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Section: Stimulation of the Desire for Prayer in
Ramadan
Book 6, Number 6.1.1:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab
from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from A'isha, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, prayed in the mosque one night and
people prayed behind him. Then he prayed the next
night and there were more people. Then they gathered
on the third or fourth night and the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did
not come out to them. In the morning, he said, "I
saw what you were doing and the only thing that
prevented me from coming out to you was that I
feared that it would become obligatory (fard) for
you." This happened in Ramadan.
Book 6, Number 6.1.2:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab
from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf from Abu
Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, used to exhort people to
watch the night in prayer in Ramadan but never
ordered it definitely. He used to say, "Whoever
watches the night in prayer in Ramadan with trust
and expectancy, will be forgiven all his previous
wrong actions."
Ibn Shihab said, "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, died while that
wasstill the custom, and it continued to be the
custom in the khalifate of Abu Bakr and at the
beginning of the khalifate of Umar ibn al-Khattab."
Section: Watching the Night in Prayer
Book 6, Number 6.2.3:
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn
az-Zubayr that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari said,
"I went out with Umar ibn alKhattab in Ramadan to
the mosque and the people there were spread out in
groups. Some men were praying by themselves, whilst
others were praying in small groups. Umar said, 'By
Allah! It would be better in my opinion if these
people gathered behind one reciter.' So he gathered
them behind Ubayy ibn Kab. Then I went out with him
another night and the people were praying behind
their Qur'an reciter. Umar said, 'How excellent this
new way is, but what you miss while you are asleep
is better than what you watch in prayer.' He meant
the end of the night, and people used to watch the
beginning of the night in prayer."
Book 6, Number 6.2.4:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn
Yusuf that as-Sa'ib ibn Yazid said, "Umar ibn al-Khattab
ordered Ubayy ibn Kab and Tamim ad-Dari to watch the
night in prayer with the people for eleven rakas.The
reciterof the Qur'an would recite the Mi'in (a group
of medium-sized suras) until we would be leaning on
our staffs from having stood so long in prayer. And
we would not leave until the approach of dawn."
Book 6, Number 6.2.5:
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yazid ibn
Ruman said, "The people used to watch the night in
prayer during Ramadan for twenty-three rakas in the
time of Umar ibn al-Khattab."
Book 6, Number 6.2.6:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn
that he heard al-Araj say, "I never saw the people
in Ramadan, but that they were cursing the
disbelievers." He added, "The reciter of Qur'an used
to recite surat al-Baqara in eight rakas and if he
did it in twelve rakas the people would think that
he had made it easy."
Book 6, Number 6.2.7:
Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn
Abi Bakr said, "I heard my father say, 'We finished
praying in Ramadan and the servants hurried with the
food, fearing the approach of dawn.' "
Book 6, Number 6.2.8:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn
Urwa from his father that Dhakwan Abu Amr (a slave
belonging to A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was freed
by her after her death) used tostand in prayer and
recite for her in Ramadan.
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Hadith Collection
Hadith Qudsi 1:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said:
When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by
writing in His book which is laid down with Him: My
mercy prevails over my wrath.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i
and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 2:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said: Allah Almighty has said:
The son of Adam denied Me and he had no right to do
so. And he reviled Me and he had no right to do so. As
for his denying Me, it is his saying: He will not remake
me as He made me at first (1) - and the initial creation
[of him] is no easier for Me than remaking him. As for
his reviling Me, it is his saying: Allah has taken to
Himself a son, while I am the One, the Everlasting
Refuge. I begot not nor was I begotten, and there is
none comparable to Me.
(1) i.e., bring me back to life after death.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 3:
On the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhaniyy (may
Allah be pleased with him), who said:
The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) led the morning prayer for us at
al-Hudaybiyah following rainfall during the night. When
the Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) finished, he faced the people and said to
them: Do you know what your Lord has said? They said:
Allah and his Messenger know best. He said: This morning
one of my servants became a believer in Me and one a
disbeliever. As for him who said: We have been given
rain by virtue of Allah and His mercy, that one is a
believer in Me, a disbeliever in the stars (2); and as
for him who said: We have been given rain by
such-and-such a star, that one is a disbeliever in Me, a
believer in the stars.
(2) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that rain was
brought about by the movement of stars. This Hadith
draws attention to the fact that whatever be the direct
cause of such natural phenomena as rain, it is Allah the
Almighty who is the Disposer of all things.
It is related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik and
an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 4:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said: Allah said:
Sons of Adam inveigh against [the vicissitudes of]
Time, and I am Time, in My hand is the night and the day
(1).
(1) As the Almighty is the Ordainer of all things, to
inveigh aginst misfortunes that are part of Time is
tantamount to inveighing against Him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
Hadith Qudsi 5:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said: Allah (glorified and exalted be He) said:
I am so self-sufficient that I am in no need of
having an associate. Thus he who does an action for
someone else's sake as well as Mine will have that
action renounced by Me to him whom he associated with
Me.
It was related by Muslim (also by Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 6:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of
Allah (PBUH) say:
The first of people against whom judgment will be
pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who
died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make
known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [
The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them?
He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He
will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it
might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was
said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his
face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be
a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has
taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be
brought and Allah will make known to his His favours and
he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And
what did you do about them? He will say: I studied
[religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the
Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you
did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be
said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran
that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so
it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along
on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another]
will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He
had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and
Allah will make known to his His favours and he will
recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did
you do about them? He will say: I left no path
[untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without
spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied
- you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He
is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be
ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast
into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and
an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 7:
On the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said: I heard the messenger of
Allah (PBUH) say:
Your Lord delights at a shepherd who, on the peak of
a mountain crag, gives the call to prayer and prays.
Then Allah (glorified and exalted be He) say: Look at
this servant of Mine, he gives the call to prayer and
performs the prayers; he is in awe of Me. I have
forgiven My servant [his sins] and have admitted him to
Paradise.
It was related by an-Nasa'i with a good chain of
authorities.
Hadith Qudsi 8:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
A prayer performed by someone who has not recited the
Essence of the Quran (1) during it is deficient (and he
repeated the word three times), incomplete. Someone said
to Abu Hurayrah: [Even though] we are behind the imam?
(2) He said: Recite it to yourself, for I have heard the
Prophet (may the blessings and peace of Allah be up on
him) say: Allah (mighty and sublime be He), had said: I
have divided prayer between Myself and My servant into
two halves, and My servant shall have what he has asked
for. When the servant says: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi
l-alamin (3), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My
servant has praised Me. And when he says: Ar-rahmani
r-rahim (4), Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says: My
servant has extolled Me, and when he says: Maliki yawmi
d-din (5), Allah says: My servant has glorified Me - and
on one occasion He said: My servant has submitted to My
power. And when he says: Iyyaka na budu wa iyyaka nasta
in (6), He says: This is between Me and My servant, and
My servant shall have what he has asked for. And when he
says: Ihdina s-sirata l- mustaqim, siratal ladhina an
amta alayhim ghayril-maghdubi alayhim wa la d-dallin
(7), He says: This is for My servant, and My servant
shall have what he has asked for.
(1) Surat al-Fatihah, the first surah (chapter) of
the Qur'an.
(2) i.e. standing behind the imam (leader) listening
to him reciting al-Fatihah.
(3) "Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds."
(4) "The Merciful, the Compassionate".
(5) "Master of the Day of Judgement".
(6) "It is You we worship and it is You we ask for
help".
(7) "Guide us to the straight path, the path of those
upon whom You have bestowed favors, not of those against
whom You are angry, nor of those who are astray".
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik, at-Tirmidhi,
Abu-Dawud, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 9:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) says:
The fist of his actions for which a servant of Allah
will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection will
be his prayers. If they are in order, then he will have
prospered and succeeded: and if they are wanting, then
he will have failed and lost. If there is something
defective in his obligatory prayers, the Lord (glorified
and exalted be He) will say: See if My servant has any
supererogatory prayers with which may be completed that
which was defective in his obligatory prayers. Then the
rest of his actions will be judged in like fashion.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Abu Dawud,
an-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah and Ahmad).
Hadith Qudsi 10:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) says:
Fasting is Mine and it I who give reward for it. [A
man] gives up his sexual passion, his food and his drink
for my sake. Fasting is like a shield, and he who fasts
has two joys: a joy whin he breaks his fast and a joy
when he meets his Lord. The change in the breath of the
mouth of him who fasts is better in Allah's estimation
than the smell of musk.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik,
at-Tirmidhi, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 11:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said: Allah
(mighty and sublime be He) said:
Spend (on charity), O son of Adam, and I shall spend
on you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim).
Hadith Qudsi 12:
On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:
A man from among those who were before you was called
to account. Nothing in the way of good was found for him
except that he used to have dealings with people and,
being well-to-do, he would order his servants to let off
the man in straitened circumstances [from repaying his
debt]. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said that Allah said: We
are worthier than you of that (of being so generous).
Let him off.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and
an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 13:
On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) and there came to him
two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being
very poor), while the other was complaining of brigandry
(robbery). The Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him) said: As for brigandry, it
will be but a short time before a caravan will [be able
to] go out of Mecca without a guard. As for penury, the
Hour (Day of Judgement) will not arrive before one of
you takes his charity around without finding anyone to
accept it from him. Then (1) one of you will surely
stand before Allah, there being no screed between Him
and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him. Then
He will say to him: Did I not bring you wealth? And he
will say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I not send to you a
messenger? And he will say: Yes. And he will look to his
right and will see nothing but Hell-fire, then he will
look to his left and will see nothing but Hell-fire, so
let each of you protect himself against Hell-fire, be it
with even half a date - and if he finds it not, then
with a kind word.
(1) i.e. at the time of the Hour. It was related by
al-Bukhari.
Hadith Qudsi 14:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
Allah (glorified and exalted be He) has supernumerary
angels who rove about seeking out gatherings in which
Allah's name is being invoked: they sit with them and
fold their wings round each other, fillin that which is
between them and between the lowest heaven. When [the
people in the gathering] depart, [the angels] ascend and
rise up to heaven. He (the Prophet p.b.u.h.) said: Then
Allah (mighty and sublime be He) asks them - [though] He
is most knowing about them: From where have you come?
And they say: We have come from some servants of Yours
on Earth: they were glorifying You (Subhana llah),
exalting you (Allahu akbar), witnessing that there is no
god but You (La ilaha illa llah), praising You (Al-Hamdu
lillah), and asking [favours] of You. He says: And what
do they ask of Me? They say: They ask of You Your
Paradise. He says: And have they seen My Paradise? They
say: No, O Lord. He says: And how would it be were they
to have seen My Paradise! They say: And they ask
protection of You. He says: From what do they ask
protection of Me? They say: From Your Hell-fire, O Lord.
He says: And have they seen My Hell-fire? They say: NO.
He says: And how would it be were they to have seen My
Hell-fire: They say: And they ask for Your forgiveness.
He (the Prophet p.b.u.h) said: Then He says: I have
forgiven them and I have bestowed upon them what they
have asked for,and I have granted them sanctuary from
that from which they asked protection. He (the Prophet
p.b.u.h) said: They say: O Lord, among then is
So-and-so, a much sinning servant, who was merely
passing by and sat down with them. He (the Prophet
p.b.u.h) said: And He says: And to him [too] I have
given forgiveness: he who sits with such people shall
not suffer.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari,
at-Tirmidhi, and an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 15:
On the authority of Abu Harayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Prophet (PBUH) said: Allah
the Almighty said:
I am as My servant thinks I am (1). I am with him
when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me
to himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and if he
makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of
him in an assemble better than it. And if he draws near
to Me an arm's length, I draw near to him a fathom's
length. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at
speed.
(1) Another possible rendering of the Arabic is: "I
am as My servant expects Me to be". The meaning is that
forgiveness and acceptance of repentance by the Almighty
is subject to His servant truly believing that He is
forgiving and merciful. However, not to accompany such
belief with right action would be to mock the Almighty.
It was related by al-Buhkari (also by Muslim,
at-Tirmidhi and Ibn-Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 16:
On the authority of son of Abbas (may Allah be pleased
with them both), from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH),
among the sayings he related from his Lord (glorified
and exalted be He) is that He said:
Allah has written down the good deeds and the bad
ones. Then He explained it [by saying that] he who has
intended a good deed and has not done it, Allah writes
it down with Himself as a full good deed, but if he has
intended it and has done it, Allah writes it down with
Himself as from ten good deeds to seven hundred times,
or many times over. But if he has intended a bad deed
and has not done it, Allah writes it down with Himself
as a full good deed, but if he has intended it and has
done it, Allah writes it down as one bad deed.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Hadith Qudsi 17:
On the authority of Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be
pleased with him) from the Prophet (PBUH) is that among
the sayings he relates from his Lord (may He be
glorified) is that He said:
O My servants, I have forbidden oppression for Myself
and have made it forbidden amongst you, so do not
oppress one another. O My servants, all of you are
astray except for those I have guided, so seek guidance
of Me and I shall guide you, O My servants, all of you
are hungry except for those I have fed, so seek food of
Me and I shall feed you. O My servants, all of you are
naked except for those I have clothed, so seek clothing
of Me and I shall clothe you. O My servants, you sin by
night and by day, and I forgive all sins, so seek
forgiveness of Me and I shall forgive you. O My
servants, you will not attain harming Me so as to harm
Me, and will not attain benefitting Me so as to benefit
Me. O My servants, were the first of you and the last of
you, the human of you and the jinn of you to be as pious
as the most pious heart of any one man of you, that
would not increase My kingdom in anything. O My
servants, were the first of you and the last of you, the
human of you and the jinn of you to be as wicked as the
most wicked heart of any one man of you, that would not
decrease My kingdom in anything. O My servants, were the
first of you and the last of you, the human of you and
the jinn of you to rise up in one place and make a
request of Me, and were I to give everyone what he
requested, that would not decrease what I have, any more
that a needle decreases the sea if put into it. O My
servants, it is but your deeds that I reckon up for you
and then recompense you for, so let him finds good
praise Allah and let him who finds other that blame no
one but himself.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and Ibn
Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 18:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) will say on the
Day of Resurrection:
O son of Adam, I fell ill and you visited Me not. He
will say: O Lord, and how should I visit You when You
are the Lord of the worlds? He will say: Did you not
know that My servant So-and-so had fallen ill and you
visited him not? Did you not know that had you visited
him you would have found Me with him? O son of Adam, I
asked you for food and you fed Me not. He will say: O
Lord, and how should I feed You when You are the Lord of
the worlds? He will say: Did you not know that My
servant So-and-so asked you for food and you fed him
not? Did you not know that had you fed him you would
surely have found that (the reward for doing so) with
Me? O son of Adam, I asked you to give Me to drink and
you gave Me not to drink. He will say: O Lord, how
should I give You to drink whin You are the Lord of the
worlds? He will say: My servant So-and-so asked you to
give him to drink and you gave him not to drink. Had you
given him to drink you would have surely found that with
Me.
It was related by Muslim.
Hadith Qudsi 19:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Pride is my cloak and greatness My robe, and he who
competes with Me in respect of either of them I shall
cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Abu Dawud (also by Ibn Majah and
Ahmad) with sound chains of authority. This Hadith also
appears in Muslim in another version.
Hadith Qudsi 20:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said:
The gates of Paradise will be opened on Mondays and
on Thursdays, and every servant [of Allah] who
associates nothing with Allah will be forgiven, except
for the man who has a grudge against his brother. [About
them] it will be said: Delay these two until they are
reconciled; delay these two until they are reconciled.
It was related by Muslim (also by Malik and Abu
Dawud).
Hadith Qudsi 21:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said that Allah the Almighty said:
There are three (1) whose adversary I shall be on the
Day of Resurrection: a man who has given his word by Me
and has broken it; a man who has sold a free man (2) and
has consumed the price; and a man who has hired a
workman, has exacted his due in full from him and has
not given him his wage.
(1) i.e. types of men.
(2) i.e. a man who has made a slave of another and
has sold him.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Ibn Majah and
Ahmad ibn Hanbal).
Hadith Qudsi 22:
On the authority of Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said:
Let not any one of you belittle himself. They said: O
Messenger of Allah, how can any one of us belittle
himself? He said: He finds a matter concerning Allah
about which he should say something, and he does not say
[it], so Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says to him on
the Day of Resurrection: What prevented you from saying
something about such-and-such and such-and-such? He say:
[It was] out of fear of people. Then He says: Rather it
is I whom you should more properly fear.
It was related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain of
authorities.
Hadith Qudsi 23:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said: Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection:
Where are those who love one another through My
glory? Today I shall give them shade in My shade, it
being a day when there is no shade but My shade.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Malik).
Hadith Qudsi 24:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said:
If Allah has loved a servant [of His] He calls
Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says: I love So-and-so,
therefore love him. He (the Prophet pbuh) said: So
Gabriel loves him. Then he (Gabriel) calls out in
heaven, saying: Allah loves So-and-so, therefore love
him. And the inhabitants of heaven love him. He (the
Prophet pbuh) said: Then acceptance is established for
him on earth. And if Allah has abhorred a servant [of
His], He calls Gabriel and says: I abhor So-and-so,
therefore abhor him. So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel
calls out to the inhabitants of heaven: Allah abhors
So-and-so, therefore abhor him. He (the Prophet pbuh)
said: So they abhor him, and abhorrence is established
for him on earth.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, Malik,
and at-Tirmidhi).
Hadith Qudsi 25:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Whosoever shows enmity to someone devoted to Me, I
shall be at war with him. My servant draws not near to
Me with anything more loved by Me than the religious
duties I have enjoined upon him, and My servant
continues to draw near to Me with supererogatory works
so that I shall love him. When I love him I am his
hearing with which he hears, his seeing with which he
sees, his hand with which he strikes and his foot with
which he walks. Were he to ask [something] of Me, I
would surely give it to him, and were he to ask Me for
refuge, I would surely grant him it. I do not hesitate
about anything as much as I hesitate about [seizing] the
soul of My faithful servant: he hates death and I hate
hurting him.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
Hadith Qudsi 26:
On the authority of Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
Truly of those devoted to Me the one I most favour is
a believer who is of meagre means and much given to
prayer, who has been particular in the worship of his
Lord and has obeyed Him inwardly (1), who was obscure
among people and not pointed our, and whose sustenance
was just sufficient to provide for him yet he bore this
patiently. Then the Prophet (pbuh) rapped his hand and
said: Death will have come early to him, his mourners
will have been few, his estate scant.
(1) i.e. he has not been ostentatious in his
obedience.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn
Hanbal and Ibn Majah). Its chain of authorities is
sound.
Hadith Qudsi 27:
On the authority of Masruq, who said:
We asked Abdullah (i.e. Ibn Masud) about this verse:
And do not regard those who have been killed in the
cause of Allah as dead, rather are they alive with their
Lord, being provided for (Quran Chapter 3 Verse 169). He
said: We asked about that and the Prophet (pbuh) said:
Their souls are in the insides of green birds having
lanterns suspended from the Throne, roaming freely in
Paradise where they please, then taking shelter in those
lanterns. So their Lord cast a glance at them (1) and
said: Do you wish for anything? They said: What shall we
wish for when we roam freely in Paradise where we
please? And thus did He do to them three times. When
they say that they would not be spared from being asked
[again], they said: O Lord, we would like for You to put
back our souls into our bodies so that we might fight
for Your sake once again. And when He saw that they were
not in need of anything they were let be.
(1) i.e. at those who had been killed in the cause of
Allah.
It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi,
an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 28:
On the authority of Jundub ibn Abdullah (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said:
There was amongst those before you a man who had a
wound. He was in [such] anguish that he took a knife and
made with it a cut in his hand, and the blood did not
cease to flow till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My
servant has himself forestalled Me; I have forbidden him
Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
Hadith Qudsi 29:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) says:
My faithful servant's reward from Me, if I have taken
to Me his best friend from amongst the inhabitants of
the world and he has then borne it patiently for My
sake, shall be nothing less than Paradise.
It was related by al-Bukhari.
Hadith Qudsi 30:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said:
If My servant likes to meet Me, I like to meet him;
and if he dislikes to meet Me, I dislike to meet him.
Prophetic explanation of this Sacred Hadith: He who
likes to meet Allah, Allah likes to meet him; and he who
dislikes to meet Allah, Allah dislikes to meet him.
Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Prophet
of Allah, is it because of the dislike of death, for all
of us dislike death? The Prophet (pbuh) said: It is not
so, but rather it is that when the believer is given
news of Allah's mercy, His approval and His Paradise, he
likes to meet Allah and Allah likes to meet him; but
when the unbeliever is given news of Allah's punishment
and His displeasure, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah
dislikes to meet him.
