The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam in his complete
shape and form (directly), sixty cubits (about 30 meters)
in height. When He created him, He said (to him), "Go and
greet that group of angels sitting there, and listen what
they will say in reply to you, for that will be your
greeting and the greeting of your offspring." Adam (went
and) said, 'As-Salamu alaikum (Peace be upon you).' They
replied, 'AsSalamu-'Alaika wa Rahmatullah (Peace and
Allah's Mercy be on you) So they increased 'Wa Rahmatullah'
The Prophet added 'So whoever will enter Paradise, will be
of the shape and form of Adam. Since then the creation of
Adam's (offspring) (i.e. stature of human beings is being
diminished continuously) to the present time."
Al-Fadl bin 'Abbas rode behind the Prophet as his
companion rider on the back portion of his she camel on
the Day of Nahr (slaughtering of sacrifice, 10th
Dhul-Hijja) and Al-Fadl was a handsome man. The Prophet
stopped to give the people verdicts. In the meantime, a
beautiful woman From the tribe of Khath'am came, asking
the verdict of Allah's Apostle. Al-Fadl started looking at
her as her beauty attracted him. The Prophet looked behind
while Al-Fadl was looking at her; so the Prophet held out
his hand backwards and caught the chin of Al-Fadl and
turned his face (to the owner sides in order that he
should not gaze at her. She said, "O Allah's Apostle! The
obligation of Performing Hajj enjoined by Allah on His
worshipers, has become due (compulsory) on my father who
is an old man and who cannot sit firmly on the riding
animal. Will it be sufficient that I perform Hajj on his
behalf?" He said, "Yes."
The Prophet said, 'Beware! Avoid sitting on the roads."
They (the people) said, "O Allah s Apostle! We can't help
sitting (on the roads) as these are (our places) here we
have talks." The Prophet said, ' l f you refuse but to
sit, then pay the road its right ' They said, "What is the
right of the road, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, 'Lowering
your gaze, refraining from harming others, returning
greeting, and enjoining what is good, and forbidding what
is evil."
When we prayed with the Prophet we used to say: As-Salam
be on Allah from His worshipers, As-Salam be on Gabriel,
As-Salam be on Michael, As-Salam be on so-and-so. When the
Prophet finished his prayer, he faced us and said, "Allah
Himself is As-Salam (Peace), so when one sits in the
prayer, one should say, 'At-Tahiyatu-lillahi Was-Salawatu,
Wat-Taiyibatu, As-Salamu 'Alaika aiyuhan-Nabiyyu wa Rah-matul-lahi
wa Barakatuhu, As-Salamu 'Alaina wa 'ala 'Ibadillahi
assalihin, for if he says so, then it will be for all the
pious slave of Allah in the Heavens and the Earth. (Then
he should say), 'Ash-hadu an la ilaha illalllahu wa ash-hadu
anna Muhammadan 'Abduhu wa rasulu-hu,' and then he can
choose whatever speech (i.e. invocation) he wishes " (See
Hadith No. 797, Vol. 1)
The Prophet said, "The young should greet the old, the
passer by should greet the sitting one, and the small
group of persons should greet the large group of persons.
"
Allah's Apostle said, "The riding one should greet the
walking one, and the walking one should greet the sitting
one, and the small number of persons should greet the
large number of persons."
Allah's Apostle said, "The riding person should greet
the walking one, and the walking one should greet the
sitting one, and the small number of persons should greet
the large number of persons."
Allah's Apostle said, "The younger person should greet
the older one, and the walking person should greet the
sitting one, and the small number of persons should greet
the large number of persons."
Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven (things): to
visit the sick, to follow the funeral processions, to say
Tashmit to a sneezer, to help the weak, to help the
oppressed ones, to propagate As-Salam (greeting), and to
help others to fulfill their oaths (if it is not sinful).
He forbade us to drink from silver utensils, to wear gold
rings, to ride on silken saddles, to wear silk clothes,
Dibaj (thick silk cloth), Qassiy and Istabraq (two kinds
of silk). (See Hadith No. 539, Vol. 7)
A man asked the Prophet, "What Islamic traits are the
best?" The Prophet said, "Feed the people, and greet those
whom you know and those whom you do not know."
