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The Book
Pertaining to the Merits of the
Companions (Allah Be Pleased With Them)
of the Holy Prophet (May Peace Be Upon
Him) (Kitab Al-Fada'il Al-Sahabah)
Chapter 1: THE MERITS OF ABU BAKR SIDDIQ (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5868:
Anas b. Malik reported that Abu Bakr Siddiq reported
him thus: I saw the feet of the polytheists very close to
us as we were in the cave. I said: Allah's Messenger, if
one amongst them were to see at his feet he would have
surely seen us. Thereupon he said: Abu Bakr, what can
befall twain who have Allah as the third One with them.
Book 031, Number 5869:
Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) sat on the pulpit and said: Allah gave a choice
to His servant that he may opt the beauties of the world
or that which is with Him and the servant chose that which
was with Him. Thereupon Abu Bakr wept and he wept bitterly
and said: Let our fathers and our mothers be taken as
ransom for you. It was Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) who had been given the choice and Abu Bakr knew
it better than us, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) is reported to have said: Behold, of all people
the most generous toward me in regard to his companionship
and his property was Abu Bakr and were I to choose anyone
as my bosom friend, I would have chosen Abu Bakr as my
dear friend, but (for him) I cherish Islamic brotherliness
and love. There shall be left open no window in the mosque
except Abu Bakr's window.
Book 031, Number 5870:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Sa'id Khudri through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5871:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: If I were to choose a bosom
friend I would have definitely chosen Abu Bakr as my bosom
friend, but he is my brother and my companion and Allah,
the Exalted and Gliorious. has taken your brother and
companion (meaning Prophet himself) as a friend.
Book 031, Number 5872:
Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If I were to choose from my Umma anyone as
my bosom friend, I would have chosen Abu Bakr.
Book 031, Number 5873:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If I were to choose as my bosom friend I
would have chosen the son of Abu Quhafa (Abu Bakr) as my
bosom friend.
Book 031, Number 5874:
Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If I were to choose amongst the people of
earth someone as my bosom friend, I would have chosen the
son of Abu Quhafa as my friends but God has taken your
companion as a friend.
Book 031, Number 5875:
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters and the one narrated on the authority of
Abdullah (the words are):" Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) is reported to have said: Behold I am free from
the dependence of all bosom friends and if I were to
choose anyone as bosom friend I would have taken Abu Bakr
as my bosom friend. Allah has taken your companion as a
friend.
Book 031, Number 5876:
'Amr b. al-'As reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) sent him in command of the army
despatched to Dhat-as-Salasil. When 'Amr b. al-'As came
back to the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) he said:
Who amongst people are dearest to you? He said: A'isha. He
then said: Who amongst men? He said: Her father, and I
said: And who next? He said: Umar. He then enumerated some
other men.
Book 031, Number 5877:
Ibn Abu Mulaika reported: I heard A'isha as saying and
she was asked as to whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) would have nominated his successor if he had to
nominate one at all. She said: Abu Bakr. It was said to
her: Then whom after Abu Bakr? She said: Umar. It was said
to her. Then whom after 'Umar? She said: Abu Ubaida b.
Jarrab, and then she kept quiet at this.
Book 031, Number 5878:
Muhammad b. Jubair b. Mut'im reported on the authority
of his father that a woman asked Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) about something but lit, told her to
come to him on some other occasion, whereupon she said:
What in your opinion (should I do) if I come to you but do
not find you, and it seemed as if she meant that he might
die. Thereupon he said: If you do not find me, then come
to Abu Bakr.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Jubair b. Mut'im through another chain of transmitters
(and the words are) that a woman came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and discussed with him something
and he gave a command as we find in the above-mentioned
narration.
Book 031, Number 5879:
A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) in his (last) illness asked me to call Abu Bakr,
her father, and her brother too, so that he might write a
document, for he feared that someone else might be
desirous (of succeeding him) and that some claimant may
say: I have better claim to it, whereas Allah and the
Faithful do not substantiate the claim of anyone but that
of Abu Bakr.
Book 031, Number 5880:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Who amongst you is observing fastthis
day? Abu Bake said: It is I. He (again) said: Who amongst
you has followed the bier today? Abu Bakr said: It is I.
He (the Holy Prophet) again said: Who amongst you has
served food to the needy? Abu Bakr said: It is I. He
(again) said: Who amongst you has today visited the sick?
Abu Bakr said: It is I. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: He must get into Paradise who
combines in himself (all these noble qualities and
virtues).
Book 031, Number 5881:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: A person had been driving an ox
loaded with luggage. The ox looked towards him and said: I
have not been created for this but for lands (i. e. for
ploughing the land and for drawing out water from the
wells for the purpose of irrigating the lands). The people
said with surprise and awe: Hallowed be Allah, does the ox
speak? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I
believe it and so do Abu Bakr and 'Umar. Abu Huraira
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A shepherd was tendirig the flock when a wolf came
there and took away one goat. Tile shepherd pursued it
(the wolf) and rescued it (the goat) from that (wolf). The
wolf looked towards him and said: Who would save it on the
day when there will be no shepherd except me? Thereupon
people said: Hallowed be Allah I Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I believe in it
and so do Abu Bakr and Umar believe.
Book 031, Number 5882:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
Shihab with the same chain of transmitters, but there is
no mention of the story pertaining to the ox.
Book 031, Number 5883:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Zuhri, and there is a clear mention of the stories of ox
and goat (and the words are): I believe in it and so do
Abu Bakr and Umar, but they were not at that time present
there.
Book 031, Number 5884:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transrritters.
Chapter 2: THE EXCELLENT QUALITIES OF 'UMAR
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5885:
Ibn Abu Mulaika reported: I heard Ibn 'Abbas as saying:
Wlien 'Umar b. Khatab was placed in the coffin the people
gathered around him. They praised him and supplicated for
him before the bier was lifted up, and I was one amongst
them. Nothing attracted my attention but a person who
gripped my shoulder from behind. I saw towards him and
found that he was 'All. He invoked Allah's mercy upon 'Umar
and said: You have left none behind you (whose) deeds (are
so enviable) that I love to meet Allah with them. By
Allah, I hoped that Allah would keep you and your two
associates together. I had often heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: I came and there came
too Abu Bakr and 'Umar; I entered and there entered too
Abu Bakr and 'Umar; I went out and there went out too Abu
Bakr and 'Umar, and I hope and think that Allah will keep
you along with them.
Book 031, Number 5886:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Umar
b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5887:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as say ing: While I was asleep I saw people
being presented to me (in a dream) and they wore shirts
and some of these reached up to the breasts and some even
beyond them. Then there happened to pass 'Umar b. Khattab
and his shirt had been trailing. They said: Allah's
Messeneer, how do you interpret the dream? He said: (As
strength of) faith.
Book 031, Number 5888:
Hamza b. Abdullah b. 'Umar b. Khattab reported on the
authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: While I was asleep I saw (in a dream) a
cup containing milk bein. presented to me. I took out of
that until I perceived freshness being reflected through
my nails. Then I presented the leftover to 'Umar b.
Khattab. They said: Allah's Messenger: Fow do you
interpret it? He said: This implies knowledge.
Book 031, Number 5889:
This hadith has beer. narrated on the authority of
Yunus with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5890:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: While I was asleep I saw myself on a
well with a leathern bucket on a pulley. I drew (water)
out of that as Allah wished me (to draw). Then the son of
Abu Quhafa (Abu Bakr) drew from it one bucketful or two
and there was some weakness in drawing that (may Allah
forgive him). Then that bucket (changed into a large
bucket) and Ibn Khattab drew it. I did not see any
strongest man drawing it like 'Umar b. Khattab. He brought
out so much water that the camels of the people had enough
to drink and then laid down (for rest).
Book 031, Number 5891:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yunus
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5892:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: I saw Ibn Abu Quhafa drawing (water)
; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 031, Number 5893:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: While I was asleep I saw myself
drawing water from my tank in order to quench the thirst
of the people that there came to me Abu Bakr. He took hold
of the leathern bucket from my hand so that he should
serve water to the people. He drew two bucketfuls and
there was some weakness in his drawing (Allah may forgive
him). Then there came Ibn Khattab and he took hold of
that, and I did not see a person stronger than he (drawing
water) until the people went away with their thirst
quenched and the tank filled with water.
Book 031, Number 5894:
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: I saw (in a dream) as if I was
drawing water with a leathern bucket on a wooden pulley.
There came Abu Bakr and he drew out a bucketful or two and
as he drew out, some weakness (was perceived in it) (may
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, forgive him). Then Umar
came in order to serve water -and the bucket was changed
into a large leather bucket and I did not see such a
wonderful man amongst persons (drawing water) and he went
on serving water to the people until they were fully
satisfied and then went to their resting places.
Book 031, Number 5895:
Salim b. 'Abdullah reported on the authority of his
father some of the dreams of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) pertaining to Abu Bakr and Umar b. Khattab
(Allah be pleased with them) and a hadith like this.
Book 031, Number 5896:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: I entered Paradise and saw in it a house
or a palace. I said: For whom is it resersred? They (the
Angels) said: It is for 'Umar b. Khattab. (The Holy
Prophet said to 'Umar b. Khattab): I intenied to get into
it but I thought of your feelings. Thereupon 'Umar wept
and said: Apostle of Allah, could I feel any jealousy in
your case?
Book 031, Number 5897:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5898:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Wtiile'l was asleep I saw myself in
Paradise and a woman performing ablution by the side of a
palace. I said: For whom is it meant? They said: It is
meant for 'Umar b. Khattab. (The Holy Prophet) said: There
came across my mind the feeling of Umar and so I turned
back and went away. Abu Huraira said: 'Umar wept as we
were present in that meeting with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) amongst us and Umar said: Allah's
Messenger, may my father and mother be taken as ransom for
you. Could I at all feel any jealousy about you? This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5899:
Sa'd b. Waqqas reported that Umar sought permission
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) to visit
him when some women of the Quraish were busy in talking
with him and raising their voices above his Voiee.
When'Umar sought permission they stood up and went
hurriedly behind the curtain. Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) gave him permission smilingly. Thereupon 'Umar
said: Allah's Messenger, may Allah keep you happy all your
life. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
I wonder at these women who were with me and no sooner did
they hear your voice, they immediately went behind the
curtain. Thereupon 'Umar said: Allah's Messenger, you have
more right that they should fear you. Then Umar
(addressing the women) said: O ye enemies of yourselves,
do you fear me and fear not the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him)? They said: Yes, you are harsh and
strict as compared to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him). Thereupon, Allah's Messenger (maypeace be upon
him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if satan would
encounter you in the way he would certainly take a
different way from that of yours.
Book 031, Number 5900:
Abu Huraira reported that Umar b. Khattab came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) while there were
some women with him and they were raising their voices
above the voice of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and when Umar sought permission to get into the house
they went behind the curtain hurriedly. The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Book 031, Number 5901:
A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There had been among the people before you
inspired persons and if there were any such among my Umma
Umar b. Khattab would be one of them. Ibn Wahb explained
the word Muhaddathun as those who receive hint from the
High (Mulhamun).
Book 031, Number 5902:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'd
b. Ibrahim with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5903:
Ibn Umar reported Umar as saying: My lord concorded
with (my judgments) on three occasions. In case of the
Station of Ibrahim, in case of the observance of veil and
in case of the prisoners of Badr.
Book 031, Number 5904:
Ibn Umar reported that when 'Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul
(the hypocrite) died, his son Abdullah b. Abdullah came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon -him) and asked him
to give his shirt which should be used for the coffin of
his father. He gave that to him. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) stood up to say prayer over him
Thereupon I Umar caught hold of the clothe of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, are you going to offer prayer, whereas Allah
has forbidden to offer prayer for him, whereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Allah has given me
a choice saying: Ask forgiveness for them or you may not
ask for them; even if you ask for them seventy times, I
will make an addition to the seventy. He was a hypocrite
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said prayer
over him that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed
the verse:" And never pray over any one of them that has
died and never should you stand by his grave" (ix. 84).
Book 031, Number 5905:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah
with the same chain of transmitter but with the addition
of the words:" He abandoned saying prayer over the
hypocrites who had died."
Chapter 3: MERITS OF UTHAMN B. 'AFFAN (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5906:
A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was lying in the bed in my apartment with his thigh
or his shank uncovered that Abu Bakr sought permission to
get in. It was given to him and he conversed in the same
very state (the Prophet's thigh or shank uncovered). Then
'Umar sought permission for getting in and it was given to
him and he conversed in that very state. Then 'Uthman
sought permission for getting in; Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) sat down and he set right his clothes.
Mubammad (one of the narrators) said: I do not say that it
happened on the same day. He ('Uthman) then entered and
conversed and as he went out, A'isha said: Abu Bakr
entered aind you did not stir and did not observe much
care (in arranging your clothes), then 'Umar entered and
you did not stir and did not arrange your clothes, then 'Uthman
entered and you got up and set your clothes right,
thereupon he said: Should I not show modesty to one whom
even the Angels show modesty.
Book 031, Number 5907:
A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (mav peace be upon
him), and Uthman both reported that Abu Bakr sought
permission from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
for entrance (in his apartment) as he had been lying on
his bed covered with the bed-sheet of A'isha, and he gave
permission to Abu Bakr in that very state and he, having
his need fulfilled, went back. Then Umar sought permission
and it was given to him in that very state and, after
having his need fulfilled, he went back. And 'Uthman
reported: Then I sought permission from him and he got up
and raid to A'isha: Wrap yourself well with your cloth,
then I got my need fulfilled and came back. And A'isha
said: Allah's Messenger, why is it that I did not see you
feeling any anxiety in case of dressing properly in the
presence of Abu Bakr and 'Umar (Allah be pleased with
them) as you showed in case of 'Uthman. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Verily Uthman is a
person who is very modest and I was afraid that if I
permitted him to enter in this very state he would not
inform me of his need.
Book 031, Number 5908:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Uthman and A'isha with the same wording.
Book 031, Number 5909:
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported that while Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was in one of the
gardens of Medina, reclining against a pillow and fixing a
stick in a mud, that a person came asking for the gate to
be opened, whereupon he said: Open it for him and give him
glad tidings of Paradise and, lo, it was Abu Bakr. I
opened (the gate) for him and gave him the glad tidings of
Paradise. Then another person asked for the door to be
opened, whereupon he said: Open it and give him the glad
tidings of Piradise. He said: I went away and, lo, it was
'Umar. I opened it for him and gave him the glad tidings
of Paradise. Then still another man asked for the door to
be opened, and thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: Open it and give him the glad tidings of
Paradise after a trial would afflict him. I went and, lo,
it was 'Uthman b. 'Affan. 1 opened the door and gave him
the glad tidings of Paradise and informed him (what the
Holy Prophet had said). Thereupon he said: O Allah, grant
me steadfastness. Allah is one Whose help is to be sought.
Book 031, Number 5910:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari with a slight variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 5911:
Abu Musa Ash'ari reported that he performed ablution in
his house and then came out saying: I would remain with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the whole day
long. He came to the mosque, and asked about Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him). They (his Companions)
said: He has gone in this direction. He (Abu Musa Ash'ari)
said: I followed his steps asking about him until I came
to Bi'r Aris (it is a well in the suburb of Medina). I sat
by its wooden door until Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had relieved himself and then performed
ablution. I went to him and he was sitting with his shanks
uncovered hp to the knees and his legs dangl- ing in that
well. I offered him salutations. I then came back and sat
at the door as if I had been a chamberlain at the door of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that day. There
came Abu Bakr and knocked the door and I said: Who is it?
He said: This is Abu Bakr. I said: Wait, please. I went
and said: Allah's Messenger, here is Abu Bakr seeking
permission. Thereupon he said: Admit him and give him glad
tidings of Paradise. I came and I said to Abu Bakr to get
in (and also told him) that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) was giving him the glad tidings of Paradise.
Abu Bakr got in and sat on the right side of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and dangled his feet in
the well as Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
done, and he uncovered his shanks. I then returned and sat
there and I had left my brother as he had been performing
ablution and he was to meet me and I said: If Allah would
intend goodness for such and such he would intend goodness
for his brother and He would bring him. I was thinking
this that a person stirred the door. I said: Who is it. He
said: This is Umar b., Khattab. I said: Wait. Then I came
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), greeted him
and said: Here is 'Umar seeking your. permission to get
in. Thereupon he said: Let him come in and give him glad
tid- ings of Paradise. I came to Umar and said: There is
permission for you and glad tidings for you from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) for Paradise. He got in
and sat on the left side of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) with his feet dangling in the well. I then
returned and sat and said: If Allah would intend goodness
for such and such (that is for his brother), He would
bring him. And I was contemplat- ing over it that a man
stirred the door and I said: Who is it? He said: This is
Uthman b. Affan. I said: Wait, please. I then came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and informed
him. and he said: Admit him and give him glad tidings (and
inform) him of the turmoil which he shall have to face. I
came and said: Get in, Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) gives you the glad tidings of Paradise along
with the trial which you shall have to face. He got in and
saw the elevated plan round the well fully occupied. He
sat on the other side. Sharik said that Sa'id b. al-Musayyib
reported: I drew a conclusion from it that their groves
would be (in this very state, the graves of Hadrat Abu
Bakr, 'Umar Faruq by the tide of the Holy Prophet [may
peace be upon him] and the grave of Hadrat 'Uthman away
from their graves).
Abu Musa. reported: I set out with the intention (of
meeting) Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
came to know that he had gone to the gardens (in the
suburb of Medina). I followed him and found him in a
garden sitting upon an elevated place round the well with
his shanks uncovered which had been dangling in the well.
The rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation
that there is no mention of the words of Sa'id: all drew a
conclusion from it pertaining to their graves."
Book 031, Number 5912:
Sa'id b. al-Musayyib reported Abu Musa Ash'ari having
said that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) set
out one day to the suburbs of Medina for reliev- ing
himself. I followed his steps. The rest of the hadith is
the same. Ibn Musayyib said: I concluded (from the manner
of their sitting) the (order) of their graves. (The three)
would be together (the graves of the Holy Prophet, Hadrat
Abu Bakr and Hadrat Umar) and that of 'Uthman would be
separate (from them).
