319. Chapter: On it being disliked for a man to ask by the Face of Allah for anything by the Garden and it being disliked to refuse the one who asks by Allah
1722. Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not ask for anything by the Face of Allah except the Garden." [Abu Dawud]
1723. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Give refuge to anyone who seeks refuge by Allah. Give to anyone who asks by Allah. Respond to anyone who invites you. If anyone does something good for you, repay him. If you do not have the wherewithal to repay him, then pray for him until you think that you have repaid him." [Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i]
320. Chapter: On forbidding that a Sultan be called Shahneshah because it means "the King of Kings" and only Allah is described as that
1724. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The most abased man in the sight of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is a man who calls himself, 'the King of Kings.'" [Agreed upon]
321. Chapter: On the prohibition against addressing an iniquitous person or innovator, as "master", etc.
1725. Burayda reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not call the hypocrite 'master'. Even if he is a master, you will anger your Lord, the Mighty and Majestic." [Abu Dawud]
322. Chapter: On it being disliked to curse fever
1726. Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited Umm as-Sa'ib or Umm al-Musayyab and said, "What is wrong with you, Umm as-Sa'ib - or Umm al-Musayyab? Why are you shaking?' She said, "The fever, may Allah not bless it.' He said, "Do not curse the fever. It removes the errors of the son of Adam as bellows remove the dross of iron." [Muslim]
323. Chapter: The prohibition against cursing the wind, and what one says when it blows
1727. Abu'l-Mundhir Ubayy ibn Ka'b said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Do not curse the wind. If you dislike what you see of it, then say, "O Allah, we ask You for the good of this wind and the good of what is in it and the good of what it is ordered to do. We seek refuge with You from the evil of this wind and the evil of what is in it and the evil of what it is ordered to do."'" [at-Tirmidhi]
1728. Abu Hurayra said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'The wind is from the mercy of Allah. It brings mercy and brings punishment. When you see it, do not curse it. Ask Allah for its good and seek refuge in Allah from its evil." [Abu Dawud]
1729. 'A'isha said, "When the wind was strong, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, 'O Allah, I ask You for its good and the good of what is in it and the good of what is brought by it, and I seek refuge with You from its evil and the evil of what is in it and the evil of what is brought by it.'" [Muslim]
324: Chapter: On it being disliked to curse the cockerel
1730. Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not curse the cockerel. It wakes people up for the prayer." [Abu Dawud]
325. Chapter: On the prohibition against a man attributing rain to a star
1731. Zayd ibn Khalid said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, led us in the Subh prayer at Hudaybiyya after a rainy night. When he finished, he faced the people and said, 'Do you know what your Lord has said?' They said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, 'This morning My slaves have become divided up into believers and unbelievers. Those who said, "We had rain by the favour and mercy of Allah," believe in Me and reject the stars. Those who said that it was because of a certain star, disbelieve in Me and believe in the star." [Agreed upon]
326. Chapter: On forbidding calling a Muslim an unbeliever
1732. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When a man says to his brother, 'O unbeliever,' one of them returns with that ascription applying to him. If it is not as the one who said it said, it reverts to him." [Agreed upon]
1733. Abu Dharr heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "If anyone calls a man an unbeliever or says, 'enemy of Allah' when that is not the case, that reverts to him." [Agreed upon]
327. Chapter: On forbidding obscene and coarse language
1734. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A believer is not a defamer, a curser, obscene or coarse." [at-Tirmidhi]
1735. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no obscenity in a thing without that marring it, and there is no modesty in a thing without that adorning it." [at-Tirmidhi]
328. Chapter: On it being disliked to exaggerate in speech and to be affected in eloquence, and to use unusual languages and fine points in Arabic when speaking to the common people
1736. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Those who go to excess are destroyed." He said it three times. [Muslim]
1737. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah hates an eloquent man who enunciates over-carefully with his tongue as the cow seeks out morsels." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]
1738. Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Those I love most and those sitting nearest to me on the Day of Rising will be those of you with the best character. Those most hateful to me and the furthest of you from me on the Day of Rising will be the pompous, the braggarts and the arrogant." [at-Tirmidhi]
329. Chapter: On it being disliked to say, "My self is disgusted (khabuthat)"
1739. 'A'isha reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "None of you should say, 'My self is disgusted (khabuthat),' but rather he should say, 'My self is annoyed (laqisat).'" [Agreed upon]
Scholars say that khabuthat means adulterated which is the meaning of laqisat. The expression khubth is disliked.
330. Chapter: On it being disliked to call the grape the vine (karm)
1740. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not call the grape the vine (karm). The karm is the Muslim." [Agreed upon]
In one variant, "The karm is the heart of the believer."
1741. Wa'il ibn Hujr reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not say 'vine', but say 'grape and habala (another word for vine).'" [Muslim]
331. Chapter: On the prohibition against describing a woman's beauty to a man when there is no legitimate need for that, for instance, like seeking marriage with her, etc.
1742. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A woman should not embrace another woman and then describe her to her husband so as to give him an exact picture of her." [Agreed upon]
332. Chapter: On it being dislike for a man to say in supplication, "O Allah, forgive me if You will." He should be firm in asking
1743. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "None of you should say, 'O Allah, forgive me if You will. O Allah, have mercy on me if You will.' He should be firm in his asking. No one can force Him." [Agreed upon]
In a variant of Muslim, 'He should be firm and should have great desire. Nothing is too great for Allah Almighty to give him."
1744. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When one of you makes supplication, he should be firm in his asking and not say, 'O Allah, if You wish give to me.' He cannot be compelled." [Agreed upon]
333. Chapter: On it being disliked to say, "What Allah wills and so-and-so wills"
1745. Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not say, 'What Allah wishes and what so-and-so wishes.' Rather say, 'What Allah wishes and then what so-and-so wishes.'" [Abu Dawud]
334. Chapter: On it being disliked to talk after 'Isha'
What is meant is conversation which is permitted at other than this and doing it or not doing is the same. As for talk which is forbidden or disliked at other times, it is even more strongly forbidden and disliked at this time. As for talking about good, like discussing knowledge, stories of the righteous, noble character, talking with a guest, talking with someone who has a need and the like, that is not disliked. Indeed it is recommended. It is the same for talk which is due to an excuse or event: it is not disliked. Sound hadiths support all that we mentioned.
1746. Abu Barza reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to dislike sleep before 'Isha' and talk after it." [Agreed upon]
1747. Ibn 'Umar reported that once, towards the end of his life, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed 'Isha' and said, "Do you see this night? No one on the surface of the earth will still be there in a hundred years from now." [Agreed upon]
1748. Anas said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, delayed the 'Isha' prayer until the middle of the night and then led them in the prayer. Then he addressed us and said, 'Most people have prayed and gone to sleep, but you were in prayer the whole time you were waiting for it.'" [al-Bukhari]
335. Chapter: On it being forbidden for a woman to refuse to come to her husband's bed when he calls her if she does not have a legitimate reason
1749. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When a man calls his wife to his bed and she refuses to come and he spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning." [Agreed upon]
336. Chapter: On it being forbidden for a woman to fast voluntarily when her husband is present without his permission
1750. Abu Hurayra stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It is not lawful for a woman to fast while her husband is present without his permission and she must not allow anyone to enter his house without his permission." [Agreed upon]
337. Chapter: On it being forbidden to get ahead of the Imam in coming up from bowing or prostration
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1751. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not those of you who raise their heads before the Imam fear lest Allah turn their heads into donkey-heads or that Allah will make their shape that of a donkey?" [Agreed upon]
338. Chapter: On it being disliked to put the hands on the hips during the prayer
1752. Abu Hurayra said, "Placing the hands on the hips during the prayer was forbidden." [Agreed upon]
339. Chapter: On it being disliked to pray when food has been served or when one needs to go to the lavatory
1753. 'A'isha said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'There is no prayer when food is present nor when one needs to relieve oneself in either way." [Muslim]
340. Chapter: On the prohibition against looking to the sky during the prayer
1754. Anas ibn Malik said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Why on earth do some people raise their eyes towards heaven during their prayer?' His words on this subject grew stronger until he finally said, 'They should stop doing it or their eyesight will be taken away.'" [al-Bukhari]
341. Chapter: On it being disliked to look about in the prayer without reason
1755. 'A'isha said, "I asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about looking around in the prayer and he said, 'It is one of Shaytan's ways of making off with people's prayers.'" [al-Bukhari]
1756. Anas said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me, 'Beware of turning round in the prayer. Turning round in the prayer is ruinous. If you must do it, then let it be in the voluntary but not in the obligatory prayers." [at-Tirmidhi]
342. Chapter: On the prohibition against praying towards graves
1757. Abu Marthad Kannaz ibn al-Husayn said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Do not pray towards graves nor sit on them." [Muslim]
343. Chapter: On it being forbidden to pass in front of someone praying
1758. Abu Juhaym 'Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn as-Simma al-Ansari said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had said, "If the person passing in front of the man praying knew what he was incurring, he would find it preferable to wait forty rather than pass in front of him." The narrator said, "I do not know whether he said forty days or forty months or forty years." [Agreed upon]
344. Chapter: On it being disliked to start doing voluntary prayers after the iqama has begun, even if it is the sunna for that prayer
1759. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When the iqama for the prayer is given, there is no prayer but the obligatory prayer." [Muslim]
345. Chapter: It is disliked to single out Friday to fast or Friday night for praying at night
1760. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not single out the night of Jumu'a rather than other nights for praying at night and do not single out the day of Jumu'a for fasting rather than other days unless it forms part of a fast that one of you is fasting." [Muslim]
1761. Abu Hurayra said, "I heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'None of you should fast on the day of Jumu'a unless he fasts a day before or after it.'" [Agreed upon]
1762. Muhammad ibn 'Abbad said, "I asked Jabir, 'Did the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbid fasting on the day of Jumu'a?' He said. 'Yes.'" [Agreed upon]
1763. Umm al-Mu'minin, Juwayriya bint al-Harith said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, visited her on the day of Jumu'a and she was fasting. He said, "Did you fast yesterday?" She said, "No' He said, "Do you intend to fast tomorrow?" She said, "No." He said, "Then break the fast."[al-Bukhari]
346. Chapter: On forbidding continuous fasting, which is to fast two or more days without eating or drinking between them
1764. Abu Hurayra and 'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade continuous fasting. [Agreed upon]
1765. Ibn 'Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade continuous fasting. They said, 'But you fast continuously.' He said, 'I am not like you. I am fed and given to drink.'" [Agreed upon]
347. Chapter: On it being forbidden to sit on graves
1766. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It would be better for one of you to sit on a hot coal which burned his clothes and reached his skin than to sit on a grave." [Muslim]
348. Chapter: On the prohibition against plastering over or building over graves
1767. Jabir said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade plastering over graves or sitting on them or building over them." [Muslim]
349. Chapter: On the strong prohibition against a slave running away from his master
1768. Jarir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whenever a slave runs away, protection is removed from him." [Muslim]
1769. Jarir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When a slave runs away, his prayer is not accepted from him." [Muslim]
In one variant, "He has disbelieved."
