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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 281
Narrated Aisha:
When there was said about me what was said which I myself was
unaware of, Allah's Apostle got up and addressed the people. He
recited Tashah-hud, and after glorifying and praising Allah as He
deserved, he said, "To proceed: O people Give me your opinion
regarding those people who made a forged story against my wife. By
Allah, I do not know anything bad about her. By Allah, they accused
her of being with a man about whom I have never known anything bad,
and he never entered my house unless I was present there, and
whenever I went on a journey, he went with me." Sad bin Mu'adh got
up and said, "O Allah's Apostle Allow me to chop their heads off"
Then a man from the Al-Khazraj (Sa'd bin 'Ubada) to whom the mother
of (the poet) Hassan bin Thabit was a relative, got up and said (to
Sad bin Mu'adh), "You have told a lie! By Allah, if those persons
were from the Aus Tribe, you would not like to chop their heads
off." It was probable that some evil would take place between the
Aus and the Khazraj in the mosque, and I was unaware of all that. In
the evening of that day, I went out for some of my needs (i.e. to
relieve myself), and Um Mistah was accompanying me. On our return,
Um Mistah stumbled and said, "Let Mistah. be ruined" I said to her,
"O mother Why do you abuse your Son" On that Um Mistah became silent
for a while, and stumbling again, she said, "Let Mistah be ruined" I
said to her, "Why do you abuse your son?" She stumbled for the third
time and said, "Let Mistah be ruined" whereupon I rebuked her for
that. She said, "By Allah, I do not abuse him except because of
you." I asked her, "Concerning what of my affairs?" So she disclosed
the whole story to me. I said, "Has this really happened?" She
replied, "Yes, by Allah." I returned to my house, astonished (and
distressed) that I did not know for what purpose I had gone out.
Then I became sick (fever) and said to Allah's Apostle "Send me to
my father's house." So he sent a slave with me, and when I entered
the house, I found Um Rum-an (my mother) downstairs while (my
father) Abu Bakr was reciting something upstairs. My mother asked,
"What has brought you, O (my) daughter?" I informed her and
mentioned to her the whole story, but she did not feel it as I did.
She said, "O my daughter! Take it easy, for there is never a
charming lady loved by her husband who has other wives but that they
feel jealous of her and speak badly of her." But she did not feel
the news as I did. I asked (her), "Does my father know about it?"
She said, "yes" I asked, Does Allah's Apostle know about it too?"
She said, "Yes, Allah's Apostle does too." So the tears filled my
eyes and I wept. Abu Bakr, who was reading upstairs heard my voice
and came down and asked my mother, "What is the matter with her? "
She said, "She has heard what has been said about her (as regards
the story of Al-lfk)." On that Abu- Bakr wept and said, "I beseech
you by Allah, O my daughter, to go back to your home" I went back to
my home and Allah's Apostle had come to my house and asked my
maid-servant about me (my character). The maid-servant said, "By
Allah, I do not know of any defect in her character except that she
sleeps and let the sheep enter (her house) and eat her dough." On
that, some of the Prophet's companions spoke harshly to her and
said, "Tell the truth to Allah's Apostle." Finally they told her of
the affair (of the slander). She said, "Subhan Allah! By Allah, I
know nothing against her except what goldsmith knows about a piece
of pure gold." Then this news reached the man who was accused, and
he said, "Subhan Allah! By Allah, I have never uncovered the private
parts of any woman." Later that man was martyred in Allah's Cause.
Next morning my parents came to pay me a visit and they stayed with
me till Allah's Apostle came to me after he had offered the Asr
prayer. He came to me while my parents were sitting around me on my
right and my left. He praised and glorified Allah and said, "Now
then O 'Aisha! If you have committed a bad deed or you have wronged
(yourself), then repent to Allah as Allah accepts the repentance
from his slaves." An Al-Ansari woman had come and was sitting near
the gate. I said (to the Prophet). "Isn't it improper that you speak
in such a way in the presence of this lady? Allah's Apostle then
gave a piece of advice and I turned to my father and requested him
to answer him (on my behalf). My father said, "What should I say?"
