Sahih Al-Bukhari: Chapter 60

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When He created him, He said to
him, "Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply, for it will be your greeting
(salutation) and the greeting (salutations of your offspring." So, Adam said (to the angels), As-Salamu
Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The angels said, "As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace
and Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa
Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and figure).
People have been decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The first group of people who will enter Paradise, will be glittering like the full
moon and those who will follow them, will glitter like the most brilliant star in the sky. They will not
urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their sweat
will smell like musk. The aloes-wood will be used in their centers. Their wives will be houris. All of
them will look alike and will resemble their father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall."

Um Salama said, "Um Sulaim said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Allah does not refrain from saying the truth! Is
it obligatory for a woman to take a bath after she gets nocturnal discharge?' He said, 'Yes, if she
notices the water (i.e. discharge).' Um Salama smiled and said, 'Does a woman get discharge?' Allah's
Apostle said. 'Then why does a child resemble (its mother)?"

When `Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet (PbUH) at Medina, he came to him and said, "I am
going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a prophet: What is the first portent of
the Hour? What will be the first meal taken by the people of Paradise? Why does a child resemble its
father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle" Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Gabriel has just now told
me of their answers." `Abdullah said, "He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the angels, is the enemy of
the Jews." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The first portent of the Hour will be a fire that will bring together the
people from the east to the west; the first meal of the people of Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate
lobe) of fish-liver. As for the resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual intercourse
with his wife and gets discharge first, the child will resemble the father, and if the woman gets
discharge first, the child will resemble her." On that `Abdullah bin Salam said, "I testify that you are
the Apostle of Allah." `Abdullah bin Salam further said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! The Jews are liars, and if
they should come to know about my conversion to Islam before you ask them (about me), they would
tell a lie about me." The Jews came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and `Abdullah went inside the house. Allah's
Apostle asked (the Jews), "What kind of man is `Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?" They replied,
"He is the most learned person amongst us, and the best amongst us, and the son of the best amongst
us." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "What do you think if he embraces Islam (will you do as he does)?" The
Jews said, "May Allah save him from it." Then `Abdullah bin Salam came out in front of them saying,
"I testify that None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of
Allah." Thereupon they said, "He is the evilest among us, and the son of the evilest amongst us," and
continued talking badly of him.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "But for the Israelis, meat would not decay and but for Eve, wives would never
betray their husbands."

Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and the most curved
portion of the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should try to straighten it, it will break, but if you
leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So treat women nicely."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH), the true and truly inspired said, "(as regards your creation), every one of you is
collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty days, and then he becomes a clot for another
forty days, and then a piece of flesh for another forty days. Then Allah sends an angel to write four
items: He writes his deeds, time of his death, means of his livelihood, and whether he will be
wretched or blessed (in religion). Then the soul is breathed into his body. So a man may do deeds
characteristic of the people of the (Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit
between him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and so he starts doing
deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and enters Paradise. Similarly, a person may do deeds
characteristic of the people of Paradise, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between
him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and he starts doing deeds of the
people of the (Hell) Fire and enters the (Hell) Fire."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the angel says, 'O Lord! A drop of
discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a piece of flesh.' And then, if Allah wishes to
complete the child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord! A male or a female? O Lord! wretched or
blessed (in religion)? What will his livelihood be? What will his age be?' The angel writes all this
while the child is in the womb of its mother."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah will say to that person of the (Hell) Fire who will receive the least
punishment, 'If you had everything on the earth, would you give it as a ransom to free yourself (i.e.
save yourself from this Fire)?' He will say, 'Yes.' Then Allah will say, 'While you were in the
backbone of Adam, I asked you much less than this, i.e. not to worship others besides Me, but you
insisted on worshipping others besides me.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share from the burden of the
crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH), "Souls are like recruited troops: Those who are like qualities are inclined to each other, but those who have dissimilar qualities, differ."

Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH) stood amongst the people, glorified and praised Allah as He deserved and then
mentioned the Dajjal saying, "l warn you against him (i.e. the Dajjal) and there was no prophet but
warned his nation against him. No doubt, Noah warned his nation against him but I tell you about him
something of which no prophet told his nation before me. You should know that he is one-eyed, and
Allah is not one-eyed."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story of which no prophet told his nation?
The Dajjall is one-eyed and will bring with him what will resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he
will call Paradise will be actually Hell; so I warn you (against him) as Noah warned his nation against
him."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Noah and his nation will come (on the Day of Resurrection and Allah will ask
(Noah), "Did you convey (the Message)?' He will reply, 'Yes, O my Lord!' Then Allah will ask Noah's
nation, 'Did Noah convey My Message to you?' They will reply, 'No, no prophet came to us.' Then
Allah will ask Noah, 'Who will stand a witness for you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his followers
(will stand witness for me).' So, I and my followers will stand as witnesses for him (that he conveyed
Allah's Message)." That is, (the interpretation) of the Statement of Allah: "Thus we have made you a
just and the best nation that you might be witnesses Over mankind .." (2.143)

We were in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) at a banquet and a cooked (mutton) forearm was set before
him, and he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be the chief of all the people on the
Day of Resurrection. Do you know how Allah will gather all the first and the last (people) in one level
place where an observer will be able to see (all) of them and they will be able to hear the announcer,
and the sun will come near to them. Some People will say: Don't you see, in what condition you are
and the state to which you have reached? Why don't you look for a person who can intercede for you
with your Lord? Some people will say: Appeal to your father, Adam.' They will go to him and say: 'O
Adam! You are the father of all mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands, and ordered the
angels to prostrate for you, and made you live in Paradise. Will you not intercede for us with your
Lord? Don't you see in what (miserable) state we are, and to what condition we have reached?' On that
Adam will reply, 'My Lord is so angry as He has never been before and will never be in the future;
(besides), He forbade me (to eat from) the tree, but I disobeyed (Him), (I am worried about) myself!
Myself! Go to somebody else; go to Noah.' They will go to Noah and say; 'O Noah! You are the first
amongst the messengers of Allah to the people of the earth, and Allah named you a thankful slave.
Don't you see in what a (miserable) state we are and to what condition we have reached? Will you not
intercede for us with your Lord? Noah will reply: 'Today my Lord has become so angry as he had
never been before and will never be in the future Myself! Myself! Go to the Prophet (PbUH) (Muhammad).
The people will come to me, and I will prostrate myself underneath Allah's Throne. Then I will be
addressed: 'O Muhammad! Raise your head; intercede, for your intercession will be accepted, and ask
(for anything). for you will be given. "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) recited the following Verse) in the usual tone: 'Fahal-Min-Muddalkir.' (54.15)

Abu Dhar (ra) used to say that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "While I was at Makkah, the roof of my house was opened and Jibril descended, opened my chest, and washed it with Zamzam water. Then he brought a golden tray full of wisdom and faith, and having poured its contents into my chest, he closed it. Then he took my hand and ascended with me to the heaven. When Jibril reached the nearest heaven, he said to the gatekeeper of the heaven, 'Open (the gate).' The gatekeeper asked, 'who is it?' Jibril answered, 'Jibril'. He asked, 'Is there anyone with you?' Jibril replied, 'Muhammad (PbUH) is with me.' He asked, 'Has he been called?', Jibril said, 'Yes'. So, the gate was opened and we went over the nearest heaven, and there we saw a man sitting with Aswida (a large number of people) of his right and Aswida on his left. When he looked towards his right, he laughed and when he looked towards his left he wept. He said (to me), 'Welcome, O pious Prophet and pious son'. I said, 'Who is this man O Jibril?' Jibril replied, 'He is Adam, and the people on his right and left are the souls of his offspring. Those on the right are the people of Paradise, and those on the left are the people of the (Hell) Fire. So, when he looks to the right, he laughs, and when he looks to the left he weeps.' Then Jibril ascended with me till he reached the second heaven and said to the gatekeeper, 'Open (the gate).' The gatekeeper said to him the same as the gatekeeper of the first heaven has said, and he opened the gate."

Anas added: Abu Dhar mentioned that Prophet (PbUH) met Idris, Musa (Moses), 'Isa (Jesus) and Ibrahim (Abraham) over the heavens, but he did not specify their places (i.e., on which heavens each of them was), but he mentioned that he (the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH)) had met Adam on the nearest heaven, and Ibrahim on the sixth. Anas said, "When Jibril and the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) passed by Idris, the latter said, 'Welcome, O pious Prophet and pious brother!' the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) asked, 'Who is he?' Jibril said, 'He is Idris.' " The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) added, "Then I passed by Musa who said, 'Welcome, O pious Prophet and pious brother!' I said, 'Who is he?' Jibril said, 'He is Musa.' Then I passed by 'Isa who said, 'Welcome, O pious Prophet and pious brother!' I said, 'Who is he?' He replied, 'He is 'Isa.' Then I passed by the Prophet (PbUH) Ibrahim who said, 'Welcome, O pious Prophet and pious son!' I said, 'Who is he?' Jibril replied, 'He is Ibrahim'."