350. Chapter: On the prohibition against interceding in hudud-punishments
Allah Almighty says, "The woman and man who commit fornication: flog both of them with one hundred lashes and do not let compassion for either of them possess you where Allah's deen is concerned if you believe in Allah and the Last Day." (24:2)
1770. 'A'isha reported that Quraysh were concerned with the case of a Makhzumi woman who had stolen something and they said, "Who will speak to the Messenger of Allah about her?" They said, "Who is bold enough to do it except Usama ibn Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "How can you intercede when it is a case of one of the legal punishments of Allah Almighty?" Then he stood up and spoke and said, "Those before you were destroyed because when a noble among them stole, they let him be, but when the weak among them stole, they carried out the legal punishment on them. By Allah, if Fatima the daughter of Muhammad were to steal, I would cut off her hand." [Agreed upon]
In one variant, "The face of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, changed colour and he said, 'How can you intercede in respect of one of the hudud of Allah?" Usama said, "Ask forgiveness for me, Messenger of Allah." He said, "Then he gave the command and the woman's hand was cut off.
351. Chapter: On the prohibition against relieving oneself in the road, shady places, water sources, etc.
Allah Almighty says, "And those who abuse believing men and woman, when they have not merited it, bear the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing." (33:58)
1771. Abu Hurayra stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Beware of the two cursed things." They said, "What are the cursed things?" He said, "Someone relieving himself on a path people use or in a place they go for shade." [Muslim]
352. Chapter: On the prohibition against urinating in standing water
1772. Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade urinating in standing water." [Muslim]
353. Chapter: It is disliked to show preference to one child over the others in gifts
1773. An-Nu'man ibn Bashir reported that his father brought him to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'I gave this son of mine a slave I had.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked, 'Did you give every son of yours the same thing?' He said, 'No.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Then take him back.'"
In one variant, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Did you do this for all of your sons?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Fear Allah and be just to your children.' My father returned and took that sadaqa back."
In one variant, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'O Bashir, do you have any sons other than this one?' He said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Did you give all of them the same as this?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Do not make me a witness for I will not be a witness to an injustice.'"
In one variant, "Do not make me a witness to an injustice."
In one variant, "Make other than me a witness to this!" Then he said, "Do you want them all be equally dutiful to you?" He said, "Yes indeed." He said, "Then do not do this." [Agreed upon]
354. Chapter: It is forbidden for a woman to mourn more than three days for anyone except her husband. The mourning period for a husband is four months and ten days
1774. Zaynab bint Abi Salama said, "I visited Umm Habiba, the wife of the Prophet, when her father, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, had died. She called for a yellowy perfume, perhaps khaluq or something else. She first rubbed the perfume on a slave-girl and she then wiped it on the sides of her face and said, 'By Allah! I have no need of perfume but I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say on the minbar, "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to abstain from adornment for more than three nights, when mourning for someone who has died, except for the four months and ten days in the case of a husband."'"
Zaynab said, "Then I visited Zaynab bint Jahsh when her brother had died. She called for perfume and put some on and said, 'By Allah! I have no need of perfume, but I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to abstain from adornment for more than three nights, when mourning for someone who has died, except for the four months and ten days in the case of a husband."'" [Agreed upon]
355. Chapter: On it being forbidden for a townsman to sell on behalf of a desert man, to meet caravans, to bid against another man to raise the price or to make a marriage proposal in the face of another's proposal without his permission
1775. Anas said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade a townsman selling on behalf of a man of the desert, even if it was his full brother." [Agreed upon]
1776. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not go out to meet goods before they have reached the markets." [Agreed upon]
1777. Ibn 'Abbas stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not go out to meet caravans, and townsmen should not sell on behalf of men of the desert." Tawus said, "I said to Ibn 'Abbas, 'What does he means by "townsmen should not sell on behalf of men of the desert"?' He said, 'They should not be his broker.'" [Agreed upon]
In one variant, "The Prophet forbade meeting caravans [early], a townsman selling on behalf of a man of the desert, a woman imposing the precondition of her sister's divorce, and a man bidding against another man to raise the price, and he forbade bidding against one another and allowing milk to collect in the udder."
1778. Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade a townsman to sell on behalf of a man of the desert, people bidding against each other, outbidding each other in order to raise the price, a man to sell against the sale of his brother or to make a marriage proposal in the face of his brother's proposal, and a woman to ask for her sister to be divorced in order to take her place.:
In one variant, he said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade meeting caravans, a Muhajir selling on behalf of a bedouin, a woman making it a precondition that her sister be divorced and a man making a bogus bid against the bid of his brother, and he forbade outbidding in order to raise the price and leaving animals unmilked." [Agreed upon]
1779. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "No one should sell against the sale of another nor propose marriage in the face of his brother's marriage proposal unless he is given permission to do so." [Agreed upon]
1780. 'Uqba ibn 'Amir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The believer is the brother of the believer, and it is not lawful for a believer is sell against the sale of his brother nor propose marriage in the face of his brother's marriage proposal unless he withdraws." [Muslim]
356. Chapter: On the prohibition against squandering money in improper ways
1781. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah Almighty is pleased with three things you do and dislikes three things you do. He is pleased that you worship Him and do not associate anything with Him and hold tight to the rope of Allah all together without splitting up. He dislikes your chatter, importunate asking and squandering of wealth." [Muslim]
1782. Warrad, the scribe of al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba, said, "Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba dictated to me in a letter to Mu'awiya that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say after every obligatory prayer, 'There is no god but Allah alone with no partner. The kingdom and praise belong to Him and He has power over everything. O Allah, none can withhold what You give nor give what You withhold and the wealth of someone who has it is of no avail against You.' He also wrote to him that he forbade idle chatter, squandering of wealth and too much asking. He also forbade disobedience to mothers, burying baby girls alive, and people refusing to pay what is due." [Agreed upon]
357. Chapter: On the prohibition against pointing at a Muslim with a weapon, seriously or in jest, and the prohibition against handing someone an unsheathed sword
1783. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "None of you should point at his brother with a weapon. He does not know; perhaps Shaytan will make it slip from his hand thus making him fall into a pit of the Fire." [Agreed upon]
In one variant of Muslim he said that Abu'l-Qasim said, "If someone points with a piece of iron at his brother, the angels curse him until he puts it down, even if it is his full brother."
1784. Jabir said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade one man handing another an unsheathed sword." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]
358. Chapter: On it being disliked to leave the mosque after the adhan without reason before the obligatory prayer has been prayed
1785. Abu'sh-Sha'tha' said, "We were sitting with Abu Hurayra in the mosque and the mu'adhdhin called the adhan. A man in the mosque began to walk out and Abu Hurayra's eye followed him until he had left the mosque. Abu Hurayra then said, 'This man has rebelled against Abu'l-Qasim.'" [Muslim]
359. Chapter: On it being disliked to refuse basil for no reason
1786. Abu Hurayra said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who is offered basil should not refuse it. It is light in weight and fragrant in scent."[Muslim]
1787. Anas ibn Malik said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would never refuse scent." [al-Bukhari]
360. Chapter: It is disliked to praise someone to his face as it is feared that it will cause him to be arrogant, and the permission to do that if the person is safe from that happening
1788. Abu Musa al-Ash'ari said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, heard a man praising another man, extolling him greatly. The Prophet said, 'You have destroyed him - or you have broken the man's back.'" [Agreed upon]
1789. Abu Bakra reported that a man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet and a man praised him heartily. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Bother you! You have severed you companion's neck,' saying it several times. "If one of you must praise someone, he should say, 'I think such and such' if he thinks the person is like that. Allah is enough for him and no one should commended and praised in front of Allah." [Agreed upon]
1790. Hammam ibn al-Harith reported that a man began to praise 'Uthman and al-Miqdad went and knelt on his knees and began to throw pebbles in his face, 'Uthman said to him, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When you see praisers, then throw dust in their faces."'" [Muslim]
These hadiths forbid it while there are many sound hadiths which permit it. Scholars say that the mention of combining the hadiths is to say that if the person praised has complete faith and certainty, self discipline and full knowledge, then he is not tempted or deluded by that. His self will not play with him and so it is neither forbidden or disliked. If any of these matters is feared for him, then it is strongly disliked to praise him to his face. It is on the basis of this distinction that the hadiths about that vary. Among those which allow praise is what the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to Abu Bakr, "I hope that you will be one of them," i.e. one of those who will be invited to enter by all the gates of the Garden." In another hadith, "You are not one of them," i.e, those who drag their waist-wrappers out of arrogance." The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to 'Umar, "Shaytan does not see you travelling down one pass but that he travels by a different pass." There are many hadiths which allow it, some of which can be found in Kitab al-Adhkar.
