Volume Eight-Book Seventy Three – Good Manners (Al-Adab)

Hadith Number 001.

Narrated by Al-Walid bin 'Aizar: I heard Abi 'Amr 'Ash-Shaibani saying, "The owner of this house." he pointed to 'Abdullah’s (Radhi Allahu Anhu) house, "said, 'I asked the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) 'Which deed is loved most by Allah?" He replied, 'To offer prayers at their early (very first) stated times.'" 'Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "To be good and dutiful to one's parents," 'Abdullah asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, To participate in Jihad for Allah's Cause." 'Abdullah added, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) narrated to me these three things, and if I had asked more, he would have told me more."


Hadith Number 002.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Who is more entitled to be treated with the best companionship by me?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Your mother." The man said. "Who is next?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Your mother." The man further said, "Who is next?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time, "Who is next?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Your father."


Hadith Number 003.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): A man said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "Shall I participate in Jihad?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Are your parents living?" The man said, "Yes." the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do Jihad for their benefit." (*)

* i.e. Serve your parents and do your best to satisfy their needs, for this will be a substitute for fighting in Allah's Cause.



Hadith Number 004.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said. "It is one of the greatest sins that a man should curse his parents." It was asked (by the people), "O Allah's Messenger! How does a man curse his parents?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "'The man abuses the father of another man and the latter abuses the father of the former and abuses his mother."


Hadith Number 005.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "While three persons were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which, you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from your difficulty. One of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and didn't return home till late at night and found that my parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked to give the milk to my children before my parents though my children were crying (from hunger) at my feet.

So this state of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!) If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O Allah! I had a she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate man loves a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I paid her one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected one hundred Dinars and went to her with that but when I sat in between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah! Do not deflower me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a (wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the opening wider for them.

And the last (third) person said 'O Allah! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a certain measure of rice, and when he had finished his job he demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that rice for him (several times) till I managed to buy with the price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd. Later on the laborer came to me andsaid. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid of Allah, and do not be unjust to me and give me my due.' I said (to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them (from their difficulty)."


Hadith Number 006.

Narrated by Al-Mughira (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Allah has forbidden you to be undutiful to your mothers, to withhold (what you should give) or demand (what you do not deserve), and to bury your daughters alive. And Allah has disliked that you talk too much about others, ask too many questions (in religion), or waste your property."

Hadith Number 007.

Narrated by Abu Bakra (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said thrice, "Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the great sins?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger." He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah, to be undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sat up after he had been reclining and added, "And I warn you against giving forged statement and a false witness; I warn you against giving a forged statement and a false witness." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) kept on saying that warning till we thought that he would not stop.


Hadith Number 008.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) mentioned the greatest sins or he was asked about the greatest sins. He said, "To join partners in worship with Allah; to kill a soul which Allah has forbidden to kill; and to be undutiful or unkind to one's parents." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) added, "Shall I inform you of the biggest of the great sins? That is the forged statement or the false witness." Shu'ba (the sub-narrator) states that most probably the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "the false witness."


Hadith Number 009.

Narrated by Asma' bint Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): My mother came to me, hoping (for my favor) during the lifetime of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam); I asked the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "May I treat her kindly?" (*) He replied, "Yes." Ibn 'Uyaina said, "Then Allah revealed: 'Allah forbids you not with regards to those who fought not against you because of religion, and drove you not out from your homes, that you should show them kindness and deal justly with them.'... (Surah Al-Mumtahanah 60: 8)

* Means (a) to visit them (b) to help them financially (c) to speake good words with them etc.


Hadith Number 010.

Narrated by Abu Sufyan (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That Heraclius sent for him and said, "What did he, i.e. the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) order you?" I replied, "He orders us to offer prayers; to give alms; to be chaste; and to treat our relatives kindly. (*)

* Means (a) to visit them (b) to help them financially (c) to speake good words with them etc.




Hadith Number 011.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): My father, seeing a silken cloak being sold, said, "O Allah's Messenger! Buy this and wear it on Fridays and when the foreign delegates pay a visit to you." He said, "This is worn only by that person who will have no share in the Hereafter." Later a few silken cloaks were given to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) as a gift, and he sent one of those cloaks to 'Umar. 'Umar said (to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)), "How can I wear it while you have said about it what you said?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I did not give it to you to wear but to sell or to give to someone else to wear." So 'Umar sent it to his (pagan) brother who was from the inhabitants of Mecca before he ('Umar's brother) embraced Islam.


Hadith Number 012.

Narrated by Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man said, "O Allah's Messenger! Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise." The people said, "What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "He has something to ask (what he needs greatly)." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to him), (In order to enter Paradise) you should worship Allah and join none in worship with Him: You should offer prayers perfectly, (*) give obligatory charity (Zakat), and keep good relations with your Kith and kin." He then said, "Leave it!" (**) (The sub-narrator said, "It seems that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was riding his she camel."

*Iqamah-as-Salah

** The man must have been holding the reins of the she-camel, and when the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had answered his question, he told him to leave it.


Hadith Number 013.

Narrated by Jubair bin Mut'im (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "The person who severs the bond of kinship will not enter Paradise."


Hadith Number 014.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "Whoever is pleased that he be granted more wealth and that his lease of life be prolonged, then he should keep good relations with his Kith and kin."


Hadith Number 015.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah 's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever loves that he be granted more wealth and that his lease of life be prolonged then he should keep good relations with his Kith and kin."


Hadith Number 016.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Allah created the creations, and when He finished from His creations, Ar-Rahm i.e., womb said, "(O Allah) at this place I seek refuge with You from all those who sever me (i.e. sever the ties of Kith and kin). Allah said, 'Yes, won't you be pleased that I will keep good relations with the one who will keep good relations with you, and I will sever the relation with the one who will sever the relations with you.' It said, 'Yes, O my Lord.' Allah said, 'Then that is for you ' " Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) added. "Read (in the Qur'an) if you wish, the Statement of Allah: 'Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land and sever your ties of kinship?' (Surah Muhammad 47:22)."

Hadith Number 017.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The word 'Ar-Rahm (womb) derives its name from Ar-Rahman (i.e., one of the names of Allah) and Allah said: 'I will keep good relation with the one who will keep good relation with you, (womb i.e. Kith and Kin) and sever the relation with him who will sever the relation with you, (womb, i.e. Kith and Kin).


Hadith Number 018.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The word 'Ar-Rahm' (womb) derives its name from 'Ar-Rahman' (i.e. Allah). So whosoever keeps good relations with it (womb i.e. Kith and kin), Allah will keep good relations with him, and whosoever will sever it (i.e. severs his bonds of Kith and kin) Allah too will sever His relations with him.


Hadith Number 019.

Narrated by 'Amr bin Al-'As (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying openly not secretly, "The family of Abu so-and-so (i.e. Talib) are not among my protectors." 'Amr said that there was a blank space (*) in the Book of Muhammad bin Ja'far. He added, "My Protector is Allah and the righteous believing people." 'Amr bin Al-'As added: I heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, 'But they (that family) have kinship (Rahm) with me and I will be good (**) and dutiful to them."

* In the place of (so-and-so).
** Means (a) to visit them (b) to help them financially (c) to speake good words with them etc.




Hadith Number 020.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Al-Wasil is not the one who recompenses the good done to him by his relatives, but Al-Wasil is the one who keeps good relations with those relatives who had severed the bond of kinship with him."


Hadith Number 021.

Narrated by Hakim bin Hizam (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he said, "O Allah's Messenger! What do you think about my good deeds which I used to do during the period of ignorance (before embracing Islam) like keeping good relations with my Kith and kin, manumitting of slaves and giving alms etc; Shall I receive the reward for that?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You have embraced Islam with all those good deeds which you did.


Hadith Number 022.

Narrated by Sa'id: Um Khalid bint Khalid bin Sa'id (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) said, "I came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) along with my father and I was wearing a yellow shirt. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Sanah Sanah!" ('Abdullah, the sub-narrator said, "It means, 'Nice, nice!' in the Ethiopian language.") Um Khalid added, "Then I started playing with the seal of Prophethood. My father admonished me. But Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to my father), "Leave her," Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (then addressing me) said, "May you live so long that your dress gets worn out, and you will mend it many times, and then wear another till it gets worn out (i.e. May Allah prolong your life)." (The sub-narrator, 'Abdullah aid, "That garment (which she was wearing remained usable for a long period)."


Hadith Number 023.

Narrated by Ibn Abi Na'm: I was present when a man asked Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) about the blood of mosquitoes. Ibn Umar said, "From where are you?" The man replied. "From Iraq." Ibn 'Umar said, "Look at that! He is asking me about the blood of mosquitoes while they (the Iraqis) have killed the (grand) son of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). I have heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "They (Hasan and Husain) are my two sweet-smelling flowers in this world."


Hadith Number 024.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) A lady along with her two daughters came to me asking me (for some alms), but she found nothing with me except one date which I gave to her and she divided it between her two daughters, and then she got up and went away. Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came in and I informed him about this story. He said, "Whoever is in charge of (put to test by) these daughters and treats them generously, then they will act as a shield for him from the (Hell) Fire."


Hadith Number 025.

Narrated by Abu Qatada (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out towards us, while carrying Umamah, the daughter of Abi Al-As (his grand-daughter) over his shoulder. He prayed, and when he wanted to bow, he put her down, and when he stood up, he lifted her up.


Hadith Number 026.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) kissed Al-Hasan bin Ali while Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamim was sitting beside him. Al-Aqra said, "I have ten children and I have never kissed anyone of them," Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) cast a look at him and said, "Whoever is not merciful to others will not be treated mercifully."


Hadith Number 027.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): A bedouin came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "You (people) kiss the boys! We don't kiss them." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I cannot put mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it."


Hadith Number 028.

Narrated by 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Some Sabi (i.e. war prisoners, children and woman only) were brought before the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and behold, a woman amongst them was milking her breasts to feed and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took it over her chest and nursed it (she had lost her child but later she found him) the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to us, "Do you think that this lady can throw her son in the fire?" We replied, "No, if she has the power not to throw it (in the fire)." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said, "Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to her son."

Hadith Number 029.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, Allah divided Mercy into one-hundred parts and He kept its ninety-nine parts with Him and sent down its one part on the earth, and because of that, its one single part, His creations are Merciful to each other, so that even the mare lifts up its hoofs away from its baby animal, lest it should trample on it."


Hadith Number 030.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I said 'O Allah's Messenger! Which sin is the greatest?" He said, "To set up a rival unto Allah, though He Alone created you." I said, "What next?" He said, "To kill your son lest he should share your food with you." I further asked, "What next?" He said, "To commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor." And then Allah revealed as proof of the statement of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam): 'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god... (to end of verse).' (Surah Al-Furqan 25:68)


Hadith Number 031.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took a child in his lap for Tahnik (i.e. he chewed a date in his mouth and put its juice in the mouth of the child). The child urinated on him, so he asked for water and poured it over the place of the urine.


Hadith Number 032.

Narrated by Usama bin Zaid (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to put me on (one of) his thighs and put Al-Hasan bin 'Ali on his other thigh, and then embrace us and say, "O Allah! Please be Merciful to them, as I am merciful to them."


Hadith Number 033.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): I never felt so jealous of any woman as I did of Khadija, though she had died three years before the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) married me, and that was because I heard him mentioning her too often, and because his Lord had ordered him to give her the glad tidings that she would have a palace in Paradise, made of Qasab and because he used to slaughter a sheep and distribute its meat among her friends.


