254:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "This matter (caliphate) will remain
with the Quraish even if only two of them were
still existing."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 255:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Do not wish to be like anyone, except
in two cases: (1) A man whom Allah has given
wealth and he spends it righteously. (2) A man
whom Allah has given wisdom (knowledge of the
Quran and the Hadith) and he acts according to it
and teaches it to others."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 256:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah's Apostle
said, "You should listen to and obey, your
ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave
whose head looks like a raisin."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 257:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said,
"If somebody sees his Muslim ruler doing
something he disapproves of, he should be patient,
for whoever becomes separate from the Muslim group
even for a span and then dies, he will die as
those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of
ignorance (as rebellious sinners). (See Hadith No.
176 and 177)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 258:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"A Muslim has to listen to and obey (the
order of his ruler) whether he likes it or not, as
long as his orders involve not one in disobedience
(to Allah), but if an act of disobedience (to
Allah) is imposed one should not listen to it or
obey it. (See Hadith No. 203, Vol. 4)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 259:
Narrated 'Ali:
The Prophet sent an
army unit (for some campaign) and appointed a man
from the Ansar as its commander and ordered them
(the soldiers) to obey him. (During the campaign)
he became angry with them and said, "Didn't
the Prophet order you to obey me?" They said,
"Yes." He said, "I order you to
collect wood and make a fire and then throw
yourselves into it." So they collected wood
and made a fire, but when they were about to throw
themselves into, it they started looking at each
other, and some of them said, "We followed
the Prophet to escape from the fire. How should we
enter it now?" So while they were in that
state, the fire extinguished and their commander's
anger abated. The event was mentioned to the
Prophet and he said, "If they had entered it
(the fire) they would never have come out of it,
for obedience is required only in what is
good." (See Hadith No. 629. Vol. 5)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 260:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Samura:
The Prophet said,
"O 'Abdur-Rahman! Do not seek to be a ruler,
for if you are given authority on your demand then
you will be held responsible for it, but if you
are given it without asking (for it), then you
will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you ever take
an oath to do something and later on you find that
something else is better, then you should expiate
your oath and do what is better."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 261:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman
bin Samura:
Allah's Apostle
said, "O 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not
seek to be a ruler, for if you are given authority
on your demand, you will be held responsible for
it, but if you are given it without asking for it,
then you will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you
ever take an oath to do something and later on you
find that something else is better, then do what
is better and make expiation for your oath."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 262:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet said,
"You people will be keen to have the
authority of ruling which will be a thing of
regret for you on the Day of Resurrection. What an
excellent wet nurse it is, yet what a bad weaning
one it is!"
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 263:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Two men from my
tribe and I entered upon the Prophet. One of the
two men said to the Prophet, "O Allah's
Apostle! Appoint me as a governor," and so
did the second. The Prophet said, "We do not
assign the authority of ruling to those who ask
for it, nor to those who are keen to have
it."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 264:
Narrated Ma'qil:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "Any man whom Allah has given the
authority of ruling some people and he does not
look after them in an honest manner, will never
feel even the smell of Paradise."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 265:
Narrated Ma'qil:
Allah's Apostle
said, "If any ruler having the authority to
rule Muslim subjects dies while he is deceiving
them, Allah will forbid Paradise for him."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 266:
Narrated Tarif Abi
Tamima:
I saw Safwan and
Jundab and Safwan's companions when Jundab was
advising. They said, "Did you hear something
from Allah's Apostle?" Jundab said, "I
heard him saying, 'Whoever does a good deed in
order to show off, Allah will expose his
intentions on the Day of Resurrection (before the
people), and whoever puts the people into
difficulties, Allah will put him into difficulties
on the Day of Resurrection.'" The people said
(to Jundab), "Advise us." He said,
"The first thing of the human body to purify
is the abdomen, so he who can eat nothing but good
food (Halal and earned lawfully) should do so, and
he who does as much as he can that nothing
intervene between him and Paradise by not shedding
even a handful of blood, (i.e. murdering) should
do so."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 267:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Apostle." The
Prophet said, "You will be with the one whom
you love."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 268:
Narrated Thabit Al-Bunani:
Anas bin Malik said
to a woman of his family, "Do you know
such-and-such a woman?" She replied,
"Yes." He said, "The Prophet passed
by her while she was weeping over a grave, and he
said to her, 'Be afraid of Allah and be patient.'
The woman said (to the Prophet). 'Go away from me,
for you do not know my calamity.'" Anas
added, "The Prophet left her and proceeded. A
man passed by her and asked her, 'What has Allah's
Apostle said to you?' She replied, 'I did not
recognize him.' The man said, 'He was Allah's
Apostle."' Anas added, "So that woman
came to the gate of the Prophet and she did not
find a gate-keeper there, and she said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! By Allah. I did not recognize you!' The
Prophet said, 'No doubt, patience is at the first
stroke of a calamity.'"
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 269:
Narrated Anas:
Qais bin Sa'd was
to the Prophet like a chief police officer to an
Amir (chief).