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas and Abu Haiyya Al-Ansari: The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) said, "Then Jibril ascended with me to a place where I heard the creaking of pens." Ibn Hazm and Anas bin Malik state the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) said, "Allah enjoined fifty Salat (prayers) on me. When I returned with this order of Allah, I passed by Musa who asked me, 'What has Allah enjoined on your followers?' I replied, 'He has enjoined fifty Salat (prayers) on them.' On the Musa said to me, 'Go back to your Lord (and appeal for reduction), for your followers will not be able to bear it.' So, I returned to my Lord and asked for some reduction, and He reduced it to half. When I passed by Musa again and informed him about it, he once more said to me, 'Go back to your Lord, for your followers will not be able to bear it.' So, I returned to my Lord similarly as before, and half of it was reduced. I again passed by Musa and he said to me, 'Go back to your Lord, for your followers will not be able to bear it.' I again returned to my Lord and He said, 'These are five (Salat-prayers) and they are all (equal to) fifty (in reward), for My Word does not change.' I returned to Musa, he again told me to return to my Lord (for further reduction) but I said to him 'I feel shy of asking my Lord now.' Then Jibril took me till we reached Sidrat-ul-Muntaha (i.e., lote tree of utmost boundary) which was shrouded in colors indescribable. Then I was admitted into Paradise where I found small tents (made) of pearls and its earth was musk (a kind of perfume)."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I have been made victorious with As-Saba (i.e. an easterly wind) and the people of 'Ad were destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind)."

`Ali sent a piece of gold to the Prophet (PbUH) who distributed it among four persons: Al-Aqra' bin H`Abis Al-Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr Al-Fazari, Zaid at-Ta'i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and 'Alqama bin Ulatha Al-`Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar became angry and said, "He (i.e. the Prophet, ) gives the chief of Najd and does not give us." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I give them) so as to attract their hearts (to Islam)." Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick beard and a shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet (PbUH) ) and said, "Be afraid of Allah, O Muhammad!" The Prophet (PbUH) ' said "Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him? (Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not trust me?" Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet (PbUH) to let him chop that man's head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Among the off-spring of this man will be some who will recite the Qur'an but the Qur'an will not reach beyond their throats (i.e. they will recite like parrots and will not understand it nor act on it), and they will renegade from the religion as an arrow goes through the game's body. They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the idolaters. If I should live up to their time' I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were killed (i.e. I will kill all of them)."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) reciting: "Fahal Min Muddakir." (See Hadith No. 557)

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) while referring to the person who had cut the legs of the she-camel (of the Prophet (PbUH)
Salih), saying, "The man who was appointed for doing this job, was a man of honor and power in his
nation like Abu Zam`a."

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) landed at Al-Hijr during the Ghazwa of Tabuk, he ordered his companions not
to drink water from its well or reserve water from it. They said, "We have already kneaded the dough
with its water. and also filled our bags with its water.'' On that, the Prophet (PbUH) ordered them to throw
away the dough and pour out the water.

The people landed at the land of Thamud called Al-Hijr along with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and they took
water from its well for drinking and kneading the dough with it as well. (When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) heard
about it) he ordered them to pour out the water they had taken from its wells and feed the camels with
the dough, and ordered them to take water from the well whence the she-camel (of Prophet Salih) used
to drink.

When the Prophet (PbUH) passed by (a place called) Al Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the house of those who
were unjust to themselves, unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as
was inflicted upon them." After that he covered his face with his sheet cloth while he was on the
camel-saddle.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Do not enter the ruined dwellings of those who were unjust to themselves
unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as was inflicted upon them."

That the Prophet (PbUH) once came to her in a state of fear and said, "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that has come near. An opening has been made in the wall
of Gog and Magog like this," making a circle with his thumb and index finger. Zainab bint Jahsh said,
"O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Shall we be destroyed even though there are pious persons among us?" He said,
"Yes, when the evil person will increase."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah has made an opening in the wall of the Gog and Magog (people) like this,
and he made with his hand (with the help of his fingers).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam.' Adam will reply, 'Labbaik
wa Sa`daik', and all the good is in Your Hand.' Allah will say: 'Bring out the people of the fire.' Adam
will say: 'O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?' Allah will reply: 'From every one thousand,
take out nine-hundred-and ninety-nine.' At that time children will become hoary headed, every
pregnant female will have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be
drunken, but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah." The companions of the Prophet (PbUH) asked, "O Allah's
Apostle! Who is that (excepted) one?" He said, "Rejoice with glad tidings; one person will be from
you and one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog."
The Prophet (PbUH) further said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope that you will be one-fourth of the
people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He added, "I hope that you will be one-third of the
people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope that you will be half of the people
of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He further said, "You (Muslims) (compared with non
Muslims) are like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin of a black ox
(i.e. your number is very small as compared with theirs).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You will be gathered (on the Day of Judgment), bare-footed, naked and not
circumcised." He then recited:--'As We began the first creation, We, shall repeat it: A Promise We
have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.' (21.104) He added, "The first to be dressed on the Day of
Resurrection, will be Abraham, and some of my companions will be taken towards the left side (i.e. to
the (Hell) Fire), and I will say: 'My companions! My companions!' It will be said: 'They renegade
from Islam after you left them.' Then I will say as the Pious slave of Allah (i.e. Jesus) said. 'And I was
a witness Over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up You were the Watcher over
them, And You are a witness to all things. If You punish them. They are Your slaves And if You
forgive them, Verily you, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (5.120-121)

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "On the Day of Resurrection Abraham will meet his father Azar whose face will be
dark and covered with dust.(The Prophet (PbUH) Abraham will say to him): 'Didn't I tell you not to disobey
me?' His father will reply: 'Today I will not disobey you.' 'Abraham will say: 'O Lord! You promised
me not to disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection; and what will be more disgraceful to me than
cursing and dishonoring my father?' Then Allah will say (to him):' 'I have forbidden Paradise for the
disbelievers." Then he will be addressed, 'O Abraham! Look! What is underneath your feet?' He will
look and there he will see a Dhabh (an animal,) blood-stained, which will be caught by the legs and
thrown in the (Hell) Fire."

The Prophet (PbUH) entered the Ka`ba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and Mary. On that
he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have already heard that angels do not
enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as
practicing divination by arrows?"

When the Prophet (PbUH) saw pictures in the Ka`ba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to be erased.
When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of divination, he said, "May
Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by
arrows."

The people said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Who is the most honorable amongst the people (in Allah's
Sight)?" He said, "The most righteous amongst them." They said, "We do not ask you, about this. " He
said, "Then Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, The son of Allah's Prophet the son of
Allah's Khalil (i.e. Abraham)." They said, "We do not want to ask about this," He said' "Then you
want to ask about the descent of the Arabs. Those who were the best in the pre-lslamic period of
ignorance will be the best in Islam provided they comprehend the religious knowledge."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Two persons came to me at night (in dream) (and took me along with them).
We passed by a tall man who was so tall that I was not able to see his head and that person was
Abraham."

That when the people mentioned before Ibn `Abbas that the Dajjal would have the word Kafir, (i.e.
unbeliever) or the letters Kafir (the root of the Arabic verb 'disbelieve') written on his forehead, I
heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "I did not hear this, but the Prophet (PbUH) said, 'If you want to see Abraham, then
look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet) but Moses was a curly-haired, brown man (who used to
ride) a red camel, the reins of which was made of fires of date-palms. As if I were now looking down
a valley."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Abraham did his circumcision with an adze at the age of eighty."
Narrated Abu Az-Zinad:

(as above in Hadith No. 575) With an adze.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasions."

Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the Sake of Allah when he said, "I am
sick," and he said, "(I have not done this but) the big idol has done it." The (third was) that while
Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by (the territory of) a tyrant.
Someone said to the tyrant, "This man (i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So,
he sent for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?" Abraham said, "She is my
sister." Abraham went to Sarah and said, "O Sarah! There are no believers on the surface of the earth
except you and I. This man asked me about you and I have told him that you are my sister, so don't
contradict my statement." The tyrant then called Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take hold
of her with his hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah. "Pray to Allah
for me, and I shall not harm you." So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried to take
hold of her for the second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than before and) was more
confounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me, and I will not harm you." Sarah asked
Allah again and he became alright. He then called one of his guards (who had brought her) and said,
"You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a devil." The tyrant then gave Hajar as
a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham, gesturing with
his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied, "Allah has spoiled the evil plot of the infidel (or
immoral person) and gave me Hajar for service." (Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying,
"That (Hajar) was your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael,
Hajar's son).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ordered that the salamander should be killed and said, "It (i.e. the salamander) blew
(the fire) on Abraham."

When the Verse:--"It is those who believe and do not confuse their belief with wrong ( i.e. joining
others in worship with Allah" (6.83) was revealed, we said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Who is there amongst
us who has not done wrong to himself?" He replied, "It is not as you say, for 'wrong' in the Verse and
'do not confuse their belief, with wrong means 'SHIRK' (i.e. joining others in worship with Allah).
Haven't you heard Luqman's saying to his son, 'O my son! Join not others in worship with Allah,
verily joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed." (31.13)

One day some meat was given to the Prophet (PbUH) and he said, "On the Day of Resurrection Allah will
gather all the first and the last (people) in one plain, and the voice of the announcer will reach all of
them, and one will be able to see them all, and the sun will come closer to them." (The narrator then
mentioned the narration of intercession): "The people will go to Abraham and say: 'You are Allah's
Prophet and His Khalil on the earth. Will you intercede for us with your Lord?' Abraham will then
remember his lies and say: 'Myself! Myself! Go to Moses."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of Ishmael! Had she not hastened (to
fill her water-skin with water from the Zamzam well). Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on
the surface of the earth." Ibn `Abbas further added, "(The Prophet) Abraham brought Ishmael and his
mother (to Mecca) and she was suckling Ishmael and she had a water-skin with her.'

