Witnesses
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 805:
Narrated Urwa bin Al-Musayyab,
Alqama bin Waqqas and Ubaidullah bin Abdullah:
About the story of 'Aisha
and their narrations were similar attesting each other, when the liars
said what they invented about 'Aisha, and the Divine Inspiration was
delayed, Allah's Apostle sent for 'Ali and Usama to consult them in
divorcing his wife (i.e. 'Aisha). Usama said, "Keep your wife, as we
know nothing about her except good." Buraira said, "I cannot accuse
her of any defect except that she is still a young girl who sleeps,
neglecting her family's dough which the domestic goats come to eat
(i.e. she was too simpleminded to deceive her husband)." Allah's
Apostle said, "Who can help me to take revenge over the man who has
harmed me by defaming the reputation of my family? By Allah, I have
not known about my family-anything except good, and they mentioned
(i.e. accused) a man about whom I did not know anything except good."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 806:
Narrated Abdullah bin
Umar:
Allah's Apostle and Ubai
bin Kab Al-Ansari went to the garden where Ibn Saiyad used to live.
When Allah's Apostle entered (the garden), he (i.e. Allah's Apostle )
started hiding himself behind the datepalms as he wanted to hear
secretly the talk of Ibn Saiyad before the latter saw him. Ibn Saiyad
wrapped with a soft decorated sheet was lying on his bed murmuring.
Ibn Saiyad's mother saw the Prophet hiding behind the stems of the
date-palms. She addressed Ibn Saiyad saying, "O Saf, this is
Muhammad." Hearing that Ibn Saiyad stopped murmuring (or got
cautious), the Prophet said, "If she had left him undisturbed, he
would have revealed his reality." (See Hadith No. 290, Vol 4 for
details)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 807:
Narrated Aisha:
The wife of Rifa'a Al-Qurazi
came to the Prophet and said, "I was Rifa'a's wife, but he divorced me
and it was a final irrevocable divorce. Then I married AbdurRahman bin
Az-Zubair but he is impotent." The Prophet asked her 'Do you want to
remarry Rifa'a? You cannot unless you had a complete sexual relation
with your present husband." Abu Bakr was sitting with Allah's Apostle
and Khalid bin Said bin Al-'As was at the door waiting to be admitted.
He said, "O Abu Bakr! Do you hear what this (woman) is revealing
frankly before the Prophet ?"
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 808:
Narrated Abdullah bin Abu
Mulaika from 'Uqba bin Al-Harith:
Uqba married the daughter
of Abu Ihab bin Aziz, and then a woman came and said, "I suckled 'Uqba
and his wife." 'Uqba said to her, "I do not know that you have suckled
me, and you did not inform me." He then sent someone to the house of
Abu Ihab to enquire about that but they did not know that she had
suckled their daughter. Then 'Uqba went to the Prophet in Medina and
asked him about it. The Prophet said to him, "How (can you keep your
wife) after it has been said (that both of you were suckled by the
same woman)?" So, he divorced her and she was married to another
(husband).
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 809:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
People were (sometimes)
judged by the revealing of a Divine Inspiration during the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle but now there is no longer any more (new revelation).
Now we judge you by the deeds you practice publicly, so we will trust
and favor the one who does good deeds in front of us, and we will not
call him to account about what he is really doing in secret, for Allah
will judge him for that; but we will not trust or believe the one who
presents to us with an evil deed even if he claims that his intentions
were good.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 810:
Narrated Anas:
A funeral procession
passed in front of the Prophet and the people praised the deceased.
The Prophet said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then another
funeral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the
deceased. The Prophet said, "It has been affirmed (Hell)." Allah's
Apostle was asked, "O Allah's Apostle! You said it has been affirmed
for both?" The Prophet said, "The testimony of the people (is
accepted), (for) the believer are Allah's witnesses on the earth."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 811:
Narrated Abu Al-Aswad:
Once I went to Medina
where there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying
rapidly. I was sitting with 'Umar and a funeral procession passed by.
