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and will not break my fast." The third said, "I will
keep away from the women and will not marryhe who does not follow my tradition in religion, is
not from me (not one of my followers)."four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to
deal justly (with them), then only one, or (thecaptives) that your right hands possess. That will
be nearer to prevent you from doing injustice.'girl under the guardianship of her guardian who is
attracted by her wealth and beauty and intends tounless they do justice to them and give them their
full Mahr, and they are ordered to marry other'Abdullah felt that he was not in need of that, he
beckoned me (to join him) saying, "O 'Alqama!"called Sarif. Ibn 'Abbas said, "This is the wife of
the Prophet so when you lift her bier, do not Jerk
it or shake it much, but walk smoothly becauseobserve the night turns with eight of them, and for
one of them there was no night turn."relations with) all his wives in one night, and he
had nine wives.according to the intention, and everybody will get
the reward for what he has intended. Soagain, but he kept silent. I said the same (for the
third time) and he remained silent. Then repeated'This is your wife.' I uncovered it; and behold, it
was you. I said to myself, 'If this dream is fromyou have a liking for the virgins and for fondling
them?" Jabir also said: Allah's Apostle said,dried yoghurt and butter were laid on it, and that
was the Prophet's wedding banquet. Theas his wife or his slave girl?" Then they said, "If
he orders her to veil herself, she will be one oforder her to veil herself, she will be a slave girl.
So when the Prophet proceeded from there, heagain) and look for something, even if it is an iron
ring." He went again and returned, saying, "No,sheet)." He had no rida. He added, "I give half of
it to her." Allah's Apostle said, "What will she do
with your Izar? If you wear it, she will be naked,
and if she wears it, you will be naked." So thatfeel sick." He said to her, "Intend to perform Hajj
and stipulate something by saying, 'O Allah, I will
finish my Ihram at any place where You stop me(i.e. I am unable to go further)." She was the wife
of Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad.replied, "If he asks for a lady's hand in marriage
he does not deserve to be married, and heman is better than so many of the first as filling
the earth.'fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with
the orphans (4.3) She said, "O my nephew! Thisasked for the verdict of Allah's Apostle after that,
so Allah revealed: 'They ask your instructionMahr Apostle said, 'If at all there is evil omen, it
is in the horse, the woman and the house." a ladyAllah's Apostle said, "If at all there is bad omen,
it is in the horse, the woman, and the house."not eat the (things given in) charity." The Prophet
said, "It is an object of charity for Barira, and it is
a present for us."shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans...'
(4.3) It is about the orphan girl who is in thenaming the foster-uncle of Hafsa. 'Aisha said, "If
so-and-so," naming her foster uncle, "were living,
could he enter upon me?" The Prophet said,"Yes, for foster suckling relations make all those
things unlawful which are unlawful throughappear on his face as if he disliked that. She said,
"Here is my (foster) brother." He said, "Be sureProphet said, "What shall I do (with her)?" I said,
"Marry her." He said, "Do you like that?" I said,"But that is not lawful for me (i.e., to be married
to two sisters at a time.)" I said, "O Allah'ssimilar order for the paternal aunt of the father of
one's wife, for 'Ursa told me that 'Aisha said,slave of his said to him, "That is only when it is
very badly needed and women are scarce." Onmarriage should last for three nights, and if they
like to continue, they can do so; and if they want
to separate, they can do so." I do not knowwhether that was only for us or for all the people
in general. Abu Abdullah (Al-Bukhari) said: 'AliApostle! (If you are not in need of her) marry her
to me." The Prophet said, "What have you got?"(to him), "Go and search for something) even if it
were an iron ring." The man went and returnedan iron ring; but this is my (Izar) waist sheet, and
half of it is for her." He had no Rida' (upperHe said, "I will think it over.' I waited for a few
days, then he met me and said, 'It seems that it is
not possible for me to marry at present.' " 'Umarsaid to him, 'If you wish, I will marry my daughter
Hafsa to you." Abu Bakr kept quiet and did notconceal it in your hearts. Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Forbearing.' (2.235) Ibn 'Abbas said, "Hintto myself. 'If it is from Allah, then it will surely
be.' "wears it, then you will have nothing over yourself
thereof ' So the man sat for a long period andHe said. 'I will think it over' I waited for a few
days, then he met me and said, 'I have made upher hand, but I said to him, 'I married her to you
and made her your bed (your wife) and favoredat her, lowering his eyes and raising them, but did
not give a reply. One of his companions said,'Iddat for the girl before puberty is three months
(in the above Verse).Prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death)." what
you know of the Quran (by heart)'said, "Try (to find something), even if it were an
iron ring But he was not able to find (even that)I said, "O Allah's Apostle! A virgin feels shy." He
said, "Her consent is (expressed by) her silence."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 69:her consent. 'If you fear that you shall not be able
to deal justly with the orphan girls then marryjustly with orphan girls (to the end of the verse)
that your right hands possess?" (4.3) Aisha said,right to marry her if they had the desire to do so,
unless they deal justly with her and gave her a full
amount of Mahr."unless the first suitor gives her up, or allows him
to ask for her hand.evil talk of the people about others' affairs, and
do not have enmity with one another, but bebrother, but one should wait till the first suitor
marries her or leaves her."your offer except that I knew that Allah's Apostle
had mentioned (his wish to marry) her, and Icould never let out the secret of Allah's Apostle .
If he had left her, I would have accepted her.' "sitting now, and our little girls started beating the
tambourines and reciting elegiac verses mourning(at the time of wedding) to ask for the divorce of
her sister (i.e. the other wife of her would-be(i.e. his wives) invoking good (on them), and they
were invoking good (on him). Then he departedProphet's wife but if he does not screen her, then
she is a slave girl." So when the ProphetApostle ." I said to her, "Do it." So she prepared
Haisa (a sweet dish) made from dates, butter andremained there talking, over which I felt unhappy.
Then the Prophet went out towards the dwellinghe returned and entered his dwelling place and let
the curtains fall while I was in (his) dwellingsexual intercourse with his wife, says: Bismillah,
Allahumma jannibni-Sh-Shaitan wadestined that they should have a child, then Satan
will never be able to harm him."left, and so he returned and I too, returned along
with him and found those people had left. Then"I did not see the Prophet giving a better banquet
on marrying any of his wives than the one heAllah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you is invites
to a wedding banquet, he must go for it (acceptpatients, to follow the funeral procession, to reply
to the sneezer (i.e., say to him, 'Yarhamuka-l-lah
(May Allah bestow His Mercy upon you), if hesays 'Al-hamdulillah' (Praise be to Allah), to help
others to fulfill their oaths, to help the oppressed,
to greet (whomever one should meet), and toutensils, to use Mayathir (cushions of silk stuffed
with cotton and placed under the rider on thesaddle), the Qasiyya (linen clothes containing silk
brought from an Egyptian town), the Istibraq(thick silk) and the Dibaj (another kind of silk).
(See Hadith No. 539 and 753).which only the rich are invited while the poor are
not invited. And he who refuses an invitation (totrotters I will accept it; and if I am given a trotter
as a present I will accept it."'Accept the marriage invitation if you are invited
to it.' " Ibn 'Umar used to accept the invitationcushion?" I said, "I have bought it for you so that
you may sit on it and recline on it." Allah'sAllah's Apostle said, "The woman is like a rib; if
you try to straighten her, she will break. So if you
want to get benefit from her, do so while she still
has some crookedness."most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part;
if you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you
leave it, it will remain crooked, so I urge you to
take care of the women."avoid chatting leisurely and freely with our wives
lest some Divine inspiration might be revealedresponsible(for his subjects); a man is a guardian
of his family and responsible (for them); a wife is
a guardian of her husband's house and she isresponsible (for it), a slave is a guardian of his
master's property and is responsible (for that).of the news of their husbands. The first one said,
"My husband is like the meat of a lean weakwhich is neither easy to climb, nor is the meat fat,
so that one might put up with the trouble ofnot be able to finish his story, for if I describe
him, I will mention all his defects and bad traits."
The third one said, "My husband is a tall man; if I
describe him (and he hears of that) he willthe night of Tihama which is neither hot nor cold.
I am neither afraid of him, nor am I discontentedempty), and if he drinks he leaves nothing, and if
he sleeps he sleeps alone (away from me)they realize that they are going to be slaughtered
for the guests." The eleventh one said, "MyWhen I sleep, I sleep till late in the morning, and
when I drink water (or milk), I drink my fill. The
mother of Abu Zar and what may one say ina kid (of four months) satisfies his hunger. As for
the daughter of Abu Zar, she is obedient to herfather and to her mother. She has a fat well-built
body and that arouses the jealousy of herhusband's other wife. As for the (maid) slave girl
of Abu Zar, what may one say of the (maid)things, and also a pair of every kind of livestock
and said, 'Eat (of this), O Um Zar, and giveprovision to your relatives." She added, "Yet, all
those things which my second husband gave mecould not fill the smallest utensil of Abu Zar's."
'Aisha then said: Allah's Apostle said to me, "Imay estimate of what age a little girl may listen to
amusement.likes). (66.4) till 'Umar performed the Hajj and I
too, performed the Hajj along with him. (On theProphet angry till night?' She said, 'Yes.' I said,
'You are a ruined losing person! Don't you fearimitate your neighbor (i.e., 'Aisha) in her manners
for she is more charming than you and morehis turn, went (to the town) and returned to us at
night and knocked at my door violently andhorrifying than that: Allah's Apostle; has divorced
his wives. 'Umar added, "The Prophet kept awayhe is retired alone in the upper room.' I came out
and sat near the pulpit and saw a group ofweeping. I sat with them for a while but could not
endure the situation, so I went to the upper roomnear the pulpit. but I could not bear the situation
and once again I said to the slave, 'Will you getgroup of people sitting near the pulpit, but I could
not bear the situation, and so I went to the slave
and said, 'Will you get the permission for 'Umar?'
He went in and returned to me saying, 'Ion a leather pillow stuffed with date-palm fires. I
greeted him and while still standing I said, 'Oexcept three hides, so I said, 'O Allah's Apostle!
Invoke Allah to make your followers rich, for theme first, and I chose him.' Then he gave option to
his other wives and they said what 'Aisha hadsaid . " (1) The Prophet, ' had decided to abstain
from eating a certain kind of food because of ahim), then the angels send their curses on her till
she comes back (to her husband)."Allah's Apostle said, "It is not lawful for a lady to
fast (Nawafil) without the permission of hertaken to the Fire. Then I stood at the gate of the
Fire and saw that the majority of those whostood for a long time which was slightly less than
that of the first Qiyam (and recited Quran). Thenstanding was less than the first standing. Then he
performed a prolonged bowing but of a lesserduration than the first, then he stood up again for
a long time but for a lesser duration than the first.
Then he performed a prolonged bowing but ofyou stretching your hand to take something at this
place of yours, then we saw you steppingthis world exists. Then I saw the (Hell) Fire, and
I have never before, seen such a horrible sight as
that, and I saw that the majority of its dwellersreplied, "Because of their ungratefulness." It was
said. "Do they disbelieve in Allah (are theybeen formed that you fast all the day and stand in
prayer all night?" I said, "Yes, O Allah'sintercourse with her in the last part of the day."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 133:and the hair of the latter started falling out. The
Ansari women came to the Prophet andsuch ladies who lengthen their hair artificially."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 134:We used to practice coitus interrupt us during the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle .you really do that?" repeating the question thrice,
"There is no soul that is destined to exist but will
come into existence, till the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 138:The tradition, (of the Prophet) is that if someone
marries a virgin and he has already a matron wife(with him), then he should stay with the virgin for
seven days; and if someone marries a matronrelation with) all his wives in one night, and at that
time he had nine wives.that during his fatal ailment, Allah's Apostle, used
to ask his wives, "Where shall I stay tomorrow?'Aisha's house till he died there. 'Aisha added: He
died on the day of my usual turn at my house.has another wife, so it is sinful of me to claim that
he has given me what he has not given me (inHe has forbidden the doing of evil actions (illegal
sexual intercourse etc.) There is none who likessexual intercourse or His slave girl commits illegal
sexual intercourse. O followers of Muhammad! IfGhira. Allah's Apostle noticed that I felt shy, so
he proceeded. I came to Az-Zubair and said, "II will narrate to you a Habith I heard from Allah's
Apostle and none other than I will tell you of it. I
heard Allah's Apostle saying, "From among theillegal Sexual intercourse will prevail: Drinking of
alcoholic drinks will prevail. Men will decrease in
number, and women will increase in number, sofat) that she shows four folds of flesh when facing
you and eight when she turns her back."uncle, so allow him to come in." I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I have been suckled by a woman andchild who will fight in Allah's Cause." On that an
Angel said to him, "Say: 'If Allah will.' " Butto enter (it), the Prophet said, "Wait till you enter
(your homes) at night (in the first part of theher hair" Allah's Apostle further said, "(O Jabir!)
Seek to have offspring, seek to have offspring!"Allah's Apostle . I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am
newly married " He asked, "Have you gotmarried?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "A virgin or a
matron?" I replied, "(Not a virgin) but a matron"to enter it, the Prophet said, "Wait till you enter
your home early in the night so that the ladyhis face and 'Ali was bringing water in his shield,
and then a mat of date-palm leaves was burntrelationship with him, I could not have offered it."
(That was because of his young age). Ibn 'Abbasfurther said, Allah's Apostle went out and offered
the Id prayer and then delivered the sermon." Ibnmenstruating during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle
. 'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked Allah's Apostlehaving sexual intercourse with her; and that is the
prescribed period which Allah has fixed for theyourself (in marriage) as a gift." She said, "Can a
princess give herself in marriage to an ordinaryabout that. Allah's Apostle disliked that question
and considered it disgraceful. What 'Asim heardfor all those who are involved in a case of Lian."
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 186:bint Jahsh, but I shall never drink of it anymore."
So there was revealed: 'O Prophet ! Why do youfor you . . . If you two (wives of Prophet) turn in
repentance to Allah,' (66.1-4) addressing Aishafinishing the 'Asr prayer he would visit his wives
and stay with one of them at that time. Once hethe reason for that. I was told that a lady of her
folk had given her a skin filled with honey as asaid, "No." She said. "Then what is this bad smell
which I detect on you?" He said, "Hafsa madesaid, 'O Allah's Apostle! Shall I give you more of
that drink?" He said, "I am not in need of it."committed illegal sexual intercourse." On that the
Prophet turned his face from him to the otherillegal sexual intercourse." The Prophet turned his
face (from him) to the other side whereupon thestones hit him with their sharp edges, he fled, but
we caught him at Al-Harra and stoned him till heThabit for defects in his character or his religion,
but I, being a Muslim, dislike to behave inun-Islamic manner (if I remain with him)." On that
Allah's Apostle said (to her), "Will you give back
the garden which your husband has given you (asProphet said to Thabit's wife, "Will you return his
garden?" She said, "Yes," and returned it, andApostle said, "Will you return his garden to him?"
She said, "Yes."Blessings." On that, Allah's Apostle said (to her),
'Will you return his garden to him?" She said,"Yes, but that meat was given to Barira in charity
(by someone), and you do not eat what it givenintercede for him." She said, "I am not in need of
him."'Aisha), "Buy and manumit her, for the wala is for
the one who manumits." Once some me; wasAllah, than that a lady should say that Jesus is her
Lord although he is just one of Allah's slaves."they used to fight him; the others were those with
whom the Prophet made a treaty, and neither didthe Prophet fight them, nor did they fight him. If a
lady from the first group of pagans emigratedwould be lawful for her to get married, and if her
husband emigrated too before she got married,involved with the Muslims in a treaty, the same as
occurs in Mujahid's narration. If a male slave or a
female slave emigrated from such pagans as hadonly used to take their pledge of allegiance orally.
By Allah, Allah's Apostle did not take the pledgeexpires, then the husband has either to retain his
wife in a handsome manner or to divorce her assaid, "You should take it, because it is for you, or
for your brother, or for the wolf." Then he was"You have nothing to do with it; it has its feet and
its water container with it; it can go on drinking
water and eating trees till its owner meets it."identifies it (then give it to him), otherwise add it
to your property."it so-and-so?", mentioning the name of her killer.
She nodded, agreeing. Then Allah's Apostle;said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will you wait till it is
evening?" Allah's Apostle again said, "Get downAllah's Apostle! Will you wait till it is evening, for
it is still daytime. " The Prophet again said, "Get
down and prepare a drink of Sawiq." So theEast, saying, "When you see the night falling from
this side, then a fasting person should break hisso that it covers his fingertips and obliterates his
tracks. As for the miser, as soon as he thinks ofspending every ring of the iron cloak sticks to its
place (against his body) and he tries to expand it,
but it does not expand. The Prophet pointed withAllah's Apostle said, "Shall I tell you of the best
families among the Ansar?" They (the people)Apostle, holding out his middle and index fingers,
said, "My advent and the Hour's are like this (orfingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, "It
may be thus and thus and thus," namely twentyattention to their religion, where the two sides of
the head of Satan will appear," namely, the tribes
of Rabl'a and Muqar.said, "By Allah, I will not give up this matter until
I ask the Prophet about it." So 'Uwaimirthe tradition for all those who were involved in a
case of Lian.)related to it, referring to the narration of Sahl bin
Sad, the brother of Bani Sa'idi He said, "Anis mentioned in the Holy Quran about the affair of
those involved in a case of Lian. The Prophethad finished, the man said, "O Allah's Apostle! If
I should now keep her with me as a wife then Idivorced her in front of the Prophet ." Ibn Shihab
added, "After their case, it became a traditionthat a couple involved in a case of Lian should be
separated by divorce. That lady was pregnantprescribed for him." Ibn Shihab said that Sahl bin
Sad As'Saidi said that the Prophet said (in theabove narration), "If that lady delivers a small red
child like a lizard, then the lady has spoken thetruth and the man was a liar, but if she delivers a
child with black eyes and huge lips, then herdelivered it in the shape one would dislike (as it
proved her guilty).the Prophet had said, 'If I were to stone to death
someone without witness, I would have stonedto arouse suspicion by her outright misbehavior. "
Volume 7, Book 63, Number 231:'Allah knows that one of you two is a liar; so will
one of you repent?' But both of them refused. Soand if you have told a lie, you are less rightful to
have your money back.' ")two is a liar, and you (the husband) have no right
over her (she is divorced)." The man said, 'Whatmarriage with her; and if you told a lie about her,
then you are less rightful to get your propertyback.' " Sufyan, a sub-narrator said: I learned the
Hadith from 'Amr. Narrated Aiyub: I heard Sa'id(accuses his wife for an illegal sexual intercourse
and) carries out the process of Lian (what willthrice, "Allah knows that one of you two is a liar;
so will one of you repent (to Allah)?' "Allah's Apostle said, 'If I were to stone to death
someone without witnesses, I would have stonedAllah, and urge your brother) to return her to her
house." Marwan (in Sulaiman's version) said,father's house is just applicable to the daughter of
'Abdur-Rahman."doesn't she fear Allah?" by saying that a divorced
lady is not entitled to be provided with residence
and sustenance (by her husband)'Aisha replied, "It is not in her favor to mention."
'Ursa added, 'Aisha reproached (Fatima)in marriage, but Ma'qil got angry out of pride and
haughtiness and said, "He kept away from herthe questioner, "If you divorced her thrice, she is
no longer lawful for you unless she marrieshis turn).' Ibn 'Umar further said, 'Would that you
(people) only give one or two divorces, becauseher cheeks with it and said, "By Allah, I am not in
need of perfume, but I have heard Allah'sfour months and ten days.' " Zainab further said: I
want to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died.I have heard Allah's Apostle saying on the pulpit,
'It is not lawful for a lady who believes in Allah
and the last day to mourn for more than threeclothes she had and would not touch any scent till
one year had elapsed. Then she would bring anstay in the worst of her clothes (or the worst part
of her house) and when a year had elapsed, if aThe Prophet said, "It is not lawful for a lady who
believes in Allah and the Last Day, to mourn forsaid: Allah has ordered that a widow has the right
to stay for seven months and twenty days withher husband's relatives through her husband's will
and testament so that she will complete thehas the right to stay that extra period or go out of
her husband's house as is indicated by thestatement of Allah: 'But if they leave there is no
blame on you,... ' (2.240) Ibn 'Abbas said: Thesaying, "It is not lawful for a lady who believes in
Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more thanI said to Ibn 'Umar, "If a man accuses his wife of
illegal sexual intercourse (what is the judgment)?"
He said, "Allah's Prophet separated the couple ofyou paid, was for having sexual relations with her
lawfully; and if you are a liar, then you are less
entitled to get it back."third of it?" He said, "One-third (is alright), yet it
is still too much, for you'd better leave your"The Prophet said, 'The best alms is that which is
given when one is rich, and a giving hand is better
than a taking one, and you should start first toAllah's Apostle said, "The best alms is that which
you give when you are rich, and you should startdistributed it among you till only this remained out
of it. And out of this property Allah's Apostleused to provide his family with their yearly needs,
and whatever remained, he would spend wherebe spent. Allah's Apostle kept on acting like this
throughout his lifetime. Now I beseech you byfrom (the inheritance of) the son of your brother,
and he ('Ali) came to me demanding his wivesI will never give any decision other than that till
the Hour is established! But if you are unable tomanage it (that property), then return it to me and
I will be sufficient for it on your behalf . "the bad effect of the stone hand-mill on her hand.
She heard that the Prophet had received a fewthree times, and 'Allahu Akbar' thirty four times.
