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SAHIH BUKHARI
BOOK 58: MERITS OF
THE HELPERS IN
MADINAH (ANSAAR)
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SAHIH BUKHARI BOOK 58: MERITS OF THE HELPERS IN MADINAH (ANSAAR)
Book 58: Merits of the Helpers in Madinah
(Ansaar)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 120:
Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:
I asked Anas, "Tell me about the name 'Al-Ansar.; Did you call yourselves by it or did Allah call
you by it?" He said, "Allah called us by it." We used to visit Anas (at Basra) and he used to narrate to
us the virtues and deeds of the Ansar, and he used to address me or a person from the tribe of Al-
Azd and say, "Your tribe did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 121:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The day of Bu'ath (i.e. Day of fighting between the two tribes of the Ansar, the Aus and Khazraj)
was brought about by Allah for the good of His Apostle so that when Allah's Apostle reached (Medina),
the tribes of Medina had already divided and their chiefs had been killed and wounded. So Allah
had brought about the battle for the good of H is Apostle in order that they (i.e. the Ansar) might
embrace Islam.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 122:
Narrated Anas:
On the day of the Conquest of Mecca, when the Prophet had given (from the booty) the Quraish,
the Ansar said, "By Allah, this is indeed very strange: While our swords are still dribbling with the
blood of Quraish, our war booty are distributed amongst them." When this news reached the Prophet
he called the Ansar and said, "What is this news that has reached me from you?" They used not to
tell lies, so they replied, "What has reached you is true." He said, "Doesn't it please you that the
people take the booty to their homes and you take Allah's Apostle to your homes? If the Ansar took
their way through a valley or a mountain pass, I would take the Ansar's valley or a mountain pass."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 123:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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The Prophet or Abul-Qasim said, "If the Ansar took their way through a valley or a mountain
pass, I would take Ansar's valley. And but for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar."
Abu Huraira used to say, "The Prophet is not unjust (by saying so). May my parents be sacrificed for
him, for the Ansar sheltered and helped him," or said a similar sentence.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 124:
Narrated Sa'd's father:
When the emigrants reached Medina. Allah's Apostle established the bond of fraternity between
'Abdur-Rahman and Sad bin Ar-Rabi. Sad said to 'Abdur-Rahman, "I am the richest of all the Ansar,
so I want to divide my property (between us), and I have two wives, so see which of the two you like
and tell me, so that I may divorce her, and when she finishes her prescribed period (i.e. 'Idda) of divorce,
then marry her." Abdur-Rahman said, "May Allah bless your family and property for you;
where is your market?" So they showed him the Qainuqa' market. (He went there and) returned
with a profit in the form of dried yogurt and butter. He continued going (to the market) till one day
he came, bearing the traces of yellow scent. The Prophet asked, "What is this (scent)?" He replied, "I
got married." The Prophet asked, "How much Mahr did you give her?" He replied, "I gave her a datestone
of gold or a gold piece equal to the weight of a date-stone." (The narrator, Ibrahim, is in doubt
as to which is correct.)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 125:
Narrated Anas:
When 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf came to us, Allah's Apostle made a bond of fraternity between him
and Sad bin Ar-Rabi' who was a rich man, Sad said, "The Ansar know that I am the richest of all of
them, so I will divide my property into two parts between me and you, and I have two wives; see
which of the two you like so that I may divorce her and you can marry her after she becomes lawful
to you by her passing the prescribed period (i.e. 'Idda) of divorce. 'Abdur Rahman said, "May Allah
bless you your family (i.e. wives) for you." (But 'Abdur-Rahman went to the market) and did not return
on that day except with some gain of dried yogurt and butter. He went on trading just a few
days till he came to Allah's Apostle bearing the traces of yellow scent over his clothes. Allah's Apostle
asked him, "What is this scent?" He replied, "I have married a woman from the Ansar." Allah's
Apostle asked, "How much Mahr have you given?" He said, "A date-stone weight of gold or a golden
date-stone." The Prophet said, "Arrange a marriage banquet even with a sheep."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 126:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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The Ansar said (to the Prophet ), "Please divide the date-palm trees between us and them (i.e.
emigrants)." The Prophet said, "No." The Ansar said, "Let them (i.e. the emigrants) do the labor for us
in the gardens and share the date-fruits with us." The emigrants said, "We accepted this."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 127:
Narrated Al-Bara:
I heard the Prophet saying (or the Prophet said), "None loves the Ansar but a believer, and none
hates them but a hypocrite. So Allah will love him who loves them, and He will hate him who hates
them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 128:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "The sign of Belief is to love the Ansar, and the sign of hypocrisy is to hate the
Ansar."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 129:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet saw the women and children (of the Ansar) coming forward. (The sub-narrator said,
"I think that Anas said, 'They were returning from a wedding party.") The Prophet stood up and said
thrice, "By Allah! You are from the most beloved people to me."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 130:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once an Ansari woman, accompanied by a son of hers, came to Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle
spoke to her and said twice, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, you are the most beloved people to
me."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 131:
Narrated Zaid bin Al-Arqam:
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The Annwar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Every prophet has his own followers and we have followed
you. So will you invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar too)?" So he invoked
Allah accordingly.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 132:
Narrated Abu Hamza:
(A man from the Ansar) The Ansar said, "Every nation has followers and (O Prophet) we have followed
you, so invoke Allah to let our followers be considered from us (as Ansar like ourselves)." So
the Prophet said, "O Allah! Let their followers be considered as Ansar like themselves."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 133:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
The Prophet said, "The best of the Ansar's families (homes) are those of Banu An-Najjar and then
(those of) Banu 'Abdul Ash-hal, then (those of) Banu Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj and then (those of)
Banu Sa'ida; nevertheless, there is good in all the families (houses) of the Ansar." On this, Sad (bin
Ubada) said, "I see that the Prophet has preferred some people to us." Somebody said (to him), "No,
but he has given you superiority to many."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 134:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
That he heard the Prophet saying, "The best of the Ansar, or the best of the Ansar families (homes)
are Banu An-Najjar, Bani 'Abdul Ash-hal, Banu Al-Harith and Banu Sai'da."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 135:
Narrated Abu Humaid:
The Prophet said, "The best of the Ansar families (homes) are the families (homes) of Banu An-Najjar,
and then that of Banu 'Abdul Ash-hal, and then that of Banu Al-Harith, and then that of Banu
Saida; and there is good in all the families (homes) of the Ansar." Sad bin 'Ubada followed us and
said, "O Abu Usaid ! Don't you see that the Prophet compared the Ansar and made us the last of
them in superiority?
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Then Sad met the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! In comparing the Ansar's families (homes)
as to the degree of superiority, you have made us the last of them." Allah's Apostle replied, "Isn't it
sufficient that you are regarded amongst the best?"
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 136:
Narrated Usaid bin Hudair:
A man from the Ansar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Will you appoint me as you have appointed soand-
so?" The Prophet said, "After me you will see others given preference to you; so be patient till
you meet me at the Tank (i.e. Lake of Kauthar). (on the Day of Resurrection)."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 137:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said to the Ansar, "After me you will see others given preference to you; so be patient
till you meet me, and your promised place (of meeting) will be the Tank (i.e. Lake of Kauthar)."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 138:
Narrated Yahya bin Said:
That he heard Anas bin Malik when he went with him to Al-Walid, saying, "Once the Prophet
called the Ansar in order to give them the territory of Bahrain they said, 'No, unless you give to our
emigrant brethren a similar share.' On that he said 'If you do not agree to it, then be patient till you
meet me, for after me others will be given preference to you."'
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 139:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "There is no life except the life of the Hereafter; so, O Allah! Improve the state
of the Ansar and the Muhajirun." And Anas added that the Prophet also said, "O Allah! Forgive the
Ansar."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 140:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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On the day of the battle of the Trench (i.e. Ghazwat-ul-Khandaq) the Ansar used to say, "We are
those who have given the pledge of allegiance to Muhammad for Jihad (i.e. holy fighting) as long as
we live." The Prophet , replied to them, "O Allah! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter; so
please honor the Ansar and the Emigrants."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 141:
Narrated Sahl:
Allah's Apostle came to us while we were digging the trench and carrying out the earth on our
backs. Allah's Apostle then said, "O Allah ! There is no life except the life of the Hereafter, so please
forgive the Emigrants and the Ansar."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 142:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet. The Prophet sent a messenger to his wives (to bring something for
that man to eat) but they said that they had nothing except water. Then Allah's Apostle said, "Who
will take this (person) or entertain him as a guest?" An Ansar man said, "I." So he took him to his wife
and said to her, "Entertain generously the guest of Allah's Apostle " She said, "We have got nothing
except the meals of my children." He said, "Prepare your meal, light your lamp and let your children
sleep if they ask for supper." So she prepared her meal, lighted her lamp and made her children
sleep, and then stood up pretending to mend her lamp, but she put it off. Then both of them pretended
to be eating, but they really went to bed hungry. In the morning the Ansari went to Allah's
Apostle who said, "Tonight Allah laughed or wondered at your action." Then Allah revealed:
"But give them (emigrants) preference over themselves even though they were in need of that And
whosoever is saved from the covetousness Such are they who will be successful." (59.9)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 143:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Abu Bakr and Al-'Abbas passed by one of the gatherings of the Ansar who were weeping then. He
(i.e. Abu Bakr or Al-'Abbas) asked, "Why are you weeping?" They replied, "We are weeping because
we remember the gathering of the Prophet with us." So Abu Bakr went to the Prophet and told him
of that. The Prophet came out, tying his head with a piece of the hem of a sheet. He ascended the
pulpit which he never ascended after that day. He glorified and praised Allah and then said, "I request
you to take care of the Ansar as they are my near companions to whom I confided my private
secrets. They have fulfilled their obligations and rights which were enjoined on them but there re-
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mains what is for them. So, accept the good of the good-doers amongst them and excuse the wrongdoers
amongst them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 144:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle (in his fatal illness) came out wrapped in a sheet covering his shoulders and his
head was tied with an oily tape of cloth till he sat on the pulpit, and after praising and glorifying Allah,
he said, "Then-after, O people! The people will go on increasing, but the Ansar will go on decreasing
till they become just like salt in a meal. So whoever amongst you will be the ruler and have
the power to harm or benefit others, should accept the good of the good-doers amongst them and
excuse the wrong-doers amongst them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 145:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "The Ansar are my near companions to whom I confided my private secrets,
People will go on increasing but the Ansar will go on decreasing; so accept the good of the gooddoers
amongst them and excuse the wrong-doers amongst them. "
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 146:
Narrated Al-Bara:
A silken cloth was given as a present to the Prophet . His companions started touching it and admiring
its softness. The Prophet said, "Are you admiring its softness? The handkerchiefs of Sad bin
Muadh (in Paradise) are better and softer than it."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 147:
Narrated Jabir:
I heard the Prophet saying, "The Throne (of Allah) shook at the death of Sad bin Muadh." Through
another group of narrators, Jabir added, "I heard the Prophet : saying, 'The Throne of the Beneficent
shook because of the death of Sad bin Muadh."
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 148:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Some people (i.e. the Jews of Bani bin Quraiza) agreed to accept the verdict of Sad bin Muadh so
the Prophet sent for him (i.e. Sad bin Muadh). He came riding a donkey, and when he approached
the Mosque, the Prophet said, "Get up for the best amongst you." or said, "Get up for your chief."
