Sahih Al-Bukhari: Chapter 64

Once, while I was sitting beside Zaid bin Al-Arqam, he was asked, "How many Ghazwat did the
Prophet undertake?" Zaid replied, "Nineteen." They said, "In how many Ghazwat did you join him?"
He replied, "Seventeen." I asked, "Which of these was the first?" He replied, "Al-`Ashira or Al-
`Ashiru."

From Sa`d bin Mu`adh: Sa`d bin Mu`adh was an intimate friend of Umaiya bin Khalaf and whenever
Umaiya passed through Medina, he used to stay with Sa`d, and whenever Sa`d went to Mecca, he used
to stay with Umaiya. When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) arrived at Medina, Sa`d went to perform `Umra and
stayed at Umaiya's home in Mecca. He said to Umaiya, "Tell me of a time when (the Mosque) is
empty so that I may be able to perform Tawaf around the Ka`ba." So Umaiya went with him about
midday. Abu Jahl met them and said, "O Abu Safwan! Who is this man accompanying you?" He said,
"He is Sa`d." Abu Jahl addressed Sa`d saying, "I see you wandering about safely in Mecca inspite of
the fact that you have given shelter to the people who have changed their religion (i.e. became
Muslims) and have claimed that you will help them and support them. By Allah, if you were not in the
company of Abu Safwan, you would not be able to go your family safely." Sa`d, raising his voice,
said to him, "By Allah, if you should stop me from doing this (i.e. performing Tawaf) I would
certainly prevent you from something which is more valuable for you, that is, your passage through
Medina." On this, Umaiya said to him, "O Sa`d do not raise your voice before Abu-l-Hakam, the chief
of the people of the Valley (of Mecca)." Sa`d said, "O Umaiya, stop that! By Allah, I have heard
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) predicting that the Muslim will kill you." Umaiya asked, "In Mecca?" Sa`d said, "I do
not know." Umaiya was greatly scared by that news.
When Umaiya returned to his family, he said to his wife, "O Um Safwan! Don't you know what Sa`d
told me? "She said, "What has he told you?" He replied, "He claims that Muhammad has informed
them (i.e. companions that they will kill me. I asked him, 'In Mecca?' He replied, 'I do not know."
Then Umaiya added, "By Allah, I will never go out of Mecca." But when the day of (the Ghazwa of)
Badr came, Abu Jahl called the people to war, saying, "Go and protect your caravan." But Umaiya
disliked to go out (of Mecca). Abu Jahl came to him and said, "O Abu Safwan! If the people see you
staying behind though you are the chief of the people of the Valley, then they will remain behind with
you." Abu Jahl kept on urging him to go until he (i.e. Umaiya) said, "As you have forced me to
change my mind, by Allah, I will buy the best camel in Mecca. Then Umaiya said (to his wife). "O
Um Safwan, prepare what I need (for the journey)." She said to him, "O Abu Safwan! Have you
forgotten what your Yathribi brother told you?" He said, "No, but I do not want to go with them but
for a short distance." So when Umaiya went out, he used to tie his camel wherever he camped. He
kept on doing that till Allah caused him to be killed at Badr.

I never failed to join Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in any of his Ghazawat except in the Ghazwa of Tabuk.
However, I did not take part in the Ghazwa of Badr, but none who failed to take part in it, was
blamed, for Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had gone out to meet the caravans of (Quraish, but Allah caused them (i.e.
Muslims) to meet their enemy unexpectedly (with no previous intention) .

I witnessed Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad in a scene which would have been dearer to me than anything
had I been the hero of that scene. He (i.e. Al-Miqdad) came to the Prophet (PbUH) while the Prophet (PbUH) was
urging the Muslims to fight with the pagans. Al-Miqdad said, "We will not say as the People of Moses
said: Go you and your Lord and fight you two. (5.27). But we shall fight on your right and on your left
and in front of you and behind you." I saw the face of the Prophet (PbUH) getting bright with happiness, for
that saying delighted him.

On the day of the battle of Badr, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Allah! I appeal to You (to fulfill) Your
Covenant and Promise. O Allah! If Your Will is that none should worship You (then give victory to
the pagans)." Then Abu Bakr took hold of him by the hand and said, "This is sufficient for you." The
Prophet came out saying, "Their multitude will be put to flight and they will show their backs."
(54.45)

The believers who failed to join the Ghazwa of Badr and those who took part in it are not equal (in
reward).

I and Ibn `Umar were considered too young to take part in the battle of Badr.

I and Ibn `Umar were considered too young (to take part) in the battle of Badr, and the number of the
Emigrant warriors were over sixty (men) and the Ansar were over 249.

The companions of (the Prophet) Muhammad who took part in Badr, told me that their number was
that of Saul's (i.e. Talut's) companions who crossed the river (of Jordan) with him and they were over
three-hundred-and-ten men. By Allah, none crossed the river with him but a believer. (See Qur'an
2:249)

We, the Companions of Muhammad used to say that the number of the warriors of Badr was the same
as the number of Saul's companions who crossed the river (of Jordan) with him, and none crossed the
river with him but a believer, and the were over three-hundred-and-ten men.

We used to say that the warriors of Badr were over three-hundred-and-ten, as many as the
Companions of Saul who crossed the river with him; and none crossed the river with him but a
believer.

The Prophet (PbUH) faced the Ka`ba and invoked evil on some people of Quraish, on Shaiba bin Rabi`a,
`Utba bin Rabi`a, Al-Walid bin `Utba and Abu Jahl bin Hisham. I bear witness, by Allah, that I saw
them all dead, putrefied by the sun as that day was a very hot day.

Badr. Abu Jahl said, "You should not be proud that you have killed me nor I am ashamed of being
killed by my own folk."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn Mas`ud went and found
that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally (and he was in his last breaths). `Abdullah bin Mas`ud
said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" And took him by the beard. Abu Jahl said, "Can there be a man superior to
one you have killed or one whom his own folk have killed?"

On the day of Badr, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn
Mas`ud went and found that the two sons of 'Afra had struck him fatally. `Abdullah bin Mas`ud got
hold of his beard and said, "'Are you Abu Jahl?" He replied, "Can there be a man more superior to one
whom his own folk have killed (or you have killed)?"

(as above Hadith 301).

(the grandfather of Salih bin Ibrahim) the story of Badr, namely, the narration regarding the sons of
'Afra'.

From Qais bin Ubad: `Ali bin Abi Talib said, "I shall be the first man to kneel down before (Allah),
the Beneficent to receive His judgment on the day of Resurrection (in my favor)." Qais bin Ubad also
said, "The following Verse was revealed in their connection:--
"These two opponents believers and disbelievers) Dispute with each other About their Lord." (22.19)
Qais said that they were those who fought on the day of Badr, namely, Hamza, `Ali, 'Ubaida or Abu
'Ubaida bin Al-Harith, Shaiba bin Rabi`a, `Utba and Al-Wahd bin `Utba.

The following Holy Verse:--
"These two opponents (believers & disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord,"
(22.19) was revealed concerning six men from Quraish, namely, `Ali, Hamza, 'Ubaida bin Al-Harith;
Shaiba bin Rabi`a, `Utba bin Rabi`a and Al-Walid bin `Utba.

The following Holy Verse:-- "These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each
other about their Lord." (22.19) was revealed concerning us.

I heard Abu Dhar swearing that these Holy Verses were revealed in connection with those six persons
on the day of Badr.

I heard Abu Dhar swearing that the following Holy verse:-- "These two opponents (believers and
disbelievers) disputing with each other about their Lord," (22.19) was revealed concerning those men
who fought on the day of Badr, namely, Hamza, `Ali, Ubaida bin Al-Harith, `Utba and Shaiba----the
two sons of Rabi`a-- and Al-Walid bin `Utba.

A man asked Al-Bara' and I was listening, "Did `Ali take part in (the battle of) Badr?" Al-Bara' said,
"(Yes). he even met (his enemies) in a duel and was clad in two armors (one over the other).

"I had an agreement with Umaiya bin Khalaf (that he would look after my relatives and property in
Mecca, and I would look after his relatives and property in Medina)." `Abdur-Rahman then mentioned
the killing of Umaiya and his son on the day of Badr, and Bilal said, "Woe to me if Umaiya remains
safe (i.e. alive) . "

The Prophet (PbUH) recited Surat-an-Najm and then prostrated himself, and all
who were with him prostrated too. But an old man took a handful of
dust and touched his forehead with it saying, "This is sufficient for
me." Later on I saw him killed as an infidel.

Az-Zubair had three scars
caused by the sword, one of which was over his shoulder and I used to
insert my fingers in it. He received two of those wounds on the day of
Badr and one on the day of Al-Yarmuk. When 'Abdullah bin Zubair was
killed, 'Abdul-Malik bin Marwan said to me, "O 'Urwa, do you recognize
the sword of Az-Zubair?" I said, "Yes." He said, "What marks does it
have?" I replied, "It has a dent in its sharp edge which was caused in
it on the day of Badr." 'Abdul- Malik said, "You are right! (i.e.
their swords) have dents because of clashing with the regiments of the
enemies Then 'Abdul-Malik returned that sword to me (i.e. Urwa).
(Hisham, 'Urwa's son said, "We estimated the price of the sword as
three-thousand (Dinars) and after that it was taken by one of us (i.e.
the inheritors) and I wish I could have had it.")

That his father said, "The sword of Az-Zubair was decorated with silver." Hisham added, "The sword
of `Urwa was (also) decorated with silver. "

On the day of (the battle) of Al-Yarmuk, the companions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to Az-Zubair, "Will
you attack the enemy so that we shall attack them with you?" Az-Zubair replied, "If I attack them, you
people would not support me." They said, "No, we will support you." So Az-Zubair attacked them
(i.e. Byzantine) and pierced through their lines, and went beyond them and none of his companions
was with him. Then he returned and the enemy got hold of the bridle of his (horse) and struck him two
blows (with the sword) on his shoulder. Between these two wounds there was a scar caused by a blow,
he had received on the day of Badr (battle). When I was a child I used to play with those scars by
putting my fingers in them. On that day (my brother) "Abdullah bin Az-Zubair was also with him and
he was ten years old. Az-Zubair had carried him on a horse and let him to the care of some men.

On the day of Badr, the Prophet (PbUH) ordered that the corpses of twenty four leaders of Quraish should be
thrown into one of the dirty dry wells of Badr. (It was a habit of the Prophet (PbUH) that whenever he
conquered some people, he used to stay at the battle-field for three nights. So, on the third day of the
battle of Badr, he ordered that his she-camel be saddled, then he set out, and his companions followed
him saying among themselves." "Definitely he (i.e. the Prophet) is proceeding for some great
purpose." When he halted at the edge of the well, he addressed the corpses of the Quraish infidels by
their names and their fathers' names, "O so-and-so, son of so-and-so and O so-and-so, son of so-andso!
Would it have pleased you if you had obeyed Allah and His Apostle? We have found true what
our Lord promised us. Have you too found true what your Lord promised you? "`Umar said, "O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! You are speaking to bodies that have no souls!" Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "By Him in
Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, you do not hear, what I say better than they do." (Qatada said,
"Allah brought them to life (again) to let them hear him, to reprimand them and slight them and take
revenge over them and caused them to feel remorseful and regretful.")

regarding the Statement of Allah:--"Those who have changed Allah's Blessings for disbelief..."
(14.28) The people meant here by Allah, are the infidels of Quraish. (`Amr, a sub-narrator said,
"Those are (the infidels of) Quraish and Muhammad is Allah's Blessing. Regarding Allah's
Statement:"..and have led their people Into the house of destruction? (14.29) Ibn `Abbas said, "It
means the Fire they will suffer from (after their death) on the day of Badr."

It was mentioned before `Aisha that Ibn `Umar attributed the following statement to the Prophet (PbUH) "The
dead person is punished in the grave because of the crying and lamentation Of his family." On that,
`Aisha said, "But Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'The dead person is punished for his crimes and sins while his
family cry over him then." She added, "And this is similar to the statement of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) when he
stood by the (edge of the) well which contained the corpses of the pagans killed at Badr, 'They hear
what I say.' She added, "But he said now they know very well what I used to tell them was the truth."
`Aisha then recited: 'You cannot make the dead hear.' (30.52) and 'You cannot make those who are in
their Graves, hear you.' (35.22) that is, when they had taken their places in the (Hell) Fire.

The Prophet (PbUH) stood at the well of Badr (which contained the corpses of the pagans) and said, "Have
you found true what your lord promised you?" Then he further said, "They now hear what I say." This
was mentioned before `Aisha and she said, "But the Prophet (PbUH) said, 'Now they know very well that what
I used to tell them was the truth.' Then she recited (the Holy Verse):-- "You cannot make the dead
hear... ...till the end of Verse)." (30.52)

Haritha was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and he was a young boy then. His mother
came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! You know how dear Haritha is to me. If he is in
Paradise, I shall remain patient, and hope for reward from Allah, but if it is not so, then you shall see
what I do?" He said, "May Allah be merciful to you! Have you lost your senses? Do you think there is
only one Paradise? There are many Paradises and your son is in the (most superior) Paradise of Al-
Firdaus."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent me, Abu Marthad and Az-Zubair, and all of us were riding horses, and said, "Go
till you reach Raudat-Khakh where there is a pagan woman carrying a letter from Hatib bin Abi Balta'
a to the pagans of Mecca." So we found her riding her camel at the place which Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had
mentioned. We said (to her),"(Give us) the letter." She said, "I have no letter." Then we made her
camel kneel down and we searched her, but we found no letter. Then we said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had not
told us a lie, certainly. Take out the letter, otherwise we will strip you naked." When she saw that we
were determined, she put her hand below her waist belt, for she had tied her cloak round her waist,
and she took out the letter, and we brought her to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) Then `Umar said, "O Allah's
Apostle! (This Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Apostle and the believers! Let me cut off his neck!" The
Prophet asked Hatib, "What made you do this?" Hatib said, "By Allah, I did not intend to give up my
belief in Allah and His Apostle but I wanted to have some influence among the (Mecca) people so that
through it, Allah might protect my family and property. There is none of your companions but has
some of his relatives there through whom Allah protects his family and property." The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"He has spoken the truth; do no say to him but good." `Umar said, "He as betrayed Allah, His Apostle
and the faithful believers. Let me cut off his neck!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Is he not one of the Badr
warriors? May be Allah looked at the Badr warriors and said, 'Do whatever you like, as I have granted
Paradise to you, or said, 'I have forgiven you."' On this, tears came out of `Umar's eyes, and he said,
"Allah and His Apostle know better."

On the day of Badr, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to us, "When the enemy comes near to you, shoot at them but
use your arrows sparingly (so that your arrows should not be wasted).

On the day of (the battle of) Badr, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to us, "When your enemy comes near to you
(i.e. overcome you by sheer number), shoot at them but use your arrows sparingly."

On the day of Uhud the Prophet (PbUH) appointed `Abdullah bin Jubair as chief of the archers, and seventy
among us were injured and martyred. On the day (of the battle) of Badr, the Prophet (PbUH) and his
companions had inflicted 140 casualties on the pagans, 70 were taken prisoners, and 70 were killed.
Abu Sufyan said, "This is a day of (revenge) for the day of Badr and the issue of war is undecided ."

That the Prophet (PbUH) said, "The good is what Allah gave us later on (after Uhud), and the reward of
truthfulness is what Allah gave us after the day (of the battle) of Badr."

While I was fighting in the front file on the day (of the battle) of Badr, suddenly I looked behind and
saw on my right and left two young boys and did not feel safe by standing between them. Then one of
them asked me secretly so that his companion may not hear, "O Uncle! Show me Abu Jahl." I said, "O
nephew! What will you do to him?" He said, "I have promised Allah that if I see him (i.e. Abu Jahl), I
will either kill him or be killed before I kill him." Then the other said the same to me secretly so that
his companion should not hear. I would not have been pleased to be in between two other men instead
of them. Then I pointed him (i.e. Abu Jahl) out to them. Both of them attacked him like two hawks till
they knocked him down. Those two boys were the sons of 'Afra' (i.e. an Ansari woman).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent out ten spies under the command of `Asim bin Thabit Al-Ansari, the grand-father
of `Asim bin `Umar Al-Khattab. When they reached (a place called) Al-Hadah between 'Usfan and
Mecca, their presence was made known to a sub-tribe of Hudhail called Banu Lihyan. So they sent
about one hundred archers after them. The archers traced the footsteps (of the Muslims) till they found
the traces of dates which they had eaten at one of their camping places. The archers said, "These dates
are of Yathrib (i.e. Medina)," and went on tracing the Muslims' footsteps. When `Asim and his
companions became aware of them, they took refuge in a (high) place. But the enemy encircled them
and said, "Come down and surrender. We give you a solemn promise and covenant that we will not
kill anyone of you." `Asim bin Thabit said, "O people! As for myself, I will never get down to be
under the protection of an infidel. O Allah! Inform your Prophet about us." So the archers threw their
arrows at them and martyred `Asim. Three of them came down and surrendered to them, accepting
their promise and covenant and they were Khubaib, Zaid bin Ad-Dathina and another man. When the
archers got hold of them, they untied the strings of the arrow bows and tied their captives with them.
The third man said, "This is the first proof of treachery! By Allah, I will not go with you for I follow
the example of these." He meant the martyred companions. The archers dragged him and struggled
with him (till they martyred him). Then Khubaib and Zaid bin Ad-Dathina were taken away by them
and later on they sold them as slaves in Mecca after the event of the Badr battle.
The sons of Al-Harit bin `Amr bin Naufal bought Khubaib for he was a person who had killed (their
father) Al-Hari bin `Amr on the day (of the battle) of Badr. Khubaib remained imprisoned by them till
they decided unanimously to kill him. One day Khubaib borrowed from a daughter of Al-Harith, a
razor for shaving his public hair, and she lent it to him. By chance, while she was inattentive, a little
son of hers went to him (i.e. Khubaib) and she saw that Khubaib had seated him on his thigh while the
razor was in his hand. She was so much terrified that Khubaib noticed her fear and said, "Are you
afraid that I will kill him? Never would I do such a thing." Later on (while narrating the story) she
said, "By Allah, I had never seen a better captive than Khubaib. By Allah, one day I saw him eating
from a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was fettered with iron chains and (at that time) there was
no fruit in Mecca." She used to say," It was food Allah had provided Khubaib with."
When they took him to Al-Hil out of Mecca sanctuary to martyr him, Khubaib requested them.
"Allow me to offer a two-rak`at prayer." They allowed him and he prayed two rak`at and then said,
"By Allah! Had I not been afraid that you would think I was worried, I would have prayed more."
Then he (invoked evil upon them) saying, "O Allah! Count them and kill them one by one, and do not
leave anyone of them"' Then he recited: "As I am martyred as a Muslim, I do not care in what way I
receive my death for Allah's Sake, for this is for the Cause of Allah. If He wishes, He will bless the
cut limbs of my body." Then Abu Sarva, 'Ubqa bin Al-Harith went up to him and killed him. It was
Khubaib who set the tradition of praying for any Muslim to be martyred in captivity (before he is
executed). The Prophet (PbUH) told his companions of what had happened (to those ten spies) on the same
day they were martyred. Some Quraish people, being informed of `Asim bin Thabit's death, sent some
messengers to bring a part of his body so that his death might be known for certain, for he had
previously killed one of their leaders (in the battle of Badr). But Allah sent a swarm of wasps to
protect the dead body of `Asim, and they shielded him from the messengers who could not cut
anything from his body.

Ibn 'Umar was once told that Said bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail, one of
the Badr warriors, had fallen ill on a Friday. Ibn 'Umar rode to him
late in the forenoon. The time of the Friday prayer approached and Ibn
'Umar did not take part in the Friday prayer.

That she was married to Sad bin Khaula
who was from the tribe of Bani 'Amr bin Luai, and was one of those who
fought the Badr battle. He died while she wa pregnant during
Hajjat-ul-Wada.' Soon after his death, she gave birth to a child. When
she completed the term of deliver (i.e. became clean), she prepared
herself for suitors. Abu As-Sanabil bin Bu'kak, a man from the tribe
of Bani Abd-ud-Dal called on her and said to her, "What! I see you
dressed up for the people to ask you in marriage. Do you want to marry
By Allah, you are not allowed to marry unless four months and ten days
have elapsed (after your husband's death)." Subai'a in her narration
said, "When he (i.e. Abu As-Sanabil) said this to me. I put on my
dress in the evening and went to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and asked him about
this problem. He gave the verdict that I was free to marry as I had
already given birth to my child and ordered me to marry if I wished."

(who was one of the Badr warriors) Gabriel came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "How do you look upon the
warriors of Badr among yourselves?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "As the best of the Muslims." or said a similar
statement. On that, Gabriel said, "And so are the Angels who participated in the Badr (battle).

Rifa`a was one of the warriors of Badr while (his father) Rafi` was one of the people of Al-`Aqaba
(i.e. those who gave the pledge of allegiance at Al-`Aqaba). Rafi` used to say to his son, "I would not
have been happier if I had taken part in the Badr battle instead of taking part in the 'Aqaba pledge."

The one who asked (the Prophet) was Gabriel (refer to Hadith 5.327).

The Prophet (PbUH) said on the day (of the battle) of Badr, "This is Gabriel holding the head of his horse and
equipped with arms for the battle.

Abu Zaid died and did not leave any offspring, and he was one of the Badr warriors.

Abu Sa`id bin Malik Al-Khudri returned from a journey and his family offered him some meat of
sacrifices offered at `Id ul Adha. On that he said, "I will not eat it before asking (whether it is
allowed)." He went to his maternal brother, Qatada bin N i 'man, who was one of the Badr warriors,
and asked him about it. Qatada said, "After your departure, an order was issued by the Prophet (PbUH)
cancelling the prohibition of eating sacrifices after three days."

Az-Zubair said, "I met Ubaida bin Sa`id bin Al-As on the day (of the battle) of Badr and he was
covered with armor; so much that only his eyes were visible. He was surnamed Abu Dhat-al-Karish.
He said (proudly), 'I am Abu-al-Karish.' I attacked him with the spear and pierced his eye and he died.
I put my foot over his body to pull (that spear) out, but even then I had to use a great force to take it
out as its both ends were bent." `Urwa said, "Later on Allah's Messenger (PbUH) asked Az-Zubair for the spear
and he gave it to him. When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) died, Az-Zubair took it back. After that Abu Bakr
demanded it and he gave it to him, and when Abu Bakr died, Az-Zubair took it back. `Umar then
demanded it from him and he gave it to him. When `Umar died, Az-Zubair took it back, and then
`Uthman demanded it from him and he gave it to him. When `Uthman was martyred, the spear
remained with `Ali's offspring. Then `Abdullah bin Az-Zubair demanded it back, and it remained with
him till he was martyred.

(who was one of the Badr warriors) Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Give me the pledge of allegiance."

(the wife of the Prophet) Abu Hudhaifa, one of those who fought the battle of Badr, with Allah's
Apostle adopted Salim as his son and married his niece Hind bint Al-Wahd bin `Utba to him' and
Salim was a freed slave of an Ansari woman. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) also adopted Zaid as his son. In the Prelslamic
period of ignorance the custom was that, if one adopted a son, the people would call him by
the name of the adopted-father whom he would inherit as well, till Allah revealed: "Call them
(adopted sons) By (the names of) their fathers." (33.5)

The Prophet (PbUH) came to me after consuming his marriage with me and sat down on my bed as you (the
sub-narrator) are sitting now, and small girls were beating the tambourine and singing in lamentation
of my father who had been killed on the day of the battle of Badr. Then one of the girls said, "There is
a Prophet amongst us who knows what will happen tomorrow." The Prophet (PbUH) said (to her)," Do not say
this, but go on saying what you have spoken before."

Abu Talha, a companion of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and one of those who fought at Badr together with Allah's
Apostle told me that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said. "Angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a
picture" He meant the images of creatures that have souls.

I had a she-camel which I got in my share from the booty of the battle of Badr, and the Prophet (PbUH) had
given me another she camel from the Khumus which Allah had bestowed on him that day. And when I
intended to celebrate my marriage to Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet, I made an arrangement with
a goldsmith from Bani Qainuqa 'that he should go with me to bring Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass used
by gold-smiths) which I intended to sell to gold-smiths in order to spend its price on the marriage
banquet. While I was collecting ropes and sacks of pack saddles for my two she-camels which were
kneeling down beside an Ansari's dwelling and after collecting what I needed, I suddenly found that
the humps of the two she-camels had been cut off and their flanks had been cut open and portions of
their livers had been taken out. On seeing that, I could not help weeping.
I asked, "Who has done that?" They (i.e. the people) said, "Hamza bin `Abdul Muttalib has done it. He
is present in this house with some Ansari drinkers, a girl singer, and his friends. The singer said in her
song, "O Hamza, get at the fat she-camels!" On hearing this, Hamza rushed to his sword and cut of the
camels' humps and cut their flanks open and took out portions from their livers." Then I came to the
Prophet, with whom Zaid bin Haritha was present. The Prophet (PbUH) noticed my state and asked, "What is
the matter?" I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH), I have never experienced such a day as today! Hamza attacked
my two she-camels, cut off their humps and cut their flanks open, and he is still present in a house
along some drinkers." The Prophet (PbUH) asked for his cloak, put it on, and proceeded, followed by Zaid bin
Haritha and myself, till he reached the house where Hamza was. He asked the permission to enter, and
he was permitted. The Prophet (PbUH) started blaming Hamza for what he had done. Hamza was drunk and
his eyes were red. He looked at the Prophet (PbUH) then raised his eyes to look at his knees and raised his
eves more to look at his face and then said, "You are not but my father's slaves." When the Prophet (PbUH)
understood that Hamza was drunk, he retreated, walking backwards went out and we left with him.

`Ali led the funeral prayer of Sahl bin Hunaif and said, "He was one of the warriors of Badr."

`Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "When (my daughter) Hafsa bint `Umar lost her husband Khunais bin
Hudhaifa As-Sahrni who was one of the companions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and had fought in the battle of
Badr and had died in Medina, I met `Uthman bin `Affan and suggested that he should marry Hafsa
saying, "If you wish, I will marry Hafsa bint `Umar to you,' on that, he said, 'I will think it over.' I
waited for a few days and then he said to me. 'I am of the opinion that I shall not marry at present.'
Then I met Abu Bakr and said, 'if you wish, I will marry you, Hafsa bint `Umar.' He kept quiet and did
not give me any reply and I became more angry with him than I was with `Uthman . Some days later,
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) demanded her hand in marriage and I married her to him. Later on Abu Bakr met me
and said, "Perhaps you were angry with me when you offered me Hafsa for marriage and I gave no
reply to you?' I said, 'Yes.' Abu Bakr said, 'Nothing prevented me from accepting your offer except
that I learnt that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had referred to the issue of Hafsa and I did not want to disclose the
secret of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) , but had he (i.e. the Prophet) given her up I would surely have accepted her."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A man's spending on his family is a deed of charity."

I heard `Urwa bin Az-Zubair talking to `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz during the latter's Governorship (at
Medina), he said, "Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba delayed the `Asr prayer when he was the ruler of Al-Kufa.
On that, Abu Mas`ud. `Uqba bin `Amr Al-Ansari, the grand-father of Zaid bin Hasan, who was one of
the Badr warriors, came in and said, (to Al-Mughira), 'You know that Gabriel came down and offered
the prayer and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) prayed five prescribed prayers, and Gabriel said (to the Prophet (PbUH) ), "I
have been ordered to do so (i.e. offer these five prayers at these fixed stated hours of the day).

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "It is sufficient for one to recite the last two Verses of Surat-al-Baqara at night."

That `Itban bin Malik who was one of the companions of the Prophet (PbUH) and one of the warriors of Badr,
came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH).

I asked Al-Husain bin Muhammad who was one of the sons of Salim and one of the nobles amongst
them, about the narration of Mahmud bin Ar-Rabi 'from `Itban bin Malik, and he confirmed it.

who was one of the leaders of Bani `Adi and his father participated in the battle of Badr in the
company of the Prophet. `Umar appointed Qudama bin Maz'un as ruler of Bahrain, Qudama was one
of the warriors of the battle of Badr and was the maternal uncle of `Abdullah bin `Umar and Hafsa.

Salim bin `Abdullah told me that Rafi` bin Khadij told `Abdullah bin `Umar that his two paternal
uncles who had fought in the battle of Badr informed him that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the renting of
fields. I said to Salim, "Do you rent your land?" He said, "Yes, for Rafi` is mistaken."

I saw Rifa`a bin Rafi` Al-Ansari who was a Badr warrior.

That `Amr bin `Auf, who was an ally of Bani 'Amir bin Luai and one of those who fought at Badr in
the company of the Prophet (PbUH) , said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah to Bahrain to bring
the Jizya taxation from its people, for Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had made a peace treaty with the people of
Bahrain and appointed Al-`Ala' bin Al-Hadrami as their ruler. So, Abu 'Ubaida arrived with the
money from Bahrain. When the Ansar heard of the arrival of Abu 'Ubaida (on the next day) they
offered the morning prayer with the Prophet (PbUH) and when the morning prayer had finished, they
presented themselves before him. On seeing the Ansar, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) smiled and said, "I think you
have heard that Abu 'Ubaida has brought something?" They replied, "Indeed, it is so, O Allah's
Apostle!" He said, "Be happy, and hope for what will please you. By Allah, I am not afraid that you
will be poor, but I fear that worldly wealth will be bestowed upon you as it was bestowed upon those
who lived before you. So you will compete amongst yourselves for it, as they competed for it and it
will destroy you as it did them."

Ibn `Umar used to kill all kinds of snakes until Abu Lubaba Al-Badri told him that the Prophet (PbUH) had
forbidden the killing of harmless snakes living in houses and called Jinan. So Ibn `Umar gave up
killing them.

Some men of the Ansar requested Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to allow them to see him, they said, "Allow us to
forgive the ransom of our sister's son, `Abbas." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "By Allah, you will not leave a
single Dirham of it!"

That Al-Miqdad bin `Amr Al-Kindi, who was an ally of Bani Zuhra and one of those who fought the
battle of Badr together with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) told him that he said to Allah's Messenger (PbUH), "Suppose I met
one of the infidels and we fought, and he struck one of my hands with his sword and cut it off and
then took refuge in a tree and said, "I surrender to Allah (i.e. I have become a Muslim),' could I kill
him, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH), after he had said this?" Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "You should not kill him." Al-
Miqdad said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! But he had cut off one of my two hands, and then he had uttered
those words?" Allah's Messenger (PbUH) replied, "You should not kill him, for if you kill him, he would be in
your position where you had been before killing him, and you would be in his position where he had
been before uttering those words."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said on the day of Badr, "Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl?" Ibn
Mas`ud went and saw him struck by the two sons of 'Afra and was on the point of death . Ibn Mas`ud
said, "Are you Abu Jahl?" Abu Jahl replied, "Can there be a man more superior to the one whom you
have killed (or as Sulaiman said, or his own folk have killed.)?" Abu Jahl added, "Would that I had
been killed by other than a mere farmer. "

`Umar said, "When the Prophet (PbUH) died I said to Abu Bakr, 'Let us go to our Ansari brethren.' We met
two pious men from them, who had fought in the battle of Badr." When I mentioned this to `Urwa bin
Az-Zubair, he said, "Those two pious men were 'Uwaim bin Sa`ida and Manbin Adi."

The Badr warriors were given five thousand (Dirhams) each, yearly. `Umar said, "I will surely give
them more than what I will give to others."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) reciting Surat-at-Tur in Maghrib prayer, and that
was at a time when belief was first planted in my heart. The Prophet (PbUH)
while speaking about the war prisoners of Badr, said, "Were Al-Mutim
bin Adi alive and interceded with me for these filthy people, I would
definitely forgive them for his sake."

When the first civil strife (in Islam)
took place because of the murder of 'Uthman, it left none of the Badr
warriors alive. When the second civil strife, that is the battle of
Al-Harra, took place, it left none of the Hudaibiya treaty companions
alive. Then the third civil strife took place and it did not subside
till it had exhausted all the strength of the people.

I heard Az-Zuhri saying, "I heard `Urwa bin Az-Zubair. Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas
and 'Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah each narrating part of the narrative concerning `Aisha the wife of the
Prophet. `Aisha said: When I and Um Mistah were returning, Um Mistah stumbled by treading on the
end of her robe, and on that she said, 'May Mistah be ruined.' I said, 'You have said a bad thing, you
curse a man who took part in the battle of Badr!." Az-Zuhri then narrated the narration of the Lie
(forged against `Aisha).

These were the battles of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (which he fought), and while mentioning (the Badr battle) he
said, "While the corpses of the pagans were being thrown into the well, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said (to them),
'Have you found what your Lord promised true?" `Abdullah said, "Some of the Prophet's companions
said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! You are addressing dead people.' Allah's Messenger (PbUH) replied, 'You do not hear
what I am saying, better than they.' The total number of Muslim fighters from Quraish who fought in
the battle of Badr and were given their share of the booty, were 81 men." Az-Zubair said, "When their
shares were distributed, their number was 101 men. But Allah knows it better."