The Prophet said, "It is not lawful for a Muslim to
desert (not to speak to) his brother Muslim for more than
three days while meeting, one turns his face to one side
and the other turns his face to the other side. Lo! The
better of the two is the one who starts greeting the
other."
that he was a boy of ten at the time when the Prophet
emigrated to Medina. He added: I served Allah's Apostle
for ten years (the last part of his life time) and I know
more than the people about the occasion whereupon the
order of Al-Hijab was revealed (to the Prophet). Ubai b n
Ka'b used to ask me about it. It was revealed (for the
first time) during the marriage of Allah's Apostle with
Zainab bint Jahsh. In the morning, the Prophet was a
bride-groom of her and he Invited the people, who took
their meals and went away, but a group of them remained
with Allah's Apostle and they prolonged their stay.
Allah's Apostle got up and went out, and I too, went out
along with him till he came to the lintel of 'Aisha's
dwelling place. Allah's Apostle thought that those people
had left by then, so he returned, and I too, returned with
him till he entered upon Zainab and found that they were
still sitting there and had not yet gone. The Prophet went
out again, and so did I with him till he reached the
lintel of 'Aisha's dwelling place, and then he thought
that those people must have left by then, so he returned,
and so did I with him, and found those people had gone. At
that time the Divine Verse of Al-Hijab was revealed, and
the Prophet set a screen between me and him (his family).
When the Prophet married Zainab, the people came and
were offered a meal, and then they sat down (after
finishing their meals) and started chatting. The Prophet
showed as if he wanted to get up, but they did not get up.
When he noticed that, he got up, and some of the people
also got up and went away, while some others kept on
sitting. When the Prophet returned to enter, he found the
people still sitting, but then they got up and left. So I
told the Prophet of their departure and he came and went
in. I intended to go in but the Prophet put a screen
between me and him, for Allah revealed:-- 'O you who
believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses..' (33.53)
(the wife of the Prophet) 'Umar bin Al-Khattab used to
say to Allah's Apostle "Let your wives be veiled" But he
did not do so. The wives of the Prophet used to go out to
answer the call of nature at night only at Al-Manasi.'
Once Sauda, the daughter of Zam'a went out and she was a
tall woman. 'Umar bin Al-Khattab saw her while he was in a
gathering, and said, "I have recognized you, O Sauda!" He
('Umar) said so as he was anxious for some Divine orders
regarding the veil (the veiling of women.) So Allah
revealed the Verse of veiling. (Al-Hijab; a complete body
cover excluding the eyes). (See Hadith No. 148, Vol. 1)
A man peeped through a round hole into the dwelling
place of the Prophet, while the Prophet had a Midray (an
iron comb) with which he was scratching his head. the
Prophet said, " Had known you were looking (through the
hole), I would have pierced your eye with it (i.e., the
comb)." Verily! The order of taking permission to enter
has been enjoined because of that sight, (that one should
not look unlawfully at the state of others). (See Hadith
No. 807, Vol. 7)
I have not seen a thing resembling 'lamam' (minor sins)
than what Abu Huraira 'narrated from the Prophet who said
"Allah has written for Adam's son his share of adultery
which he commits inevitably. The adultery of the eyes is
the sight (to gaze at a forbidden thing), the adultery of
the tongue is the talk, and the inner self wishes and
desires and the private parts testify all this or deny
it."
While I was present in one of the gatherings of the
Ansar, Abu Musa came as if he was scared, and said, "I
asked permission to enter upon 'Umar three times, but I
was not given the permission, so I returned." (When 'Umar
came to know about it) he said to Abu Musa, "Why did you
not enter?'. Abu Musa replied, "I asked permission three
times, and I was not given it, so I returned, for Allah's
Apostle said, "If anyone of you asks the permission to
enter thrice, and the permission is not given, then he
should return.' " 'Umar said, "By Allah! We will ask Abu
Musa to bring witnesses for it." (Abu Musa went to a
gathering of the Ansar and said). "Did anyone of you hear
this from the Prophet ?" Ubai bin Ka'b said, "By Allah,
none will go with you but the youngest of the people (as a
witness)." (Abu Said) was the youngest of them, so I went
with Abu Musa and informed 'Umar that the Prophet had said
so. (See Hadith No. 277, Vol. 3)
I entered (the house) along with Allah's Apostle .