'All added, 'I have never failed to recite it ever
since." Somebody asked, "Even on the night ofis sufficient for me and my children. Can I take of
his property without his knowledge?" TheProphet said, "Take what is sufficient for you and
your children, and the amount should be just andThe Prophet gave me a silk suit and I wore it, but
when I noticed anger on his face, I cut it andfather) died and left girls, and I dislike to marry a
girl like them, so I married a lady (matron) soreplied, "I cannot afford that." The Prophet said,
"Then fast for two successive months." He said,(on his expeditions), he said, "I am closer to the
Believers than themselves, so. if one of theBelievers dies in debt, I will repay it, but if he
leaves wealth, it will be for his heirs.me, is my sister." He said, "That is not lawful for
me." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! We have hearda visit to the sick and release (set free) the one in
captivity (by paying his ransom)."Once while I was in a state of fatigue (because of
severe hunger), I met 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, so Iyour right hand, and eat of the dish what is nearer
to you." Since then I have applied thoseI went with that, and found Allah's Apostle in the
mosque with some people. I stood up near them,admitted, ate their fill, and went out. He admitted
ten more, and so all those people ate their fill,turned into dough then. After a while a tall lanky
pagan came, driving some sheep. The Prophetasked, 'Will you sell us (a sheep), or give (it to)
us as a gift?" The pagan said, "No, but I will sell
it " So the Prophet bought from him a sheeptogether our fill; yet there remained a part of it in
those two trays which I carried on the camel.not take his meals in a big tray at all, nor did he
ever eat well-baked thin bread, nor did he everwith Safiyya. I invited the Muslims to his wedding
banquet. He ordered that leather dining sheets bewaist-belt which I divided in two parts. I tied the
water skin of Allah's Apostle with one part, anddining sheet, but the Prophet did not eat of it, as
if he disliked it. Nevertheless. if it was unlawful to
eat that, the people would not have eaten it onhe asked for water and rinsed his mouth (with it),
and then offered the (Maghrib) prayer and weApostle! Is this unlawful to eat?" Allah's Apostle
replied, "No, but it is not found in the land of my
people, so I do not like it." Khalid said, "Then I
pulled the mastigure (meat) towards me and ate itDon't let this man enter my house, for I heard the
Prophet saying, "A believer eats in one intestineintestine (is satisfied with a little food), and a kafir
(unbeliever) or a hypocrite eats in seven(unbeliever) eats in seven intestines (eats much)."
On that Abu Nahik said, "But I believe in Allahintestine (i.e. he is satisfied with a little food)
while a Kafir (unbeliever) eats in seven intestines
(eats much)."one intestine (is satisfied with a little food) and a
Kafir eats in seven intestines (eats much). "who stretched his hand towards it to eat it. But it
was said to him, "It is a mastigure." So heto eat?" the Prophet said, "No, but it is not found
in the land of my people and that is why I do notlike eating it." So Khalid started eating (it) while
Allah's Apostle was looking at him. An-Nadrafter the sun had risen, Allah's Apostle came with
Abu Bakr. The Prophet asked for the permissionright to be worshipped but Allah," seeking Allah's
pleasure? The man said, "Allah and His ApostleFire for those who testify that none has the right
to be worshipped but Allah, seeking Allah'shis dining sheet, and if it was unlawful to eat, it
would not have been put there. The Prophetan old lady who used to pull out the roots of Silq
and put it in a cooking pot with some barley.saddled it and rode, but I forgot to take the lash
and the spear. So I said to them myate the meat till he stripped the bone of its flesh
although he was in a state of Ihram.of mutton in his hand and cutting part of it with a
knife. Then he was called for the prayerinvited to) but he used to eat if he liked the food,
and leave it if he dislikedduring the lifetime of the Prophet ?" Sahl replied,
"No. Hazim asked, "Did you use to sift barleyeat white flour?" Sahl said, "Allah's Apostle never
saw white flour since Allah sent him as anthe people have (use) sieves during the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle?" Sahl said, "Allah's Apostleyoung tailor of his. The tailor presented a dish of
Tharid to the Prophet and resumed his work.I saw Allah's Apostle cutting part of the shoulder
of mutton with a knife. He ate of it and then wastrotter of a sheep to eat it fifteen days later." She
was asked, "What compelled you to do so?" Shenot eat to their satisfaction white bread with meat
soup for three successive days till he met Allah."
Volume 7, Book 65, Number 335:(sacrificed animals) to Medina during the life-time
of the Prophet .wear silk or Dibaja, and do not drink in silver or
golden vessels, and do not eat in plates of suchmetals, for such things are for the unbelievers in
this worldly life and for us in the Hereafter."The Prophet said, "Traveling is a kind of torture,
as it prevents one from sleeping and eating! Sofree, but Barira's masters said, "Her wala' will be
for us." 'Aisha mentioned that to Allah's ApostleApostle! But it is the meat that has been given to
Barira in charity and she has given it to us as apresent." He said, "For Barira it is alms, but for
us it is a present."which he started eating. I have loved to eat gourd
since I saw Allah's Apostle eating it.house of his slave tailor and the latter brought a
dish filled with food covered with pieces ofexcept (he did so) so that the rich would feed the
poor. But later we used to keep even trotters toor soup to their satisfaction for three successive
days.the Jew, but the Jew refused his request. I got up
and brought some ripe fresh dates and put it inwas plucking the dates, till I paid him all his right,
yet there remained extra quantity of dates. So Isaid, "There is a tree among the trees which is as
blessed as a Muslim" I thought that it was thepressed (over it), a butter skin she had with her.
Then she sent me to the Prophet, and I reachedhim and said, "O Allah's Apostle! It is just a meal
prepared by Um Sulaim." The Prophet enteredand ate their fill. Again he said, 'Let ten (more)
enter upon me." Those ten entered and ate theirfill. Then he said, "Let ten (more) enter upon me."
He called forty persons in all Then Allah'syour hands till you have licked it, or had it licked
by somebody else."lifetime of the Prophet except rarely; and if at all
we got such a dish, we did not have anyhe used to say: "Al-hamdu lillah kathiran taiyiban
mubarakan fihi ghaira makfiy wala muwada' walahandfuls, for he has suffered from its heat (while
cooking it) and has taken pains to cook it nicely."
Volume 7, Book 65, Number 371:sufficient for five persons so that I may invite the
Prophet along with four other men." He had themarried at Medina. After the sun had risen high in
the sky, the Prophet invited the people to a meal.
Allah's Apostle remained sitting and some peoplethe people were still sitting at their places. So he
went back again for the second time, and I wentA son was born to me and I took him to the Prophet who named him Ibrahim, did
Tahnik for him with a date, invoked Allah to bless him and returned him to me.
(The narrator added: That was Abu Musa's eldest son.)
Volume 7, Book 66, Number 377:A boy was brought to the Prophet to do Tahnik for him, but the boy urinated on
him, whereupon the Prophet had water poured on the place of urine.
Volume 7, Book 66, Number 378:I conceived 'Abdullah bin AzZubair at Mecca and went out (of Mecca) while I
was about to give birth. I came to Medina and encamped at Quba', and gave birth
at Quba'. Then I brought the child to Allah's Apostle and placed it (on his lap). He
asked for a date, chewed it, and put his saliva in the mouth of the child. So the first
thing to enter its stomach was the saliva of Allah's Apostle. Then he did its Tahnik
with a date, and invoked Allah to bless him. It was the first child born in the Islamic
era, therefore they (Muslims) were very happy with its birth, for it had been said to
them that the Jews had bewitched them, and so they would not produce any
offspring.Abu Talha had a child who was sick. Once, while Abu Talha was out, the child
died. When Abu Talha returned home, he asked, "How does my son fare?" Um
Salaim (his wife) replied, "He is quieter than he has ever been." Then she brought
supper for him and he took his supper and slept with her. When he had finished,
she said (to him), "Bury the child (as he's dead)." Next morning Abu Talha came to
Allah's Apostle and told him about that. The Prophet said (to him), "Did you sleep
with your wife last night?" Abu Talha said, "Yes". The Prophet said, "O Allah!
Bestow your blessing on them as regards that night of theirs." Um Sulaim gave birth
to a boy. Abu Talha told me to take care of the child till it was taken to the
Prophet. Then Abu Talha took the child to the Prophet and Um Sulaim sent some
dates along with the child. The Prophet took the child (on his lap) and asked if
there was something with him. The people replied, "Yes, a few dates." The
Prophet took a date, chewed it, took some of it out of his mouth, put it into the
child's mouth and did Tahnik for him with that, and named him 'Abdullah.
Volume 7, Book 66, Number 379i:I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "'Aqiqa is to be offered for a (newly born) boy, so
slaughter (an animal) for him, and relieve him of his suffering." (Note: It has been
quoted in Fateh-AL-Bari that the majority of the Religious Scholars agrees to the
Hadith narrated in Sahih At-TlRMlZY that the Prophet was asked about Aqiqa
and he ordered 2 sheep for a boy and one sheep for a girl and that is his tradition
"SUNNA".)Ibn Sirin told me to ask Al-Hassan from whom he had heard the narration of
'Aqiqa. I asked him and he said, "From Samura bin Jundab."
Volume 7, Book 66, Number 382:The Prophet said, "Neither Fara' nor 'Atira (is permissible):" Al-Fara' nor 'Atira (is
permissible):" Al-Fara' was the first offspring (of camels or sheep) which the
pagans used to offer (as a sacrifice) to their idols. And Al-'Atira was (a sheep
which was to be slaughtered) during the month of Rajab.
Volume 7, Book 66, Number 383:The Prophet said, "Neither Fara' nor 'Atira) is permissible)." Al-Fara' was the first
offspring (they got of camels or sheep) which they (pagans) used to offer (as a
sacrifice) to their idols. 'Atira was (a sheep which used to be slaughtered) during
the month of Rajab.I asked the Prophet about the game killed by a Mi'rad (i.e. a sharp-edged piece of
wood or a piece of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He
said, "If the game is killed with its sharp edge, eat of it, but if it is killed with its
shaft, with a hit by its broad side then the game is (unlawful to eat) for it has been
beaten to death." I asked him about the game killed by a trained hound. He said,
"If the hound catches the game for you, eat of it, for killing the game by the hound,
is like its slaughtering. But if you see with your hound or hounds another dog, and
you are afraid that it might have shared in hunting the game with your hound and
killed it, then you should not eat of it, because you have mentioned Allah's name on
(sending) your hound only, but you have not mentioned it on some other hound
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 385:I asked Allah's Apostle about the Mi'rad. He said, "If you hit the game with its
sharp edge, eat it, but if the Mi'rad hits the game with its shaft with a hit by its
broad side do not eat it, for it has been beaten to death with a piece of wood. (i.e.
unlawful)." I asked, "If I let loose my trained hound after a game?" He said, "If you
let loose your trained hound after game, and mention the name of Allah, then you
can eat." I said, "If the hound eats of the game?" He said "Then you should not eat
of it, for the hound has hunted the game for itself and not for you." I said, "Some
times I send my hound and then I find some other hound with it?" He said "Don't
eat the game, as you have mentioned the Name of Allah on your dog only and not
on the other."I said, "O Allah's Apostle! We let loose our trained hounds after a game?" He said,
"Eat what they hunt for you." I said, "Even if they killed (the game)?" He replied,
'Even if they killed (the game)." I said, 'We also hit (the game) with the Mi'rad?"
He said, "Eat of the animal which the Mi'rad kills by piercing its body, but do not
eat of the animal which is killed by the broad side of the Mi'rad.''
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 387:I said, "O Allah's Prophet! We are living in a land ruled by the people of the
Scripture; Can we take our meals in their utensils? In that land there is plenty of
game and I hunt the game with my bow and with my hound that is not trained and
with my trained hound. Then what is lawful for me to eat?" He said, "As for what
you have mentioned about the people of the Scripture, if you can get utensils other
than theirs, do not eat out of theirs, but if you cannot get other than theirs, wash
their utensils and eat out of it. If you hunt an animal with your bow after mentioning
Allah's Name, eat of it. and if you hunt something with your trained hound after
mentioning Allah's Name, eat of it, and if you hunt something with your untrained
hound (and get it before it dies) and slaughter it, eat of it."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 388:that he saw a man throwing stones with two fingers (at something) and said to him,
"Do not throw stones, for Allah's Apostle has forbidden throwing stones, or e used
to dislike it." 'Abdullah added: Throwing stones will neither hunt the game, nor kill
(or hurt) an enemy, but it may break a tooth or gouge out an eye." Afterwards
'Abdullah once again saw the man throwing stones. He said to him, "I tell you that
Allah's Apostle has forbidden or disliked the throwing the stones (in such a way),
yet you are throwing stones! I shall not talk to you for such-and-such a period."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 389:The Prophet said, "Whoever keeps a (pet) dog which is neither a watch dog nor a
hunting dog, will get a daily deduction of two Qirat from his good deeds."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 390:I heard the Prophet saying, "If someone keeps a dog neither for hunting, nor for
guarding livestock, the reward (for his good deeds) will be reduced by two Qirats
per day."Allah's Apostle said, "If someone keeps a dog neither for guarding livestock, nor
for hunting, his good deeds will decrease (in reward) by two Qirats a day.'
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 392:I asked Allah's Apostle. "We hunt with the help of these hounds." He said, "If you
let loose your trained hounds after a game, and mention the name of Allah, then
you can eat what the hounds catch for you, even if they killed the game. But you
should not eat of it if the hound has eaten of it, for then it is likely that the hound has
caught the game for itself. And if other hounds join your hound in hunting the game,
then do not eat of it."The Prophet said, "If you let loose your hound after a game and mention Allah's
Name on sending it, and the hound catches the game and kills it, then you can eat
of it. But if the hound eats of it, then you should not eat thereof, for the hound has
caught it for itself. And if along with your hound, join other hounds, and Allah's
Name was not mentioned at the time of their sending, and they catch an animal and
kill it, you should not ea: of it, for you will not know which of them has killed it.
And if you have thrown an arrow at the game and then find it (dead) two or three
days later and, it bears no mark other than the wound inflicted by your arrow, then
you can eat of it. But if the game is found (dead) in water, then do not eat of it."
And it has also been narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim that he asked the Prophet "If a
hunter throws an arrow at the game and after tracing it for two or three days he
finds it dead but still bearing his arrow, (can he eat of it)?" The Prophet replied,
"He can eat if he wishes."I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I let loose my hound after a game and mention Allah's
Name on sending it." The Prophet said, "If you let loose your hound after a game
and you mention Allah's Name on sending it and the hound catches and kills the
game and eats of it, then you should not eat of it, for it has killed it for itself." I said,
"Sometimes when I send my hound after a game, I find another hound along with it
and I do not know which of them has caught the game." He said, "You must not
eat of it because you have not mentioned, the Name of Allah except on sending
your own hound, and you did not mention it on the other hound." Then I asked him
about the game hunted with a Mi'rad (i.e. a sharp edged piece of wood or a piece
of wood provided with a sharp piece of iron used for hunting). He said, "If the
game is killed with its sharp edge, you can eat of it, but if it is killed by its broad
side (shaft), you cannot eat of it, for then it is like an animal beaten to death with a
pieI asked Allah's Apostle, "We hunt with these hounds." He said, "If you send your
trained hounds after a game and mention Allah's Name on sending, you can eat of
what they catch for you. But if the hound eats of the game, then you must not eat of
it, for I am afraid that the hound caught it for itself, and if another hound joins your
hounds (during the hunt), you should not eat of the game."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 396:I came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are living in the land of
the people of the Scripture and we take our meals in their utensils, and in the land
there is game and I hunt with my bow and trained or untrained hounds; please tell
me what is lawful for us of that." He said, "As for your saying that you are living in
the land of the people of the Scripture and that you eat in their utensils, if you can
get utensils other than theirs, do not eat in their utensils, but if you do not find (other
than theirs), then wash their utensils and eat in them. As for your saying that you
are in the land of game, if you hung something with your bow, and have mentioned
Allah's Name while hunting, then you can eat (the game). And if you hunt
something with your trained hound, and have mentioned Allah's Name on sending it
for hunting then you can eat (the game). But if you hunt something with your
untrained hound and you were able to slaughter it before its death, you can eat of
it."We provoked a rabbit at Marr Az-Zahran till it started jumping. My companions
chased it till they got tired. But I alone ran after it and caught it and brought it to
Abu Talha. He sent both its legs to the Prophet who accepted them.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 398:that once he was with Allah's Apostle (on the way to Mecca). When he had
covered some of the way to Mecca, he and some companions of his, who were in
the state of lhram. remained behind the Prophet while Abu Qatada himself was not
in the state of Ihram. Abu Qatada, seeing an onager rode his horse and asked his
companions to hand him a whip, but they refused. He then asked them to hand him
his spear, but they refused. Then he took it himself and attacked the onager and
killed it. Some of the Companions of Allah's Apostle ate of it, but some others
refused to eat. When they met Allah's Apostle they asked him about that. He said,
"It was meal given to you by Allah."(the same Hadith above, but he added); The Prophet asked, "Is there any of its
meat left with you?"I was with the Prophet (on a journey) between Mecca and Medina, and all of
them, (i.e. the Prophet and his companions) were in the state of Ihram, while I was
not in that state. I was riding my horse and I used to be fond of ascending
mountains. So while I was doing so I noticed that the people were looking at
something. I went to see what it was, and behold it was an onager. I asked my
companions, "What is that?" They said, "We do not know." I said, "It is an onager.'
They said, "It is what you have seen." I had left my whip, so I said to them, "Hand
to me my whip." They said, "We will not help you in that (in hunting the onager)." I
got down, took my whip and chased the animal (on my horse) and did not stop till
I killed it. I went to them and said, "Come on, carry it!" But they said, "We will not
even touch it." At last I alone carried it and brought it to them. Some of them ate of
it and some refused to eat of it. I said (to them), "I will ask the Prophet about it (on
your behalf)." When I met the Prophet, I told him the whole story. He said to me,
"Has anything of it been left with you?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Eat, for it is a meal
Allah has offered to you."We went out in a campaign and the army was called The Army of the Khabt, and
Abu 'Ubaida was our commander. We were struck with severe hunger. Then the
sea threw a huge dead fish called Al-'Anbar, the like of which had never been
seen. We ate of it for half a month, and then Abu 'Ubaida took one of its bones
(and made an arch of it) so that a rider could easily pass under it.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 402:The Prophet sent us as an army unit of three hundred warriors under the command
of Abu 'Ubaida to ambush a caravan of the Quraish. But we were struck with such
severe hunger that we ate the Khabt (desert bushes), so our army was called the
Army of the Khabt. Then the sea threw a huge fish called Al-'Anbar and we ate of
it for half a month and rubbed our bodies with its fat till our bodies became healthy.
Then Abu Ubaida took one of its ribs and fixed it over the ground and a rider
passed underneath it. There was a man amongst us who slaughtered three camels
when hunger became severe, and he slaughtered three more, but after that Abu
'Ubaida forbade him to do so.We participated with the Prophet in six or seven Ghazawat, and we used to eat
locusts with him.I came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are living in the land of the
people of the Scripture, and we take our meals in their utensils, and there is game
in that land and I hunt with my bow and with my trained hound and with my
untrained hound." The Prophet said, "As for your saying that you are in the land of
people of the Scripture, you should not eat in their utensils unless you find no
alternative, in which case you must wash the utensils and then eat in them As for
your saying that you are in the land of game, if you hunt something with your bow,
mention Allah's Name (while hunting the game) and eat; and if you hunt something
with your trained hound, mention Allah's Name on sending and eat; and if you hunt
something with your untrained hound and get it alive, slaughter it and you can eat of
it"In the evening of the day of the conquest of Khaibar, the army made fires (for
cooking). The Prophet said, "For what have you made these fires?" They said,
"For cooking the meat of domestic donkeys." He said, "Throw away what is in the
cooking pots and break the pots." A man from the people got up and said, "Shall
we throw the contents of the cooking pots and then wash the pots (instead of
breaking them)?" The Prophet said, "Yes, you can do either'
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 406:We were with the Prophet in Dhul-Hulaifa and there the people were struck with
severe hunger. Then we got camels and sheep as war booty (and slaughtered
them). The Prophet was behind all the people. The people hurried and fixed the
cooking pots (for cooking) but the Prophet came there and ordered that the
cooking pots be turned upside down. Then he distributed the animals, regarding
ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels ran away and there were a few
horses with the people. They chased the camel but they got tired, whereupon a
man shot it with an arrow whereby Allah stopped it. The Prophet said, "Among
these animals some are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away from
you, treat it in this way." I said. "We hope, or we are afraid that tomorrow we will
meet the enemy and we have no knives, shall we slaughter (our animals) with
canes?" The Prophet said, "If the killing tool causes blood to gush out and if Allah's
Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughterer animal). But do not slaughter with a
tooth or a nail. I am telling you why: A tooth is a bone, and the nail is the knife of
Ethiopians."Allah's Apostle said that he met Zaid bin 'Amr Nufail at a place near Baldah and
this had happened before Allah's Apostle received the Divine Inspiration. Allah's
Apostle presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to
Zaid bin 'Amr, but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not
eat of what you slaughter on your stonealtars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on
which Allah's Name has been mentioned on slaughtering."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 408:Once during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle we offered some animals as sacrifices.
Some people slaughtered their sacrifices before the (Id) prayer, so when the
Prophet finished his prayer, he saw that they had slaughtered their sacrifices before
the prayer. He said, "Whoever has slaughtered (his sacrifice) before the prayer,
should slaughter (another sacrifice) in lieu of it; and whoever has not yet
slaughtered it till we have prayed; should slaughter (it) by mentioning Allah's
Name."that a slave girl of theirs used to shepherd some sheep at Si'a (a mountain near
Medina). On seeing one of her sheep dying, she broke a stone and slaughtered it.
Ka'b said to his family, "Do not eat (of it) till I go to the Prophet and ask him, or,
till I send someone to ask him." So he went to the Prophet or sent someone to him
The Prophet permitted (them) to eat it.that Ka'b had a slave girl who used to graze his sheep on a small mountain, called
"Sl'a", situated near the market. Once a sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and
slaughtered it with it. When they mentioned that to the Prophet, he, permitted them
to eat it.that he said, "O Allah's Apostle! We have no knife." The Prophet said, "if the
killing tool causes blood to gush out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the
slaughtered animal). But do not slaughter with a nail or a tooth, for the nail is the
knife of Ethiopians and a tooth is a bone." Suddenly a camel ran away and it was
stopped (with an arrow). The Prophet then said, "Of these camels there are some
which are as wild as wild beasts; so if one of them runs away from you and you
cannot catch it, treat it in this manner (i.e. shoot it with an arrow)."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 412:A lady slaughtered a sheep with a stone and then the Prophet was asked about it
and he permitted it to be eaten.A slave girl belonging to Ka'b used to graze some sheep at Sl'a (mountain). Once
one of her sheep was dying. She reached it (before it died) and slaughtered it with
a stone. The Prophet was asked, and he said, "Eat it."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 414:The Prophet said, "Eat what is slaughtered (with any instrument) that makes blood
flow out, except what is slaughtered with a tooth or a nail.'