361. Chapter: On it being disliked to leave a place where there is plague to flee from it, and it being disliked to go where there is plague
Allah Almighty says, "Wherever you are, death will catch up with you, even if you are in impregnable fortresses" (W4:77; H4:78) and the Almighty says, "Do not your cast yourselves into destruction." (W2:194; H2:195)
1791. Ibn 'Abbas reported that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab set out for Syria and reached as far as Sargh where the commanders of the armies, Abu 'Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah and his companions, met him and informed him that the plague had broken out in Syria. Ibn 'Abbas said, "'Umar said to me, 'Call the early Muhajirun for me,' and so I called them and he consulted them and informed them that the plague had broken out in Syria. They disagreed. Some of them said, 'You have set out on a matter and we do not think that you should retreat from it.' Others said, 'With you are the rest of the people and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and we do not think that you should expose them to this plague.' He said, 'Leave me.' Then he said, 'Call the Ansar for me,' and I called them and he consulted them. They behaved as the Muhajirun had done and disagreed as they had disagreed. He said, 'Leave me.' Then he said, 'Call for me those who are here of the elders of Quraysh who emigrated before the Conquest of Makka.' So I called them, and there were not two of them who disagreed about it. They said, 'We think that you should return with the people and not expose them to this plague.' So 'Umar made an announcement among the people: 'I am travelling back in the morning, so travel back then as well.' Abu 'Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah said, 'Are you fleeing from the decree of Allah?' 'Umar said, 'If only someone other than you had said that, Abu 'Ubayda!' 'Umar did not like his opposition. 'Yes, we are fleeing from the decree of Allah to the decree of Allah. Do you think that if you had camels and they went down into a valley which had two sides, one of which was fertile and the other barren, and you grazed them on the fertile side, that that grazing would be by the decree of Allah, and if you grazed them on the barren side, that that grazing would not be by the decree of Allah?'" He said, "Then 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn 'Awf, who had been absent on some errand, came up and said, 'I have some knowledge of this. I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "When you hear that it is in a place, do not go forward to it. If it comes to a land where you are, do not flee from it."' 'Umar praised Allah Almighty and left." [Agreed upon]
1792. Usama ibn Zayd reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When you hear that there is plague in a place, do not enter it. When it arrives in a place where you are, do not leave it." [Agreed upon]
362. Chapter: On the strong prohibition of sorcery
Allah Almighty says, "Sulayman did not disbelieve, but the shaytans did, teaching men sorcery." (W2:101; H2:102)
1793. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Avoid the seven fatal sins." They said, "Messenger of Allah, what are they?" He said, "Associating with Allah, sorcery, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden except by legal right, consuming usury, consuming the property of an orphan, fleeing on the day of battle and slandering unthinking chaste believing women." [Agreed upon]
363. Chapter: On the prohibition against travelling with a copy of the Qur'an to enemy territory when it is feared that it might fall into the hands of the enemy
1794. 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade travelling with the Qur'an to enemy territory." [Agreed upon]
364. Chapter: On it being forbidden to use gold and silver dishes for eating, drinking, purification, etc.
1795. Umm Salama stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Someone who drinks from a silver vessel is gulping Hellfire into his belly." [Agreed upon]
In a variant of Muslim, "Someone who eats or drinks from silver and gold vessels."
1796. Hudhayfa said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade us silk, silk brocade and drinking from gold and silver vessels. He said, 'They are for them in this world and for us in the Next World." [Agreed upon]
In the variant in Bukhari and Muslim from Hudhayfa is: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Do not wear silk or silk brocade nor drink from gold and silver vessels or plates."
1797. Anas ibn Sirin said, "I was with Anas ibn Malik with a group of Magians and a sweet was brought on a silver dish but he did not eat it. The bearer was told to change the dish and it was transferred to a wooden dish. Then it was brought again and he ate it." [al-Bayhaqi]
365. Chapter: On it being forbidden for a man to wear clothes dyed with saffron
1798. Anas said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade men to use saffron dye." [Agreed upon]
1799. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw me wearing two garments dyed with saffron and he said, 'Did your mother order you to do this?' I said, 'Shall I wash them?' He said, 'Rather burn them.'"
In one variant, "This is clothing that the unbelievers wear, so do not wear it." [Muslim]
366. Chapter: On the prohibition against vowing a day of silence
1800. 'Ali said, "I memorised from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "There is no orphanhood after puberty. There is no vow to remain silent for the day until nightfall." [Abu Dawud]
In discussing this hadith, al-Khattabi said that one of the practices of the Jahiliyya was a vow of silence, and they were forbidden that in Islam and commanded to do dhikr and speak good things.
1801. Qays ibn Abi Hazim said, "Abu Bakr as-Siddiq visited a woman of Ahmas called Zaynab and saw that she did not speak. He said, 'Why does she not speak?' They said, 'She made hajj silent.' He said to her, 'Speak. This is not lawful. This is one of the practices of the Jahiliyya.' So she started speaking.'" [al-Bukhari]
367. Chapter: On it being forbidden for a man to ascribe his lineage to other than his father or his wala' to other than his patrons
1802. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Garden is unlawful for anyone who makes a false claim of paternity knowing that he is not the father." [Agreed upon]
1803. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do not disown your fathers. It is disbelief for anyone to disown his father." [Agreed upon]
1804. Yazid ibn Sharik ibn Tariq said, "I saw 'Ali speaking on the minbar and I heard him say, 'No, by Allah, we have nothing to read but the Book of Allah and this paper.' He unfolded it and it contained information about the ages of camels [for zakat] and questions concerning wounds [for retaliation]. In it, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Madina is a sanctuary which extends from 'A'ir to Thawr. If anyone commits an improper action in it or gives refuge to someone who commits improper actions, the curse of Allah is on him, and that of the angels and all people. Neither repentance nor ransom will be accepted from him on the Day of Rising. The dhimma [covenant] of the Muslims is the same. It is valid from the least of them. If anyone breaks a Muslim's covenant, the curse of Allah is on him, and that of the angels and all people. Neither repentance nor ransom will accepted from him on the Day of Rising. If anyone claims paternity from other than his father, or attributes himself to other than his patrons, the curse of Allah is on him, and that of the angels and all people. Neither repentance nor ransom will accepted from him on the Day of Rising.'" [Agreed upon]
1805. Abu Dharr reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "There is no man who claims another man for his father, and that knowingly, but that he has disbelieved. Anyone who lays claim to what is not his is not one of us. He will take his seat in the Fire. Anyone who claims that another man is an unbeliever or says he is the enemy of Allah when that is not the case, that comes back on him." [Agreed upon]
368. Chapter: The warning not to commit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited
Allah Almighty says, "Those who oppose his command should beware of a testing trial coming to them or a painful punishment striking them," (W24:61; H24:63) and the Almighty says, "Allah advises you to beware of Him." (3:30) Allah Almighty says, "Your Lord's Assault is very fierce indeed," (85:12) and the Almighty says, "Such is the seizing of your Lord when He seizes the cities which do wrong. His seizing is painful, violent." (11:102)
1806. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah Almighty is jealous, and the jealousy of Allah expresses itself in respect of a man coming to something Allah has forbidden him." [Agreed upon]
369. Chapter: On what one says and does if one commits something forbidden
Allah Almighty says, "If an evil urge from Shaytan eggs you on, seek refuge in Allah," (W41:35; H41:36) and the Almighty says, "As for those who are godfearing, when they are bothered by visitors from Shaytan, remember and immediately see clearly." (7:201) The Almighty says, "Those who, when they act indecently or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their bad actions – and who can forgive bad actions except Allah – and do not knowingly persist in what they were doing. Their recompense is forgiveness from their Lord, and Gardens with rivers flowing under them, remaining in them timelessly, forever. How excellent is the reward of those who act!" (3:135-136) The Almighty says, "Turn towards Allah, O believers, every one of you, so that perhaps you will have success." (24:31)
1807. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who swears and says in his oath, 'By al-Lat and al-'Uzza,' should say, 'There is no god but Allah.' Anyone who says to his companions, 'Come, I will make a wager with you,' should give sadaqa.'" [Agreed upon]
370. Chapter: On various stories
1808. an-Nawwas ibn Sam'an said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioned the Dajjal one morning and then lowered his voice about him and then raised it until we thought that he must be in a palm-grove nearby. When we went to him in the evening, he saw that we were disturbed and said, "What is wrong with you?' We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, in the morning you mentioned the Dajjal and then lowered your voice about him and then raised it so that we thought he must be in the palm-grove nearby.'
