In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bam Laith in
revenge for a killed person belonging to them in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance. So Allah's
Apostle got up saying, "Allah held back the (army having) elephants from Mecca, but He let His
Apostle and the believers overpower the infidels (of Mecca). Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary)! Verily!
Fighting in Mecca was not permitted for anybody before me, nor will it be permitted for anybody after
me; It was permitted for me only for a while (an hour or so) of that day. No doubt! It is at this moment
a sanctuary; its thorny shrubs should not be uprooted; its trees should not be cut down; and its Luqata
(fallen things) should not be picked up except by the one who would look for its owner. And if
somebody is killed, his closest relative has the right to choose one of two things, i.e., either the Blood
money or retaliation by having the killer killed." Then a man from Yemen, called Abu Shah, stood up
and said, "Write that) for me, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to his companions), "Write
that for Abu Shah." Then another man from Quraish got up, saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Except Al-
Idhkhir (a special kind of grass) as we use it in our houses and for graves." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,
"Except Al-idhkkir."
For the children of Israel the punishment for crime was Al-Qisas only (i.e., the law of equality in
punishment) and the payment of Blood money was not permitted as an alternate. But Allah said to this
nation (Muslims): 'O you who believe! Qisas is prescribed for you in case of murder, .....(up to) ...end
of the Verse. (2.178)
Ibn `Abbas added: Remission (forgiveness) in this Verse, means to accept the Blood-money in an
intentional murder. Ibn `Abbas added: The Verse: 'Then the relatives should demand Blood-money in
a reasonable manner.' (2.178) means that the demand should be reasonable and it is to be
compensated with handsome gratitude.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most hated persons to Allah are three: (1) A person who deviates from the
right conduct, i.e., an evil doer, in the Haram (sanctuaries of Mecca and Medina); (2) a person who
seeks that the traditions of the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance, should remain in Islam (3) and a
person who seeks to shed somebody's blood without any right."
The pagans were defeated on the day (of the battle) of Uhud. Satan shouted among the people on the
day of Uhud, "O Allah's worshippers! Beware of what is behind you!" So the front file of the army
attacked the back files (mistaking them for the enemy) till they killed Al-Yaman. Hudhaifa (bin Al-
Yaman) shouted, "My father!" My father! But they killed him. Hudhaifa said, "May Allah forgive
you." (The narrator added: Some of the defeated pagans fled till they reached Taif.)
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. It was said to her. "Who has done this to you,
such-and-such person, such-and-such person?" When the name of the Jew was mentioned, she nodded
with her head, agreeing. So the Jew was brought and he confessed. The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that his head
be crushed with the stones. (Hammam said, "with two stones.")
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 23
Hadith 6885
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَتَلَ يَهُودِيًّا بِجَارِيَةٍ قَتَلَهَا عَلَى أَوْضَاحٍ لَهَا.
The Prophet (ﷺ) killed a Jew for killing a girl in order to take her ornaments.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 24
Hadith 6886
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ لَدَدْنَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَرَضِهِ فَقَالَ " لاَ تَلُدُّونِي ". فَقُلْنَا كَرَاهِيَةُ الْمَرِيضِ لِلدَّوَاءِ. فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ " لاَ يَبْقَى أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلاَّ لُدَّ، غَيْرَ الْعَبَّاسِ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَشْهَدْكُمْ ".
We poured medicine into the mouth of the Prophet (ﷺ) during his ailment. He said, "Don't pour medicine
into my mouth." (We thought he said that) out of the aversion a patient usually has for medicines.
When he improved and felt better he said, "There is none of you but will be forced to drink medicine,
except Al-`Abbas, for he did not witness your deed."
That he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will be) the foremost
(on the Day of Resurrection)." And added, "If someone is peeping (looking secretly) into your house
without your permission, and you throw a stone at him and destroy his eyes, there will be no blame on
you."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 26
Hadith 6889
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Yahya:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ،، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، اطَّلَعَ فِي بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَدَّدَ إِلَيْهِ مِشْقَصًا. فَقُلْتُ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ.
Humaid said, "A man peeped into the house of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) aimed an arrow head at
him to hit him." I asked, "Who told you that?" He said, "Anas bin Malik" (See Hadith No. 258 and
259, Vol. 8)
"When it was the day of (the battle of) Uhud, the pagans were defeated. Then Satan shouted, "O
Allah's worshipers! Beware of what is behind you!" So the front files attacked the back files of the
army. Hudhaifa looked, and behold, there was his father, Al-Yaman (being attacked) ! He shouted (to
his companions), "O Allah's worshipers, my father, my father!" But by Allah, they did not stop till
they killed him (i.e., Hudhaifa's father). Hudhaifa said, "May Allah forgive you." (`Urwa said,
Hudhaifa continued asking Allah's Forgiveness for the killer of his father till he died.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 28
Hadith 6891
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Salama:
حَدَّثَنَا الْمَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ أَسْمِعْنَا يَا عَامِرُ مِنْ هُنَيْهَاتِكَ. فَحَدَا بِهِمْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنِ السَّائِقُ " قَالُوا عَامِرٌ. فَقَالَ " رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ". فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلاَّ أَمْتَعْتَنَا بِهِ. فَأُصِيبَ صَبِيحَةَ لَيْلَتِهِ فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ، قَتَلَ نَفْسَهُ. فَلَمَّا رَجَعْتُ وَهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ أَنَّ عَامِرًا حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ، فَجِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ فَدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي، زَعَمُوا أَنَّ عَامِرًا حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ. فَقَالَ " كَذَبَ مَنْ قَالَهَا، إِنَّ لَهُ لأَجْرَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ، إِنَّهُ لَجَاهِدٌ مُجَاهِدٌ، وَأَىُّ قَتْلٍ يَزِيدُهُ عَلَيْهِ ".
We went out with the Prophet (ﷺ) to Khaibar. A man (from the companions) said, "O 'Amir! Let us hear
some of your Huda (camel-driving songs.)" So he sang some of them (i.e. a lyric in harmony with the
camels walk). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who is the driver (of these camels)?" They said, "Amir." The
Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him !" The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Would
that you let us enjoy his company longer!" Then 'Amir was killed the following morning. The people
said, "The good deeds of 'Amir are lost as he has killed himself." I returned at the time while they
were talking about that. I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Prophet! Let my father be sacrificed
for you! The people claim that 'Amir's good deeds are lost." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever says so is a
liar, for 'Amir will have a double reward as he exerted himself to obey Allah and fought in Allah's
Cause. No other way of killing would have granted him greater reward."
A man bit another man's hand and the latter pulled his hand out of his mouth by force, causing two of
his incisors (teeth) to fall out. They submitted their case to the Prophet, who said, "One of you bit his
brother as a male camel bites. (Go away), there is no Diya (Blood-money) for you."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 30
Hadith 6893
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Ya`la:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ خَرَجْتُ فِي غَزْوَةٍ، فَعَضَّ رَجُلٌ فَانْتَزَعَ ثَنِيَّتَهُ، فَأَبْطَلَهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
I went out in one of the Ghazwa and a man bit another man and as a result, an incisor tooth of the
former was pulled out. The Prophet (ﷺ) cancelled the case.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 31
Hadith 6894
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ ابْنَةَ النَّضْرِ، لَطَمَتْ جَارِيَةً، فَكَسَرَتْ ثَنِيَّتَهَا، فَأَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَمَرَ بِالْقِصَاصِ.
The daughter of An-Nadr slapped a girl and broke her incisor tooth. They (the relatives of that girl),
came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he gave the order of Qisas (equality in punishment).
A boy was assassinated. 'Umar said, "If all the people of San'a took part in the assassination I would kill them all."
Al-Mughira bin Hakim said that his father said, "Four persons killed a boy, and 'Umar said (as above)."
Abu Bakr, Ibn Az-Zubair, 'Ali and Suwaid bin Muqarrin gave the judgement of Al-Qisas (equality in punishment) in cases of slapping. And 'Umar carried out Al-Qisas for a strike with a stick. And 'Ali carried out Al-Qisas for three lashes with a whip. And Shuraih carried out for one last and for scratching.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 83, Hadith 34
Hadith 6897
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لَدَدْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَرَضِهِ، وَجَعَلَ يُشِيرُ إِلَيْنَا " لاَ تَلُدُّونِي ". قَالَ فَقُلْنَا كَرَاهِيَةُ الْمَرِيضِ بِالدَّوَاءِ، فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ قَالَ " أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمْ أَنْ تَلُدُّونِي ". قَالَ قُلْنَا كَرَاهِيَةٌ لِلدَّوَاءِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَبْقَى مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ لُدَّ ـ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ ـ إِلاَّ الْعَبَّاسَ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَشْهَدْكُمْ ".
We poured medicine into the mouth of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) during his illness, and he pointed out to us
intending to say, "Don't pour medicine into my mouth." We thought that his refusal was out of the
aversion a patient usually has for medicine. When he improved and felt a bit better he said (to us.)
"Didn't I forbid you to pour medicine into my mouth?" We said, "We thought (you did so) because of
the aversion, one usually have for medicine." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There is none of you but will be
forced to drink medicine, and I will watch you, except Al-`Abbas, for he did not witness this act of
yours."
(a man from the Ansar) that a number of people from his tribe went to Khaibar and dispersed, and
then they found one of them murdered. They said to the people with whom the corpse had been found,
"You have killed our companion!" Those people said, "Neither have we killed him, nor do we know
his killer." The bereaved group went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We went to Khaibar
and found one of us murdered." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Let the older among you come forward and
speak." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, to them, "Bring your proof against the killer." They said "We have no
proof." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then they (the defendants) will take an oath." They said, "We do not accept
the oaths of the Jews." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not like that the Blood-money of the killed one be lost
without compensation, so he paid one-hundred camels out of the camels of Zakat (to the relatives of
the deceased) as Diya (Blood-money).
Once `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz sat on his throne in the courtyard of his house so that the people might
gather before him. Then he admitted them and (when they came in), he said, "What do you think of
Al-Qasama?" They said, "We say that it is lawful to depend on Al-Qasama in Qisas, as the previous
Muslim Caliphs carried out Qisas depending on it." Then he said to me, "O Abu Qilaba! What do you
say about it?" He let me appear before the people and I said, "O Chief of the Believers! You have the
chiefs of the army staff and the nobles of the Arabs. If fifty of them testified that a married man had
committed illegal sexual intercourse in Damascus but they had not seen him (doing so), would you
stone him?" He said, "No." I said, "If fifty of them testified that a man had committed theft in Hums,
would you cut off his hand though they did not see him?" He replied, "No."
I said, "By Allah, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never killed anyone except in one of the following three situations:
(1) A person who killed somebody unjustly, was killed (in Qisas,) (2) a married person who
committed illegal sexual intercourse and (3) a man who fought against Allah and His Apostle and
deserted Islam and became an apostate."
Then the people said, "Didn't Anas bin Malik narrate that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cut off the hands of the
thieves, branded their eyes and then, threw them in the sun?"
I said, "I shall tell you the narration of Anas. Anas said: "Eight persons from the tribe of `Ukl came to
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and gave the Pledge of allegiance for Islam (became Muslim). The climate of the
place (Medina) did not suit them, so they became sick and complained about that to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).
He said (to them ), "Won't you go out with the shepherd of our camels and drink of the camels' milk
and urine (as medicine)?" They said, "Yes." So they went out and drank the camels' milk and urine,
and after they became healthy, they killed the shepherd of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and took away all the
camels. This news reached Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , so he sent (men) to follow their traces and they were
captured and brought (to the Prophet). He then ordered to cut their hands and feet, and their eyes were
branded with heated pieces of iron, and then he threw them in the sun till they died." I said, "What can
be worse than what those people did? They deserted Islam, committed murder and theft."
Then 'Anbasa bin Sa`id said, "By Allah, I never heard a narration like this of today." I said, "O
'Anbasa! You deny my narration?" 'Anbasa said, "No, but you have related the narration in the way it
should be related. By Allah, these people are in welfare as long as this Sheikh (Abu Qilaba) is among
them." I added, "Indeed in this event there has been a tradition set by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The narrator
added: Some Ansari people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and discussed some matters with him, a man from
amongst them went out and was murdered. Those people went out after him, and behold, their
companion was swimming in blood. They returned to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said to him, "O Allah's
Apostle, we have found our companion who had talked with us and gone out before us, swimming in
blood (killed)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went out and asked them, "Whom do you suspect or whom do you
think has killed him?" They said, "We think that the Jews have killed him." The Prophet (ﷺ) sent for the
Jews and asked them, "Did you kill this (person)?" They replied, "No." He asked the Al-Ansars, "Do
you agree that I let fifty Jews take an oath that they have not killed him?" They said, "It matters little
for the Jews to kill us all and then take false oaths." He said, "Then would you like to receive the Diya
after fifty of you have taken an oath (that the Jews have killed your man)?" They said, "We will not
take the oath." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) himself paid them the Diya (Blood-money)." The narrator added,
"The tribe of Hudhail repudiated one of their men (for his evil conduct) in the Pre-lslamic period of
Ignorance.
Then, at a place called Al-Batha' (near Mecca), the man attacked a Yemenite family at night to steal
from them, but a. man from the family noticed him and struck him with his sword and killed him. The
tribe of Hudhail came and captured the Yemenite and brought him to `Umar during the Hajj season
and said, "He has killed our companion." The Yemenite said, "But these people had repudiated him
(i.e., their companion)." `Umar said, "Let fifty persons of Hudhail swear that they had not repudiated
him." So forty-nine of them took the oath and then a person belonging to them, came from Sham and
they requested him to swear similarly, but he paid one-thousand Dirhams instead of taking the oath.
They called another man instead of him and the new man shook hands with the brother of the
deceased. Some people said, "We and those fifty men who had taken false oaths (Al-Qasama) set out,
and when they reached a place called Nakhlah, it started raining so they entered a cave in the
mountain, and the cave collapsed on those fifty men who took the false oath, and all of them died
except the two persons who had shaken hands with each other. They escaped death but a stone fell on
the leg of the brother of the deceased and broke it, whereupon he survived for one year and then died."