The people praised the deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed"
(Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people
praised the deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed." (Paradise).
Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Paradise)." Then a third
funeral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed (Hell)." I asked Umar, "O
chief of the believers! What has been affirmed?" He said, "I have said
what the Prophet said. He said, 'Allah will admit into paradise any
Muslim whose good character is attested by four persons.' We asked the
Prophet, 'If there were three witnesses only?' He said, 'Even three.'
We asked, 'If there were two only?' He said, 'Even two.' But we did
not ask him about one witness."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 812:
Narrated Aisha:
Aflah asked the
permission to visit me but I did not allow him. He said, "Do you veil
yourself before me although I am your uncle?" 'Aisha said, "How is
that?" Aflah replied, "You were suckled by my brother's wife with my
brother's milk." I asked Allah's Apostle about it, and he said, "Allah
is right, so permit him to visit you."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 813:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said about
Hamza's daughter, "I am not legally permitted to marry her, as foster
relations are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs). She
is the daughter of my foster brother."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 814:
Narrated Amra bint 'Abdur-Rahman:
That 'Aisha the wife of
the Prophet told her uncle that once, while the Prophet was in her
house, she heard a man asking Hafsa's permission to enter her house. 'Aisha
said, "I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I think the man is Hafsa's foster
uncle.' " 'Aisha added, "O Allah's Apostle! There is a man asking the
permission to enter your house." Allah's Apostle replied, "I think the
man is Hafsa's foster uncle." 'Aisha said, "If so-and-so were living
(i.e. her foster uncle) would he be allowed to visit me?" Allah's
Apostle said, "Yes, he would, as the foster relations are treated like
blood relations (in marital affairs)."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 815:
Narrated Aisha:
Once the Prophet came to
me while a man was in my house. He said, "O 'Aisha! Who is this
(man)?" I replied, "My foster brothers" He said, "O 'Aisha! Be sure
about your foster brothers, as fostership is only valid if it takes
place in the suckling period (before two years of age)."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 816:
Narrated 'Urwa bin
Az-Zubair:
A woman committed theft
in the Ghazwa of the Conquest (of Mecca) and she was taken to the
Prophet who ordered her hand to be cut off. 'Aisha said, "Her
repentance was perfect and she was married (later) and used to come to
me (after that) and I would present her needs to Allah's Apostle."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 817:
Narrated Zaid bin Khalid:
Allah's Apostle ordered
that an unmarried man who committed illegal sexual intercourse be
scourged one hundred lashes and sent into exile for one year.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 818:
Narrated An-Nu'man bin
Bashir:
My mother asked my father
to present me a gift from his property; and he gave it to me after
some hesitation. My mother said that she would not be satisfied unless
the Prophet was made a witness to it. I being a young boy, my father
held me by the hand and took me to the Prophet . He said to the
Prophet, "His mother, bint Rawaha, requested me to give this boy a
gift." The Prophet said, "Do you have other sons besides him?" He
said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Do not make me a witness for
injustice." Narrated Ash-Shabi that the Prophet said, "I will not
become a witness for injustice."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 819:
Narrated Zahdam bin
Mudrab:
I heard Imran bin Husain
saying, "The Prophet said, 'The best people are those living in my
generation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after
(the second generation)." Imran said "I do not know whether the
Prophet mentioned two or three generations after your present
generation. The Prophet added, 'There will be some people after you,
who will be dishonest and will not be trustworthy and will give
witness (evidences) without being asked to give witness, and will vow
but will not fulfill their vows, and fatness will appear among them."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 820:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "The
people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and
then whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some
people whose witness will go ahead of their oaths, and their oaths
will go ahead of their witness." Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, "We
used to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, 'I bear witness by the
Name of Allah or by the Covenant of Allah."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 821:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet was asked
about the great sins He said, "They are:--
(1 ) To join others in
worship with Allah,
(2) To be undutiful to
one's parents.