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 415:A group of people said to the Prophet, "Some people bring us meat and we do not
know whether they have mentioned Allah's Name or not on slaughtering the
animal." He said, "Mention Allah's Name on it and eat." Those people had
embraced Islam recently.While we were besieging the castle of Khaibar, Somebody threw a skin full of fat
and I went ahead to take it, but on looking behind, I saw the Prophet and I felt shy
in his presence (and did not take it).I said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are going to face the enemy tomorrow and we do
not have knives." He said, "Hurry up (in killing the animal). If the killing tool causes
blood to flow out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned, eat (of the slaughtered
animal). But do not slaughter with a tooth or a nail. I will tell you why: As for the
tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians." Then we got
some camels and sheep as war booty, and one of those camels ran away,
whereupon a man shot it with an arrow and stopped it. Allah's Apostle said, "Of
these camels there are some which are as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them
(runs away and) makes you tired, treat it in this manner."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 418:We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of the Prophet and ate it.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 419:We slaughtered a horse (by Dhabh) during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle while we
were at Medina, and we ate it.We slaughtered a horse (by Nahr) during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle and ate it.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 421:Anas and I went to Al-Hakam bin Aiyub. Anas saw some boys shooting at a tied
hen. Anas said, "The Prophet has forbidden the shooting of tied or confined
animals."that he entered upon Yahya bin Said while one of Yahya's sons was aiming at a
hen after tying it. Ibn 'Umar walked to it and untied it. Then he brought it and the
boy and said. "Prevent your boys from tying the birds for the sake of killing them,
as I have heard the Prophet forbidding the killing of an animal or other living thing
after tying them."While I was with Ibn 'Umar, we passed by a group of young men who had tied a
hen and started shooting at it. When they saw Ibn 'Umar, they dispersed, leaving it.
On that Ibn 'Umar said, "Who has done this? The Prophet cursed the one who did
so."The Prophet cursed the one who did Muthla to an animal (i e., cut its limbs or
some other part of its body while it is still alive).
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 425:We were in the company of Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari and there were friendly relations
between us and this tribe of Jarm. Abu Musa was presented with a dish containing
chicken. Among the people there was sitting a red-faced man who did not come
near the food. Abu Musa said (to him), "Come on (and eat), for I have seen
Allah's Apostle eating of it (i.e. chicken)." He said, "I have seen it eating something
(dirty) and since then I have disliked it, and have taken an oath that I shall not eat it
' Abu Musa said, "Come on, I will tell you (or narrate to you). Once I went to
Allah s Apostle with a group of Al-Ash'ariyin, and met him while he was angry,
distributing some camels of Rakat. We asked for mounts but he took an oath that
he would not give us any mounts, and added, 'I have nothing to mount you on' In
the meantime some camels of booty were brought to Allah's Apostle and he asked
twice, 'Where are Al-Ash'ariyin?" So he gave us five white camels with big humps.
We stayed for a short while (after we had covered a little distance), and then I said
to my companions, "Allah's Apostle has forgotten his oath. By Allah, if we do not
remind Allah's Apostle of his oath, we will never be successful." So we returned to
the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We asked you for mounts, but you took
an oath that you would not give us any mounts; we think that you have forgotten
your oath.' He said, 'It is Allah Who has given you mounts. By Allah, and Allah
willing, if I take an oath and later find something else better than that. then I do
what is better and expiate my oath.' "We slaughtered a horse during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle and ate it.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 429:On the Day of the battle of Khaibar, Allah's Apostle made donkey's meat unlawful
and allowed the eating of horse flesh.The Prophet made the meat of donkeys unlawful on the day of the battle of
Khaibar.The Prophet prohibited the eating of donkey's meat.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 432:Allah's Apostle prohibited Al-Mut'a marriage and the eating of donkey's meat in
the year of the Khaibar battleThe Prophet prohibited the eating of donkey's meat on the day of the battle of
Khaibar, and allowed the eating of horse flesh.The Prophet prohibited the eating of donkey's meat.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 435:Allah's Apostle prohibited the eating of donkey's meat.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 435o:The Prophet prohibited the eating of beasts having fangs.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 436:Someone came to Allah's Apostle and said, "The donkeys have been (slaughtered
and) eaten. Another man came and said, "The donkeys have been destroyed." On
that the Prophet ordered a caller to announce to the people: Allah and His Apostle
forbid you to eat the meat of donkeys, for it is impure.' Thus the pots were turned
upside down while the (donkeys') meat was boiling in them.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 437:I said to Jabir bin Zaid, "The people claim that Allah's Apostle forbade the eating
of donkey's meat." He said, "Al-Hakam bin 'Amr Al-Ghifari used to say so when
he was with us, but Ibn 'Abbas, the great religious learned man, refused to give a
final verdict and recited:-- 'Say: I find not in that which has been inspired to me
anything forbidden to be eaten by one who wishes to eat it, unless it be carrion,
blood poured forth or the flesh of swine...' (6.145)
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 438:Allah's Apostle forbade the eating of the meat of beasts having fangs.
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 439:Once Allah's Apostle passed by a dead sheep and said (to the people), "Why
don't you use its hide?" They said, "But it is dead," He said, "Only eating it, is
prohibited."The Prophet passed by a dead goat and said, "There is no harm if its owners
benefit from its skin."Allah's Apostle said, "None is wounded in Allah's Cause but will come on the Day
of Resurrection with his wound bleeding. The thing that will come out of his wound
will be the color of blood, but its smell will be the smell of musk."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 442:The Prophet said, 'The example of a good pious companion and an evil one is that
of a person carrying musk and another blowing a pair of bellows. The one who is
carrying musk will either give you some perfume as a present, or you will buy some
from him, or you will get a good smell from him, but the one who is blowing a pair
of bellows will either burn your clothes or you will get a bad smell from him."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 443:Once we provoked a rabbit at Marr-az-Zahran. The people chased it till they got
tired. Then I caught It and brought it to Abu Talha, who slaughtered it and then
sent both its pelvic pieces (or legs) to the Prophet, and the Prophet accepted the
present.The Prophet said, "I do not eat mastigure, but I do not prohibit its eating."
Volume 7, Book 67, Number 445:Allah's Apostle and I entered the house of Maimuna. A roasted mastigure was
served. Allah's Apostle stretched his hand out (to eat of it) but some woman said,
"Inform Allah's Apostle of what he is about to eat." So they said, "It is mastigure,
O Allah's Apostle!" He withdrew his hand, whereupon I said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Is it unlawful?" He said, "No, but this is not found in the land of my people, so I
dislike it." So I pulled the mastigure towards me and ate it while Allah's Apostle
was looking at me.A mouse fell into the butter-fat and died. The Prophet was asked about that. He
said, "Throw away the mouse and the butter-fat that surrounded it, and eat the rest
of the butter-fat (As-Samn).regarding an animal, e.g., a mouse or some other animal that had fallen into solid or
liquid oil or butter-fat: I had been informed that a mouse had died in butter-fat
whereupon Allah's Apostle ordered that the butter-fat near it be thrown away and
the rest of the butter-fat can be eaten.The Prophet was asked about a mouse that had fallen into butter-fat (and died).
He said, "Throw away the mouse and the portion of butter-fat around it, and eat
the rest."that Ibn 'Umar disliked the branding of animals on the face. Ibn 'Umar said, "The
Prophet forbade beating (animals) on the face."I brought a brother of mine to the Prophet to do Tahnik for him while the Prophet
was in a sheep fold of his, and I saw him branding a sheep. (The sub-narrator said:
I think Anas said, branding it on the ear.)I said to the Prophet, "We will be facing the enemy tomorrow and we have no
knives (for slaughtering)' He said, "If you slaughter the animal with anything that
causes its blood to flow out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned on slaughtering it,
eat of it, unless the killing instrument is a tooth or nail. I will tell you why: As for the
tooth, it is a bone; and as for the nail, it is the knife of Ethiopians." The quick ones
among the people got the war booty while the Prophet was behind the people. So
they placed the cooking pots on the fire, but the Prophet ordered the cooking pots
to be turned upside down. Then he distributed (the war booty) among them,
considering one camel as equal to ten sheep. Then a camel belonging to the first
party of people ran away and they had no horses with them, so a man shot it with
an arrow whereby Allah stopped it. The Prophet said, "Of these animals there are
some which are as wild as wild beasts. So, if anyone of them runs away like this,
do like this (shoot it with an arrow)."While we were with the Prophet. on a journey, one of the camels ran away. A man
shot it with an arrow and stopped it. The Prophet said, "Of these camels some are
as wild as wild beasts, so if one of them runs away and you cannot catch it, then
do like this (shoot it with an arrow)." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Sometimes when
we are in battles or on a journey we want to slaughter (animals) but we have no
knives." He said, "Listen! If you slaughter the animal with anything that causes its
blood to flow out, and if Allah's Name is mentioned on slaughtering it, eat of it,
provided that the slaughtering instrument is not a tooth or a nail, as the tooth is a
bone and the nail is the knife of Ethiopians."The Prophet said (on the day of Idal-Adha), "The first thing we will do on this day
of ours, is to offer the ('Id) prayer and then return to slaughter the sacrifice.
Whoever does so, he acted according to our Sunna (tradition), and whoever
slaughtered (the sacrifice) before the prayer, what he offered was just meat he
presented to his family, and that will not be considered as Nusak (sacrifice)." (On
hearing that) Abu Burda bin Niyar got up, for he had slaughtered the sacrifice
before the prayer, and said, "I have got a six month old ram." The Prophet said,
'Slaughter it (as a sacrifice) but it will not be sufficient for any-one else (as a
sacrifice after you). Al-Bara' added: The Prophet said, "Whoever slaughtered (the
sacrifice) after the prayer, he slaughtered it at the right time and followed the
tradition of the Muslims."The Prophet said, "Whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the prayer, he just
slaughtered it for himself, and whoever slaughtered it after the prayer, he
slaughtered it at the right time and followed the tradition of the Muslims."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 455:that the Prophet distributed among his companions some animals for sacrifice (to
be slaughtered on 'Id-al-Adha). 'Uqba's share was a Jadha'a (a six month old
goat). 'Uqba said, "O Allah's Apostle! I get in my share of Jadha'a (a six month old
ram)." The Prophet said, "Slaughter it as a sacrifice."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 456:that the Prophet entered upon her when she had her menses at Sarif before
entering Mecca, and she was weeping (because she was afraid that she would not
be able to perform the Hajj). The Prophet said, "What is wrong with you? Have
you got your period?" She said, "Yes." He said, "This is a matter Allah has decreed
for all the daughters of Adam, so perform all the ceremonies of Hajj like the others,
but do not perform the Tawaf around the Ka'ba." 'Aisha added: When we were at
Mina, beef was brought to me and I asked, "What is this?" They (the people) said,
"Allah's Apostle has slaughtered some cows as sacrifices on behalf of his wives."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 457:The Prophet said on the day of Nahr, "Whoever has slaughtered his sacrifice
before the prayer, should repeat it (slaughter another sacrifice)." A man got up and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is a day on which meat is desired." He then
mentioned his neighbors saying, "I have a six month old ram which is to me better
than the meat of two sheep." The Prophet allowed him to slaughter it as a sacrifice,
but I do not know whether this permission was valid for other than that man or not.
The Prophet then went towards two rams and slaughtered them, and then the
people went towards some sheep and distributed them among themselves.
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 458:The Prophet said, "Time has come back to its original state which it had on the day
Allah created the Heavens and the Earth. The year is twelve months, four of which
are sacred, three of them are in succession, namely Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul Hijja and
Muharram, (the fourth being) Rajab Mudar which is between Juma'da (ath-thamj
and Sha'ban. The Prophet then asked, "Which month is this?" We said, "Allah and
his Apostle know better." He kept silent so long that we thought that he would call
it by a name other than its real name. He said, "Isn't it the month of Dhul-Hijja?"
We said, "Yes." He said, "Which town is this?" We said, "Allah and His Apostle
know better." He kept silent so long that we thought that he would call it t,y a name
other than its real name. He said, "isn't it the town (of Mecca)?" We replied, "Yes."
He said, "What day is today?" We replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better."
He kept silent so long that we thought that he would call it by a name other than its
real name. He said, "Isn't it the day of Nahr?" We replied, "Yes." He then said,
"Your blood, properties and honor are as sacred to one another as this day of
yours in this town of yours in this month of yours. You will meet your Lord, and He
will ask you about your deeds. Beware! Do not go astray after me by cutting the
necks of each other. It is incumbent upon those who are present to convey this
message to those who are absent, for some of those to whom it is conveyed may
comprehend it better than some of those who have heard it directly." (Muhammad,
the sub-narrator, on mentioning this used to say: The Prophet then said, "No
doubt! Haven't I delivered (Allah's) Message (to you)? Haven't I delivered Allah's
message (to you)?"'Abdullah (bin 'Umar) used to slaughter his sacrifice at the slaughtering place (i.e
the slaughtering place of the Prophet ) . Ibn 'Umar said, "Allah's Apostle used to
slaughter (camels and sheep, etc.,) as sacrifices at the Musalla."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 460:The Prophet used to offer two rams as sacrifices, and I also used to offer two
rams.Allah's Apostle came towards two horned rams having black and white colors and
slaughtered them with his own hands.that the Prophet gave him some sheep to distribute among his companions to
slaughter as sacrifices ('Id--al--Adha). A kid was left and he told the Prophet of
that whereupon he said to him, "Slaughter it as a sacrifice (on your behalf)."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 463:An uncle of mine called Abu Burda, slaughtered his sacrifice before the 'Id prayer.
So Allah's Apostle said to him, "Your (slaughtered) sheep was just mutton (not a
sacrifice)." Abu Burda said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have got a domestic kid." The
Prophet said, "Slaughter it (as a sacrifice) but it will not be permissible for anybody
other than you" The Prophet added, "Whoever slaughtered his sacrifice before the
('Id) prayer, he only slaughtered for himself, and whoever slaughtered it after the
prayer, he offered his sacrifice properly and followed the tradition of the Muslims."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 464:Abu Burda slaughtered (the sacrifice) before the ('Id) prayer whereupon the
Prophet said to him, "Slaughter another sacrifice instead of that." Abu Burda said,
"I have nothing except a Jadha'a." (Shu'ba said: Perhaps Abu Burda also said that
Jadha'a was better than an old sheep in his opinion.) The Prophet said, "(Never
mind), slaughter it to make up for the other one, but it will not be sufficient for
anyone else after you."The Prophet slaughtered two rams, black and white in color (as sacrifices), and I
saw him putting his foot on their sides and mentioning Allah's Name and Takbir
(Allahu Akbar). Then he slaughtered them with his own hands.
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 466:Allah's Apostle entered upon me at Sarif while I was weeping (because I was
afraid that I would not be able to perform the ,Hajj). He said, "What is wrong with
you? Have you got your period?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "This is a matter Allah
has decreed for all the daughters of Adam, so perform the ceremonies of the Hajj
as the pilgrims do, but do not perform the Tawaf around the Ka'ba." Allah's
Apostle slaughtered some cows as sacrifices on behalf of his wives.
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 467:I heard the Prophet delivering a sermon, and he said (on the Day of 'Id-Allah. a),
"The first thing we will do on this day of ours is that we will offer the 'Id prayer,
then we will return and slaughter our sacrifices; and whoever does so, then indeed
he has followed our tradition, and whoever slaughtered his sacrifice (before the
prayer), what he offered was just meat that he presented to his family, and that was
not a sacrifice." Abu Burda got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I slaughtered the
sacrifice before the prayer and I have got a Jadha'a which is better than an old
sheep." The Prophet said, "Slaughter it to make up for that, but it will not be
sufficient for anybody else after you."The Prophet said, "Whoever slaughtered the sacrifice before the 'Id prayer, should
repeat it (slaughter another one)." A man said "This is the day on which meat is
desired." Then he mentioned the need of his neighbors (for meat) and the Prophet
seemed to accept his excuse. The man said, "I have a Jadha'a which is to me better
than two sheep." The Prophet allowed him (to slaughter it as a sacrifice). But I do
not know whether this permission was general for all Muslims or not. The Prophet
then went towards two rams and slaughtered them, and the people went towards
their sheep and slaughtered them.I witnessed the Prophet on the Day of Nahr. He said, "Whoever slaughtered the
sacrifice before offering the 'Id prayer, should slaughter another sacrifice in its
place; and whoever has not slaughtered their sacrifice yet, should slaughter now."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 470:One day Allah's Apostle offered the 'Id prayer and said, "Whoever offers our
prayer and faces our Qibla should not slaughter the sacrifice till he finishes the 'Id
prayer." Abu Burda bin Niyar got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have already
done it. The Prophet said, "That is something you have done before its due time."
Abu Burda said, "I have a Jadha'a which is better than two old sheep; shall I
slaughter it?" The Prophet said, "Yes, but it will not be sufficient for anyone after
you."The Prophet used to offer as sacrifices, two horned rams, black and white in color,
and used to put his foot on their sides and slaughter them with his own hands.
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 472:The Prophet offered as sacrifices, two horned rams, black and white in color. He
slaughtered them with his own hands and mentioned Allah's Name over them and
said Takbir and put his foot on their sides.that he came to 'Aisha and said to her, "O Mother of the Believers! There is a man
who sends a Hadi to Ka'ba and stays in his city and requests that his Hadi camel
be garlanded while he remains in a state of Ihram from that day till the people finish
their Ihram (after completing all the ceremonies of Hajj)" (What do you say about
it?) Masruq added, I heard the clapping of her hands behind the curtain. She said,
"I used to twist the garlands for the Hadi of Allah's Apostle and he used to send his
Hadi to Ka'ba but he never used to regard as unlawful what was lawful for men to
do with their wives till the people returned (from the Hajj)."
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 474:During the lifetime of the Prophet we used to take with us the meat of the sacrifices
(of Id al Adha) to Medina. (The narrator often said. The meat of the Hadi).
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 475:that once he was not present (at the time of 'Id-al-Adha) and when he came. some
meat was presented to him. and the people said (to him), 'This is the meat of our
sacrifices" He said. 'Take it away; I shall not taste it. (In his narration) Abu Sa'id
added: I got up and went to my brother, Abu Qatada (who was his maternal
brother and was one of the warriors of the battle of Badr) and mentioned that to
him He Sad. 'A new verdict was given in your absence (i.e., meat of sacrifices was
allowed to be stored and eaten later on)."The Prophet said, "Whoever has slaughtered a sacrifice should not keep anything
of Its meat after three days." When it was the next year the people said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Shall we do as we did last year?" He said, ' Eat of it and feed of it to
others and store of it for in that year the people were having a hard time and I
wanted you to help (the needy)."We used to salt some of the meat of sacrifice and present it to the Prophet at
Medina. Once he said, "Do not eat (of that meat) for more than three days." That
was not a final order, but (that year) he wanted us to feed of it to others, Allah
knows better.the freed slave of Ibn Azhar that he witnessed the Day of 'Id-al-Adha with 'Umar
bin Al-Khattab. 'Umar offered the 'Id prayer before the sermon and then delivered
the sermon before the people, saying, "O people! Allah's Apostle has forbidden
you to fast (on the first day of) each of these two 'Ida, for one of them is the Day
of breaking your fast, and the other is the one, on which you eat the meat of your
sacrifices."(in continuation of 478). Then I witnessed the 'Id with 'Uthman bin 'Affan, and that
was on a Friday. He offered the prayer before the sermon, saying, "O people!