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 270:
Narrated Abu Musa:
that the Prophet
sent him and sent Mu'adh after him (as rulers to
Yemen).
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 271:
Narrated Abu Musa:
A man embraced
Islam and then reverted back to Judaism. Mu'adh
bin Jabal came and saw the man with Abu Musa.
Mu'adh asked, "What is wrong with this
(man)?" Abu Musa replied, "He embraced
Islam and then reverted back to Judaism."
Mu'adh said, "I will not sit down unless you
kill him (as it is) the verdict of Allah and His
Apostle
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 272:
Narrated 'Abdur
Rahman bin Abi Bakra:
Abu Bakra wrote to
his son who was in Sijistan: 'Do not judge between
two persons when you are angry, for I heard the
Prophet saying, "A judge should not judge
between two persons while he is in an angry
mood."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 273:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud
Al-Ansari:
A man came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
By Allah, I fail to attend the morning
congregational prayer because so-and-so (i.e.,
Muadh bin Jabal) prolongs the prayer when he leads
us for it." I had never seen the Prophet more
furious in giving advice than he was on that day.
He then said, "O people! some of you make
others dislike (good deeds, i.e. prayers etc). So
whoever among you leads the people in prayer, he
should shorten it because among them there are the
old, the weak and the busy (needy having some jobs
to do). (See Hadith No. 90, Vol. 1)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 274:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
That he had
divorced his wife during her menses. 'Umar
mentioned that to the Prophet. Allah's Apostle
became angry and said, "He must take her back
(his wife) and keep her with him till she becomes
clean from her menses and then to wait till she
gets her next period and becomes clean again from
it and only then, if he wants to divorce her, he
may do so."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 275:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Hind bint 'Utba bin
Rabia came and said. "O Allah's Apostle! By
Allah, there was no family on the surface of the
earth, I like to see in degradation more than I
did your family, but today there is no family on
the surface of the earth whom I like to see
honored more than yours." Hind added,
"Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful of me to
feed our children from his property?" The
Prophet said, "There is no blame on you if
you feed them (thereof) in a just and reasonable
manner.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 276:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
When the Prophet
intended to write to the Byzantines, the people
said, "They do not read a letter unless it is
sealed (stamped)." Therefore the Prophet took
a silver ring----as if I am looking at its glitter
now----and its engraving was: 'Muhammad, Apostle
of Allah'
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 277:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin As-Sa'di:
That when he went
to 'Umar during his Caliphate. 'Umar said to him,
"Haven't I been told that you do certain jobs
for the people but when you are given payment you
refuse to take it?" 'Abdullah added: I said,
"Yes." 'Umar said, "Why do you do
so?" I said, "I have horses and slaves
and I am living in prosperity and I wish that my
payment should be kept as a charitable gift for
the Muslims." 'Umar said, "Do not do so,
for I intended to do the same as you do. Allah's
Apostles used to give me gifts and I used to say
to him, 'Give it to a more needy one than me.'
Once he gave me some money and I said, 'Give it to
a more needy person than me,' whereupon the
Prophet said, 'Take it and keep it in your
possession and then give it in charity. Take what
ever comes to you of this money if you are not
keen to have it and not asking for it; otherwise
(i.e., if it does not come to you) do not seek to
have it yourself.' "
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar: I have heard 'Umar saying, "The
Prophet used to give me some money (grant) and I
would say (to him), 'Give it to a more needy one
than me.' Once he gave me some money and I said,
'Give it to a more needy one than me.' The Prophet
said (to me), 'Take it and keep it in your
possession and then give it in charity. Take
whatever comes to you of this money while you are
not keen to have it and not asking for it; take
it, but you should not seek to have what you are
not given. ' "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 278:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd:
I witnessed a
husband and a wife who were involved in a case of
Lian. Then (the judgment of) divorce was passed. I
was fifteen years of age, at that time.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 279:
Narrated Sahl:
(the brother of
Bani Sa'ida) A man from the Ansar came to the
Prophet and said, "If a man finds another man
sleeping with his wife, should he kill him?"
That man and his wife then did Lian in the mosque
while I was present.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 280:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
A man came to
Allah's Apostle while he was in the mosque, and
called him, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! I
have committed illegal sexual intercourse."
The Prophet turned his face to the other side, but
when the man gave four witnesses against himself,
the Prophet said to him, "Are you mad?"
The man said, "No." So the Prophet said
(to his companions), "Take him away and stone
him to death. "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 281:
Narrated Um Salama:
Allah's Apostle
said, "I am only a human being, and you
people (opponents) come to me with your cases; and
it may be that one of you can present his case
eloquently in a more convincing way than the
other, and I give my verdict according to what I
hear. So if ever I judge (by error) and give the
right of a brother to his other (brother) then he
(the latter) should not take it, for I am giving
him only a piece of Fire." (See Hadith No.
638, Vol. 3).