Chapter 4: THE MERITS OF 'ALI B. ABI TALIB (ALLAH
BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5913:
Amir b Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reporte (l on the authority
of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) addressing 'All said: You are in the same position
with relation to me as Aaron- (Harun) was in relation to
Moses but with (this explicit difference) that there is no
prophet after me. Sa'd said: I had an earnest desire to
hear it directly from Sa'd, so I met him and narrated to
him what (his son) Amir had narrated to me, whereupon he
said: Yes, I did hear it. I said: Did you hear it
yourself? Thereupon he placed his fingers upon his ears
and said: Yes, and if not, let both my ears become deaf.
Book 031, Number 5914:
Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) left 'Ali b. Abi Talib behind him (as
he proceeded) to the expedition of Tabuk, whereupon he
('Ali) said: Allah's Messenger, are you leaving me behind
amongst women 4nd children? Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me
what Aaron was unto Moses but with this exception that
there would be no prophet after me.
Book 031, Number 5915:
This hadith has been narrated. on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters. Amir b. Sa'd
b. Abi Waqqas reported on the authority of his father that
Muawiya b. Abi Sufyin appointed Sa'd as the Governor and
said: What prevents you from abusing Abu Turab (Hadrat
'Ali), whereupon be said: It is because of three things
which I remember Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
having said about him that I would not abuse him and even
if I find one of those three things for me, it would be
more dear to me than the red camelg. I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) say about 'Ali as he
left behind hrin in one of his campaigns (that was Tabuk).
'All said to him: Allah's Messenger, you leave me behind
along with women and children. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said to him: Aren't you satisfied
with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses but with this
exception that there is no prophethood after me. And I
(also) heard him say on the Day of Khaibar: I would
certainly give this standard to a person who loves Allah
and his Messenger and Allah and his Messenger love him
too. He (the narrator) said: We have been anxiously
waiting for it, when he (the Holy Prophet) said: Call
'Ali. He was called and his eyes were inflamed. He applied
saliva to his eyes and handed over the standard to him,
and Allah gave him victory. (The third occasion is this)
when the (following) verse was revealed:" Let us summon
our children and your children." Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) called 'Ali, Fitima, Hasan and Husain
and said: O Allah, they are my family.
Book 031, Number 5916:
Sa'd reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying to 'Ali: Aren't you satisfied with being unto me
what Aaron was unto Moses?
Book 031, Number 5917:
Suhail reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said on the Day
of Khaibar: I shall certainly give this standard in the
hand of one who loves Allah and his Messenger and Allah
will grant victory at his hand. Umar b. Khattab said:
Never did I cherish for leadership but on that day. I came
before him with the hope that I may be called for this,
but Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) called 'Ali
b. Abu Talib and he conferred (this honour) upon him and
said: Proceed on and do not look about until Allah grants
you victory, and 'Ali went a bit and then halted and did
not look about and then said in a loud voice: Allah's
Messenger, on what issue should I fight with the people?
Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: Fight with them until
they bear testimony to the fact that there is no god but
Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger, and when they do that
then their blood and their riches are inviolable from your
hands but what is justified by law and their reckoning is
with Allah.
Book 031, Number 5918:
Sahl b. Sa'd reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said on the Day of Khaibar: I would certainly
give this standard to a person at whose hand Allah would
grant victory and who loves Allah and His Messenger and
Allah and His Messenger love him also. The people spent
the night thinking as to whom it would be given. When it
was morning the people hastened to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) all of them hoping that that would be
given to him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Where is 'Ali b.
Abu Talib? They said: Allah's Messenger, his eyes are
sore. He then sent for him and he was brought and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) applied saliva to his
eyes and invoked blessings and he was all right, as if he
had no ailment at all, and coraferred upon him the
standard. 'Ali said: Allah's Messenger, I will fight them
until they are like us. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet)
said: Advance cautiously until you reach their open
places, thereafter invite them to Islam and inform them
what is obligatory for them from the rights of Allah, for,
by Allah, if Allah guides aright even one person through
you that is better for you than to possess the most
valuable of the camels.
Book 031, Number 5919:
Salama b. Akwa' reported that it was 'Ali whom Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) left behind him (in the
charge of his family and the Islamic State) on the
occasion of the campaign of Khaibar, and his eyes were
inflamed and he said: Is it for me to remain behind
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)? So he went
forth and rejoined Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
and on the evening of that night (after which) next
morning Allah granted victory. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: I will certainly give this
standard to a man whom Allah and His Messenger love. or he
said: Who loves Allah or His Messenger and Allah will
grant him victory through him, and, lo, we saw 'Ali whom
we least expected (to be present on that occasion). They
(the Companions) said: Here is 'Ali. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon hin) gave him the standard.
Allah granted victory at his hand.
Book 031, Number 5920:
Yazid b. Hayyan reported, I went along with Husain b.
Sabra and 'Umar b. Muslim to Zaid b. Arqam and, as we sat
by his side, Husain said to him: Zaid. you have been able
to acquire a great virtue that you saw Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) listened to his talk, fought by
his side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind me.
Zaid, you have in fact earned a great virtue. Zaid,
narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). He said: I have grown old and have
almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of the
things which I remembered in connection with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), so accept whatever I
narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do not compel
me to do that. He then said: One day Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) stood up to deliver sermon at a
watering place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and
Medina. He praised Allah, extolled Him and delivered the
sermon and. exhorted (us) and said: Now to our purpose. O
people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a
messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in
response to Allah's call, (would bid good-bye to you), but
I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being
the Book of Allah in which there is right guidance and
light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it.
He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of Allah and
then said: The second are the members of my household I
remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family.
He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his
household? Aren't his wives the members of his family?
Thereupon he said: His wives are the members of his family
(but here) the members of his family are those for whom
acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who are
they? Thereupon he said: 'Ali and the offspring of 'Ali, 'Aqil
and the offspring of 'Aqil and the offspring of Ja'far and
the offspring of 'Abbas. Husain said: These are those for
whom the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid said: Yes.
Book 031, Number 5921:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid
b. Arqam through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5922:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Hayyan but with this addition:" The Book of Allah
contains right guidance, the light, and whoever adheres to
it and holds it fast, he is upon right guidance and
whosoever deviates from it goes astray.
Book 031, Number 5923:
Yazid b. Hayyan reported: We went to him (Zaid b. Arqam)
and said to him. You have found goodness (for you had the
honour) to live in the company of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and offered prayer behind him, and the
rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation of
wording that lie said: Behold, for I am leaving amongst
you two weighty things, one of which is the Book of Allah,
the Exalted and Glorious, and that is the rope of Allah.
He who holds it fast would be on right guidance and he who
abandons it would be in error, and in this (hadith) these
words are also found: We said: Who are amongst the members
of the household? Aren't the wives (of the Holy Prophet)
included amongst the members of his house hold? Thereupon
he said: No, by Allah, a woman lives with a man (as his
wife) for a certain period; he then divorces her and she
goes back to her parents and to her people; the members of
his household include his ownself and his kith and kin
(who are related to him by blood) and for him the
acceptance of Zakat is prohibited.
Book 031, Number 5924:
Sahl b. Sa'd reported that a person from the offspring
of Marwan was appointed as the governor of Medina. He
called Sahl b. Sa'd and ordered him to abuse All Sahl
refused to do that. He (the governor) said to him: If you
do not agree to it (at least) say: May Allah curse Abu
Turab. Sahl said: There was no name dearer to All than Abu
Turab (for it was given to him by the Holy Prophet
himself) and he felt delighted when he was called by this
name. He (the governor) said to him: Narrate to us the
story of his being nanied as Abu Turab. He said: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to the house of
Fatima and he did not find 'Ali in the house; whereupon he
said: Where is your uncle's son? She said: (There cropped
up something) between me and him which had annoyed him
with me. He went out and did not rest here. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to a person to find
out where he was. He came and said: Allah's Messenger, he
is sleeping in the mosque. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) came to him and found him lying in the mosque
and saw that his mantle had slipped from his back and his
back was covered with dust and Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) began to wipe it away from him (from
the body of Hadrat 'Ali) saying: Get up, covered with
dust; get up, covered with dust.
Chapter 5: MERITS OF SA'D B. ABI WAQQAS (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5925:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace he
upon him) lay on bed during one night and said: Were there
a pious person from amongst my companions who should keep
a watch for me during the nightt? She said: We heard the
noise of arms, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Who is it? And Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas said:
Allah's MesseDger. I have come to serve as your sentinel.
'A'isha said: Allah' s Messenger (may peace be upon him)
slept (such a sound sleep) that I heard the noise of his
snoring.
Book 031, Number 5926:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace he
upon him) laid down on bed during one night on his arrival
at Medina and said: Were there a pious person from amongst
my Companions who should keep a watch for me durin. the
night? She (A'isha) reported: We were in this state that
we heard the clanging noise of arms. lie (the Holy
Prophet) said: Who is it? He said: This is Sa'd b. Abi
Waqqas. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
him: What brings you here? Thereupon he said: I harboured
fear (lest any harm should come to) Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), so I came to serve as your sentinel.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) invoked
blessings upon him. He then slept. This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ibn Rumh with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 5927:
'Abdullah b. 'Amir b. Rabi reported A'isha as saying:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went to bed one
night; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 031, Number 5928:
'Abdullah b. Shaddad reported that he heard 'Allahs
saying: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not
gather his parents except in case of Sa'd b. Malik that he
said to him on the Day of Ubud: Shoot an arrow, may my
father and mother be taken as ransom for you.
Book 031, Number 5929:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ali
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5930:
Sa'd b Abi Waqqqs said: Allah's Messenger (may peace he
upon him) gathered his parents for me on the Day of Uhud.
Book 031, Number 5931:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yabyl
b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5932:
'Amir b. Sa'd reported oLi the authority of his father
that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) gathered for
him on the Day of Uhud his parents when a polytheist had
set fire to (i. e. attacked fiercely) the Muslims.
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to
him: (Sa'd), shoot an arrow, (Sa'd), may my mother and
father be taken as ransom for you. I drew an arrow and I
shot a featherless arrow at him aiming his side that lie
fell down and his private parts were exposed. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) laughed that I saw his
front teeth.
Book 031, Number 5933:
Mus'ab b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father
that many verses of the Qur'an had been revealed in
connection with him. His mother Umm Sa'd had taken oath
that she would never talk with him until he abandoned his
faith and she neither ate nor drank and said: Allah has
commanded you to treat well your parents and I am your
mother and I command you to do this. She passed three days
in this state until she fainted because of extreme hunger
and at that time her son whose name was Umara stood up and
served her drink and she began to curse Sa'd that Allah,
the Exalted and Glorions, revealed these verses of the
Holy Qur'an:" And We have enjoined upon a person goodness
to his parents but if they contend with thee to associate
(others) with Me of which you have no knowledge, then obey
them not" (xxix. 8) ; Treat thein with customary good in
this world" (xxxi. 15). He also reported that there fell
to the lot of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
huge spoils of war and there was one sword in them. I
picked that up and came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and said: Bestow this sword upon me (as my share
in the spoils of war) and you know my state. Thereupon he
said: Return it to the place from where you picked it up.
I went back until I decided to throw it in a store but my
soul repulsed me so I came back and asked him to give that
sword to me. He said in a loud voice to return it to the
place from where I had picked it up. It was on this
occasion that this verse was revealed:" They asked about
the spoils of war" (viii. 1). He further said: I once fell
ill and sent a message to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him). He visited me and I said to him: Permit me to
distribute (in charity) my property as much as I like. He
did not agree. I said: (Permit me to distribute) half of
it. He did not agree. I said: (Permit me to distribute)
the third part, whereupon he kept quiet and it was after
this (that the distribution of one's property in charity)
to the extent of one-third was held valid. He further
said: I came to a group of persons of the Ansir and
Muhajirin and they said: Come, so that we may serve you
wine, and it was before the use of wine had been
prohibited. I went to them in a garden and there had been
with them the roasted head of a camel and a small
water-skin containing wine. I ate and drank along with
them and there came under discussion the Ansr (Helpers)
and Muhajirin (immigrants). I said: The immigrants are
better than the Ansar, that a person picked up a portion
of the head (of the camel and struck me with it that my
nose was injured. I came to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and informed him of the situation that Aliah,
the Exalted and Glorious, revealed verses pertaining to
wine:" Intoxicants and the games of chance and
(sacrificing to) stones set up and (divining by) arrows
are only an uncleanliness, the devil's work" (v. 90).
Book 031, Number 5934:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Simak and the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Shu'ba (the words are): When they intended to feed her (Sa'd'.
s mother), they opened her mouth with the help of a stick
and then put the feed in her mouth, and in the same hadith
the words are: He struck the nose of Sa'd and it was
injured and Sa'd had (the mark) of wound on his nose.
Book 031, Number 5935:
Sa'd reported: This verse was revealed in relation to
six persons and I and Ibn Mas'ud were amongst them. The
polytheists said to him (the Holy Prophet): Do not keep
such persons near you. It was upon this that (this verse
was revealed):" Drive not away those who call upon their
Lord morning and evening desiring only His pleasure" (vi.
52).
Book 031, Number 5936:
Sa'd reported: We were six men in the company of
Allah's Messenger (, nay peace be upon him) that the
polytheists said to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him): Drive them away so that they may not be overbold
upon us. He said: I, Ibn Mas'ud and a person from the
tribe of Hudhail, Bilal and two other persons, whose names
I do not know (were amongst such persons). And there
occurred to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
what. Allah wished and he talked with himself that Allah,
the Exalted and Glorious, revealed:" Do not drive away
those who call their Lord morning and evening desiring to
seek His pleasure."
Chapter 6: THE MERITS OF ZUBAIR AND TALHA (ALLAH
BE PLEASED WITH BOTH OF THEM)
Book 031, Number 5937:
Abu 'Uthman reported on one of the days when Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was fighting and none
remained with him save Talha and Sa'd.
Book 031, Number 5938:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) exhorting people on the Day of the
Battle of the Ditch to fight. Zubair said: I am ready (to
participate). He then again exhorted and he again said: I
am ready to participate. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Behold. for every Prophet there
is a helper and my helper is Zubair.
Book 031, Number 5939:
Jabir reported this hadith through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5940:
'Abdullah b. Zubair reported on the Day of the Battle
of the Trench: I and Umar b. Abu Salama were with women
folk in the fort of Hassan (b. Thabit). He at one time
leaned for me and I cast a glance and at anothertime I
leaned for him and he would see and I recognised my father
as he rode on his horse with his arms towards the tribe of
Quraizah. 'Abdullah b. 'Urwa reported from Abdullah b.
Zubair: I made a mention of that to my father, whereupon
he said: My son, did you see me (on that occasion)? He
said: Yes. Thereupon he said: By Allah, Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) addressed me saying: I would
sacrifice for thee my father and my mother.
Book 031, Number 5941:
'Abdullah b. Zubair reported: When it was the Day of
the Battle of the Ditch I and 'Umar b. Salama were in the
fort in which there were women, i. e. the wives of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the hadith
is the same.
Book 031, Number 5942:
Abu Huraira reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) was upon the mountain of Hira, ' and there were
along with him Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman. 'Ali, Talha, 'Zubair,
that the mountain stirred; thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Be calm, there is none upon
you but a Prophet, a Fiddle (the testifier of truth) and a
Martyr.
Book 031, Number 5943:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) was on the mountain of Hira' that it stirred;
thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Hira! be calm, for there is none upon you but a Prophet, a
Siddiq, a Shahid, and there were upon it Allah's Prophet
(may peace be upon him), Abu Bakr, 'Umar, Uthman, 'Ali,
Talha, Zubair, Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased witli
them).
Book 031, Number 5944:
Hisham reported on the authority of his father ('Urwa
b. Zubair) that A'isha said: BY Allah, both fathers of
yours are amongst those who have been men. tioned in this
verse:" Those who responded to the call of Allah and the
Messenger after the misfortune had fallen upon thein".
Book 031, Number 5945:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hishan through the same chain of transmitters but with
this addition (that by both fathers of yours) he meant Abu
Bakr and Zubair.
Book 031, Number 5946:
'Urwa reported: 'Aisha said to me: Your fathers (Zubair
and Abu Bakr) were amongst those about whom (it has been
revealed):" Those who responded to the call of Allah and
His Messenger after the misfortune had fallen upon them."
Chapter 7: THE MERITS OF ABU 'UBAIDA B. JARHAH
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5947:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: For every Umma there is a man of trust and the
man of trust of this Umma is Abu 'Ubaida b. Jarrah.
Book 031, Number 5948:
Anas reported that the people of Yemen came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Send with us a
person who should teach us Sunnah and al-Islam, whereupon
he (the Holy Prophet) caught hold of the hand of Ubaida
and said: He is a man of trust of this Umma.
Book 031, Number 5949:
Hudhaifa reported that the people of Najran came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said:
Allah's Messenger, send along with us a man of trust;
whereupon he said: I would definitely send to you a man of
trust, a man of trust in the true sense of the term.
Thereupon his Companions looked up eagerly and he sent Abu
Ubaida b. Jarrah.
Book 031, Number 5950:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Ishaq with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 8: THE MERITS OF HASAN AND HUSAIN (ALLAH
BE PLEASED WITH BOTH OF THEM)
Book 031, Number 5951:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying to Hasan: O Allah, behold, I love him.
Thou too love him and love one who loves him.
Book 031, Number 5952:
Abu Huraira reported: I went along with Allalh's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) at a time during the day
but he did not talk to me and I did not talk to him until
he reached Bazar of Banfi Qainuqal. He came back to the
tent of Fatima and said: Is the little chap (meaning Hasan)
there? We were under the impression that his mother had
detained him in order to bathe him and dress him and
garland him with a sweet garland. Not much time had passed
that he (Hasan) came running until both of them embraced
each other, thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: O Allah, I love him; love him Thou and love one
who loves him (Hasan).
Book 031, Number 5953:
Al-Bara' b. Azib reported: I saw Hasan b. 'Ali upon the
shoulders of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
he was saying: O Allah, I love him, and love him Thou.
Book 031, Number 5954:
Iyas reported on the authority of his father: I (had
the honour of) leading the white mule on which rode
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and with him were
Hasan and Husain, till it reached the apartment of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him). The one amongst them was
seated before him and the other one was seated behind him.