Today you have two 'Its (festivals) together, so whoever of those who live at
Al-'Awali (suburbs) would like to wait for the Jumua prayer, he may wait, and
whoever would like to return (home) Is granted my permission to do so." Then I
witnessed (the 'Its) with 'Ali bin Abi Talib, and he too offered the 'Id prayer before
the sermon and then delivered the sermon before the people and said, "Allah's
Apostle has forbidden you to eat the meat of your sacrifices for more than three
days."'Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "Allah's Apostle said, "Eat of the meat of sacrifices (of
'Id al Adha) for three days." When 'Abdullah departed from Mina, he used to eat
(bread with) oil, lest he should eat of the meat of Hadi (which is regarded as
unlawful after the three days of the 'Id).Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever drinks alcoholic drinks in the world and does not
repent (before dying), will be deprived of it in the Hereafter."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 482:On the night Allah's Apostle was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one
containing wine and the other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked
at it and took the cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be to Allah Who guided you to
Al-Fitra (the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have
gone astray."I heard from Allah's Apostle a narration which none other than I will narrate to
you. The Prophet, said, "From among the portents of the Hour are the following:
General ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail, (religious) knowledge will
decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will prevail, alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in
abundance), men will decrease and women will increase so much so that for every
fifty women there will be one man to look after them."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 484:The Prophet said, "An adulterer, at the time he is committing illegal sexual
intercourse is not a believer; and a person, at the time of drinking an alcoholic drink
is not a believer; and a thief, at the time of stealing, is not a believer." Ibn Shihab
said: 'Abdul Malik bin Abi Bakr bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al- Harith bin Hisham
told me that Abu Bakr used to narrate that narration to him on the authority of Abu
Huraira. He used to add that Abu Bakr used to mention, besides the above cases,
"And he who robs (takes illegally something by force) while the people are looking
at him, is not a believer at the time he is robbing (taking)
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 485:"Alcoholic drinks were prohibited (by Allah) when there was nothing of it (special
kind of wine) in Medina."Alcoholic drinks were prohibited at the time we could rarely find wine made from
grapes in Medina, for most of our liquors were made from unripe and ripe dates.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 487:'Umar stood up on the pulpit and said, "Now then, prohibition of alcoholic drinks
have been revealed, and these drinks are prepared from five things, i.e.. grapes,
dates, honey, wheat or barley And an alcoholic drink is that, that disturbs the mind.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 488:I was serving Abu 'Ubaida, Abu Talha and Ubai bin Ka'b with a drink prepared
from ripe and unripe dates. Then somebody came to them and said, "Alcoholic
drinks have been prohibited." (On hearing that) Abu Talha said, "Get up. O Anas,
and pour (throw) it out! So I poured (threw) it out.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 489:While I was waiting on my uncles and serving them with (wine prepared from)
dates----and I was the youngest of them----it was said, "Alcoholic drinks have
been prohibited." So they said (to me), "Throw it away." So I threw it away.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 490:Alcoholic drinks were prohibited. At that time these drinks used to be prepared
from unripe and ripe dates.Allah's Apostle was asked about Al-Bit. He said, "All drinks that intoxicate are
unlawful (to drink.)Allah's Apostle was asked about Al-Bit a liquor prepared from honey which the
Yemenites used to drink. Allah's Apostle said, "All drinks that intoxicate are
unlawful (to drink)."Allah's Apostle said, "Do not make drinks in Ad-Dubba' nor in Al-Muzaffat. Abu
Huraira used to add to them Al-Hantam and An-Naqir.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 493:'Umar delivered a sermon on the pulpit of Allah's Apostle, saying, "Alcoholic
drinks were prohibited by Divine Order, and these drinks used to be prepared
from five things, i.e., grapes, dates, wheat, barley and honey. Alcoholic drink is
that, that disturbs the mind." 'Umar added, "I wish Allah's Apostle had not left us
before he had given us definite verdicts concerning three matters, i.e., how much a
grandfather may inherit (of his grandson), the inheritance of Al-Kalala (the
deceased person among whose heirs there is no father or son), and various types
of Riba(1 ) (usury) .""Alcoholic drinks are prepared from five things, i.e., raisins, dates. wheat, barley
and honey."that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my followers there will be some
people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking
of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be
some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their
shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they
will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night
and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into
monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 495:Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi came and invited Allah's Apostle on the occasion of his
wedding. His wife who was the bride, was serving them. Do you know what drink
she prepared for Allah's Apostle ? She had soaked some dates in water in a Tur
overnight.Allah's Apostle forbade the use of (certain) containers, but the Ansar said, "We
cannot dispense with them." The Prophet then said, "If so, then use them."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 497:When the Prophet forbade the use of certain containers (that were used for
preparing alcoholic drinks), somebody said to the Prophet . "But not all the people
can find skins." So he allowed them to use clay jars not covered with pitch.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 498:the Prophet forbade the use of Ad-Dubba' and Al Muzaffat.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 499:I asked Al-Aswad, "Did you ask 'Aisha, Mother of the Believers, about the
containers in which it is disliked to prepare (non-alcoholic) drinks?" He said, "Yes,
I said to her, 'O Mother of the Believers! What containers did the Prophet forbid
to use for preparing (non-alcoholic) drinks?" She said, 'The Prophet forbade us,
(his family), to prepare (nonalcoholic) drinks in Ad-Dubba and Al-Muzaffat.' I
asked, 'Didn't you mention Al Jar and Al Hantam?' She said, 'I tell what I have
heard; shall I tell you what I have not heard?' "I heard 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa saying, "The Prophet forbade the use of green
jars." I said, "Shall we drink out of white jars?" He said, "No."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 502:Abu Usaid As Sa'idi invited the Prophet to his wedding banquet. At that time his
wife was serving them and she was the bride. She said, ''Do you know what (kind
of syrup) I soaked (made) for Allah's Apostle? I soaked some dates in water in a
Tur (bowl) overnight. 'I asked Ibn 'Abbas about Al-Badhaq. He said, "Muhammad prohibited alcoholic
drinks before It was called Al-Badhaq (by saying), 'Any drink that intoxicates is
unlawful.' I said, 'What about good lawful drinks?' He said,'Apart from what is
lawful and good, all other things are unlawful and not good (unclean Al-Khabith).
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 504:The Prophet used to like sweet edible things and honey.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 505:While I was serving Abu Talha. Abu Dujana and Abu Suhail bin Al-Baida' with a
drink made from a mixture of unripe and ripe dates, alcoholic drinks, were made
unlawful, whereupon I threw it away, and I was their butler and the youngest of
them, and we used to consider that drink as an alcoholic drink in those days
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 506:The Prophet forbade the drinking of alcoholic drinks prepared from raisins, dates,
unripe dates and fresh ripe dates.The Prophet forbade the mixing of ripe and unripe dates and also the mixing of
dates and raisins (for preparing a syrup) but the syrup of each kind of fruit should
be prepared separately. ( One may have such drinks as long as it is fresh )
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 508:Allah's Apostle was presented a bowl of milk and a bowl of wine on the night he
was taken on a journey (Al-Mi'raj).The people doubted whether Allah's Apostle was fasting or the Day of 'Arafat or
not. So I sent a cup containing milk to him and he drank it.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 510:Abu Humaid brought a cup of mix from a place called Al-Naqi. Allah's Apostle
said to him, "Will you not cover it, even by placing a stick across its"
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 511:Abu Humaid, an Ansari man, came from AnNaqi carrying a cup of milk to the
Prophet. The Prophet said, "Will you not cover it even by placing a stick across
it?"The Prophet came from Mecca with Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr said "We passed by a
shepherd and at that time Allah's Apostle was thirsty. I milked a little milk in a bowl
and Allah's Apostle drank till I was pleased. Suraqa bin Ju'shum came to us riding
a horse (chasing us). The Prophet invoked evil upon him, whereupon Suraqa
requested him not to invoke evil upon him, in which case he would go back. The
Prophet agreed.Allah's Apostle said, "The best object of charity is a she-camel which has (newly)
given birth and gives plenty of milk, or a she-goat which gives plenty of milk; and is
given to somebody to utilize its milk by milking one bowl in the morning and one in
the evening."Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle drank milk and then rinsed his mouth and
said, "It contains fat. The Prophet added: I was raised to the Lote Tree and saw
four rivers, two of which were coming out and two going in. Those which were
coming out were the Nile and the Euphrates, and those which were going in were
two rivers in paradise. Then I was given three bowls, one containing milk, and
another containing honey, and a third containing wine. I took the bowl containing
milk and drank it. It was said to me, "You and your followers will be on the right
path (of Islam)."Abu Talha had the largest number of datepalms from amongst the Ansars of
Medina. The dearest of his property to him was Bairuha garden which was facing
the (Prophet's) Mosque. Allah's Apostle used to enter it and drink of its good fresh
water. When the Holy Verse:-- 'By no means shall you attain righteousness unless
you spend (in charity) of that which you love.' (3.92) was revealed, Abu Talha got
up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Allah says: By no means shall you attain
righteousness unless you spend of that which you love,' and the dearest of my
property to me is the Bairuha garden and I want to give it in charity in Allah's
Cause, seeking to be rewarded by Allah for that. So you can spend it, O Allah's
Apostle, where-ever Allah instructs you. ' Allah s Apostle said, "Good! That is a
perishable (or profitable) wealth" ('Abdullah is in doubt as to which word was
used.) He said, "I have heard what you have said but in my opinion you'd better
give it to your kith and kin." On that Abu Talha said, "I will do so, O Allah's
Apostle!" Abu Talha distributed that garden among his kith and kin and cousins.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 516:I saw Allah's Apostle drinking milk. He came to my house and I milked a sheep
and then mixed the milk with water from the well for Allah's Apostle. He took the
bowl and drank while on his left there was sitting Abu Bakr, and on his right there
was a bedouin. He then gave the remaining milk to the bedouin and said, "The
right! The right (first)."Allah's Apostle and one of his companions entered upon an Ansari man and the
Prophet said to him, "If you have water kept overnight in a water skin, (give us),
otherwise we will drink water by putting our mouth in it." The man was watering his
garden then. He said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have water kept overnight; let us go to
the shade." So he took them both there and poured water into a bowl and milked a
domestic goat of his in it. Allah's Apostle drank, and then the man who had come
along with him, drank.The Prophet used to like sweet edible things (syrup, etc.) and honey.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 519:All came to the gate of the courtyard (of the Mosque) and drank (water) while he
was standing and said, "Some people dislike to drink while standing, but I saw the
Prophet doing (drinking water) as you have seen me doing now."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 520:'Ali offered the Zuhr prayer and then sat down in the wide courtyard (of the
Mosque) of Kufa in order to deal with the affairs of the people till the 'Asr prayer
became due. Then water was brought to him and he drank of it, washed his face,
hands, head and feet. Then he stood up and drank the remaining water while he
was standing. and said, "Some people dislike to drink water while standing thought
the Prophet did as I have just done."(daughter of Al-Harith) that she sent a bowl of milk to the Prophet while he was
standing (at 'Arafat) in the afternoon of the Day of 'Arafat. He took it in his hands
and drank it. Narrated Abu Nadr: The Prophet was on the back of his camel.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 523:Milk mixed with water was brought to Allah's Apostle while a bedouin was on his
right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He drank (of it) and then gave (it) to the
bedouin and said, 'The right" "The right (first)."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 524:Allah's Apostle was offered something to drink. He drank of it while on his right
was a boy and on his left were some elderly people. He said to the boy, "May I
give these (elderly) people first?" The boy said, "By Allah, O Allah's Apostle! I will
not give up my share from you to somebody else." On that Allah's Apostle placed
the cup in the hand of that boy.The Prophet and one of his companions entered upon an Ansari man. The Prophet
and his companion greeted (the man) and he replied, "O Allah's Apostle! Let my
father and mother be sacrificed for you! It is hot," while he was watering his
garden. The Prophet asked him, "If you have water kept overnight in a water skin,
(give us), or else we will drink by putting our mouths in the basin." The man was
watering the garden The man said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have water kept overnight
in a water-skin. He went to the shade and poured some water into a bowl and
milked some milk from a domestic goat in it. The Prophet drank and then gave the
bowl to the man who had come along with him to drink.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 526:I was waiting on my uncles, serving them with an alcoholic drink prepared from
dates, and I was the youngest of them. (Suddenly) it was said that alcoholic drinks
had been prohibited. So they said (to me), 'Throw it away." And I threw it away
The sub-narrator said: I asked Anas what their drink was (made from), He replied,
"(From) ripe dates and unripe dates."Allah's Apostle said, "When night falls (or when it is evening), stop your children
from going out, for the devils spread out at that time. But when an hour of the night
has passed, release them and close the doors and mention Allah's Name, for Satan
does not open a closed door. Tie the mouth of your water-skin and mention
Allah's Name; cover your containers and utensils and mention Allah's Name.
Cover them even by placing something across it, and extinguish your lamps. "
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 528:Allah's Apostle said, "Extinguish the lamps when you go to bed; close your doors;
tie the mouths of your water skins, and cover the food and drinks." I think he
added, ". . . even with a stick you place across the container."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 529:Allah's Apostle forbade the bending of the mouths of water skins for the sake of
drinking from themI heard Allah's Apostle forbidding the drinking of water by bending the mouths of
water skins, i.e., drinking from the mouths directly.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 531:Allah's Apostle forbade drinking directly from the mouth of a water skin or other
leather containers. and forbade preventing one's neighbor from fixing a peg in (the
wall of) one's house.The Prophet forbade the drinking of water directly from the mouth of a water skin .
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 533:The Prophet forbade the drinking of water direct from the mouth of a water-skin.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 534:Allah's Apostle said, "When you drink (water), do not breath in the vessel; and
when you urinate, do not touch your penis with your right hand. And when you
cleanse yourself after defecation, do not use your right hand."
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 535:Anas used to breathe twice or thrice in the vessel (while drinking) and used to say
that the Prophet; used to take three breaths while drinking.
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 536:While Hudhaita was at Mada'in, he asked for water. The chief of the village
brought him a silver vessel. Hudhaifa threw it away and said, "I have thrown it
away because I told him not to use it, but he has not stopped using it. The Prophet
forbade us to wear clothes of silk or Dibaj, and to drink in gold or silver utensils,
and said, 'These things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for you
(Muslims) in the Hereafter.' "The Prophet said, "Do not drink in gold or silver utensils, and do not wear clothes
of silk or Dibaj, for these things are for them (unbelievers) in this world and for you
in the Hereafter."(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "He who drinks in silver utensils is
only filling his abdomen with Hell Fire."Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He
ordered us to visit the sick, to follow funeral processions, (to say) to a sneezer,
(May Allah bestow His Mercy on you, if he says, Praise be to Allah), to accept
invitations, to greet (everybody), to help the oppressed and to help others to fulfill
their oaths. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in silver (utensils), to use
Mayathir (silken carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al-Qissi (a kind of silken
cloth), to wear silk, Dibaj or Istabraq (two kinds of silk).
Volume 7, Book 69, Number 540:that the people were in doubt whether the Prophet was fasting on the Day of
'Arafat or not, so a (wooden) drinking vessel full of milk was sent to him, and he
drank it.An Arab lady was mentioned to the Prophet so he asked Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi to
send for her, and he sent for her and she came and stayed in the castle of Bani
Sa'ida. The Prophet came out and went to her and entered upon her. Behold, it
was a lady sitting with a drooping head. When the Prophet spoke to her, she said,
"I seek refuge with Allah from you." He said, "I grant you refuge from me." They
said to her, "Do you know who this is?" She said, "No." They said, "This is Allah's
Apostle who has come to command your hand in marriage." She said, "I am very
unlucky to lose this chance." Then the Prophet and his companions went towards
the shed of Bani Sa'ida and sat there. Then he said, "Give us water, O Sahl!" So I
took out this drinking bowl and gave them water in it. The sub-narrator added:
Sahl took out for us that very drinking bowl and we all drank from it. Later on
Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz requested Sahl to give it to him as a present, and he gave it
to him as a present.I saw the drinking bowl of the Prophet with Anas bin Malik, and it had been
broken, and he had mended it with silver plates. That drinking bowl was quite wide
and made of Nadar wood, Anas said, "I gave water to the Prophet in that bowl
more than so-and-so (for a long period)." Ibn Sirin said: Around that bowl there
was an iron ring, and Anas wanted to replace it with a silver or gold ring, but Abu
Talha said to him, "Do not change a thing that Allah's Apostle has made." So Anas
left it as it was.I was with the Prophet and the time for the 'Asr prayer became due. We had no
water with us except a little which was put in a vessel and was brought to the
Prophet . He put his hand into it and spread out his fingers and then said, "Come
along! Hurry up! All those who want to perform ablution. The blessing is from
Allah.'' I saw the water gushing out from his fingers. So the people performed the
ablution and drank, and I tried to drink more of that water (beyond my thirst and
capacity), for I knew that it was a blessing. The sub-narrator said: I asked Jabir,
"How many persons were you then?" He replied, "We were one-thousand four
hundred men." Salim said: Jabir said, 1500.(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "No calamity befalls a Muslim but
that Allah expiates some of his sins because of it, even though it were the prick he
receives from a thorn."The Prophet said, "No fatigue, nor disease, nor sorrow, nor sadness, nor hurt, nor
distress befalls a Muslim, even if it were the prick he receives from a thorn, but that
Allah expiates some of his sins for that."The Prophet said, "The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant, which
the wind bends lt sometimes and some other time it makes it straight. And the
example of a hypocrite is that of a pine tree which keeps straight till once it is
uprooted suddenly.Allah's Apostle said, "The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant; from
whatever direction the wind comes, it bends it, but when the wind becomes quiet,
it becomes straight again. Similarly, a believer is afflicted with calamities (but he
remains patient till Allah removes his difficulties.) And an impious wicked person is
like a pine tree which keeps hard and straight till Allah cuts (breaks) it down when
He wishes." (See Hadith No. 558, Vol. 9.)Allah's Apostle said, "If Allah wants to do good to somebody, He afflicts him with
trials."I never saw anybody suffering so much from sickness as Allah's Apostle
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 550:I visited the Prophet during his ailments and he was suffering from a high fever. I
said, "You have a high fever. Is it because you will have a double reward for it?"
He said, "Yes, for no Muslim is afflicted with any harm but that Allah will remove
his sins as the leaves of a tree fall down."I visited Allah's Apostle while he was suffering from a high fever. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! You have a high fever." He said, "Yes, I have as much fever as two men
of you." I said, "Is it because you will have a double reward?" He said, "Yes, it is
so. No Muslim is afflicted with any harm, even if it were the prick of a thorn, but
that Allah expiates his sins because of that, as a tree sheds its leaves."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 552:The Prophet said, "Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 553:Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven things and forbade us to do seven other
things. He forbade us to wear gold rings, silk, Dibaj, Istabriq, Qissy, and Maithara;
and ordered us to accompany funeral processions, visit the sick and greet
everybody. (See Hadith No. 104)Once I fell ill. The Prophet and Abu Bakr came walking to pay me a visit and
found me unconscious. The Prophet performed ablution and then poured the
remaining water on me, and I came to my senses to see the Prophet. I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! What shall I do with my property? How shall I dispose of
(distribute) my property?" He did not reply till the Verse of inheritance was
revealed.Ibn 'Abbas said to me, "Shall I show you a woman of the people of Paradise?" I
said, "Yes." He said, "This black lady came to the Prophet and said, 'I get attacks
of epilepsy and my body becomes uncovered; please invoke Allah for me.' The
Prophet said (to her), 'If you wish, be patient and you will have (enter) Paradise;
and if you wish, I will invoke Allah to cure you.' She said, 'I will remain patient,'
and added, 'but I become uncovered, so please invoke Allah for me that I may not
become uncovered.' So he invoked Allah for her."That he had seen Um Zafar, the tall black lady, at (holding) the curtain of the
Ka'ba.I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Allah said, 'If I deprive my slave of his two
beloved things (i.e., his eyes) and he remains patient, I will let him enter Paradise in
compensation for them.'"When Allah's Apostle emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got a fever. I
entered upon them and asked, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are
you?" Whenever fever attacked Abu Bakr, he would recite the following poetic
verses: 'Everybody is staying alive among his people, yet death is nearer to him
than his shoe laces." And whenever the fever deserted Bilal, he would recite (two
poetic lines): 'Would that I could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be
surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds of good smelling grass). Would that one
day I would drink of the water of Majinna and would that Shama and Tafil (two
mountains at Mecca) would appear to me.' Then I came and informed Allah's
Apostle about that, whereupon he said, "O Allah! Make us love Medina as much
or more than we love Mecca. O Allah! Make it healthy and bless its Mudd and Sa
for us, and take away its fever and put it in Al'Juhfa."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 559:Usama bin Zaid said that while he. Sad and Ubai bin Ka'b were with the Prophet a
daughter of the Prophet sent a message to him, saying. 'My daughter is dying;
please come to us." The Prophet sent her his greetings and added "It is for Allah
what He takes, and what He gives; and everything before His sight has a limited
period. So she should hope for Allah's reward and remain patient." She again sent
a message, beseeching him by Allah, to come. So the Prophet got up. and so did
we (and went there). The child was placed on his lap while his breath was
irregular. Tears flowed from the eyes of the Prophet. Sad said to him, "What is
this, O Allah's Apostle?" He said. "This Is Mercy which Allah has embedded in the
hearts of whomever He wished of His slaves. And Allah does not bestow His
Mercy, except on the merciful among His slaves. (See Hadith No. 373 Vol. 2)
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 560:The Prophet went to visit a sick bedouin. Whenever the Prophet went to a patient,
he used to say to him, "Don't worry, if Allah will, it will be expiation (for your
sins):" The bedouin said, "You say expiation? No, it is but a fever that is boiling or
harassing an old man and will lead him to his grave without his will." The Prophet
said, "Then, yes, it is so."A Jewish boy used to serve the Prophet and became ill. The Prophet went to pay
him a visit and said to him, "Embrace Islam," and he did embrace Islam.
Al-Musaiyab said: When Abu Talib was on his deathbed, the Prophet visited him.
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 562:During the ailment of the Prophet some people came to visits him. He led them in
prayer while sitting. but they prayed standing, so he waved to them to sit down.
When he had finished the prayer, he said, "An Imam is to be followed, so when he
bows, you should bow. and when he raises his head, you should raise yours, and if
he prays sitting. you should pray sitting." Abu Abdullah said Al-Humaidi said, (The
order of ) "This narration has been abrogated by the last action of the Prophet as
he led the prayer sitting, while the people prayed standing behind him'
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 563:I became seriously ill at Mecca and the Prophet came to visit me. I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I shall leave behind me a good fortune, but my heir is my only daughter;
shall I bequeath two third of my property to be spent in charity and leave one third
(for my heir)?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall I bequeath half and leave half?" He
said, "No." I said, "Shall I bequeath one third and leave two thirds?" He said, "One
third is alright, though even one third is too much." Then he placed his hand on his
forehead and passed it over my face and abdomen and said, "O Allah! Cure Sad
and complete his emigration." I feel as if I have been feeling the coldness of his
hand on my liver ever since.I visited Allah's Apostle while he was suffering from a high fever. I touched him
with my hand and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You have a high fever." Allah's Apostle
said, "Yes, I have as much fever as two men of you have." I said, "Is it because
you will get a double reward?" Allah's Apostle said, "Yes, no Muslim is afflicted
with harm because of sickness or some other inconvenience, but that Allah will
remove his sins for him as a tree sheds its leaves."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 565:I visited the Prophet during his illness and touched him while he was having a fever.
I said to him, "You have a high fever; is it because you will get a double reward?"