It was related by al-Bukhari and Malik. The Prophetic
version is related by Muslim.
Hadith Qudsi 31:
On the authority of Jundub (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
related:
A man said: By Allah, Allah will not forgive
So-and-so. At this Allah the Almighty said: Who is he
who swears by Me that I will not forgive So-and-so?
Verily I have forgiven So-and-so and have nullified your
[own good] deeds (1) (or as he said [it]).
(1) A similar Hadith, which is given by Abu Dawud,
indicates that the person referred to was a goldly man
whose previous good deeds were brought to nought through
presuming to declare that Allah would not forgive
someone's bad deeds.
It was related by Muslim.
Hadith Qudsi 32:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said:
A man sinned greatly against himself, and when death
came to him he charged his sons, saying: When I have
died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my ashes] into
the sea, for, by Allah, if my Lord takes possession of
me, He will punish me in a manner in which He has
punished no one [else]. So they did that to him. Then He
said to the earth: Produce what you have taken-and there
he was! And He said to him: What induced you to do what
you did? He said: Being afraid of You, O my Lord (or he
said: Being frightened of You) and because of that He
forgave him.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari,
an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 33:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him) that the Prophet (PBUH), from among the things
he reports from his Lord (mighty and sublime be He), is
that he said:
A servant [of Allah's] committed a sin and said: O
Allah, forgive me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted
be He) said: My servant has committed a sin and has
known that he has a Lord who forgives sins and punishes
for them. Then he sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive
me my sin. And He (glorified and exalted be He) said: My
servant has committed a sin and has known that he has a
Lord who forgives sins and punishes for them. Then he
sinned again and said: O Lord, forgive me my sin. And He
(glorified and exalted be He) said: My servant has
committed a sin and has known that he has a Lord who
forgives sins and punishes for sins. Do what you wish,
for I have forgiven you.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari).
Hadith Qudsi 34:
On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with
him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
say: Allah the Almighty said:
O son of Adam, so long as you call upon Me and ask of
Me, I shall forgive you for what you have done, and I
shall not mind. O son of Adam, were your sins to reach
the clouds of the sky and were you then to ask
forgiveness of Me, I would forgive you. O son of Adam,
were you to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the
earth and were you then to face Me, ascribing no partner
to Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great at
it.
It was related by at-Tirmidhi (also by Ahmad ibn
Hanbal). Its chain of authorities is sound.
Hadith Qudsi 35:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said:
Our Lord (glorified and exalted be He) descends each
night to the earth's sky when there remains the final
third of the night, and He says: Who is saying a prayer
to Me that I may answer it? Who is asking something of
Me that I may give it him? Who is asking forgiveness of
Me that I may forgive him?
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim, Malik,
at-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud).
In a version by Muslim the Hadith ends with the
words:
And thus He continues till [the light of] dawn
shines.
Hadith Qudsi 36:
On the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)
from the Prophet (PBUH), who said:
The believers will gather together on the Day of
Resurrection and will say: Should we not ask [someone]
to intercede for us with our Lord? So they will come to
Adam and will say: You are the Father of mankind; Allah
created you with His hand He made His angels bow down to
you and He taught you the names of everything, so
intercede for us with you Lord so that He may give us
relief form this place where we are. And he will say: I
am not in a position [to do that] - and he will mention
his wrongdoing and will feel ashamed and will say: Go to
Noah, for he is the first messenger that Allah sent to
the inhabitants of the earth. So they will come to him
and he will say: I am not in a position [to do that] -
and he will mention his having requested something of
his Lord about which he had no [proper] knowledge (Quran
Chapter 11 Verses 45-46), and he will feel ashamed and
will say: Go to the Friend of the Merciful (Abraham). So
they will come to him and he will say: I am not in a
position [to do that]. Go to Moses, a servant to whom
Allah talked and to whom He gave the Torah. So they will
come to him and he will say: I am not in a position [to
do that] - and he will mention the talking of a life
other that for a life (Quran Chapter 28 Verses 15-16),
and he will fell ashamed in the sight of his Lord and
will say: Go to Jesus, Allah's servant and messenger,
Allah's word and spirit. So they will come to him and he
will say: I am not in a position [to do that]. Go to
Muhammad (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him), a servant to whom Allah has forgiven all his
wrongdoing, past and future. So they will come to me and
I shall set forth to ask permission to come to my Lord,
and permission will be given, and when I shall see my
Lord I shall prostrate myself. He will leave me thus for
such time as it pleases Him, and then it will be said
[to me]: Raise your head. Ask and it will be granted.
Speak and it will be heard. Intercede and your
intercession will be accepted. So I shall raise my head
and praise Him with a form of praise that He will teach
me. Then I shall intercede and HE will set me a limit
[as to the number of people], so I shall admit them into
Paradise. Then I shall return to Him, and when I shall
see my Lord [I shall bow down] as before. Then I shall
intercede and He will set me a limit [as to the number
of people]. So I shall admit them into Paradise. Then I
shall return for a third time, then a fourth, and I
shall say: There remains in Hell-fire only those whom
the Quran has confined and who must be there for
eternity. There shall come out of Hell-fire he who has
said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his heart
goodness weighing a barley-corn; then there shall come
out of Hell-fire he who has said: There is no god but
Allah and who has in his heart goodness weighing a grain
of wheat; then there shall come out of Hell-fire he who
has said: There is no god but Allah and who has in his
heart goodness weighing an atom.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim,
at-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Majah).
Hadith Qudsi 37:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said: Allah said:
I have prepared for My righteous servants what no eye
has seen and no ear has heard, not has it occurred to
human heart. Thus recite if you wish (1): And no soul
knows what joy for them (the inhabitants of Paradise)
has been kept hidden (Quran Chapter 32 Verse 17).
(1) The words "Thus recite if you wish" are those of
Abu Harayrah.
It was related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi and
Ibn Majah.
Hadith Qudsi 38:
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased
with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH)
said:
When Allah created Paradise and Hell-fire, He sent
Gabriel to Paradise, saying: Look at it and at what I
have prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet
(pbuh) said: So he came to it and looked at it and at
what Allah had prepared therein for its inhabitants. The
Prophet (pbuh) said: So he returned to Him and said: By
your glory, no one hears of it without entering it. So
He ordered that it be encompassed by forms of hardship,
and He said: Return to it and look at what I have
prepared therein for its inhabitants. The Prophet (pbuh)
said: So he returned to it and found that it was
encompassed by forms of hardship (1). Then he returned
to Him and said: By Your glory, I fear that no one will
enter it. He said: Go to Hell-fire and look at it and
what I have prepared therein for its inhabitants, and he
fount that it was in layers, one above the other. Then
he returned to Him and said: By Your glory, no one who
hears of it will enter it. So He ordered that it be
encompassed by lusts. Then He said: Return to it. And he
returned to it and said: By Your glory, I am frightened
that no one will escape from entering it.
(1) The Arabic word used here is "makarih", the
literal meaning of which is "things that are disliked".
In this context it refers to forms of religious
discipline that man usually finds onerous.
It was related by Tirmidhi, who said that it was a
good and sound Hadith (also by Abu Dawud and an-Nasa'i).
Hadith Qudsi 39:
On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said:
Paradise and Hell-fire disputed together, and
Hell-fire said: In me are the mighty and the haughty.
Paradise said: In me are the weak and the poor. So Allah
judged between them, [saying]: You are Paradise, My
mercy; through you I show mercy to those I wish. And you
are Hell-fire, My punishment; through you I punish those
I wish, and it is incumbent upon Me that each of you
shall have its fill.
It was related by Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and at-Tirmidhi).
Hadith Qudsi 40:
On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be
pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah
(PBUH) said:
Allah will say to the inhabitant of Paradise: O
inhabitants of Paradise! They will say: O our Lord, we
present ourselves and are at Your pleasure, and goodness
rests in Your hands. Then He will say: Are you
contented? And they will say: And how should we not be
contented, O Lord, when You have given to us that which
You have given to no one else of Your creation? Then He
will say: Would not like Me to give you something better
than that? And they will say: O Lord and what thing is
better than that? And He will say: I shall cause My
favour to descend upon you and thereafter shall never be
displeased with you.
It was related by al-Bukhari (also by Muslim and at-Tirmidhi).
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INTRODUCTION
Of the five fundamentals of Islam, Zakat occupies the
second positioin, the first being prayer (salat). This
word is derived from Zakd, which means it (a plant)
grew. The second derivative of this word carries the
sense of purificatin, e. g. Qad aflaha man zakkaha (he
is indeed successful who purified himself). The other
word used for zakat both in the Qur'an and the Hadith is
sadaqa which is derived from sidq (the truth). Both
these words are highly meaningful. The spending of
wealth for the sake of Allah purifies the heart of man
of the love of material wealth. The man who spends it
offers that as a humble gift before the Lord and thus
affirms the truth that nothing is dearer to him in life
than the love of Allah and that he is full prepared to
sacrifice everything for His sake. Secondly, zakat is
the most effective measure to improve the economic
condition of the have-nots. It is not, however, a mere
tax, but a form of worship whereby a man comes close to
his Lord. The Muslims have, therefore, been enjoined to
pay zakat with the same sense of earnestness and
devotion in which the seeker of the Lord observes the
prayer. The primary motive of zakat is religious and
spiritual, while the social and economic aspects are
subservient to it. Its social significance is that it
awakens in man the sense of brotherhood with less
fortunate members of society, and stirs his moral
conscience to make sacrifice for their sake. From the
economic point of view it discourages hoarding and
concentration of wealth and helps its steady and
constant flow from the rich to the poor. It is in fact a
good means of providing purchasing power to the poor,
for ameliorating their hard lot and enabling them to
stand on their own legs.
It should also be remembered that zakat or sadaqa in
Islam is not a voluntary act of charity which a rich man
gives to the poor out of his own sweet will, but it is
an obligatory act which every Muslim is enjoined upon to
perform if he is sincere in his belief in God and the
Hereafter. Thus there is no burden of obligation on one
who receives zakat, but a sense of thankfulness and
gratitude on the part of the giver, since he has been
enabled by the recipient to discharge his obligation
that he owes to God and society.
(O Prophet), take sadaqa (zakat) out of their
property-thou wouldst cleanse them and purify them
thereby (Qur'an, ix. 103). And away from it (the Hell)
shall be kept the most faithful to duty who gives his
wealth, purifying himself (xcii. 17-18).
So much is the importance of zakat in Islam that it
has been mentioned at eightytwo places in the Qur'an in
close connection with prayer. The Companions of the Holy
Prophet (may peace be upon him) knew its basic
importance in Islam. It is a known fact that after the
death of the Apostle of Allah (may peace he upon him)
when some of the tribes, who believed in the oneness of
God and observed prayer, refused to pay zakat, the first
Caliph Abu Bakr Siddiq (Allah be pleased with him), in
an answer to the advice of Hadrat 'Umar (Allah be
pleased with him) to show tolerance towards such people.
said in explicit terms, By Allah, I would definitely
wage war against them who dissociate prayer from Zakat.
Zakat is paid on the surplus of wealth which is left
over after the passage of a year. It is thus a payment
on the accumulated wealth. Leaving aside animals and
agricultural yield, zakat is paid at almost a uniform
rate of two and a half %. The minimum standard of
surplus wealth over which zakat is charged is known as
Nisab. It differs with different kinds of property, the
most important being 200 dirhams or 521 tolas (nearly 21
oz.) In case of silver, and 20 mithqals or 71 tolas
(nearly 3 oz.) in case of gold. The nisab of cash is the
same as that of gold and silver.
As regards the persons to whom zakat is to be paid,
they have been clearly described in the Holy Qur'an:
Alms are only for the poor, the needy, the officials
charged with the duty of collection, those whose hearts
are inclined to truth, the ransoming of captives, those
in debt, in the way of Allah, and the wayfarer (ix 60).
Chapter 1:
Book 005, Number 2134:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger
(way peace be upon him) as saying: No sadaqa (zakat)
is payable on less than five wasqs of (dates or
grains), on less than five camel-heads and on less
than five uqiyas (of silver).
Book 005, Number 2135:
A hadith like this has been narrated by 'Amr b.
Yahya with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2136:
'Umara reported: I heard Abd Sa'id al-Khudri as
saying that he had heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) make (this) observation with a
gesture of his five fingers, and then he narrated
the hadith as transmitted by 'Uyaina (hadith 2134).
Book 005, Number 2137:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: Sadaqa (zakat) is
payable on less than five wasqs of (dates or
grains), on less than five camel-heads, and on less
than five uqiyas (of silver).
Book 005, Number 2138:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: No Sadaqa is
payable on less than five wasqs of dates or grains.
Book 005, Number 2139:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: No Sadaqa is
payable on the grains and dates till it (comes to
the Weight) of five wasqs, or less than five heads
of camels, or less than five uqiyas (of silver).
Book 005, Number 2140:
A hadith like this has been narrated by Isma'il
b. Umayya with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2141:
A hadith like this has been narrated by Isma'il
b. Umayya with the same chain of transmitters, but
instead of the word dates, fruit has been used.
Book 005, Number 2142:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: No Sadaqa is
payable on less than five fiqiyas of silver, and on
less than five heads of camels, and less than five
wasqs of dates.
Book 005, Number 2143:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: A tenth is payable on
what is watered by rivers, or rains, and a twentieth
on what is watered by camels.
Chapter 2: NO ZAKAT IS DUE FROM A MUSLIM ON HIS SLAVE OR HIS
HORSE
Book 005, Number 2144:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messsenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: No Sadaqa is due from
a Muslim on his slave or horse.
Book 005, Number 2145:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: No Sadaqa is due from a
Muslim on his slave or horse.
Book 005, Number 2146:
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2147:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There is no Sadaqa on a
slave except Sadaqat-ul-Fitr.
Chapter 3: SENDING OFF FOR THE PAYMENT OF ZAKAT AND OF REFUSING
TO PAY IT
Book 005, Number 2148:
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) sent Umar for (collecting)
Sadaqa (zakat), and it was said that Ibn Jamil,
Khalid b. Walid and 'Abbas the uncle of the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), refused
(to pay it). Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: Ibn Jamil is taking revenge
but for this that he was destitute and Allah made
him rich. As regards Khalid, you are unjust to
Khalid, for be reserved his armours and weapons for
the sake of Allah, and as for 'Abbas, I shall be
responsible for it and an equal amount along with
it. And he again said: 'Umar, bear this in mind, the
uncle of a person is like his father.
Chapter 4: ZAKAT (SADAQA) FITR IS BINDING ON EVERY MUSLIM
Book 005, Number 2149:
Ibn Umar said that Allah's Messenger (way peace
be upon him) prescribed the payment of Zakat-ul-Fitr
(on breaking the fast) of Ramadan for people, for
every freeman, or slave, male and female among the
Muslims-one sa' of dried dates, or one sa' of
barley.
Book 005, Number 2150:
Ibn 'Umar said that the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) prescribed Zakat-ul-Fitr one sa'
of dates or one sa' of barley for every slave or
freeman, young or old.
Book 005, Number 2151:
Ibn 'Umar said that the Apostle of Allah (may
peace be upon him) prescribed the Sadaqa of Ramadan
(Sadaqat-al-Fitr) one sa' of dates or one sa' of
barley for every free man or a slave, male or
female, and then the people equalised (one sa' of
dates or barley) with half a sa' of wheat.
Book 005, Number 2152:
Abdullah b. Umar reported that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) ordered the (payment
of) Zakat-ul-Fitr one sa' of dates, or one sa' of
barley. Ibn 'Umar ('Abdullah b. 'Umar) further said:
The people equalised it (then) with two mudds of
fine wheat.
Book 005, Number 2153:
Ibn Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) prescribed Zakat-ul-Fitr of
Ramadan one sa' of dates or one sa' of barley for
every individual among the Muslims (whether) free
man or slave, male or female, young or old.
Book 005, Number 2154:
Sad b. Abu Sarh heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri as
saying: We used to take out as the Zakat of Fitr one
sa' of grain, or one sa' of barley or one sa' of
dates, or one sa' of cheese or one sa' of raisins.
Book 005, Number 2155:
Abd Sa'id al-Khudri reported: We, on behalf of
every young or old, free man or slave (amongst us),
used to take out during the lifetime of the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as the
Zakat of Fitr one sa' of grain, or one sa' of cheese
or one sa' of raisins. And we continued taking out
these till Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan came to us for
pilgrimage or 'Umra, and addressed the people on the
pulpit and said to them: I see that two mudds of
zakat out of the wheat (red) of Syria is equal to
one sa' of dates. So the people accepted it. But Abu
Sa'id said: I would continue to take out as I used
to take out (before, i e. one sa') as long as I
live.
Book 005, Number 2156:
Sa'd b. Abu Sarh heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri as
saying: We, on behalf of young or old, free or
slave, used to take out the Zakat of Fitr while the
Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) was among
us, in three kinds, one sa' of dates, one sa' of
cheese, or one sa' of barley, and we continued to
take that out till the time of Mu'awiya, for he saw
that two mudds of wheat were equal to one sa' of
dates. Abu Sa'id sald: I would continue to take that
out as before (i e. one sa' of wheat).
Book 005, Number 2157:
Abu Sa'id al Khudri reported: We used to take out
the Zakat of Fitr in three kinds, cheese, dates and
barley.
Book 005, Number 2158:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that when Mu'awiya
prescribed half a sa' of wheat equal to one sa' of
dates, he (Abu Sa'id al-Khudri) objected to it, and
said: I would take out (Sadaqat-ul-Fitr) but that
which I used to bring forth during the lifetime of
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) one
sa' of dates, or one sa' of raisins, or one sa' of
barley, or one sa' of cheese.
Chapter 5: TAKING OUT OF SADAQAT-UL-FITR BEFORE OBSERVING FITR
PRAYER
Book 005, Number 2159:
Ibn 'Umar reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) ordered that the
Sadaqat-ul-Fitr should be paid before the people go
out for prayer.
Book 005, Number 2160:
Abdullah b 'Umar reported that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) ordered the payment of
Sadaqat-ul-Fitr before people go out for prayer.
Chapter 6: SIN OF ONE WHO DOES NOT PAY ZAKAT
Book 005, Number 2161:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (way peace
be upon him) as saying: If any owner of gold or
silver does not pay what is due on him, when the Day
of Resurrection would come, plates of fire would be
beaten out for him; these would then be heated in
the fire of Hell and his sides, his forehead and his
back would be cauterized with them. Whenever these
cool down, (the process is) repeated during a day
the extent of which would be fifty thousand years,
until judgment is pronounced among servants, and he
sees whether his path is to take him to Paradise or
to Hell. It was said: Messenger of Allah, what about
the camel? He (the Holy Prophet) said: If any owner
of the camel does not pay what is due on him, and of
his due in that (camel) is (also) to milk it on the
day when it comes down to water. When the Day of
Resurrection comes a soft sandy plain would be set
for him, as extensive as possible, (he will find)
that not a single young one is missing, and they
will trample him with their hoofs and bite him with
their mouths. As often as the first of them passes
him, the last of them would be made to return during
a day the extent of which would be fifty thousand
years, until judgment is pronounced among servants
and he sees whether his path is to take him to
Paradise or to Hell. It was (again) said: Messenger
of Allah, what about cows (cattle) and sheep? He
said: It any owner of the cattle and sheep does not
pay what is due on them, when the Day of
Resurrection comes a soft sandy plain would be
spread for them, he will find none of them missing,
with twisted horns, without horns or with a broken
horn, and they will gore him with their horns and
trample him with their hoofs. As often as the first
of them passes him the last of them would be made to
return to him during a day the extent of which would
be fifty thousand years, until judgment would be
pronounced among the servants. And he would be shown
his path-path leading him to Paradise or to Hell. It
was said: Messenger of Allah, what about the horse?
Upon this he said: The horses are of three types. To
one than (these are) a burden, and to another man
(these are) a covering, and still to another man
(these are) a source of reward. The one for whom
these are a burden is the person who rears them in
order to show off, for vainglory and for opposing
the Muslims; so they are a burden for him. The one
for whom these are a covering is the person who
rears them for the sake of Allah but does not forget
the right of Allah concerning their backs and their
necks, and so they are a covering for him. As for
those which bring reward (these refer to) the person
who rears them for the sake of Allah to be used for
Muslims and he puts them in meadow and field. And
whatever thing do these eat from that meadow and
field would be recorded on his behalf as good deeds,
as would also the amount of their dung and urine.
