Sahih Al-Bukhari: Chapter 61

Regarding the Verse: 'And (We) made you into Shu'ub and Qabail-- (49.13) that Shu'uib means the
big Qabail (i.e. nations) while the Qabail (i.e. tribes) means the branch tribes.

Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was asked, "Who is the most honorable amongst the people?" He said, "The
most righteous (i.e. Allah-fearing) amongst you." They said, "We do not ask you about this." He said,
"Then Joseph, the prophet of Allah."

I asked Zainab bint Abi Salama (i.e. daughter of the wife of the Prophet, "Tell me about the Prophet (PbUH) .
Did he belong to the tribe of Mudar?" She replied, "Yes, he belonged to the tribe of Mudar and was
from the offspring of An-Nadr bin Kinana."

I was told by the Rabiba (i.e. daughter of the wife of the Prophet) who, I think, was Zainab, that the
Prophet (forbade the utensils (of wine called) Ad-Dubba, Al-Hantam, Al-Muqaiyar and Al-Muzaffat. I
said to her, 'Tell me as to which tribe the Prophet (PbUH) belonged; was he from the tribe of Mudar?'' She
replied, "He belonged to the tribe of Mudar and was from the offspring of An-Nadr bin Kinana. "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "You see that the people are of different natures. Those who were the best in the
pre-lslamic period, are also the best in Islam if they comprehend religious knowledge. You see that the
best amongst the people in this respect (i.e. ambition of ruling) are those who hate it most. And you
see that the worst among people is the double faced (person) who appears to these with one face and
to the others with another face (i.e a hypocrite).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The tribe of Quraish has precedence over the people in this connection (i.e the right
of ruling). The Muslims follow the Muslims amongst them, and the infidels follow the infidels
amongst them. People are of different natures: The best amongst them in the pre-lslamic period are the
best in Islam provided they comprehend the religious knowledge. You will find that the best amongst
the people in this respect (i.e. of ruling) is he who hates it (i.e. the idea of ruling) most, till he is given
the pledge of allegiance."

Ibn `Abbas recited the Qur'anic Verse:--'Except to be kind to me for my kin-ship to you--" (42.23)
Sa`id bin Jubair said, "(The Verse implies) the kinship of Muhammad." Ibn `Abbas said, "There was
not a single house (i.e. sub-tribe) of Quraish but had a kinship to the Prophet (PbUH) and so the above Verse
was revealed in this connection, and its interpretation is: 'O Quraish! You should keep good relation
between me (i.e. Muhammad) and you."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "From this side from the east, afflictions will appear. Rudeness and lack of mercy
are characteristics of the rural bedouins who are busy with their camels and cows (and pay no
attention to religion). Such are the tribes of Rabi`a and Mudar."

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "Pride and arrogance are characteristics of the rural bedouins while
calmness is found among the owners of sheep. Belief is Yemenite, and wisdom is also Yemenite i.e.
the Yemenites are well-known for their true belief and wisdom)." Abu `Abdullah (Al-Bukhari) said,
"Yemen was called so because it is situated to the right of the Ka`ba, and Sham was called so because
it is situated to the left of the Ka`ba."

That while he was with a delegation from Quraish to Muawiya, the latter heard the news that
`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As said that there would be a king from the tribe of Qahtan. On that
Muawiya became angry, got up and then praised Allah as He deserved, and said, "Now then, I have
heard that some men amongst you narrate things which are neither in the Holy Book, nor have been
told by Allah's Messenger (PbUH). Those men are the ignorant amongst you. Beware of such hopes as make the
people go astray, for I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, 'Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish, and
whoever bears hostility to them, Allah will destroy him as long as they abide by the laws of the
religion.' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Authority of ruling will remain with Quraish, even if only two of them remained."

`Uthman bin `Affan went (to the Prophet) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! You gave property to Bani Al-Muttalib and did not give us, although we and they are of the same degree of relationship to you." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Only Bani Hashim and Bani Al Muttalib are one thing (as regards family status).

`Abdullah bin Az-Zubair went with some women of the tribe of Bani Zuhra to `Aisha who used to treat them nicely because of their relation to Allah's Messenger (PbUH).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The tribe of Quraish, the Ansar, the (people of the tribe of) Julhaina, Muzaina,
Aslam, Ashja', and Ghifar are my disciples and have no protectors except Allah and His Apostle."

`Abdullah bin Az-Zubair was the most beloved person to `Aisha excluding the Prophet (PbUH) and Abu Bakr,
and he in his turn, was the most devoted to her, `Aisha used not to withhold the money given to her by
Allah, but she used to spend it in charity. (`Abdullah) bin AzZubair said, " `Aisha should be stopped
from doing so." (When `Aisha heard this), she said protestingly, "Shall I be stopped from doing so? I
vow that I will never talk to `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair." On that, Ibn Az-Zubair asked some people
from Quraish and particularly the two uncles of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to intercede with her, but she refused
(to talk to him). Az-Zuhriyun, the uncles of the Prophet, including `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin
`Abd Yaghuth and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama said to him, "When we ask for the permission to visit
her, enter her house along with us (without taking her leave)." He did accordingly (and she accepted
their intercession). He sent her ten slaves whom she manumitted as an expiation for (not keeping) her
vow. `Aisha manumitted more slaves for the same purpose till she manumitted forty slaves. She said,
"I wish I had specified what I would have done in case of not fulfilling my vow when I made the vow,
so that I might have done it easily."

`Uthman called Zaid bin Thabit, `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair, Sa`id bin Al-`As and `AbdurRahman bin
Al-Harith bin Hisham, and then they wrote the manuscripts of the Holy Qur'an in the form of book in
several copies. `Uthman said to the three Quraishi persons. " If you differ with Zaid bin Thabit on any
point of the Qur'an, then write it in the language of Quraish, as the Qur'an was revealed in their
language." So they acted accordingly. (Sa`id bin Thabit was an Ansari and not from Quraish ).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) passed by some people from the tribe of Aslam practicing archery. He said, "O
children of Ishmael! Throw (arrows), for your father was an archer. I am on the side of Bani so-andso,"
meaning one of the two teams. The other team stopped throwing, whereupon the Prophet (PbUH) said,
"What has happened to them?" They replied, "How shall we throw while you are with Bani so-andso?"
He said, "Throw for I am with all of you."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "If somebody claims to be the son of any other than his real father knowingly, he
but disbelieves in Allah, and if somebody claims to belong to some folk to whom he does not belong,
let such a person take his place in the (Hell) Fire."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Verily, one of the worst lies is to claim falsely to be the son of someone other
than one's real father, or to claim to have had a dream one has not had, or to attribute to me what I
have not said."

The delegates of `Abd-ul-Qais came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! We are from the
tribe of Rabi`a and the infidels of Mudar tribe stand between us and you, so that we cannot come to
you except in the Sacred Months. Therefore we would like you to give us some instructions which we
may follow and convey to our people staying behind us." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I order you to observe
four things and forbid you (to do) four things: (I order you) to believe in Allah testifying that None
has the right to be worshipped except Allah; to offer the prayer perfectly; to pay the Zakat; and to give
one-fifth of the war booty to Allah. And I forbid you to use Ad-Dubba, Al-Hantam, An-Naqir and Al-
Muzaffat." (These are names of utensils in which alcoholic drinks were served.)

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on the pulpit saying, "Verily, afflictions (will start) from here," pointing
towards the east, "whence the side of the head of Satan comes out."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The tribes of Quraish, Al-Ansar, Juhaina, Muzaina, Aslam, Ghifar and Ashja' are
my helpers, and they have no protector (i.e. Master) except Allah and His Apostle."

While Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was on the pulpit, he said, "May Allah give the tribe of Ghifar! And may Allah
save the tribe of Aslam! The tribe of 'Usaiya have disobeyed Allah and His Apostle."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah save the tribe of Aslam, and may Allah forgive the tribe of Ghifar!"

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Do you think that the tribes of Juhaina, Muzaina, Aslam and Ghifar are better than
the tribes of Bani Tamim, Bani Asad, Bam `Abdullah bin Ghatafan and Bani Amir bin Sasaa?" A man
said, "They were unsuccessful and losers." The Prophet (PbUH) added," (Yes), they are better than the tribes
of Bani Tamim, Bani Asad, Bani `Abdullah bin Ghatafan and Bani Amir bin Sasaa."

Al-Aqra' bin Habis said to the Prophet (PbUH) "Nobody gave you the pledge of allegiance but the robbers of
the pilgrims (i.e. those who used to rob the pilgrims) from the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina." (Ibn
Abi Ya'qub is in doubt whether Al-Aqra' added. 'And Juhaina.') The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Don't you think
that the tribes of Aslam, Ghifar, Muzaina (and also perhaps) Juhaina are better than the tribes of Bani
Tamim, Bani Amir, Asad, and Ghatafan?" Somebody said, "They were unsuccessful and losers!" The
Prophet said, "Yes, by Him in Whose Hands my life is, they (i.e. the former) are better than they (i.e.
the latter).

The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) said, "The hour will not be established unless a man from the tribe of Qahtan appears, driving the people with his stick (ruling them with violence and oppression)."

We were in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) in a Ghazwa. A large number of emigrants joined him and
among the emigrants there was a person who used to play jokes (or play with spears); so he (jokingly)
stroked an Ansari man on the hip. The Ans-ari got so angry that both of them called their people. The
Ansari said, "Help, O Ansar!" And the emigrant said "Help, O emigrants!" The Prophet (PbUH) came out and
said, "What is wrong with the people (as they are calling) this call of the period of Ignorance? "Then
he said, "What is the matter with them?" So he was told about the stroke of the emigrant to the Ansari.
The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Stop this (i.e. appeal for help) for it is an evil call. "Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul (a
hypocrite) said, "The emigrants have called and (gathered against us); so when we return to Medina,
surely, the more honorable people will expel therefrom the meaner," Upon that `Umar said, "O Allah's
Prophet! Shall we not kill this evil person (i.e. `Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul) ?" The Prophet) said,
"(No), lest the people should say that Muhammad used to kill his companions."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Who-ever slaps his face or tears the bosom of his dress, or calls the calls of the
Period of Ignorance, is not from us."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "`Amr bin Luhai bin Qam'a bin Khindif was the father of Khuza`a.'

Al-Bahira was an animal whose milk was spared for the idols and other dieties, and so nobody was
allowed to milk it. As-Saiba was an animal which they (i.e infidels) used to set free in the names of
their gods so that it would not be used for carrying anything. Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet (PbUH) said, 'I
saw `Amr bin 'Amir bin Luhai Al-Khuza`i dragging his intestines in the (Hell) Fire, for he was the
first man who started the custom of releasing animals (for the sake of false gods).' "

Ibn `Abbas said to us, "Shall I tell you the story of Abu Dhar's conversion to Islam?" We said, "Yes."
He said, "Abu Dhar said: I was a man from the tribe of Ghifar. We heard that a man had appeared in
Mecca, claiming to be a Prophet. ! said to my brother, 'Go to that man and talk to him and bring me
his news.' He set out, met him and returned. I asked him, 'What is the news with you?' He said, 'By
Allah, I saw a man enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.' I said to him, 'You have not
satisfied me with this little information.' So, I took a waterskin and a stick and proceeded towards
Mecca. Neither did I know him (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ), nor did I like to ask anyone about him.
I Kept on drinking Zam zam water and staying in the Mosque. Then `Ali passed by me and said, 'It
seems you are a stranger?' I said, 'Yes.' He proceeded to his house and I accompanied him. Neither did
he ask me anything, nor did I tell him anything. Next morning I went to the Mosque to ask about the
Prophet but no-one told me anything about him. `Ali passed by me again and asked, 'Hasn't the man
recognized his dwelling place yet' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Come along with me.' He asked me, 'What is
your business? What has brought you to this town?'
I said to him, 'If you keep my secret, I will tell you.' He said, 'I will do,' I said to him, 'We have heard
that a person has appeared here, claiming to be a Prophet.
I sent my brother to speak to him and when he returned, he did not bring a satisfactory report; so I
thought of meeting him personally.' `Ali said (to Abu Dhar), 'You have reached your goal; I am going
to him just now, so follow me, and wherever I enter, enter after me. If I should see someone who may
cause you trouble, I will stand near a wall pretending to mend my shoes (as a warning), and you
should go away then.' `Ali proceeded and I accompanied him till he entered a place, and I entered with
him to the Prophet (PbUH) to whom I said, 'Present (the principles of) Islam to me.' When he did, I embraced
Islam 'immediately.
He said to me, 'O Abu Dhar! Keep your conversion as a secret and return to your town; and when you
hear of our victory, return to us. ' I said, 'By H him Who has sent you with the Truth, I will announce
my conversion to Islam publicly amongst them (i.e. the infidels),' Abu Dhar went to the Mosque,
where some people from Quraish were present, and said, 'O folk of Quraish ! I testify that None has
the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I (also) testify that Muhammad is Allah's Slave and His
Apostle.' (Hearing that) the Quraishi men said, 'Get at this Sabi (i.e. Muslim) !' They got up and beat
me nearly to death. Al `Abbas saw me and threw himself over me to protect me. He then faced them
and said, 'Woe to you! You want to kill a man from the tribe of Ghifar, although your trade and your
communications are through the territory of Ghifar?' They therefore left me. The next morning I
returned (to the Mosque) and said the same as I have said on the previous day. They again said, 'Get at
this Sabi!' I was treated in the same way as on the previous day, and again Al-Abbas found me and
threw himself over me to protect me and told them the same as he had said the day before.' So, that
was the conversion of Abu Dhar (may Allah be Merciful to him) to Islam."

The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) said, (The people of) Aslam, Ghifar and some people of Muzaina and Juhaina or said (some people of Juhaina or Muzaina) are better with Allah or said (on the Day of resurrection) than the tribe of Asad, Tamim, Hawazin and Ghatafan.

If you wish to know about the ignorance of the Arabs, refer to Surat-al-Anam after Verse No. 130:--
Indeed lost are those who have killed their children From folly without knowledge and have forbidden
that which Allah has provided for them, inventing a lie against Allah. They have indeed gone astray
and were not guided.' (6.14)

When the Verse:-- 'And warn your tribe of near kindred.' (26.214) was revealed, the Prophet (PbUH) started
calling (the 'Arab tribes), "O Bani Fihr, O Bani `Adi" mentioning first the various branch tribes of
Quraish.

When the Verse:-- 'And warn your tribe of near kindred' (26.214). was revealed,
the Prophet (PbUH) started calling every tribe by its name.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Bani `Abd Munaf! Buy yourselves from Allah; O Bani `Abdul-Muttalib! Buy
yourselves from Allah; O mother of Az-Zubair bin Al-Awwam, the aunt of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), and O
Fatima bint Muhammad! Buy yourselves from Allah, for I cannot defend you before Allah. You
(both) can ask me from my property as much as you like. "

The Prophet (PbUH) sent for the Ansar (and when they came), he asked, 'Is there any stranger amongst you?"
They said, "No except the son of our sister." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The son of the sister of some
people belongs to them."