Hadith Number 034.

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him, will be in Paradise like this," putting his index and middle fingers together.


Hadith Number 035.

Narrated by Safwan bin Salim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said "The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person, is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause or like a person who fasts during the day and prays all the night." Narrated Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said as above.


Hadith Number 036.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The one who looks after and works for a widow and for a poor person is like a warrior fighting for Allah's Cause." (The narrator Al-Qa'nabi is not sure whether he also said "Like the one who prays all the night without slackness and fasts continuously and never breaks his fast.")


Hadith Number 037.

Narrated by Abu Sulaiman and Malik bin Huwairith (Radhi Allahu Anhu): We came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and we were (a few) young men of approximately equal age and stayed with him for twenty nights. Then he thought that we were anxious for our families, and he asked us whom we had left behind to look after our families, and we told him. He was kindhearted and merciful, so he said, "Return to your families and teach them (religious knowledge) and order them (to do good deeds) and offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers, and when the stated time for the prayer becomes due, then one of you should pronounce its call (i.e. the Adhan), and the eldest of you should lead you in prayer.


Hadith Number 038.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "While a man was walking on a road he became very thirsty. Then he came across a well, got down into it, drank (of its water) and then came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. The man said to himself "This dog is suffering from the same state of thirst as I did." So he went down the well (again) and filled his shoe (with water) and held it in his mouth and watered the dog. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him." The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?" He said, "(Yes) There is a reward for serving any animate (living being)."

Hadith Number 039.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) stood up for the prayer and we too stood up along with him. Then a bedouin shouted while offering prayer. "O Allah! Bestow Your Mercy on me and Muhammad only and do not bestow it on anybody else along with us." When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had finished his prayer with Taslim, he said to the Bedouin, "You have limited (narrowed) a very vast (thing)," meaning Allah's Mercy.


Hadith Number 040.

Narrated by An-Nu'man bin Bashir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You see the believers as regards their being merciful among themselves and showing love among themselves and being kind, resembling one body, so that, if any part of the body is not well then the whole body shares the sleeplessness (insomnia) and fever with it."


Hadith Number 041.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If any Muslim plants any plant and a human being or an animal eats of it, he will be rewarded as if he had given that much in charity."


Hadith Number 042.

Narrated by Jarir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "He who is not merciful to others, will not be treated mercifully.


Hadith Number 043.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said "Jibril (Alayhi Salam) continued to recommend me about treating the neighbors Kindly and politely so much so that I thought he would order me to make them as my heirs.


Hadith Number 044.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, “Jibril (Alayhi Salam) kept on recommending me about treating the neighbors in a kind and polite manner, so much so that I thought that he would order (me) to make them (my) heirs."


Hadith Number 045.

Narrated by Abu Shuraih (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe!" It was said, "Who is that, O Allah's Messenger?" He said, "That person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his evil."


Hadith Number 046.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to say, "O Muslim ladies! A neighbouress should not look down upon the present of her neighbouress even it were the hooves of a sheep."


Hadith Number 047.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not harm his neighbor, and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should entertain his guest generously and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet. (i.e. abstain from all kinds of evil and dirty talk).


Hadith Number 048.

Narrated by Abu Shuraih Al-Adawi (Radhi Allahu Anhu): My ears heard and my eyes saw the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) when he spoke, "Anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his neighbor generously, and anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should serve his guest generously by giving him his reward." It was asked. "What is his reward, O Allah's Messenger?" He said, "(To be entertained generously) for a day and a night with high quality of food and the guest has the right to be entertained for three days (with ordinary food) and if he stays longer, what he will be provided with will be regarded as Sadaqah (a charitable gift). And anybody who believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quite (i.e. abstain from all kinds of dirty and evil talks)."


Hadith Number 049.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): I said, "O Allah's Messenger! I have two neighbors! To whom shall I send my gifts?" He said, "To the one whose gate in nearer to you."


Hadith Number 050.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, Enjoining, all that is good is a Sadaqah."


Hadith Number 051.

Narrated by Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "On every Muslim there is enjoined (a compulsory) Sadaqah (alms)." They (the people) said, "If one has nothing?' He said, "He should work with his hands so that he may benefit himself and give in charity." They said, "If he cannot work or does not work?" He said, "Then he should help the oppressed unhappy person (by word or action or both)." They said, "If he does not do it?" He said, "Then he should enjoin what is good (or said what is reasonable).' They said, "If he does not do that''' He said, "Then he should refrain from doing evil, for that will be considered for Him as a Sadaqah (charity)."


Hadith Number 052.

Narrated by 'Adi bin Hatim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) mentioned the (Hell) Fire and sought refuge (with Allah) from it, and turned his face to the other side. He mentioned the (Hell) Fire again and took refuge (with Allah) from it and turned his face to the other side. (Shu'ba, the sub-narrator, said, "I have no doubt that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) repeated it twice.") The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said, "(O people!) Save yourselves from the (Hell) Fire even if with one half of a date fruit (given in charity), and if this is not available, then (save yourselves) by saying a good pleasant friendly word."


Hadith Number 053.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) A group of Jews entered upon the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "As-Samu-Alaikum." (i.e. death be upon you). (*) I understood it and said, "Wa-Alaikum As-Samu wal-la'n. (death and the curse of Allah be Upon you)." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said "Be calm, O 'Aishah! Allah loves that one should be kind and lenient in all matters." I said, "O Allah's Messenger! Haven't you heard what they (the Jews) have said?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said "I have (already) said (to them) "And upon you!"

* Note the similarity between "As-Salamu 'Alaikum" (i.e., Peace be upon you) and "As-Samu 'Alaikum" (i.e., Death be upon you).

Hadith Number 054.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A bedouin urinated in the Masjid and the people ran to (beat) him. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not interrupt his urination (i.e. let him finish)." Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked for a tumbler of water and poured the water over the place of urine.


Hadith Number 055.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "A believer to another believer is like a building whose different parts enforce each other." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then clasped his hands with the fingers interlaced. (At that time) the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was sitting and a man came and begged or asked for something. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) faced us and said, "Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it, and Allah will bring about what He will through His Prophet’s (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) tongue."


Hadith Number 056A.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Whenever a beggar or a person in need came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) would say "Help and recommend him and you will receive the reward for it, and Allah will bring about what he will through His Prophet’s (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) tongue."


Hadith Number 056B.

Narrated by Masruq: 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) mentioned Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying that he was neither a Fahish nor a Mutafahish. (*) Abdullah bin 'Amr added, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'The best among you are those who have the best manners and character.'"

* Fahish and Mutafahish


Hadith Number 057.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Mulaika: 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha) said that the Jews came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "As-Samu 'Alaikum" (death be on you). 'Aishah said (to them), "(Death) be on you, and may Allah curse you and shower His wrath upon you!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Be calm, O 'Aishah ! You should be kind and lenient, and beware of harshness and Fuhsh (i.e. bad words)." She said (to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)), "Haven't you heard what they (Jews) have said?" He said, "Haven't you heard what I have said (to them)? I said the same to them, and my invocation against them will be accepted while theirs against me will be rejected (by Allah)."


Hadith Number 058.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was not one who would abuse (others) or say obscene words, or curse (others), and if he wanted to admonish anyone of us, he used to say: "What is wrong with him, may his forehead be dusted!"


Hadith Number 059A.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw him, he said, "What an evil brother of his tribe! And what an evil son of his tribe!" When that man sat down, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) behaved with him in a nice and polite manner and was completely at ease with him. When that person had left, 'Aishah said (to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)). "O Allah's Messenger! When you saw that man, you said so-and-so about him, then you showed him a kind and polite behavior, and you enjoyed his company?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O 'Aishah! Have you ever seen me speaking a bad and dirty language? (Remember that) the worst people in Allah's sight on the Day of Resurrection will be those whom the people leave (undisturbed) to be away from their evil (deeds)."


Hadith Number 059B.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was the best among the people (both in shape and character) and was the most generous of them, and was the bravest of them. Once, during the night, the people of Medina got afraid (of a sound). So the people went towards that sound, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) having gone to that sound before them, met them while he was saying, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." (At that time) he was riding a horse belonging to Abu Talha and it was naked without a saddle, and he was carrying a sword slung at his neck. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I found it (the horse) like a sea, or, it is the sea indeed." (*)

* The horse was like the sea in its speed.

Hadith Number 060.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Never was the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked for a thing to be given for which his answer was 'no'.


Hadith Number 061.

Narrated by Masruq: We were sitting with 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) who was narrating to us (Hadith): He said, "Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was neither a Fahish (*) nor a Mutafahhish, (**) and he used to say, 'The best among you are the best in character (having good manners).''

* Fahish: (i.e. one who talks evil)
** Mutafahish: (i.e. A person who conveys evil talk).


Hadith Number 062.

Narrated by Abu Hazim: Sahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said that a woman brought a Burda (sheet) to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Sahl asked the people, "Do you know what is a Burda?" The people replied, "It is a 'Shamla', a sheet with a fringe." That woman said, "O Allah's Messenger! I have brought it so that you may wear it." So the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) took it because he was in need of it and wore it. A man among his companions, seeing him wearing it, said, "O Allah's Messenger! Please give it to me to wear." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Yes." (and gave him that sheet). When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) left, the man was blamed by his companions who said, "It was not nice on your part to ask the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) for it while you know that he took it because he was in need of it, and you also know that he (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) never turns down anybody's request that he might be asked for." That man said, "I just wanted to have its blessings as the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had put it on, so l hoped that I might be shrouded in it."


Hadith Number 063.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, and miserliness will be thrown (in the hearts of the people), and the Harj (will increase)." They asked, "What is the Harj?" He replied, "(It is) killing (murdering), (it is) murdering (killing).


Hadith Number 064.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I served the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) for ten years, and he never said to me, "Uf" (a minor harsh word denoting impatience) and never blamed me by saying, "Why did you do so or why didn't you do so?"


Hadith Number 065.

Narrated by Al-Aswad: I asked 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha) what did the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) use to do at home. She replied. "He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was time for the prayer, he would get up for prayer."


Hadith Number 066.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If Allah loves a person, He calls Jibril (Alayhi Salam) saying: 'Allah loves so and so; O Jibril, love him.' Jibril would love him, and then Jibril would make an announcement among the residents of the Heaven, 'Allah loves so-and-so, therefore, you should love him also.' So, all the residents of the Heavens would love him and then he is granted the pleasure of the people of the earth."


Hadith Number 067.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "None will have the sweetness (delight) of Faith (a) till he loves a person and loves him only for Allah's sake, (b) and till it becomes dearer to him to be thrown in the fire than to revert to disbelief (Heathenism) after Allah has brought him out of it, (c) and till Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) become dearer to him than anything else."


Hadith Number 068.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Zam'a (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade laughing at a person who passes wind, and said, "How does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he may embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his slave."


Hadith Number 069.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said at Mina, "Do you know what day is today?" They (the people) replied, "Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) know better," He said "Today is 10th of Dhul-Hijja, the sacred (forbidden) day. Do you know what town is this town?" They (the people) replied, "Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) know better." He said, "This is the (forbidden) Sacred town (Makkah a sanctuary)." And do you know which month is this month?" They (the People) replied, "Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) know better." He said, ''This is the Sacred (forbidden) month." He added, "Allah has made your blood, your properties and your honor Sacred to one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours in this month of yours, in this town of yours." (See Hadith No. 797, Book 26.)