He said, "Yes. No Muslim is afflicted with any harm, but that his sins will be
annulled as the leave of a tree fall down."Allah's Apostle entered upon sick man to pay him a visit, and said to him, "Don't
worry, Allah willing, (your sickness will be) an expiation for your sins." The man
said, "No, it is but a fever that is boiling within an old man and will send him to his
grave." On that, the Prophet said, "Then yes, it is so."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 567:The Prophet rode a donkey having a saddle with a Fadakiyya velvet covering. He
mounted me behind him and went to visit Sad bin 'Ubada, and that had been
before the battle of Badr. The Prophet proceeded till he passed by a gathering in
which 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul was present, and that had been before
'Abdullah embraced Islam. The gathering comprised of Muslims, polytheists, i.e.,
isolators and Jews. 'Abdullah bin Rawaha was also present in that gathering. When
dust raised by the donkey covered the gathering, 'Abdullah bin Ubai covered his
nose with his upper garment and said, "Do not trouble us with dust." The Prophet
greeted them, stopped and dismounted. Then he invited them to Allah (i.e., to
embrace Islam) and recited to them some verses of the Holy Quran. On that,
'Abdullah bin Ubai said, "O man ! There is nothing better than what you say if it is
true. Do not trouble us with it in our gathering, but return to your house, and if
somebody comes to you, teach him there." On that 'Abdullah bin Rawaha said,
Yes, O Allah's Apostle! Bring your teachings to our gathering, for we love that."
So the Muslims, the pagans and the Jews started abusing each other till they were
about to fight. The Prophet kept on quietening them till they became calm.
Thereupon the Prophet mounted his animal and proceeded till he entered upon Sad
bin Ubada. He said to him "O Sad! Have you not heard what Abu Hubab (i.e.,
'Abdullah bin Ubai) said?" Sad said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Excuse and forgive him,
for Allah has given you what He has given you. The people of this town (Medina
decided unanimously to crown him and make him their chief by placing a turban on
his head, but when that was prevented by the Truth which Allah had given you he
('Abdullah bin Ubai) was grieved out of jealously, and that was the reason which
caused him to behave in the way you have seen."The Prophet came to visit me (while I was sick) and he was riding neither a mule,
nor a horse.The Prophet passed by me while I was kindling a fire under a (cooking) pot. He
said, "Do the lice of your head trouble you?" I said, "Yes." So he called a barber to
shave my head and ordered me to make expiation for that."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 570:'Aisha, (complaining of headache) said, "Oh, my head"! Allah's Apostle said, "I
wish that had happened while I was still living, for then I would ask Allah's
Forgiveness for you and invoke Allah for you." Aisha said, "Wa thuklayah! By
Allah, I think you want me to die; and If this should happen, you would spend the
last part of the day sleeping with one of your wives!" The Prophet said, "Nay, I
should say, 'Oh my head!' I felt like sending for Abu Bakr and his son, and appoint
him as my successor lest some people claimed something or some others wished
something, but then I said (to myself), 'Allah would not allow it to be otherwise,
and the Muslims would prevent it to be otherwise".
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 571:I visited the Prophet while he was having a high fever. I touched him an said, "You
have a very high fever" He said, "Yes, as much fever as two me of you may have."
I said. "you will have a double reward?" He said, "Yes No Muslim is afflicted with
hurt caused by disease or some other inconvenience, but that Allah will remove his
sins as a tree sheds its leaves."Allah's Apostle came to visit me during my ailment which had been aggravated
during Hajjat-al-Wada'. I said to him, "You see how sick I am. I have much
property but have no heir except my only daughter May I give two thirds of my
property in charity?"! He said, "No." I said, "Half of it?" He said, "No." I said "One
third?" He said, "One third is too much, for to leave your heirs rich is better than to
leave them poor, begging of others. Nothing you spend seeking Allah's pleasure
but you shall get a reward for it, even for what you put in the mouth of your wife."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 573:When Allah's Apostle was on his death-bed and in the house there were some
people among whom was 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, the Prophet said, "Come, let me
write for you a statement after which you will not go astray." 'Umar said, "The
Prophet is seriously ill and you have the Quran; so the Book of Allah is enough for
us." The people present in the house differed and quarrelled. Some said "Go near
so that the Prophet may write for you a statement after which you will not go
astray," while the others said as Umar said. When they caused a hue and cry
before the Prophet, Allah's Apostle said, "Go away!" Narrated 'Ubaidullah: Ibn
'Abbas used to say, "It was very unfortunate that Allah's Apostle was prevented
from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 574:My aunt took me to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! My nephew is-
ill." The Prophet touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me. He
then performed ablution and I drank of the remaining water of his ablution and then
stood behind his back and saw "Khatam An-Nubuwwa" (The Seal of
Prophethood) between his shoulders like a button of a tent.
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 575:The Prophet said, "None of you should wish for death because of a calamity
befalling him; but if he has to wish for death, he should say: "O Allah! Keep me
alive as long as life is better for me, and let me die if death is better for me.' "
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 576:We went to pay a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had been branded
(cauterized) at seven places in his body. He said, "Our companions who died
(during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this world) without having their rewards
reduced through enjoying the pleasures of this life, but we have got (so much)
wealth that we find no way to spend It except on the construction of buildings Had
the Prophet not forbidden us to wish for death, I would have wished for it.' We
visited him for the second time while he was building a wall. He said, A Muslim is
rewarded (in the Hereafter) for whatever he spends except for something that he
spends on building."I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The good deeds of any person will not make him
enter Paradise." (i.e., None can enter Paradise through his good deeds.) They (the
Prophet's companions) said, 'Not even you, O Allah's Apostle?' He said, "Not
even myself, unless Allah bestows His favor and mercy on me." So be moderate in
your religious deeds and do the deeds that are within your ability: and none of you
should wish for death, for if he is a good doer, he may increase his good deeds,
and if he is an evil doer, he may repent to Allah."
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 578:I heard the Prophet , who was resting against me, saying, "O Allah! Excuse me and
bestow Your Mercy on me and let me join with the highest companions (in
Paradise)." See Quran (4.69)Whenever Allah's Apostle paid a visit to a patient, or a patient was brought to him,
he used to invoke Allah, saying, "Take away the disease, O the Lord of the
people! Cure him as You are the One Who cures. There is no cure but Yours, a
cure that leaves no disease."The Prophet came to me while I was ill. He performed ablution and threw the
remaining water on me (or said, "Pour it on him) " When I came to my senses I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have no son or father to be my heir, so how will be my
inheritance?" Then the Verse of inheritance was revealed.
Volume 7, Book 70, Number 581:When Allah's Apostle emigrated to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal had a fever. I
entered upon them and said, "O my father! How are you? O Bilal! How are you?"
Whenever Abu Bakr got the fever he used to say, "Everybody is staying alive with
his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And when fever
deserted Bilal, he would recite (two poetic verses): "Would that I could stay
overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (two kinds
of good smelling grass). Would that one day I could drink of the water of Majinna,
and would that Shama and Tafil (two mountains at Mecca) would appear to me!" I
went to Allah's Apostle and informed him about that. He said, "O Allah! Make us
love Medina as much or more than we love Mecca, and make it healthy, and bless
its Sa and its Mudd, and take away its fever and put it in Al-Juhfa." (See Hadith
No 558) .The Prophet said, "There is no disease that Allah has created, except that He also
has created its treatment."We used to go for Military expeditions along with Allah's Apostle and provide the
people with water, serve them and bring the dead and the wounded back to
Medina.(The Prophet said), "Healing is in three things: A gulp of honey, cupping, and
branding with fire (cauterizing)." But I forbid my followers to use (cauterization)
branding with fire."The Prophet said, "Healing is in three things: cupping, a gulp of honey or
cauterization, (branding with fire) but I forbid my followers to use cauterization
(branding with fire)."The Prophet used to like sweet edible things and honey.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 587:I heard the Prophet saying, "If there is any healing in your medicines, then it is in
cupping, a gulp of honey or branding with fire (cauterization) that suits the ailment,
but I don't like to be (cauterized) branded with fire."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 588:A man came to the Prophet and said, "My brother has some abdominal trouble."
The Prophet said to him "Let him drink honey." The man came for the second time
and the Prophet said to him, 'Let him drink honey." He came for the third time and
the Prophet said, "Let him drink honey." He returned again and said, "I have done
that ' The Prophet then said, "Allah has said the truth, but your brother's abdomen
has told a lie. Let him drink honey." So he made him drink honey and he was
cured.Some people were sick and they said, "O Allah's Apostle! Give us shelter and
food. So when they became healthy they said, "The weather of Medina is not
suitable for us." So he sent them to Al-Harra with some she-camels of his and said,
"Drink of their milk." But when they became healthy, they killed the shepherd of the
Prophet and drove away his camels. The Prophet sent some people in their pursuit.
Then he got their hands and feet cut and their eyes were branded with heated
pieces of iron. I saw one of them licking the earth with his tongue till he died.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 590:The climate of Medina did not suit some people, so the Prophet ordered them to
follow his shepherd, i.e. his camels, and drink their milk and urine (as a medicine).
So they followed the shepherd that is the camels and drank their milk and urine till
their bodies became healthy. Then they killed the shepherd and drove away the
camels. When the news reached the Prophet he sent some people in their pursuit.
When they were brought, he cut their hands and feet and their eyes were branded
with heated pieces of iron.We went out and Ghalib bin Abjar was accompanying us. He fell ill on the way
and when we arrived at Medina he was still sick. Ibn Abi 'Atiq came to visit him
and said to us, "Treat him with black cumin. Take five or seven seeds and crush
them (mix the powder with oil) and drop the resulting mixture into both nostrils, for
'Aisha has narrated to me that she heard the Prophet saying, 'This black cumin is
healing for all diseases except As-Sam.' Aisha said, 'What is As-Sam?' He said,
'Death."I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in black cumin for all diseases
except death."Aisha used to recommend At-Talbina for the sick and for such a person as grieved
over a dead person. She used to say, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'At-Talbina
gives rest to the heart of the patient and makes it active and relieves some of his
sorrow and grief.' "'Aisha used to recommend At-Talbina and used to say, "It is disliked (by the
patient) although it is beneficial.''The Prophet was cupped and he paid the wages to the one who had cupped him
and then took Su'ut (Medicine sniffed by nose).I heard the Prophet saying, "Treat with the Indian incense, for it has healing for
seven diseases; it is to be sniffed by one having throat trouble, and to be put into
one side of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy." Once I went to Allah's
Apostle with a son of mine who would not eat any food, and the boy passed urine
on him whereupon he asked for some water and sprinkled it over the place of
urine.The Prophet was cupped while he was in a state of Ihram.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 599:that he was asked about the wages of the one who cups others. He said, 'Allah's
Apostle was cupped by Abd Taiba, to whom he gave two Sa of food and
interceded for him with his masters who consequently reduced what they used to
charge him daily. Then the Prophet s said, "The best medicines you may treat
yourselves with are cupping and sea incense.' He added, "You should not torture
your children by treating tonsillitis by pressing the tonsils or the palate with the
finger, but use incense."that he paid Al-Muqanna a visit during his illness and said, "I will not leave till he
gets cupped, for I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is healing in cupping."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 601:Allah's Apostle was cupped on the middle of his head at Lahl Jamal on his way to
Mecca while he was in a state of Ihram. Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Allah's Apostle was
cupped on his head.The Prophet was cupped on his head for an ailment he was suffering from while he
was in a state of Ihram. at a water place called Lahl Jamal. Ibn 'Abbas further said:
Allah s Apostle was cupped on his head for unilateral headache while he was in a
state of Ihram .I heard the Prophet saying, "If there is any good in your medicines, then it is in a
gulp of honey, a cupping operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to
be (cauterized) branded.The Prophet came to me during the period of Al-Hudaibiya, while I was lighting
fire underneath a cooking pot and lice were falling down my head. He said, "Do
your lice hurt your?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Shave your head and fast for three
days or feed six poor persons or slaughter a sheep as a sacrifice:"
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 605:The Prophet said, "If there is any healing in your medicines then it is a cupping
operation, or branding (cauterization), but I do not like to be (cauterized)
branded."Allah's Apostle said, 'Nations were displayed before me; one or two prophets
would pass by along with a few followers. A prophet would pass by accompanied
by nobody. Then a big crowd of people passed in front of me and I asked, Who
are they Are they my followers?" It was said, 'No. It is Moses and his followers It
was said to me, 'Look at the horizon.'' Behold! There was a multitude of people
filling the horizon. Then it was said to me, 'Look there and there about the
stretching sky! Behold! There was a multitude filling the horizon,' It was said to me,
'This is your nation out of whom seventy thousand shall enter Paradise without
reckoning.' "Then the Prophet entered his house without telling his companions
who they (the 70,000) were. So the people started talking about the issue and
said, "It is we who have believed in Allah and followed His Apostle; therefore
those people are either ourselves or our children who are born m the Islamic era,
for we were born in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance.'' When the Prophet heard
of that, he came out and said. "Those people are those who do not treat
themselves with Ruqya, nor do they believe in bad or good omen (from birds etc.)
nor do they get themselves branded (Cauterized). but they put their trust (only) in
their Lord " On that 'Ukasha bin Muhsin said. "Am I one of them, O Allah's
Apostle?' The Prophet said, "Yes." Then another person got up and said, "Am I
one of them?" The Prophet said, 'Ukasha has anticipated you."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 607:The husband of a lady died and her eyes became sore and the people mentioned
her story to the Prophet They asked him whether it was permissible for her to use
kohl as her eyes were exposed to danger. He said, "Previously, when one of you
was bereaved by a husband she would stay in her dirty clothes in a bad unhealthy
house (for one year), and when a dog passed by, she would throw a globe of
dung. No, (she should observe the prescribed period Idda) for four months and
ten days.'Allah's Apostle said, '(There is) no 'Adwa (no contagious disease is conveyed
without Allah's permission). nor is there any bad omen (from birds), nor is there
any Hamah, nor is there any bad omen in the month of Safar, and one should run
away from the leper as one runs away from a lion ''
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 609:I heard the Prophet saying, "Truffles are like Manna (i.e. they grow naturally
without man's care) and their water heals eye diseases."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 610:Abu Bakr kissed (the forehead of) the Prophet when he was dead. 'Aisha added:
We put medicine in one side of his mouth but he started waving us not to insert the
medicine into his mouth. We said, "He dislikes the medicine as a patient usually
does." But when he came to his senses he said, "Did I not forbid you to put
medicine (by force) in the side of my mouth?" We said, "We thought it was just
because a patient usually dislikes medicine." He said, "None of those who are in
the house but will be forced to take medicine in the side of his mouth while I am
watching, except Al-'Abbas, for he had not witnessed your deed."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 611:I went to Allah's Apostle along with a a son of mine whose palate and tonsils I had
pressed with my finger as a treatment for a (throat and tonsil) disease. The Prophet
said, "Why do you pain your children by pressing their throats! Use Ud Al-Hindi
(certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases, one of which is pleurisy. It is
used as a snuff for treating throat and tonsil disease and it is inserted into one side
of the mouth of one suffering from pleurisy."When the health of Allah's Apostle deteriorated and his condition became serious,
he asked the permission of all his wives to allow him to be treated In my house,
and they allowed him. He came out, supported by two men and his legs were
dragging on the ground between Abbas and another man. (The sub-narrator told
Ibn 'Abbas who said: Do you know who was the other man whom 'Aisha did not
mention? The sub-narrator said: No. Ibn Abbas said: It was 'Ali.) 'Aisha added:
When the Prophet entered my house and his disease became aggravated, he said,
"Pour on me seven water skins full of water (the tying ribbons of which had not
been untied) so that I may give some advice to the people." So we made him sit in
a tub belonging to Hafsa, the wife of the Prophet and started pouring water on him
from those water skins till he waved us to stop. Then he went out to the people
and led them in prayer and delivered a speech before them.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 613:that she took to Allah's Apostle one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she had
pressed because he had throat trouble. The Prophet said, "Why do you pain your
children by getting the palate pressed like that? Use the Ud Al-Hindi (certain
Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases one of which is pleurisy."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 614:A man came to the prophet and said, 'My brother has got loose motions. The
Prophet said, Let him drink honey." The man again (came) and said, 'I made him
drink (honey) but that made him worse.' The Prophet said, 'Allah has said the
Truth, and the abdomen of your brother has told a lie." (See Hadith No. 88)
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 615:Allah's Apostle said, 'There is no 'Adha (no disease is conveyed from the sick to
the healthy without Allah's permission), nor Safar, nor Hama." A bedouin stood up
and said, "Then what about my camels? They are like deer on the sand, but when a
mangy camel comes and mixes with them, they all get infected with mangy." The
Prophet said, "Then who conveyed the (mange) disease to the first one?"
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 616:that she took to Allah's Apostle one of her sons whose palate and tonsils she had
pressed to treat a throat trouble. The Prophet said, "Be afraid of Allah! Why do
you pain your children by having their tonsils pressed like that? Use the Ud
Al-Hindi (a certain Indian incense) for it cures seven diseases, one of which is
pleurisy."Allah's Apostle allowed one of the Ansar families to treat persons who have taken
poison and also who are suffering from ear ailment with Ruqya. Anas added: I got
myself branded cauterized) for pleurisy, when Allah's Apostle was still alive. Abu
Talha, Anas bin An-Nadr and Zaid bin Thabit witnessed that, and it was Abu
Talha who branded (cauterized) me.When the helmet broke on the head of the Prophet and his face became covered
with blood and his incisor tooth broke (i.e. during the battle of Uhud), 'Ali used to
bring water in his shield while Fatima was washing the blood off his face. When
Fatima saw that the bleeding increased because of the water, she took a mat (of
palm leaves), burnt it, and stuck it (the burnt ashes) on the wound of Allah's
Apostle, whereupon the bleeding stopped.Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "The Prophet said, 'Fever is from the heat of Hell, so put
it out (cool it) with water.' " Nafi' added: 'Abdullah used to say, "O Allah! Relieve
us from the punishment," (when he suffered from fever).
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 620:Whenever a lady suffering from fever was brought to Asma' bint Abu Bakr, she
used to invoke Allah for her and then sprinkle some water on her body, at the
chest and say, "Allah's Apostle used to order us to abate fever with water."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 621:The Prophet said, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with water."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 622:I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Fever is from the heat of Hell, so abate fever with
water."Some people from the tribes of 'Ukl and 'Uraina came to Allah's Apostle and
embraced Islam and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are owners of livestock and
have never been farmers," and they found the climate of Medina unsuitable for
them. So Allah's Apostle ordered that they be given some camels and a shepherd,
and ordered them to go out with those camels and drink their milk and urine. So
they set out, but when they reached a place called Al-Harra, they reverted to
disbelief after their conversion to Islam, killed the shepherd and drove away the
camels. When this news reached the Prophet he sent in their pursuit (and they were
caught and brought). The Prophet ordered that their eyes be branded with heated
iron bars and their hands be cut off, and they were left at Al-Harra till they died in
that state.The Prophet said, "If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it;
but if the plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 625:'Umar bin Al-Khattab departed for Sham and when he reached Sargh, the
commanders of the (Muslim) army, Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah and his companions
met him and told him that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. 'Umar said, "Call
for me the early emigrants." So 'Umar called them, consulted them and informed
them that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. Those people differed in their
opinions. Some of them said, "We have come out for a purpose and we do not
think that it is proper to give it up," while others said (to 'Umar), "You have along
with you. other people and the companions of Allah's Apostle so do not advise
that we take them to this epidemic." 'Umar said to them, "Leave me now." Then he
said, "Call the Ansar for me." I called them and he consulted them and they
followed the way of the emigrants and differed as they did. He then said to them,
Leave me now," and added, "Call for me the old people of Quraish who emigrated
in the year of the Conquest of Mecca." I called them and they gave a unanimous
opinion saying, "We advise that you should return with the people and do not take
them to that (place) of epidemic." So 'Umar made an announcement, "I will ride
back to Medina in the morning, so you should do the same." Abu 'Ubaida bin
Al-Jarrah said (to 'Umar), "Are you running away from what Allah had ordained?"
'Umar said, "Would that someone else had said such a thing, O Abu 'Ubaida! Yes,
we are running from what Allah had ordained to what Allah has ordained. Don't
you agree that if you had camels that went down a valley having two places, one
green and the other dry, you would graze them on the green one only if Allah had
ordained that, and you would graze them on the dry one only if Allah had ordained
that?" At that time 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf, who had been absent because of
some job, came and said, "I have some knowledge about this. I have heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'If you hear about it (an outbreak of plague) in a land, do not go to
it; but if plague breaks out in a country where you are staying, do not run away
from it.' " 'Umar thanked Allah and returned to Medina.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 626:'Umar went to Sham and when h ached Sargh, he got the news that an epidemic
(of plague) had broken out in Sham. 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf told him that Allah's
Apostle said, "If you hear that it (plague) has broken out in a land, do not go to it;
but if it breaks out in a land where you are present, do not go out escaping from it."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 627:Allah's Apostle said, "Neither Messiah (Ad-Dajjal) nor plague will enter Medina."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 628:Allah's Apostle said, "(Death from) plague is martyrdom for every Muslim."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 629:The Prophet said, "He (a Muslim) who dies of an abdominal disease is a a martyr,
and he who dies of plague is a martyr."(the wife of the Prophet) that she asked Allah's Apostle about plague, and Allah's
Apostle informed her saying, "Plague was a punishment which Allah used to send
on whom He wished, but Allah made it a blessing for the believers. None (among
the believers) remains patient in a land in which plague has broken out and
considers that nothing will befall him except what Allah has ordained for him, but
that Allah will grant him a reward similar to that of a martyr."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 631:During the Prophet's fatal illness, he used to recite the Mu'auwidhat (Surat An-Nas
and Surat Al-Falaq) and then blow his breath over his body. When his illness was
aggravated, I used to recite those two Suras and blow my breath over him and
make him rub his body with his own hand for its blessings." (Ma'mar asked
Az-Zuhri: How did the Prophet use to blow? Az-Zuhri said: He used to blow on
his hands and then passed them over his face.)Some of the companions of the Prophet came across a tribe amongst the tribes of
the Arabs, and that tribe did not entertain them. While they were in that state, the
chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They said, (to the
companions of the Prophet ), "Have you got any medicine with you or anybody
who can treat with Ruqya?" The Prophet's companions said, "You refuse to
entertain us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you pay us for it." So they
agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them (the Prophet's companions)
started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his saliva and spitting it (at the
snake-bite). The patient got cured and his people presented the sheep to them, but
they said, "We will not take it unless we ask the Prophet (whether it is lawful)."