Then the Prophet said, "O Sad! These people have agreed to accept your verdict." Sad said, "I judge
that their warriors should be killed and their children and women should be taken as captives." The
Prophet said, "You have given a judgment similar to Allah's Judgment (or the King's judgment)."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 149:
Narrated Anas:
Two men left the Prophet on a very dark night. Suddenly a light came in front of them, and when
they separated, the light also separated along with them.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 150:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Learn the recitation of Qur'an from four persons: Ibn Mas'ud, Salim,
the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa, Ubai and Muadh bin Jabal."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 151:
Narrated the virtue of Sad bin Ubada:
Aisha said, "Before that, he (i.e. Sad) was a pious man."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 152:
Narrated Abu Usaid:
Allah's Apostle said, "The best of the Ansar's houses are those of Bani An-Najjar, then those of Bani
'Abdul Ash-hal, then those of Bani Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj, then those of Bani Saida; but there is
goodness in all the houses of the Ansar." Sad bin Ubada who was one of those who embraced Islam
early, said, "I see that Allah's Apostle is giving others superiority above us." Some people said to him,
"But he has given you superiority above many other people."
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 153:
Narrated Masruq:
'Abdullah bin Masud was mentioned before Abdullah bin 'Amr who said, "That is a man I still
love, as I heard the Prophet saying 'Learn the recitation of Quran from four from 'Abdullah bin
Mas'ud --he started with him--Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudaifa, Mu'adh bin Jabal and Ubai
bin Ka'b."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 154:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said to Ubai, "Allah has ordered me to recite to you: 'Those who disbelieve (Surat-al-
Bayina 98).' " Ubai said, "Has He mentioned my name?" The Prophet said, "Yes." On hearing this, Ubai
started weeping.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 155:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas said, "The Quran was collected in the lifetime of the Prophet by four (men), all of whom
were from the Ansar: Ubai, Muadh bin Jabal, Abu Zaid and Zaid bin Thabit." I asked Anas, "Who is
Abu Zaid?" He said, "One of my uncles."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 156:
Narrated Anas:
On the day of the battle of Uhud, the people ran away, leaving the Prophet , but Abu- Talha was
shielding the Prophet with his shield in front of him. Abu Talha was a strong, experienced archer
who used to keep his arrow bow strong and well stretched. On that day he broke two or three arrow
bows. If any man passed by carrying a quiver full of arrows, the Prophet would say to him, "Empty it
in front of Abu Talha." When the Prophet stated looking at the enemy by raising his head, Abu Talha
said, "O Allah's Prophet! Let my parents be sacrificed for your sake! Please don't raise your head and
make it visible, lest an arrow of the enemy should hit you. Let my neck and chest be wounded instead
of yours." (On that day) I saw 'Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr and Um Sulaim both lifting
their dresses up so that I was able to see the ornaments of their legs, and they were carrying the water
skins of their arms to pour the water into the mouths of the thirsty people and then go back and
fill them and come to pour the water into the mouths of the people again. (On that day) Abu Talha's
sword fell from his hand twice or thrice.
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 157:
Narrated Sad bin Abi Waqqas:
I have never heard the Prophet saying about anybody walking on the earth that he is from the
people of Paradise except 'Abdullah bin Salam. The following Verse was revealed concerning him:
"And a witness from the children of Israel testifies that this Qur'an is true" (46.10)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 158:
Narrated Qais bin Ubad:
While I was sitting in the Mosque of Medina, there entered a man (Abdullah bin Salam) with
signs of solemnity over his face. The people said, "He is one of the people of Paradise." He prayed two
light Rakat and then left. I followed him and said, "When you entered the Mosque, the people said,
'He is one of the people of Paradise.' " He said, "By Allah, one ought not say what he does not know;
and I will tell you why. In the lifetime of the Prophet I had a dream which I narrated to him. I saw as
if I were in a garden." He then described its extension and greenery. He added: In its center there
was an iron pillar whose lower end was fixed in the earth and the upper end was in the sky, and at
its upper end there was a (ring-shaped) hand-hold. I was told to climb it. I said, "I can't." "Then a
servant came to me and lifted my clothes from behind and I climbed till I reached the top (of the pillar).
Then I got hold of the hand-hold, and I was told to hold it tightly, then I woke up and (the effect
of) the hand-hold was in my hand. I narrated al I that to the Prophet who said, 'The garden is
Islam, and the hand-hold is the Most Truth-worthy Hand-Hold. So you will remain as a Muslim till
you die." The narrator added: "The man was 'Abdullah bin Salam."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 159:
Narrated Abu Burda:
When I came to Medina. I met Abdullah bin Salam. He said, "Will you come to me so that I may
serve you with Sawiq (i.e. powdered barley) and dates, and let you enter a (blessed) house that in
which the Prophet entered?" Then he added, "You are In a country where the practice of Riba (i.e.
usury) is prevalent; so if somebody owe you something and he sends you a present of a load of
chopped straw or a load of barley or a load of provender then do not take it, as it is Riba."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 160:
Narrated Jarir bin 'Abdullah:
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Allah's Apostle has never refused to admit me since I embraced Islam, and whenever he saw me,
he would smile. (In another narration) Jarir bin 'Abdullah narrated: There was a house called Dhul-
Khalasa in the Pre-lslamic Period and it was also called Al-Ka'ba Al-Yamaniya or Al-Ka'ba Ash-
Shamiya. Allah's Apostle said to me, "Will you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa?" So I left for it with
150 cavalrymen from the tribe of Ahmas and then we destroyed it and killed whoever we found
there. Then we came to the Prophet and informed him about it. He invoked good upon us and upon
the tribe of Ahmas.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 161:
Narrated 'Aisha:
On the day of the battle of Uhud the pagans were defeated completely. Then Satan shouted loudly,
"O Allah's slaves! Beware the ones behind you!" So the front files attacked the back ones. Then Hudhaifa
looked and saw his father, and said loudly, "O Allah's slaves! My father! My father!" By Allah,
they did not stop till they killed him (i.e. Hudaifa's father). Hudhaifa said, "May Allah forgive you!"
The sub-narrator said, "By Allah, because of what Hudhaifa said, he remained in a good state till he
met Allah (i.e. died)."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 162:
Narrated 'Ali:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying (as below).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 163:
Narrated 'Ali:
The Prophet said, "The best of the world's women is Mary (at her lifetime), and the best of the
world's women is Khadija (at her lifetime)."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 164:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not feel jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet as much as I did of Khadija (although) she
died before he married me, for I often heard him mentioning her, and Allah had told him to give her
the good tidings that she would have a palace of Qasab (i.e. pipes of precious stones and pearls in
Paradise), and whenever he slaughtered a sheep, he would send her women-friends a good share of
it.
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 165:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not feel jealous of any woman as much as I did of Khadija because Allah's Apostle used to
mention her very often. He married me after three years of her death, and his Lord (or Gabriel)
ordered him to give her the good news of having a palace of Qasab in Paradise.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 166:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I did not feel jealous of any of the wives of the Prophet as much as I did of Khadija though I did
not see her, but the Prophet used to mention her very often, and when ever he slaughtered a sheep,
he would cut its parts and send them to the women friends of Khadija. When I sometimes said to
him, "(You treat Khadija in such a way) as if there is no woman on earth except Khadija," he would
say, "Khadija was such-and-such, and from her I had children."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 167:
Narrated Ismail:
I asked 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa, "Did the Prophet give glad tidings to Khadija?" He said, "Yes, of a
palace of Qasab (in Paradise) where there will be neither any noise nor any fatigue."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 168:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Gabriel came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is Khadija coming to you with a
dish having meat soup (or some food or drink). When she reaches you, greet her on behalf of her
Lord (i.e. Allah) and on my behalf, and give her the glad tidings of having a Qasab palace in Paradise
wherein there will be neither any noise nor any fatigue (trouble) . "
Narrated 'Aisha: Once Hala bint Khuwailid, Khadija's sister, asked the permission of the Prophet to
enter. On that, the Prophet remembered the way Khadija used to ask permission, and that upset him.
He said, "O Allah! Hala!" So I became jealous and said, "What makes you remember an old woman
amongst the old women of Quraish an old woman (with a teethless mouth) of red gums who died
long ago, and in whose place Allah has given you somebody better than her?"
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 169:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
The Prophet met Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail in the bottom of (the valley of) Baldah before any Divine
Inspiration came to the Prophet. A meal was presented to the Prophet but he refused to eat from
it. (Then it was presented to Zaid) who said, "I do not eat anything which you slaughter in the name
of your stone idols. I eat none but those things on which Allah's Name has been mentioned at the
time of slaughtering." Zaid bin 'Amr used to criticize the way Quraish used to slaughter their animals,
and used to say, "Allah has created the sheep and He has sent the water for it from the sky, and
He has grown the grass for it from the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the Name of Allah.
He used to say so, for he rejected that practice and considered it as something abominable.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail went to Sham, inquiring about a true religion to
follow. He met a Jewish religious scholar and asked him about their religion. He said, "I intend to
embrace your religion, so tell me some thing about it." The Jew said, "You will not embrace our religion
unless you receive your share of Allah's Anger." Zaid said, "'I do not run except from Allah's Anger,
and I will never bear a bit of it if I have the power to avoid it. Can you tell me of some other religion?"
He said, "I do not know any other religion except the Hanif." Zaid enquired, "What is Hanif?"
He said, "Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christian, and
he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)" Then Zaid went out and met a Christian religious scholar
and told him the same as before. The Christian said, "You will not embrace our religion unless
you get a share of Allah's Curse." Zaid replied, "I do not run except from Allah's Curse, and I will
never bear any of Allah's Curse and His Anger if I have the power to avoid them. Will you tell me of
some other religion?" He replied, "I do not know any other religion except Hanif." Zaid enquired,
"What is Hanif?" He replied, Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew
nor a Christian and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)" When Zaid heard their Statement
about (the religion of) Abraham, he left that place, and when he came out, he raised both his hands
and said, "O Allah! I make You my Witness that I am on the religion of Abraham."
Narrated Asma bint Abi Bakr: I saw Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail standing with his back against the
Ka'ba and saying, "O people of Quraish! By Allah, none amongst you is on the religion of Abraham
except me." He used to preserve the lives of little girls: If somebody wanted to kill his daughter he
would say to him, "Do not kill her for I will feed her on your behalf." So he would take her, and
when she grew up nicely, he would say to her father, "Now if you want her, I will give her to you,
and if you wish, I will feed her on your behalf."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 170:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
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When the Ka'ba was rebuilt, the Prophet and 'Abbas went to carry stones. 'Abbas said to the
Prophet "(Take off and) put your waist sheet over your neck so that the stones may not hurt you."
(But as soon as he took off his waist sheet) he fell unconscious on the ground with both his eyes towards
the sky. When he came to his senses, he said, "My waist sheet! My waist sheet!" Then he tied
his waist sheet (round his waist).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 171:
Narrated 'Amr bin Dinar and 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid:
In the lifetime of the Prophet there was no wall around the Ka'ba and the people used to pray
around the Ka'ba till 'Umar became the Caliph and he built the wall around it. 'Ubaidullah further
said, "Its wall was low, so Ibn Az-Zubair built it."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 172:
Narrated 'Aisha:
'Ashura' (i.e. the tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of Quraish used to fast in the
pre-lslamic period of ignorance. The Prophet also used to fast on this day. So when he migrated to
Medina, he fasted on it and ordered (the Muslims) to fast on it. When the fasting of Ramadan was
enjoined, it became optional for the people to fast or not to fast on the day of Ashura.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 173:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The people used to consider the performance of 'Umra in the months of Hajj an evil deed on the
earth, and they used to call the month of Muharram as Safar and used to say, "When (the wounds
over) the backs (of the camels) have healed and the foot-marks (of the camels) have vanished (after
coming from Hajj), then 'Umra becomes legal for the one who wants to perform 'Umra." Allah's
Apostle and his companions reached Mecca assuming Ihram for Hajj on the fourth of Dhul-Hijja.
The Prophet ordered his companions to perform 'Umra (with that lhram instead of Hajj). They
asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What kind of finishing of Ihram?" The Prophet said, "Finish the Ihram
completely.'
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 174:
Narrated Sa'id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father:
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In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the
two mountains (around the Ka'ba)......