"He said, 'It is not the Dajjal which alarms me with regard to you. If he were to emerge while I was still among you, I would overcome him with arguments for you. If he emerges when I am not among you, then a man must have his own arguments and I leave Allah watching over every Muslim. He is a youth with curly hair who is blind in one eye. I could liken him to 'Abdu'l-'Uzza ibn Qatan. Anyone of you who meets him, should recite the first verses of Surat al-Kahf over him. He will appear on a road between Syria and Iraq and will cause havoc right and left. O slaves of Allah! Be firm!'
"We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how long will he remain on the earth?' He said, 'Forty days: one day like a year, one day like a month and one day like a week; and the rest of his days the same as your days.' We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, in the day which is like a year, will it be enough for us to do the prayers of a single day in it?' He said, 'No, reckon them.'
"We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, how fast does he travel in the earth?' He said, 'Like abundant rain with the wind behind it. He will come to a people and summon them and they will believe him and respond to him. He will command the heaven and it will rain, and the earth and it will have growth. Their herds will return to them with the highest possible humps and fullest udders and the most ample haunches. Then he will come to a people and summon them and they will reject what he says, and he will turn from them and they will be struck by drought and lose everything they have. He will go through ruins and say to them, "Bring forth your treasures!" and their treasures will follow him like drone bees. Then he will call a man in the full bloom of youth and he will strike him with a sword and cut him in half with an aimed blow. Then he will call him and he will respond with his face beaming and laughing.
"'While he is doing these things Allah Almighty will send the Messiah, son of Maryam,. He will descend at the White Minaret, to the east of Damascus wearing two dyed garments, with his palms placed on the wings of two angels. When he shakes his head, drops will fall and when he raises it, drops like pearls will flow down. It is not lawful for any unbeliever to experience his scent without dying, and his breath will reach as far as his glance reaches. He will hunt the Dajjal until he catches him at the gate of Ludd where he will kill him. Then 'Isa will come to some people whom Allah has protected from the Dajjal, and he will wipe their faces and speak to them of their degrees in the Garden. While that is happening, Allah Almighty will reveal to 'Isa, "I have brought forth some slaves of Mine whom no one will be capable of fighting. So take My slaves to the Mount for protection." Then Allah will send forth Yajuj and Majuj and they will come sliding down every hillside. The first of them will pass over the sea of Tiberias and drink up what is in it and the last of them will pass and say, "This once had water in it." The Prophet of Allah, 'Isa, and his Companions will be beset to the point that if one of them has an ox head it will be better than someone having a hundred dinars today.
"'The Prophet of Allah 'Isa and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, will pray to Allah Almighty and Allah Almighty will send down against Yajuj and Majuj worms in their necks and they will die as in a single breath. Then the Prophet of Allah 'Isa and his Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, will come down from Mount and they will not find on the earth any place the breadth of a handspan without it being filled with their stink and stench. The Prophet of Allah, 'Isa, and his Companions, may Allah be pleased them, will pray to Allah Almighty and Allah will send birds looking like camels' necks and they will carry them away and put them down wherever Allah wishes. Then Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, will send down rain which no house of mud or hair can withstand and it will wash the earth until it is left like a mirror. Then he will say to the earth, "Produce your fruits and display your blessing." On that day a whole group will be satisfied by eating one pomegranate and its rind will be big enough to shade them all. Milk will be blessed to such an extent that the milk of one camel will be enough for whole groups of peoples. The milk of one cow will be enough for a tribe. The milk of one sheep will be enough for a clan. While this is going on, Allah Almighty will send a pleasant breeze and it will pick them up them under their arms and take the soul of every believer and every Muslim. The evil people will remain behind copulating like donkeys, and it is upon them that the Hour will come. [Muslim]
1809. Rib'i ibn Hirash said, "I went with Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari to Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman and Abu Mas'ud said to him, 'Relate to me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about the Dajjal.' He said, 'The Dajjal will emerge accompanied by water and fire. What appears to the people as water will in fact be fire that burns, and what appears to the people as fire will in fact be sweet water. Anyone among you who meets him, should plunge into what appears to him as fire, for it will in fact be sweet water.' Abu Mas'ud said, 'I also heard that.'" [Agreed upon]
1810. 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Dajjal will emerge in my community and will remain there for forty. I do not know whether it will be forty days or forty months or forty years. Allah Almighty will send 'Isa ibn Maryam and he will seek him out and destroy him. Then people will remain for seven more years with no enmity between any of them. Then Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, will send a cold wind from the direction of Syria and no one who has an atom's weight of good or belief in his heart will be left on the face of the earth without it seizing him so that even if someone were to go inside a mountain, it would get into where he was to seize him. The worst people will remain behind with the flightiness of birds and the discernment of wild beasts, neither knowing what is right nor disliking what is wrong. Shaytan will take on a form for them and will say, 'Will you obey?" And they will say, 'What is your command?' He will command them to worship idols. They will have plentiful provision there and a good livelihood. Then the Trumpet will be blown. No one will hear it without inclining his neck towards the sound to listen. The first to hear it will be a man plastering his camels' watering-trough, and he will swoon and everyone will swoon. Then Allah will send - or he said 'Allah will make fall' - rain as if it was dew or a shadow, and people's bodies will grow from it. Then it will be blown a second time and they will be standing, looking round. Then it will be said, 'O people! Come to your Lord!' [It will be said,] 'Make them stand. They will be questioned.' Then it will be said: 'Bring forth those destined for the Fire.' It will be said, 'How many are there?' It will be said, 'Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand.' That is a day which "will turn children grey" (W73:16; H73:17). That is a day when, "the legs are bared" (68:42).'" [Muslim]
1811. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no city which the Dajjal will not trample underfoot except for Makka and Madina. Every one of their passes has over it angels in rows, guarding it. He will halt at as-Sabakha and Madina will be shaken three times and Allah will expel from it every unbeliever and hypocrite." [Muslim]
1812. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah , may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Dajjal will be followed by seventy thousand Jews of Isfahan wearing head-shawls." [Muslim]
1813. Umm Sharik heard the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "People will flee from the Dajjal into the mountains." [Muslim]
1814. 'Imran ibn Husayn said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'There is nothing more terrible than the Dajjal from the time of the creation of Adam to the arrival of the Hour." [Muslim]
1815. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Dajjal will emerge and a man of the believers will go towards him and some sentries will challenge him, the sentries of the Dajjal. They will say to him, 'Where are you going?' He will say, 'I am going to visit this one who has emerged.' They will say, 'And do you not believe in our lord?' He will say, 'Our Lord is not hidden.' They will say, 'Kill him!' Then they will say to one another, 'Did your lord not forbid you to kill anyone without his permission?' They will take him to the Dajjal. When the believer sees him, he will say, "O people! This is the Dajjal whom the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, referred to!' The Dajjal will command him to be stretched out and will say, 'Take him and beat him on the face.' His back and chest will be made wider by beating. He will say, 'Do you not believe in me?' He will say, 'You are the false Messiah!' He will command him to be sawn with a saw from the middle of his head until he is split down to his feet.' Then the Dajjal will walk between the two halves and say to him, 'Get up,' and he will stand up straight. Then he will say to him, 'Do you believe in me?' He will say, "I have only been increased in insight into you.' Then he will say. "O people! I am the last person he will act like this towards.' The Dajjal will seize him to slaughter him, but Allah will turn his entire neck into brass and he will be unable to do it. He will take hold of his hands and feet and throw him, and people will imagine that he has thrown him into the Fire, but he will have thrown him into the Garden.'" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "This is the person who has the greatest martyrdom with the Lord of the worlds." [Muslim]
1816. Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba said, "No one asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about the Dajjal more than I did. He said to me, 'He will not harm you.' I said. 'They say that he will have a mountain of bread and a river of water!' He said, 'For Allah the matter is even easier than that!'" [Agreed upon]
1817. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no Prophet who has not warned his community about the one-eyed liar. Indeed, he is one-eyed and your Lord, the Mighty and Exalted, is not one-eyed. Written between his eyes is: kaf - fa' - ra'." [Agreed upon]
1818. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Shall I inform you of something about the Dajjal of which no Prophet has informed his community? He is one-eyed. He will bring with him likenesses of the Garden and the Fire. What he says is the Garden is, in fact, the Fire." [Agreed upon]
1819. Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioned the Dajjal to the people and said, "Allah is not one-eyed, but the False Messiah is blind in his right eye which is like a swollen grape." [Agreed upon]
1820. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Hour will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and the Jews hide themselves behind stones and trees and the stones and the trees say, 'O Muslim! This Jew is behind me, so kill him!' With the exception of the thorn-tree which is one of the trees of the Jews." [Agreed upon]
1821. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "By the One who has my soul in His hand, this world will not end until a man passes by a grave and rolls on it, saying, 'Would that I was the one in this grave!' That is not on account of love of the deen but due to affliction." [Agreed upon]
1822. Abu Hurayra stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Hour will not come until a mountain of gold is uncovered in the Euphrates which will be fought over, and ninety-nine of every hundred fighters will be killed, every one of whom will say, 'Would that I had been the one who was spared.'"