There he found milk in a basin. He said, "O Abu Hirr! Go
and call the people of Suffa to me." I went to them and
invited them. They came and asked permission to enter, and
when it was given, they entered. (See Hadith No. 459 for
details)
Sahl said, "We used to feel happy on Fridays." I asked
Sahl, "Why?" He said, "There was an old woman of our
acquaintance who used to send somebody to Buda'a (Ibn
Maslama said, "Buda'a was a garden of date-palms at
Medina). She used to pull out the silq (a kind of
vegetable) from its roots and put it in a cooking pot,
adding some powdered barley over it (and cook it). After
finishing the Jumua (Friday) prayer we used to (pass by
her and) greet her, whereupon she would present us with
that meal, so we used to feel happy because of that. We
used to have neither a midday nap, nor meals, except after
the Friday prayer." (See Hadith No. 60, Vol.2)
Allah's Apostle said, "O 'Aisha! This is Gabriel
sending his greetings to you." I said, "Peace, and Allah's
Mercy be on him (Gabriel). You see what we do not see."
(She was addressing Allah's Apostle).
I came to the Prophet in order to consult him regarding
my father's debt. When I knocked on the door, he asked,
"Who is that?" I replied, "I" He said, "I, I?" He repeated
it as if he disliked it.
A man entered the mosque while Allah's Apostle was
sitting in one side of the mosque. The man prayed, came,
and greeted the Prophet. Allah's Apostle said to him, "Wa
'Alaikas Salam (returned his greeting). Go back and pray
as you have not prayed (properly)." The man returned,
repeated his prayer, came back and greeted the Prophet.
The Prophet said, "Wa alaika-s-Salam (returned his
greeting). Go back and pray again as you have not prayed
(properly)." The man said at the second or third time, "O
Allah's Apostle! Kindly teach me how to pray". The Prophet
said, "When you stand for prayer, perform ablution
properly and then face the Qibla and say Takbir (Allahu-Akbar),
and then recite what you know from the Qur'an, and then
bow with calmness till you feel at ease then rise from
bowing, till you stand straight, and then prostrate calmly
(and remain in prostration) till you feel at ease, and
then raise (your head) and sit with calmness till you feel
at ease and then prostrate with calmness (and remain in
prostration) till you feel at ease, and then raise (your
head) and sit with calmness till you feel at ease in the
sitting position, and do likewise in whole of your
prayer." And Abu Usama added, "Till you stand straight."
(See Hadith No. 759, Vol.1)
Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet said to her, "Gabriel
sends Salam (greetings) to you." She replied, "Wa 'alaihi-s-Salam
Wa Rahmatu-l-lah." (Peace and Allah's Mercy be on him).
Usama bin Zaid said, "The Prophet rode over a donkey
with a saddle underneath which there was a thick soft
Fadakiya velvet sheet. Usama bin Zaid was his companion
rider, and he was going to pay a visit to Sa'd bin Ubada
(who was sick) at the dwelling place of Bani Al-Harith bin
Al-Khazraj, and this incident happened before the battle
of Badr. The Prophet passed by a gathering in which there
were Muslims and pagan idolators and Jews, and among them
there was 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul, and there was
'Abdullah bin Rawaha too. When a cloud of dust raised by
the animal covered that gathering, 'Abdullah bin Ubai
covered his nose with his Rida (sheet) and said (to the
Prophet), "Don't cover us with dust." The Prophet greeted
them and then stopped, dismounted and invited them to
Allah (i.e., to embrace Islam) and also recited to them
the Holy Quran. 'Abdullah bin Ubai' bin Salul said, "O
man! There is nothing better than what you say, if what
you say is the truth. So do not trouble us in our
gatherings. Go back to your mount (or house,) and if
anyone of us comes to you, tell (your tales) to him." On
that 'Abdullah bin Rawaha said, "(O Allah's Apostle!) Come
to us and bring it(what you want to say) in our
gatherings, for we love that." So the Muslims, the pagans
and the Jews started quarreling till they were about to
fight and clash with one another. The Prophet kept on
quietening them (till they all became quiet). He then rode
his animal, and proceeded till he entered upon Sa'd bin 'Ubada,
he said, "O Sa'd, didn't you hear what Abu Habbab said?