On the day of Badr, (Quraishi) Emigrants received 100 shares of the war booty."

Bani An-Nadir and Bani Quraiza fought (against the Prophet (PbUH) violating their peace treaty), so the
Prophet exiled Bani An-Nadir and allowed Bani Quraiza to remain at their places (in Medina) taking
nothing from them till they fought against the Prophet (PbUH) again) . He then killed their men and distributed
their women, children and property among the Muslims, but some of them came to the Prophet (PbUH) and he
granted them safety, and they embraced Islam. He exiled all the Jews from Medina. They were the
Jews of Bani Qainuqa', the tribe of `Abdullah bin Salam and the Jews of Bani Haritha and all the other
Jews of Medina.

I mentioned to Ibn `Abbas Surat-Hashr. He said, "Call it Surat-an-Nadir."

Some people used to allot some date palm trees to the Prophet (PbUH) as gift till he conquered Banu Quraiza
and Bani An-Nadir, where upon he started returning their date palms to them.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had the date-palm trees of Bani Al-Nadir burnt and cut down at a place called Al-
Buwaira. Allah then revealed: "What you cut down of the date-palm trees (of the enemy) Or you left
them standing on their stems. It was by Allah's Permission." (59.5)

The Prophet (PbUH) burnt the date-palm trees of Bani An-Nadir. Hassan bin Thabit said the following poetic
Verses about this event:-- "the terrible burning of Al-Buwaira Has been received indifferently By the
nobles of Bani Luai (The masters and nobles of Quraish)." Abu Sufyan bin Al-Harith (i.e. the
Prophet's cousin who was still a disbeliever then) replied to Hassan, saying in poetic verses:-- "May
Allah bless that burning And set all its (i.e. Medina's) Parts on burning fire. You will see who is far
from it (i.e. Al-Buwaira) And which of our lands will be Harmed by it (i.e. the burning of Al-
Buwaira).

That once `Umar bin Al-Khattab called him and while he was sitting with him, his gatekeeper, Yarfa
came and said, "Will you admit `Uthman, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf, AzZubair and Sa`d (bin Abi
Waqqas) who are waiting for your permission?" `Umar said, "Yes, let them come in." After a while,
Yarfa- came again and said, "Will you admit `Ali and `Abbas who are asking your permission?"
`Umar said, "Yes." So, when the two entered, `Abbas said, "O chief of the believers! Judge between
me and this (i.e. `Ali). "Both of them had a dispute regarding the property of Bani An-Nadir which
Allah had given to His Apostle as Fai (i.e. booty gained without fighting), `Ali and `Abbas started
reproaching each other. The (present) people (i.e. `Uthman and his companions) said, "O chief of the
believers! Give your verdict in their case and relieve each from) the other." `Umar said, "Wait I
beseech you, by Allah, by Whose Permission both the heaven and the earth stand fast! Do you know
that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'We (Prophets) our properties are not to be inherited, and whatever we leave,
is to be spent in charity,' and he said it about himself?" They (i.e. `Uthman and his company) said, "He
did say it. "`Umar then turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, "I beseech you both, by Allah! Do
you know that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said this?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "Now I am talking
to you about this matter. Allah the Glorified favored His Apostle with something of this Fai (i.e. booty
won without fighting) which He did not give to anybody else. Allah said:--
"And what Allah gave to His Apostle ("Fai"" Booty) from them--For which you made no expedition
With either Calvary or camelry. But Allah gives power to His Apostles Over whomsoever He will
And Allah is able to do all things." (59.6)
So this property was especially granted to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . But by Allah, the Prophet (PbUH) neither took it
all for himself only, nor deprived you of it, but he gave it to all of you and distributed it amongst you
till only this remained out of it. And from this Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to spend the yearly maintenance
for his family, and whatever used to remain, he used to spend it where Allah's Property is spent (i.e. in
charity), Allah's Messenger (PbUH) kept on acting like that during all his life, Then he died, and Abu Bakr said, 'I
am the successor of Allah's Messenger (PbUH).' So he (i.e. Abu Bakr) took charge of this property and disposed
of it in the same manner as Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to do, and all of you (at that time) knew all about it."
Then `Umar turned towards `Ali and `Abbas and said, "You both remember that Abu Bakr disposed of
it in the way you have described and Allah knows that, in that matter, he was sincere, pious, rightly
guided and the follower of the right. Then Allah caused Abu Bakr to die and I said, 'I am the successor
of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and Abu Bakr.' So I kept this property in my possession for the first two years of
my rule (i.e. Caliphate and I used to dispose of it in the same wa as Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and Abu Bakr
used to do; and Allah knows that I have been sincere, pious, rightly guided an the follower of the right
(in this matte Later on both of you (i.e. `Ali and `Abbas) came to me, and the claim of you both was
one and the same, O `Abbas! You also came to me. So I told you both that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Our
property is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity.'
Then when I thought that I should better hand over this property to you both or the condition that you
will promise and pledge before Allah that you will dispose it off in the same way as Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
and Abu Bakr did and as I have done since the beginning of my caliphate or else you should not speak
to me (about it).' So, both of you said to me, 'Hand it over to us on this condition.' And on this
condition I handed it over to you. Do you want me now to give a decision other than that (decision)?
By Allah, with Whose Permission both the sky and the earth stand fast, I will never give any decision
other than that (decision) till the Last Hour is established.
But if you are unable to manage it (i.e. that property), then return it to me, and I will manage on your
behalf." The sub-narrator said, "I told `Urwa bin Az-Zubair of this Hadith and he said, 'Malik bin Aus
has told the truth" I heard `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (PbUH) saying, 'The wives of the Prophet (PbUH) sent
`Uthman to Abu Bakr demanding from him their 1/8 of the Fai which Allah had granted to his
Apostle. But I used to oppose them and say to them: Will you not fear Allah? Don't you know that the
Prophet used to say: Our property is not inherited, but whatever we leave is to be given in charity?
The Prophet (PbUH) mentioned that regarding himself. He added: 'The family of Muhammad can take their
sustenance from this property. So the wives of the Prophet (PbUH) stopped demanding it when I told them of
that.' So, this property (of Sadaqa) was in the hands of `Ali who withheld it from `Abbas and
overpowered him. Then it came in the hands of Hasan bin `Ali, then in the hands of Husain bin `Ali,
and then in the hands of `Ali bin Husain and Hasan bin Hasan, and each of the last two used to
manage it in turn, then it came in the hands of Zaid bin Hasan, and it was truly the Sadaqa of Allah's
Apostle ."

Fatima and Al-`Abbas came to Abu Bakr, claiming their inheritance of the Prophet's land of Fadak
and his share from Khaibar. Abu Bakr said, "I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, 'Our property is not inherited,
and whatever we leave is to be given in charity. But the family of Muhammad can take their
sustenance from this property.' By Allah, I would love to do good to the Kith and kin of Allah's
Apostle rather than to my own Kith and kin."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Who is willing to kill Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?"
Thereupon Muhammad bin Maslama got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Would you like that I kill
him?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Yes," Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Then allow me to say a (false) thing
(i.e. to deceive Ka`b). "The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You may say it." Then Muhammad bin Maslama went to
Ka`b and said, "That man (i.e. Muhammad demands Sadaqa (i.e. Zakat) from us, and he has troubled
us, and I have come to borrow something from you." On that, Ka`b said, "By Allah, you will get tired
of him!" Muhammad bin Maslama said, "Now as we have followed him, we do not want to leave him
unless and until we see how his end is going to be. Now we want you to lend us a camel load or two
of food." (Some difference between narrators about a camel load or two.) Ka`b said, "Yes, (I will lend
you), but you should mortgage something to me."
Muhammad bin Mas-lama and his companion said, "What do you want?" Ka`b replied, "Mortgage
your women to me." They said, "How can we mortgage our women to you and you are the most
handsome of the 'Arabs?" Ka`b said, "Then mortgage your sons to me." They said, "How can we
mortgage our sons to you? Later they would be abused by the people's saying that so-and-so has been
mortgaged for a camel load of food. That would cause us great disgrace, but we will mortgage our
arms to you." Muhammad bin Maslama and his companion promised Ka`b that Muhammad would
return to him. He came to Ka`b at night along with Ka`b's foster brother, Abu Na'ila. Ka`b invited
them to come into his fort, and then he went down to them. His wife asked him, "Where are you going
at this time?" Ka`b replied, "None but Muhammad bin Maslama and my (foster) brother Abu Na'ila
have come."
His wife said, "I hear a voice as if dropping blood is from him, Ka`b said. "They are none but my
brother Muhammad bin Maslama and my foster brother Abu Naila. A generous man should respond to
a call at night even if invited to be killed." Muhammad bin Maslama went with two men. (Some
narrators mention the men as 'Abu bin Jabr. Al Harith bin Aus and `Abbad bin Bishr). So
Muhammad bin Maslama went in together with two men, and sail to them, "When Ka`b comes, I will
touch his hair and smell it, and when you see that I have got hold of his head, strip him. I will let you
smell his head." Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf came down to them wrapped in his clothes, and diffusing
perfume. Muhammad bin Maslama said. " have never smelt a better scent than this. Ka`b replied. "I
have got the best 'Arab women who know how to use the high class of perfume." Muhammad bin
Maslama requested Ka`b "Will you allow me to smell your head?" Ka`b said, "Yes." Muhammad
smelt it and made his companions smell it as well. Then he requested Ka`b again, "Will you let me
(smell your head)?" Ka`b said, "Yes." When Muhammad got a strong hold of him, he said (to his
companions), "Get at him!" So they killed him and went to the Prophet (PbUH) and informed him. (Abu Rafi`)
was killed after Ka`b bin Al-Ashraf."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent a group of persons to Abu Rafi`. `Abdullah bin Atik entered his house at night,
while he was sleeping, and killed him.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent some men from the Ansar to ((kill) Abu Rafi`, the Jew, and appointed `Abdullah
bin Atik as their leader. Abu Rafi` used to hurt Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and help his enemies against him. He
lived in his castle in the land of Hijaz. When those men approached (the castle) after the sun had set
and the people had brought back their livestock to their homes. `Abdullah (bin Atik) said to his
companions, "Sit down at your places. I am going, and I will try to play a trick on the gate-keeper so
that I may enter (the castle)."
So `Abdullah proceeded towards the castle, and when he approached the gate, he covered himself with
his clothes, pretending to answer the call of nature. The people had gone in, and the gate-keeper
(considered `Abdullah as one of the castle's servants) addressing him saying, "O Allah's Servant!
Enter if you wish, for I want to close the gate." `Abdullah added in his story, "So I went in (the castle)
and hid myself. When the people got inside, the gate-keeper closed the gate and hung the keys on a
fixed wooden peg. I got up and took the keys and opened the gate. Some people were staying late at
night with Abu Rafi` for a pleasant night chat in a room of his. When his companions of nightly
entertainment went away, I ascended to him, and whenever I opened a door, I closed it from inside. I
said to myself, 'Should these people discover my presence, they will not be able to catch me till I have
killed him.'
So I reached him and found him sleeping in a dark house amidst his family, I could not recognize his
location in the house. So I shouted, 'O Abu Rafi`!' Abu Rafi` said, 'Who is it?' I proceeded towards the
source of the voice and hit him with the sword, and because of my perplexity, I could not kill him. He
cried loudly, and I came out of the house and waited for a while, and then went to him again and said,
'What is this voice, O Abu Rafi`?' He said, 'Woe to your mother! A man in my house has hit me with a
sword! I again hit him severely but I did not kill him. Then I drove the point of the sword into his
belly (and pressed it through) till it touched his back, and I realized that I have killed him.
I then opened the doors one by one till I reached the staircase, and thinking that I had reached the
ground, I stepped out and fell down and got my leg broken in a moonlit night. I tied my leg with a
turban and proceeded on till I sat at the gate, and said, 'I will not go out tonight till I know that I have
killed him.' So, when (early in the morning) the cock crowed, the announcer of the casualty stood on
the wall saying, 'I announce the death of Abu Rafi`, the merchant of Hijaz. Thereupon I went to my
companions and said, 'Let us save ourselves, for Allah has killed Abu Rafi`,' So I (along with my
companions proceeded and) went to the Prophet (PbUH) and described the whole story to him. "He said,
'Stretch out your (broken) leg. I stretched it out and he rubbed it and it became All right as if I had
never had any ailment whatsoever."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent `Abdullah bin 'Atik and `Abdullah bin `Utba with a group of men to Abu Rafi`
(to kill him). They proceeded till they approached his castle, whereupon `Abdullah bin Atik said to
them, "Wait (here), and in the meantime I will go and see." `Abdullah said later on, "I played a trick in
order to enter the castle. By chance, they lost a donkey of theirs and came out carrying a flaming light
to search for it. I was afraid that they would recognize me, so I covered my head and legs and
pretended to answer the call to nature. The gatekeeper called, 'Whoever wants to come in, should
come in before I close the gate.' So I went in and hid myself in a stall of a donkey near the gate of the
castle. They took their supper with Abu Rafi` and had a chat till late at night. Then they went back to
their homes.
When the voices vanished and I no longer detected any movement, I came out. I had seen where the
gate-keeper had kept the key of the castle in a hole in the wall. I took it and unlocked the gate of the
castle, saying to myself, 'If these people should notice me, I will run away easily.' Then I locked all
the doors of their houses from outside while they were inside, and ascended to Abu Rafi` by a
staircase. I saw the house in complete darkness with its light off, and I could not know where the man
was. So I called, 'O Abu Rafi`!' He replied, 'Who is it?' I proceeded towards the voice and hit him. He
cried loudly but my blow was futile. Then I came to him, pretending to help him, saying with a
different tone of my voice, ' What is wrong with you, O Abu Rafi`?' He said, 'Are you not surprised?
Woe on your mother! A man has come to me and hit me with a sword!' So again I aimed at him and
hit him, but the blow proved futile again, and on that Abu Rafi` cried loudly and his wife got up.
I came again and changed my voice as if I were a helper, and found Abu Rafi` lying straight on his
back, so I drove the sword into his belly and bent on it till I heard the sound of a bone break. Then I
came out, filled with astonishment and went to the staircase to descend, but I fell down from it and got
my leg dislocated. I bandaged it and went to my companions limping. I said (to them), 'Go and tell
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) of this good news, but I will not leave (this place) till I hear the news of his (i.e. Abu
Rafi`'s) death.' When dawn broke, an announcer of death got over the wall and announced, 'I convey
to you the news of Abu Rafi`'s death.' I got up and proceeded without feeling any pain till I caught up
with my companions before they reached the Prophet (PbUH) to whom I conveyed the good news."

On the day of Uhud. the Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is Gabriel holding the head of his horse and equipped
with war material.'

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) offered the funeral prayers of the martyrs of Uhud eight years after (their death), as if
bidding farewell to the living and the dead, then he ascended the pulpit and said, "I am your
predecessor before you, and I am a witness on you, and your promised place to meet me will be Al-
Haud (i.e. the Tank) (on the Day of Resurrection), and I am (now) looking at it from this place of
mine. I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah, but I am afraid that worldly life will
tempt you and cause you to compete with each other for it." That was the last look which I cast on
Allah's Messenger (PbUH).

We faced the pagans on that day (of the battle of Uhud) and the Prophet (PbUH) placed a batch of archers (at a
special place) and appointed `Abdullah (bin Jubair) as their commander and said, "Do not leave this
place; and if you should see us conquering the enemy, do not leave this place, and if you should see
them conquering us, do not (come to) help us," So, when we faced the enemy, they took to their heel
till I saw their women running towards the mountain, lifting up their clothes from their legs, revealing
their leg-bangles. The Muslims started saying, "The booty, the booty!" `Abdullah bin Jubair said,
"The Prophet (PbUH) had taken a firm promise from me not to leave this place." But his companions refused
(to stay). So when they refused (to stay there), (Allah) confused them so that they could not know
where to go, and they suffered seventy casualties. Abu Sufyan ascended a high place and said, "Is
Muhammad present amongst the people?"
The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Do not answer him." Abu Sufyan said, "Is the son of Abu Quhafa present among
the people?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Do not answer him." `Abd Sufyan said, "Is the son of Al-Khattab
amongst the people?" He then added, "All these people have been killed, for, were they alive, they
would have replied." On that, `Umar could not help saying, "You are a liar, O enemy of Allah! Allah
has kept what will make you unhappy." Abu Safyan said, "Superior may be Hubal!" On that the
Prophet said (to his companions), "Reply to him." They asked, "What may we say?" He said, "Say:
Allah is More Elevated and More Majestic!" Abu Sufyan said, "We have (the idol) Al-`Uzza, whereas
you have no `Uzza!" The Prophet (PbUH) said (to his companions), "Reply to him." They said, "What may we
say?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Say: Allah is our Helper and you have no helper." Abu Sufyan said, "(This)
day compensates for our loss at Badr and (in) the battle (the victory) is always undecided and shared
in turns by the belligerents. You will see some of your dead men mutilated, but neither did I urge this
action, nor am I sorry for it." Narrated Jabir: Some people took wine in the morning of the day of
Uhud and were then killed as martyrs.

A meal was brought to `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf while he was fasting. He said, "Mus`ab bin `Umar
was martyred, and he was better than I, yet he was shrouded in a Burda (i.e. a sheet) so that, if his
head was covered, his feet became naked, and if his feet were covered, his head became naked."
`Abdur-Rahman added, "Hamza was martyred and he was better than 1. Then worldly wealth was
bestowed upon us and we were given thereof too much. We are afraid that the reward of our deeds
have been given to us in this life." `Abdur-Rahman then started weeping so much that he left the food.

On the day of the battle of Uhud, a man came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "Can you tell me where I will
be if I should get martyred?" The Prophet (PbUH) replied, "In Paradise." The man threw away some dates he
was carrying in his hand, and fought till he was martyred .

We migrated in the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), seeking Allah's
Pleasure. So our reward became due and sure with Allah. Some of us
have been dead without enjoying anything of their rewards (here), and
one of them was Mus'ab bin 'Umar who was martyred on the day of the
battle of Uhud, and did not leave anything except a Namira (i.e. a
sheet in which he was shrouded). If we covered his head with it, his
feet became naked, and if we covered his feet with it, his head became
naked. So the Prophet (PbUH) said to us, "Cover his head with it and put some
Idhkhir (i.e. a kind of grass) over his feet or throw Idhkhir over his
feet." But some amongst us have got the fruits of their labor ripened,
and they are collecting them.

His uncle (Anas bin An-Nadr) was absent from the battle
of Badr and he said, "I was absent from the first battle of the
Prophet (i.e. Badr battle), and if Allah should let me participate in
(a battle) with the Prophet, Allah will see how strongly I will
fight." So he encountered the day of Uhud battle. The Muslims fled and
he said, "O Allah ! I appeal to You to excuse me for what these people
(i.e. the Muslims) have done, and I am clear from what the pagans have
done." Then he went forward with his sword and met Sad bin Mu'adh
(fleeing), and asked him, "Where are you going, O Sad? I detect a
smell of Paradise before Uhud." Then he proceeded on and was martyred.
No-body was able to recognize him till his sister recognized him by a
mole on his body or by the tips of his fingers. He had over 80 wounds
caused by stabbing, striking or shooting with arrows.

When we wrote the Holy Qur'an, I missed one of the Verses of Surat-al-Ahzab which I used to hear
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) reciting. Then we searched for it and found it with Khuza`ima bin Thabit Al-Ansari.
The Verse was:--
'Among the Believers are men Who have been true to Their Covenant with Allah, Of them, some have
fulfilled Their obligations to Allah (i.e. they have been Killed in Allah's Cause), And some of them
are (still) waiting" (33.23) So we wrote this in its place in the Qur'an.

When the Prophet (PbUH) set out for (the battle of) Uhud, some of those who had gone out with him, returned.
The companions of the Prophet (PbUH) were divided into two groups. One group said, "We will fight them
(i.e. the enemy)," and the other group said, "We will not fight them." So there came the Divine
Revelation:-- '(O Muslims!) Then what is the matter within you that you are divided. Into two parties
about the hypocrites? Allah has cast them back (to disbelief) Because of what they have earned.'
(4.88) On that, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "That is Taiba (i.e. the city of Medina) which clears one from one's
sins as the fire expels the impurities of silver."

This Verse: "When two of your parties almost Decided to fall away..." was revealed in our connection,
i.e. Bani Salama and Bani Haritha and I would not have liked that, if it was not revealed, for Allah
said:-- But Allah was their Protector.....(3.122)

"Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to me, "Have you got married O Jabir?" I replied, "Yes." He asked "What, a
virgin or a matron?" I replied, "Not a virgin but a matron." He said, "Why did you not marry a young
girl who would have fondled with you?" I replied, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! My father was martyred on the
day of Uhud and left nine (orphan) daughters who are my nine sisters; so I disliked to have another
young girl of their age, but (I sought) an (elderly) woman who could comb their hair and look after
them." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You have done the right thing."

That his father was martyred on the day of the battle of Uhud and was in debt and left six (orphan)
daughters. Jabir, added, "When the season of plucking the dates came, I went to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and
said, "You know that my father was martyred on the day of Uhud, and he was heavily in debt, and I
would like that the creditors should see you." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Go and pile every kind of dates
apart." I did so and called him (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ). When the creditors saw him, they started claiming
their debts from me then in such a harsh manner (as they had never done before). So when he saw
their attitude, he went round the biggest heap of dates thrice, and then sat over it and said, 'O Jabir),
call your companions (i.e. the creditors).' Then he kept on measuring (and giving) to the creditors
(their due) till Allah paid all the debt of my father. I would have been satisfied to retain nothing of
those dates for my sisters after Allah had paid the debts of my father. But Allah saved all the heaps (of
dates), so that when I looked at the heap where the Prophet (PbUH) had been sitting, it seemed as if a single
date had not been taken away thereof."

I saw Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on the day of the battle of Uhud accompanied by two men fighting on his
behalf. They were dressed in white and were fighting as bravely as possible. I had never seen them
before, nor did I see them later on.

The Prophet (PbUH) took out a quiver (of arrows) for me on the day of Uhud and said, "Throw (arrows); let
my father and mother be sacrificed for you."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) mentioned both his father and mother for me on the day of the battle of Uhud.

Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) mentioned both his father and mother for me on the day
of the battle of Uhud." He meant when the Prophet (PbUH) said (to Sa`d) while the latter was fighting. "Let
my father and mother be sacrificed for you!"

I have never heard the Prophet (PbUH) mentioning both his father and mother for anybody other than Sa`d.

I have never heard the Prophet (PbUH) mentioning his father and mother for anybody other than Sa`d bin
Malik. I heard him saying on the day of Uhud, "O Sa`d throw (arrows)! Let my father and mother be
sacrificed for you !"

`Uthman said that on the day of the battle of Uhud, none remained with the Prophet (PbUH) but Talha and
Sa`d.

I have been in the company of `AbdurRahman bin `Auf, Talha bin 'Ubaidullah, Al-Miqdad and Sa`d,
and I heard none of them narrating anything from the Prophet (PbUH) excepting the fact that I heard Talha
narrating about the day of Uhud (battle) .

I saw Talha's paralyzed hand with which he had protected the Prophet (PbUH) on the day of Uhud.

When it was the day of Uhud, the people left the Prophet (PbUH) while Abu Talha was in front of the Prophet (PbUH)
shielding him with his leather shield. Abu Talha was a skillful archer who used to shoot violently. He
broke two or three arrow bows on that day. If a man carrying a quiver full of arrows passed by, the
Prophet would say (to him), put (scatter) its contents for Abu Talha." The Prophet (PbUH) would raise his
head to look at the enemy, whereupon Abu Talha would say, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed
for you ! Do not raise your head, lest an arrow of the enemy should hit you. (Let) my neck (be struck)
rather than your neck." I saw `Aisha, the daughter of Abu Bakr, and Um Sulaim rolling up their
dresses so that I saw their leg-bangles while they were carrying water skins on their backs and
emptying them in the mouths of the (wounded) people. They would return to refill them and again
empty them in the mouths of the (wounded) people. The sword fell from Abu Talha's hand twice or
thrice (on that day).

When it was the day of Uhud, the pagans were defeated. Then Satan, Allah's Curse be upon him, cried
loudly, "O Allah's Worshippers, beware of what is behind!" On that, the front files of the (Muslim)
forces turned their backs and started fighting with the back files. Hudhaifa looked, and on seeing his
father Al-Yaman, he shouted, "O Allah's Worshippers, my father, my father!" But by Allah, they did
not stop till they killed him. Hudhaifa said, "May Allah forgive you." (The sub-narrator, `Urwa, said,
"By Allah, Hudhaifa continued asking Allah's Forgiveness for the killers of his father till he departed
to Allah (i.e. died).")

A man came to perform the Hajj to (Allah's) House. Seeing some people sitting, he said, "Who are
these sitting people?" Somebody said, "They are the people of Quraish." He said, "Who is the old
man?" They said, "Ibn `Umar." He went to him and said, "I want to ask you about something; will you
tell me about it? I ask you with the respect due to the sanctity of this (Sacred) House, do you know
that `Uthman bin `Affan fled on the day of Uhud?" Ibn `Umar said, "Yes." He said, "Do you know
that he (i.e. `Uthman) was absent from the Badr (battle) and did not join it?" Ibn `Umar said, "Yes."
He said, "Do you know that he failed to be present at the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance (i.e. Pledge of
allegiance at Hudaibiya) and did not witness it?" Ibn `Umar replied, "Yes," He then said, "Allahu-
Akbar!" Ibn `Umar said, "Come along; I will inform you and explain to you what you have asked. As
for the flight (of `Uthman) on the day of Uhud, I testify that Allah forgave him. As regards his
absence from the Badr (battle), he was married to the daughter of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and she was ill, so
the Prophet (PbUH) said to him, 'You will have such reward as a man who has fought the Badr battle will get,
and will also have the same share of the booty.' As for his absence from the Ridwan Pledge of
allegiance if there had been anybody more respected by the Meccans than `Uthman bin `Affan, the
Prophet would surely have sent that man instead of `Uthman. So the Prophet (PbUH) sent him (i.e. `Uthman to
Mecca) and the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance took place after `Uthman had gone to Mecca. The
Prophet raised his right hand saying. 'This is the hand of `Uthman,' and clapped it over his other hand
and said, "This is for `Uthman.'" Ibn `Umar then said (to the man), "Go now, after taking this
information."

The Prophet (PbUH) appointed `Abdullah bin Jubair as the commander of the cavalry archers on the day of the
battle of Uhud. Then they returned defeated, and that what is referred to by Allah's Statement:-- "And
the Apostle (Muhammad) was in your rear calling you back." (3.153)

I was amongst those who were overtaken by slumber until my sword fell from my hand on several occasions. The sword fell and I picked it up, and it fell again, and I picked it up."

That he heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH), when raising his head from bowing of the first rak`a of the morning
prayer, saying, "O Allah! Curse so-and-so and so-and-so" after he had said, "Allah hears him who
sends his praises to Him. Our Lord, all the Praises are for you!" So Allah revealed:-- "Not for you (O
Muhammad! )......(till the end of Verse) they are indeed wrong-doers." (3.128)

-- "Not for you (O Muhammad!)......(till the end of Verse) For
they are indeed wrong-doers." (3.128)

`Umar bin Al-Khattab distributed woolen clothes amongst some women of Medina, and a nice woolen
garment remained. Some of those who were sitting with him, said, "O chief of the believers! Give it to
the daughter of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) who is with you," and by that, they meant Um Kulthum, the daughter
of `Ali. `Umar said, "Um Salit has got more right than she." Um Salit was amongst those Ansari
women who had given the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . `Umar added, "She (i.e. Um Salit)
used to carry the filled water skins for us on the day of the battle of Uhud."

I went out with 'Ubaidullah bin `Adi Al-Khaiyar. When we reached Hims (i.e. a town in Syria),
'Ubaidullah bin `Adi said (to me), "Would you like to see Wahshi so that we may ask him about the
killing of Hamza?" I replied, "Yes." Wahshi used to live in Hims. We enquired about him and
somebody said to us, "He is that in the shade of his palace, as if he were a full water skin." So we went
up to him, and when we were at a short distance from him, we greeted him and he greeted us in return.
'Ubaidullah was wearing his turban and Wahshi could not see except his eyes and feet. 'Ubaidullah
said, "O Wahshi! Do you know me?" Wahshi looked at him and then said, "No, by Allah! But I know
that `Adi bin Al-Khiyar married a woman called Um Qital, the daughter of Abu Al-Is, and she
delivered a boy for him at Mecca, and I looked for a wet nurse for that child. (Once) I carried that
child along with his mother and then I handed him over to her, and your feet resemble that child's
feet." Then 'Ubaidullah uncovered his face and said (to Wahshi), "Will you tell us (the story of) the
killing of Hamza?" Wahshi replied "Yes, Hamza killed Tuaima bin `Adi bin Al-Khaiyar at Badr
(battle) so my master, Jubair bin Mut`im said to me, 'If you kill Hamza in revenge for my uncle, then
you will be set free."
When the people set out (for the battle of Uhud) in the year of 'Ainain ..'Ainain is a mountain near the
mountain of Uhud, and between it and Uhud there is a valley.. I went out with the people for the
battle. When the army aligned for the fight, Siba' came out and said, 'Is there any (Muslim) to accept
my challenge to a duel?' Hamza bin `Abdul Muttalib came out and said, 'O Siba'. O Ibn Um Anmar,
the one who circumcises other ladies! Do you challenge Allah and His Apostle?' Then Hamza
attacked and killed him, causing him to be non-extant like the bygone yesterday. I hid myself under a
rock, and when he (i.e. Hamza) came near me, I threw my spear at him, driving it into his umbilicus
so that it came out through his buttocks, causing him to die. When all the people returned to Mecca, I
too returned with them. I stayed in (Mecca) till Islam spread in it (i.e. Mecca). Then I left for Taif, and
when the people (of Taif) sent their messengers to Allah's Messenger (PbUH), I was told that the Prophet (PbUH) did not
harm the messengers; So I too went out with them till I reached Allah's Messenger (PbUH).
When he saw me, he said, 'Are you Wahshi?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Was it you who killed Hamza?' I
replied, 'What happened is what you have been told of.' He said, 'Can you hide your face from me?' So
I went out when Allah's Messenger (PbUH) died, and Musailamah Al-Kadhdhab appeared (claiming to be a
prophet). I said, 'I will go out to Musailamah so that I may kill him, and make amends for killing
Hamza. So I went out with the people (to fight Musailamah and his followers) and then famous events
took place concerning that battle. Suddenly I saw a man (i.e. Musailamah) standing near a gap in a
wall. He looked like an ash-colored camel and his hair was dishevelled. So I threw my spear at him,
driving it into his chest in between his breasts till it passed out through his shoulders, and then an
Ansari man attacked him and struck him on the head with a sword. `Abdullah bin `Umar said, 'A slave
girl on the roof of a house said: Alas! The chief of the believers (i.e. Musailamah) has been killed by a
black slave."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (pointing to his broken canine tooth) said, "Allah's Wrath has become severe on the
people who harmed His Prophet. Allah's Wrath has become severe on the man who is killed by the
Apostle of Allah in Allah's Cause."

Allah's Wrath became severe on him whom the Prophet (PbUH) had killed in Allah's Cause. Allah's Wrath
became severe on the people who caused the face of Allah's Prophet to bleed.

That he heard Sahl bin Sa`d being asked about the wounds of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying, "By Allah, I
know who washed the wounds of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and who poured water (for washing them), and with
what he was treated." Sahl added, "Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to wash the wounds,
and `Ali bin Abi Talib used to pour water from a shield. When Fatima saw that the water aggravated
the bleeding, she took a piece of a mat, burnt it, and inserted its ashes into the wound so that the blood
was congealed (and bleeding stopped). His canine tooth got broken on that day, and face was
wounded, and his helmet was broken on his head."

Allah's Wrath gets severe on a person killed by a prophet, and Allah's Wrath became severe on him
who had caused the face of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to bleed.

Regarding the Holy Verse: "Those who responded (To the call) of Allah And the Apostle
(Muhammad), After being wounded, For those of them Who did good deeds And refrained from
wrong, there is a great reward." (3.172)
She said to `Urwa, "O my nephew! Your father, Az-Zubair and Abu Bakr were amongst them (i.e.
those who responded to the call of Allah and the Apostle on the day (of the battle of Uhud). When
Allah's Messenger (PbUH), suffered what he suffered on the day of Uhud and the pagans left, the Prophet (PbUH) was
afraid that they might return. So he said, 'Who will go on their (i.e. pagans') track?' He then selected
seventy men from amongst them (for this purpose)." (The sub-narrator added, "Abu Bakr and Az-
Zubair were amongst them.")