(3) To kill a person
(which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commit the crime of
murdering).
(4) And to give a false
witness."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 822:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
The Prophet said thrice,
"Should I inform you out the greatest of the great sins?" They said,
"Yes, O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "To join others in worship with
Allah and to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet then sat up
after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and said, "And I warn you
against giving a false witness, and he kept on saying that warning
till we thought he would not stop. (See Hadith No. 7, Vol. 8)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 823:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet heard a man
(reciting Quran) in the Mosque, and he said, "May Allah bestow His
Mercy upon him. No doubt, he made me remember such-and such Verses of
such-and-such Sura which I dropped (from my memory).
Narrated Aisha: The
Prophet performed the Tahajjud prayer in my house, and then he heard
the voice of 'Abbas who was praying in the Mosque, and said, "O 'Aisha!
Is this 'Abbad's voice?" I said, "Yes." He said, "O Allah! Be merciful
to 'Abbas!"
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 824:
Narrated Abdullah bin
Umar:
The Prophet said, "Bilal
pronounces the Adhan when it is still night (before dawn), so eat and
drink till the next Adhan is pronounced (or till you hear Ibn Um
Maktum's Adhan)." Ibn Um Maktum was a blind man who would not
pronounce the Adhan till he was told that it was dawn.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 825:
Narrated Al-Miswar bin
Makhrama:
Some outer garments were
received the Prophet and my father (Makhrama) said to me, "Let us go
to the Prophet so that he may give us something from the garments."
So, my father stood at the door and spoke. The Prophet recognized his
voice and came out carrying a garment and telling Makhrama the good
qualities of that garment, adding, "I have kept this for you, I have
sent this for you."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 826:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "Isn't
the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women
said, "Yes." He said, "This is because of the deficiency of a woman's
mind."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 827:
Narrated Uqba bin
Al-Harith:
That he had married Um
Yahya bint Abu Ihab. He said. "A black slave-lady came and said, 'I
suckled you both.' I then mentioned that to the Prophet who turned his
face aside." Uqba further said, "I went to the other side and told the
Prophet about it. He said, 'How can you (keep her as your wife) when
the lady has said that she suckled both of you (i.e. you and your
wife?)" So, the Prophet ordered him to divorce her.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 828:
Narrated 'Uqba bin
Al-Harith:
I married a woman and
later on a woman came and said, "I suckled you both." So, I went to
the Prophet (to ask him about it). He said, "How can you (keep her as
a wife) when it has been said (that you were foster brother and
sister)? Leave (divorce) her.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 829:
Narrated Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet)
"Whenever Allah's Apostle intended to go on a journey, he would draw
lots amongst his wives and would take with him the one upon whom the
lot fell. During a Ghazwa of his, he drew lots amongst us and the lot
fell upon me, and I proceeded with him after Allah had decreed the use
of the veil by women. I was carried in a Howdah (on the camel) and
dismounted while still in it. When Allah's Apostle was through with
his Ghazwa and returned home, and we approached the city of Medina,
Allah's Apostle ordered us to proceed at night. When the order of
setting off was given, I walked till I was past the army to answer the
call of nature. After finishing I returned (to the camp) to depart
(with the others) and suddenly realized that my necklace over my chest
was missing. So, I returned to look for it and was delayed because of
that. The people who used to carry me on the camel, came to my Howdah
and put it on the back of the camel, thinking that I was in it, as, at
that time, women were light in weight, and thin and lean, and did not
use to eat much. So, those people did not feel the difference in the
heaviness of the Howdah while lifting it, and they put it over the
camel. At that time I was a young lady. They set the camel moving and
proceeded on. I found my necklace after the army had gone, and came to
their camp to find nobody. So, I went to the place where I used to
stay, thinking that they would discover my absence and come back in my
search. While in that state, I felt sleepy and slept.