The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she might hide her
tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was suckling him, to a place
near the Ka`ba under a tree on the spot of Zamzam, at the highest place in the mosque. During those
days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there any water So he made them sit over there and placed
near them a leather bag containing some dates, and a small water-skin containing some water, and set
out homeward. Ishmael's mother followed him saying, "O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us
in this valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to
enjoy)?" She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her Then she asked him,
"Has Allah ordered you to do so?" He said, "Yes." She said, "Then He will not neglect us," and
returned while Abraham proceeded onwards, and on reaching the Thaniya where they could not see
him, he faced the Ka`ba, and raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers:
'O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Your Sacred
House (Ka`ba at Mecca) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayer perfectly. So fill some hearts
among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide them with fruits, so that they may give
thanks.' (14.37) Ishmael's mother went on suckling Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had).
When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became
thirsty. She started looking at him (i.e. Ishmael) tossing in agony; She left him, for she could not
endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that
land. She stood on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she
could not see anybody. Then she descended from Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked up
her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and
reached the Marwa mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she
could not see anybody. She repeated that (running between Safa and Marwa) seven times."
The Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is the source of the tradition of the walking of people between them (i.e. Safa
and Marwa). When she reached the Marwa (for the last time) she heard a voice and she asked herself
to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said, 'O, (whoever you may be)!
You have made me hear your voice; have you got something to help me?" And behold! She saw an
angel at the place of Zamzam, digging the earth with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed from that
place. She started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started
filling her water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out after she had scooped
some of it."
The Prophet (PbUH) added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had she let the Zamzam (flow
without trying to control it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to fill her water-skin), Zamzam
would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." The Prophet (PbUH) further added, "Then she
drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this
is the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His
people.' The House (i.e. Ka`ba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when
torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of
Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they (i.e. the Jurhum people) were
coming through the way of Kada'. They landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that
had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said, 'This bird must be flying around
water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.' They sent one or two messengers who
discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came (towards
the water)." The Prophet (PbUH) added, "Ishmael's mother was sitting near the water. They asked her, 'Do you
allow us to stay with you?" She replied, 'Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.' They
agreed to that." The Prophet (PbUH) further said, "Ishmael's mother was pleased with the whole situation as
she used to love to enjoy the company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent for
their families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents
there. The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues) caused them to
love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty they made him marry a
woman from amongst them.
After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's marriage in order to see his family
that he had left before, but he did not find Ishmael there. When he asked Ishmael's wife about him, she
replied, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Then he asked her about their way of living and their
condition, and she replied, 'We are living in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,'
complaining to him. He said, 'When your husband returns, convey my salutation to him and tell him to
change the threshold of the gate (of his house).' When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt
something unusual, so he asked his wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She replied, 'Yes, an old man of
so-and-so description came and asked me about you and I informed him, and he asked about our state
of living, and I told him that we were living in a hardship and poverty.' On that Ishmael said, 'Did he
advise you anything?' She replied, 'Yes, he told me to convey his salutation to you and to tell you to
change the threshold of your gate.' Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce
you. Go back to your family.' So, Ishmael divorced her and married another woman from amongst
them (i.e. Jurhum).
Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them again
but did not find Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael's wife and asked her about Ishmael. She said, 'He has
gone in search of our livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How are you getting on?' asking her about their
sustenance and living. She replied, 'We are prosperous and well-off (i.e. we have everything in
abundance).' Then she thanked Allah' Abraham said, 'What kind of food do you eat?' She said. 'Meat.'
He said, 'What do you drink?' She said, 'Water." He said, "O Allah! Bless their meat and water." The
Prophet added, "At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also
invoked Allah to bless it." The Prophet (PbUH) added, "If somebody has only these two things as his
sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected, unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet (PbUH)
added," Then Abraham said Ishmael's wife, "When your husband comes, give my regards to him and
tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he asked his
wife, 'Did anyone call on you?' She replied, 'Yes, a good-looking old man came to me,' so she praised
him and added. 'He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told
him that we were in a good condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he give you any piece of advice?' She
said, 'Yes, he told me to give his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of
your gate.' On that Ishmael said, 'It was my father, and you are the threshold (of the gate). He has
ordered me to keep you with me.'
Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished, and called on them
afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw
Abraham, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with his son or a
son does with his father). Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has given me an order.' Ishmael said, 'Do
what your Lord has ordered you to do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you help me?' Ishmael said, 'I will help
you.' Abraham said, Allah has ordered me to build a house here,' pointing to a hillock higher than the
land surrounding it." The Prophet (PbUH) added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e. the
Ka`ba). Ishmael brought the stones and Abraham was building, and when the walls became high,
Ishmael brought this stone and put it for Abraham who stood over it and carried on building, while
Ishmael was handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord! Accept (this service)
from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' The Prophet (PbUH) added, "Then both of them
went on building and going round the Ka`ba saying: O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us,
Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127)

When Abraham had differences with his wife), (because of her jealousy of Hajar, Ishmael's mother),
he took Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a water-skin with them containing some
water, Ishmael's mother used to drink water from the water-skin so that her milk would increase for
her child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made her sit under a tree and afterwards returned home.
Ishmael's mother followed him, and when they reached Kada', she called him from behind, 'O
Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?' He replied, '(I am leaving you) to Allah's (Care).'
She said, 'I am satisfied to be with Allah.' She returned to her place and started drinking water from
the water-skin, and her milk increased for her child. When the water had all been used up, she said to
herself, 'I'd better go and look so that I may see somebody.' She ascended the Safa mountain and
looked, hoping to see somebody, but in vain. When she came down to the valley, she ran till she
reached the Marwa mountain. She ran to and fro (between the two mountains) many times. They she
said to herself, 'i'd better go and see the state of the child,' she went and found it in a state of one on
the point of dying. She could not endure to watch it dying and said (to herself), 'If I go and look, I may
find somebody.'
She went and ascended the Safa mountain and looked for a long while but could not find anybody.
Thus she completed seven rounds (of running) between Safa and Marwa. Again she said (to herself),
'I'd better go back and see the state of the child.' But suddenly she heard a voice, and she said to that
strange voice, 'Help us if you can offer any help.' Lo! It was Gabriel (who had made the voice).
Gabriel hit the earth with his heel like this (Ibn `Abbas hit the earth with his heel to Illustrate it), and
so the water gushed out. Ishmael's mother was astonished and started digging. (Abu Al-Qasim) (i.e.
the Prophet) said, "If she had left the water, (flow naturally without her intervention), it would have
been flowing on the surface of the earth.") Ishmael's mother started drinking from the water and her
milk increased for her child . Afterwards some people of the tribe of Jurhum, while passing through
the bottom of the valley, saw some birds, and that astonished them, and they said, 'Birds can only be
found at a place where there is water.'
They sent a messenger who searched the place and found the water, and returned to inform them about
it. Then they all went to her and said, 'O ishmael's mother! Will you allow us to be with you (or dwell
with you)?' (And thus they stayed there.) Later on her boy reached the age of puberty and married a
lady from them. Then an idea occurred to Abraham which he disclosed to his wife (Sarah), 'I want to
call on my dependents I left (at Mecca).' When he went there, he greeted (Ishmael's wife) and said,
'Where is Ishmael?' She replied, 'He has gone out hunting.' Abraham said (to her), 'When he comes,
tell him to change the threshold of his gate.' When he came, she told him the same whereupon Ishmael
said to her, 'You are the threshold, so go to your family (i.e. you are divorced).' Again Abraham
thought of visiting his dependents whom he had left (at Mecca), and he told his wife (Sarah) of his
intentions.
Abraham came to Ishmael's house and asked. "Where is Ishmael?" Ishmael's wife replied, "He has
gone out hunting," and added, "Will you stay (for some time) and have something to eat and drink?'
Abraham asked, 'What is your food and what is your drink?' She replied, 'Our food is meat and our
drink is water.' He said, 'O Allah! Bless their meals and their drink." Abu Al-Qa-sim (i.e. Prophet)
said, "Because of Abraham's invocation there are blessings (in Mecca)." Once more Abraham thought
of visiting his family he had left (at Mecca), so he told his wife (Sarah) of his decision. He went and
found Ishmael behind the Zamzam well, mending his arrows. He said, "O Ishmael, Your Lord has
ordered me to build a house for Him." Ishmael said, "Obey (the order of) your Lord."
Abraham said, "Allah has also ordered me that you should help me therein." Ishmael said, "Then I will
do." So, both of them rose and Abraham started building (the Ka`ba) while Ishmael went on handing
him the stones, and both of them were saying, "O our Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily,
You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing." (2.127). When the building became high and the old man
(i.e. Abraham) could no longer lift the stones (to such a high position), he stood over the stone of Al-
Maqam and Ishmael carried on handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord!
Accept (this service) from us, Verily You are All-Hearing, All-Knowing." (2.127)

I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Which mosque was first built on the surface of the earth?" He said, "Al-
Masjid-ul-,Haram (in Mecca)." I said, "Which was built next?" He replied "The mosque of Al-Aqsa (
in Jerusalem) ." I said, "What was the period of construction between the two?" He said, "Forty
years." He added, "Wherever (you may be, and) the prayer time becomes due, perform the prayer
there, for the best thing is to do so (i.e. to offer the prayers in time).

When the mountain of Uhud came in the sight of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) he said. "This is a mountain that
loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and I make (the area) in
between these two mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary."