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 282:
Narrated Abu Qatada:
Allah's Apostle
said on the Day of (the battle of) Hunain,
"Whoever has killed an infidel and has a
proof or a witness for it, then the salb (arms and
belongings of that deceased) will be for
him." I stood up to seek a witness to testify
that I had killed an infidel but I could not find
any witness and then sat down. Then I thought that
I should mention the case to Allah's Apostle I
(and when I did so) a man from those who were
sitting with him said, "The arms of the
killed person he has mentioned, are with me, so
please satisfy him on my behalf." Abu Bakr
said, "No, he will not give the arms to a
bird of Quraish and deprive one of Allah's lions
of it who fights for the cause of Allah and His
Apostle." Allah's Apostle I stood up and gave
it to me, and I bought a garden with its price,
and that was my first property which I owned
through the war booty.
The people of Hijaz
said, "A judge should not pass a judgment
according to his knowledge, whether he was a
witness at the time he was the judge or before
that" And if a litigant gives a confession in
favor of his opponent in the court, in the opinion
of some scholars, the judge should not pass a
judgment against him till the latter calls two
witnesses to witness his confession. And some
people of Iraq said, "A judge can pass a
judgement according to what he hears or witnesses
(the litigant's confession) in the court itself,
but if the confession takes place outside the
court, he should not pass the judgment unless two
witnesses witness the confession." Some of
them said, "A judge can pass a judgement
depending on his knowledge of the case as he is
trust-worthy, and that a witness is Required just
to reveal the truth. The judge's knowledge is more
than the witness." Some said, "A judge
can judge according to his knowledge only in cases
involving property, but in other cases he
cannot." Al-Qasim said, "A judge ought
not to pass a judgment depending on his knowledge
if other people do not know what he knows,
although his knowledge is more than the witness of
somebody else because he might expose himself to
suspicion by the Muslims and cause the Muslims to
have unreasonable doubt. "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 283:
Narrated 'Ali bin
Husain:
Safiya bint
(daughter of) Huyai came to the Prophet (in the
mosque), and when she returned (home), the Prophet
accompanied her. It happened that two men from the
Ansar passed by them and the Prophet called them
saying, "She is Safiya!" those two men
said, "Subhan Allah!" The Prophet said,
"Satan circulates in the human body as blood
does."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 284:
Narrated Abu Burda:
The Prophet sent my
father and Mu'adh bin Jabal to Yemen and said (to
them), "Make things easy for the people and
do not put hurdles in their way, and give them
glad tiding, and don't let them have aversion
(i.e. to make people to hate good deeds) and you
both should work in cooperation and mutual
understanding" Abu Musa said to Allah's
Apostle, "In our country a special alcoholic
drink called Al-Bit', is prepared (for
drinking)." The Prophet said, "Every
intoxicant is prohibited. "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 285:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"Set free the captives and accept
invitations."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 286:
Narrated Abu Humaid
Al-Sa'idi:
The Prophet
appointed a man from the tribe of Bani Asad,
called Ibn Al-Utabiyya to collect the Zakat. When
he returned (with the money) he said (to the
Prophet), "This is for you and this has been
given to me as a gift." The Prophet stood up
on the pulpit (Sufyan said he ascended the
pulpit), and after glorifying and praising Allah,
he said, "What is wrong with the employee
whom we send (to collect Zakat from the public)
that he returns to say, 'This is for you and that
is for me?' Why didn't he stay at his father's and
mother's house to see whether he will be given
gifts or not? By Him in Whose Hand my life is,
whoever takes anything illegally will bring it on
the Day of Resurrection by carrying it over his
neck: if it is a camel, it will be grunting: if it
is a cow, it will be mooing: and if it is a sheep
it will be bleating!" The Prophet then raised
both his hands till we saw the whiteness of his
armpits (and he said), "No doubt! Haven't I
conveyed Allah's Message?" And he repeated it
three times.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 287:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Salim, the freed
salve of Abu Hudhaifa used to lead in prayer the
early Muhajirin (emigrants) and the companions of
the Prophet in the Quba mosque. Among those (who
used to pray behind him) were Abu Bakr, 'Umar, Abu
Salama, and Amir bin Rabi'a.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 288:
Narrated 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair:
Marwan bin Al-Hakam
and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama told him that when the
Muslims were permitted to set free the captives of
Hawazin, Allah's Apostle said, "I do not know
who amongst you has agreed (to it) and who has
not. Go back so that your 'Urafa' may submit your
decision to us." So the people returned and
their 'Urafa' talked to them and then came back to
Allah's Apostle and told him that the people had
given their consent happily and permitted (their
captives to be freed).