That during the Mina days, Abu Bakr came to her, while there where two girls with her, beating
drums, and the Prophet (PbUH) was (lying) covering himself with his garment. Abu Bakr rebuked the two
girls, but the Prophet (PbUH) uncovered his face and said, "O Abu Bakr! Leave them, for these are the days of
Id (festival)." Those days were the days of Mina-. `Aisha added, "I was being screened by the Prophet (PbUH)
while I was watching the Ethiopians playing in the Mosque. `Umar rebuked them, but the Prophet (PbUH)
said, "Leave them, O Bani Arfida! Play. (for) you are safe."

Once Hassan bin Thabit asked the permission of the Prophet (PbUH) to lampoon (i.e. compose satirical poetry
defaming) the infidels. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "What about the fact that I have common descent with
them?" Hassan replied, "I shall take you out of them as a hair is taken out of dough."
Narrated `Urwa: I started abusing Hassan in front of `Aisha, whereupon she said. "Don't abuse him,
for he used to defend the Prophet (PbUH) (with his poetry).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "I have five names: I am Muhammad and Ahmad; I am Al-Mahi through whom
Allah will eliminate infidelity; I am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being
resurrected there after; and I am also Al-`Aqib (i.e. There will be no prophet after me).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Doesn't it astonish you how Allah protects me from the Quraish's abusing and
cursing? They abuse Mudhammam and curse Mudhammam while I am Muhammad (and not
Mudhammam).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "My similitude in comparison with the other prophets is that of a man who has built
a house completely and excellently except for a place of one brick. When the people enter the house,
they admire its beauty and say: 'But for the place of this brick (how splendid the house will be)!"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "My similitude in comparison with the other prophets before me, is that of a man
who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner. The people go
about it and wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick be put in its place!' So I am that brick,
and I am the last of the Prophets."

The Prophet (PbUH) died when he was sixty three years old.

While the Prophet (PbUH) was in the market, a man called (somebody), "O Abu-l-Qasim!' The Prophet (PbUH) turned
to him and said "Name yourselves after me but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."

Abu-l-Qasim said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."

I saw As-Sa'ib bin Yazid when he was ninety-four years old, quite strong and of straight figure. He
said, "I know that I enjoyed my hearing and seeing powers only because of the invocation of Allah's
Apostle . My aunt took me to him and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! My nephew is sick; will you invoke
Allah for him?' So he invoked (Allah) for me."

My aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! My nephew is sick"' The Prophet (PbUH)
passed his hands over my head and blessed me. Then he performed ablution and I drank the remaining
water, and standing behind him. A saw the seal in between his shoulders."

(Once) Abu Bakr offered the `Asr prayer and then went out walking and saw Al-Hasan playing with
the boys. He lifted him on to his shoulders and said, " Let my parents be sacrificed for your sake!
(You) resemble the Prophet (PbUH) and not `Ali," while `Ali was smiling.

I saw the Prophet, and Al-Hasan resembled him.

I heard Abii Juhaifa saying, "I saw the Prophet, and Al-Hasan bin `Ali resembled him." I said to Abu-
Juhaifa, "Describe him for me." He said, "He was white and his beard was black with some white hair.
He promised to give us 13 young she-camels, but he expired before we could get them."

I saw the Prophet (PbUH) and saw some white hair below his lower lip above the chin.

That he asked `Abdullah bin Busr (i.e. the companion of the Prophet), "Did you see the Prophet (PbUH) when
he was old?" He said, "He had a few white hairs between the lower lip and the chin."

I heard Anas bin Malik describing the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "He was of medium height amongst the people,
neither tall nor short; he had a rosy color, neither absolutely white nor deep brown; his hair was
neither completely curly nor quite lank. Divine Inspiration was revealed to him when he was forty
years old. He stayed ten years in Mecca receiving the Divine Inspiration, and stayed in Medina for ten
more years. When he expired, he had scarcely twenty white hairs in his head and beard." Rabi`a said,
"I saw some of his hairs and it was red. When I asked about that, I was told that it turned red because
of scent. "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was neither very tall nor short, neither absolutely white nor deep brown. His hair was
neither curly nor lank. Allah sent him (as an Apostle) when he was forty years old. Afterwards he
resided in Mecca for ten years and in Medina for ten more years. When Allah took him unto Him,
there was scarcely twenty white hairs in his head and beard.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was the handsomest of all the people, and had the best appearance. He was neither
very tall nor short.

I asked Anas, "Did the Prophet (PbUH) use to dye (his) hair?" He said, "No, for there were only a few white
hairs on his temples."

The Prophet (PbUH) was of moderate height having broad shoulders (long) hair reaching his ear-lobes. Once I
saw him in a red cloak and I had never seen a more handsome than him."

Al-Bara' was asked, "Was the face of the Prophet (PbUH) (as bright) as a sword?" He said, "No, but (as bright)
as a moon."

Once Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went to Al-Batha' at noon, performed the ablution and offered' a two rak`at Zuhr
prayer and a two-rak`at `Asr prayer while a spearheaded stick was planted before him and the
passersby were passing in front of it. (After the prayer), the people got up and held the hands of the
Prophet and passed them on their faces. I also took his hand and kept it on my face and noticed that it
was colder than ice, and its smell was nicer than musk.

The Prophet (PbUH) was the most generous of all the people, and he used to become more generous in
Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night during Ramadan to revise the
Qur'an with him. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) then used to be more generous than the fast wind.

That Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came to her in a happy mood with his features glittering with joy, and said,
"Have you not heard what the Qaif has said about Zaid and Us-ama? He saw their feet and remarked.
These belong to each other." (i.e. They are father and son.)

I heard Ka`b bin Malik talking after his failure to join (the Ghazwa of) Tabuk. He said, "When I
greeted Allah's Messenger (PbUH) whose face was glittering with happiness, for whenever Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was
happy, his face used to glitter, as if it was a piece of the moon, and we used to recognize it (i.e. his
happiness) from his face."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "I have been sent (as an Apostle) in the best of all the generations of Adam's
offspring since their Creation."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to let his hair hang down while the infidels used to part their hair. The people of
the Scriptures were used to letting their hair hang down and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) liked to follow the people
of the Scriptures in the matters about which he was not instructed otherwise. Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
parted his hair.

The Prophet (PbUH) never used bad language neither a "Fahish nor a Mutafahish. He used to say "The best
amongst you are those who have the best manners and character." (See Hadith No. 56 (B) Vol. 8)

Whenever Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was given the choice of one of two matters, he would choose the easier of
the two, as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful to do so, he would not approach it.
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) never took revenge (over anybody) for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's
Legal Bindings were outraged in which case he would take revenge for Allah's Sake.

I have never touched silk or Dibaj (i.e. thick silk) softer than the palm of the Prophet (PbUH) nor have I smelt
a perfume nicer than the sweat of the Prophet.

The Prophet (PbUH) was shier than a veiled virgin girl.

A similar Hadith (i e. No. 762) with this addition: And if he (i.e. the Prophet) disliked something, the
sign of aversion would appear on his face.

The Prophet (PbUH) never criticized any food (presented him), but he would eat it if he liked it; otherwise, he
would leave it (without expressing his dislike).

When the Prophet (PbUH) prostrated, he used to keep his arms so widely apart that we used to see his armpits.
(The sub-narrator, Ibn Bukair said, "The whiteness of his armpits.")

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) did not use to raise his hands in his invocations except in the Istisqa (i.e. invoking
Allah for the rain) in which he used to raise his hands so high that one could see the whiteness of his
armpits. (Note: It may be that Anas did not see the prophet (as) raising his hands but it has been
narrated that the Prophet (PbUH) (as) used to raise his hands for invocations other than Istisqa. See Hadith No.
612 Vol. 5. and Hadith No. 807 & 808 Vol 2.)

