Zaid b. Arqam reported: We set out on a journey along
with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in which we
faced many hardships. 'Abdullah b. Ubayy said to his
friends: Do not give what you have in your possession to
those who are with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) until they desert him. Zubair said: That is the
reciting of that person who recited as min haulahu (from
around him) and the other reciting is man haulahia (who
are around him). And in this case when we would return to
Medina the honourable would drive out the meaner therefrom
(lxiv. 8). I came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) and informed him about that and he sent someone to
'Abdullah b. Ubayy and he asked him whether he had said
that or not. He took an oath to the fact that he had not
done that and told that it was Zaid who had stated a lie
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Zaid said: I
was much perturbed because of this until this verse was
revealed attesting my truth:" When the hypocrites come" (lxiii.
1). Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) then called
them in order to seek forgiveness for them, but they
turned away their heads as if they were hooks of wood
fixed in the wall (lxiii. 4), and they were in fact
apparently good-looking persons.
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
came to the grave of 'Abdullah b. Ubayy, brought him out
from that, placed him on his knee and put his saliva in
his mouth and shrouded him in his own shirt and Allah
knows best.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) came to the grave of 'Abdullah b. Ubayy
as he was placed in that. The rest of the hadith is the
same.
Ibn 'Umar reported that when 'Abdullah b. Ubayy b.
Salul died. His son 'Abdullah b. 'Abdullah (b. Ubayy) came
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and begged
him that he should give him his shirt which he would use
as a coffin for his father, he gave him that. He then
begged that he should conduct funeral prayer for him.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had hardly got
up to observe the prayer for him that 'Umar stood up and
caught hold of the garment of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, are you going to
conduct prayer for this man, whereas Allah has forbidden
you to offer prayer for him? Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Allah has given me an option
as He has said:" You may beg pardon for them or you may
not beg pardon for them, and even if you beg pardon for
them, seventy times" (ix. 80), and I am going to make an
addition to the seventy. He was a hypocrite and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) offered prayer for him
and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this verse:"
Do not offer prayer for any one of them at all and do not
stand upon their graves for (offering prayer over them)"
(ix. 84).
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
'Abdullah with the same chain of transmitters but with
this addition:" He then abandoned offering (funeral)
prayer for them."
Ibn Mas'ud reported that there gathered near the House
three persons amongst whom two were Quraishi and one was a
Thaqafi or two were Thaqafis and one was a Quraishi. They
lacked understanding but wore more flesh. One of them
said: Do you think that Allah hears as we speak? The other
one said: He does hear when we speak loudly and He does
not hear when we speak in undertones, and still the other
one said: If He listens when we speak loudly, He also
listens when we speak in undertones. It was on this
occasion that this verse was revealed:" You did not
conceal yourselves lest your ears, your eyes and your
skins would stand witness against you" (xli. 22).
Zaid b. Thabit reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) set out for Uhud. Some of those persons who
were with them came back. The Companions of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) were divided in two
groups. One group said: We would kill them, and the other
one said: No, this should not be done, and it was on this
occasion that this verse was revealed:" Why should you,
then, be two parties in relation to hypocrites?" (iv. 88).
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that during the lifetime of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the hypocrites
behaved in this way that when Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) set out for a battle, they kept themselves
behind, and they became happy that they had managed to sit
in the house contrary to (the act of) Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), and when Allah's Apostle (may
peace he upon him) came back, they put forward excuses and
took oath and wished that people should laud them for the
deeds which they had not done. It was on this occasion
that this verse was revealed:" Think not that those who
exult in what they have done, and love to be praised for
what they have not done-think not them to be safe from the
chastisement; and for them is a painful chastisement"
(iii. 18).
Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported that Marwan
said to Rafi', his chamberlain, that he should go to Ibn 'Abbas
and ask him: If every one of us be punished for his being
happy upon his deed and for his being praised for what he
has not done, nobody would be saved from the torment. Ibn
'Abbas said: What you have to do with this verse? It has
been in fact revealed in connection with the people of the
Book." Then Ibn Abbas recited this verse:" When Allah took
a covenant from those who had been given the Book: You
shall explain it to people and shall not conceal this"
(iii. 186), and then Ibn 'Abbas recited this verse:" Think
not that those who exult in what they have done and love
to be praised for what they have not done" (iii. 186). Ibn
'Abbas (further) said: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) asked them about something and then they concealed
that and they told him something else and they went out
and they thought that they had informed him as lie had
asked them and they felt happy of what they had concealed.