Safwan bin Mu'attal
As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani was behind the army and reached my abode in the
morning. When he saw a sleeping person, he came to me, and he used to
see me before veiling. So, I got up when I heard him saying, "Inna
lil-lah-wa inn a ilaihi rajiun (We are for Allah, and we will return
to Him)." He made his camel knell down. He got down from his camel,
and put his leg on the front legs of the camel and then I rode and sat
over it. Safwan set out walking, leading the camel by the rope till we
reached the army who had halted to take rest at midday. Then whoever
was meant for destruction, fell into destruction, (some people accused
me falsely) and the leader of the false accusers was 'Abdullah bin
Ubai bin Salul. After that we returned to Medina, and I became ill for
one month while the people were spreading the forged statements of the
false accusers. I was feeling during my ailment as if I were not
receiving the usual kindness from the Prophet which I used to receive
from him when I got sick. But he would come, greet and say, 'How is
that (girl)?' I did not know anything of what was going on till I
recovered from my ailment and went out with Um Mistah to the Manasi
where we used to answer the call of nature, and we used not to go to
answer the call of nature except from night to night and that was
before we had lavatories near to our houses. And this habit of ours
was similar to the habit of the old 'Arabs in the open country (or
away from houses). So. I and Um Mistah bint Ruhm went out walking. Um
Mistah stumbled because of her long dress and on that she said, 'Let
Mistah be ruined.' I said, 'You are saying a bad word. Why are you
abusing a man who took part in (the battle of) Badr?' She said, 'O
Hanata (you there) didn't you hear what they said?' Then she told me
the rumors of the false accusers.
My sickness was
aggravated, and when I returned home, Allah's Apostle came to me, and
after greeting he said, 'How is that (girl)?' I requested him to allow
me to go to my parents. I wanted then to be sure of the news through
them I Allah's Apostle allowed me, and I went to my parents and asked
my mother, 'What are the people talking about?' She said, 'O my
daughter! Don't worry much about this matter. By Allah, never is there
a charming woman loved by her husband who has other wives, but the
women would forge false news about her.' I said, 'Glorified be Allah!
Are the people really taking of this matter?' That night I kept on
weeping and could not sleep till morning. In the morning Allah's
Apostle called Ali bin Abu Talib and Usama bin Zaid when he saw the
Divine Inspiration delayed, to consul them about divorcing his wife
(i.e. 'Aisha). Usama bin Zaid said what he knew of the good reputation
of his wives and added, 'O Allah's Apostle! Keep you wife, for, by
Allah, we know nothing about her but good.' 'Ali bin Abu Talib said,
'O Allah's Apostle! Allah has no imposed restrictions on you, and
there are many women other than she, yet you may ask the woman-servant
who will tell you the truth.' On that Allah's Apostle called Buraira
and said, 'O Burair. Did you ever see anything which roused your
suspicions about her?' Buraira said, 'No, by Allah Who has sent you
with the Truth, I have never seen in her anything faulty except that
she is a girl of immature age, who sometimes sleeps and leaves the
dough for the goats to eat.' On that day Allah's Apostle ascended the
pulpit and requested that somebody support him in punishing 'Abdullah
bin Ubai bin Salul. Allah's Apostle said, 'Who will support me to
punish that person ('Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul) who has hurt me by
slandering the reputation of my family? By Allah, I know nothing about
my family but good, and they have accused a person about whom I know
nothing except good, and he never entered my house except in my
company.'
Sad bin Mu'adh got up and
said, 'O Allah's Apostle! by Allah, I will relieve you from him. If
that man is from the tribe of the Aus, then we will chop his head off,
and if he is from our brothers, the Khazraj, then order us, and we
will fulfill your order.' On that Sad bin 'Ubada, the chief of the
Khazraj and before this incident, he had been a pious man, got up,
motivated by his zeal for his tribe and said, 'By Allah, you have told
a lie; you cannot kill him, and you will never be able to kill him.'