(The wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said (to her). "Don't you see that when your folk built the
Ka`ba, they did not build it on all the foundations built by Abraham?" I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Why
don't we rebuild it on the foundations of Abraham?" He said. "But for the fact that your folk have
recently given up infidelity (I would have done so).
Narrated Ibn `Umar: Aisha must have heard this from Allah's Messenger (PbUH) for I see that Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
used not to touch the two corners facing Al-Hijr only because the House had not been built on the
foundations of Abraham.''

The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! How shall we (ask Allah to) send blessings on you?" Allah's
Apostle replied, "Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on his wives and on his off
spring, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham's family; and send Your Blessings on Muhammad and
on his offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on Abraham's family, for You are the Most Praiseworthy,
the Most Glorious."

Ka`b bin Ujrah met me and said, "Shall I not give you a present I got from the Prophet?" `Abdur-
Rahman said, "Yes, give it to me." I said, "We asked Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! How
should one (ask Allah to) send blessings on you, the members of the family, for Allah has taught us
how to salute you (in the prayer)?' He said, 'Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on
the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for
You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad
and the family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham,
for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and say: "Your forefather
(i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac by reciting the following: 'O
Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every devil and from poisonous pests and from
every evil, harmful, envious eye.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than Abraham when he said, 'My Lord! Show
me how You give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah) slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham)
said: "Yes, but (I ask) in order to be stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may Allah send His Mercy on
Lot! He wished to have a powerful support. If I were to stay in prison for such a long time as Joseph
did I would have accepted the offer (of freedom without insisting on having my guiltless less
declared).

The Prophet (PbUH) passed by some persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing archery (i.e. the throwing of
arrows) Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "O offspring of Ishmael! Practice archery (i.e. arrow throwing) as your
father was a great archer (i.e. arrow-thrower). I am with (on the side of) the son of so-and-so-."
Hearing that, one of the two teams stopped throwing. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) asked them, ' Why are you not
throwing?" They replied, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! How shall we throw when you are with the opposite
team?" He said, "Throw, for I am with you all."

Some people asked the Prophet: "Who is the most honorable amongst the people?" He replied, "The
most honorable among them is the one who is the most Allah-fearing." They said, "O Allah's Prophet!
We do not ask about this." He said, "Then the most honorable person is Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the
son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil." They said, "We do not
ask about this." He said, "Then you want to ask me about the Arabs' descent?" They said, "Yes." He
said, "Those who were best in the pre-lslamic period, are the best in Islam, if they comprehend (the
religious knowledge).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah forgive Lot: He wanted to have a powerful support."

The Prophet (PbUH) recited:-- 'Hal-min-Muddakir' (54.15) (Is there any that will remember) (and avoid evil).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The honorable is the son of the honorable, the son the honorable, i.e. Joseph, the
son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was asked, "Who is the most honorable amongst the people?" He replied, "The most
Allah fearing." The people said, "We do not want to ask you about this." He said, "The most
honorable person is Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the
son of Allah's Khalil" The people said, 'We do not want to ask you about this." He said," Then you
want to ask me about the origins of the Arabs? People are of various origins. The best in the prelslamic
period are the best in Islam, provided they comprehend (the religious knowledge).

That the Prophet (PbUH) said (to her). "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." She replied," Abu Bakr
is a soft-hearted person and when he stands at your place, he will weep (so he will not be able to lead
the prayer)." The Prophet (PbUH) repeated the same order and she gave the same reply. The narrator, Shuba
said that the Prophet (PbUH) said on the third or fourth time. "You are (like) the female companions of Joseph.
Order Abu Bakr to lead the prayer. "

When the Prophet (PbUH) fell ill, he said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer." `Aisha said, "Abu
Bakr is a soft-hearted person. The Prophet (PbUH) gave the same order again and she again gave the same
reply. He again said, "Order Abu Bakr (to lead the prayer)! You are (like) the female companions of
Joseph." Consequently Abu Bakr led the people in prayer in the life-time of the Prophet.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "O Allah! Save `Aiyyash bin Abi Rabi`a (from the unjust treatment of the
infidels). O Allah! Save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Send your Punishment on (the tribe of) Mudar.
O Allah! Let them suffer from years (of drought) similar to that inflicted during the life-time of
Joseph."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to have a powerful support. If
I were to stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of Joseph (prison) and then the offer of freedom
came to me, then I would have accepted it." (See Hadith No. 591)

I asked Um Ruman, `Aisha's mother about the accusation forged against `Aisha. She said, "While I
was sitting with `Aisha, an Ansari woman came to us and said, 'Let Allah condemn such-and-such
person.' I asked her, 'Why do you say so?' She replied, 'For he has spread the (slanderous) story.'
`Aisha said, 'What story?' The woman then told her the story. `Aisha asked, 'Have Abu Bakr and
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) heard about it ?' She said, 'Yes.' `Aisha fell down senseless (on hearing that), and
when she came to her senses, she got fever and shaking of the body. The Prophet (PbUH) came and asked,
'What is wrong with her?' I said, 'She has got fever because of a story which has been rumored.'
`Aisha got up and said, 'By Allah! Even if I took an oath, you would not believe me, and if I put
forward an excuse, You would not excuse me. My example and your example is just like that example
of Jacob and his sons. Against that which you assert, it is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought.'
(12.18) The Prophet (PbUH) left and then Allah revealed the Verses (concerning the matter), and on that
`Aisha said, 'Thanks to Allah (only) and not to anybody else."

I asked `Aisha the wife of the Prophet (PbUH) about the meaning of the following Verse: -- "(Respite will be granted) 'Until when the apostles give up hope (of their people) and thought that they were denied (by their people)..............."(12.110) `Aisha replied, "Really, their nations did not believe them." I said, "By Allah! They were definite that their nations treated them as liars and it was not a matter of suspecting." `Aisha said, "O 'Uraiya (i.e. `Urwa)! No doubt, they were quite sure about it." I said, "May the Verse be read in such a way as to mean that the apostles thought that Allah did not help them?" Aisha said, "Allah forbid! (Impossible) The Apostles did not suspect their Lord of such a thing. But this Verse is concerned with the Apostles' followers who had faith in their Lord and believed in their apostles and their period of trials was long and Allah's Help was delayed till the apostles gave up hope for the conversion of the disbelievers amongst their nation and suspected that even their followers were shaken in their belief, Allah's Help then came to them."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable, (was) Joseph, the son of Jacob! the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm of gold locusts fell on him and he
started collecting them in his garment. His Lord called him, 'O Job! Have I not made you rich enough
to need what you see? He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with your Blessing."'

The Prophet (PbUH) returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin
Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic Waraqa asked (the
Prophet), "What do you see?" When he told him, Waraqa said, "That is the same angel whom Allah
sent to the Prophet) Moses. Should I live till you receive the Divine Message, I will support you
strongly."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) talked to his companions about his Night Journey to the Heavens. When he reached
the fifth Heaven, he met Aaron. (Gabriel said to the Prophet), "This is Aaron." The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Gabriel greeted and so did I, and he returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious Brother and
Pious Prophet."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "On the night of my Ascension to Heaven, I saw (the prophet) Moses who was a
thin person with lank hair, looking like one of the men of the tribe of Shanua; and I saw Jesus who
was of average height with red face as if he had just come out of a bathroom. And I resemble prophet
Abraham more than any of his offspring does. Then I was given two cups, one containing milk and the
other wine. Gabriel said, 'Drink whichever you like.' I took the milk and drank it. Gabriel said, 'You
have accepted what is natural, (True Religion i.e. Islam) and if you had taken the wine, your followers
would have gone astray.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "One should not say that I am better than Jonah (i.e. Yunus) bin Matta." So, he
mentioned his father Matta. The Prophet (PbUH) mentioned the night of his Ascension and said, "The prophet
Moses was brown, a tall person as if from the people of the tribe of Shanu'a. Jesus was a curly-haired
man of moderate height." He also mentioned Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and Ad-Dajjal.

When the Prophet (PbUH) came to Medina, he found (the Jews) fasting on the day of 'Ashura' (i.e. 10th of
Muharram). They used to say: "This is a great day on which Allah saved Moses and drowned the folk
of Pharaoh. Moses observed the fast on this day, as a sign of gratitude to Allah." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I
am closer to Moses than they." So, he observed the fast (on that day) and ordered the Muslims to fast
on it.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, 'People will be struck unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first
to regain consciousness, and behold! There I will see Moses holding one of the pillars of Allah's
Throne. I will wonder whether he has become conscious before me of he has been exempted, because
of his unconsciousness at the Tur (mountain) which he received (on the earth).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Were it not for Bani Israel, meat would not decay; and were it not for Eve, no
woman would ever betray her husband."

That he differed with Al-Hur bin Qais Al-Fazari regarding the companion of Moses. Ibn `Abbas said
that he was Al-Khadir. Meanwhile Ubai bin Ka`b passed by them and Ibn `Abbas called him saying,
"My friend and I have differed regarding Moses' companion whom Moses asked the way to meet.
Have you heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) mentioning something about him?" He said, "Yes, I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, 'While Moses was sitting in the company of some Israelites, a man came and asked
(him), 'Do you know anyone who is more learned than you?' Moses replied, 'No.' So, Allah sent the
Divine Inspiration to Moses: 'Yes, Our slave, Khadir (is more learned than you).' Moses asked how to
meet him (i.e. Khadir). So, the fish, was made, as a sign for him, and he was told that when the fish
was lost, he should return and there he would meet him. So, Moses went on looking for the sign of the
fish in the sea. The servant boy of Moses said to him, 'Do you know that when we were sitting by the
side of the rock, I forgot the fish, and t was only Satan who made me forget to tell (you) about it.'
Moses said, That was what we were seeking after,' and both of them returned, following their
footmarks and found Khadir; and what happened further to them, is mentioned in Allah's Book."