Hadith Number 070.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (i.e., an evil-doing), and killing him is Kufr (disbelief)."


Hadith Number 071.

Narrated by Abu Dhar (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "If somebody accuses another of Fusuq (by calling him 'Fasiq' i.e. a wicked person) or accuses him of Kufr, such an accusation will revert to him (i.e. the accuser) if his companion (the accused) is innocent."


Hadith Number 072.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was neither a Fahish (one who had a bad tongue) nor a Sabbaba (one who abuses others) and he used to say while admonishing somebody, "What is wrong with him? May dust be on his forehead!"

Hadith Number 073.

Narrated by Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak (Radhi Allahu Anhu): (Who was one of the companions who gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) underneath the tree (Al-Hudaibiya)) Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam (i.e. if somebody swears by saying that he is a non-Muslim e.g., a Jew or a Christian, etc.) in case he is telling a lie, he is really so if his oath is false, and a person is not bound to fulfill a vow about a thing which he does not possess. (*) And if somebody commits suicide with anything in this world, he will be tortured with that very thing on the Day of Resurrection; and if somebody curses a believer, then his sin will be as if he murdered him; And whoever accuses a believer of Kufr (disbelief), then it is as if he killed him."

*e.g., If somebody vows that he will manumit the slave of so-snd-so if such and such thing happens, he is not bound to fulfil such a vow because he does not have the right to oblige the master of the slave to sell his slave.


Hadith Number 074.

Narrated by Sulaiman bin Surad (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man from the companions of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and one of them became angry and his anger became so intense that his face became swollen and changed. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I know a word the saying of which will cause him to relax if he does say it." Then a man went to him and informed him of the statement of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "Seek refuge with Allah from Satan." On that, angry man said, 'Do you find anything wrong with me? Am I insane? Go away!"


Hadith Number 075.

Narrated by 'Ubada bin As-Samit (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) went out to inform the people about the (date of the Night of decree (Al-Qadr). (*) There happened a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I came out to inform you about the Night of Al-Qadr, but as so-and-so and so-and-so quarrelled, so the news about it had been taken away; and may be it was better for you. So look for it in the ninth, the seventh, or the fifth (of the last ten days of Ramadan)."

* See Qur'an: Surah No.97.


Hadith Number 076.

Narrated by Ma'rur: I saw Abu Dhar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was wearing a Burd, so I said (to Abu Dhar), "If you take this (Burda of your slave) and wear it (along with yours), you will have a nice suit (costume) and you may give him another garment." Abu Dhar said, "There was a quarrel between me and another man whose mother was a non-Arab and I called her bad names. The man mentioned (complained about) me to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Did you abuse so-and-so?" I said, "Yes" He said, "Did you call his mother bad names?" I said, "Yes". He said, "You still have the traits of (the Pre-lslamic period of) ignorance." I said. "(Do I still have ignorance) even now in my old age?" He said, "Yes, they (slaves or servants) are your brothers, and Allah has put them under your command. So the one under whose hand Allah has put his brother, should feed him of what he eats, and give him dresses of what he wears, and should not ask him to do a thing beyond his capacity. And if at all he asks him to do a hard task, he should help him therein."


Hadith Number 077.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) led us in the Dhuhr prayer, offering only two Rakat and then (finished it) with Taslim, and went to a piece of wood in front of the Masjid and put his hand over it. Abu Bakr and 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) were also present among the people on that day but dared not talk to him (about his unfinished prayer). And the hasty people went away, wondering. "Has the prayer been shortened" Among the people there was a man whom the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to call Dhul-Yadain (the longarmed). He said, "O Allah's Prophet! Have you forgotten or has the prayer been shortened?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Neither have I forgotten, nor has it been shortened." They (the people) said, "Surely, you have forgotten, O Allah's Messenger!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, Dhul-Yadain has told the truth." So the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) got up and offered other two Rakat and finished his prayer with Taslim. Then he said Takbir, performed a prostration of ordinary duration or longer, then he raised his head and said Takbir and performed another prostration of ordinary duration or longer and then raised his head and said Takbir (i.e. he performed the two prostrations of Sahu, i.e., forgetfulness)."


Hadith Number 078.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) passed by two graves and said, "Both of them (persons in the grave) are being tortured, and they are not being tortured for a major sin. This one used not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and the other used to go about with calumnies (among the people to rouse hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that so-and-so says about him such-and-such evil things). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, split it into two pieces and planted one on each grave and said, "It is hoped that their punishment may be abated till those two pieces of the leaf get dried. (*) " (See Hadith No 215, Book 4).

* This action was a kind of invocation on the part of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) for the deceased persons (Fateh Al-Bari Vol.1 Page 232).

Hadith Number 079.

Narrated by Abu Usaid As-Sa'idi (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The best family among the Ansar is the Banu An-Najjar."


Hadith Number 080.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): A man asked permission to enter upon Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Admit him. What an evil brother of his people or a son of his people." But when the man entered, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) spoke to him in a very polite manner. (And when that person left) I said, "O Allah's Messenger! You had said what you had said, yet you spoke to him in a very polite manner?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O 'Aishah! The worst people are those whom the people desert or leave in order to save themselves from their dirty language or from their transgression."


Hadith Number 081.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Once the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) went through the grave-yards of Al-Madinah and heard the voices of two humans who were being tortured in their graves. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "They are being punished, but they are not being punished because of a major sin, yet their sins are great. One of them used not to save himself from (being soiled with) the urine, and the other used to go about with calumnies (Namima). (*) " Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked for a green palm tree leaf and split it into two pieces and placed one piece on each grave, saying, "I hope that their punishment may be abated as long as these pieces of the leaf are not dried."

* Namina – (calumnies) conveyance of disagreeable false information from one person to another to create hostility between them.


Hadith Number 082.

Narrated by Hudhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "A Qattat (*) will not enter Paradise."

* A Qattat is a person who conveys information from one person to another with the intention of causing harm and enmity between them.


Hadith Number 083.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever does not give up false statements (i.e. telling lies), and evil deeds, and speaking bad words to others, Allah is not in need of his (fasting) leaving his food and drink."


Hadith Number 084.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The worst people in the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the double faced people who appear to some people with one face and to other people with another face."


Hadith Number 085.

Narrated by Ibn Mas'ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) divided and distributed (the war booty). An Ansar man said, "By Allah ! Muhammad, by this distribution, did not intend to please Allah." So I came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and informed him about it whereupon his face became changed with anger and he said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Musa for he was hurt with more than this, yet he remained patient."


Hadith Number 086.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) heard a man praising another man and he was exaggerating in his praise. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to him). "You have destroyed (or cut) the back of the man."


Hadith Number 087.

Narrated by Abu Bakra (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man was mentioned before the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and another man praised him greatly. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "May Allah's Mercy be on you! You have cut the neck of your friend." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) repeated this sentence many times and said, "If it is indispensable for anyone of you to praise someone, then he should say, 'I think that he is so-and-so," if he really thinks that he is such. Allah is the One Who will take his accounts (as He knows his reality) and no-one can sanctify anybody before Allah." (Khalid said, "Woe to you," instead of "Allah's Mercy be on you.")


Hadith Number 088.

Narrated by Salim (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That his father said; "When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) mentioned what he mentioned about (the hanging of) the Izar (waist sheet), Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! My Izar slackens on one side (without my intention)." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You are not among those (who, out of pride) drag their Izars behind them."

Hadith Number 089.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) continued for such-and-such period imagining that he has slept (had sexual relations) with his wives, and in fact he did not. One day he said, to me, "O 'Aishah! Allah has instructed me regarding a matter about which I had asked Him. There came to me two men, one of them sat near my feet and the other near my head. The one near my feet, asked the one near my head (pointing at me), 'What is wrong with this man? The latter replied, 'He is under the effect of magic.' The first one asked, 'Who had worked magic on him?' The other replied, 'Lubaid bin Asam.' The first one asked, 'What material (did he use)?' The other replied, 'The skin of the pollen of a male date tree with a comb and the hair stuck to it, kept under a stone in the well of Dharwan."' Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) went to that well and said, "This is the same well which was shown to me in the dream. The tops of its date-palm trees look like the heads of the devils, and its water looks like the Henna infusion." Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered that those things be taken out. I said, "O Allah's Messenger! Won't you disclose (the magic object)?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Allah has cured me and I hate to circulate the evil among the people." (*) 'Aishah added, "(The magician) Lubaid bin Asam was a man from Bani Zuraiq, an ally of the Jews."

* The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did not want to encourage people to learn magic, therefore he refused to take out what was held in the skin of pollen.


Hadith Number 090.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales; and do not look for the others' faults and do not spy, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert (cut your relation with) one another, and do not hate one another; and O Allah's worshipers! Be brothers (as Allah has ordered you!")


Hadith Number 091.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not hate one another, and do not be jealous of one another, and do not desert each other, and O Allah's worshipers! Be brothers. Lo! It is not permissible for any Muslim to desert (not talk to) his brother (Muslim) for more than three days."


Hadith Number 092.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst of false tales and do not look for the others' faults, and do not do spying on one another, and do not practice Najsh, (*) and do not be jealous of one another and do not hate one another, and do not desert (stop talking to) one another. And O, Allah's worshipers! Be brothers!"

* Najsh


Hadith Number 093.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I do not think that so-and-so and so-and-so know anything of our religion." (And Al-Laith said, "These two persons were among the hypocrites.")


Hadith Number 094.

Narrated by Al-Laith: 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha) said "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered upon me one day and said, 'O 'Aishah! I do not think that so-and-so and so-and-so know anything of our religion which we follow.'"


Hadith Number 095.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying. "All the sins of my followers will be forgiven except those of the Mujahirin (those who commit a sin openly or disclose their sins to the people). An example of such disclosure is that a person commits a sin at night and though Allah screens it from the public, then he comes in the morning, and says, 'O so-and-so, I did such-and-such (evil) deed yesterday,' though he spent his night screened by his Lord (none knowing about his sin) and in the morning he removes Allah's screen from himself."


Hadith Number 096.

Narrated by Safwan bin Muhriz: A man asked Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma), "What did you hear Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying regarding An-Najwa (secret talk between Allah and His believing worshipper on the Day of Judgment)?" He said, "(The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said), "One of you will come close to his Lord till He will shelter him in His screen and say: Did you commit such-and-such sin? He will say, 'Yes.' Then Allah will say: Did you commit such and such sin? He will say, 'Yes.' So Allah will make him confess (all his sins) and He will say, 'I screened them (your sins) for you in the world, and today I forgive them for you.'"


Hadith Number 097.

Narrated by Haritha bin Wahb Al-Khuza'i (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Shall I inform you about the people of Paradise? They comprise every obscure unimportant humble person, and if he takes Allah's Oath that he will do that thing, Allah will fulfill his oath (by doing that). Shall I inform you about the people of the Fire? They comprise every cruel, violent, proud and conceited person." Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "Any of the female slaves of Al-Madinah could take hold of the hand of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and take him wherever she wished." (*)

* The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was the most humble person having not the least of pride, and he used to help all and was very kind to everybody.