In one variant, "A treasure of gold is about to be discovered in the Euphrates. Whoever is present when that happens, should not take any of it." [Agreed upon]
1823. Abu Hurayra said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'They will leave Madina in spite of the good that it contains and only wild beasts will live in it - meaning beasts and birds of prey. The last persons to be gathered in it will be two herdsmen from Muzayna making for Madina, shouting to their sheep. They will find it empty. When they reach Thaniya al-Wada', they will fall down on their faces." [Agreed upon]
1824. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There will one of your khalifs coming after me at the end of time who shower wealth around without counting it." [Muslim]
1825. Abu Musa al-Ash'ari stated that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A time will come upon people when a man will go around with sadaqa of gold and will not find anyone to take it from him. One man will seen followed by forty women owing to the lack of men and the great number of women." [Muslim]
1826. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A man bought some land from another man and the one who had purchased the land found a jar containing some gold in his land. He said to the one who had sold the land, 'Take your gold. I bought the land from you but I did not buy the gold.' The one who had owned the land said, 'I sold you the land and what it contains.' So they took the argument to a man and the one to whom they took it said, 'Do either of you have a child?' One of them said, 'I have a son,' and the other said, 'I have a daughter.' He said, 'Marry the boy to the girl and spend on them out of it and give sadaqa.'" [Agreed upon]
1827. Abu Hurayra said that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Two women had their children with them when a wolf came and took away the child of one of them. She said to her companion, 'It has taken your child.' The other said, 'On the contrary it has taken your child.' They took the dispute to Da'ud, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he decided on behalf of the elder woman. They went to Sulayman ibn Da'ud and informed him and he said, 'Bring me a knife and I will divide him up between you.' The younger woman said, 'Do not do it, may Allah have mercy on you! It is her child.' So he judged that it belonged to the younger one."
1828. Mirdas al-Aslami reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The righteous will disappear one by one until only the dregs remain like the dregs of barley or dates and Allah will not care about them at all."" [Agreed upon]
1829. Rifa'a ibn Rafi' az-Zuraqi said, "Jibril came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'How do you gauge the people of Badr among you?' He said, 'Among the best of the Muslims,' or words to that effect. He said, 'It is the same with those of the angels who were present at Badr.'" [al-Bukhari]
1830. Ibn 'Umar stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When Allah Almighty sends down a punishment on people, the punishment strikes all those who are among them. Then they will be raised up according to their actions."" [Agreed upon]
1831. Jabir said, "A palm stump was set up for the Prophet, i.e. to give the khutba from. When the minbar was put in place, we heard the stump make a noise like a camel until the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came down and put his hand on it. Then it was quiet."
In one variant, "When the Day of Jumu'a came, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sat on the minbar and the palm-tree from which he used to give the khutba cried out until it nearly split."
In one variant, "It cried like a child, and the Prophet came down and took it and embraced it. It began to sob like a child that is being quietened until it was still. He said, 'It was weeping because of the words of reminder it used to hear." [al-Bukhari]
1832. Abu Tha'laba al-Khushani Jurthum ibn Nashir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah Almighty has made certain things into obligations, so you should not neglect them, and has laid down limits, so you should not exceed them. He has made certain things unlawful, so you should not commit them. He has been silent about certain things as a mercy to you without any forgetfulness on His part, so do not look into them." [ad-Daraqutni and others]
1833. 'Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa said, "We went on seven expeditions with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, during which we ate locusts."
One variant has, "We ate locusts with him." [Agreed upon]
1834. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A believer is not stung from under the same stone twice." [Agreed upon]
1835. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There are three people that Allah will not speak to on the Day of Rising nor look at it nor purify. They will have a painful punishment: a man who has extra water in the desert and refuses it to a traveller, a man who sells goods to a man after 'Asr and swears by Allah that he bought them for such-and-such, and the man believes him, when that is not the case, and a man who offers allegiance to an Imam and only does so for the sake of worldly gain. If he receives gifts, he remains loyal, but if does not receive gifts, he is not loyal." [Agreed upon]
1836. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There are forty between the two blasts.' They said, "Abu Hurayra, forty days?" He said, "I am not sure." They said, "Forty years?" He said, "I am not sure." They said, "Forty months?" He said, "I am not sure." "[He said,] 'Every part of a man disintegrates except for the base of the tail-bone from which his creation is reconstituted. Then Allah will send down water from heaven and they will grow in the same way that vegetables grow.'" [Agreed upon]
1837. Abu Hurayra said that once, while the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was in an assembly talking to the people, a Bedouin came and asked, "When is the Last Hour?" The Messenger of Allah continued talking upon which some people said that the Messenger of Allah had heard what the man had said and disliked it while others said that he had simply not heard it. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had finished what he was saying, he asked, "Where is the person who asked about the Hour?" He said, "Here I am, Messenger of Allah." The Prophet said, "When trustworthiness has been lost, then expect the Hour." The Bedouin said, "How will it be lost?" The Prophet replied, "When authority lies with other than those who should rightfully have it, then expect the Hour." [al-Bukhari]
1838. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "They (the Imams) pray for you. If they are correct, you and they have the reward. If they make a mistake, you have the reward and the penalty is theirs." [al-Bukhari]
1839. Abu Hurayra said regarding, "You are the best nation ever to be produced before mankind," (3:110) "The people who are best for other people are those who drag them with chains round their necks until they enter Islam." [al-Bukhari]
1840. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic is delighted at a people who enter the Garden in chains." [al-Bukhari]
1841. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The dearest part of a land to Allah are its mosques, and the most hated part of a land to Allah are its markets." [Muslim]
1842. Part of what Salman al-Farisi said is: "If it is at all possible for you, do not be the first to enter the markets nor the last to leave them. It is the arena of Shaytan and his banner is set up there. [Muslim]
Al-Barqani reported from Salman reported that the Messenger of Allah said, "Do not be the first to enter the market nor the last to leave it. In it Shaytan lays eggs and hatches them."
1843. 'Asim al-Ahwal reported that 'Abdullah ibn Sarjis said, "I said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, 'O Messenger of Allah, may Allah forgive you.' He said, 'And you.'" 'Asim said, "I said to him, 'The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked forgiveness for you?' He said, 'Yes and for you as well.' Then he recited this verse, 'Ask forgiveness for your wrongdoing, and for the men and women who believe.' (W47:20; H47:19)" [Muslim]
1844. Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Part of what people have of the words of earlier prophecy is: provided it does not make you feel shame, do whatever you wish." [al-Bukhari]
1845. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The first matter that will be decided between people on the Day of Rising concerns the shedding of blood." [Agreed upon]
1846. 'A'isha said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The angels were created from light and the jinn were created from smokeless fire and Adam was created from what has been described to you.'" [Muslim]
1847. 'A'isha said, "The character of the Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the Qur'an." [Muslim]
1848. 'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah wants to meet anyone who wants to meet Him. Allah is averse to meeting anyone who is averse to meeting Him." I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, does that mean aversion to death?' All of us are averse to death. He said, 'It does not mean that, but the when the believer is given the good news of the mercy of Allah and His pleasure and His garden, he wants to meet Allah. and so Allah wants to meet him. When the unbeliever is given the news of the punishment of Allah and His wrath, he is averse to meeting Allah and so Allah is averse to meeting him.'" [Muslim]
1849. Umm al-Mu'minin, Safiyya bint Huyayy said, "I went to visit the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the night while he was doing i'tikaf. I spoke to him and then got up to return home. He got up to accompany me. Two men of the Ansar passed by. When they saw the Prophet, they hurried up. The Prophet said, 'Easy! It is Safiyya bint Huyayy.' They said, 'Glory be to Allah, Messenger of Allah.' He, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Shaytan reaches everywhere in a man that his blood reaches and I feared that he might cast evil - or he said 'something' - into your hearts.'" [Agreed upon]
1850. Abu'l-Fadl al-'Abbas ibn 'Abdu'l-Muttalib said, "I was present with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on the Day of Hunayn, and I and Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith ibn 'Abdu'l-Muttalib stayed close to the Messenger of Allah and did not leave him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was on a white mule of his. When the Muslims and the idolaters met, the Muslims turned in retreat. The Messenger of Allah began to press his mule towards the unbelievers while I was holding the bridle of the mule of the Messenger of Allah restraining it, not wanting it to rush forward. Abu Sufyan was holding the stirrup of the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah said, 'O 'Abbas! Call the people of the Acacia Tree!'" Al-'Abbas, who was a man with a loud voice, said, "I shouted in my loudest voice, 'Where are the people of the Acacia Tree!' By Allah, it was as if it turned them round when they heard my voice as cows turn to their calves. They said, 'At your service! At your service!' So they fought the unbelievers. The call among the Ansar was that they said, 'O company of the Ansar! O company of the Ansar!' Then the call was shortened to the Banu'-Harith ibn al-Khazraj. The Messenger of Allah looked, while he was on his mule, as if he were craning his neck towards the battle. He said, 'This is when the oven is hot.' Then the Messenger of Allah took some pebbles and threw them in the faces of the unbelievers and then said, 'They are defeated, by the Lord of Muhammad!' I went to look and there was the battle going on and, by Allah, as soon as he threw the pebbles at them, I saw their force weakened and they retreated.'" [Muslim]
1851. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "O people! Allah is good and only accepts the good. Allah gives the same command to the believers that He gives the Messengers. Allah Almighty says, 'Messengers, eat of the good things and act rightly,' (23:52) and the Almighty said, 'O you who believe, eat of the good things that We have provided for you.' (W2:171; H2:172) Then he mentioned a man who goes on a long journey, is dishevelled and dusty and stretches his hands to heaven saying , 'O Lord! O Lord!' when his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothes are unlawful, and his sustenance is unlawful. How could such a man be responded to?" [Muslim]
1852. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There are three people whom Allah will not speak to on the Day of Rising nor purify nor look at and they will have a painful punishment: an old adulterer, a lying ruler and a poor person who is arrogant." [Muslim]
1853. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Jaxartes, the Oxus, the Euphrates and the Nile are all among the rivers of the Garden." [Muslim]
1854. Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, took my hand and said, 'Allah created the earth on Saturday and He created the mountains in it on Sunday and He created the trees on Monday and He created disliked things on Tuesday and He created light on Wednesday, and He spread about the animals in it on Thursday. He created Adam after 'Asr on Friday at the end of the creation at the last hour of the day between 'Asr and nightfall." [Muslim]
1855. Abu Sulayman Khalif ibn al-Walid said, "In the battle of Mu'ta seven swords broke in my hand and all that was left in my possession was a Yemeni broadsword." [al-Bukhari]
1856. 'Amr ibn al-'As said that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "When the judge makes a judgement and makes every effort to be correct and is correct, he has two rewards. If he judges, making every effort to be correct and is wrong, he has one reward." [Agreed upon]
1857. 'A'isha reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Fever is from bubbling up of Hellfire, so cool it down with water." [Agreed upon]
1858. 'A'isha reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If anyone dies owing some fasting, his guardian should fast on his behalf." [Agreed upon]
What is preferred is the permission to fast on behalf of the person who has died while owing some fasting on the basis of this hadith. What is meant by the "guardian" (wali) is a relative, whether he is an err or not.