I said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir was not Moses
(the prophet) of the children of Israel, but some other Moses." Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's enemy (i.e.
Nauf) has told a lie. Ubai bin Ka`b told us that the Prophet (PbUH) said, 'Once Moses stood up and addressed
Bani Israel. He was asked who was the most learned man amongst the people. He said, 'I.' Allah
admonished him as he did not attribute absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So, Allah said to him,
'Yes, at the junction of the two seas there is a Slave of Mine who is more learned than you.' Moses
said, 'O my Lord! How can I meet him?'
Allah said, 'Take a fish and put it in a large basket and you will find him at the place where you will
lose the fish.' Moses took a fish and put it in a basket and proceeded along with his (servant) boy,
Yusha` bin Noon, till they reached the rock where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down). Moses slept,
and the fish, moving out of the basket, fell into the sea. It took its way into the sea (straight) as in a
tunnel. Allah stopped the flow of water over the fish and it became like an arch (the Prophet (PbUH) pointed
out this arch with his hands). They travelled the rest of the night, and the next day Moses said to his
boy (servant), 'Give us our food, for indeed, we have suffered much fatigue in this journey of ours.'
Moses did not feel tired till he crossed that place which Allah had ordered him to seek after. His boy
(servant) said to him, 'Do you know that when we were sitting near that rock, I forgot the fish, and
none but Satan caused me to forget to tell (you) about it, and it took its course into the sea in an
amazing way?.' So there was a path for the fish and that astonished them. Moses said, 'That was what
we were seeking after.' So, both of them retraced their footsteps till they reached the rock.
There they saw a man Lying covered with a garment. Moses greeted him and he replied saying, 'How
do people greet each other in your land?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man asked, 'Moses of Bani
Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes, I have come to you so that you may teach me from those things which Allah
has taught you.' He said, 'O Moses! I have some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught
me, and which you do not know, while you have some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has
taught you and which I do not know.' Moses asked, 'May I follow you?' He said, 'But you will not be
able to remain patient with me for how can you be patient about things which you will not be able to
understand?'
(Moses said, 'You will find me, if Allah so will, truly patient, and I will not disobey you in aught.') So,
both of them set out walking along the sea-shore, a boat passed by them and they asked the crew of
the boat to take them on board. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and so they took them on board
without fare. When they were on board the boat, a sparrow came and stood on the edge of the boat and
dipped its beak once or twice into the sea.
Al-Khadir said to Moses, 'O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased Allah's
Knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the water of the sea with its beak.' Then
suddenly Al-Khadir took an adze and plucked a plank, and Moses did not notice it till he had plucked
a plank with the adze. Moses said to him, 'What have you done? They took us on board charging us
nothing; yet you I have intentionally made a hole in their boat so as to drown its passengers. Verily,
you have done a dreadful thing.' Al-Khadir replied, 'Did I not tell you that you would not be able to
remain patient with me?' Moses replied, 'Do not blame me for what I have forgotten, and do not be
hard upon me for my fault.' So the first excuse of Moses was that he had forgotten. When they had left
the sea, they passed by a boy playing with other boys.
Al-Khadir took hold of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like this. (Sufyan, the sub narrator
pointed with his fingertips as if he was plucking some fruit.) Moses said to him, "Have you killed an
innocent person who has not killed any person? You have really done a horrible thing." Al-Khadir
said, "Did I not tell you that you could not remain patient with me?' Moses said "If I ask you about
anything after this, don't accompany me. You have received an excuse from me.' Then both of them
went on till they came to some people of a village, and they asked its inhabitant for wood but they
refused to entertain them as guests. Then they saw therein a wall which was just going to collapse
(and Al Khadir repaired it just by touching it with his hands). (Sufyan, the sub-narrator, pointed with
his hands, illustrating how Al-Khadir passed his hands over the wall upwards.) Moses said, "These are
the people whom we have called on, but they neither gave us food, nor entertained us as guests, yet
you have repaired their wall. If you had wished, you could have taken wages for it." Al-Khadir said,
"This is the parting between you and me, and I shall tell you the explanation of those things on which
you could not remain patient." The Prophet (PbUH) added, "We wished that Moses could have remained
patient by virtue of which Allah might have told us more about their story. (Sufyan the sub-narrator
said that the Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses! If he had remained patient, we
would have been told further about their case.")

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Al-Khadir was named so because he sat over a barren white land, it turned green
with plantation after (his sitting over it."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "It was said to Bani Israel, Enter the gate (of the town) with humility (prostrating
yourselves) and saying: "Repentance", but they changed the word and entered the town crawling on
their buttocks and saying: "A wheat grain in the hair."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "(The Prophet) Moses was a shy person and used to cover his body completely
because of his extensive shyness. One of the children of Israel hurt him by saying, 'He covers his body
in this way only because of some defect in his skin, either leprosy or scrotal hernia, or he has some
other defect.' Allah wished to clear Moses of what they said about him, so one day while Moses was
in seclusion, he took off his clothes and put them on a stone and started taking a bath. When he had
finished the bath, he moved towards his clothes so as to take them, but the stone took his clothes and
fled; Moses picked up his stick and ran after the stone saying, 'O stone! Give me my garment!' Till he
reached a group of Bani Israel who saw him naked then, and found him the best of what Allah had
created, and Allah cleared him of what they had accused him of. The stone stopped there and Moses
took and put his garment on and started hitting the stone with his stick. By Allah, the stone still has
some traces of the hitting, three, four or five marks. This was what Allah refers to in His Saying:-- "O
you who believe! Be you not like those Who annoyed Moses, But Allah proved his innocence of that
which they alleged, And he was honorable In Allah's Sight." (33.69)

Once the Prophet (PbUH) distributed something (among his followers. A man said, "This distribution has not
been done (with justice) seeking Allah's Countenance." I went to the Prophet (PbUH) and told him (of that).
He became so angry that I saw the signs of anger oh his face. Then he said, "May Allah bestow His
Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more (in a worse manner) than this; yet he endured patiently."

We were with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) picking the fruits of the 'Arak trees, and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Pick the
black fruit, for it is the best." The companions asked, "Were you a shepherd?" He replied, "There was
no prophet who was not a shepherd."

The Angel of Death was sent to Moses when he came to Moses, Moses slapped him on the eye. The
angel returned to his Lord and said, "You have sent me to a Slave who does not want to die." Allah
said, "Return to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair that will come
under it, he will be granted one year of life." Moses said, "O Lord! What will happen after that?"
Allah replied, "Then death." Moses said, "Let it come now." Moses then requested Allah to let him die
close to the Sacred Land so much so that he would be at a distance of a stone's throw from it." Abu
Huraira added, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'If I were there, I would show you his grave below the red sand
hill on the side of the road."

A Muslim and a Jew quarreled. The Muslim taking an oath, said, "By Him Who has preferred
Muhammad over all people...!" The Jew said, "By Him Who has preferred Moses, over all people."
The Muslim raised his hand and slapped the Jew who came to the Prophet (PbUH) to tell him what had
happened between him and the Muslim. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Don't give me superiority over Moses, for
the people will become unconscious (on the Day of Resurrection) and I will be the first to gain
consciousness to see Moses standing and holding a side of Allah's Throne. I will not know if he has
been among those people who have become unconscious; and that he has gained consciousness before
me, or he has been amongst those whom Allah has exempted."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses said to Adam. 'You are Adam
whose mistake expelled you from Paradise.' Adam said to him, 'You are Moses whom Allah selected
as His Messenger and as the one to whom He spoke directly; yet you blame me for a thing which had
already been written in my fate before my creation?"' Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said twice, "So, Adam
overpowered Moses."

The Prophet (PbUH) once came to us and said, "All the nations were displayed in front of me, and I saw a
large multitude of people covering the horizon. Somebody said, 'This is Moses and his followers.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Many amongst men reached (the level of) perfection but none amongst the
women reached this level except Asia, Pharaoh's wife, and Mary, the daughter of `Imran. And no
doubt, the superiority of `Aisha to other women is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. a meat and bread
dish) to other meals."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "None of you should say that I am better than Yunus (i.e. Jonah)." Musadded added,
"Jonah bin Matta."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "No slave (of Allah) should say that I am better than Yunus bin Matta." So the
Prophet mentioned his father's name with his name.