When they asked him, he smiled and said, "How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha
is a Ruqya? Take it (flock of sheep) and assign a share for me."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 633:Some of the companions of the Prophet passed by some people staying at a place
where there was water, and one of those people had been stung by a scorpion. A
man from those staying near the water, came and said to the companions of the
Prophet, "Is there anyone among you who can do Ruqya as near the water there is
a person who has been stung by a scorpion." So one of the Prophet's companions
went to him and recited Surat-al-Fatiha for a sheep as his fees. The patient got
cured and the man brought the sheep to his companions who disliked that and said,
"You have taken wages for reciting Allah's Book." When they arrived at Medina,
they said, ' O Allah's Apostle! (This person) has taken wages for reciting Allah's
Book" On that Allah's Apostle said, "You are most entitled to take wages for
doing a Ruqya with Allah's Book."The Prophet ordered me or somebody else to do Ruqya (if there was danger)
from an evil eye.that the Prophet saw in her house a girl whose face had a black spot. He said.
"She is under the effect of an evil eye; so treat her with a Ruqya."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 636:The Prophet said, "The effect of an evil eye is a fact." And he prohibited tattooing
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 637:I asked 'Aisha about treating poisonous stings (a snake-bite or a scorpion sting)
with a Ruqya. She said, "The Prophet allowed the treatment of poisonous sting
with Ruqya."Thabit and I went to Anas bin Malik. Thabit said, "O Abu Hamza! I am sick." On
that Anas said, "Shall I treat you with the Ruqya of Allah's Apostle?" Thabit said,
"Yes," Anas recited, "O Allah! The Lord of the people, the Remover of trouble!
(Please) cure (Heal) (this patient), for You are the Healer. None brings about
healing but You; a healing that will leave behind no ailment."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 639:The Prophet used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the
place of ailment and used to say, "O Allah, the Lord of the people! Remove the
trouble and heal the patient, for You are the Healer. No healing is of any avail but
Yours; healing that will leave behind no ailment."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 640:Allah's Apostle used to treat with a Ruqya saying, "O the Lord of the people!
Remove the trouble The cure is in Your Hands, and there is none except You who
can remove it (the disease) . "The Prophet used to say to the patient, "In the Name of Allah The earth of our land
and the saliva of some of us cure our patient."Allah's Apostle used to read in his Ruqya, "In the Name of Allah" The earth of our
land and the saliva of some of us cure our patient with the permission of our Lord."
with a slight shower of saliva) while treating with a Ruqya.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 643:I heard the Prophet saying, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from
Satan. So if anyone of you sees (in a dream) something he dislikes, when he gets
up he should blow thrice (on his left side) and seek refuge with Allah from its evil
for then it will not harm him."Whenever Allah's Apostle went to bed, he used to recite Surat-al-Ikhlas,
Surat-al-Falaq and Surat-an-Nas and then blow on his palms and pass them over
his face and those parts of his body that his hands could reach. And when he fell ill,
he used to order me to do like that for him.A group of the companions of Allah's Apostle proceeded on a journey till they
dismounted near one of the Arab tribes and requested them to entertain them as
their guests, but they (the tribe people) refused to entertain them. Then the chief of
that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and he was given all sorts
of treatment, but all in vain. Some of them said, "Will you go to the group (those
travelers) who have dismounted near you and see if one of them has something
useful?" They came to them and said, "O the group! Our leader has been bitten by
a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we have treated him with everything but
nothing benefited him Has anyone of you anything useful?" One of them replied,
"Yes, by Allah, I know how to treat with a Ruqya. But. by Allah, we wanted you
to receive us as your guests but you refused. I will not treat your patient with a
Ruqya till you fix for us something as wages." Consequently they agreed to give
those travellers a flock of sheep. The man went with them (the people of the tribe)
and started spitting (on the bite) and reciting Surat-al-Fatiha till the patient was
healed and started walking as if he had not been sick. When the tribe people paid
them their wages they had agreed upon, some of them (the Prophet's companions)
said, "Distribute (the sheep)." But the one who treated with the Ruqya said, "Do
not do that till we go to Allah's Apostle and mention to him what has happened,
and see what he will order us." So they came to Allah's Apostle and mentioned the
story to him and he said, "How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? You
have done the right thing. Divide (what you have got) and assign for me a share
with you."The Prophet used to treat some of his wives by passing his right hand over the
place of ailment and used to say, "O Lord of the people! Remove the difficulty and
bring about healing as You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your Healing, a
healing that will leave no ailment."The Prophet, during his fatal ailment used to blow (on his hands and pass them)
over his body while reciting the Mu'auwidhat (Surat-an-Nas and Surat-al-Falaq).
When his disease got aggravated, I used to recite them for him and blow (on his
hands) and let him pass his hands over his body because of its blessing. (Ma'mar
asked Ibn Shihab: How did he use to do Nafth? He said: He used to blow on his
hands and then pass them over his face.)The Prophet once came out to us and said, "Some nations were displayed before
me. A prophet would pass in front of me with one man, and another with two men,
and another with a group of people. and another with nobody with him. Then I saw
a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that they were my followers, but it
was said to me, 'This is Moses and his followers.' Then it was said to me, 'Look'' I
looked and saw a big gathering with a large number of people covering the
horizon. It was said, "Look this way and that way.' So I saw a big crowd covering
the horizon. Then it was said to me, "These are your followers, and among them
there are 70,000 who will enter Paradise without (being asked about their)
accounts. " Then the people dispersed and the Prophet did not tell who those
70,000 were. So the companions of the Prophet started talking about that and
some of them said, "As regards us, we were born in the era of heathenism, but then
we believed in Allah and His Apostle . We think however, that these (70,000) are
our offspring." That talk reached the Prophet who said, "These (70,000) are the
people who do not draw an evil omen from (birds) and do not get treated by
branding themselves and do not treat with Ruqya, but put their trust (only) in their
Lord." then 'Ukasha bin Muhsin got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Am I one of
those (70,000)?" The Prophet said, "Yes." Then another person got up and said,
"Am I one of them?" The Prophet said, " 'Ukasha has anticipated you."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 649:Allah's Apostle said, "There is neither 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed to
others without Allah's permission) nor Tiyara, but an evil omen may be in three a
woman, a house or an animal."I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "There is no Tiyara, and the best omen is the Fal."
They asked, "What is the Fal?" He said, "A good word that one of you hears (and
takes as a good omen)."The Prophet said, "There is no Tiyara and the best omen is the Fal," Somebody
said, "What is the Fal, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "A good word that one of you
hears (and takes as a good omen)."The Prophet said, "No 'Adha (no contagious disease is conveyed to others without
Allah's permission), nor Tiyara, but I like the good Fal, i.e., the good word."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 653:The Prophet said, "There is no 'Adha, nor Tiyara, nor Hama, nor Safar."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 654:Allah's Apostle gave his verdict about two ladies of the Hudhail tribe who had
fought each other and one of them had hit the other with a stone. The stone hit her
abdomen and as she was pregnant, the blow killed the child in her womb. They
both filed their case with the Prophet and he judged that the blood money for what
was in her womb. was a slave or a female slave. The guardian of the lady who was
fined said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I be fined for a creature that has neither drunk
nor eaten, neither spoke nor cried? A case like that should be nullified." On that the
Prophet said, "This is one of the brothers of soothsayers.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 655:Two ladies (had a fight) and one of them hit the other with a stone on the abdomen
and caused her to abort. The Prophet judged that the victim be given either a slave
or a female slave (as blood-money). Narrated Ibn Shihab: Said bin Al-Musayyab
said, "Allah's Apostle judged that in case of child killed in the womb of its mother,
the offender should give the mother a slave or a female slave in recompense The
offender said, How can I be fined for killing one who neither ate nor drank, neither
spoke nor cried: a case like that should be denied ' On that Allah's Apostle said
'He is one of the brothers of the foretellersThe Prophet forbade the utilization of the price of a dog, the earnings of prostitute
and the earnings of a foretellerSome people asked Allah's Apostle about the fore-tellers He said. ' They are
nothing" They said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Sometimes they tell us of a thing which
turns out to be true." Allah's Apostle said, "A Jinn snatches that true word and
pours it Into the ear of his friend (the fore-teller) (as one puts something into a
bottle) The foreteller then mixes with that word one hundred lies."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 658:A man called Labid bin al-A'sam from the tribe of Bani Zaraiq worked magic on
Allah's Apostle till Allah's Apostle started imagining that he had done a thing that he
had not really done. One day or one night he was with us, he invoked Allah and
invoked for a long period, and then said, "O 'Aisha! Do you know that Allah has
instructed me concerning the matter I have asked him about? Two men came to
me and one of them sat near my head and the other near my feet. One of them said
to his companion, "What is the disease of this man?" The other replied, "He is
under the effect of magic.' The first one asked, 'Who has worked the magic on
him?' The other replied, "Labid bin Al-A'sam.' The first one asked, 'What material
did he use?' The other replied, 'A comb and the hairs stuck to it and the skin of
pollen of a male date palm.' The first one asked, 'Where is that?' The other replied,
'(That is) in the well of Dharwan;' " So Allah's Apostle along with some of his
companions went there and came back saying, "O 'Aisha, the color of its water is
like the infusion of Henna leaves. The tops of the date-palm trees near it are like
the heads of the devils." I asked. "O Allah's Apostle? Why did you not show it (to
the people)?" He said, "Since Allah cured me, I disliked to let evil spread among
the people." Then he ordered that the well be filled up with earth.
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 659:Allah's Apostle said, "Avoid the Mubiqat, i.e., shirk and witchcraft."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 660:Magic was worked on Allah's Apostle so that he used to think that he had sexual
relations with his wives while he actually had not (Sufyan said: That is the hardest
kind of magic as it has such an effect). Then one day he said, "O 'Aisha do you
know that Allah has instructed me concerning the matter I asked Him about? Two
men came to me and one of them sat near my head and the other sat near my feet.
The one near my head asked the other. What is wrong with this man?' The latter
replied the is under the effect of magic The first one asked, Who has worked
magic on him?' The other replied Labid bin Al-A'sam, a man from Bani Zuraiq
who was an ally of the Jews and was a hypocrite.' The first one asked, What
material did he use)?' The other replied, 'A comb and the hair stuck to it.' The first
one asked, 'Where (is that)?' The other replied. 'In a skin of pollen of a male date
palm tree kept under a stone in the well of Dharwan' '' So the Prophet went to that
well and took out those things and said "That was the well which was shown to me
(in a dream) Its water looked like the infusion of Henna leaves and its date-palm
trees looked like the heads of devils." The Prophet added, "Then that thing was
taken out' I said (to the Prophet ) "Why do you not treat yourself with Nashra?"
He said, "Allah has cured me; I dislike to let evil spread among my people."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 661:Magic was worked on Allah's Apostle so that he began to imagine that he had
done something although he had not. One day while he was with me, he invoked
Allah and invoked for a long period and then said, "O 'Aisha! Do you know that
Allah has instructed me regarding the matter I asked Him about?" I asked, "What
is that, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Two men came to me; one of them sat near
my head and the other sat near my feet. One of them asked his companion, 'What
is the disease of this man?' The other replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.' The
first one asked, 'Who has worked magic on him?" The other replied, 'Labid bin
A'sam, a Jew from the tribe of Bani Zuraiq.' The (first one asked), 'With what has
it been done?' The other replied, 'With a a comb and the hair stuck to it and a skin
of the pollen of a male datepalm tree.' The first one asked, 'Where is it?' The other
replied, 'In the well of Dharwan.' Then the Prophet went along with some of his
companions to that well and looked at that and there were date palms near to it.
Then he returned to me and said, 'By Allah the water of that well was (red) like the
infusion of Henna leaves and its date-palms were like the heads of devils" I said, O
Allah's Apostle! Did you take those materials out of the pollen skin?" He said, 'No!
As for me Allah has healed me and cured me and I was afraid that (by Showing
that to the people) I would spread evil among them when he ordered that the well
be filled up with earth, and it was filled up with earth "
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 662:Two men came from the East and addressed the people who wondered at their
eloquent speeches On that Allah's Apostle said. Some eloquent speech is as
effective as magic.'The Prophet said, "If somebody takes some 'Ajwa dates every morning, he will not
be effected by poison or magic on that day till night." (Another narrator said seven
dates).I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "If Somebody takes seven 'Ajwa dates in the
morning, neither magic nor poison will hurt him that day."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 665o:The Prophet said, 'No 'Adha (i.e. no contagious disease is conveyed to others
without Allah's permission); nor (any evil omen m the month of) Safar; nor Hama"
A bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! What about the camels which, when on the
sand (desert) look like deers, but when a mangy camel mixes with them they all get
infected with mange?" On that Allah s Apostle said, "Then who conveyed the
(mange) disease to the first (mangy)Allah's Apostle said: The cattle (sheep, cows, camels, etc.) suffering from a disease
should not be mixed up with healthy cattle, (or said: "Do not put a patient with a
healthy person ). " (as a precaution).Allah's Apostle said, "there is neither 'Adha nor Tiyara, and an evil omen is only in
three: a horse, a woman and a house." (See the foot-note of Hadith No. 649)
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 667:Allah's Apostle said, "No 'Adha." Abu Huraira also said: The Prophet said, "The
cattle suffering from a disease should not be mixed up with healthy cattle (or said
"Do not put a patient with a healthy person as a precaution.") Abu Huraira also
said: Allah's Apostle said, "No 'Adha." A bedouin got up and said, "Don't you see
how camels on the sand look like deer but when a mangy camel mixes with them,
they all get infected with mange?" On that the Prophet said, "Then who conveyed
the (mange) disease to the first camel?"The Prophet said, "No 'Adha nor Tiyara; but I like Fal." They said, "What is the
Fal?" He said, "A good word."When Khaibar was conquered, Allah's Apostle was presented with a poisoned
(roasted) sheep. Allah's Apostle said, "Collect for me all the Jews present in this
area." (When they were gathered) Allah's Apostle said to them, "I am going to ask
you about something; will you tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes, O
Abal-Qasim!" Allah's Apostle said to them, "Who is your father?" They said, "Our
father is so-and-so." Allah's Apostle said, "You have told a lie. for your father is
so-and-so," They said, "No doubt, you have said the truth and done the correct
thing." He again said to them, "If I ask you about something; will you tell me the
truth?" They replied, "Yes, O Abal-Qasim! And if we should tell a lie you will
know it as you have known it regarding our father," Allah's Apostle then asked,
"Who are the people of the (Hell) Fire?" They replied, "We will remain in the (Hell)
Fire for a while and then you (Muslims) will replace us in it" Allah's Apostle said to
them. ''You will abide in it with ignominy. By Allah, we shall never replace you in it
at all." Then he asked them again, "If I ask you something, will you tell me the
truth?" They replied, "Yes." He asked. "Have you put the poison in this roasted
sheep?" They replied, "Yes," He asked, "What made you do that?" They replied,
"We intended to learn if you were a liar in which case we would be relieved from
you, and if you were a prophet then it would not harm you."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 670:The Prophet said, "Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills
himself, will be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually
forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his
poison in his hand and drinking it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally
forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying that
weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he
will abide eternally forever."I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Whoever takes seven 'Ajwa dates in the morning
will not be effected by magic or poison on that day."
Volume 7, Book 71, Number 672:The Prophet forbade the eating of wild animals having fangs. (Az-Zuhri said: I did
not hear this narration except when I went to Sham.) Al-Laith said: Narrated
Yunus: I asked Ibn Shihab, "May we perform the ablution with the milk of
she-asses or drink it, or drink the bile of wild animals or urine of camels?" He
replied, "The Muslims used to treat themselves with that and did not see any harm
in it. As for the milk of she-asses, we have learnt that Allah's Apostle forbade the
eating of their meat, but we have not received any information whether drinking of
their milk is allowed or forbidden." As for the bile of wild animals, Ibn Shihab said,
"Abu Idris Al-Khaulani told me that Allah's Apostle forbade the eating of the flesh
of every wild beast having fangs . "Allah's Apostle said, "If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it
(into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease
and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the treatment for that disease."
Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 72:Allah's Apostle said, 'Allah will not look at the person who drags his garment
(behind him) out of conceit.''The Prophet said Allah will not look, on the Day of Resurrection at the person who
drags his garment (behind him) out of conceit. On that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's
Apostle! One side of my Izar hangs low if I do not take care of it." The Prophet
said, 'You are not one of those who do that out of conceit."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 676:The solar eclipse occurred while we were sitting with the Prophet He got up
dragging his garment (on the ground) hurriedly till he reached the mosque The
people turned (to the mosque) and he offered a two-Rak'at prayer whereupon the
eclipse was over and he traced us and said, "The sun and the moon are two signs
among the signs of Allah, so if you see a thing like this (eclipse) then offer the
prayer and invoke Allah till He remove that state,"
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 677:I saw Bilal bringing an 'Anza (a small spear) and fixing it in the ground, and then he
proclaimed the Iqarna of the prayer, and I saw Allah's Apostle coming out,
wearing a cloak with its sleeves rolled up. He then offered a two-Rak'at prayer
while facing the 'Anza, and I saw the people and animals passing in front of him
beyond the 'Anza.The Prophet said, "The part of an Izar which hangs below the ankles is in the Fire."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 679:Allah's Apostle, "Allah will not look, on the Day of Resurrection, at a person who
drags his Izar (behind him) out of pride and arrogance
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 680:The Prophet (or 'Abul Qasim) said, "While a man was walking, clad in a two-piece
garment and proud of himself with his hair well-combed, suddenly Allah made him
sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 681:Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was dragging his Izar on the ground (behind
him), suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it
till the Day of Resurrection."that he heard the Prophet (narrating as above No. 680).
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 683:Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever drags his clothes (on the ground) out of pride and
arrogance, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 684:The wife of Rifa'a Al-Qurazi came to Allah's Apostle while I was sitting, and Abu
Bakr was also there. She said, 'O Allah s Apostle! I was the wife of Rifa'a and he
divorced me irrevocably. Then I married AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair who, by
Allah, O Allah's Apostle, has only something like a fringe of a garment, Showing
the fringe of her veil. Khalid bin Sa'id, who was standing at the door, for he had
not been admitted, heard her statement and said, "O Abu Bakr! Why do you not
stop this lady from saying such things openly before Allah's Apostle?" No, by
Allah, Allah's Apostle did nothing but smiled. Then he said to the lady, "Perhaps
you want to return to Rifa'a? That is impossible unless 'Abdur-Rahman
consummates his marriage with you." That became the tradition after him.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 685:The Prophet asked for his Rida, put it on and set out walking. Zaid bin Haritha and
I followed him till he reached the house where Harnza (bin 'Abdul Muttalib) was
present and asked for permission to enter, and they gave us permission.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 686:A man asked, "O Allah s Apostle What kind of clothes should a Muhrim wear?"
The Prophet, said, "A Muhrim should not wear a shirt, trousers a hooded cloak, or
Khuffs (leather socks covering the ankles) unless he cannot get sandals, in which
case he should cut the part (of the Khuff) that covers the ankles."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 687:The Prophet came to visit Abdullah bin Ubai (bin Salul) after he had been put in his
grave. The Prophet ordered that 'Abdullah be taken out. He was taken out and
was placed on the knees on the knees of the Prophet, who blew his (blessed)
breath on him and dressed the body with his own shirt. And Allah knows better.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 688:When Abdullah bin Ubdi (bin Salul) died, his son came to Allah's Apostle and said
' O Allah's Apostle, give me your shirt so that I may shroud my fathers body in it.
And please offer a funeral prayer for him and invoke Allah for his forgiveness." The
Prophet gave him his shirt and said to him 'Inform us when you finish (and the
funeral procession is ready) call us. When he had finished he told the Prophet and
the Prophet proceeded to order his funeral prayers but Umar stopped him and
said, "Didn't Allah forbid you to offer the funeral prayer for the hypocrites when He
said: "Whether you (O Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them or ask not
forgiveness for them: (and even) if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times.
Allah will not forgive them." (9.80) Then there was revealed: "And never (O
Muhammad) pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave." (9.34)
Thenceforth the Prophet did not offer funeral prayers for the hypocrites.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 689:Allah's Apostle has set forth an example for a miser and a charitable person by
comparing them to two men wearing two iron cloaks and their hands are raised to
their breasts and necks. Whenever the charitable man tries to give a charitable gift,
his iron cloak expands till it becomes so wide that it will cover his fingertips and
obliterate his tracks And, whenever the miser wants to give a charitable gift, his
cloak becomes very tight over him and every ring gets stuck to its place Abu
Huraira added; I saw Allah's Apostle putting his finger in the (chest) pocket of his
shirt like that If you but saw him trying to widen (the opening of his shirt) but it did
not widenThe Prophet went to answer the call of nature, and when he returned, I met him
with water and he performed the ablution while he was wearing a Sham, cloak. He
rinsed his mouth, put the water in his nose and blew it out, washed his face and
tried to take his hands out of his sleeves, but they were too narrow, so he took out
his hands from under his chest and washed them and then passed his wet hands
over his head and Khuffs (leather socks) .One night I was with the Prophet on a journey. He asked (me), "Have you got
water with you?" I replied, "Yes" So he got down from his she-camel and went
away till he disappeared in the darkness of the night. Then he came back and I
poured water for him from the pot (for the ablution). He washed his face and
hands while he was wearing a woollen cloak (the sleeves of which were narrow),
so he could not take his arms out of it. So he took them out from underneath the
cloak. Then he washed his forearms and passed his wet hands over his head. Then
I tried to take off his Khuffs, but he said, "Leave them, for I have performed
ablution before putting them on." And so he passed his wet hands over them
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 692:Allah's Apostle distributed some Qaba's but he did not give anything to
Makhrama. Makhrama said (to me), "O my son! Let us go to Allah's Apostle." So
I proceeded with him and he said, "Go in and call him 'or me." So I called the
Prophet for him The Prophet came out to him, wearing one of those Qaba's and
said, (to Makhrama), "I have kept this for you " Makhrama looked at it and said,
"Makhrama is satisfied now"A silken Farruj was presented to Allah's Apostle and he put it on and offered the
prayer in it. When he finished the prayer, he took it off violently as if he disliked it
and said, "This (garment) does not befit those who fear Allah!"