Chapter 9: THEE MERITS OF THE FAMILY OF THE
PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 031, Number 5955:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) went out one norning wearing a striped cloak of
the black camel's hair that there came Hasan b. 'Ali. He
wrapped hitn under it, then came Husain and he wrapped him
under it along with the other one (Hasan). Then came
Fatima and he took her under it, then came 'Ali and he
also took him under it and then said: Allah only desires
to take away any uncleanliness from you, O people of the
household, and purify you (thorough purifying)
Chapter 10: MERITS OF ZAID b. HARI'TH AND USAMA
b. ZAID (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 5956:
Salim b. 'Abdullah reported on the authority of his
father: We were in the habit of calling Zaid b. Harith as
Zaid b. Muhammad until it was revealed in the Qur'an:"
Call them by the names of their fathers. This is more
equitable with Allah" (This hadith has been transmitted on
the authority of Qutaiba b. Sa'd)
Book 031, Number 5957:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority
'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5958:
Ibn 'Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) sent an expedition and appointed Usama b. Zaid
as its chief. The people objected to his command,
whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood
up and said: You object to his command and before this you
objected to the command of his father (Zaid). By Allah, he
was fit as the commander and he was one of the dearest of
persons to me and after him, behold! this one (Usama) is
one of the dearest of persons to me.
Book 031, Number 5959:
Salim reported on the authority of his father that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said on the
pulpit: You object to the command of Usima b. Zaid as you
had objected before to the command of his father (Zaid).
By Allah, he was most competent for it and, by Allah, he
was dearest to me amongst people and, by Allah, the same
is the case with Usama b. Zaid. He is most dear to me
after him and I advise you to treat him well for he is
pious amongst you.
Chapter 11: THE MERITS OF'ABDULLAH B. JA'FAR
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 5960:
Abdullah b. Abu Mulaika reported that Abdullah b. Jafar
said to Ibn Zubair: Do you remember (the occasion) when we
three (i. e. I, you and lbn 'Abbas) met Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and he mounted us (on his camel)
but left you? He said: Yes.
Book 031, Number 5961:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Habib b. Ash-Shahid.
Book 031, Number 5962:
Abdullah b. Ja'far reported that when Allah's Messenger
(may peace be, upon him) came back from a journey, the
children of his family used to accord him welcome. It was
in this way that once he came back from a journey and I
went to him first of all. He mounted me before him. Then
there came one of the two sons of Fatima and he mounted
him behind him and this is how we three entered Medina
riding on a beast.
Book 031, Number 5963:
Abdullah b. Ja'a'far reported that when Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) came back from a journey
he met us. Once he met me, Hasan or Husain, and he mounted
one of us before him and the other one behind him until we
entered Medina.
Book 031, Number 5964:
Abdullah b. Ja'far reported that one day Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) mounted me behind him
and narrated to me something in secret which I would
narrate to none amongst people.
Chapter 12: THE MERITS OF HADRAT KHADIJA, MOTHER
OF THE FAITHFUL (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HER)
Book 031, Number 5965:
Abdullah b. Ja'far reported that he heard 'All say in
Kulfa that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
The best of the women of her time was Mary, daughter of 'Imran,
and the best of the women of her time was Khadija,
daughter of khuwailid. Abu Kuraib said that Wakil pointed
towards the sky and the earth
Book 031, Number 5966:
Abu Musa reported Allali's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There are many persons amongst men who are
quite perfect but there are not perfect amongst women
except Mary, daughter of 'Imran, Asiya wife of Pharaoh,
and the excellence of 'A'isha as compared to women is that
of Tharid over all other foods.
Book 031, Number 5967:
Abu Huraira reported that Gabriel came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, lo. Khadija is coming to you with a vessel of
seasoned food or drink. When she comes to you, offer her
greetings from her Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, and on
my behalf and give her glad tidings of a palace of jewels
in Paradise wherein there is no noise and no toil. This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 5968:
Ismail reported: I said to 'Abdullah b. Abi Aufa: Did
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) give glad
tidings of Paradise to Khadija? He said: Yes. He did give
glad tidings to her of a palace of jewels in Paradise
wherein there would be no noise and no toil.
Book 031, Number 5969:
This hadith has been narrated on the a tliority of Ibn
Abi Aufa through other chains of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5970:
'A'isha reported that Allali's, Messenger (may peace he
upon him) gave grid tidings to Khadija int Khuwailid of a
palace in Paradise.
Book 031, Number 5971:
'A'isha reported: Never did I feel jealous of any woman
as I was jealous of Khadija. She had died three years
before he (the Holy Prophet) married me. I often heard him
praise her, and his lord, the Exalted and Glorious, had
commanded him to give her the glad tidings of a palace of
jewels in Paradise: and whenever he slaughtered a sheep he
presented (its meat) to her female companions.
Book 031, Number 5972:
'A'isha reported: Never did I feel jealous of the wives
of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) but in case of
Khadija, although I did no, (have the privilege to) see
her. She further added that whenever Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) slaughtered a sheep, he said: Send
it to the companions of Khadija I annoyed him one day and
said: (It is) Khadija only who always prevails upon your
mind. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Her love had been nurtured in my heart by Allah
Himself.
Book 031, Number 5973:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Usama up to the slaughtering of a sheep, but he. did
not make mention of the subsequent words.
Book 031, Number 5974:
'A'isha reported: Never did I feel jealous of any wife
amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as I feel in case of Khadija (though I had never seen
her), for he praised her very often.
Book 031, Number 5975:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) did not marry any other woman till her (Khadija's)
death.
Book 031, Number 5976:
A'isha reported that Hala b. Khuwailid (sister of
Khadija) sought permission from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) to see him and he was reminded of
Khadija's (manner of) asking leave to enter and (was
overwhelmed) with emotions thereby and said: O Allah, it
is Hala, daughter of Khuwailid, and I felt jealous and
said: Why do you remember one of those old women of the
Quraish with gums red and who is long dead-while Allah has
given you a better one in her stead?
Chapter 13: THE MERITS OF 'A'ISHA (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HER)
Book 031, Number 5977:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: I saw you in a dream for three nights
when an angel brought you to me in a silk cloth and he
said: Here is your wife, and when I removed (the cloth)
from your face, lo, it was yourself, so I said: If this is
from Allah, let Him carry it out.
Book 031, Number 5978:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5979:
'A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said to me: I can well discern when you are pleased
with me and when you are annoyed with me. I said: How do
you discern it? Thereupon be said: When you are pleased
with me you say;" No, by the Lord of Muhammad," and when
you are annoyed with me, you say:" No, by the Lord of
Ibrahim." I said: Allah's Messenger, by Allah, I in fact
leave your name (when I am annoyed with you).
Book 031, Number 5980:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Hishim b. 'Urwa with the same chain of transmitters up to
the words:" No, by the Lord of Ibrahim," and he did not
make mention of what follows subsequently.
Book 031, Number 5981:
'A'isha reported that she used to play with dolls in
the presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and when her playmates came to her they left (the house)
because they felt shy of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), whereas Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) sent them to her.
Book 031, Number 5982:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham with the same chain of transmitters with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 5983:
'A'isha reported that people sent their gifts when it
was the turn of 'A'isha seeking thereby the pleasure of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Book 031, Number 5984:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), said: The wives of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) sent Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him). She ouaht permission to get in as he had been
lying with me in my mantle. He gave her permission and she
said: Allah's Messenger, verily, your wives have sent me
to you in order to ask you to observe equity in case of
the daughter of Abu Quhafa. She ('A'isha) said: I kept
quiet. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said to her (Fatima): 0 daughter, don't you love whom I
love? She said: Yes, (I do). Thereupon he said: I love
this one. Fatima then stood up as she heard this from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and went to the
wives of Allatt's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
informed them of what she had said to him and what Allah's
messenger (may peace be upon him) had said to her.
Thereupon they said to her: We think that you have been of
no avail to us. You may again go to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and tell him that his wives seek equity
in case of the daughter of Abu Quhafa. Fitima said: By
Allah, I will never talk to him about this matter. 'A'isha
(further) reported: The wives of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) then sent Zainab b. jahsh, the wife of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and she was one
who was somewhat equal in rank with me in the eyes of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I have never
seen a woman more advanced in religious piety than Zainab,
more God-conscious, more truthful, more alive to the ties
of blood, more generous and having more. sense of
self-sacrifice in practical life and having more
charitable disposition and thus more close to God, the
Exalted, than her. She, however, lost temper very soon but
was soon calm. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
permitted her to enter as she ('A'isha) was along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in her mantle,
in the same very state when Fatima had entered. She said:
Allah's Messenger, your wives have sent me to you seeking
equity in case of the daughter of Abu Quhafa. She then
came to me and showed harshness to me and I was seeing the
eyes of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) whether
he would permit me. Zainab went on until I came to know
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) would not
disapprove if I retorted. Then I exchanged hot words until
I made her quiet. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) smiled and said: She is the daughter of Abu
Bakr. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters, but with a
slight variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 5985:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) during his last illness) inquired: Where I would
be tomorrow, where I would be tomorrow (thinking, that the
turn of 'A'isha was not very near) and when it was my
turn, Allah called him to his Heavenly Home and his head
was between my neck and chest.
Book 031, Number 5986:
A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) at the time of breathing his last was reclining
against her chest and she was leaning over him and
listening to him as he was saying: O Allah, grant me
pardon, show mercy to me, enjoin me to companions (on
High).
Book 031, Number 5987:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5988:
'A'isha reported: I heard that never a prophet dies
until he is given an option to opt the life of (this)
world or that of the Hereafter. She further said: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say in his last
illness in which he' died. I heard him saying in gruffness
of the voice: Along with those persons upon whom Allah
bestowed favours from amongst the Apostles, the testifiers
of truth, the martyrs, the pious and goodly company are
they (iv. 69). (It was on bearing these words) that I
thought that he had been given choice (and he opted to
live with these pious persons in the Paradise).
Book 031, Number 5989:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sa'd
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5990:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), reported that he used to say: Never a prophet dies
in a state that he is not made to see his abode in
Paradise, and then given a choice. 'A'isha said that when
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was about to
leave the world, his head was over her thigh and he had
fallen into swoon three times. When he felt relief his
eyes were fixed at the ceiling. He then said: O Allah,
along with the high companions (i. e. along with the
Apostles who live in the most elevated place of the
Paradise). (On hearing these words), I then said (to
myself) He is not going to opt us and I remembered a
hadith which he had narrated to us as he was healthy and
in which he said: No prophet dies until he sees his abode
in Paradise, he is then given a choice. 'A'isha said:
These were the last words which Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) spoke (the words are): O Allah, with
companions on High.
Book 031, Number 5991:
'A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) set ont on a journey, he used to cast lots
amongst his wives. Once this lot came out in my favour and
that of Hafsa. They (Hafsi, and 'A'isha) both went along
with him and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
used to travel (on camel) when it was night along with 'A'isha
and talked with her. Hafsa said to 'A'isha: Would you like
to ride upon my camel tonight and allow me to ride upon
your camel and you would see (what you do not generally
see) and I would see (what I do not see) generally? She
said: Yes. So 'A'isha rode upon the camel of Hafsa and
Hafsa rode upon the camel of 'A'isha and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) came near the camel of 'A'isha.
(whereas) Hafsa had been riding over that. He greeted her
and then rode with her until they came down. She ('A'isha)
thus missed (the company of the Holy Prophet) and when
they sat down, 'A'isha felt jealous. She put her foot in
the grass and said: O Allah, let the scorpion sting me or
the serpent bite me. And so far as thy Messenger is
concerned, I cannot say anything about him.
Book 031, Number 5992:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The excellence of 'A'isha over women
is like the excellence of Tharid over all other foods.
Book 031, Number 5993:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas
b. Malik through other chains of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5994:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to her: Gabriel offered you greetings and I
said: So there should be peace and mercy of Allah upon
him.
Book 031, Number 5995:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5996:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Zakriyya' through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 5997:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: 'A'isha, here is Gabriel offering you
greetings. She said: 1 made a reply: Let there be peace
and blessings of Allah upon him, and added: He sees what I
do not see.
Chapter 14: THE HADITH OF UMM ZARA
Book 031, Number 5998:
'A'isha reported that (one day) there sat together
eleven women making an explicit promise amongst themselves
that they would conceal nothing about their spouses. The
first one said: My husband is a sort of the meat of a lean
camel placed at the top of a hill, which it is difficult
to climb up, nor (the meat) is good enough that one finds
in oneself the urge to take it away (from the top of that
mountain).
The second one said: My husband (is so bad) that I am
afraid I would not be able to describe his faults-both
visible and invisible completely.
The third one said: My husband is a long-statured
fellow (i. e. he lacks intelligence). If I give vent to my
feelings about him, he would divorce me, and if I keep
quiet I would be made to live in a state of suspense
(neither completely abandoned by him nor entertained as
wife).
The fourth one said: My husband is like the night of
Tihama (the night of Hijaz and Mecca), neither too cold
nor hot, neither there is any fear of him nor grief.
The fifth one said: My husband is (like) a leopard as
he enters the house, and behaves like a lion when he gets
out, and he does not ask about that which he leaves in the
house.
The sixth one said: So far as my husband is concerned,
he eats so much that nothing is left back and when he
drinks he drinks that no drop is left behind. And when he
lies down he wraps his body and does not touch me so that
he may know my grief.
The seventh one said: My husband is heavy in spirit,
having no brightness in him, impotent, suffering from all
kinds of conceivable diseases, heaving such rough manners
that he may break my head or wound my body, or may do
both.
The eighth one said: My husband is as sweet as the
sweet-smelling plant, and as soft as the softness of the
hare.
The ninth one said: My husband is the master of a lofty
building, long-statured, having heaps of ashes (at his
door) and his house is near the meeting place and the inn.
The tenth one said: My husband is Malik, and how fine
Malik is, much above appreciation and praise (of mine). He
has many folds of his camel, more in number than the
pastures for them. When they (the camels) hear the sound
of music they become sure that they are going to be
slaughtered.
The eleventh one said: My husband is Abu Zara'. How
fine Abu Zara' is! He has suspended in my ears heavy
ornaments and (fed me liberally) that my sinews and bones
are covered with fat. So he made me happy. He found me
among the shepherds living in the side of the mountain,
and he made me the owner of the horses, camels and lands
and heaps of grain and he finds no fault with me. I sleep
and get up in the morning (at my own sweet will) and drink
to my heart's content. The mother of Abu Zara', how fine
is the mother of Abu Zara'! Her bundles are heavily packed
(or receptacles in her house are filled to the brim) and
the house quite spacious. So far as the son of Abu Zara'
is concerned, his bed is as soft as a green palm-stick
drawn forth from its bark, or like a sword drawn forth
from its scabbard, and whom just an arm of a lamb is
enough to satiate. So far as the daughter of Abu Zara' is
concerned, how fine is the daughter of Abu Zara', obedient
to her father, obedient to her mother, wearing sufficient
flesh and a source of jealousy for her co-wife. As for the
slave-girl of Abu Zara', how fine is she; she does not
disclose our affairs to others (outside the four walls of
the house). She does not remove our wheat, or provision,
or take it forth, or squander it, but she preserves it
faithfully (as a sacred trust). And she does not let the
house fill with rubbish. One day Abu Zara' went out (of
his house) when the milk was churned in the vessels, that
he met a woman, having two children like leopards playing
with her pomegranates (chest) under her vest. He divorced
me (Umm Zara') and married that woman (whom Abu Zara') met
on the way. I (Umm Zara') later on married another person,
a chief, who was an expert rider, and a fine archer: he
bestowed upon me many gifts and gave me one pair of every
kind of animal and said: Umm Zara', make use of everything
(you need) and send forth to your parents (but the fact)
is that even if I combine all the gifts that he bestowed
upon me, they stand no comparison to the least gift of Abu
Zara'.
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to me: I am for you as Abu Zara' was for
Umm Zara'.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Hisham b. 'Urwa but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 15: THE MERITS OF FATIMA, DAUGHTER OF
ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 031, Number 5999:
Miswar b. Makhramali reported that he heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) say, as he sat on the
pulpit: The sons of Hisham b. Mughira have asked my
permission to marry their daughter with 'Ali b. Abi Talib
(that refers to the daughter of Abu Jahl for whom 'All had
sent a proposal for marriage). But I would not allow them,
I would not allow them, I would not allow them (and the
only alternative possible is) that 'Ali should divorce my
daughter (and then marry their daughter), for my daughter
is part of me. He who disturbs her in fact disturbs me and
he who offends her offends me.
Book 031, Number 6000:
Miswar b. Makhramah reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Fatima is a part of me. He
in fact tortures me who tortures her.
Book 031, Number 6001:
(Imam Zain-ul-'Abidin) 'Ali b. Husain reported that
when they came to Medina from Yazid b. Mu'awiya after the
martyrdom of Husain b. 'Ali (Allah be pleased with him)
Miswar b. Makhramah met him and said to him: Is there any
work for me which you ask me to do? I said to him: No. He
again said to me: Would you not give me the sword of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) for I fear that
the people may snatch it from you? By Allah, if you give
that to me, no one would be able to take it away, so long
as there is life in me. Verily 'Ali b. Abi Talib sent a
proposal of marriage to the daughter of Abu Jahl in spite
of (the fact that his wife) Fatima (had been living in his
house). Thereupon I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) say while addressing the people on the pulpit. I
was adolescing in those days. He said: Fatima is a part of
me and I fear that she may be put to trial in regard to
religion. He then made a mention of his son-in law who had
been from the tribe of 'Abd Shams and praised his
behaviour as a son-in-law and said: Whatever he said to me
he told the truth and whatever he promised he fulfilled it
for me. I am not going to declare forbidden what is lawful
and make lawful what is forbidden, but, by Allah, the
daaghter of Allah's Messenger and the daughter of the
enemy of Allah can never be combined at one place.
Book 031, Number 6002:
'Ali b. Husain reported that Miswar b. Makhramah
informed him that 'Ali b. Abi Talib sent the proposal of
marriage to the daughter of Abu Jahl as he had Fatima, the
daughter of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), (as
his wife). When Fatima heard about it, she came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: The people say
that you never feel angry on account of your daughters and
now 'Ali is going to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl.
Makhramah said: Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) rose up and I heard him reciting Tashahhud and
say: Now to the point. I gave a daughter of mine (Zainab)
to Abu'l-'As b. Rabi, and he spoke to me and spoke the
truth. Verily Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, is a part
of me and I do not approve that she may be put to any
trial and by Allah, the daughter of Allah's Messenger
cannot be combined with the daughter of God's enemy (as
the co-wives) of one person. Thereupon 'Ali gave up (the
idea of his intended) marriage. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6003:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) called his daughter Fatima (during his last
illness). He said. to her something secretly and she wept.