Once while a Jew was selling something, he was offered a price that he was not pleased with. So, he
said, "No, by Him Who gave Moses superiority over all human beings!" Hearing him, an Ansari man
got up and slapped him on the face and said, "You say: By Him Who Gave Moses superiority over all
human beings although the Prophet (PbUH) (Muhammad) is present amongst us!" The Jew went to the
Prophet and said, "O Abu-l-Qasim! I am under the assurance and contract of security, so what right
does so-and-so have to slap me?" The Prophet (PbUH) asked the other, "Why have you slapped". He told him
the whole story. The Prophet (PbUH) became angry, till anger appeared on his face, and said, "Don't give
superiority to any prophet amongst Allah's Prophets, for when the trumpet will be blown, everyone on
the earth and in the heavens will become unconscious except those whom Allah will exempt. The
trumpet will be blown for the second time and I will be the first to be resurrected to see Moses holding
Allah's Throne. I will not know whether the unconsciousness which Moses received on the Day of Tur
has been sufficient for him, or has he got up before me. And I do not say that there is anybody who is
better than Yunus bin Matta."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "None should say that I am better than Yunus bin Matta."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The reciting of the Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was made easy for David. He used to order
that his riding animals be saddled, and would finish reciting the Zabur before they were saddled. And
he would never eat except from the earnings of his manual work."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was informed that I have said: "By Allah, I will fast all the days and pray all the nights
as long as I live." On that, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) asked me. "Are you the one who says: 'I will fast all the
days and pray all the nights as long as I live?' " I said, "Yes, I have said it." He said, "You cannot do
that. So fast (sometimes) and do not fast (sometimes). Pray and sleep. Fast for three days a month, for
the reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time, and so the fasting of three days a month equals
the fasting of a year." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I can do (fast) more than this." He said, "Fast on
every third day. I said: I can do (fast) more than that, He said: "Fast on alternate days and this was the
fasting of David which is the most moderate sort of fasting." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I can do (fast)
more than that." He said, "There is nothing better than that."

The Prophet (PbUH) said to me, "I have been informed that you pray all the nights and observe fast all the
days; is this true?" I replied, "Yes." He said, "If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will
get bored. So fast three days a month, for this will be the fasting of a whole year, or equal to the
fasting of a whole year." I said, "I find myself able to fast more." He said, "Then fast like the fasting
of (the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days and would not flee on facing the enemy."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to me, "The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet) David
who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David who
used to sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for a sixth of it."

I asked Ibn `Abbas, "Should we perform a prostration on reciting Surat-Sa`d?" He recited (the Sura)
including: 'And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)...so follow their guidance (6.84-91) And
then he said, "Your Prophet is amongst those people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the
preceding apostles).

The prostration in Sura-Sa`d is not amongst the compulsory prostrations, though I saw the Prophet (PbUH)
prostrating on reciting it.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A strong demon from the Jinns came to me yesterday suddenly, so as to spoil my
prayer, but Allah enabled me to overpower him, and so I caught him and intended to tie him to one of
the pillars of the Mosque so that all of you might see him, but I remembered the invocation of my
brother Solomon: 'And grant me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) so
I let him go cursed."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Solomon (the son of) David said, 'Tonight I will sleep with seventy ladies each of
whom will conceive a child who will be a knight fighting for "Allah's Cause.' His companion said, 'If
Allah will.' But Solomon did not say so; therefore none of those women got pregnant except one who
gave birth to a half child." The Prophet (PbUH) further said, "If the Prophet (PbUH) Solomon had said it (i.e. 'If Allah
will') he would have begotten children who would have fought in Allah's Cause." Shuaib and Ibn Abi
Az-Zinad said, "Ninety (women) is more correct (than seventy).

I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Which mosque was built first?" He replied, "Al-Masjid-ul-Haram." I asked,
"Which (was built) next?" He replied, "Al-Masjid-ul-Aqs-a (i.e. Jerusalem)." I asked, "What was the
period in between them?" He replied, "Forty (years)." He then added, "Wherever the time for the
prayer comes upon you, perform the prayer, for all the earth is a place of worshipping for you."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "My example and the example o the people is like that of a person who lit a fire
and let the moths, butterflies and these insects fall in it." He also said, "There were two women, each
of whom had a child with her. A wolf came and took away the child of one of them, whereupon the
other said, 'It has taken your child.' The first said, 'But it has taken your child.' So they both carried the
case before David who judged that the living child be given to the elder lady. So both of them went to
Solomon bin David and informed him (of the case). He said, 'Bring me a knife so as to cut the child
into two pieces and distribute it between them.' The younger lady said, 'May Allah be merciful to you!
Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the other lady's) child.' So he gave the child to the younger lady."

When the Verse:-- 'Those who believe and mix not their belief with wrong." was revealed, the
companions of the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Who amongst us has not mixed his belief with wrong?" Then Allah
revealed: "Join none in worship with Allah, Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a great
wrong indeed."

When the Verse:-- 'Those who believe and mix not their belief with wrong.' was revealed, the
Muslims felt it very hard on them and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Who amongst us does not do wrong to
himself?" He replied, "The Verse does not mean this. But that (wrong) means to associate others in
worship to Allah: Don't you listen to what Luqman said to his son when he was advising him," O my
son! Join not others in worship with Allah. Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a great
wrong indeed." (31.13)

That the Prophet (PbUH) talked to them about the night of his Ascension to the Heavens. He said, "(Then
Gabriel took me) and ascended up till he reached the second heaven where he asked for the gate to be
opened, but it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'I am Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is
accompanying you?' He replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked, 'Has he been called?' He said, 'Yes.'
When we reached over the second heaven, I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and Jesus who were cousins.
Gabriel said, 'These are John (Yahya) and Jesus, so greet them.' I greeted them and they returned the
greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious Brother and Pious Prophet!;' "

Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, 'There is none born among the off-spring of Adam,
but Satan touches it. A child therefore, cries loudly at the time of birth because of the touch of Satan,
except Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira recited: "And I seek refuge with You for her and for
her offspring from the outcast Satan" (3.36)

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "Mary, the daughter of `Imran, was the best among the women (of the
world of her time) and Khadija is the best amongst the women. (of this nation).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The superiority of `Aisha to other ladies is like the superiority of Tharid (i.e. meat and bread dish) to other meals. Many men reached the level of perfection, but no woman reached such a level except Mary, the daughter of `Imran and Asia, the wife of Pharaoh."

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "Amongst all those women who ride camels (i.e. Arabs), the ladies of Quraish are the best. They are merciful and kind to their off-spring and the best guardians of their husbands' properties.' Abu Huraira added, "Mary the daughter of `Imran never rode a camel."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "If anyone testifies that None has the right to be worshipped but Allah Alone Who
has no partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His Apostle, and that Jesus is Allah's Slave and
His Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and a Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise
is true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if
those deeds were few." (Junada, the sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a person can enter
Paradise through any of its eight gates he likes.")

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second was), there a man
from Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering his prayers, his mother came and called him. He
said (to himself), 'Shall I answer her or keep on praying?" (He went on praying) and did not answer
her, his mother said, "O Allah! Do not let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he was
in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and
presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her and then later she gave birth to a
child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore, came to him and dismantled his
hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer,
and then came to the child and said, 'O child! Who is your father?' The child replied, 'The shepherd.'
(After hearing this) the people said, 'We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold,' but he said, 'No, of
nothing but mud.'(The third was the hero of the following story) A lady from Bani Israel was nursing
her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said, 'O Allah ! Make my child like
him.' On that the child left her breast, and facing the rider said, 'O Allah! Do not make me like him.'
The child then started to suck her breast again. (Abu Huraira further said, "As if I were now looking at
the Prophet (PbUH) sucking his finger (in way of demonstration.") After a while the people passed by, with a
lady slave and she (i.e. the child's mother) said, 'O Allah! Do not make my child like this (slave girl)!,
On that the child left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.' When she asked why, the child
replied, 'The rider is one of the tyrants while this slave girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual
intercourse."

From Ma`mar as below.
Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I met Moses on the night of my Ascension to heaven." The Prophet (PbUH) then described
him saying, as I think, "He was a tall person with lank hair as if he belonged to the people of the tribe
of Shanu's.' The Prophet (PbUH) further said, "I met Jesus." The Prophet (PbUH) described him saying, "He was one
of moderate height and was red-faced as if he had just come out of a bathroom. I saw Abraham whom
I resembled more than any of his children did." The Prophet (PbUH) further said, "(That night) I was given
two cups; one full of milk and the other full of wine. I was asked to take either of them which I liked,
and I took the milk and drank it. On that it was said to me, 'You have taken the right path (religion). If
you had taken the wine, your (Muslim) nation would have gone astray."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I saw Moses, Jesus and Abraham (on the night of my Ascension to the heavens).
Jesus was of red complexion, curly hair and a broad chest. Moses was of brown complexion, straight
hair and tall stature as if he was from the people of Az-Zutt."

The Prophet (PbUH) mentioned the Masih Ad-Dajjal in front of the people saying, Allah is not one-eyed
while Masih Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his eye looks like a bulging out grape. While
sleeping near the Ka`ba last night, I saw in my dream a man of brown color the best one can see
amongst brown color and his hair was long that it fell between his shoulders. His hair was lank and
water was dribbling from his head and he was placing his hands on the shoulders of two men while
circumambulating the Ka`ba. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of Mary.' Behind
him I saw a man who had very curly hair and was blind in the right eye, resembling Ibn Qatan (i.e. an
infidel) in appearance. He was placing his hands on the shoulders of a person while performing Tawaf
around the Ka`ba. I asked, 'Who is this? 'They replied, 'The Masih, Ad-Dajjal.' "

No, By Allah, the Prophet (PbUH) did not tell that Jesus was of red complexion but said, "While I was asleep
circumambulating the Ka`ba (in my dream), suddenly I saw a man of brown complexion and lank hair
walking between two men, and water was dropping from his head. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people
said, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I looked behind and I saw a red-complexioned, fat, curly-haired
man, blind in the right eye which looked like a bulging out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied,
'He is Ad-Dajjal.' The one who resembled to him among the people, was Ibn Qatar." (Az-Zuhri said,
"He (i.e. Ibn Qatan) was a man from the tribe Khuza`a who died in the pre-lslamic period.")