By chance I went to the Prophet (PbUH) at noon while he was at Al-Abtah (resting) in a tent. Bilal came out
(of the tent) and pronounced the Adhan for the prayer, and entering again, he brought out the water
which was left after Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had performed the ablution. The people rushed to take some of
the water. Bilal again went in and brought out a spear-headed stick, and then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came
out. As if I were now looking at the whiteness of his leg. Bilal fixed the stick and the Prophet (PbUH) offered
a two-rak`at Zuhr prayer and a two-rak`at `Asr prayer, while women and donkeys were passing in
front of the Prophet (PbUH) (beyond the stick) .

The Prophet (PbUH) used to talk so clearly that if somebody wanted to count the number of his words, he
could do so. Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair: `Aisha said (to me), "Don't you wonder at Abu so-and-so
who came and sat by my dwelling and started relating the traditions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) intending to let
me hear that, while I was performing an optional prayer. He left before I finished my optional prayer.
Had I found him still there. I would have said to him, 'Allah's Messenger (PbUH) never talked so quickly and
vaguely as you do.' "

That he asked `Aisha "How was the prayer of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in the month of Ramadan?" She replied,
"He used not to pray more than eleven rak`at whether in Ramadan or in any other month. He used to
offer four rak`at, let alone their beauty and length, and then four rak`at, let alone their beauty and
length. Afterwards he would offer three rak`at. I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Do you go to bed before
offering the witr prayer?' He said, 'My eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep."'

I heard Anas bin Malik telling us about the night when the Prophet (PbUH) was made to travel from the Ka`ba
Mosque. Three persons (i.e. angels) came to the Prophet (PbUH) before he was divinely inspired was an
Aspostle), while he was sleeping in Al Masjid-ul-Haram. The first (of the three angels) said, "Which
of them is he?" The second said, "He is the best of them." That was all that happened then, and he did
not see them till they came at another night and he perceived their presence with his heart, for the eyes
of the Prophet (PbUH) were closed when he was asleep, but his heart was not asleep (not unconscious). This is
characteristic of all the prophets: Their eyes sleep but their hearts do not sleep. Then Gabriel took
charge of the Prophet (PbUH) and ascended along with him to the Heaven.

That they were with the Prophet (PbUH) on a journey. They travelled the whole night, and when dawn
approached, they took a rest and sleep overwhelmed them till the sun rose high in the sky. The first to
get up was Abu Bakr. Allah's Messenger (PbUH)s used not to be awakened from his sleep, but he would wake up
by himself. `Umar woke up and then Abu Bakr sat by the side of the Prophet's head and started
saying: Allahu-Akbar raising his voice till the Prophet (PbUH) woke up, (and after traveling for a while) he
dismounted and led us in the morning prayer. A man amongst the people failed to join us in the
prayer. When the Prophet (PbUH) had finished the prayer, he asked (the man), "O so-and-so! What prevented
you from offering the prayer with us?" He replied, "I am Junub," Alllah's Apostle ordered him to
perform Tayammam with clean earth.
The man then offered the prayer. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ordered me and a few others to go ahead of him. We
had become very thirsty. While we were on our way (looking for water), we came across a lady
(riding an animal), hanging her legs between two water-skins. We asked her, "Where can we get
water?" She replied, "Oh ! There is no water." We asked, "how far is your house from the water?" She
replied, "A distance of a day and a night travel." We said, "Come on to Allah's Messenger (PbUH), "She asked,
"What is Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ?" So we brought her to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) against her will, and she told him
what she had told us before and added that she was the mother of orphans. So the Prophet (PbUH) ordered that
her two water-skins be brought and he rubbed the mouths of the water-skins. As we were thirsty, we
drank till we quenched our thirst and we were forty men. We also filled all our waterskins and other
utensils with water, but we did not water the camels. The waterskin was so full that it was almost
about to burst.
The Prophet (PbUH) then said, "Bring what (foodstuff) you have." So some dates and pieces of bread were
collected for the lady, and when she went to her people, she said, "I have met either the greatest
magician or a prophet as the people claim." So Allah guided the people of that village through that
lady. She embraced Islam and they all embraced Islam.

A bowl of water was brought to the Prophet (PbUH) while he was at Az-Zawra. He placed his hand in it and
the water started flowing among his fingers. All the people performed ablution (with that water).
Qatada asked Anas, "How many people were you?" Anas replied, "Three hundred or nearly three hundred."

I saw Allah's Messenger (PbUH) at the 'time when the `Asr prayer was due. Then the people were searching for
water for ablution but they could not find any. Then some water was brought to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and he
placed his hand in the pot and ordered the people to perform the ablution with the water. I saw water
flowing from underneath his fingers and the people started performing the ablution till all of them did
it.

The Prophet (PbUH) went out on one of his journeys with some of his companions. They went on walking till
the time of the prayer became due. They could not find water to perform the ablution. One of them
went away and brought a little amount of water in a pot. The Prophet (PbUH) took it and performed the
ablution, and then stretched his four fingers on to the pot and said (to the people), "Get up to perform
the ablution." They started performing the ablution till all of them did it, and they were seventy or so
persons.

Anas bin Malik said, "Once the time of the prayer became due and the people whose houses were
close to the Mosque went to their houses to perform ablution, while the others remained (sitting there).
A stone pot containing water was brought to the Prophet, who wanted to put his hand in it, but It was
too small for him to spread his hand in it, and so he had to bring his fingers together before putting his
hand in the pot. Then all the people performed the ablution (with that water)." I asked Anas, "How
many persons were they." He replied, "There were eighty men."

Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "The people became very thirsty on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (Treaty). A
small pot containing some water was in front of the Prophet (PbUH) and when he had finished the ablution,
the people rushed towards him. He asked, 'What is wrong with you?' They replied, 'We have no water
either for performing ablution or for drinking except what is present in front of you.' So he placed his
hand in that pot and the water started flowing among his fingers like springs. We all drank and
performed ablution (from it)." I asked Jabir, "How many were you?" he replied, "Even if we had been
one-hundred-thousand, it would have been sufficient for us, but we were fifteen-hundred."

We were one-thousand-and-four-hundred persons on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (Treaty), and (at) Al-
Hudaibiya (there) was a well. We drew out its water not leaving even a single drop. The Prophet (PbUH) sat at
the edge of the well and asked for some water with which he rinsed his mouth and then he threw it out
into the well. We stayed for a short while and then drew water from the well and quenched our thirst,
and even our riding animals drank water to their satisfaction.

Abu Talha said to Um Sulaim, "I have noticed feebleness in the voice of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) which I
think, is caused by hunger. Have you got any food?" She said, "Yes." She brought out some loaves of
barley and took out a veil belonging to her, and wrapped the bread in part of it and put it under my
arm and wrapped part of the veil round me and sent me to Allah's Messenger (PbUH). I went carrying it and
found Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in the Mosque sitting with some people. When I stood there, Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
asked, "Has Abu Talha sent you?" I said, "Yes". He asked, "With some food? I said, "Yes" Allah's
Apostle then said to the men around him, "Get up!" He set out (accompanied by them) and I went
ahead of them till I reached Abu Talha and told him (of the Prophet's visit). Abu Talha said, "O Um
Sulaim! Allah's Messenger (PbUH) is coming with the people and we have no food to feed them." She said,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." So Abu Talha went out to receive Allah's Messenger (PbUH). Allah's
Apostle came along with Abu Talha. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "O Um Sulaim! Bring whatever you have."
She brought the bread which Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ordered to be broken into pieces. Um Sulaim poured on
them some butter from an oilskin. Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) recited what Allah wished him to recite, and
then said, "Let ten persons come (to share the meal)." Ten persons were admitted, ate their fill and
went out. Then he again said, "Let another ten do the same." They were admitted, ate their fill and
went out. Then he again said, '"'Let another ten persons (do the same.)" They were admitted, ate their
fill and went out. Then he said, "Let another ten persons come." In short, all of them ate their fill, and
they were seventy or eighty men.