On that Usaid bin Al-Hadir got up and said (to Sad bin 'Ubada), 'By
Allah! you are a liar. By Allah, we will kill him; and you are a
hypocrite, defending the hypocrites.' On this the two tribes of Aus
and Khazraj got excited and were about to fight each other, while
Allah's Apostle was standing on the pulpit. He got down and quietened
them till they became silent and he kept quiet. On that day I kept on
weeping so much so that neither did my tears stop, nor could I sleep.
In the morning my parents
were with me and I had wept for two nights and a day, till I thought
my liver would burst from weeping. While they were sitting with me and
I was weeping, an Ansari woman asked my permission to enter, and I
allowed her to come in. She sat down and started weeping with me.
While we were in this state, Allah's Apostle came and sat down and he
had never sat with me since the day they forged the accusation. No
revelation regarding my case came to him for a month. He recited
Tashah-hud (i.e. None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
Muhammad is His Apostle) and then said, 'O 'Aisha! I have been
informed such-and-such about you; if you are innocent, then Allah will
soon reveal your innocence, and if you have committed a sin, then
repent to Allah and ask Him to forgive you, for when a person
confesses his sin and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah accepts his
repentance.' When Allah's Apostle finished his speech my tears ceased
completely and there remained not even a single drop of it. I
requested my father to reply to Allah's Apostle on my behalf. My
father said, By Allah, I do not know what to say to Allah's Apostle.'
I said to my mother, 'Talk to Allah's Apostle on my behalf.' She said,
'By Allah, I do not know what to say to Allah's Apostle.
I was a young girl and
did not have much knowledge of the Quran. I said. 'I know, by Allah,
that you have listened to what people are saying and that has been
planted in your minds and you have taken it as a truth. Now, if I told
you that I am innocent and Allah knows that I am innocent, you would
not believe me and if I confessed to you falsely that I am guilty, and
Allah knows that I am innocent you would believe me. By Allah, I don't
compare my situation with you except to the situation of Joseph's
father (i.e. Jacob) who said, 'So (for me) patience is most fitting
against that which you assert and it is Allah (Alone) whose help can
be sought.' Then I turned to the other side of my bed hoping that
Allah would prove my innocence. By Allah I never thought that Allah
would reveal Divine Inspiration in my case, as I considered myself too
inferior to be talked of in the Holy Qur'an. I had hoped that Allah's
Apostle might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. By
Allah, Allah's Apostle had not got up and nobody had left the house
before the Divine Inspiration came to Allah's Apostle. So, there
overtook him the same state which used to overtake him, (when he used
to have, on being inspired divinely). He was sweating so much so that
the drops of the sweat were dropping like pearls though it was a
(cold) wintry day. When that state of Allah's Apostle was over, he was
smiling and the first word he said, 'Aisha! Thank Allah, for Allah has
declared your innocence.' My mother told me to go to Allah's Apostle .
I replied, 'By Allah I will not go to him and will not thank but
Allah.' So Allah revealed: "Verily! They who spread the slander are a
gang among you . . ." (24.11)
When Allah gave the
declaration of my Innocence, Abu Bakr, who used to provide for Mistah
bin Uthatha for he was his relative, said, 'By Allah, I will never
provide Mistah with anything because of what he said about Aisha.' But
Allah later revealed: --
"And let not those who
are good and wealthy among you swear not to help their kinsmen, those
in need and those who left their homes in Allah's Cause. Let them
forgive and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah should forgive you?
Verily! Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." (24.22) After that Abu
Bakr said, 'Yes ! By Allah! I like that Allah should forgive me,' and
resumed helping Mistah whom he used to help before.