We do not know of any tribe amongst the 'Arab tribes who lost more martyrs than Al-Ansar, and they
will have superiority on the Day of Resurrection. Anas bin Malik told us that seventy from the Ansar
were martyred on the day of Uhud, and seventy on the day (of the battle of) Bir Ma'una, and seventy
on the day of Al-Yamama. Anas added, "The battle of Bir Ma'una took place during the lifetime of
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and the battle of Al-Yamama, during the caliphate of Abu Bakr, and it was the day
when Musailamah Al-Kadhdhab was killed."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to shroud two martyrs of Uhud in one sheet and then say, "Which of them knew
Qur'an more?" When one of the two was pointed out, he would put him first in the grave. Then he
said, "I will be a witness for them on the Day of Resurrection." He ordered them to be buried with
their blood (on their bodies). Neither was the funeral prayer offered for them, nor were they washed.
Jabir added, "When my father was martyred, I started weeping and uncovering his face. The
companions of the Prophet (PbUH) stopped me from doing so but the Prophet (PbUH) did not stop me. Then the
Prophet said, '(O Jabir.) don't weep over him, for the angels kept on covering him with their wings till
his body was carried away (for burial).

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I saw in a dream that I moved a sword and its blade got broken, and that
symbolized the casualties which the believers suffered on the day of Uhud. Then I moved it again, and
it became as perfect as it had been, and that symbolized the Conquest (of Mecca) which Allah helped
us to achieve, and the union of all the believers. I (also) saw cows in the dream, and what Allah does
is always beneficial. Those cows appeared to symbolize the faithful believers (who were martyred) on
the day of Uhud."

We migrated with the Prophet (PbUH) for Allah's Cause, so our reward became due with Allah. Some of us
passed away (i.e. died) without enjoying anything from their reward, and one of them was Mus`ab bin
`Umar who was killed (i.e. martyred) on the day of Uhud. He did not leave behind except a sheet of
striped woolen cloth. If we covered his head with it, his feet became naked, and if we covered his feet
with it, his head became naked. The Prophet (PbUH) said to us, "Cover his head with it and put Idhkhir (i.e. a
kind of grass) over his feet," or said, "Put some Idhkhir over his feet." But some of us have got their
fruits ripened, and they are collecting them.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is a mountain that loves us and is loved by us."

When the mountain of Uhud appeared before 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 have made Medina (i.e. the
area between its two mountains) a Sanctuary as well."

One day the Prophet (PbUH) went out and offered the (funeral) prayer for the people (i.e. martyrs) of Uhud as
he used to offer a funeral prayer for any dead person, and then (after returning) he ascended the pulpit
and said, "I am your predecessor before you, and I am a witness upon you, and I am looking at my
Tank just now, and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the world (or the keys of the world).
By Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah after me, but I am afraid that you
will compete with each other for (the pleasures of) this world."

The Prophet (PbUH) sent a Sariya of spies and appointed `Asim bin Thabit, the grandfather of `Asim bin
`Umar bin Al-Khattab, as their leader. So they set out, and when they reached (a place) between
'Usfan and Mecca, they were mentioned to one of the branch tribes of Bani Hudhail called Lihyan. So,
about one-hundred archers followed their traces till they (i.e. the archers) came to a journey station
where they (i.e. `Asim and his companions) had encamped and found stones of dates they had brought
as journey food from Medina.
The archers said, "These are the dates of Medina," and followed their traces till they took them over.
When `Asim and his companions were not able to go ahead, they went up a high place, and their
pursuers encircled them and said, "You have a covenant and a promise that if you come down to us,
we will not kill anyone of you." `Asim said, "As for me, I will never come down on the security of an
infidel. O Allah! Inform Your Prophet about us." So they fought with them till they killed `Asim along
with seven of his companions with arrows, and there remained Khubaib, Zaid and another man to
whom they gave a promise and a covenant. So when the infidels gave them the covenant and promise,
they came down. When they captured them, they opened the strings of their arrow bows and tied them
with it. The third man who was with them said, "This is the first breach in the covenant," and refused
to accompany them. They dragged him and tried to make him accompany them, but he refused, and
they killed him. Then they proceeded on taking Khubaib and Zaid till they sold them in Mecca. The
sons of Al-Harith bin `Amr bin Naufal bought Khubaib. It was Khubaib who had killed Al-Harith bin
`Amr on the day of Badr. Khubaib stayed with them for a while as a captive till they decided
unanimously to kill him. (At that time) Khubaib borrowed a razor from one of the daughters of Al-
Harith to shave his pubic hair. She gave it to him. She said later on, "I was heedless of a little baby of
mine, who moved towards Khubaib, and when it reached him, he put it on his thigh.
When I saw it, I got scared so much that Khubaib noticed my distress while he was carrying the razor
in his hand. He said 'Are you afraid that I will kill it? Allah willing, I will never do that,' " Later on she
used to say, "I have never seen a captive better than Khubaib Once I saw him eating from a bunch of
grapes although at that time no fruits were available at Mecca, and he was fettered with iron chains,
and in fact, it was nothing but food bestowed upon him by Allah." So they took him out of the
Sanctuary (of Mecca) to kill him. He said, "Allow me to offer a two-rak`at prayer." Then he went to
them and said, "Had I not been afraid that you would think I was afraid of death, I would have prayed
for a longer time." So it was Khubaib who first set the tradition of praying two rak`at before being
executed. He then said, "O Allah! Count them one by one," and added, 'When I am being martyred as
a Muslim, I do not care in what way I receive my death for Allah's Sake, because this death is in
Allah's Cause. If He wishes, He will bless the cut limbs." Then `Uqba bin Al-Harith got up and
martyred him. The narrator added: The Quraish (infidels) sent some people to `Asim in order to bring
a part of his body so that his death might be known for certain, for `Asim had killed one of their chiefs
on the day of Badr. But Allah sent a cloud of wasps which protected his body from their messengers
who could not harm his body consequently.

The person who killed Khubaib was Abu Sarua (i.e. `Uqba bin Al-Harith).

Anas said, "The Prophet (PbUH) sent seventy men, called Al-Qurra 'for some purpose. The two groups of Bani
Sulaim called Ri'l and Dhakwan, appeared to them near a well called Bir Ma'una. The people (i.e. Al-
Qurra) said, 'By Allah, we have not come to harm you, but we are passing by you on our way to do
something for the Prophet.' But (the infidels) killed them. The Prophet (PbUH) therefore invoked evil upon
them for a month during the morning prayer. That was the beginning of Al Qunut and we used not to
say Qunut before that." A man asked Anas about Al-Qunut, "Is it to be said after the Bowing (in the
prayer) or after finishing the Recitation (i.e. before Bowing)?" Anas replied, "No, but (it is to be said)
after finishing the Recitation."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said Al-Qunut for one month after the posture of Bowing, invoking evil upon some
'Arab tribes.

(The tribes of) Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usaiya and Bani Lihyan asked Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to provide them with
some men to support them against their enemy. He therefore provided them with seventy men from
the Ansar whom we used to call Al-Qurra' in their lifetime. They used to collect wood by daytime and
pray at night. When they were at the well of Ma'una, the infidels killed them by betraying them. When
this news reached the Prophet (PbUH) , he said Al-Qunut for one month In the morning prayer, invoking evil
upon some of the 'Arab tribes, upon Ril, Dhakwan, 'Usaiya and Bani Libyan. We used to read a verse
of the Qur'an revealed in their connection, but later the verse was cancelled. It was: "convey to our
people on our behalf the information that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us, and has
made us pleased." (Anas bin Malik added:) Allah's Prophet said Qunut for one month in the morning
prayer, invoking evil upon some of the 'Arab tribes (namely), Ril, Dhakwan, Usaiya, and Bani Libyan.
(Anas added:) Those seventy Ansari men were killed at the well of Mauna.

That the Prophet (PbUH) sent his uncle, the brother of Um Sulaim at the head of seventy riders. The chief of
the pagans, 'Amir bin at-Tufail proposed three suggestions (to the Prophet (PbUH) ) saying, "Choose one of
three alternatives: (1) that the bedouins will be under your command and the townspeople will be
under my command; (2) or that I will be your successor, (3) or otherwise I will attack you with two
thousand from Bani Ghatafan." But 'Amir was infected with plague in the House of Um so-and-so. He
said, "Shall I stay in the house of a lady from the family of so-and-so after having a (swelled) gland
like that she-camel? Get me my horse." So he died on the back of his horse. Then Haram, the brother
of Um Sulaim and a lame man along with another man from so-and-so (tribe) went towards the
pagans (i.e. the tribe of 'Amir). Haram said (to his companions), "Stay near to me, for I will go to
them. If they (i.e. infidels) should give me protection, you will be near to me, and if they should kill
me, then you should go back to your companions. Then Haram went to them and said, "Will you give
me protection so as to convey the message of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ?" So, he started talking to them' but
they signalled to a man (to kill him) and he went behind him and stabbed him (with a spear). He (i.e.
Haram) said, "Allahu Akbar! I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka`ba!" The companion of Haram
was pursued by the infidels, and then they (i.e. Haram's companions) were all killed except the lame
man who was at the top of a mountain. Then Allah revealed to us a verse that was among the
cancelled ones later on. It was: 'We have met our Lord and He is pleased with us and has made us
pleased.' (After this event) the Prophet (PbUH) invoked evil on the infidels every morning for 30 days. He
invoked evil upon the (tribes of) Ril, Dhakwan, Bani Lihyan and Usaiya who disobeyed Allah and His
Apostle.

That when Haram bin Milhan, his uncle was stabbed on the day of Bir Ma'una he sprinkled his blood
over his face and his head this way and then said, "I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka`ba.'

Abu Bakr asked the Prophet (PbUH) to allow him to go out (of Mecca) when he was greatly annoyed (by the
infidels). But the Prophet (PbUH) said to him, ''Wait." Abu Bakr said, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Do you hope that
you will be allowed (to migrate)?" Allah's Messenger (PbUH) replied, "I hope so." So Abu Bakr waited for him
till one day Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came at noon time and addressed him saying "Let whoever is present with
you, now leave you." Abu Bakr said, "None is present but my two daughters." The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Have you noticed that I have been allowed to go out (to migrate)?" Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's
Apostle, I would like to accompany you." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "You will accompany me." Abu Bakr
said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I have got two she-camels which I had prepared and kept ready for (our)
going out." So he gave one of the two (she-camels) to the Prophet (PbUH) and it was Al-Jad`a . They both
rode and proceeded till they reached the Cave at the mountain of Thaur where they hid themselves.
Amir bin Fuhaira was the slave of `Abdullah bin at-Tufail bin Sakhbara `Aisha's brother from her
mother's side. Abu Bakr had a milch she-camel. Amir used to go with it (i.e. the milch she-camel) in
the afternoon and come back to them before noon by setting out towards them in the early morning
when it was still dark and then he would take it to the pasture so that none of the shepherds would be
aware of his job. When the Prophet (PbUH) (and Abu Bakr) went away (from the Cave), he (i.e. 'Amir) too
went along with them and they both used to make him ride at the back of their camels in turns till they
reached Medina. 'Amir bin Fuhaira was martyred on the day of Bir Ma'una.
Narrated `Urwa: When those (Muslims) at Bir Ma'una were martyred and `Amr bin Umaiya Ad-
Damri was taken prisoner, 'Amir bin at-Tufail, pointing at a killed person, asked `Amr, "Who is this?"
`Amr bin Umaiya said to him, "He is 'Amir bin Fuhaira." 'Amir bin at-Tufail said, "I saw him lifted to
the sky after he was killed till I saw the sky between him and the earth, and then he was brought down
upon the earth. Then the news of the killed Muslims reached the Prophet (PbUH) and he announced the news
of their death saying, "Your companions (of Bir Ma'una) have been killed, and they have asked their
Lord saying, 'O our Lord! Inform our brothers about us as we are pleased with You and You are
pleased with us." So Allah informed them (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) and his companions) about them (i.e.
martyrs of Bir Mauna).
On that day, `Urwa bin Asma bin As-Salt who was one of them, was killed, and `Urwa (bin Az-
Zubair) was named after `Urwa bin Asma and Mundhir (bin AzZubair) was named after Mundhir bin
`Amr (who had also been martyred on that day).

The Prophet (PbUH) said Al-Qunut after Bowing (i.e. Ar-Ruku') for one month, invoking evil upon (the tribes
of) Ril and Dhakwan. He used to say, "Usaiya disobeyed Allah and His Apostle."

The Prophet (PbUH) invoked evil upon those (people) who killed his companions at Bir Mauna for 30 days (in
the morning prayer). He invoked evil upon (tribes of) Ril, Lihyan and Usaiya who disobeyed Allah
and His Apostle. Allah revealed a Qur'anic Verse to His Prophet regarding those who had been killed,
i.e. the Muslims killed at Bir Ma'una, and we recited the Verse till later it was cancelled. (The Verse
was:) 'Inform our people that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us, and we are pleased
with Him."

I asked Anas bin Malik regarding Al-Qunut during the prayer. Anas replied, "Yes (Al-Qunut was said
by the Prophet (PbUH) in the prayer)." I said, "Is it before Bowing or after Bowing?" Anas replied, "(It was
said) before (Bowing)." I said, "So-and-so informed me that you told him that it was said after
Bowing." Anas replied, "He was mistaken, for Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said Al-Qunut after Bowing for one
month. The Prophet (PbUH) had sent some people called Al-Qurra who were seventy in number, to some
pagan people who had concluded a peace treaty with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . But those who had concluded
the treaty with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) violated the treaty (and martyred all the seventy men). So Allah's
Apostle said Al-Qunut after Bowing (in the prayer) for one month, invoking evil upon them.

That the Prophet (PbUH) inspected him on the day of Uhud while he was fourteen years old, and the Prophet (PbUH)
did not allow him to take part in the battle. He was inspected again by the Prophet (PbUH) on the day of Al-
Khandaq (i.e. battle of the Trench) while he was fifteen years old, and the Prophet (PbUH) allowed him to take
Part in the battle.

We were with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in the Trench, and some were digging the trench while we were
carrying the earth on our shoulders. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'O Allah! There is no life except the life of
the Hereafter, so please forgive the Emigrants and the Ansar."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went out towards the Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and saw the Emigrants and the Ansar
digging the trench in the cold morning. They had no slaves to do that (work) for them. When the
Prophet saw their hardship and hunger, he said, 'O Allah! The real life is the life of the Hereafter, so
please forgive Ansar and the Emigrants." They said in reply to him, "We are those who have given the
Pledge of allegiances to Muhammad for to observe Jihad as long as we live."

Al-Muhajirun (i.e. the Emigrants) and the Ansar were digging the trench around Medina and were
carrying the earth on their backs while saying, "We are those who have given the pledge of allegiance
to Muhammad for Islam as long as we live." The Prophet (PbUH) said in reply to their saying, "O Allah!
There is no goodness except the goodness of the Hereafter; so please grant Your Blessing to the Ansar
and the Emigrants." The people used to bring a handful of barley, and a meal used to be prepared
thereof by cooking it with a cooking material (i.e. oil, fat and butter having a change in color and
smell) and it used to be presented to the people (i.e. workers) who were hungry, and it used to stick to
their throats and had a nasty smell.

We were digging (the trench) on the day of (Al-Khandaq ( i.e. Trench )) and we came across a big
solid rock. We went to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "Here is a rock appearing across the trench." He said, "I
am coming down." Then he got up, and a stone was tied to his belly for we had not eaten anything for
three days. So the Prophet (PbUH) took the spade and struck the big solid rock and it became like sand. I said,
"O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Allow me to go home." (When the Prophet (PbUH) allowed me) I said to my wife, "I saw
the Prophet (PbUH) in a state that I cannot treat lightly. Have you got something (for him to eat?" She replied,
"I have barley and a she goat." So I slaughtered the she-kid and she ground the barley; then we put the
meat in the earthenware cooking pot. Then I came to the Prophet (PbUH) when the dough had become soft and
fermented and (the meat in) the pot over the stone trivet had nearly been well-cooked, and said, "I
have got a little food prepared, so get up O Allah's Messenger (PbUH), you and one or two men along with you
(for the food)."
The Prophet (PbUH) asked, "How much is that food?" I told him about it. He said, "It is abundant and good.
Tell your wife not to remove the earthenware pot from the fire and not to take out any bread from the
oven till I reach there." Then he said (to all his companions), "Get up." So the Muhajirn (i.e.
Emigrants) and the Ansar got up. When I came to my wife, I said, "Allah's Mercy be upon you! The
Prophet came along with the Muhajirin and the Ansar and those who were present with them." She
said, "Did the Prophet (PbUH) ask you (how much food you had)?" I replied, "Yes." Then the Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Enter and do not throng." The Prophet (PbUH) started cutting the bread (into pieces) and put the cooked meat
over it. He covered the earthenware pot and the oven whenever he took something out of them. He
would give the food to his companions and take the meat out of the pot. He went on cutting the bread
and scooping the meat (for his companions) till they all ate their fill, and even then, some food
remained. Then the Prophet (PbUH) said (to my wife), "Eat and present to others as the people are struck with
hunger."

When the Trench was dug, I saw the Prophet (PbUH) in the state of severe hunger. So I returned to my wife
and said, "Have you got anything (to eat), for I have seen Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in a state of severe hunger."
She brought out for me, a bag containing one Sa of barley, and we had a domestic she animal (i.e. a
kid) which I slaughtered then, and my wife ground the barley and she finished at the time I finished
my job (i.e. slaughtering the kid). Then I cut the meat into pieces and put it in an earthenware
(cooking) pot, and returned to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . My wife said, "Do not disgrace me in front of Allah's
Apostle and those who are with him." So I went to him and said to him secretly, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I
have slaughtered a she-animal (i.e. kid) of ours, and we have ground a Sa of barley which was with us.
So please come, you and another person along with you." The Prophet (PbUH) raised his voice and said, "O
people of Trench ! Jabir has prepared a meal so let us go." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to me, "Don't put
down your earthenware meat pot (from the fireplace) or bake your dough till I come." So I came (to
my house) and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) too, came, proceeding before the people. When I came to my wife, she
said, "May Allah do so-and-so to you." I said, "I have told the Prophet (PbUH) of what you said." Then she
brought out to him (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) the dough, and he spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings in it.
Then he proceeded towards our earthenware meat-pot and spat in it and invoked for Allah's Blessings
in it. Then he said (to my wife). Call a lady-baker to bake along with you and keep on taking out
scoops from your earthenware meat-pot, and do not put it down from its fireplace." They were onethousand
(who took their meals), and by Allah they all ate, and when they left the food and went
away, our earthenware pot was still bubbling (full of meat) as if it had not decreased, and our dough
was still being baked as if nothing had been taken from it.

As regards the following Qur'anic Verse:-- "When they came on you from above and from below you
(from east and west of the valley) and when the eyes grew wild and the hearts reached up to the
throats....." (33.10) That happened on the day of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench).

The Prophet (PbUH) was carrying earth on the day of Al-Khandaq till his `Abdomen was fully covered with
dust, and he was saying, "By Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we
have given in charity, nor would we have prayed. So (O Allah), please send Sakina (i.e. calmness)
upon us, and make our feet firm if we meet the enemy as the enemy have rebelled against us, and if
they intended affliction, (i.e. want to frighten us and fight against us then we would not flee but
withstand them)." The Prophet (PbUH) used to raise his voice saying, "Abaina! Abaina! (i.e. would not, we
would not).

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

When it was the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. the clans) and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) dug the trench, I saw him
carrying earth out of the trench till dust made the skin of his `Abdomen out of my sight and he was a
hairy man. I heard him reciting the poetic verses composed by Ibn Rawaha while he was carrying the
earth, "O Allah! Without You we would not have been guided, nor would we have given in charity,
nor would we have prayed. So, (O Allah), please send Sakina (i.e. calmness) upon us and make our
feet firm if we meet the enemy, as they have rebelled against us. And if they intend affliction (i.e.
want to frighten us, and fight against us) then we would not (flee but withstand them)." The Prophet (PbUH)
would then prolong his voice at the last words.

The first day (i.e. Ghazwa) I participated in, was the day of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench).

Ibn `Umar said, "I went to Hafsa while water was dribbling from her twined braids. I said, 'The
condition of the people is as you see, and no authority has been given to me.' Hafsa said, (to me), 'Go
to them, and as they (i.e. the people) are waiting for you, and I am afraid your absence from them will
produce division amongst them.' " So Hafsa did not leave Ibn `Umar till we went to them. When the
people differed. Muawiya addressed the people saying, "'If anybody wants to say anything in this
matter of the Caliphate, he should show up and not conceal himself, for we are more rightful to be a
Caliph than he and his father." On that, Habib bin Masalama said (to Ibn `Umar), "Why don't you
reply to him (i.e. Muawiya)?" `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "I untied my garment that was going round
my back and legs while I was sitting and was about to say, 'He who fought against you and against
your father for the sake of Islam, is more rightful to be a Caliph,' but I was afraid that my statement
might produce differences amongst the people and cause bloodshed, and my statement might be
interpreted not as I intended. (So I kept quiet) remembering what Allah has prepared in the Gardens of
Paradise (for those who are patient and prefer the Hereafter to this worldly life)." Habib said, "You
did what kept you safe and secure (i.e. you were wise in doing so).

On the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. clans) the Prophet (PbUH) said, (After this battle) we will go to attack them(i.e.
the infidels) and they will not come to attack us."

When the clans were driven away, I heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, "From now onwards we will go to
attack them (i.e. the infidels) and they will not come to attack us, but we will go to them."

On the day of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench), the Prophet (PbUH) said '(Let) Allah fill their (i.e. the infidels')
houses and graves with fire just as they have prevented us from offering the Middle Prayer (i.e. `Asr
prayer) till the sun had set."

`Umar bin Al-Khattab came on the day of Al-Khandaq after the sun had set and he was abusing the
infidels of Quraish saying, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I was unable to offer the (`Asr) prayer till the sun was
about to set." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "By Allah, I have not offered this (i.e. `Asr) prayer." So we came
down along with the Prophet (PbUH) to Buthan where he performed ablution for the prayer and then we
performed the ablution for it. Then he offered the `Asr prayer after the sun had set, and after it he
offered the Maghrib prayer.

On the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. clans), Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'Who will bring us the news of the people
(i.e. the clans of Quraish infidels)?" Az-Zubair said, "I." The Prophet (PbUH) again said, "Who will bring us
the news of the people?" AzZubair said, "I." The Prophet (PbUH) again said, "Who will bring us the news of
the people?" Az-Zubair said, "I." The Prophet (PbUH) then said, "Every prophet has his Hawari (i.e. disciplespecial
helper); my disciple is Az-Zubair.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to say, "None has the right to be worshipped except Allah Alone (Who) honored
His Warriors and made His Slave victorious, and He (Alone) defeated the (infidel) clans; so there is
nothing after Him.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) invoked evil upon the clans saying, "Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book (i.e. the
Qur'an), the Quick Taker of the accounts! Please defeat the clans. O Allah! Defeat them and shake
them."

Whenever Allah's Messenger (PbUH) returned from a Ghazwa, Hajj or `Umra, he used to start (saying), "Allahu-
Akbar," thrice and then he would say, "None has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone Who
has no partners. To Him belongs the Kingdom, all praises are for Him, and He is able to do all things
(i.e. Omnipotent). We are returning with repentance (to Allah) worshipping, prostrating, and praising
our Lord. Allah has fulfilled His Promise, made His Slave victorious, and He (Alone) defeated the
clans (of infidels) ."

When the Prophet (PbUH) returned from Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and laid down his arms and took a bath,
Gabriel came and said (to the Prophet (PbUH) ), You have laid down your arms? By Allah, we angels have not
laid them down yet. So set out for them." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Where to go?" Gabriel said, "Towards
this side," pointing towards Banu Quraiza. So the Prophet (PbUH) went out towards them.

As if I am just now looking at the dust rising in the street of Banu Ghanm (in Medina) because of the
marching of Gabriel's regiment when Allah's Messenger (PbUH) set out to Banu Quraiza (to attack them).

On the day of Al-Ahzab (i.e. Clans) the Prophet (PbUH) said, "None of you Muslims) should offer the `Asr
prayer but at Banu Quraiza's place." The `Asr prayer became due for some of them on the way. Some
of those said, "We will not offer it till we reach it, the place of Banu Quraiza," while some others said,
"No, we will pray at this spot, for the Prophet (PbUH) did not mean that for us." Later on It was mentioned to
the Prophet (PbUH) and he did not berate any of the two groups.

Some (of the Ansar) used to present date palm trees to the Prophet (PbUH) till Banu Quraiza and Banu An-
Nadir were conquered (then he returned to the people their date palms). My people ordered me to ask
the Prophet (PbUH) to return some or all the date palms they had given to him, but the Prophet (PbUH) had given those
trees to Um Aiman. On that, Um Aiman came and put the garment around my neck and said, "No, by
Him except Whom none has the right to be worshipped, he will not return those trees to you as he (i.e.
the Prophet (PbUH) ) has given them to me." The Prophet (PbUH) go said (to her), "Return those trees and I will give
you so much (instead of them)." But she kept on refusing, saying, "No, by Allah," till he gave her ten
times the number of her date palms.

The people of (Banu) Quraiza agreed to accept the verdict of Sa`d bin Mu`adh. So the Prophet (PbUH) sent for
Sa`d, and the latter came (riding) a donkey and when he approached the Mosque, the Prophet (PbUH) said to
the Ansar, "Get up for your chief or for the best among you." Then the Prophet (PbUH) said (to Sa`d)." These
(i.e. Banu Quraiza) have agreed to accept your verdict." Sa`d said, "Kill their (men) warriors and take
their offspring as captives, "On that the Prophet (PbUH) said, "You have judged according to Allah's
Judgment," or said, "according to the King's judgment."

Sa`d was wounded on the day of Khandaq (i.e. Trench) when a man from Quraish, called Hibban bin
Al-`Araqa hit him (with an arrow). The man was Hibban bin Qais from (the tribe of) Bani Mais bin
'Amir bin Lu'ai who shot an arrow at Sa`d's medial arm vein (or main artery of the arm). The Prophet (PbUH)
pitched a tent (for Sa`d) in the Mosque so that he might be near to the Prophet (PbUH) to visit. When the
Prophet returned from the (battle) of Al-Khandaq (i.e. Trench) and laid down his arms and took a bath
Gabriel came to him while he (i.e. Gabriel) was shaking the dust off his head, and said, "You have laid
down the arms?" By Allah, I have not laid them down. Go out to them (to attack them)." The Prophet (PbUH)
said, "Where?" Gabriel pointed towards Bani Quraiza. So Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went to them (i.e. Banu
Quraiza) (i.e. besieged them). They then surrendered to the Prophet's judgment but he directed them to
Sa`d to give his verdict concerning them. Sa`d said, "I give my judgment that their warriors should be
killed, their women and children should be taken as captives, and their properties distributed."
Narrated Hisham: My father informed me that `Aisha said, "Sa`d said, "O Allah! You know that there
is nothing more beloved to me than to fight in Your Cause against those who disbelieved Your
Apostle and turned him out (of Mecca). O Allah! I think you have put to an end the fight between us
and them (i.e. Quraish infidels). And if there still remains any fight with the Quraish (infidels), then
keep me alive till I fight against them for Your Sake. But if you have brought the war to an end, then
let this wound burst and cause my death thereby.' So blood gushed from the wound. There was a tent
in the Mosque belonging to Banu Ghifar who were surprised by the blood flowing towards them .
They said, 'O people of the tent! What is this thing which is coming to us from your side?' Behold!
Blood was flowing profusely out of Sa`d's wound. Sa`d then died because of that."

The Prophet (PbUH) said to Hassan, "Abuse them (with your poems), and Gabriel is with you (i.e, supports
you)." (Through another group of sub narrators) Al-Bara bin Azib said, "On the day of Quraiza's
(besiege), Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to Hassan bin Thabit, 'Abuse them (with your poems), and Gabriel is
with you (i.e. supports you).' "

"On the day of Quraiza's (siege), Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to Hassan bin Thabit, 'Abuse them (with your poems), and Jibril is with you.'"

The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) led his Companions in the Fear Prayer in the seventh Ghazwa i.e. the Ghazwa of Dhat-ur-Riqa. Ibn Abbas said, "The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) offered the Fear Prayer at a place called Dhi-Qarad."

Jabir said that the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) led the people in the Fear Prayer on the day of Muharib and Tha'laba (i.e. the day of the battle of Dhat-ur-Riqa').

"The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) set out for the battle of Dhat-ur-Riqa' at a place called Nakhl and he met a group of people from Ghatafan, but there was no clash (between them); the people were afraid of each other and the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) offered the two raka'at of the Fear prayer."

Narrated Salama: "I fought in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) on the day of al-Qarad."

Abu Musa said, "We went out in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) for a Ghazwa and we were six persons
having one camel which we rode in rotation. So, (due to excessive walking) our feet became thin and
my feet became thin and my nail dropped, and we used to wrap our feet with the pieces of cloth, and
for this reason, the Ghazwa was named Dhat-ur-Riqa as we wrapped our feet with rags." When Abu-
Musa narrated this (Hadith), he felt regretful to do so and said, as if he disliked to have disclosed a
good deed of his.

Concerning those who witnessed the Fear Prayer that was performed in the battle of Dhat-ur-Riqa' in
the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH); One batch lined up behind him while another batch (lined up) facing
the enemy. The Prophet (PbUH) led the batch that was with him in one rak`a, and he stayed in the standing
posture while that batch completed their (two rak`at) prayer by themselves and went away, lining in
the face of the enemy, while the other batch came and he (i.e. the Prophet) offered his remaining rak`a
with them, and then, kept on sitting till they completed their prayer by themselves, and he then
finished his prayer with Taslim along with them.

Jabir said, "We were with the Prophet (PbUH) at Nakhl," and then he mentioned the
Fear prayer.
Narrated Al-Qasim bin Muhammad: The Prophet (PbUH) offered the Fear prayer in the Ghazwa of Banu
Anmar.

(describing the Fear prayer): The Imam stands up facing the Qibla and one batch of them (i.e. the
army) (out of the two) prays along with him and the other batch faces the enemy. The Imam offers one
rak`a with the first batch they themselves stand up alone and offer one bowing and two prostrations
while they are still in their place, and then go away to relieve the second batch, and the second batch
comes (and takes the place of the first batch in the prayer behind the Imam) and he offers the second
rak`a with them. So he completes his two-rak`at and then the second batch bows and prostrates two
prostrations (i.e. complete their second rak`a and thus all complete their prayer).

(This hadith has also been narrated through two other chain by Sahl b. Abi Hathma)

I took part in a Ghazwa towards Najd along with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and we clashed with the enemy, and
we lined up for them.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) led the Fear-prayer with one of the two batches of the army while the other (batch)
faced the enemy. Then the first batch went away and took places of their companions (i.e. second
batch) and the second batch came and he led his second rak`a with them. Then he (i.e. the Prophet:
finished his prayer with Taslim and then each of the two batches got up and completed their remaining
one rak`a.

Jabir mentioned that he had participated in a Ghazwa towards Najd in the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
.

That he fought in a Ghazwa towards Najd along with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and when Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
returned, he too, returned along with him. The time of the afternoon nap overtook them when they
were in a valley full of thorny trees. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) dismounted and the people dispersed amongst the
thorny trees, seeking the shade of the trees. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) took shelter under a Samura tree and hung
his sword on it. We slept for a while when Allah's Messenger (PbUH) suddenly called us, and we went to him, to
find a bedouin sitting with him. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "This (bedouin) took my sword out of its sheath
while I was asleep. When I woke up, the naked sword was in his hand and he said to me, 'Who can
save you from me?, I replied, 'Allah.' Now here he is sitting." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) did not punish him (for
that).

"We were in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) (during the
battle of) Dhat-ur-Riqa', and we came across a shady tree and we left it for the Prophet (PbUH) (to take rest
under its shade). A man from the pagans came while the Prophet's sword was hanging on the tree. He
took it out of its sheath secretly and said (to the Prophet (PbUH) ), 'Are you afraid of me?' The Prophet (PbUH) said,
'No.' He said, 'Who can save you from me?' The Prophet (PbUH) said, Allah.' The companions of the Prophet (PbUH)
threatened him, then the Iqama for the prayer was announced and the Prophet (PbUH) offered a two rak`at
Fear prayer with one of the two batches, and that batch went aside and he offered two rak`a-t with the
other batch. So the Prophet (PbUH) offered four rak`at but the people offered two rak`at only." (The subnarrator)
Abu Bishr added, "The man was Ghaurath bin Al-Harith and the battle was waged against
Muharib Khasafa."

Jabir added, "We were with the Prophet (PbUH) at Nakhl and he offered the Fear prayer."
Abu Huraira said, "I offered the Fear prayer with the Prophet (PbUH) during the Ghazwa (i.e. the battle) of
Najd." Abu Huraira came to the Prophet (PbUH) during the day of Khaibar.