Hadith Number 098.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) that she was told that 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair (on hearing that she was selling or giving something as a gift) said, "By Allah, if 'Aishah does not give up this, I will declare her incompetent to dispose of her wealth." I said, "Did he ('Abdullah bin Az-Zubair) say so?" They (people) said, "Yes." 'Aishah said, "I vow to Allah that I will never speak to Ibn Az-Zubair." When this desertion lasted long, 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair sought intercession with her, but she said, "By Allah, I will not accept the intercession of anyone for him, and will not commit a sin by breaking my vow." When this state of affairs was prolonged on Ibn Az-Zubair (he felt it hard on him), he said to Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abu Yaghuth, who were from the tribe of Bani Zahra, "I beseech you, by Allah, to let me enter upon 'Aishah, for it is unlawful for her to vow to cut the relation with me." So Al-Miswar and 'Abdur-Rahman, wrapping their sheets around themselves, asked 'Aishah's permission saying, "Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be upon you! Shall we come in?" 'Aishah said, "Come in." They said, "All of us?" She said, "Yes, come in all of you," not knowing that Ibn Az-Zubair was also with them. So when they entered, Ibn Az-Zubair entered the screened place and got hold of 'Aishah and started requesting her to excuse him, and wept. Al-Miswar and 'Abdur Rahman also started requesting her to speak to him and to accept his repentance. They said (to her), "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) forbade what you know of deserting (not speaking to your Muslim Brethren), for it is unlawful for any Muslim not to talk to his brother for more than three nights (days)." So when they increased their reminding her (of the superiority of having good relation with Kith and kin, and of excusing others' sins), and brought her down to a critical situation, she started reminding them, and wept, saying, "I have made a vow, and (the question of) vow is a difficult one." They (Al-Miswar and 'Abdur-Rahman) persisted in their appeal till she spoke with 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair and she manumitted forty slaves as an expiation for her vow. Later on, whenever she remembered her vow, she used to weep so much that her veil used to become wet with her tears.

Hadith Number 099.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not hate one another, nor be jealous of one another; and do not desert one another, but O Allah's worshipers! Be Brothers! And it is unlawful for a Muslim to desert his brother Muslim (and not to talk to him) for more than three nights."


Hadith Number 100.

Narrated by Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "It is not lawful for a man to desert his brother Muslim for more than three nights. (It is unlawful for them that) when they meet, one of them turns his face away from the other, and the other turns his face from the former, and the better of the two will be the one who greets the other first."


Hadith Number 101.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, " I know whether you are angry or pleased." I said, "How do you know that, Allah's Messenger?" He said, "When you are pleased, you say, "Yes, by the Lord of Muhammad,' but when you are angry, you say, 'No, by the Lord of Ibrahim!' " I said, "Yes, I do not leave, except your name."


Hadith Number 102.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) "I do not remember my parents believing in any religion other than the Religion (of Islam), and our being visited by Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in the morning and in the evening. One day, while we were sitting in the house of Abu Bakr (my father) at noon, someone said, 'This is Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) coming at an hour at which he never used to visit us.' Abu Bakr said, 'There must be something very urgent that has brought him at this hour.' The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'I have been allowed to go out (of Makkah) to migrate.'"


Hadith Number 103.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) visited a household among the Ansars, and he took a meal with them. When he intended to leave, he asked for a place in that house for him, to pray so a mat sprinkled with water was put and he offered prayer over it, and invoked for Allah's Blessing upon them (his hosts).


Hadith Number 104.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) saw a silken cloak over a man (for sale) so he took it to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, 'O Allah's Messenger! Buy this and wear it when the delegates come to you.' He said, 'The silk is worn by one who will have no share (in the Hereafter).' Some time passed after this event, and then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent a (similar) cloak to him. 'Umar brought that cloak back to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, 'You have sent this to me, and you said about a similar one what you said?' The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'I have sent it to you so that you may get money by selling it.' Because of this, Ibn 'Umar used to hate the silken markings on the garments.


Hadith Number 105.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When 'Abdur-Rahman came to us, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) established a bond of brotherhood between him and Sa'd bin Ar-Rabi'. Once the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "As you (O 'Abdur-Rahman) have married, give a wedding banquet even if with one sheep."


Hadith Number 106.

Narrated by 'Asim: I said to Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu), "Did it reach you that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "There is no treaty of brotherhood in Islam'?" Anas said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) made a treaty (of brotherhood) between the Ansar and the Quraish in my home."


Hadith Number 107.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Rifa'a Al-Qurazi divorced his wife irrevocably (i.e. that divorce was the final). Later on 'Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair married her after him. She came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! I was Rifa'a's wife and he divorced me thrice, and then I was married to 'Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair, who, by Allah has nothing with him except something like this fringe, (*) O Allah's Messenger," showing a fringe she had taken from her covering sheet. Abu Bakr was sitting with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while Khalid Ibn Said bin Al-As was sitting at the gate of the room waiting for admission. Khalid started calling Abu Bakr, "O Abu Bakr! Why don't you reprove this lady from what she is openly saying before Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did nothing except smiling, and then said (to the lady), "Perhaps you want to go back to Rifa'a? No, (it is not possible), unless and until you enjoy the sexual relation with him ('Abdur Rahman), and he enjoys the sexual relation with you."

* He was impotent (she said so, but infact he was not so).


Hadith Number 108.

Narrated by Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu) asked permission of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to see him while some Quraishi women were sitting with him and they were asking him to give them more financial support while raising their voices over the voice of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). When 'Umar asked permission to enter, all of them hurried to screen themselves the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) admitted 'Umar and he entered, while the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was smiling. 'Umar said, "May Allah always keep you smiling, O Allah's Messenger! Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I am astonished at these women who were with me. As soon as they heard your voice, they hastened to screen themselves." 'Umar said, "You have more right, that they should be afraid of you, O Allah's Messenger!" And then he ('Umar) turned towards them and said, "O enemies of your souls! You are afraid of me and not of Allah's Messenger?" The women replied, "Yes, for you are sterner and harsher than Allah's Messenger." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O Ibn Al-Khattab! By Him in Whose Hands my life is, whenever Shaitan sees you taking a way, he follows a way other than yours!"


Hadith Number 109.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): When Allah Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was in Ta'if (trying to conquer it), he said to his companions, "Tomorrow we will return (to Al-Madinah), if Allah wills." Some of the companions of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "We will not leave till we conquer it." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Therefore, be ready to fight tomorrow." On the following day, they (Muslims) fought fiercely (with the people of Ta'if) and suffered many wounds. Then Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Tomorrow we will return (to Al-Madinah), if Allah wills." His companions kept quiet this time. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then smiled.


Hadith Number 110.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "I have been ruined for I have had sexual relation with my wife in Ramadan (while I was fasting)" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to him), "Manumit a slave." The man said, " I cannot afford that." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "(Then) fast for two successive months continuously". The man said, "I cannot do that." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "(Then) feed sixty poor persons." The man said, "I have nothing (to feed them with)." Then a big basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Where is the questioner? Go and give this in charity." The man said, "(Shall I give this in charity) to a poorer person than l? By Allah, there is no family in between these two mountains (of Medina) who are poorer than we." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and said, "Then (feed) your (family with it).

Hadith Number 111.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While I was going along with Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who was wearing a Najrani Burd (sheet) with a thick border, a bedouin overtook the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and pulled his Rida' (sheet) forcibly. I looked at the side of the shoulder of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and noticed that the edge of the Rida' had left a mark on it because of the violence of his pull. The bedouin said, "O Muhammad! Order for me some of Allah's property which you have." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) turned towards him, (smiled) and ordered that he be given something.


Hadith Number 112.

Narrated by Jarir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did not screen himself from me (had never prevented me from entering upon him) since I embraced Islam, and whenever he saw me, he would receive me with a smile. Once I told him that I could not sit firm on horses. He stroked me on the chest with his hand, and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and a rightly guided man.


Hadith Number 113.

Narrated by Zainab bint Um Salama: Um Sulaim (Radhi Allahu Anha) said, "O Allah's Messenger! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it essential for a woman to take a bath after she had a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge)?" He said, "Yes, if she notices discharge. On that Um Salama laughed and said, "Does a woman get a (nocturnal sexual) discharge?" He said, "How then does (her) son resemble her (his mother)?"


Hadith Number 114.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): I never saw the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) laughing to an extent that one could see his palate, but he always used to smile only.


Hadith Number 115.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) on a Friday while he (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) was delivering a sermon at Medina, and said, "There is lack of rain, so please invoke your Lord to bless us with the rain." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) looked at the sky when no cloud could be detected. Then he invoked Allah for rain. Clouds started gathering together and it rained till the Al-Madinah valleys started flowing with water. It continued raining till the next Friday. Then that man (or some other man) stood up while the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was delivering the Friday sermon, and said, "We are drowned; Please invoke your Lord to withhold it (rain) from us" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) smiled and said twice or thrice, "O Allah! Please let it rain round about us and not upon us." The clouds started dispersing over Al-Madinah to the right and to the left, and it rained round about Al-Madinah and not upon Al-Madinah. Allah showed them (the people) the miracle of His Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and His response to his invocation.


Hadith Number 116.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar."


Hadith Number 117.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three: Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie; and whenever he promises, he breaks his promise; and whenever he is entrusted, he betrays (proves to be dishonest)".


Hadith Number 118.

Narrated by Samura bin Jundub (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I saw (in a dream), two men came to me." Then the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) narrated the story (saying), "They said, 'The person, the one whose cheek you saw being torn away (from the mouth to the ear) was a liar and used to tell lies and the people would report those lies on his authority till they spread all over the world. So he will be punished like that till the Day of Resurrection.'"


Hadith Number 119.

Narrated by Hudhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): From among the people, Ibn Um 'Abd greatly resembled Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in solemn gate and good appearance of piety and in calmness and sobriety from the time he goes out of his house till he returns to it. But we do not know how he behaves with his family when he is alone with them. (*)

* Whether he keeps tha same way as Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) or follows another way.



Hadith Number 120.

Narrated by Tariq: 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "The best talk is Allah's Book (Qur'an), and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad."


Hadith Number 121.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said: “None is more patient than Allah against the harmful saying. He hears from the people they ascribe children to Him, yet He gives them health and (supplies them with) provision."


Hadith Number 122.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) divided and distributed something as he used to do for some of his distributions. A man from the Ansar said, "By Allah, in this division the pleasure of Allah has not been intended." I said, "I will definitely tell this to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)." So I went to him while he was sitting with his companions and told him of it secretly. That was hard upon the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and the color of his face changed, and he became so angry that I wished I had not told him. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said, "Musa was harmed with more than this, yet he remained patient."

Hadith Number 123.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) did something and allowed his people to do it, but some people refrained from doing it. When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) learned of that, he delivered a sermon, and after having sent Praises to Allah, he said, "What is wrong with such people as refrain from doing a thing that I do? By Allah, I know Allah better than they, and I am more afraid of Him than they."


Hadith Number 124.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was more shy than a virgin in her separate room. (*) And if he saw a thing which he disliked, we would recognize that (feeling) in his face.

* If something disgraceful should be said or done before him.


Hadith Number 125A.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If a man says to his brother, O Kafir (disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them is such (i.e., a Kifir)." (*)

* If the accuser is telling the truth, then the accused person is a disbeliever otherwise the accuser is a disbeliever, because in this case, he regards belief as disbelief.



Hadith Number 125B.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'If anyone says to his brother, 'O disbeliever! Then surely, one of them such."


Hadith Number 126.