He again said to her something secretly and she laughed. 'A'isha
further reported that she said to Fatima: What is that
which Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
you secretly and you wept and then said to you something
secretly and you laughed? Thereupon she said: He informed
me secretly of his death and so I wept. He then again
informed me secretly that I would be the first amongst the
members of his family to follow him and so I laughed.
Book 031, Number 6004:
'A'isha reported: We, the wives of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him), were with him (during his last
illness) and none was absent therefrom that Fatima, who
walked after the style of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), came there, and when he saw her he welcomed her
saying: You are welcome, my daughter. He their made her
sit on his right side or on his left side. Then he said
something secretly to her and she wept bitterly and when
he found her (plunged) in grief he said to her something
secretly for the second time and she laughed. I ('A'isha)
said to her: Allah's Messenger has singled you amongst the
women (of the family) for talking (to you something
secretly) and you wept. When Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) recovered from illness, I said to her. What
did Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say to you?
Thereupon she said: I am not going to disclose the secret
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). When Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) died, I said to her: I
adjure you by the right that I have upon you that you
should narrate to me what Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to you. She said: Yes, now I can do that
(so listen to it). When he talked to me secretly for the
first time he informed me that Gabirel was in the habit of
reciting the Qur'an along with him once or twice every
year, but this year it had been twice and so he perceived
his death quite near, so fear Allah and be patient (and he
told me) that he would be a befitting forerunner for me
and so I wept as you saw me. And when he saw me in grief
he talked to me secretly for the second time and said:
Fatima, are you not pleased that you should be at the head
of the believing women or the head of this Umma? I laughed
and it was that laughter which you saw.
Book 031, Number 6005:
'A'isha reported that all the wives of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) had gathered (in her apartment)
during the days of his (Prophet's) last illness and no
woman was left behind that Fatima, who walked after the
style of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), came
there. He welcomed her by saying: You are welcome, my
daughter, and made her sit on his right side or on his
left side, and then talked something secretly to her and
Fitima wept. Then he talked something secretly to her and
she laughed. I said to her: What makes you weep? She said;
I am not going to divulge the secret of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). I ('A'isha) said: I have not seen
(anything happening) like today, the happiness being more
close to grief (as I see today) when she wept. I said to
her: Has Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) singled
you out for saying something leaving us aside? She then
wept and I asked her what he said, and she said: I am not
going to divulge the secrets of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). And when he died I again asked her and
she said that he (the Holy Prophet) told her: Gabriel used
to recite the Qur'an to me once a year and for this year
it was twice and so I perceived that my death had drawn
near, and that I ('A'isha) would be the first amongst the
members of his family who would meet him (in the
Hereafter). He shall be my good forerunner and it made me
weep. He again talked to me secretly (saying): Arn't you
pleased that you should be the sovereign amongst the
believing women or the head of women of this Umma? And
this made me laugh.
Chapter 16: THE MERITS OF UMM SALAMA, THE MOTHER
OF THE FAITHFUL (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HER)
Book 031, Number 6006:
Salman reported: In case it lies in your power don't be
one to enter the bazar first and the last to get out of
that because there is a bustle and the standard of Satan
is set there. He said: I was informed that Gabriel (Allah
be pleased with him) came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) and there was with him Umin Salama and he began
to talk with him. He then stood up, whereupon Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to Umm Salama: (Do
you know) who was he and what did he say? She said: He was
Dihya (Kalbi). He reported Umm Salama having said: By
Allah, I did not deem him but only he (Dihya) until I
heard the address of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) informing him about us. He (the narrator) said: I
said to Uthman: From whom did you hear it? He said: From
Usima b. Zaid.
Chapter 17: EXCELLENCE OF ZAINAB, THE MOTHER OF
THE FAITHFUL (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HER)
Book 031, Number 6007:
'A'isha, the Mother of the Faithful, reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: One who
has the longest hands amongst you would meet me most
immediately. She farther said: They (the wives of Allah's
Apostle) used to measure the hands as to whose hand was
the longest and it was the hand of Zainab that was the
longest amongst them, as she used to work with her hand
and Spend (that income) on charity.
Chapter 18: THE MERITS OF UMM AIMAN (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HER)
Book 031, Number 6008:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) went to Umm Aiman and I went along with him and she
served him a drink in a vessel and he reported that the
narrator said: I do not know whether it was because of the
fasting (or for any other reason) that he (the Holy
Prophet) refused to accept that. She raised her voice and
showed annoyance to him.
Book 031, Number 6009:
Anas reported that after the death of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) Abu Bakr said to 'Umar: Let us
visit Umm Aiman as Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to visit her. As we came to her, she wept. They
(Abu Bakr and Umar) said to her: What makes you weep? What
is in store (in the next world) for Allah's-Messenger (may
peace be upon him) is better than (this worldly life). She
said: I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that
what is in store for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) (in the next world) is better than (this world), but
I weep because the revelation which came from the Heaven
has ceased to come. This moved both of them to tears and
they began to weep along with her.
Chapter 19: THE MERITS OF UMM SULAIM, THE MOTHER
OF ANAS B. MALIK, AND BILAL (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH BOTH OF
THEM)
Book 031, Number 6010:
Anas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) did not enter the house of any woman except that of
his wives and that of Umm Sulaim. He used to visit her. It
was said to him why it was so, whereupon he said: I feel
great compassion for her. Her brother was killed while he
was with me.
Book 031, Number 6011:
Anas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) said: I entered Paradise and heard the noise of
steps. I said: Who is it? They said: She is Ghumaisa,
daughter of Milhan, the mother of Anas b. Malik.
Book 031, Number 6012:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: I was shown Paradise and I
saw the wife of Abu Talha (i. e. Umm Sulaim) and I heard
the noise of steps before me and, lo, it was that of Bilal.
Chapter 20: THE MERITS OF ABU TALHA ANSARI
Book 031, Number 6013:
Anas reported that the son of Abu Talba who was born of
Umm Sulaim died. She (Umm Sulaim) said to the members of
her family: Do not narrate to Abu Talha about his son
until I narrate it to him. Abu Talha came (home) ; she
presented to him the supper. He took it and drank water.
She then embellished herself which she did not do before.
He (Abu Talha) had a sexual intercourse with her and when
she saw that he was satisfied after sexual intercourse
with her, she said: Abu Talha, if some people borrow
something from another family and then (the members of the
family) ask for its return, would they resist its return?
He said: No. She said: I inform you about the death of
your son. He was annoyed, and said: You did not inform me
until I had a sexual intercourse with you and you later on
gave me information about my son. He went to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and informed him what
had happened. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: May Allah bless both of you in the night
spent by you! He (the narrator) said: She became pregnant.
Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) was in the
course of a journey and she was along with him and when
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came back to
Medina from the journey he did not enter (his house)
(during the night). When the people came near Medina, she
felt the pangs of delivery. He (Abu Talha) remained with
her and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
proceeded on. Abu Talha said: O Lord, you know that I love
to go along with Allah's Messenger when he goes out and
enter along with him when he enters and I have been
detained as Thou seest. Umm Sulaim said: Abu Talha, I do
not feel (so much pain) as I was feeling formerly, so
better proceed on. So we proceeded on and she felt the
pangs of delivery as they reached (Medina) and a child was
born and my mother said to me: Anas, none should suckle
him until you go to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) tomorrow morning. And when it was morning I carried
him (the child) and went along with him to Allah's
Messenger (may peace beupon him). He said: I saw that he
had in his hand the instrument for the cauterisation of
the camels. When he saw me. he said: This is, perhaps,
what Umm Sulaim has given birth to. I said: Yes. He laid
down that instrument on the ground. I brought that child
to him and placed it in his lap and Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) asked Ajwa dates of Medina to be
brought and softened them in his month. When these had
become palatable he placed them in the mouth of that
child. The child began to taste them. Then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: See what love the
Ansar have for dates. He then wiped his face and named him
'Abdullah.
Book 031, Number 6014:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas
b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 21: THE MERITS OF BILAL (ALLAH BE PLEASED
WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6015:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said to Bilal: Bilal, narrate to me which act
at the time of morning prayer you did in Islam for which
you hope to receive good reward, for I heard during the
night the sound of your steps before me in Paradise. Bilal
said: I did not do any act in Islam for which I hope to
get any benefit but this that when I perform complete
ablution during the night or day I observe prayer with
that purification what Allah has ordained for me to pray.
Chapter 22: THE MERITS OF 'ABDULLAH B. MAS'UD AND
THAT OF HIS MOTHER (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6016:
Abdullah reported that when this verse was revealed:"
There is no harm on persons who believe and perform good
acts, what they had eaten (formerly) when they avoided it
(now) and they affirmed their faith" (v. 93) up to the
end. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to me:
You are one amongst them.
Book 031, Number 6017:
Abu Musa reported: When I and my brother came from
Yemen we used to consider Ibn Mas'ud and his mother
amongst the members of the household. of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) because of their visiting them
frequently and staying there for long (periods of) time.
Book 031, Number 6018:
Abu Musa. reported: I came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and thought that 'Abdullah was amongst
the members of the family, or like that.
Book 031, Number 6019:
Abu Ishaq reported that he heard Abu'l-Ahwas say: I was
along with Abu Musa and Abu Mas'ud as Ibn Mas'ud died and
one of them said to the other: Do you find one like him
besides him? Thereupon he said: Do you say this (no one
can be his rival)? He was admitted (to the company of the
Holy Prophet) whereas we were detained and he had been
present in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) whereas we had been absent.
Book 031, Number 6020:
Abu Ahwas reported: We were in the house of Abu Musa
along with some of the companions of 'Abdullah and they
were looking at the Holy Book. 'Abdullah stood up,
whereupon Abu Mas'ud said: I do not know whether Allah's
Messenger, (may peace be upon him) has left after him one
having a better knowledge (of Islam) than the man who is
standing. Abu Musa said: If you say this, that is correct,
because he had been present when we had been absent and he
was permitted when we were detained.
Book 031, Number 6021:
Zaid b. Wahab reported: I was sitting along with
Hudhaifa and Abu Musa, and the rest of the hadith is the
same.
Book 031, Number 6022:
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that he (said to his
companions to conceal their copies of the Qur'an) and
further said: He who conceals anything he shall have to
bring that which he had concealed on the Day of judgment,
and then said: After whose mode of recitation you command
me to recite? I in fact recited before AIlah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) more than seventy chapters of the
Qur'an and the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) know it that I have better understanding of
the Book of Allah (than they do), and if I were to know
that someone had better understanding than I, I would have
gone to him. Shaqiq said: I sat in the company of the
Companions of Mubkmmad (may peace be upon him) but I did
not hear anyone having rejected that (that is, his
recitation) or finding fault with it.
Book 031, Number 6023:
Abdullah reported: By Him besides Whom there is no god,
there is no chapter in the Book of Allah about which I do
not know as to where it was revealed and there is no verse
about which I do not know in what context it was revealed,
and if I were to know of one having a better understanding
of the Book of Allah than I (and I could reach him) on the
back of the mule, I would have definitely gone to him on
camel's back.
Book 031, Number 6024:
Masruq reported: We used to go to Abdullah b. 'Amr and
talk to him, Ibn Numair said: One day we made a mention of
Abdullah b. Mas'ud, whereupon he said: You have made
mention of a person whom I love more than anything else. I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Learn Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd (i. e.
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) he started from him-then Mu'adh b.
Jabal and Ubayya b. Ka'b, then Salim the ally of Abu
Hudhaifa.
Book 031, Number 6025:
Masruq reported: We were in the company of Abdullah b
'Amr that we made a mention of a hadith from Abdullah b.
Mas'ud; thereupon he said: That is a person whose love
ever remains (fresh in my heart) after I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Learn Qur'an
from four persons: Ibn Umm 'Abd, i e. Abdullah b. Mas'ud
and he started from his name-then Ubayy b. Ka'b and Mu'adh
b Jabal. Zuhri did not make a mention of the words
yaquluhu in his narration
Book 031, Number 6026:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Bakr b. Abu Shaiba and Abu Kuraib, and both of them said:
Abu Mu'awiya narrated to us from A'mash on the authority
of Jarir and Waki', and in a narration of Abu Bakr
transmitted on the authority of Abu Mu'awiya the mention
of Mu'adh has preceded Ubayy's, and in the narration
transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib, the name of
Ubayy preceded Mu'ddh's. This tradition has been
transmitted on the authority of Shulba through A'mash, but
there is a difference of order of the four.
Book 031, Number 6027:
Masruq reported: They made a mention of Ibn Mas'ud
before 'Abdullah b. Amr, whereupon he said: He is a person
whose love is always fresh in my heart after I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Learn
the recita- tion of the Qur'an from four persons: from Ibn
Mas'ud, Salim, the ally of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubayy b. Ka'b,
Mu'adh b. Jabal.
Book 031, Number 6028:
Ubaidullah b. Mu'adh reported it on the authority of
his father Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters and
he made this addition. He made a mention of these two
names but I do not know whose name he mentioned first.
Book 031, Number 6029:
Anas is reported to have said: Four persons collected
the Qur'an during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and all of them were Ansar: Mu'adh b.
Jabal, Ubayy b. Ka'b, Zaid b. Thabit, Abu Zaid. Qatada
said: Anas, who was Abu Zaid? He said: He was one of my
uncles.
Chapter 23: THE MERITS OF UBAYY B. KA'B AND A
GROUP OF ANSAR (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6030:
Hammam said: I said to Anas b. Malik: Who collected the
Qur'an during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him)? He said: Four (persons), all of them
belonging to Ansir: Ubayy b. Ka'b, Mu'adh b. Jabal, Zaid
b. Thabit and a person from the Ansar whose Kunya was Abu
Zaid.
Book 031, Number 6031:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said to Ubayy: Verily Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious, has commanded me to recite the
Qur'an to you, whereupon he said: (Has) Allah mentioned my
name to you? He said: Allah has mentioned your name to me.
Thereupon he began to shed tears (of joy)
Book 031, Number 6032:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said to Ubayy b. Ka'b: I have been
commanded to recite to you the Sura (al- Bayyinah) which
opens with these words (Lam Yakunil-ladhiyna Kafaruu) He
said: Has he mentioned to you my name? He said: Yes;
thereupon he shed tears of joy. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 24: THE MERITS OF SA'D B MU'ADH (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6033:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying while the bier of Sa'd b.
Mu'adh was placed before them: The Throne of the most
Gracious shook at the death of Sa'd b. Mu'adh.
Book 031, Number 6034:
Jabir reported that the Throne of the most
Compassionate shook because of the death of Sa'd b.
Mu'adh.
Book 031, Number 6035:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as say- ing: That his bier (that of Sa'd) was
placed (before them) and the Throne of the most
Compassionate shook.
Book 031, Number 6036:
Al-Bara' reported that a garment of silk was presented
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). His
Companions touched it and admired its softness; there-
upon he said: Do you admire the softness of this (cloth)?
The handkerchiefs of Sa'd b. Mu'adh in Paradise are better
than this.
Book 031, Number 6037:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas
b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6038:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Shu'ba combining the two chains of transmitters. Anas b
Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) was presented a garment of sundus and he prohibited
the use of silk. The persons admired it, whereupon he
said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, the
kerchiefs of Sa'd b. Mu'adh in Paradise are better than
this.
Book 031, Number 6039:
Anas reported the king of Dumat al-Jandal presented to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the garment and
lie made no mention (of the fact) that he prohibited the
use of silk.
Chapter 25: THE MERITS OF ABU DUJANA (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6040:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) took hold of his sword on the Day of Uhud and said:
Who would take it from me? All the persons stretched their
hands saying: I would do it, I would do it. He (Allah's
Apostle) said: Who would take it in order to fulfil its
rights? Then the people withdrew their hands. Simak b.
Kharasha Abu Dujana said: I am here to take it and fulfil
its rights. He took it and struck the heads of the
polytheists.
Chapter 26: THE MERITS OF 'ABDULLAH B. 'AMR B.
HARAM, THE FATHER OF JABIR (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6041:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: The dead body of my father
was brought and he was covered (with cloth) and it had
been mutilated. I made an attempt to lift the cloth, but
my people prohibited me to do so. I again made an attempt
to lift the cloth, but my people prohibited me. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) lifted it or he
commanded it to be lifted. He heard the noise (of a loud)
weeping, or the noise of a woman mourner. He inquired who
she was. They said: The daughter of 'Amr or the sister of
Amr, whereupon he said: Why does she weep? The Angels
provide him shade with the help of their Wings until he
would be lifted (to his heavenly abode)
Book 031, Number 6042:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: My father fell as a martyr
on the Day of Uhud and I attempted to uncover his face and
weep, but they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet)
forbade me to do this, whereas Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) did not forbid me and Fatima bint Amr,
the sister of my father, was also weeping There- upon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: You may
weep or you may not weep; the Angels provide him shade
with the help of their wings until you lift him (to be
buried in the grave).
Book 031, Number 6043:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir
through another chain of transmitters, but with this
difference that there is no mention of the Angels and the
weeping of a female mourner.
Book 031, Number 6044:
Jabir reported: My father was brought in a state that
his ears had been cut off and (his dead body) was placed
before Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), the rest
of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 27: THE MERITS OF JULAIBIB (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6045:
Abu Barza reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) was there in a battlefield that Allah conferred
upon him the spoils of war. He said to his Companions: Is
anyone missing amongst you? They said: So and so and so.
He again said: Is there anyone missing amongst you? They
said: So and so and so. He then said: Is there anyone
missing amongst you? They said: No. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: But I am missing Julaibib. They (his
Companions) searched him amongst those who had been killed
and they found him by the side of seven (dead bodies) whom
he had killed and he had been killed (by the oppoments).
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) came there and
stood (by his side) and said: He killed seven (persons).
Then (his opponents) killed him. He is mine and I am his.
He then placed him upon his hands and there was none else
to lift but Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). Then
the grave was dug for him and he was placed in the grave
and no mention is made of a bath.