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 175:
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:
Abu Bakr went to a lady from the Ahmas tribe called Zainab bint Al-Muhajir and found that she
refused to speak. He asked, "Why does she not speak." The people said, "She has intended to perform
Hajj without speaking." He said to her, "Speak, for it is illegal not to speak, as it is an action of the
pre-islamic period of ignorance. So she spoke and said, "Who are you?" He said, "A man from the
Emigrants." She asked, "Which Emigrants?" He replied, "From Quraish." She asked, "From what
branch of Quraish are you?" He said, "You ask too many questions; I am Abu Bakr." She said, "How
long shall we enjoy this good order (i.e. Islamic religion) which Allah has brought after the period of
ignorance?" He said, "You will enjoy it as long as your Imams keep on abiding by its rules and regulations."
She asked, "What are the Imams?" He said, "Were there not heads and chiefs of your nation
who used to order the people and they used to obey them?" She said, "Yes." He said, "So they (i.e. the
Imams) are those whom I meant."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 176:
Narrated 'Aisha:
A black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She
used to visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: "The day of the scarf
was one of our Lord's wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from the land of Kufr." When she said
the above verse many times, I (i.e. 'Aisha) asked her, "What was the day of the scarf?" She replied,
"Once the daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf (round her
neck) and the leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up, mistaking it for a
piece of meat. They (i.e. my masters) accused me of stealing it and they tortured me to such an extent
that they even looked for it in my private parts. So, while they all were around me, and I was in
my great distress, suddenly the kite came over our heads and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said
to them 'This is what you accused me of stealing, though I was innocent."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 177:
Narrated 'Umar:
The Prophet said, "If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah." The people of
Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet said, "Do not swear by your fathers. "
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 178:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Qasim:
Al-Qasim used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He used not to get up for the funeral
procession (in case it passed by him). And he narrated from 'Aisha that she said, "The people of the
pre-lslamic period of ignorance used to stand up for the funeral procession. When they saw it they
used to say twice: 'You were noble in your family. What are you now?"
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 179:
Narrated 'Umar:
The pagans used not to leave Jam' (i.e. Muzdalifa) till the sun had risen on Thabir mountain. The
Prophet contradicted them by leaving (Muzdalifa) before the sun rose.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 180:
Narrated Husain:
That Ikrima said, "Kasan Dihaqa means glass full (of something) followed successively with other
full glasses." Ibn 'Abbas said, "In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I heard my father saying,
"Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 181:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid." He said, Verily,
Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did
not embrace Islam).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 182:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Abu Bakr had a slave who used to give him some of his earnings. Abu Bakr used to eat from it.
One day he brought something and Abu Bakr ate from it. The slave said to him, "Do you know what
this is?" Abu Bakr then enquired, "What is it?" The slave said, "Once, in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance
I foretold somebody's future though I did not know this knowledge of foretelling but I,
cheated him, and when he met me, he gave me something for that service, and that is what you have
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eaten from." Then Abu Bakr put his hand in his mouth and vomited whatever was present in his
stomach.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 183:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance the people used to bargain with the meat of camels on the
principle of Habal-al-Habala which meant the sale of a she-camel that would be born by a shecamel
that had not yet been born. The Prophet forbade them such a transaction.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 184:
Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:
We used to visit Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the Ansar, and used to say to me:
"Your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your people did so-and-so on such-andsuch
a day."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 185:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The first event of Qasama in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance was practiced by us (i.e. Banu
Hashim). A man from Banu Hashim was employed by a Quraishi man from another branch-family.
The (Hashimi) laborer set out with the Quraishi driving his camels. There passed by him another
man from Banu Hashim. The leather rope of the latter's bag had broken so he said to the laborer,
"Will you help me by giving me a rope in order to tie the handle of my bag lest the camels should
run away from me?" The laborer gave him a rope and the latter tied his bag with it. When the caravan
halted, all the camels' legs were tied with their fetters except one camel. The employer asked the
laborer, "Why, from among all the camels has this camel not been fettered?" He replied, "There is no
fetter for it." The Quraishi asked, "Where is its fetter?" and hit the laborer with a stick that caused his
death (later on Just before his death) a man from Yemen passed by him. The laborer asked (him),
"Will you go for the pilgrimage?" He replied, "I do not think I will attend it, but perhaps I will attend
it." The (Hashimi) laborer said, "Will you please convey a message for me once in your life?" The
other man said, "yes." The laborer wrote: 'When you attend the pilgrimage, call the family of
Quraish, and if they respond to you, call the family of Banu Hashim, and if they respond to you, ask
about Abu Talib and tell him that so-and-so has killed me for a fetter." Then the laborer expired.
When the employer reached (Mecca), Abu Talib visited him and asked, "What has happened to our
companion?" He said, "He became ill and I looked after him nicely (but he died) and I buried him."
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Then Abu Talib said, "The deceased deserved this from you." After some time, the messenger whom
the laborer has asked to convey the message, reached during the pilgrimage season. He called, "O
the family of Quraish!" The people replied, "This is Quraish." Then he called, "O the family of Banu
Hashim!" Again the people replied, "This is Banu Hashim." He asked, "Who is Abu Talib?" The people
replied, "This is Abu Talib." He said, "'So-and-so has asked me to convey a message to you that soand-
so has killed him for a fetter (of a camel)." Then Abu Talib went to the (Quraishi) killer and said
to him, "Choose one of three alternatives: (i) If you wish, give us one-hundred camels because you
have murdered our companion, (ii) or if you wish, fifty of your men should take an oath that you
have not murdered our companion, and if you do not accept this, (iii) we will kill you in Qisas." The
killer went to his people and they said, "We will take an oath." Then a woman from Banu Hashim
who was married to one of them (i.e.the Quraishis) and had given birth to a child from him, came to
Abu Talib and said, "O Abu Talib! I wish that my son from among the fifty men, should be excused
from this oath, and that he should not take the oath where the oath-taking is carried on." Abu Talib
excused him. Then another man from them came (to Abu Talib) and said, "O Abu Talib! You want
fifty persons to take an oath instead of giving a hundred camels, and that means each man has to
give two camels (in case he does not take an oath). So there are two camels I would like you to accept
from me and excuse me from taking an oath where the oaths are taken. Abu Talib accepted
them from him. Then 48 men came and took the oath. Ibn 'Abbas further said:) By Him in Whose
Hand my life is, before the end of that year, none of those 48 persons remained alive.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 186:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah caused the day of Buath to take place before Allah's Apostle was sent (as an Apostle) so that
when Allah's Apostle reached Medina, those people had already divided (in different groups) and
their chiefs had been killed or wounded. So Allah made that day precede Allah's Apostle so that they
(i.e. the Ansar) might embrace Islam.
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: To run along the valley between two green pillars of Safa and Marwa
(mountains) was not Sunna, but the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance used to run along
it, and used to say: "We do not cross this rain stream except running strongly. "
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 187:
Narrated Abu As-Safar:
I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying, "O people! Listen to what I say to you, and let me hear whatever you
say, and don't go (without understanding), and start saying, 'Ibn 'Abbas said so-and-so, Ibn 'Abbas
said so-and-so, Ibn 'Abbas said so-and-so.' He who wants to perform the Tawaf around the Ka'ba
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should go behind Al-Hijr (i.e. a portion of the Ka'ba left out unroofed) and do not call it Al-Hatim,
for in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance if any man took an oath, he used to throw his whip, shoes
or bow in it.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 188:
Narrated 'Amr bin Maimun:
During the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of
monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual intercourse. I too, stoned
it along with them.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 189:
Narrated Sufyan:
'Ubaidullah said: "I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying, "Following are some traits of the people of the pre-Islamic
period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the dead."
'Ubaidullah forgot the third trait. Sufyan said, "They say it (i.e. the third trait) was to believe that rain
was caused by the influence of stars (i.e. if a special star appears it will rain)."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 190:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle was inspired Divinely at the age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen
years, and then was ordered to migrate, and he migrated to Medina and stayed there for ten years
and then died.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 191:
Narrated Khabbaba:
I came to the Prophet while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in the shade of the Ka'ba. We
were suffering greatly from the pagans in those days. i said (to him). "Will you invoke Allah (to help
us)?" He sat down with a red face and said, "(A believer among) those who were before you used to
be combed with iron combs so that nothing of his flesh or nerves would remain on his bones; yet
that would never make him desert his religion. A saw might be put over the parting of his head
which would be split into two parts, yet all that would never make him abandon his religion. Allah
will surely complete this religion (i.e. Islam) so that a traveler from Sana to Hadra-maut will not be
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afraid of anybody except Allah." (The sub-narrator, Baiyan added, "Or the wolf, lest it should harm
his sheep.")
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 192:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet recited Surat An-Najam and prostrated, and there was nobody who did not prostrate
then except a man whom I saw taking a handful of pebbles, lifting it, and prostrating on it. He then
said, "This is sufficient for me." No doubt I saw him killed as a disbeliever afterwards.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 193:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
While the Prophet was prostrating, surrounded by some of Quraish, 'Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait brought
the intestines (i.e. abdominal contents) of a camel and put them over the back of the Prophet. The
Prophet did not raise his head, (till) Fatima, came and took it off his back and cursed the one who
had done the harm. The Prophet said, "O Allah! Destroy the chiefs of Quraish, Abu Jahl bin Hisham,
'Utba bin Rabi'al, Shaba bin Rabi'a, Umaiya bin Khalaf or Ubai bin Khalaf." (The sub-narrator Shu'ba,
is not sure of the last name.) I saw these people killed on the day of Badr battle and thrown in the
well except Umaiya or Ubai whose body parts were mutilated but he was not thrown in the well.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 194:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
'AbdurRahman bin Abza said, "Ask Ibn 'Abbas about these two Qur'anic Verses: 'Nor kill such life
as Allah has made sacred, Except for just cause.' (25.168) "And whoever kills a believer intentionally,
his recompense is Hell. (4.93)
So I asked Ibn 'Abbas who said, "When the Verse that is in Sura-al-Furqan was revealed, the pagans
of Mecca said, 'But we have slain such life as Allah has made sacred, and we have invoked other
gods along with Allah, and we have also committed fornication.' So Allah revealed:-- 'Except
those who repent, believe, and do good-- (25.70)
So this Verse was concerned with those people. As for the Verse in Surat-an-Nisa (4-93), it means
that if a man, after understanding Islam and its laws and obligations, murders somebody, then his
punishment is to dwell in the (Hell) Fire forever." Then I mentioned this to Mujahid who said, "Except
the one who regrets (one's crime) . "
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 195:
Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
I asked Ibn Amr bin Al-As, "Tell me of the worst thing which the pagans did to the Prophet." He
said, "While the Prophet was praying in the Hijr of the Ka'ba; 'Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and put his
garment around the Prophet's neck and throttled him violently. Abu Bakr came and caught him by
his shoulder and pushed him away from the Prophet and said, "Do you want to kill a man just because
he says, 'My Lord is Allah?' "
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 196:
Narrated 'Urwa:
As above (Hadith 195).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 197:
Narrated 'Ammar bin Yasir:
I saw Allah's Apostle , and the only converts (to Islam) with him, were five slaves, two women and
Abu Bakr.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 198:
Narrated Abu Ishaq Saud bin Abi Waqqas:
None embraced Islam, except on the day I embraced it. And for seven days I was one of the three
persons who were Muslims (one-third of Islam).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 199:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman:
"I asked Masruq, 'Who informed the Prophet about the Jinns at the night when they heard the
Qur'an?' He said, 'Your father 'Abdullah informed me that a tree informed the Prophet about them.' "
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 200:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
That once he was in the, company of the Prophet carrying a water pot for his ablution and for
cleaning his private parts. While he was following him carrying it(i.e. the pot), the Prophet said,
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"Who is this?" He said, "I am Abu Huraira." The Prophet said, "Bring me stones in order to clean my
private parts, and do not bring any bones or animal dung." Abu Huraira went on narrating: So I
brought some stones, carrying them in the corner of my robe till I put them by his side and went
away. When he finished, I walked with him and asked, "What about the bone and the animal dung?"
