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Volume 9, Book 89, Number 251
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever obeys me, obeys Allah, and whoever
disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and whoever obeys the ruler I appoint,
obeys me, and whoever disobeys him, disobeys me."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 252
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "Surely! Everyone of you is a guardian and is
responsible for his charges: The Imam (ruler) of the people is a
guardian and is responsible for his subjects; a man is the guardian
of his family (household) and is responsible for his subjects; a
woman is the guardian of her husband's home and of his children and
is responsible for them; and the slave of a man is a guardian of his
master's property and is responsible for it. Surely, everyone of you
is a guardian and responsible for his charges."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 253
Narrated Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im:
That while he was included in a delegation of Quraish staying with
Muawiya, Muawiya heard that 'Abdullah bin 'Amr had said that there
would be a king from Qahtan tribe, whereupon he became very angry.
He stood up, and after glorifying and praising Allah as He deserved,
said, "To proceed, I have come to know that some of you men are
narrating things which are neither in Allah's Book, nor has been
mentioned by Allah's Apostle . Such people are the ignorant among
you. Beware of such vain desires that mislead those who have them. I
have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'This matter (of the caliphate)
will remain with the Quraish, and none will rebel against them, but
Allah will throw him down on his face as long as they stick to the
rules and regulations of the religion (Islam).'"
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 254
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "This matter (caliphate) will remain with the
Quraish even if only two of them were still existing."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 255
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Do not wish to be like anyone, except in two
cases: (1) A man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it
righteously. (2) A man whom Allah has given wisdom (knowledge of the
Quran and the Hadith) and he acts according to it and teaches it to
others."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 256
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "You should listen to and obey, your ruler
even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a
raisin."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 257
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "If somebody sees his Muslim ruler doing something
he disapproves of, he should be patient, for whoever becomes
separate from the Muslim group even for a span and then dies, he
will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance
(as rebellious sinners). (See Hadith No. 176 and 177)
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 258
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "A Muslim has to listen to and obey (the order of
his ruler) whether he likes it or not, as long as his orders involve
not one in disobedience (to Allah), but if an act of disobedience
(to Allah) is imposed one should not listen to it or obey it. (See
Hadith No. 203, Vol. 4)
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 259
Narrated 'Ali:
The Prophet sent an army unit (for some campaign) and appointed a
man from the Ansar as its commander and ordered them (the soldiers)
to obey him. (During the campaign) he became angry with them and
said, "Didn't the Prophet order you to obey me?" They said, "Yes."
He said, "I order you to collect wood and make a fire and then throw
yourselves into it." So they collected wood and made a fire, but
when they were about to throw themselves into, it they started
looking at each other, and some of them said, "We followed the
Prophet to escape from the fire. How should we enter it now?" So
while they were in that state, the fire extinguished and their
commander's anger abated. The event was mentioned to the Prophet and
he said, "If they had entered it (the fire) they would never have
come out of it, for obedience is required only in what is good."
(See Hadith No. 629. Vol. 5)
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 260
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
The Prophet said, "O 'Abdur-Rahman! Do not seek to be a ruler, for
if you are given authority on your demand then you will be held
responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking (for it),
then you will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you ever take an oath
to do something and later on you find that something else is better,
then you should expiate your oath and do what is better."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 261
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
Allah's Apostle said, "O 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be
a ruler, for if you are given authority on your demand, you will be
held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking for
it, then you will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you ever take an
oath to do something and later on you find that something else is
better, then do what is better and make expiation for your oath."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 262
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "You people will be keen to have the authority of
ruling which will be a thing of regret for you on the Day of
Resurrection. What an excellent wet nurse it is, yet what a bad
weaning one it is!"
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 263
Narrated Abu Musa:
Two men from my tribe and I entered upon the Prophet. One of the two
men said to the Prophet, "O Allah's Apostle! Appoint me as a
governor," and so did the second. The Prophet said, "We do not
assign the authority of ruling to those who ask for it, nor to those
who are keen to have it."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 264
Narrated Ma'qil:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Any man whom Allah has given the
authority of ruling some people and he does not look after them in
an honest manner, will never feel even the smell of Paradise."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 265
Narrated Ma'qil:
Allah's Apostle said, "If any ruler having the authority to rule
Muslim subjects dies while he is deceiving them, Allah will forbid
Paradise for him."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 266
Narrated Tarif Abi Tamima:
I saw Safwan and Jundab and Safwan's companions when Jundab was
advising. They said, "Did you hear something from Allah's Apostle?"