Chapter 28: THE MERITS OF ABU DHARR (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6046:
'Abdullah b. Samit reported that Abu Dharr said: We set
out from our tribe Ghafir who look upon the prohibited
months as permissible months. I and my brother Unais and
our mother stayed with our maternal uncle who treated us
well. The men of his tribe fell jealous and they said:
When you are anay from your house, Unais commits adultery
with your wife. Our -naternal uncle came and he accused us
of the sin which was conveyed to him. I said: You have
undone the good you did to us. We cannot stay with you
after this. We came to our camels and loaded (our)
luggage. Our maternal uncle began to weep covering himself
with (a piece of) cloth. We proceeded on until we encamped
by the side of Mecca. Unais cast lot on the camels (we
had) and an equal number (above that). They both went to a
Kahin and he made Unais win and Unais came with our camels
and an equal number along with them. He (Abu Dharr) said:
My nephew, I used to observe prayer three years before my
meeting with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). I
said: For whom did you say prayer? He said: For Allah. I
said: To which direction did you turn your face (for
observing prayer)? He said: I used to turn my face as
Allah has directed me to turn my face. I used to observe
the night prayer at the time of the end of night and I
fell down in prostration like the mantle until the sun
rose over me. Unais said: I have a work in Mecca, so you
better stay here.
Unais went until he came to Mecca and he came to me
late. I said: What did you do? He said: I met a person in
Mecca who is on your religion and he claims that verily it
is Allah Who has sent him. I said: What do the people say
about him? He said: They say that he is a poet or a Kahin
or a magician. Unais who was himself one of the poets
said. I have heard the words of a Kahin but his words in
no way resemble his (words). And 1 also compared his words
to the verses of poets but such words cannot be uttered by
any poet. By Allah, he is truthful and they are liars.
Then I said: you stay here, until I go, so that I should
see him. He said: I came to Mecca and I selected an
insignificant person from amongst them and said to him:
Where is he whom you call as-Sabi? He pointed out towards
me saying: He is Sabi. Thereupon the people of the valley
attacked me with sods and bows until I fell down
unconscious. I stood up after havin. regained my
consciousness and I found as if I was a red idol. I came
to Zamzarn and washed blood from me and drank water from
it and listen, O son of my brother, I stayed there for
thirty nights or days and there was no food for me but the
water of Zamzarn. And I became so bulky that there
appeared wrinkles upon my stomach, and I did not feel any
hunger in my stomach. It was during this time that the
people of Mecca slept in the moonlit night and none was
there to eircumambulate the House but only two women who
had been invoking the name of Isafa, and Na'ila (the two
idols).
They came to me while in their circuit and I said:
Marry one with the other, but they did not dissuade from
their invoking. They came to me and I said to them: Insert
wood (in the idols' private parts). (I said this to them
in such plain words) as I could not express in
metaphorical terms. These women went away crying and
saying: Had there been one amongst our people (he would
have taught a lesson to you for the obscene words used for
our idols before us). These women met Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and Abu Bakr who had also been
coming down the hill. He asked them: What has happened to
you? They said: There is Sabi, who has hidden himself
between the Ka'ba and its curtain. He said: What did he
say to you? They said: He uttered such words before us as
we cannot express. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came and he kissed the Black Stone and
circumambulated the House along with his Companion and
then observed prayer, and when he had finished his prayer,
Abu Dharr said: I was the first to greet him with the
salutation of peace and uttered (these words) in this way;
Allah's Messen- ger, may there be peace upon you,
whereupon he said: It may be upon you too and the mercy of
Allah. He then said: Who are you? I said: From the tribe
of Ghifar. He leaned his hand and placed his finger on his
forehead and I said to myself: Perhaps he has not liked it
that I belong to the tribe of Ghifar.
I attempted to catch hold of his hand but his friend
who knew about him more than I dissuaded me f rom doing
so. He then lifted his head and said: Since how long have
you been here? I said: I have been here for the last
thirty nights or days. He said: Who has been feeding you?
I said: There has been no food for me but the water of
Zamzam. I have grown so bulky that there appear wrinkles
upon my stomach and I do not feel any hunger. He said: It
is blessed (water) and it also serves as food. Thereupon
Abu Bakr said: Allah's Messenger, let me serve as a host
to him for tonight, and then Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) proceeded forth and so did Abu Bakr and I
went along with them. Abu Bakr opened the door and then he
brought for us the raisins of Ta'if and that was the first
food which I ate there. Then I stayed as long as I had to
stay. I then came to Allah's Messenaer (may peace be upon
him) and he said: I have been shown the land abound- ing
in trees and I think it cannot be but that of Yathrib
(that is the old name of Medina). You are a preacher to
your people on my behalf. I hope Allah would benefit them
through you and He would reward you. I came to Unais and
he said: What have you done? I said: I have done that I
have embraced Islam and I have testified (to the
prophethood of Allah's Messenger). He said: I have no
aversion for your religion and I also embrace Islam and
testify (to the prophethood of Muhammad). Then both of us
came to our mother and she said: I have no aversion for
your religion and I also embrace Islam and testify to the
prophethood of Muhammad. We then loaded our camels and
came to our tribe Ghifir and half of the tribe embraced
Islam and their chief was Aimi' b. Rahada Ghifirl and he
was their leader and hall of the tribe said: We will
embrace Islam when Allah's Messenger (may p,. ace be upon
him) would come to Medina, and when Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) came to Medina the remaining half also
embraced Islam. Then a tribe Aslam came to the Holy
Prophet (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, we also embrace Islam like our brothers who
have embraced Islam. And they also embraced Islam.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Allah granted pardon to the tribe of Ghifar and Allah
saved (from destruction) the tribe of Aslam.
Book 031, Number 6047:
This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of
Humaid b. Hilal with the same chain of transmitters but
with this addition:" As I came to Mecca, Unais said:
(Well), go but be on your guard against the Meccans for
they are his enemies and are annoyed with him."
Book 031, Number 6048:
Abdullah b. Samit reported that Abu Dharr said: Son of
my brother, I used to observe prayer two years before the
advent of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). I said:
To which direction did you turn your face? He said: To
which Allah directed me to turn my face. The rest of the
hadith is the same but with this addition that they went
to a Kahin and his brother Unais began to praise him until
he (in verses declared) him (Unais) as winner (in the
contest of poetry), and so we got his camels, mixed them
with our camels, and there is in this hadith also these
words that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) came
there and he circumambulated the House and observed two
Rak'ahs of prayer behind the Station (of Ibrahim). I came
to him and I was the first amongst persons to greet him
with Assalam-o-'Alaikum, and I said to Allah's Messenger
Let there be peace upon you. And he said: Let there be
peace upon you too; who are you? And in the hadith (these
words are) also found: Since how long have you been here?
And Abu Bakr said: Let him be my guest tonight.
Book 031, Number 6049:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that when Abu Dharr heard of the
advent of the Apostle (may peace be upon him) in Mecca he
said: Brother, ride in this valley and bring information
for me about the person who claims that there comes to him
information from the Heavens. Listen to his words and then
come to me. So he rode on until he came to Mecca and he
heard his words (the sacred words of the Holy Prophet) and
then came back to Abu Dharr and said: I have seen him
exhorting (people) to develop good morals and his
expressions can in no way be termed as poetry. He (Abu
Dharr) said: I have not been satisfied with it regarding
that which I had in my mind (as I sent you). So he took up
provisions for the journey and a small water-skin con-
taining water (and set forth) until he came to Mecca. He
came to the mosque (Ka'ba) and began to find out Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he did not re- cognise
him (the Holy Prophet) and he did not even like that he
should ask about him from anyone until it was night, and
he slept. 'All saw him and found him to be a stranger. So
he went with him. He followed hive but one did not make
any inquiry from the other about anything until it was
morning. He then brought the water and his provisions to
the mosque and spent a day there, but he did not see
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) until it was
night. He then returned to his bed that there happened to
pass 'Ali and he said: This man has not been able to find
his destination until this time. He made him stand and he
went with him and no one made an in- quiry from his
companion about anything. And when it was the third day he
did the same. 'Ali made him stand up and brought him along
with him. He said: By Him, besides Whom there is no god,
why don't you tell me (the reason) which brought you here
to this town? He said: (I shall do this) provided you hold
me promise and a covenant that you would guide me aright.
He then did that. He ('Ali) said: Verily, he Is truthful
and he is a Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and
when it is morning, follow me and if I would say anything
from which I would sense fear about you I would stand (in
a manner) as if I was throwing water and if I move on, you
then follow me until I get in (some house). He did that
and I followed him until he came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). He entered (the house) of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) along with him and
listened to his words and embraced Islam at his very
place. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to
him: Go to your people and inform them until my command
reaches you. Thereupon he said: By Him in Whose Hand is my
life, I shall say to the people of Mecca this thing at the
top of my voice So he set forth until he came to the
mosque and then spoke at the top of his voice (saying): I
bear testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The people
attacked him and made him fall down when 'Abbas came and
he leaned over him and said: Woe be upon you, don't you
know that he is from amongst the tribe of Ghifar and your
trad- ing route to Syria passes through (the settlements
of this tribe), and he rescued him. He (Abu Dharr) did the
same on the next day and they (the Meccans) again attacked
him and Abbas leaned upon him and he rescued him.
Chapter 29: THE MERITS OF JARIR B. ABDULLAH
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6050:
(6050) Jarir b. 'Abdullah said: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) never refused me permission to see him
since I embraced Islam and never looked at me but with a
smile.
Book 031, Number 6051:
Jarir reported: Since I embraced Islam Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) never refused to see me
and he did not see me but with a smile on his face. Ibn
Numair has made this addition to this hadith which has
been reported on the authority of Ibn Idris that he
(Jarir) made this complaint to him (to the Holy Prophet):
I cannot sit upon the horse with firmness, whereupon he
(Allah's Apostle) struck his chest with his hand and
prayed: O Allah, make him steadfast and rightly-guided.
Book 031, Number 6052:
Jabir reported that there was in pre-Islamic days a
temple called Dhu'l- Khalasah and it was called the
Yamanite Ka'ba or the northern Ka'ba. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said unto me: Will you rid me of
Dhu'l-Khalasah and so I went forth at the head of 350
horsemen of the tribe of Ahmas and we destroyed it and
killed whomsoever we found there. Then we came back to him
(to the Holy Prophet) and informed him and he blessed us
and the tribe of Ahmas.
Book 031, Number 6053:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah al-Bajali said: Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said to me: Can't on rid me of
Dhu'I-Khalasah, the idol-house of Khath'am, and this
idol-house was called the Yamanite Ka'ba. So I went along
with 150 horsemen and I could not sit with steadfastness
upon the horse. I made the mention of it to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he struck his hand
on my chest and said: O Allah, grant him steadfastness and
make him the guide of righteousness and the rightly-guided
one. So he went away and he set fire to it. Then Jarir
sent some person to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) whose Kunya was Abu Arta to give him the happy news
about that. He came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and said: I have not come to you (but with the
news) that we have left Dhu'l-Khalasah as a scabed camel.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
blessed the horses of Ahmas and the men of their tribe
five times.
Book 031, Number 6054:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Ismail with different chains of transmitters and in the
badith transmitted on the authority of Marwan (the words
are):" A person giving the glad tidings on behalf of Jarir
came or Abu Husain b. Rabi'a came in order to give glad
tidings to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Chapter 30: THE MERITS OF 'ABDULLAH B. ABBAS
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6055:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) came to privy and I placed for him water for
ablution, When he came out he said: Who placed it here?
And in a version of Zuhair they (the Companions) said, and
in the version of Abu Bakr (the words are): I said: It is
Ibn 'Abbas (who has done that), whereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: May Allah grant him deep understanding of
religion.
Chapter 31: THE MERITS OF ABDULLAH B. UMAR (ALLAH
BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6056:
Ibn 'Umar reported: I saw in a state of sleep as if I
have in my hand a piece of silk cloth and there is no
place in the Paradise where I intend to reach but that
piece of cloth does not fly towards it. I made a mention
of it to Hafsa (the sister of Ibn 'Umar) and Hafsa made a
mention of it to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: I
find 'Abdullah b 'Umar a pious person.
Book 031, Number 6057:
Ibn 'Umar reported that when a person saw anything in
sleep during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace
he upon him) he narrated it to Allah's Messenger, and I
also had a longing that I should also see in a dream
something which I should narrate to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and I was at that time an unmarried
young man. I was sleeping in the mosque during the
lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) tl)
at I saw in a dream as if two Angels have taken hold of me
and they have carried me to the fire, and, lo, it was
built like the easing of a well and had two pillars like
those of a well; and, lo, there were people in it whom I
knew and I cried out: I seek refuge with Allah from
Hell-fire; I seek refuge with Allah from Hell-fire. Then
another Angel joined the two others, and said unto me: You
need not fear I narrated this dream to llafsa and she
narrated it to Allah's Messenger, whereupon Allah's
Apostle said: Worthy is this man Abdullah, O that he would
pray at night, and Silim added that Abdullah afterwards
slept only but for a small part of the night.
Book 031, Number 6058:
Ibn Umar reported: I used to spend nights in the mosque
and by that time I had no wife and children. I saw in a
dream as if I am being taken to a well. I made a mention
of it to Allah's Messenger (may peacebe upon him). The
rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 32: THE MERITS OF ANAS B. MALIK (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6059:
Anas reported that Umm Sulaim said (to the Holy
Prophet) Allah's Messenger, here is your servant Anas,
invoke blessings of Allah upon him. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: O Allah, make an increase in his wealth,
and progeny, and confer blessings upon him in everything
Thou hast bestowed upon him.
Book 031, Number 6060:
Anas reported (that his mother) Umm Sulaim said (to the
Holy Prophet) Allah's Messenger, here is your servant
Anas. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 031, Number 6061:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6062:
Anas reportedAllah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
visited us and there was none else (in the house) but I,
my mother and my mother's sister Umm Haram. My mother said
to him: Allah's Messenger, here is a small servant of
yours, invoke blessings of Allah upon him. And he invoked
blessings for me (that I should be bestowed upon) every
good and this was what he (said) at the end of what be
supplicated for me: O Allah, make an increase in his
wealth, and progeny, and cqnfer blessings (upon him) in
(each one) of them.
Book 031, Number 6063:
Anas reported: My mother Umm Anas came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). And she prepared my
lower garment out of the half of her headdress and (with
the other half) she covered my upper body and said:
Allah's Messenger, here is my son Unais; I have brought
him to you for serving you. Invoke blessings of Allah upon
him. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: O Allah, make
an increase in his wealth, and progeny. Anas said: By
Allah, my fortune is huge and my children, and
grand-children are now more than one hundred.
Book 031, Number 6064:
Anas b. Malik said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) passed (by our house) that my mother Umm Sulaim
listened to his voice and said: Allah's Messenger, let my
father and mother be sacrificed for thee, here is Unais
(and requested him to invoke blessings upon me). So
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) invoked three
blessings upon me. I have seen (the results) of the two in
this very world (in regard to wealth and progeny) and I
hope to see (the result) of the third one in the
Hereafter.
Book 031, Number 6065:
Anas reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came to me as I was playing with playmates. He
greeted and sent me on an errand and I made delay in going
to my mother. When I came to her she said: What detained
you? I said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
sent me on an errand. She said: What was the purpose? I
said: It is something secret. Therupon she said: Do not
then divulge the secret of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) to anyone. Anas said: By Allah, if I were to
divulge it to anyone, then, O Thabit, I would have
divulged it to you.
Book 031, Number 6066:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) told me something secretly. I informed none
about that and Umm Sulaim asked me about it, but I did not
tell her even.
Chapter 33: THE MERITS OF 'ABDULLAH B. SALAM
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6067:
'Amir b. Sa'd reported that he heard his father (Sa'd
b. Abi Waqqas) say: never heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) say unto one living and moving about
that he was in Paradise except to 'Abdullah b. Salim.
Book 031, Number 6068:
Qais b. 'Ubada reported: I was in the company of some
persons, amongst whom some were the Companions of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) in Medina, that there came
a person whose face depicted the fear (of Allah). Some
people said: He is a person from amongst the people of
Paradise; he is a person from amongst the people of
Paradise. He observed two short rak'ahs of prayer and then
went out. I followed him and he got into his house and I
also got in and we began to converse with each other. And
when he became familiar (with me) I said to Him: When you
entered (the mosque) before (your entrance in the house) a
person said so and so (that you are amongst the people of
Paradise), whereupon he said: It is not meet for anyone to
say anything which he does not know. I shall (now) tell
you why they (say) this. I saw a dream during the lifetime
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and narrated
it to him. I seemed to be in a garden [he described its
vastness, its rich fructification and its verdure]; in the
midst of it, there stood an iron pillar, with its base in
the earth and its summit in the sky: and upon its summit
there was a handhold. It was said to me: Climb up this
(pillar). I said to him (visitant in the dream): I am
unable to do it. Thereupon a helper came to me, and he
(supported) me (by catching hold of my) garment from
behind and thus helped me with his hand and so I climbed
up till I was at the summit of the pillar, and grasped the
handhold. It was said to me: Ho d it tightly. It was at
this that I woke up when (the handhold) was in fthe grip)
of my hand. I narrated it (the dream) to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him), whereupon he said: That garden
implies al-Islam and that pillar implies the pillar of
Islam. And that handhold is the firmest faith (as refered
to in the Qur'an). And you will remain attached to Islam
until you shall die. And that man was 'Abdullah b. Salim.
Book 031, Number 6069:
Qais b. 'Ubaida reported: I was (sitting) in a company
in which there were (besides others) Sa'd b. Malik and Ibn
'Umar that 'Abdullah b. Saliim happened to pass (by that
side). They (the people sitting in that company) said: He
is a person from amongst the dwellers of Paradise. I stood
up and said to him: They say such and such (thing about
you), whereupon he said: Hallowed be Allah, it is not meet
for them to say (anything) of which They have no
knowledge. Verily I saw as if a pillar had been raised in
a green garden and there had been fixed at its (upper) end
a handhold and there was a helper at its base. It was said
to me: Climb up. So I climbed up and caught hold of the
haildhold. I narrated (the contents of this dream) to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereupon he
said: 'Abdullah would die in a state that he would be
catching hold of the firmest handhold (he would die
holding fast to the faith).