I entered the Mosque and saw Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri and sat beside him and asked him about Al-Azl
(i.e. coitus interruptus). Abu Sa`id said, "We went out with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) for the Ghazwa of Banu
Al-Mustaliq and we received captives from among the Arab captives and we desired women and
celibacy became hard on us and we loved to do coitus interruptus. So when we intended to do coitus
interrupt us, we said, 'How can we do coitus interruptus before asking Allah's Messenger (PbUH) who is present
among us?" We asked (him) about it and he said, 'It is better for you not to do so, for if any soul (till
the Day of Resurrection) is predestined to exist, it will exist."

We took part in the Ghazwa of Najd along with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and when the time for the afternoon
rest approached while he was in a valley with plenty of thorny trees, he dismounted under a tree and
rested in its shade and hung his sword (on it). The people dispersed amongst the trees in order to have
shade. While we were in this state, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) called us and we came and found a bedouin sitting
in front of him. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "This (Bedouin) came to me while I was asleep, and he took my
sword stealthily. I woke up while he was standing by my head, holding my sword without its sheath.
He said, 'Who will save you from me?' I replied, 'Allah.' So he sheathed it (i.e. the sword) and sat
down, and here he is." But Allah's Messenger (PbUH) did not punish him.

I saw the Prophet (PbUH) offering his Nawafil prayer on his Mount facing the East during the Ghazwa of
Anmar.

Whenever Allah's Messenger (PbUH) intended to go on a journey, he used to draw lots amongst his wives, and
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to take with him the one on whom lot fell. He drew lots amongst us during one of
the Ghazwat which he fought. The lot fell on me and so I proceeded with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) after Allah's
order of veiling (the women) had been revealed. I was carried (on the back of a camel) in my howdah
and carried down while still in it (when we came to a halt). So we went on till Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had
finished from that Ghazwa of his and returned.
When we approached the city of Medina he announced at night that it was time for departure. So
when they announced the news of departure, I got up and went away from the army camps, and after
finishing from the call of nature, I came back to my riding animal. I touched my chest to find that my
necklace which was made of Zifar beads (i.e. Yemenite beads partly black and partly white) was
missing. So I returned to look for my necklace and my search for it detained me. (In the meanwhile)
the people who used to carry me on my camel, came and took my howdah and put it on the back of
my camel on which I used to ride, as they considered that I was in it. In those days women were light
in weight for they did not get fat, and flesh did not cover their bodies in abundance as they used to eat
only a little food. Those people therefore, disregarded the lightness of the howdah while lifting and
carrying it; and at that time I was still a young girl. They made the camel rise and all of them left
(along with it). I found my necklace after the army had gone.
Then I came to their camping place to find no call maker of them, nor one who would respond to the
call. So I intended to go to the place where I used to stay, thinking that they would miss me and come
back to me (in my search). While I was sitting in my resting place, I was overwhelmed by sleep and
slept. Safwan bin Al-Muattal As-Sulami Adh-Dhakwani was behind the army. When he reached my
place in the morning, he saw the figure of a sleeping person and he recognized me on seeing me as he
had seen me before the order of compulsory veiling (was prescribed). So I woke up when he recited
Istirja' (i.e. "Inna li l-lahi wa inna llaihi raji'un") as soon as he recognized me. I veiled my face with
my head cover at once, and by Allah, we did not speak a single word, and I did not hear him saying
any word besides his Istirja'. He dismounted from his camel and made it kneel down, putting his leg
on its front legs and then I got up and rode on it. Then he set out leading the camel that was carrying
me till we overtook the army in the extreme heat of midday while they were at a halt (taking a rest).
(Because of the event) some people brought destruction upon themselves and the one who spread the
Ifk (i.e. slander) more, was `Abdullah bin Ubai Ibn Salul."
(Urwa said, "The people propagated the slander and talked about it in his (i.e. `Abdullah's) presence
and he confirmed it and listened to it and asked about it to let it prevail." `Urwa also added, "None
was mentioned as members of the slanderous group besides (`Abdullah) except Hassan bin Thabit and
Mistah bin Uthatha and Hamna bint Jahsh along with others about whom I have no knowledge, but
they were a group as Allah said. It is said that the one who carried most of the slander was `Abdullah
bin Ubai bin Salul." `Urwa added, "`Aisha disliked to have Hassan abused in her presence and she
used to say, 'It was he who said: My father and his (i.e. my father's) father and my honor are all for the
protection of Muhammad's honor from you.").
`Aisha added, "After we returned to Medina, I became ill for a month. The people were propagating
the forged statements of the slanderers while I was unaware of anything of all that, but I felt that in my
present ailment, I was not receiving the same kindness from Allah's Messenger (PbUH) as I used to receive when
I got sick. (But now) Allah's Messenger (PbUH) would only come, greet me and say,' How is that (lady)?' and
leave. That roused my doubts, but I did not discover the evil (i.e. slander) till I went out after my
convalescence, I went out with Um Mistah to Al-Manasi' where we used to answer the call of nature
and we used not to go out (to answer the call of nature) except at night, and that was before we had
latrines near our houses. And this habit of our concerning evacuating the bowels, was similar to the
habits of the old 'Arabs living in the deserts, for it would be troublesome for us to take latrines near
our houses. So I and Um Mistah who was the daughter of Abu Ruhm bin Al-Muttalib bin `Abd
Manaf, whose mother was the daughter of Sakhr bin 'Amir and the aunt of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and
whose son was Mistah bin Uthatha bin `Abbas bin Al-Muttalib, went out. I and Um Mistah returned to
my house after we finished answering the call of nature. Um Mistah stumbled by getting her foot
entangled in her covering sheet and on that she said, 'Let Mistah be ruined!' I said, 'What a hard word
you have said. Do you abuse a man who took part in the battle of Badr?' On that she said, 'O you
Hantah! Didn't you hear what he (i.e. Mistah) said? 'I said, 'What did he say?'
Then she told me the slander of the people of Ifk. So my ailment was aggravated, and when I reached
my home, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came to me, and after greeting me, said, 'How is that (lady)?' I said, 'Will
you allow me to go to my parents?' as I wanted to be sure about the news through them. Allah's
Apostle allowed me (and I went to my parents) and asked my mother, 'O mother! What are the people
talking about?' She said, 'O my daughter! Don't worry, for scarcely is there a charming woman who is
loved by her husband and whose husband has other wives besides herself that they (i.e. women) would
find faults with her.' I said, 'Subhan-Allah! (I testify the uniqueness of Allah). Are the people really
talking in this way?' I kept on weeping that night till dawn I could neither stop weeping nor sleep then
in the morning again, I kept on weeping. When the Divine Inspiration was delayed.
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) called `Ali bin Abi Talib and Usama bin Zaid to ask and consult them about divorcing
me. Usama bin Zaid said what he knew of my innocence, and the respect he preserved in himself for
me. Usama said, '(O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!) She is your wife and we do not know anything except good
about her.' `Ali bin Abi Talib said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Allah does not put you in difficulty and there
are plenty of women other than she, yet, ask the maid-servant who will tell you the truth.' On that
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) called Barira (i.e. the maid-servant) and said, 'O Barira! Did you ever see anything
which aroused your suspicion?' Barira said to him, 'By Him Who has sent you with the Truth. I have
never seen anything in her (i.e. Aisha) which I would conceal, except that she is a young girl who
sleeps leaving the dough of her family exposed so that the domestic goats come and eat it.'
So, on that day, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) got up on the pulpit and complained about `Abdullah bin Ubai (bin
Salul) before his companions, saying, 'O you Muslims! Who will relieve me from that man who has
hurt me with his evil statement about my family? By Allah, I know nothing except good about my
family and they have blamed a man about whom I know nothing except good and he used never to
enter my home except with me.' Sa`d bin Mu`adh the brother of Banu `Abd Al-Ashhal got up and
said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I will relieve you from him; if he is from the tribe of Al-Aus, then I will chop
his head off, and if he is from our brothers, i.e. Al-Khazraj, then order us, and we will fulfill your
order.' On that, a man from Al-Khazraj got up. Um Hassan, his cousin, was from his branch tribe, and
he was Sa`d bin Ubada, chief of Al-Khazraj. Before this incident, he was a pious man, but his love for
his tribe goaded him into saying to Sa`d (bin Mu`adh). 'By Allah, you have told a lie; you shall not
and cannot kill him. If he belonged to your people, you would not wish him to be killed.'
On that, Usaid bin Hudair who was the cousin of Sa`d (bin Mu`adh) got up and said to Sa`d bin
'Ubada, 'By Allah! You are a liar! We will surely kill him, and you are a hypocrite arguing on the
behalf of hypocrites.' On this, the two tribes of Al-Aus and Al Khazraj got so much excited that they
were about to fight while Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was standing on the pulpit. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) kept on
quietening them till they became silent and so did he. All that day I kept on weeping with my tears
never ceasing, and I could never sleep.
In the morning my parents were with me and I wept for two nights and a day with my tears never
ceasing and I could never sleep till I thought that my liver would burst from weeping. So, while my
parents were sitting with me and I was weeping, an Ansari woman asked me to grant her admittance. I
allowed her to come in, and when she came in, she sat down and started weeping with me. While we
were in this state, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) came, greeted us and sat down. He had never sat with me since that
day of the slander. A month had elapsed and no Divine Inspiration came to him about my case. Allah's
Apostle then recited Tashah-hud and then said, 'Amma Badu, O `Aisha! I have been informed so-andso
about you; if you are innocent, then soon Allah will reveal your innocence, and if you have
committed a sin, then repent to Allah and ask Him for forgiveness for when a slave confesses his sins
and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah accepts his repentance.'
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When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) finished his speech, my tears ceased flowing completely that I no longer felt a
single drop of tear flowing. I said to my father, 'Reply to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on my behalf concerning
what he has said.' My father said, 'By Allah, I do not know what to say to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) .' Then I
said to my mother, 'Reply to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on my behalf concerning what he has said.' She said, 'By
Allah, I do not know what to say to Allah's Messenger (PbUH).' In spite of the fact that I was a young girl and had
a little knowledge of Qur'an, I said, 'By Allah, no doubt I know that you heard this (slanderous) speech
so that it has been planted in your hearts (i.e. minds) and you have taken it as a truth. Now if I tell you
that I am innocent, you will not believe me, and if confess to you about it, and Allah knows that I am
innocent, you will surely believe me. By Allah, I find no similitude for me and you except that of
Joseph's father when he said, '(For me) patience in the most fitting against that which you assert; it is
Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought.' Then I turned to the other side and lay on my bed; and
Allah knew then that I was innocent and hoped that Allah would reveal my innocence. But, by Allah, I
never thought that Allah would reveal about my case, Divine Inspiration, that would be recited
(forever) as I considered myself too unworthy to be talked of by Allah with something of my concern,
but I hoped that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) might have a dream in which Allah would prove my innocence. But,
by Allah, before Allah's Messenger (PbUH) left his seat and before any of the household left, the Divine
inspiration came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH).
So there overtook him the same hard condition which used to overtake him, (when he used to be
inspired Divinely). The sweat was dropping from his body like pearls though it was a wintry day and
that was because of the weighty statement which was being revealed to him. When that state of
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was over, he got up smiling, and the first word he said was, 'O `Aisha! Allah has
declared your innocence!' Then my Mother said to me, 'Get up and go to him (i.e. Allah's Messenger (PbUH)). I
replied, 'By Allah, I will not go to him, and I praise none but Allah. So Allah revealed the ten Verses:-

"Verily! They who spread the slander Are a gang, among you............." (24.11-20)
Allah revealed those Qur'anic Verses to declare my innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to
disburse money for Mistah bin Uthatha because of his relationship to him and his poverty, said, 'By
Allah, I will never give to Mistah bin Uthatha anything after what he has said about Aisha.' Then
Allah revealed:--
"And let not those among you who are good and wealthy swear not to give (any sort of help) to their
kinsmen, those in need, and those who have left their homes for Allah's cause, let them pardon and
forgive. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is oft-Forgiving Most Merciful."
(24.22)
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq said, 'Yes, by Allah, I would like that Allah forgive me.' and went on giving
Mistah the money he used to give him before. He also added, 'By Allah, I will never deprive him of it
at all.'
Aisha further said:." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) also asked Zainab bint Jahsh (i.e. his wife) about my case. He
said to Zainab, 'What do you know and what did you see?" She replied, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I refrain
from claiming falsely that I have heard or seen anything. By Allah, I know nothing except good (about
`Aisha).' From amongst the wives of the Prophet (PbUH) Zainab was my peer (in beauty and in the love she
received from the Prophet) but Allah saved her from that evil because of her piety. Her sister Hamna,
started struggling on her behalf and she was destroyed along with those who were destroyed. The man
who was blamed said, 'Subhan-Allah! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I have never uncovered the
cover (i.e. veil) of any female.' Later on the man was martyred in Allah's Cause."

Al-Walid bin `Abdul Malik said to me, "Have you heard that `Ali' was one of those who slandered
`Aisha?" I replied, "No, but two men from your people (named) Abu Salama bin `Abdur-Rahman and
Abu Bakr bin `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Harith have informed me that Aisha told them that `Ali
remained silent about her case."

Um Ruman, the mother of `Aisha said that while `Aisha and she were sitting, an Ansari woman came
and said, "May Allah harm such and-such a person!" Um Ruman said to her, What is the matter?" She
replied, "My son was amongst those who talked of the story (of the Slander)." Um Ruman said, "What
is that?" She said, "So-and-so...." and narrated the whole story. On that `Aisha said, "Did Allah's
Apostle hear about that?" She replies, "yes." `Aisha further said, "And Abu Bakr too?" She replied,
"Yes." On that, `Aisha fell down fainting, and when she came to her senses, she had got fever with
rigors. I put her clothes over her and covered her. The Prophet (PbUH) came and asked, "What is wrong with
this (lady)?" Um Ruman replied, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! She (i.e. `Aisha) has got temperature with
rigors." He said, "Perhaps it is because of the story that has been talked about?" She said, "Yes."
`Aisha sat up and said, "By Allah, if I took an oath (that I am innocent), you would not believe me,
and if I said (that I am not innocent), you would not excuse me. My and your example is like that of
Jacob and his sons (as Jacob said ): 'It is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought against that you
assert.' Um Ruman said, "The Prophet (PbUH) then went out saying nothing. Then Allah declared her
innocence. On that, `Aisha said (to the Prophet), "I thank Allah only; thank neither anybody else nor
you."

`Aisha used to recite this Verse:-- 'Ida taliqunahu bi-alsinatikum' (24.15) "(As you tell lie with your
tongues.)" and used to say "Al-Walaq" means "telling of a lie. "She knew this Verse more than
anybody else as it was revealed about her.

I started abusing Hassan in front of `Aisha. She said, "Do not abuse him as he used to defend Allah's
Apostle (against the infidels). `Aisha added, "Once Hassan took the permission from the Prophet (PbUH) to
say poetic verses against the infidels. On that the Prophet (PbUH) said, 'How will you exclude my forefathers
(from that)? Hassan replied, 'I will take you out of them as one takes a hair out of the dough."
Hisham's father added, "I abused Hassan as he was one of those who spoke against `Aisha."

We went to `Aisha while Hassan bin Thabit was with her reciting poetry to her from some of his
poetic verses, saying "A chaste wise lady about whom nobody can have suspicion. She gets up with an
empty stomach because she never eats the flesh of indiscreet (ladies)." `Aisha said to him, "But you
are not like that." I said to her, "Why do you grant him admittance, though Allah said:-- "and as for
him among them, who had the greater share therein, his will be a severe torment." (24.11)
On that, `Aisha said, "And what punishment is more than blinding?" She, added, "Hassan used to
defend or say poetry on behalf of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (against the infidels).

We went out with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in the year of Al-Hudaibiya. One night it rained and Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
led us in the Fajr prayer and (after finishing it), turned to us and said, " Do you know what your Lord
has said?" We replied, "Allah and His Apostle know it better." He said, "Allah said:-- "(Some of) My
slaves got up believing in Me, And (some of them) disbelieving in Me. The one who said: We have
been given Rain through Allah's Mercy and Allah's Blessing and Allah's Bounty, Then he is a believer
in Me, and is a Disbeliever in the star. And whoever said: We have been given rain because of suchand-
such star, Then he is a believer in the star, and is a disbeliever in Me."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) performed four `Umras, all in the month of Dhul-Qa'da, except the one which he
performed with his Hajj (i.e. in Dhul-Hijja). He performed one `Umra from Al-Hudaibiya in Dhul-
Qa'da, another `Umra in the following year in Dhul Qa'da a third from Al-Jirana where he distributed
the war booty of Hunain, in Dhul Qa'da, and the fourth `Umra he performed was with his Hajj.

We set out with the Prophet (PbUH) in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and all his companions assumed the state of
Ihram but I did not.

Do you (people) consider the conquest of Mecca, the Victory (referred to in the Qur'an 48:1). Was the
conquest of Mecca a victory? We really consider that the actual Victory was the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of
allegiance which we gave on the day of Al-Hudaibiya (to the Prophet) . On the day of Al-Hudaibiya
we were fourteen hundred men along with the Prophet (PbUH) Al-Hudaibiya was a well, the water of which
we used up leaving not a single drop of water in it. When the Prophet (PbUH) was informed of that, he came
and sat on its edge. Then he asked for a utensil of water, performed ablution from it, rinsed (his
mouth), invoked (Allah), and poured the remaining water into the well. We stayed there for a while
and then the well brought forth what we required of water for ourselves and our riding animals.

That they were in the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on the day of Al-Hudaibiya and their number was
1400 or more. They camped at a well and drew its water till it was dried. When they informed Allah's
Apostle of that, he came and sat over its edge and said, "Bring me a bucket of its water." When it was
brought, he spat and invoked (Allah) and said, "Leave it for a while." Then they quenched their thirst
and watered their riding animals (from that well) till they departed.

Jabir said "On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, the people felt thirsty and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had a utensil
containing water. He performer ablution from it and then the people came towards him. Allah's
Apostle said, 'What is wrong with you?' The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! We haven't got any water
to perform ablution with or to drink, except what you have in your utensil.' So the Prophet (PbUH) put his
hand in the utensil and the water started spouting out between his fingers like springs. So we drank
and performed ablution." I said to Jabir, "What was your number on that day?" He replied, "Even if
we had been one hundred thousand, that water would have been sufficient for us. Anyhow, we were
1500.'

I said to Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, "I have been informed that Jabir bin `Abdullah said that the number
(of Al-Hudaibiya Muslim warriors) was 1400." Sa`id said to me, "Jabir narrated to me that they were
1500 who gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (PbUH) on the day of Al-Hudaibiya.'

On the day of Al-Hudaibiya, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to us' "You are the best people on the earth!" We
were 1400 then. If I could see now, I would have shown you the place of the Tree (beneath which we gave the
Pledge of Allegiance)." Salim said, "Our number was 1400."

`Abdullah bin Abi `Aufa
said, "The people (who gave the Pledge of allegiance) under the Tree numbered 1300 and the number of Bani Aslam was 1/8 of the Emigrants."

Who was among those (who had given the Pledge of allegiance) under the Tree: Pious people will die
in succession, and there will remain the dregs of society who will be like the useless residues of dates
and barley and Allah will pay no attention to them.

The Prophet (PbUH) went out in the company of 1300 to 1500 of his companions in the year of Al-Hudaibiya,
and when they reached Dhul-Hulaifa, he garlanded and marked his Hadi and assumed the state of
Ihram.

That Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saw him with the lice falling (from his head) on his face. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said,
"Are your lice troubling you? Ka`b said, "Yes." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) thus ordered him to shave his head
while he was at Al-Hudaibiya. Up to then there was no indication that all of them would finish their
state of Ihram and they hoped that they would enter Mecca. Then the order of Al-Fidya was revealed,
so Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ordered Ka`b to feed six poor persons with one Faraq of food or slaughter a sheep
or fast for three days.

Once I went with `Umar bin Al-Khattab to the market. A young woman followed `Umar and said, "O
chief of the believers! My husband has died, leaving little children. By Allah, they have not even a
sheep's trotter to cook; they have no farms or animals. I am afraid that they may die because of
hunger, and I am the daughter of Khufaf bin Ima Al-Ghafari, and my father witnessed the Pledge of
allegiance) of Al-Hudaibiya with the Prophet.' `Umar stopped and did not proceed, and said, "I
welcome my near relative." Then he went towards a strong camel which was tied in the house, and
carried on to it, two sacks he had loaded with food grains and put between them money and clothes
and gave her its rope to hold and said, "Lead it, and this provision will not finish till Allah gives you a
good supply." A man said, "O chief of the believers! You have given her too much." "`Umar said
disapprovingly. "May your mother be bereaved of you! By Allah, I have seen her father and brother
besieging a fort for a long time and conquering it, and then we were discussing what their shares they
would have from that war booty."

That his father said, "I saw the Tree (of the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance and when I returned to it
later, I was not able to recognize it. (The sub--narrator MahmiJd said, Al-Musaiyab said, 'Then; forgot
it (i.e., the Tree).)"

When I set out for Hajj, I passed by some people offering a prayer, I asked, "What is this mosque?"
They said, "This is the Tree where Allah's Messenger (PbUH) took the Ar-Ridwan Pledge of allegiance. Then I
went to Sa`id bin Musaiyab and informed him about it. Sa`id said, "My father said that he was
amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) beneath the Tree. He (i.e. my
father) said, "When we set out the following year, we forgot the Tree and were unable to recognize it.
"Then Sa`id said (perhaps ironically) "The companions of the Prophet (PbUH) could not recognize it;
nevertheless, you do recognize it; therefore you have a better knowledge."

That his father was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance (to the Prophet (PbUH) ) beneath
the Tree, and the next year when they went towards the Tree, they were not able to recognize it.

(The tree where the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance was taken by the Prophet) was mentioned before
Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab. On that he smiled and said, "My father informed me (about it) and he had
witnessed it (i.e. the Pledge) ."

(Who was one of those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (PbUH) beneath the Tree) When
the people brought Sadaqa (i.e. rak`at) to the Prophet (PbUH) he used to say, "O Allah! Bless them with your
Mercy." Once my father came with his Sadaqa to him whereupon he (i.e. the Prophet) said. "O Allah!
Bless the family of Abu `Aufa."

When it was the day (of the battle) of Al-Harra the people were giving Pledge of allegiance to
`Abdullah bin Hanzala. Ibn Zaid said, "For what are the people giving Pledge of allegiance to
`Abdullah bin Hanzala?" It was said to him, "For death." Ibn Zaid said, "I will never give the Pledge
of allegiance for that to anybody else after Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ." Ibn Zaid was one of those who had
witnessed the day of Al-Hudaibiya with the Prophet.

My father who was amongst those who had given the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (PbUH) beneath the
Tree, said to me, "We used to offer the Jumua prayer with the Prophet (PbUH) and then depart at a time when
the walls had no shade for us to take shelter in."

I said to Salama bin Al-Akwa`, "For what did you give the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on
the day of Al-Hudaibiya?" He replied, "For death (in the Cause of Islam.).

I met Al-Bara bin `Azib and said (to him). "May you live prosperously! You enjoyed the company of
the Prophet (PbUH) and gave him the Pledge of allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) under the Tree." On that, Al-
Bara' said, "O my nephew! You do not know what we have done after him (i.e. his death).

that Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak had informed him that he was one of those who had given the Pledge of
allegiance (of Al-Hudaibiya) beneath the Tree.

regarding Allah's Statement: "Verily! We have granted you (O, Muhammad) Manifest victory."
(48.1) It refers to the Al-Hudaibiya Pledge. And the companions of the Prophet (PbUH) said (to the Prophet),
"Congratulations and happiness for you; but what reward shall we get?" So Allah revealed:-- "That He
may admit the believing men and women to gardens beneath which rivers flow." (48.5)

(who was one of those who had witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree) While I was
making fire beneath the cooking pots containing donkey's meat, the announcer of Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
announced, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbids you to eat donkey's meat."

The same narration was told by Majzaa from a man called Uhban bin Aus who was one of those who
had witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree., and who had some trouble in his knee so
that while doing prostrations, he used to put a pillow underneath his knee.

who was one of those who witnessed (the Pledge of allegiance beneath) the Tree: Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and
his companions were given Sawiq and they chewed it.

I asked Aidh bin `Amr, who was one of the companions of the Prophet (PbUH) one of those (who gave the
allegiance to the Prophet (PbUH) the Tree: "Can the witr prayer be repeated (in one night)?" He said, "If you
have offered it in the first part of the night, you should not repeat it in the last part 'of the night." (See
Fath-ul-Bari page 458 Vol 8th).

My father said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was proceeding at night on one of his journeys and `Umar bin Al-
Khattab was going along with him. `Umar bin Al-Khattab asked him (about something) but Allah's
Apostle did not answer him. `Umar asked him again, but he did not answer him. He asked him again
(for the third time) but he did not answer him. On that `Umar bin Al-Khattab addressed himself
saying, "May your mother be bereaved of you, O `Umar, for you have asked Allah's Messenger (PbUH) thrice,
yet he has not answered you." `Umar said, "Then I made my camel run fast and took it in front of the
other Muslims, and I was afraid that something might be revealed in my connection. I had hardly
waited for a moment when I heard somebody calling me. I said, 'I was afraid that something might
have been revealed about me.' Then I came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and greeted him. He (i.e. the Prophet)
said, 'Tonight there has been revealed to me, a Sura which is dearer to me than (all the world) on
which the sun rises,' and then he recited: 'Verily! We have granted you (O Muhammad) A manifest
victory." (48.1)

(one of them said more than his friend): The Prophet (PbUH) set out in the company of more than onethousand
of his companions in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and when he reached Dhul-Hulaifa, he
garlanded his Hadi (i.e. sacrificing animal), assumed the state of Ihram for `Umra from that place and
sent a spy of his from Khuzi'a (tribe). The Prophet (PbUH) proceeded on till he reached (a village called)
Ghadir-al-Ashtat. There his spy came and said, "The Quraish (infidels) have collected a great number
of people against you, and they have collected against you the Ethiopians, and they will fight with
you, and will stop you from entering the Ka`ba and prevent you." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O people! Give
me your opinion. Do you recommend that I should destroy the families and offspring of those who
want to stop us from the Ka`ba? If they should come to us (for peace) then Allah will destroy a spy
from the pagans, or otherwise we will leave them in a miserable state." On that Abu Bakr said, "O
Allah Apostle! You have come with the intention of visiting this House (i.e. Ka`ba) and you do not
want to kill or fight anybody. So proceed to it, and whoever should stop us from it, we will fight him."
On that the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Proceed on, in the Name of Allah !"

That he heard Marwan bin Al-Hakam and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama relating one of the events that
happened to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in the `Umra of Al-Hudaibiya. They said, "When Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
concluded the truce with Suhail bin `Amr on the day of Al-Hudaibiya, one of the conditions which
Suhail bin `Amr stipulated, was his saying (to the Prophet), "If anyone from us (i.e. infidels) ever
comes to you, though he has embraced your religion, you should return him to us, and should not
interfere between us and him." Suhail refused to conclude the truce with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) except on
this condition. The believers disliked this condition and got disgusted with it and argued about it. But
when Suhail refused to conclude the truce with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) except on that condition, Allah's
Apostle concluded it. Accordingly, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) then returned Abu Jandal bin Suhail to his father,
Suhail bin `Amr, and returned every man coming to him from them during that period even if he was a
Muslim. The believing women Emigrants came (to Medina) and Um Kulthum, the daughter of `Uqba
bin Abi Mu'ait was one of those who came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and she was an adult at that time. Her
relatives came, asking Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to return her to them, and in this connection, Allah revealed the
Verses dealing with the believing (women).

-- "O Prophet! When the believing Women
come to you, to give the pledge of allegiance to you." (60.12)
`Urwa's uncle said, "We were informed when Allah ordered His Apostle to return to the pagans what
they had given to their wives who lately migrated (to Medina) and we were informed that Abu
Basir..." relating the whole narration.

`Abdullah bin `Umar set out for Umra during the period of afflictions, and he said, "If I should be
stopped from visiting the Ka`ba, I will do what we did when we were with Allah's Messenger (PbUH)." He
assumed Ihram for `Umra in the year of Al-Hudaibiya.

Ibn `Umar assumed Ihram and said, "If something should intervene between me and the Ka`ba, then I
will do what the Prophet (PbUH) did when the Quraish infidels intervened between him and (the Ka`ba). Then
Ibn `Umar recited: "You have indeed in Allah's Messenger (PbUH) A good example to follow." (33.21)

One of `Abdullah's sons said to `Abdullah (bin `Umar) "I wish you would stay this year (and not
perform Hajj) as I am afraid that you will not be able to reach the Ka`ba." On that he (i.e. `Abdullah
bin `Umar) said, "We went out with the Prophet (PbUH) (for `Umra), and when the Quraish infidel intervened
between us and the Ka`ba, the Prophet (PbUH) slaughtered his Hadi and shaved (his head), and his
companions cut short their hair." Then `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "I make you witness that I have
intended to perform `Umra and if I am allowed to reach the Ka`ba, I will perform the Tawaf, and if
something (i.e. obstacles) intervene between me and the Ka`ba, then I will do what Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
did." Then after going for a while, he said, "I consider the ceremonies (of both `Umra and Hajj as one
and the same, so I would like you to witness that I have intended to perform Hajj along with my
`Umra." So he performed only one Tawaf and one Sai (between Safa and Marwa) and finished the
Ihram of both Umra and Hajj).

The people used to say that Ibn `Umar had embraced Islam before `Umar. This is not true. What
happened is that `Umar sent `Abdullah to bring his horse from an Ansari man so as to fight on it. At
that time the people were giving the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) near the Tree, and `Umar
was not aware of that. So `Abdullah (bin `Umar) gave the Pledge of Allegiance (to the Prophet) and
went to take the horse and brought it to `Umar. While `Umar was putting on the armor to get ready for
fighting, `Abdullah informed him that the people were giving the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's
Apostle beneath the Tree. So `Umar set out and `Abdullah accompanied him till he gave the Pledge of
allegiance to Allah's Messenger (PbUH), and it was this event that made people say that Ibn `Umar had embraced
Islam before `Umar.

"The people were along with the Prophet (PbUH) on the day
of Al-Hudaibiya spreading in the shade of the trees. Suddenly the people surrounded the Prophet (PbUH) and
started looking at him." `Umar said, "O `Abdullah! Go and see why the people are encircling Allah's
Apostle and looking at him." `Abdullah bin `Umar then saw the people giving the Pledge o allegiance
to the Prophet. So he also gave the Pledge of allegiance and returned to `Umar who went out in his
turn and gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet.'

We were in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) when he performed the `Umra. He performed the Tawaf and
we did the same; he offered the prayer and we also offered the prayer with him. Then he performed
the Sai between Safa and Marwa and we were guarding him against the people of Mecca so that
nobody should harm him.

When Sahl bin Hunaif returned from (the battle of) Siffin, we went to ask him (as to why he had come
back). He replied, "(You should not consider me a coward) but blame your opinions. I saw myself on
the day of Abu Jandal (inclined to fight), and if I had the power of refusing the order of Allah's
Apostle then, I would have refused it (and fought the infidels bravely). Allah and His Apostle know
(what is convenient) better. Whenever we put our swords on our shoulders for any matter that terrified
us, our swords led us to an easy agreeable solution before the present situation (of disagreement and
dispute between the Muslims). When we mend the breach in one side, it opened in another, and we do
not know what to do about it."

The Prophet (PbUH) came to me at the time of Al-Hudaibiya Pledge while lice were falling on my face. He
said, "Are the lice of your head troubling you?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Shave your head and fast for
three days, or feed six poor persons, or slaughter a sheep as sacrifice." (The sub-narrator, Aiyub said,
"I do not know with which of these three options he started.")