Allah's Apostle also
asked Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. the Prophet's wife about me saying,
'What do you know and what did you see?' She replied, 'O Allah's
Apostle! I refrain to claim hearing or seeing what I have not heard or
seen. By Allah, I know nothing except goodness about Aisha." Aisha
further added "Zainab was competing with me (in her beauty and the
Prophet's love), yet Allah protected her (from being malicious), for
she had piety."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 830:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
A man praised another man
in front of the Prophet . The Prophet said to him, "Woe to you, you
have cut off your companion's neck, you have cut off your companion's
neck," repeating it several times and then added, "Whoever amongst you
has to praise his brother should say, 'I think that he is so and so,
and Allah knows exactly the truth, and I do not confirm anybody's good
conduct before Allah, but I think him so and so,' if he really knows
what he says about him."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 831:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ashari:
The Prophet heard someone
praising another and exaggerating in his praise. The Prophet said,
"You have ruined or cut the man's back (by praising him so much).
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 832:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle called me
to present myself in front of him or the eve of the battle of Uhud,
while I was fourteen years of age at that time, and he did not allow
me to take part in that battle, but he called me in front of him on
the eve of the battle of the Trench when I was fifteen years old, and
he allowed me (to join the battle)." Nafi' said, "I went to 'Umar bin
'Abdul Aziz who was Caliph at that time and related the above
narration to him, He said, "This age (fifteen) is the limit between
childhood and manhood," and wrote to his governors to give salaries to
those who reached the age of fifteen.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 833:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "Bath
on Friday is compulsory for those who have attained the age of
puberty."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 834:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "If
somebody takes a false oath in order to get the property of a Muslim
(unjustly) by that oath, then Allah will be angry with him when he
will meet Him." Al-Ash'ath informed me, "By Allah! This was said
regarding me. There was a dispute about a piece of land between me and
a man from the Jews who denied my right. I took him to the Prophet.
Allah's Apostle asked me, 'Do you have an evidence?' I replied in the
negative. He said to the Jew, 'Take an oath.' I said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! He will surely take an oath and take my property unjustly."
So, Allah revealed: "Verily! Those who purchase a little gain at the
cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths . . . " (3.77)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 835:
Narrated Ibn Abu Mulaika:
Ibn 'Abbas wrote that the
Prophet gave his verdict on the basis of the defendant's oath.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 836:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Abdullah (bin Mas'ud)
said, "Whoever takes a (false) oath in order to grab some property
(unjustly), Allah will be angry with him when he will meet Him. Allah
confirmed that through His Divine Revelation: "Verily! Those who
purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths
. . . they will have a painful punishment." (3.77)
Al-Ash'ath bin Qais came
to us and asked, 'What is Abu Abdur-Rahman (i.e. 'Abdullah) telling
you? 'We told him what he was narrating to us. He said, 'He was
telling the truth; this Divine Verse was revealed in connection with
me. There was a dispute between me and another man about something and
the case was filed before Allah's Apostle who said, 'Produce your two
witnesses or else the defendant is to take an oath.' I said, The
defendant will surely take a (false) oath caring for nothing.' The
Prophet said, 'Whoever takes a false oath in order to grab (other's)
property, then Allah will be angry with him when he will meet Him.'
Then Allah revealed its confirmation. Al-Ashath then recited the above
Divine Verse." (3.77)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 837:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Hilal bin Umaiya accused
his wife before the Prophet of committing illegal sexual intercourse
with Sharik bin Sahma.' The Prophet said, "Produce a proof, or else
you would get the legal punishment (by being lashed) on your back."
Hilal said, "O Allah's Apostle! If anyone of us saw another man over
his wife, would he go to search for a proof." The Prophet went on
saying, "Produce a proof or else you would get the legal punishment
(by being lashed) on your back." The Prophet then mentioned the
narration of Lian (as in the Holy Book). (Surat-al-Nur: 24)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 838:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "There are three persons whom Allah will neither
talk to nor look at, nor purify from (the sins), and they will have a
painful punishment. (They are):
(1) A man possessed
superfluous water on a way and he withheld it from the travelers.