Jundab said, "I heard him saying, 'Whoever does a good deed in order
to show off, Allah will expose his intentions on the Day of
Resurrection (before the people), and whoever puts the people into
difficulties, Allah will put him into difficulties on the Day of
Resurrection.'" The people said (to Jundab), "Advise us." He said,
"The first thing of the human body to purify is the abdomen, so he
who can eat nothing but good food (Halal and earned lawfully) should
do so, and he who does as much as he can that nothing intervene
between him and Paradise by not shedding even a handful of blood,
(i.e. murdering) should do so."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 267
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Apostle." The Prophet said, "You will be with the one whom you love."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 268
Narrated Thabit Al-Bunani:
Anas bin Malik said to a woman of his family, "Do you know
such-and-such a woman?" She replied, "Yes." He said, "The Prophet
passed by her while she was weeping over a grave, and he said to
her, 'Be afraid of Allah and be patient.' The woman said (to the
Prophet). 'Go away from me, for you do not know my calamity.'" Anas
added, "The Prophet left her and proceeded. A man passed by her and
asked her, 'What has Allah's Apostle said to you?' She replied, 'I
did not recognize him.' The man said, 'He was Allah's Apostle."'
Anas added, "So that woman came to the gate of the Prophet and she
did not find a gate-keeper there, and she said, 'O Allah's Apostle!
By Allah. I did not recognize you!' The Prophet said, 'No doubt,
patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.'"
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 269
Narrated Anas:
Qais bin Sa'd was to the Prophet like a chief police officer to an
Amir (chief).
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 270
Narrated Abu Musa:
that the Prophet sent him and sent Mu'adh after him (as rulers to
Yemen).
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 271
Narrated Abu Musa:
A man embraced Islam and then reverted back to Judaism. Mu'adh bin
Jabal came and saw the man with Abu Musa. Mu'adh asked, "What is
wrong with this (man)?" Abu Musa replied, "He embraced Islam and
then reverted back to Judaism." Mu'adh said, "I will not sit down
unless you kill him (as it is) the verdict of Allah and His Apostle
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 272
Narrated 'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakra:
Abu Bakra wrote to his son who was in Sijistan: 'Do not judge
between two persons when you are angry, for I heard the Prophet
saying, "A judge should not judge between two persons while he is in
an angry mood."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 273
Narrated Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari:
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! By
Allah, I fail to attend the morning congregational prayer because
so-and-so (i.e., Muadh bin Jabal) prolongs the prayer when he leads
us for it." I had never seen the Prophet more furious in giving
advice than he was on that day. He then said, "O people! some of you
make others dislike (good deeds, i.e. prayers etc). So whoever among
you leads the people in prayer, he should shorten it because among
them there are the old, the weak and the busy (needy having some
jobs to do). (See Hadith No. 90, Vol. 1)
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 274
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
That he had divorced his wife during her menses. 'Umar mentioned
that to the Prophet. Allah's Apostle became angry and said, "He must
take her back (his wife) and keep her with him till she becomes
clean from her menses and then to wait till she gets her next period
and becomes clean again from it and only then, if he wants to
divorce her, he may do so."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 275
Narrated 'Aisha:
Hind bint 'Utba bin Rabia came and said. "O Allah's Apostle! By
Allah, there was no family on the surface of the earth, I like to
see in degradation more than I did your family, but today there is
no family on the surface of the earth whom I like to see honored
more than yours." Hind added, "Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful
of me to feed our children from his property?" The Prophet said,
"There is no blame on you if you feed them (thereof) in a just and
reasonable manner.
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 276
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When the Prophet intended to write to the Byzantines, the people
said, "They do not read a letter unless it is sealed (stamped)."
Therefore the Prophet took a silver ring----as if I am looking at
its glitter now----and its engraving was: 'Muhammad, Apostle of Allah'
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Volume 9, Book 89, Number 277
Narrated 'Abdullah bin As-Sa'di:
That when he went to 'Umar during his Caliphate. 'Umar said to him,
"Haven't I been told that you do certain jobs for the people but
when you are given payment you refuse to take it?" 'Abdullah added:
I said, "Yes." 'Umar said, "Why do you do so?" I said, "I have
horses and slaves and I am living in prosperity and I wish that my
payment should be kept as a charitable gift for the Muslims." 'Umar
said, "Do not do so, for I intended to do the same as you do.