We used to consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them to be a warning.
Once we were with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, "Bring the water
remaining with you." The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it
and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from
among the fingers of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) , and no doubt, we heard the meal glorifying Allah, when it was
being eaten (by him).

My father had died in debt. So I came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "My father (died) leaving unpaid debts,
and I have nothing except the yield of his date palms; and their yield for many years will not cover his
debts. So please come with me, so that the creditors may not misbehave with me." The Prophet (PbUH) went
round one of the heaps of dates and invoked (Allah), and then did the same with another heap and sat
on it and said, "Measure (for them)." He paid them their rights and what remained was as much as had
been paid to them.

The companions of Suffa were poor people. The Prophet (PbUH) once said, "Whoever has food enough for
two persons, should take a third one (from among them), and whoever has food enough for four
persons, should take a fifth or a sixth (or said something similar)." Abu Bakr brought three persons
while the Prophet (PbUH) took ten. And Abu Bakr with his three family member (who were I, my father and
my mother) (the sub-narrator is in doubt whether `Abdur-Rahman said, "My wife and my servant who
was common for both my house and Abu Bakr's house.") Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet (PbUH)
and stayed there till he offered the `Isha' prayers. He returned and stayed till Allah's Messenger (PbUH) took his
supper.
After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his house. His wife said to him, "What has detained
you from your guests?" He said, "Have you served supper to them?" She said, "They refused to take
supper until you come. They (i.e. some members of the household) presented the meal to them but
they refused (to eat)" I went to hide myself and he said, "O Ghunthar!" He invoked Allah to cause my
ears to be cut and he rebuked me. He then said (to them): Please eat!" and added, I will never eat the
meal." By Allah, whenever we took a handful of the meal, the meal grew from underneath more than
that handful till everybody ate to his satisfaction; yet the remaining food was more than the original
meal. Abu Bakr saw that the food was as much or more than the original amount. He called his wife,
"O sister of Bani Firas!" She said, "O pleasure of my eyes. The food has been tripled in quantity."
Abu Bakr then started eating thereof and said, "It (i.e. my oath not to eat) was because of Sa all." He
took a handful from it, and carried the rest to the Prophet. So that food was with the Prophet (PbUH) . There
was a treaty between us and some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed, he divided
US into twelve groups, each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many men were under the
command of each leader. Anyhow, the Prophet (PbUH) surely sent a leader with each group. Then all of them
ate of that meal.

Once during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), the people of Medina suffered from drought. So while the
Prophet was delivering a sermon on a Friday a man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! The horses and
sheep have perished. Will you invoke Allah to bless us with rain?" The Prophet (PbUH) lifted both his hands
and invoked. The sky at that time was as clear as glass. Suddenly a wind blew, raising clouds that
gathered together, and it started raining heavily. We came out (of the Mosque) wading through the
flowing water till we reached our homes. It went on raining till the next Friday, when the same man or
some other man stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! The houses have collapsed; please invoke
Allah to withhold the rain." On that the Prophet (PbUH) smiled and said, "O Allah, (let it rain) around us and
not on us." I then looked at the clouds to see them separating forming a sort of a crown round Medina.

The Prophet (PbUH) used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a datepalm. When he had the
pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk started crying and the Prophet (PbUH) went to it, rubbing his hand
over it (to stop its crying).

The Prophet (PbUH) used to stand by a tree or a date-palm on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said. "O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Shall we make a pulpit for you?" He replied, "If you wish." So they made a pulpit for
him and when it was Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit (for delivering the sermon). The datepalm
cried like a child! The Prophet (PbUH) descended (the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued
moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "It was crying for (missing) what it used to
hear of religious knowledge given near to it."

That he heard Jabir bin `Abdullah saying, "The roof of the Mosque was built over trunks of datepalms
working as pillars. When the Prophet (PbUH) delivered a sermon, he used to stand by one of those
trunks till the pulpit was made for him, and he used it instead. Then we heard the trunk sending a
sound like of a pregnant she-camel till the Prophet (PbUH) came to it, and put his hand over it, then it became
quiet."

Once `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, said, "Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's
Apostle regarding the afflictions?" Hudhaifa replied, "I remember what he said exactly." `Umar said.
"Tell (us), you are really a daring man!'' Hudhaifa said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'A man's afflictions (i.e.
wrong deeds) concerning his relation to his family, his property and his neighbors are expiated by his
prayers, giving in charity and enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.' " `Umar said, "I
don't mean these afflictions but the afflictions that will be heaving up and down like waves of the
sea." Hudhaifa replied, "O chief of the believers! You need not fear those (afflictions) as there is a
closed door between you and them." `Umar asked, "Will that door be opened or broken?" Hudhaifa
replied, "No, it will be broken." `Umar said, "Then it is very likely that the door will not be closed
again." Later on the people asked Hudhaifa, "Did `Umar know what that door meant?" He said. "Yes,
`Umar knew it as everyone knows that there will be night before the tomorrow morning. I narrated to
`Umar an authentic narration, not lies." We dared not ask Hudhaifa; therefore we requested Masruq
who asked him, "What does the door stand for?" He said, "`Umar."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The Hour will not be established till you fight a nation wearing hairy shoes, and till
you fight the Turks, who will have small eyes, red faces and flat noses; and their faces will be like flat
shields. And you will find that the best people are those who hate responsibility of ruling most of all
till they are chosen to be the rulers. And the people are of different natures: The best in the pre-lslamic
period are the best in Islam. A time will come when any of you will love to see me rather than to have
his family and property doubled."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The Hour will not be established till you fight with the Khudh and the Kirman
from among the non-Arabs. They will be of red faces, flat noses and small eyes; their faces will look
like flat shields, and their shoes will be of hair."

I enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) for three years, and during the other years of my life, never
was I so anxious to understand the (Prophet's) traditions as I was during those three years. I heard him
saying, beckoning with his hand in this way, "Before the Hour you will fight with people who will
have hairy shoes and live in Al-Bazir." (Sufyan, the sub-narrator once said, "And they are the people
of Al-Bazir.")

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "Near the Hour you will fight with people who will wear hairy shoes;
and you will also fight people with flat faces like shields."

I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "The Jews will fight with you, and you will be given victory over them
so that a stone will say, 'O Muslim! There is a Jew behind me; kill him!' "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A time will come when the people will wage holy war, and it will be asked, 'Is
there any amongst you who has enjoyed the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH)?' They will say: 'Yes.' And
then victory will be bestowed upon them. They will wage holy war again, and it will be asked: 'Is
there any among you who has enjoyed the company of the companions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ?' They will
say: 'Yes.' And then victory will be bestowed on them."

While I was in the city of the Prophet, a man came and complained to him (the Prophet, ) of
destitution and poverty. Then another man came and complained of robbery (by highwaymen). The
Prophet said, "Adi! Have you been to Al-Hira?" I said, "I haven't been to it, but I was informed about
it." He said, "If you should live for a long time, you will certainly see that a lady in a Howdah
traveling from Al-Hira will (safely reach Mecca and) perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba, fearing none
but Allah." I said to myself, "What will happen to the robbers of the tribe of Tai who have spread evil
through out the country?" The Prophet (PbUH) further said. "If you should live long, the treasures of Khosrau
will be opened (and taken as spoils)." I asked, "You mean Khosrau, son of Hurmuz?" He said,
"Khosrau, son of Hurmuz; and if you should live long, you will see that one will carry a handful of
gold or silver and go out looking for a person to accept it from him, but will find none to accept it
from him. And any of you, when meeting Allah, will meet Him without needing an interpreter
between him and Allah to interpret for him, and Allah will say to him: 'Didn't I send a messenger to
teach you?' He will say: 'Yes.' Allah will say: 'Didn't I give you wealth and do you favors?' He will
say: 'Yes.' Then he will look to his right and see nothing but Hell, and look to his left and see nothing
but Hell."
`Adi further said: I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "Save yourself from the (Hell) Fire even with half a date
(to be given in charity) and if you do not find a half date, then with a good pleasant word." `Adi
added: (later on) I saw a lady in a Howdah traveling from Al-Hira till she performed the Tawaf of the
Ka`ba, fearing none but Allah. And I was one of those who opened (conquered) the treasures of
Khosrau, son of Hurmuz. If you should live long, you will see what the Prophet (PbUH) Abu-l-Qasim had
said: 'A person will come out with a handful. of gold...etc.

as above (i.e. Hadith No. 793).