Then I turned to my mother and asked her to answer him. She said,
"What should I say?" When my parents did not give a reply to the
Prophet, I said, "I testify that none has the right to be worshipped
except Allah, and that Muhammad is His Apostle!" And after praising
and glorifying Allah as He deserves, I said, "Now then, by Allah, if
I were to tell you that I have not done (this evil action) and Allah
is a witness that I am telling the truth, that would not be of any
use to me on your part because you (people) have spoken about it and
your hearts have absorbed it; and if I were to tell you that I have
done this sin and Allah knows that I have not done it, then you will
say, 'She has confessed herself guilty." By Allah, 'I do not see a
suitable example for me and you but the example of (I tried to
remember Jacob's name but couldn't) Joseph's father when he said; So
(for me) "Patience is most fitting against that which you assert. It
is Allah (alone) whose help can be sought.' At that very hour the
Divine Inspiration came to Allah's Apostle and we remained silent.
Then the Inspiration was over and I noticed the signs of happiness
on his face while he was removing (the sweat) from his forehead and
saying, "Have the good tidings O ' "Aisha! Allah has revealed your
innocence." At that time I was extremely angry. My parents said to
me. "Get up and go to him." I said, "By Allah, I will not do it and
will not thank him nor thank either of you, but I will thank Allah
Who has revealed my innocence. You have heard this story but neither
did not deny it nor change it (to defend me)," (Aisha used to say:)
"But as regards Zainab bint Jahsh, (the Prophet's wife), Allah
protected her because of her piety, so she did not say anything
except good (about me), but her sister, Hamna, was ruined among
those who were ruined. Those who used to speak evil about me were
Mistah, Hassan bin Thabit, and the hypocrite, Abdullah bin Ubai, who
used to spread that news and tempt others to speak of it, and it was
he and Hamna who had the greater share therein. Abu Bakr took an
oath that he would never do any favor to Mistah at all. Then Allah
revealed the Divine Verse:--
"Let not those among you who are good and wealthy (i.e. Abu Bakr)
swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kinsmen, and those in
need, (i.e. Mistah) ...Do you not love that Allah should forgive
you? And Allah if Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (24.22)
On that, Abu Bakr said, "Yes, by Allah, O our Lord! We wish that You
should forgive us." So Abu Bakr again started giving to Mistah the
expenditure which he used to give him before.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 282
Narrated Safiya bint Shaiba:
'Aisha used to say: "When (the Verse): "They should draw their veils
over their necks and bosoms," was revealed, (the ladies) cut their
waist sheets at the edges and covered their faces with the cut pieces."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 283
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
A man said, "O Allah's Prophet! Will Allah gather the non-believers
on their faces on the Day of Resurrection?" He said, "Will not the
One Who made him walk on his feet in this world, be able to make him
walk on his face on the Day of Resurrection?" (Qatada, a
subnarrator, said: Yes, By the Power of Our Lord!)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 284
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I or somebody, asked Allah's Apostle "Which is the biggest sin in
the Sight of Allah?" He said, "That you set up a rival (in worship)
to Allah though He Alone created you." I asked, "What is next?" He
said, "Then, that you kill your son, being afraid that he may share
your meals with you." I asked, "What is next?" He said, "That you
commit illegal sexual intercourse with the wife of your neighbor."
Then the following Verse was revealed to confirm the statement of
Allah's Apostle:
"Those who invoke not with Allah, any other god, nor kill life as
Allah has forbidden except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual
intercourse." (25.68)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 285
Narrated Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazza:
That he asked Said bin Jubair, "Is there any repentance of the one
who has murdered a believer intentionally?" Then I recited to him:--
"Nor kill such life as Allah has forbidden except for a just cause."