He said, "They are of the food of Jinns. The delegate of Jinns of (the city of) Nasibin came to me--and
how nice those Jinns were--and asked me for the remains of the human food. I invoked Allah for
them that they would never pass by a bone or animal dung but find food on them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 201:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When Abu Dhar received the news of the Advent of the Prophet he said to his brother, "Ride to
this valley (of Mecca) and try to find out the truth of the person who claims to be a prophet who is
informed of the news of Heaven. Listen to what he says and come back to me." So his brother set out
and came to the Prophet and listened to some of his talks, and returned to Abu Dhar and said to him.
"I have seen him enjoining virtuous behavior and saying something that is not poetry." Abu Dhar
said, "You have not satisfied me as to what I wanted." He then took his journey-food and carried a
water-skin of his, containing some water till be reached Mecca. He went to the Mosque and
searched for the Prophet and though he did not know him, he hated to ask anybody about him.
When a part of the night had passed away, 'Ali saw him and knew that he was a stranger. So when
Abu Dhar saw 'Ali, he followed him, and none of them asked his companion about anything, and
when it was dawn, Abu Dhar took his journey food and his water-skin to the Mosque and stayed
there all the day long without being perceived by the Prophet, and when it was evening, he came
back to his retiring place. 'Ali passed by him and said, "Has the man not known his dwelling place
yet?" So 'Ali awakened him and took him with him and none of them spoke to the other about anything.
When it was the third day. 'Ali did the same and Abu Dhar stayed with him. Then 'Ali said
"Will you tell me what has brought you here?" Abu Dhar said, "If you give me a firm promise that
you will guide me, then I will tell you." 'Ali promised him, and he informed 'Ali about the matter. 'Ali
said, "It is true, and he is the Apostle of Allah. Next morning when you get up, accompany me, and if
I see any danger for you, I will stop as if to pass water, but if I go on, follow me and enter the place
which I will enter." Abu Dhar did so, and followed 'Ali till he entered the place of the Prophet, and
Abu Dhar went in with him, Abu Dhar listened to some of the Prophet's talks and embraced Islam
on the spot. The Prophet said to him, "Go back to your people and inform them (about it) till you receive
my order." Abu Dhar said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I will proclaim my conversion
loudly amongst them (i.e. the pagans)." So he went out, and when he reached the Mosque, he said as
loudly as possible, "I bear witness that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and
Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah." The People got up and beat him painfully. Then Al-Abbas came
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and knelt over him ((to protect him) and said (to the people), "Woe to you! Don't you know that this
man belongs to the tribe of Ghifar and your trade to Sha'm is through their way?" So he rescued him
from them. Abu Dhar again did the same the next day. They beat him and took vengeance on him
and again Al-Abbas knelt over him (to protect him).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 202:
Narrated Qais:
I heard Said bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail saying in the mosque of Al-Kufa. "By Allah, I have seen
myself tied and forced by 'Umar to leave Islam before 'Umar himself embraced Islam. And if the
mountain of Uhud could move from its place for the evil which you people have done to 'Uthman,
then it would have the right to move from its place."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 203:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mus'ud:
We have been powerful since 'Umar embraced Islam.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 204:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar:
While 'Umar was at home in a state of fear, there came Al-'As bin Wail As-Sahmi Abu 'Amr,
wearing an embroidered cloak and a shirt having silk hems. He was from the tribe of Bani Sahm
who were our allies during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Al-'As said to 'Umar "What is
wrong with you?" He said, "Your people claim that they would kill me if I become a Muslim." Al-'As
said, "Nobody will harm you after I have given protection to you." So Al-'As went out and met the
people streaming in the whole valley. He said, "Where are you going?" They said, "We want Ibn Al-
Khattab who has embraced Islam." Al-'As said, "There is no way for anybody to touch him." So the
people retreated.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 205:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
When 'Umar embraced Islam, all The (disbelieving) people gathered around his home and said,
"'Umar has embraced Islam." At that time I was still a boy and was on the roof of my house. There
came a man wearing a cloak of Dibaj (i.e. a kind of silk), and said, "Umar has embraced Islam.
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Nobody can harm him for I am his protector." I then saw the people going away from 'Umar and
asked who the man was, and they said, "Al-'As bin Wail."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 206:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
I never heard 'Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was
quite right. Once, while 'Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, 'Umar said, "If I am not
wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-lslamic period of ignorance or he was their foreteller.
Call the man to me." When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man
said, "I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation." 'Umar said,
"I am determined that you should tell me the truth." He said, "I was a foreteller in the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance." Then 'Umar said, "Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told
you of." He said, "One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, 'Haven't you
seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from
listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following
camel-riders (i.e. 'Arabs)?" 'Umar said, "He is right." and added, "One day while I was near their
idols, there came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen)
creature shouted at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, 'O you bold
evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except
you (O Allah).' On that the people fled, but I said, 'I shall not go away till I know what is behind
this.' Then the cry came again: 'O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying:
None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' I then went away and a few days later it was
said, "A prophet has appeared."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 207:
Narrated Qais:
I heard Said bin Zaid saying to the people, "If you but saw me and 'Umar's sister tied and forced by
'Umar to leave Islam while he was not yet a Muslim. And if the mountain of Uhud could move from
its place for the evil which you people have done to Uthman, it would have the right to do that."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 208:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The people of Mecca asked Allah's Apostle to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon
split in two halves between which they saw the Hiram' mountain.
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 209:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The moon was split ( into two pieces ) while we were with the Prophet in Mina. He said, "Be witnesses."
Then a Piece of the moon went towards the mountain.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 210:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:
During the lifetime of Allah's Apostle the moon was split (into two places).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 211:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The moon was split (into two pieces).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 212:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin 'Adi bin Al-Khiyar:
That Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin 'Abu Yaghuth had said to
him, "What prevents you from speaking to your uncle 'Uthman regarding his brother Al-Walid bin
'Uqba?" The people were speaking against the latter for what he had done. 'Ubaidullah said, "So I
kept waiting for 'Uthman, and when he went out for the prayer, I said to him, 'I have got something
to say to you as a piece of advice.' 'Uthman said, 'O man! I seek Refuge with Allah from you. So I
went away. When I finished my prayer, I sat with Al-Miswar and Ibn 'Abu Yaghuth and talked to
both of them of what I had said to 'Uthman and what he had said to me. They said, 'You have done
your duty.' So while I was sitting with them. 'Uthman's Messenger came to me. They said, 'Allah has
put you to trial." I set out and when I reached 'Uthman, he said, 'What is your advice which you
mentioned a while ago?' I recited Tashahhud and added, 'Allah has sent Muhammad and has revealed
the Holy Book (i.e. Quran) to him. You (O Uthman!) were amongst those who responded to
the call of Allah and His Apostle and had faith in him. And you took part in the first two migrations
(to Ethiopia and to Medina), and you enjoyed the company of Allah's Apostle and learned his traditions
and advice. Now the people are talking much about Al-Walid bin 'Uqba and so it is your duty
to impose on him the legal punishment.' 'Uthman then said to me, 'O my nephew! Did you ever meet
Allah's Apostle ?' I said, 'No, but his knowledge has reached me as it has reached the virgin in her seclusion.'
'Uthman then recited Tashahhud and said, 'No doubt, Allah has sent Muhammad with the
Truth and has revealed to him His Holy Book (i.e. Quran) and I was amongst those who responded
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to the call of Allah and His Apostle and I had faith in Muhammad's Mission, and I had performed
the first two migrations as you have said, and I enjoyed the company of Allah's Apostle and gave the
pledge of allegiance to him. By Allah, I never disobeyed him and never cheated him till Allah caused
him to die. Then Allah made Abu Bakr Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did
I cheat him. Then 'Umar became Caliph, and by Allah, I was never disobedient to him, nor did I
cheat him. Then I became Caliph. Have I not then the same rights over you as they had over me?' I
replied in the affirmative. 'Uthman further said, 'The what are these talks which are reaching me
from you? As for what you ha mentioned about Al-Walid bin 'Uqb; Allah willing, I shall give him
the leg; punishment justly. Then Uthman ordered that Al-Walid be flogged fort lashes. He ordered
'Ali to flog him an he himself flogged him as well."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 213:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Um Habiba and Um Salama mentioned a church they had seen in Ethiopia and in the church
there were pictures. When they told the Prophet of this, he said, "Those people are such that if a pious
man amongst them died, they build a place of worship over his grave and paint these pictures in
it. Those people will be Allah's worst creatures on the Day of Resurrection . "
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 214:
Narrated Um Khalid bint Khalid:
When I came from Ethiopia (to Medina), I was a young girl. Allah's Apostle made me wear a sheet
having marks on it. Allah's Apostle was rubbing those marks with his hands saying, "Sanah! Sanah!"
(i.e. good, good).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 215:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
We used to greet the Prophet while he used to be in prayers, and he used to reply to our greetings.
But when we came back from Najashi (the King of Ethiopia) we greeted him (while he was praying)
and he did not reply to us. We said, "O Allah's Apostle! We used to greet you in the past and you
used to reply to us." He said, "Verily The Mind is occupied and busy with more important matter
during the prayer." (So one cannot return One's greetings.)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 216:
Narrated Abu Musa:
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We received the news of the departure of the Prophet (to Medina) while we were in Yemen. So
we went on board a ship but our ship took us away to An-Najashi (the Negus) in Ethiopia. There we
met Ja'far bin Abi Talib and stayed with him till we came (to Medina) by the time when the Prophet
had conquered Khaibar. The Prophet said, "O you people of the ship! You will have (the reward of)
two migrations."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 217:
Narrated Jabir:
When Negus died, the Prophet said, "Today a pious man has died. So get up and offer the funeral
prayer for your brother Ashama
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 218:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah Al-Ansari:
Allah's Apostle led the funeral prayer for the Negus and made us stand in rows behind him and I
was in the second or third row.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 219:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet offered the funeral prayer for Ashama, the Negus, with four Takbir.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 220:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
that Allah's Apostle informed them (i.e. his companions) of the death of Negus, the king of
Ethiopia, on the very day on which the latter died, and said, "Ask Allah's Forgiveness for your brother"
Abu Huraira further said, "Allah's Apostle made them (i.e. the Muslims) stand in rows at the
Musalla (i.e. praying place) and led the funeral prayer for the Negus and said four Takbir."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 221:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle, while going out for the battle of Hunain, said, "Tomorrow Allah willing, we will
encamp at Khaif Bani Kinana where the pagans(of Quraish) took the oath of Kufr (against the
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Prophet i.e. to be loyal to heathenism, by boycotting Banu Hashim, the Prophet's folk, See Hadith No.
659 Vol. 2) .
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 222:
Narrated Al-Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib:
That he said to the Prophet "You have not been of any avail to your uncle (Abu Talib) (though) by
Allah, he used to protect you and used to become angry on your behalf." The Prophet said, "He is in a
shallow fire, and had It not been for me, he would have been in the bottom of the (Hell) Fire."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 223:
Narrated Al-Musaiyab:
When Abu Talib was in his death bed, the Prophet went to him while Abu Jahl was sitting beside
him. The Prophet said, "O my uncle! Say: None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, an expression
I will defend your case with, before Allah." Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah bin Umaya said, "O Abu
Talib! Will you leave the religion of 'Abdul Muttalib?" So they kept on saying this to him so that the
last statement he said to them (before he died) was: "I am on the religion of 'Abdul Muttalib." Then
the Prophet said, " I will keep on asking for Allah's Forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden to do
so." Then the following Verse was revealed:--
"It is not fitting for the Prophet and the believers to ask Allah's Forgiveness for the pagans, even if
they were their near relatives, after it has become clear to them that they are the dwellers of the
(Hell) Fire." (9.113)
The other Verse was also revealed:-- "(O Prophet!) Verily, you guide not whom you like, but Allah
guides whom He will ......." (28.56)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 224:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
That he heard the Prophet when somebody mentioned his uncle (i.e. Abu Talib), saying, "Perhaps
my intercession will be helpful to him on the Day of Resurrection so that he may be put in a shallow
fire reaching only up to his ankles. His brain will boil from it."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 225:
Narrated Yazid:
(as above, Hadith 224) using the words: "will make his brain boil."