(He meant 'Abdullah bin Ubai). He said so-and-so." Sa'd
bin 'Ubada said, "O Allah's Apostle! Excuse and forgive
him, for by Allah, Allah has given you what He has given
you. The people of this town decided to crown him (as
their chief) and make him their king. But when Allah
prevented that with the Truth which He had given you, it
choked him, and that was what made him behave in the way
you saw him behaving." So the Prophet excused him.
I heard Ka'b bin Malik narrating (when he did not join
the battle of Tabuk): Allah's Apostle forbade all the
Muslims to speak to us. I would come to Allah's Apostle
and greet him, and I would wonder whether the Prophet did
move his lips to return to my greetings or not till fifty
nights passed away. The Prophet then announced (to the
people) Allah's forgiveness for us (acceptance of our
repentance) at the time when he had offered the Fajr
(morning) prayer.
A group of Jews came to Allah's Apostle and said, "As-samu
'Alaika " (Death be on you), and I understood it and said
to them, "Alaikum AsSamu wa-l-la'na (Death and curse be on
you)." Allah's Apostle said, "Be calm! O 'Aisha, for Allah
loves that one should be kind and lenient in all matters."
I said. "O Allah's Apostle! Haven't you heard what they
have said?" Allah's Apostle said, "I have (already) said
(to them), 'Alaikum (upon you).' "
Allah's Apostle said, "When the Jews greet you, they
usually say, 'As-Samu 'alaikum (Death be on you),' so you
should say (in reply to them), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you)."
Allah's Apostle sent me, Az-Zubair bin Al-Awwam and Abu
Marthad Al-Ghanawi, and all of us were horsemen, and he
said, "Proceed till you reach Rawdat Khakh, where there is
a woman from the pagans carrying a letter sent by Hatib
bin Abi Balta'a to the pagans (of Mecca)." So we overtook
her while she was proceeding on her camel at the same
place as Allah's Apostle told us. We said (to her) "Where
is the letter which is with you?" She said, "I have no
letter with me." So we made her camel kneel down and
searched her mount (baggage etc) but could not find
anything. My two companions said, "We do not see any
letter." I said, "I know that Allah's Apostle did not tell
a lie. By Allah, if you (the lady) do not bring out the
letter, I will strip you of your clothes' When she noticed
that I was serious, she put her hand into the knot of her
waist sheet, for she was tying a sheet round herself, and
brought out the letter. So we proceeded to Allah's Apostle
with the letter. The Prophet said (to Habib), "What made
you o what you have done, O Hatib?" Hatib replied, "I have
done nothing except that I believe in Allah and His
Apostle, and I have not changed or altered (my religion).
But I wanted to do the favor to the people (pagans of
Mecca) through which Allah might protect my family and my
property, as there is none among your companions but has
someone in Mecca through whom Allah protects his property
(against harm). The Prophet said, "Habib has told you the
truth, so do not say to him (anything) but good." 'Umar
bin Al-Khattab said, "Verily he has betrayed Allah, His
Apostle, and the believers! Allow me to chop his neck
off!" The Prophet said, "O 'Umar! What do you know;
perhaps Allah looked upon the Badr warriors and said, 'Do
whatever you like, for I have ordained that you will be in
Paradise.'" On that 'Umar wept and said, "Allah and His
Apostle know best."
that Heraclius had sent for him to come along with a
group of the Quraish who were trading in Sha'm, and they
came to him. Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the whole narration
and said, "Heraclius asked for the letter of Allah's
Apostle . When the letter was read, its contents were as
follows: 'In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the
Merciful. From Muhammad, Allah's slave and His Apostle to
Heraclius, the Chief of Byzantines: Peace be upon him who
follows the right path (guidance)! Amma ba'du (to proceed
)...' (See Hadith No 6, Vol 1 for details)
The people of (the tribe of) Quraiza agreed upon to
accept the verdict of Sa'd. The Prophet sent for him (Sa'd)
and he came. The Prophet said (to those people), "Get up
for your chief or the best among you!" Sa'd sat beside the
Prophet and the Prophet said (to him), "These people have
agreed to accept your verdict." Sa'd said, "So I give my
judgment that their warriors should be killed and their
women and children should be taken as captives." The
Prophet said, "You have judged according to the King's
(Allah's) judgment." (See Hadith No. 447, Vol. 5)
Allah's Apostle taught me the Tashah-hud as he taught
me a Sura from the Quran, while my hand was between his
hands. (Tashah-hud was) all the best compliments and the
prayers and the good things are for Allah. Peace and
Allah's Mercy and Blessings be on you, O Prophet! Peace be
on us and on the pious slaves of Allah, I testify that
none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and I also
testify that Muhammad is Allah's slave and His Apostle.