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 694:A man said, "O Allah's Apostle. What type of clothes should a Muhrim wear
Allah's Apostle replied, 'Do not wear shirts, turbans trousers hooded cloaks or
Khuffs; but if someone cannot get sandals, then he can wear Khuffs after cutting
them short below the ankles. Do not wear clothes touched by saffon or wars (two
kinds of perfumes) "The Prophet said, "Whoever cannot get an Izar, can wear trousers, and whoever
cannot wear sandals can wear Khuffs."A man got up and said, O Allah's Apostle! What do you order us to wear when
we assume the state of Ihram?" The Prophet replied, "Do not wear shirts, trousers,
turbans, hooded cloaks or Khuffs, but if a man has no sandals, he can wear Khuffs
after cutting them short below the ankles; and do not wear clothes touched with
(perfumes) of saffron or wars."The Prophet said, "A Muhrim should not wear a shirt, a turban, trousers, hooded
cloaks, a garment touched with (perfumes) of saffron or wars, or Khuffs except if
one has no sandals in which case he should cut short the Khuffs below the ankles."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 698:Some Muslim men emigrated to Ethiopia whereupon Abu Bakr also prepared
himself for the emigration, but the Prophet said (to him), "Wait, for I hope that
Allah will allow me also to emigrate." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be
sacrificed for you. Do you hope that (emigration)?" The Prophet said, 'Yes." So
Abu Bakr waited to accompany the Prophet and fed two she-camels he had on
the leaves of As-Samur tree regularly for four months One day while we were
sitting in our house at midday, someone said to Abu Bakr, "Here is Allah's
Apostle, coming with his head and a part of his face covered with a cloth-covering
at an hour he never used to come to us." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and
mother be sacrificed for you, (O Prophet)! An urgent matter must have brought
you here at this hour." The Prophet came and asked the permission to enter, and
he was allowed. The Prophet entered and said to Abu Bakr, "Let those who are
with you, go out." Abu Bakr replied, "(There is no stranger); they are your family.
Let my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "I have
been allowed to leave (Mecca)." Abu Bakr said, " I shall accompany you, O
Allah's Apostles, Let my father be sacrificed for you!" The Prophet said, "Yes,"
Abu Bakr said, 'O Allah's Apostles! Let my father be sacrificed for you. Take one
of these two she-camels of mine" The Prophet said. I will take it only after paying
its price." So we prepared their baggage and put their journey food In a leather
bag. And Asma' bint Abu Bakr cut a piece of her girdle and tied the mouth of the
leather bag with it. That is why she was called Dhat-an-Nitaqaln. Then the Prophet
and Abu Bakr went to a cave in a mountain called Thour and remained there for
three nights. 'Abdullah bin Abu Bakr. who was a young intelligent man. used to
stay with them at night and leave before dawn so that in the morning, he would he
with the Quraish at Mecca as if he had spent the night among them. If he heard of
any plot contrived by the Quraish against the Prophet and Abu Bakr, he would
understand it and (return to) inform them of it when it became dark. 'Amir bin
Fuhaira, the freed slave of Abu Bakr used to graze a flock of milch sheep for them
and he used to take those sheep to them when an hour had passed after the 'Isha
prayer. They would sleep soundly till 'Amir bin Fuhaira awakened them when it
was still dark. He used to do that in each of those three nights.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 699:In the year of the conquest of Mecca the Prophet entered Mecca, wearing a
helmet on his head.Once I was walking with Allah's Apostle and he was wearing a Najram Burd with
thick margin. A bedouin followed him and pulled his Burd so violently that I
noticed the side of the shoulder of Allah's Apostle affected by the margin of the
Burd because of that violent pull. The Bedouin said, "O Muhammad! Give me
some of Allah's wealth which is with you." Allah's Apostle turned and looked at
him, and smiling, 'he ordered that he be given something.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 701:Shahl bin Sad said, "A lady came with a Burda. Sahl then asked (the people), "Do
you know what Burda is?" Somebody said, "Yes. it is a Shamla with a woven
border." Sahl added, "The lady said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I have knitted this
(Burda) with my own hands for you to wear it." Allah's Apostle took it and he was
in need of it. Allah's Apostle came out to us and he was wearing it as an Izar. A
man from the people felt it and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Give it to me to wear.'
The Prophet s said, 'Yes.' Then he sat there for some time (and when he went to
his house), he folded it and sent it to him. The people said to that man, 'You have
not done a right thing. You asked him for it, though you know that he does not put
down anybody's request.' The man said, 'By Allah! I have only asked him so that it
may be my shroud when I die." Sahl added, "Late it was his shroud."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 702:I heard Allah's Apostle saying "From among my followers, a group (o 70,000) will
enter Paradise without being asked for their accounts, Their faces will be shining
like the moon." 'Ukasha bin Muhsin Al-Asadi got up, lifting his covering sheet and
said, "O Allah's Apostle Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with them."
The Prophet said! "O Allah! Make him from them." Then another man from
Al-Ansar got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah for me that He may
include me with them." On that Allah's Apostle said, "'Ukasha has anticipated you."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 703:I asked Anas, "What kind of clothes was most beloved to the Prophet?" He
replied, "The Hibra (a kind of Yemenese cloth)."The most beloved garment to the Prophet to wear was the Hibra (a kind of
Yemenese cloth).(the wife of the Prophet) When Allah's Apostle died, he was covered with a Hibra
Burd (green square decorated garment).When the disease of Allah's Apostle got aggravated, he covered his face with a
Khamisa, but when he became short of breath, he would remove it from his face
and say, "It is like that! May Allah curse the Jews Christians because they took the
graves of their prophets as places of worship." By that he warned his follower of
imitating them, by doing that which they did.Aisha brought out to us a Kisa and an Izar and said, "The Prophet died while
wearing these two." (Kisa, a square black piece of woolen cloth. Izar, a sheet cloth
garment covering the lower half of the body).Allah's Apostle offered prayer while he was wearing a Khamisa of his that had
printed marks. He looked at its marks and when he finished prayer, he said, "Take
this Khamisa of mine to Abu Jahm, for it has just now diverted my attention from
my prayer, and bring to me the Anbijania (a plain thick sheet) of Abu Jahm bin
Hudhaifa bin Ghanim who belonged to Bani Adi bin Ka'b."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 709:The Prophet had forbidden: (A) the Mulamasa and Munabadha (bargains), (B) the
offering of two prayers, one after the morning compulsory prayer till the sun rises,
and the others, after the 'Asr prayer till the sun sets (C) He also forbade that one
should sit wearing one garment, nothing of which covers his private parts (D) and
prevent them from exposure to the sky; (E) he also forbade Ishtimal-as-Samma'.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 710:Allah's Apostle forbade two ways of wearing clothes and two kinds of dealings.
(A) He forbade the dealings of the Mulamasa and the Munabadha. In the
Mulamasa transaction the buyer just touches the garment he wants to buy at night
or by daytime, and that touch would oblige him to buy it. In the Munabadha, one
man throws his garment at another and the latter throws his at the former and the
barter is complete and valid without examining the two objects or being satisfied
with them (B) The two ways of wearing clothes were Ishtimal-as-Samma, i e., to
cover one's shoulder with one's garment and leave the other bare: and the other
way was to wrap oneself with a garment while one was sitting In such a way that
nothing of that garment would cover one's private part
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 711:Allah's Apostle forbade two types of dresses: (A) To sit in an Ihtiba' posture in one
garment nothing of which covers his private parts. (B) to cover one side of his
body with one garment and leave the other side bare The Prophet also forbade the
Mulamasa and Munabadha.The Prophet forbade Ishtimal-as-Samma' and that a man should sit in an Ihtiba'
posture in one garment, nothing of which covers his private parts.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 713:The Prophet was given some clothes including a black Khamisa. The Prophet said,
"To whom shall we give this to wear?" The people kept silent whereupon the
Prophet said, "Fetch Um Khalid for me." I (Um Khalid) was brought carried (as I
was small girl at that time). The Prophet took the Khamisa in his hands and made
me wear it and said, "May you live so long that your dress will wear out and you
will mend it many times." On the Khamisa there were some green or pale designs
(The Prophet saw these designs) and said, "O Um Khalid! This is Sanah." (Sanah
in a Ethiopian word meaning beautiful).When Um Sulaim gave birth to a child. she said to me, "O Anas! Watch this boy
carefully and do not give him anything to eat or drink until you have taken him to
the Prophet tomorrow morning for the Tahnik." So the next morning I took the
child to the Prophet who was sitting in a garden and was wearing a Huraithiya
Khamisa and was branding the she-camel on which he had come during the
Conquest of Mecca.Rifa'a divorced his wife whereupon 'AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi
married her. 'Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained
to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by
beating). It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah's Apostle
came, 'Aisha said, "I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing
women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!" When 'AbdurRahman heard
that his wife had gone to the Prophet, he came with his two sons from another
wife. She said, "By Allah! I have done no wrong to him but he is impotent and is as
useless to me as this," holding and showing the fringe of her garment,
'Abdur-Rahman said, "By Allah, O Allah's Apostle! She has told a lie! I am very
strong and can satisfy her but she is disobedient and wants to go back to Rifa'a."
Allah's Apostle said, to her, "If that is your intention, then know that it is unlawful
for you to remarry Rifa'a unless Abdur-Rahman has had sexual intercourse with
you." Then the Prophet saw two boys with 'Abdur-Rahman and asked (him), "Are
these your sons?" On that 'AbdurRahman said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "You
claim what you claim (i.e.. that he is impotent)? But by Allah, these boys resemble
him as a crow resembles a crow,"On the day of the battle of Uhud, on the right and on the left of the Prophet were
two men wearing white clothes, and I had neither seen them before, nor did I see
them afterwards.I came to the Prophet while he was wearing white clothes and sleeping. Then I
went back to him again after he had got up from his sleep. He said, "Nobody says:
'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah' and then later on he dies while
believing in that, except that he will enter Paradise.' I said, "Even It he had
committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft." I said. "Even if he had committed
illegal sexual intercourse and theft? He said. 'Even If he had committed illegal
sexual intercourse and theft," I said, 'Even it he had committed illegal sexual
intercourse and thefts.' He said, "Even If he had committed Illegal sexual
intercourse and theft, inspite of the Abu Dharrs dislikeness. Abu 'Abdullah said,
"This is at the time of death or before it if one repents and regrets and says "None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah. He will be forgiven his sins."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 718:While we were with 'Utba bin Farqad at Adharbijan, there came 'Umar's letter
indicating that Allah's Apostle had forbidden the use of silk except this much, then
he pointed with his index and middle fingers. To our knowledge, by that he meant
embroidery.While we were at Adharbijan, 'Umar wrote to us: 'Allah's Apostle forbade wearing
silk except this much. Then the Prophet approximated his two fingers (index and
middle fingers) (to illustrate that) to us.' Zuhair (the sub-narrator) raised up his
middle and index fingers.While we were with 'Utba. 'Umar wrote to us: The Prophet said, "There is none
who wears silk in this world except that he will wear nothing of it in the Hereafter."
' Abu 'Uthman pointed out with his middle and index fingers.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 721:While Hudhaifa was at Al-Madain, he asked for water whereupon the chief of the
village brought him water in a silver cup. Hudhaifa threw it at him and said, "I have
thrown it only because I have forbidden him to use it, but he does not stop using it.
Allah's Apostle said, 'Gold, silver, silk and Dibaj (a kind of silk) are for them
(unbelievers) in this world and for you (Muslims) in the hereafter.'
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 723:The Prophet said, Whoever wears silk in this world shall not wear it in the
Hereafter."I heard Ibn Az-Zubair delivering a sermon, saying, "Muhammad said, 'Whoever
wears silk in this world, shall not wear it in the Hereafter."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 725:I heard 'Umar saying, "The Prophet said, 'Whoever wears silk in this world, shall
not wear it in the Hereafter."Allah's Apostle said, "None wears silk in this world, but he who will have no share
in the Hereafter."The Prophet was given a silk garment as a gift and we started touching it with our
hands and admiring it. On that the Prophet said, "Do you wonder at this?" We
said, "Yes." He said, "The handkerchiefs of Sad bin Mu'adh in Paradise are better
than this "The Prophet forbade us to drink out of gold and silver vessels, or eat in it, Ann
also forbade the wearing of silk and Dibaj or sitting on it.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 729:The Prophet forbade us to use the red Mayathir and to use Al-Qassiy
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 730:The Prophet allowed Az-Zubair and 'Abdur-Rahman to wear silk because they
were suffering from an itchThe Prophet gave me a silk suit. I went out wearing it, but seeing the signs of anger
on his face, I tore it and distributed it among my wives.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 732:'Umar saw a silk suit being sold, so he said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why don't you
buy it so that you may wear it when delegates come to you, and also on Fridays?"
The Prophet said, "This is worn only by him who has no share in the Hereafter."
Afterwards the Prophet sent to 'Umar a silk suit suitable for wearing. 'Umar said to
the Prophet, "You have given it to me to wear, yet I have heard you saying about it
what you said?" The Prophet said, "I sent it to you so that you might either sell it or
give it to somebody else to wear."that he had seen Um Kulthum, the daughter of Allah's Apostle , wearing a red silk
garment.For one year I wanted to ask 'Umar about the two women who helped each other
against the Prophet but I was afraid of him. One day he dismounted his riding
animal and went among the trees of Arak to answer the call of nature, and when he
returned, I asked him and he said, "(They were) 'Aisha and Hafsa." Then he
added, "We never used to give significance to ladies in the days of the Pre-lslamic
period of ignorance, but when Islam came and Allah mentioned their rights, we
used to give them their rights but did not allow them to interfere in our affairs. Once
there was some dispute between me and my wife and she answered me back in a
loud voice. I said to her, 'Strange! You can retort in this way?' She said, 'Yes. Do
you say this to me while your daughter troubles Allah's Apostle?' So I went to
Hafsa and said to her, 'I warn you not to disobey Allah and His Apostle.' I first
went to Hafsa and then to Um Salama and told her the same. She said to me, 'O
'Umar! It surprises me that you interfere in our affairs so much that you would
poke your nose even into the affairs of Allah's Apostle and his wives.' So she
rejected my advice. There was an Ansari man; whenever he was absent from
Allah's Apostle and I was present there, I used to convey to him what had
happened (on that day), and when I was absent and he was present there, he used
to convey to me what had happened as regards news from Allah's Apostle .
During that time all the rulers of the nearby lands had surrendered to Allah's
Apostle except the king of Ghassan in Sham, and we were afraid that he might
attack us. All of a sudden the Ansari came and said, 'A great event has happened!'
I asked him, 'What is it? Has the Ghassani (king) come?' He said, 'Greater than
that! Allah's Apostle has divorced his wives! I went to them and found all of them
weeping in their dwellings, and the Prophet had ascended to an upper room of his.
At the door of the room there was a slave to whom I went and said, "Ask the
permission for me to enter." He admitted me and I entered to see the Prophet lying
on a mat that had left its imprint on his side. Under his head there was a leather
pillow stuffed with palm fires. Behold! There were some hides hanging there and
some grass for tanning. Then I mentioned what I had said to Hafsa and Um Salama
and what reply Um Salama had given me. Allah's Apostle smiled and stayed there
for twenty nine days and then came down." (See Hadith No. 648, Vol. 3 for
details)One night the Prophet woke up, saying, "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah! How many afflictions have been sent down tonight, and how many treasures
have been sent down (disclosed)! Who will go and wake up (for prayers) the lady
dwellers of these rooms? Many well dressed soul (people) in this world, will be
naked on the Day of Resurrection."Some clothes were presented to Allah's Apostle as a gift and there was a black
Khamisa with it. The Prophet asked (his companions), "To whom do you suggest
we give this Khamisa?" The people kept quiet. Then he said, "Bring me Um
Khalid," So I was brought to him and he dressed me with it with his own hands
and said twice, "May you live so long that you will wear out many garments." He
then started looking at the embroidery of that Khamisa and said, "O Um Khalid!
This is Sana!" (Sana in Ethiopian language means beautiful.) Ishaq, a sub-narrator,
said: A woman of my family had told me that she had seen the Khamisa worn by
Um Khalid.The Prophet forbade Muhrims to wear clothes dyed with Wars or saffron.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 739:The Prophet was of a modest height. I saw him wearing a red suit, and I did not
see anything better than him.The Prophet ordered us to observe seven things: To visit the sick; follow funeral
processions; say 'May Allah bestow His Mercy on you', to the sneezer if he says,
'Praise be to Allah!; He forbade us to wear silk, Dibaj, Qassiy and Istibarq
(various kinds of silken clothes); or to use red Mayathir (silk-cushions). (See
Hadith No. 253 A, Vol. 8).I asked Anas (bin Malik), "Did the Prophet use to offer the prayers with his shoes
on?" He said, "Yes."'Ubai bin Juraij said to 'Abdullah Ben 'Umar, "I see you doing four things which are
not done by your friends." Ibn 'Umar said, "What are they, O Ibn Juraij?" He said,
"I see that you do not touch except the two Yemenite corners of the Ka'ba (while
performing the Tawaf): and I see you wearing the Sabtiyya shoes; and I see you
dyeing (your hair) with Sufra; and I see that when you are in Mecca, the people
assume the state of Ihram on seeing the crescent (on the first day of Dhul-Hijja)
while you do not assume the state of Ihram till the Day of Tarwiya (8th Dhul
Hijja)." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said to him, "As for the corners of the Ka'ba, I have
not seen Allah's Apostle touching except the two Yemenite corners, As for the
Sabtiyya shoes, I saw Allah's Apostle wearing leather shoes that had no hair, and
he used to perform the ablution while wearing them. Therefore, I like to wear such
shoes. As regards dyeing with Sufra, I saw Allah's Apostle dyeing his hair with it,
so I like to dye (my hair) with it. As regards the crescent (of Dhul-Hijja), I have
not seen Allah's Apostle assuming the state of Ihram till his she-camel set out (on
the 8th of Dhul-Hijja)."Allah's Apostle forbade that a Muhrim should wear clothes dyed with Saffron or
Wars, and said, "Whoever has no shoes can put on Khuffs after cutting it below
the ankles."The Prophet said, "Whoever has no Izar (waist sheet), can wear trousers; and
whoever has no sandals, can wear Khuffs." (but cut them short below the ankles),
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 745:The Prophet used to like starting from the right in performing ablution, combing his
hair and putting on his shoes.Allah's Apostle said, "None of you should walk, wearing one shoe only; he should
either put on both shoes or put on no shoes whatsoever."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 747:Allah's Apostle said, "If you want to put on your shoes, put on the right shoe first;
and if you want to take them off, take the left one first. Let the right shoe be the
first to be put on and the last to be taken off."Anas bin Malik brought out for us, two sandals having two straps. Thabit
Al-Banani said, "These were the sandals of the Prophet ."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 750:I came to the Prophet while he was inside a red leather tent, and I saw Bilal taking
the remaining water of the ablution of the Prophet, and the people were taking of
that water and rubbing it on their faces; and whoever could not get anything of it,
would share the moisture of the hand of his companion (and then rub it on his
face).The Prophet called for the Ansar and gathered them in a leather tent.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 752:The Prophet used to construct a loom with a Hasir at night m order to pray therein,
and during the day he used to spread it out and sit on it. The people started coming
to the Prophet at night to offer the prayer behind him When their number
increased, the Prophet faced them and said. O people! Do only those good deeds
which you can do, for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) till you get tired,
and the best deeds to Allah are the incessant ones though they were few
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 753:The Prophet forbade us to use seven things: He forbade using gold rings, silk,
Istabraq, Dibaj, red Mayathir, Al-Qassiy, and silver utensils. He ordered us to do
seven other things. To pay a visit to the sick; to follow funeral processions; to say,
"May Allah be merciful to you" to a sneezer if he says "Praise be to Allah"; to
return greetings, to accept invitations; to help others to fulfil their oaths and to help
the oppressed ones.Allah's Apostle wore a gold or silver .. ring and placed its stone towards the palm
of his hand. The people also started wearing gold rings like it, but when the
Prophet saw them wearing such rings, he threw away that golden ring and then
wore a silver ring.Allah's Apostle wore a gold ring or a silver ring and placed its stone towards the
palm of his hand and had the name 'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah' engraved on
it. The people also started wearing gold rings like it, but when the Prophet saw
them wearing such rings, he threw away his own ring and said. "I will never wear
it," and then wore a silver ring, whereupon the people too started wearing silver
rings. Ibn Umar added: After the Prophet Abu Bakr wore the ring, and then Umar
and then 'Uthman wore it till it fell in the Aris well from 'Uthman. bin 'Umar : Allah's
Apostle wore a gold ring, then he threw it and said, "I will never wear it." The
people also threw their (gold) rings.that he saw a silver ring on the hand of Allah's Apostle for one day only. Then the
people had silver rings made for themselves and wore it. On that, Allah's Apostle
threw away their rings as well. (For the details of this Hadith, see Fateh-Al-Bari,
Vol. 12, page 438).Anas was asked, "Did the Prophet wear a ring?" Anas said, "Once he delayed the:
'Isha' prayer till midnight. Then he came, facing us ..... as if l am now Looking at
the glitter of his ring ..... and said, "The people have offered their prayers and slept
but you have been in prayer as you have been waiting for it."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 759:The ring of the Prophet was of silver, and its stone was of silver too.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 760:A woman came to the Prophet and said, "I have come to present myself to you
(for marriage)." She kept standing for a long period during which period the
Prophet looked at her carefully. When she stayed for a Long period, a man said to
the Prophet "If you are not in need of her, then marry her to me." The Prophet
said, "Have you got anything to give her (as Mahr)?" The man said, "No." The
Prophet said, "Go (to your house) and search for something." The man went and
came back to say, "By Allah, I could not find anything." The Prophet said, "Go
again and search for something, even if it be an iron ring." He went again and came
back saying, "No, by Allah, I could not get even an iron ring." The man had only an
Izar and had no Rida' (upper garment). He said, "I will give her my Izar as Mahr."