Book 031, Number 6070:
Kharasha b. Hurr reported: I was sitting in a circle in
the mosque of Medina and there was an old man, quite
handsome. He was 'Abdullah b. Salim. He was telling good
things to them (to the people sitting in that company). As
he stood up (to depart) the people said: He who is
desirous of looking at a person from amongst the people of
Paradise should see him. I said: By Allah, I will follow
him, and would try to know his residence. So I followed
him and he walked on until he reached the outskirts of
Medina. He then entered his house. I sought permission
from him to get in, and he granted me the permission,
saying: My nephew, what is the need (that has brought you
here)? I said to him: As you stood up, I heard people say
about you: He who is desirous of seeing a person from
among the people of Paradise should look at him. So I
became desirous of accompanying you. He ('Abdullah b.
Salim) said: It is Allah Who knows best about the people
of Paradise. I would, however, narrate to you as to why
they said like it. (The story is) that while I was asleep
(one night) there came to me a person (in the dream) who
asked me to stand up. (So I stood up) and he caught hold
of my hand and I walked along with him, and, lo, I found
some paths on my left and I was about to set out upon
them. Thereupon he said to me Do not set yourself on
(them) for these are the paths of the leftists (denizens
of Hell-fire). Then there were paths leading to the right
side, whereupon he said: Set yourself on these paths. We
came across a hill and he said to me: Climb up, and I
attempted to climb up that I fell upon my buttocks. I made
several attempts (but failed to succeed). He led until he
came to a pillar (so high) that its upper end touched the
sky and its base was in the earth. And there was a
handhold at its upper end. He said to me Climb over it. I
said: How can I climb upon it, as its upper end touches
the sky? He cought hold of my hand and pushed me up and I
found myself suspended with the handhold. He then struck
the pillar and it fell down, but I remained attached to
that handhold until it was morning (and the dream was thus
over). I came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
and narrated it to him. He said: So far as the paths which
you saw on your left are concerned, these are paths of the
leftists (denizens of Hell) and the paths which you saw on
your right, these are the paths of the rightists (the
dwellers of Paradise) and the mountain represents the
destination of the martyrs which you would not be able to
attain. The pillar implies the pillar of Islam. and so far
as the handhold is concerned, it implies the handhold of
Islam, and you would hold to it fastly until you would
meet death.
Chapter 34: THE MERITS OF HASSAN B. THABIT (ALLAH
BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6071:
Abu Huraira reported that 'Umar happened to pass by
Hassan as he was reciting verses in the mosque. He (Hadrat
'Umar) looked towards him (meaningfully), whereupon he
(gassin) said: I used to recite (verses) when one better
than you (the Holy Prophet) had been present (here). He
then looked towards Abu Huraira and said to him: I adjure
you by Allah (to tell) if you had not heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: (Hassan),
give a reply on my behalf; Allah I help him with
Ruh-ul-Qudus. He (Abu Huraira) said: By Allah, it is so
(i. e. the Holy Prophet actually said these words).
Book 031, Number 6072:
Ibn Musayyib reported that Hassan said to a circle in
which there was also Abu Huraira: Abu Huraira, I adjure
you by Allah (to tell) whether you-had not heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) saying like this.
Book 031, Number 6073:
'Abd al-Rahman reported that he heard Hassin b. Thabit
al-Ansari call Abu Huraira to bear witness by saying: I
adjure you by Allah if you had not heard Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) saying: Hassin, give a reply on
behalf of the Messenger of Allah. O Allah, help him with
Ruh-ul-Qudus. Abu Huraira said: Yes, it is so.
Book 031, Number 6074:
Al-Bari' b. 'Azib reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: Hassan b. Thibit, write
satire (against the non-believers) ; Gabriel is with you.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6075:
Hisham reported on the authority of his father that
Hassan b. Thabit talked much about 'A'isha. I scolded him,
whereupon she said: My nephew, leave him for he defended
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Book 031, Number 6076:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hishim with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6077:
Masruq reported: I visited 'A'isha when Hassin was
sitting there and reciting verses from his compilation:
She is chaste and prudent. There is no calumny against her
and she rises up early in the morning without eating the
meat of the un- mindful. 'A'isha said: But you are not so.
Masruq said: I said to her: Why do you permit him to visit
you, whereas Allah has said:" And as for him among them
who took upon himself the main part thereof, he shall have
a grievous punishment" (XXIV. ll)? Thereupon she said:
What tornient can be more severe than this that he has
become blind? He used to write satire as a rebuttal on
behalf of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Book 031, Number 6078:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but with a
slight variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 6079:
'A'isha reported that Hassin said: Allah's Messenger,
permit me to write satire against Abu Sufyan, whereupon he
said: How can it be because I am also related to him?
Thereupon he (Hassan) said: By Him Who has honoured you. I
shall draw you out from them (their family) just as hair
is drawn out from the fermented (flour). Thereupon Hassan
said: The dignity and greatness belongs to the tribe of
Bint Makhzum from amongst the tribe of Hisham, whereas
your father was a slave.
Book 031, Number 6080:
'Urwa reported on the same chain of transmitters that
Hassan b. Thabit sought permission from Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) to satirise against the
polytheists, but he did not mention Abu Sufyan. And
instead of the word al- Khamir, the word al-'Ajin was
used.
Book 031, Number 6081:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
uport him) said. Satirise against the (non-believing
amongst the) Quraish, for (the satire) is more grievous to
them than the hurt of an arrow. So he (the Holy Prophet)
sent (someone) to Ibn Rawiha and asked him to satirise
against them, and he composed a satire, but it did not
appeal to him (to the Holy Prophet). He then sent
(someone) to Ka'b b. Malik (to do the same, but what he
composed did not appeal to the Holy Prophet). He then sent
one to Hassan b. Thabit. As he got into his presence,
Hassan said: Now you have called for this lion who strikes
(the enemies) with his tail. He then brought out his
tongue and began to move it and said: By Him Who has sent
you with Truth, I shall tear them with my tongue as the
leather is torn. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Don't be hasty; (let) Abu Bakr who has the
best know- ledge of the lineage of the Quraish draw a
distinction for you in regard to my lineage, as my lineage
is thesame as theirs. Hassan then came to him (Abu Bakr)
and after making inquiry (in regard to the lineage of the
Holy Prophet) came back to him (the holy Prophet) and
said: Allah's Messenger, he (Abu Bakr) has drawn a
distinction in vour lineage (and that of the Quraish) By
Him Who has sent you with Truth, I shall draw out from
them (your name) as hair is drawn out from the flour.
'A'isha said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying to Hassin: Verily Ruh-ul- Qudus would
continue to help you so long as you put up a defence on
behalf of Allah and His Messenger. And she said: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) saying: Hassan
satirised against them and gave satisfaction to the
(Muslims) and disquieted (the non-Muslims).
You satirised Muhammad, but I replied on his behalf,
And there is reward with Allah for this.
You satirised Muhammad. virtuous, righteous,
The Apostle of Allah, whose nature is truthfulness.
So verily my father and his father and my honour
Are a protection to the honour of Muhammad;
May I lose my dear daughter, if you don't see her,
Wiping away the dust from the two sides of Kada',
They pull at the rein, going upward;
On their shoulders are spears thirsting (for the blood
of the enemy) ;
our steeds are sweating-our women wipe them with their
mantles.
If you had not interfered with us, we would have
performed the 'Umra,
And (then) there was the Victory, and the darkness
cleared away.
Otherwise wait for the fighting on the day in which
Allah will honour whom He pleases.
And Allah said: I have sent a servant who says the
Truth in which there is no ambiguity;
And Allah said: I have prepared an army-they are the
Ansar whose object is fighting (the enemy),
There reaches every day from Ma'add abuse, or fighting
or satire;
Whoever satirises the Apostle from amongst you, or
praises him and helps it is all the same,
And Gabriel, the Apostle of Allah is among us, and the
Holy Spirit who has no match.
Chapter 35: THE MERITS OF ABU HURAIRA AL-DAWSI
AL-YAMANI (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6082:
Abu Huraira reported: I invited my mother, who was a
polytlieist, to Islam. I invited her one day and she said
to me something about Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) which I hated. I came to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) weeping and said: Allah's Messenger, I
invited my mother to Islam but she did not accept (my
invitation). I invited her today but she said to me
something which I did not like. (Kindly) supplicate Allah
that He may set the mother of Abu Huraira right. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: O Allah,
set the mother of Abu Huraira on the right path. I came
out quite pleased with the supplication of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and when I came near the door it
was closed from within. My mother heard the noise of my
footsteps and she said: Abu Huraira, just wait, and I
heard the noiee of falling of water. She took a bath and
put on the shirt and quickly covered her head with a
headdress and opened the door and then said: Abu Huraira,
I bear witness to the fact that there is no god but Allah
and Mubammad is His bondsman and His Messenger. He (Abu
Huraira) said: I went back to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and (this time) I was shedding the tears of
joy. I said: Allah's Messenger, be happy, for Allah has
responded to your supplication and He has set on the right
path the mother of Abu Huraira. He (the Holy Prophet)
praised Allah, and extolled Him and uttered good words. I
said: Allah's Messenger, supplicate to Allah so that He
may instil love of mine and that of my mother too in the
believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their
love, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: O Allah, let there be love of these servants of
yours, i. e. Abu Huraira and his mother, in the hearts of
the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with
the love of the believing servants. (Abu Huraira said:
This prayer) was so well granted by Allah that no believer
was ever born who heard of me and who saw me but did not
love me.
Book 031, Number 6083:
Al-A'raj reported that he heard Abu Huraira as saying:
You are under the impression that Abu Huraira transmits so
many ahadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace up upon
him) ; (bear in mind) Allah is the great Reckoner. I was a
poor man and I served Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) being satisfied with bare subsistence, whereas the
immigrants remained busy with transactions in the bazar;
while the Ansar had been engaged in looking after their
properties. (He further reported) that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: He who spreads the cloth
would not forget anything that he would hear from me. I
spread my cloth until he narrated something. I then
pressed it against my (chest), so I never forgot anything
that I heard from him.
Book 031, Number 6084:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Huraira but with the variation that the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Malik conclude with the
words of Abu Huraira and there is no mention of a
transmission of these from Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him):" who spreads his cloth," to the end.
Book 031, Number 6085:
'A'isha reported: Don't you feel surprised at Abu
Huraira? He came (one day) and sat beside the nook of my
apartment and began to narrate (the hadith of Allah's
Apostle). I was hearing while I was engaged in extolling
Allah (reciting Subhan Allah) constantly. He stood up
before I finished my repetition of Subhan Allah. if I were
to meet him I would have warned him in stern words that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not speak so
quickly as you talk. Ibn Shihab transmitted on the
authority of Ibn Musayyib that Abu Huraira said: People
say that Abu Huraira transmits so many ahadith, whereas
Allah is the Reckoner, and they say: How is it with
Muhajirs and the Ansar that they do not narrate ahadith
like him (like Abu Huraira)? Abu Huraira said: I tell you
that my brothers from Ansar remained busy with their lands
and my brothers Muhajirs were busy in transactions in the
bazars, but I always kept myself attached to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) with bare subsistence. I
remained present (in the company of the Holy Prophet),
whereas they had been absent. I retained in my mind (what
the Holy Prophet said), whereas they forgot it. One day
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who
amongst you spreads the cloth and listens to my talk and
would then press it against his chest would never forget
anything heard from me. So I spread my mantle and when he
had concluded his talk I then pressed it against my chest
and so I never forgot after that day anything that he (the
Holy Prophet) said. And if these two verses would not have
been revealed in the Book I would have never transmitted
anything (to anybody):" Those who conceal the clear
evidence and the guidance that We revealed" (ii. 159) tip
to the last verse.
Book 031, Number 6086:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Huraira (and the words are): You say that Abu Huraira
narrates so many ahadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) ; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 36: THE MERITS OF THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE
BATTLE OF BADR (ALLAH BE PLEASEIYWITH THEM) AND THE STORY OF
HATIB B. ABU BALTA'A
Book 031, Number 6087:
Ubaidullah b. Rafi', who was the scribe of 'All,
reported: I heard 'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) as
saying: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent me
and Zubair and Miqdad saying: Go to the garden of, Khakh
[it is a place between Medina and Mecca at a distance of
twelve miles from Medina] and there you will find a woman
riding a camel. She would be in possession of a letter,
which you must get from her. So we rushed on horses and
when we met that woman, we asked her to deliver that
letter to us. She said: There is no letter with me. We
said: Either bring out that letter or we would take off
your clothes. She brought out that letter from (the
plaited hair of) her head. We delivered that letter to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in which Hatib
b. Abu Balta'a had informed some people amongst the
polytheists of Mecca about the affairs of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Hatib, what is this? He said:
Allah's messenger, do not be hasty in judging my
intention. I was a person attached to the Quraish. Sufyan
said: He was their ally but had no relationship with them.
(Hatib further said): Those who are with you amongst the
emigrants have blood-relationship with them (the Quraish)
and thus they would protect their families. I wished that
when I had no blood-relationship with them I should find
some supporters from (amongst them) who would help my
family. I have not done this because of any unbelief or
apostasy and I have no liking for the unbelief after I
have (accepted) Islam. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) said: You have told the truth. 'Umar
said: Allah's Messenger, permit me to strike the neck of
this hypocrite. But he (the Holy Prophet) said: He was a
participant in Badr and you little know that Allah
revealed about the people of Badr: Do what you like for
there is forgiveness for you. And Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, said:" O you who believe, do not take My enemy
and your enemy for friends" (lx. 1). And there is no
mention of this verse in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Abu Bakr and Zubair and Ishaq has in his
narration made a mention of the recitation of this verse
by Sufyan.
Book 031, Number 6088:
'Ali reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) sent me and Abu Marthad al-Ghitnavi and Zubair b.
'Awwam and we were all riders, and he said: Ride on until
you reach the garden of Khakh for there is a woman amongst
the polytheists and there is a letter with her sent by
Hatib to the polytheists; the rest of the hadith is the
same.
Book 031, Number 6089:
Jabir reported that a slave of Hatib came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) complaining against
Hatib and said: Hatib will definitely go to Hell. (But)
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: You tell a
lie; he would not get into that for he had taken part in
Badr and in (the expedition of) Hudaibiya.
Chapter 37: THE MERITS OF THOSE WHO OWED
ALLEGIANCE UNDER THE TREE (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6090:
Umm Mubashshir reported that she heard Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) as saying in presence of Hafsa:
God willing, the people of the Tree would never enter the
fire of Hell one amongst those who owed allegiance under
that. She said: Allah's Messenger, why not? He scolded
her. Hafsa said: And there is none amongst you but shall
have to pass over that (narrow Bridge). Thereupon Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Allah, the Exalted
and Glorious, has said: We would rescue those persons who
are God-conscious and we would leave the tyrants to their
fate there (xix. 72).
Chapter 38: THE MERITS OF ABU MU'SA ASHIARI AND
ABU 'AMIR (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6091:
Abu Musa reported: I was in the company of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he had been sitting in
Ji'rana (a place) between Mecca and Medina and Bilal was
also there, that there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) a desert Arab, and he said: Muhammad, fulfill
your promise that you made with me. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said to him: Accept glad tidings.
Thereupon the desert Arab said: You shower glad tidings
upon me very much; then Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) turned towards Abu Musa and Bilal seemingly in a
state of annoyance and said: Verily he has rejected glad
tidings but you two should accept them. We said: Allah's
Messenger, we have readily accepted them. Then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) called for a cup of
water and washed his hands in that and face too and put
the saliva in it and then said: Drink out of it and pour
it over your faces and over your chest and gladden
yourselves. They took hold of the cup and did as Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) had commanded them to
do. Thereupon Umm Salama called from behind the veil:
Spare some water in your vessel for your mother also, and
they also gave some water which had been spared for her.
Book 031, Number 6092:
Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father that
when Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had been free
from the Battle of Hunain, he sent Abu 'Amir as the head
of the army of Autas. He had an encounter with Duraid b.
as_Simma. Duraid was killed and Allah gave defeat to his
friends. Abu Musa said: He (the Holy Prophet) sent me
along with Abu 'Amir and Abu 'Amir received a wound in his
knee from the arrow, (shot by) a person of Bani Jusham. It
stuck in his knee. I went to him and said: Uncle, who shot
an arrow upon you? Abu 'Amir pointed out to Abu Musa and
said: Verily that one who shot an arrow upon me in fact
killed me. Abu Musa said: I followed him with the
determination to kill him and overtook him and when he saw
me he turned upon his heels. I followed him and I said to
him: Don't you feel ashamed (that you run), aren't you an
Arab? Why don't you stop? He stopped and I had an
encounter with him and we exchanged the strokes of
(swords). I struck him with the sword and killed him. Then
I came back to Abu Amir and said: Verily Allah has killed
the one who killed you. And he said: Now draw out this
arrow. I drew out the arrow and there came out from that
(wound) water. Abu 'Amir said: My nephew, go to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and convey my greetings
to him and tell him that Abu Amir begs you to ask
forgiveness for him. And Abu Amir appointed me as the
chief of the people and he died after a short time. When I
came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) I visited
him and he had been lying on the cot woven by strings and
there was (no) bed over it and so there had been marks of
the strings on the back of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and on his sides. I narrated to him what had
happened to us and narrated to him about Abu Amir and said
to him that he had made a request to the effect that
forgiveness should be sought for him (from Allah).
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be. upon him)
called for water and performed ablution with it. He then
lifted his hands and said. O Allah, grant pardon to Thy
servant Abu Amir. (The Holy Prophet had raised his hands
so high for supplication) that I saw the whiteness of his
armpits. He again said: O Allah, grant him distinction
amongst the majority of Thine created beings or from
amongst the people. I said: Allah's Messenger, ask
forgiveness for me too. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) said: Allah, forgive the sins of
Abdullah b. Qais (Abu Musa Ash'ari) and admit him to an
elevated place on the Day of Resurrection. Abu Burda said:
One prayer is for abu 'Amir and the other is tor Abu Musa.
Chapter 39: THE MERITS OF THE ASH'ARITES (ALLAH
BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6093:
Abu Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: I recognise the voice of the Ash'arites
while they recite the Qur'an as they arrive during the
night and I also recognise their station from the recital
of the Qur'an during the night time, although I have not
seen their encampments as they encamp during the day time.
And there is a person amongst them, Hakim; when he
encounters the horsemen or the enemies he says to them: My
friends command you to wait for them.
Book 031, Number 6094:
Abu Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: When the Ash'arites run short of
provisions in the campaigns or run short of food for their
children in Medina they collect whatever is with them in
the cloth and then partake equally from one vessel. They
are from me and I am from them.