And these would not break their halter and prance a
course or two without having got recorded the amount
of their hoof marks and their dung as a good deed on
his behalf (on behalf of their owner). And their
master does not bring them past a river from which
they drink, though he did not intend to quench their
thirst, but Allah would record for him the amount of
what they drink on his behalf as deeds. It was said:
Messenger of Allah, what about the asses?, Upon this
he said: Nothing has been revealed to me in regard
to the asses (in particular) except this one verse
of a comprehensive nature:" He who does an atom's
weight of good will see it, and he who does an
atom's weight of evil will see it" (xcix. 7)
Book 005, Number 2162:
This hadith has been narrated by Zaid b. Aslam
with the same chain of transmitters except that he
said:" None among the owners of camels who does not
pay their due," but did not say" their due (Zakat)
out of them." and he make a mention:" He did not
miss a single young one out of them." and he said:"
Their sides. their foreheads and their backs would
be cauterised."
Book 005, Number 2163:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: No owner of the treasure who
does not pay Zakat (would be spared) but (his
hoards) would be heated in the Fire of Hell and
these would be made into plates and with these his
sides, his forehead would be cauterised till Allah
would pronounce judgment among His servants during a
day, the extent of which would be fifty thousand
years. He would then see his path, leading either to
Paradise or to Hell. And no owner of the camels who
does not pay Zakat (would be spared) but a soft
sandy plain would be set for him and they (the
camels) would be made to pass over him till the last
of them would be made to return till Allah would
pronounce judgment among His servants during a day
the extent of which would be fifty thousand years.
He would then see his path leading him to Paradise
or leading him to Hell. And no owner of the (cattle
and) goats who does not pay Zakat (would be spared)
but a soft sandy plain would be set for him, he
would find none of them missing, with twisted horns,
without horns, or with broken horns, and they will
gore him with their horns and trample him with their
hoofs and they would be made to pass over him till
the last of them would be made to return till Allah
would pronounce judgment among His servants, during
a day the extent of which would be fdty thousand
years, and he would see the paths leading to
Paradise or to Hell. Suhail said: I do not know
whether he made mention of the cows. They said:
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), what
about the horses? He said: The horses have goodness
in their foreheads (or he said) or goodness is
ingrained in the foreheads of the horses (Suhail
said: I am in doubt as to what was actually said) up
till the Day of judgement. The horses are of three
kinds. They are a source of reward to a person, they
are a covering to a person, and they are a burden to
a person. As for those which bring reward is that a
person would get reward who rears them for the sake
of Allah and trains them for Him, and nothing
disappears in their stomachs but Allah would record
for him a good deed. And if they were to graze in
the meadow, they would eat nothing but Allah would
record for him a reward. And if they were to drink
water from the canal, with every drop that, would
disappear in their stomachs there would be reward
(for the owner). He went on describing till a reward
was mentioned for their urine and dung. And if they
pranced a course or two, there would be recorded a
reward for every pace that they covered. As for one
for whom they are a covering, he is the man who
rears them for honour and dignity but does not
forget the right of their backs and their stomachs,
in plenty and adversity, As regards one for whom
they are a burden, he is that who rears them for
vainglory and showing off to the people; for him
they are, the burden. They said: Messenger of Allah,
what about asses? He said: Allah has not revealed to
me anything in regards to it except this one
comprehensive verse:" He who does an atom's weight
of good will see it, and he who does an atom's
weight of evil will see it" (xcix. 7).
Book 005, Number 2164:
This hadith has been narrated by Suhail b. Abu
Salih with the same chain of transmitters, and he
said he substituted the word aqsa' with 'adba' and
said:" his side and his back," but he made no
mention of his forehead.
Book 005, Number 2165:
This hadith has been narrated by Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters: The Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:" When a
person does not pay what is due to Allah or Sadaqa
of his camels...." The rest of the hadith is the
same.
Book 005, Number 2166:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
owner of a camel who does not pay what is due on it
(would be punished in this way) that on the Day of
Resurrection many more (along with his camel) would
come and the owner would be made to sit on a soft
sandy ground and they would trample him with their
feet and hooves. And no owner of the cattle who does
not pay what is due on them (would be spared the
punishment) but on the Day of Resurrection, many
more would come and he (the owner) would be made to
sit on the soft sandy ground and would be gored by
their horns and trampled under their feet. And no
owner of the goats and sheep who does not pay what
is due on them (would be spared of punishment) but
many more would come on the Day of Resurrection and
he (the owner) would be made to sit on a soft sandy
ground and they would gore him with their horns and
trample him under their hooves. And there would be
more (among this flock of sheep and goat) without
horns or with broken horns. And no owner of the
treasure who does not pay its due but his treasure
would come on the Day of Resurrection like a bald
snake and would pursue him with its mouth open, and
when it would come near he would run away from it,
and he would be called thus:" Take your treasure
which you concealed, for I do not need it." When he
would find no way out he would put his hand in its
mouth and it would gnaw it like a he-camel. Abu
Zubair said: We heard Ubaid b. Umair saying this. We
then asked Jabir b. 'Abdullah about this. And he
also said like Ubaid b. Umair, Abu Zubair said: I
heard 'Ubaid b. 'Umair saying: A man said: Messenger
of Allah, what is due on camels? He said: Milking
them near water, and lending of bucket (used for
drawing water from it), or lending its male for
mating with a she-camel and providing it as a ride
for the sake of Allah.
Book 005, Number 2167:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) as saying: No owner of
camels or cattle or flock of sheep or goats who does
not pay his due (would be spared punishment) but
would be made to sit on the Day of Resurrection on a
soft sandy ground and the hoofed animals would
trample him with their hoofs and gore him with their
horns. And none of them on that day would be without
horns, or with broken horns. We said: Messenger of.
Allab, but what is due on them? He said: Lending of
the male (for use) and lending of the bucket (used
for drawing water for them) and for mating and
milking them near water and providing them as a ride
for the sake of Allah. And no owner of the property
who does not pay Zakat (would be spared punishment)
but it (his property) would turn into a bald snake
and would follow its owner wherever he would go, and
he would run away from it, and it would be said to
him: That is your property about which you were
stingy. And when he would find no other way out he
would thrust his hand in its mouth and it would gnaw
it like a male camel.
Chapter 7: PLEASING OF THE COLLECTOR
Book 005, Number 2168:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: There came people
from among the Bedouins to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) and said: Collectors of
Sadaqa come to us and treat us unjustly. Upon this
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
Please your collectors. Jarir said: Ever since I
heard it from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) no collector had departed but was pleased
with me.
Book 005, Number 2169:
This hadith has been narrated by Muhammad b.
Isma'il with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 8: THE GRAVITY OF PUNISHMENT FOR ONE WHO DOES NOT PAY
ZAKAT
Book 005, Number 2170:
Abu Dharr reported: I went to the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and he was sitting
under the shade of the Ka'ba. As he saw me he said:
By the Lord of the Ka'ba, they are the losers. I
came there till I sat and I could not stay (longer)
and (then) stood up. I said: Messenger of Allah, let
my father, be ransom for you, who are they (the
losers)? He said: They are those having a huge
amount of wealth except so and so and (those who
spend their wealth generously on them whom they find
in front of them, behind them and on their right
side and on their left side) and they are a few. And
no owner of camels, or cattle or goat and sheep, who
does not pay Zakat (would be spared punishment) but
these (camels, cattle, goats and sheep) would come
on the Day of Resurrection wearing more flesh and
would gore him with their horns and trample them
with their hooves. And when the last one would pass
away, the first one would return (to trample him)
till judgment would be pronounced among people.
Book 005, Number 2171:
Abu Dbarr reported: I went to the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and he was sitting
under the shade of the Ka'ba, and the rest of the
hadith it the same but for this that he (the Holy
Prophet) said:" By Allah, in Whose hand is my life,
no person on earth who dies and leaves behind
camels, or cattle or goat and sheep, and does not
pay Zakat (would be spared the punishment)."
Book 005, Number 2172:
Abu Huraira reported that the Prophet (may peace
be upon him) said: Nothing is more delighting to me
than this that Uhud should be of gold for me, and no
dinar is left with me out of it before three nights
pass except a dinar which I would set aside for the
repayment of debt upon me.
Book 005, Number 2173:
Abu Huraira reported the same from the Prophet
(may peace be upon him).
Chapter 9: EXHORTATION TO GIVE SADAQA
Book 005, Number 2174:
Abu Dharr reported: I walked with the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) on the stony ground
of Medina in the afternoon and we were looking at
Uhud. The Messenger of Allah (way peace by upon him)
said: Abu Dharr! I said: Messenger of Allah, I am
here at thy beck and call. He said: What I desire is
that Uhud be gold with me and three nights should
pass and there is left with me any dinar but one
coin which I would keep to pay debt. (I love) to
spend it among the servants of Allah like this and
he pointed in front of him, and on his right side
and on his left side. We then proceeded on and he
said: Abu Dharr. I said: At thy beck and call,
Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The
rich would be poor on the Day of Resurrection, but
he who spent like this and like this and like this,
and he pointed as at the first time. We again went
on when he said. Abu Dharr, stay where you are till
I come back to you. He (the Holy Prophet) then moved
on till he disappeared from my sight He (Abu Dharr)
said: I heard a sound and I heard a noise. I said
(to myself): The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) might have met (mishap or an enemy). I
wished to follow him but I remembered his command
for not departing till he would come back. So I
waited for him, and when he came I made a mention of
what I heard. He said: it was Gabriel, who came to
me and said:" He who dies among your Ummah without
associating Anything with Allah would enter
Paradise. I said: Even if he committed fornication
or theft? He said: Even if he committed fornication
or theft.
Book 005, Number 2175:
Abu Dharr reported: I went out one night (and
found) the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) walking all alone. There was no man with him. I
thought that he did not like anyone walking along
with him. So I began to walk in the light of the
moon. He, however turned his attention to me and saw
me and said: Who is this? I said: It is Abu Dharr.
Let Allah make me as ransom for you. He said: Abu
Dharr, come on. He (Abu Dharr) said: So I walked
along with him for some time and he said: The
wealthy persons would have little (reward) on the
Day of Resurrection, except upon whom Allah
conferred goodness (wealth). He dispensed it to his
right, left, in front of him and at his back (just
as the wind diffuses fragrance) and did good with it
(riches). I went along with him for some time when
He said: Sit here. And he made me sit at a safe
place and there were stones around it, and he said
to me: Sit here till I come to you. He went away on
the stony ground till I could not see him. He stayed
away from me, and he prolonged his stay. Then I
heard him as he came back and he was saying: Even if
he committed theft and even if he committed
fornication. When he came I could not help asking
him: Apostle of Allah, let Allah make me ransom for
you, whom were you speaking on the stony ground? I
heard nobody responding to you. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: It was Gabriel who met me by the side
of the stony ground and said: Give glad tidings to
your Ummah that he who died without associating
ought with Allah would go into Paradise. I said:
Gabriel, even if he committed theft and fornication?
He said: Yes. I said: Even it he committed theft and
fornication? He said: Yes, I again said: Even if he
committed theft and fornication? He said: Yes, even
if he drank wine.
Chapter 10: HOARDERS OF WEALTH AND PUNISHMENT TO THEM
Book 005, Number 2176:
Ahnaf b. Qais reported: I came to Medina and when
I was in the company of the grandees of Quraish a
man with a crude body and an uncouth face wearing
coarse clothes came there. He stood up before them
and said: Give glad tidings to those whom who amass
riches of the stones which would be heated in the
Fire of Hell, and would be placed at the tick of the
chest till it would project from the shoulder bone
and would he put on the shoulder bone till it would
project from the tick of his chest, and it (this
stone) would continue passing and repassing (from
one side to the other). He (the narrator) said: Then
people hung their heads and I saw none among them
giving any answer. He then returned and I followed
him till he sat near a pillar. I said: I find that
these (people) disliked what you said to them and
they do not understand anything. My friend
Abu'l-Qasim (Muhammad) (may peace he upon him)
called me and I responded to him, and he said: Do
you see Uhud? I saw the sun (shining) on me and I
thought that he would send me on an errand for him.
So I said: I see it. Upon this he said: Nothing
would delight me more than this that I should have
gold like it (equal to the bulk of Uhud), and I
should spend it all except three dinars. (How sad it
is) that they hoard worldly riches, and they know
nothing. I said: What about you and your brothers
Quraish? You do not go to thein for any need and do
not accept anything from them. He said: By Allah, I
neither beg anything from them (from worldly goods),
nor do I ask them anything about religion till I
meet my Allah and His Messenger.
Book 005, Number 2177:
Ahnaf b. Qais reported: While I was in the
company of the (elites) of Quraiah, Abu Dharr came
there and he was saying: Give glad tidings to the
hoarders of riches that their backs would be branded
(so deeply) that (the hot Iron) would come out of
their sides, and when the backs of their necks would
be branded, it would come out of their foreheads. He
(Abu Dharr) then went away and sat down. I asked who
he was. They said: He is Abu Dharr. I went to him
and said to him: What is this that I heard from you
which you were saying before? He said: I said
nothing but only that which I heard from their
Prophet (may peace be upon him). I again said: What
do you say about this gift? He said: Take it, for
today it is a help. But when it becomes a price for
your religion, then abandon it.
Chapter 11: EXHORTATION TO SPEND AND TIDINGS TO HIM WHO SPENDS
(ON GOOD DEEDS)
Book 005, Number 2178:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Most Blessed
and High, said: O son of Adam, spend. I will spend
on you. The right hand of Allah is full and
overflowing and in nothing would diminish it, by
overspending day and night.
Book 005, Number 2179:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying that Allah said to him:"
Spend, I will bestow upon you." And the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The right hand
of Allah is full and spending (the riches) liberally
during day and night will not diminish (the
resources of Allah). Don't you see what (an enormous
amount of resources) He has spent since He created
the heaven and the earth, and what is in His right
hand has not decreased? His Throne is upon the
water. And in His other hand is death, and He
elevates and degrades (whom He likes).
Chapter 12: EXCELLENCE OF SPENDING ON ONE'S FAMILY, AND
SERVANT, AND SIN OF ONE WHO NEGLECTS OR WITHHOLDS THEIR
SUBSISTENCE
Book 005, Number 2180:
Thauban reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The most excellent dinar is one
that a person spends on his family, and the dinar
which he spends on his animal in Allah's path, and
the dinar he spends on his companions in Allah's
path. Abu Qilaba (one of the narrators) said: He
(the narrator) started with family, and then Abu
Qilaba said: Who is the person with greater reward
than a person who spends on young members of his
family (and thus) preserves (saves them from want)
(and by virtue of which) Allah brings profit for
them and makes them rich.
Book 005, Number 2181:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Of the dinar you spend as a
contribution in Allah's path, or to set free a
slave, or as a sadaqa given to a needy, or to
support your family, the one yielding the greatest
reward is that which you spent on your family.
Book 005, Number 2182:
Khaithama reported: While we were sitting in the
company of 'Abdullah b. 'Umar there came in his
steward. He (Ibn 'Umar) said: Have you supplied the
provision to the slaves? He said: No. Upon this he
said: Go and give (the provision) to them, for the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) has said:
This sin is enough for a man that he withholds the
subsistence from one whose master he is.
Chapter 13: BEGINNING OF SPENDING FOR ONE'S OWN SELF, THEN FOR
ONE'S FAMILY AND THEN FOR RELATIVES
Book 005, Number 2183:
Jabir reported: A person from the Banu 'Udhra set
a slave free after his death. This news reached the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon hhn). Upon
this he said: Have you any property besides it? He
said: No. Upon this he said: Who would buy (this
slave) from me? Nulaim b. Abdullah bought it for
eight hundred dirhams and (this amount was) brought
to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
who returned it to him (the owner), and then said:
Start with your own self and spend it on yourself,
and if anything is left, it should be spent on your
family, and if anything is left (after meeting the
needs of the family) it should be spent on
relatives, and if anything is left from the family,
it should be spent like this, like this. And he was
saying: In front of you, on your right and on your
left.
Book 005, Number 2184:
Jabir reported that a person among the Ansar who
was called Abu Madhkur granted posthumous freedom to
his slave who was called Ya'qub. The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Chapter 14: EXCELLENCE OF SPENDING AND GIVING SADAQA TO
RELATIVES, TO WIFE, TO CHILDREN, AND PARENTS EVEN IF
THEY ARE POLYTHEISTS
Book 005, Number 2185:
Anas b. Malik is reported as saying: Abu Talha
was the one among the Ansar of Medina who possessed
the largest property and among his property he
valued most was his garden known as Bairaha' which
was opposite the mosque, and the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) often visited it and he
drank of its sweet water. When this verse was
revealed:" You will never attain righteousness till
you give freely of what you Have" (iii. 91), Abu
Talha got up and, going to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), said: Allah says in His Book:"
You will never attain righteousness till you give
freely of what you love," and the dearest of my
property is Bairaha' so I give it as Sadaqa to God
from Whom I hope for reward for it and the treasure
with Allah; so spend it, Messenger of Allah, on
whatever purpose you deem it proper. The Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Bravo I that
is profit earning property. I have heard what you
have said, but I think you should spend it on your
nearest relatives. So Abu Talha distributed it among
the neatest relatives and his cousins on his
father's side.
Book 005, Number 2186:
Anas reported that when this verse was tevealed:"
You will not attain righteousness till you give
freely of what you love," Abu Talha said: I see that
our Lord has demanded from us out of our property;
so I make you a witness, Messenger of Allah. that I
give my land known as Bairaha' for the sake of
Allah. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: Give that to your relatives. So
he gave it to Hassan b. Thabit and Ubayy b. Ka'b.
Book 005, Number 2187:
Maimuna bint Harith reported that she set free a
slave-girl during the lifetime of the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and she made a mention
of that to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) and he said: Had you gives her to your maternal
uncles, you would have a greater reward.
Book 005, Number 2188:
Zainab, the wife of 'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud ),
reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: 0 women, give sadaqa even though it
be some of your jewellery. She returned to 'Abdullah
and said: You are a person with empty hands, whereas
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) has
commanded us to give sadaqa, so better go to him and
ask and if this will suffice for me; otherwise I
shall give it to someone else. 'Abdullah said to me
(his wife): You better go yourself. So I went and
there was another woman of the Ansar at the door of
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
having the same porpose as I had. Now Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was invested with
awe (so we did not like to knock). Then Bilal came
out and we said to him: Go to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) and inform him that there
are two women at the door asking him whether it will
serve them to give sadaqa to their spouses and to
orphans who are under their charge, but do not
inform him who we are. Bilal went to the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) and asked him (what
these women had instructed him to ask). The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) asked him
who these women were. He (Bilal) said: They are
women from Ansar and Zainab. Upon this the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Which of the
Zainabs? He said: The wife of 'Abdullah. The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
There are two rewards for them, the reward of
kinship and the reward of Sadaqa.
Book 005, Number 2189:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the
authority of Zainab the wife of 'Abdullah, and she
said: I was in the mosque and the Prophet of Allah
(may peace be upon him) saw me and said: Give Sadaqa
even though it is out of your jewellery. The rest of
the hadith is the same.
Book 005, Number 2190:
Umm Salama said: I asked the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) whether there is a reward
for me if I spend oh Abu Salama's sons, and I am not
going to abandon them in this state (of
helplessness) for they are my sons. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: Yes. For you is the reward for what
you spend on them.
Book 005, Number 2191:
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn 'Urwa with
the same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2192:
Abu Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (way peace
be upon him) as saying: When a Muslim spends on his
family seeking reward for it from Allah, it counts
for him as sadaqa.
Book 005, Number 2193:
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2194:
Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr reported: I said:
Messenger of Allah, my mother, who is inclined or
scared has come to me. Should I (even An her
position of being opposed to Islam) treat her well?
He said: Yes.
Book 005, Number 2195:
Asma' bint Abu Bakr reported: My mother who was a
polytheist came to me when he (the Holy Prophet)
entered into treaty with, the Quraish (of Mecca). I
inquired from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) saying: Messenger of Allah, there has come
to me my mother and she is inclined; should I (in
this state of her mind) show her kindness? He said:
Yes, treat her kindly.