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 289:
Narrated Muhammad
bin Zaid bin Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Some people said to
Ibn 'Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s)
we say in their praise what is contrary to what we
say when we leave them." Ibn 'Umar said,
"We used to consider this as hypocrisy."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 290:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostles
said, "The worst of all mankind is the
double-faced one, who comes to some people with
one countenance and to others, with another
countenance."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 291:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Hind (bint 'Utba)
said to the Prophet "Abu Sufyan is a miserly
man and I need to take some money of his
wealth." The Prophet said, "Take
reasonably what is sufficient for you and your
children "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 292:
Narrated Um Salama:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Allah's Apostle heard some people
quarreling at the door of his dwelling, so he went
out to them and said, "I am only a human
being, and litigants with cases of dispute come to
me, and someone of you may happen to be more
eloquent (in presenting his case) than the other,
whereby I may consider that he is truthful and
pass a judgment in his favor. If ever I pass a
judgment in favor of somebody whereby he takes a
Muslim's right unjustly, then whatever he takes is
nothing but a piece of Fire, and it is up to him
to take or leave."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 293:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) 'Utba bin Abi Waqqas said to his brother
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, "The son of the slave
girl of Zam'a is from me, so take him into your
custody." So in the year of Conquest of
Mecca, Sa'd took him and said. (This is) my
brother's son whom my brother has asked me to take
into my custody." 'Abd bin Zam'a got up
before him and said, (He is) my brother and the
son of the slave girl of my father, and was born
on my father's bed." So they both submitted
their case before Allah's Apostle. Sa'd said,
"O Allah's Apostle! This boy is the son of my
brother and he entrusted him to me." 'Abd bin
Zam'a said, "This boy is my brother and the
son of the slave girl of my father, and was born
on the bed of my father." Allah's Apostle
said, "The boy is for you, O 'Abd bin Zam'a!"
Then Allah's Apostle further said, "The child
is for the owner of the bed, and the stone is for
the adulterer," He then said to Sauda bint
Zam'a, "Veil (screen) yourself before
him," when he saw the child's resemblance to
'Utba. The boy did not see her again till he met
Allah.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 294:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"If somebody on the demand of a judge takes
an oath to grab (a Muslim's) property and he is
liar in it, he will meet Allah Who will be angry
with him". So Allah revealed,:--
'Verily! those who
purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's
Covenant and their oaths..' (3.77) 'Al-Ashath came
while Abdullah was narrating (this) to the people.
Al-Ashath said, "This verse was revealed
regarding me and another man with whom I had a
quarrel about a well. The Prophet said (to me),
"Do you have any evidence?' I replied, 'No.'
He said, 'Let your opponent take an oath.' I said:
I am sure he would take a (false) oath."
Thereupon it was revealed: 'Verily! those who
purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's
Covenant....' (3.77) (See Hadith No. 72, Vol 6).
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 295:
Narrated Um Salama:
The Prophet heard
the voices of some people quarreling near his
gate, so he went to them and said, "I am only
a human being and litigants with cases of disputes
come to me, and maybe one of them presents his
case eloquently in a more convincing and
impressive way than the other, and I give my
verdict in his favor thinking he is truthful. So
if I give a Muslim's right to another (by
mistake), then that (property) is a piece of Fire,
which is up to him to take it or leave it."
(See Hadith No. 281 )
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 296:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet came to
know that one of his companions had given the
promise of freeing his slave after his death, but
as he had no other property than that slave, the
Prophet sold that slave for 800 dirhams and sent
the price to him.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 297:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
sent an army unit headed by Usama bin Zaid and the
people criticized his leadership. The Prophet said
(to the people), "If you are criticizing his
leadership now, then you used to criticize his
father's leadership before. By Allah, he (Usama's
father) deserved the leadership and used to be one
of the most beloved persons to me, and now his son
(Usama) is one of the most beloved persons to me
after him. " (See Hadith No. 745, Vol. 5)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 298:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The most hated person in the sight of
Allah, is the most quarrelsome person."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 299:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet sent
(an army unit under the command of) Khalid bin Al-Walid
to fight against the tribe of Bani Jadhima and
those people could not express themselves by
saying, "Aslamna," but they said, "Saba'na!
Saba'na! " Khalid kept on killing some of
them and taking some others as captives, and he
gave a captive to everyone of us and ordered
everyone of us to kill his captive. I said,
"By Allah, I shall not kill my captive and
none of my companions shall kill his
captive!" Then we mentioned that to the
Prophet and he said, "O Allah! I am free from
what Khalid bin Al-Walid has done," and
repeated it twice.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 300:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sa'd As-Saidi:
There was some
quarrel (sighting) among Bani 'Amr, and when this
news reached the Prophet, he offered the Zuhr
prayer and went to establish peace among them. In
the meantime the time of 'Asr prayer was due,
Bilal pronounced the Adhan and then the Iqama for
the prayer and requested Abu Bakr (to lead the
prayer) and Abu Bakr went forward. The Prophet
arrived while Abu Bakr was still praying. He
entered the rows of praying people till he stood
behind Abu Bakr in the (first) row. The people
started clapping, and it was the habit of Abu Bakr
that whenever he stood for prayer, he never
glanced side-ways till he had finished it, but
when Abu Bakr observed that the clapping was not
coming to an end, he looked and saw the Prophet
standing behind him.