Said said, "I recited this very Verse before Ibn 'Abbas as you have
recited it before me. Ibn 'Abbas said, 'This Verse was revealed in
Mecca and it has been abrogated by a Verse in Surat-An-Nisa which
was later revealed in Medina."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 286
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
The people of Kufa differed as regards the killing of a believer so
I entered upon Ibn 'Abbas (and asked him) about that. Ibn 'Abbas
said, "The Verse (in Surat-An-Nisa', 4:93) was the last thing
revealed in this respect and nothing cancelled its validity."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 287
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
I asked Ibn 'Abbas about Allah's saying:--
'.. this reward is Hell Fire.' (4.93) He said, "No repentance is
accepted from him (i.e. the murderer of a believer)." I asked him
regarding the saying of Allah:
'Those who invoke not with Allah any other god.' ...(25.68)
He said, "This Verse was revealed concerning the pagans of the
pre-lslamic period."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 288
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
Ibn Abza said to me, "Ask Ibn 'Abbas regarding the Statement of Allah:
'And whoever murders a believer intentionally, his recompense is
Hell.' (4.69)
And also His Statement: '...nor kill such life as Allah has
forbidden, except for a just cause .....except those who repent,
believe, and do good deeds.' " (25.68-70) So I asked Ibn 'Abbas and
he said, "When this (25.68-69) was revealed, the people of Mecca
said, "We have invoked other gods with Allah, and we have murdered
such lives which Allah has made sacred, and we have committed
illegal sexual intercourse. So Allah revealed:
'Except those who repent, believe, and do good deeds and Allah is
Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.' (25.70)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 289
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
Abdur-Rahman bin Abza ordered me to ask Ibn 'Abbas regarding the two
Verses (the first of which was ):
"And whosoever murders a believer intentionally." (4.93) So I asked
him, and he said, "Nothing has abrogated this Verse." About (the
other Verse): 'And those who invoke not with Allah any other god.'
he said, "It was revealed concerning the pagans,'
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 290
Narrated Abdullah:
Five (great events) have passed: the Smoke, the Moon, the Romans,
the Mighty grasp and the constant Punishment which occurs in 'So the
torment will be yours forever.' (25.77)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 291
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection Abraham will see his
father covered with Qatara and Ghabara. (i.e. having a dark face)."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 292
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, Abraham will meet his father (on the Day of
Resurrection) and will say, 'O my Lords You promised me that You
would not let me in disgrace on the Day when people will be
resurrected.' Allah will say, 'I have forbidden Paradise to the
non-believers."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 293
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Verse:--'And warn your tribe of near-kindred, was revealed,
the Prophet ascended the Safa (mountain) and started calling, "O
Bani Fihr! O Bani 'Adi!" addressing various tribes of Quraish till
they were assembled. Those who could not come themselves, sent their
messengers to see what was there. Abu Lahab and other people from
Quraish came and the Prophet then said, "Suppose I told you that
there is an (enemy) cavalry in the valley intending to attack you,
would you believe me?" They said, "Yes, for we have not found you
telling anything other than the truth." He then said, "I am a warner
to you in face of a terrific punishment." Abu Lahab said (to the
Prophet) "May your hands perish all this day. Is it for this purpose
you have gathered us?" Then it was revealed: "Perish the hands of
Abu Lahab (one of the Prophet's uncles), and perish he! His wealth
and his children will not profit him...." (111.1-5)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 294
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle got up when the Verse:--'And warn your tribe of near
kindred...." (26.214) was revealed and said, "O Quraish people! (or
he said a similar word) Buy yourselves! I cannot save you from Allah
(if you disobey Him) O Bani Abu Manaf! I cannot save you from Allah
(if you disobey Him). O 'Abbas! The son of 'Abdul Muttalib! I cannot
save you from Allah (if you disobey Him) O Safiya, (the aunt of
Allah's Apostle) I cannot save you from Allah (if you disobey Him).
O Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad ! Ask what you wish from my
property, but I cannot save you from Allah (if you disobey Him)."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 295
Narrated Al-Musaiyab:
When Abu Talib was on his death bed, Allah's Apostle came to him and
found with him, Abu Jahl and Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya bin Al-Mughira.
Allah's Apostle said, "O uncle! Say: None has the right to be
worshipped except Allah, a sentence with which I will defend you
before Allah." On that Abu Jahl and 'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya said to
Abu Talib, "Will you now leave the religion of 'Abdul Muttalib?"
Allah's Apostle kept on inviting him to say that sentence while the
other two kept on repeating their sentence before him till Abu Talib
said as the last thing he said to them, "I am on the religion of
'Abdul Muttalib," and refused to say: None has the right to be
worshipped except Allah. On that Allah's Apostle said, "By Allah, I
will keep on asking Allah's forgiveness for you unless I am
forbidden (by Allah) to do so." So Allah revealed:--
'It is not fitting for the Prophet and those who believe that they
should invoke (Allah) for forgiveness for pagans.' (9.113) And then
Allah revealed especially about Abu Talib:--'Verily! You (O,
Muhammad) guide not whom you like, but Allah guides whom He will.'