Chapter 15: GETTING OF REWARD FOR SADAQA FOR THE DEAD GIVEN ON
HIS OR HER BEHALF
Book 005, Number 2196:
'A'isha said that a person came to the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: My mother
died suddenly without having made any will. I think
she would have definitely given Sadaqa if she had
been able to speak. Would she have a reward if I
gave Sadaqa on her behalf? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Yes. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Hisham with the same chain of
transmitters. And in the hadith transmitted by Abu
Usama the words are:" She did not make any will," as
it has been reported by Ibn Bishr, but it was not
reported by the rest of the narrators.
Chapter 16: SADAQA INCLUDES ALL TYPES OF GOOD ACTS
Book 005, Number 2197:
Hudhaifa and Abu Shaiba reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Every
act of goodness is sadaqa.
Book 005, Number 2198:
Abu Dharr reported: some of the people from among
the Companions of the Apostle of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said to him: Messenger of Allah, the rich
have taken away (air the) reward. They observe
prayer as we do; they keep the fasts as we keep, and
tray give Sadaqa out of their surplus riches. Upon
this he (the Holy Prophet) said: Has Allah not
prescribed for you (a course) by following which you
can (also) do sadaqa? In every declaration of the
glorification of Allah (i. e. saying Subhan Allah)
there is a Sadaqa, and every Takbir (i. e. saying
Allah-O-Akbar) is a sadaqa, and every praise of His
(saying al-Hamdu Lillah) is a Sadaqa and every
declaration that He is One (La illha ill-Allah) is a
sadaqa, and enjoining of good is a sadaqa, and
forbidding of that which is evil is a Sadaqa, and in
man's sexual Intercourse (with his wife, ) there is
a Sadaqa. They (the Companions) said: Messenger of
Allah, is there reward for him who satisfies his
sexual passion among us? He said: Tell me, if he
were to devote it to something forbidden, would it
not be a sin on his part? Similarly, if he were to
devote it to something lawful, he should have a
reward.
Book 005, Number 2199:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Every one of the children of
Adam has been created with three hundred and sixty
joints; so he who declares the Glory of Allah,
praises Allah, declares Allah to be One, Glorifies
Allah, and seeks forgiveness from Allah, and removes
stone, or thorn, or bone from people's path, and
enjoins what is good and forbids from evil, to the
number of those three hundred and sixty-four, will
walk that day haviing removed himself from Hell.
Book 005, Number 2200:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Zaid with the same chain of transmitters except with
(a slight) change of words (i. e. he [the Holy
Prophet]) said: Or he enjoined what is good,... and
said: He enters the evening [ie. he walks till
eveningl.
Book 005, Number 2201:
This hadith has been narrated by 'A'isha through
anothr chain of transmitters in which she reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be ulon him) as
saying:" Every man is created" ; the rest of the
hadith is the same and he said:" He walks on that
day."
Book 005, Number 2202:
Sa'id b. Abu Burda reported on the authority of
his grandfather that the Apostle of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: Giving of Sadaqa is essential for
every Muslim. It was said (to him): What do you say
of him who does not find (the means) to do so? He
said: Let him work with both his hands, thus doing
benefit to himself and give Sadaqa. It was said to
him: What about him who does not have (the means) to
do so? He said: Then let him assist the needy, the
aggrieved. It was said: What do you say of one who
cannot even do this? He said: Then he should enjoin
what is reputable or what is good. He said: What
about him if he cannot do that? He (the Holy
Prophet) said: He should then abstain from evil, for
verify that is Sadaqa on his behalf.
Book 005, Number 2203:
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2204:
Hammam b. Munabbih reported that-this is out of
(those ahadith) which Abu Huraira narrated to us
from Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him). And he while making a mention of ahadith
reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said this: Sadaqa is due on every joint of a
person, every day the sun rises. Administering of
justice between two men is also a Sadaqa. And
assisting a man to ride upon his beast, or helping
him load his luggage upon it, is a Sadaqa; and a
good word is a Sadaqa; and every step that you take
towards prayer is a Sadaqa, and removing of harmful
things from the pathway is a Sadaqa.
Chapter 17: CONCERNING ONE WHO SPENDS AND WHO WITHHOLDS
Book 005, Number 2205:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There is never a day wherein
servants (of God) get up at morn, but are not
visited by two angels. One of them says: 0 Allah,
give him more who spends (for the sake of Allah),
and the other says: 0 Allah, bring destruction to
one who withholds.
Book 005, Number 2206:
Haritha b. Wahb reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Give Sadaqa for a time
is about to come when a person would walk with alms
and the one whom it is to be given would say: Had
you brought it yesterday, I would have accepted it.
For the present I do not need it. (And the giver of
Sadaqa) I would not find anyone to accept it.
Book 005, Number 2207:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There would come a time for the
people when a person would roam about with Sadaqa of
gold, but he would find no one to accept it from
him. And a man would be seen followed by forty women
seeking refuge with him on account of the scarcity
of males and abundance of females."
Book 005, Number 2208:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (way peace
be upon him) as saying: The Last Hour will not come
before wealth becomes abundant and overflowing, so
much so that a man takes Zakat out of his property
and cannot find anyone to accept it from him and
till the land of Arabia becomes meadows and rivers.
Book 005, Number 2209:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: The Last Hour will not come
till wealth is abundant and overflowing, so much so
that the owner of the property will think as to who
will accept Sadaqa from him, and a person would be
called to accept Sadaqa and he would say: I do not
need it.
Book 005, Number 2210:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenaer (may peace
be upon him) as saying: The earth will vomit long
pieces of its liver like columns of gold and silver,
and the murderer will come and say: It was for this
that I committed murder. The breaker of family ties
will come and say: It was for this that I broke the
family ties; and the thief will come and say: It is
for this that my hands were cut off. They will then
leave it and will not take anything out of it.
Chapter 18: ACCEPTANCE OF SADAQA BY HONEST WORK AND ITS GROWTH
Book 005, Number 2211:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (tray
peace be upon him) as saying: If anyone gives as
Sadaqa the equivalent of a date from that (earning)
earned honestly, for Allah accepts that which is
lawful, the Lord would accept it with His Right
Hand, and even if it is a date, it would foster in
the Hand of the lord, as one of you fosters his
colt, till it becomes bigger than a mountain.
Book 005, Number 2212:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: No one gives Sadaqa of a
date out of his honest earning, but Allah accepts it
with His Right Hand, and then fosters it as one of
you fosters the colt or a young she-camel, till it
becomes like a mountain or even greater.
Book 005, Number 2213:
This hadith has been narrated through another
chain of transmitters with a change of words. In the
hadith transmitted Rauh (the words are):" Out of the
honest earning and its spending at what is its (due)
right" ; and in the hadith transmitted by Sulaiman
(the words are):" And its spending at its proper
place."
Book 005, Number 2214:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: 0 people, Allah is Good and
He therefore, accepts only that which is good. And
Allah commanded the believers as He commanded the
Messengers by saying:" O Messengers, eat of the good
things, and do good deeds; verily I am aware of what
you do" (xxiii. 51). And He said: ' 0 those who
believe, eat of the good things that We gave you"
(ii. 172) He then made a mention of a person who
travels widely, his hair dishevelled and covered
with dust. He lifts his hand towards the sky (and
thus makes the supplication):" O Lord,0 Lord,"
whereas his diet is unlawful, his drink is unlawful,
and his clothes are unlawful and his nourishment is
unlawful. How can then his supplication be accepted?
Chapter 19: EXHORTATION TO SADAQA EVEN THOUGH IT IS HALF A
DATE, OR A GOOD WORD, FOR THEY ARE PROTECTION AGAINST
FIRE
Book 005, Number 2215:
'Adi b. Hatim reported that he heard Allah's
Messenger (way peace be upon him) as saying: He who
among you can protect himself against Fire, he
should do so, even if it should be with half a date.
Book 005, Number 2216:
'Adi b. Hatim reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Allah will speak with
everyone amongst you without any interpreter between
them. He (the man) would see towards his right and
would not find anything but (the deeds) which he had
done before, and he would see towards the left and
would not find anything but (the deeds) which he had
done before. He would see in front of him and would
find nothing but Fire just before his face. So
protect (yourselves) against Fire even if it is with
the help of half a date. A hadith like this has been
transmitted by Khaithama and addition has been made
in this of (these words) ;" Even if it is with a
good word."
Book 005, Number 2217:
'Adi b. Hatim reported that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) made a mention of
Fire. He turned his face aside and diverted his
attention and then said: Guard (yourselves) against
Fire. He turned his face and diverted his attention
till we thought as if he were (actually seeing it
and then said: Protect yourselves against Fire even
if it is with half a date, and he who does not find
it, (he should do so) with pleasant words. Abu
Kuraib did not mention the word: (as if).
Book 005, Number 2218:
Adi b. Hatim reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) made a mention of the Fire
and sought refuge (with Allah against it). He turned
aside his face three times and then said: Protect
yourselves against Fire even if with half a date.
But if you fail to find it (then protect yourselves
against Fire) with the help of a pleasant word).
Book 005, Number 2219:
Mundhir b. Jarir reported on the authority of his
father: While we were in the company of the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) in the
early hours of the morning, some people came there
(who) were barefooted, naked, wearing striped
woollen clothes, or cloaks, with their swords hung
(around their necks). Most of them, nay, all of
them, belonged to the tribe of Mudar. The colour of
the face of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) underwent a change when he saw them in
poverty. He then entered (his house) and came out
and commanded Bilal (to pronounce Adhan). He
pronounced Adhan and Iqima, and he (the Holy
Prophet) observed prayer (along with his Companion)
and then addressed (them reciting verses of the Holy
Qur'an): '" 0 people, fear your Lord, Who created
you from a single being" to the end of the verse,"
Allah is ever a Watcher over you" (iv. 1). (He then
recited) a verse of Sura Hashr:" Fear Allah. and let
every soul consider that which it sends forth for
the morrow and fear Allah" (lix. 18). (Then the
audience began to vie with one another in giving
charity.) Some donated a dinar, others a dirham,
still others clothes, some donated a sa' of wheat,
some a sa' of dates; till he (the Holy Prophet)
said: (Bring) even if it is half a date. Then a
person from among the Ansar came there with a money
bag which his hands could scarcely lift; in fact,
they could not (lift). Then the people followed
continuously, till I saw two heaps of eatables and
clothes, and I saw the face of the Messenger (may
peace be upon him) glistening, like gold (on account
of joy). The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) said: He who sets a good precedent in Islam,
there is a reward for him for this (act of goodness)
and reward of that also who acted according to it
subsequently, without any deduction from their
rewards; and he who sets in Islam an evil precedent,
there is upon him the burden of that, and the burden
of him also who acted upon it subsequently, without
any deduction from their burden.
Book 005, Number 2220:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Mandhir through another chain of transmitters. And
the hadith transmitted by Ibn Mu'adh contains an
addition:" He then observed the noon prayer and then
gave the sermon."
Book 005, Number 2221:
Mundhir b. Jarir narrated on the authority of his
father: When we were sitting in the company of the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him). There came
people dressed in striped woollen clothes, and the
rest of the hadith in the same, and there (it is
also mentioned):" He observed the Zuhr prayer and
then climbed up a small pulpit, praised Allah,
lauded Him, and then said: Verily Allah in His Book
has revealed: 'O people, fear your Lord, ' etc."
(iv. 1).
Book 005, Number 2222:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah reported: People came to to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and
they ware dressed in woollen clothes. He (the Holy
Prophet) saw their dismal state, as they were
suffering from want and the rest of the hadith is
the same.
Chapter 20: THE LABOURER SHOULD GIVE CHARITY OUT OF HIS WAGES
AND IT IS SEVERELY FORBIDDEN TO BELITTLE ONE WHO
CONTRIBUTES LESS
Book 005, Number 2223:
Abu Mas'ud reported: We were commanded to give
charity (despite the fact.) that we were coolies.
Abu 'Aqil donated half a sa'. And there came another
man with more than this. The hypocrites said: Verily
Allah does not stand in need of the charity of this,
and the second one has done nothing but only made a
show (of his charity). Then this verse was
revealed." Those who scoff at the voluntary givers
of charity among the believers as well as those who
cannot find anything (to give) but with their hard
labour" (ix. 80). And Bishr did not utter the word
Muttawwi'in.
Book 005, Number 2224:
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the
same chain of transmitters and in the hadith
transmitted by Sa'id b. al Rabi (the words are):" We
used to carry loads on our backs."
Chapter 21: EXCELLENCE OF GIVING A GIFT
Book 005, Number 2225:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
(that the Messenger of Allah) said: Of course the
person who gives to the family a she-camel as a
gift, which gives milk morning and evening equal to
a large bowl, its reward (the reward of the gift) is
great.
Book 005, Number 2226:
Abu Huraira reported that the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) forbade (to do certain
things) and then he made a mention of certain habits
and said: He who gives a she-camel as a gift, for
him is the reward (of the gift) both morn- ing and
evening-a reward for drinking milk in the morning
and a reward for drinking milk in the evening.
Chapter 22: THE LIKENESS OF ONE WHO SPENDS (IN THE PATH OF
ALLAH) AND ONE WHO WITHHOLDS
Book 005, Number 2227:
Abu Haraira reported that the likeness of one who
spends or one who gives charity is that of a person
who has two cloaks or two coats-of-mail over him
right from the breast to the collar bones. And when
the spender (and the other narrator said, when the
giver of charity) makes up his mind to give charity,
it (coat-mail) becomes expanded for him. But when a
miserly person intends to spend, it contracts and
every ring grips the place where it is. For the
giver of charity, this coat-of. mail expands to
cover his whole body and obliterates even his
footprints. Abu Huraira said: (The miserly man)
tries to expand it (the coat-of-mail) but it does
not expand.
Book 005, Number 2228:
Abu Haraira reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) gave similitudes of a
miserly man and the giver of charity as two persons
who have two coats-of-mail over them with their
hands pressed closely to their breasts and their
collar bones. Whenever the giver of charity gives
charity it (the coat-of mail) expands so much as to
cover his finger tips and obliterate his foot
prints. And whenever the miserly person intends to
give charity (the coat-of-mail) contracts and every
ring grips the place where it is. He (Abu Huraira)
said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) saying with fingers in the opening of his
shirt:" If you had seen him trying to expand it, it
will not expand."
Book 005, Number 2229:
Abu Haraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as-saying:. The similitude of a miserly
man and the giver of charity is that of two persons
with coatsof mail over them; when the giver of
charity intends to give charity, it expands over him
(to much so) that the footprints are also
obliterated. And when the miserly man intends to
give charity, it contracts over him, and his hands
are tied up to his collar bone, and every ring is
fixed up to another. He (the narrator) said: I heard
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He would try to expand it. but he would not
be able to do so.
Chapter 23: PROOF OF REWARD FOR THE GIVER OF CHARITY EVEN IF IT
GOES INTO THE HANDS OF AN UNDESERVING PERSON
Book 005, Number 2230:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) as saying: A man expressed his
intention to give charity, so he came out with
charity and placed it in the hand of an adulteress.
In the morning, the people were talking and saying:
charity was given to an adulteress last night. He
(the giver of Sadaqa) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the
praise-to an adulteress. He then again expressed his
intention to give charity; so he went out with the
charity and placed it in the hand of a rich person.
In the morning the people were talking and saying:
Charity was given to a rich person. He (the giver of
charity) said: 0 Allah, to Thee be the praise-to a
well-to-do person. He then expressed his intention
to give charity, so he went out with charity and
placed it in the hand of a thief. In the morning,
the people were talking and saying: Charity was
given to a thief. So (one of the persons) said: 0
Allah, to Thee be the praise (what a misfortune it
is that charity has been given to) the adulteress,
to a rich person. to a thief! There came (the angel
to him) and he was told: Your charity has been
accepted. As for the adulteress (the charity might
become the means) whereby she might restrain herself
from fornication. The rich man might perhaps learn a
lesson and spend from what Allah has given him, and
the thief might thereby refrain from committing
theft.
Chapter 24: THE REWARD FOR AN HONEST TRUSTEE AND FOR THE WOMAN
AS SHE GIVES CHARITY FROM THE HOUSEHOLD OF HER HUSBAND
EITHER WITH HIS EXPLICIT SANCTION OR AS IT IS CUSTOMARY
Book 005, Number 2231:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The honest Muslim trustee who
spends (sometimes he said" who gives" ) what he is
commanded to do and he gives that in full with his
heart overflowing with cheerfulness and he gives it
to one to whom he is ordered, he is one of the
givers of charity.
Book 005, Number 2232:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When a woman gives in charity
some of the food in her house, without causing any
damage, there is reward for her for whatever she has
given, and a reward for her husband for what he
earned. The same applies to the trustee. In no
respect does the one diminish the reward of the
other.
Book 005, Number 2233:
This hadith has been narrated by Mansur with the
same chain of transmitters (with this alteration of
words):" from the food of her husband".
Book 005, Number 2234:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When a woman spends (something
as Sadaqa) out of the household of her husband
without causing any damage, there is a reward for
her and for him too like it for whatever he earned,
and for her (for the wife) because of her spending
(for the sake of Allah), and for the trustee also
(there is a reward like it), without any reduction
from their rewards.
Book 005, Number 2235:
This hadith has been narratedby A'mash with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2236:
Umair, the freed slave of Abi'l-Lahm reported: 1
was the slave (of Abi'l-Lahm). I asked the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) if I could give
some charity out of my master's wealth. He said:
Yes, and the reward is half and half between you
two.
Book 005, Number 2237:
'Umair, the freed slave of Abi'l-Lahm, said: My
master commanded me to cut some meat in strips; (as
I was doing it) a poor man came to me and I gave him
some of it to eat. My master came to know of that,
and he beat me. I came to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) and narrated it to him. He
(the Holy Prophet) summoned him and said: Why did
you beat him? He (Abi'l-Lahm) said: He gives away my
food without being commanded to do so. Upon this he
(the Holy Prophet) sbid: The reward would be shared
by you two.
Book 005, Number 2238:
Hammam b. Munabbih said: These are some of the a
hadith of Muhammad. the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him), transmitted to us on the
authority of Abu Huraira. So he narrated one hadith
out of them (as this): The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: No woman should observe
fast when her spouse is present (in the house) but
with his permission. And she should not admit any
(mahram) in his house, while he (her husband) is
present, but with his permission. And whatever she
spends from his earnings without his sanction, for
him is half the reward.
Chapter 25: CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF SADAQA AND DOING OF
GOOD DEEDS
Book 005, Number 2239:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) assaying: If anyone contributes a pair
of anything for the sake of Allah, he would be
invited to enter Paradise (with these words): O
servant of Allah. it is good (for you). These who
engage in prayer will he invited to enter by the
gate of prayer; those who take part in Jihad will be
Invited to enter by the gate of Jihad; those wto
give charity will be invited to enter by the gate of
charity; and those who observe fast will be invited
to enter by the gate ar-Rayyan. Abu Bakr Siddiq
said: Messenger of Allah, is it necessary that a
person be invited through one of these gates? Will
anyone he invited to enter by all those gates? The
Messenger of Allah (way peace be upon him) said:
Yes, and I hope you will be one of them.
Book 005, Number 2240:
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2241:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: He who spent pairs for the
sake of Allah, the guardians of Paradise would call
him, (in fact) every guardian of the door (of
Paradise would welcome him saying): O, so and so,
come on. Upon this Abu Bakr said: Messenger of
Allah, (it means) there would be no distress on this
person. The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) said. I hope you would be among them.
Book 005, Number 2242:
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) said: Who has observed fast
among you today? Abu Bakr (Allah be pleased with
him) replied: It is I. He (the Holy Prophet again)
said: Who among you follow. ed the bier today? Abu
Bakr (Allah be pleased with him) replied: It is I.
He (the Holy Prophet again) said: Who among you led
a poor man today? Abu Bakr (Allah he pleased with
him) replied: It is I. He (again) said: Who among
you visited an invalid today? Abu Bakr (Allah be
pleased with him) said: It is I. Upon this the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
Anyone in whom (these good deeds) are combined will
certainly, enter paradise.
Chapter 26: EXHORTATION TO SPEND (FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH) AND
DISAPPROVAL OF CALCULATING (THE ARTICLES OF CHARITY)
Book 005, Number 2243:
Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr (Allah be pleated
with him), reported: The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said to me: Spend, and do not
calculate, or otherwise Allah would also calculate
in your case.
Book 005, Number 2244:
Asma' reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be
upon him) as saying (to her): Spend and do not
calculate, (for) Allah would calculate in your case;
and do not hoard, otherwise Allah would be
withholding from you.