1859. 'Awf ibn Malik ibn at-Tufayl reported that 'A'isha related that 'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr said about a certain sale or gift which 'A'isha had made, "By Allah, if 'A'isha does not stop I will declare her legally incompetent!" She said, "Did he really say that?" They said, "Yes." She said, "By Allah, I vow that I will never speak to Ibn az-Zubayr again!" When the disassociation had gone on for a long time, Ibn az-Zubayr had someone intercede on his behalf, but she said, "No, by Allah, I will not accept intercession on his behalf ever and I will not break my vow!" When that had gone on too long for Ibn az-Zubayr, he spoke to al-Miswar ibn Makhrama and 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn 'Abd Yaghuth and said to them, "I ask you by Allah to take me to 'A'isha for it is not lawful for her to vow to cut me off." Al-Miswar and 'Abdu'r-Rahman went with him and the two of them asked permission to visit 'A'isha. They said, "Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings! May we enter?" 'A'isha said, "Enter." They said, "All of us?" She said, "Yes, all of you enter," not knowing that Ibn az-Zubayr was with them. When they entered, Ibn az-Zubayr went behind the curtain and embraced 'A'isha and began to implore her and weep. Al-Miswar and 'Abdu'r-Rahman began to implore her to speak to him and accept his apology. They said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade disassociation as you very well know, and said that it is not lawful for a Muslim to disassociate himself from his brother for more than three days." When they kept on reminding and forbidding 'A'isha for a long time, she began to remind them and weep. She said, "I made a vow, and the vow is a serious thing." They kept at her until she spoke to Ibn az-Zubayr. To expiate that vow, she set free forty slaves. After that, whenever she remembered her oath, she would weep until her tears made her scarf wet. [al-Bukhari]
1860. 'Uqba ibn 'Amir reported that Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out to those killed at Uhud, and prayed over them, eight years after the battle as if he was bidding farewell to the living and the dead. Then he stepped up onto the minbar and said, "I am going ahead of you and I am a witness over you. Your meeting-place with me is the Basin. I am looking at it from where I am. I do not fear for you that you will associate others with Allah. I fear this world for you and that you will vie with each other for it." He said, "It was the last time I looked at the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace." [Agreeed upon]
In a variant, "But I fear this world for you and that you will vie with each other for it and will fight one another and be destroyed as those before you were destroyed." 'Uqba said, "It was the last time I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on the minbar."
In a variant, "I am going ahead of you and I am a witness over you. By Allah, I am looking now at my Basin and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the earth - or the keys of the earth. By Allah, I do not fear that you will associate others with Allah after me, but I fear that you will vie with each other in respect of it."
What is meant by "praying over" those killed at Uhud is supplication for them, not the prayer itself.
1861. Abu Zayd 'Amr ibn Akhtab al-Ansari said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, led us in the Fajr prayer and then ascended the minbar. He addressed us until it was time for Dhuhr. He came down and prayed and then he ascended the minbar until it was time of 'Asr. Then he descended and prayed and then he ascended the minbar until the sun set. He informed us what was and what will be. The one among us who knows the most is the one with the best memory." [Muslim]
1862. 'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If anyone vows to obey Allah, he should obey Him. If anyone vows to disobey Allah, he should not disobey Him." [al-Bukhari]
1863. Umm Sharik reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, commanded her to kill geckos, saying, "It blew on Ibrahim's fire." [Agreed upon]
1864. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who kills a gecko at the first blow, has such-and-such a good deed. Anyone who kills it at the second blow, has such-and-such a good deed, less than the first. Anyone who kills it at the third blow, has such-and-such a good deed."
In a variant, "Whoever kills a gecko at the first blow, a hundred good deeds are written for him. The second has less than that, and the third still less than that." [Muslim]
1865. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A man said, 'I must give some sadaqa,' and went out with his sadaqa, putting it in the hand of a thief. The next day people said he had given sadaqa to a thief. He said, 'O Allah, praise is Yours. I will again give sadaqa.' He went out with his sadaqa and this time put it in the hand of an adulteress. The next day people said that he had given sadaqa in the night to an adulteress. He said, 'O Allah, praise is Yours. I gave it to an adulteress. I will give more sadaqa.' He went out with his sadaqa and put it in the hand of a rich man. The next day people said he had given sadaqa to a rich man. He said, 'O Allah, praise is Yours. I have given sadaqa to a thief, an adulteress, and a rich man.' Then someone said to him, 'Your sadaqa to a thief might make him abstain from stealing. What you gave to the adulteress might make her abstain from her fornication. And what you gave to the rich man might make him reflect so that he will spend out from what Allah has given him.'" [al-Bukhari]
1866. Abu Hurayra said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, responding to an invitation. He picked up the leg, which he liked, and ate some of it. He said, 'I will be the master of people on the Day of Rising. Do you know what that will entail? Allah will gather the first and the last on the same plain so that an observer will be able to see them and a speaker make them hear. The sun will be brought near to them and people will experience such sorrow and distress that they will not be able to bear or endure it. They will say, 'Do you not see what a state you are in and what has come to you? Why do you not look for someone to intercede with your Lord on your behalf?' People will say to one another, 'Your father Adam!' They will come to him and say, 'O Adam! You are the father of mankind. Allah created you with His hand and breathed some of His spirit into you and He ordered the angels to prostrate to you. He made you dwell in the Garden. Will you not intercede with your Lord on our behalf? Do you not see what we are suffering and what has happened to us?' He will say, 'My Lord is angry today with such anger as has never existed before nor will again. He forbade me the Tree and I disobeyed. O my soul! My soul! My soul! Go to someone else. Go to Nuh.'
"They will go to Nuh and say, 'O Nuh! You are the first of the Messengers to be sent to the people of the earth and Allah called you a thankful slave. Do you not see what we are suffering and what has happened to us?' Will you not intercede with your Lord on our behalf?' He will say, 'My Lord is angry today with such anger as has never existed before nor will again. I made a supplication on behalf of my people. O my soul! My soul! My soul! Go to someone else! Go to Ibrahim.'
"They will go to Ibrahim and say, 'O Ibrahim! You are the Prophet of Allah and His close friend among the people of the earth. Intercede with your Lord on our behalf. Do you not see what we are suffering?' He will say to them, 'My Lord is angry today with such anger as has never existed before nor will again. I told three lies. O my soul! My soul! My soul! Go to someone else. Go to Musa.'
"They will go to Musa and say, 'O Musa, you are the Messenger of Allah. Allah preferred you with His message and His Word above all other people. Intercede with your Lord for us. Do you not see what we are suffering?' He will say, 'My Lord is angry today with such anger as has never existed before nor will again. I killed a soul which I was not commanded to kill. Go to someone else. Go to 'Isa.'
"They will go to 'Isa and say, 'O 'Isa! You are the Messenger of Allah and His Word which He cast to Maryam and a spirit from Him. You spoke to people while in the cradle. Intercede with your Lord on our behalf. Do you not see what we are suffering?' 'Isa will say, 'My Lord is angry today with such anger as has never existed before nor will again,' and he did not mention a sin. 'O my soul! My soul! My soul! Go to someone else. Go to Muhammad.'"