(We used to recite this in the prayer) during the lifetime
of the Prophet , but when he had died, we used to say,
"Peace be on the Prophet."
'Ali bin Abu Talib came out of the house of the Prophet
during his fatal ailment. The people asked ('Ali), "O Abu
Hasan! How is the health of Allah's Apostle this morning?"
'Ali said, "This morning he is better, with the grace of
Allah." Al-'Abbas held Ali by the hand and said, "Don't
you see him (about to die)? By Allah, within three days
you will be the slave of the stick (i.e., under the
command of another ruler). By Allah, I think that Allah's
Apostle will die from his present ailment, for I know the
signs of death on the faces of the offspring of 'Abdul
Muttalib. So let us go to Allah's Apostle to ask him who
will take over the Caliphate. If the authority is given to
us, we will know it, and if it is given to somebody else
we will request him to recommend us to him. " 'Ali said,
"By Allah! If we ask Allah's Apostle for the rulership and
he refuses, then the people will never give it to us.
Besides, I will never ask Allah's Apostle for it." (See
Hadith No 728, Vol 5)
While I was a companion rider with the Prophet he said,
"O Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik wa Sa'daik." He repeated
this call three times and then said, "Do you know what
Allah's Right on His slaves is?" I replied, "No." He said,
Allah's Right on His slaves is that they should worship
Him (Alone) and should not join partners in worship with
Him." He said, "O Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik wa Sa'daik."
He said, "Do you know what the right of (Allah's) salves
on Allah is, if they do that (worship Him Alone and join
none in His worship)? It is that He will not punish them."
While I was walking with the Prophet at the Hurra of
Medina in the evening, the mountain of Uhud appeared
before us. The Prophet said, "O Abu Dhar! I would not like
to have gold equal to Uhud (mountain) for me, unless
nothing of it, not even a single Dinar remains of it with
me, for more than one day or three days, except that
single Dinar which I will keep for repaying debts. I will
spend all of it (the whole amount) among Allah's slaves
like this and like this and like this." The Prophet
pointed out with his hand to illustrate it and then said,
"O Abu Dhar!" I replied, "Labbaik wa Sa'daik, O Allah's
Apostle!" He said, "Those who have much wealth (in this
world) will be the least rewarded (in the Hereafter)
except those who do like this and like this (i.e., spend
their money in charity)." Then he ordered me, "Remain at
your place and do not leave it, O Abu Dhar, till I come
back." He went away till he disappeared from me. Then I
heard a voice and feared that something might have
happened to Allah's Apostle, and I intended to go (to find
out) but I remembered the statement of Allah's Apostle
that I should not leave, my place, so I kept on waiting
(and after a while the Prophet came), and I said to him,
"O Allah's Apostle, I heard a voice and I was afraid that
something might have happened to you, but then I
remembered your statement and stayed (there). The Prophet
said, "That was Gabriel who came to me and informed me
that whoever among my followers died without joining
others in worship with Allah, would enter Paradise." I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Even if he had committed illegal
sexual intercourse and theft?" He said, "Even if he had
committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft '
The Prophet forbade that a man should be made to get up
from his seat so that another might sit on it, but one
should make room and spread out. Ibn 'Umar disliked that a
man should get up from his seat and then somebody else sit
at his place.
When Allah's Apostle married Zainab bint Jahsh, he
invited the people who took their meals and then remained
sitting and talking. The Prophet pretended to be ready to
get up, but the people did not get up. When he noticed
that, he got up, and when he had got up, some of those
people got up along with him and there remained three (who
kept on sitting). Then the Prophet came back and found
those people still sitting. Later on those people got up
and went away. So I went to the Prophet and informed him
that they had left.