Book 005, Number 2245:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Asma' through another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2246:
Asma', daughter of Abu Bakr, reported that abe
came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace he upon him)
and said: Apostle of Allah, I have nothing with me,
but only, that which is given to me by Zubair (for
household expenses). Is there any sin for me if I
spend out of that which is given to me (by Zabair)?
Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: Spend
according to your means; and do not hoard, for Allah
will withhold from you.
Chapter 27: EXHORTATION TO GIVE CHARITY EVEN THOUGH IT IS SMALL
(THE ONE WHO GIVES) SMALL AMOUNT SHOULD NEITHER BE
DISCOURAGED NOR LOOKED DOWN UPON
Book 005, Number 2247:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: 0 Muslim women, none of you
should consider even a sheep's trotter too
insignificant to give to her neighbour.
Chapter 28: EXCELLENCE OF GIVING SADAQA SECRETLY
Book 005, Number 2248:
Abu Huraira reported that the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) had said: Seven are (the
persons) whom Allah would give protection with His
Shade on the Day when there would be no shade but
that of Him (i. e. on the Day of Judgment, and they
are): a just ruler, a youth who grew up with the
worship of Allah; a person whose heart is attached
to the mosques; two persons who love and meet each
other and depart from each other for the sake of
Allah; a man whom a beautiful woman of high rank
seduces (for illicit relation), but he (rejects this
offer by saying):" I fear Allah" ; a person who
gives charity and conceals it (to such an extent)
that the right hand does not know what the left has
given: and a person who remembered Allah in privacy
and his eyes shed tears.
Book 005, Number 2249:
This hadith has been narrated, on the authority,
of Abu Huraira (with this change of words)." A
person whose heart is attached to the mosque when he
goes out of it till he returns to it."
Chapter 29: THE MOST EXCELI, ENT SADAQA IS THAT WHICH IS GIVEN
WHEN ONE IS HEALTHY AND CLOSE-FISTED
Book 005, Number 2250:
Abu Huraira reported that there came a person to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and
said: Messenger of Allah, which charity is the best?
Upon this he said: That you should give charity (in
a state when you are) healthy and close-fisted, one
haunted by the fear of poverty, hoping to become
rich (charity in such a state of health and mind is
the best). And you must not defer (charity to such a
length) that you are about to die and would he
saying: This is for so and so, and this is for so
and so. Lo, it has already come into (the possession
of so and so).
Book 005, Number 2251:
Abu Huraira reported that a person came to the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said:
Messenger of Allah, which charity is the greatest in
reward? (The Holy Prophet said): By your father,
beware, you should give charity (in a state when you
are) healthy and close-fisted, haunted by the fear
of poverty, and still hoping to live (as rich). And
you must not defer charity (to the time) when you
are about to die, and would then say:" This is for
so and so, and this for so and so." It has already
become the possession of so and so.
Book 005, Number 2252:
This hadith has been narrated with the same chain
of transmitters except with this change (of words):"
Which charity is most excellent?"
Chapter 30: CONCERNING THE STATEMENT THAT THE UPPER HAND IS
BETTER THAN, THE LOWER HAND, AND THE UPPER HAND IS THAT
WHICH GIVES AND THE LOWER ONE IS THAT WHICH RECEIVES
Book 005, Number 2253:
Abdullah b. Umar reported that as Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was sitting on the
pulpit and talking about Sadaqa and abstention from
begging, he said: The upper hand is better than the
lower one, the upper being the one which bestows and
the lower one which begs.
Book 005, Number 2254:
Hakim b. Hizam reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) having said this: The most
excellent Sadaqa or the best of Sadaqa is that after
giving which the (giver) remains rich and the upper
hand is better than the lower hand, and begin from
the members of your household.
Book 005, Number 2255:
Hakim b. Hizam reported: I begged the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him), and he gave me. I
again begged, he again gave me. I again begged, he
again gave me, and then said: This property is green
and sweet; he who receives it with a cheerful heart
is blessed in it, and he who receives it with an
avaricious mind would not be blessed in it, he being
like one who eats without being satished, and the
upper hand is better thad the lower hand.
Book 005, Number 2256:
Abu Umama reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: 0 son of Adam, it is better
for you if you spend your surplus (wealth), but if
you withhold it, it is evil for you. There is
(however) no reproach for you (if you withhold means
necessary) for a living. And begin (charity) with
your dependants; and the upper hand is better than
the lower hand.
Chapter 31: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO BEG
Book 005, Number 2257:
Mu'awiya said: Be cautious about ahadith except
those which were current during the reign of Umar,
for he exhorted people to ftar Allah, the Exalted
and majestic. I heard the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He upon whom Allah
intends to bestow goodness, He confers upon him an
insight in religion; and I heard the Messenger of
Allah (way peace be upon him) as saying: I am the
treasurer. To one whom I give out of (my own) sweet
will, he would be blessed in that, but he whom I
give (yielding to his constant begging and for his
covetousness is like one who would eat, but would
not be satisfied.
Book 005, Number 2258:
Mu'awiya reported AUah's Messenger (may prom be
upon him) as saying: Do not beg importunately, for,
I swear by Allah, none of you who asks me for
anything and manages to get what he asks for when I
disapprove td it will he be blessed in that which I
give him.
Book 005, Number 2259:
'Amr b. Dinar reported from Wahb b. Munabbih: I
went to his house in San'a' and he offered me nuts
grown in his house to eat. And his brother said: I
heard Mu'awiya b. Abu Sufyan saying that he had
heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
as saying, and then he made a mention (of a hadith)
like one mentioned above.
Book 005, Number 2260:
Abd al-Rahman b. Auf reported: I heard Mu'awiya
b. Abu Sufyan saying in an address that he had heard
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He to whom Allah intends to do good, He
gives him insight into religion. And I am only the
distributor while Allah is the Bestower.
Chapter 32: MISKIN (POOR MAN) IS ONE WHO DOES NOT FIND ENOUGH
TO SATISFY HIM AND THE PROPLR DO NOT CONSIDER HIM
(NEEDY) AS TO GIVE HIM CHARITY
Book 005, Number 2261:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: The poor man (miskin) is not
the one who goes round to the people and is
dismissed with one or two morsels. and one or two
dates. They (the Prophet's Companions) said:
Messenger of Allah, then who is miskin? He said: He
who does not get enough to satisfy him, and he is
not considered so (as to elicit the attention of the
benevolent people), so that charity way be given to
him. and he does not beg anything from people.
Book 005, Number 2262:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Miskin is not he who is
dismissed with one or two dates, and with one morsel
or two morsels. (In fact) miskin is he who abstains
(from begging). Read if you so desire (the verse):"
They beg not of men importunately)" (ii. 273). This
hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 33: DISAPPROVAL OF BEGGING FROM PEOPLE
Book 005, Number 2263:
Hamza. son of 'Abdullah, reported on the
authority of his father that the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) said: When a man is always
begging from people. he would meet Allah (in a
state) that there would be no flesh on his face.
Book 005, Number 2264:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
the brother of Zuhri with the same chain of
transmitters, but no mention has been made of the
word" muz'a" (piece).
Book 005, Number 2265:
Hamza b. 'Abdullah b. Umar heard his father cay
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
had said: The person would continue begging from
people till he would come on the Day of Resurrection
and there would be no flesh on his face.
Book 005, Number 2266:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: He who begs the riches of
others to increase his own is asking only for live
coals, so let him ask a little or much.
Book 005, Number 2267:
Abu Huraira is reported to have heard the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as
saying: It is letter for one among you to bring a
load of firewood on his back and give charity out of
it (and satisfy his own need) and be independent of
people, than that he should beg from people, whether
they give him anything or refuse him. Verily the
upper hand is better than the lower hand, and begin
(charity) with your dependants.
Book 005, Number 2268:
Qais b. Abu Hizam reported: We came to Abu
Huraira and he told Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) having said this: By Allah, (it is better)
that one among you should go and bring a load of
firewood on his back and he should sell it, and the
rest of the hadith was narrated (like the previous
one).
Book 005, Number 2269:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: It is better for any one of
you to tie a bundle of firewood and carry it on his
back and sell it than to beg a person, he may give
or may refuse.
Book 005, Number 2270:
Malik al-Ashja'i reported: We, nine, eight or
seven men, were in the company of the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and he said: Why don't
you pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah?
-while we had recently pledged allegiance. So we
said: Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged
allegiance to you. He again said: Why don't you
pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? And we
said: Messenger of Allah, we have already pledged
allegiance to you. He again said: Why don't you
pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah? We
stretched our hands and said: Messenger of Allah. we
have already pledged allegiance to you. Now tell (on
what things) should we pledge allegiance to you. He
said I (You must pledge allegiance) that you would
worship Allah only and would not associate with Him
anything, (and observe) five prayers, and obey- (and
he said onething in an undertone) -that you would
not beg people of anything. (And as a consequence of
that) I saw that some of these people did not ask
anyone to pick up the whip for them if it fell down.
Chapter 34: ONE FOR WHOM BEGGING IS PERMISSIBLE
Book 005, Number 2271:
Qabisa b. Mukhariq al-Hilali said: I was under
debt and I came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) and begged from him regarding it. He
said: Wait till we receive Sadaqa, so that we order
that to be given to you. He again said: Qabisa,
begging is not permissible but for one of the three
(classes) of persons: one who has incurred debt, for
him begging is permissible till he pays that off,
after which he must stop it; a man whose property
has been destroyed by a calamity which has smitten
him, for him begging is permissible till he gets
what will support life, or will provide him
reasonable subsistence; and a person who has been
smitten by poverty. the genuineness of which is
confirmed by three intelligent members of this
peoples for him begging is permissible till he gets
what will support him, or will provide him
subsistence. Qabisa, besides these three (every
other reason) for begging is forbidden, and one who
engages in such consumes that what is forbidden.
Chapter 35: PERMISSIBILITY TO ACCEPT WHAT IS GIVEN WITHOUT
BEGGING, OR WITHOUT BEING AVARICIOUS
Book 005, Number 2272:
Salim b. Abdullah b. 'Umar reported on the
authority of his father ('Abdullah b. 'Umar) that he
had heard 'Umar b. Khattab (Allah be pleased with
him) saying: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) gave me a gift, but I said: Give it to one
who needs it more than I. He gave me wealth for the
second time but I said: Give it to one who needs it
more than I. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: Take out of this wealth
which comes to you without your being avaricious and
without begging, but in other circumstance's do not
let your heart hanker after it.
Book 005, Number 2273:
Salim b. 'Abdullah reported on the authority of
his father that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) gave to 'Umar b. Khattab some gift. Umar
said to him: Messenger of Allah, give it to one who
needs it more than I. Upon this the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Take it; either
keep it with you or give it as a charity, and
whatever comes to you in the form of this type of
wealth, without your being avaricious or begging for
it, accept it, but in other circumstances do not let
your heart hanker after it. And it was on account of
this that Ibn 'Umar never begged anything from
anyone, nor refused anything given to him.
Book 005, Number 2274:
This hadith has been narrated by Abdullah b.
al-Sa'di from 'Umar b. al-Khattab who heard it from
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).
Book 005, Number 2275:
Ibn al-Sa'di Maliki reported: 'Umar b. Khattab
(Allah be pleased with him) appointed me as a
collector of Sadaqa. When I had finished that (the
task assigned to me) and I handed over that to him
(to 'Umar), he commanded me to (accept) some
remuneration (for the work). I said: I performed
this duty for Allah and my reward is with Allah. He
said: Take whatever has been given to you, for I
also performed this duty during the time of the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He
assigned me the task of a collector and I said as
you say, and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said to me: When you are given anything
without your begging for it, (then accept it), eat
it and give it in charity.
Book 005, Number 2276:
Ibn al-Sa'di reported: 'Umar b. Khattab (Allah be
pleased with him) appointed me as a collector of
Sadaqat. The rest of the hadith in the same.
Chapter 36: DISAPPROVAL OF THE LONGING FOR THE (POSSESSIONS OF
THE MATERIAL) WORLD
Book 005, Number 2277:
Abu Huraira reported from the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) as having said this: The
heart of an old person feels young for the love of
two things: love for long life and wealth.
Book 005, Number 2278:
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) had said this: The heart of
an old person is young for two things: for long life
and love for wealth.
Book 005, Number 2279:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The son of Adam grows old, but
two (desires) in him remain young: desire for wealth
and desire for life.
Book 005, Number 2280:
A hadith like this has been narrated by Anas
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2281:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Anas through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 37: IF THERE WERE TWO VALLEYS (OF GOLD) FOR THE SON OF
ADAM, HE WOULD LONG FOR THE THIRD ONE
Book 005, Number 2282:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: If the son of Adam were to
possess two valleys of riches. he would long for the
third one. And the stomach of the son of Adam is not
filled but with dust. And Allah returns to him who
repents.
Book 005, Number 2283:
Anas b. Malik reported: I heard the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying this, but 1
do not know whether this thing was revealed to him
or not, but he said to.
Book 005, Number 2284:
Anas b. MILlik reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: If there were two
valleys of gold for the son of Adam, he would long
for an- other one. and his mouth will not be filled
but with dust, and Allah returns to him who repents.
Book 005, Number 2285:
Ibn Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: If there were for the son of
Adam a valley full of riches, he would long to
possess another one like it. and Ibn Adam does not
feel satiated but with dust. 1413 And Allah returns
to him who returns (to HiM). 1414 Ibn Abbas said: I
do not know whether it is from the Qur'an or not;
and in the narration transmitted by Zuhair it was
said: I do not know whether it is from the Qur'an,
and he made no mention of Ibn Abbas.
Book 005, Number 2286:
Abu Harb b. Abu al-Aswad reported on the
authority of his father that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari
sent for the reciters of Basra. They came to him and
they were three hundred in number. They recited the
Qur'an and he said: You are the best among the
inhabitants of Basra, for you are the reciters among
them. So continue to recite it. (But bear in mind)
that your reciting for a long time may not harden
your hearts as were hardened the hearts of those
before you. We used to recite a surah which
resembled in length and severity to (Surah) Bara'at.
I have, however, forgotten it with the exception of
this which I remember out of it:" If there were two
valleys full of riches, for the son of Adam, he
would long for a third valley, and nothing would
fill the stomach of the son of Adam but dust." And
we used so recite a slirah which resembled one of
the surahs of Musabbihat, and I have forgotten it,
but remember (this much) out of it:" Oh people who
believe, why do you say that which you do not
practise" (lxi 2.) and" that is recorded in your
necks as a witness (against you) and you would be
asked about it on the Day of Resurrection" (xvii.
13).
Chapter 38: ONE IS NOT RICH BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANCE OF GOODS
Book 005, Number 2287:
Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) had said: Richness does not
lie in the abundance of (worldly) goods but richness
is the richness of the soul (heart, self).
Chapter 39: FEAR OF WHAT WOULD COME OUR OF THE ADORNMENT OF THE
WORLD
Book 005, Number 2288:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) stood up and
addressed the people thus: 0 people, by Allah, I do
not entertain fear about you in regard to anything
else than that which Allah would bring forth for you
in the form of adornment of the world. A person
said: Messenger of Allah, does good produce evil?
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
remained silent for a while and he then said: What
did you say? He replied: Messenger of Allah, I said:
Does good produce evil? The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said to him: The good does not
produce but good. but among the plants the spring
rain produces There some which kill with a tremour
or nearly kill all but the animal which feeds on
vegetation. It eats and when its flanks are
distended, it faces the can. then when it has donged
or urinated and chewed it returns and eats. He who
accepts wealth rightly, Allah confers blessing on it
for him. and he who takes wealth without any right,
he is like one who eats and is not satisfied.
Book 005, Number 2289:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) had said: The most
dreadful thing I fear in your case is what Allah
brings forth for you in the form of the adornment of
the world. They (the Prophet's Com panions) said:
Messenger of Allah, what is the adornment of the
world? He said: Blessings (the natural resources) of
the earth. They (again) said: Messenger of Allah,
does good produce evil? He said: No, only good comes
out of good. No, only good comes out of good. No.
only good comes out of good. All that which the
spring rain helps to grow kills or is about to kill
but (the animal) which feeds on vegetation. It eats
and when its flanks are distended, it faces the sun,
it chews the cud, it has dunged and urinated. it
returns and eats. This wealth is green and sweet,
and he who accepts it and applies it rightly, finds
it a good help, but he who takes it wrongfully is
like one who eats without being satisfied.
Book 005, Number 2290:
Abu Said al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) was sitting on the
pulpit and we were sitting around him, and he said:
What I am afraid of in regard to you after my death
is that there would be opened for you the adornments
of the world and its beauties. A person said:
Messenger of Allah, does good produce evil? The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) remained
silent. And it was said to him (the man who had
asked the question from the Holy Prophet): What Is
the matter with you, that you speak with the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) but he
does not speak with you? We thought as if revelation
was descending upon him. He regained himself and
wiped the sweat from him and said: He was the
inquirer (and his style of expression showed as if
he praised him and then added): Verily good does not
produce evil. Whatever the spring rainfall causes to
grow kills or is about to kill, but that (animal)
which feeds on vegetation. It eats till its flanks
are filled; it faces the sun and dungs and urinates.
and then returns to eat. And this Wealth is a sweet
vegetation, and it is a good companion for a Muslim
who gives out of it to the needy, to the orphan. to
the wayfarer, or something like that as the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: He
who takes it without his right is like one who eats
but does not feel satisfied, and it would stand
witness against him on the Day of judgment.
Chapter 40: EXCELLENCE OF ABSTAINING FROM BEGGING AND THAT OF
ENDURANCE
Book 005, Number 2291:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that some people
from among the Ansar begged from the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and he gave them. They
again begged him and he again gave them, till when
what was in his possession was exhausted he said:
Whatever good (riches, goods) I have, I will not
withhold it from you. He who refrains from begging
Allah safeguards him against want. and he who seeks
sufficiency, Allah would keep him in a state of
sufficiency, and he who shows endurance. Allah would
grant him power to endure, and none is blessed with
an endowment better and greater than endurance.
Book 005, Number 2292:
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2293:
'Amr b. al-'As reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He Is successful who
has accepted Islam, who has been provided with
sufficient for his want and been made contented by
Allah with what He has given him.
Book 005, Number 2294:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: 0 Allah, make the provision
of Mahammad's family sufficient just to sustain
life.
Chapter 41: GIVING CHARITY TO ONE WHO BEGGED IMPORTUNATELY OR
WITH UNCIVILITY
Book 005, Number 2295:
Umar b. Khattab (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) distributed something. Upon this I said:
Messenger of Allah, I swear by God, the others
besides them were more deserving than these (to whom
you gave charity). He said: They had in fact left no
other alternative for me. but (that they should)
either beg importunately from me or they would
regard me as a miser, but I am not a miser.
Book 005, Number 2296:
Anas b. Malik reported: I was walking with the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he
had put on a mantle of Najran with a thick border. A
bedouin met him and pulled the mantle so violently
that I saw this violent pulling leaving marks of the
border of the mantle on the skin of the neck of the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). And he
(the bedouin) said: Muhammad, issue command that I
should be given out of the wealth of Allah which is
at your disposal. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) turned his attention to him and smiled,
and then ordered for him a gift (provision).
Book 005, Number 2297:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
And In the hadith transmitted by Ikrima b. 'Ammir
there is an addition:" He (the bedouin) pulled his
(mantle) so violently that the Apostle of Allah (may
peace be upon him) was drifted very close to the
bedouin." And in the hadith transmitted by Hammam,
(the words are):" He pulled it so violently that the
mantle was torn and the border was left around the
neck of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him)."
Book 005, Number 2298:
Miswar b. Makhrama reported that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) distributed some
cloaks but did not bestow one upon Makhrama. Upon
this Makhrama said: 0 my son, come along with me to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). So I
went with him. He said: Enter the house and call him
(to come out) for me. So I called him and he (the
Holy Prophet) came out, and there was a cloak (from
those already distributed) on him. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: I had kept it for you. He (Makhrama),
looked at it and was pleased.
Book 005, Number 2299:
Miswar b. Makhrama reported: Some cloaks were
presented to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him). My father Makhrama said to me: Come along
with me to him; perhaps we may be able to get
anything out of that (stock of cloaks). My father
stood at the door and began to talk. The Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) recognised him by his
voice and came out and there was a cloak with him,
and he was showing its beauties and saying: I kept
it for you, I kept it for you.