Chapter 40: THE MERITS OF ABU SUFYAN B. HARB
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6095:
Ibn Abbas reported that the Muslims neither looked to
Abu Sufyan (with respect) nor did they sit in his company.
he (Abu Sufyan) said to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him): Allah's Apostle, confer upon me three things. He
replied in the affirmative. He (further) said: I have with
me the most handsome and the best (woman) Umm Habiba,
daughter of Abu Sufyan; marry her, whereupon he said: Yes.
And he again said: Accept Mu'awiya to serve as your
scribe. He said: Yes. He again said: Make me the commander
(of the Muslim army) so that I should fight against the
unbelievers as I fought against the Muslims. He said: Yes.
Abu Zumnail said: If he had not asked for these three
things from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), he
would have never conferred them upon him, for it was (his
habit) to accede to everybody's (earnest) request.
Chapter 41: THE MERITS OF JA'FAR B. ABI TALIB AND
ASMA' BINT UMAIS AND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BOATS (ALLAH BE
EASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6096:
Abu Musa reported: We were in Yemen when we heard of
the migration of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). We also set out as immigrants to him. And I was
accompanied by two brothers of mine, I being the youngest
of them; one of them was Abu Burda and the other one was
Abu Ruhm, and there were some other persons with them.
Some say they were fifty-three or fifty-two persons of my
tribe. We embarked upon a boat, and the boat sailed away
to the Negus of Abyssinia. There we met Ja'far b. Abu
Talib and his companions. Ja'far said: Allall's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) has sent us here and has commanded
us to stay here and you should also stay with us. So we
stayed with him and we came back (to Medina) and met
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) when Khaibar had
been conquered. He (the Holy Prophet) allocated a share to
us and in the ordinary course he did not allocate the
share to one who had been absent on the occasion of the
conquest of Khaibar but conferred (a share) upon him only
who had been present there with him. He, however, made an
exception for the people of the boat, viz. for Ja'far and
his companions. He allocated a share to them, and some
persons from amongst the people said to us, viz. the
people of the boat: We have preceded you in migration.
Asma' bint 'Umais who had migrated to Abyssinia and had
come back along with them (along with immigrants) visited
Hafsa, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him). (Accordingly), Umar had been sitting with her
(Hafsa). As 'Umar saw Asma, he said: Who is she? She
(Hafsa) said: She is Asma, daughter of 'Umais. He said:
She is an Abyssinian and a sea-woman. Asma said: Yes, it
is so. Thereupon 'Umar said: We preceded you in migration
and so we have more right to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as compared with you. At this she felt
annoyed and said: 'Umar, you are not stating the fact; by
Allah, you had the privilege of being in the company of
the Messenger (may peace be upon him) who fed the hungry
among you and instructed the ignorant amongst you, whereas
we had been far (from here) in the land of Abyssinia
amongst the enemies and that was all for Allah and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and, by Allah, I would
never take food nor take water unless I make a mention to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) of what you have
said. We remained in that country in constant trouble and
dread and I shall talk about it to Allah's Messenger (way
peace be upon him) and ask him (about it). By Allah, I
shall not tell a lie and deviate (from the truth) and add
anything to that. So, when Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) came, she said: Allah's Apostle, 'Umar says so
and so. Upon this Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: His right is not more than yours, for him and
his companions there is one migration, but for you, i. e.
for the people of the boat, there are two migrations. She
said: I saw Abu Musa and the people of the boat coming to
me in groups and asking me about this hadith, because
there was nothing more pleasing and more significant for
them than this. Abu Burda reported that Asma said: I saw
Abu Musa, asking me to repeat this hadith to him again and
again.
Chapter 42: THE MERITS OF SALMAN, SUHAIB AND
BILAL (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6097:
'A'idh b. Amr reported that Abu Sufyan came to Salman,
Suhaib and Bilal in the presence of a group of persons.
They said: By Allah, the sword of Allah did not reach the
neck of the enemy of Allah as it was required to reach.
Thereupon Abu Bakr said: Do you say this to the old man of
the Quraish and their chief? Then he came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon'him) and informed him of this.
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Abu Bakr, you have
perhaps annoyed them and if you annoyed them you have in
fact annoyed your Lord. So Abu Bakr came to them and said:
O my brothers, I have annoyed you. They said: No, our
brother, may Allah forgive you
Chapter 43: THE MERITS OF THE ANSAR (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6098:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that it was concerning them
(the Ansar) that this verse was revealed, that when the
two groups amongst you were about to lose heart and Allah
was the Guardian of them both. This concerned Banu Salama
and Banu Haritha and we did not like that Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious, should not have revealed this verse
for the fact that Allah (gave an assurance) of being the
Guardian of both.
Book 031, Number 6099:
Zaid b. Arqam reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: O Allah,, grant forgiveness to
the Ansar, the offspring of the Ansar and the offspring of
the offspring of the Ansar. This hadith has been narrated
on the authority of Shulba with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6100:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) sought forgiveness for the Ansar and he said: I think
(he also sought forgiveness) for the children of the Ansar
and the slaves and the freed men of the Ansar. I have no
doubt about it.
Book 031, Number 6101:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) saw children and women of the Ansar coming back from
a wedding feast. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
stood up motionless (as a mark of respect) and said: O
Allah, (bear witness) (and addressing the Ansar), said:
You are dearest to me amongst people, (and said: O Allah
(bear witness) (and addressing the Ansar), said: You are
dearest to me amongst people. And he meant Ansar.
Book 031, Number 6102:
Anas b. Malik reported that a woman from the Ansar came
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood aside with her and
said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, you are dearest to
me amongst the people. He repeated it thrice. This hadith
has been reported on the authority of Shu'ba with the same
chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6103:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The Ansar are my family and my
trusted friends. and the people would increase in number
whereas they (the Ansar) would become less and less, so
appreciate the deeds of those from amongst them who do
good and overlook their failings.
Chapter 44: THE MERITS OF THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE
ANSAR
Book 031, Number 6104:
Abu Usaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The worthiest clans of the Ansar are Banu
Najjar, thereafter Banu al-Ashhal; thereafter Banu Harith
b. Banu Khazraj; thereafter Banu Sa'idah and there is
goodness in all clans of the Ansar. Sa'd said: I see that
he (the Holy Prophet) has placed others above us. It was
said to (him): He has placed you above many others.
Book 031, Number 6105:
Abu Usaid Ansari has reported this hadith through
another chain of transmitters. When the Holy Prophet (may
peace be upon him) was marching towards Badr in order
Book 031, Number 6106:
Anas reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) but he has made no mention in the
hadith of the words of Sa'd.
Book 031, Number 6107:
Ibrahim b. Muhammad b. Talha reported: I heard Abu
Sa'ld delivering an address in the presence of Abu 'Utba
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
The worthiest settlements of the Ansar are those of Banu
Najjar, then of Banu 'Abu al-Ashhal and then of Banu
Harith and then of Banu Khazraj and then of the clan of
Banu Sa'idah, and if I were to give preference to anyone
besides them I would have given preference to my
relatives.
Book 031, Number 6108:
Abu Usaid Ansar reported: I bear witness to the fact
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The
best settlements of the Ansar are of those of Banu Najjar,
then of Banu 'Abu al-Aslihal and then of Banu Harith b.
Khazraj, then of Banu Sa'ida and there is in every
settlement of the Ansar good. Abu Salama reported that Abu
Usaid said: Can I tell a Iie about Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him)? And if I were a liar, I would have
started with my tribe Banu Sa'ida. This was conveyed to
Sa'd b. 'Ubida and he found (rankling) in his mind and
said: We have been left behind (in the sense) that we have
been (mentioned) last of the four. He (Sa'd) sid: Saddle
my pony so that I should go to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). His nephew saw him and said: Are you
going to contradict (the order of) precedence set by
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereas Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) has the best knowledge
of it? Is it not sufficient for you that you are the
fourth amongst the four (best tribes of the Ansar)? So he
returned and said: Allah and His Messenger know best, and
he commanded that his pony should be unsaddled.
Book 031, Number 6109:
Abu Usaid Ansari reported that he heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The worthiest
of the Ansar or the worthiest of the settlements and the
clans of Ansar; the rest of the hadith is the same, but
there is no mention of the story of Sa'd b. 'Ubida (Allah
be pleased with him).
Book 031, Number 6110:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying in a large gathering of the Muslims:
Should I not tell you of the best clans of the Ansar? They
said: Allah's Messenger, (kindly) do this. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger said: That is Banu Abd al-Ashhal. They
said: Allah's Messenger, then next? He said: Banu Najjar.
They again said: Allah's Messenger, then next? He said:
Then of Banu Harith b. Khazraj. They then said: Allah's
Messenger, then next? He said. Then of Banu Sa'ida. They
said: Allah's Messenger, then next? He said: There is good
in all the clans of the Ansar. It was upon this that Sa'd
b. Ubida stood up in annoyance and said: Are we the last
of the four as Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
has determined (the order of precedence) of their clans?
He decided to talk with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) on this issue, but the people Of his tribe said
to him: Be seated, are you not happy with this that
Allah's Messenger' (may peace be upon him) has mentioned
your clan as one of the four (best) clans and those whom
he left and did not mention (the order of their
precedence) are more than those whom he mentioned? And
Sa'd b. 'Ubada dropped the idea of talking to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) (on this issue).
Chapter 45: PERTAINING TO THE GOOD WHICH LIES IN
ACCOMPANYING THE ANSAR (ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6111:
Anas b. Malik reported: I set out along with Jabrir b.
'Abdullah al-Bajali on a journey and he used to serve me.
I said to him: Don't do that. Thereupon he said: I have
seen Ansar doing this with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him). I swore by Allah whenever I accompany any one
of the Ansar, I would serve him and Ibn Muthanni, and Ibn
Bashshir made this addition in their narrations: Jarir was
older than Anas, and Ibn Bashshir said: He was of a more
advanced age as compared with Anas. Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) invoked blessings for the tribes of
Ghifar and Aslam.
Chapter 46: ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON
HIM) INVOKED BLESSINGS UPON THE TRIBES OF GHIFAR AND ASLAM
Book 031, Number 6112:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Go to your people and say that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) says: Ghifar
(is a tribe) to whom Allah granted pardon, and Aslam (is
the tribe) to whom Allah granted safety.
Book 031, Number 6113:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: To the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted
safety and to the tribe of Ghifar Allah has granted
pardon.
Book 031, Number 6114:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6115:
This hadith has been narrated through other chains of
transmitters but all of them narrated on the authority of
Jabir that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said:
To the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted safety and to the
tribe of Ghifar Allah has granted pardon.
Book 031, Number 6116:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: To the tribe of Aslam Allah has
granted safety and to the tribe of Ghifar Allah has
granted pardon. Verily it is not I that say this, but (it
is) Allah the Exalted and Glorious. (who) says this.
Book 031, Number 6117:
Khufaf b. Jura' reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said in prayer: O Allah, hurl curse
upon the tribe of Lihyan and Ri'l aid Dhakwan and Usayya
for they disobeyed Allah and His Messenger, (and for)
Ghifar Allah has granted pardon and for the tribe of Aslam
Allah has granted safety.
Book 031, Number 6118:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Allah has granted pardon to the tribe of
Ghifar and to the tribe of Aslam Allah has granted safety
and as for Usayya tribe, they disobeyed Allah and His
Messenger.
Book 031, Number 6119:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Ibn Umar with a slight variation of wording (and the
wording) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said this on the pulpit. This hadith has been reported on
the authority of Ibn Umar but through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 47: THE MERITS OF THE TRIBES OF GHIFAR,
ASHJA', MUZAINA, TAMIM, DAWS AND TAYYI
Book 031, Number 6120:
Abu Ayyub reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The tribes of Ansar, Muzaina and Juhaina
and Ghifar and Ashja' and those from Banu 'Abdullah, they
are my friends amongst the people and Allah and His
Messenger are their protectors.
Book 031, Number 6121:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Quraish, Ansar, Muzaina, Juhaina and
Ghifar, they are my friends and there is no friend of
theirs besides Allah and His Messenger.
Book 031, Number 6122:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Sa'd b. Ibrahim with a slight variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 6123:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The tribes of Ashja', Ghifar and
Muzaina and from the tribe of Juhaina they are better than
Banu Tamim, Banu Amir and the allies of Asad and Ghatfan.
Book 031, Number 6124:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of
Muhammad, (the tribes of) Ghifar, Aslam, Muzaina, or from
the tribe of Juhaina or from the tribe of Muzaina, they
would be better in the eye of Allah than Asad, Tayyi, and
Ghatfan on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 031, Number 6125:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Aslam, Ghifar or some people from
Muzaina, Juhaina (with the variation of words) are better
in the eye of Allah than Asad, Ghatfan, Hawizin and Tamim.
The narrator said: I think he also said:" On the Day of
Resurrection."
Book 031, Number 6126:
Abu Bakra reported from his father that al-Aqra' b.
Habis reported that he came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and said to him: How did the tribes of
Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina (and I think he also said Juhaina
and the narrator is in doubt about it) owe allegiance to
you, whereas they plundered the pilgrims? Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:" you were
to say that Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina and I think Juhaina are
better than Banu Tamim, Banu 'Amir and Asad, Ghatfan, then
would these people (of latter group of tribes) be in loss?
He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: By Him
in Whose Hand is my life, these people are better than
Banu Tamim, Banu Amir, Asad and Ghatfan, and in this
hadith of Abu Shaiba (these words are not found) that
Muhammad (the narrator) had a doubt about.
Book 031, Number 6127:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Ya'qub Dabbi with the same chain of transmitters but with
a slight variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 6128:
Abu Bakra reported from the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) that Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina and Juhaina
are better than Banu Tamim, Banu Amir and their allies
Banu Asad and Ghatfan.
Book 031, Number 6129:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Bishr with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6130:
Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his father that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What is
your view if Juhaina, Aslam, Ghifar were better than Banu
Tamim, Banu 'Abdullah b. Ghatfan and 'Amir b. Sa'sa'a'
respectively (then what would be status of the latter
one)? He said this in a loud voice. They said: Allah's
Messenger, they would be definitely at a loss and
disadvantage. Thereupon he said: They (the first group)
are decidedly better than the others; and in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib the words are:
It you were to find that Juhaina, Muzaina and Aslam and
Ghifar (are better than...).
Book 031, Number 6131:
'Adi b. Hatim reported: I came to Umar b. Khattab and
he said to me: The first consignment of Sadaqa brought to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) which brightened
the face of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
the faces of his Companions was that of Tayyi.
Book 031, Number 6132:
Abu Huraira reported that Tufail and his companions
said: Allah's Messenger, the tribe of Daws has disbelieved
and has belied you, so invoke curse upon them. It was
said: Let Daws be destroyed, whereupon he (Allah's
Messenger) said: Allah guide aright the tribe of Daws and
direct them to me.
Book 031, Number 6133:
Abu Huraira reported: Since I heard three things from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) my love for Banu
Tamim is never on the decline (and these things are): I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying
about them that they would put up stout resistance against
Dajjal amongst my Umma. And he (the narrator) said: (When)
the consignment of Zakat was brought to him, Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: This is the
charity of our people, and there was one slave-girl in the
house of 'A'isha and she was from the tribe of Banu Tamim;
thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Set her free, for she is from the offspring of Isma'il.
The other hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Huraira with a slight variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 6134:
Abu Huraira reported: There are some distinguishing
features of Banu Tamim which I heard from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and my love for them is
never on the decline after that and the words are: They
are the bravest amongst people in the battlefield and
there is no mention of (the word)" Dajjal".
Chapter 48: THE BEST PERSONS
Book 031, Number 6135:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: You would find people like those of
mine, the good amongst you in the Days of Ignorance would
be good amongst you in the days of Islam, provided they
have an understanding of it and you will find good amongst
people the persons who would be averse to position of
authority until it is thrust upon them, and you will find
the worst amongst persons one who has double face. He
comes with one face to them and with the other face to the
others.
Book 031, Number 6136:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Zur'a with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 49: CONCERNING THE MERITS OF THE WOMEN OF
THE QURAISH
Book 031, Number 6137:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Good amongst the women are those who
ride camels. One of them said: They are pious women of the
Quraish, and the other one said: The women of the Quraish
are kind to the orphans in their childhood and look after
the wealth of their spouses.
Book 031, Number 6138:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Abu Huraira with a slight variation of wording and there
is no word" orphan".
Book 031, Number 6139:
Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The women of the Quraish are
good amongst the womenfolk. They ride camels and show
affection to their children and zealously guard the wealth
of their husbands. Abu Huraira said at the end of this
narration that Mary, the daughter of Imran, never rode the
camel.
Book 031, Number 6140:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) gave a proposal of marriage to Umm Hani, the
daughter of Abu Talib, whereupon she said: Allah's
Messenger, I am of an advanced age with a (large) family.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
The best women are those who ride (the camels) ; the rest
of the hadith is the same but with this difference that,
instead of the word Ar'a the word Ahna has been used (and
the complete sentence is like this): That they treat
children in their childhood with affection.
Book 031, Number 6141:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The best women who ride the camels
are the pious women of the Quraish; they treat with
affection children in their childhood and keep a strict
watch on the wealth of their spouses.
Book 031, Number 6142:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Huraira with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 50: FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED BY ALLAH'S
APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AMONGST THE COMPANIONS
(ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH THEM)
Book 031, Number 6143:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) established fraternity between Abu Ubaida b. Jarrah
and Abu Talha.
Book 031, Number 6144:
It was said to Anas b. Malik: You must have heard this
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: There
is no alliance (hilf) of brotherhood in Islam. Anas said:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) established the
bond of fraternity between the Quraish and the Ansar in
his home.
Book 031, Number 6145:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
established fraternity between the Quraish and the Ansar
in his house at Medina.
Book 031, Number 6146:
Jubair b. Mut'im reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There is no alliance (hilf) in
Islam but (the hilf) established in the pre-Islamic days
(for good). Islam intensifies and strengthens it.