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 226:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
That he heard Allah's Apostle saying, "When the people of Quraish did not believe me (i.e. the
story of my Night Journey), I stood up in Al-Hijr and Allah displayed Jerusalem in front of me, and I
began describing it to them while I was looking at it."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 227:
Narrated Abbas bin Malik:
Malik bin Sasaa said that Allah's Apostle described to them his Night Journey saying, "While I was
lying in Al-Hatim or Al-Hijr, suddenly someone came to me and cut my body open from here to
here." I asked Al-Jarud who was by my side, "What does he mean?" He said, "It means from his throat
to his pubic area," or said, "From the top of the chest." The Prophet further said, "He then took out my
heart. Then a gold tray of Belief was brought to me and my heart was washed and was filled (with
Belief) and then returned to its original place. Then a white animal which was smaller than a mule
and bigger than a donkey was brought to me." (On this Al-Jarud asked, "Was it the Buraq, O Abu
Hamza?" I (i.e. Anas) replied in the affirmative). The Prophet said, "The animal's step (was so wide
that it) reached the farthest point within the reach of the animal's sight. I was carried on it, and
Gabriel set out with me till we reached the nearest heaven.
When he asked for the gate to be opened, it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It
was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has
Muhammad been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed.
What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened, and when I went over the first heaven, I saw
Adam there. Gabriel said (to me). 'This is your father, Adam; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted
him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.'
Then Gabriel ascended with me till we reached the second heaven. Gabriel asked for the gate to
be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel answered, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying
you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel answered in the affirmative.
Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened.
When I went over the second heaven, there I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and 'Isa (i.e. Jesus) who were
cousins of each other. Gabriel said (to me), 'These are John and Jesus; pay them your greetings.' So I
greeted them and both of them returned my greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed, O pious
brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the third heaven and asked for its
gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying
you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the
affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excellent visit his is!' The gate was opened,
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and when I went over the third heaven there I saw Joseph. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is Joseph; pay
him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said, 'You are welcomed,
O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the fourth heaven
and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel' It was asked,
'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel
replied in the affirmative. Then it was said, 'He is welcomed, what an excel lent visit his is!'
The gate was opened, and when I went over the fourth heaven, there I saw Idris. Gabriel said (to
me), 'This is Idris; pay him your greetings.' So I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and
said, 'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the
fifth heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It
was asked. 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been
called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said He is welcomed, what an excellent visit
his is! So when I went over the fifth heaven, there I saw Harun (i.e. Aaron), Gabriel said, (to me).
This is Aaron; pay him your greetings.' I greeted him and he returned the greeting to me and said,
'You are welcomed, O pious brother and pious Prophet.' Then Gabriel ascended with me to the sixth
heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked. 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was
asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?'
Gabriel replied in the affirmative. It was said, 'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'
When I went (over the sixth heaven), there I saw Moses. Gabriel said (to me),' This is Moses; pay
him your greeting. So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said, 'You are welcomed,
O pious brother and pious Prophet.' When I left him (i.e. Moses) he wept. Someone asked
him, 'What makes you weep?' Moses said, 'I weep because after me there has been sent (as Prophet)
a young man whose followers will enter Paradise in greater numbers than my followers.' Then Gabriel
ascended with me to the seventh heaven and asked for its gate to be opened. It was asked, 'Who
is it?' Gabriel replied, 'Gabriel.' It was asked,' Who is accompanying you?' Gabriel replied,
'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel replied in the affirmative. Then it was said,
'He is welcomed. What an excellent visit his is!'
So when I went (over the seventh heaven), there I saw Abraham. Gabriel said (to me), 'This is your
father; pay your greetings to him.' So I greeted him and he returned the greetings to me and said,
'You are welcomed, O pious son and pious Prophet.' Then I was made to ascend to Sidrat-ul-Muntaha
(i.e. the Lote Tree of the utmost boundary) Behold! Its fruits were like the jars of Hajr (i.e. a
place near Medina) and its leaves were as big as the ears of elephants. Gabriel said, 'This is the Lote
Tree of the utmost boundary) . Behold ! There ran four rivers, two were hidden and two were visible,
I asked, 'What are these two kinds of rivers, O Gabriel?' He replied,' As for the hidden rivers,
they are two rivers in Paradise and the visible rivers are the Nile and the Euphrates.'
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Then Al-Bait-ul-Ma'mur (i.e. the Sacred House) was shown to me and a container full of wine
and another full of milk and a third full of honey were brought to me. I took the milk. Gabriel remarked,
'This is the Islamic religion which you and your followers are following.' Then the prayers
were enjoined on me: They were fifty prayers a day. When I returned, I passed by Moses who asked
(me), 'What have you been ordered to do?' I replied, 'I have been ordered to offer fifty prayers a day.'
Moses said, 'Your followers cannot bear fifty prayers a day, and by Allah, I have tested people before
you, and I have tried my level best with Bani Israel (in vain). Go back to your Lord and ask for reduction
to lessen your followers' burden.' So I went back, and Allah reduced ten prayers for me.
Then again I came to Moses, but he repeated the same as he had said before. Then again I went back
to Allah and He reduced ten more prayers. When I came back to Moses he said the same, I went
back to Allah and He ordered me to observe ten prayers a day. When I came back to Moses, he repeated
the same advice, so I went back to Allah and was ordered to observe five prayers a day.
When I came back to Moses, he said, 'What have you been ordered?' I replied, 'I have been
ordered to observe five prayers a day.' He said, 'Your followers cannot bear five prayers a day, and
no doubt, I have got an experience of the people before you, and I have tried my level best with Bani
Israel, so go back to your Lord and ask for reduction to lessen your follower's burden.' I said, 'I have
requested so much of my Lord that I feel ashamed, but I am satisfied now and surrender to Allah's
Order.' When I left, I heard a voice saying, 'I have passed My Order and have lessened the burden of
My Worshipers."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 228:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Regarding the Statement of Allah"
"And We granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens) which We made you see (as an actual eye
witness) was only made as a trial for the people." (17.60)
Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the Night Journey when he was
taken to Bait-ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem) were actual sights, (not dreams). And the Cursed Tree (mentioned)
in the Quran is the tree of Zaqqum (itself) .
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 229:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Ka'b:
Who was Kab's guide when Ka'b turned blind: I heard Ka'b bin Malik narrating: When he remained
behind (i.e. did not Join) the Prophet in the Ghazwa of Tabuk. Ibn Bukair, in his narration
stated that Ka'b said, " I witnessed the Al-'Aqaba pledge of allegiance at night with the Prophet when
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we jointly agreed to support Islam with all our efforts I would not like to have attended the Badr
battle instead of that 'Aqaba pledge although Badr is more well-known than it, amongst the people."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 230:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
I was present with my two maternal uncles at Al-'Aqaba (where the pledge of allegiance was given).
(Ibn 'Uyaina said, "One of the two was Al-Bara' bin Marur.")
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 231:
Narrated Jabir:
My father, my two maternal uncles and I were among those who took part in the 'Aqaba Pledge.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 232:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:
Who had taken part in the battle of Badr with Allah's Apostle and had been amongst his companions
on the night of Al-'Aqaba Pledge: Allah's Apostle, surrounded by a group of his companions
said, "Come along and give me the pledge of allegiance that you will not worship anything besides
Allah, will not steal, will not commit illegal sexual intercourse will not kill your children, will not
utter; slander, invented by yourself, and will not disobey me if I order you to do something good.
Whoever among you will respect and fulfill this pledge, will be rewarded by Allah. And if one of
you commits any of these sins and is punished in this world then that will be his expiation for it, and
if one of you commits any of these sins and Allah screens his sin, then his matter, will rest with Allah:
If He will, He will punish him and if He will,. He will excuse him." So I gave the pledge of allegiance
to him for these conditions.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 233:
Narrated 'Ubada bin As Samit:
I was one of the Naqibs who gave the ('Aqaba) Pledge of Allegiance to Allah's Apostle . We gave
the pledge of allegiance to him that we would not worship anything other than Allah, would not
steal, would not commit illegal sexual intercourse, would not kill a person whose killing Allah has
made illegal except rightfully, would not rob each other, and we would not be promised Paradise jf
we did the above sins, then if we committed one of the above sins, Allah will give His Judgment concerning
it.
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the
home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew
(again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl
friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me
by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my
breathing became Allright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took
me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, "Best wishes and Allah's
Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage).
Unexpectedly Allah's Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him,
and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 235:
Narrated 'Aisha:
That the Prophet said to her, "You have been shown to me twice in my dream. I saw you pictured
on a piece of silk and some-one said (to me). 'This is your wife.' When I uncovered the picture, I saw
that it was yours. I said, 'If this is from Allah, it will be done."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 236:
Narrated Hisham's father:
Khadija died three years before the Prophet departed to Medina. He stayed there for two years or
so and then he married 'Aisha when she was a girl of six years of age, and he consumed that marriage
when she was nine years old.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 237:
Narrated Abu Wail:
We visited Khabbaba who said, "We migrated with the Prophet for Allah's Sake, so our reward became
due and sure with Allah. Some of us passed away without taking anything of their rewards (in
this world) and one of them was Mus'ab bin 'Umar who was martyred on the day (of the battle) of
Uhud leaving a striped woolen cloak. When we covered his head with it, his feet became naked, and
when covered his feet, his head became naked.
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So Allah's Apostle ordered us to cover his head and put some Idhkhir (i.e. a special kind of grass)
on his feet. (On the other hand) some of us have had their fruits ripened (in this world) and they are
collecting them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 238:
Narrated 'Umar:
I heard the Prophet saying, "The reward of deeds depends on the intentions, so whoever emigrated
for the worldly benefits or to marry a woman, his emigration was for that for which he emigrated,
but whoever emigrated for the Sake of Allah and His Apostle, his emigration is for Allah and His
Apostle."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 239:
Narrated Mujahid bin Jabir Al-Makki:
Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say, "There is no more Hijrah (i.e. migration) after the Conquest of
Mecca."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 240:
Narrated 'Ata bin Abi Rabah:
'Ubaid bin 'Umar Al-Laithi and I visited Aisha and asked her about the Hijra (i.e. migration), and
she said, "Today there is no (Hijrah) emigration. A believer used to run away with his religion to Allah
and His Apostle lest he should be put to trial because of his religion. Today Allah has made Islam
triumphant, and today a believer can worship his Lord wherever he likes. But the deeds that are still
rewardable (in place of emigration) are Jihad and good intentions." (See Hadith No. 42 Vol. 4).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 241:
Narrated Aisha:
Sad said, "O Allah! You know that there is none against whom I am eager to fight more willingly
for Your Cause than those people who disbelieved Your Apostle and drove him out (of his city). O
Allah! I think that You have ended the fight between us and them."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 242:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
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Allah's Apostle started receiving the Divine Inspiration at the age of forty. Then he stayed in
Mecca for thirteen years, receiving the Divine Revelation. Then he was ordered to migrate and he
lived as an Emigrant for ten years and then died at the age of sixty-three (years).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 243:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle stayed in Mecca for thirteen years (after receiving the first Divine Inspiration) and
died at the age of sixty-three.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 244:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle sat on the pulpit and said, "Allah has given one of His Slaves the choice of receiving
the splendor and luxury of the worldly life whatever he likes or to accept the good (of the Hereafter)
which is with Allah. So he has chosen that good which is with Allah." On that Abu Bakr wept
and said, "Our fathers and mothers be sacrificed for you." We became astonished at this. The people
said, "Look at this old man! Allah's Apostle talks about a Slave of Allah to whom He has given the option
to choose either the splendor of this worldly life or the good which is with Him, while he says.