The Prophet
beckoned him to carry on by waving his hand. Abu
Bakr stood there for a while, thanking Allah for
the saying of the Prophet and then he retreated,
taking his steps backwards. When the Prophet saw
that, he went ahead and led the people in prayer.
When he finished the prayer, he said, "O Abu
Bakr! What prevented you from carrying on with the
prayer after I beckoned you to do so?" Abu
Bakr replied, "It does not befit the son of
Abi Quhafa to lead the Prophet in prayer."
Then the Prophet said to the people, "If some
problem arises during prayers, then the men should
say, Subhan Allah!; and the women should
clap." (See Hadith No. 652, Vol. 1)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 301:
Narrated Zaid bin
Thabit:
Abu Bakr sent for
me owing to the large number of casualties in the
battle of Al-Yamama, while 'Umar was sitting with
him. Abu Bakr said (to me), 'Umar has come to my
and said, 'A great number of Qaris of the Holy
Quran were killed on the day of the battle of Al-Yamama,
and I am afraid that the casualties among the
Qaris of the Quran may increase on other
battle-fields whereby a large part of the Quran
may be lost. Therefore I consider it advisable
that you (Abu Bakr) should have the Qur'an
collected.' I said, 'How dare I do something which
Allah's Apostle did not do?' 'Umar said, By Allah,
it is something beneficial.' 'Umar kept on
pressing me for that till Allah opened my chest
for that for which He had opened the chest of 'Umar
and I had in that matter, the same opinion as 'Umar
had." Abu Bakr then said to me (Zaid),
"You are a wise young man and we do not have
any suspicion about you, and you used to write the
Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. So you
should search for the fragmentary scripts of the
Quran and collect it (in one Book)." Zaid
further said: By Allah, if Abu Bakr had ordered me
to shift a mountain among the mountains from one
place to another it would not have been heavier
for me than this ordering me to collect the Qur'an.
Then I said (to 'Umar and Abu Bakr), "How can
you do something which Allah's Apostle did not
do?" Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, it is
something beneficial." Zaid added: So he (Abu
Bakr) kept on pressing me for that until Allah
opened my chest for that for which He had opened
the chests of Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and I had in
that matter, the same opinion as theirs.
So I started
compiling the Quran by collecting it from the
leafless stalks of the date-palm tree and from the
pieces of leather and hides and from the stones,
and from the chests of men (who had memorized the
Quran). I found the last verses of Sirat-at-Tauba:
("Verily there has come unto you an Apostle
(Muhammad) from amongst yourselves--' (9.128-129)
) from Khuzaima or Abi Khuzaima and I added to it
the rest of the Sura. The manuscripts of the Quran
remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto
Him. Then it remained with 'Umar till Allah took
him unto Him, and then with Hafsa bint 'Umar.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 302:
Narrated Abu Laila
bin 'Abdullah bin Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl:
Sahl bin Abi Hathma
and some great men of his tribe said, 'Abdullah
bin 'Sahl and Muhaiyisa went out to Khaibar as
they were struck with poverty and difficult living
conditions. Then Muhaiyisa was informed that
Abdullah had been killed and thrown in a pit or a
spring. Muhaiyisa went to the Jews and said,
"By Allah, you have killed my
companion." The Jews said, "By Allah, we
have not killed him." Muhaiyisa then came
back to his people and told them the story. He,
his elder brother Huwaiyisa and 'Abdur-Rahman bin
Sahl came (to the Prophet) and he who had been at
Khaibar, proceeded to speak, but the Prophet said
to Muhaiyisa, "The eldest! The eldest!"
meaning, "Let the eldest of you speak."
So Huwaiyisa spoke first and then Muhaiyisa.
Allah's Apostle said, "The Jews should either
pay the blood money of your (deceased) companion
or be ready for war." After that Allah's
Apostle wrote a letter to the Jews in that
respect, and they wrote that they had not killed
him. Then Allah's Apostle said to Huwaiyisa,
Muhaiyisa and 'Abdur-Rahman, "Can you take an
oath by which you will be entitled to take the
blood money?" They said, "No." He
said (to them), "Shall we ask the Jews to
take an oath before you?" They replied,
"But the Jews are not Muslims." So
Allah's Apostle gave them one-hundred she-camels
as blood money from himself. Sahl added: When
those she-camels were made to enter the house, one
of them kicked me with its leg.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 303:
Narrated Abu
Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:
A bedouin came and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Judge between us
according to Allah's Book (Laws)." His
opponent stood up and said, "He has said the
truth, so judge between us according to Allah's
Laws." The bedouin said, "My son was a
laborer for this man and committed illegal sexual
intercourse with his wife. The people said to me,
'Your son is to be stoned to death,' so I ransomed
my son for one hundred sheep and a slave girl.