The Prophet (PbUH) once came out and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of Uhud, and proceeded to
the pulpit and said, "I shall be your predecessor and a witness on you, and I am really looking at my
sacred Fount now, and no doubt, I have been given the keys of the treasures of the world. By Allah, I
am not afraid that you will worship others along with Allah, but I am afraid that you will envy and
fight one another for worldly fortunes."

Once the Prophet (PbUH) stood on one of the high buildings (of Medina) and said, "Do you see what I see? I
see affliction pouring among your hours like raindrops."

That the Prophet (PbUH) came to her in a state of fear saying, "None has the right to be worshiped but Allah!
Woe to the Arabs because of evil that has come near. Today a hole has been made in the wall of Gog
and Magog as large as this." pointing with two of his fingers making a circle. Zainab said, "I said, 'O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Shall we be destroyed though amongst us there are pious people? ' He said, 'Yes, if
evil increases."

The Prophet (PbUH) woke up and said, "Glorified be Allah: What great (how many)
treasures have been sent down, and what great (how many ) afflictions have been sent down!"

Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri said to me, "I notice that you like sheep and you keep them; so take care of them
and their food, for I have heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, 'A time will come upon the people when the
best of a Muslim's property will be sheep, which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the
places of rain-falls to run away with his religion in order to save it from afflictions.' "

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "There will be afflictions (and at the time) the sitting person will be better than
the standing one, and the standing one will be better than the walking, and the walking will be better
than the running. And whoever will look towards those afflictions, they will overtake him, and
whoever will find a refuge or a shelter, should take refuge in it." The same narration is reported by
Abu Bakr, with the addition, "(The Prophet (PbUH) said), 'Among the prayers there is a prayer the missing of
which will be to one like losing one's family and property."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Soon others will be preferred to you, and there will be things which you will not
like." The companions of the Prophet (PbUH) asked, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! What do you order us to do (in this
case)? " He said, "(I order you) to give the rights that are on you and to ask your rights from Allah."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "This branch from Quraish will ruin the people." The companions of the Prophet (PbUH)
asked, "What do you order us to do (then)?" He said, "I would suggest that the people keep away from
them.''

I was with Marwan and Abu Huraira and heard Abu Huraira saying, "I heard the trustworthy, truly
inspired one (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ) saying, 'The destruction of my followers will be brought about by the
hands of some youngsters from Quraish." Marwan asked, "Youngsters?" Abu Huraira said, "If you
wish, I would name them: They are the children of so-and-so and the children of so-and-so."

The people used to ask Allah's Messenger (PbUH) about good, but I used to ask him about evil for fear that it
might overtake me. Once I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! We were in ignorance and in evil and Allah has
bestowed upon us the present good; will there by any evil after this good?" He said, "Yes." I asked,
"Will there be good after that evil?" He said, "Yes, but it would be tained with Dakhan (i.e. Little
evil)." I asked, "What will its Dakhan be?" He said, "There will be some people who will lead
(people) according to principles other than my tradition. You will see their actions and disapprove of
them." I said, "Will there by any evil after that good?" He said, "Yes, there will be some people who
will invite others to the doors of Hell, and whoever accepts their invitation to it will be thrown in it
(by them)." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Describe those people to us." He said, "They will belong to us
and speak our language" I asked, "What do you order me to do if such a thing should take place in my
life?" He said, "Adhere to the group of Muslims and their Chief." I asked, "If there is neither a group
(of Muslims) nor a chief (what shall I do)?" He said, "Keep away from all those different sects, even if
you had to bite (i.e. eat) the root of a tree, till you meet Allah while you are still in that state."

My companions learned (something about) good (through asking the Prophet) while I learned
(something about) evil.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "The Day of (Judgment) will not be established till there is a war between two
groups whose claims (or religion) will be the same."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The Hour will not be established till there is a war between two groups among
whom there will be a great number of casualties, though the claims (or religion) of both of them will
be one and the same. And the Hour will not be established till there appear about thirty liars, all of
whom will be claiming to be the messengers of Allah. "

While we were with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) who was distributing (i.e. some property), there came Dhu-l-
Khuwaisira, a man from the tribe of Bani Tamim and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Do Justice." The
Prophet said, "Woe to you! Who could do justice if I did not? I would be a desperate loser if I did not
do justice." `Umar said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Leave
him, for he has companions who pray and fast in such a way that you will consider your fasting
negligible in comparison to theirs. They recite Qur'an but it does not go beyond their throats (i.e. they
do not act on it) and they will desert Islam as an arrow goes through a victim's body, so that the
hunter, on looking at the arrow's blade, would see nothing on it; he would look at its Risaf and see
nothing: he would look at its Na,di and see nothing, and he would look at its Qudhadh ( 1 ) and see
nothing (neither meat nor blood), for the arrow has been too fast even for the blood and excretions to
smear. The sign by which they will be recognized is that among them there will be a black man, one
of whose arms will resemble a woman's breast or a lump of meat moving loosely. Those people will
appear when there will be differences amongst the people." I testify that I heard this narration from
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and I testify that `Ali bin Abi Talib fought with such people, and I was in his
company. He ordered that the man (described by the Prophet (PbUH) ) should be looked for. The man was
brought and I looked at him and noticed that he looked exactly as the Prophet (PbUH) had described him.

I relate the traditions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to you for I would rather fall from the sky than attribute
something to him falsely. But when I tell you a thing which is between you and me, then no doubt,
war is guile. I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "In the last days of this world there will appear some
young foolish people who will use (in their claim) the best speech of all people (i.e. the Qur'an) and
they will abandon Islam as an arrow going through the game. Their belief will not go beyond their
throats (i.e. they will have practically no belief), so wherever you meet them, kill them, for he who
kills them shall get a reward on the Day of Resurrection."

We complained to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (of the persecution inflicted on us by the infidels) while he was
sitting in the shade of the Ka`ba, leaning over his Burd (i.e. covering sheet). We said to him, "Would
you seek help for us? Would you pray to Allah for us?" He said, "Among the nations before you a
(believing) man would be put in a ditch that was dug for him, and a saw would be put over his head
and he would be cut into two pieces; yet that (torture) would not make him give up his religion. His
body would be combed with iron combs that would remove his flesh from the bones and nerves, yet
that would not make him abandon his religion. By Allah, this religion (i.e. Islam) will prevail till a
traveler from Sana (in Yemen) to Hadrarmaut will fear none but Allah, or a wolf as regards his sheep,
but you (people) are hasty.

The Prophet (PbUH) noticed the absence of Thabit bin Qais. A man said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I shall bring you
his news." So he went to him and saw him sitting in his house drooping his head (sadly). He asked
Thabit, "What's the matter?" Thabit replied, "An evil situation: A man used to raise his voice over the
voice of the Prophet (PbUH) and so all his good deeds have been annulled and he is from the people of Hell."
The man went back and told the Prophet (PbUH) that Thabit had said so-and-so. (The sub-narrator, Musa bin
Anas said, "The man went to Thabit again with glad tidings)." The Prophet (PbUH) said to him, "Go and say
to Thabit: 'You are not from the people of Fire, but from the people of Paradise."