I further said, "`Abdul Malik bin Marwan sentenced a man to death in Qisas (equality in punishment)
for murder, basing his judgment on Al-Qasama, but later on he regretted that judgment and ordered
that the names of the fifty persons who had taken the oath (Al-Qasama), be erased from the register,
and he exiled them in Sham."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 37
Hadith 6900
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، اطَّلَعَ فِي بَعْضِ حُجَرِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ بِمِشْقَصٍ أَوْ بِمَشَاقِصَ وَجَعَلَ يَخْتِلُهُ لِيَطْعُنَهُ.
A man peeped into one of the dwelling places of the Prophet. The
Prophet got up and aimed a sharp-edged arrow head (or wooden stick) at
him to poke him stealthily.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 38
Hadith 6901
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً اطَّلَعَ فِي جُحْرٍ فِي باب رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنْ تَنْتَظِرَنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ ". قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الإِذْنُ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْبَصَرِ ".
A man peeped through a hole in the door of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)'s house,
and at that time, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had a Midri (an iron comb or bar)
with which he was rubbing his head. So when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw him,
he said (to him), "If I had been sure that you were looking at me
(through the door), I would have poked your eye with this (sharp iron
bar)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) added, "The asking for permission to enter has
been enjoined so that one may not look unlawfully (at what there is in
the house without the permission of its people)."
I heard Abu Juhaifa saying, "I asked `Ali 'Have you got any Divine literature apart from the Qur'an?'
(Once he said...apart from what the people have?) `Ali replied, 'By Him Who made the grain split
(germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Qur'an and the ability (gift) of
understanding Allah's Book which He may endow a man with and we have what is written in this
paper.' I asked, 'What is written in this paper?' He replied, 'Al-`Aql (the regulation of Diya), about the
ransom of captives, and the Judgment that a Muslim should not be killed in Qisas (equality in
punishment) for killing a disbeliever." (See Hadith No. 283,Vol. 4)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 40
Hadith 6904
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ امْرَأَتَيْنِ، مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ رَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى، فَطَرَحَتْ جَنِينَهَا، فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِيهَا بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ.
Two women from the tribe of Hudhail (fought with each other) and one of them threw (a stone at) the
other, causing her to have a miscarriage and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave his verdict that the killer (of the
fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 41
Hadith 6905
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Hisham's father from Al-Mughira bin Shu'ba:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ اسْتَشَارَهُمْ فِي إِمْلاَصِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ قَضَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْغُرَّةِ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ. فَقَالَ ائْتِ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ مَعَكَ، فَشَهِدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى بِهِ.
'Umar consulted the companions about the case of a woman's abortion
(caused by somebody else). Al-Mughira said: The Prophet (ﷺ) gave the
verdict that a male or female slave should be given (as a Diya). Then
Muhammad bin Maslama testified that he had witnessed the Prophet (ﷺ)
giving such a verdict.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 42
Hadith 6907
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Hisham's father:
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنْ عُمَرَ، نَشَدَ النَّاسَ مَنْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى فِي السِّقْطِ وَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ أَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ قَضَى فِيهِ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ. قَالَ ائْتِ مَنْ يَشْهَدُ مَعَكَ عَلَى هَذَا فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِ هَذَا.
'Umar asked the people, "Who heard the Prophet (ﷺ) giving his verdict
regarding abortions?" Al-Mughira said, "I heard him judging that a
male or female slave should be given (as a Diya)." 'Umar said,
"Present a witness to testify your statement." Muhammad bin Maslama
said, "I testify that the Prophet (ﷺ) gave such a judgment."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 43
Hadith 6909
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ،. أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى فِي جَنِينِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي لِحْيَانَ بِغُرَّةٍ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ. ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ الَّتِي قَضَى عَلَيْهَا بِالْغُرَّةِ تُوُفِّيَتْ، فَقَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ مِيرَاثَهَا لِبَنِيهَا وَزَوْجِهَا، وَأَنَّ الْعَقْلَ عَلَى عَصَبَتِهَا.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave a verdict regarding an aborted fetus of a woman from Bani Lihyan that the killer
(of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya) but the woman who was required to give
the slave, died, so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave the verdict that her inheritance be given to her children and
her husband and the Diya be paid by her 'Asaba.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 44
Hadith 6910
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبِي، سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ اقْتَتَلَتِ امْرَأَتَانِ مِنْ هُذَيْلٍ، فَرَمَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا الأُخْرَى بِحَجَرٍ قَتَلَتْهَا وَمَا فِي بَطْنِهَا، فَاخْتَصَمُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَضَى أَنَّ دِيَةَ جَنِينِهَا غُرَّةٌ عَبْدٌ أَوْ وَلِيدَةٌ، وَقَضَى دِيَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى عَاقِلَتِهَا.
Two women from Hudhail fought with each other and one of them hit the other with a stone that
killed her and what was in her womb. The relatives of the killer and the relatives of the victim
submitted their case to the Prophet (ﷺ) who judged that the Diya for the fetus was a male or female slave,
and the Diya for the killed woman was to be paid by the 'Asaba (near relatives) of the killer.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 45
Hadith 6911
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated `Abdul-`Aziz:
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ زُرَارَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ أَخَذَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ بِيَدِي فَانْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَنَسًا غُلاَمٌ كَيِّسٌ فَلْيَخْدُمْكَ. قَالَ فَخَدَمْتُهُ فِي الْحَضَرِ وَالسَّفَرِ، فَوَاللَّهِ مَا قَالَ لِي لِشَىْءٍ صَنَعْتُهُ، لِمَ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا هَكَذَا وَلاَ لِشَىْءٍ لَمْ أَصْنَعْهُ لِمَ لَمْ تَصْنَعْ هَذَا هَكَذَا
Anas said, "When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arrived at Medina, Abu Talha took hold of my hand and brought
me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Anas is an intelligent boy, so let him serve you."
Anas added, "So I served the Prophet (ﷺ) L at home and on journeys; by Allah, he never said to me for
anything which I did: Why have you done this like this or, for anything which I did not do: 'Why have
you not done this like this?"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There is no Diya for persons killed by animals or for the one who has been
killed accidentally by falling into a well or for the one killed in a mine. And one-fifth of Rikaz
(treasures buried before the Islamic era) is to be given to the state."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 47
Hadith 6913
Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - كتاب الديات
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" الْعَجْمَاءُ عَقْلُهَا جُبَارٌ، وَالْبِئْرُ جُبَارٌ، وَالْمَعْدِنُ جُبَارٌ، وَفِي الرِّكَازِ الْخُمُسُ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no Diya for a person injured or killed by an animal (going about without
somebody to control it) and similarly, there is no Diya for the one who falls and dies in a well, and
also the one who dies in a mine. As regards the Ar-Rikaz (buried wealth), one-fifth thereof is for the
state."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever killed a Mu'ahid (a person who is granted the pledge of protection by the
Muslims) shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise though its fragrance can be smelt at a distance of
forty years (of traveling).
I asked `Ali "Do you have anything Divine literature besides what is in the Qur'an?" Or, as Uyaina
once said, "Apart from what the people have?" `Ali said, "By Him Who made the grain split
(germinate) and created the soul, we have nothing except what is in the Qur'an and the ability (gift) of
understanding Allah's Book which He may endow a man, with and what is written in this sheet of
paper." I asked, "What is on this paper?" He replied, "The legal regulations of Diya (Blood-money)
and the (ransom for) releasing of the captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be killed in
Qisas (equality in punishment) for killing a Kafir (disbeliever).
A Jew whose face had been slapped (by someone), came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Muhammad! A
man from your Ansari companions slapped me. " The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Call him". They called him and
the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Why did you slap his face?" He said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! While I was passing
by the Jews, I heard him saying, 'By Him Who chose Moses above all the human beings.' I said
(protestingly), 'Even above Muhammad?' So I became furious and slapped him." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Do not give me preference to other prophets, for the people will become unconscious on the Day of
Resurrection and I will be the first to gain conscious, and behold, I will Find Moses holding one of the
pillars of the Throne (of Allah). Then I will not know whether he has become conscious before me or
he has been exempted because of his unconsciousness at the mountain (during his worldly life) which
he received."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 83, Hadith 52
Hadith 6918
Apostates - كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ} شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالُوا أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَلْبِسْ إِيمَانَهُ بِظُلْمٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِذَاكَ، أَلاَ تَسْمَعُونَ إِلَى قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ {إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ}".
When the Verse: 'It is those who believe and confuse not their belief with wrong (i.e., worshipping
others besides Allah): (6.82) was revealed, it became very hard on the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and
they said, "Who among us has not confused his belief with wrong (oppression)?" On that, Allah's
Apostle said, "This is not meant (by the Verse). Don't you listen to Luqman's statement: 'Verily!
Joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.' (31.13)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 84, Hadith 53
Hadith 6919
Apostates - كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Narrated Abu Bakra:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ، حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، وَحَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ، وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ، وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّورِ ـ ثَلاَثًا ـ أَوْ قَوْلُ الزُّورِ ". فَمَا زَالَ يُكَرِّرُهَا حَتَّى قُلْنَا لَيْتَهُ سَكَتَ.
The Prophet. said, "The biggest of the great sins are: To join others in worship with Allah, to be
undutiful to one's parents, and to give a false witness." He repeated it thrice, or said, "....a false
statement," and kept on repeating that warning till we wished he would stop saying it. (See Hadith
No.7, Vol. 8)
A bedouin came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What are the biggest sins?: The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "To join others in worship with Allah." The bedouin said, "What is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "To
be undutiful to one's parents." The bedouin said "What is next?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said "To take an oath
'Al-Ghamus." The bedouin said, "What is an oath 'Al-Ghamus'?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The false oath
through which one deprives a Muslim of his property (unjustly).
A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we be punished for what we did in the Prelslamic Period of
ignorance?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever does good in Islam will not be punished for what he did in
the Pre-lslamic Period of ignorance and whoever does evil in Islam will be punished for his former
and later (bad deeds).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 84, Hadith 56
Hadith 6922
Apostates - كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Narrated `Ikrima:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، قَالَ أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ بِزَنَادِقَةٍ فَأَحْرَقَهُمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَنَا لَمْ أُحْرِقْهُمْ لِنَهْىِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ ".
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to `Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn
`Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade
it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according
to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"
Abu Musa said, "I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with two men (from the tribe) of Ash`ariyin, one on my
right and the other on my left, while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was brushing his teeth (with a Siwak), and both
men asked him for some employment. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O Abu Musa (O `Abdullah bin Qais!).' I
said, 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men did not tell me what was in their hearts and
I did not feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.' As if I were looking now at his Siwak
being drawn to a corner under his lips, and he said, 'We never (or, we do not) appoint for our affairs
anyone who seeks to be employed. But O Abu Musa! (or `Abdullah bin Qais!) Go to Yemen.'" The
Prophet then sent Mu`adh bin Jabal after him and when Mu`adh reached him, he spread out a cushion
for him and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion). Behold: There was a fettered man
beside Abu Muisa. Mu`adh asked, "Who is this (man)?" Abu Muisa said, "He was a Jew and became a
Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism." Then Abu Muisa requested Mu`adh to sit down but
Mu`adh said, "I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and His Apostle
(for such cases) and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was
killed. Abu Musa added, "Then we discussed the night prayers and one of us said, 'I pray and sleep,
and I hope that Allah will reward me for my sleep as well as for my prayers.'"
When the Prophet (ﷺ) died and Abu Bakr became his successor and some of the Arabs reverted to
disbelief, `Umar said, "O Abu Bakr! How can you fight these people although Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'I
have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,
'and whoever said, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah', Allah will save his property and
his life from me, unless (he does something for which he receives legal punishment) justly, and his
account will be with Allah?' "Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! I will fight whoever differentiates between
prayers and Zakat as Zakat is the right to be taken from property (according to Allah's Orders). By
Allah! If they refused to pay me even a kid they used to pay to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I would fight with
them for withholding it." `Umar said, "By Allah: It was nothing, but I noticed that Allah opened Abu
Bakr's chest towards the decision to fight, therefore I realized that his decision was right."
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Hadith 6926
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Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ مَرَّ يَهُودِيٌّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَعَلَيْكَ ". فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَتَدْرُونَ مَا يَقُولُ قَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ ". قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلاَ نَقْتُلُهُ قَالَ " لاَ، إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ ".
A Jew passed by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "As-Samu 'Alaika." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said in reply, "We
'Alaika." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said to his companions, "Do you know what he (the Jew) has said? He
said, 'As-Samu 'Alaika.'" They said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we kill him?" The Prophet, said, "No.
When the people of the Book greet you, say: 'Wa 'Alaikum.'"
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Hadith 6927
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Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ. فَقُلْتُ بَلْ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّامُ وَاللَّعْنَةُ. فَقَالَ " يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ فِي الأَمْرِ كُلِّهِ ". قُلْتُ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قَالُوا قَالَ " قُلْتُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ ".
A group of Jews asked permission to visit the Prophet (and when they were admitted) they said, "As-
Samu 'Alaika (Death be upon you)." I said (to them), "But death and the curse of Allah be upon you!"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O `Aisha! Allah is kind and lenient and likes that one should be kind and lenient in
all matters." I said, "Haven't you heard what they said?" He said, "I said (to them), 'Wa 'Alaikum (and
upon you).
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Hadith 6928
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Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، وَمَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ إِذَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ إِنَّمَا يَقُولُونَ سَامٌ عَلَيْكَ. فَقُلْ عَلَيْكَ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the Jews greet anyone of you they say: 'Sam'Alaika (death be upon you);
so you should say; 'Wa 'Alaika (and upon you).'"
As if I am looking at the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was speaking about one of the prophets whose people have
beaten and wounded him, and he was wiping the blood off his face and saying, "O Lord! Forgive my,
people as they do not know."
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Hadith 6930
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Narrated `Ali:
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، حَدَّثَنَا خَيْثَمَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ غَفَلَةَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَدِيثًا فَوَاللَّهِ، لأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" سَيَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ، حُدَّاثُ الأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الأَحْلاَمِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِيَّةِ، لاَ يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ فِي قَتْلِهِمْ أَجْرًا لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ".
Whenever I tell you a narration from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), by Allah, I would rather fall down from the sky
than ascribe a false statement to him, but if I tell you something between me and you (not a Hadith)
then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say things just to cheat my enemy). No doubt I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "During the last days there will appear some young foolish people who will say the
best words but their faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have no faith) and will go out
from (leave) their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So, where-ever you find them, kill them,
for who-ever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection."