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "I am the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the
prophets are paternal brothers, and there has been no prophet between me and him (i.e. Jesus).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest of all the people to
Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their mothers are different, but their
religion is one."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Jesus, seeing a man stealing, asked him, 'Did you steal?, He said, 'No, by Allah,
except Whom there is None who has the right to be worshipped' Jesus said, 'I believe in Allah and
suspect my eyes."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of
Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His Apostle."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If a person teaches his slave girl good manners properly, educates her properly,
and then manumits and marries her, he will get a double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and
then believes in me, he will get a double reward. And if a slave fears his Lord (i.e. Allah) and obeys
his masters, he too will get a double reward."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "You will be resurrected (and assembled) bare-footed, naked and
uncircumcised." The Prophet (PbUH) then recited the Divine Verse:-- "As We began the first creation, We
shall repeat it: A promise We have undertaken. Truly we shall do it." (21.104)
He added, "The first to be dressed will be Abraham. Then some of my companions will take to the
right and to the left. I will say: 'My companions! 'It will be said, 'They had been renegades since you
left them.' I will then say what the Pious Slave Jesus, the son of Mary said: 'And I was a witness over
them while I dwelt amongst them; when You did take me up, You were the Watcher over them, and
You are a Witness to all things. If You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if you forgive them,
You, only You are the All-Mighty the All-Wise.' " (5.117-118) Narrated Quaggas, "Those were the
apostates who renegade from Islam during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr who fought them".

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the son of Mary will soon
descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he will break the Cross and kill
the pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken from non Muslims). Money will be in
abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a single prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better
than the whole world and whatever is in it." Abu Huraira added "If you wish, you can recite (this
verse of the Holy Book): -- 'And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians)
But must believe in him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) Before his death. And
on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness Against them." (4.159) (See Fath-ul-Bari, Page 302 Vol
7)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said "How will you be when the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you and he
will judge people by the Law of the Qur'an and not by the law of Gospel (Fateh-ul Bari page 304 and
305 Vol 7).

`Uqba bin `Amr said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you relate to us of what you have heard from Allah's
Apostle ?" He said, "I heard him saying, "When Al-Dajjal appears, he will have fire and water along
with him. What the people will consider as cold water, will be fire that will burn (things). So, if
anyone of you comes across this, he should fall in the thing which will appear to him as fire, for in
reality, it will be fresh cold water." Hudhaifa added, "I also heard him saying, 'From among the people
preceding your generation, there was a man whom the angel of death visited to capture his soul. (So
his soul was captured) and he was asked if he had done any good deed.' He replied, 'I don't remember
any good deed.' He was asked to think it over. He said, 'I do not remember, except that I used to trade
with the people in the world and I used to give a respite to the rich and forgive the poor (among my
debtors). So Allah made him enter Paradise." Hudhaifa further said, "I also heard him saying, 'Once
there was a man on his death-bed, who, losing every hope of surviving said to his family: When I die,
gather for me a large heap of wood and make a fire (to burn me). When the fire eats my meat and
reaches my bones, and when the bones burn, take and crush them into powder and wait for a windy
day to throw it (i.e. the powder) over the sea. They did so, but Allah collected his particles and asked
him:
Why did you do so? He replied: For fear of You. So Allah forgave him." `Uqba bin `Amr said, "I
heard him saying that the Israeli used to dig the grave of the dead (to steal their shrouds).

On his death-bed Allah's Messenger (PbUH) put a sheet over his-face and when he felt hot, he would remove it
from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, "May Allah's Curse be
on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets." (By
that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The Israelis used to be ruled and guided by prophets: Whenever a prophet died,
another would take over his place. There will be no prophet after me, but there will be Caliphs who
will increase in number." The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! What do you order us (to do)?" He
said, "Obey the one who will be given the pledge of allegiance first. Fulfil their (i.e. the Caliphs)
rights, for Allah will ask them about (any shortcoming) in ruling those Allah has put under their
guardianship."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You will follow the wrong ways, of your predecessors so completely and literally
that if they should go into the hole of a mastigure, you too will go there." We said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
Do you mean the Jews and the Christians?" He replied, "Whom else?" (Meaning, of course, the Jews
and the Christians.)

The people mentioned the fire and the bell (as means proposed for announcing the time of prayer) and
by such a suggestion they referred to the Jews and the Christians. But Bilal was ordered, "Pronounce
the words of the Adhan (i.e. call for the prayer) twice and the Iqama once only."

That she used to hate that one should keep his hands on his flanks while praying. She said that the Jew
used to do so.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Your period (i.e. the Muslims' period) in comparison to the periods of the
previous nations, is like the period between the `Asr prayer and sunset. And your example in
comparison to the Jews and the Christians is like the example of a person who employed some
laborers and asked them, 'Who will work for me till midday for one Qirat each?' The Jews worked for
half a day for one Qirat each. The person asked, 'Who will do the work for me from midday to the
time of the `Asr (prayer) for one Qirat each?' The Christians worked from midday till the `Asr prayer
for one Qirat. Then the person asked, 'Who will do the work for me from the `Asr till sunset for two
Qirats each?' " The Prophet (PbUH) added, "It is you (i.e. Muslims) who are doing the work from the `Asr till
sunset, so you will have a double reward. The Jews and the Christians got angry and said, 'We have
done more work but got less wages.' Allah said, 'Have I been unjust to you as regards your rights?'
They said, 'No.' So Allah said, 'Then it is My Blessing which I bestow on whomever I like. "

I heard `Umar saying, "May Allah Curse so-and-so! Doesn't he know that the Prophet (PbUH) said, 'May
Allah curse the Jews for, though they were forbidden (to eat) fat, they liquefied it and sold it. "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence, and tell
others the stories of Bani Israel (which have been taught to you), for it is not sinful to do so. And
whoever tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The Jews and the Christians do not dye (their grey hair), so you shall do the
opposite of what they do (i.e. dye your grey hair and beards).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Amongst the nations before you there was a man who got a wound, and
growing impatient (with its pain), he took a knife and cut his hand with it and the blood did not stop
till he died. Allah said, 'My Slave hurried to bring death upon himself so I have forbidden him (to
enter) Paradise.' "

that he heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "Allah willed to test three Israelis who were a Leper, a blind man
and a bald-headed man. So, he sent them an angel who came to the leper and said, 'What thing do you
like most?' He replied, "Good color and good skin, for the people have a strong aversion to me.' The
angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given a good color and beautiful skin. The
angel asked him, 'What kind of property do you like best?' He replied, 'Camels (or cows).' (The
narrator is in doubt, for either the leper or the bald-headed man demanded camels and the other
demanded cows.) So he (i.e. the leper) was given a pregnant she-camei, and the angel said (to him),
'May Allah bless you in it.'
The angel then went to the bald-headed man and said, 'What thing do you like most?' He said, 'I like
good hair and wish to be cured of this disease, for the people feel repulsion for me.' The angel touched
him and his illness was cured, and he was given good hair. The angel asked (him), 'What kind of
property do you like bests' He replied, 'Cows,' The angel gave him a pregnant cow and said, 'May
Allah bless you in it.' The angel went to the blind man and asked, 'What thing do you like best?' He
said, '(I like) that Allah may restore my eye-sight to me so that I may see the people.' The angel
touched his eyes and Allah gave him back his eye-sight. The angel asked him, "What kind of property
do you like best?' He replied, 'Sheep.' The angel gave him a pregnant sheep. Afterwards, all the three
pregnant animals gave birth to young ones, and multiplied and brought forth so much that one of the
(three) men had a herd of camels filling a valley, and one had a herd of cows filling a valley, and one
had a flock of sheep filling a valley. Then the angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a leper,
went to the leper and said, I am a poor man, who has lost all means of livelihood while on a journey.
So none will satisfy my need except Allah and then you. In the Name of Him Who has given you such
nice color and beautiful skin, and so much property, I ask you to give me a camel so that I may reach
my destination. The man replied, 'I have many obligations (so I cannot give you).' The angel said, 'I
think I know you; were you not a leper to whom the people had a strong aversion? Weren't you a poor
man, and then Allah gave you (all this property).' He replied, '(This is all wrong), I got this property
through inheritance from my fore-fathers' The angel said, 'If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make
you as you were before. '
Then the angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a bald man, went to the bald man and said to
him the same as he told the first one, and he too answered the same as the first one did. The angel
said, 'If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were before.'
The angel, disguised in the shape of a blind man, went to the blind man and said, 'I am a poor man and
a traveler, whose means of livelihood have been exhausted while on a journey. I have nobody to help
me except Allah, and after Him, you yourself. I ask you in the Name of Him Who has given you back
your eye-sight to give me a sheep, so that with its help, I may complete my journey' The man said, 'No
doubt, I was blind and Allah gave me back my eye-sight; I was poor and Allah made me rich; so take
anything you wish from my property. By Allah, I will not stop you for taking anything (you need) of
my property which you may take for Allah's sake.' The angel replied, 'Keep your property with you.
You (i.e 3 men) have been tested and Allah is pleased with you and is angry with your two
companions."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Once three persons (from the previous nations) were traveling, and suddenly it
started raining and they took shelter in a cave. The entrance of the cave got closed while they were
inside. They said to each other, 'O you! Nothing can save you except the truth, so each of you should
ask Allah's Help by referring to such a deed as he thinks he did sincerely (i.e. just for gaining Allah's
Pleasure).' So one of them said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a laborer who worked for me for one
Faraq (i.e. three Sas) of rice, but he departed, leaving it (i.e. his wages). I sowed that Faraq of rice and
with its yield I bought cows (for him). Later on when he came to me asking for his wages, I said (to
him), 'Go to those cows and drive them away.' He said to me, 'But you have to pay me only a Faraq of
rice,' I said to him, 'Go to those cows and take them, for they are the product of that Faraq (of rice).'
So he drove them. O Allah! If you consider that I did that for fear of You, then please remove the
rock.' The rock shifted a bit from the mouth of the cave.
The second one said, 'O Allah, You know that I had old parents whom I used to provide with the milk
of my sheep every night. One night I was delayed and when I came, they had slept, while my wife and
children were crying with hunger. I used not to let them (i.e. my family) drink unless my parents had
drunk first. So I disliked to wake them up and also disliked that they should sleep without drinking it,
I kept on waiting (for them to wake) till it dawned. O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of
you, then please remove the rock.' So the rock shifted and they could see the sky through it. The
(third) one said, 'O Allah! You know that I had a cousin (i.e. my paternal uncle's daughter) who was
most beloved to me and I sought to seduce her, but she refused, unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars
(i.e. gold pieces). So I collected the amount and brought it to her, and she allowed me to sleep with
her. But when I sat between her legs, she said, 'Be afraid of Allah, and do not deflower me but legally.
'I got up and left the hundred Dinars (for her). O Allah! If You consider that I did that for fear of you
than please remove the rock. So Allah saved them and they came out (of the cave)."