Narrated by Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever swears by a religion other than Islam (i.e. if he swears by saying that he is a non-Muslim in case he is telling a lie), then he is as he says if his oath is false and whoever commits suicide with something, will be punished with the same thing in the (Hell) fire, and cursing a believer is like murdering him, and whoever accuses a believer of disbelief, then it is as if he had killed him."


Hadith Number 127.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Mu'adh bin Jabal (Radhi Allahu Anhu) used to pray with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and then go to lead his people in prayer. Once he led the people in prayer and recited Surah-al-Baqarah. A man left (the row of the praying people) and offered (light) prayer (separately) and went away. When Mu'adh came to know about it, he said. "He (that man) is a hypocrite." Later that man heard what Mu'adh said about him, so he came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! We are people who work with our own hands and irrigate (our farms) with our camels. Last night Mu'adh led us in the (night) prayer and he recited Surah-al-Baqarah, so I offered my prayer separately, and because of that, he accused me of being a hypocrite." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) called Mu'adh and said thrice, "O Mu'adh! You are putting the people to trials? Recite 'Wash-shamsi wad-uhaha' (91) or 'Sabbih isma Rabbi ka-l-A'la' (87) or the like." (*)

* The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) recommended to Mu'adh (Radhi Allahu Anhu) that he should recite short Surahs.



Hadith Number 128.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said: "Whoever amongst you swears, (saying by error) in his oath 'By Al-Lat and Al-Uzza', then he should say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And whoever says to his companions, 'Come let me gamble' with you, then he must give something in charity (as an expiation for such a sin)." (See Hadith No. 645 Book 78)


Hadith Number 129.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): That he found 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu) in a group of people and he was swearing by his father. So Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) called them, saying, "Verily! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers. If one has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or otherwise keep quiet."


Hadith Number 130.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered upon me while there was a curtain having pictures (of animals) in the house. His face got red with anger, and then he got hold of the curtain and tore it into pieces. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Such people as paint these pictures will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection."


Hadith Number 131.

Narrated by Abu Mas'ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said "I keep away from the morning prayer only because such and such person prolongs the prayer when he leads us in it. The narrator added: I had never seen Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. He said, "O people! There are some among you who make others dislike good deeds) cause the others to have aversion (to congregational prayers). Beware! Whoever among you leads the people in prayer should not prolong it, because among them there are the sick, the old, and the needy." (See Hadith No. 670, Book 11)


Hadith Number 132.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): While the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was praying, he saw sputum (on the wall) of the Masjid, in the direction of the Qiblah, and so he scraped it off with his hand, and the sign of disgust (was apparent from his face) and then said, "Whenever anyone of you is in prayer, he should not spit in front of him (in prayer) because Allah is in front of him."


Hadith Number 133.

Narrated by Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) about "Al-Luqata" (a lost fallen purse or a thing picked up by somebody). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You should announce it publicly for one year, and then remember and recognize the tying material of its container, and then you can spend it. If its owner came to you, then you should pay him its equivalent." The man said, "O Allah's Messenger! What about a lost sheep?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Take it because it is for you, for your brother, or for the wolf." The man again said, "O Allah's Messenger! What about a lost camel?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) became very angry and furious and his cheeks became red (or his face became red), and he said, "You have nothing to do with it (the camel) for it has its food and its water container with it till it meets its owner."


Hadith Number 134.

Narrated by Zaid bin Thabit (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) made a small room (with a palm leaf mat). Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out (of his house) and prayed in it. Some men came and joined him in his prayer. Then again the next night they came for the prayer, but Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) delayed and did not come out to them. So they raised their voices and knocked the door with small stones (to draw his attention). He came out to them in a state of anger, saying, "You are still insisting (on your deed, i.e. Tarawih prayer in the Masjid) that I thought that this prayer (Tarawih) might become obligatory on you. So you people, offer this prayer at your homes, for the best prayer of a person is the one which he offers at home, except the compulsory (congregational) prayer."

Hadith Number 135.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The strong is not the one who overcomes the people by his strength, but the strong is the one who controls himself while in anger."


Hadith Number 136.

Narrated by Sulaiman bin Sarad (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Two men abused each other in front of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) while we were sitting with him. One of the two abused his companion furiously and his face became red. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I know a word (sentence) the saying of which will cause him to relax if this man says it. Only if he said, "I seek refuge with Allah from Shaitan, the outcast.' " So they said to that (furious) man, 'Don't you hear what the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) is saying?" He said, "I am not mad."


Hadith Number 137.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), "Advise me! "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not become angry and furious." The man asked (the same) again and again, and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said in each case, "Do not become angry and furious."


Hadith Number 138.

Narrated by Abu As-Sawar Al-Adawi: 'Imran bin Husain (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'Haya' does not bring anything except good." Thereupon Bashir bin Ka'b said, 'It is written in the wisdom paper: Haya leads to solemnity; Haya leads to tranquility (peace of mind)." 'Imran said to him, "I am narrating to you the saying of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and you are speaking about your paper (wisdom book)?"


Hadith Number 139.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) passed by a man who was admonishing his brother regarding Haya and was saying, "You are very shy, and I am afraid that might harm you." On that, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Leave him, for Haya is (a part) of Faith."


Hadith Number 140.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was shier than a veiled virgin girl. (See Hadith No. 762, Book 56)


Hadith Number 141.

Narrated by Abu Mas'ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, 'One of the sayings of the early Prophet’s (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) which the people have got is: If you don't feel ashamed do whatever you like." (See Hadith No 690, 691, Book 55)


Hadith Number 142.

Narrated by Um Salama (Radhi Allahu Anha): Um Sulaim (Radhi Allahu Anha) came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Verily, Allah does not feel shy to tell the truth. If a woman gets a nocturnal sexual discharge (has a wet dream), is it essential for her to take a bath? He replied, "Yes if she notices a discharge."


Hadith Number 143.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The example of a believer is like a green tree, the leaves of which do not fall." The people said. "It is such-and-such tree: It is such-and-such tree." I intended to say that it was the datepalm tree, but I was a young boy and felt shy (to answer). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "It is the date-palm tree." Ibn 'Umar added, " I told that to 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) who said, 'Had you said it, I would have preferred it to such-and such a thing."


Hadith Number 144.

Narrated by Thabit: That he heard Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu) saying, "A woman came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) offering herself to him in marriage, saying, "Have you got any interest in me (i.e. would you like to marry me?)" Anas's daughter said, "How shameless that woman was!" On that Anas said, "She is better than you for, she presented herself to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (for marriage)."

Hadith Number 145.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That when Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) sent him and Mu'adh bin Jabal (Radhi Allahu Anhu) to Yemen, he said to them, "Facilitate things for the people (treat the people in the most agreeable way), and do not make things difficult for them, and give them glad tidings, and let them not have aversion (i.e. to make the people hate good deeds) and you should both work in cooperation and mutual understanding, obey each other." Abu Musa said, "O Allah's Messenger! We are in a land in which a drink named Al Bit is prepared from honey, and another drink named Al-Mizr is prepared from barley." On that, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "All intoxicants (i.e. all alcoholic drinks) are prohibited."


Hadith Number 146.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them, and make them calm (with glad tidings) and do not repulse (them)."


Hadith Number 147.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Whenever Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was given the choice of one of two matters he would choose the easier of the two as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful, he would not approach it. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) never took revenge over anybody for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's legal bindings were outraged, in which case he would take revenge for Allah's sake." (See Hadith No. 760. Book 56)


Hadith Number 148.

Narrated by Al-Azraq bin Qais: We were in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up. Then Abu Barza Al-Aslami (Radhi Allahu Anhu) came riding a horse and he started praying and let his horse loose. The horse ran away, so Abu Barza interrupted his prayer and went after the horse till he caught it and brought it, and then he offered his prayer. There was a man amongst us who was (from the Khawari) having a different opinion. He came saying. "Look at this old man! He left his prayer because of a horse." On that Abu Barza came to us and said, "Since the time I left Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), nobody has admonished me; My house is very far from this place, and if I had carried on praying and left my horse, I could not have reached my house till night." Then Abu Barza mentioned that he had been in the company of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), and that he had seen his leniency.


Hadith Number 149.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A bedouin urinated in the Masjid, and the people rushed to beat him. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) ordered them to leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler (full) of water over the place where he has passed urine. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then said, "You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have not been sent to make things difficult for them."


Hadith Number 150.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to mix with us to the extent that he would say to a younger brother of mine, 'O father of 'Umar! What did the Nughair (a kind of bird) do?"


Hadith Number 151.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aishah at that time, as she was a little girl, not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)


Hadith Number 152.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): A man asked permission to see the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). He said, "Let him come in; What an evil man of the tribe he is! (Or, What an evil brother of the tribe he is)." But when he entered, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) spoke to him gently in a polite manner. I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger! You have said what you have said, then you spoke to him in a very gentle and polite manner? The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The worse people, in the sight of Allah are those whom the people leave (undisturbed) to save themselves from their dirty language."


Hadith Number 153.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Abu Mulaika (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was given a gift of a few silken cloaks with gold buttons. He distributed them amongst some of his companions and put aside one of them for Makhrama. When Makhrama came, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I kept this for you." (Aiyub, the sub-narrator held his garment to show how the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) showed the cloak to Makhrama who had something unfavorable about his temper.)


Hadith Number 154.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "A believer is not stung twice (by something) out of one and the same hole. (*) "

* A believer should be on the alert and benefit by his experience to avoid faults in future and is not deceived twice.


Hadith Number 155.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered upon me and said, "Have I not been informed that you offer prayer all the night and fast the whole day?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Do not do so; offer prayer at night and also sleep; fast for a few days and give up fasting for a few days because your body has a right on you, and your eye has a right on you, and your guest has a right on you, and your wife has a right on you. I hope that you will have a long life, and it is sufficient for you to fast for three days a month as the reward of a good deed, is multiplied ten times, that means, as if you fasted the whole year." I insisted (on fasting more) so I was given a hard instruction. I said, "I can do more than that (fasting)" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Fast three days every week." But as I insisted (on fasting more) so I was burdened. I said, "I can fast more than that." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Fast as Allah's Prophet Dawud used to fast." I said, "How was the fasting of the Prophet Dawud?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "One half of a year (i.e. he used to fast on alternate days)."

Hadith Number 156.

Narrated by Abu Shuraih Al-Ka'bi (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously. The guest's reward is: To provide him with a superior type of food for a night and a day and a guest is to be entertained with food for three days, and whatever is offered beyond that, is regarded as something given in charity. And it is not lawful for a guest to stay with his host for such a long period so as to put him in a critical position."


Hadith Number 157.

Narrated by Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Similarly as above (156) adding, "Who believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet." (i.e. abstain from dirty and evil talk, and should think before uttering).


Hadith Number 158.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should not hurt his neighbor and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should talk what is good or keep quiet."


Hadith Number 159.

Narrated by 'Uqba bin 'Amir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): We said, "O Allah's Messenger! You send us out and it happens that we have to stay with such people as do not entertain us. What do you think about it?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to us, "If you stay with some people and they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept is; but if they do not do then you should take from them the right of the guest, which they ought to give."


Hadith Number 160.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should serve his guest generously; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should unite the bond of kinship (i.e. keep good relation with his Kith and kin); and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should talk what is good or keep quit."


Hadith Number 161.