Chapter 51: THE PRESENCE OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM) IS A SOURCE OF SECURITY FOR THE
COMPANIONS AND THE PRESENCE OF THE COMPANIONS IS A SOURCE OF
SECURITY FOR THE UMMA
Book 031, Number 6147:
Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father: We
offered the sunset prayer along with Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him). We then said: If we sit (along with
Allah's Messenger) and observe night prayer with him it
would be very good, so we sat down and he came to us and
said: You are still sitting here. I said: Allah's
Messenger, we observed evening prayer with you, then we
said: Let us sit down and observe night prayer along with
you, whereupon he said: You have done well or you have
done right. He then lifted his head towards the sky and it
often happened that as he lifted his head towards the sky,
he said: The stars are a source of security for the sky
and when the stars disappear there comes to the sky, i. e.
(it meets the same fate) as it has been promised (it would
plunge into darkness). And I am a source of safety and
security to my Companions and when I would go away there
would fall to the lot (of my Companions) as they have been
promised with and my Companions are a source of security
for the Umma and as they would go there would fall to the
lot of my Umma as (its people) have been promised.
Chapter 52: THE MERITS OF THE COMPANIONS OF THE
HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND OF THOSE WHO ARE
NEXT TO THEM AND THEN OF THOSE WHO ARE NEXT TO THEM
Book 031, Number 6148:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: A time would come for the people when
groups of people would set out for fighting in the cause
of Allah and it would be said to them: Is there one
amongst you who saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him)? And they would say: Yes, and they would be
victorious. Then the people would set out for fighting in
the cause of Allah and it would be said to them: Is there
one amongst you who saw those (who have had the privilege
of sitting in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him)? And they would say: Yes, and victory would
be granted to them. Then a group of persons would set out
for fighting in the cause of Allah and it would be said to
them: Is there one amongst you who saw one of those who
saw those who (had the privilege) of sitting in the
company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)? And
they would say: Yes, and the Victory would be granted to
them.
Book 031, Number 6149:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There would come to the people a
time when a detachment would be sent for fighting in the
cause of Allah and they would say: See, if you can find
amongst them someone from amongst the Companions of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). They would find a
person and they would be granted victory because of him.
Then a second detachment would be sent to them and they
would say: Do you find amongst them one who had had the
privilege of seeing the Companions of the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him)? -and the victory would be granted
to them because of him. Then the third detachment would be
sent and it would be said to them: See, if you find
amongst them (who had had the honour of seeing one) who
saw those who saw the Companions of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him). Then the fourth detachment would be
sent and it would be said to them: See it you find amongst
them one who had the privilege (of seeing) one who saw
those who saw those who saw the Companions of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), and a person would be
found and they would be granted victory because of him.
Book 031, Number 6150:
Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The best of my Umma would be those of the
generation nearest to mine. Then those nearest to them,
then those nearest to them, then people would come whose
witness would precede the oath and the oath will precede
the witness. Hannad has not made the mention of Qarn in
his narration. Qutaiba said that, instead of the word
Qaum, the word Aqwam has been used.
Book 031, Number 6151:
Abdullah reported: It was asked from Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) who amongst the people were the
best. He said: (People) of my generation, then those next
to them, then those next to them, then there would come a
people whose evidence would precede their oath and their
oath would precede their evidence. Ibrahim said: They
forbade us to make vows and bear witness when we were too
young.
Book 031, Number 6152:
This hadith has been transmitted by Mansur on the
authority of Abu al-Ahwas and Jarir with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 031, Number 6153:
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The best among people are of
my generation, then those next to them. (The narrator
said): I do not know whether (he said) it three times or
four times. Then there would fellow after them such
persons whose evidence would precede the oath, and in case
of some others, the oath (would precede) the evidence.
Book 031, Number 6154:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may, peace be
upon him) as saying: The best age of my Umma is one in
which I was sent (by Allah as an Apostle), then the one
next to that. (The narrator said): And Allah knows best
whether he stated this third (time) or not. Then there
would come people who would love (to look) bulky and they
would hasten to the witness box before they are asked to
bear witness.
Book 031, Number 6155:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters (but with
this variation) that Abu Huraira said: I do not know
whether he (the Holy Prophet) said (these words:" Then
next" ) twice or thrice.
Book 031, Number 6156:
Imran b. Husain reported Allah's-Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: The best among you (are) the
people (who belong to) my age. Then those next to them,
then those next to them, then those next to them. 'Imran
said: I do not know whether Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said twice or thrice (the words:" Then next"
) after (saying) about his (own age but he then said):
Then after them (after successors or those who would
succeed them) would come a people who would give evidence
before they are asked for it, and would be dishonest and
not trustworthy, who would make vows but would not fulfil
them, and would be significant in being bulky.
Book 031, Number 6157:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters (and the words
are): I do not know whether he made a mention of two
generations after his generation or of the third one too.
Shababa said: I heard this from Zahdam b. Mudarrib as he
came to me riding a horse for some need and he narrated it
to me that he had heard it from 'Imran b. Husain, and in
the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya and
Shababa (the words are): They take an oath but they do not
fulfil it, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority
of Bahz there the word is Yafun as transmitted on the
authority of Ibn Ja'far.
Book 031, Number 6158:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
'Imran b. Husain through another chain of transmitters
(and the words are): The best generation of this Umma is
the generation to which I have been sent, then the next
one, and there is an addition in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Abu 'Awana (and the words are): And Allah
knows best whether he made a mention of the third
(generation) or not; the rest of the hadith is the same as
transmitted by Zahdam on the authority of 'Imran. And in
the hadith transmitted by Hisham on the authority of
Qatada there is an addition of these words: They take an
oath whereas they are not asked to take.
Book 031, Number 6159:
'A'isha reported that a person asked Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) as to who amongst the people were
the best. He said: Of the generation to which I belong,
then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my
generation), then of the third generation (generation
adjacent to the second generation).
Chapter 53: MEANING OF THE SAYING OF THE PROPHET
(MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM):" NO PERSON WOULD SURVIVE AFTER A
CENTURY WHO IS LIVING BY THIS TIME OF MINE"
Book 031, Number 6160:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) led us 'Isha' prayer at the latter part
of the night and when he had concluded it by salutations
he stood up and said: Have you seen this night of yours?
At the end of one hundred years after this none would
survive on the surface of the earth (from amount my
Companions). Ibn Umar said: People were (not
understanding) these words of the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) which had been uttered pertaining to
one hundred years. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) in fact meant (by these words) that on that day none
from amongst those who had been living upon the earth
(from amongst his Companions) would survive (after one
hundred years) and that would be the end of this
generation.
Book 031, Number 6161:
This hadith has been transmitted by Zuhri on the
authority of Ma'mar.
Book 031, Number 6162:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying this one month before
his death: You asked me about the Last Hour whereas its
knowledge is with Allah. I, however, take an oath and say
that none upon the earth, the created beings (from amongst
my Companions), would survive at the end of one hundred
years. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters, but there
is no mention of the words:" one month before his death".
Book 031, Number 6163:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) as saying one mouth before his death (or
something like it): None amongst the created beings who
had been living by that time (during the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle).... 'Abd al-Rahman has interpreted these
words of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as: The
ages (of the people) would be diminished.
Book 031, Number 6164:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Sulaiman Taimi through other chains of transmitters.
Book 031, Number 6165:
Abu Sa'id reported that when Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) came back from Tabuk they (his Companions)
asked about the Last Hour. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: There would be none amongst
the created beings living on the earth (who would survive
this century).
Book 031, Number 6166:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: None amongst the created beings
(from my Companions) would survive after one hundred
years. Salim said: We made a mention of it to him (Jabir),
whereupon he said: It means those who had been living on
that day.
Chapter 54: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO REVILE THE
COMPANIONS OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 031, Number 6167:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Do not revile my Companions, do not
revile my Companions. By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if
one amongst you would have spent as much gold as Uhud it
would not amount to as much as one much on behalf of one
of them or half of it.
Book 031, Number 6168:
Abu Sa'id reported there was some altercation between
Khalid b. Walid and Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf and Khalid
reviled him. Thereupon Allah's Messwger (may peace be upon
him) said: None should revile my Companions. for if one
amongst you were to spend as much gold as Uhud, it would
not amount to as much as one mudd of one of them or half
of it.
Book 031, Number 6169:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
al-A'mash and there is no mention by Shu'ba and Waki' of
'Abd al-Rahman b. Auf and Khalid.
Chapter 55: THE MERITS OF UWAIS QARANI (ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH HIM)
Book 031, Number 6170:
Usair b. Jabir reported that a delegation from Kufa
came to 'Umar and there was a person amongst them who
jeered at Uwais. Thereupon Umar said: Is there amongst us
one from Qaran? That person came and Umar said: Verily
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) has said: There
would come to you a person from Yemen who would be called
Uwais and he would leave none in Yemen (behind him) except
his mother, and he would have the whiteness (due to
leprosy) and he supplicated Allah and it was cured except
for the size of a dinar or dirham. He who amongst you
meets him should ask him to supplicate for forgiveness
(from Allah) for you.
Book 031, Number 6171:
'Umar b. Khattab reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: Worthy amongst the
successors would be a person who would be called Uwais. He
would have his mother (living with him) and he would have
(a small) sign of leprosy. Ask him to beg pardon for you
(from Allah).
Book 031, Number 6172:
Usair b. Jabir reported that when people from Yemen
came to help (the Muslim army at the time of jihad) he
asked them: Is there amongst you Uwais b. 'Amir? (He
continued finding him out) until he met Uwais. He said:
Are you Uwais b., Amir? He said: Yes. He said: Are you
from the tribe of Qaran? He said: Yes. He (Hadrat) 'Umar
(again) said: Did you suffer from leprosy and then you
were cured from it but for the space of a dirham? He said:
Yes. He ('Umar) said: Is your mother (living)? He said:
Yes. He ('Umar) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) say: There would come to you Uwais b. Amir
with the reinforcement from the people of Yemen. (He would
be) from Qaran, (the branch) of Murid. He had been
suffering from leprosy from which he was cured but for a
spot of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would have
been excellent. If he were to take an oath in the name of
Allah, He would honour that. And if it is possible for
you, then do ask him to beg forgiveness for you (from your
Lord). So he (Uwais) begged forgiveness for him. Umar
said: Where do you intend to go? He said: To Kufa. He
('Umar) said: Let me write a letter for you to its
governor, whereupon he (Uwais) said: I love to live
amongst the poor people. When it was the next year, a
person from among the elite (of Kufa) performed Hajj and
he met Umar. He asked him about Uwais. He said: I left him
in a state with meagre means of sustenance. (Thereupon)
Umar said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There would come to you Uwais b. 'Amir, of
Qaran, a branch (of the tribe) of Murid, along with the
reinforcement of the people of Yemen. He had been
suffering from leprosy which would have been cured but for
the space of a dirham. His treatment with his mother would
have been very kind. If he would take an oath in the name
of Allah (for something) He would honour it. Ask him to
beg forgiveness for you (from Allah) in case it is
possible for you. So he came to Uwais and said.: Beg
forgiveness (from Allah) for me. He (Uwais) said: You have
just come from a sacred journey (Hajj) ; you, therefore,
ask forgiveness for me. He (the person who had performed
Hajj) said: Ask forgiveness for me (from Allah). He (Uwais
again) said: You have just come from the sacred journey,
so you ask forgiveness for me. (Uwais further) said: Did
you meet Umar? He said: Yes. He (Uwais) then begged
forgiveness for him (from Allah). So the people came to
know about (the status of religious piety) of Uwais. He
went away (from that place). Usair said: His clothing
consisted of a mantle, and whosoever saw him said: From
where did Uwais get this mantle?
Chapter 56: INSTRUCTIONS OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM) IN REGARD TO THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT
Book 031, Number 6173:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: You would soon conquer a land where people
are in the habit of using foul language. They have a right
of kinship upon you. And when you see two persons fighting
for the space of a brick, then get out of that. He (Abu
Dharr) then happened to pass by Rabila and 'Abd al-Rahman,
the two sons of Shurahbil b. Hasana, and they had been
disputing for the space of a brick. So he left the land.
Book 031, Number 6174:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: You would soon conquer Egypt and that is a
land which is known (as the land of al-qirat). So when you
conquer it, treat its inhabitants well. For there lies
upon you the responsibility because of blood-tie or
relationship of marriage (with them). And when you see two
persons falling into dispute amongst themselves for the
space of a brick, than get out of that. He (Abu Dharr)
said: I saw Abd al-Rahman b. Shurahbil b. Hasana and his
brother Rabi'a disputing with one another for the space of
a brick. So I left that (land).
Chapter 57: THE MERITS OF THE PEOPLE OF 'UMAN
Book 031, Number 6175:
Abu Barza reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) sent a person to a tribe amongst the tribes of
Arabia. They reviled him and beat him. He came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and narrated to him (the
story of atrocities perpetrated upon him by the people of
the tribe). Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: If you
were to come to the people of 'Uman, they would have
neither reviled you nor beaten you.
Chapter 58: PERTAINING TO THE GREAT LIAR OF
THAQIF AND THE GREAT SLAUGHTERER
Book 031, Number 6176:
Abu Naufal reported: I saw (the dead body) of Abdullah
b. Zubair hanging on the road of Medina (leading to
Mecca). The Quraish passed by it and other people too,
that Abdullah b. Umar happened to pass by it. He stood up
there and said: May there be peace upon you, Abu Khubaib
(the Kunya of Hadrat 'Abdullah b. Zubair), may there be
peace upon you Abu Khubaib, may there be peace upon you,
Abu Khubaib! By Allah, I used to forbid you from this; by
Allah, I used to forbid you from this, by Allah I used to
forbid you from this. By Allah, so far as I know, you had
been very much devoted to fasting and prayer and you had
been paying very much care to cementing the ties of blood.
By Allah, the group to which you belong (are labelled) as
(a) wicked (person) is indeed a fine group. Then 'Abdullah
b. 'Umar went away. The stand 'Abdullah (b. 'Umar) took in
regard to the inhuman treatment (meted out to 'Abdullah b.
Zubair) and his words (in that connection) were conveyed
to Hajjaj (b. Yusuf) and (as a consequence of that) he
(the body of Abdullah b. Zubair) was brought down from the
stump (the scaffold) by which it was hanging and thrown
into the graves of the Jews. He (Hajjaj) sent (his
messenger) to Asma' (bint Abu Bakr, 'Abdullah's mother).
But she refused to come. He again sent the messenger to
her with the message that she must come, otherwise he
would bring her forcibly catching hold of her hair. But
she again refused and said: By Allah, I will not come to
you until you send one to me who would drag me by pulling
my hair. Thereupon he said: Bring me my shoes. He put on
his shoes and walked on quickly swollen with vanity and
pride until he came to her and said: How do you find what
I have done with the enemy of Allah? She said: I find that
you wronged him in this world, whereas he has spoiled your
next life. It has been conveyed to me that you used to
call him ('Abdullah b. Zubair) as the son of one having
two belts. By Allah, I am indeed (a woman) of two belts.
One is that with the help of which I used to suspend high
the food of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
that of Abu Bakr (making it out of the reach) of animals
and, so far as the second belt is concerned, that is the
belt which no woman can dispense with. Verily Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) told us that in Thaqif,
there would be born a great liar and great murderer. The
liar we have seen, and as far as the murderer is
concerned, I do not find anyone else besides you.
'Thereupon he (Hajjaj) stood up and did not give any reply
to her.
Chapter 59: THE MERITS OF THE PEOPLE OF PERSIA
Book 031, Number 6177:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: If the din were at the Pleiades, even
then a person from Persia would have taken hold of it, or
one amongst the Persian descent would have surely found
it.
Book 031, Number 6178:
Abu Huraira reported: We were sitting in the company of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) that Sura
al-Jumu'a was revealed to him and when he recited (these
words):" Others from amongst them who have not yet joined
them," a person amongst them (those who were sitting
there) said: Allah's Messenger! But Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) made no reply, until he questioned him
once, twice or thrice. And there was amongst us Salman the
Persian. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him)
placed his hand on Salman and then said: Even if faith
were near the Pleiades, a man from amongst these would
surely find it.
Chapter 60: THE SIMILITUDE OF PERSONS IS THAT OF
CAMELS THAT ONE OUT OF HUNDRED IS NOT FOUND FIT FOR RIDING
Book 031, Number 6179:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: You would find people like one hundred
camels and you would not find even one (camel) fit for
riding.
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The Book Pertaining to Clothes
and Decoration (Kitab Al-Libas
wa'l-Zinah)
25.
The Book on General Behaviour
(Kitab Al-Adab) 26.
The Book on Salutations and
Greetings (Kitab As-Salam)
27.
The Book Concerning the Use of
Correct Words (Kitab Al-Alfaz
min Al-Adab wa Ghairiha)
28.
The Book of Poetry (Kitab Al-Sh`ir)
29.
The Book of Vision (Kitab Al-Ruya)
30.
The Book Pertaining to the
Excellent Qualities of the
Holy Prophet (may Peace be
upon them) and His Companions
(Kitab Al-Fada'il)
31.
The Book Pertaining to the
Merits of the Companions
(Allah Be Pleased With Them)
of the Holy Prophet (May Peace
Be Upon Him) (Kitab Al-Fada'il
Al-Sahabah)
32.
The Book of Virtue, Good
Manners and Joining of the
Ties of Relationship (Kitab
al-Birr was-Salat-l-wa`l-Adab)
33.
The Book of Destiny (Kitab-ul-Qadr)
34.
The Book of Knowledge (Kitab
Al-`Ilm)
35.
The Book Pertaining to the
Remembrance of Allah,
Supplication, Repentance and
Seeking Forgiveness (Kitab Al-Dhikr)
36.
The Book of Heart-Melting
Traditions (Kitab Al-Riqaq)
37.
The Book Pertaining to
Repentance and Exhortation to
Repentance (Kitab Al-Tauba)
38.
Pertaining To The
Charateristics Of The
Hypocrites And Command
Concerning Them (Kitab Sifat
Al-Munafiqin Wa Ahkamihin)
39.
The Book Giving Description of
the Day of Judgement, Paradise
and Hell (Kitab Sifat Al-Qiyamah
wa'l Janna wa'n-Nar)
40.
The Book Pertaining to
Paradise, Its Description, Its
Bounties and Its Intimates (Kitab
Al-Jannat wa Sifat Na'imiha wa
Ahliha)
41.
The Book Pertaining to the
Turmoil and Portents of the
Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa
Ashrat As-Sa`ah)
42.
The Book Pertaining to Piety
and Softening of Hearts (Kitab
Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa'iq)
43.
The Book of Commentary (Kitab
Al-Tafsir)
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