That he heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "While a lady was nursing her child, a rider passed by and she
said, 'O Allah! Don't let my child die till he becomes like this (rider).' The child said, 'O Allah! Don't
make me like him,' and then returned to her breast (sucking it). (After a while) they passed by a lady
who was being pulled and teased (by the people). The child's mother said, 'O Allah! Do not make my
child like her.' The child said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.' Then he said, 'As for the rider, he is an
infidel, while the lady is accused of illegal sexual intercourse (falsely) and she says: Allah is sufficient
for me (He knows the truth).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "While a dog was going round a well and was about to die of thirst, an Israeli
prostitute saw it and took off her shoe and watered it. So Allah forgave her because of that good
deed."

That he heard Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan (talking) on the pulpit in the year when he performed the Hajj.
He took a tuft of hair that was in the hand of an orderly and said, "O people of Medina! Where are
your learned men? I heard the Prophet (PbUH) forbidding such a thing as this (i.e. false hair) and he used to
say, 'The Israelis were destroyed when their ladies practiced this habit (of using false hair to lengthen
their locks).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Amongst the people preceding you there used to be 'Muhaddithun' (i.e. persons
who can guess things that come true later on, as if those persons have been inspired by a divine
power), and if there are any such persons amongst my followers, it is `Umar bin Al-Khattab."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Amongst the men of Bani Israel there was a man who had murdered ninety-nine
persons. Then he set out asking (whether his repentance could be accepted or not). He came upon a
monk and asked him if his repentance could be accepted. The monk replied in the negative and so the
man killed him. He kept on asking till a man advised to go to such and such village. (So he left for it)
but death overtook him on the way. While dying, he turned his chest towards that village (where he
had hoped his repentance would be accepted), and so the angels of mercy and the angels of
punishment quarrelled amongst themselves regarding him. Allah ordered the village (towards which
he was going) to come closer to him, and ordered the village (whence he had come), to go far away,
and then He ordered the angels to measure the distances between his body and the two villages. So he
was found to be one span closer to the village (he was going to). So he was forgiven."

Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH); offered the morning prayer and then faced the people and said, "While a man
was driving a cow, he suddenly rode over it and beat it. The cow said, "We have not been created for
this, but we have been created for sloughing." On that the people said astonishingly, "Glorified be
Allah! A cow speaks!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I believe this, and Abu Bakr and `Umar too, believe it,
although neither of them was present there. While a person was amongst his sheep, a wolf attacked
and took one of the sheep. The man chased the wolf till he saved it from the wolf, where upon the
wolf said, 'You have saved it from me; but who will guard it on the day of the wild beasts when there
will be no shepherd to guard them except me (because of riots and afflictions)? ' " The people said
surprisingly, "Glorified be Allah! A wolf speaks!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "But I believe this, and Abu Bakr
and `Umar too, believe this, although neither of them was present there." (See the Foot-note of page
No. 10 Vol.5)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "A man bought a piece of and from another man, and the buyer found an
earthenware jar filled with gold in the land. The buyer said to the seller. 'Take your gold, as I have
bought only the land from you, but I have not bought the gold from you.' The (former) owner of the
land said, "I have sold you the land with everything in it.' So both of them took their case before a
man who asked, 'Do you have children?' One of them said, "I have a boy.' The other said, "I have a
girl.' The man said, 'Marry the girl to the boy and spend the money on both of them and give the rest
of it in charity.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Plague was a means of torture sent on a group of Israelis (or on some people
before you). So if you hear of its spread in a land, don't approach it, and if a plague should appear in a
land where you are present, then don't leave that land in order to run away from it (i.e. plague).

(the wife of the Prophet) I asked Allah's Messenger (PbUH) about the plague. He told me that it was a
Punishment sent by Allah on whom he wished, and Allah made it a source of mercy for the believers,
for if one in the time of an epidemic plague stays in his country patiently hoping for Allah's Reward
and believing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, he will get the
reward of a martyr."

The people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They
asked, "Who will intercede for her with Allah's Messenger (PbUH)?" Some said, "No one dare to do so except
Usama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ." When Usama spoke about that to Allah's
Apostle Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, (to him), "Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected
with Allah's Prescribed Punishments?" Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, "What
destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him,
and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah's Legal punishment on him. By
Allah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand."

I heard a person reciting a (Qur'anic) Verse in a certain way, and I had heard the Prophet (PbUH) reciting the
same Verse in a different way. So I took him to the Prophet (PbUH) and informed him of that but I noticed the
sign of disapproval on his face, and then he said, "Both of you are correct, so don't differ, for the
nations before you differed, so they were destroyed."

As if I saw the Prophet (PbUH) talking about one of the prophets whose nation had beaten him and caused him
to bleed, while he was cleaning the blood off his face and saying, "O Allah! Forgive my nation, for
they have no knowledge."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Amongst the people preceding your age, there was a man whom Allah had given a
lot of money. While he was in his death-bed, he called his sons and said, 'What type of father have I
been to you? They replied, 'You have been a good father.' He said, 'I have never done a single good
deed; so when I die, burn me, crush my body, and scatter the resulting ashes on a windy day.' His sons
did accordingly, but Allah gathered his particles and asked (him), 'What made you do so?' He replied,
"Fear of you.' So Allah bestowed His Mercy upon him. (forgave him).

`Uqba said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ?" Hudhaifa
said, "I heard him saying, 'Death approached a man and when he had no hope of surviving, he said to
his family, 'When I die, gather for me much wood and build a fire (to burn me),. When the fire has
eaten my flesh and reached my bones, take the bones and grind them and scatter the resulting powder
in the sea on a hot (or windy) day.' (That was done.) But Allah collected his particles and asked (him),
'Why did you do so?' He replied, 'For fear of You.' So Allah forgave him."
Narrated `Abdu Malik:

As above, saying, "On a windy day."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "A man used to give loans to the people and used to say to his servant, 'If the
debtor is poor, forgive him, so that Allah may forgive us.' So when he met Allah (after his death),
Allah forgave him."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A man used to do sinful deeds, and when death came to him, he said to his sons,
'After my death, burn me and then crush me, and scatter the powder in the air, for by Allah, if Allah
has control over me, He will give me such a punishment as He has never given to anyone else.' When
he died, his sons did accordingly. Allah ordered the earth saying, 'Collect what you hold of his
particles.' It did so, and behold! There he was (the man) standing. Allah asked (him), 'What made you
do what you did?' He replied, 'O my Lord! I was afraid of You.' So Allah forgave him. " Another
narrator said "The man said, Fear of You, O Lord!"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "A lady was punished because of a cat which she had imprisoned till it died. She
entered the (Hell) Fire because of it, for she neither gave it food nor water as she had imprisoned it,
nor set it free to eat from the vermin of the earth."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "One of the sayings of the prophets which the people have got, is. 'If you do not feel
ashamed, then do whatever you like."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "One of the sayings of the prophets which the people have got is, 'If you do not feel
ashamed, then do whatever you like."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "While a man was walking, dragging his dress with pride, he was caused to be
swallowed by the earth and will go on sinking in it till the Day of Resurrection."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "We are the last (to come) but we will be the foremost on the Day of Resurrection,
nations were given the Book (i.e. Scripture) before us, and we were given the Holy Book after them.
This (i.e. Friday) is the day about which they differed. So the next day (i.e. Saturday) was prescribed
for the Jews and the day after it (i.e. Sunday) for the Christians. It is incumbent on every Muslim to
wash his head and body on a Day (i.e. Friday) (at least) in every seven days."

When Muawiya bin Abu Sufyan came to Medina for the last time, he delivered a sermon before us.
He took out a tuft of hair and said, "I never thought that someone other than the Jews would do such a
thing (i.e. use false hair). The Prophet (PbUH) named such a practice, 'Az-Zur' (i.e. falsehood)," meaning the
use of false hair.