'our fathers and mothers be sacrifice(i for you." But it was Allah's Apostle who had been given option,
and Abu Bakr knew it better than we. Allah's Apostle added, "No doubt, I am indebted to Abu
Bakr more than to anybody else regarding both his companionship and his wealth. And if I had to
take a Khalil from my followers, I would certainly have taken Abu Bakr, but the fraternity of Islam
is. sufficient. Let no door (i.e. Khoukha) of the Mosque remain open, except the door of Abu Bakr."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 245:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) I never remembered my parents believing in any religion other than the
true religion (i.e. Islam), and (I don't remember) a single day passing without our being visited by
Allah's Apostle in the morning and in the evening. When the Muslims were put to test (i.e. troubled
by the pagans), Abu Bakr set out migrating to the land of Ethiopia, and when he reached Bark-al-
Ghimad, Ibn Ad-Daghina, the chief of the tribe of Qara, met him and said, "O Abu Bakr! Where are
you going?" Abu Bakr replied, "My people have turned me out (of my country), so I want to wander
on the earth and worship my Lord." Ibn Ad-Daghina said, "O Abu Bakr! A man like you should not
leave his home-land, nor should he be driven out, because you help the destitute, earn their livings,
and you keep good relations with your Kith and kin, help the weak and poor, entertain guests gen-
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erously, and help the calamity-stricken persons. Therefore I am your protector. Go back and worship
your Lord in your town."
So Abu Bakr returned and Ibn Ad-Daghina accompanied him. In the evening Ibn Ad-Daghina
visited the nobles of Quraish and said to them. "A man like Abu Bakr should not leave his homeland,
nor should he be driven out. Do you (i.e. Quraish) drive out a man who helps the destitute, earns
their living, keeps good relations with his Kith and kin, helps the weak and poor, entertains guests
generously and helps the calamity-stricken persons?" So the people of Quraish could not refuse Ibn
Ad-Daghina's protection, and they said to Ibn Ad-Daghina, "Let Abu Bakr worship his Lord in his
house. He can pray and recite there whatever he likes, but he should not hurt us with it, and should
not do it publicly, because we are afraid that he may affect our women and children." Ibn Ad-Daghina
told Abu Bakr of all that. Abu Bakr stayed in that state, worshipping his Lord in his house. He did
not pray publicly, nor did he recite Quran outside his house.
Then a thought occurred to Abu Bakr to build a mosque in front of his house, and there he used
to pray and recite the Quran. The women and children of the pagans began to gather around him in
great number. They used to wonder at him and look at him. Abu Bakr was a man who used to weep
too much, and he could not help weeping on reciting the Quran. That situation scared the nobles of
the pagans of Quraish, so they sent for Ibn Ad-Daghina. When he came to them, they said, "We accepted
your protection of Abu Bakr on condition that he should worship his Lord in his house, but
he has violated the conditions and he has built a mosque in front of his house where he prays and
recites the Quran publicly. We are now afraid that he may affect our women and children unfavorably.
So, prevent him from that. If he likes to confine the worship of his Lord to his house, he may do
so, but if he insists on doing that openly, ask him to release you from your obligation to protect him,
for we dislike to break our pact with you, but we deny Abu Bakr the right to announce his act publicly."
Ibn Ad-Daghina went to Abu- Bakr and said, ("O Abu Bakr!) You know well what contract I
have made on your behalf; now, you are either to abide by it, or else release me from my obligation
of protecting you, because I do not want the 'Arabs hear that my people have dishonored a contract I
have made on behalf of another man." Abu Bakr replied, "I release you from your pact to protect me,
and am pleased with the protection from Allah."
At that time the Prophet was in Mecca, and he said to the Muslims, "In a dream I have been
shown your migration place, a land of date palm trees, between two mountains, the two stony
tracts." So, some people migrated to Medina, and most of those people who had previously migrated
to the land of Ethiopia, returned to Medina. Abu Bakr also prepared to leave for Medina, but Allah's
Apostle said to him, "Wait for a while, because I hope that I will be allowed to migrate also." Abu
Bakr said, "Do you indeed expect this? Let my father be sacrificed for you!" The Prophet said, "Yes."
So Abu Bakr did not migrate for the sake of Allah's Apostle in order to accompany him. He fed two
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she-camels he possessed with the leaves of As-Samur tree that fell on being struck by a stick for four
months.
One day, while we were sitting in Abu Bakr's house at noon, someone said to Abu Bakr, "This is
Allah's Apostle with his head covered coming at a time at which he never used to visit us before."
Abu Bakr said, "May my parents be sacrificed for him. By Allah, he has not come at this hour except
for a great necessity." So Allah's Apostle came and asked permission to enter, and he was allowed to
enter. When he entered, he said to Abu Bakr. "Tell everyone who is present with you to go away."
Abu Bakr replied, "There are none but your family. May my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's
Apostle!" The Prophet said, "i have been given permission to migrate." Abu Bakr said, "Shall I accompany
you? May my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Apostle!" Allah's Apostle said, "Yes." Abu
Bakr said, "O Allah's Apostle! May my father be sacrificed for you, take one of these two she-camels
of mine." Allah's Apostle replied, "(I will accept it) with payment." So we prepared the baggage
quickly and put some journey food in a leather bag for them. Asma, Abu Bakr's daughter, cut a piece
from her waist belt and tied the mouth of the leather bag with it, and for that reason she was named
Dhat-un-Nitaqain (i.e. the owner of two belts).
Then Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr reached a cave on the mountain of Thaur and stayed there for
three nights. 'Abdullah bin Abi Bakr who was intelligent and a sagacious youth, used to stay (with
them) aver night. He used to leave them before day break so that in the morning he would be with
Quraish as if he had spent the night in Mecca. He would keep in mind any plot made against them,
and when it became dark he would (go and) inform them of it. 'Amir bin Fuhaira, the freed slave of
Abu Bakr, used to bring the milch sheep (of his master, Abu Bakr) to them a little while after nightfall
in order to rest the sheep there. So they always had fresh milk at night, the milk of their sheep,
and the milk which they warmed by throwing heated stones in it. 'Amir bin Fuhaira would then call
the herd away when it was still dark (before daybreak). He did the same in each of those three
nights. Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr had hired a man from the tribe of Bani Ad-Dail from the family
of Bani Abd bin Adi as an expert guide, and he was in alliance with the family of Al-'As bin Wail As-
Sahmi and he was on the religion of the infidels of Quraish. The Prophet and Abu Bakr trusted him
and gave him their two she-camels and took his promise to bring their two she camels to the cave of
the mountain of Thaur in the morning after three nights later. And (when they set out), 'Amir bin
Fuhaira and the guide went along with them and the guide led them along the sea-shore.
The nephew of Suraqa bin Ju'sham said that his father informed him that he heard Suraqa bin
Ju'sham saying, "The messengers of the heathens of Quraish came to us declaring that they had assigned
for the persons why would kill or arrest Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr, a reward equal to
their bloodmoney. While I was sitting in one of the gatherings of my tribe. Bani Mudlij, a man from
them came to us and stood up while we were sitting, and said, "O Suraqa! No doubt, I have just seen
some people far away on the seashore, and I think they are Muhammad and his companions." Sur-
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aqa added, "I too realized that it must have been they. But I said 'No, it is not they, but you have seen
so-and-so, and so-and-so whom we saw set out.' I stayed in the gathering for a while and then got
up and left for my home. and ordered my slave-girl to get my horse which was behind a hillock,
and keep it ready for me.
Then I took my spear and left by the back door of my house dragging the lower end of the spear
on the ground and keeping it low. Then I reached my horse, mounted it and made it gallop. When I
approached them (i.e. Muhammad and Abu Bakr), my horse stumbled and I fell down from it, Then
I stood up, got hold of my quiver and took out the divining arrows and drew lots as to whether I
should harm them (i.e. the Prophet and Abu Bakr) or not, and the lot which I disliked came out. But I
remounted my horse and let it gallop, giving no importance to the divining arrows. When I heard
the recitation of the Quran by Allah's Apostle who did not look hither and thither while Abu Bakr
was doing it often, suddenly the forelegs of my horse sank into the ground up to the knees, and I fell
down from it. Then I rebuked it and it got up but could hardly take out its forelegs from the ground,
and when it stood up straight again, its fore-legs caused dust to rise up in the sky like smoke. Then
again I drew lots with the divining arrows, and the lot which I disliked, came out. So I called upon
them to feel secure. They stopped, and I remounted my horse and went to them. When I saw how I
had been hampered from harming them, it came to my mind that the cause of Allah's Apostle (i.e. Islam)
will become victorious. So I said to him, "Your people have assigned a reward equal to the
bloodmoney for your head." Then I told them all the plans the people of Mecca had made concerning
them. Then I offered them some journey food and goods but they refused to take anything and
did not ask for anything, but the Prophet said, "Do not tell others about us." Then I requested him to
write for me a statement of security and peace. He ordered 'Amr bin Fuhaira who wrote it for me on
a parchment, and then Allah's Apostle proceeded on his way.
Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair: Allah's Apostle met Az-Zubair in a caravan of Muslim merchants
who were returning from Sham. Az-Zubair provided Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr with white
clothes to wear. When the Muslims of Medina heard the news of the departure of Allah's Apostle
from Mecca (towards Medina), they started going to the Harra every morning . They would wait for
him till the heat of the noon forced them to return. One day, after waiting for a long while, they returned
home, and when they went into their houses, a Jew climbed up the roof of one of the forts of
his people to look for some thing, and he saw Allah's Apostle and his companions dressed in white
clothes, emerging out of the desert mirage.
The Jew could not help shouting at the top of his voice, "O you 'Arabs! Here is your great man
whom you have been waiting for!" So all the Muslims rushed to their arms and received Allah's
Apostle on the summit of Harra. The Prophet turned with them to the right and alighted at the quarters
of Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf, and this was on Monday in the month of Rabi-ul-Awal. Abu Bakr stood
up, receiving the people while Allah's Apostle sat down and kept silent. Some of the Ansar who came
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and had not seen Allah's Apostle before, began greeting Abu Bakr, but when the sunshine fell on Allah's
Apostle and Abu Bakr came forward and shaded him with his sheet only then the people came
to know Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle stayed with Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf for ten nights and established
the mosque (mosque of Quba) which was founded on piety. Allah's Apostle prayed in it and then
mounted his she-camel and proceeded on, accompanied by the people till his she-camel knelt down
at (the place of) the Mosque of Allah's Apostle at Medina. Some Muslims used to pray there in those
days, and that place was a yard for drying dates belonging to Suhail and Sahl, the orphan boys who
were under the guardianship of 'Asad bin Zurara. When his she-camel knelt down, Allah's Apostle
said, "This place, Allah willing, will be our abiding place." Allah's Apostle then called the two boys
and told them to suggest a price for that yard so that he might take it as a mosque. The two boys
said, "No, but we will give it as a gift, O Allah's Apostle!" Allah's Apostle then built a mosque there.
The Prophet himself started carrying unburnt bricks for its building and while doing so, he was saying
"This load is better than the load of Khaibar, for it is more pious in the Sight of Allah and purer
and better rewardable." He was also saying, "O Allah! The actual reward is the reward in the Hereafter,
so bestow Your Mercy on the Ansar and the Emigrants." Thus the Prophet recited (by way of
proverb) the poem of some Muslim poet whose name is unknown to me.
(Ibn Shibab said, "In the Hadiths it does not occur that Allah's Apostle recited a complete poetic
verse other than this one.")
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 246:
Narrated Asma:
I prepared the journey food for the Prophet and Abu Bakr when they wanted (to migrate to) Medina.