Narrated by Abu Juhaifa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) established a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Darda'. Salman paid a visit to Abu ad-Darda and found Um Ad-Darda' dressed in shabby clothes and asked her why she was in that state?" She replied, "Your brother, Abu Ad-Darda is not interested in the luxuries of this world." In the meantime Abu Ad-Darda came and prepared a meal for him (Salman), and said to him, "(Please) eat for I am fasting." Salman said, "I am not going to eat, unless you eat." So Abu Ad-Darda' ate. When it was night, Abu Ad-Darda' got up (for the night prayer). Salman said (to him), "Sleep," and he slept. Again Abu-Ad-Darda' got up (for the prayer), and Salman said (to him), "Sleep." When it was the last part of the night, Salman said to him, "Get up now (for the prayer)." So both of them offered their prayers and Salman said to Abu Ad-Darda',"Your Lord has a right on you; and your soul has a right on you; and your family has a right on you; so you should give the rights of all those who have a right on you). Later on Abu Ad-Darda' visited the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and mentioned that to him. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), said, "Salman has spoken the truth."


Hadith Number 162.

Narrated by 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Abu Bakr invited a group of people and told me, "Look after your guests." Abu Bakr added, I am going to visit the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and you should finish serving them before I return." 'Abdur-Rahman said, So I went at once and served them with what was available at that time in the house and requested them to eat." They said, "Where is the owner of the house (i.e., Abu Bakr)?" 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Take your meal." They said, "We will not eat till the owner of the house comes." 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Accept your meal from us, for if my father comes and finds you not having taken your meal yet, we will be blamed severely by him, but they refused to take their meals. So I was sure that my father would be angry with me. When he came, I went away (to hide myself) from him. He asked, "What have you done (about the guests)?" They informed him the whole story. Abu Bakr called, "O 'Abdur Rahman!" I kept quiet. He then called again. "O 'Abdur-Rahman!" I kept quiet and he called again, "O ignorant (boy)! I beseech you by Allah, if you hear my voice, then come out!" I came out and said, "Please ask your guests (and do not be angry with me)." They said, "He has told the truth; he brought the meal to us." He said, "As you have been waiting for me, by Allah, I will not eat of it tonight." They said, "By Allah, we will not eat of it till you eat of it." He said, I have never seen a night like this night in evil. What is wrong with you? Why don't you accept your meals of hospitality from us?" (He said to me), "Bring your meal." I brought it to him, and he put his hand in it, saying, "In the name of Allah. The first (state of fury) was because of Shaitan." So Abu Bakr ate and so did his guests.


Hadith Number 163.

Narrated by 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Abu Bakr came with a guest or some guests, but he stayed late at night with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and when he came, my mother said (to him), "Have you been detained from your guest or guests tonight?" He said, "Haven't you served the supper to them?" She replied, "We presented the meal to him (or to them), but he (or they) refused to eat." Abu Bakr became angry, rebuked me and invoked Allah to cause (my) ears to be cut and swore not to eat of it!" I hid myself, and he called me, "O ignorant (boy)!" Abu Bakr's wife swore that she would not eat of it and so the guests or the guest swore that they would not eat of it till he ate of it. Abu Bakr said, "All that happened was from Shaitan." So he asked for the meals and ate of it, and so did they. Whenever they took a handful of the meal, the meal grew (increased) from underneath more than that mouthful. He said (to his wife), "O, sister of Bani Firas! What is this?" She said, "O, pleasure of my eyes! The meal is now more than it had been before we started eating'' So they ate of it and sent the rest of that meal to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). It is said that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) also ate of it.

Hadith Number 164.

Narrated by Rafi' bin Khadij and Sahl bin Abu Hathma: 'Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas'ud went to Khaibar and they dispersed in the gardens of the date-palm trees. 'Abdullah bin Sahl was murdered. Then 'Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl, Huwaiyisa and Muhaiyisa, the two sons of Mas'ud, came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend. 'Abdur-Rahman who was the youngest of them all, started talking. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Let the older (among you) speak first." So they spoke about the case of their (murdered) friend. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Will fifty of you take an oath whereby you will have the right to receive the blood money of your murdered man," (or said, "...your companion"). They said, "O Allah's Messenger! The murder was a thing we did not witness." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Then the Jews will release you from the oath, if fifty of them (the Jews) should take an oath to contradict your claim." They said, "O Allah's Messenger! They are disbelievers (and they will take a false oath)." Then Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) himself paid the blood money to them.


Hadith Number 165.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Inform me of a tree which resembles a Muslim, giving its fruits at every season by the permission of its Lord, and the leaves of which do not fall." I thought of the date-palm tree, but I disliked to speak because Abu Bakr and 'Umar were present there. When nobody spoke, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "It is the date-palm tree" When I came out with my father, I said, "O father! It came to my mind that it was the date-palm tree." He said, "What prevented you from saying it?" Had you said it, it would have been more dearer to me than such-and-such a thing (fortune)." I said, "Nothing prevented me but the fact that neither you nor Abu Bakr spoke, so I disliked to speak (in your presence)."


Hadith Number 166.

Narrated by Ubai bin Ka'b (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Some poetry contains wisdom."


Hadith Number 167.

Narrated by Jundub (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was walking, a stone hit his foot and stumbled and his toe was injured. He then (quoting a poetic verse) said, "You are not more than a toe which has been bathed in blood in Allah's Cause."


Hadith Number 168.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The most true words said by a poet were the words of Labid. He said, i.e. 'Verily, everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin Abi As-Salt was about to embrace Islam.'"


Hadith Number 169.

Narrated by Salama bin Al-Aqwa' (Radhi Allahu Anhu): We went out with Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to Khaibar and we travelled during the night. A man amongst the people said to 'Amir bin Al-Aqwa', "Won't you let us hear your poetry?" 'Amir was a poet, and so he got down and started (chanting Huda) reciting for the people, poetry that keep pace with the camel's foot steps, saying, "O Allah! Without You we would not have been guided on the right path, neither would we have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So please forgive us what we have committed. Let all of us be sacrificed for Your cause and when we meet our enemy, make our feet firm and bestow peace and calmness on us and if they (our enemy) will call us towards an unjust thing we will refuse.

The infidels have made a hue and cry to ask others help against us. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Who is that driver (of the camels)?" They said, "He is 'Amir bin Al-Aqwa."' He said, "May Allah bestow His mercy on him." A man among the people said, “Has Martyrdom been granted to him, O Allah's Prophet! Would that you let us enjoy his company longer." We reached (the people of) Khaibar and besieged them till we were stricken with severe hunger but Allah helped the Muslims conquer Khaibar. In the evening of its conquest the people made many fires. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked, "What are those fires? For what are you making fires?" They said, "For cooking meat." He asked, "What kind of meat?" They said, "Donkeys' meat." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Throw away the meat and break the cooking pots." A man said, O Allah's Messenger! Shall we throw away the meat and wash the cooking pots?" He said, "You can do that too." When the army files aligned in rows (for the battle), 'Amir's sword was a short one, and while attacking a Jew with it in order to hit him, the sharp edge of the sword turned back and hit 'Amir's knee and caused him to die.

When the Muslims returned (from the battle), Salama said, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw me pale and said, 'What is wrong with you?"' I said, "Let my parents be sacrificed for you! The people claim that all the deeds of Amir have been annulled." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked, "Who said so?" I replied, "So-and-so and so-and-so and Usaid bin Al-Hudair Al-Ansari said, 'Whoever says so is telling a lie. Verily, 'Amir will have double reward."' (While speaking) the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) put two of his fingers together to indicate that, and added, "He was really a hard-working man and a Mujahid (devout fighter in Allah's Cause) and rarely have there lived in it (i.e., Al-Madinah or the battle-field) an "Arab like him."


Hadith Number 170.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came to some of his wives among whom there was Um Sulaim, and said, "May Allah be merciful to you, O Anjasha! (*) Drive the camels slowly, as they are carrying glass vessels! " (**) Abu Qalaba said, "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said a sentence (i.e. the above metaphor) which, had anyone of you said it, you would have admonished him for it". (***)

* The name of camel-driver.
** Women are compared to glass vessels because of their tenderness and vulnerability.
* **Abu Qalaba means that such a metaphor was only to be accepted from an eloquent person like the (Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)).


Hadith Number 171.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) to lampoon the pagans (in verse). Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "What about my fore-fathers (ancestry)?' Hassan said (to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) "I will take you out of them as a hair is taken out of dough."

Narrated Hisham bin 'Urwa that his father said, "I called Hassan with bad names in front of 'Aishah." She said, "Don't call him with bad names because he used to defend Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (against the pagans)."

Hadith Number 172.

Narrated by Al-Haitham bin Abu Sinan: that he heard Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) in his narration, mentioning that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "A Muslim brother of yours who does not say dirty words." and by that he meant Ibn Rawaha, "said (in verse): 'We have Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) with us who recites the Holy Qur'an in the early morning time. He gave us guidance and light while we were blind and astray, so our hearts are sure that whatever he says, will certainly happen. He does not touch his bed at night, being busy in worshipping Allah while the pagans are sound asleep in their beds.'"


Hadith Number 173.

Narrated by Abu Salama bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf: That he heard Hassan bin Thabit Al-Ansari (Radhi Allahu Anhu) asking the witness of Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu), saying, "O Abu Hurairah! I beseech you by Allah (to tell me). Did you hear Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying' 'O Hassan ! Reply on behalf of Allah's Messenger. O Allah ! Support him (Hassan) with the Holy Spirit (Jibril).'?" Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "Yes."


Hadith Number 174.

Narrated by Al-Bara (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to Hassan, "Lampoon them (the pagans) in verse, and Jibril is with you."


Hadith Number 175.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry."


Hadith Number 176.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam); said, "It is better for anyone of you that the inside of his body be filled with pus which may consume his body, than it be filled with poetry."


Hadith Number 177.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Aflah, the brother of Abu Al-Qu'ais asked my permission to enter after the verses of Al-Hijab (veiling the ladies) was revealed, and I said, "By Allah, I will not admit him unless I take permission of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) for it was not the brother of Al-Qu'ais who had suckled me, but it was the wife of Al-Qu'ais, who had suckled me." Then Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered upon me, and I said, "O Allah's Messenger! The man has not nursed me but his wife has nursed me." He said, "Admit him because he is your uncle (not from blood relation, but because you have been nursed by his wife), Taribat Yaminuki." (*) 'Urwa said, "Because of this reason, 'Aishah used to say: Foster suckling relations render all those things (marriages etc.) illegal which are illegal because of the corresponding blood relations." (See Hadith No. 36 Book 62)

* The literal meaning of the expression is not intended. It is just an expression of exhortation, meaning, if you do not do what I tell you, you will lose great advantage and win nothing but dust.



Hadith Number 178.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) intended to return home after the performance of the Hajj, and he saw Safiya standing at the entrance of her tent, depressed and sad because she got her menses. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Aqra Halqa! (An expression used in the Quraish dialect: "You will detain us.") The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) then asked (her), "Did you perform the Tawaf Al-Ifada on the Day of Sacrifice (10th of Dhul-Hijjah)?" She said, "Yes." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Then you can leave (with us)."



Hadith Number 179.

Narrated by Um Hani (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The daughter of Abu Talib) I visited Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in the year of the Conquest of Makkah and found him taking a bath, and his daughter, Fatima was screening him. When I greeted him, he said, "Who is it?" I replied, "I am Um Hani, the daughter of Abu Talib." He said, "Welcome, O Um Hani ! " When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had finished his bath, he stood up and offered eight Rakat of prayer while he was wrapped in a single garment. When he had finished his prayer, I said, "O Allah's Messenger! My maternal brother assumes (or claims) that he will murder some man whom I have given shelter, i.e., so-and-so bin Hubaira." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O Um Hani! We shelter him whom you have sheltered." Um Hani added, "That happened in the forenoon."