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Hadith 6931
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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Yasar:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَعَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، أَنَّهُمَا أَتَيَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ فَسَأَلاَهُ عَنِ الْحَرُورِيَّةِ، أَسَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. قَالَ لاَ أَدْرِي مَا الْحَرُورِيَّةُ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" يَخْرُجُ فِي هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ ـ وَلَمْ يَقُلْ مِنْهَا ـ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ، يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حُلُوقَهُمْ ـ أَوْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ ـ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فَيَنْظُرُ الرَّامِي إِلَى سَهْمِهِ إِلَى نَصْلِهِ إِلَى رِصَافِهِ، فَيَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقَةِ، هَلْ عَلِقَ بِهَا مِنَ الدَّمِ شَىْءٌ ".
That they visited Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him about Al-Harauriyya, a special unorthodox
religious sect, "Did you hear the Prophet (ﷺ) saying anything about them?" Abu Sa`id said, "I do not
know what Al-Harauriyya is, but I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "There will appear in this nation---- he
did not say: From this nation ---- a group of people so pious apparently that you will consider your
prayers inferior to their prayers, but they will recite the Qur'an, the teachings of which will not go
beyond their throats and will go out of their religion as an arrow darts through the game, whereupon
the archer may look at his arrow, its Nasl at its Risaf and its Fuqa to see whether it is blood-stained or
not (i.e. they will have not even a trace of Islam in them).
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was distributing (something, `Abdullah bin Dhil Khawaisira at-Tamimi came and
said, "Be just, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Woe to you ! Who would be just if I were not?"
`Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "Allow me to cut off his neck ! " The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " Leave him, for he
has companions, and if you compare your prayers with their prayers and your fasting with theirs, you
will look down upon your prayers and fasting, in comparison to theirs. Yet they will go out of the
religion as an arrow darts through the game's body in which case, if the Qudhadh of the arrow is
examined, nothing will be found on it, and when its Nasl is examined, nothing will be found on it; and
then its Nadiyi is examined, nothing will be found on it. The arrow has been too fast to be smeared by
dung and blood. The sign by which these people will be recognized will be a man whose one hand (or
breast) will be like the breast of a woman (or like a moving piece of flesh). These people will appear
when there will be differences among the people (Muslims)." Abu Sa`id added: I testify that I heard
this from the Prophet (ﷺ) and also testify that `Ali killed those people while I was with him. The man with
the description given by the Prophet (ﷺ) was brought to `Ali. The following Verses were revealed in
connection with that very person (i.e., `Abdullah bin Dhil-Khawaisira at-Tarnimi): 'And among them
are men who accuse you (O Muhammad) in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms.' (9.58)
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Hadith 6934
Apostates - كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Narrated Yusair bin `Amr:
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ، حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يُسَيْرُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ هَلْ سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ فِي الْخَوَارِجِ شَيْئًا قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ـ وَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ قِبَلَ الْعِرَاقِ ـ
" يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ".
I asked Sahl bin Hunaif, "Did you hear the Prophet (ﷺ) saying anything about Al-Khawarij?" He said, "I
heard him saying while pointing his hand towards Iraq. "There will appear in it (i.e, Iraq) some people
who will recite the Qur'an but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out from (leave)
Islam as an arrow darts through the game's body.' "
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Hadith 6935
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى تَقْتَتِلَ فِئَتَانِ دَعْوَاهُمَا وَاحِدَةٌ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The Hour will not be established till two (huge) groups fight against each other,
their claim being one and the same."
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Hadith 6936
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'Umar bin Al-Khattab said:
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ، وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيَّ، أَخْبَرَاهُ أَنَّهُمَا، سَمِعَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمٍ، يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ فِي حَيَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاسْتَمَعْتُ لِقِرَاءَتِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ يَقْرَؤُهَا عَلَى حُرُوفٍ كَثِيرَةٍ لَمْ يُقْرِئْنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَذَلِكَ، فَكِدْتُ أُسَاوِرُهُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ حَتَّى سَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ لَبَّبْتُهُ بِرِدَائِهِ أَوْ بِرِدَائِي فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ قَالَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قُلْتُ لَهُ كَذَبْتَ فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَقْرَأَنِي هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُكَ تَقْرَؤُهَا. فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَقُودُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ هَذَا يَقْرَأُ بِسُورَةِ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى حُرُوفٍ لَمْ تُقْرِئْنِيهَا، وَأَنْتَ أَقْرَأْتَنِي سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَرْسِلْهُ يَا عُمَرُ، اقْرَأْ يَا هِشَامُ ". فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ الْقِرَاءَةَ الَّتِي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقْرَؤُهَا. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ ". ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " اقْرَأْ يَا عُمَرُ ". فَقَرَأْتُ فَقَالَ " هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ ". ثُمَّ قَالَ " إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ ".
I heard Hisham bin Al-Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several different ways which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had not taught me. So I was about to jump over him during his Salat (prayer) but I waited till he finished his Salat (prayer) whereupon I put, either his upper garment or my upper garment around his neck and seized him by it and asked him, "Who has taught you this Surah?" He replied: "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has taught it to me." I said (to him), "You have told a lie! By Allah, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has taught me this Surah which I have heard you reciting." So I dragged him to the Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I said: "O Allah's Messenger I have heard this man reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way in which you have not taught me, and you did teach me Surah Al-Furqan." On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O 'Umar, release him! Recite, O Hisham". So Hisham recited before him in the way as I heard him reciting. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It has been revealed like this." Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Recite, O 'Umar" So recited it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It has been revealed like this." And then he added, "This Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in seven different ways, so recite it whichever way is easier for you."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 84, Hadith 69
Hadith 6937
Apostates - كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَخْبَرَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، رضى الله عنه قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ} شَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالُوا أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لَيْسَ كَمَا تَظُنُّونَ. إِنَّمَا هُوَ كَمَا قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لاِبْنِهِ {يَا بُنَىَّ لاَ تُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ}".
When the Verse:--'Those who believe and did not confuse their belief with wrong (worshipping others
besides Allah).' (6.82) was revealed, it was hard on the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) and they said,
"Who among us has not wronged (oppressed) himself?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The meaning of the
Verse is not as you think, but it is as Luqman said to his son, 'O my son! Join not in worship others
with Allah, Verily! Joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.'" (31.13)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 84, Hadith 70
Hadith 6938
Apostates - كتاب استتابة المرتدين والمعاندين وقتالهم
Narrated `Itban bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عِتْبَانَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقُولُ غَدَا عَلَىَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَيْنَ مَالِكُ بْنُ الدُّخْشُنِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا ذَلِكَ مُنَافِقٌ لاَ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلاَ تَقُولُوهُ يَقُولُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ يَبْتَغِي. بِذَلِكَ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ ". قَالَ بَلَى. قَالَ " فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يُوَافَى عَبْدٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِهِ إِلاَّ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارَ ".
Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me in the morning, and a man among us said, "Where is Malik bin Ad-
Dukhshun?" Another man from us replied, "He is a hypocrite who does not love Allah and His
Apostle." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Don't you think that he says: None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah, only for Allah's sake?" They replied, "Yes" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Nobody will meet Allah with
that saying on the Day of Resurrection, but Allah will save him from the Fire."
Abu `Abdur-Rahman and Hibban bin 'Atiyya had a dispute. Abu `Abdur-Rahman said to Hibban,
"You know what made your companions (i.e. `Ali) dare to shed blood." Hibban said, "Come on! What
is that?" `Abdur-Rahman said, "Something I heard him saying." The other said, "What was it?"
`AbdurRahman said, "`Ali said, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for me, Az-Zubair and Abu Marthad, and all of
us were cavalry men, and said, 'Proceed to Raudat-Hajj (Abu Salama said that Abu 'Awana called it
like this, i.e., Hajj where there is a woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta'a to the pagans
(of Mecca). So bring that letter to me.' So we proceeded riding on our horses till we overtook her at
the same place of which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had told us. She was traveling on her camel. In that letter
Hatib had written to the Meccans about the proposed attached of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) against them. We
asked her, "Where is the letter which is with you?' She replied, 'I haven't got any letter.' So we made
her camel kneel down and searched her luggage, but we did not find anything. My two companions
said, 'We do not think that she has got a letter.' I said, 'We know that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has not told a
lie.'"
Then `Ali took an oath saying, "By Him by Whom one should swear! You shall either bring out the
letter or we shall strip off your clothes." She then stretched out her hand for her girdle (round her
waist) and brought out the paper (letter). They took the letter to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). `Umar said, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! (Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers; let me chop off his neck!"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Hatib! What obliged you to do what you have done?" Hatib replied, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why (for what reason) should I not believe in Allah and His Apostle? But I intended
to do the (Mecca) people a favor by virtue of which my family and property may be protected as there
is none of your companions but has some of his people (relatives) whom Allah urges to protect his
family and property." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He has said the truth; therefore, do not say anything to him
except good." `Umar again said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! He has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the
believers; let me chop his neck off!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Isn't he from those who fought the battle of
Badr? And what do you know, Allah might have looked at them (Badr warriors) and said (to them),
'Do what you like, for I have granted you Paradise?' " On that, `Umar's eyes became flooded with tears
and he said, "Allah and His Apostle know best."
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to invoke Allah in his prayer, "O Allah! Save `Aiyash bin Abi Rabi`a and Salama
bin Hisham and Al-Walid bin Al-Walid; O Allah! Save the weak among the believers; O Allah! Be
hard upon the tribe of Mudar and inflict years (of famine) upon them like the (famine) years of
Joseph."
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Hadith 6941
(Statements made under) Coercion - كتاب الإكراه
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ الطَّائِفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" ثَلاَثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ وَجَدَ حَلاَوَةَ الإِيمَانِ أَنْ يَكُونَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا سِوَاهُمَا، وَأَنْ يُحِبَّ الْمَرْءَ لاَ يُحِبُّهُ إِلاَّ لِلَّهِ، وَأَنْ يَكْرَهَ أَنْ يَعُودَ فِي الْكُفْرِ، كَمَا يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقْذَفَ فِي النَّارِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever possesses the (following) three qualities will have the sweetness of
faith (1): The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else; (2) Who loves a
person and he loves him only for Allah's Sake; (3) who hates to revert to atheism (disbelief) as he
hates to be thrown into the Fire."
I heard Sa`id bin Zaid saying, "I have seen myself tied and forced by `Umar to leave Islam (Before
`Umar himself embraced Islam). And if the mountain of Uhud were to collapse for the evil which you
people had done to `Uthman, then Uhud would have the right to do so." (See Hadith No. 202, Vol. 5)
We complained to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (about our state) while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in the
shade of the Ka`ba. We said, "Will you ask Allah to help us? Will you invoke Allah for us?" He said,
"Among those who were before you a (believer) used to be seized and, a pit used to be dug for him
and then he used to be placed in it. Then a saw used to be brought and put on his head which would be
split into two halves. His flesh might be combed with iron combs and removed from his bones, yet, all
that did not cause him to revert from his religion. By Allah! This religion (Islam) will be completed
(and triumph) till a rider (traveler) goes from San`a' (the capital of Yemen) to Hadramout fearing
nobody except Allah and the wolf lest it should trouble his sheep, but you are impatient." (See Hadith
No. 191, Vol. 5)
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Hadith 6944
(Statements made under) Coercion - كتاب الإكراه
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى يَهُودَ ". فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى جِئْنَا بَيْتَ الْمِدْرَاسِ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنَادَاهُمْ " يَا مَعْشَرَ يَهُودَ أَسْلِمُوا تَسْلَمُوا ". فَقَالُوا قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ. فَقَالَ " ذَلِكَ أُرِيدُ "، ثُمَّ قَالَهَا الثَّانِيَةَ. فَقَالُوا قَدْ بَلَّغْتَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ " اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُجْلِيَكُمْ، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْكُمْ بِمَالِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَبِعْهُ، وَإِلاَّ فَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الأَرْضُ لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ".
While we were in the mosque, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out to us and said, "Let us proceed to the Jews."
So we went along with him till we reached Bait-al-Midras (a place where the Torah used to be recited
and all the Jews of the town used to gather). The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up and addressed them, "O Assembly
of Jews! Embrace Islam and you will be safe!" The Jews replied, "O Aba-l-Qasim! You have
conveyed Allah's message to us." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "That is what I want (from you)." He repeated his
first statement for the second time, and they said, "You have conveyed Allah's message, O Aba-l-
Qasim." Then he said it for the third time and added, "You should Know that the earth belongs to
Allah and His Apostle, and I want to exile you fro,,, this land, so whoever among you owns some
property, can sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle."
(See Hadith No. 392, Vol. 4)
That her father gave her in marriage when she was a matron and she disliked that marriage. So she
came and (complained) to the Prophets and he declared that marriage invalid. (See Hadith No. 69,
Vol. 7)
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Hadith 6946
(Statements made under) Coercion - كتاب الإكراه
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ـ هُوَ ذَكْوَانُ ـ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يُسْتَأْمَرُ النِّسَاءُ فِي أَبْضَاعِهِنَّ قَالَ " نَعَمْ ". قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ الْبِكْرَ تُسْتَأْمَرُ فَتَسْتَحِي فَتَسْكُتُ. قَالَ " سُكَاتُهَا إِذْنُهَا ".
I asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Should the women be asked for their consent to their
marriage?" He said, "Yes." I said, "A virgin, if asked, feels shy and keeps quiet." He said, "Her silence
means her consent."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 85, Hadith 79
Hadith 6947
(Statements made under) Coercion - كتاب الإكراه
Narrated Jabir:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ دَبَّرَ مَمْلُوكًا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" مَنْ يَشْتَرِيهِ مِنِّي ". فَاشْتَرَاهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ النَّحَّامِ بِثَمَانِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ. قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ عَبْدًا قِبْطِيًّا مَاتَ عَامَ أَوَّلَ.
A man from the Ansar made his slave, a Mudabbar. And apart from that slave he did not have any
other property. This news reached Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he said, "Who will buy that slave from me?" So
Nu'aim bin An-Nahham bought him for 800 Dirham. Jabir added: It was a coptic (Egyptian) slave
who died that year.