Allah's Apostles used to give me gifts and I used to say to him,
'Give it to a more needy one than me.' Once he gave me some money
and I said, 'Give it to a more needy person than me,' whereupon the
Prophet said, 'Take it and keep it in your possession and then give
it in charity. Take what ever comes to you of this money if you are
not keen to have it and not asking for it; otherwise (i.e., if it
does not come to you) do not seek to have it yourself.' "
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: I have heard 'Umar saying, "The
Prophet used to give me some money (grant) and I would say (to him),
'Give it to a more needy one than me.' Once he gave me some money
and I said, 'Give it to a more needy one than me.' The Prophet said
(to me), 'Take it and keep it in your possession and then give it in
charity. Take whatever comes to you of this money while you are not
keen to have it and not asking for it; take it, but you should not
seek to have what you are not given. ' "
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 278
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd:
I witnessed a husband and a wife who were involved in a case of
Lian. Then (the judgment of) divorce was passed. I was fifteen years
of age, at that time.
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 279
Narrated Sahl:
(the brother of Bani Sa'ida) A man from the Ansar came to the
Prophet and said, "If a man finds another man sleeping with his
wife, should he kill him?" That man and his wife then did Lian in
the mosque while I was present.
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 280
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's Apostle while he was in the mosque, and called
him, saying, "O Allah's Apostle! I have committed illegal sexual
intercourse." The Prophet turned his face to the other side, but
when the man gave four witnesses against himself, the Prophet said
to him, "Are you mad?" The man said, "No." So the Prophet said (to
his companions), "Take him away and stone him to death. "
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 281
Narrated Um Salama:
Allah's Apostle said, "I am only a human being, and you people
(opponents) come to me with your cases; and it may be that one of
you can present his case eloquently in a more convincing way than
the other, and I give my verdict according to what I hear. So if
ever I judge (by error) and give the right of a brother to his other
(brother) then he (the latter) should not take it, for I am giving
him only a piece of Fire." (See Hadith No. 638, Vol. 3).
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 282
Narrated Abu Qatada:
Allah's Apostle said on the Day of (the battle of) Hunain, "Whoever
has killed an infidel and has a proof or a witness for it, then the
salb (arms and belongings of that deceased) will be for him." I
stood up to seek a witness to testify that I had killed an infidel
but I could not find any witness and then sat down. Then I thought
that I should mention the case to Allah's Apostle I (and when I did
so) a man from those who were sitting with him said, "The arms of
the killed person he has mentioned, are with me, so please satisfy
him on my behalf." Abu Bakr said, "No, he will not give the arms to
a bird of Quraish and deprive one of Allah's lions of it who fights
for the cause of Allah and His Apostle." Allah's Apostle I stood up
and gave it to me, and I bought a garden with its price, and that
was my first property which I owned through the war booty.
The people of Hijaz said, "A judge should not pass a judgment
according to his knowledge, whether he was a witness at the time he
was the judge or before that" And if a litigant gives a confession
in favor of his opponent in the court, in the opinion of some
scholars, the judge should not pass a judgment against him till the
latter calls two witnesses to witness his confession. And some
people of Iraq said, "A judge can pass a judgement according to what
he hears or witnesses (the litigant's confession) in the court
itself, but if the confession takes place outside the court, he
should not pass the judgment unless two witnesses witness the
confession." Some of them said, "A judge can pass a judgement
depending on his knowledge of the case as he is trust-worthy, and
that a witness is Required just to reveal the truth. The judge's
knowledge is more than the witness." Some said, "A judge can judge
according to his knowledge only in cases involving property, but in
other cases he cannot." Al-Qasim said, "A judge ought not to pass a
judgment depending on his knowledge if other people do not know what
he knows, although his knowledge is more than the witness of
somebody else because he might expose himself to suspicion by the
Muslims and cause the Muslims to have unreasonable doubt. "
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 283
Narrated 'Ali bin Husain:
Safiya bint (daughter of) Huyai came to the Prophet (in the mosque),
and when she returned (home), the Prophet accompanied her. It
happened that two men from the Ansar passed by them and the Prophet
called them saying, "She is Safiya!" those two men said, "Subhan
Allah!" The Prophet said, "Satan circulates in the human body as
blood does."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 284
Narrated Abu Burda:
The Prophet sent my father and Mu'adh bin Jabal to Yemen and said
(to them), "Make things easy for the people and do not put hurdles
in their way, and give them glad tiding, and don't let them have
aversion (i.e. to make people to hate good deeds) and you both
should work in cooperation and mutual understanding" Abu Musa said
to Allah's Apostle, "In our country a special alcoholic drink called
Al-Bit', is prepared (for drinking)." The Prophet said, "Every
intoxicant is prohibited. "
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 285
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, "Set free the captives and accept invitations."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 286
Narrated Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi:
The Prophet appointed a man from the tribe of Bani Asad, called Ibn
Al-Utabiyya to collect the Zakat. When he returned (with the money)
he said (to the Prophet), "This is for you and this has been given
to me as a gift." The Prophet stood up on the pulpit (Sufyan said he
ascended the pulpit), and after glorifying and praising Allah, he
said, "What is wrong with the employee whom we send (to collect
Zakat from the public) that he returns to say, 'This is for you and
that is for me?' Why didn't he stay at his father's and mother's
house to see whether he will be given gifts or not? By Him in Whose
Hand my life is, whoever takes anything illegally will bring it on
the Day of Resurrection by carrying it over his neck: if it is a
camel, it will be grunting: if it is a cow, it will be mooing: and
if it is a sheep it will be bleating!" The Prophet then raised both
his hands till we saw the whiteness of his armpits (and he said),
"No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message?" And he repeated it
three times.