(2) a man who gives a
pledge of allegiance to a Muslim ruler and gives it only for worldly
gains. If the ruler gives him what he wants, he remains obedient to
It, otherwise he does not abide by it, and
(3) a man bargains with
another man after the Asr prayer and the latter takes a false oath in
the Name of Allah) claiming that he has been offered so much for the
thing and the former (believes him and) buys it."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 839:
Narrated Ibn Mas'ud:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever takes a (false) oath in order to grab (others) property, then
Allah will be angry with him when he will meet Him."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 840:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet asked some
people to take an oath, and they hurried for it. The Prophet ordered
that lots should be drawn amongst them as to who would take an oath
first.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 841:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin
Abu Aufa:
A man displayed some
goods in the market and took a false oath that he had been offered so
much for them though he was not offered that amount Then the following
Divine Verse was revealed:-- "Verily! Those who purchase a little gain
at the cost of Allah's covenant and their oaths . . . Will get painful
punishment." (3.77) Ibn Abu Aufa added, "Such person as described
above is a treacherous Riba-eater (i.e. eater of usury).
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 842:
Narrated Abu Wail from
Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever takes a false oath in order to grab another man's (or his
brother's) property, then Allah will be angry with him when he will
meet him." Then Allah confirmed this by revealing the Divine Verse:
"Verily! Those who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah's
Covenant and their oaths . . . Will get painful punishment." (3.77)
Al-Ash'ath met me and asked, "What did 'Abdullah tell you today?" I
said, "So and so." He said, "The Verse was revealed regarding my
case."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 843:
Narrated Talha bin
'Ubaidullah:
A man came to Allah's
Apostle asking him about Islam, Allah's Apostle said, "You have to
offer five compulsory prayers in a day and a night (24 hours)." The
man asked, "Is there any more compulsory prayers for me?" Allah's
Apostle said, "No, unless you like to offer Nawafil (i.e. optional
prayers)." Allah's Apostle then added, "You have to observe fasts
during the month of Ramadan." The man said, "Am I to fast any other
days?' Allah's Apostle said, "No, unless you wish to observe the
optional fast voluntarily." Then Allah's Apostle told him about the
compulsory Zakat. The man asked, "Do I have to give anything besides?"
Allah's Apostle said, "No, unless you wish to give in charity
voluntarily." So, the man departed saying, "By Allah I will neither do
more nor less than that." Allah's Apostle said, "If he has said the
truth he will be successful."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 844:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Whoever has to take an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent."
(i.e. He should not swear by other than Allah.)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 845:
Narrated Um Salama:
Once Allah's Apostle
said, "You people present your cases to me and some of you may be more
eloquent and persuasive in presenting their argument. So, if I give
some one's right to another (wrongly) because of the latter's (tricky)
presentation of the case, I am really giving him a piece of fire; so
he should not take it."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 846:
Narrated Abdullah bin
Abbas:
Abu Sufyan told me that
Heraclius said to him, "When I enquired you what he (i.e. Muhammad)
ordered you, you replied that he ordered you to establish the prayer,
to speak the truth, to be chaste, to keep promises and to pay back
trusts." Then Heraclius added, "These are really the qualities of a
prophet."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 847:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said,
"The signs of a hypocrite are three:
(1) whenever he speaks,
he tells a lie,
(2) whenever he is
entrusted, he proves to be dishonest,
(3) whenever he promises,
he breaks his promise.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 848:
Narrated Muhammad bin
Ali:
Jabir bin Abdullah said,
"When the Prophet died, Abu Bakr received some property from Al-Ala
bin Al-Hadrami. Abu Bakr said to the people, "Whoever has a money
claim on the Prophet, or was promised something by him, should come to
us (so that we may pay him his right)." Jabir added, "I said (to Abu