We were in the company of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) at Al-Hudaibiya in the state of Ihram and the pagans did
not allow us to proceed (to the Ka`ba). I had thick hair and lice started falling on my face. The Prophet (PbUH)
passed by me and said, "Are the lice of your head troubling you?" I replied, Yes." (The sub-narrator
added, "Then the following Divine Verse was revealed:-- "And if anyone of you is ill or has an
ailment in his scalp, (necessitating shaving) must pay a ransom (Fida) of either fasting or feeding the
poor, Or offering a sacrifice." (2.196)

Some people of the tribe of `Ukl and `Uraina arrived at Medina to meet the Prophet (PbUH) and embraced
Islam and said, "O Allah's Prophet! We are the owners of milch livestock (i.e. bedouins) and not
farmers (i.e. countrymen)." They found the climate of Medina unsuitable for them. So Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
ordered that they should be provided with some milch camels and a shepherd and ordered them to go
out of Medina and to drink the camels' milk and urine (as medicine) So they set out and when they
reached Al-Harra, they reverted to Heathenism after embracing Islam, and killed the shepherd of the
Prophet and drove away the camels. When this news reached the Prophet, he sent some people in
pursuit of them. (So they were caught and brought back to the Prophet (PbUH) ). The Prophet (PbUH) gave his orders
in their concern. So their eyes were branded with pieces of iron and their hands and legs were cut off
and they were left away in Harra till they died in that state of theirs. (See Hadith 234 Vol 1)

The freed slave of Abu Qilaba, who was with Abu Qilaba in Sham: `Umar bin `Abdul `Aziz consulted
the people saying, "What do you think of Qasama." They said, "'It is a right (judgment) which Allah's
Apostle and the Caliphs before you acted on." Abu Qilaba was behind `Umar's bed. 'Anbasa bin Sa`id
said, But what about the narration concerning the people of `Uraina?" Abu Qilaba said, "Anas bin
Malik narrated it to me," and then narrated the whole story.

Once I went (from Medina) towards (Al-Ghaba) before the first Adhan of the Fajr Prayer. The shecamels
of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to graze at a place called Dhi-Qarad. A slave of `Abdur-Rahman bin
`Auf met me (on the way) and said, "The she-camels of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had been taken away by
force." I asked, "Who had taken them?" He replied "(The people of) Ghatafan." I made three loud
cries (to the people of Medina) saying, "O Sabahah!" I made the people between the two mountains of
Medina hear me. Then I rushed onward and caught up with the robbers while they were watering the
camels. I started throwing arrows at them as I was a good archer and I was saying, "I am the son of
Al-Akwa`, and today will perish the wicked people." I kept on saying like that till I restored the shecamels
(of the Prophet), I also snatched thirty Burda (i.e. garments) from them. Then the Prophet (PbUH) and
the other people came there, and I said, "O Allah's Prophet! I have stopped the people (of Ghatafan)
from taking water and they are thirsty now. So send (some people) after them now." On that the
Prophet said, "O the son of Al-Akwa`! You have over-powered them, so forgive them." Then we all
came back and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) seated me behind him on his she-camel till we entered Medina.

I went out in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) in the year of Khaibar, and when we reached As Sahba'
which is the lower part of Khaibar, the Prophet (PbUH) offered the `Asr prayer and then asked the people to
collect the journey food. Nothing was brought but Sawiq which the Prophet (PbUH) ordered to be moistened
with water, and then he ate it and we also ate it. Then he got up to offer the Maghrib prayer. He
washed his mouth, and we too washed our mouths, and then he offered the prayer without repeating
his abulution.

We went out to Khaibar in the company of the Prophet. While we were proceeding at night, a man
from the group said to 'Amir, "O 'Amir! Won't you let us hear your poetry?" 'Amir was a poet, so he
got down and started reciting for the people poetry that kept pace with the camels' footsteps, saying:--
"O Allah! Without You we Would not have been guided On the right path Neither would be have
given In charity, nor would We have prayed. So please forgive us, what we have committed (i.e. our
defects); let all of us Be sacrificed for Your Cause And send Sakina (i.e. calmness) Upon us to make
our feet firm When we meet our enemy, and If they will call us towards An unjust thing, We will
refuse. The infidels have made a hue and Cry to ask others' help Against us." The Prophet (PbUH) on that,
asked, "Who is that (camel) driver (reciting poetry)?" The people said, "He is 'Amir bin Al-Akwa`."
Then the Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him." A man amongst the people said, "O
Allah's Prophet! has (martyrdom) been granted to him. Would that you let us enjoy his company
longer." Then we reached and besieged Khaibar till we were afflicted with severe hunger. Then Allah
helped the Muslims conquer it (i.e. Khaibar). In the evening of the day of the conquest of the city, the
Muslims made huge fires. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "What are these fires? For cooking what, are you making
the fire?" The people replied, "(For cooking) meat." He asked, "What kind of meat?" They (i.e.
people) said, "The meat of donkeys." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Throw away the meat and break the pots!"
Some man said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Shall we throw away the meat and wash the pots instead?" He
said, "(Yes, you can do) that too." So when the army files were arranged in rows (for the clash),
'Amir's sword was short and he aimed at the leg of a Jew to strike it, but the sharp blade of the sword
returned to him and injured his own knee, and that caused him to die. When they returned from the
battle, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saw me (in a sad mood). He took my hand and said, "What is bothering you?" I
replied, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you! The people say that the deeds of 'Amir are
lost." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Whoever says so, is mistaken, for 'Amir has got a double reward." The
Prophet raised two fingers and added, "He (i.e. Amir) was a persevering struggler in the Cause of
Allah and there are few 'Arabs who achieved the like of (good deeds) 'Amir had done."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) reached Khaibar at night and it was his habit that, whenever he reached the enemy at
night, he will not attack them till it was morning. When it was morning, the Jews came out with their
spades and baskets, and when they saw him(i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ), they said, "Muhammad! By Allah!
Muhammad and his army!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Khaibar is destroyed, for whenever we approach a
(hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning for those who have been warned."

We reached Khaibar early in the morning and the inhabitants of Khaibar
came out carrying their spades, and when they saw the Prophet (PbUH) they said, "Muhammad! By Allah!
Muhammad and his army!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is destroyed, for whenever we
approach a (hostile) nation (to fight) then evil will be the morning for those who have been warned."
We then got the meat of donkeys (and intended to eat it), but an announcement was made by the
announcer of the Prophet, "Allah and His Apostle forbid you to eat the meat of donkeys as it is an
impure thing."

Someone came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH)s and said, "The donkeys have been eaten (by the Muslims)." The
Prophet kept quiet. Then the man came again and said, "The donkeys have been eaten." The Prophet (PbUH)
kept quiet. The man came to him the third time and said, "The donkeys have been consumed." On that
the Prophet (PbUH) ordered an announcer to announce to the people, "Allah and His Apostle forbid you to eat
the meat of donkeys." Then the cooking pots were upset while the meat was still boiling in them.

The Prophet (PbUH) offered the Fajr Prayer near Khaibar when it was still dark and then said, "Allahu-Akbar!
Khaibar is destroyed, for whenever we approach a (hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the
morning for those who have been warned." Then the inhabitants of Khaibar came out running on the
roads. The Prophet (PbUH) had their warriors killed, their offspring and woman taken as captives. Safiya was
amongst the captives, She first came in the share of Dahya Alkali but later on she belonged to the
Prophet . The Prophet (PbUH) made her manumission as her 'Mahr'.

Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet (PbUH) took Safiya as a captive. He manumitted her and married her."
Thabit asked Anas, "What did he give her as Mahr (i.e. marriage gift)?" Anas replied. "Her Mahr was
herself, for he manumitted her."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (and his army) encountered the pagans and the two armies.,, fought and then Allah's
Apostle returned to his army camps and the others (i.e. the enemy) returned to their army camps.
Amongst the companions of the Prophet (PbUH) there was a man who could not help pursuing any single
isolated pagan to strike him with his sword. Somebody said, "None has benefited the Muslims today
more than so-and-so." On that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "He is from the people of the Hell-Fire certainly."
A man amongst the people (i.e. Muslims) said, "I will accompany him (to know the fact)." So he went
along with him, and whenever he stopped he stopped with him, and whenever he hastened, he
hastened with him. The (brave) man then got wounded severely, and seeking to die at once, he planted
his sword into the ground and put its point against his chest in between his breasts, and then threw
himself on it and committed suicide. On that the person (who was accompanying the deceased all the
time) came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, "I testify that you are the Apostle of Allah." The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Why is that (what makes you say so)?" He said "It is concerning the man whom you have already
mentioned as one of the dwellers of the Hell-Fire. The people were surprised by your statement, and I
said to them, "I will try to find out the truth about him for you." So I went out after him and he was
then inflicted with a severe wound and because of that, he hurried to bring death upon himself by
planting the handle of his sword into the ground and directing its tip towards his chest between his
breasts, and then he threw himself over it and committed suicide." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) then said, "A man
may do what seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers of Paradise but he is from the dwellers of
the Hell-Fire and another may do what seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers of the Hell-
Fire, but he is from the dwellers of Paradise."

We witnessed (the battle of) Khaibar. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said about one of those who were with him and
who claimed to be a Muslim. "This (man) is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire." When the battle
started, that fellow fought so violently and bravely that he received plenty of wounds. Some of the
people were about to doubt (the Prophet's statement), but the man, feeling the pain of his wounds, put
his hand into his quiver and took out of it, some arrows with which he slaughtered himself (i.e.
committed suicide). Then some men amongst the Muslims came hurriedly and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Allah has made your statement true so-and-so has committed suicide. "The Prophet (PbUH) said, "O
so-and-so! Get up and make an announcement that none but a believer will enter Paradise and that
Allah may support the religion with an unchaste (evil) wicked man.

(narration about the chain of narrators)

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) fought the battle of Khaibar, or when Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went towards it,
(whenever) the people, (passed over a high place overlooking a valley, they raised their voices saying,
"Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! None has the right to be worshipped except Allah." On that Allah's
Apostle said (to them), "Lower your voices, for you are not calling a deaf or an absent one, but you
are calling a Hearer Who is near and is with you." I was behind the riding animal of Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
and he heard me saying. "There Is neither might, nor power but with Allah," On that he said to me, "O
`Abdullah bin Qais!" I said, "Labbaik. O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!" He said, "Shall I tell you a sentence which
is one of the treasures of Paradise" I said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Let my father and mother be
sacrificed for your sake." He said, "It is: There is neither might nor power but with Allah."

I saw the trace of a wound in Salama's leg. I said to him, "O Abu Muslim! What is this wound?" He
said, "This was inflicted on me on the day of Khaibar and the people said, 'Salama has been wounded.'
Then I went to the Prophet (PbUH) and he puffed his saliva in it (i.e. the wound) thrice., and since then I have
not had any pain in it till this hour."

During one of his Ghazawat, the Prophet (PbUH) encountered the pagans, and the two armies fought, and then
each of them returned to their army camps. Amongst the (army of the) Muslims there was a man who
would follow every pagan separated from the army and strike him with his sword. It was said, "O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! None has fought so satisfactorily as so-and-so (namely, that brave Muslim). "The
Prophet said, "He is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire." The people said, "Who amongst us will be of
the dwellers of Paradise if this (man) is from the dwellers of the Hell-Fire?" Then a man from
amongst the people said, "I will follow him and accompany him in his fast and slow movements." The
(brave) man got wounded, and wanting to die at once, he put the handle of his sword on the ground
and its tip in between his breasts, and then threw himself over it, committing suicide. Then the man
(who had watched the deceased) returned to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "I testify that you are Apostle of
Allah." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "What is this?" The man told him the whole story. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "A
man may do what may seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers of Paradise, but he is of the
dwellers of the Hell-Fire and a man may do what may seem to the people as the deeds of the dwellers
of the Hell-Fire, but he is from the dwellers of Paradise."

Anas looked at the people wearing Tailsans (i.e. a special kind of head covering worn by Jews in old
days). On that Anas said, "At this moment they (i.e. those people) look like the Jews of Khaibar."

`Ali remained behind the Prophet (PbUH) during the Ghazwa of Khaibar as he was suffering from eye trouble.
He then said, "(How can) I remain behind the Prophet (PbUH) ," and followed him. So when he slept on the
night of the conquest of Khaibar, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "I will give the flag tomorrow, or tomorrow the
flag will be taken by a man who is loved by Allah and His Apostle , and (Khaibar) will be conquered
through him, (with Allah's help)" While every one of us was hopeful to have the flag, it was said,
"Here is `Ali" and the Prophet (PbUH) gave him the flag and Khaibar was conquered through him (with
Allah's Help).

On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Tomorrow I will give this flag to a man through whose
hands Allah will give us victory. He loves Allah and His Apostle, and he is loved by Allah and His
Apostle." The people remained that night, wondering as to who would be given it. In the morning the
people went to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and everyone of them was hopeful to receive it (i.e. the flag). The
Prophet said, "Where is `Ali bin Abi Talib?" It was said, "He is suffering from eye trouble O Allah's
Apostle." He said, "Send for him." `Ali was brought and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) spat in his eye and invoked
good upon him. So `Ali was cured as if he never had any trouble. Then the Prophet (PbUH) gave him the flag.
`Ali said "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I will fight with them till they become like us." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said,
"Proceed and do not hurry. When you enter their territory, call them to embrace Islam and inform
them of Allah's Rights which they should observe, for by Allah, even if a single man is led on the
right path (of Islam) by Allah through you, then that will be better for you than the nice red camels.

We arrived at Khaibar, and when Allah helped His Apostle to open the fort, the beauty of Safiya bint
Huyai bin Akhtaq whose husband had been killed while she was a bride, was mentioned to Allah's
Apostle. The Prophet (PbUH) selected her for himself, and set out with her, and when we reached a place
called Sidd-as-Sahba,' Safiya became clean from her menses then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) married her. Hais
(i.e. an 'Arabian dish) was prepared on a small leather mat. Then the Prophet (PbUH) said to me, "I invite the
people around you." So that was the marriage banquet of the Prophet (PbUH) and Safiya. Then we proceeded
towards Medina, and I saw the Prophet, making for her a kind of cushion with his cloak behind him
(on his camel). He then sat beside his camel and put his knee for Safiya to put her foot on, in order to
ride (on the camel).

The Prophet (PbUH) stayed with Safiya bint Huyai for three days on the way of Khaibar where he
consummated his marriage with her. Safiya was amongst those who were ordered to use a veil.

The Prophet (PbUH) stayed for three rights between Khaibar and Medina and was married to Safiya. I invited
the Muslim to h s marriage banquet and there wa neither meat nor bread in that banquet but the
Prophet ordered Bilal to spread the leather mats on which dates, dried yogurt and butter were put. The
Muslims said amongst themselves, "Will she (i.e. Safiya) be one of the mothers of the believers, (i.e.
one of the wives of the Prophet (PbUH) ) or just (a lady captive) of what his right-hand possesses" Some of
them said, "If the Prophet (PbUH) makes her observe the veil, then she will be one of the mothers of the
believers (i.e. one of the Prophet's wives), and if he does not make her observe the veil, then she will
be his lady slave." So when he departed, he made a place for her behind him (on his and made her
observe the veil.

While we were besieging Khaibar, a person threw a leather container containing some fat and I ran to
take it. Suddenly I looked behind, and behold! The Prophet (PbUH) was there. So I felt shy (to take it then).

On the day of Khaiber, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the eating of garlic and the meat of donkeys.

On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the Mut'a (i.e. temporary marriage) and the eating of
donkey-meat.

On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the eating of donkey meat.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the eating of donkey-meat.

On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade the eating of donkey meat and allowed the eating of
horse meat.

We where afflicted with severe hunger on the day of Khaibar. While the cooking pots were boiling
and some of the food was well-cooked, the announcer of the Prophet (PbUH) came to say, "Do not eat
anything the donkey-meat and upset the cooking pots." We then thought that the Prophet (PbUH) had
prohibited such food because the Khumus had not been taken out of it. Some others said, "He
prohibited the meat of donkeys from the point of view of principle, because donkeys used to eat dirty
things."

That when they were in the company of the Prophet, they got some donkeys which they (slaughtered
and) cooked. Then the announcer of the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Turn the cooking pots upside down (i.e. throw
out the meat).

On the day of Khaibar when the cooking pots were put on the fire, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Turn the cooking
pots upside down."

We took part in a Ghazwa with the Prophet (PbUH) (same as Hadith No. 533).

During the Ghazwa of Khaibar, the Prophet (PbUH) ordered us to throw away the meat of the donkeys
whether it was still raw or cooked. He did not allow us to eat it later on.

I do not know whether the Prophet (PbUH) forbade the eating of donkey-meat (temporarily) because they were
the beasts of burden for the people, and he disliked that their means of transportation should be lost, or
he forbade it on the day of Khaibar permanently.

On the day of Khaibar, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) divided (the war booty of Khaibar) with the ratio of two shares
for the horse and one-share for the foot soldier. (The sub-narrator, Nafi` explained this, saying, "If a
man had a horse, he was given three shares and if he had no horse, then he was given one share.")

`Uthman bin `Affan and I went to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "You had given Banu Al-Muttalib from the
Khumus of Khaibar's booty and left us in spite of the fact that we and Banu Al-Muttalib are similarly
related to you." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Banu Hashim and Banu Al-Muttalib only are one and the same."
So the Prophet (PbUH) did not give anything to Banu `Abd Shams and Banu Nawfal.

The news of the migration of the Prophet (PbUH) (from Mecca to Medina) reached us while we were in
Yemen. So we set out as emigrants towards him. We were (three) I and my two brothers. I was the
youngest of them, and one of the two was Abu Burda, and the other, Abu Ruhm, and our total number
was either 53 or 52 men from my people. We got on board a boat and our boat took us to Negus in
Ethiopia. There we met Ja`far bin Abi Talib and stayed with him. Then we all came (to Medina) and
met the Prophet (PbUH) at the time of the conquest of Khaibar. Some of the people used to say to us, namely
the people of the ship, "We have migrated before you."
Asma' bint 'Umais who was one of those who had come with us, came as a visitor to Hafsa, the wife
the Prophet (PbUH) . She had migrated along with those other Muslims who migrated to Negus. `Umar came
to Hafsa while Asma' bint 'Umais was with her. `Umar, on seeing Asma,' said, "Who is this?" She
said, "Asma' bint 'Umais," `Umar said, "Is she the Ethiopian? Is she the sea-faring lady?" Asma'
replied, "Yes." `Umar said, "We have migrated before you (people of the boat), so we have got more
right than you over Allah's Messenger (PbUH) " On that Asma' became angry and said, "No, by Allah, while you
were with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) who was feeding the hungry ones amongst you, and advised the ignorant
ones amongst you, we were in the far-off hated land of Ethiopia, and all that was for the sake of
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . By Allah, I will neither eat any food nor drink anything till I inform Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
of all that you have said. There we were harmed and frightened. I will mention this to the Prophet (PbUH) and
will not tell a lie or curtail your saying or add something to it."

Asma' said, "I saw Abu Musa requesting me to repeat this narration again and
again."

Abu Musa said, "The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I recognize the voice of the group of Al-
Ashariyun, when they recite the Qur'an, when they enter their homes at night, and I recognize their
houses by (listening) to their voices when they are reciting the Qur'an at night although I have not
seen their houses when they came to them during the day time. Amongst them is Hakim who, on
meeting the cavalry or the enemy, used to say to them (i.e. the enemy). My companions order you to
wait for them.' "

We came upon the Prophet (PbUH) after he had conquered Khaibar. He then gave us a share (from the booty),
but apart from us he did not give to anybody else who did not attend the Conquest.

When we conquered Khaibar, we gained neither gold nor silver as booty, but we gained cows, camels,
goods and gardens. Then we departed with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to the valley of Al-Qira, and at that time
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had a slave called Mid`am who had been presented to him by one of Banu Ad-Dibbab.
While the slave was dismounting the saddle of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) an arrow the thrower of which was
unknown, came and hit him. The people said, "Congratulations to him for the martyrdom." Allah's
Apostle said, "No, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the sheet (of cloth) which he had taken
(illegally) on the day of Khaibar from the booty before the distribution of the booty, has become a
flame of Fire burning him." On hearing that, a man brought one or two leather straps of shoes to the
Prophet and said, "These are things I took (illegally)." On that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "This is a strap, or
these are two straps of Fire."

By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, were I not afraid that the other Muslims might be left in poverty, I
would divide (the land of) whatever village I may conquer (among the fighters), as the Prophet (PbUH)
divided the land of Khaibar. But I prefer to leave it as a (source of) a common treasury for them to
distribute it revenue amongst themselves.

But for the other Muslims (i.e. coming generations) I would divide (the land of) whatever villages the
Muslims might conquer (among the fighters), as the Prophet (PbUH) divided (the land of) Khaibar.

Abu Huraira came to the Prophet (PbUH) and asked him (for a share from the Khaibar booty). On that, one of
the sons of Sa`id bin Al-`As said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Do not give him." Abu Huraira then said
(to the Prophet (PbUH) ) "This is the murderer of Ibn Qauqal." Sa`id's son said, "How strange! A guinea pig
coming from Qadum Ad-Dan!"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent Aban from Medina to Najd as the commander of a Sariya.
Aban and his companions came to the Prophet (PbUH) at Khaibar after the Prophet (PbUH) had conquered it, and the
reins of their horses were made of the fire of date palm trees. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Do not give
them a share of the booty." on, that, Aban said (to me), "Strange! You suggest such a thing though
you are what you are, O guinea pig coming down from the top of Ad-Dal (a lotus tree)! "On that the
Prophet said, "O Aban, sit down ! " and did not give them any share.

Aban bin Sa`id came to the Prophet (PbUH) and greeted him. Abu Huraira said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! This
(Aban) is the murderer of the Ibn Qauqal." (On hearing that), Aban said to Abu Huraira, "How strange
your saying is! You, a guinea pig, descending from Qadum Dan, blaming me for (killing) a person
whom Allah favored (with martyrdom) with my hand, and whom He forbade to degrade me with his
hand.'

Fatima the daughter of the Prophet (PbUH) sent someone to Abu Bakr (when he was a caliph), asking for her
inheritance of what Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had left of the property bestowed on him by Allah from the Fai
(i.e. booty gained without fighting) in Medina, and Fadak, and what remained of the Khumus of the
Khaibar booty. On that, Abu Bakr said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Our property is not inherited.
Whatever we leave, is Sadaqa, but the family of (the Prophet) Muhammad can eat of this property.' By
Allah, I will not make any change in the state of the Sadaqa of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and will leave it as it
was during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), and will dispose of it as Allah's Messenger (PbUH) used to do." So
Abu Bakr refused to give anything of that to Fatima. So she became angry with Abu Bakr and kept
away from him, and did not task to him till she died. She remained alive for six months after the death
of the Prophet. When she died, her husband `Ali, buried her at night without informing Abu Bakr and
he said the funeral prayer by himself. When Fatima was alive, the people used to respect `Ali much,
but after her death, `Ali noticed a change in the people's attitude towards him. So `Ali sought
reconciliation with Abu Bakr and gave him an oath of allegiance. `Ali had not given the oath of
allegiance during those months (i.e. the period between the Prophet's death and Fatima's death). `Ali
sent someone to Abu Bakr saying, "Come to us, but let nobody come with you," as he disliked that
`Umar should come, `Umar said (to Abu Bakr), "No, by Allah, you shall not enter upon them alone "
Abu Bakr said, "What do you think they will do to me? By Allah, I will go to them' So Abu Bakr
entered upon them, and then `Ali uttered Tashah-hud and said (to Abu Bakr), "We know well your
superiority and what Allah has given you, and we are not jealous of the good what Allah has bestowed
upon you, but you did not consult us in the question of the rule and we thought that we have got a
right in it because of our near relationship to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ."
Thereupon Abu Bakr's eyes flowed with tears. And when Abu Bakr spoke, he said, "By Him in
Whose Hand my soul is to keep good relations with the relatives of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) is dearer to me
than to keep good relations with my own relatives. But as for the trouble which arose between me and
you about his property, I will do my best to spend it according to what is good, and will not leave any
rule or regulation which I saw Allah's Messenger (PbUH) following, in disposing of it, but I will follow." On that
`Ali said to Abu Bakr, "I promise to give you the oath of allegiance in this after noon." So when Abu
Bakr had offered the Zuhr prayer, he ascended the pulpit and uttered the Tashah-hud and then
mentioned the story of `Ali and his failure to give the oath of allegiance, and excused him, accepting
what excuses he had offered; Then `Ali (got up) and praying (to Allah) for forgiveness, he uttered
Tashah-hud, praised Abu Bakr's right, and said, that he had not done what he had done because of
jealousy of Abu Bakr or as a protest of that Allah had favored him with. `Ali added, "But we used to
consider that we too had some right in this affair (of rulership) and that he (i.e. Abu Bakr) did not
consult us in this matter, and therefore caused us to feel sorry." On that all the Muslims became happy
and said, "You have done the right thing." The Muslims then became friendly with `Ali as he returned
to what the people had done (i.e. giving the oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr).

When Khaibar was conquered, we said, "Now we will eat our fill of dates!"

We did not eat our fill except after we had conquered Khaibar.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) appointed a man as the ruler of Khaibar who later brought some Janib (i.e. dates of
good quality) to the Prophet. On that, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said (to him). "Are all the dates of Khaibar like
this?" He said, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! But we take one Sa of these (dates of good quality)
for two or three Sa's of other dates (of inferior quality)." On that, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Do not do so,
but first sell the inferior quality dates for money and then with that money, buy Janib."

"The Prophet (PbUH) made the brother of Bani Adi from the Ansar as the ruler of Khaibar.

The Prophet (PbUH) gave (the land of) Khaibar to the Jews (of Khaibar) on condition that they would work on
it and cultivate it and they would have half of its yield.

When Khaibar was conquered, a (cooked) sheep containing poison, was given as a present to Allah's
Apostle.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) appointed Usama bin Zaid as the commander of some people. Those people criticized
his leadership. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "If you speak ill of his leadership, you have already spoken ill of his
father's leadership before. By Allah, he deserved to be a Commander, and he was one of the most
beloved persons to me and now this (i.e. Usama) is one of the most beloved persons to me after him.

When the Prophet (PbUH) went out for the `Umra in the month of Dhal-Qa'da, the people of Mecca did not
allow him to enter Mecca till he agreed to conclude a peace treaty with them by virtue of which he
would stay in Mecca for three days only (in the following year). When the agreement was being
written, the Muslims wrote: "This is the peace treaty, which Muhammad, Apostle of Allah has
concluded."
The infidels said (to the Prophet), "We do not agree with you on this, for if we knew that you are
Apostle of Allah we would not have prevented you for anything (i.e. entering Mecca, etc.), but you are
Muhammad, the son of `Abdullah." Then he said to `Ali, "Erase (the name of) 'Apostle of Allah'." `Ali
said, "No, by Allah, I will never erase you (i.e. your name)." Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) took the writing
sheet...and he did not know a better writing..and he wrote or got it the following written! "This is the
peace treaty which Muhammad, the son of `Abdullah, has concluded: "Muhammad should not bring
arms into Mecca except sheathed swords, and should not take with him any person of the people of
Mecca even if such a person wanted to follow him, and if any of his companions wants to stay in
Mecca, he should not forbid him."
(In the next year) when the Prophet (PbUH) entered Mecca and the allowed period of stay elapsed, the infidels
came to `Ali and said "Tell your companion (Muhammad) to go out, as the allowed period of his stay
has finished." So the Prophet (PbUH) departed (from Mecca) and the daughter of Hamza followed him
shouting "O Uncle, O Uncle!" `Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatima, "Take the daughter of
your uncle." So she made her ride (on her horse). (When they reached Medina) `Ali, Zaid and Ja`far
quarreled about her. `Ali said, "I took her for she is the daughter of my uncle." Ja`far said, "She is the
daughter of my uncle and her aunt is my wife." Zaid said, "She is the daughter of my brother." On
that, the Prophet (PbUH) gave her to her aunt and said, "The aunt is of the same status as the mother." He then
said to `Ali, "You are from me, and I am from you," and said to Ja`far, "You resemble me in
appearance and character," and said to Zaid, "You are our brother and our freed slave." `Ali said to the
Prophet 'Won't you marry the daughter of Hamza?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "She is the daughter of my
foster brother."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) set out with the intention of performing `Umra, but the infidels of Quraish intervened
between him and the Ka`ba, so the Prophet (PbUH) slaughtered his Hadi (i.e. sacrificing animals and shaved
his head at Al-Hudaibiya and concluded a peace treaty with them (i.e. the infidels) on condition that
he would perform the `Umra the next year and that he would not carry arms against them except
swords, and would not stay (in Mecca) more than what they would allow. So the Prophet (PbUH) performed
the `Umra in the following year and according to the peace treaty, he entered Mecca, and when he had
stayed there for three days, the infidels ordered him to leave, and he left.

`Urwa and I entered the Mosque and found `Abdullah bin `Umar sitting beside the dwelling place of
`Aisha. `Urwa asked (Ibn `Umar), "How many `Umras did the Prophet (PbUH) perform?" Ibn `Umar replied,
"Four, one of which was in Rajab." Then we heard `Aisha brushing her teeth whereupon `Urwa said,
"O mother of the believers! Don't you hear what Abu `Abdur-Rahman is saying? He is saying that the
Prophet performed four `Umra, one of which was in Rajab." `Aisha said, "The Prophet (PbUH) did not
perform any `Umra but he (i.e. Ibn `Umar) witnessed it. And he (the Prophet (PbUH) ) never did any `Umra in
(the month of) Rajab."

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) performed the `Umra (which he performed in the year following the treaty of
Al-Hudaibiya) we were screening Allah's Messenger (PbUH) from the infidels and their boys lest they should
harm him.

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and his companions arrived (at Mecca), the pagans said, "There have come to
you a group of people who have been weakened by the fever of Yathrib (i.e. Medina)." So the Prophet (PbUH)
ordered his companions to do Ramal (i.e. fast walking) in the first three rounds of Tawaf around the
Ka`ba and to walk in between the two corners (i.e. the black stone and the Yemenite corner). The only
cause which prevented the Prophet (PbUH) from ordering them to do Ramal in all the rounds of Tawaf, was
that he pitied them.

The Prophet (PbUH) hastened in going around the Ka`ba and between the Safa and Marwa in order to show
the pagans his strength. Ibn `Abbas added, "When the Prophet (PbUH) arrived (at Mecca) in the year of peace
(following that of Al-Hudaibiya treaty with the pagans of Mecca), he (ordered his companions) to do
Ramal in order to show their strength to the pagans and the pagans were watching (the Muslims) from
(the hill of) Quaiqan.

The Prophet (PbUH) married Maimuna while he was in the state of lhram but he consummated that marriage
after finishing that state. Maimuna died at Saraf (i.e. a place near Mecca).

The
Prophet married Maimuna during the `Umrat-al-Qada' (i.e. the `Umra performed in lieu of the `Umra
which the Prophet (PbUH) could not perform because the pagans, prevented him to perform that `Umra).

Ibn `Umar informed me that on the day (of Mu'tah) he stood beside Ja`far who was dead (i.e. killed in
the battle), and he counted fifty wounds in his body, caused by stabs or strokes, and none of those
wounds was in his back.

"Allah's Messenger (PbUH) appointed Zaid bin Haritha as the commander of the army
during the Ghazwa of Mu'tah and said, "If Zaid is martyred, Ja`far should take over his position, and if
Ja`far is martyred, `Abdullah bin Rawaha should take over his position.' " `Abdulla-h bin `Umar
further said, "I was present amongst them in that battle and we searched for Ja`far bin Abi Talib and
found his body amongst the bodies of the martyred ones, and found over ninety wounds over his body,
caused by stabs or shots (of arrows).

The Prophet (PbUH) had informed the people of the martyrdom of Zaid, Ja`far and Ibn Rawaha before the
news of their death reached. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Zaid took the flag (as the commander of the army) and
was martyred, then Ja`far took it and was martyred, and then Ibn Rawaha took it and was martyred."
At that time the Prophet's eyes were shedding tears. He added, "Then the flag was taken by a Sword
amongst the Swords of Allah (i.e. Khalid) and Allah made them (i.e. the Muslims) victorious."

I heard `Aisha saying, "When the news of the martyrdom of Ibn Haritha, Ja`far bin Abi Talib and
`Abdullah bin Rawaka reached, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sat with sorrow explicit on his face." `Aisha added, "I
was then peeping through a chink in the door. A man came to him and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! The
women of Ja`far are crying.' Thereupon the Prophet (PbUH) told him to forbid them to do so. So the man went
away and returned saying, "I forbade them but they did not listen to me." The Prophet (PbUH) ordered him
again to go (and forbid them). He went again and came saying, 'By Allah, they overpowered me (i.e.
did not listen to me)." `Aisha said that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said (to him), "Go and throw dust into their
mouths." Aisha added, "I said, May Allah put your nose in the dust! By Allah, neither have you done
what you have been ordered, nor have you relieved Allah's Messenger (PbUH) from trouble."

Whenever Ibn `Umar greeted the son of Ja`far, he used to say (to him), "Assalam 'Alaika (i.e. peace be
on you) O the son of two-winged person."

On the day (of the battle of) Mu'tah, nine swords were broken in my hand, and nothing was left in my
hand except a Yemenite sword of mine.

On the day of Mu'tah, nine swords were broken in my hand and only a Yemenite sword of mine
remained in my hand.

`Abdullah bin Rawaha fell down unconscious and his sister `Amra started crying and was saying
loudly, "O Jabala! Oh so-and-so! Oh so-and-so! and went on calling him by his (good ) qualities one
by one). When he came to his senses, he said (to his sister), "When-ever you said something, I was
asked, 'Are you really so (i.e. as she says)?"