Regarding the Qur'anic Verse: 'O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their
will.' (4.19) The custom (in the Pre-lslamic Period) was that if a man died, his relatives used to have
the right to inherit his wife, and if one of them wished, he could marry her, or they could marry her to
somebody else, or prevent her from marrying if they wished, for they had more right to dispose of her
than her own relatives. Therefore this Verse was revealed concerning this matter.
"A governmental male-slave tried to seduce a slave-girl from the Khumus of the war booty till he deflowered her by force against her will; therefore 'Umar flogged him according to the law, and exiled him, but he did not flog the female slave because the male-slave had committed illegal sexual intercourse by force, against her will."
Az-Zuhri said regarding a virgin slave-girl raped by a free man: The judge has to fine the adulterer as much money as is equal to the price of the female slave and the adulterer has to be flogged (according to the Islamic Law); but if the slave woman is a matron, then, according to the verdict of the Imam, the adulterer is not fined but he has to receive the legal punishment (according to the Islamic Law).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(The Prophet) Abraham migrated with his wife Sarah till he reached a town
where there was a king or a tyrant who sent a message, to Abraham, ordering him to send Sarah to
him. So when Abraham had sent Sarah, the tyrant got up, intending to do evil with her, but she got up
and performed ablution and prayed and said, 'O Allah ! If I have believed in You and in Your Apostle,
then do not empower this oppressor over me.' So he (the king) had an epileptic fit and started moving
his legs violently. "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 85, Hadith 82
Hadith 6951
(Statements made under) Coercion - كتاب الإكراه
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَالِمًا، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ، لاَ يَظْلِمُهُ، وَلاَ يُسْلِمُهُ، وَمَنْ كَانَ فِي حَاجَةِ أَخِيهِ، كَانَ اللَّهُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim. So he should neither oppress him nor
hand him over to an oppressor. And whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his
needs."
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Hadith 6952
(Statements made under) Coercion - كتاب الإكراه
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا ". فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْصُرُهُ إِذَا كَانَ مَظْلُومًا، أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ ظَالِمًا كَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ قَالَ " تَحْجُزُهُ أَوْ تَمْنَعُهُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ نَصْرُهُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed," A man said, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I will help him if he is oppressed, but if he is an oppressor, how shall I help him?"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By preventing him from oppressing (others), for that is how to help him."
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Hadith 6953
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَقَّاصٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَخْطُبُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّةِ وَإِنَّمَا لاِمْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَمَنْ هَاجَرَ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'O people! The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions, and every person will
get the reward according to what he has intended. So, whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle,
then his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle, and whoever emigrated to take worldly benefit or
for a woman to marry, then his emigration was for what he emigrated for."
That Abu Bakr wrote for him, Zakat regulations which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had made compulsory, and
wrote that one should neither collect various portions (of the property) nor divide the property into
various portions in order to avoid paying Zakat.
A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Tell me what
Allah has enjoined on me as regards prayers." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You have to offer perfectly the five
(compulsory) prayers in a day and a night (24 hrs.), except if you want to perform some extra optional
prayers." The bedouin said, "Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards fasting." The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "You have to observe fast during the month of Ramadan except if you fast some extra optional
fast." The bedouin said, "Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regard Zakat." The Prophet (ﷺ) then
told him the Islamic laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, "By Him Who has honored
you, I will not perform any optional deeds of worship and I will not leave anything of what Allah has
enjoined on me." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "He will be successful if he has told the truth (or he will enter
Paradise if he said the truth)." And some people said, "The Zakat for one-hundred and twenty camels
is two Hiqqas, and if the Zakat payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives them as a present or
plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakat, then there is no harm (in it) for him.
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Hadith 6957
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَكُونُ كَنْزُ أَحَدِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شُجَاعًا أَقْرَعَ، يَفِرُّ مِنْهُ صَاحِبُهُ فَيَطْلُبُهُ وَيَقُولُ أَنَا كَنْزُكَ. قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَنْ يَزَالَ يَطْلُبُهُ حَتَّى يَبْسُطَ يَدَهُ فَيُلْقِمَهَا فَاهُ ". وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا مَا رَبُّ النَّعَمِ لَمْ يُعْطِ حَقَّهَا، تُسَلَّطُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، تَخْبِطُ وَجْهَهُ بِأَخْفَافِهَا ". وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ فِي رَجُلٍ لَهُ إِبِلٌ، فَخَافَ أَنْ تَجِبَ عَلَيْهِ الصَّدَقَةُ، فَبَاعَهَا بِإِبِلٍ مِثْلِهَا، أَوْ بِغَنَمٍ، أَوْ بِبَقَرٍ، أَوْ بِدَرَاهِمَ، فِرَارًا مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ بِيَوْمٍ، احْتِيَالاً فَلاَ بَأْسَ عَلَيْهِ، وَهْوَ يَقُولُ إِنْ زَكَّى إِبِلَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُولَ الْحَوْلُ بِيَوْمٍ أَوْ بِسَنَةٍ، جَازَتْ عَنْهُ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Kanz (Treasure or wealth of which, Zakat has
not been paid) of anyone of you will appear in the shape of a huge bald headed poisonous male snake
and its owner will run away from it, but it will follow him and say, 'I am your Kanz.'" The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, "By Allah, that snake will keep on following him until he stretches out his hand and let the
snake swallow it." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) added, "If the owner of camels does not pay their Zakat, then, on
the Day of Resurrection those camels will come to him and will strike his face with their hooves."
Some people said: Concerning a man who has camels, and is afraid that Zakat will be due so he sells
those camels for similar camels or for sheep or cows or money one day before Zakat becomes due in
order to avoid payment of their Zakat cunningly! "He has not to pay anything." The same scholar said,
"If one pays Zakat of his camels one day or one year prior to the end of the year (by the end of which
Zakat becomes due), his Zakat will be valid."
Sa'd bin 'Ubada Al-Ansari sought the verdict of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
regarding a vow made by his mother who had died before fulfilling it.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Fulfill it on her behalf." Some people said,
"If the number of camels reaches twenty, then their owner has to pay
four sheep as Zakat; and if their owner gives them as a gift or sells
them in order to escape the payment of Zakat cunningly before the
completion of a year, then he is not to pay anything, and if he
slaughters them and then dies, then no Zakat is to be taken from his
property."
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Hadith 6960
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated 'Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الشِّغَارِ. قُلْتُ لِنَافِعٍ مَا الشِّغَارُ قَالَ يَنْكِحُ ابْنَةَ الرَّجُلِ وَيُنْكِحُهُ ابْنَتَهُ بِغَيْرِ صَدَاقٍ، وَيَنْكِحُ أُخْتَ الرَّجُلِ وَيُنْكِحُهُ أُخْتَهُ بِغَيْرِ صَدَاقٍ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِنِ احْتَالَ حَتَّى تَزَوَّجَ عَلَى الشِّغَارِ، فَهْوَ جَائِزٌ، وَالشَّرْطُ بَاطِلٌ. وَقَالَ فِي الْمُتْعَةِ النِّكَاحُ فَاسِدٌ، وَالشَّرْطُ بَاطِلٌ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ الْمُتْعَةُ وَالشِّغَارُ جَائِزٌ، وَالشَّرْطُ بَاطِلٌ.
Nafi narrated to me that 'Abdullah said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade
the Shighar. I asked Nafi', "What is the Shighar?" He said, "It is to
marry the daughter of a man and marry one's daughter to that man (at
the same time) without Mahr (in both cases); or to marry the sister of
a man and marry one's own sister to that man without Mahr." Some
people said, "If one, by a trick, marries on the basis of Shighar, the
marriage is valid but its condition is illegal." The same scholar said
regarding Al-Mut'a, "The marriage is invalid and its condition is
illegal." Some others said, "The Mut'a and the Shighar are permissible
but the condition is illegal."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 86, Hadith 90
Hadith 6961
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated Muhammad bin `Ali:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا الزُّهْرِيُّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ابْنَىْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِمَا، أَنَّ عَلِيًّا ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ يَرَى بِمُتْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ بَأْسًا. فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْهَا يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ، وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الإِنْسِيَّةِ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِنِ احْتَالَ حَتَّى تَمَتَّعَ، فَالنِّكَاحُ فَاسِدٌ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمُ النِّكَاحُ جَائِزٌ وَالشَّرْطُ بَاطِلٌ.
`Ali was told that Ibn `Abbas did not see any harm in the Mut'a marriage. `Ali said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
forbade the Mut'a marriage on the Day of the battle of Khaibar and he forbade the eating of donkey's
meat." Some people said, "If one, by a tricky way, marries temporarily, his marriage is illegal." Others
said, "The marriage is valid but its condition is illegal."
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Hadith 6962
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ يُمْنَعُ فَضْلُ الْمَاءِ لِيُمْنَعَ بِهِ فَضْلُ الْكَلإِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "One should not prevent others from watering their animals with the surplus of
his water in order to prevent them from benefiting by the surplus of grass."
That he asked `Aisha regarding the Verse: 'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the
orphan girls, marry (other) women of your choice.' (4.3) `Aisha said, "It is about an orphan girl under
the custody of her guardian who being attracted by her wealth and beauty wants to marry her with
Mahr less than other women of her status. So such guardians were forbidden to marry them unless
they treat them justly by giving them their full Mahr. Then the people sought the verdict of Allah's
Apostle for such cases, whereupon Allah revealed: 'They ask your instruction concerning women..'
(4.127) (The sub-narrator then mentioned the Hadith.)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I am only a human being, and you people have disputes. May be some one
amongst you can present his case in a more eloquent and convincing manner than the other, and I give
my judgment in his favor according to what I hear. Beware! If ever I give (by error) somebody
something of his brother's right then he should not take it as I have only, given him a piece of Fire."
(See Hadith No. 638. Vol. 3)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A virgin should not be married till she is asked for her consent; and the matron
should not be married till she is asked whether she agrees to marry or not." It was asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! How will she (the virgin) express her consent?" He said, "By keeping silent." Some people
said that if a virgin is not asked for her consent and she is not married, and then a man, by playing a trick
presents two false witnesses that he has married her with her consent and the judge confirms his
marriage as a true one, and the husband knows that the witnesses were false ones, then there is no
harm for him to consummate his marriage with her and the marriage is regarded as valid.
A woman from the offspring of Ja`far was afraid lest her guardian marry her (to somebody) against
her will. So she sent for two elderly men from the Ansar, `AbdurRahman and Mujammi', the two sons
of Jariya, and they said to her, "Don't be afraid, for Khansa' bint Khidam was given by her father in
marriage against her will, then the Prophet (ﷺ) cancelled that marriage." (See Hadith No. 78)
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A lady slave should not be given in marriage until she is consulted, and a virgin
should not be given in marriage until her permission is granted." The people said, "How will she
express her permission?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By keeping silent (when asked her consent)." Some
people said, "If a man, by playing a trick, presents two false witnesses before the judge to testify that
he has married a matron with her consent and the judge confirms his marriage, and the husband is sure
that he has never married her (before), then such a marriage will be considered as a legal one and he
may live with her as husband."
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Hadith 6971
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ ذَكْوَانَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ ". قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْبِكْرَ تَسْتَحْيِي قَالَ " إِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا ". وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِنْ هَوِيَ رَجُلٌ جَارِيَةً يَتِيمَةً أَوْ بِكْرًا، فَأَبَتْ فَاحْتَالَ فَجَاءَ بِشَاهِدَىْ زُورٍ عَلَى أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَهَا، فَأَدْرَكَتْ فَرَضِيَتِ الْيَتِيمَةُ، فَقَبِلَ الْقَاضِي شَهَادَةَ الزُّورِ، وَالزَّوْجُ يَعْلَمُ بِبُطْلاَنِ ذَلِكَ، حَلَّ لَهُ الْوَطْءُ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, "A virgin
feels shy." The Prophet; said, "Her silence means her consent." Some people said, "If a man falls in
love with an orphan slave girl or a virgin and she refuses (him) and then he makes a trick by bringing
two false witnesses to testify that he has married her, and then she attains the age of puberty and
agrees to marry him and the judge accepts the false witness and the husband knows that the witnesses
were false ones, he may consummate his marriage."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to like sweets and also used to like honey, and whenever he finished the `Asr
prayer, he used to visit his wives and stay with them. Once he visited Hafsa and remained with her
longer than the period he used to stay, so I enquired about it. It was said to me, "A woman from her
tribe gave her a leather skin containing honey as a present, and she gave some of it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
to drink." I said, "By Allah, we will play a trick on him." So I mentioned the story to Sauda (the wife
of the Prophet) and said to her, "When he enters upon you, he will come near to you whereupon you
should say to him, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?' He will say, 'No.' Then you say to
him, 'What is this bad smell? ' And it would be very hard on Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that a bad smell should be
found on his body. He will say, 'Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.' Then you should say to him,
'Its bees must have sucked from the Al-`Urfut (a foul smelling flower).' I too, will tell him the same.
And you, O Saifya, say the same."
So when the Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon Sauda (the following happened). Sauda said, "By Him except
Whom none has the right to be worshipped, I was about to say to him what you had told me to say
while he was still at the gate because of fear from you. But when Allah 's Apostle came near to me, I
said to him, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you eaten Maghafir?' He replied, 'No.' I said, 'What about this
smell?' He said, 'Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.' I said, 'Its bees must have sucked Al-`Urfut.' "
When he entered upon me, I told him the same as that, and when he entered upon Safiya, she too told
him the same. So when he visited Hafsa again, she said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I give you a
drink of it (honey)?" He said, "I have no desire for it." Sauda said, Subhan Allah! We have deprived
him of it (honey)." I said to her, "Be quiet!"
`Umar bin Al-Khattab left for Sham, and when he reached a placed called Sargh, he came to know
that there was an outbreak of an epidemic (of plague) in Sham. Then `AbdurRahman bin `Auf told
him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If you hear the news of an outbreak of an epidemic (plague) in a
certain place, do not enter that place: and if the epidemic falls in a place while you are present in it, do
not leave that place to escape from the epidemic." So `Umar returned from Sargh.
That he heard Usama bin Zaid speaking to Sa`d, saying, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mentioned the plague and
said, 'It is a means of punishment with which some nations were punished and some of it has
remained, and it appears now and then. So whoever hears that there is an outbreak of plague in some
land, he should not go to that land, and if the plague breaks out in the land where one is already
present, one should not run away from that land, escaping from the plague."