Then I asked the religious learned men and they
said to me, 'Your son has to receive one hundred
lashes plus one year of exile.' " The Prophet
said, "I shall judge between you according to
Allah's Book (Laws)! As for the slave girl and the
sheep, it shall be returned to you, and your son
shall receive one-hundred lashes and be exiled for
one year. O you, Unais!" The Prophet
addressed some man, "Go in the morning to the
wife of this man and stone her to death." So
Unais went to her the next morning and stoned her
to death.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 304:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Abbas:
That Abu Sufyan bin
Harb told him that Heraclius had called him along
with the members of a Quraish caravan and then
said to his interpreter, "Tell them that I
want to ask this (Abu Sufyan) a question, and if
he tries to tell me a lie, they should contradict
him." Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the whole
narration and said that Heraclius said to the
inter Peter, "Say to him (Abu Sufyan), 'If
what you say is true, then he (the Prophet) will
take over the place underneath my two feet.'
"
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 305:
Narrated Abu Humaid
As-Sa'idi:
The Prophet
employed Ibn Al-Utbiyya to collect Zakat from Bani
Sulaim, and when he returned (with the money) to
Allah's Apostle the Prophet called him to account,
and he said, "This (amount) is for you, and
this was given to me as a present." Allah's
Apostle said, "Why don't you stay at your
father's house or your mother's house to see
whether you will be given gifts or not, if you are
telling the truth?" Then Allah's Apostle
stood up and addressed the people, and after
glorifying and praising Allah, he said: Amma Ba'du
(then after) I employ some men from among you for
some job which Allah has placed in my charge, and
then one of you comes to me and says, 'This
(amount) is for you and this is a gift given to
me.' Why doesn't he stay at the house of his
father or the house of his mother and see whether
he will be given gifts or not if he was telling
the truth by Allah, none of you takes anything of
it (i.e., Zakat) for himself (Hisham added:
unlawfully) but he will meet Allah on the Day of
Resurrection carrying it on his neck! I do not
want to see any of you carrying a grunting camel
or a mooing cow or a bleating sheep on meeting
Allah." Then the Prophet raised both his
hands till I saw the whiteness of his armpits, and
said, "(No doubt)! Haven't I conveyed Allah's
Message!"
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 306:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said,
"Allah never sends a prophet or gives the
Caliphate to a Caliph but that he (the prophet or
the Caliph) has two groups of advisors: A group
advising him to do good and exhorts him to do it,
and the other group advising him to do evil and
exhorts him to do it. But the protected person
(against such evil advisors) is the one protected
by Allah.' "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 307:
Narrated 'Ubada bin
As-Samit:
We gave the oath of
allegiance to Allah's Apostle that we would listen
to and obey him both at the time when we were
active and at the time when we were tired and that
we would not fight against the ruler or disobey
him, and would stand firm for the truth or say the
truth wherever we might be, and in the Way of
Allah we would not be afraid of the blame of the
blamers. (See Hadith No. 178 and 320)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 308:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet went
out on a cold morning while the Muhajirin
(emigrants) and the Ansar were digging the trench.
The Prophet then said, "O Allah! The real
goodness is the goodness of the Here after, so
please forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirin."
They replied, "We are those who have given
the Pledge of allegiance to Muhammad for to
observe Jihad as long as we remain alive."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 309:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Whenever we gave
the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for to
listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as
much as you can"
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 310:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Dinar:
I witnessed Ibn 'Umar
when the people gathered around 'Abdul Malik. Ibn
'Umar wrote: I gave the Pledge of allegiance that
I will listen to and obey Allah's Slave, 'Abdul
Malik, Chief of the believers according to Allah's
Laws and the Traditions of His Apostle as much as
I can; and my sons too, give the same pledge.'
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 311:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
I gave the Pledge
of allegiance to the Prophet that I would listen
and obey, and he told me to add: 'As much as I
can, and will give good advice to every Muslim.'
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 312:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Dinar:
When the people
took the oath of allegiance to 'Abdul Malik,
'Abdullah bin 'Umar wrote to him: "To Allah's
Slave, 'Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers, I
give the Pledge of allegiance that I will listen
to and obey Allah's Slave, 'Abdul Malik, Chief of
the believers, according to Allah's Laws and the
Traditions of His Apostle in whatever is within my
ability; and my sons too, give the same
pledge."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 313:
Narrated Yazid:
I said to Salama,
"For what did you give the Pledge of
allegiance to the Prophet on the Day of Hudaibiya?"
He replied, "For death."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 314:
Narrated Al-Miswar
bin Makhrama:
The group of people
whom 'Umar had selected as candidates for the
Caliphate gathered and consulted each other.
Abdur-Rahman said to them, "I am not going to
compete with you in this matter, but if you wish,
I would select for you a caliph from among
you." So all of them agreed to let 'Abdur-Rahman
decide the case. So when the candidates placed the
case in the hands of 'Abdur-Rahman, the people
went towards him and nobody followed the rest of
the group nor obeyed any after him. So the people
followed 'Abdur-Rahman and consulted him all those
nights till there came the night we gave the oath
of allegiance to 'Uthman. Al-Miswar (bin Makhrama)
added: 'Abdur-Rahman called on me after a portion
of the night had passed and knocked on my door
till I got up, and he said to me, "I see you
have been sleeping! By Allah, during the last
three nights I have not slept enough. Go and call
Az-Zubair and Sa'd.' So I called them for him and
he consulted them and then called me saying, 'Call
'Ali for me." I called 'Ali and he held a
private talk with him till very late at night, and
then 'Al, got up to leave having had much hope (to
be chosen as a Caliph) but 'Abdur-Rahman was
afraid of something concerning 'Ali. 'Abdur-Rahman
then said to me, "Call 'Uthman for me."