An Nu`man bin Bashir said, "Abdullah bin Rawaha fell down unconscious.." (and mentioned the
above Hadith adding, "Thereupon, when he died she (i.e. his sister) did not weep over him."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent us towards Al-Huruqa, and in the morning we attacked them and defeated them. I
and an Ansari man followed a man from among them and when we took him over, he said, "La ilaha
illal-Lah." On hearing that, the Ansari man stopped, but I killed him by stabbing him with my spear.
When we returned, the Prophet (PbUH) came to know about that and he said, "O Usama! Did you kill him
after he had said "La ilaha ilal-Lah?" I said, "But he said so only to save himself." The Prophet (PbUH) kept
on repeating that so often that I wished I had not embraced Islam before that day.

I fought in seven Ghazwat (i.e. battles) along with the Prophet (PbUH) and fought in nine battles, fought by
armies dispatched by the Prophet. Once Abu Bakr was our commander and at another time, Usama
was our commander.

I fought seven Ghazwat (i.e. battles) along with the Prophet (PbUH) and
also fought in nine battles, fought by armies sent by the Prophet (PbUH) . Once Abu Bakr was our commander
and another time, Usama was (our commander).

I fought in nine Ghazwa-t along with the Prophet, I also fought along with Ibn Haritha when the
Prophet made him our commander.

Salama bin Al-Akwa` said, "I fought in seven Ghazwat along with the Prophet." He then mentioned
Khaibar, Al-Hudaibiya, the day (i.e. battle) of Hunain and the day of Al-Qurad. I forgot the names of
the other Ghazwat.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent me, Az-Zubair and Al-Miqdad saying, "Proceed till you reach Rawdat Khakh
where there is a lady carrying a letter, and take that (letter) from her." So we proceeded on our way
with our horses galloping till we reached the Rawda, and there we found the lady and said to her,
"Take out the letter." She said, "I have no letter." We said, "Take out the letter, or else we will take off
your clothes." So she took it out of her braid, and we brought the letter to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . The letter
was addressed from Hatib, bin Abi Balta'a to some pagans of Mecca, telling them about what Allah's
Apostle intended to do. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "O Hatib! What is this?" Hatib replied, "O Allah's
Apostle! Do not make a hasty decision about me. I was a person not belonging to Quraish but I was an
ally to them from outside and had no blood relation with them, and all the Emigrants who were with
you, have got their kinsmen (in Mecca) who can protect their families and properties. So I liked to do
them a favor so that they might protect my relatives as I have no blood relation with them. I did not do
this to renegade from my religion (i.e. Islam) nor did I do it to choose Heathenism after Islam."
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to his companions." As regards him, he (i.e. Hatib) has told you the truth." `Umar
said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Allow me to chop off the head of this hypocrite!" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "He (i.e.
Hatib) has witnessed the Badr battle (i.e. fought in it) and what could tell you, perhaps Allah looked at
those who witnessed Badr and said, "O the people of Badr (i.e. Badr Muslim warriors), do what you
like, for I have forgiven you. "Then Allah revealed the Sura:--
"O you who believe! Take not my enemies And your enemies as friends offering them (Your) love
even though they have disbelieved in that Truth (i.e. Allah, Prophet Muhammad and this Qur'an)
which has come to you ....(to the end of Verse)....(And whosoever of you (Muslims) does that, then
indeed he has gone (far) astray (away) from the Straight Path." (60.1

Ibn `Abbas said, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) fought the Ghazwa (i.e. battles of Al-Fath during Ramadan."
Narrated Az-Zuhri: Ibn Al-Musaiyab (also) said the same. Ibn `Abbas added, "The Prophet (PbUH) fasted and
when he reached Al-Kadid, a place where there is water between Kudaid and 'Usfan, he broke his fast
and did not fast afterwards till the whole month had passed away.

The Prophet (PbUH) left Medina (for Mecca) in the company of ten-thousand (Muslim warriors) in (the month
of) Ramadan, and that was eight and a half years after his migration to Medina. He and the Muslims
who were with him, proceeded on their way to Mecca. He was fasting and they were fasting, but when
they reached a place called Al-Kadid which was a place of water between 'Usfan and Kudaid, he
broke his fast and so did they. (Az-Zuhri said, "One should take the last action of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and
leave his early action (while taking a verdict.")

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) set out towards Hunain in the month of Ramadan and some of the people were fasting
while some others were not fasting, and when the Prophet (PbUH) mounted his she-camel, he asked for a
tumbler of milk or water and put it on the palm of his hand or on his she-camel and then the people
looked at him; and those who were not fasting told those who were fasting, to break their fast (i.e. as
the Prophet (PbUH) had done so).

"The Prophet (PbUH) went (to Hunain) in the year of the
Conquest (of Mecca).

Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) travelled in the month of Ramadan and he fasted till he reached (a
place called) 'Usfan, then he asked for a tumbler of water and drank it by the daytime so that the
people might see him. He broke his fast till he reached Mecca." Ibn `Abbas used to say, "Allah's
Apostle fasted and sometimes did not fast while traveling, so one may fast or may not (on journeys)"

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) set out (towards Mecca) during the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) and this
news reached (the infidels of Quraish), Abu Sufyan, Hakim bin Hizam and Budail bin Warqa came
out to gather information about Allah's Messenger (PbUH) , They proceeded on their way till they reached a place
called Marr-az-Zahran (which is near Mecca). Behold! There they saw many fires as if they were the
fires of `Arafat. Abu Sufyan said, "What is this? It looked like the fires of `Arafat." Budail bin Warqa'
said, "Banu `Amr are less in number than that." Some of the guards of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saw them and
took them over, caught them and brought them to Allah's Messenger (PbUH). Abu Sufyan embraced Islam.
When the Prophet (PbUH) proceeded, he said to Al-Abbas, "Keep Abu Sufyan standing at the top of the
mountain so that he would look at the Muslims. So Al-`Abbas kept him standing (at that place) and
the tribes with the Prophet (PbUH) started passing in front of Abu Sufyan in military batches. A batch passed
and Abu Sufyan said, "O `Abbas Who are these?" `Abbas said, "They are (Banu) Ghifar." Abu Sufyan
said, I have got nothing to do with Ghifar." Then (a batch of the tribe of) Juhaina passed by and he
said similarly as above. Then (a batch of the tribe of) Sa`d bin Huzaim passed by and he said similarly
as above. then (Banu) Sulaim passed by and he said similarly as above. Then came a batch, the like of
which Abu Sufyan had not seen. He said, "Who are these?" `Abbas said, "They are the Ansar headed
by Sa`d bin Ubada, the one holding the flag." Sa`d bin Ubada said, "O Abu Sufyan! Today is the day
of a great battle and today (what is prohibited in) the Ka`ba will be permissible." Abu Sufyan said., "O
`Abbas! How excellent the day of destruction is! "Then came another batch (of warriors) which was
the smallest of all the batches, and in it there was Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and his companions and the flag of
the Prophet (PbUH) was carried by Az-Zubair bin Al Awwam. When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) passed by Abu Sufyan,
the latter said, (to the Prophet), "Do you know what Sa`d bin 'Ubada said?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "What
did he say?" Abu Sufyan said, "He said so-and-so." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Sa`d told a lie, but today Allah
will give superiority to the Ka`ba and today the Ka`ba will be covered with a (cloth) covering."
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ordered that his flag be fixed at Al-Hajun.
Narrated `Urwa: Nafi` bin Jubair bin Mut`im said, "I heard Al-Abbas saying to Az-Zubair bin Al-
`Awwam, 'O Abu `Abdullah ! Did Allah's Messenger (PbUH) order you to fix the flag here?' " Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
ordered Khalid bin Al-Walid to enter Mecca from its upper part from Ka'da while the Prophet (PbUH) himself
entered from Kuda. Two men from the cavalry of Khalid bin Al-Wahd named Hubaish bin Al-Ash'ar
and Kurz bin Jabir Al-Fihri were martyred on that day.

I saw Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on the day of the Conquest of Mecca over his she-camel, reciting Surat-al-Fath
in a vibrant quivering tone. (The sub-narrator, Mu'awiya added, "Were I not afraid that the people may
gather around me, I would recite in vibrant quivering tone as he (i.e. `Abdullah bin Mughaffal) did,
imitating Allah's Messenger (PbUH).")

Usama bin Zaid said during the Conquest (of Mecca), "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Where will we encamp
tomorrow?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "But has `Aqil left for us any house to lodge in?" He then added, "No
believer will inherit an infidel's property, and no infidel will inherit the property of a believer." Az-
Zuhri was asked, "Who inherited Abu Talib?" Az-Zuhri replied, "Ail and Talib inherited him."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "If Allah makes us victorious, our encamping place will be Al-Khaif, the place
where the infidels took an oath to be loyal to Heathenism (by boycotting Banu Hashim, the Prophet's
folk).

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) intended to carry on the Ghazwa of Hunain, he said, "Tomorrow, if Allah
wished, our encamping) plaice will be Khaif Bani Kinana where (the infidels) took an oath to be loyal
to Heathenism."

On the day of the Conquest, the Prophet (PbUH) entered Mecca, wearing a helmet on his head. When he took
it off, a man came and said, "Ibn Khatal is clinging to the curtain of the Ka`ba." The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Kill him." (Malik a sub-narrator said, "On that day the Prophet (PbUH) was not in a state of Ihram as it
appeared to us, and Allah knows better.")

When the Prophet (PbUH) entered Mecca on the day of the Conquest, there were 360 idols around the Ka`ba.
The Prophet (PbUH) started striking them with a stick he had in his hand and was saying, "Truth has come and
Falsehood will neither start nor will it reappear.

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) arrived in Mecca, he refused to enter the Ka`ba while there were idols in it. So
he ordered that they be taken out. The pictures of the (Prophets) Abraham and Ishmael, holding
arrows of divination in their hands, were carried out. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah ruin them (i.e. the
infidels) for they knew very well that they (i.e. Abraham and Ishmael) never drew lots by these
(divination arrows). Then the Prophet (PbUH) entered the Ka`ba and said. "Allahu Akbar" in all its directions
and came out and not offer any prayer therein.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) entered Makkah through its upper part and he was riding his she-camel. Usãma bin Zaid was his Companion-rider behind him (on the same she-camel). In his company were Bilãl and 'Uthmãn bin Talha, who was one of the Al-Hajabah (who keep the key of the gate of the Ka'bah). When he made his she-camel kneel down in the Mosque (i.e., Al-Masjid al-Haram), he ordered him (i.e., 'Uthman) to bring the key of the Ka'bah. Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) entered the Ka'bah along with 'Usãma bin Zaid, Bilãl and 'Uthmãn bin Talha, and he stayed in it for a long period and then came out. The people rushed (to get in) and `Abdullãh bin 'Umar was the first to enter and he found Bilãl standing behind the door. Ibn `Umar asked Bilãl, "Where did Allah's Messenger (PbUH) offer the Salat
(prayer)?" Bilãl showed him the place
where he (PbUH) had offered Salat (prayer).
`Abdullah later on said, "I forgot to ask Bilãl how many prostrations (i.e., Rak'a) the
Prophet offered."

During the year of the Conquest (of Mecca), the Prophet (PbUH) entered Mecca through Kada which was at
the upper part of Mecca.

During the year of the Conquest (of Mecca), the Prophet (PbUH) entered Mecca through its upper part through
Kada.

None informed us that he saw the Prophet (PbUH) offering the Duha (i.e. forenoon) prayer, except Um Ham
who mentioned that the Prophet (PbUH) took a bath in her house on the day of the Conquest (of Mecca) and
then offered an eight rak`at prayer. She added, "I never saw the Prophet (PbUH) offering a lighter prayer than
that prayer, but he was performing perfect bowing and prostrations."

The Prophet (PbUH) (PbUH) used to say in his bowings and prostrations, "Subhanaka Allahumma
Rabbanã wa bihamdika, Allãhumma ighfirli"
(Glorified be You, O Allah, our Lord! All
the praises are for You. O Allah, forgive
me)!"

`Umar used to admit me (into his house) along with the old men who had fought in the Badr battle.
Some of them said (to `Umar), "Why do you allow this young man to enter with us, while we have
sons of his own age? " `Umar said, "You know what person he is." One day `Umar called them and
called me along with them, I had thought he called me on that day to show them something about me
(i.e. my knowledge). `Umar asked them, "What do you say about (the Sura): "When comes the help of
Allah and the Conquest (of Mecca) And you see mankind entering the Religion of Allah (i.e. Islam) in
crowds. 'So celebrate the Praises Of your Lord and ask for His forgiveness, Truly, He is the One Who
accepts repentance and forgives." (110.1-3)
Some of them replied, "We are ordered to praise Allah and repent to Him if we are helped and granted
victory." Some said, "We do not know." Others kept quiet. `Umar then said to me, "Do you say
similarly?" I said, "No." `Umar said "What do you say then?" I said, "This Verse indicates the
approaching of the death of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) of which Allah informed him. When comes the help of
Allah and the Conquest, i.e. the Conquest of Mecca, that will be the sign of your Prophet's)
approaching death, so testify the uniqueness of your Lord (i.e. Allah) and praise Him and repent to
Him as He is ready to forgive." On that, `Umar said, "I do not know about it anything other than what
you know."

Al-Adawi that he said to `Amr bin Sa`id while the latter was sending troops in batches to Mecca, "O
chief! Allow me to tell you a statement which Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said on the second day of the Conquest
of Mecca. My two ears heard it and my heart remembered it and my two eyes saw him when he said
it. He (i.e. the Prophet) praised Allah and then said, 'Mecca has been made a sanctuary by Allah and
not by the people, so it is not lawful for a person, who believes in Allah and the Last Day to shed
blood in it, or to cut its trees and if someone asks the permission to fight in Mecca because Allah's
Apostle was allowed to fight in it, say to him; Allah permitted His Apostle and did not allow you, and
even he (i.e. the Apostle) was allowed for a short period of the day, and today its (Mecca's sanctity has
become the same as it was before (of old) so those who are present should inform those who are
absent (this Hadith)." Then Abu Shuraih, was asked, "What did `Amr say to you? Abu Shuraih said,
"He said, "I knew that better than you, O Abu Shuraih! The Haram (i.e. Mecca) does not give refuge
to a sinner or a fleeing murderer or a person running away after causing destruction."

That he heard Allah's Messenger (PbUH) saying in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) while he was in Mecca,
"Allah and His Apostle have made the selling of wine (i.e. alcoholic drinks) unlawful."

We stayed (in Mecca) for ten days along with the Prophet (PbUH) and used to offer shortened prayers (i.e.
journey prayers).

The Prophet (PbUH) stayed in Mecca for 19 days during which he prayed 2 rak`at in each prayer.

Ibn `Abbas said, "We stayed for 19 days with Prophet on a journey during which we used to offer
shortened prayers." Ibn `Abbas added, "We offer the Qasr prayer (i.e. shortened prayer) If we stay up
to 19 days as travelers, But if we stay longer, we offer complete prayers.

Narrated `Abdullah bin Tha`laba bin
Su`air whose face was rubbed by the Prophet
during the year of the Conquest (of Makkah).

While we were in the company of the Ibn Al-Musaiyab, Sunain Abi Jamila informed us (a Hadith),
Abu Jamila said that he lived during the lifetime of the Prophet (PbUH) and that he had accompanied him ( to
Mecca) during the year of the Conquest (of Mecca).

We were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and
we would ask them, "What is wrong with the people? What is wrong with the people? Who is that
man?. They would say, "That man claims that Allah has sent him (as an Apostle), that he has been
divinely inspired, that Allah has revealed to him such-and-such." I used to memorize that (Divine)
Talk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind) And the 'Arabs (other than Quraish)
delayed their conversion to Islam till the Conquest (of Mecca). They used to say." "Leave him (i.e.
Muhammad) and his people Quraish: if he overpowers them then he is a true Prophet. So, when
Mecca was conquered, then every tribe rushed to embrace Islam, and my father hurried to embrace
Islam before (the other members of) my tribe. When my father returned (from the Prophet) to his
tribe, he said, "By Allah, I have come to you from the Prophet (PbUH) for sure!" The Prophet (PbUH) afterwards said
to them, 'Offer such-and-such prayer at such-and-such time, and when the time for the prayer becomes
due, then one of you should pronounce the Adhan (for the prayer), and let the one amongst you who
knows Qur'an most should, lead the prayer." So they looked for such a person and found none who
knew more Qur'an than I because of the Qur'anic material which I used to learn from the caravans.
They therefore made me their Imam ((to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven
years, wearing a Burda (i.e. a black square garment) proved to be very short for me (and my body
became partly naked). A lady from the tribe said, "Won't you cover the anus of your reciter for us?"
So they bought (a piece of cloth) and made a shirt for me. I had never been so happy with anything
before as I was with that shirt.

`Utba bin Abi Waqqas authorized his brother Sa`d to take the son of the slave-girl of Zam`a into his
custody. `Utba said (to him). "He is my son." When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) arrived in Mecca during the
Conquest (of Mecca), Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas took the son of the slave-girl of Zam`a and took him to
the Prophet (PbUH) `Abd bin Zam`a too came along with him. Sa`d said. "This is the son of my brother and
the latter has informed me that he is his son." `Abd bin Zam`a said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! This is my
brother who is the son of the slave-girl of Zam`a and was born on his (i.e. Zam'as) bed.' Allah's
Apostle looked at the son of the slave-girl of Zam`a and noticed that he, of all the people had the
greatest resemblance to `Utba bin Abi Waqqas. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) then said (to `Abd), " He is yours; he
is your brother, O `Abd bin Zam`a, he was born on the bed (of your father)." (At the same time)
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said (to his wife Sauda), "Veil yourself before him (i.e. the son of the slave-girl) O
Sauda," because of the resemblance he noticed between him and `Utba bin Abi Waqqas. Allah's
Apostle added, "The boy is for the bed (i.e. for the owner of the bed where he was born), and stone is
for the adulterer." (Ibn Shihab said, "Abu Huraira used to say that (i.e. the last statement of the
Prophet in the above Hadith 596, publicly.")

A lady committed theft during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in the Ghazwa of Al-Fath, ((i.e.
Conquest of Mecca). Her folk went to Usama bin Zaid to intercede for her (with the Prophet). When
Usama interceded for her with Allah's Messenger (PbUH), the color of the face of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) changed and he
said, "Do you intercede with me in a matter involving one of the legal punishments prescribed by
Allah?" Usama said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Ask Allah's Forgiveness for me." So in the afternoon, Allah's
Apostle got up and addressed the people. He praised Allah as He deserved and then said, "Amma
ba'du ! The nations prior to you were destroyed because if a noble amongst them stole, they used to
excuse him, and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would apply (Allah's) Legal Punishment to
him. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I
would cut her hand." Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) gave his order in the case of that woman and her hand was
cut off. Afterwards her repentance proved sincere and she got married. `Aisha said, "That lady used to
visit me and I used to convey her demands to Allah's Messenger (PbUH)."

I took my brother to the Prophet (PbUH) after the Conquest (of Mecca) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! I have
come to you with my brother so that you may take a pledge of allegiance from him for migration."
The Prophet (PbUH) said, The people of migration (i.e. those who migrated to Medina before the Conquest)
enjoyed the privileges of migration (i.e. there is no need for migration anymore)." I said to the
Prophet, "For what will you take his pledge of allegiance?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I will take his pledge of
allegiance for Islam, Belief, and for Jihad (i.e. fighting in Allah's Cause).

I took Abu Mabad to the Prophet (PbUH) in order that he might give him the pledge of allegiance for
migration. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Migration has gone to its people, but I take the pledge from him (i.e.
Abu Mabad) for Islam and Jihad."

I said to Ibn `Umar, "I want to migrate to Sham." He said, "There is no migration, but Jihad (for
Allah's Cause). Go and offer yourself for Jihad, and if you find an opportunity for Jihad (stay there)
otherwise, come back."

"There is no migration today or after
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)." (and completed his statement as above.)

`Abdullah bin `Umar used to say, "There is no migration after the Conquest (of Mecca).

`Ubaid bin `Umar and I visited `Aisha, and he asked her about the migration. She said, "There is no
migration today. A believer used to flee with his religion to Allah and His Prophet for fear that he
might be put to trial as regards his religion. Today Allah has rendered Islam victorious; therefore a
believing one can worship one's Lord wherever one wishes. But there is Jihad (for Allah's Cause) and
intentions." (See Hadith 42, in the 4th Vol. for its Explanation)

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) got up on the day of the Conquest of Mecca and said, "Allah has made Mecca a
sanctuary since the day He created the Heavens and the Earth, and it will remain a sanctuary by virtue
of the sanctity Allah has bestowed on it till the Day of Resurrection. It (i.e. fighting in it) was not
made lawful to anyone before me!, nor will it be made lawful to anyone after me, and it was not made
lawful for me except for a short period of time. Its game should not be chased, nor should its trees be
cut, nor its vegetation or grass uprooted, not its Luqata (i.e. Most things) picked up except by one who
makes a public announcement about it." Al-Abbas bin `Abdul Muttalib said, "Except the Idhkhir, O
Allah's Messenger (PbUH), as it is indispensable for blacksmiths and houses." On that, the Prophet (PbUH) kept quiet and
then said, "Except the Idhkhir as it is lawful to cut."

I saw (a healed scar of) blow over the hand of Ibn Abi `Aufa who said, "I received that blow in the
battle of Hunain in the company of the Prophet." I said, "Did you take part in the battle of Hunain?"
He replied, "Yes (and in other battles) before it."

I heard Al-Bara' narrating when a man came and said to him, "O Abu '`Umara! Did you flee on the
day (of the battle) of Hunain?" Al-Bara' replied, "I testify that the Prophet (PbUH) did not flee, but the hasty
people hurried away and the people of Hawazin threw arrows at them. At that time, Abu Sufyan bin
Al-Harith was holding the white mule of the Prophet (PbUH) by the head, and the Prophet (PbUH) was saying, "I am
the Prophet (PbUH) undoubtedly: I am the son of `Abdul-Muttalib."

Al-Bara' was asked while I was listening, "Did you flee (before the enemy) along with the Prophet (PbUH) on
the day of (the battle of) Hunain?" He replied, "As for the Prophet, he did not (flee). The enemy were
good archers and the Prophet (PbUH) was saying, "I am the Prophet (PbUH) undoubtedly; I am the son of `Abdul
Muttalib."

That he heard Al-Bara narrating when a man from Qais (tribe) asked him "Did you flee leaving
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) on the day (of the battle) of Hunain?" Al-Bara' replied, "But Allah's Messenger (PbUH) did not
flee. The people of Hawazin were good archers, and when we attacked them, they fled. But rushing
towards the booty, we were confronted by the arrows (of the enemy). I saw the Prophet (PbUH) riding his
white mule while Abu Sufyan was holding its reins, and the Prophet (PbUH) was saying "I am the Prophet (PbUH)
undoubtedly." (Israil and Zuhair said, "The Prophet (PbUH) dismounted from his Mule.")

When the delegate of Hawazin came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) declaring their conversion to Islam and asked
him to return their properties and captives, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) got up and said to them, "There Is involved
in this matter, the people whom you see with me, and the most beloved talk to me, is the true one. So
choose one of two alternatives: Either the captives or the properties. I have been waiting for you (i.e.
have not distributed the booty)." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had delayed the distribution of their booty over ten
nights after his return from Ta'if. So when they came to know that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was not going to
return to them but one of the two, they said, "We prefer to have our captives." So Allah's Messenger (PbUH) got
up amongst the Muslims, and praising Allah as He deserved, said, "To proceed! Your brothers have
come to you with repentance and I see (it logical) to return their captives. So, whoever of you likes to
do that as a favor then he can do it. And whoever of you likes to stick to his share till we give him
from the very first booty which Allah will give us, then he can do so." The people said, "We do that
(i.e. return the captives) willingly as a favor, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!" Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "We do not
know which of you have agreed to it and which have not; so go back and let your chiefs forward us
your decision." They went back and their chief's spoke to them, and they (i.e. the chiefs) returned to
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and informed him that all of them had agreed (to give up their captives) with pleasure,
and had given their permission (i.e. that the captives be returned to their people). (The sub-narrator
said, "That is what has reached me about the captives of Hawazin tribe.")

When we returned from (the battle of) Hunain, `Umar asked the Prophet (PbUH) about a vow which he had
made during the Pre-lslamic period of Ignorance that he would perform I`tikaf. The Prophet (PbUH) ordered
him to fulfill his vow.

We set out along with the Prophet (PbUH) during the year of (the battle of) Hunain, and when we faced the
enemy, the Muslims (with the exception of the Prophet (PbUH) and some of his companions) retreated (before
the enemy). I saw one of the pagans over-powering one of the Muslims, so I struck the pagan from
behind his neck causing his armor to be cut off. The pagan headed towards me and pressed me so
forcibly that I felt as if I was dying. Then death took him over and he released me. Afterwards I
followed `Umar and said to him, "What is wrong with the people?" He said, "It is the Order of Allah."
Then the Muslims returned (to the battle after the flight) and (after overcoming the enemy) the
Prophet sat and said, "Whoever had killed an Infidel and has an evidence to this issue, will have the
Salb (i.e. the belonging of the deceased e.g. clothes, arms, horse, etc)." I (stood up) and said, "Who
will be my witness?" and then sat down. Then the Prophet (PbUH) repeated his question. Then the Prophet (PbUH)
said the same (for the third time). I got up and said, "Who will be my witness?" and then sat down.
The Prophet (PbUH) asked his former question again. So I got up. The Prophet (PbUH) said, What is the matter, O
Abu Qatada?" So I narrated the whole story; A man said, "Abu Qatada has spoken the truth, and the
Salb of the deceased is with me, so please compensate Abu Qatada on my behalf." Abu Bakr said,
"No! By Allah, it will never happen that the Prophet (PbUH) will leave a Lion of Allah who fights for the Sake
of Allah and His Apostle and give his spoils to you." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Abu Bakr has spoken the
truth. Give it (the spoils) back to him (O man)!" So he gave it to me and I bought a garden in (the land
of) Banu Salama with it (i.e. the spoils) and that was the first property I got after embracing Islam.

When it was the day of (the battle of) Hunain, I saw a Muslim man fighting with one of the pagans
and another pagan was hiding himself behind the Muslim in order to kill him. So I hurried towards the
pagan who was hiding behind the Muslim to kill him, and he raised his hand to hit me but I hit his
hand and cut it off. That man got hold of me and pressed me so hard that I was afraid (that I would
die), then he knelt down and his grip became loose and I pushed him and killed him. The Muslims
(excepting the Prophet (PbUH) and some of his companions) started fleeing and I too, fled with them.
Suddenly I met `Umar bin Al-Khattab amongst the people and I asked him, "What is wrong with the
people?" He said, "It is the order of Allah" Then the people returned to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (after
defeating the enemy). Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "Whoever produces a proof that he has killed an infidel,
will have the spoils of the killed man." So I got up to look for an evidence to prove that I had killed an
infidel, but I could not find anyone to bear witness for me, so I sat down. Then it came to my mind
(that I should speak of it) and I mentioned the case to Allah's Messenger (PbUH). A man from the persons who
were sitting with him (i.e. the Prophet), said, "The arms of the deceased one whom he ( i.e. Abu
Qatada) has mentioned, are with me, so please compensate him for it (i.e. the spoils)," Abu Bakr said,
"No, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) will not give it (i.e. the spoils) to a weak humble person from Quraish and leave
one of Allah's Lions who fights on behalf of Allah and His Apostle." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) then got up and
gave that (spoils) to me, and I bought with it, a garden which was the first property I got after
embracing Islam.

When the Prophet (PbUH) had finished from the battle of Hunain, he sent Abu Amir at the head of an army to
Autas He (i.e. Abu Amir) met Duraid bin As Summa and Duraid was killed and Allah defeated his
companions. The Prophet (PbUH) sent me with Abu 'Amir. Abu Amir was shot at his knee with an arrow
which a man from Jushm had shot and fixed into his knee. I went to him and said, "O Uncle! Who
shot you?" He pointed me out (his killer) saying, "That is my killer who shot me (with an arrow)." So
I headed towards him and overtook him, and when he saw me, he fled, and I followed him and started
saying to him, "Won't you be ashamed? Won't you stop?" So that person stopped, and we exchanged
two hits with the swords and I killed him.
Then I said to Abu 'Amir. "Allah has killed your killer." He said, "Take out this arrow" So I removed
it, and water oozed out of the wound. He then said, "O son of my brother! Convey my compliments to
the Prophet (PbUH) and request him to ask Allah's Forgiveness for me." Abu Amir made me his successor in
commanding the people (i.e. troops). He survived for a short while and then died. (Later) I returned
and entered upon the Prophet (PbUH) at his house, and found him lying in a bed made of stalks of date-palm
leaves knitted with ropes, and on it there was bedding. The strings of the bed had their traces over his
back and sides. Then I told the Prophet (PbUH) about our and Abu Amir's news and how he had said "Tell him
to ask for Allah's Forgiveness for me."
The Prophet (PbUH) asked for water, performed ablution and then raised hands, saying, "O Allah's Forgive
`Ubaid, Abu Amir." At that time I saw the whiteness of the Prophet's armpits. The Prophet (PbUH) then said,
"O Allah, make him (i.e. Abu Amir) on the Day of Resurrection, superior to many of Your human
creatures." I said, "Will you ask Allah's Forgiveness for me?" (On that) the Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Allah,
forgive the sins of `Abdullah bin Qais and admit him to a nice entrance (i.e. paradise) on the Day of
Resurrection." Abu Burda said, "One of the prayers was for Abu 'Amir and the other was for Abu
Musa (i.e. `Abdullah bin Qais).

The Prophet (PbUH) came to me while there was an effeminate man sitting with me, and I heard him (i.e. the
effeminate man) saying to `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya, "O `Abdullah! See if Allah should make you
conquer Ta'if tomorrow, then take the daughter of Ghailan (in marriage) as (she is so beautiful and fat
that) she shows four folds of flesh when facing you, and eight when she turns her back." The Prophet (PbUH)
then said, "These (effeminate men) should never enter upon you (O women!)." Ibn Juraij said, "That
effeminate man was called Hit."
Narrated Hisham:

The above narration and added extra, that at that time, the Prophet, was besieging Taif.

When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) besieged Taif and could not conquer its people, he said, "We will return (to
Medina) If Allah wills." That distressed the Companions (of the Prophet (PbUH) and they said, "Shall we go
away without conquering it (i.e. the Fort of Taif)?" Once the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Let us return." Then the
Prophet said (to them), "Fight tomorrow." They fought and (many of them) got wounded, whereupon
the Prophet (PbUH) said, "We will return (to Medina) tomorrow if Allah wills." That delighted them,
whereupon the Prophet (PbUH) smiled. The sub-narrator, Sufyan said once, "(The Prophet) smiled."

I heard from Sa`d, the first man who has thrown an arrow in Allah's Cause, and from Abu Bakra who
jumped over the wall of the Ta'if Fort along with a few persons and came to the Prophet. They both
said, "We heard the Prophet (PbUH) saying, " If somebody claims to be the son of somebody other than his
father knowingly, he will be denied Paradise (i.e. he will not enter Paradise).' "
Narrated Ma`mar from `Asim from Abu Al-`Aliya or Abu `Uthman An-Nahdi who said. "I heard Sa`d
and Abu Bakra narrating from the Prophet." `Asim said, "I said (to him), 'Very trustworthy persons
have narrated to you.' He said, 'Yes, one of them was the first to throw an arrow in Allah's Cause and
the other came to the Prophet (PbUH) in a group of thirty-three persons from Ta'if.'

Abu Musa said, "I was with the Prophet (PbUH) when he was encamping at Al-Jarana (a place) between
Mecca and Medina and Bilal was with him. A bedouin came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "Won't you
fulfill what you have promised me?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, 'Rejoice (at what I will do for you).' The
bedouin said, "(You have said to me) rejoice too often." Then the Prophet (PbUH) turned to me (i.e. Abu
Musa) and Bilal in an angry mood and said, 'The bedouin has refused the good tidings, so you both
accept them.' Bilal and I said, 'We accept them.' Then the Prophet (PbUH) asked for a drinking bowl
containing water and washed his hands and face in it, and then took a mouthful of water and threw it
therein saying (to us), "Drink (some of) it and pour (some) over your faces and chests and be happy at
the good tidings." So they both took the drinking bowl and did as instructed. Um Salama called from
behind a screen, "Keep something (of the water for your mother." So they left some of it for her.