A man recited Surat-al-Kahf (in his prayer) and in the house there was a (riding) animal which got
frightened and started jumping. The man finished his prayer with Taslim, but behold! A mist or a
cloud hovered over him. He informed the Prophet (PbUH) of that and the Prophet (PbUH) said, "O so-and-so! Recite,
for this (mist or cloud) was a sign of peace descending for the recitation of Qur'an."

Abu Bakr came to my father who was at home and purchased a saddle from him. He said to `Azib.
"Tell your son to carry it with me." So I carried it with him and my father followed us so as to take the
price (of the saddle). My father said, "O Abu Bakr! Tell me what happened to you on your night
journey with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (during Migration)." He said, "Yes, we travelled the whole night and also
the next day till midday. when nobody could be seen on the way ( because of the severe heat) . Then
there appeared a long rock having shade beneath it, and the sunshine had not come to it yet. So we
dismounted there and I levelled a place and covered it with an animal hide or dry grass for the Prophet (PbUH)
to sleep on (for a while).
I then said, 'Sleep, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH), and I will guard you.' So he slept and I went out to guard him.
Suddenly I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep to that rock with the same intention we had when
we came to it. I asked (him). 'To whom do you belong, O boy?' He replied, 'I belong to a man from
Medina or Mecca.' I said, 'Do your sheep have milk?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'Will you milk for us?' He
said, 'Yes.' He caught hold of a sheep and I asked him to clean its teat from dust, hairs and dirt. (The
sub-narrator said that he saw Al-Bara' striking one of his hands with the other, demonstrating how the
shepherd removed the dust.) The shepherd milked a little milk in a wooden container and I had a
leather container which I carried for the Prophet (PbUH) to drink and perform the ablution from. I went to the
Prophet, hating to wake him up, but when I reached there, the Prophet (PbUH) had already awakened; so I
poured water over the middle part of the milk container, till the milk was cold. Then I said, 'Drink, O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!' He drank till I was pleased.
Then he asked, 'Has the time for our departure come?' I said, 'Yes.' So we departed after midday.
Suraqa bin Malik followed us and I said, 'We have been discovered, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!' He said, Don't
grieve for Allah is with us.' The Prophet (PbUH) invoked evil on him (i.e. Suraqa) and so the legs of his horse
sank into the earth up to its belly. (The subnarrator, Zuhair is not sure whether Abu Bakr said, "(It
sank) into solid earth.") Suraqa said, 'I see that you have invoked evil on me. Please invoke good on
me, and by Allah, I will cause those who are seeking after you to return.' The Prophet (PbUH) invoked good
on him and he was saved. Then, whenever he met somebody on the way, he would say, 'I have looked
for him here in vain.' So he caused whomever he met to return. Thus Suraqa fulfilled his promise."

The Prophet (PbUH) paid a visit to a sick bedouin. The Prophet (PbUH) when visiting a patient used to say, "No harm
will befall you! May Allah cure you! May Allah cure you!" So the Prophet (PbUH) said to the bedouin. "No
harm will befall you. May Allah cure you!" The bedouin said, "You say, may Allah cure me? No, for
it is a fever which boils in (the body of) an old man, and will lead him to the grave." The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Yes, then may it be as you say."

There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-`Imran, and he used to
write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to say:
"Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him." Then Allah caused him to die, and the
people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said,
"This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and took his
body out of it because he had run away from them." They again dug the grave deeply for him, but in
the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This is an act of
Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it,
for he had run away from them." They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in the morning
they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had befallen him
was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "When Khosrau perishes, there will be no (more) Khosrau after him, and when
Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hands Muhammad's life
is, you will spend the treasures of both of them in Allah's Cause."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "When Khosrau perishes, there will be no more Khosrau a after him, and when
Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him," The Prophet (PbUH) also said, "You will spend the
treasures of both of them in Allah's Cause."

Musailama-al-Kadhdhab (i.e. the liar) came in the life-time of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) with many of his people
(to Medina) and said, "If Muhammad makes me his successor, I will follow him." Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
went up to him with Thabit bin Qais bin Shams; and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was carrying a piece of a datepalm
leaf in his hand. He stood before Musailama (and his companions) and said, "If you asked me
even this piece (of a leaf), I would not give it to you. You cannot avoid the fate you are destined to, by
Allah. If you reject Islam, Allah will destroy you. I think that you are most probably the same person
whom I have seen in the dream." Abu Huraira told me that Allah's Messenger (PbUH); said, "While I was
sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two gold bracelets round my arm, and that worried me too much. Then I
was instructed divinely in my dream, to blow them off and so I blew them off, and they flew away. I
interpreted the two bracelets as symbols of two liars who would appear after me. And so one of them
was Al-Ansi and the other was Musailama Al-Kadhdhab from Al-Yamama."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "In a dream I saw myself migrating from Mecca to a place having plenty of date
trees. I thought that it was Al-Yamama or Hajar, but it came to be Medina i.e. Yathrib. In the same
dream I saw myself moving a sword and its blade got broken. It came to symbolize the defeat which
the Muslims suffered from, on the Day of Uhud. I moved the sword again, and it became normal as
before, and that was the symbol of the victory Allah bestowed upon Muslims and their gathering
together. I saw cows in my dream, and by Allah, that was a blessing, and they symbolized the
believers on the Day of Uhud. And the blessing was the good Allah bestowed upon us and the reward
of true belief which Allah gave us after the day of Badr.

Once Fatima came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the Prophet (PbUH) . The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he told her
a secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and
she started laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw today." I asked her
what the Prophet (PbUH) had told her. She said, "I would never disclose the secret of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ." When
the Prophet (PbUH) died, I asked her about it. She replied. "The Prophet (PbUH) said.) 'Every year Gabriel used to
revise the Qur'an with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think this portends my
death, and you will be the first of my family to follow me.' So I started weeping. Then he said. 'Don't
you like to be the mistress of all the ladies of Paradise or the mistress of all the lady believers? So I
laughed for that."

The Prophet (PbUH) in his fatal illness, called his daughter Fatima and told her a secret because of which she
started weeping. Then he called her and told her another secret, and she started laughing. When I
asked her about that, she replied, The Prophet (PbUH) told me that he would die in his fatal illness, and so I
wept, but then he secretly told me that from amongst his family, I would be the first to join him, and
so I laughed."

About Ibn `Abbas: `Umar bin Al-Khattab used to treat Ibn `Abbas very favorably `Abdur Rahman bin
`Auf said to him. "We also have sons that are equal to him (but you are partial to him.)" `Umar said,
"It is because of his knowledge." Then `Umar asked Ibn `Abbas about the interpretation of the Verse:-
'When come the Help of Allah and the conquest (of Mecca) (110.1) Ibn `Abbas said. "It portended the
death of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), which Allah had informed him of." `Umar said, "I do not know from this
Verse but what you know."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in his fatal illness came out, wrapped with a sheet, and his head was wrapped with an
oiled bandage. He sat on the pulpit, and praising and glorifying Allah, he said, "Now then, people will
increase but the Ansar will decrease in number, so much so that they, compared with the people, will
be just like the salt in the meals. So, if any of you should take over the authority by which he can
either benefit some people or harm some others, he should accept the goodness of their good people
(i.e. Ansar) and excuse the faults of their wrong-doers." That was the last gathering which the Prophet (PbUH)
attended.

Once the Prophet (PbUH) brought out Al-Hasan and took him up the pulpit along with him and said, "This son
of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. chief) and I hope that Allah will help him bring about reconciliation between
two Muslim groups."