Chapter 42: BESTOWAL UPON ONE WHO IS NOT FIRM IN FAITH
Book 005, Number 2300:
Sa'd reported that the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) bestow- ed (some gifts) upon a
group of people and I was sitting amongst them. The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), however,
left a person and he did not give him any. thing.
and he seemed to me the most excellent among them
(and thus deserved the gifts more than anyone else).
So I stood up before the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) and said to him in undertone:
Messenger of Allah, what obout so and so? By Allah,
I find him a believer. He (the Messenger of Allah)
said: He may be a Muslim. I kept quiet for a short
while, and then what I knew of him urged me (to
plead his case again) and I said: Messenger of
Allah, what about so and so? By Allah, I find him a
believer. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: He
may, be a Muslim. I again remained quiet for a short
while, and what I knew of him again urged me (to
plead his case so I) said: Messenger of Allah, what
about so and so? By Allah, I find him a believer.
Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: He may be a
Muslim. I often bestow (something) upon a person,
whereas someone else is dearer to me than he,
because of the fear that he may fall headling into
the fire. And in the hadith transmitted by Hulwani
this statement was repeated twice.
Book 005, Number 2301:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2302:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Muhammad b. Sa'd through another chain of
transmitters (and the words are):" The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) struck between my neck
and shoulder with his hand and said: Do you
wrangle,0 Sa'd, because I bestow (some gifts) upon a
person?"
Chapter 43: BESTOWAL UPON THOSE WHO ARE MADE TO INCLINE (TO
TRUTH)
Book 005, Number 2303:
Anas b. Malik reported that when on the Day of
Hunain Allah conferred upon His Apostle (may peace
be upon him) the riches of Hawazin (without armed
encounter), the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) set about distributing to some persons of
Quraish one hundred camels Upon this they (the young
people from the Ansar) said: May Allah grant pardon
to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
that he bestowed (these camels) upon the people of
Quraish, and he ignored us, whereas our swords are
still dripping blood. Anas b. Malik said: Their
statement was conveyed to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) and he sent (someone) to the
Ansar and gathered them under a tent of leather.
When they had assembled, the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) came to thera and said: What is
this news that has reached me from you? The wise
people of the Ansar said: Messenger of Allah, so far
as the sagacious amongst us are concerned they have
said nothing, but we have amongst us persons of
immature age; they said: May Allah grant pardon to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) that
he gave to the Quraish and ignored us (despite the
fact) that our swords are besmeared with their
blood. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: I give (at times material gifts)
to persons who were quite recently in the state of
unbelief, so that I may incline them to truth Don't
you feel delighted that people should go with
riches, and you should go back to your places with
the Apostle of Allah? By Allah, that with which you
would return is better than that with which they
would return. They said: Yes, Messenger of Allah, we
are pleased. The Holy Prophet said too: You would
find marked preference (in conferring of the
material gifts) in future, so you should show
patience till you meet Allah and His Messenger and I
would he at the Haud Kauthar. They said: We would
show patience.
Book 005, Number 2304:
Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah conferred
upon His Messenger (may peace be upon him) the
riches of Hawazin (without armed encounter) ; the
rest of the hadith is the same except some variation
(of words):" Anas said: We could not tolerate it and
he also said: The people were immature in age."
Book 005, Number 2305:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2306:
Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) gathered the Ansar and
said: Is there someone alien among you? They said:
No, but only the son of our sister. Upon this the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The
son of the sister of the people is included among
the tribe, and (farther) said: The Quraish have
recently abandoned Jahillyya and have just been
delivered from distress; I, therefore, intend to
help them and conciliate them. Don't you feel happy
that the people should return with worldly riches
and you return with the Messenger of Allah to your
houses? (So far as my love for you is concerned I
should say) if the people were to tread a valley and
the Ansar tread a narraw path (in a mountain) I
would tread the narrow path of the Ansar.
Book 005, Number 2307:
Anas b. Malik reported: When Mecca was conquered,
he (the Holy Prophet) distributed the spoils among
the Quraish. Upon this the Ansar said: It is strange
that our swords are dripping with their blood,
whereas our spoils have been given to them (to the
Quraish). This (remark) reached the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him), and so he gathered
them and said: What is this that has been conveyed
to me about you? They said: (Yes) it is that very
thing that, has reached you-and they were not (the
people) to speak lie. Upon this he said: Don't you
like that the people should return to their houses
along with worldly riches, whereas you should return
to your houses with the Messenger of Allah? If the
people were to tread a valley or d narrow path, and
the Ansar were also to tread a valley or a narrow
path, I would tread the valley (along with the)
Ansar or the narrow path (along with the) Ansar.
Book 005, Number 2308:
Anas b. Malik reported that when it was the Day
of Hunain there came the tribes of Hawazin, Ghatafan
and others along with their children and animals,
and there were with the Apostle of Allah (may peace
be upon him) that day ten thousand (soldiers), and
newly freed men (of Mecca after its conquest). All
these men (once) turned their backs, till he (the
Holy Prophet) was left alone. He (the Messenger of
Allah) on that day called twice and he did not
interpose anything between these two (announcements)
He turned towards his right and said: 0 people of
Ansar! They said: At thy beck and call (are we),
Messenger of Allah. Be glad we are with thee. He
then turned towards his left and said: 0 people of
Ansar. They said: At thy beck and call (are we). Be
glad we are with thee. He (the Holy Prophet) was
riding a white mule. He dismounted and said: I am
the servant of Allah and His Apostle. The
polytheists suffered defeat. and the Messenger of
Allah (may peace he upon him) acquired a large
quantity of spoils, and he distributed them among
the refugees and the people recently delivered (of
Mecca) but did not give anything to the Ansar. The
Ansar said: In the hour of distress it is we who are
called (for help). but the spoils are given to other
people besides us. This (remark) reached him (the
Holy Prophet). and he gathered them In a tent. and
said: What is this news that has reached me on your
behalf? They kept silence. Upon this he said: 0
people of Ansar, don't you like that people should
go away with worldly (riches), and you go away with
Muhammad taking him to your houses? They said: Yes,
happy we are. Messenger of Allah. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: If the people were to tread a valley,
and the Ansar were to tread a narrow path, I would
take the narrow path of the Ansar. Hisham said: I
asked Abu Hamza if he was present there. He said:
How could Ibe absent from him?
Book 005, Number 2309:
Anas b. Malik reported: We conquered Mecca and
then we went on an expedition to Hunain. The
polytheists came, forming themselves into the best
rows that I have seen. They first formed the rows of
cavalry, then those of infantry, and then those of
women behind them. Then there were formed the rows
of sheep and goats and then of other animals. We
were also people large in number, and our (number)
had reached six thousand. And on one side Khalid b.
Walid was in charge of the cavalry. And our horses
at once turned back from our rear. And we could
hardly hold our own when our horses were exposed,
and the bedouins and the peoplewhom we knew took to
their heels. (Seeing this) the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) called thus: 0 refugees,0
refugees. He then. said: 0 Ansar,0 Ansar. (Anas
said: This hadith is transmitted by a group of
eminent persons.) We said: At thy beck and call are
we, Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) then advanced and he (Anas) said:
By Allah, we had not yet reached them when Allah
defeated them. and we took possession of the wealth
and we then marched towards Ta'if, and we besieged
them for forty nights. and then came back to Mecca
and encamped (at a place), and the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) began to bestow a
hundred camels upon each individual. The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Book 005, Number 2310:
Rafi' b. Khadij reported that the Messenger of
Allah; (may peace be upon him) gave to Abu Sufyan b.
Harb and Saf wan. b. Umayya and 'Uyaina b. Hisn and
Aqra' b. Habis, i. e. to every one of these persons,
one hundred of camels, and gave to 'Abbas b. Mirdas
less than this number. Upon this 'Abbas b. Mirdis
said:
You allot the share of my booty and that of my
horse between 'Uyaina and Aqra'.
Both Uyaina and Aqra' are in no way more eminent
than Mirdas (my father) in the assembly.
I am in no way inferior to any one of these
persons.
And he who is let downtoday would not be
elevated.
He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) then complet- ed one hundred
camels for him.
Book 005, Number 2311:
This hadith has been narrated by Sa'id b. Masruq
with the same chain of transmitters (with the
words):" The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon
him) distributed the spoils of Hunain, and he (the
Holy Prophet) gave one hundred camels to Abu Sufyan
b. Harb. The rest of the hadith is the same, but
with this addition:" He bestowed upon" Alqama b.
'Ulatha one hundred (camels)."
Book 005, Number 2312:
This hadith has been narrated by Sa'id with the
same chain of transmitters, but no mention has been
made of Alqama b. 'Ulatha, nor of safwin b. Umayya,
and he did not mention the verse in his hadith.
Book 005, Number 2313:
Abdullah b. Zaid reported that when the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) conquered Hunain he
distributed the booty, and he bestowed upon those
whose hearts it was intended to win. It was conveyed
to him (the Holy Prophet) that the Ansar cherished a
desire that they should be given (that very portion)
which the people (of Quraish) had got. Upon this the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) stood up
and, after having praised Allah and lauded Him,
addressed them thus: 0 people of Ansar, did I not
find you erring and Allah guided you aright through
me, and (in the state of) being destitute and Allah
made you free from want through me, and in a state
of disunity and Allah united you through me, and
they (the Ansar) said: Allah and His Messenger are
most benevolent. He (again) said: Why do you not
answer me? They said: Allah and His Messenger are
the most benevolent. He said, If you wish you should
say so and so, and the event (should take) such and
such course (and in this connection he made a
mention) of so many things. 'Amr is under the
impressionthat he has not been able to remember
them. He (the Holy Prophet) further said: Don't you
feel happy (over this state of affairs) that the
people should go away with goats and camels, and you
go to your places along with the Messenger of Allah?
The Ansar are inner garments (more close to me) and
(other) people are outer garments. Had there not
been migration, I would have been a man from among
the Ansar. If the people were to tread a valley or a
narrow path, I would tread the valley (chosen) by
the Ansar or narrow path (trodden) by them. And you
would soon find after me preferences (over you in
getting material benefits). So you should show
patience till you meet me at the Haud (Kauthar).
Book 005, Number 2314:
Abdullah reported: On the day of Hunain, the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) showed
preference (to some) People in the distribution of
the spoils. He bestowed on Aqra' b. Habis one
hundred camels, and bestowed an equal (number) upon
'Uyaina, and bestowed on people among the elites of
Arabia, and pre. ferred them) (to others) on that
day, in the distribution (of spoils). Upon this a
person said: By Allah, neither justice has been done
In this distribution (of spoils), nor has the
pleasure of Allah been sought in it. I (the Narrator
) said: By Allah, I will certainly inform the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) about it.
so I came to him and informed him about what he had
said. - The colour of his (the Prophet's) face
changed red like blood and he then said: Who would
do justice, if Allah and His Messenger do not do
justice? He further said: May Allah have mercy upon
Moses; he was tormented more than this, but he
showed patience. I said: Never would I convey him
(the Holy Prophet) after this (unpleasant)
narration.
Book 005, Number 2315:
Abdullah reported: The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) distributed spoils (of war). Upon
this a person said: This is a distribution In which
the pleasure of Allah has not been sought. I came to
the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and
informed him in an undertone. He (the Holy Prophet)
was deeply angry at this and his face became red
till I wished that I had not made a mention of it to
him. He (the Holy Prophet) then said: Moses was
tormented more than this, but he showed patience.
Chapter 44: THE KHWARIJ AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
Book 005, Number 2316:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that a person came to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) at
Jirana on his way back from Hunain, and there was in
the clothes of Bilal some silver. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) took a handful out of
that and bestowed it upon the people. He (the person
who had met the Prophet at Ji'rana) said to him:
Muhammad, do justice. He (the Holy Prophet) said:
Woe be upon thee, who would do justice if I do not
do justice, and you would be very unfortunate and a
loser if I do not do justice. Upon this Umar b.
Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) said: Permit me
to kill this hypocrite. Upon this he (the Holy
Prophet) said: May there be protection of Allah!
People would say that I kill my companions. This man
and his companions would recite the Qur'an but it
would not go beyond their throat, and they swerve
from it just as the arrow goes through the prey.
Book 005, Number 2317:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Jabir b. 'Abdullah through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2318:
Abu Said Khudri reported that 'Ali (Allah be
pleased with him) sent some gold alloyed with dust
to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him),
and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
distributed that among four men, al-Aqra b. Habis
Hanzali and Uyaina b. Badr al-Fazari and 'Alqama b.
'Ulatha al-'Amiri, then to one person of the tribe
of Kilab and to Zaid al-Khair al-Ta'l, and then to
one person of the tribe of Nabhan. Upon this the
people of Quraish felt angry and said: He (the Holy
Prophet) gave to the chiefs of Najd and ignored us.
Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) said: I have done it with a view to con-
cillating them. Then there came a person with thick
beard, prominent cheeks, deep sunken eyes and
protruding forehead and shaven head. He said:
Muhammad, fear Allah. Upon this the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: If I disobey
Allah, who would then obey Him? Have I not been
(sent as the) most trustworthy among the people of
the-world? -but you do not repose trust in me. That
person then went back. A person among the people
then sought permission (from the Holy Prophet) for
his murder. According to some, it was Khalid b.
Walid who sought the permission. Upon this the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), said:
From this very person's posterity there would arise
people who would recite the Qur'an, but it would not
go beyond their throat; they would kill the
followers of Islam and would spare the
idol-worshippers. They would glance through the
teachings of Islam so hurriedly just as the arrow
passes through the pray. If I were to ever find them
I would kill them like 'Ad.
Book 005, Number 2319:
Abu Said al-Khudri reported: 'Ali b. Abu Talib
sent to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) from Yemen some gold alloyed with clay in a
leather bag dyed in the leaves of Mimosa flava. He
distributed it among four men. 'Uyaina b. Hisna,
Aqra' b. Habis and Zaid al-Khail, and the fourth one
was either Alqama b. 'Ulatha or 'Amir b. Tufail. A
person from among his (Prophet's) Companions said:
We had a better claim to this (wealth) than these
(persons). This (remark) reached the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) upon which he said:
Will you not trust me, whereas I am a trustee of Him
Who is in the heaven? The news come to me from the
heaven morning and evening. Then there stood up a
person with deep snnken eyes, prominent cheek bones,
and elevated forehead, thick beard, shaven head,
tucked up loin cloth, and he said: Messenger of
Allah, fear Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Woe
to thee. do I not deserve most to fear Allah amongst
the people of the earth? That man then returned.
Khalid b. Walid then said: Messenger of Allah,
should I not strike his neck? Upon this he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Perhaps he may be observing the
prayer. Khalid said: How many observers of prayer
are there who profess with their tongue what is not
in their heart? Upon this the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) said: I have not been
commanded to pierce through the hearts of people,
nor to split their bellies (insides). He again
looked at him and he was going back. Upon this he
(the Holy Prophet) said: There would arise a people
from the progeny of this (man) who would recite the
Qur'an glibly, but it would not go beyond their
throats; they would (hurriedly) pass through (the
teachings of their) religion just as the arrow
passes through the prey. I conceive that he (the
Holy Prophet) also said this: If I find them I would
certainly kill them as were killed the (people of)
Thamud.
Book 005, Number 2320:
This hadith has been narrated through another
chain of transmitters and (the narrator) made a
mention of elevated forehead, but he made no mention
of tucked-up loin cloth and made this addition:"
There stood up 'Umar b. Khattab (Allah be pleased
with him), and said: Should I not strike his neck?
Upon this he said: No. Then he turned away, and
Khalid the Sword of Allah stood up against him, and
said: Prophet of Allah. shall I not strike off his
neck? He said, No, and then said: A people would
rise from his progeny who would recite the Book of
Allah glibly and fluently. 'Umar said: I think he
(the Holy Prophet) also said this: If I find them I
would certainly kill them like Thamud."
Book 005, Number 2321:
This hadith has been narrated through another
chain of transmitters, but no mention has been made
of:" If I find them, I would kill them as the Thamud
were killed."
Book 005, Number 2322:
Abu Salama and 'Ata' b. Yasar came to Abu Sa'id
al-Khudri and asked him about Haruriya, saying: Did
you hear the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) making a mention of them? He (Abu Sai'd
al-Khudri) said: I don't know who the Haruriya are,
but I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There would arise in this
nation (and he did not say" out of them" ) a people
and you would hold insignificant your prayers as
compared with their prayers. And they would recite
the Qur'an which would not go beyond their throats
and would swerve through the religion (as blank)
just as a (swift) arrow passes through the prey. The
archer looks at his arrow, at its iron head and
glances at its end (which he held) in the tip of his
fingers to see whether it had any stain of blood.
Book 005, Number 2323:
Abu Sai'd al-Khudri reported: When we were in the
company of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) and he was distributing the spoils of war,
there came to him Dhul-Khuwasira, one of Banu Tamim.
He said: Messenger of Allah, do justice. Upon this
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
Woe be upon thee I Who would do justice, if I do not
do justice? You would be unsuccessful and incurring
a loss, if I do not do justice. Upon this Umar b.
Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) said: Messenger
of Allah, permit me to strike off his neck. The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
Leave him, for he has friends (who would outwardly
look to be so religious and pious) that everyone
among you would consider his prayer insignificant as
compared with their prayer, and his fast as com-
pared with their fasts. They would recite the Qur'an
but it would not go beyond their collar-bones. They
would pass through (the teachings of Islam so
hurriedly) just as the arrow passes through the
prey. He would look at its Iron head, but would not
find anything ticking) there. He would then see at
the lowest end, but would not find anything sticking
there. He would then see at its grip but would not
find anything sticking to it. He would then see at
its feathers and he would find nothing sticking to
them (as the arrow would pass so quickly that
nothing would stick to it) neither excre- ment nor
blood. They would be recognised by the presence of a
black man among them whose upper arms would be like
a woman's breast, or like a piece of meat as it
quivers, and they would come forth at the time when
there is dissension among the people. Abu Sai'd
said: I testify to the fact that I heard it from the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), and I
testify to the fact that 'Ali b. Abu Talib fought
against them and I was with him. He gave orders
about that man who was sought for, and when he was
brought in, and when I looked at him, he was exactly
as the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
had described him.
Book 005, Number 2324:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said that the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) made a mention of a
sect that would be among his Ummah which would
emerge out of the dissension of the people. Their
distinctive mark would be shaven heads. They would
be the worst creatures or the worst of the
creatures. The group who would be nearer to the
truth out of the two would kill them. The Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) gave an example (to
give their description) or he said: A man throws an
arrow at the prey (or he said at the target), and
sees at its iron head, but finds no sign (of blood
there), or he sees at the lowest end, but would not
see or find any sign (of blood there). He would then
see into the grip but would not find (anything)
sticking to it. Abu Sai'd then said: People of Iraq.
it is you who have killed them.
Book 005, Number 2325:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported that the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: A group would
secede itself (from the Ummah) when there would be
dissension among the Muslims. Out of the two groups
who would be nearer the truth would kill them.
Book 005, Number 2326:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: There would be
two groups in my Ummah, and there would emerge
another group (seceding itself from both of them),
and the party nearer to the truth among the two
would kill them (the group of the Khwarij).
Book 005, Number 2327:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported from the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) that a group (Khwarij)
would emerge from the different parties (the party
of Hadrat 'Ali and the party of Amir Mu'awiya), the
group nearer the truth between the two would kill
them.
Chapter 45: EXHORTATION TO KILL THE KHWARIJ
Book 005, Number 2328:
'Ali said: Whenever I narrate to you anything
from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
believe it to be absolutely true as falling from the
sky is dearer to me than that of attributing
anything to him (the Holy Prophet) which he never
said. When I talk to you of anything which is
between me and you (there might creep some error in
it) for battle is an outwitting. I heard the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) as
saying: There would arise at the end of the age a
people who would be young in age and immature in
thought, but they would talk (in such a manner) as
if their words are the best among the creatures.
They would recite the Qur'an, but it would not go
beyond their throats, and they would pass through
the religion as an arrow goes through the prey. So
when you meet them, kill them, for in their killing
you would get a reward with Allah on the Day of
judgmelat.
Book 005, Number 2329:
A hadith like this has been narrated through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2330:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
A'mash with the same chain of transmitters, but
(these words) are not there:" They pass through the
religion clean as the arrow passes through the
prey."