In one variant, "They will come to me and say, 'O Muhammad! You are the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. Allah has forgiven you your past and future wrong actions. Intercede with your Lord on our behalf. Do you not see what we are suffering?' I will go and arrive under the Throne and fall down in prostration to my Lord. Then Allah will inspire me with some words to praise and laud Him with which He will have inspired no one before me. Then it will be said, 'O Muhammad, raise your head. Ask and your request will be granted. Intercede and your intercession will be accepted. Lift your head!' I will lift my head and say, 'O my Lord, my community! O my Lord, my community!' It will be said, 'O Muhammad, bring in by the right-hand gate of the gates of the Garden those of your community who will not be subjected to any reckoning, and the rest of your community can share the other gates with other people.'" Then he said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, the distance between the two gateposts of the gates of the Garden is as far as between Makka and Hajar or Makka and Busra." [Agreed upon]
1867. Ibn 'Abbas said, "Ibrahim brought the mother of Isma'il and her son, Isma'il, whom she was nursing and put her near the House by a tall tree above Zamzam in the upper part of the mosque. At that time no one lived in Makka and there was no water there. He put them there and left with her a bag with some dates in it and a waterskin with some water in it. Then Ibrahim returned the way he had come. Isma'il's mother followed him and said, 'O Ibrahim! Where are you going, leaving us in this valley in which there are no people or anything else?' She said that to him several times but he did not turn to her. She said to him, 'Has Allah commanded you to do this?' He said, 'Yes.' She said, 'Then He will not let us come to harm,' and went back. Ibrahim went on until he reached ath-Thaniyya where they could not see him. He turned to face the House and then made a supplication with these words..He raised his hands and said, 'Our Lord! I settled some of my offspring by Your Sacred House in an uncultivated valley .to ..so that hopefully they will be thankful.' (W14:39; H14:37) Isma'il's mother began to suckle him and drink from the water until the water in the skin had run out. She was thirsty and her son was thirsty. She looked at him twisting about" - or he said, "rolling on the ground" - "and then walked away, not wanting to look at him. Safa was the nearest hill to her and she climbed up it and then looked around the valley to see if there was anyone there. She could not see anyone and descended from Safa until she reached the valley. Then she lifted the edge of her skirt and ran as an overwrought person runs until she had crossed the valley. Then she came to Marwa and stood on it and looked to see whether there was anyone there. She could not see anyone. She did that seven times." Ibn 'Abbas said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "That is why people run between them." "Then, on Marwa, when she looked she heard a voice and said, 'Listen!' trying to hear. Then she listened and heard and said, 'I have heard if You possess any relief.' Suddenly there was an angel at the site of Zamzam. He struck the ground with his heel - or his wing - until water appeared. She made a container with her hands, like this, and began to scoop up the water into her waterskin and it bubbled up each time she scooped."
In one variant, "According to the amount she scooped up."
Ibn 'Abbas said, "May Allah have mercy on the mother of Isma'il. If she had left Zamzam" - or he said, "If she had not scooped up the water" - "Zamzam would have begun as a running stream." He said, "She drank and suckled her son and the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid of perishing. This boy and his father will build a house here for Allah. Allah will not let its people perish. The house was higher than the land around it, like on a hill to which floods come and then go to the right and left of it. She remained like that until a group of the Jurhum, or people from a clan of Jurhum, coming by way of Kada' alighted at the bottom of Makka and saw birds circling round and said, 'These birds are circling around water. We are familiar with this valley and there is no water in it.' They sent one or two scouts and when they found the water, they returned and told them. They advanced and found Isma'il's mother at the water. They said, 'Will you give us permission to alight here with you?' She said, 'Yes, but you have no right to the water.' They said, 'Yes.'"
Ibn 'Abbas said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "This happened to Isma'il's mother because she desired human companionship. They alighted and sent for their families and settled there with them so that they became people with houses. The boy grew up and learned Arabic from them. As a youth, he was the dearest and most admired of them. When he came of age, he married a woman from among them. Isma'il's mother died and Ibrahim came after Isma'il had married to look for something he had left behind. He did not find Isma'il at home. He asked his wife about him and she said, 'He has gone out to look for food for us.' (One variant had, 'to hunt for us.') Then he asked about their life and circumstances. She said, 'We are in a very bad way. We are suffering constriction and hardship,' and she complained to him. He said, 'When your husband comes, greet him from me and tell him to change his door lintel.' When Isma'il came, it was as if he sensed something and he said, 'Did someone come?' She said, 'Yes, such-and-such an old man came and he asked about you and I told him. He asked me about our life and I told him that we were suffering difficulty and hardship.' He said, 'Did he give you any advice?' She said, 'Yes. He told me to give you greetings and to say: "Change the lintel of your door."' He said, 'That was my father and he has commanded that I separate from you. Go back to your family.' So he divorced her and married another woman. Ibrahim remained away from them as long as Allah wished and then he visited them again and did not find him at home. He visited his wife and asked about him and she said, 'He has gone out looking for food for us.' He said, 'How are you?' and he asked her about their life and circumstances. She said, 'We are well,' and she praised Allah Almighty. He said, 'What is your food?' She said, 'Meat.' He said, 'What is your drink?' She said, 'Water.' He said, 'O Allah, bless them in their meat and water.'" The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "At that time they did not have grain. If they had had it, he would have prayed for them in respect of it as well." He said, "This is why no one except the people of Makka can manage with these two alone when they do not agree with other people.'"
In one variant, "He came and said, 'Where is Isma'il?' His wife said, 'He has gone hunting.' His wife said, 'Will you not alight and eat and drink?' He said, 'What is your food and what is your drink?' She said, 'Our food is meat and our drink is water.' He said, 'O Allah, bless them in their food and drink.'" He said that Abu'l-Qasim said, "The blessing of the supplication of Ibrahim."
"He said, 'When your husband comes, give him the greeting and tell him to strengthen the lintel of his door.' When Isma'il came, he said, 'Did someone come to you?' She said, 'Yes, an old man of handsome appearance came to us,' and she praised him. 'He asked me about you and I told him and he asked me how our life was and I told him that we were well.' He said, 'Did he give you any advice?' She said, 'Yes, he gave you the greeting and told you to strengthen the lintel of your door.' He said, 'That was my father. You are the lintel. He told me to keep you.' Then he remained away from them for as long as Allah wished. Then he came after that one day while Isma'il was sharpening his arrows under a large tree near Zamzam. When he saw him, he went to him and did as a father does with a son and a son with a father. He said, 'Isma'il, Allah has given me a command.' He said, 'Do what Allah has commanded you.' He said, 'Will you help me.'.He said, 'I will help you.' He said, 'Allah has commanded me to build a house here,' and he pointed at a mound which was higher than the surrounding land. In that place he laid the foundations of the House. Isma'il began to bring stones and Ibrahim laid them until the structure reached a certain height. Then he brought a stone and placed it for him and he stood on it, building, while Isma'il passed up the stones to him. They were saying, 'Our Lord, accept this from us! You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.'" (W2:126; H2:127)
In one variant, "Ibrahim went out with Isma'il and Isma'il's mother with a waterskin, containing some water. Isma'il's mother began to drink from the waterskin and suckled her child until he reached Makka where he placed her under a large tree. Then Ibrahim left to return to his family. Isma'il's mother followed him until they reached Kada', when she called out behind him, 'O Ibrahim! With whom are you leaving us?' He said, 'With Allah.' She said, 'I am satisfied with Allah,' and she went back and began to drink from the waterskin and nurse her child until the water was finished. She said, 'If I go and look perhaps I will find someone.'" He said, "She went and climbed Safa and looked and looked to see whether she could find someone, but she did not see anyone. When she reached the valley, she ran and came to Marwa. She did that several times. Then she said, 'I should go and see what is happening with the child.' She went and looked and there he was in the same condition as if he was gasping at the brink of death. She could not contain herself and said, 'If I go and look perhaps I will find someone.' She went and climbed Safa and looked and looked but did not see anyone, until she had done that seven times. Then she had just said, 'I should go and look and see what is happening with him,' when she heard a voice. She said, 'Help me, if You possess any good!' Then Jibril appeared and dug his heel into the earth and water began to spring up. Isma'il's mother was astonished and began to dig," and he recounted the hadith in full. [al-Bukhari]
1868. Sa'id ibn Zayd said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Truffles are part of manna and their juice is healing for the eyes." [Agreed upon]
371. Chapter: On asking forgiveness
Allah says, "Ask forgiveness for your wrongdoing, and for the men and women who believe," (W47:20; H47:19) and the Almighty says, "Ask Allah's forgiveness. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (W4:105; H4:106) He says, "Then glorify your Lord's praise and ask His forgiveness. He is the Ever-Returning." (W110:3-4; H110:3) and the Almighty says, "Those who are godfearing will have Gardens with their Lord with rivers flowing under them" to His words, "those who seek forgiveness before dawn." (3:15-17) Allah says, "Anyone who does evil or wrongs himself and then asks Allahıs forgiveness will find Allah Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (W4:109; H4:110) and He says, "Allah would not punish them while you were among them. Allah would not punish them as long as they sought forgiveness." (8:33) The Almighty says, "Those who, when they act indecently or wrong themselves, remember Allah and ask forgiveness for their bad actions – and who can forgive bad actions except Allah – and do not knowingly persist in what they were doing." (3:135)
1869. Al-Agharr al-Muzani reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A cloudiness comes over my heart and I ask for Allah's forgiveness a hundred times a day." [Muslim]
1870. Abu Hurayra said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'By Allah, I ask Allah's forgiveness and turn to Him more than seventy times a day.'" [al-Bukhari]
1871. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, if you did not do wrong, Allah Almighty would remove you and bring a people who do wrong and then ask Allah Almighty for forgiveness and He would forgive them." [Muslim]
1872. Ibn 'Umar said, "We used to count out for the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in one assembly a hundred times, "Lord forgive me and turn to Me, You are the Returning, the Merciful." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]
1873. Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If someone clings to asking for forgiveness, Allah will appoint him a way out of every constriction, and relief from every care and will provide for him from where he does not reckon."[Abu Dawud]
1874. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Anyone who says, 'I ask forgiveness of Allah, other than whom there is no god, the Living, the All-Sustaining and I turn to him,' will be forgiven his wrong actions, even if he fled from the press of battle." [Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi]