I said to my father (Abu Bakr), "I do not have anything to tie the container of the journey food
with except my waist belt." He said, "Divide it lengthwise into two." I did so, and for this reason I was
named 'Dhat-un-Nitaqain' (i.e. the owner of two belts). (Ibn 'Abbas said, "Asma', Dhat-un-Nitaq.")
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 247:
Narrated Al-Bara:
When the Prophet migrated to Medina, Suraqa bin Malik bin Ju'sham pursued him. The Prophet
invoked evil on him, therefore the forelegs of his horse sank into the ground. Suraqa said (to the
Prophet ), "Invoke Allah to rescue me, and I will not harm you. "The Prophet invoked Allah for him.
Then Allah's Apostle felt thirsty and he passed by a shepherd. Abu Bakr said, "I took a bowl and
milked a little milk in it and brought it to the Prophet and he drank till I was pleased."
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 248:
Narrated Asma:
That she conceived 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair. She added, "I migrated to Medina while I was at full
term of pregnancy and alighted at Quba where I gave birth to him. Then I brought him to the
Prophet and put him in his lap. The Prophet asked for a date, chewed it, and put some of its juice in
the child's mouth. So, the first thing that entered the child's stomach was the saliva of Allah's Apostle.
Then the Prophet rubbed the child's palate with a date and invoked for Allah's Blessings on him, and
he was the first child born amongst the Emigrants in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 249:
Narrated Aisha:
The first child who was born in the Islamic Land (i.e. Medina) amongst the Emigrants, was 'Abdullah
bin Az-Zubair. They brought him to the Prophet. The Prophet took a date, and after chewing
it, put its juice in his mouth. So the first thing that went into the child's stomach, was the saliva of
the Prophet
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 250:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina with Abu Bakr, riding behind him on the same camel. Abu Bakr
was an elderly man known to the people, while Allah's Apostle was a youth that was unknown.
Thus, if a man met Abu Bakr, he would day, "O Abu Bakr! Who is this man in front of you?" Abu
Bakr would say, "This man shows me the Way," One would think that Abu Bakr meant the road,
while in fact, Abu Bakr meant the way of virtue and good. Then Abu Bakr looked behind and saw a
horse-rider persuing them. He said, "O Allah's Apostle! This is a horse-rider persuing us." The
Prophet looked behind and said, "O Allah! Cause him to fall down." So the horse threw him down
and got up neighing. After that the rider, Suraqa said, "O Allah's Prophet! Order me whatever you
want." The Prophet said, "Stay where you are and do not allow anybody to reach us." So, in the first
part of the day Suraqa was an enemy of Allah's Prophet and in the last part of it, he was a protector.
Then Allah's Apostle alighted by the side of the Al-Harra and sent a message to the Ansar, and they
came to Allah's Prophet and Abu Bakr, and having greeted them, they said, "Ride (your she-camels)
safe and obeyed." Allah's Apostle and Abu Bakr rode and the Ansar, carrying their arms, surrounded
them. The news that Allah's Prophet had come circulated in Medina. The people came out and were
eagerly looking and saying "Allah's Prophet has come! Allah's Prophet has come! So the Prophet
went on till he alighted near the house of Abu Aiyub. While the Prophet was speaking with the fam-
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ily members of Abu Aiyub, 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the news of his arrival while he himself was
picking the dates for his family from his family garden. He hurried to the Prophet carrying the dates
which he had collected for his family from the garden. He listened to Allah's Prophet and then went
home.
Then Allah's Prophet said, "Which is the nearest of the houses of our Kith and kin?" Abu Aiyub
replied, "Mine, O Allah's Prophet! This is my house and this is my gate." The Prophet said, "Go and
prepare a place for our midday rest." Abu Aiyub said, "Get up (both of you) with Allah's Blessings." So
when Allah's Prophet went into the house, 'Abdullah bin Salaim came and said "I testify that you (i.e.
Muhammad) are Apostle of Allah and that you have come with the Truth. The Jews know well that I
am their chief and the son of their chief and the most learned amongst them and the son of the most
learned amongst them. So send for them (i.e. Jews) and ask them about me before they know that I
have embraced Islam, for if they know that they will say about me things which are not correct." So
Allah's Apostle sent for them, and they came and entered. Allah's Apostle said to them, "O (the group
of) Jews! Woe to you: be afraid of Allah. By Allah except Whom none has the right to be worshipped,
you people know for certain, that I am Apostle of Allah and that I have come to you with
the Truth, so embrace Islam." The Jews replied, "We do not know this." So they said this to the Prophet
and he repeated it thrice. Then he said, "What sort of a man is 'Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?"
They said, "He is our chief and the son of our chief and the most learned man, and the son of the
most learned amongst us." He said, "What would you think if he should embrace Islam?" They said,
"Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam." He said, " What would you think if he should embrace Islam?"
They said, "Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam." He said, "What would you think if he
should embrace Islam?" They said, "Allah forbid! He can not embrace Islam." He said, "O Ibn Salaim!
Come out to them." He came out and said, "O (the group of) Jews! 8e afraid of Allah except Whom
none has the right to be worshipped. You know for certain that he is Apostle of Allah and that he
has brought a True Religion!' They said, "You tell a lie." On that Allah's Apostle turned them out.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 251:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab fixed a grant of 4000 (Dirhams) for every Early Emigrant (i.e. Muhajir) and
fixed a grant of 3500 (Dirhams) only for Ibn 'Umar. Somebody said to 'Umar, "Ibn 'Umar is also one
of the Early Emigrants; why do you give him less than four-thousand?" 'Umar replied, "His parents
took him with them when they migrated, so he was not like the one who had migrated by himself.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 252:
Narrated Khabbab:
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We migrated with Allah's Apostle (See Hadith No. 253 below).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 253:
Narrated Khabbab:
We migrated with Allah's Apostle seeking Allah's Countenance, so our rewards became due and
sure with Allah. Some of us passed away without eating anything of their rewards in this world.
One of these was Mus'ab bin 'Umar who was martyred on the day of the battle of Uhud. We did not
find anything to shroud his body with except a striped cloak. When we covered his head with it, his
feet remained uncovered, and when we covered his feet with it, his head remained uncovered. So
Allah's Apostle ordered us to cover his head with it and put some Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass) over
his feet. And there are some amongst us whose fruits have ripened and they are collecting them (i.e.
they have received their rewards in this world).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 254:
Narrated Abu Burda Bin Abi Musa Al-Ashari:
'Abdullah bin 'Umar said to me, "Do you know what my father said to your father once?" I said,
"No." He said, "My father said to your father, 'O Abu Musa, will it please you that we will be rewarded
for our conversion to Islam with Allah's Apostle and our migration with him, and our Jihad with
him and all our good deeds which we did, with him, and that all the deeds we did after his death
will be disregarded whether good or bad?' Your father (i.e. Abu Musa) said, 'No, by Allah, we took
part in Jihad after Allah's Apostle , prayed and did plenty of good deeds, and many people have embraced
Islam at our hands, and no doubt, we expect rewards from Allah for these good deeds.' On
that my father (i.e. 'Umar) said, 'As for myself, By Him in Whose Hand 'Umar's soul is, I wish that the
deeds done by us at the time of the Prophet remain rewardable while whatsoever we did after the
death of the Prophet be enough to save us from Punishment in that the good deeds compensate for
the bad ones.' " On that I said (to Ibn 'Umar), "By Allah, your father was better than my father!"
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 255:
Narrated Abu 'Uthman:
I heard that Ibn 'Umar used to become angry if someone mentioned that he had migrated before
his father ('Umar), and he used to say, " 'Umar and I came to Allah's Apostle and found him having
his midday rest, so we returned home. Then 'Umar sent me again (to the Prophet ) and said, 'Go and
see whether he is awake.' I went to him and entered his place and gave him the pledge of allegiance.
Then I went back to 'Umar and informed him that the Prophet was awake. So we both went, run-
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ning slowly, and when 'Umar entered his place, he gave him the pledge of allegiance and thereafter
I too gave him the pledge of allegiance,"
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 256:
Narrated Al-Bara:
Abu Bakr bought a (camel's) saddle from 'Azib, and I carried it for him. 'Azib (i.e. my father) asked
Abu Bakr regarding the journey of the migration of Allah's Apostle. Abu Bakr said, "Close observers
were appointed by our enemies to watch us. So we went out at night and travelled throughout the
night and the following day till it was noon, then we perceived a rock and went towards it, and
there was some shade under it. I spread a cloak I had with me for Allah's Apostle and then the
Prophet layed on it. I went out to guard him and all of a sudden I saw a shepherd coming with his
sheep looking for the same, the shade of the rock as we did, I asked him, 'O boy, to whom do you belong?'
He replied, 'I belong to so-and-so.' I asked him, 'Is there some milk in your sheep?' He replied
in the affirmative. I asked him, 'Will you milk?' He replied in the affirmative. Then he got hold of
one of his sheep. I said to him, 'Remove the dust from its udder.' Then he milked a little milk. I had a
water-skin with me which was tied with a piece of cloth. I had prepared the water-skin for Allah's
Apostle . So I poured some water over the milk (container) till its bottom became cold. Then I
brought the milk to the Prophet and said, 'Drink, O Allah's Apostle.' Allah's Apostle drank till I became
pleased. Then we departed and the pursuers were following us." Al-Bara added: I then went
with Abu Bakr into his home (carrying that saddle) and there I saw his daughter 'Aisha Lying in a
bed because of heavy fever and I saw her father Abu Bakr kissing her cheek and saying, "How are
you, little daughter?"
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 257:
Narrated Anas:
(the servant of the Prophet) When the Prophet arrived (at Medina), there was not a single companion
of the Prophet who had grey and black hair except Abu Bakr, and he dyed his hair with
Henna' and Katam (i.e. plants used for dying hair). Through another group of narrators, Anas bin
Malik said,. "When the Prophet arrived at Medina, the eldest amongst his companions was Abu
Bakr. He dyed his hair with Hinna and Katam till it became of dark red color.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 258:
Narrate Aisha:
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Abu Bakr married a woman from the tribe of Bani Kalb, called Um Bakr. When Abu Bakr migrated
to Medina, he divorced her and she was married by her cousin, the poet who said the following
poem lamenting the infidels of Quraish:
"What is there kept in the well, The well of Badr, (The owners of) the trays of Roasted camel
humps? What is there kept in the well, The well of Badr, (The owners of) lady singers And friends of
the honorable companions; who used to drink (wine) together, Um Bakr greets us With the greeting
of peace, But can I find peace After my people have gone? The Apostle tells us that We shall live
again, But what sort of life will owls and skulls live?:
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 259:
Narrated Abu Bakr:
I was with the Prophet in the Cave. When I raised my head, I saw the feet of the people. I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! If some of them should look down, they will see us." The Prophet said, "O Abu Bakr,
be quiet! (For we are) two and Allah is the Third of us."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 260:
Narrated Abu Said:
Once a bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about the migration. The Prophet said,
"Mercy of Allah be on you! The migration is a quite difficult matter. Have you got some camels?" He
replied in the affirmative. Then the Prophet said, "Do you give their Zakat?" He replied in the affirmative.
The Prophet said, "Do you let others benefit by their milk gratis?" He replied in the affirmative.