(28.56)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 296
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
'...will bring you home' means to Mecca.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 297
Narrated Masruq:
While a man was delivering a speech in the tribe of Kinda, he said,
"Smoke will prevail on the Day of Resurrection and will deprive the
hypocrites their faculties of hearing and seeing. The believers will
be afflicted with something like cold only thereof." That news
scared us, so I went to (Abdullah) Ibn Mas'ud while he was reclining
(and told him the story) whereupon he became angry, sat up and said,
"He who knows a thing can say, it, but if he does not know, he
should say, 'Allah knows best,' for it is an aspect of knowledge to
say, 'I do not know,' if you do not know a certain thing. Allah said
to His prophet. 'Say (O Muhammad): No wage do I ask of you for this
(Qur'an), nor I am one of the pretenders (a person who pretends
things which do not exist.)' (38.86)
The Qur'aish delayed in embracing Islam for a period, so the Prophet
invoked evil on them, saying, 'O Allah! Help me against them by
sending seven years of (famine) like those of Joseph.' So they were
afflicted with such a severe year of famine that they were destroyed
therein and ate dead animals and bones. They started seeing
something like smoke between the sky and the earth (because of
severe hunger). Abu Sufyan then came (to the Prophet) and said, "O
Muhammad! You came to order us for to keep good relations with Kith
and kin, and your kinsmen have now perished, so please invoke Allah
(to relieve them).' Then Ibn Mas'ud recited:-- 'Then watch you for
the day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly
visible....but truly you will return! (to disbelief) (44.10-15)
Ibn Mas'ud added, Then the punishment was stopped, but truly, they
reverted to heathenism (their old way). So Allah (threatened them
thus): 'On the day when we shall seize you with a mighty grasp.'
(44.16) And that was the day of the Battle of Badr. Allah's saying-
"Lizama" (the punishment) refers to the day of Badr Allah's Statement:
'Alif-Lam-Mim, the Romans have been defeated, and they, after their
defeat, will be victorious,' (30.1-3) (This verse): Indicates that
the defeat of Byzantine has already passed.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 298
Narrated Abu- Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "No child is born
except on Al-Fitra (Islam) and then his parents make him Jewish,
Christian or Magian, as an animal produces a perfect young animal:
do you see any part of its body amputated?" Then he rec
'The religion of pure Islamic Faith (Hanifa),(i.e. to worship none
but Allah), The pure Allah's Islamic nature with which He (Allah)
has created mankind. Let There be no change in Allah's religion
(i.e. to join none in Allah's worship). That is the straight
religion; but most of men know not..." (30.30)
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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 299
Narrated Abdullah:
When there was revealed: 'It is those who believe and confuse not
their beliefs with wrong.' (6.82) It was very hard for the
companions of Allah's Apostle, so they said, "Which of us has not
confused his belief with wrong?" Allah's Apostle said, "The Verse
does not mean this. Don't you hear Luqman's statement to his son:
'Verily! Joining others in worship, with Allah is a great wrong
indeed.' (31.13)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 300
Narrated Abu Huraira:
One day while Allah's Apostle was sitting with the people, a man
came to him walking and said, "O Allah's Apostle. What is Belief?"
The Prophet said, "Belief is to believe in Allah, His Angels, His
Books, His Apostles, and the meeting with Him, and to believe in the
Resurrection." The man asked, "O Allah's Apostle What is Islam?" The
Prophet replied, "Islam is to worship Allah and not worship anything
besides Him, to offer prayers perfectly, to pay the (compulsory)
charity i.e. Zakat and to fast the month of Ramadan." The man again
asked, "O Allah's Apostle What is Ihsan (i.e. perfection or
Benevolence)?" The Prophet said, "Ihsan is to worship Allah as if
you see Him, and if you do not achieve this state of devotion, then
(take it for granted that) Allah sees you." The man further asked,
"O Allah's Apostle When will the Hour be established?"
The Prophet replied, "The one who is asked about it does not know
more than the questioner does, but I will describe to you its
portents. When the lady slave gives birth to her mistress, that will
be of its portents; when the bare-footed naked people become the
chiefs of the people, that will be of its portents. The Hour is one
of five things which nobody knows except Allah. Verily, the
knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). He sends down the rain,
and knows that which is in the wombs." (31.34) Then the man left.