Ya`la used to say, "I wish I could see Allah's Messenger (PbUH) at the time when he is being inspired divinely."
Ya`la added "While the Prophet (PbUH) was at Al-Ja'rana, shaded with a cloth sheet (in the form of a tent) and
there were staying with him, some of his companions under it, suddenly there came to him a bedouin
wearing a cloak and perfumed extravagantly. He said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ! What is your opinion
regarding a man who assumes the state of Ihram for `Umra wearing a cloak after applying perfume to
his body?" `Umar signalled with his hand to Ya`la to come (near). Ya`la came and put his head
(underneath that cloth sheet) and saw the Prophet (PbUH) red-faced and when that state (of the Prophet (PbUH) ) was
over, he said, "Where is he who as already asked me about the `Umra?" The man was looked for and
brought to the Prophet (PbUH) The Prophet (PbUH) said (to him), "As for the perfume you have applied to your body,
wash it off your body) thrice, and take off your cloak, and then do in your `Umra the rites you do in
your Hajj."

When Allah gave to His Apostle the war booty on the day of Hunain, he distributed that booty
amongst those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Islam), but did not give anything to
the Ansar. So they seemed to have felt angry and sad as they did not get the same as other people had
got. The Prophet (PbUH) then delivered a sermon before them, saying, "O, the assembly of Ansar! Didn't I
find you astray, and then Allah guided you on the Right Path through me? You were divided into
groups, and Allah brought you together through me; you were poor and Allah made you rich through
me." Whatever the Prophet (PbUH) said , they (i.e. the Ansar) said, "Allah and his Apostle have more favours
to do." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "What stops you from answering the Apostle of Allah?" But whatever he
said to them, they replied, "Allah and His Apostle have more favours to do." The Prophet (PbUH) then said,
"If you wish you could say: 'You came to us in such-and-such state (at Medina).' Wouldn't you be
willing to see the people go away with sheep and camels while you go with the Prophet (PbUH) to your
homes? But for the migration, I would have been one of the Ansar, and if the people took their way
through a valley or mountain pass, I would select the valley or mountain pass of the Ansar. The Ansar
are Shiar (i.e. those clothes which are in direct contact with the body and worn inside the other
garments), and the people are Dithar (i.e. those clothes which are not in direct contact with the body
and are worn over other garments). No doubt, you will see other people favoured over you, so you
should be patient till you meet me at the Tank (of Kauthar).

When Allah gave Allah's Messenger (PbUH) what he gave of the properties of the Hawazin tribe as a war booty,
the Prophet (PbUH) started giving some men 100 camels each. The Ansar (then) said, "May Allah forgive
Allah's Messenger (PbUH)s as he gives to Quraish and leaves us although our swords are still dribbling with the
blood of Quraish." Allah Apostle was informed of their statement, so he sent for the Ansar and
gathered them in a leather tent, and did not call anybody else along with them. When they al I
gathered, the Prophet (PbUH) got up and said, "What is this talk being informed to me about you?" The
learned men amongst the Ansar said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Our chiefs did not say anything, but some
people amongst us who are younger in age said. 'May Allah forgive Allah's Messenger (PbUH) as he gives (of the
booty) to Quraish and leaves us though our swords are still dribbling with their blood." The Prophet (PbUH)
said, "I give to these men who have newly deserted heathenism (and embraced Islam) so as to attract
their hearts. Won't you be happy that the people take the wealth while you take the Prophet (PbUH) with you
to your homes? By Allah, what you are taking is better than whatever they are taking." They (i.e. the
Ansar) said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! We are satisfied." The Prophet (PbUH) then said to them. "You will find
others favored over you greatly, so be patient till you meet Allah and His Apostle and I will be at the
Tank then." Anas added: But they did not remain patient.

When it was the day of the Conquest (of Mecca) Allah's Messenger (PbUH) distributed the war booty amongst
the people of Quraish which caused the Ansar to become angry. So the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Won't you be
pleased that the people take the worldly things and you take Allah's Messenger (PbUH) with you? "They said,
"Yes." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "If the people took their way through a valley or mountain pass, I would take
my way through the Ansar's valley or mountain pass."

When it was the day of (the battle of) Hunain, the Prophet (PbUH) confronted the tribe of Hawazin while there
were ten-thousand (men) besides the Tulaqa' (i.e. those who had embraced Islam on the day of the
Conquest of Mecca) with the Prophet. When they (i.e. Muslims) fled, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "O the group
of Ansari" They replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and Sadaik! We are under your command."
Then the Prophet (PbUH) got down (from his mule) and said, "I am Allah's Slave and His Apostle." Then the
pagans were defeated. The Prophet (PbUH) distributed the war booty amongst the Tulaqa and Muhajirin (i.e.
Emigrants) and did not give anything to the Ansar. So the Ansar spoke (i.e. were dissatisfied) and he
called them and made them enter a leather tent and said, Won't you be pleased that the people take the
sheep and camels, and you take Allah's Messenger (PbUH) along with you?" The Prophet (PbUH) added, "If the people
took their way through a valley and the Ansar took their way through a mountain pass, then I would
choose a mountain pass of the Ansar."

The Prophet (PbUH) gathered some people of Ansar and said, "The People of Quraish are still close to their
Pre-lslamic period of ignorance and have suffered a lot, and I want to help them and attract their
hearts (by giving them the war booty). Won't you be pleased that the people take the worldly things)
and you take Allah's Messenger (PbUH) with you to your homes?" They said, "Yes, (i.e. we are pleased with this
distribution)." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "'If the people took their way through a valley and the Ansar took
their way through a mountain pass, then I would take the Ansar's valley or the Ansar's mountain pass."

When the Prophet (PbUH) distribute the war booty of Hunain, a man from the Ansar said, "He (i.e. the
Prophet), did not intend to please Allah in this distribution." So I came to the Prophet (PbUH) and informed
him of that (statement) whereupon the color of his face changed and he said, "May Allah bestow His
Mercy on Moses, for he was troubled with more than this, but he remained patient."

When it was the day of Hunain, Prophet favored some people over some others (in the distribution of
the booty). He gave Al-Aqra' one-hundred camels and gave Uyaina the same, and also gave other
people (of Quraish). A man said, "Allah's Pleasure was not the aim, in this distribution." I said, "I will
inform the Prophet (PbUH) (about your statement)." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Moses,
for he was troubled more this but he remained patient."

When it was the day (of the battle) of Hunain, the tributes of Hawazin and Ghatafan and others, along
with their animals and offspring (and wives) came to fight against the Prophet (PbUH) The Prophet (PbUH) had with
him, ten thousand men and some of the Tulaqa. The companions fled, leaving the Prophet (PbUH) alone. The
Prophet then made two calls which were clearly distinguished from each other. He turned right and
said, "O the group of Ansar!" They said, "Labbaik, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Rejoice, for we are with you!"
Then he turned left and said, "O the group of Ansar!" They said, "Labbaik! O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
Rejoice, for we are with you!" The Prophet (PbUH) at that time, was riding on a white mule; then he
dismounted and said, "I am Allah's Slave and His Apostle." The infidels then were defeated, and on
that day the Prophet (PbUH) gained a large amount of booty which he distributed amongst the Muhajirin and
the Tulaqa and did not give anything to the Ansar. The Ansar said, "When there is a difficulty, we are
called, but the booty is given to other than us." The news reached the Prophet (PbUH) and he gathered them in
a leather tent and said, "What is this news reaching me from you, O the group of Ansar?" They kept
silent, He added," O the group of Ansar! Won't you be happy that the people take the worldly things
and you take Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to your homes reserving him for yourself?" They said, "Yes." Then the
Prophet said, "If the people took their way through a valley, and the Ansar took their way through a
mountain pass, surely, I would take the Ansar's mountain pass." Hisham said, "O Abu Hamza (i.e.
Anas)! Did you witness that? " He replied, "And how could I be absent from him?"

The Prophet (PbUH) sent a Sariya towards Najd and I was in it, and our share from the booty amounted to
twelve camels each, and we were given an additional camel each. So we returned with thirteen camels
each.

The Prophet (PbUH) sent Khalid bin Al-Walid to the tribe of Jadhima and Khalid invited them to Islam but
they could not express themselves by saying, "Aslamna (i.e. we have embraced Islam)," but they
started saying "Saba'na! Saba'na (i.e. we have come out of one religion to another)." Khalid kept on
killing (some of) them and taking (some of) them as captives and gave every one of us his Captive.
When there came the day then Khalid ordered that each man (i.e. Muslim soldier) should kill his
captive, I said, "By Allah, I will not kill my captive, and none of my companions will kill his captive."
When we reached the Prophet, we mentioned to him the whole story. On that, the Prophet (PbUH) raised both
his hands and said twice, "O Allah! I am free from what Khalid has done."

The Prophet (PbUH) sent a Sariya under the command of a man from the Ansar and ordered the soldiers to
obey him. He (i.e. the commander) became angry and said "Didn't the Prophet (PbUH) order you to obey me!"
They replied, "Yes." He said, "Collect fire-wood for me." So they collected it. He said, "Make a fire."
When they made it, he said, "Enter it (i.e. the fire)." So they intended to do that and started holding
each other and saying, "We run towards (i.e. take refuge with) the Prophet (PbUH) from the fire." They kept
on saying that till the fire was extinguished and the anger of the commander abated. When that news
reached the Prophet (PbUH) he said, "If they had entered it (i.e. the fire), they would not have come out of it
till the Day of Resurrection. Obedience (to somebody) is required when he enjoins what is good."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent Abu Musa and Mu`adh bin Jabal to Yemen. He sent each of them to administer a
province as Yemen consisted of two provinces. The Prophet (PbUH) said (to them), "Facilitate things for the
people and do not make things difficult for them (Be kind and lenient (both of you) with the people,
and do not be hard on them) and give the people good tidings and do not repulse them. So each of
them went to carry on his job. So when any one of them toured his province and happened to come
near (the border of the province of) his companion, he would visit him and greet him. Once Mu`adh
toured that part of his state which was near (the border of the province of) his companion Abu Musa.
Mu`adh came riding his mule till he reached Abu Musa and saw him sitting, and the people had
gathered around him. Behold! There was a man tied with his hands behind his neck. Mu`adh said to
Abu Musa, "O `Abdullah bin Qais! What is this?" Abu Musa replied. "This man has reverted to
Heathenism after embracing Islam." Mu`adh said, "I will not dismount till he is killed." Abu Musa
replied, "He has been brought for this purpose, so come down." Mu`adh said, "I will not dismount till
he is killed." So Abu Musa ordered that he be killed, and he was killed. Then Mu`adh dismounted and
said, "O `Abdullah (bin Qais)! How do you recite the Qur'an ?" Abu Musa said, "I recite the Qur'an
regularly at intervals and piecemeal. How do you recite it O Mu`adh?" Mu`adh said, "I sleep in the
first part of the night and then get up after having slept for the time devoted for my sleep and then
recite as much as Allah has written for me. So I seek Allah's Reward for both my sleep as well as my
prayer (at night).

That Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari said that the Prophet (PbUH) had sent him to Yemen and he asked the Prophet (PbUH)
about certain (alcoholic) drink which used to be prepared there The Prophet (PbUH) said, "What are they?"
Abu Musa said, "Al-Bit' and Al-Mizr?" He said, "Al-Bit is an alcoholic drink made from honey; and
Al-Mizr is an alcoholic drink made from barley." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "All intoxicants are prohibited."

That the Prophet (PbUH) sent his (i.e. Abu Burda's) grandfather, Abu Musa and Mu`adh to Yemen and said to
both of them "Facilitate things for the people (Be kind and lenient) and do not make things difficult
(for people), and give them good tidings, and do not repulse them and both of you should obey each
other." Abu Musa said, "O Allah's Prophet! In our land there is an alcoholic drink (prepared) from
barley called Al-Mizr, and another (prepared) from honey, called Al-Bit"' The Prophet (PbUH) said, "All
intoxicants are prohibited." Then both of them proceeded and Mu`adh asked Abu Musa, "How do you
recite the Qur'an?" Abu Musa replied, "I recite it while I am standing, sitting or riding my riding
animals, at intervals and piecemeal." Mu`adh said, "But I sleep and then get up. I sleep and hope for
Allah's Reward for my sleep as I seek His Reward for my night prayer." Then he (i.e. Mu`adh) pitched
a tent and they started visiting each other. Once Mu`adh paid a visit to Abu Musa and saw a chained
man. Mu`adh asked, "What is this?" Abu Musa said, "(He was) a Jew who embraced Islam and has
now turned apostate." Mu`adh said, "I will surely chop off his neck!"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent me (as a governor) to the land of my people, and I came while Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
was encamping at a place called Al-Abtah. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Have you made the intention to
perform the Hajj, O `Abdullah bin Qais?" I replied, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!" He said, "What did you
say?" I replied, "I said, 'Labbaik' and expressed the same intention as yours." He said, "Have you
driven the Hadi along with you?" I replied, "No, I did not drive the Hadi." He said, "So perform the
Tawaf of the Ka`ba and then the Sai, between Safa and Marwa and then finish the state of Ihram." So
I did the same, and one of the women of (the tribe of) Banu-Qais combed my hair. We continued
follow in that tradition till the caliphate of `Umar.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to Mu`adh bin Jabal when he sent him to Yemen. "You will come to the people of
Scripture, and when you reach them, invite them to testify that none has the right to be worshipped
except Allah and that Muhammad is His Apostle. And if they obey you in that, then tell them that
Allah has enjoined on them five prayers to be performed every day and night. And if they obey you in
that, then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Sadaqa (i.e. rak`at) to be taken from the rich
amongst them and given to the poor amongst them. And if they obey you in that, then be cautious!
Don't take their best properties (as Zakat) and be afraid of the curse of an oppressed person as there is
no screen between his invocation and Allah.

When Mu`adh arrived at Yemen, he led them (i.e. the people of Yemen) in the Fajr prayer wherein he
recited: 'Allah took Abraham as a Khalil.' A man amongst the people said, "(How) glad the mother of
Abraham is!" (In another narration) `Amr said, "The Prophet (PbUH) sent Mu`adh to Yemen and he (led the
people) in the Fajr prayer and recited: 'Allah took Abraham as a Khalil. A man behind him said,
"(How) glad the mother of Abraham is!"

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent us to Yemen along with Khalid bin Al-Walid. Later on he sent `Ali bin Abi Talib
in his place. The Prophet (PbUH) said to `Ali, "Give Khalid's companions the choice of either staying with you
(in Yemen) or returning to Medina." I was one of those who stayed with him (i.e. `Ali) and got several
Awaq (of gold from the war booty.

The Prophet (PbUH) sent `Ali to Khalid to bring the Khumus (of the booty) and I hated `Ali, and `Ali had
taken a bath (after a sexual act with a slave-girl from the Khumus). I said to Khalid, "Don't you see
this (i.e. `Ali)?" When we reached the Prophet (PbUH) I mentioned that to him. He said, "O Buraida! Do you
hate `Ali?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Do you hate him, for he deserves more than that from the
Khumlus."

`Ali bin Abi Talib sent a piece of gold not yet taken out of its ore, in a tanned leather container to
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) . Allah's Messenger (PbUH) distributed that amongst four Persons: 'Uyaina bin Badr, Aqra bin
H`Abis, Zaid Al-Khail and the fourth was either Alqama or Amir bin at-Tufail. On that, one of his
companions said, "We are more deserving of this (gold) than these (persons)." When that news
reached the Prophet (PbUH) , he said, "Don't you trust me though I am the truth worthy man of the One in the
Heavens, and I receive the news of Heaven (i.e. Divine Inspiration) both in the morning and in the
evening?" There got up a man with sunken eyes, raised cheek bones, raised forehead, a thick beard, a
shaven head and a waist sheet that was tucked up and he said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Be afraid of Allah."
The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Woe to you! Am I not of all the people of the earth the most entitled to fear
Allah?" Then that man went away. Khalid bin Al-Wahd said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Shall I chop his
neck off?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "No, for he may offer prayers." Khalid said, "Numerous are those who
offer prayers and say by their tongues (i.e. mouths) what is not in their hearts." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "I
have not been ordered (by Allah) to search the hearts of the people or cut open their bellies." Then the
Prophet looked at him (i.e. that man) while the latter was going away and said, "From the offspring of
this (man there will come out (people) who will recite the Qur'an continuously and elegantly but it
will not exceed their throats. (They will neither understand it nor act upon it). They would go out of
the religion (i.e. Islam) as an arrow goes through a game's body." I think he also said, "If I should be
present at their time I would kill them as the nations a Thamud were killed."

Jabir said, "The Prophet (PbUH) ordered `Ali to keep the state of Ihram." Jabir added, "Ali bin Abi Talib
returned (from Yemen) when he was a governor (of Yemen). The Prophet (PbUH) said to him, 'With what
intention have you assumed the state of Ihram?' `Ali said, "I have assumed Ihram with an intention as
that of the Prophet." Then the Prophet (PbUH) said (to him), 'Offer a Hadi and keep the state of Ihram in
which you are now.' `Ali slaughtered a Hadi on his behalf."

The Prophet (PbUH) assumed the state of Ihram for Umra and Hajj, and we to assumed it for Hajj with him.
When we arrived at Mecca, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Whoever does not possess a Hadi should regard his
Ihram for Umra only." The Prophet (PbUH) had a Hadi with him. `Ali bin Abi Talib came to us from Yemen
with the intention of performing Hajj. The Prophet (PbUH) said (to him), "With what intention have you
assumed the Ihram, for your wife is with us?" `Ali said, "I assumed the lhram with the same intention
as that of the Prophet (PbUH) ." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Keep on the state of lhram, as we have got the Hadi."

In the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance there was a house called Dhu-l-Khalasa or Al-Ka`ba Al-
Yamaniya or Al-Ka`ba Ash-Shamiya. The Prophet (PbUH) said to me, "Won't you relieve me from Dhu-l-
Khalasa?" So I set out with one-hundred-and-fifty riders, and we dismantled it and killed whoever was
present there. Then I came to the Prophet (PbUH) and informed him, and he invoked good upon us and Al-
Ahmas (tribe) .

Jarir said to me, The Prophet (PbUH) said to me, "Won't you relieve me from Dhu-l-Khalasa?" And that was a
house (in Yemem belonging to the tribe of) Khatham called Al-Ka`ba Al Yamaniya. I proceeded with
one-hundred and-fifty cavalry from Ahmas (tribe) who were horse riders. I used not to sit firm on
horses, so the Prophet (PbUH) stroke me over my chest till I saw the mark of his fingers over my chest, and
then he said, 'O Allah! Make him (i.e. Jarir) firm and one who guides others and is guided on the right
path." So Jarir proceeded to it dismantled and burnt it, and then sent a messenger to Allah's Messenger (PbUH).
The messenger of Jarir said (to the Prophet), "By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I did not leave
that place till it was like a scabby camel." The Prophet (PbUH) blessed the horses of Ahmas and their men five
times.

Jarir said "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to me, "Won't you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa?" I replied, "Yes, (I
will relieve you)." So I proceeded along with one-hundred and fifty cavalry from Ahmas tribe who
were skillful in riding horses. I used not to sit firm over horses, so I informed the Prophet (PbUH) of that, and
he stroke my chest with his hand till I saw the marks of his hand over my chest and he said, O Allah!
Make him firm and one who guides others and is guided (on the right path).' Since then I have never
fallen from a horse. Dhul-l--Khulasa was a house in Yemen belonging to the tribe of Khatham and
Bajaila, and in it there were idols which were worshipped, and it was called Al-Ka`ba." Jarir went
there, burnt it with fire and dismantled it. When Jarir reached Yemen, there was a man who used to
foretell and give good omens by casting arrows of divination. Someone said to him. "The messenger
of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) is present here and if he should get hold of you, he would chop off your neck." One
day while he was using them (i.e. arrows of divination), Jarir stopped there and said to him, "Break
them (i.e. the arrows) and testify that None has the right to be worshipped except Allah, or else I will
chop off your neck." So the man broke those arrows and testified that none has the right to be
worshipped except Allah. Then Jarir sent a man called Abu Artata from the tribe of Ahmas to the
Prophet to convey the good news (of destroying Dhu-l-Khalasa). So when the messenger reached the
Prophet, he said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I did not leave it till it was
like a scabby camel." Then the Prophet (PbUH) blessed the horses of Ahmas and their men five times.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent `Amr bin Al As as the commander of the troops of Dhat-us-Salasil. `Amr bin Al-
`As said, "(On my return) I came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, 'Which people do you love most?' He
replied, `Aisha.' I said, 'From amongst the men?' He replied, 'Her father (Abu Bakr)'. I said, 'Whom
(do you love) next?' He replied, "`Umar.' Then he counted the names of many men, and I became
silent for fear that he might regard me as the last of them."

While I was at Yemen, I met two men from Yemen called Dhu Kala and Dhu `Amr, and I started
telling them about Allah's Messenger (PbUH). Dhu `Amr said to me, "If what you are saying about your friend
(i.e. the Prophet) is true, then he has died three days ago." Then both of them accompanied me to
Medina, and when we had covered some distance on the way to Medina, we saw some riders coming
from Medina. We asked them and they said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) has died and Abu Bakr has been
appointed as the Caliph and the people are in a good state.' Then they said, "Tell your friend (Abu
Bakr) that we have come (to visit him), and if Allah will, we will come again." So they both returned
to Yemen. When I told Abu Bakr their statement, he said to me, "I wish you had brought them (to
me)." Afterwards I met Dhu `Amr, and he said to me, "O Jarir! You have done a favor to me and I am
going to tell you something, i.e. you, the nation of 'Arabs, will remain prosperous as long as you
choose and appoint another chief whenever a former one is dead. But if authority is obtained by the
power of the sword, then the rulers will become kings who will get angry, as kings get angry, and will
be delighted as kings get delighted."

Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent troops to the sea coast and appointed Abu 'Ubaida bin
Al-Jarrah as their commander, and they were 300 (men). We set out, and we had covered some
distance on the way, when our journey food ran short. So Abu 'Ubaida ordered that all the food
present with the troops be collected, and it was collected. Our journey food was dates, and Abu
Ubaida kept on giving us our daily ration from it little by little (piecemeal) till it decreased to such an
extent that we did not receive except a date each." I asked (Jabir), "How could one date benefit you?"
He said, "We came to know its value when even that finished." Jabir added, "Then we reached the sea
(coast) where we found a fish like a small mountain. The people (i.e. troops) ate of it for 18 nights (i.e.
days). Then Abu 'Ubaida ordered that two of its ribs be fixed on the ground (in the form of an arch)
and that a she-camel be ridden and passed under them. So it passed under them without touching
them."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent us who were three-hundred riders under the command of Abu Ubaida bin Al-
Jarrah in order to watch the caravan of the Quraish pagans. We stayed at the seashore for half a month
and were struck with such severe hunger that we ate even the Khabt (i.e. the leaves of the Salam, a
thorny desert tree), and because of that, the army was known as Jaish-ul-Khabt. Then the sea threw
out, an animal (i.e. a fish) called Al-`Anbar and we ate of that for half a month, and rubbed its fat on
our bodies till our bodies returned to their original state (i.e. became strong and healthy). Abu Ubaida
took one of its ribs, fixed it on the ground; then he went to the tallest man of his companions (to let
him pass under the rib). Once Sufyan said, "He took a rib from its parts and fixed it, and then took a
man and camel and they passed from underneath it (without touching it). " Jabir added: There was a
man amongst the people who slaughtered three camels and then slaughtered another three camels and
then slaughtered other three camels, and then Abu 'Ubaida forbade him to do so.
Narrated Abu Salih: Qais bin Sa`d said to his father. "I was present in the army and the people were
struck with severe hunger." He said, "You should have slaughtered (camels) (for them)." Qais said, "I
did slaughter camels but they were hungry again. He said, "You should have slaughtered (camels)
again." Qais said, "I did slaughter (camels) again but the people felt hungry again." He said, "You
should have slaughtered (camels) again." Qais said, "I did slaughter (camels) again, but the people
again felt hungry." He said, "You should have slaughtered (camels) again." Qais said, "But I was
forbidden (by Abu 'Ubaida this time).

We set out in the army of Al-Khabt and Abu Ubaida was the commander of the troops. We were
struck with severe hunger and the sea threw out a dead fish the like of which we had never seen, and it
was called Al-`Anbar. We ate of it for half a month. Abu Ubaida took (and fixed) one of its bones and
a rider passed underneath it (without touching it). (Jabir added:) Abu 'Ubaida said (to us), "Eat (of that
fish)." When we arrived at Medina, we informed the Prophet (PbUH) about that, and he said, "Eat, for it is
food Allah has brought out for you, and feed us if you have some of it." So some of them gave him (of
that fish) and he ate it.

That during the Hajj in which the Prophet (PbUH) had made Abu Bakr As Siddiq as chief of the, Hajj before
the Hajj-ul-Wida,' on the day of Nahr, Abu Bakr sent him along with a group of persons to announce
to the people. "No pagan is permitted to perform Hajj after this year, and nobody is permitted to
perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba naked."

The last Sura which was revealed in full was Baraa (i.e. Sura-at-Tauba), and the last Sura (i.e. part of a
Sura) which was revealed was the last Verses of Sura-an-Nisa':-- "They ask you for a legal decision.
Say: Allah directs (thus) About those who have No descendants or ascendants As heirs." (4.177)

A delegation from Banu Tamim came to the Prophet (PbUH) . The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Accept the good tidings, O
Banu Tamim!" They said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! You have given us good tidings, so give us
(something)." Signs of displeasure appeared on his face. Then another delegation from Yemen came
and he said (to them), "Accept the good tidings, for Banu Tamim refuses to accept them." They
replied, "We have accepted them, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!"

I have not ceased to like Banu Tamim ever since I heard of three qualities attributed to them by
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (He said): They, out of all my followers, will be the strongest opponent of Ad-Dajjal;
`Aisha had a slave-girl from them, and the Prophet (PbUH) told her to manumit her as she was from the
descendants of (the Prophet) Ishmael; and, when their Zakat was brought, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is
the Zakat of my people."

`Abdullah bin Az-Zubair said that a group of riders belonging to Banu Tamim came to the Prophet,
Abu Bakr said (to the Prophet (PbUH) ), "Appoint Al-Qa'qa bin Mabad bin Zurara as (their) ruler." `Umar said
(to the Prophet). "No! But appoint Al-Aqra bin H`Abis." Thereupon Abu Bakr said (to `Umar). "You
just wanted to oppose me." `Umar replied. "I did not want to oppose you." So both of them argued so
much that their voices became louder, and then the following Divine Verses were revealed in that
connection:-- "O you who believe ! Do not be forward in the presence of Allah and His Apostle..."
(till the end of Verse)...(49.1)

I said to Ibn `Abbas, "I have an earthenware pot containing Nabidh (i.e. water and dates or grapes) for
me, and I drink of it while it is sweet. If I drink much of it and stay with the people for a long time, I
get afraid that they may discover it (for I will appear as if I were drunk). Ibn `Abbas said, "A
delegation of `Abdul Qais came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and he said, "Welcome, O people! Neither will you
have disgrace nor will you regret." They said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! There are the Mudar pagans
between you and us, so we cannot come to you except in the sacred Months. So please teach us some
orders on acting upon which we will enter Paradise. Besides, we will preach that to our people who
are behind us." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I order you to do four things and forbid you from four things (I
order you): To believe in Allah...Do you know what is to believe in Allah? That is to testify that None
has the right to be worshipped except Allah: (I order you also to offer prayers perfectly to pay Zakat;
and to fast the month of Ramadan and to give the Khumus (i.e. one-fifth of the booty) (for Allah's
Sake). I forbid you from four other things (i.e. the wine that is prepared in) Ad-Dubba, An-Naquir,
Az-Hantam and Al-Muzaffat. (See Hadith No. 50 Vol. 1)

The delegation of `Abdul Qais came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH) We belong to the
tribe of Rabi`a. The infidels of Mudar tribe intervened between us and you so that we cannot come to
you except in the Sacred Months, so please order us some things we may act on and invite those left
behind to act on. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I order you to observe four things and forbid you from four
things: (I order you) to believe in Allah, i.e. to testify that None has the right to be worshipped except
Allah." The Prophet (PbUH) pointed with finger indicating one and added, "To offer prayers perfectly: to give
Zakat, and to give one-fifth of the booty you win (for Allah's Sake). I forbid you to use Ad-Dubba',
An-Naquir, Al-Hantam and Al-Muzaffat, (Utensils used for preparing alcoholic liquors and drinks).

That Kuraib, the freed slave of Ibn `Abbas told him that Ibn `Abbas, `Abdur-Rahman bin Azhar and
Al-Miswar bin Makhrama sent him to `Aisha saying, "Pay her our greetings and ask her about our
offering of the two-rak`at after `Asr Prayer, and tell her that we have been informed that you offer
these two rak`at while we have heard that the Prophet (PbUH) had forbidden their offering." Ibn `Abbas said,
"I and `Umar used to beat the people for their offering them." Kuraib added, "I entered upon her and
delivered their message to her.' She said, 'Ask Um Salama.' So, I informed them (of `Aisha's answer)
and they sent me to Um Salama for the same purpose as they sent me to `Aisha. Um Salama replied, 'I
heard the Prophet (PbUH) forbidding the offering of these two rak`at. Once the Prophet (PbUH) offered the `Asr
prayer, and then came to me. And at that time some Ansari women from the Tribe of Banu Haram
were with me. Then (the Prophet (PbUH) ) offered those two rak`at, and I sent my (lady) servant to him,
saying, 'Stand beside him and say (to him): Um Salama says, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Didn't I hear you
forbidding the offering of these two rak`at (after the `Asr prayer yet I see you offering them?' And if
he beckons to you with his hand, then wait behind.' So the lady slave did that and the Prophet (PbUH)
beckoned her with his hand, and she stayed behind, and when the Prophet (PbUH) finished his prayer, he said,
'O the daughter of Abu Umaiya (i.e. Um Salama), You were asking me about these two rak`at after the
`Asr prayer. In fact, some people from the tribe of `Abdul Qais came to me to embrace Islam and
busied me so much that I did not offer the two rak`at which were offered after Zuhr compulsory
prayer, and these two rak`at (you have seen me offering) make up for those."

The first Friday (i.e. Jumua) prayer offered after the Friday Prayer offered at the Mosque of Allah's
Apostle was offered at the mosque of `Abdul Qais situated at Jawathi, that is a village at Al Bahrain .

The Prophet (PbUH) sent some cavalry towards Najd and they brought a man from the tribe of Banu Hanifa
who was called Thumama bin Uthal. They fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque. The
Prophet went to him and said, "What have you got, O Thumama?" He replied," I have got a good
thought, O Muhammad! If you should kill me, you would kill a person who has already killed
somebody, and if you should set me free, you would do a favor to one who is grateful, and if you want
property, then ask me whatever wealth you want." He was left till the next day when the Prophet (PbUH) said
to him, "What have you got, Thumama? He said, "What I told you, i.e. if you set me free, you would
do a favor to one who is grateful." The Prophet (PbUH) left him till the day after, when he said, "What have
you got, O Thumama?" He said, "I have got what I told you. "On that the Prophet (PbUH) said, "Release
Thumama." So he (i.e. Thumama) went to a garden of date-palm trees near to the Mosque, took a bath
and then entered the Mosque and said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except
Allah, and also testify that Muhammad is His Apostle! By Allah, O Muhammad! There was no face
on the surface of the earth most disliked by me than yours, but now your face has become the most
beloved face to me. By Allah, there was no religion most disliked by me than yours, but now it is the
most beloved religion to me. By Allah, there was no town most disliked by me than your town, but
now it is the most beloved town to me. Your cavalry arrested me (at the time) when I was intending to
perform the `Umra. And now what do you think?" The Prophet (PbUH) gave him good tidings (congratulated
him) and ordered him to perform the `Umra. So when he came to Mecca, someone said to him, "You
have become a Sabian?" Thumama replied, "No! By Allah, I have embraced Islam with Muhammad,
Apostle of Allah. No, by Allah! Not a single grain of wheat will come to you from Jamaica unless the
Prophet gives his permission."

Musailima Al-Kadhdhab came during the lifetime of the Prophet (PbUH) and started saying, "If Muhammad
gives me the rule after him, I will follow him." And he came to Medina with a great number of the
people of his tribe. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) went to him in the company of Thabit bin Qais bin Shammas, and
at that time, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had a stick of a date-palm tree in his hand. When he (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) )
stopped near Musailima while the latter was amidst his companions, he said to him, "If you ask me for
this piece (of stick), I will not give it to you, and Allah's Order you cannot avoid, (but you will be
destroyed), and if you turn your back from this religion, then Allah will destroy you. And I think you
are the same person who was shown to me in my dream, and this is Thabit bin Qais who will answer
your questions on my behalf." Then the Prophet (PbUH) went away from him. I asked about the statement of
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) : "You seem to be the same person who was shown to me in my dream," and Abu
Huraira informed me that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "When I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two bangles
of gold on my hands and that worried me. And then I was inspired Divinely in the dream that I should
blow on them, so I blew on them and both the bangles flew away. And I interpreted it that two liars
(who would claim to be prophets) would appear after me. One of them has proved to be Al Ansi and
the other, Musailima."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "While I was sleeping, I was given the treasures of the earth and two gold
bangles were put in my hands, and I did not like that, but I received the inspiration that I should blow
on them, and I did so, and both of them vanished. I interpreted it as referring to the two liars between
whom I am present; the ruler of Sana and the Ruler of Yamaha."