Book 005, Number 2331:
'Abida narrated from 'Ali that he made a mention
of the Khwarij (and in this connection) said that
there would be a person among them with a defective
hand. (or with a short hand) or a fleshy hand. If
you were to exercise restraint, I would tell you
what Allah has promised to those who would kill them
on the order of Mubarrmad (may peace be upon him). I
(the narrator) said to him: Did you hear it from
Muhammad: (may peace be upon him)? He (Hadrat 'Ali)
said: Yes, by the Lord of the Ka'ba; Yes, by the
Lord of the Ka'ba; yes, by the Lord of the Ka'ba.
Book 005, Number 2332:
'Abida said: I will not narrate to you except
what I heard from him (Hadrat 'Ali), and then he
narrated from him.
Book 005, Number 2333:
Zaid b. Wahb Jahani reported and he was among the
squadron which wall under the command of Ali (Allah
be pleased with him) and which set out (to curb the
activities) of the Khwarij. 'Ali (Allah be pleased
with him) said: 0 people, I heard the Messeinger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) say: There would arise
from my Ummah a people who would recite the Qur'an,
and your recital would seem insignificant as
compared with their recital, your prayer as compared
with their prayer, arid your fast, as compared with
their fast. They would recite the Qur'an thinking
that it sup- ports them, whereas it is an evidence
against them. Their prayer does not get beyond their
collar bone; they would swerve through Islam just as
the arrow passes through the prey. If the squadron
which is to encounter them were to know (what great
boon) has been assured to them by their Apostle (may
peace be upon him) they would completely rely upon
this deed (alone and cease to do other good deeds),
and their (that of the Khwarij) distinctive mark is
that there would be (among them) a person whose
wrist would be without the arm, and the end of his
wrist would be fleshy like the nipple of the breast
on which there would be white hair. You would be
marching towards Muawiya and the people of Syria and
you would leave them behind among your children and
your property (to do harm). By Allah, I believe that
these are the people (against whom you have been
commanded to fight and get reward) for they have
shed forbidden blood, and raided the animals of the
people. So go forth in the name of Allah (to fight
against them). Salama b. Kuhail mentioned that Zaid
b. Wahb made me alight at every stage, till we
crossed a bridge. 'Abdullah b. Wahb al-Rasibi was at
the head of the Khwarij when we encountered them. He
('Abdullah) said to his army: Throw the spears and
draw out your swords from their sheaths, for I fear
that they would attack you as they attacked you on
the day of Harura. They went back and threw their
spears and drew out their swords, and people fought
against them with spears and they were killed one
after another. Only two persons were killed among
the people (among the army led by Hadrat 'Ali) on
that day. 'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) said:
Find out from among them (the dead bodies of the
Khwarij) (the maimed). They searched but did not
find him. 'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) then
himself stood up and (walked) till he came to the
people who had been killed one after another. He
('Ali) said: Search them to the last, and then
('Ali's companions) found him (the dead body of the
maimed) near the earth. He (Hadrat 'Ali) then
pronounced Allah-O-Akbar (Allah is the Greatest) and
then said, Allah told the Truth and His Messenger
(may peace be upon him) conveyed it. Then there
stood before him 'Abida Salmani who said: Commander
of the Believers, by Allah, besides Whom there is no
god but He, (tell me) whether you heard this hadith
from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).
He said: Yes, by Allah, besides Whom there is no god
but He. He asked him to take an oath thrice and he
took the oath.
Book 005, Number 2334:
'Ubaidullah b. Abu Rafi', the freed slave of the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him), said:
When Haruria (the Khwarij) set out and as he was
with 'Ali b. Abu Talib (Allah be pleased with him)
they said," There is no command but that of Allah."
Upon this 'Ali said: The statement is true but it is
intentionally applied (to support) a wrong (cause).
The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him
described their characteristics and I found these
characteristics in them. They state the truth with
their tongue, but it does not go beyond this part of
their bodies (and the narrator pointed towards his
throat). The most hateful among the creation of
Allah us one black man among them (Khwarij). One of
his hand is like the teat of a goat or the nipple of
the breast. When 'Ali b. Abu Talib (Allah be pleased
with him) killed them, he said: Search (for his dead
body). They searched for him, but they did not find
it (his dead body). Upon this he said: Go (and
search for him). By Allah, neither I have spoken a
lie nor has the lie been spoken to me. 'Ali said
this twice and thrice. They then found him (the dead
body) in a rain. They brought (his dead) body till
they placed it before him (Hadrat 'Ali). 'Ubaidullah
said: And, I was present at (that place) when this
happened and when 'Ali said about them. A person
narrated to me from Ibn Hanain that he said: I saw
that black man.
Book 005, Number 2335:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Verily there would arise
from my Ummah after me or soon after me a group (of
people) who would recite the Qar'an, but it would
not go beyond their throats, and they would pass
clean through their religion just as the arrow
passes through the prey, and they would never come
back to it. They would be the worst among the
creation and the creatures. Ibn Samit (one of the
narrators) said: I met Rafi' b. 'Amr Ghifari, the
brother of Al-Hakam Ghifari and I said: What is this
hadith that I heard from Abu Dharr, i. e. so and so?
-and then I narrated that hadith to him and said: I
heard it from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him).
Book 005, Number 2336:
Yusair b. 'Amr reported that he inquired of Sahl
b. Hunaif: Did you hear the Apostle of Allah (may
peace be upon him) making a mention of the Khwarij?
He said: I heard him say (and he pointed with his
hand towards the east) that these would be a people
who would recite the Qur'an with their tongues and
it would not go beyond their collar bones. They
would pass clean through their religion just as the
arrow passes through the prey.
Book 005, Number 2337:
This hadith had been transmitted by Sulaiman
Shaibani with the same chain of narrators (and the
words are)," There would arise out of (this group)
many a group"
Book 005, Number 2338:
Sahl b. Hunaif reported Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) as saying: There would arise from
the east a people with shaven heads.
Chapter 46: IT'IS FORBIDDEN TO PAY ZAKAT TO THE MESSENGER OF
ALLAH (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND BANU HASHIM AND BANU
MUTTALIB
Book 005, Number 2339:
Abu Huraira reported that Hasan b. 'Ali took one
of The dates of the sadaqa and put it in his mouth,
whereupon the Prophet (may peace be upon him) said:
Leave it, leave it, throw it; don't you know that we
do not eat the sadaqa?
Book 005, Number 2340:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters (and the
words of the Holy Prophet) are:" Sadaqa is not
permis- sible for us."
Book 005, Number 2341:
This very hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Sbu'ba with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2342:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: I go back to my family and I
find a date lying on my bed. I then take it up to
eat it, but then I throw it away fearing that it may
be a Sadaqa.
Book 005, Number 2343:
Out of so many ahadith which Hammam b. Munabbih
narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira from the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) one is
this that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) said: I go back to my family and I find a date
lying on my bed or in my house, and I take it up to
eat it, but then I throw it away fearing that it may
be a Sadaqa or from Sadaqa.
Book 005, Number 2344:
Anas b. Malik reported that the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) found a date in the street
and said: If it were not of sadaqa I would have
eaten it. 1457
Book 005, Number 2345:
Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) found a date lying on
the path and said: If it were not out of Sadaqa, I
would have eaten it.
Book 005, Number 2346:
Anas b. Malik reported that the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him) found a date and said: Were
it not (that I fear) it may be part of sadaqa, I
would have eaten it.
Chapter 47: THE POSTERITY OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) IS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE USE OF SADAQA
Book 005, Number 2347:
'Abd al-Muttalib b. Rabi'a b. al-Harith reported
that Rabi'a b. al-Harith and Abbas b. Abd
al-Muttalib gathered together and said: By Allah, if
we had sent these two young boys (i. e. I and Fadl
b. 'Abbas) to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) and they had spoken to him, he would have
appointed them (as the collectors) of these sadaqat;
and they would (collect them) and pay (to the Holy
Prophet) as other people (collectors) paid and would
get a share as other people got it. As they were
talking about it there came 'Ali b. Abu Talib and
stood before them, and they made a mention of it to
him. 'Ali b. Abu Talib said: Don't do that; by Allah
he (the Holy Prophet) would not do that (would not
accept your request). Rabi'a b. Harith turned to him
and said: By Allah, you are not doing so but out of
jealousy that you nurse against us By Allah, you
became the son-in-law of the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) but we felt no jealousy against
you (for this great privilege of yours). 'Ali then
said: Send them (if you like). They set out and 'Ali
lay on the bed. When the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) offered the noon prayer. we went
ahead of him to his apartment and stood near it till
he came out. He took hold of our ears (out of love
and affection) and then said: Give out what you have
kept in your hearts. He then entered (the apartment)
and we also went in and he (the Holy Prophet) was on
that day (in the house of) Zainab b. jahsh. We urged
each (of us) to speak. Then one of us thus spoke:
Messenger of Allah, you are the best of humanity and
the best to cement the ties of blood-relations. We
have reached the-marriageable age. We have come (to
you) so that you may appoint us (as collectors) of
these sadaqat. and we would pay you just as thin
people (other collectors) pay you, and get our share
as others get it. He (the Holy Prophet) kept silence
for a long time till we wished that we should speak
with him (again), and Zainab pointied to us from
behind the curtain not to talk (any more). He (the
Holy Prophet) said; It does not become the family of
Muhammad (to accept) sadaqat for they are the
impurities of people. You call to me Mahmiya (and he
was in charge of khums, i. e, of the one-fifth part
that goes to the treasury out of the spoils of war),
and Naufal b. Harith b. 'Abd al-Muttalib. They both
came to him, and he (the Holy Prophet) said to
Mahmiya: Marry your daughter to this young man (i.
e. Fadl b. 'Abbas), and he married her to him And he
said to Naufal b. Harith: Marry your daughter to
this young man (i e. 'Abd al-Muttalib b. Rabi'a, the
narrator of this hadith) and he married her to me,
and he said to Mahmiya: Pay so much mahr on behalf
of both of them from this khums Zuhri, however.
said: He did not determine (the amount of mahr).
Book 005, Number 2348:
Rabi'a b. Harith b. 'Abd al-Muttalib and Abbas b.
'Abd al-Muttalib said to Abd al-Muttalib b. Rabi'a
and Fadl b. Ibn Abbas: Go to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him), and the rest of the hadith
is the same (but with this addition):" 'Ali spread
his cloak and then lay down on it and said: I am the
father of Hasan, and I am the chief. By Allah, I
would not move from my place till your sons come
back to you with the reply to that for which you
sent them to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him). And he then also said: Verily these
sadaqat are the impurities of people, and they are
not permissible for Muhammad (may peaace be upon
him), and for the family of Muhammad. And he also
said: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
also said to me: Call Mahmiya b. Jaz', and he was
person from Banu Asad. and the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) had apointed him as a
collector of khums.
Book 005, Number 2349:
Juwayriya, the wife of the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him)" said that Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) came to her and said:
Is there anything to eat? She said: Messenger of
Allah, I swear by God, there is no food with us
except a bone of goat which my freed maid-servant
was given as sadaqa. Upon this he said: Bring that
to me, for it (the sadaqa) has reached its
destination.
Book 005, Number 2350:
This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the
same chain of trainsmitters.
Book 005, Number 2351:
Anas b. Malik reported that Barira presented to
the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) a piece
of meat which had been given to her as sadaqa. Upon
this he (the Holy Prophet) said: That is a Sadaqa
for her and a gift for us.
Book 005, Number 2352:
'A'isha reported that (once) the Apostle of Allah
(may peace be upon him, ) was presented with beef.
It was said (by someone) that it had been given to
Barira as Sadaqa. Upon this he (the Prophet) said:
It is a Sadaqa for her and a gift for us.
Book 005, Number 2353:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: Three
are the decions (of the Shari'ah that we have come
to know) through Barira. The people gave her sadaqa
and she offered us as gift. We made a mention of it
to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him),
whereupon he said: It is a sadaqa for her and a gift
for you; so eat it.
Book 005, Number 2354:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
A'isha through another chain of transmitters.
Book 005, Number 2355:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority
of 'A'isha in a similar manner except a slight
variation that he said:" That is a gift for us out
of it."
Book 005, Number 2356:
Umm 'Atiyya, said: The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) sent me some mutton of sadaqa. I
sent a piece out of that to 'A'isha. When the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) came to
'A'isha, he said: Have you anything with you (to
eat)? She said: Nothing, except only that mutton
sent to us by Nusaiba (the kunya of Umm 'Atiyya)
which you had sent to her. Whereupon he said: It has
reached its proper place.
Chapter 48: ACCEPTING OF GIFT BY THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) AND REFUSING THE SADAQA
Book 005, Number 2357:
Abu Huraira reported: Whenever the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him) was presented with
food, he asked about it, If he was told that it was
a gift, he ate out of that, and if he was told that
it was a sadaqa he did not eat out of that.
Chapter 49: BLESSING FOR HIM WHO PRESENTS SADAQA
Book 005, Number 2358:
'Abdullah b. Abu Aufa said that it was the common
practice of the Mes- senger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) that when the people brought to him sadaqa
he blessed them: 0 Allah, bless them. So when Abu
Aufa brought to him Sadaqa he (the Holy Prophet)
said: 0 Allah, bless, the posterity of Abu Aufa.
Book 005, Number 2359:
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the
same chain of transmitters (but with a slight
variation of words, that he said): (0 Allah), bless
them."
Chapter 50: TO PLEASE THE COLLECTOR OF ZAKAT, UNLESS HE MAKES
AN UNJUST DEMAND
Book 005, Number 2360:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah said: 'When the collector of
sadaqat (Zakat) comes to you, (you should see) that
he goes away pleased with you.
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Translation of Sahih Bukhari
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
226:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying regarding Ramadan,
"Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of
Ramadan) out of sincere Faith and hoping for a
reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will
be forgiven."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
227:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever prayed at night
the whole month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith and
hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his
previous sins will be forgiven." Ibn Shihab (a
sub-narrator) said, "Allah's Apostle died and the
people continued observing that (i.e. Nawafil
offered individually, not in congregation), and it
remained as it was during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr
and in the early days of 'Umar's Caliphate." 'Abdur
Rahman bin 'Abdul Qari said, "I went out in the
company of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab one night in Ramadan
to the mosque and found the people praying in
different groups. A man praying alone or a man
praying with a little group behind him. So, 'Umar
said, 'In my opinion I would better collect these
(people) under the leadership of one Qari (Reciter)
(i.e. let them pray in congregation!)'. So, he made
up his mind to congregate them behind Ubai bin Ka'b.
Then on another night I went again in his company
and the people were praying behind their reciter. On
that, 'Umar remarked, 'What an excellent Bid'a (i.e.
innovation in religion) this is; but the prayer
which they do not perform, but sleep at its time is
better than the one they are offering.' He meant the
prayer in the last part of the night. (In those
days) people used to pray in the early part of the
night."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
228:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to
pray (at night) in Ramadan.
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
229:
Narrated 'Urwa:
That he was informed by 'Aisha, "Allah's Apostle
went out in the middle of the night and prayed in
the mosque and some men prayed behind him. In the
morning, the people spoke about it and then a large
number of them gathered and prayed behind him (on
the second night). In the next morning the people
again talked about it and on the third night the
mosque was full with a large number of people.
Allah's Apostle came out and the people prayed
behind him. On the fourth night the Mosque was
overwhelmed with people and could not accommodate
them, but the Prophet came out (only) for the
morning prayer. When the morning prayer was finished
he recited Tashah-hud and (addressing the people)
said, "Amma ba'du, your presence was not hidden from
me but I was afraid lest the night prayer (Qiyam)
should be enjoined on you and you might not be able
to carry it on." So, Allah's Apostle died and the
situation remained like that (i.e. people prayed
individually). "
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
230:
Narrated Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman:
that he asked 'Aisha "How was the prayer of
Allah's Apostle in Ramadan?" She replied, "He did
not pray more than eleven Rakat in Ramadan or in any
other month. He used to pray four Rakat ---- let
alone their beauty and length----and then he would
pray four ----let alone their beauty and length
----and then he would pray three Rakat (Witr)." She
added, "I asked, 'O Allah's Apostle! Do you sleep
before praying the Witr?' He replied, 'O 'Aisha! My
eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
231:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Whoever fasted the month of
Ramadan out of sincere Faith (i.e. belief) and
hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his past
sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood for the
prayers in the night of Qadr out of sincere Faith
and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his
previous sins will be forgiven ."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
232:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Some men amongst the companions of the Prophet
were shown in their dreams that the night of Qadr
was in the last seven nights of Ramadan. Allah's
Apostle said, "It seems that all your dreams agree
that (the Night of Qadr) is in the last seven
nights, and whoever wants to search for it (i.e. the
Night of Qadr) should search in the last seven
(nights of Ramadan)."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
233:
Narrated Abu Salama:
I asked Abu Sa'id, and he was a friend of mine,
(about the Night of Qadr) and he said, "We practiced
Itikaf (seclusion in the mosque) in the middle third
of the month of Ramadan with the Prophet . In the
morning of the 20th of Ramadan, the Prophet came and
addressed us and said, 'I was informed of (the date
of the Night of Qadr) but I was caused to forget it;
so search for it in the odd nights of the last ten
nights of the month of Ramadan. (In the dream) I saw
myself prostrating in mud and water (as a sign). So,
whoever was in l'tikaf with me should return to it
with me (for another 10-day's period)', and we
returned. At that time there was no sign of clouds
in the sky but suddenly a cloud came and it rained
till rain-water started leaking through the roof of
the mosque which was made of date-palm leaf stalks.
Then the prayer was established and I saw Allah's
Apostle prostrating in mud and water and I saw the
traces of mud on his forehead."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
234:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said, "Search for the Night of
Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of
Ramadan."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
235:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf (in the
mosque) in the middle third of Ramadan and after
passing the twenty nights he used to go back to his
house on the 21st, and the people who were in Itikaf
with him also used to go back to their houses. Once
in Ramadan, in which he practiced Itikaf, he
established the night prayers at the night in which
he used to return home, and then he addressed the
people and ordered them whatever Allah wished him to
order and said, "I used to practice Itikaf for these
ten days (i.e. the middle 113rd but now I intend to
stay in Itikaf for the last ten days (of the month);
so whoever was in Itikaf with me should stay at his
place of seclusion. I have verily been shown (the
date of) this Night (of Qadr) but I have forgotten
it. So search for it in the odd nights of the last
ten days (of this month). I also saw myself (in the
dream) prostrating in mud and water." On the night
of the 21st, the sky was covered with clouds and it
rained, and the rain-water started leaking through
the roof of the mosque at the praying place of the
Prophet . I saw with my own eyes the Prophet at the
completion of the morning prayer leaving with his
face covered with mud and water.
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
236:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said, "Look for (the Night of Qadr)."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
237:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf in the
last ten nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look
for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the
month of Ramadan ,"
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
238:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, "Look for the Night of Qadr in
the last ten nights of Ramadan ,' on the night when
nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last
ten nights of Ramadan (i.e. 21, 23, 25,
respectively)."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
239:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Night of Qadr is in
the last ten nights of the month (Ramadan), either
on the first nine or in the last (remaining) seven
nights (of Ramadan)." Ibn 'Abbas added, "Search for
it on the twenty-fourth (of Ramadan)."
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
240:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:
The Prophet came out to inform us about the Night
of Qadr but two Muslims were quarreling with each
other. So, the Prophet said, "I came out to inform
you about the Night of Qadr but such-and-such
persons were quarreling, so the news about it had
been taken away; yet that might be for your own
good, so search for it on the 29th, 27th and 25th
(of Ramadan).
Volume 3, Book 32, Number
241:
Narrated Aisha:
With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan,
the Prophet used to tighten his waist belt (i.e.
work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used
to keep his family awake for the prayers.
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Partial
Translation of Sunan Abu-Dawud
Book 11, Number 2044:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
A man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him),
and said: My wife does not prevent the hand of a man
who touches her. He said: Divorce her. He then said:
I am afraid my inner self may covet her. He said:
Then enjoy her.
Book 11, Number 2045:
Narrated Ma'qil ibn Yasar:
A man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and
said: I have found a woman of rank and beauty, but
she does not give birth to children. Should I marry
her? He said: No. He came again to him, but he
prohibited him. He came to him third time, and he
(the Prophet) said: Marry women who are loving and
very prolific, for I shall outnumber the peoples by
you.
Book 11, Number 2046:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
Marthad ibn AbuMarthad al-Ghanawi used to take
prisoners (of war) from Mecca (to Medina). At Mecca
there was a prostitute called Inaq who had illicit
relations with him. (Marthad said:) I came to the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and said to him: May I
marry Inaq, Apostle of Allah? The narrator said: He
kept silence towards me. Then the verse was
revealed:"....and the adulteress none shall marry
save and adulterer or an idolater." He called me and
recited this (verse) to me, and said: Do not marry
her.