The Prophet said, "Call him back to me." They went to call him back
but could not see him. The Prophet said, "That was Gabriel who came
to teach the people their religion." (See Hadith No. 47 Vol 1)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 301
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
The Prophet said, "The keys of the Unseen are five." And then he
recited:
'Verily, the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone).' (31.34)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 302
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah said, 'I have
prepared for my pious worshipers such things as no eye has ever
seen, no ear has ever heard of, and nobody has ever thought of." Abu
Huraira added: If you wish you can read:-- 'No soul
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 303
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet, said, "Allah said, 'I have prepared for My pious
worshipers such things as no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever
heard of, and nobody has ever thought of. All that is reserved,
besides which, all that you have seen, is nothing." Then he recited:--
'No soul knows what is kept hidden (in reserve) for them of joy as a
reward for what they used to do.' (32.17)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 304
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "There is no believer but I, of all the people, I
am the closest to him both in this world and in the Hereafter.
Recite if you wish: 'The Prophet is closer to the believers than
their own selves.' (33.6) so if a believer (dies) leaves some
property then his relatives will inherit that property; but if he is
in debt or he leaves poor children, let those (creditors and
children) come to me (that I may pay the debt and provide for the
children), for them I am his sponsor (surely).
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 305
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
We used not to call Zaid bin Haritha the freed slave of Allah's
Apostle except Zaid bin Muhammad till the Qu'anic Verse was
revealed: "Call them (adopted sons) by (the names of) their fathers.
That is more than just in the Sight of Allah." (33.5)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 306
Narrated Anas:
We think that the Verse: 'Among the Believers are men who have been
true to their covenant with Allah.' was revealed in favor of Anas
bin An-Nadir.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 307
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
When we collected the fragramentary manuscripts of the Qur'an into
copies, I missed one of the Verses of Surat al-Ahzab which I used to
hear Allah's Apostle reading. Finally I did not find it with anybody
except Khuzaima Al-Ansari, whose witness was considered by Allah's
Apostle equal to the witness of two men. (And that Verse was:)
'Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant
with Allah.'
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 308
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle came to me when Allah
ordered him to give option to his wives. So Allah's Apostle started
with me, saying, "I am going to mention to you something but you
should not hasten (to give your reply) unless you consult your
parents.' He knew that my parents would not order me to leave him.
Then he said, "Allah says:--
"O Prophet! Say to your wives..." (33.28-29)
On that I said to him, "Then why should I consult my parents?
Verily, I seek Allah, His Apostle and the Home of the Hereafter."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 309
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) when Allah's Apostle was ordered to give
option to his wives, he started with me, saying, "I am going to
mention to you something, but you shall not hasten (to give your
reply) unless you consult your parents." The Prophet knew that my
parents would not order me to leave him. Then he said, "Allah says:
'O Prophet (Muhammad)! Say to your wives: If you desire the life of
this world and its glitter........a great reward." (33.28-29) I
said, "Then why I consult my parents? Verily, I seek Allah, His
Apostle and the Home of the Hereafter." Then all the other wives of
the Prophet did the same as I did.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 310
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Verse: 'But you did hide in your mind that which Allah was about
to make manifest.' (33.37) was revealed concerning Zainab bint Jahsh
and Zaid bin Haritha.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 311
Narrated Aisha:
I used to look down upon those ladies who had given themselves to
Allah's Apostle and I used to say, "Can a lady give herself (to a
man)?" But when Allah revealed: "You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the
turn of) whom you will of them (your wives), and you may receive any