The Prophet came, and entered (his house). I wanted to
enter(along with him) but he dropped a curtain between me
and him. Allah then revealed: 'O you who believe! Do not
enter the Prophet's Houses until leave is given... (to His
statement)... Verily! That shall be an enormity, in
Allah's sight.' (33.53)
Allah's Apostle said, "Shall I inform you of the
biggest of the great sins?" They said, "Yes, O Allah's
Apostle!" He said, "To join partners in worship with
Allah, and to be undutiful to one's parents. "
as above (No. 290) adding: The Prophet was reclining
(leaning) and then he sat up saying, "And I warn you
against giving a false statement." And he kept on saying
that warning so much so that we said, "Would that he had
stopped."
Allah's Apostle used to offer his prayer (while
standing) in the midst of the bed, and I used to lie in
front of him between him and the Qibla It I had any
necessity for getting up and I used to dislike to get up
and face him (while he was in prayer), but I would
gradually slip away from the bed.
The news of my fasting was mentioned to the Prophet .
So he entered upon me and I put for him a leather cushion
stuffed with palm-fibres. The Prophet sat on the floor and
the cushion was between me and him. He said to me, "Isn't
it sufficient for you (that you fast) three days a month?"
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more than this)."
He said, "You may fast) five days a month." I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! (I can fast more than this)." He said,
"(You may fast) seven days." I said, "O Allah's Apostle!"
He said, "Nine." I said, "O Allah's Apostle!" He said,
"Eleven." I said, "O Allah's Apostle!" He said, "No
fasting is superior to the fasting of (the Prophet David)
which was one half of a year, and he used, to fast on
alternate days. (See Hadith No. 300, Vol 3)
'Alaqama went to Sham and came to the mosque and
offered a two-Rak'at prayer, and invoked Allah: "O Allah!
Bless me with a (pious) good companion." So he sat beside
Abu Ad-Darda' who asked, "From where are you?" He said,
"From the people of Kufa." Abu Darda' said, "Wasn't there
among you the person who keeps the secrets (of the Prophet
) which nobody knew except him (i.e., Hudhaifa (bin Al-Yaman)).
And isn't there among you the person whom Allah gave
refuge from Satan through the request (tongue) of Allah's
Apostle? (i.e., 'Ammar). Isn't there among you the one who
used to carry the Siwak and the cushion (or pillows (of
the Prophets)? (i.e., Ibn Mas'ud). How did Ibn Mas'ud use
to recite 'By the night as it conceals (the light)?" (Sura
92). 'Alqama said, "Wadhdhakari Wal Untha' (And by male
and female.") Abu Ad-Darda added. 'These people continued
to argue with me regarding it till they were about to
cause me to have doubts although I heard it from Allah's
Apostle "
There was no name dearer to 'Ali than his nickname Abu
Turab (the father of dust). He used to feel happy whenever
he was called by this name. Once Allah's Apostle came to
the house of Fatima but did not find 'Ali in the house. So
he asked "Where is your cousin?" She replied, "There was
something (a quarrel) between me and him whereupon he got
angry with me and went out without having a midday nap in
my house." Allah's Apostle asked a person to look for him.
That person came, and said, "O Allah's Apostle! He (Ali)
is sleeping in the mosque." So Allah's Apostle went there
and found him lying. His upper body cover had fallen off
to one side of his body, and so he was covered with dust.
Allah's Apostle started cleaning the dust from him,
saying, "Get up, O Abu Turab! Get up, Abu Turab!" (See
Hadith No. 432, Vol 1)
Anas said, "Um Sulaim used to spread a leather sheet
for the Prophet and he used to take a midday nap on that
leather sheet at her home." Anas added, "When the Prophet
had slept, she would take some of his sweat and hair and
collect it (the sweat) in a bottle and then mix it with
Suk (a kind of perfume) while he was still sleeping. "When
the death of Anas bin Malik approached, he advised that
some of that Suk be mixed with his Hanut (perfume for
embalming the dead body), and it was mixed with his Hanut.