The Prophet (PbUH) had informed us of the death of Ja`far and Zaid before the news of their death reached us,
and his eyes were shedding tears.

(Once) the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Have you got carpets?" I replied, "Whence can we get carpets?" He said,
"But you shall soon have carpets." I used to say to my wife, "Remove your carpets from my sight,"
but she would say, "Didn't the Prophet (PbUH) tell you that you would soon have carpets?" So I would give up
my request.

Sa`d bin Mu`adh came to Mecca with the intention of performing `Umra, and stayed at the house of
Umaiya bin Khalaf Abi Safwan, for Umaiya himself used to stay at Sa`d's house when he passed by
Medina on his way to Sham. Umaiya said to Sa`d, "Will you wait till midday when the people are (at
their homes), then you may go and perform the Tawaf round the Ka`ba?" So, while Sa`d was going
around the Ka`ba, Abu Jahl came and asked, "Who is that who is performing Tawaf?" Sa`d replied, "I
am Sa`d." Abu Jahl said, "Are you circumambulating the Ka`ba safely although you have given refuge
to Muhammad and his companions?" Sa`d said, "Yes," and they started quarreling. Umaiya said to
Sa`d, "Don't shout at Abi-l-Hakam (i.e. Abu Jahl), for he is chief of the valley (of Mecca)." Sa`d then
said (to Abu Jahl). 'By Allah, if you prevent me from performing the Tawaf of the Ka`ba, I will spoil
your trade with Sham." Umaiya kept on saying to Sa`d, "Don't raise your voice." and kept on taking
hold of him. Sa`d became furious and said, (to Umaiya), "Be away from me, for I have heard
Muhammad saying that he will kill you." Umaiiya said, "Will he kill me?" Sa`d said, "Yes,." Umaiya
said, "By Allah! When Muhammad says a thing, he never tells a lie." Umaiya went to his wife and
said to her, "Do you know what my brother from Yathrib (i.e. Medina) has said to me?" She said,
"What has he said?" He said, "He claims that he has heard Muhammad claiming that he will kill me."
She said, By Allah! Muhammad never tells a lie." So when the infidels started to proceed for Badr
(Battle) and declared war (against the Muslims), his wife said to him, "Don't you remember what your
brother from Yathrib told you?" Umaiya decided not to go but Abu Jahl said to him, "You are from
the nobles of the valley (of Mecca), so you should accompany us for a day or two." He went with them
and thus Allah got him killed.

I got the news that Gabriel came to the Prophet (PbUH) while Um Salama was present. Gabriel started talking
(to the Prophet (PbUH) and then left. The Prophet (PbUH) said to Um Salama, "(Do you know) who it was?" (or a
similar question). She said, "It was Dihya (a handsome person amongst the companions of the Prophet (PbUH)
)." Later on Um Salama said, "By Allah! I thought he was none but Dihya, till I heard the Prophet (PbUH)
talking about Gabriel in his sermon." (The Sub-narrator asked Abu `Uthman, "From where have you
heard this narration?" He replied, "From Usama bin Zaid.")

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "I saw (in a dream) the people assembled in a gathering, and then Abu Bakr got
up and drew one or two buckets of water (from a well) but there was weakness in his drawing. May
Allah forgive him. Then `Umar took the bucket and in his hands it turned into a very large bucket. I
had never seen anyone amongst: the people who could draw the water as strongly as `Umar till all the
people drank their fill and watered their camels that knelt down there.

The Jews came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and told him that a man and a woman from amongst them had
committed illegal sexual intercourse. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to them, "What do you find in the Torah
(old Testament) about the legal punishment of Ar-Rajm (stoning)?" They replied, (But) we announce
their crime and lash them." `Abdullah bin Salam said, "You are telling a lie; Torah contains the order
of Rajm." They brought and opened the Torah and one of them solaced his hand on the Verse of Rajm
and read the verses preceding and following it. `Abdullah bin Salam said to him, "Lift your hand."
When he lifted his hand, the Verse of Rajm was written there. They said, "Muhammad has told the
truth; the Torah has the Verse of Rajm. The Prophet (PbUH) then gave the order that both of them should be
stoned to death. (`Abdullah bin `Umar said, "I saw the man leaning over the woman to shelter her
from the stones."

During the lifetime of the Prophet (PbUH) the moon was split into two parts and on that the Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Bear witness (to thus).

That the Meccan people requested Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to show them a miracle, and so he showed them the
splitting of the moon.

The moon was split into two parts during the lifetime of the Prophet.

Once two men from the companions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went out of the house of the Prophet (PbUH) on a very
dark night. They were accompanied by two things that resembled two lamps lighting the way in front
of them, and when they parted, each of them was accompanied by one of those two things (lamps) till
they reached their homes.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Some of my followers will remain victorious (and on the right path) till the Last
Day comes, and they will still be victorious."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "A group of people amongst my followers will remain obedient to Allah's
orders and they will not be harmed by anyone who will not help them or who will oppose them, till
Allah's Order (the Last Day) comes upon them while they are still on the right path."

That the Prophet (PbUH) gave him one Dinar so as to buy a sheep for him. `Urwa bought two sheep for him
with the money. Then he sold one of the sheep for one Dinar, and brought one Dinar and a sheep to
the Prophet. On that, the Prophet (PbUH) invoked Allah to bless him in his deals. So `Urwa used to gain (from
any deal) even if he bought dust. (In another narration) `Urwa said, "I heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying,
"There is always goodness in horses till the Day of Resurrection." (The subnarrator added, "I saw 70
horses in `Urwa's house.') (Sufyan said, "The Prophet (PbUH) asked `Urwa to buy a sheep for him as a
sacrifice.")

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "There is always goodness in horses till the Day of Resurrection. "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "There is always goodness in horses."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A horse may be kept for one of three purposes: for a man it may be a source of
reward; for another it may be a means of living; and for a third it may be a burden (a source of
committing sins). As for the one for whom it is a source of reward, he is the one who keeps his horse
for the sake of Jihad in Allah's Cause; he ties it with a long rope on a pasture or in a garden. So
whatever its rope allows it to eat, will be regarded as good rewardable deeds (for its owner). And if it
breaks off its rope and jumps over one or two hillocks, even its dung will be considered amongst his
good deeds. And if it passes by a river and drinks water from it, that will be considered as good deeds
for his benefit) even if he has had no intention of watering it. A horse is a shelter for the one who
keeps it so that he may earn his living honestly and takes it as a refuge to keep him from following
illegal ways (of gaining money), and does not forget the rights of Allah (i.e. paying the Zakat and
allowing others to use it for Allah's Sake). But a horse is a burden (and a source of committing sins for
him who keeps it out of pride and pretense and with the intention of harming the Muslims."
The Prophet (PbUH) was asked about donkeys. He replied, "Nothing has been revealed to be concerning them
except this comprehensive Verse (which covers everything) :--'Then whosoever has done good equal
to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), Shall see it (its reward) And whosoever has done evil equal
to the weight of an atom (or a small ) ant), Shall see it (Its punishment)." (99.7-8)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) reached Khaibar in the early morning and the people of Khaibar came out with their
spades, and when they saw the Prophet (PbUH) they said, "Muhammad and his army!" and returned hurriedly
to take refuge in the fort. The Prophet (PbUH) raised his hands and said, "Allah is Greater! Khaibar is ruined !
If we approach a nation, then miserable is the morning of those who are warned."

I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I hear many narrations from you but I forget them." He said, "Spread your covering sheet." I spread my sheet and he moved both his hands as if scooping something and emptied them in the sheet and said, "Wrap it." I wrapped it round my body, and since then I have never forgotten.