Hadith Number 180.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw a man driving a Badana (a camel for sacrifice) and said (to him). "Ride it." The man said, "It is a Bandana." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Ride on it." The man said, "It is a Bandana." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, Ride on it, woe to you!"


Hadith Number 181.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saw a man driving a Badana (a camel for sacrifice) and said to him, "Ride on it." The man said, "O Allah's Messenger! It is a Bandana." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Ride on it, woe to you!" on the second or third time.


Hadith Number 182.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was on a journey and he had a black slave called Anjasha, and he was driving the camels (very fast, and there were women riding on those camels). Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you), O Anjasha! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels (women)!"


Hadith Number 183.

Narrated by Abu Bakra (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man praised another man in front of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said thrice, "Wailaka (Woe on you)! You have cut the neck of your brother!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) added, "If it is indispensable for anyone of you to praise a person, then he should say, "I think that such-and-such person (is so-and-so), and Allah is the one who will take his accounts (as he knows his reality) and none can sanctify anybody before Allah (and that only if he knows well about that person.)".


Hadith Number 184.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): While the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was distributing (war booty etc.) one day, Dhul Khawaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim, said, "O Allah's Messenger! Act justly." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Woe to you! Who else would act justly if I did not act justly?" 'Umar said (to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)), "Allow me to chop his neck off." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "No, for he has companions (who are apparently so pious that) if anyone of (you compares his prayer with) their prayer, he will consider his prayer inferior to theirs, and similarly his fasting inferior to theirs, but they will desert Islam (go out of religion) as an arrow goes through the victim's body (games etc.) in which case if its Nasl (*) is examined nothing will be seen thereon, and if its Nady is examined, nothing will be seen thereon, and if its Qudhadh is examined, nothing will be seen thereon, for the arrow has gone out too fast even for the excretions and blood to smear over it. Such people will come out at the time of difference among the (Muslim) people and the sign by which they will be recognized, will be a man whose one of the two hands will look like the breast of a woman or a lump of flesh moving loosely." Abu Said added, "I testify that I heard that from the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and also testify that I was with 'Ali when 'Ali fought against those people. The man described by the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was searched for among the killed, and was found, and he was exactly as the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had described him." (See Hadith No. 807, Book 56)

* Nasl, Nady and Qudhadh are the names of the different parts of an arrow.


Hadith Number 185.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! I am ruined!" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you)!" The man said, "I have done sexual intercourse with my wife while fasting in Ramadan." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Manumit a slave." The man said, "I cannot afford that." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said; "Then fast for two successive months." The man said, "I have no power to do so." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Then feed sixty poor persons." The man said, "I have nothing (to feed sixty persons). Later a basket full of dates were brought to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and he said (to the man), "Take it and give it in charity." The man said, "O Allah's Messenger! Shall I give it to people other than my family? By Him in Whose Hand my life is, there is nobody poorer than me in the whole city of Medina." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and said, "Take it." Az-Zuhri said (that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said). "Wailaka." (*)

* Instead of 'Waihaka'.

Hadith Number 186.

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A bedouin said, "O Allah's Messenger! Inform me about the emigration." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Waihaka (May Allah be merciful to you)! The question of emigration is a difficult one. Have you got some camels?" The bedouin said, "Yes." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Do you pay their Zakat?" He said, "Yes." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Go on doing like this from beyond the seas, for Allah will not let your deeds go in vain."


Hadith Number 187.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Wailakum" (woe to you) or "waihakum" (May Allah be merciful to you)." Shu'ba is not sure as to which was the right word. "Do not become disbelievers after me by cutting the necks of one another."


Hadith Number 188.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A bedouin came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! When will The Hour be established?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Wailaka (Woe to you), What have you prepared for it?" The bedouin said, "I have not prepared anything for it, except that I love Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You will be with those whom you love." We (the companions of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) said, "And will we too be so? The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Yes." So we became very glad on that day. In the meantime, a slave of Al-Mughira passed by, and he was of the same age as I was. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said. "If this (slave) should live long, he will not reach the geriatric old age, but the Hour will be established." (*)

* The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) means by the Hour here, the death of all the persons he was addressing then.



Hadith Number 189.

Narrated by 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves."


Hadith Number 190.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man came to Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Allah's Messenger! What do you say about a man who loves some people but cannot catch up with their good deeds?" Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves." (*)

* i.e. in Paradise in spite of the fact that his good deeds will be less than theirs.



Hadith Number 191.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): It was said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam); "A man may love some people but he cannot catch up with their good deeds?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Everyone will be with those whom he loves."


Hadith Number 192.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man asked the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) "When will the Hour be established O Allah's Messenger?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "I haven't prepared for it much of prayers or fast or alms, but I love Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You will be with those whom you love."


Hadith Number 193.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to Ibn Saiyad "I have hidden something for you in my mind; What is it?" He said, "Ad-Dukh." (*) The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Ikhsa. (**) "

* Ibn Saiyad who was said to be a soothsayer, guessed part of the word which the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had in mind. He said, "Ad-Dukh" while it was "Ad-Dukhan" i.e., smoke.
**Ikhsa is originally used as a work of rebuke said to a dog to dismiss something. It is also used to rebuke a person who says or does something improper by which he may incur Allah’s wrath. It means: Stop talking and go away with shame or humiliation.




Hadith Number 194.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu) set out with Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), and a group of his companions to Ibn Saiyad. They found him playing with the boys in the fort or near the Hillocks of Bani Maghala. Ibn Saiyad was nearing his puberty at that time, and he did not notice the arrival of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) till Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) stroked him on the back with his hand and said, "Do you testify that I am Allah's Messenger?" Ibn Saiyad looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of the unlettered ones (illiterates)" (*) Then Ibn Saiyad said to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). "Do you testify that I am Allah's Messenger?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) denied that, saying, "I believe in Allah and all His Messenger," and then said to Ibn Saiyad, "What do you see?" Ibn Saiyad said, "True people and liars visit me." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You have been confused as to this matter." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) added, "I have kept something for you (in my mind)." Ibn Saiyad said, "Ad-Dukh." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Ikhsa (you should be ashamed) for you can not cross your limits." 'Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger! Allow me to chop off his neck." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to Umar). "Should this person be him (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) (**) then you cannot over-power him; and should he be someone else, then it will be no use your killing him." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) added: Later on Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and Ubai bin Ka'b Al-Ansari (once again) went to the garden in which Ibn Saiyad was present.

When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) entered the garden, he started hiding behind the trunks of the date-palms intending to hear something from Ibn Saiyad before the latter could see him. Ibn Saiyad was lying on his bed, covered with a velvet sheet from where his mumur were heard. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and said, "O Saf (the nickname of Ibn Saiyad)! Here is Muhammad!" Ibn Saiyad stopped his murmuring. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "If his mother had kept quiet, then I would have learnt more about him." 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhu) added: Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) stood up before the people (delivering a sermon), and after praising and glorifying Allah as He deserved, he mentioned the Ad-Dajjal saying, "I warn you against him, and there has been no Prophet but warned his followers against him. Nuh warned his followers against him but I am telling you about him, something which no Prophet has told his people of, and that is: Know that he is blind in one eye where as Allah is not so."

* The unlettered ones' means the Arabs.
* See Hadith No. 685 Book 59; 659 Book 55.

Hadith Number 195.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): When the delegation of Abdul Qais came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), he said, "Welcome, O the delegation who have come! Neither you will have disgrace, nor you will regret." They said, "O Allah's Messenger! We are a group from the tribe of Ar-Rabi'a, and between you and us there is the tribe of Mudar and we cannot come to you except in the sacred months. So please order us to do something good (religious deeds) so that we may enter Paradise by doing that, and also that we may order our people who are behind us (whom we have left behind at home) to follow it." He said, "Four and four:" offer prayers perfectly, pay the Zakat, (obligatory charity), fast the month of Ramadan, and give one-fifth of the war booty (in Allah's cause), and do not drink in (containers called) Ad-Duba,' Al-Hantam, An-Naqir and Al-Muzaffat." (*)

* These are the names of four containers in which alcoholic drinks were used to be prepared.


Hadith Number 196.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "For every betrayer (perfidious person), a flag will be raised on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be announced (publicly) 'This is the betrayal (perfidy) of so-and-so, the son of so-and-so.'"


Hadith Number 197.

Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "A flag will be fixed on the Day of Resurrection for every betrayer, and it will be announced (publicly in front of everybody), 'This is the betrayal (perfidy) so-and-so, the son of so-and-so."


Hadith Number 198.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "None of you should say 'Khabuthat Nafsi', but he is recommended to say 'Laqisat Nafsi." (*)

* Both expressions give the same meaning, but the first one has another meaning as well, e.g., I have become wicked. 'Laqisat nafsi' means only 'I have been overcome by nausea because of a full stomach.' This is why the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) recommended the last expression which has no unpleasant connotations.



Hadith Number 199.

Narrated by Sahl (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "None of you should say Khabuthat Nafsi but he is recommended to say 'Laqisat Nafsi." (See Hadith No. 202)


Hadith Number 200.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Allah said, "The offspring of Adam abuse the Dahr (Time), and I am the Dahr (*) ; in My Hands are the night and the day.!'"

* 'I am the Dahr' means 'I am the Creator of Time, and I manage the affairs of all creation including Time,' One should not attribute anything, whether cheerful or disastrous, to Time, for everything is in the Hands of Allah, and only He is the Disposer of everything.


Hadith Number 201.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Don't call the grapes Al-Karm, and don't say 'Khaibat-ad-Dahri, (*) for Allah is the Dahr." (See Hadith No. 202.)

* 'Khaibat-ad-Dahr' means 'Frustrated be Time'. 'Allah is the Dahr' means Allah is the Owner of Time. He is the One Who is the Disposer of everything, and He is the One Who has created Time.


Hadith Number 202.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "They say Al-Karm (the generous), and in fact Al-Karm is the heart of a believer."


Hadith Number 203.

Narrated by 'Ali (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I never heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you," except for Sa'd (bin Abi Waqqas). I heard him saying, "Throw! (arrows), Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you !" (The sub-narrator added, "I think that was in the battle of Uhud.")


Hadith Number 204.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he and Abu Talha (Radhi Allahu Anhu) were coming in the company of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) towards Al-Madinah), while Safiya (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)'s wife) was riding behind him on his she-camel. After they had covered a portion of the way suddenly the foot of the she-camel slipped and both the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and the woman (i.e., his wife, Safiya) fell down. Abu Talha jumped quickly off his camel and came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) (saying.) "O Allah's Messenger! Let Allah sacrifice me for you! Have you received any injury?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "No, but take care of the woman (my wife)." Abu Talha covered his face with his garment and went towards her and threw his garment over her. Then the woman got up and Abu Talha prepared their she camel (by tightening its saddle, etc.) and both of them (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and Safiya) mounted it. Then all of them proceeded and when they approached near Al-Madinah, or saw Al-Madinah, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Ayibun,' abidun, taibun, li-Rabbina hamidun (We are coming back (to Al-Madinah) with repentance, worshipping (our Lord) and celebrating His (our Lord's) praises". The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) continued repeating these words till he entered the city of Al-Madinah.