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Hadith 6975
Tricks - كتاب الحيل
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ السَّخْتِيَانِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" الْعَائِدُ فِي هِبَتِهِ كَالْكَلْبِ يَعُودُ فِي قَيْئِهِ، لَيْسَ لَنَا مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we
(believers) should not act according to this bad example."
The Prophet (ﷺ) has decreed that preemption is valid in all cases where the real estate concerned has not
been divided, but if the boundaries are established and the ways are made, then there is no preemption.
A man said, "Preemption is only for the neighbor," and then he makes invalid what he has confirmed.
He said, "If someone wants to buy a house and being afraid that the neighbor (of the house) may buy
it through preemption, he buys one share out of one hundred shares of the house and then buys the rest
of the house, then the neighbor can only have the right of preemption for the first share but not for the
rest of the house; and the buyer may play such a trick in this case."
Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand on my shoulder and I
accompanied him to Sa'd. Abu Rafi' said to Al-Miswar, "Won't you order
this (i.e. Sa'd) to buy my house which is in my yard?" Sa'd said, "I
will not offer more than four hundred in installments over a fixed
period." Abu Rafi said, "I was offered five hundred cash but I
refused. Had I not heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'A neighbor is more
entitled to receive the care of his neighbor,' I would not have sold
it to you." The narrator said, to Sufyan: Ma'mar did not say so.
Sufyan said, "But he did say so to me." Some people said, "If someone
wants to sell a house and deprived somebody of the right of
preemption, he has the right to play a trick to render the preemption
invalid. And that is by giving the house to the buyer as a present and
marking its boundaries and giving it to him. The buyer then gives the
seller one-thousand Dirham as compensation in which case the preemptor
loses his right of preemption."
Abu Rafi' said that Sa'd offered him
four hundred Mithqal of gold for a house. Abu Rafi ' said, "If I had
not heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'A neighbor has more right to be
taken care of by his neighbor,' then I would not have given it to
you." Some people said, "If one has bought a portion of a house and
wants to cancel the right of preemption, he may give it as a present
to his little son and he will not be obliged to take an oath."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) appointed a man called Ibn Al-Lutabiyya to collect the Zakat from Bani Sulaim's
tribe. When he returned, the Prophet (ﷺ) called him to account. He said (to the Prophet, 'This is your
money, and this has been given to me as a gift." On that, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Why didn't you stay in
your father's and mother's house to see whether you will be given gifts or not if you are telling the
truth?" Then the Prophet (ﷺ) addressed us, and after praising and glorifying Allah, he said: "Amma
Ba'du", I employ a man from among you to manage some affair of what Allah has put under my
custody, and then he comes to me and says, 'This is your money and this has been given to me as a
gift. Why didn't he stay in his father's and mother's home to see whether he will be given gifts or not?
By Allah, not anyone of you takes a thing unlawfully but he will meet Allah on the Day of
Resurrection, carrying that thing. I do not want to see any of you carrying a grunting camel or a
mooing cow or a bleating sheep on meeting Allah." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) raised both his hands till the
whiteness of his armpits became visible, and he said, "O Allah! Haven't I have conveyed (Your
Message)?" The narrator added: My eyes witnessed and my ears heard (that Hadith).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than anyone
else)." Some men said, "If one wants to buy a house for 20,000 Dirhams then there is no harm to play
a trick to deprive somebody of preemption by buying it (just on paper) with 20,000 Dirhams but
paying to the seller only 9,999 Dirhams in cash and then agree with the seller to pay only one Dinar in
cash for the rest of the price (i.e. 10,001 Dirhams). If the preemptor offers 20,000 Dirhams for the
house, he can buy it otherwise he has no right to buy it (by this trick he got out of preemption). If the
house proves to belong to somebody else other than the seller, the buyer should take back from the
seller what he has paid, i.e., 9,999 Dirhams and one Dinar, because if the house proves to belong to
somebody else, so the whole bargain (deal) is unlawful. If the buyer finds a defect in the house and it
does not belong to somebody other than the seller, the buyer may return it and receive 20,000 Dirhams
(instead of 9999 Dirham plus one Dinar) which he actually paid.' Abu `Abdullah said, "So that man
allows (some people) the playing of tricks amongst the Muslims (although) the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'In
dealing with Muslims one should not sell them sick (animals) or bad things or stolen things."
Abu Rafi` sold a house to Sa`d bin Malik for four-hundred Mithqal of gold, and said, "If I had not
heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than
anyone else),' then I would not have sold it to you."
The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the form of good righteous
(true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a dream but that it came true like bright day light. He used to
go in seclusion (the cave of) Hira where he used to worship(Allah Alone) continuously for many
(days) nights. He used to take with him the journey food for that (stay) and then come back to (his
wife) Khadija to take his food like-wise again for another period to stay, till suddenly the Truth
descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him in it and asked him to
read. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "I do not know how to read." (The Prophet (ﷺ) added), "The angel caught me
(forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and again
asked me to read, and I replied, "I do not know how to read," whereupon he caught me again and
pressed me a second time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and asked me again to
read, but again I replied, "I do not know how to read (or, what shall I read?)." Thereupon he caught
me for the third time and pressed me and then released me and said, "Read: In the Name of your Lord,
Who has created (all that exists). Has created man from a clot. Read and Your Lord is Most
Generous...up to..... ..that which he knew not." (96.15)
Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned with the Inspiration, his neck muscles twitching with terror till he
entered upon Khadija and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his fear was over and
then he said, "O Khadija, what is wrong with me?" Then he told her everything that had happened and
said, 'I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija said, 'Never! But have the glad tidings, for by
Allah, Allah will never disgrace you as you keep good reactions with your Kith and kin, speak the
truth, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guest generously and assist the deserving, calamityafflicted
ones." Khadija then accompanied him to (her cousin) Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin
`Abdul `Uzza bin Qusai. Waraqa was the son of her paternal uncle, i.e., her father's brother, who
during the Pre-Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the Arabic writing and used to
write of the Gospels in Arabic as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost
his eyesight. Khadija said to him, "O my cousin! Listen to the story of your nephew." Waraqa asked,
"O my nephew! What have you seen?" The Prophet (ﷺ) described whatever he had seen.
Waraqa said, "This is the same Namus (i.e., Gabriel, the Angel who keeps the secrets) whom Allah
had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people would turn
you out." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Will they turn me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said:
"Never did a man come with something similar to what you have brought but was treated with
hostility. If I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you
strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while
and the Prophet (ﷺ) became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from
the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself
down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in
truth" whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home. And
whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but
when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to him what he
had said before. (Ibn `Abbas said regarding the meaning of: 'He it is that Cleaves the daybreak (from
the darkness)' (6.96) that Al-Asbah. means the light of the sun during the day and the light of the
moon at night).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you sees a dream that he likes, then it is from Allah, and he should
thank Allah for it and narrate it to others; but if he sees something else, i.e., a dream that he dislikes,
then it is from Satan, and he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil, and he should not mention it
to anybody, for it will not harm him."
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Hadith 6986
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Qatada:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ـ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ خَيْرًا لَقِيتُهُ بِالْيَمَامَةِ ـ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا حَلَمَ فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنْهُ وَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَضُرُّهُ ". وَعَنْ أَبِيهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِثْلَهُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A good dream that comes true is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan, so if
anyone of you sees a bad dream, he should seek refuge with Allah from Satan and should spit on the
left, for the bad dream will not harm him."
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Hadith 6990
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ إِلاَّ الْمُبَشِّرَاتُ ". قَالُوا وَمَا الْمُبَشِّرَاتُ قَالَ " الرُّؤْيَا الصَّالِحَةُ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Nothing is left of the prophetism except Al-Mubashshirat." They
asked, "What are Al-Mubashshirat?" He replied, "The true good dreams (that conveys glad tidings).
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Hadith 6991
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ أُنَاسًا، أُرُوا لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي السَّبْعِ الأَوَاخِرِ، وَأَنَّ أُنَاسًا أُرُوا أَنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الأَوَاخِرِ ".
Some people were shown the Night of Qadr as being in the last seven days (of the month of
Ramadan). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Seek it in the last seven days (of Ramadan).
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Hadith 6992
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَأَبَا، عُبَيْدٍ أَخْبَرَاهُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" لَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ، ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الدَّاعِي لأَجَبْتُهُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If I stayed in prison as long as Joseph stayed and then the messenger came, I
would respond to his call (to go out of the prison) ."
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "Whoever sees me in a dream will see me in his wakefulness, and Satan
cannot imitate me in shape." Abu `Abdullah said, "Ibn Seereen said, 'Only if he sees the Prophet (ﷺ) in his
(real) shape.'"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan. So whoever has seen
(in a dream) something he dislikes, then he should spit without saliva, thrice on his left and seek refuge
with Allah from Satan, for it will not harm him, and Satan cannot appear in my shape."
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Hadith 6998
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ الْعِجْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أُعْطِيتُ مَفَاتِيحَ الْكَلِمِ، وَنُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ، وَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ الْبَارِحَةَ إِذْ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ حَتَّى وُضِعَتْ فِي يَدِي ". قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْتَقِلُونَهَا.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have been given the keys of eloquent speech and given victory with awe (cast
into the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping last night, the keys of the treasures of the earth
were brought to me till they were put in my hand." Abu Huraira added: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) left (this
world) and now you people are carrying those treasures from place to place.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I saw myself (in a dream) near the Ka`ba last night, and I saw a man with
whitish red complexion, the best you may see amongst men of that complexion having long hair
reaching his earlobes which was the best hair of its sort, and he had combed his hair and water was
dropping from it, and he was performing the Tawaf around the Ka`ba while he was leaning on two
men or on the shoulders of two men. I asked, 'Who is this man?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah,
son of Mary.' Then I saw another man with very curly hair, blind in the right eye which looked like a
protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' Somebody replied, '(He is) Messiah, Ad-Dajjal.'"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to visit Um Haram bint Milhan she was the wife of 'Ubada bin As-Samit. One
day the Prophet (ﷺ) visited her and she provided him with food and started looking for lice in his head.
Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) slept and afterwards woke up smiling. Um Haram asked, "What makes you
smile, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "Some of my followers were presented before me in my dream as
fighters in Allah's Cause, sailing in the middle of the seas like kings on the thrones or like kings sitting
on their thrones." (The narrator 'Is-haq is not sure as to which expression was correct). Um Haram
added, 'I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah, to make me one of them;" So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
invoked Allah for her and then laid his head down (and slept). Then he woke up smiling (again). (Um
Haram added): I said, "What makes you smile, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "Some people of my
followers were presented before me (in a dream) as fighters in Allah's Cause." He said the same as he
had said before. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah to make me from them." He said, "You are
among the first ones." Then Um Haram sailed over the sea during the Caliphate of Muawiya bin Abu
Sufyan, and she fell down from her riding animal after coming ashore, and died.
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Hadith 7003
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي خَارِجَةُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّ أُمَّ الْعَلاَءِ ـ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهُمُ اقْتَسَمُوا الْمُهَاجِرِينَ قُرْعَةً. قَالَتْ فَطَارَ لَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ، وَأَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي أَبْيَاتِنَا، فَوَجِعَ وَجَعَهُ الَّذِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهِ، فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ غُسِّلَ وَكُفِّنَ فِي أَثْوَابِهِ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ، فَشَهَادَتِي عَلَيْكَ لَقَدْ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَكْرَمَهُ ". فَقُلْتُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ يُكْرِمُهُ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَّا هُوَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَاءَهُ الْيَقِينُ، وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لأَرْجُو لَهُ الْخَيْرَ، وَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَاذَا يُفْعَلُ بِي ". فَقَالَتْ وَاللَّهِ لاَ أُزَكِّي بَعْدَهُ أَحَدًا أَبَدًا.
Um Al-`Ala an Ansari woman who had given a pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me:, "The
Muhajirln (emigrants) were distributed amongst us by drawing lots, and we got `Uthman bin Maz'un
in our share. We made him stay with us in our house. Then he suffered from a disease which proved
fatal. When he died and was given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came, I
said, (addressing the dead body), 'O Aba As-Sa'ib! May Allah be Merciful to you! I testify that Allah
has honored you.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'How do you know that Allah has honored him?" I replied, 'Let
my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! On whom else shall Allah bestow. His honor?'
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'As for him, by Allah, death has come to him. By Allah, I wish him all good
(from Allah). By Allah, in spite of the fact that I am Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I do not know what Allah will do
to me.", Um Al-`Ala added, "By Allah, I will never attest the righteousness of anybody after that."
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Hadith 7004
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا وَقَالَ " مَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِهِ ". قَالَتْ وَأَحْزَنَنِي فَنِمْتُ، فَرَأَيْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ عَيْنًا تَجْرِي، فَأَخْبَرْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " ذَلِكَ عَمَلُهُ ".
Regarding the above narration, The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I do not know what Allah will do to him (Uthman
bin Maz'un)." Um Al-`Ala said, "I felt very sorry for that, and then I slept and saw in a dream a
flowing spring for `Uthman bin Maz'un, and told Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) of that, and he said, "That flowing
spring symbolizes his good deeds."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 132
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Narrated Abu Qatada Al-Ansari:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ الأَنْصَارِيّ َ ـ وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَفُرْسَانِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" الرُّؤْيَا مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحُلْمُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِذَا حَلَمَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحُلُمَ يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَبْصُقْ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَلْيَسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْهُ، فَلَنْ يَضُرَّهُ ".
(a companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) and one of his cavalry men) "I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "A good
dream is from Allah, and a bad dream is from Satan; so, if anyone of you had a bad dream which he
disliked, then he should spit on his left and seek refuge with Allah from it, for it will not harm him."