Whenever Allah's Apostle went to Quba, he used to visit
Um Haram bint Milhan who would offer him meals; and she
was the wife of 'Ubada bin As-samit. One day he went to
her house and she offered him a meal, and after that he
slept, and then woke up smiling. She (Um Haram) said, "I
asked him, 'What makes you laugh, O Allah's Apostle?' He
said, 'Some people of my followers were displayed before
me as warriors fighting for Allah's Cause and sailing over
this sea, kings on thrones,' or said, 'like kings on
thrones.' (The narrator, Ishaq is in doubt about it.) I
(Um Haram) said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Invoke Allah that He
may make me one of them.' He invoked (Allah) for her and
then lay his head and slept again and then woke up
smiling. I asked, 'What makes you laugh, O Allah's
Apostle?' He said, 'Some people of my followers were
displayed before me as warriors fighting for Allah's Cause
and sailing over this sea, kings on the thrones,' or said,
'like kings on the thrones.' I (Um Haram) said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Invoke Allah that He may make me one of them.' He
said, You will be amongst the first ones." It is said that
Um Haram sailed over the sea at the time of Muawiya, and
on coming out of the sea, she fell down from her riding
animal and died.
The Prophet forbade two kinds of dresses and two kinds
of bargains; Ishtimal As-Samma and Al-Ihtiba in one
garment with no part of it covering one's private parts.
(The two kinds of bargains were:) Al-Mulamasa and
Al-Munabadha.
He added, 'But this year he reviewed it with me twice,
and therefore I think that my time of death has
approached. So, be afraid of Allah, and be patient, for I
am the best predecessor for you (in the Hereafter).' "
Fatima added, "So I wept as you ('Aisha) witnessed. And
when the Prophet saw me in this sorrowful state, he
confided the second secret to me saying, 'O Fatima! Will
you not be pleased that you will be chief of all the
believing women (or chief of the women of this nation i.e.
my followers?")
The Prophet said, "When you are three persons sitting
together, then no two of you should hold secret counsel
excluding the third person until you are with some other
people too, for that would grieve him."
One day the Prophet divided and distributed something
amongst the people whereupon an Ansari man said, "In this
division Allah's Countenance has not been sought." I said,
"By Allah! I will go (and inform) the Prophet." So I went
to him while he was with a group of people, and I secretly
informed him of that, whereupon he became so angry that
his face became red, and he then said, "May Allah bestow
His Mercy on Moses (for) he was hurt more than that, yet
he remained patient."
The Iqama for the prayer was announced while a man was
talking to Allah's Apostle privately. He continued talking
in that way till the Prophet's companions slept, and
afterwards the Prophet got up and offered the prayer with
them.
One night a house in Medina was burnt with its
occupants. The Prophet spoke about them, saying, "This
fire is indeed your enemy, so whenever you go to bed, put
it out to protect yourselves."
Allah's Apostle said, "(At bedtime) cover the utensils,
close the doors, and put out the lights, lest the evil
creature (the rat) should pull away the wick and thus burn
the people of the house."
Allah s Apostle said, "When you intend going to bed at
night, put out the lights, close the doors, tie the mouths
of the water skins, and cover your food and drinks."
Hamrnam said, "I think he (the other narrator) added,
'even with piece of wood across the utensil.'
The Prophet said "Five things are in accordance with Al
Fitra (i.e. the tradition of prophets): to be circumcised,
to shave the pelvic region, to pull out the hair of the
armpits, to cut short the moustaches, and to clip the
nails.'
Allah's Apostle said "The Prophet) Abraham circumcised
himself after he had passed the age of eighty years and he
circumcised himself with an adze."
Narrated Said bin Jubair: Ibn 'Abbas was asked, "How
old were you when the Prophet died?" He replied. "At that
time I had been circumcised." At that time, people did not
circumcise the boys till they attained the age of puberty.
Sa'id bin Jubair said, "Ibn 'Abbas said, 'When the Prophet
died, I had already been circumcised. "
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever among you takes an oath
wherein he says, 'By Al-Lat and Al-'Uzza,' names of two
Idols worshipped by the Pagans, he should say, 'None has
the right to be worshipped but Allah; And whoever says to
his friend, 'Come, let me gamble with you ! He should give
something in charity. " (See Hadith No. 645)
During the life-time of the Prophet I built a house
with my own hands so that it might protect me from the
rain and shade me from the sun; and none of Allah's
creatures assisted me in building it.
Ibn 'Umar said, "By Allah, I have not put a brick over
a brick (i.e. constructed a building) or planted any
date-palm tree since the death of the Prophet." Sufyan
(the sub narrator) said, "I told this narration (of Ibn
'Umar) to one of his (Ibn 'Umar's) relatives, and he said,
'By Allah, he did build (something.' "Sufyan added, "I
said, 'He must have said (the above narration) before he
built."