Then the Prophet asked, "Do you milk them on their watering days and give their milk to the poor
and needy?" He replied in the affirmative. The Prophet, said, "Go on doing like this from beyond the
seas, and there is no doubt that Allah will not overlook any of your good deeds."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 261:
Narrated Al-Bara:
The first people who came to us (in Medina) were Mus'ab bin 'Umar and Ibn Um Maktum. Then
came to us 'Ammar bin Yasir and Bilal.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 262:
Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib:
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The first people who came to us (in Medina) were Mus'ab bin 'Umar and Ibn Um Maktum who
were teaching Qur'an to the people. Then their came Bilal. Sad and 'Ammar bin Yasir. After that
'Umar bin Al-Khattab came along with twenty other companions of the Prophet. Later on the
Prophet himself (to Medina) and I had never seen the people of Medina so joyful as they were on the
arrival of Allah's Apostle, for even the slave girls were saying, "Allah's Apostle has arrived!" And before
his arrival I had read the Sura starting with:-- "Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High"
(87.1) together with other Suras of Al-Mufassal.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 263:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When Allah's Apostle came to Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal got fever, and I went to both of them
and said, "O my father, how do you feel? O Bilal, how do you feel?" Whenever Abu Bakr's fever got
worse, he would say, "Every man will meet his death once in one morning while he will be among
his family, for death is really nearer to him than his leather shoe laces (to his feet)." And whenever
fever deserted Bilal, he would say aloud, "Would that I know whether I shall spend a night in the
valley (of Mecca) with Idhkhir and Jalil (i.e. kinds of grass) around me, and whether I shall drink
one day the water of Mijannah, and whether I shall see once again the hills of Shamah and Tafil?"
Then I went to Allah's Apostle and told him of that. He said, "O Allah, make us love Medina as much
as or more than we used to love Mecca, O Allah, make it healthy and bless its Sa' and Mud (i.e.
measures), and take away its fever to Al-Juhfa."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 264:
Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin Ad bin Khiyair:
I went to Uthman. After reciting Tashah-hud, he said,. "Then after no doubt, Allah sent
Muhammad with the Truth, and I was amongst those who responded to the Call of Allah and His
Prophet and believed in the message of Muhammad. Then took part in the two migrations. I became
the son-in-law of Allah's Apostle and gave the pledge of allegiance to him By Allah, I never disobeyed
him, nor did I deceive him till Allah took him unto Him."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 265:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
During the last Hajj led by 'Umar, 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf returned to his family at Mina and
met me there. 'AbdurRahman said (to 'Umar), "O chief of the believers! The season of Hajj is the season
when there comes the scum of the people (besides the good amongst them), so I recommend that
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you should wait till you go back to Medina, for it is the place of Migration and Sunna (i.e. the
Prophet's tradition), and there you will be able to refer the matter to the religious scholars and the
nobles and the people of wise opinions." 'Umar said, "I will speak of it in Medina on my very first
sermon I will deliver there."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 266:
Narrated 'Um al-'Ala:
An Ansari woman who gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet that the Ansar drew lots concerning
the dwelling of the Emigrants. 'Uthman bin Maz'un was decided to dwell with them (i.e. Um
al-'Ala's family), 'Uthman fell ill and I nursed him till he died, and we covered him with his clothes.
Then the Prophet came to us and I (addressing the dead body) said, "O Abu As-Sa'ib, may Allah's
Mercy be on you! I bear witness that Allah has honored you." On that the Prophet said, "How do you
know that Allah has honored him?" I replied, "I do not know. May my father and my mother be sacrificed
for you, O Allah's Apostle! But who else is worthy of it (if not 'Uthman)?" He said, "As to him,
by Allah, death has overtaken him, and I hope the best for him. By Allah, though I am the Apostle of
Allah, yet I do not know what Allah will do to me," By Allah, I will never assert the piety of anyone
after him. That made me sad, and when I slept I saw in a dream a flowing stream for 'Uthman bin
Maz'un. I went to Allah's Apostle and told him of it. He remarked, "That symbolizes his (good) deeds."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 267:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The day of Bu'ath was a day (i.e. battle) which Allah caused to take place just before the mission of
His Apostle so that when Allah's Apostle came to Medina, they (the tribes) had divided (into hostile
groups) and their nobles had been killed; and all that facilitated their conversion to Islam.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 268:
Narrated Aisha:
That once Abu Bakr came to her on the day of 'Id-ul-Fitr or 'Id ul Adha while the Prophet was
with her and there were two girl singers with her, singing songs of the Ansar about the day of
Buath. Abu Bakr said twice. "Musical instrument of Satan!" But the Prophet said, "Leave them Abu
Bakr, for every nation has an 'Id (i.e. festival) and this day is our 'Id."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 269:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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When Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina, he alighted at the upper part of Medina among the
people called Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf and he stayed with them for fourteen nights. Then he sent for the
chiefs of Bani An-Najjar, and they came, carrying their swords. As if I am just now looking at Allah's
Apostle on his she-camel with Abu Bakr riding behind him (on the same camel) and the chiefs of
Bani An-Najjar around him till he dismounted in the courtyard of Abu Aiyub's home. The Prophet
used to offer the prayer wherever the prayer was due, and he would pray even in sheepfolds. Then
he ordered that the mosque be built. He sent for the chiefs of Banu An-Najjar, and when they came,
he said, "O Banu An-Najjar! Suggest to me the price of this garden of yours." They replied "No! By
Allah, we do not demand its price except from Allah." In that garden there were the (following)
things that I will tell you: Graves of pagans, unleveled land with holes and pits etc., and date-palm
trees. Allah's Apostle ordered that the graves of the pagans be dug up and, the unleveled land be
leveled and the date-palm trees be cut down. The trunks of the trees were arranged so as to form the
wall facing the Qibla. The Stone pillars were built at the sides of its gate. The companions of the
Prophet were carrying the stones and reciting some lyrics, and Allah's Apostle . . was with them and
they were saying, "O Allah! There is no good Excel the good of the Hereafter, so bestow victory on
the Ansar and the Emigrants. "
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 270:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Humaid Az-Zuhri:
I heard 'Umar bin 'Abdul-Aziz asking As-Sa'ib, the nephew of An-Nimr. "What have you heard
about residing in Mecca?" The other said, "I heard Al-Ala bin Al-Hadrami saying, Allah's Apostle
said: An Emigrant is allowed to stay in Mecca for three days after departing from Mina (i.e. after
performing all the ceremonies of Hajj)"
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 271:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
The Prophet's companions did not take as a starting date for the Muslim calendar, the day, the
Prophet had been sent as an Apostle or the day of his death, but the day of his arrival at Medina.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 272:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Originally, two Rakat were prescribed in every prayer. When the Prophet migrated (to Medina)
four Rakat were enjoined, while the journey prayer remained unchanged(i.e. two Rakat).
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 273:
Narrated Sad bin Malik:
In the year of Hajjat-ul-Wada' the Prophet visited me when I fell ill and was about to die because
of that illness. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am very ill as you see, and I am a rich man and have no
heir except my only daughter. Shall I give 2/3 of my property in charity?" He said, "No." I said, "Shall
I then give one half of it in charity?" He said, "O Sad! Give 1/3 (in charity) and even 1/3 is too much.
No doubt, it is better to leave your children rich than to leave them poor, reduced to begging from
others. And Allah will reward you for whatever you spend with the intention of gaining Allah's
Pleasure even if it were a mouthful of food you put into your wives mouth." I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Am I to be left behind (in Mecca) after my companions have gone?" He said, "If you should
be left behind, you will be upgraded and elevated for every deed you will do with a desire to achieve
Allah's Pleasure. I hope that you will live long so that some people will benefit by you while others
will be harmed. O Allah! Please fulfill the migration of my companions and do not make them turn
back on their heels. But (we feel sorry for) the unlucky Sad bin Khaulah." Allah's Apostle lamented
his death in Mecca.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 274:
Narrated Anas:
When 'Abdur-Rahman bin Auf came to Medina and the Prophet established the bond of brotherhood
between him and Sad bin Ar-Rabi-al-Ansari, Saud suggested that 'Abdur-Rahman should accept
half of his property and family. 'Abdur Rahman said, "May Allah bless you in your family and
property; guide me to the market." So 'Abdur-Rahman (while doing business in the market) made
some profit of some condensed dry yoghurt and butter. After a few days the Prophet saw him wearing
clothes stained with yellow perfume. The Prophet asked, "What is this, O 'Abdur-Rahman?" He
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have married an Ansar' woman." The Prophet asked, "What have you given
her as Mahr?" He (i.e. 'Abdur-Rahman) said, "A piece of gold, about the weight of a date stone." Then
the Prophet said, Give a banquet, even though of a sheep."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 275:
Narrated Anas:
When the news of the arrival of the Prophet at Medina reached 'Abdullah bin Salam, he went to
him to ask him about certain things, He said, "I am going to ask you about three things which only a
Prophet can answer: What is the first sign of The Hour? What is the first food which the people of
Paradise will eat? Why does a child attract the similarity to his father or to his mother?" The Prophet
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replied, "Gabriel has just now informed me of that." Ibn Salam said, "He (i.e. Gabriel) is the enemy of
the Jews amongst the angels. The Prophet said, "As for the first sign of The Hour, it will be a fire that
will collect the people from the East to the West. As for the first meal which the people of Paradise
will eat, it will be the caudate (extra) lobe of the fish-liver. As for the child, if the man's discharge
proceeds the woman's discharge, the child attracts the similarity to the man, and if the woman's discharge
proceeds the man's, then the child attracts the similarity to the woman."
On this, 'Abdullah bin Salam said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah,
and that you are the Apostle of Allah." and added, "O Allah's Apostle! Jews invent such lies as make
one astonished, so please ask them about me before they know about my conversion to I slam . " The
Jews came, and the Prophet said, "What kind of man is 'Abdullah bin Salam among you?" They
replied, "The best of us and the son of the best of us and the most superior among us, and the son of
the most superior among us. "The Prophet said, "What would you think if 'Abdullah bin Salam
should embrace Islam?" They said, "May Allah protect him from that." The Prophet repeated his
question and they gave the same answer. Then 'Abdullah came out to them and said, "I testify that
None has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah!" On
this, the Jews said, "He is the most wicked among us and the son of the most wicked among us." So
they degraded him. On this, he (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Salam) said, "It is this that I was afraid of, O Allah's
Apostle.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 276:
Narrated Abu Al-Minhal 'AbdurRahman bin Mut'im:
A partner of mine sold some Dirhams on credit in the market. I said, "Glorified be Allah! Is this
legal?" He replied, "Glorified be Allah! By Allah, when I sold them in the market, nobody objected to
it." Then I asked Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (about it) he said, "We used to make such a transaction when the
Prophet came to Medina. So he said, 'There is no harm in it if it is done from hand to hand, but it is
not allowed on credit.' Go to Zaid bin Al- Arqam and ask him about it for he was the greatest trader
of all of us." So I asked Zaid bin Al-Arqam., and he said the same (as Al-Bara) did."
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 277:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Had only ten Jews (amongst their chiefs) believe me, all the Jews would definitely
have believed me."
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 278:
Narrated Abu Musa:
When the Prophet arrived at Medina, he noticed that some people among the Jews used to respect
Ashura' (i.e. 10th of Muharram) and fast on it. The Prophet then said, "We have more right to observe
fast on this day." and ordered that fasting should be observed on it.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 279:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When the Prophet arrived at Medina he found that the Jews observed fast on the day of 'Ashura'.
They were asked the reason for the fast. They replied, "This is the day when Allah caused Moses and
the children of Israel to have victory over Pharaoh, so we fast on this day as a sign of glorifying it."
Allah's Apostle said, "We are closer to Moses than you." Then he ordered that fasting on this day
should be observed.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 280:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abbas:
The Prophet used to keep his hair falling loose while the pagans used to part their hair, and the
People of the Scriptures used to keep their hair falling loose, and the Prophet liked to follow the
People of the Scriptures in matters about which he had not been instructed differently, but later on
the Prophet started parting his hair.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 281:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
They, the people of the Scriptures, divided this Scripture into parts, believing in some portions of
it and disbelieving the others. (See 15:91)
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 282:
Narrated Salman Al-Farisi:
That he was sold (as a slave) by one master to another for more than ten times (i.e between 13
and 19).
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Volume 5, Book 58, Number 283:
Narrated Salman:
I am from Ram-Hurmuz (i.e. a Persian town).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 284:
Narrated Salman:
The interval between Jesus and Muhammad was six hundred years.

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