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, I was given a bowl full of milk (in a dream),
and I drank of it to my fill until I noticed its wetness coming out of my nails, and then I gave the rest
of it to `Umar." They (the people) asked, "What have you interpreted (about the dream)? O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "(It is Religious) knowledge."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, I was given a bowl full of milk (in the dream) and I drank
from it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness coming out of my limbs. Then I gave the rest of it to
`Umar bin Al-Khattab." The persons sitting around him, asked, "What have you interpreted (about the
dream) O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "(It is religious) knowledge."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, some people were displayed before me (in a dream). They
were wearing shirts, some of which were merely covering their breasts, and some a bit longer. Then
there passed before me, `Umar bin Al-Khattab wearing a shirt he was dragging it (on the ground
behind him.)" They (the people) asked, "What have you interpreted (about the dream) O Allah's
Apostle?" He said, "The Religion."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 136
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Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ عُرِضُوا عَلَىَّ، وَعَلَيْهِمْ قُمُصٌ، فَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ الثَّدْىَ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَبْلُغُ دُونَ ذَلِكَ، وَعُرِضَ عَلَىَّ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ يَجْتَرُّهُ ". قَالُوا فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " الدِّينَ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) the people being displayed
before me, wearing shirts, some of which (were so short that it) reached as far as their breasts and
some reached below that. Then `Umar bin Al-Khattab was shown to me and he was wearing a shirt
which he was dragging (behind him)." They asked. What have you interpreted (about the dream)? O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" He said, "The religion."
I was sitting in a gathering in which there was Sa`d bin Malik and Ibn `Umar. `Abdullah bin Salam
passed in front of them and they said, "This man is from the people of Paradise." I said to `Abdullah
bin Salam, "They said so-and-so." He replied, "Subhan Allah! They ought not to have said things of
which they have no knowledge, but I saw (in a dream) that a post was fixed in a green garden. At the
top of the post there was a handhold and below it there was a servant. I was asked to climb (the post).
So I climbed it till I got hold of the handhold." Then I narrated this dream to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Allah's
Apostle said, "`Abdullah will die while still holding the firm reliable handhold (i.e., Islam).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 138
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Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أُرِيتُكِ فِي الْمَنَامِ مَرَّتَيْنِ، إِذَا رَجُلٌ يَحْمِلُكِ فِي سَرَقَةِ حَرِيرٍ فَيَقُولُ هَذِهِ امْرَأَتُكَ. فَأَكْشِفُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ أَنْتِ فَأَقُولُ إِنْ يَكُنْ هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ يُمْضِهِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (to me), "You were shown to me twice in (my) dream. Behold, a man was
carrying you in a silken piece of cloth and said to me, "She is your wife, so uncover her,' and behold,
it was you. I would then say (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' "
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "You were shown to me twice (in my dream) before I married you. I saw
an angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said to him, 'Uncover (her),' and behold, it was
you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' Then you were shown to me, the
angel carrying you in a silken piece of cloth, and I said (to him), 'Uncover (her), and behold, it was
you. I said (to myself), 'If this is from Allah, then it must happen.' "
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "I have been sent with Jawami al-Kalim (i.e., the shortest expression carrying the widest meanings), and I was made victorious with awe (cast into the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the earth were brought to me and were put in my hand."
Muhammad said, Jawami'-al-Kalim means that Allah expresses in one or two statements or thereabouts the numerous matters that used to be written in the books revealed before (the coming of) the Prophet.
(In a dream) I saw myself in a garden, and there was a pillar in the middle of the garden, and there was
a handhold at the top of the pillar. I was asked to climb it. I said, "I cannot." Then a servant came and
lifted up my clothes and I climbed (the pillar), and then got hold of the handhold, and I woke up while
still holding it. I narrated that to the Prophet (ﷺ) who said, "The garden symbolizes the garden of Islam,
and the handhold is the firm Islamic handhold which indicates that you will be adhering firmly to
Islam until you die."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 142
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Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّ فِي يَدِي سَرَقَةً مِنْ حَرِيرٍ لاَ أَهْوِي بِهَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ إِلاَّ طَارَتْ بِي إِلَيْهِ، فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى حَفْصَةَ. فَقَصَّتْهَا حَفْصَةُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " إِنَّ أَخَاكِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ ". أَوْ قَالَ " إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ ".
I saw in a dream a piece of silken cloth in my hand, and in whatever direction in Paradise I waved it, it
flew, carrying me there. I narrated this (dream) to (my sister) Hafsa and she told it to the Prophet (ﷺ) who
said, (to Hafsa), "Indeed, your brother is a righteous man," or, "Indeed, `Abdullah is a righteous man."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When the Day of Resurrection approaches, the dreams of a believer will hardly
fail to come true, and a dream of a believer is one of forty-six parts of prophetism, and whatever
belongs to prothetism can never be false." Muhammad bin Seereen said, "But I say this." He said, "It
used to be said, 'There are three types of dreams: The reflection of one's thoughts and experiences one
has during wakefulness, what is suggested by Satan to frighten the dreamer, or glad tidings from
Allah. So, if someone has a dream which he dislikes, he should not tell it to others, but get up and
offer a prayer." He added, "He (Abu Huraira) hated to see a Ghul (i.e., iron collar around his neck in a
dream) and people liked to see fetters (on their feet in a dream). The fetters on the feet symbolizes
one's constant and firm adherence to religion." And Abu `Abdullah said, "Ghuls (iron collars) are used
only for necks."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 144
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Narrated Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ الْعَلاَء ِ ـ وَهْىَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ بَايَعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَتْ طَارَ لَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ مَظْعُونٍ فِي السُّكْنَى حِينَ اقْتَرَعَتِ الأَنْصَارُ عَلَى سُكْنَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، فَاشْتَكَى فَمَرَّضْنَاهُ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ، ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ فِي أَثْوَابِهِ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ، فَشَهَادَتِي عَلَيْكَ لَقَدْ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ. قَالَ " وَمَا يُدْرِيكِ ". قُلْتُ لاَ أَدْرِي وَاللَّهِ. قَالَ " أَمَّا هُوَ فَقَدْ جَاءَهُ الْيَقِينُ، إِنِّي لأَرْجُو لَهُ الْخَيْرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي وَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَا يُفْعَلُ بِي وَلاَ بِكُمْ ". قَالَتْ أُمُّ الْعَلاَءِ فَوَاللَّهِ لاَ أُزَكِّي أَحَدًا بَعْدَهُ. قَالَتْ وَرَأَيْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ فِي النَّوْمِ عَيْنًا تَجْرِي، فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ " ذَاكِ عَمَلُهُ يَجْرِي لَهُ "
Um Al-`Ala an Ansari woman who had given the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said,
"`Uthman bin Maz'un came in our share when the Ansars drew lots to distribute the emigrants (to
dwell) among themselves, He became sick and we looked after (nursed) him till he died. Then we
shrouded him in his clothes. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us, I (addressing the dead body) said, "May
Allah's Mercy be on you, O Aba As-Sa'ib! I testify that Allah has honored you." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
'How do you know that?' I replied, 'I do not know, by Allah.' He said, 'As for him, death has come to
him and I wish him all good from Allah. By Allah, though I am Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I neither know what
will happen to me, nor to you.'" Um Al-`Ala said, "By Allah, I will never attest the righteousness of
anybody after that." She added, "Later I saw in a dream, a flowing spring for `Uthman. So I went to
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and mentioned that to him. He said, 'That is (the symbol of) his good deeds (the
reward for) which is going on for him.' "
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "(I saw in a dream that) while I was standing at a well and drawing water
therefrom, suddenly Abu Bakr and `Umar came to me. Abu Bakr took the bucket and drew one or two
buckets (full of water), but there was weakness in his pulling, but Allah forgave him. Then Ibn Al-
Khattab took the bucket from Abu Bakr's hand and the bucket turned into a very large one in his hand.
I have never seen any strong man among the people doing such a hard job as `Umar did, till (the
people drank to their satisfaction) and water their camels to their fill and they sat near the water."
about the Prophet's dream in which he has seen Abu Bakr and `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a
dream) that the people had gathered. Then Abu Bakr stood up and pulled out one or two buckets full
of water (from a well) and there was weakness in his pulling -- may Allah forgive him. Then Ibn Al-
Khattab stood up, and the bucket turned into a very large one and I have never seen any strong man
among the people doing such a hard job. He pulled out so much water that the people (drank to their
satisfaction) and watered their camels to their fill, (and then after quenching their thirst) they sat
beside the water."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself standing at a well over which there was a
bucket. I pulled out from it as many buckets of water as Allah wished, and then Ibn Abi Quhafa (Abu
Bakr) took the bucket from me and pulled out one or two full buckets, and there was weakness in his
pull--may Allah forgive him. Then the bucket turned into a very large one and `Umar bin Al-Khattab
took it. I have never seen any strong man among the people, drawing water with such strength as
`Umar did, till the people (drank to their satisfaction and) watered their camels to their fill; whereupon
the camels sat beside the water."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 148
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ هَمَّامٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ رَأَيْتُ أَنِّي عَلَى حَوْضٍ أَسْقِي النَّاسَ، فَأَتَانِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذَ الدَّلْوَ مِنْ يَدِي لِيُرِيحَنِي، فَنَزَعَ ذَنُوبَيْنِ وَفِي نَزْعِهِ ضَعْفٌ وَاللَّهُ يَغْفِرُ لَهُ، فَأَتَى ابْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَنْزِعُ، حَتَّى تَوَلَّى النَّاسُ وَالْحَوْضُ يَتَفَجَّرُ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself standing over a tank (well) giving water to
the people to drink. Then Abu Bakr came to me and took the bucket from me in order to relieve me
and he pulled out one or two full buckets, and there was weakness in his pulling --may Allah forgive
him. Then Ibn Al-Khattab took it from him and went on drawing water till the people left (after being
satisfied) while the tank was over flowing with water."
We were sitting with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), he said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself in Paradise.
Suddenly I saw a woman performing ablution beside a palace. I asked, "For whom is this palace?"
They (the angels) replied, "It is for `Umar bin Al-Khattab." Then I remembered `Umar's ghira and
went back hurriedly." On hearing that, `Umar started weeping and said, " Let my father and mother be
sacrificed for you. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! How dare I think of my Ghira being offended by you?
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: (I saw in a dream that) I entered Paradise, and behold, there was a palace built of
gold! I asked, 'For whom is this palace?' They (the angels) replied, 'For a man from the Quraish.' " The
Prophet added, "O Ibn Al-Khattab! Nothing stopped me from entering it except your Ghira." `Umar
said, "How dare I think of my Ghira being offended by you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?"
We were sitting with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) he said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself in Paradise, and
behold, a woman was performing ablution by the side of a palace. I asked, 'For whom is this palace?'
They replied, 'For `Umar' Then I remembered the Ghira of `Umar and returned immediately." `Umar
wept (on hearing that) and said, " Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!
How dare I think of my Ghira being offended by you.'
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, I saw myself performing the Tawaf of the Ka`ba. Behold,
there I saw a whitish-red lank-haired man (holding himself) between two men with water dropping
from his hair. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people replied, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I turned my face
to see another man with red complexion, big body, curly hair, and blind in the right eye which looked
like a protruding out grape. I asked, 'Who is he?' They replied, 'He is Ad-Dajjal.' Ibn Qatan resembles
him more than anybody else among the people and Ibn Qatan was a man from Bani Al-Mustaliq from
Khuza`a."
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw a bowl full of milk was brought to me
and I drank of it (to my fill) till I noticed its wetness flowing (in my body). Then I gave the remaining
of it to `Umar." They asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What have you interpreted (about the dream)? He
said, "(It is Religious) knowledge." (See Hadith No. 134)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 154
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Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا صَخْرُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعٌ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ إِنَّ رِجَالاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ الرُّؤْيَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيَقُصُّونَهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَيَقُولُ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، وَأَنَا غُلاَمٌ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ وَبَيْتِي الْمَسْجِدُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنْكِحَ، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي لَوْ كَانَ فِيكَ خَيْرٌ لَرَأَيْتَ مِثْلَ مَا يَرَى هَؤُلاَءِ. فَلَمَّا اضْطَجَعْتُ لَيْلَةً قُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ فِيَّ خَيْرًا فَأَرِنِي رُؤْيَا. فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَنِي مَلَكَانِ فِي يَدِ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مَقْمَعَةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، يُقْبِلاَ بِي إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ، وَأَنَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَدْعُو اللَّهَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ. ثُمَّ أُرَانِي لَقِيَنِي مَلَكٌ فِي يَدِهِ مِقْمَعَةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ فَقَالَ لَنْ تُرَاعَ، نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْتَ لَوْ تُكْثِرُ الصَّلاَةَ. فَانْطَلَقُوا بِي حَتَّى وَقَفُوا بِي عَلَى شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَإِذَا هِيَ مَطْوِيَّةٌ كَطَىِّ الْبِئْرِ، لَهُ قُرُونٌ كَقَرْنِ الْبِئْرِ، بَيْنَ كُلِّ قَرْنَيْنِ مَلَكٌ بِيَدِهِ مِقْمَعَةٌ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَأَرَى فِيهَا رِجَالاً مُعَلَّقِينَ بِالسَّلاَسِلِ، رُءُوسُهُمْ أَسْفَلَهُمْ، عَرَفْتُ فِيهَا رِجَالاً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَانْصَرَفُوا بِي عَنْ ذَاتِ الْيَمِينِ.
فَقَصَصْتُهَا عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقَصَّتْهَا حَفْصَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ ". فَقَالَ نَافِعٌ لَمْ يَزَلْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُكْثِرُ الصَّلاَةَ.
Men from the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to see dreams during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
and they used to narrate those dreams to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) would interpret them as
Allah wished. I was a young man and used to stay in the mosque before my wedlock. I said to myself,
"If there were any good in myself, I too would see what these people see." So when I went to bed one
night, I said, "O Allah! If you see any good in me, show me a good dream." So while I was in that
state, there came to me (in a dream) two angels. In the hand of each of them, there was a mace of iron,
and both of them were taking me to Hell, and I was between them, invoking Allah, "O Allah! I seek
refuge with You from Hell." Then I saw myself being confronted by another angel holding a mace of
iron in his hand. He said to me, "Do not be afraid, you will be an excellent man if you only pray more
often." So they took me till they stopped me at the edge of Hell, and behold, it was built inside like a
well and it had side posts like those of a well, and beside each post there was an angel carrying an iron
mace. I saw therein many people hanging upside down with iron chains, and I recognized therein
some men from the Quraish. Then (the angels) took me to the right side. I narrated this dream to (my
sister) Hafsa and she told it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "No doubt, `Abdullah is a good
man." (Nafi` said, "Since then `Abdullah bin `Umar used to pray much.)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 155
Hadith 7030
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ كُنْتُ غُلاَمًا شَابًّا عَزَبًا فِي عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكُنْتُ أَبِيتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَكَانَ مَنْ رَأَى مَنَامًا قَصَّهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ لِي عِنْدَكَ خَيْرٌ فَأَرِنِي مَنَامًا يُعَبِّرُهُ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَنِمْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ مَلَكَيْنِ أَتَيَانِي فَانْطَلَقَا بِي، فَلَقِيَهُمَا مَلَكٌ آخَرُ فَقَالَ لِي لَنْ تُرَاعَ، إِنَّكَ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، فَانْطَلَقَا بِي إِلَى النَّارِ، فَإِذَا هِيَ مَطْوِيَّةٌ كَطَىِّ الْبِئْرِ، وَإِذَا فِيهَا نَاسٌ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ بَعْضَهُمْ، فَأَخَذَا بِي ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِحَفْصَةَ.