of them whom you will; and there is no blame on you if you invite
one whose turn you have set aside (temporarily).' (33.51) I said (to
the Prophet), "I feel that your Lord hastens in fulfilling your
wishes and desires."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 312
Narrated Muadha:
'Aisha said, "Allah's Apostle used to take the permission of that
wife with whom he was supposed to stay overnight if he wanted to go
to one other than her, after this Verse was revealed:--
"You (O Muhammad) can postpone (the turn of) whom you will of them
(your wives) and you may receive any (of them) whom you will; and
there is no blame on you if you invite one whose turn you have set
aside (temporarily). (33.51) I asked Aisha, "What did you use to say
(in this case)?" She said, "I used to say to him, "If I could deny
you the permission (to go to your other wives) I would not allow
your favor to be bestowed on any other person."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 313
Narrated Umar: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Good and bad persons
enter upon you, so I suggest that you order the mothers of the
Believers (i.e. your wives) to observe veils." Then Allah revealed
the Verses of Al-Hijab.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 314
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When Allah's Apostle married Zainab bint Jahsh, he invited the
people to a meal. They took the meal and remained sitting and
talking. Then the Prophet (showed them) as if he is ready to get up,
yet they did not get up. When he noticed that (there was no response
to his movement), he got up, and the others too, got up except three
persons who kept on sitting. The Prophet came back in order to enter
his house, but he went away again. Then they left, whereupon I set
out and went to the Prophet to tell him that they had departed, so
he came and entered his house. I wanted to enter along with him, but
he put a screen between me and him. Then Allah revealed:
'O you who believe! Do not enter the houses of the Prophet...' (33.53)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 315
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
I of all the people know best this verse of Al-Hijab. When Allah's
Apostle married Zainab bint Jahsh she was with him in the house and
he prepared a meal and invited the people (to it). They sat down
(after finishing their meal) and started chatting. So the Prophet
went out and then returned several times while they were still
sitting and talking. So Allah revealed the Verse:
'O you who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses until leave is
given to you for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for
its preparation .....ask them from behind a screen.' (33.53) So the
screen was set up and the people went away.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 316
Narrated Anas:
A banquet of bread and meat was held on the occasion of the marriage
of the Prophet to Zainab bint Jahsh. I was sent to invite the people
(to the banquet), and so the people started coming (in groups); They
would eat and then leave. Another batch would come, eat and leave.
So I kept on inviting the people till I found nobody to invite. Then
I said, "O Allah's Prophet! I do not find anybody to invite." He
said, "Carry away the remaining food." Then a batch of three persons
stayed in the house chatting. The Prophet left and went towards the
dwelling place of Aisha and said, "Peace and Allah's Mercy be on
you, O the people of the house!" She replied, "Peace and the mercy
of Allah be on you too. How did you find your wife? May Allah bless
you. Then he went to the dwelling places of all his other wives and
said to them the same as he said to Aisha and they said to him the
same as Aisha had said to him. Then the Prophet returned and found a
group of three persons still in the house chatting. The Prophet was
a very shy person, so he went out (for the second time) and went
towards the dwelling place of 'Aisha. I do not remember whether I
informed him that the people have gone away. So he returned and as
soon as he entered the gate, he drew the curtain between me and him,
and then the Verse of Al-Hijab was revealed.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 317
Narrated Anas:
When Allah's Apostle married Zainab bint Jahsh, he made the people
eat meat and bread to their fill (by giving a Walima banquet). Then
he went out to the dwelling places of the mothers of the believers
(his wives), as he used to do in the morning of his marriage. He
would greet them and invoke good on them, and they (too) would
return his greeting and invoke good on him. When he returned to his
house, he found two men talking to each other; and when he saw them,
he went out of his house again. When those two men saw Allah's
Apostle: going out of his house, they quickly got up (and departed).