1875. Shaddad ibn Aws stated that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The best way to ask forgiveness is for a slave to say, 'O Allah, You are my Lord. There is no god but You. You created me and I am Your slave. I comply with Your covenant and Your promise as much as I can. I seek refuge with you from the evil of what I have done. I acknowledge my sin, so forgive me. Only You can forgive sins.' Anyone who says this during the day having confidence in it and dies on that day before evening will be among the people of the Garden. Anyone who says it during the night having confidence in it and dies before morning will be among the people of the Garden." [al-Bukhari]
1876. Thawban said, "When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to finish his prayer, he asked forgiveness three times and said, 'O Allah, You are Peace and peace is from You. You are blessed, O Possessor of majesty and nobility.'" Al-Awza'i, one of the transmitters of the hadith, was asked, "How was the asking forgiveness?" He said, "You say, 'I ask Allah's forgiveness. I ask Allah's forgiveness.'". [Muslim]
1877. 'A'isha said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to often say before his death, 'Glory be to Allah and by His praise. I ask Allah's forgiveness and I turn in repentance to Him." [Agreed upon]
1878. Anas said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Allah Almighty says, "O son of Adam! I will forgive you as long as you call on Me and have hope in Me, no matter what you do. Son of Adam, I do not care if your wrong actions reach to the clouds of heaven and then you ask Me for forgiveness, I will forgive you. Son of Adam, if you were to come with sins equivalent in weight to the whole earth and then meet Me having not associated anything with Me, I would come to you with the same amount of forgiveness.'" [at-Tirmidhi]
1879. Ibn 'Umar stated that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "O company of women! Give sadaqa and ask forgiveness often. I have seen that you comprise the majority of the people of the Fire." One of the women said, "Why are we are the majority of the people of the Fire?" He said, "You curse a lot and you are ungrateful to your husbands. Despite the fact that I see you are deficient both in intellect and the deen, intelligent men are destroyed by you." She said, "What is our deficiency in intelligence and the deen?" He said, "The testimony of two women is only worth the testimony of one man and there are days when a woman does not pray." [Muslim]
372. Chapter: On what Allah has promised the believers in the Garden
Allah Almighty says, "The Godfearing will be amid Gardens and Springs: 'Enter them in peace, in complete security!' We will strip away any rancour in their breasts as brothers resting on couches face-to-face. They will not be touched in them by any tiredness and they will never be made to leave." (15:45-48)The Almighty says, "'O My slaves! You will feel no fear today; you will know no sorrow.' Those who believed in Our Signs and became Muslims: 'Enter the Garden, you and your wives, delighting in your joy.' Platters and cups of gold will passed around among them and they will have there all that their hearts desire and their eyes find delight in. You will remain in it timelessly forever. That is the Garden you will inherit for what you did. There will be many fruits in it for you to eat." (43:68-73)
The Almighty says, "The godfearing will be in a safe place. Amid gardens and fountains. Wearing fine silk and rich brocade, face to face with one another. So it will be. We will marry them to dark-eyed maidens. They will call there for fruit of every kind, in complete security. They will not taste any death there – except for the first one. He will safeguard them from the punishment of the Blazing Fire. A favour from your Lord. That is the Great Victory." (W44:48-54; H44:51-57)
The Almighty says, "The truly good will be in perfect Bliss on couches gazing in wonder. You will recognise in their faces the radiance of delight. They are given the choicest sealed wine to drink, whose seal is musk – let people with aspiration aspire to that! – mixed with Tasnim: a fountain at which those brought near will drink." (83: 22-28)
1880. Jabir stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The people of the Garden will eat and drink in it and will not defecate nor have runny noses nor urinate. Rather that food of theirs will evacuate itself as perspiration like the secretion of musk. Glorification and takbir are as natural to them as the taking of breath." [Muslim]
1881. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah Almighty said, 'I have prepared for My righteous slaves something that the eye has not seen nor the ear heard and that has not occurred to the heart of man. Recite if you wish, 'No self knows the delight that is hidden away for it in recompense for what it used to do.' (W32:17; H32:18) [Agreed upon]
1882. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The first group to enter the Garden will be like the moon on the night of the full moon, then those who follow them will be like a bright planet in the sky. They will not need to urinate nor defecate nor spit nor blow their noses. Their combs will be golden and their perspiration will be like musk. Their braziers will burn fragrant aloes-wood. Their wives will be wide-eyed houris. Each man will take the form of their father Adam, stretching sixty cubits into heaven." [Agreed upon]
In a variant of al-Bukhari and Muslim, "Their dishes will be made of gold and their perspiration will be musk. Each of them will have two wives, so beautiful that the marrow of their thighs will be able to be seen through the flesh, and there will be no disagreement between them nor any ill will. Their hearts will be one, glorifying Allah morning and evening."
1883. Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Musa asked his Lord, 'Who will have the lowest degree of the people of the Garden?' He said, 'It will be a man who comes after all the people of the Garden have entered the Garden and is told, "Enter the Garden." He will say, "O Lord, how can I when the people have already taken their places and taken what they have taken?" It will be said to him, "Are you content to have the like of the kingdom of one of the kings of this world?" He will say, "I will be content, O Lord." He will say, "You have that, and the same again and the same again and the same again and the same again." He will say the fifth time, "I am content, O Lord." He will say, "You will have this and ten times like it and you will have what your self desires and delights your eye." He will say, "I am content, O Lord."
"He said, 'O Lord, who is the highest of them in position?' He said, 'In the case of those whom I desire for Myself, I have made ready their honour with My own hand and I have sealed it for them and it is what no eye has seen nor ear has heard nor has it occurred to the heart of man.'" [Muslim]
1884. Ibn Mas'ud stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I know who will be last of the people of the Fire to come out of it and the last of the people of the Garden to enter the Garden. A man will emerge from the Fire crawling and Allah Almighty will say to him, 'Go and enter the Garden.' He will come to it, imagine that it is full and return and say, 'My Lord, I found it full.' Allah Almighty will say to him, 'Go and enter the Garden.' He will come to it and imagine that it is full and return and say, 'My Lord, I found it full." Allah Almighty will say to him, 'Go and enter the Garden. You will have the same as this world and ten times more - or you will have the same as it ten times over.' He will say, 'Are You making fun of me - or laughing at me - when You are the King?'" Ibn Mas'ud said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, laugh until his molars showed. He was saying, 'That will be the position of the least of the people of the Garden.'" [Agreed upon]
1885. Abu Musa reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "In the Garden the believer will have a tent made out of a single hollow pearl which stretches up sixty miles into the sky. His family will be there with him and he will go round visiting them and they will unable to see one another." [Agreed upon]
1886. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "In the Garden there is a tree which the rider of a fast, well fed horse will not be able to ride across in a hundred years." [Agreed upon]
There is also a variant from Abu Hurayra in which he says, "A rider will not be able to ride across its shade in a hundred years."
1887. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The people of the Garden will look at the people in the rooms above them as you look at a bright star far on the horizon of the east or the west because of the great distance between them." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, are those the stations of the Prophets which only they attain?" He said, "Rather, by the One in whose hand my soul is, they are men who believed in Allah and confirmed the Messengers." [Agreed upon]
1888. Abu Hurayra stated that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A bow's length of the Garden is better than everything on which the sun rises and sets." [Agreed upon]
1889. Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is a market in the Garden to which the people go every week. The north wind blows and scatters (fragrance) in their faces and clothes. They are increased in beauty and handsomeness. They return to their families who have also increased in beauty and handsomeness. Their families will say to them, 'You have increased in beauty and handsomeness?' They will say, 'And, by Allah, you have increased in beauty and handsomeness since we left.'" [Muslim]
1890. Sahl ibn Sa'd reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The people of the Garden look at the rooms in the Garden as you look at the stars in the sky." [Agreed upon]
1891. Sahl ibn Sa'd said, "I was present with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in a gathering in which he described the Garden and at the end of what he said, he said, 'In it is what no eye has seen nor ear has heard nor has occurred to the heart of man.' Then he recited, 'Their sides eschew their beds' to His words, 'No self knows the delight that is hidden away for it.' (32:16-17)" [al-Bukhari]
1892. Abu Sa'id and Abu Hurayra stated that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When the people of the Garden enter the Garden, a herald will call out, 'You will live and never die. You will be healthy and never ill. You will be young and never grow old. You will have blessing and never experience hardship.'" [Muslim]
1893. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah will say to the one among you with the lowest position in the Garden, 'Wish,' and he will wish and wish. He will then say to him, 'Did you wish?' He will say, 'Yes,' and He will say to him, 'You have what you wished for and the same again with it." [Muslim]
1894. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will say to the people of the Garden, 'O people of the Garden!' They will say, 'At your service and in obedience, O our Lord!' He will say, 'Are you content?' They will say, 'How could we not be content, our Lord, when You have given us what You have not given any of Your creation?!' He will say, 'Shall I give you even better than that?' They will say, 'What thing could be better than that?' He will say, 'That I send down My pleasure upon you and after it never more be angry with You.'" [Agreed upon]
1895. Jarir ibn 'Abdullah said, "We were with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he looked at the moon on the night of the full moon. He said, 'You will see your Lord directly as you see this moon and you will not be harmed by seeing Him." [Agreed upon]
1896. Suhayb reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When the people of the Garden enter the Garden, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted will say, 'Do you desire Me to add anything else to what you have?' They will say, 'Are not our faces shining white? Have not You admitted us to the Garden and saved us from the Fire?' Then He will lift the veil and they could not be given anything they love more than looking at their Lord." [Muslim]
Allah Almighty says, "But as for those who believe and do right actions, their Lord will guide them by their belief. Rivers will flow under them in Gardens of Delight. Their call there is: 'Glory be to You, O Allah!' Their greeting there is: 'Peace!' The end of their call is: 'Praise be to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds!'" (10:9-10)
"Praise be to Allah who has guided us to this! We would not have been guided, had Allah not guided us." (7:42) O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Grant blessing to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You granted blessing to Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.