فَزَعَمَتْ حَفْصَةُ أَنَّهَا قَصَّتْهَا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ
" إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ لَوْ كَانَ يُكْثِرُ الصَّلاَةَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ". قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يُكْثِرُ الصَّلاَةَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ.
I was a young unmarried man during the lifetime of the Prophet. I used to sleep in the mosque.
Anyone who had a dream, would narrate it to the Prophet. I said, "O Allah! If there is any good for me
with You, then show me a dream so that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) may interpret it for me." So I slept and saw
(in a dream) two angels came to me and took me along with them, and they met another angel who
said to me, "Don't be afraid, you are a good man." They took me towards the Fire, and behold, it was
built inside like a well, and therein I saw people some of whom I recognized, and then the angels took
me to the right side. In the morning, I mentioned that dream to Hafsa. Hafsa told me that she had
mentioned it to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, "`Abdullah is a righteous man if he only prays more at night."
(Az-Zuhri said, "After that, `Abdullah used to pray more at night.")
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 156
Hadith 7032
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِقَدَحِ لَبَنٍ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ أَعْطَيْتُ فَضْلِي عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ". قَالُوا فَمَا أَوَّلْتَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " الْعِلْمَ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "While I was sleeping, I saw that a cup full of milk was brought to me
and I drank of it and gave the remaining of it to `Umar bin Al-Khattab." They asked. What have you
interpreted (about the dream)? O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said. "(It is Religious) knowledge."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "While I was sleeping, two golden bangles were put in my two hands, so I got
scared (frightened) and disliked it, but I was given permission to blow them off, and they flew away. I
interpret it as a symbol of two liars who will appear." 'Ubaidullah said, "One of them was Al-`Ansi
who was killed by Fairuz at Yemen and the other was Musailama (at Najd) .
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw in a dream that I was migrating from Mecca to a land where there were date
palm trees. I thought that it might be the land of Al-Yamama or Hajar, but behold, it turned out to be
Yathrib (i.e. Medina). And I saw cows (being slaughtered) there, but the reward given by Allah is
better (than worldly benefits). Behold, those cows proved to symbolize the believers (who were killed)
on the Day (of the battle) of Uhud, and the good (which I saw in the dream) was the good and the
reward and the truth which Allah bestowed upon us after the Badr battle. (or the Battle of Uhud) and
that was the victory bestowed by Allah in the Battle of Khaibar and the conquest of Mecca) .
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Hadith 7036
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " نَحْنُ الآخِرُونَ السَّابِقُونَ ".
وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ إِذْ أُوتِيتُ خَزَائِنَ الأَرْضِ، فَوُضِعَ فِي يَدَىَّ سِوَارَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَكَبُرَا عَلَىَّ وَأَهَمَّانِي، فَأُوحِيَ إِلَىَّ أَنِ انْفُخْهُمَا، فَنَفَخْتُهُمَا فَطَارَا، فَأَوَّلْتُهُمَا الْكَذَّابَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَنَا بَيْنَهُمَا صَاحِبَ صَنْعَاءَ وَصَاحِبَ الْيَمَامَةِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "We (Muslims) are the last (to come) but (will be) the foremost (on the Day of
Resurrection)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) further said, ''While sleeping, I was given the treasures of the world
and two golden bangles were put in my hands, but I felt much annoyed, and those two bangles
distressed me very much, but I was inspired that I should blow them off, so I blew them and they flew
away. Then I interpreted that those two bangles were the liars between whom I was (i.e., the one of
San`a' and the one of Yamama).
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Hadith 7038
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated `Abdullah:
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلاَلٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" رَأَيْتُ كَأَنَّ امْرَأَةً سَوْدَاءَ ثَائِرَةَ الرَّأْسِ، خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَتَّى قَامَتْ بِمَهْيَعَةَ ـ وَهْىَ الْجُحْفَةُ ـ فَأَوَّلْتُ أَنَّ وَبَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ نُقِلَ إِلَيْهَا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a dream) a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Medina and
settling at Mahai'a, i.e., Al-Juhfa. I interpreted that as a symbol of epidemic of Medina being
transferred to that place (Al-Juhfa).
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Hadith 7039
Interpretation of Dreams - كتاب التعبير
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، حَدَّثَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ فِي رُؤْيَا النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْمَدِينَةِ
" رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً سَوْدَاءَ ثَائِرَةَ الرَّأْسِ، خَرَجَتْ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ بِمَهْيَعَةَ، فَتَأَوَّلْتُهَا أَنَّ وَبَاءَ الْمَدِينَةِ نُقِلَ إِلَى مَهْيَعَةَ، وَهْىَ الْجُحْفَةُ ".
concerning the dream of the Prophet (ﷺ) in Medina: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a dream) a black woman
with unkempt hair going out of Medina and settling at Mahai'a. I interpreted that as (a symbol of) the
epidemic of Medina being transferred to Mahai'a, namely, Al-Juhfa."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw (in a dream) a black woman with unkempt hair going out of Medina and
settling in Mahai'a. I interpreted that as (a symbol of) epidemic of Medina being transferred to
Mahai'a, namely, Al-Juhfa."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I saw in a dream that I waved a sword and it broke in the middle, and behold, that
symbolized the casualties the believers suffered on the Day (of the battle) of Uhud. Then I waved the
sword again, and it became better than it had ever been before, and behold, that symbolized the
Conquest (of Mecca) which Allah brought about and the gathering of the believers. "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever claims to have seen a dream which he did not see, will be ordered to
make a knot between two barley grains which he will not be able to do; and if somebody listens to the
talk of some people who do not like him (to listen) or they run away from him, then molten lead will
be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever makes a picture, will be punished on
the Day of Resurrection and will be ordered to put a soul in that picture, which he will not be able to
do."
Ibn `Abbas also narrated a similar hadith.
I used to see a dream which would make me sick till I heard Abu Qatada saying, "I too, used to see a
dream which would make me sick till I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "A good dream is from Allah, so if
anyone of you saw a dream which he liked, he should not tell it to anybody except to the one whom he
loves, and if he saw a dream which he disliked, then he should seek refuge with Allah from its evil
and from the evil of Satan, and spit three times (on his left) and should not tell it to anybody, for it will
not harm him. "
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "If anyone of you saw a dream which he liked, then that was from
Allah, and he should thank Allah for it and tell it to others; but if he saw something else, i.e, a dream
which he did not like, then that is from Satan and he should seek refuge with Allah from it and should
not tell it to anybody for it will not harm him."
A man came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "I saw in a dream, a cloud having shade. Butter and honey
were dropping from it and I saw the people gathering it in their hands, some gathering much and some
a little. And behold, there was a rope extending from the earth to the sky, and I saw that you (the
Prophet) held it and went up, and then another man held it and went up and (after that) another (third)
held it and went up, and then after another (fourth) man held it, but it broke and then got connected
again." Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Allow me to interpret
this dream." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Interpret it." Abu Bakr said, "The cloud with shade symbolizes
Islam, and the butter and honey dropping from it, symbolizes the Qur'an, its sweetness dropping and
some people learning much of the Qur'an and some a little. The rope which is extended from the sky
to the earth is the Truth which you (the Prophet) are following. You follow it and Allah will raise you
high with it, and then another man will follow it and will rise up with it and another person will follow
it and then another man will follow it but it will break and then it will be connected for him and he
will rise up with it. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Am I right or wrong?" The
Prophet replied, "You are right in some of it and wrong in some." Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Prophet!
By Allah, you must tell me in what I was wrong." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not swear."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) very often used to ask his companions, "Did anyone of you see a dream?" So dreams
would be narrated to him by those whom Allah wished to tell.
One morning the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Last night two persons came to me (in a dream) and woke me up and
said to me, 'Proceed!' I set out with them and we came across a man lying down, and behold, another
man was standing over his head, holding a big rock. Behold, he was throwing the rock at the man's
head, injuring it. The rock rolled away and the thrower followed it and took it back. By the time he
reached the man, his head returned to the normal state. The thrower then did the same as he had done
before.
I said to my two companions, 'Subhan Allah! Who are these two persons?' They said, 'Proceed!' So
we proceeded and came to a man lying flat on his back and another man standing over his head with
an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook in one side of the man's mouth and tear off that side
of his face to the back (of the neck) and similarly tear his nose from front to back and his eye from
front to back. Then he turned to the other side of the man's face and did just as he had done with the
other side. He hardly completed this side when the other side returned to its normal state. Then he
returned to it to repeat what he had done before. I said to my two companions, 'Subhan Allah! Who
are these two persons?' They said to me, 'Proceed!' So we proceeded and came across something like a
Tannur (a kind of baking oven, a pit usually clay-lined for baking bread)." I think the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "In
that oven there was much noise and voices." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "We looked into it and found naked
men and women, and behold, a flame of fire was reaching to them from underneath, and when it
reached them, they cried loudly.
I asked them, 'Who are these?' They said to me, 'Proceed!' And so we proceeded and came across a
river." I think he said, ".... red like blood." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "And behold, in the river there was a
man swimming, and on the bank there was a man who had collected many stones. Behold, while the
other man was swimming, he went near him. The former opened his mouth and the latter (on the
bank) threw a stone into his mouth whereupon he went swimming again. He returned and every time
the performance was repeated.
I asked my two companions, 'Who are these (two) persons?' They replied, 'Proceed! Proceed!' And we
proceeded till we came to a man with a repulsive appearance, the most repulsive appearance, you ever
saw a man having! Beside him there was a fire and he was kindling it and running around it.
I asked my companions, 'Who is this (man)?' They said to me, 'Proceed! Proceed!' So we proceeded
till we reached a garden of deep green dense vegetation, having all sorts of spring colors. In the midst
of the garden there was a very tall man and I could hardly see his head because of his great height, and
around him there were children in such a large number as I have never seen.
I said to my companions, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'Proceed! Proceed!' So we proceeded till we
came to a majestic huge garden, greater and better than I have ever seen! My two companions said to
me, 'Go up' and I went up. The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "So we ascended till we reached a city built of gold and
silver bricks and we went to its gate and asked (the gatekeeper) to open the gate, and it was opened
and we entered the city and found in it, men with one side of their bodies as handsome as the
handsomest person you have ever seen, and the other side as ugly as the ugliest person you have ever
seen. My two companions ordered those men to throw themselves into the river. Behold, there was a
river flowing across (the city), and its water was like milk in whiteness.
Those men went and threw themselves in it and then returned to us after the ugliness (of their bodies)
had disappeared and they became in the best shape." The Prophet (ﷺ) further added, "My two companions
(angels) said to me, 'This place is the Eden Paradise, and that is your place.' I raised up my sight, and
behold, there I saw a palace like a white cloud!
My two companions said to me, 'That (palace) is your place.' I said to them, 'May Allah bless you
both! Let me enter it.' They replied, 'As for now, you will not enter it, but you shall enter it (one day).
I said to them, 'I have seen many wonders tonight. What does all that mean which I have seen?'
They replied, 'We will inform you:
As for the first man you came upon whose head was being injured with the rock, he is the symbol of
the one who studies the Qur'an and then neither recites it nor acts on its orders, and sleeps, neglecting
the enjoined prayers.
As for the man you came upon whose sides of mouth, nostrils and eyes were torn off from front to
back, he is the symbol of the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells so many lies that
it spreads all over the world. And those naked men and women whom you saw in a construction
resembling an oven, they are the adulterers and the adulteresses.
And the man whom you saw swimming in the river and given a stone to swallow, is the eater of usury
(Riba).
And the bad looking man whom you saw near the fire kindling it and going round it, is Malik, the
gatekeeper of Hell.
And the tall man whom you saw in the garden, is Abraham and the children around him are those
children who die with Al-Fitra (the Islamic Faith).
The narrator added: Some Muslims asked the Prophet, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! What about the children of
pagans?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "And also the children of pagans."
The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "My two companions added, 'The men you saw half handsome and half ugly were
those persons who had mixed an act that was good with another that was bad, but Allah forgave
them.'"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I will be at my Lake-Fount (Kauthar) waiting for whoever will come to me. Then
some people will be taken away from me whereupon I will say, 'My followers!' It will be said, 'You
do not know they turned Apostates as renegades (deserted their religion).'" (Ibn Abi Mulaika said,
"Allah, we seek refuge with You from turning on our heels from the (Islamic) religion and from being
put to trial").
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar) and some men amongst you
will be brought to me, and when I will try to hand them some water, they will be pulled away from me
by force whereupon I will say, 'O Lord, my companions!' Then the Almighty will say, 'You do not
know what they did after you left, they introduced new things into the religion after you.'"
I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "I am your predecessor at the Lake-Fount (Kauthar), and whoever will
come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that.
There will come to me some people whom I know and they know me, and then a barrier will be set up
between me and them."
"I will say those
people are from me. It will be said, 'You do not know what changes and new things they did after
you.' Then I will say, 'Far removed (from mercy), far removed (from mercy), those who changed (the
religion) after me!"
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to us, "You will see after me, selfishness (on the part of other people) and other
matters that you will disapprove of." They asked, "What do you order us to do, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)?
(under such circumstances)?" He said, "Pay their rights to them (to the rulers) and ask your right from
Allah."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 175
Hadith 7053
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ كَرِهَ مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَصْبِرْ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ شِبْرًا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever disapproves of something done by his ruler then he should be patient, for
whoever disobeys the ruler even a little (little = a span) will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic
Period of Ignorance. (i.e. as rebellious Sinners).