On that the Prophet said, "Your Izar? If she wears it, nothing of it will remain on
you, and if you wear it nothing of it will be on her" The man went aside and sat
down When the Prophet saw him leaving (after a while), he called back and asked.
"How much Quran do you know (by heart)? He said, 'I know such and such
Suras," naming some Suras. The Prophet said, "I marry her to you for the amount
of Quran you know (by heart)."Allah's Apostle wanted to write a letter to a group of people or some non-Arabs.
It was said to him, "They do not accept any letter unless it is stamped." So the
Prophet had a silver ring made for himself, and on it was engraved: 'Muhammad,
the Apostle of Allah'. .. as if I am now looking at the glitter of the ring on the finger
(or in the palm) of the Prophet .Allah's Apostle had a silver ring made for himself and it was worn by him on his
hand. Afterwards it was worn by Abu Bakr, and then by 'Umar, and then by
'Uthman till it fell in the Aris well. (On that ring) was engraved: 'Muhammad, the
Apostle of Allah."The Prophet got a ring made for himself and said, "I have got a ring made (for
myself) and engraved a certain engraving on it so none of you should get such an
engraving on his ring." I saw the glitter of the ring on his little finger.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 764:When the Prophet intended to write to the Byzantines, it was said to him, "Those
people do not read your letter unless it is stamped." So the Prophet took a silver
ring and got 'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah' engraved on it .... as if I am now
looking at its glitter in his hand.The Prophet had a golden ring made for himself, and when he wore it. he used to
turn its stone toward the palm of his! hand. So the people too had gold made for
themselves. The Prophet then ascended the pulpit, and after glorifying and praising
Allah, he said, "I had it made for me, but now I will never wear it again." He threw
it away, and then the people threw away their rings too. (Juwairiya, a sub-narrator,
said: I think Anas said that the Prophet was wearing the ring in his right hand.)
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 766:Allah's Apostle took a silver ring and had 'Muhammad, the Apostle' of Allah'
engraved on it. The Prophet then said (to us), 'I have a silver ring with
'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah engraved on it, so none of you should have the
same engraving on his ring."that when Abu Bakr became the Caliph, he wrote a letter to him (and stamped it
with the Prophet's ring) and the engraving of the ring was in three lines: Muhammad
in one line, 'Apostle' in another line, and 'Allah' in a third line. Anas added: 'the ring
of the Prophet was in his hand, and after him, in Abu Bakr's hand, and then in
'Umar's hand after Abu Bakr. When Uthman was the Caliph, once he was sitting at
the well of Aris. He removed the ring from his hand and while he was trifling with it,
dropped into the well. We kept on going to the well with Uthman for three days
looking for the ring, and finally the well was drained, but the ring was not found.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 768:I offered the 'Id prayer with the Prophet and he offered prayer before the Khutba
(sermon). ibn 'Abbas added: After the prayer the Prophet came towards (the rows
of) the women and ordered them to give alms, and the women started putting their
big and small rings in the garment of Bilal.The Prophet came out on the day of 'Id and offered a two-Rak'at prayer, and he
did not pray any Rak'a before it, nor after it. Then he went towards the women
and ordered them to give alms. The women started donating their earring and
necklaces.A necklace belonging to Asma' was lost, and the Prophet sent men in its search.
The time for the prayer became due and they were without ablution and they could
not find water; therefore they prayed without ablution, They mentioned that to the
Prophet . Then Allah revealed the Verse of Tayammum. ('Aisha added: that she
had borrowed (the necklace) from Asma')."The Prophet offered a two-Rak'at prayer on 'Id day and he did not offer any
(Nawafil prayer) before or after it. He then went towards the women, and Bilal
was accompanying him, and ordered them to give alms. And so the women started
giving their earrings (etc .)."I was with Allah's Apostle in one of the Markets of Medina. He left (the market)
and so did I. Then he asked thrice, "Where is the small (child)?" Then he said,
"Call Al-Hasan bin 'Ali." So Al-Hasan bin 'Ali got up and started walking with a
necklace (of beads) around his neck. The Prophet stretched his hand out like this,
and Al-Hasan did the same. The Prophet embraced him and said, "0 Allah! l love
him, so please love him and love those who love him." Since Allah's Apostle said
that. nothing has been dearer to me than Al-Hasan.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 773:Allah's Apostle cursed those men who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of
women and those women who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of men.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 774:The Prophet cursed effeminate men (those men who are in the similitude (assume
the manners of women) and those women who assume the manners of men, and he
said, "Turn them out of your houses ." The Prophet turned out such-and-such man,
and 'Umar turned out such-and-such woman.that once the Prophet was in her house, and an effeminate man was there too. The
effeminate man said to 'Abdullah, (Um Salama's brother) "0 'Abdullah! If Ta'if
should be conquered tomorrow, I recommend you the daughter of Ghailan, for she
is so fat that she has four curves in the front (of her belly) and eight at the back."
So the Prophet said (to his wives) "These effeminate (men) should not enter upon
you (your houses).The Prophet said, "To get the moustaches cut 'short is characteristic of the Fitra."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 777:Allah's Apostle said, "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision,
shaving the pubic region, clipping the nails and cutting the moustaches short."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 778:Allah's Apostle said, "To shave the pubic hair. to clip the nails and to cut the
moustaches short, are characteristics of the Fitra."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 779:I heard the Prophet saying. "Five practices are characteristics of the Fitra:
circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the nails,
and depilating the hair of the armpits."Ibn Umar said, The Prophet said, 'Do the opposite of what the pagans do. Keep
the beards and cut the moustaches short.' Whenever Ibn 'Umar performed the Hajj
or 'Umra, he used to hold his beard with his hand and cut whatever moustaches.
Ibn Umar used to cut his moustache so short that the whiteness of his skin (above
the upper lip) was visible, and he used to cut (the hair) between his moustaches
and his beard.Allah's Apostle said, "Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard (as it is)."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 782:I asked Anas, "Did the Prophet dye his hair?" Anas replied, "The Prophet did not
have except a few grey hairs."Anas was asked whether the Prophet used a a hair dye or not. Anas replied, "The
Prophet had not enough grey hair to dye. I could even count the white grey hairs
oil his beard ill would."Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water
to Um Salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of the
container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. 'Uthman added, "If any
person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel
(containing water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that held the hair of
the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it,"I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the
Prophet . ibn Mauhab also said that Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 786:The Prophet said, "Jews and Christians do not dye their hair so you should do the
opposite of what they do.The Prophet was neither conspicuously tall, nor short; neither, very white, nor
tawny. His hair was neither much curled, nor very straight. Allah sent him (as an
Apostle) at the age of forty (and after that) he stayed for ten years in Mecca, and
for ten more years in Medina. Allah took him unto Him at the age of sixty, and he
scarcely had ten white hairs on his head and in his beard.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 788:I did not see anybody in a red cloak looking more handsome than the Prophet
Narrated Malik: The hair of the Prophet used to hang near his shoulders. Narrated
Shu'ba: The hair of the Prophet used to hang down to the earlobes.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 789:Allah's Apostle said, "Today I saw myself in a dream near the Ka'ba. I saw a
whitish brown man, the handsomest of all brown men you might ever see. He had
the most beautiful Limma (hair hanging down to the earlobes) you might ever see.
He had combed it and it was dripping water; and he was performing the Tawaf
around the Kaba leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men. l asked,
"Who is this?" It was said. "Messiah, the son of Mary." Suddenly I saw a
curly-haired man, blind in the right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I
asked, "Who is this?" It was said, "He is Masiah Ad-Dajjal."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 790a:The hair of the Prophet used to hang down up to his shoulders.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 790b:The head-hair of the Prophet used to hang down to his shoulders.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 791:l asked Anas bin Malik about the hair of Allah's Apostle. He said, "The hair of
Allah's Apostle was neither much straight, nor much curly, and it used to hang
down till between his shoulders and his earlobes.The Prophet had big hands, and I have never seen anybody like him after him. The
hair of the Prophet was wavy, neither curly nor straight.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 793:The Prophet had big hands and feet, and I have not seen anybody like him, neither
before nor after him, and his palms were soft.The Prophet had big feet and a good-looking face and l have not seen anybody
like him after him. Narrated Anas: The Prophet had big feet and hands. Narrated
Anas or Jabir bin 'Abdullah The Prophet had big hands and feet and I have not
seen anybody like him after him.We were with Ibn 'Abbas and the people mentioned Ad-Dajjal. Someone said,
"The word 'Kafir' (unbeliever) is written in between his (Ad-Dajjal's) eyes." Ibn
'Abbas said, "I have not heard the Prophet saying this, but he said, 'As regards
Abraham, he looks like your companion (i.e. the Prophet, Muhammad), and as
regards Moses, he is a brown curly haired man riding a camel and reigned with a
strong jute rope, as if lam now looking at him getting down in the valley and saying,
"Labbaik".'"I heard 'Umar saying, "Whoever braids his hair should shave it (on finishing lhram).
You'd better not do, something like Talbid." Ibn Umar used to say: "I saw Allah's
Apostle with his hair stuck together with gum."I heard Allah's Apostle, while he was in the state of lhram and his hair was stuck
together with gum, saying, "Labbaik, Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaik La Shanka
laka Labbaik. Inn-al-Hamda Wan-Ni'mata Laka wal-Mulk, La Shanka Lak." He
did not add anything to those words. (See Hadith No. 621, Vol. 2)
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 798:(the wife of the Prophet) I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have the people finished
their Ihram after performing the 'Umra while you have not finished your lhram after
your 'Umra?" He said, "I have done Talbid (of my hair) and have decorated my
Hadis with garlands, so I shall not finish my lhram till l have slaughtered my Hadi
(animal for sacrifice)."The Prophet used to copy the people of the Scriptures in matters in which there
was no order from Allah. The people of the Scripture used to let their hair hang
down while the pagans used to part their hair. So the Prophet let his hair hang
down first, but later on he parted it.As if I am now looking at the shine of the hair parting of the Prophet while he was
in the state of lhram.Once I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt Maimuna bint Al-Harith and
Allah's Apostle was with her as it was her turn. Allah's Apostle got up to offer the
night prayer. I stood on his left but he took hold of my two locks of hair and made
me stand on his right.(the above Hadith) but he quoted: Ibn 'Abbas said, (took hold of) my two braids
on my head."that 'Umar bin Nafi' told him that Nafi', Maula 'Abdullah had heard 'Umar saying,
"I heard Allah's Apostle forbidding Al-Qaza'." 'Ubaidullah added: I said, "What is
Al-Qaza'?" 'Ubaidullah pointed (towards his head) to show us and added, "Nafi'
said, 'It is when a boy has his head shaved leaving a tuft of hair here and a tuft of
hair there." Ubaidullah pointed towards his forehead and the sides of his head.
'Ubaidullah was asked, "Does this apply to both girls and boys?" He said, "I don't
know, but Nafi' said, 'The boy.'" 'Ubaidullah added, "I asked Nafi' again, and he
said, 'As for leaving hair on the temples and the back part of the boy's head, there
is no harm, but Al-Qaza' is to leave a tuft of hair on his forehead unshaved while
there is no hair on the rest of his head, and also to leave hair on either side of his
head.'"Allah's Apostle forbade Al-Qaza' (leaving a tuft of hair here and there after shaving
one's head.)I applied perfume to the Prophet with my own hands when he wanted to assume
the state of Ihram, and I also perfumed him at Mina before he departed from there
(to perform Tawaf-al-Ifada).I used to perfume Allah's Apostle with the best scent available till I saw the shine of
the scent on his head and shine beard.A man peeped into the house of the Prophet through a hole while the Prophet was
scratching his head with a Midrai (a certain kind of comb). On that the Prophet
said (to him), "If I had known you had been looking, then I would have pierced
your eye with that instrument, because the asking of permission has been ordained
so that one would not see things unlawfully."I used to comb the hair of Allah's Apostle during my periods.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 809:The Prophet used to like to start from the right side as far as possible in combing
and in performing ablution.The Prophet said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of Adam's son is for him except
fasting; it is for Me. and I shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the smell
of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah than the smell of musk."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 812:used to perfume the Prophet before his assuming the state of with the best scent
available.Anas never used to refuse (a gift of) scent and used to say that the Prophet never
used to refuse (a gift of) scent.During Hajjat-al-Wada', I perfumed Allah's Apostle with Dharira with my own
hands, both on his assuming Ihram and on finishing it.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 815:Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get
themselves tattooed, and those who remove their face hairs, and those who create
a space between their teeth artificially to look beautiful, and such women as change
the features created by Allah. Why then should I not curse those whom the
Prophet has cursed? And that is in Allah's Book. i.e. His Saying: 'And what the
Apostle gives you take it and what he forbids you abstain (from it).' (59.7)
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 816:that in the year he performed Hajj. he heard Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan, who was
on the pulpit and was taking a tuft of hair from one of his guards, saying, "Where
are your religious learned men? I heard Allah's Apostle forbidding this (false hair)
and saying, 'The children of Israel were destroyed when their women started using
this.'" Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah has cursed the lady who
artificially lengthens (her or someone else's) hair and the one who gets her hair
lengthened and the One who tattoos (herself or someone else) and the one who
gets herself tattooed"An Ansari girl was married and she became sick and all her hair fell out intending
to provide her with false hair. They asked the Prophet who said, "Allah has cursed
the lady who artificially lengthens (her or someone else's) hair and also the one who
gets her hair lengthened."(the daughter of Abu' Bakr) A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "I
married my daughter to someone, but she became sick and all her hair fell out, and
(because of that) her husband does not like her. May I let her use false hair?" On
that the Prophet cursed such a lady as artificially lengthening (her or someone
else's) hair or got her hair lengthened artificially.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 819:(the daughter of Abu Bakr) Allah's Apostle has cursed such a lady as artificially
lengthening (her or someone else's) hair or gets her hair lengthened.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 820:Allah's Apostle said, "Allah has cursed such a lady as lengthens (her or someone
else's) hair artificially or gets it lengthened, and also a lady who tattoos (herself or
someone else) or gets herself tattooed.Mu'awiya came to Medina for the last time and delivered a sermon. He took out a
tuft of hair and said, "I thought that none used to do this (i.e. use false hair) except
Jews. The Prophet labelled such practice, (i.e. the use of false hair), as cheating.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 822:'Abdullah cursed those women who practiced tattooing and those who removed
hair from their faces and those who created spaces between their teeth artificially
to look beautiful, such ladies as changed what Allah has created. Um Ya'qub said,
"What is that?" 'Abdullah said, "Why should I not curse those who were cursed by
Allah's Apostle and are referred to in Allah's Book?" She said to him "By Allah, I
have read the whole Quran but I have not found such a thing. 'Abdullah said, "By
Allah, if you had read it (carefully) you would have found it. (Allah says:) 'And
what the Apostle gives you take it and what he forbids you abstain (from it).'
(59.7)The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens her hair artificially and the one who
gets her hair lengthened, and also the lady who tattoos (herself or others) and the
one who gets herself tattooed.A woman asked the Prophet saying, "0 Allah's Apostle! My daughter got measles
and her hair fell out. Now that I got her married, may I let her use false hair?" He
said (to her), "Allah has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and the one
who gets her hair lengthened artificially."I heard the Prophet saying, (or the Prophet said), "Allah has cursed the lady who
practices tattooing and that who gets it done for herself, and also the lady who
lengthens hair artificially and that who gets her hair lengthened artificially." The
Prophet has cursed such ladies.Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or get it done for themselves,
and those who remove hair from their faces, and those who create spaces between
their teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as change the features created by
Allah. Why then shall I not curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who
are cursed in Allah's Book too?Allah's Apostle said, "The evil eye is a fact," and he forbade tattooing.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 828:The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and the price of a dog, the one
who takes (eats) usury the one who gives usury, the woman who practises
tattooing and the woman who gets herself tattooed.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 830:A woman who used to practise tattooing was brought to 'Umar. 'Umar got up and
said, "I beseech you by Allah, which of you heard the Prophet saying something
about tattooing?" l got up and said, "0 chief of the Believers! l heard something."
He said, "What did you hear?" I said, "I heard the Prophet (addressing the ladies),
saying, 'Do not practise tattooing and do not get yourselves tattooed.'"
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 831:The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens hair artificially and that who gets
her hair lengthened in such away, and the lady who practises tattooing and that
who gets it done for herself.Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and those who get it done
for themselves, and those who remove hair from their faces, and those who
artificially create spaces between their teeth to look beautiful, such women as alter
the features created by Allah. Why should I not then curse those whom Allah's
Apostle has cursed and that is in Allah's Book?The Prophet said, "Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or there are
pictures."We were with Masruq at the house of Yasar bin Numair. Masruq saw pictures on
his terrace and said, "I heard 'Abdullah saying that he heard the Prophet saying,
"The people who will receive the severest punishment from Allah will be the picture
makers.'"Allah's Apostle said, "Those who make these pictures will be punished on the Day
of Resurrection, and it will be said to them. 'Make alive what you have created.'"
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 836:I never used to leave in the Prophet house anything carrying images or crosses but
he obliterated it.l entered a house in Medina with Abu Huraira, and he saw a man making pictures
at the top of the house. Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying that Allah
said, 'Who would be more unjust than the one who tries to create the like of My
creatures? Let them create a grain: let them create a gnat.' "Abu Huraira then
asked for a water container and washed his arms up to his armpits. I said, "0 Abu i
Huraira! Is this something you have heard I from Allah's Apostle?" He said, "The
limit for ablution is up to the place where the ornaments will reach on the Day of
Resurrection.'Allah's Apostle returned from a journey when I had placed a curtain of mine having
pictures over (the door of) a chamber of mine. When Allah's Apostle saw it, he
tore it and said, "The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day
of Resurrection will be those who try to make the like of Allah's creations." So we
turned it (i.e., the curtain) into one or two cushions.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 839:The Prophet returned from a journey when I had hung a thick curtain having
pictures (in front of a door). He ordered me to remove it and I removed it. Aisha
added: The Prophet and I used to take a bath from one container (of water).
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 840:I purchased a cushion with pictures on it. The Prophet (came and) stood at the
door but did not enter. I said (to him), "I repent to Allah for what (the guilt) I have
done." He said, "What is this cushion?" I said, "It is for you to sit on and recline
on." He said, "The makers of these pictures will be punished on the Day of
Resurrection and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have created.'
Moreover, the angels do not enter a house where there are pictures.'"
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 841:Allah's Apostle said, "Angels (of mercy) do not enter a house where there are
pictures.'" The sub-narrator Busr added: "Then Zaid fell ill and we paid him a visit.
Behold! There was, hanging at his door, a curtain decorated with a picture. I said
to 'Ubaidullah Al-Khaulani, the step son of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet ,
"Didn't Zaid tell us about the picture the day before yesterday?" 'Ubaidullah said,
"Didn't you hear him saying: 'except a design in a garment'?"
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 842:Aisha had a thick curtain (having pictures on it) and she screened the side of her i
house with it. The Prophet said to her, "Remove it from my sight, for its pictures
are still coming to my mind in my prayers."Once Gabriel promised to visit the Prophet but he delayed and the Prophet got
worried about that. At last he came out and found Gabriel and complained to him
of his grief (for his delay). Gabriel said to him, "We do not enter a place in which
there is a picture or a dog."I bought a cushion having pictures on it. When Allah's Apostle saw it, he stopped
at the gate and did not enter. I noticed the signs of hatred (for that) on his face! I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I turn to Allah and His Apostle in repentance! What sin
have I committed?" He said, "What about this cushion?" I said, 'I bought it for you
to sit on and recline on." Allah's Apostle said, "The makers of these pictures will be
punished (severely) on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said to them, 'Make
alive what you have created.'" He added, "Angels do not enter a house in which
there are pictures."that he had bought a slave whose profession was cupping. The Prophet forbade
taking the price of blood and the price of a dog and the earnings of a prostitute,
and cursed the one who took or gave (Riba') usury, and the lady who tattooed
others or got herself tattooed, and the picture-maker.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 846:I heard Muhammad saying, "Whoever makes a picture in this world will be asked
to put life into it on the Day of Resurrection, but he will not be able to do so."
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 847:Allah's Apostle rode a donkey saddled with a saddle covered with a Fadakiyya
velvet sheet, and he made me ride behind him.When the Prophet arrived at Mecca, the children of Bani 'Abdul Muttalib received
him. He then mounted one of them in front of him and the other behind him.
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 849:The worst of three (persons riding one, animal) was mentioned in 'Ikrima's
presence 'Ikrima said, "Ibn 'Abbas said, '(In the year of the conquest of Mecca)
the Prophet came and mounted Qutham in front of him and Al-Fadl behind him, or
Qutham behind him and Al-Fadl in front of him.' Now which of them was the
worst off and which was the best?"While I was riding behind the Prophet and between me and him and between me
and him there was only the back of the saddle, he said, "0 Mu'adh!" I replied,
"Labbaik, 0 Allah's Apostle, and Sa'daik!" he said, "Do you know what is Allah's
right upon his slave?" I said, "Allah and His Apostle know best" He said "Allah's
right upon his slaves is that they should worship Him alone and not worship
anything else besides Him." Then he proceeded for a while and then said, "O
Muadh bin Jabal!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle:, Sa'daik!' He said, "Do
you know what is the right of the slaves upon Allah if they do that?" I replied,
"Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "The right of the slaves upon Allah is
that He will not punish them (if they do that)."We were coming from Khaibar along with Allah's Apostle while l was riding
behind Abu Talha and he was proceeding. While one of the wives of Allah's
Apostle was riding behind Allah's Apostle, suddenly the foot of the camel Slipped
and I said, "The woman!" and alighted (hurriedly). Allah's Apostle said, "She is
your mother." Sol resaddled the she-camel and Allah's Apostle mounted it. When
he approached or saw Medina, he said, "Ayibun, ta'ibun, 'abidun, li-Rabbina
hami-dun."I saw the Prophet lying-down in the mosque and placing one leg on the other.