Qais reported: I said to 'Ammar: What is your opinion
about that which you have done in case (of your siding
with Hadrat 'Ali)? Is it your personal opinion or
something you got from Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him)? 'Ammar said: We have got nothing from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) which people at large
did not get, but Hudhaifa told me that Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) had especially told him amongst
his Companion, that there would be twelve hypocrites out
of whom eight would not get into Paradise, until a camel
would be able to pass through the needle hole. The ulcer
would be itself sufficient (to kill) eight. So far as four
are concerned, I do not remember what Shu'ba said about
them.
Qais b. 'Ubad reported: We said to 'Ammar: Was your
fighting (on the side of 'Ali in the Battle of Siffin) a
matter of your own choice or you got its hints from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) for it, is
likely for one to err in one's own discretion or was it
because of any covenant that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) got from you? He said: It was not because of
any covenant that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) got from us which he did get from other people, and
he further said that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said:" In my Ummah." And I think that Hudhaifa
reported to me and according to Ghundar (the words are)
that he said: In my Ummah, there would be twelve
hypocrites and they would not be admitted to Paradise and
they would not smell its odour, until the camel would pass
through a needle's hole. Dubaila (ulcer) would be enough
to (torment them) -a kind of flame of Fire which would
appear in their shoulders and it would protrude from their
chest.
Abu Tufail reported that there was a dispute between
Hudhaifa and one from the people of Aqaba as it happens
amongst people. He said: I adjure you by Allah to tell me
as to how many people from Aqaba were. The people said to
him (Hudhaifa) to inform him as he had asked. We have been
informed that they were fourteen and If you are to be
counted amongst them, then they would be fifteen and I
state by Allah that twelve amongst them were the enemies
of Allah and of His Messenger (may peace be upon him) in
this world. The rest of the three put forward this excuse:
We did not hear the announcement of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and we were not aware of the intention
of the people as he (the Holy Prophet) had been in the hot
atmosphere. He (the Holy Prophet) then said: The water is
small in quantity (at the next station). So nobody should
go ahead of me, but he found people who had gone ahead of
him and he cursed them on that day.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: He who climbed this hill, the
hill of Murar, his sins would be obliterated as were
obliterated the sins of Bani Isra'il. So the first to take
their horses were the people of Banu Khazraj. Then there
was a ceaseless flow of persons and Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said to them: All of you are those who
have been pardoned except the owner of a red camel. We
came to him and said to him: You also come on, so that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) may seek
forgiveness for you. But he said: By Allah, so far as I am
concerned, the finding of something lost is dearer to me
than seeking of forgiveness for me by your companion (the
Holy Prophet), and he remained busy in finding out his
lost thing.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: He who would climb this hill of
Murar. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this
variation that it was a desert Arab who was finding out
his lost thing.
Anas b. Malik reported: There was a person amongst us
who belonged to the tribe of Bani Najjar and he recited
Sura al-Baqarah and Surat Al-i-'Imran and he used to
transcribe for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
He ran away as a rebel and joined the People of the Book.
They gave it much importance and said: He is the person
who used to transcribe for Muhammad and they were much
pleased with him. Time rolled on that Allah caused his
death. They dug the grave and buried him therein, but they
found to their surprise that the earth had thrown him out
over the surface. They again dug the grave for him and
buried him but the earth again threw him out upon the
surface. They again dug the grave for him and buried him
but the earth again threw him out upon the surface. At
last they left him unburied.
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) came back from a journey and as he was near
Medina, there was such a violent gale that the mountain
seemed to be pressed. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: This wind has perhaps been made to blow for the
death of a hypocrite, and as he reached Medina a notorious
hypocrite from amongst the hypocrites had died.
Iyas reported on the authority of his father: We went
along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) to
visit a person suffering from fever. When I placed my hand
upon him, I said: By Allah, I have never seen, till this
day, a person running higher temperature than he.
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), turning
his face to his companions, said: May I not inform you of
a severer temperature than this which these two persons
would run on the Day of Resurrection? And they were two
hypocrites riding upon the camel turning their back
towards (the Muslims).
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The similitude of a hypocrite is that of a
sheep which roams aimlessly between two flocks. She goes
to one at one time and to the other at another time.
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) saying like this but with this change of words:" She
sometimes finds a way in one flock and then in another
flock."
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