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 176
Hadith 7054
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ، إِلاَّ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever notices something which he dislikes done by his ruler, then he should be
patient, for whoever becomes separate from the company of the Muslims even for a span and then
dies, he will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of Ignorance (as rebellious sinners).
(Fath-ul-Bari page 112, Vol. 16)
We entered upon 'Ubada bin As-Samit while he was sick. We said, "May Allah make you healthy.
Will you tell us a Hadith you heard from the Prophet (ﷺ) and by which Allah may make you benefit?" He
said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) called us and we gave him the Pledge of allegiance for Islam, and among the
conditions on which he took the Pledge from us, was that we were to listen and obey (the orders) both
at the time when we were active and at the time when we were tired, and at our difficult time and at
our ease and to be obedient to the ruler and give him his right even if he did not give us our right, and
not to fight against him unless we noticed him having open Kufr (disbelief) for which we would have
a proof with us from Allah."
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You appointed such-and-such person and
you did not appoint me?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "After me you will see rulers not giving you your right
(but you should give them their right) and be patient till you meet me."
I heard the truthful and trusted by Allah (i.e., the Prophet (ﷺ) ) saying, "The destruction of my followers
will be through the hands of young men from Quraish."
The Prophet (ﷺ) got up from his sleep with a flushed red face and said, "None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah. Woe to the Arabs, from the Great evil that is nearly approaching them. Today a
gap has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this." (Sufyan illustrated by this forming the
number 90 or 100 with his fingers.) It was asked, "Shall we be destroyed though there are righteous
people among us?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes, if evil increased."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 181
Hadith 7060
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ،. وَحَدَّثَنِي مَحْمُودٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْد ٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ أَشْرَفَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى أُطُمٍ مِنْ آطَامِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ " هَلْ تَرَوْنَ مَا أَرَى ". قَالُوا لاَ. قَالَ " فَإِنِّي لأَرَى الْفِتَنَ تَقَعُ خِلاَلَ بُيُوتِكُمْ كَوَقْعِ الْقَطْرِ ".
Once the Prophet (ﷺ) stood over one of the high buildings of Medina and then said (to the people), "Do
you see what I see?" They said, "No." He said, "I see afflictions falling among your houses as rain
drops fall."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 182
Hadith 7061
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " يَتَقَارَبُ الزَّمَانُ، وَيَنْقُصُ الْعَمَلُ، وَيُلْقَى الشُّحُّ، وَتَظْهَرُ الْفِتَنُ، وَيَكْثُرُ الْهَرْجُ ". قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّمَ هُوَ. قَالَ " الْقَتْلُ الْقَتْلُ ".
وَقَالَ شُعَيْبٌ وَيُونُسُ وَاللَّيْثُ وَابْنُ أَخِي الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, miserliness will be thrown (in the
hearts of the people) afflictions will appear and there will be much 'Al-Harj." They said, "O Allah's
Apostle! What is "Al-Harj?" He said, "Killing! Killing!" (See Hadith No. 63, Vol. 8)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which Religious
ignorance will spread, knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and there will be much Al-Harj, and Al-
Harj means killing."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour there will be days during which (religious)
knowledge will be taken away (vanish) and general ignorance will spread, and there will be Al-Harj in
abundance, and Al-Harj means killing."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Near the establishment of the Hour, there will be the days of Al-Harj, and the
religious knowledge will be taken away (vanish i.e. by the death of Religious scholars) and general
ignorance will spread." Abu Musa said, "Al-Harj, in the Ethiopian language, means killing."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 187
Hadith 7067
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Ibn Mas`ud added:
وَقَالَ أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنِ الأَشْعَرِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ تَعْلَمُ الأَيَّامَ الَّتِي ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَيَّامَ الْهَرْجِ. نَحْوَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ
" مِنْ شِرَارِ النَّاسِ مَنْ تُدْرِكُهُمُ السَّاعَةُ وَهُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ ".
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying; (It will be) from among the most wicked people who
will be living at the time when the Hour will be established."
We went to Anas bin Malik and complained about the wrong we were suffering at the hand of Al-
Hajjaj. Anas bin Malik said, "Be patient till you meet your Lord, for no time will come upon you but
the time following it will be worse than it. I heard that from the Prophet."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 188
Hadith 7069
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Um Salama:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ هِنْدٍ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ الْفِرَاسِيَّةِ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتِ اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْلَةً فَزِعًا يَقُولُ
" سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ مَاذَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْخَزَائِنِ وَمَاذَا أُنْزِلَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ، مَنْ يُوقِظُ صَوَاحِبَ الْحُجُرَاتِ ـ يُرِيدُ أَزْوَاجَهُ ـ لِكَىْ يُصَلِّينَ، رُبَّ كَاسِيَةٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا، عَارِيَةٍ فِي الآخِرَةِ ".
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) woke up one night in a state of terror and said, "Subhan
Allah, How many treasures Allah has sent down! And how many afflictions have been sent down!
Who will go and wake the lady dwellers (wives of the Prophet) up of these rooms (for prayers)?" He
meant his wives, so that they might pray. He added, "A well-dressed (soul) in this world may be naked
in the Hereafter."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "None of you should point out towards his Muslim brother with a weapon, for he
does not know, Satan may tempt him to hit him and thus he would fall into a pit of fire (Hell)"
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 193
Hadith 7073
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Sufyan:
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَمْرٍو يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ سَمِعْتَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ مَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِسِهَامٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" أَمْسِكْ بِنِصَالِهَا ". قَالَ نَعَمْ.
I said to `Amr, "O Abu Muhammad! Did you hear Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, 'A man carrying arrows
passed through the mosque and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, 'Hold the arrows by their heads! "`Amr
replied, "Yes."
A man passed through the mosque and he was carrying arrows, the heads of which were exposed
(protruding). The man was ordered (by the Prophet) to hold the iron heads so that it might not scratch
(injure) any Muslim.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 195
Hadith 7075
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Musa:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِذَا مَرَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا أَوْ فِي سُوقِنَا وَمَعَهُ نَبْلٌ فَلْيُمْسِكْ عَلَى نِصَالِهَا ـ أَوْ قَالَ فَلْيَقْبِضْ بِكَفِّهِ ـ أَنْ يُصِيبَ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you passed through our mosque or through our market while carrying
arrows, he should hold the iron heads," or said, "..... he should hold (their heads) firmly with his hand
lest he should injure one of the Muslims with it."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressed the people saying, "Don't you know what is the day today?" They replied,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." We thought that he might give that day another name. The
Prophet said, "Isn't it the day of An-Nahr?" We replied, "Yes. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." He then said, "What
town is this? Isn't it the forbidden (Sacred) Town (Mecca)?" We replied, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." He
then said, "Your blood, your properties, your honors and your skins (i.e., bodies) are as sacred to one
another like the sanctity of this day of yours in this month of yours in this town of yours. (Listen)
Haven't I conveyed Allah's message to you?" We replied, "Yes" He said, "O Allah! Be witness (for it).
So it is incumbent upon those who are present to convey it (this message of mine) to those who are
absent because the informed one might comprehend what I have said better than the present audience
who will convey it to him.)" The narrator added: In fact, it was like that. The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "Beware!
Do not renegade as disbelievers after me by striking (cutting) the necks of one another."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me during Hajjat-al-Wada`, "Let the people keep quiet and listen." Then he said
(addressing the people), "Beware! Do not renegade as disbelievers after me by striking (cutting) the
necks of one another."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There will be afflictions (in the near future) during which a sitting person will
be better than a standing one, and the standing one will be better than the walking one, and the
walking one will be better than the running one, and whoever will expose himself to these afflictions,
they will destroy him. So whoever can find a place of protection or refuge from them, should take
shelter in it."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There will be afflictions (in the near future) during which a sitting person will
be better than a standing one, and the standing one will be better than a walking one, and the walking
one will be better than a running one, and whoever will expose himself to these afflictions, they will
destroy him. So whoever can find a place of protection or refuge from them, should take shelter in it."
(Al-Ahnaf said:) I went out carrying my arms during the nights of the affliction (i.e. the war between
`Ali and `Aisha) and Abu Bakra met me and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I intend to help
the cousin of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (i.e.,`Ali)." Abu Bakra said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'If two Muslims take
out their swords to fight each other, then both of them will be from amongst the people of the Hell-
Fire.' It was said to the Prophet, 'It is alright for the killer but what about the killed one?' He replied,
'The killed one had the intention to kill his opponent.'" (See Hadith No. 30, Vol. 1)
Narrated Al-Ahnaf:
Abu Bakra said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said (as above, 204).
The people used to ask Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the good but I used to ask him about the evil lest I
should be overtaken by them. So I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We were living in ignorance and in an
(extremely) worst atmosphere, then Allah brought to us this good (i.e., Islam); will there be any evil
after this good?" He said, "Yes." I said, 'Will there be any good after that evil?" He replied, "Yes, but
it will be tainted (not pure.)'' I asked, "What will be its taint?" He replied, "(There will be) some
people who will guide others not according to my tradition? You will approve of some of their deeds
and disapprove of some others." I asked, "Will there be any evil after that good?" He replied, "Yes,
(there will be) some people calling at the gates of the (Hell) Fire, and whoever will respond to their
call, will be thrown by them into the (Hell) Fire." I said, "O Allah s Apostle! Will you describe them
to us?" He said, "They will be from our own people and will speak our language." I said, "What do
you order me to do if such a state should take place in my life?" He said, "Stick to the group of
Muslims and their Imam (ruler)." I said, "If there is neither a group of Muslims nor an Imam (ruler)?"
He said, "Then turn away from all those sects even if you were to bite (eat) the roots of a tree till death
overtakes you while you are in that state."
An army unit was being recruited from the people of Medina and my name was written among them.
Then I met `Ikrima, and when I informed him about it, he discouraged me very strongly and said, "Ibn
`Abbas told me that there were some Muslims who were with the pagans to increase their number
against Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (and the Muslim army) so arrows (from the Muslim army) would hit one of
them and kill him or a Muslim would strike him (with his sword) and kill him. So Allah revealed:--
'Verily! As for those whom the angels take (in death) while they are wronging themselves (by staying
among the disbelievers).' (4.97)
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) related to us, two prophetic narrations one of which I have seen fulfilled and I am
waiting for the fulfillment of the other. The Prophet (ﷺ) told us that the virtue of honesty descended in the
roots of men's hearts (from Allah) and then they learned it from the Qur'an and then they learned it
from the Sunna (the Prophet's traditions). The Prophet (ﷺ) further told us how that honesty will be taken
away: He said: "Man will go to sleep during which honesty will be taken away from his heart and only
its trace will remain in his heart like the trace of a dark spot; then man will go to sleep, during which
honesty will decrease further still, so that its trace will resemble the trace of blister as when an ember
is dropped on one's foot which would make it swell, and one would see it swollen but there would be
nothing inside. People would be carrying out their trade but hardly will there be a trustworthy person.
It will be said, 'in such-and-such tribe there is an honest man,' and later it will be said about some man,
'What a wise, polite and strong man he is!' Though he will not have faith equal even to a mustard seed
in his heart." No doubt, there came upon me a time when I did not mind dealing (bargaining) with
anyone of you, for if he was a Muslim his Islam would compel him to pay me what is due to me, and
if he was a Christian, the Muslim official would compel him to pay me what is due to me, but today I
do not deal except with such-and-such person.
That he visited Al-Hajjaj (bin Yusuf). Al-Hajjaj said, "O son of Al-Akwa`! You have turned on your
heels (i.e., deserted Islam) by staying (in the desert) with the bedouins." Salama replied, "No, but
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) allowed me to stay with the bedouin in the desert." Narrated Yazid bin Abi Ubaid:
When `Uthman bin `Affan was killed (martyred), Salama bin Al-Akwa` went out to a place called Ar-
Rabadha and married there and begot children, and he stayed there till a few nights before his death
when he came to Medina.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 209
Hadith 7088
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَكُونَ خَيْرَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِ غَنَمٌ، يَتْبَعُ بِهَا شَعَفَ الْجِبَالِ وَمَوَاقِعَ الْقَطْرِ، يَفِرُّ بِدِينِهِ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ ".
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which
he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the
afflictions.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 210
Hadith 7089
Afflictions and the End of the World - كتاب الفتن
Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى أَحْفَوْهُ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ، فَصَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ " لاَ تَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ شَىْءٍ إِلاَّ بَيَّنْتُ لَكُمْ ". فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً، فَإِذَا كُلُّ رَجُلٍ رَأْسُهُ فِي ثَوْبِهِ يَبْكِي، فَأَنْشَأَ رَجُلٌ كَانَ إِذَا لاَحَى يُدْعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مَنْ أَبِي فَقَالَ " أَبُوكَ حُذَافَةُ ". ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَضِينَا بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالإِسْلاَمِ دِينًا، وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولاً، نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ سُوءِ الْفِتَنِ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا رَأَيْتُ فِي الْخَيْرِ وَالشَّرِّ كَالْيَوْمِ قَطُّ، إِنَّهُ صُوِّرَتْ لِي الْجَنَّةُ وَالنَّارُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُهُمَا دُونَ الْحَائِطِ ". قَالَ قَتَادَةُ يُذْكَرُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ}
The people started asking the Prophet (ﷺ) too many questions importunately. So one day he ascended the
pulpit and said, "You will not ask me any question but I will explain it to you." I looked right and left,
and behold, every man was covering his head with his garment and weeping. Then got up a man who,
whenever quarreling with somebody, used to be accused of not being the son of his father. He said, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Who is my father?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Your father is Hudhaifa." Then `Umar got
up and said, "We accept Allah as our Lord, Islam as our religion and Muhammad as our Apostle and
we seek refuge with Allah from the evil of afflictions." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " I have never seen the good
and bad like on this day. No doubt, Paradise and Hell was displayed in front of me till I saw them in
front of that wall," Qatada said: This Hadith used to be mentioned as an explanation of this Verse:-- 'O
you who believe! Ask not questions about things which, if made plain to you, may cause you trouble.'
(5.101)
The the above hadith was narrated by Anas through another chain and said (with the wording) "and every man had his head wrapped in his garment and weeping". And he said (with the wording) "seeking refuge with Allah from the evil of afflictions" or he said "I seek refuge with Allah from the evil of afflictions."