Hadith Number 205.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A boy was born for a man among us, and the man named him Al-Qasim. We said to him, "We will not call you Abu-l-Qasim, nor will we respect you for that." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was informed about that, and he said, "Name your son 'Abdur-Rahman."


Hadith Number 206.

Narrated by Jabir (Radhi Allahu Anhu): A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said, "We will not call him (i.e., the father) by that Kuniya (Abu-l-Qasim) till we ask the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) about it. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said. "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya."


Hadith Number 207.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Abu-l-Qasim (The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) said, "Name yourselves by my name, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."


Hadith Number 208.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): A man among us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. The people said (to him), "We will not call you Abul-l-Qasim, nor will we please you by calling you so." The man came to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and mentioned that to him. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to him, "Name your son 'Abdur-Rahman."


Hadith Number 209.

Narrated by Al-Musaiyab: That his father (Hazn bin Wahb) went to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) asked (him), "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "You are Sahl." (*) Hazn said, "I will not change the name with which my father has named me." Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: We have had roughness (in character) ever since.

* 'Sahl' is the opposite of 'Hazn'.


Hadith Number 210.

Narrated by Al-Musaiyab: On the authority of his father similarly as above (i.e., 209).


Hadith Number 211.

Narrated by Sahl (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When Al-Mundhir bin Abu Usaid was born, he was brought to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who placed him on his thigh. While Abu Usaid was sitting there, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was busy with something in his hands so Abu Usaid told someone to take his son from the thigh of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). When the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) finished his job (with which he was busy), he said, "Where is the boy?" Abu Usaid replied, "We have sent him home." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "What is his name?" Abu Usaid said, "(His name is) so-and-so. " The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "No, his name is Al-Mundhir." So he called him Al-Mundhir from that day.


Hadith Number 212.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Zainab's original name was "Barrah," but it was said' "By that she is giving herself the prestige of piety." So the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) changed her name to Zainab. (*)

* 'Barrah' means pious.



Hadith Number 213.

Narrated by Sa'id bin Al-Musaiyab: That when his grandfather, Hazn (*) visited the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said (to him), "What is your name?" He said, "My name is Hazn." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "But you are Sahl. (*) " He said, "I will not change my name with which my father named me." Ibn Al-Musaiyab added: So we have had roughness (in character) ever since.

* 'Hazn' means rough, hard ground.
* 'Sahl' is the opposite of 'Hazn', i.e., even, soft ground.

Hadith Number 214.

Narrated by Isma'il: I asked Abi Aufa (Radhi Allahu Anhu), "Did you see Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)?" He said, "Yes, but he died in his early childhood. Had there been a Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) after Muhammad then his son would have lived, but there is no Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) after him."


Hadith Number 215.

Narrated by Al-Bara (Radhi Allahu Anhu): When Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) died, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "There is a wet nurse for him in Paradise."


Hadith Number 216.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah Al-Ansari (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name) but do not call (yourselves) by my Kuniya, for I am Al-Qasim (distributor), and I distribute among you Allah's blessings." This narration has also come on the authority of Anas that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said so."


Hadith Number 217.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Name yourselves after me (by my name), but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya, and whoever sees me in a dream, he surely sees me, for Shaitan cannot impersonate me (appear in my figure). And whoever intentionally ascribes something to me falsely, he will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire.


Hadith Number 218.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I got a son and I took him to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) who named him Ibrahim, and put in his mouth the juice of a date fruit (which be himself had chewed), and invoked for Allah's blessing upon him, and then gave him back to me. He was the eldest son of Abu Musa.


Hadith Number 219.

Narrated by Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Solar eclipse occurred on the day of Ibrahim's death (the Prophet’s (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) son).


Hadith Number 220.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O 'Aishah! This is Jibril sending his greetings to you." I said, "Peace, and Allah's Mercy be on him." 'Aishah added: The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to see things which we used not to see.


Hadith Number 221.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once Um Sulaim was (with the women who were) in charge of the luggage on a journey, and Anjashah, the slave of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam), was driving their camels (very fast). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O Anjash! Drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels (i.e., ladies)."


Hadith Number 222.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was the best of all the people in character. I had a brother called Abu 'Umar, who, I think, had been newly weaned. Whenever he (that child) was brought to the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to say, "O Abu 'Umar! What did Al-Nughair (nightingale) (do)?" It was a nightingale with which he used to play. Sometimes the time of the Prayer became due while he (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam)) was in our house. He would order that the carpet underneath him be swept and sprayed with water, and then he would stand up (for the prayer) and we would line up behind him, and he would lead us in prayer.


Hadith Number 223.

Narrated by Sahl bin Sa'd (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The most beloved names to 'Ali was Abu Turab, and he used to be pleased when we called him by it, for none named him Abu Turab (for the first time), but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). Once 'Ali got angry with (his wife) Fatima, (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) and went out (of his house) and slept near a wall in the mosque. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came searching for him, and someone said, "He is there, lying near the wall." The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came to him while his ('Ali's) back was covered with dust. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) started removing the dust from his back, saying, "Get up, O Abu Turab!"


Hadith Number 224.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The most awful name in Allah's sight on the Day of Resurrection, will be (that of) a man calling himself Malik Al-Amlak (the king of kings)."


Hadith Number 225.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight." Sufyan said more than once, "The most awful (meanest) name in Allah's sight is (that of) a man calling himself king of kings." Sufyan said, "Somebody else (i.e. other than Abu Az-Zinad, a sub-narrator) says: What is meant by 'The king of kings' is 'Shahan Shah." (*)

* Shahan Shah is a Persian word bearing the same meaning. This indicates that it is forbidden to call oneself by such a name in any language.

Hadith Number 226.

Narrated by Usama bin Zaid (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): That Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) rode over a donkey covered with a Fadakiya (velvet sheet) and Usama was riding behind him. He was visiting Sa'd bin 'Ubada (who was sick) in the dwelling place of Bani Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj and this incident happened before the battle of Badr. They proceeded till they passed by a gathering in which 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul was present, and that was before 'Abdullah bin Ubai embraced Islam. In that gathering there were Muslims, pagan idolators and Jews, and among the Muslims there was 'Abdullah bin Rawaha.

When a cloud of dust raised by (the movement of) the animal covered that gathering, 'Abdullah bin Ubai covered his nose with his garment and said, "Do not cover us with dust." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) greeted them, stopped, dismounted and invited them to Allah (i.e. to embrace Islam) and recited to them the Holy Qur'an. On that 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul said to him, "O man! There is nothing better than what you say, if it is the truth. So do not trouble us with it in our gatherings, but if somebody comes to you, you can preach to him." On that 'Abdullah bin Rawaha said "Yes, O Allah's Messenger! Call on us in our gathering, for we love that." So the Muslims, the pagans and the Jews started abusing one another till they were about to fight with one another. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) kept on quietening them till all of them became quiet, and then Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) rode his animal and proceeded till he entered upon Sa'd bin 'Ubada. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O Sa'd! Didn't you hear what Abu Habab said?" (meaning 'Abdullah bin Ubai). "He said so-and-so." Sa'd bin 'Ubada said, "O Allah's Messenger! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Excuse and forgive him for, by Him Who revealed to you the Book, Allah sent the Truth which was revealed to you at the time when the people of this town had decided to crown him ('Abdullah bin Ubai) as their ruler.

So when Allah had prevented that with the Truth He had given you, he was choked by that, and that caused him to behave in such an impolite manner which you had noticed." So Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) excused him. (It was the custom of) Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and his companions to excuse the pagans and the people of the scripture (Christians and Jews) as Allah ordered them, and they used to be patient when annoyed (by them). Allah said: 'You shall certainly hear much that will grieve you from those who received the Scripture before you... and from the pagans (Surah Al-‘Imran 3:186)

He also said: 'Many of the people of the scripture wish that if they could turn you away as disbelievers after you have believed... (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:109) So Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to apply what Allah had ordered him by excusing them till he was allowed to fight against them. When Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had fought the battle of Badr and Allah killed whomever He killed among the chiefs of the infidels and the nobles of Quraish, and Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) and his companions had returned with victory and booty, bringing with them some of the chiefs of the infidels and the nobles of the Quraish as captives. 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul and the pagan idolators who were with him, said, "This matter (Islam) has now brought out its face (triumphed), so give Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) the pledge of allegiance (for embracing Islam.)". Then they became Muslims.


Hadith Number 227.

Narrated by 'Abdullah bin Al-Harith bin Naufal: Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "O Allah's Messenger! Did you benefit Abu Talib with anything as he used to protect and take care of you, and used to become angry for you?" The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Yes, he is in a shallow place of Fire. But for me he would have been in the lowest part of the Fire."


Hadith Number 228.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Once the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was on one of his journeys, and the driver of the camels started chanting (to let the camels go fast). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to him. "(Take care) Drive slowly with the glass vessels, O Anjasha! Waihaka (May Allah be Merciful to you)."

Hadith Number 229.

Narrated by Anas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was on a journey and a slave named Anjasha was chanting (singing) for the camels to let them go fast (while driving). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "O Anjasha, drive slowly (the camels) with the glass vessels!" Abu Qilaba said, "By the glass vessels' he meant the women (riding the camels)."


Hadith Number 230.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had a Hadi (a camel driver) called Anjasha, and he had a nice voice. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to him, "(Drive) slowly, O Anjasha! Do not break the glass vessels!" And Qatada said, "(By vessels') he meant the weak women."


Hadith Number 231.

Narrated by Anas bin Malik (Radhi Allahu Anhu): There was a state of fear in Al-Madinah. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) rode a horse belonging to Abu Talha (Radhi Allahu Anhu) (in order to see the matter). The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "We could not see anything, and we found that horse like a sea (fast in speed)."


Hadith Number 232.

Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Some people asked Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) about the fore-tellers. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinn snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies."


Hadith Number 233.

Narrated by Jabir bin 'Abdullah (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): That he heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying. "Then there was a pause in the revelation of the Divine Inspiration to me. Then while I was walking all of a sudden I heard a voice from the sky, and I raised my sight towards the sky and saw the same angel who had visited me in the cave of Hira,' sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth."


Hadith Number 234.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Once I stayed overnight at the house of Maimuna and the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was there with her. When it was the last third of the night, or some part of the night, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) got up looking towards the sky and recited: 'Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of Night and Day, there are indeed signs for men of u understanding.' (Surah Al-‘Imran 3:190)


Hadith Number 235.

Narrated by Abu Musa (Radhi Allahu Anhu): That he was in the company of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in one of the gardens of Al-Madinah and in the hand of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) there was a stick, and he was striking (slowly) the water and the mud with it. A man came (at the gate of the garden) and asked permission to enter. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Open the gate for him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise."I went, and behold! It was Abu Bakr (Radhi Allahu Anhu) . So I opened the gate for him and informed him of the glad tidings of entering Paradise. Then another man came and asked permission to enter. The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Open the gate for him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise." Behold! It was 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu). So I opened the gate for him and gave him the glad tidings of entering Paradise. Then another man came and asked permission to enter.

The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) was sitting in a leaning posture, so he sat up and said, "Open the gate for him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise with a calamity which will befall him or which will take place." I went, and behold it was Uthman (Radhi Allahu Anhu). So I opened the gate for him and gave him the glad tidings of entering Paradise and also informed him of what the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) had said (about a calamity). 'Uthman (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, "Allah Alone Whose Help I seek (against that calamity).