I called him and he kept on speaking to him
privately till the Mu'adhdhin put an end to their
talk by announcing the Adhan for the Fajr prayer.
When the people finished their morning prayer and
that (six men) group gathered near the pulpit, 'Abdur-Rahman
sent for all the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the
Ansar present there and sent for the army chief
who had performed the Hajj with 'Umar that year.
When all of them had gathered, 'Abdur-Rahman said,
"None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah," and added, "Now then, O 'Ali, I
have looked at the people's tendencies and noticed
that they do not consider anybody equal to 'Uthman,
so you should not incur blame (by
disagreeing)." Then 'Abdur-Rahman said (to 'Uthman),
"I gave the oath of allegiance to you on
condition that you will follow Allah's Laws and
the traditions of Allah's Apostle and the
traditions of the two Caliphs after him." So
'Abdur-Rahman gave the oath of allegiance to him,
and so did the people including the Muhajirin
(emigrants) and the Ansar and the chiefs of the
army staff and all the Muslims.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 315:
Narrated Salama:
We gave the oath of
allegiance to the Prophet under the tree. He said
to me, "O Salama! Will you not give the oath
of allegiance?" I replied, "O Allah's
Apostle! I have already given the oath of
allegiance for the first time." He said,
(Give it again) for the second time.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 316:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
A bedouin gave the
Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for Islam
and the bedouin got a fever where upon he said to
the Prophet "Cancel my Pledge." But the
Prophet refused. He came to him (again) saying,
"Cancel my Pledge.' But the Prophet refused.
Then (the bedouin) left (Medina). Allah's Apostle
said: "Medina is like a pair of bellows
(furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens
and clears its good."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 317:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Hisham:
who was born during
the lifetime of the Prophet that his mother,
Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to Allah's
Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Take
his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam)." The
Prophet said, "He ('Abdullah bin Hisham) is a
little child," and passed his hand over his
head and invoked Allah for him. 'Abdullah bin
Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice
on behalf of all of his family.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 318:
Narrated Jabir bin
'Abdullah:
A bedouin gave the
Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for Islam.
Then the bedouin got fever at Medina, came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Cancel my Pledge," But Allah's Apostle
refused. Then he came to him (again) and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge."
But the Prophet refused Then he came to him
(again) and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Cancel
my Pledge." But the Prophet refused. The
bedouin finally went out (of Medina) whereupon
Allah's Apostle said, "Medina is like a pair
of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and
brightens and clears its good.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 319:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "There will be three types of people
whom Allah will neither speak to them on the Day
of Resurrection nor will purify them from sins,
and they will have a painful punishment: They are,
(1) a man possessed superfluous water (more than
he needs) on a way and he withholds it from the
travelers. (2) a man who gives a pledge of
allegiance to an Imam (ruler) and gives it only
for worldly benefits, if the Imam gives him what
he wants, he abides by his pledge, otherwise he
does not fulfill his pledge; (3) and a man who
sells something to another man after the 'Asr
prayer and swears by Allah (a false oath) that he
has been offered so much for it whereupon the
buyer believes him and buys it although in fact,
the seller has not been offered such a
price." (See Hadith No. 838, Vol. 3)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 320:
Narrated 'Ubada bin
As-Samit:
Allah's Apostle
said to us while we were in a gathering,
"Give me the oath (Pledge of allegiance for:
(1) Not to join anything in worship along with
Allah, (2) Not to steal, (3) Not to commit illegal
sexual intercourse, (4) Not to kill your children,
(5) Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread
such an accusation among people), (6) Not to be
disobedient (when ordered) to do good deeds. The
Prophet added: Whoever amongst you fulfill his
pledge, his reward will be with Allah, and whoever
commits any of those sins and receives the legal
punishment in this world for that sin, then that
punishment will be an expiation for that sin, and
whoever commits any of those sins and Allah does
not expose him, then it is up to Allah if He
wishes He will punish him or if He wishes, He will
forgive him." So we gave the Pledge for that.
(See Hadith No. 17, Vol. 1)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 321:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
take the Pledge of allegiance from the women by
words only after reciting this Holy
Verse:--(60.12) "..that they will not
associate anything in worship with Allah."
(60.12) And the hand of Allah's Apostle did not
touch any woman's hand except the hand of that
woman his right hand possessed. (i.e. his captives
or his lady slaves).