I do not remember whether I informed him of their departure, or he
was informed (by somebody else). So he returned, and when he entered
the house, he lowered the curtain between me and him. Then the Verse
of Al-Hijab was revealed.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 318
Narrated Aisha:
Sauda (the wife of the Prophet) went out to answer the call of
nature after it was made obligatory (for all the Muslims ladies) to
observe the veil. She was a fat huge lady, and everybody who knew
her before could recognize her. So 'Umar bin Al-Khattab saw her and
said, "O Sauda! By Allah, you cannot hide yourself from us, so think
of a way by which you should not be recognized on going out. Sauda
returned while Allah's Apostle was in my house taking his supper and
a bone covered with meat was in his hand. She entered and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I went out to answer the call of nature and 'Umar
said to me so-and-so." Then Allah inspired him (the Prophet) and
when the state of inspiration was over and the bone was still in his
hand as he had not put in down, he said (to Sauda), "You (women)
have been allowed to go out for your needs."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 319
Narrated 'Aisha:
Aflah, the brother of Abi Al-Quais, asked permission to visit me
after the order of Al-Hijab was revealed. I said, "I will not permit
him unless I take permission of the Prophet about him for it was not
the brother of Abi Al-Qu'ais but the wife of Abi Al-Qu'ais that
nursed me." The Prophet entered upon me, and I said to him, "O
Allah's Apostle! Allah, the brother of Abi Al-Qu'ais asked
permission to visit me but I refused to permit him unless I took
your permission." The Prophet said, "What stopped you from
permitting him? He is your uncle." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! The
man was not the person who had nursed me, but the woman, the wife of
Abi Al-Qu'ais had nursed me." He said, "Admit him, for he is your
uncle. Taribat Yaminuki (may your right hand be saved)" 'Urwa, the
sub-narrator added: For that 'Aisha used to say, "Consider those
things which are illegal because of blood relations as illegal
because of the corresponding foster relations."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 320
Narrated Ka'b bin Ujra:
It was said, "O Allah's Apostle! We know how to greet you, but how
to invoke Allah for you?" The Prophet said, "Say: Allahumma salli
ala Muhammadin wa'ala Ali Muhammaddin, kama sallaita 'ala all
Ibrahim, innaka Hamidun Majid."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 321
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
We said, "O Allah's Apostle! (We know) this greeting (to you) but
how shall we invoke Allah for you?" He said, "Say! Allahumma salli
ala Muhammadin 'Abdika wa rasulika kama- sallaita 'ala all Ibrahim
wa barik ala Muhammadin wa'ala all Muhammadin kama barakta 'ala all
Ibrahim.' Al-Laith said: 'Ala Muhammadin wa 'ala all Muhammadin kama
barakta ala all Ibrahim.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 322
Narrated Ibn Abi Hazim and Ad-Darawardi:
Yazid said, "Kama sallaita ala Ibrahima wa barik 'ala Muhammad in wa
all Muhammadin kama barakta 'ala Abrahima wa all Ibrahim."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 323
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Moses was a shy man, and that is what the
Statement of Allah means:
'O you who believe Be not like those who annoyed Moses, but Allah
proved his innocence of that which they alleged and he was honorable
in Allah's Sight.' (33.69)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 324
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Prophet said, "When Allah decrees some order in the heaven,
the angels flutter their wings indicating complete surrender to His
saying which sounds like chains being dragged on rock. And when the
state of fear disappears, they ask each other, "What has your Lord
ordered? They say that He has said that which is true and just, and
He is the Most High, the Most Great." (34.23). Then the stealthy
listeners (devils) hear this order, and these stealthy listeners are
like this, one over the other." (Sufyan, a sub-narrator demonstrated
that by holding his hand upright and separating the fingers.) A
stealthy listener hears a word which he will convey to that which is
below him and the second will convey it to that which is below him
till the last of them will convey it to the wizard or foreteller.
Sometimes a flame (fire) may strike the devil before he can convey
it, and sometimes he may convey it before the flame (fire) strikes
him, whereupon the wizard adds to that word a hundred lies. The
people will then say, 'Didn't he (i.e. magician) tell such-and-such
a thing on such-and-such date?' So that magician is said to have
told the truth because of the Statement which has been heard from
the heavens."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 325
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
One day the Prophet ascended Safa mountain and said, "Oh Sabah! "
All the Quraish gathered round him and said, "What is the matter?"
He said, Look, if I told you that an enemy is going to attack you in
the morning or in the evening, would you not believe me?" They said,
"Yes, we will believe you." He said, "I am a warner to you in face
of a terrible punishment." On that Abu Lahab said, "May you perish !
Is it for this thing that you have gathered us?" So Allah revealed:
'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab!...' (111.1)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 326
Narrated Abu Dharr:
Once I was with the Prophet in the mosque at the time of sunset. The
Prophet said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where the sun sets?" I
replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "It goes and
prostrates underneath (Allah's) Throne; and that is Allah's
Statement:--
'And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (decreed). And that
is the decree of All-Mighty, the All-Knowing....' (36.38)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 327
Narrated Abu Dharr:
I asked the Prophet about the Statement of Allah:--
'And the sun runs on fixed course for a term (decreed), ' (36.38) He
said, "Its course is underneath "Allah's Throne." (Prostration of
Sun trees, stars. mentioned in Qur'an and Hadith does not mean like
our prostration but it means that these objects are obedient to
their Creator (Allah) and they obey for what they have been created
for).
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