Book 11, Number 2047:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The
adulterer who has been flogged shall not marry save
the one like him. AbuMa'mar said: Habib al-Mu'allim
narrated (this tradition) to us on the authority of
Amr ibn Shu'ayb.
Book 11, Number 2050:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: What is
unlawful by reason of consanguinity is unlawful by
reason of fosterage.
Book 11, Number 2052:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Aflah ibn AbulQu'ays entered upon me. I hid
myself from him. He said: You are hiding yourself
from me while I am your paternal uncle. She said: I
said: From where? He said: The wife of my brother
suckled you. She said: The woman suckled me and not
the man. Thereafter the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) entered upon me and I told him
this matter. He said: He is your paternal uncle; he
may enter upon you.
Book 11, Number 2059:
Narrated Hajjaj ibn Malik al-Aslami:
I asked: Apostle of Allah, what will remove from
me the obligation due for fostering a child? He
said: A slave or a slave-woman.
Book 11, Number 2062:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) abominated the
combination of paternal and maternal aunts and the
combination of two maternal aunts and two paternal
aunts in marriage.
Book 11, Number 2068:
Narrated Saburah ibn Ma'bad al-Juhani:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
prohibited temporary marriage with women.
Book 11, Number 2070:
Narrated Mu'awiyah:
AbdurRahman ibn Hurmuz al-A'raj said: Al-Abbas
ibn Abdullah ibn al-Abbas married his daughter to
AbdurRahman ibn al-Hakam, and AbdurRahman married
his daughter to him. And they made this (exchange)
their dower. Mu'awiyah wrote to Marwan commanding
him to separate them. He wrote in his letter: This
is the shighar which the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
has forbidden.
Book 11, Number 2071:
Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
(The narrator Isma'il said: I think ash-Sha'bi
attributed this tradition to the Prophet)
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Curse be
upon the one who marries a divorced woman with the
intention of making her lawful for her former
husband and upon the one for whom she is made
lawful.
Book 11, Number 2073:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If any
slave marries without the permission of his masters,
he is a fornicator.
Book 11, Number 2076:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: One of you
must not ask a woman in marriage when his brother
has done so already, and one of you must not sell
(his own goods) when his brother has already sold
(his goods) except with his permission.
Book 11, Number 2077:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of
you asked a woman in marriage, if he is able to look
at what will induce him to marry her, he should do
so. He (Jabir) said: I asked a girl in marriage, I
used to look at her secretly, until I looked at what
induced me to marry her. I, therefore, married her.
Book 11, Number 2078:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said:
The marriage of a woman who marries without the
consent of her guardians is void. (He said these
words) three times. If there is cohabitation, she
gets her dower for the intercourse her husband has
had. If there is a dispute, the sultan (man in
authority) is the guardian of one who has none.
Book 11, Number 2080:
Narrated AbuMusa:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There is no
marriage without the permission of a guardian.
Book 11, Number 2081:
Narrated Umm Habibah:
Ibn Az-Zubayr reported on the authority of Umm
Habibah that she was the wife of Ibn Jahsh, but he
died, He was among those who migrated to Abyssinia.
Negus then married her to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him).
Book 11, Number 2083:
Narrated Samurah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Any woman
who is married by two guardians (to two different
men) belongs to the first woman who is married by
two guardians (to two different men) belongs to the
first of them and anything sold by a man to two
persons belongs to the first of them.
Book 11, Number 2084:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
About the Qur'anic verse: "It is not lawful for
you forcibly to inherit the woman (of your deceased
kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon
them. When a man died, his relatives had more right
to his wife then her own guardian. If any one of
them wanted to marry her, he did so; or they married
her (to some other person), and if they did not want
to marry her, they did so. So this verse was
revealed about the matter.
Book 11, Number 2088:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: An orphan
virgin girl should be consulted about herself; if
she says nothing that indicates her permission, but
if she refuses, the authority of the guardian cannot
be exercised against her will. The full information
rest with the tradition narrated by Yazid.
Book 11, Number 2090:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Consult
women about (the marriage of) their daughters.
Book 11, Number 2091:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
A virgin came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
and mentioned that her father had married her
against her will, so the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
allowed her to exercise her choice.
Book 11, Number 2095:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A guardian
has no concern with a woman previously married and
has no husband, and an orphan girl (i.e. virgin)
must be consulted, her silence being her acceptance.
Book 11, Number 2097:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
AbuHind cupped the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) in
the middle of his head. The Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) said: Banu Bayadah, marry
AbuHind (to your daughter), and ask him to marry
(his daughter) to you. He said: The best thing by
which you treat yourself is cupping.
Book 11, Number 2098:
Narrated Maymunah, daughter of Kardam:
I went out along with my father during the hajj
performed by the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). My
father came near him; he was riding his she-camel.
He stopped there and listened to him. He had a whip
like the whip of the teachers. I heard the Bedouin
and the people saying: Keep away from the whip. My
father came up to him. He caught hold of his foot
and acknowledged him (his Prophethood). He stopped
and listened to him.
He then said: I participated in the army of
Athran (in the pre-Islamic days).
The narrator, Ibn al-Muthanna, said: Army of
Gathran. Tariq ibn al-Muraqqa' said: Who will give
me a lance and get a reward?
I asked: What is its reward? He replied: I shall
marry him to my first daughter born to me. So I gave
him my lance and then disappeared from him till I
knew that a daughter was born to him and she came of
age.
I then came to him and said: Send my wife to me.
He swore that he would not do that until I fixed a
dower afresh other than that agreed between me and
him, and I swore that I should not give him the
dower other than that I had given him before.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said:
How old is she now?
He said: She has grown old. He said: I think you
should leave her. He said: This put awe and fear
into me, and I looked at the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him).
When he felt this in me, he said: You will not be
sinful, nor will your companion be sinful.
Book 11, Number 2101:
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
AbulAjfa' as-Sulami said: Umar (Allah be pleased
with him) delivered a speech to us and said: Do not
go to extremes in giving women their dower, for if
it represented honour in this world and piety in
Allah's sight, the one of you most entitled to do so
would have been the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) did not marry
any of his wives or gave any of his daughters in
marriage for more than twelve uqiyahs.
Book 11, Number 2102:
Narrated Umm Habibah:
Urwah reported on the authority of Umm Habibah
that she was married to Abdullah ibn Jahsh who died
in Abyssinia, so the Negus married her to the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) giving her on his behalf
a dower of four thousand (dirhams). He sent her to
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) with
Shurahbil ibn Hasanah. AbuDawud said: Hasanah is his
mother.
Book 11, Number 2103:
Narrated Umm Habibah daughter of AbuSufyan:
Az-Zuhri said: The Negus married Umm Habibah
daughter of AbuSufyan to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
for a dower of four thousand dirhams. He wrote it to
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) who
accepted it.
Book 11, Number 2105:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If anyone
gives as a dower to his wife two handfuls of flour
or dates he has made her lawful for him.
AbuDawud said: This tradition has been narrated
by AbdurRahman ibn Mahdi, from Salih ibn Ruman, from
AbuzZubayr on the authority of Jabir as his own
statement (not going back to the Prophet). It has
also been transmitted by AbuAsim from Salih ibn
Ruman , from AbuzZubayr on the authority of Jabir
who said: During the lifetime of the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) we used to contract
temporary marriage for a handful of grain.
Book 11, Number 2109:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
Masruq said on the authority of Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud: Abdullah (ibn Mas'ud ) was asked about a man
who had married a woman without cohabiting with her
or fixing any dower for her till he died. Ibn Mas'ud
said: She should receive the full dower (as given to
women of her class), observe the waiting period
('Iddah), and have her share of inheritance.
Thereupon Ma'qil ibn Sinan said: I heard the Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) giving the same
decision regarding Birwa' daughter of Washiq (as the
decision you have given).
Book 11, Number 2111:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
Abdullah ibn Utbah ibn Mas'ud said: Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud was informed of this story of a man. The
people continued to visit him for a month or visited
him many times (the narrator was not sure).
He said: In this matter I hold the opinion that
she should receive the type of dower given to women
of her class with no diminution or excess, observe
the waiting period ('iddah) and have her share of
inheritance. If it is erroneous, that is from me and
from Satan. Allah and His Apostle are free from its
responsibility. Some people from Ashja' got up;
among them were al-Jarrah and AbuSinan.
They said: Ibn Mas'ud, we bear witness that the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) gave a decision
for us regarding Birwa', daughter of Washiq, to the
same effect as the decision you have given. Her
husband was Hilal ibn Murrah al-Ashja'i. Thereupon
Abdullah ibn Mas'ud was very pleased when his
decision agreed with the decision of the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
Book 11, Number 2112:
Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said to a man:
Would you like me to marry you to so-and-so?
He said: Yes. He also said to the woman: Would
you like me to marry you to so-and-so?
She said: Yes. He then married one to the other.
The man had sexual intercourse with her, but he did
not fix any dower for her, nor did he give anything
to her. He was one of those who participated in the
expedition to al-Hudaybiyyah. One part of the
expedition to al-Hudaybiyyah had a share in Khaybar.
When he was nearing his death, he said: The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) married me to
so-and-so, and I did not fix a dower for her, nor
did I give anything to her. I call upon you as
witness that I have given my share in Khaybar as her
dower. So she took the share and sold it for one
lakh (of dirhams).
Book 11, Number 2113:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) taught
us the address in case of some need:
Praise be to Allah from Whom we ask help and
pardon, and in Whom we take refuge from the evils
within ourselves. He whom Allah guides has no one
who can lead him astray, and he whom He leads astray
has no one to guide him. I testify that there is no
god but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is His
servant and Apostle.
"You who believe,...fear Allah by Whom you ask
your mutual rights, and reverence the wombs. Allah
has been watching you." ..."you who believe, fear
Allah as He should be feared, and die only as
Muslims" ...."you who believe, fear Allah as He
should be feared, and die only as Muslims"....."you
who believe, fear Allah and say what is true. He
will make your deeds sound, and forgive your sins.
He who obeys Allah and His Apostle has achieved a
mighty success."
The narrator, Muhammad ibn Sulayman, did mention
the word "inna" (verily).
Book 11, Number 2114:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
recited the tashahhud....He then narrated the same
tradition. In this version after the word "and His
Apostle" he added the words: "He has sent him in
truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner
before the Hour. He who obeys Allah and His Prophet
is on the right path, and he who disobeys them does
not harm anyone except himself, and he does not harm
Allah to the least.
Book 11, Number 2120:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
When Ali married Fatimah, the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) said to him: Give her something.
He said: I have nothing with me. He said: Where is
your Hutamiyyah (coat of mail).
Book 11, Number 2121:
Narrated A man from the Companion of the Prophet:
Muhammad ibn AbdurRahman ibn Thawban reported on
the authority of a man from the Companions of the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): When Ali married
Fatimah, daughter of the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),
he intended to have intercourse with her. The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) prohibited him
to do so until he gave her something. Ali said: I
have nothing with me, Apostle of Allah. The Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) said: Give her your coat of
mail. So he gave her his coat of mail, and then
cohabited with her.
Book 11, Number 2123:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
commanded me to send a woman to her husband before
he gave something to her.
Book 11, Number 2124:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: A
woman who marries on a dower or a reward or a
promise before the solemnisation of marriage is
entitled to it; and whatever is fixed for her after
solemnisation of marriage belongs to whom it is
given. A man is more entitled to receive a thing
given as a gift on account of his daughter or sister
(than other kinds of gifts).
Book 11, Number 2125:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
congratulated a man on his marriage, he said: May
Allah bless for you, and may He bless on you, and
combine both of you in good (works).
Book 11, Number 2126:
Narrated Basrah:
A man from the Ansar called Basrah said: I
married a virgin woman in her veil. When I entered
upon her, I found her pregnant. (I mentioned this to
the Prophet). The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said:
She will get the dower, for you made her vagina
lawful for you. The child will be your slave. When
she has begotten (a child), flog her (according to
the version of al-Hasan). The version of Ibn
AbusSari has: You people, flog her, or said: inflict
hard punishment on him.
Book 11, Number 2128:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When a man
has two wives and he is inclined to one of them, he
will come on the Day of resurrection with a side
hanging down.
Book 11, Number 2129:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to
divide his time equally and said: O Allah, this is
my division concerning what I possess, so do not
blame me concerning what Thou possessest and I do
not.
Book 11, Number 2135:
Narrated Qays ibn Sa'd:
I went to al-Hirah and saw them (the people)
prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, so
I said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) has
most right to have prostration made before him. When
I came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him), I said: I
went to al-Hirah and saw them prostrating themselves
before a satrap of theirs, but you have most right,
Apostle of Allah, to have (people) prostrating
themselves before you. He said: Tell me , if you
were to pass my grave, would you prostrate yourself
before it? I said: No. He then said: Do not do so.
If I were to command anyone to make prostration
before another I would command women to prostrate
themselves before their husbands, because of the
special right over them given to husbands by Allah.
Book 11, Number 2137:
Narrated Mu'awiyah al-Qushayri:
Mu'awiyah asked: Apostle of Allah, what is the
right of the wife of one of us over him? He replied:
That you should give her food when you eat, clothe
her when you clothe yourself, do not strike her on
the face, do not revile her or separate yourself
from her except in the house.
Book 11, Number 2138:
Narrated Mu'awiyah ibn Haydah:
I said: Apostle of Allah, how should we approach
our wives and how should we leave them? He replied:
Approach your tilth when or how you will, give her
(your wife) food when you take food, clothe when you
clothe yourself, do not revile her face, and do not
beat her.
Book 11, Number 2139:
Narrated Mu'awiyah al-Qushayri:
I went to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
and asked him: What do you say (command) about our
wives? He replied: Give them food what you have for
yourself, and clothe them by which you clothe
yourself, and do not beat them, and do not revile
them.
Book 11, Number 2141:
Narrated Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab:
Iyas ibn Abdullah ibn AbuDhubab reported the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: Do
not beat Allah's handmaidens, but when Umar came to
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and said:
Women have become emboldened towards their husbands,
he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them. Then
many women came round the family of the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) complaining against their
husbands. So the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) said: Many women have gone round
Muhammad's family complaining against their
husbands. They are not the best among you.
Book 11, Number 2142:
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A man will
not be asked as to why he beat his wife.
Book 11, Number 2144:
Narrated Buraydah ibn al-Hasib:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: to Ali: Do
not give a second look, Ali, (because) while you are
not to blame for the first, you have no right to the
second.
Book 11, Number 2153:
Narrated Ruwayfi' ibn Thabit al-Ansari:
Should I tell you what I heard the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say on the day of Hunayn:
It is not lawful for a man who believes in Allah and
the last day to water what another has sown with his
water (meaning intercourse with women who are
pregnant); it is not lawful for a man who believes
in Allah and the Last Day to have intercourse with a
captive woman till she is free from a menstrual
course; and it is not lawful for a man who believes
in Allah and the Last Day to sell spoil till it is
divided.
Book 11, Number 2155:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If one of
you marries a woman or buys a slave, he should say:
"O Allah, I ask Thee for the good in her, and in the
disposition Thou hast given her; I take refuge in
Thee from the evil in her, and in the disposition
Thou hast given her." When he buys a camel, he
should take hold of the top of its hump and say the
same kind of thing.
Book 11, Number 2157:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who has
intercourse with his wife through her anus is
accursed.
Book 11, Number 2159:
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas:
Ibn Umar misunderstood (the Qur'anic verse, "So
come to your tilth however you will")--may Allah
forgive him. The fact is that this clan of the Ansar,
who were idolaters, lived in the company of the Jews
who were the people of the Book. They (the Ansar)
accepted their superiority over themselves in
respect of knowledge, and they followed most of
their actions. The people of the Book (i.e. the
Jews) used to have intercourse with their women on
one side alone (i.e. lying on their backs). This was
the most concealing position for (the vagina of) the
women. This clan of the Ansar adopted this practice
from them. But this tribe of the Quraysh used to
uncover their women completely, and seek pleasure
with them from in front and behind and laying them
on their backs.
When the muhajirun (the immigrants) came to
Medina, a man married a woman of the Ansar. He began
to do the same kind of action with her, but she
disliked it, and said to him: We were approached on
one side (i.e. lying on the back); do it so,
otherwise keep away from me. This matter of theirs
spread widely, and it reached the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him).
So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur'anic
verse: "Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to
your tilth however you will," i.e. from in front,
from behind or lying on the back. But this verse
meant the place of the delivery of the child, i.e.
the vagina.
Book 11, Number 2161:
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
I and the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
used to lie in one cloth at night while I was
menstruating. If anything from me smeared him, he
washed the same place (that was smeared), and did
not wash beyond it. If anything from him smeared his
clothe, he washed the same place and did not wash
beyond that, and prayed with it (i.e. the clothe).
Book 11, Number 2163:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said about a man
who has sexual intercourse with a menstruating
woman: He should give one or half dinar as sadaqah.
Book 11, Number 2164:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
If a man has sexual intercourse (with
menstruating woman) during her bleeding, he should
give one dinar as sadaqah, and if he does so when
bleeding has stopped, he should give half a dinar as
sadaqah.
Book 11, Number 2166:
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri:
A man said: Apostle of Allah, I have a slave-girl
and I withdraw the penis from her (while having
intercourse), and I dislike that she becomes
pregnant. I intend (by intercourse) what the men
intend by it.
The Jews say that withdrawing the penis (azl) is
burying the living girls on a small scale. He (the
Prophet) said: The Jews told a lie. If Allah intends
to create it, you cannot turn it away.
Book 11, Number 2169:
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
AbuNadrah reported: An old man of Tufawah said to
me: I was a guest of AbuHurayrah at Medina. I did
not find any one of the companions of the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) more devoted to worship and more
hospitable than AbuHurayrah.
One day I was with him when he was sitting on his
bed. He had a purse which contained pebbles or
kernels. A black slave-girl of his was sitting
below. Counting them he was glorifying Allah. When
the pebbles or the kernels in the purse were
finished, she gathered them and put them again in
the purse, and gave it to him. He said: Should I not
tell you about me and about the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him)?
I said: Yes. He said: Once when I was laid up
with fever in the mosque, the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) came and entered the mosque, and
said: Who saw the youth of ad-Daws. He said this
three times.
A man said: Apostle of Allah, there he is, laid
up with fever on one side of the mosque. He moved,
walking forward till he reached me. He placed his
hand on me. He had a kind talk with me, and I rose.
He then began to walk till he reached the place
where he used to offer his prayer. He paid his
attention to the people. There were two rows of men
and one row of women, or two rows of women and one
row of men (the narrator is doubtful).
He then said: If Satan makes me forget anything
during the prayer, the men should glorify Allah, and
the women should clap their hands. The Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then prayed and he did not
forget anything during the prayer.
He said: Be seated in your places, be seated in
your places. The narrator, Musa, added the word
"here". He then praised Allah and exalted Him, and
said: Now to our topic.
The agreed version begins: He then said: Is there
any man among you who approaches his wife, closes
the door, covers himself with a curtain, and he is
concealed with the curtain of Allah?
They replied: Yes. He said: later he sits and
says: I did so-and-so; I did so-and-so. The people
kept silence. He then turned to the women and said
(to them): Is there any woman among you who narrates
it? They kept silence. Then a girl fell on one of
her knees. The narrator, Mu'ammil, said in his
version: a buxom girl. She raised her head before
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) so that he
could see her and listen to her.
She said: Apostle of Allah, they (the men)
describe the secrets (of intercourse) and they (the
women) also describe the secrets (of intercourse) to
the people.
He said: Do you know what the similitude is? He
said: The likeness of this act is the likeness of a
female Satan who meets the male Satan on the
roadside; he fulfils his desire with her while the
people are looking at him. Beware! The perfume of
men is that whose smell becomes visible and its
colour does not appear. Beware! The perfume of women
is that whose colour becomes visible and whose smell
is not obvious.
AbuDawud said: From here I remembered this
tradition from Mu'ammil and Musa: Beware! No man
should lie with another man, no woman should lie
with another woman except with one's child or
father. He also mentioned a third which I have
forgotten. This has been mentioned in the version of
Musaddad, but I do not remember it as precisely as I
like.
The narrator, Musa, said: Hammad narrated this
tradition from al-Jarir from AbuNadrah from at-Tufawi.
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