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 322:
Narrated Um Atiyya:
We gave the Pledge
of allegiance to the Prophet and he recited to me
the verse (60.12). That they will not associate
anything in worship with Allah (60.12). And he
also prevented us from wailing and lamenting over
the dead. A woman from us held her hand out and
said, "Such-and-such a woman cried over a
dead person belonging to my family and I want to
compensate her for that crying" The Prophet
did not say anything in reply and she left and
returned. None of those women abided by her pledge
except Um Sulaim, Um Al-'Ala', and the daughter of
Abi Sabra, the wife of Al-Muadh or the daughter of
Abi Sabra, and the wife of Mu'adh.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 323:
Narrated Jabir:
A bedouin came to
the Prophet and said, "Please take my Pledge
of allegiance for Islam." So the Prophet took
from him the Pledge of allegiance for Islam. He
came the next day with a fever and said to the
Prophet "Cancel my pledge." But the
Prophet refused and when the bedouin went away,
the Prophet said, "Medina is like a pair of
bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and
brightens and clears its good."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 324:
Narrated Al-Qasim
bin Muhammad:
'Aisha said,
"O my head!" Allah's Apostle said,
"If that (i.e., your death) should happen
while I am still alive, I would ask Allah to
forgive you and would invoke Allah for you."
'Aisha said, "O my life which is going to be
lost! By Allah, I think that you wish for my
death, and if that should happen then you would be
busy enjoying the company of one of your wives in
the last part of that day." The Prophet said,
"But I should say, 'O my head!' I feel like
calling Abu Bakr and his son and appoint (the
former as my successors lest people should say
something or wish for something. Allah will insist
(on Abu Bakr becoming a Caliph) and the believers
will prevent (anyone else from claiming the
Caliphate)," or "..Allah will prevent
(anyone else from claiming the Caliphate) and the
believers will insist (on Abu Bakr becoming the
Caliph)."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 325:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
It was said to 'Umar,
"Will you appoint your successor?" Umar
said, "If I appoint a Caliph (as my
successor) it is true that somebody who was better
than I (i.e., Abu Bakr) did so, and if I leave the
matter undecided, it is true that somebody who was
better than I (i.e., Allah's Apostle) did
so." On this, the people praised him. 'Umar
said, "People are of two kinds: Either one
who is keen to take over the Caliphate or one who
is afraid of assuming such a responsibility. I
wish I could be free from its responsibility in
that I would receive neither reward nor
retribution I won't bear the burden of the
caliphate in my death as I do in my life."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 326:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
That he heard 'Umar's
second speech he delivered when he sat on the
pulpit on the day following the death of the
Prophet 'Umar recited the Tashahhud while Abu Bakr
was silent. 'Umar said, "I wish that Allah's
Apostle had outlived all of us, i.e., had been the
last (to die). But if Muhammad is dead, Allah
nevertheless has kept the light amongst you from
which you can receive the same guidance as Allah
guided Muhammad with that. And Abu Bakr is the
companion of Allah's Apostle He is the second of
the two in the cave. He is the most entitled
person among the Muslims to manage your affairs.
Therefore get up and swear allegiance to
him." Some people had already taken the oath
of allegiance to him in the shed of Bani Sa'ida
but the oath of allegiance taken by the public was
taken at the pulpit. I heard 'Umar saying to Abu
Bakr on that day. "Please ascend the
pulpit," and kept on urging him till he
ascended the pulpit whereupon, all the people
swore allegiance to him.
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 327:
Narrated Jubair bin
Mut'im:
A woman came to the
Prophet and spoke to him about something and he
told her to return to him. She said, "O
Allah's Apostle! If I come and do not find
you?" (As if she meant, "...if you
die?") The Prophet said, "If you should
not find me, then go to Abu Bakr."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 328:
Narrated Tariq bin
Shihab:
Abu Bakr said to
the delegate of Buzakha. "Follow the tails of
the camels till Allah shows the Caliph (successor)
of His Prophet and Al-Muhajirin (emigrants)
something because of which you may excuse
yourselves "
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 329:
Narrated Jabir bin
Samura:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "There will be twelve Muslim rulers
(who will rule all the Islamic world)." He
then said a sentence which I did not hear. My
father said, "All of them (those rulers) will
be from Quraish."
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 330:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle
said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, I
was about to order for collecting fire wood and
then order someone to pronounce the Adhan for the
prayer and then order someone to lead the people
in prayer and then I would go from behind and burn
the houses of men who did not present themselves
for the (compulsory congregational) prayer. By Him
in Whose Hands my life is, if anyone of you had
known that he would receive a bone covered with
meat or two (small) pieces of meat present in
between two ribs, he would come for 'Isha'
prayer." (See Hadith No. 617, Vol. 1)
Volume
9, Book 89, Number 331:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Ka'b bin Malik:
Who was Ka'b's
guide from among his sons when Ka'b became blind:
I heard Ka'b bin Malik saying, "When some
people remained behind and did not join Allah's
Apostle in the battle of Tabuk.." and then he
described the whole narration and said,
"Allah's Apostle forbade the Muslims to speak
to us, and so we (I and my companions) stayed
fifty nights in that state, and then Allah's
Apostle announced Allah's acceptance of our
repentance."
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