Bakr), Allah's Apostle promised me that he would give me this much,
and this much, and this much (spreading his hands three times)." Jabir
added, "Abu Bakr counted for me and handed me five-hundred (gold
pieces), and then five-hundred, and then five-hundred."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 849:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
A Jew from Hira asked me
which one of the two periods Musa (i.e. Prophet Moses) completed. I
said, "I don't know, (but wait) till I see the most learned 'Arab and
enquire him about it." So, I went to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him. He
replied, "Moses completed the longer and better period." Ibn 'Abbas
added, "No doubt, an apostle of Allah always does what he says."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 850:
Narrated Ubaidullah bin
Abdullah bin Utba:
Ibn Abbas said, "O
Muslims? How do you ask the people of the Scriptures, though your Book
(i.e. the Quran) which was revealed to His Prophet is the most recent
information from Allah and you recite it, the Book that has not been
distorted? Allah has revealed to you that the people of the scriptures
have changed with their own hands what was revealed to them and they
have said (as regards their changed Scriptures): This is from Allah,
in order to get some worldly benefit thereby." Ibn Abbas added: "Isn't
the knowledge revealed to you sufficient to prevent you from asking
them? By Allah I have never seen any one of them asking (Muslims)
about what has been revealed to you."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 851:
Narrated An-Nu'man bin
Bashir:
The Prophet said, "The
example of the person abiding by Allah's orders and limits (or the one
who abides by the limits and regulations prescribed by Allah) in
comparison to the one who do wrong and violate Allah's limits and
orders is like the example of people drawing lots for seats in a boat.
Some of them got seats in the upper part while the others in the lower
part ; those in the, lower part have to pass by those in the upper one
to get water, and that troubled the latter. One of them (i.e. the
people in the lower part) took an axe and started making a hole in the
bottom of the boat. The people of the upper part came and asked him,
(saying), 'What is wrong with you?' He replied, "You have been
troubled much by my (coming up to you), and I have to get water.' Now
if they prevent him from doing that they will save him and themselves,
but if they leave him (to do what he wants), they will destroy him and
themselves."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 852:
Narrated Um Al-Ala:
That when the Ansar drew
lots as to which of the emigrants should dwell with which of the
Ansar, the name of Uthman bin Mazun came out (to be in their lot). Um
Al-Ala further said, "Uthman stayed with us, and we nursed him when he
got sick, but he died. We shrouded him in his clothes, and Allah's
Apostle came to our house and I said, (addressing the dead 'Uthman),
'O Abu As-Sa'ib! May Allah be merciful to you. I testify that Allah
has blessed you.' The Prophet said to me, "How do you know that Allah
has blessed him?" I replied, 'I do not know O Allah's Apostle! May my
parents be sacrificed for you.' Allah's Apostle said, 'As regards
Uthman, by Allah he has died and I really wish him every good, yet, by
Allah, although I am Allah's Apostle, I do not know what will be done
to him.' Um Al-Ala added, 'By Allah I shall never attest the piety of
anybody after him. And what Allah's Apostles said made me sad." Um
Al-Ala further said, "Once I slept and saw in a dream, a flowing
stream for Uthman. So I went to Allah's Apostle and told him about it,
he said, 'That is (the symbol of) his deeds."
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 853:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle
intended to go on a journey, he used to draw lots among his wives and
would take with him the one on whom the lot fell. He also used to fix
for everyone of his wives a day and a night, but Sauda bint Zam'a gave
her day and night to 'Aisha, the wife of the Prophet intending thereby
to please Allah's Apostle.
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 854:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "If
the people knew what is the reward of making the call (for the prayer)
and (of being in) the first row (in the prayer), and if they found no
other way to get this privilege except by casting lots, they would
certainly cast lots for it. If they knew the reward of the noon
prayer, they would race for it, and if they knew the reward of the
morning (i.e. Fajr) and Isha prayers, they would present themselves
for the prayer even if they had to crawl to reach there.
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