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 287
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Salim, the freed salve of Abu Hudhaifa used to lead in prayer the
early Muhajirin (emigrants) and the companions of the Prophet in the
Quba mosque. Among those (who used to pray behind him) were Abu
Bakr, 'Umar, Abu Salama, and Amir bin Rabi'a.
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 288
Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
Marwan bin Al-Hakam and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama told him that when
the Muslims were permitted to set free the captives of Hawazin,
Allah's Apostle said, "I do not know who amongst you has agreed (to
it) and who has not. Go back so that your 'Urafa' may submit your
decision to us." So the people returned and their 'Urafa' talked to
them and then came back to Allah's Apostle and told him that the
people had given their consent happily and permitted (their captives
to be freed).
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 289
Narrated Muhammad bin Zaid bin Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Some people said to Ibn 'Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s) we
say in their praise what is contrary to what we say when we leave
them." Ibn 'Umar said, "We used to consider this as hypocrisy."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 290
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostles said, "The worst of all mankind is the double-faced
one, who comes to some people with one countenance and to others,
with another countenance."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 291
Narrated 'Aisha:
Hind (bint 'Utba) said to the Prophet "Abu Sufyan is a miserly man
and I need to take some money of his wealth." The Prophet said,
"Take reasonably what is sufficient for you and your children "
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 292
Narrated Um Salama:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle heard some people
quarreling at the door of his dwelling, so he went out to them and
said, "I am only a human being, and litigants with cases of dispute
come to me, and someone of you may happen to be more eloquent (in
presenting his case) than the other, whereby I may consider that he
is truthful and pass a judgment in his favor. If ever I pass a
judgment in favor of somebody whereby he takes a Muslim's right
unjustly, then whatever he takes is nothing but a piece of Fire, and
it is up to him to take or leave."
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 293
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) 'Utba bin Abi Waqqas said to his brother
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas, "The son of the slave girl of Zam'a is from me,
so take him into your custody." So in the year of Conquest of Mecca,
Sa'd took him and said. (This is) my brother's son whom my brother
has asked me to take into my custody." 'Abd bin Zam'a got up before
him and said, (He is) my brother and the son of the slave girl of my
father, and was born on my father's bed." So they both submitted
their case before Allah's Apostle. Sa'd said, "O Allah's Apostle!
This boy is the son of my brother and he entrusted him to me." 'Abd
bin Zam'a said, "This boy is my brother and the son of the slave
girl of my father, and was born on the bed of my father." Allah's
Apostle said, "The boy is for you, O 'Abd bin Zam'a!" Then Allah's
Apostle further said, "The child is for the owner of the bed, and
the stone is for the adulterer," He then said to Sauda bint Zam'a,
"Veil (screen) yourself before him," when he saw the child's
resemblance to 'Utba. The boy did not see her again till he met Allah.
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 294
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "If somebody on the demand of a judge takes an
oath to grab (a Muslim's) property and he is liar in it, he will
meet Allah Who will be angry with him". So Allah revealed,:--
'Verily! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's
Covenant and their oaths..' (3.77) 'Al-Ashath came while Abdullah
was narrating (this) to the people. Al-Ashath said, "This verse was
revealed regarding me and another man with whom I had a quarrel
about a well. The Prophet said (to me), "Do you have any evidence?'
I replied, 'No.' He said, 'Let your opponent take an oath.' I said:
I am sure he would take a (false) oath." Thereupon it was revealed:
'Verily! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah's
Covenant....' (3.77) (See Hadith No. 72, Vol 6).
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 295
Narrated Um Salama:
The Prophet heard the voices of some people quarreling near his
gate, so he went to them and said, "I am only a human being and
litigants with cases of disputes come to me, and maybe one of them
presents his case eloquently in a more convincing and impressive way
than the other, and I give my verdict in his favor thinking he is
truthful. So if I give a Muslim's right to another (by mistake),
then that (property) is a piece of Fire, which is up to him to take
it or leave it." (See Hadith No. 281 )
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