We used to worship stones, and when we found a better stone than the first one, we would throw the
first one and take the latter, but if we could not get a stone then we would collect some earth (i.e. soil)
and then bring a sheep and milk that sheep over it, and perform the Tawaf around it. When the month
of Rajab came, we used (to stop the military actions), calling this month the iron remover, for we used
to remove and throw away the iron parts of every spear and arrow in the month of Rajab. Abu Raja'
added: When the Prophet (PbUH) sent with (Allah's) Message, I was a boy working as a shepherd of my
family camels. When we heard the news about the appearance of the Prophet, we ran to the fire, i.e. to
Musailima al-Kadhdhab.

We were informed that Musailima Al-Kadhdhab had arrived in Medina and stayed in the house of the
daughter of Al-Harith. The daughter of Al-Harith bin Kuraiz was his wife and she was the mother of
`Abdullah bin 'Amir. There came to him Allah's Messenger (PbUH) accompanied by Thabit bin Qais bin
Shammas who was called the orator of Allah's Messenger (PbUH). Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had a stick in his hand then.
The Prophet (PbUH) stopped before Musailima and spoke to him. Musailima said to him, "If you wish, we
would not interfere between you and the rule, on condition that the rule will be ours after you... The
Prophet said, "If you asked me for this stick, I would not give it to you. I think you are the same
person who was shown to me in a dream. And this is Thabit bin Al-Qais who will answer you on my
behalf." The Prophet (PbUH) then went away. I asked Ibn `Abbas about the dream Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had
mentioned. Ibn `Abbas said, "Someone told me that the Prophet (PbUH) said, "When I was sleeping, I saw in a
dream that two gold bangles were put in my hands, and that frightened me and made me dislike them.
Then I was allowed to blow on them, and when I blew at them, both of them flew. Then I interpreted
them as two liars who would appear.' One of them was Al-`Ansi who was killed by Fairuz in Yemen
and the other was Musailima Al-Kadhdbab."

Al-`Aqib and Saiyid, the rulers of Najran, came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) with the intention of doing Lian
one of them said to the other, "Do not do (this Lian) for, by Allah, if he is a Prophet and we do this
Lian, neither we, nor our offspring after us will be successful." Then both of them said (to the Prophet (PbUH)
), "We will give what you should ask but you should send a trustworthy man with us, and do not send
any person with us but an honest one." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I will send an honest man who Is really
trustworthy." Then every one of the companions of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) wished to be that one. Then the
Prophet said, "Get up, O Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah." When he got up, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, "This is
the Trustworthy man of this (Muslim) nation."

The people of Najran came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "Send an honest man to us." The Prophet (PbUH) said, "I
will send to you an honest man who is really trustworthy." Everyone of the (Muslim) people hoped to
be that one. The Prophet (PbUH) then sent Abu Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Every nation has an Amin (i.e. the most honest man), and the Amin of this nation
is Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to me, "If the revenue of Al-Bahrain should come, I will give you so much and so
much," repeating "so much" thrice. But the revenue of Al-Bahrain did not come till Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
had died. When the revenue came during the rule of Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr ordered an announcer to
announce, "Whoever had any debt or promise due upon the Prophet, should present himself to me (i.e.
Abu Bakr). I came to Abu Bakr and informed him that the Prophet (PbUH) had said (to me), "If the revenue of
Al-Bahrain should come, I will give you so-much and so much," repeating "so much" thrice. So Abu
Bakr gave me (in another narration Jaibir said,). I met Abu Bakr after that and asked him (to give me
what the Prophet (PbUH) had promised me) but he did not give me. I again went to him but he did not give
me. I again went to him (for the third time) but he did not give me; On that I said to him, "I came to
you but you did not give me, then I came to you and you did not give me, and then again I came to
you, but you did not give me; so you should either give me or else you are like a miserly to me, on
that, Abu Bakr said, "Do you say, 'You are like a miserly to me?' There is no worse disease than
miserliness." Abu Bakr said it thrice and added, "Whenever I refused to give you, I had the intention
of giving you." (In another narration) Jabir bin `Abdullah said, "I went to Abu Bakr (and he gave me a
handful of money) and told me to count it, I counted and found it five-hundred, and then Abu Bakr
said (to me), "Take the same amount twice."

My brother and I came from Yemen (to Medina) and remained for some time, thinking that Ibn Masud
and his mother belonged to the family of the Prophet (PbUH) because of their frequent entrance (upon the
Prophet) and their being attached to him.

When Abu Musa arrived (at Kufa as a governor) he honored this family of Jarm (by paying them a
visit). I was sitting near to him, and he was eating chicken as his lunch, and there was a man sitting
amongst the people. Abu Musa invited the man to the lunch, but the latter said, "I saw chickens
(eating something (dirty) so I consider them unclean." Abu Musa said, "Come on! I saw the Prophet (PbUH)
eating it (i.e. chicken)." The man said "I have taken an oath that I will not ea (chicken)" Abu Musa
said." Come on! I will tell you about your oath. We, a group of Al-Ash`ariyin people went to the
Prophet and asked him to give us something to ride, but the Prophet (PbUH) refused. Then we asked him for
the second time to give us something to ride, but the Prophet (PbUH) took an oath that he would not give us
anything to ride. After a while, some camels of booty were brought to the Prophet (PbUH) and he ordered that
five camels be given to us. When we took those camels we said, "We have made the Prophet (PbUH) forget
his oath, and we will not be successful after that." So I went to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "O Allah' Apostle
! You took an oath that you would not give us anything to ride, but you have given us." He said, "Yes,
for if I take an oath and later I see a better solution than that, I act on the later (and gave the expiation
of that oaths"

The people of Banu Tamim came to Allah's Messenger (PbUH), and he said, "Be glad (i.e. have good tidings). O
Banu Tamim!" They said, "As you have given us good tidings then give us (some material things)."
On that the features of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) changed (i.e. he took it ill). Then some people from Yemen
came, and the Prophet (PbUH) said (to them) "Accept good tidings as Banu Tamim have not accepted them."
They said, "We accept them, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!"

The Prophet (PbUH) beckoned with his hand towards Yemen and said, "Belief is there." The harshness and
mercilessness are the qualities of those farmers etc, who are busy with their camels and pay no
attention to the religion (is towards the east) from where the side of the head of Satan will appear;
those are the tribes of Rabi`a and Mudar.

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The people of Yemen have come to you and they are more gentle and soft-hearted.
Belief is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite, while pride and haughtiness are the qualities of the
owners of camels (i.e. bedouins). Calmness and solemnity are the characters of the owners of sheep."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Belief is Yemenite while afflictions appear from there (the east) from where the
side of the head of Satan will appear."

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "The people of Yemen have come to you, and they are more soft hearted and gentle
hearted people. The capacity for understanding religion is Yemenite and Wisdom is Yemenite."

We were sitting with Ibn Masud when Khabbab came and said, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! Can these
young fellows recite Qur'an as you do?" Ibn Mas`ud said, "If you wish I can order one of them to
recite (Qur'an) for you ." Khabbab replied, "Yes. "Ibn Mas`ud said, "Recite, O 'Alqama!" On that,
Zaid bin Hudair, the brother of Ziyad bin Hudair said, (to Ibn Mas`ud), "Why have you ordered
'Alqama to recite though he does not recite better than we?" Ibn Mas`ud said, "If you like, I would tell
you what the Prophet (PbUH) said about your nation and his (i.e. 'Alqama's) nation." So I recited fifty Verses
from Sura-Maryam. `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud) said to Khabbab, "What do you think (about 'Alqama's
recitation)?" Khabbab said, "He has recited well." `Abdullah said, "Whatever I recite, 'Alqama
recites." Then `Abdullah turned towards Khabbab and saw that he was wearing a gold ring,
whereupon he said, "Hasn't the time for its throwing away come yet?" Khabbab said, "You will not
see me wearing it after today," and he throw it away.

Tufail bin `Amr came to the Prophet (PbUH) and said, "The Daus (nation) have perished as they disobeyed
and refused to accept Islam. So invoke Allah against them." But the Prophet (PbUH) said, "O Allah! Give
guidance to the Daus (tribe) and bring them (to Islam)!"

When I came to the Prophet (PbUH) said on my way, "O what a long tedious tiresome night; nevertheless, it
has rescued me from the place of Heathenism." A slave of mine ran away on the way. When I reached
the Prophet (PbUH) I gave him the oath of allegiance (for Islam), and while I was sitting with him, suddenly
the slave appeared. The Prophet (PbUH) said to me. "O Abu Huraira! Here is your slave," I said, "He (i.e. the
slave) is (free) for Allah's Sake," and manumitted him.

We came to `Umar in a delegation (during his rule). He started calling the men one by one, calling
each by his name. (As he did not call me early) I said to him. "Don't you know me, O chief of the
Believers?" He said, "Yes, you embraced Islam when they (i.e. your people) disbelieved; you have
come (to the Truth) when they ran away; you fulfilled your promises when they broke theirs; and you
recognized it (i.e. the Truth of Islam) when they denied it." On that, `Adi said, "I therefore don't care."

We went out with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) during Hajjat-ul-Wada` and we assumed the Ihram for `Umra. Then
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to us, "Whoever has got the Hadi should assume the Ihram for Hajj and `Umra
and should not finish his Ihram till he has performed both (`Umra and Hajj)." I arrived at Mecca along
with him (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ) while I was menstruating, so I did not perform the Tawaf around the Ka`ba
or between Safa and Marwa. I informed Allah's Messenger (PbUH) about that and he said, "Undo your braids and
comb your hair, and then assume the lhram for Hajj and leave the `Umra." I did so, and when we
performed and finished the Hajj, Allah's Messenger (PbUH)s sent me to at-Tan`im along with (my brother)
`Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr As-Siddiq, to perform the `Umra. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "This `Umra is in
lieu of your missed `Umra." Those who had assumed the lhram for `Umra, performed the Tawaf
around the Ka`ba and between Safa and Marwa, and then finished their Ihram, and on their return
from Mina, they performed another Tawaf (around the Ka`ba and between Safa and Marwa), but those
who combined their Hajj and `Umra, performed only one Tawaf (between Safa and Marwa) (for
both).

`Ata' said, "Ibn `Abbas said, 'If he (i.e. the one intending to perform `Umra) has performed the Tawaf
around the Ka`ba, his Ihram is considered to have finished.' said, 'What proof does Ibn `Abbas has as
to this saying?" `Ata' said, "(The proof is taken) from the Statement of Allah:-- "And afterwards they
are brought For sacrifice unto Ancient House (Ka`ba at Mecca)" (22.33) and from the order of the
Prophet to his companions to finish their Ihram during Hajjat-ul-Wada`." I said (to `Ata'), "That (i.e.
finishing the Ihram) was after coming form `Arafat." `Ata' said, "Ibn `Abbas used to allow it before
going to `Arafat (after finishing the `Umra) and after coming from it (i.e. after performing the Hajj).

I came to the Prophet (PbUH) at a place called Al-Batha'. The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Did you assume the Ihram for
Hajj?" I said, "Yes," He said, "How did you express your intention (for performing Hajj)? " I said,
"Labbaik (i.e. I am ready) to assume the Ihram with the same intention as that of Allah's Messenger (PbUH)." The
Prophet said, "Perform the Tawaf around the Ka`ba and between Safa and Marwa, and then finish
your Ihram." So I performed the Tawaf around the Ka`ba and between Safa and Marwa and then I
came to a woman from the tribe of Qais who removed the lice from my head.

(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet (PbUH) ordered all his wives to finish their Ihram during the year of
Hajjat-ul-Wada`. On that, I asked the Prophet (PbUH) "What stops you from finishing your lhram?" He said,
"I have matted my hair and garlanded my Hadi. So I will not finish my Ihram unless I have
slaughtered my Hadi."

A woman from the tribe of Khath'am asked for the verdict of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) (regarding something)
during Hajjat-ul-Wada` while Al-Fadl bin `Abbas was the companion-rider behind Allah's Messenger (PbUH).
She asked, "Allah's ordained obligation (i.e. compulsory Hajj) enjoined on His slaves has become due
on my old father who cannot sit firmly on the riding animal. Will it be sufficient if I perform the Hajj
on his behalf?" He said, "Yes."

The Prophet (PbUH) arrived (at Mecca) in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) while Usama was riding
behind him on (his she-camel)'. Al-Qaswa.' Bilal and `Uthman bin Talha were accompanying him.
When he made his she-camel kneel down near the Ka`ba, he said to `Uthman, "Get us the key (of the
Ka`ba). He brought the key to him and opened the gate (of the Ka`ba), for him. The Prophet, Usama,
Bilal and `Uthman (bin Talha) entered the Ka`ba and then closed the gate behind them (from inside).
The Prophet (PbUH) stayed there for a long period and then came out. The people rushed to get in, but I went
in before them and found Bilal standing behind the gate, and I said to him, "Where did the Prophet (PbUH)
pray?" He said, "He prayed between those two front pillars." The Ka`ba was built on six pillars,
arranged in two rows, and he prayed between the two pillars of the front row leaving the gate of the
Ka`ba at his back and facing (in prayer) the wall which faces one when one enters the Ka`ba. Between
him and that wall (was the distance of about three cubits). But I forgot to ask Bilal about the number
of rak`at the Prophet (PbUH) had prayed. There was a red piece of marble at the place where he (i.e. the
Prophet) had offered the prayer.

(the wife of the Prophet) Safiya bin Huyai, the wife of the Prophet (PbUH) menstruated during Hajjat-ul-
Wada` The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Is she going to detain us?" I said to him, "She has already come to Mecca
and performed the Tawaf (ul-ifada) around the Ka`ba, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)." The Prophet (PbUH) said, " Let her
then proceed on (to Medina).

We were talking about Hajjat-ul-Wada`, while the Prophet (PbUH) was amongst us. We did not know what
Hajjat-ul-Wada` signified. The Prophet (PbUH) praised Allah and then mentioned Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal and
described him extensively, saying, "Allah did not send any prophet but that prophet warned his nation
of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal. Noah and the prophets following him warned (their people) of him. He will
appear amongst you (O Muhammad's followers), and if it happens that some of his qualities may be
hidden from you, but your Lord's State is clear to you and not hidden from you. The Prophet (PbUH) said it
thrice. Verily, your Lord is not blind in one eye, while he (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) is blind in the right eye
which looks like a grape bulging out (of its cluster). No doubt,! Allah has made your blood and your
properties sacred to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this town of yours, in this
month of yours." The Prophet (PbUH) added: No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message to you? " They
replied, "Yes," The Prophet (PbUH) said thrice, "O Allah! Be witness for it." The Prophet (PbUH) added, "Woe to
you!" (or said), "May Allah be merciful to you! Do not become infidels after me (i.e. my death) by
cutting the necks (throats) of one another."

The Prophet (PbUH) fought nineteen Ghazwas and performed only one Hajj after he migrated (to Medina),
and did not perform another Hajj after it, and that was Hajj-ul-Wada`,' Abu 'Is-haq said, "He
performed when he was in Mecca."

The Prophet (PbUH) ordered me during Hajjatul-Wada`. "Ask the people to listen." He then said, "Do not
become infidels after me by cutting the necks (throats) of one another. "

The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Time has taken its original shape which it had when Allah created the Heavens and
the Earth. The year is of twelve months, four of which are sacred, and out of these (four) three are in
succession, i.e. Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijja and Al-Muharram, and the fourth is Rajab which is named
after the Mudar tribe, between (the month of) Jumaida (ath-thania) and Sha'ban." Then the Prophet (PbUH)
asked, "Which is this month?" We said, "Allah and His Apostle know better." On that the Prophet (PbUH)
kept quiet so long that we thought that he might name it with another name. Then the Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Isn't it the month of Dhul-Hijja?" We replied, "Yes." Then he said, "Which town is this?" "We
replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." On that he kept quiet so long that we thought that he
might name it with another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the town of Mecca?" We replied, "Yes, "
Then he said, "Which day is today?" We replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He kept quiet
so long that we thought that he might name it with another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the day of An-
Nahr (i.e. sacrifice)?" We replied, "Yes." He said, "So your blood, your properties, (The sub-narrator
Muhammad said, 'I think the Prophet (PbUH) also said: And your honor..) are sacred to one another like the
sanctity of this day of yours, in this city of yours, in this month of yours; and surely, you will meet
your Lord, and He will ask you about your deeds. Beware! Do not become infidels after me, cutting
the throats of one another. It is incumbent on those who are present to convey this message (of mine)
to those who are absent. May be that some of those to whom it will be conveyed will understand it
better than those who have actually heard it." (The sub-narrator, Muhammad, on remembering that
narration, used to say, "Muhammad spoke the truth!") He (i.e. Prophet) then added twice, "No doubt!
Haven't I conveyed (Allah's Message) to you?"

Some Jews said, "Had this Verse been revealed to us, we would have taken that day as `Id (festival)."
`Umar said, "What Verse?" They said:-- "This day I have Perfected your religion for you, Completed
My Favor upon you And have chosen for you Islam as your religion" (5.3) `Umar said, "I know the
place where it was revealed; It was revealed while Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was staying at `Arafat."

We set out with Allah's Messenger (PbUH), and some of us assumed the lhram for `Umra, some assumed it for
Hajj, and some assumed it for both Hajj and `Umra. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) assumed the Ihram for Hajj. So
those who had assumed the Ihram for Hajj or for both Hajj and `Umra, did not finish their Ihram till
the day of An-Nahr (i.e. slaughter of sacrifices).

Malik also narrated as above, saying, "(We set out) with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in Hajjat-ul-Wada`...)"

This hadith also reaches us through another chain.

The Prophet (PbUH) visited me during Hajjat ul-Wada` while I was suffering from a disease which brought
me to the verge of death. I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! My ailment has reached such a (bad) state as you
see, and I have much wealth, but I have no-one to inherit from me except my only daughter. Shall I
give 2/3 of my property as alms (in charity)?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "No," I said, "Shall I give half of my
property as alms?" He said, "No." I said, "(Shall I give) 1/3 of it? " He replied, " 1/3, and even 1/3 is
too much. It is better for you to leave your inheritors wealthy rather than to leave them poor, begging
people (for their sustenance); and whatever you spend for Allah's Sake, you will get reward for it even
for the morsel of food which you put in your wives mouth." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Should I
remain (in Mecca) behind my companions (who are going with you to Medina)?" The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"If you remain behind, any good deed which you will do for Allah's Sake, will upgrade and elevate
you. May be you will live longer so that some people may benefit by you and some other (i.e. infidels)
may get harmed by you." The Prophet (PbUH) then added, "O Allah! Complete the Migration of my
companions and do not turn them on their heels. But the poor Sa`d bin Khaula (not the above
mentioned Sa`d) (died in Mecca) ." Allah's Messenger (PbUH) pitied Sa`d for he died in Mecca.

The Prophet (PbUH) got his head shaved during Hajjat-ul-Wada`.'

During Hajjat-ul-Wada`, the Prophet (PbUH) and some of his companions got their heads shaved while some
of his companions got their head-hair cut short.

That he came riding a donkey when Allah 's Apostle was standing at Mina during Hajjat-ul-Wada`,
leading the people in prayer. The donkey passed in front of a part of the row (of the people offering
the prayer). Then he dismounted from it and took his position in the row with the people.

In my presence, Usama was asked about the speed of the Prophet (PbUH) during his Hajj. He replied, "It was
Al-`Anaq (i.e. moderate easy speed) and if he encountered an open space, he used to increase his
speed."

That Abu Aiyub informed him that he offered the Maghrib and `Isha' prayers together with the
Prophet during Hajjat-ul-Wada`.

My Companions sent me to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to ask him for some animals to ride on as they were
accompanying him in the army of Al-Usra, and that was the Ghazwa (Battle) of Tabuk, I said, "O
Allah's Prophet! My companions have sent me to you to provide them with means of transportation."
He said, "By Allah! I will not make you ride anything." It happened that when I reached him, he was
in an angry mood, and I didn't notice it. So I returned in a sad mood because of the refusal the Prophet (PbUH)
and for the fear that the Prophet (PbUH) might have become 'angry with me. So I returned to my companions
and informed them of what the Prophet (PbUH) had said. Only a short while had passed when I heard Bilal
calling, "O `Abdullah bin Qais!" I replied to his call. Bilal said, "Respond to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) who is
calling you." When I went to him (i.e. the Prophet), he said, "Take these two camels tied together and
also these two camels tied together,"' referring to six camels he had brought them from Sa`d at that
time. The Prophet (PbUH) added, "Take them to your companions and say, 'Allah (or Allah's Messenger (PbUH) ) allows
you to ride on these,' so ride on them." So I took those camels to them and said, "The Prophet (PbUH) allows
you to ride on these (camels) but by Allah, I will not leave you till some of you proceed with me to
somebody who heard the statement of Allah's Messenger (PbUH). Do not think that I narrate to you a thing which
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) has not said." They said to me, "We consider you truthful, and we will do what you
like." The sub-narrator added: So Abu Musa proceeded along with some of them till they came to
those who have heard the statement of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) wherein he denied them (some animals to ride
on) and (his statement) whereby he gave them the same. So these people told them the same
information as Abu Musa had told them.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) set out for Tabuk. appointing `Ali as his deputy (in Medina). `Ali said, "Do you want
to leave me with the children and women?" The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Will you not be pleased that you will
be to me like Aaron to Moses? But there will be no prophet after me."

that his father said, "I participated in Al-Usra (i.e. Tabuk) along with the Prophet." Ya`la added, "(My
participation in) that Ghazwa was the best of my deeds to me." Ya`la said, "I had a laborer who
quarrelled with somebody, and one of the two bit the hand of the other (`Ata', the sub-narrator, said,
"Safwan told me who bit whom but I forgot it"), and the one who was bitten, pulled his hand out of
the mouth of the biter, so one of the incisors of the biter was broken. So we came to the Prophet (PbUH) and
he considered the biter's claim as invalid (i.e. the biter did not get a recompense for his broken
incisor). The Prophet (PbUH) said, "Should he leave his hand in your mouth so that you might snap it as if it
were in the mouth of a male camel to snap it?"

Who, from among Ka`b's sons, was the guide of Ka`b when he became blind: I heard Ka`b bin Malik
narrating the story of (the Ghazwa of) Tabuk in which he failed to take part. Ka`b said, "I did not
remain behind Allah's Messenger (PbUH) in any Ghazwa that he fought except the Ghazwa of Tabuk, and I failed
to take part in the Ghazwa of Badr, but Allah did not admonish anyone who had not participated in it,
for in fact, Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had gone out in search of the caravan of Quraish till Allah made them (i.e.
the Muslims) and their enemy meet without any appointment. I witnessed the night of Al-`Aqaba
(pledge) with Allah's Messenger (PbUH) when we pledged for Islam, and I would not exchange it for the Badr
battle although the Badr battle is more popular amongst the people than it (i.e. Al-`Aqaba pledge). As
for my news (in this battle of Tabuk), I had never been stronger or wealthier than I was when I
remained behind the Prophet (PbUH) in that Ghazwa.
By Allah, never had I two she-camels before, but I had then at the time of this Ghazwa. Whenever
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) wanted to make a Ghazwa, he used to hide his intention by apparently referring to
different Ghazwa till it was the time of that Ghazwa (of Tabuk) which Allah's Messenger (PbUH) fought in
severe heat, facing, a long journey, desert, and the great number of enemy. So the Prophet (PbUH) announced
to the Muslims clearly (their destination) so that they might get prepared for their Ghazwa. So he
informed them clearly of the destination he was going to. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was accompanied by a large
number of Muslims who could not be listed in a book namely, a register." Ka`b added, "Any man who
intended to be absent would think that the matter would remain hidden unless Allah revealed it
through Divine Revelation. So Allah's Messenger (PbUH) fought that Ghazwa at the time when the fruits had
ripened and the shade looked pleasant. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and his companions prepared for the battle and
I started to go out in order to get myself ready along with them, but I returned without doing anything.
I would say to myself, 'I can do that.' So I kept on delaying it every now and then till the people got
ready and Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and the Muslims along with him departed, and I had not prepared anything
for my departure, and I said, I will prepare myself (for departure) one or two days after him, and then
join them.' In the morning following their departure, I went out to get myself ready but returned
having done nothing. Then again in the next morning, I went out to get ready but returned without
doing anything.
Such was the case with me till they hurried away and the battle was missed (by me). Even then I
intended to depart to take them over. I wish I had done so! But it was not in my luck. So, after the
departure of Allah's Messenger (PbUH), whenever I went out and walked amongst the people (i.e, the remaining
persons), it grieved me that I could see none around me, but one accused of hypocrisy or one of those
weak men whom Allah had excused. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) did not remember me till he reached Tabuk.
So while he was sitting amongst the people in Tabuk, he said, 'What did Ka`b do?' A man from Banu
Salama said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! He has been stopped by his two Burdas (i.e. garments) and his
looking at his own flanks with pride.' Then Mu`adh bin Jabal said, 'What a bad thing you have said!
By Allah! O Allahs Apostle! We know nothing about him but good.' Allah's Messenger (PbUH) kept silent." Ka`b
bin Malik added, "When I heard that he (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ) was on his way back to Medina. I got
dipped in my concern, and began to think of false excuses, saying to myself, 'How can I avoid his
anger tomorrow?' And I took the advice of wise member of my family in this matter.
When it was said that Allah's Messenger (PbUH), had come near all the evil false excuses abandoned from my
mind and I knew well that I could never come out of this problem by forging a false statement. Then I
decided firmly to speak the truth. So Allah's Messenger (PbUH) arrived in the morning, and whenever he returned
from a journey., he used to visit the Mosque first of all and offer a two-rak`at prayer therein and then
sit for the people. So when he had done all that (this time), those who had failed to join the battle (of
Tabuk) came and started offering (false) excuses and taking oaths before him. They were something
over eighty men; Allah's Messenger (PbUH) accepted the excuses they had expressed, took their pledge of
allegiance asked for Allah's Forgiveness for them, and left the secrets of their hearts for Allah to
judge.
Then I came to him, and when I greeted him, he smiled a smile of an angry person and then said,
'Come on.' So I came walking till I sat before him. He said to me, 'What stopped you from joining us.
Had you not purchased an animal For carrying you?' I answered, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! But by
Allah, if I were sitting before any person from among the people of the world other than you, I would
have avoided his anger with an excuse.
By Allah, I have been bestowed with the power of speaking fluently and eloquently, but by Allah, I
knew well that if today I tell you a lie to seek your favor, Allah would surely make you angry with me
in the near future, but if I tell you the truth, though you will get angry because of it, I hope for Allah's
Forgiveness. Really, by Allah, there was no excuse for me. By Allah, I had never been stronger or
wealthier than I was when I remained behind you.' Then Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said, 'As regards this man, he
has surely told the truth. So get up till Allah decides your case.' I got up, and many men of Banu
Salama followed me and said to me. 'By Allah, we never witnessed you doing any sin before this.
Surely, you failed to offer excuse to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) as the others who did not join him, have offered.
The prayer of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to Allah to forgive you would have been sufficient for you.' By Allah,
they continued blaming me so much that I intended to return (to the Prophet) and accuse myself of
having told a lie, but I said to them, 'Is there anybody else who has met the same fate as I have?' They
replied, 'Yes, there are two men who have said the same thing as you have, and to both of them was
given the same order as given to you.' I said, 'Who are they?' They replied, Murara bin Ar-Rabi Al-
Amri and Hilal bin Umaiya Al-Waqifi.' By that they mentioned to me two pious men who had
attended the Ghazwa (Battle) of Badr, and in whom there was an example for me. So I did not change
my mind when they mentioned them to me. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) forbade all the Muslims to talk to us, the
three aforesaid persons out of all those who had remained behind in that Ghazwa. So we kept away
from the people and they changed their attitude towards us till the very land (where I lived) appeared
strange to me as if I did not know it.
We remained in that condition for fifty nights. As regards my two fellows, they remained in their
houses and kept on weeping, but I was the youngest of them and the firmest of them, so I used to go
out and witness the prayers along with the Muslims and roam about in the markets, but none would
talk to me, and I would come to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and greet him while he was sitting In his gathering
after the prayer, and I would wonder whether the Prophet (PbUH) did move his lips in return to my greetings
or not. Then I would offer my prayer near to him and look at him stealthily. When I was busy with my
prayer, he would turn his face towards me, but when I turned my face to him, he would turn his face
away from me. When this harsh attitude of the people lasted long, I walked till I scaled the wall of the
garden of Abu Qatada who was my cousin and dearest person to me, and I offered my greetings to
him. By Allah, he did not return my greetings. I said, 'O Abu Qatada! I beseech you by Allah! Do you
know that I love Allah and His Apostle?' He kept quiet. I asked him again, beseeching him by Allah,
but he remained silent. Then I asked him again in the Name of Allah. He said, "Allah and His Apostle
know it better.' Thereupon my eyes flowed with tears and I returned and jumped over the wall." Ka`b
added, "While I was walking in the market of Medina, suddenly I saw a Nabati (i.e. a Christian
farmer) from the Nabatis of Sham who came to sell his grains in Medina, saying, 'Who will lead me to
Ka`b bin Malik?' The people began to point (me) out for him till he came to me and handed me a letter
from the king of Ghassan in which the following was written:
"To proceed, I have been informed that your friend (i.e. the Prophet (PbUH) ) has treated you harshly.
Anyhow, Allah does not let you live at a place where you feel inferior and your right is lost. So join
us, and we will console you."
When I read it, I said to myself, 'This is also a sort of a test.' Then I took the letter to the oven and
made a fire therein by burning it. When forty out of the fifty nights elapsed, behold ! There came to
me the messenger of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) and said, 'Allah's Messenger (PbUH) orders you to keep away from your
wife,' I said, 'Should I divorce her; or else! what should I do?' He said, 'No, only keep aloof from her
and do not cohabit her.' The Prophet (PbUH) sent the same message to my two fellows. Then I said to my
wife. 'Go to your parents and remain with them till Allah gives His Verdict in this matter." Ka`b
added, "The wife of Hilal bin Umaiya came to Apostle and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Hilal bin Umaiya
is a helpless old man who has no servant to attend on him. Do you dislike that I should serve him? '
He said, 'No (you can serve him) but he should not come near you.' She said, 'By Allah, he has no
desire for anything. By, Allah, he has never ceased weeping till his case began till this day of his.'
(continued...)
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On that, some of my family members said to me, 'Will you also ask Allah's Messenger (PbUH) to permit your
wife (to serve you) as he has permitted the wife of Hilal bin Umaiya to serve him?' I said, 'By Allah, I
will not ask the permission of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) regarding her, for I do not know What Allah's Messenger (PbUH)
would say if I asked him to permit her (to serve me) while I am a young man.' Then I remained in that
state for ten more nights after that till the period of fifty nights was completed starting from the time
when Allah's Messenger (PbUH) prohibited the people from talking to us. When I had offered the Fajr prayer on
the 50th morning on the roof of one of our houses and while I was sitting in the condition which Allah
described (in the Qur'an) i.e. my very soul seemed straitened to me and even the earth seemed narrow
to me for all its spaciousness, there I heard the voice of one who had ascended the mountain of Sala'
calling with his loudest voice, 'O Ka`b bin Malik! Be happy (by receiving good tidings).' I fell down
in prostration before Allah, realizing that relief has come. Allah's Messenger (PbUH) had announced the
acceptance of our repentance by Allah when he had offered the Fajr prayer. The people then went out
to congratulate us. Some bringers of good tidings went out to my two fellows, and a horseman came to
me in haste, and a man of Banu Aslam came running and ascended the mountain and his voice was
swifter than the horse. When he (i.e. the man) whose voice I had heard, came to me conveying the
good tidings, I took off my garments and dressed him with them; and by Allah, I owned no other
garments than them on that day. Then I borrowed two garments and wore them and went to Allah's
Apostle.
The people started receiving me in batches, congratulating me on Allah's Acceptance of my
repentance, saying, 'We congratulate you on Allah's Acceptance of your repentance." Ka`b further
said, "When I entered the Mosque. I saw Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sitting with the people around him. Talha bin
Ubaidullah swiftly came to me, shook hands with me and congratulated me. By Allah, none of the
Muhajirin (i.e. Emigrants) got up for me except him (i.e. Talha), and I will never forget this for
Talha." Ka`b added, "When I greeted Allah's Messenger (PbUH) he, his face being bright with joy, said "Be
happy with the best day that you have got ever since your mother delivered you." Ka`b added, "I said
to the Prophet (PbUH) 'Is this forgiveness from you or from Allah?' He said, 'No, it is from Allah.' Whenever
Allah's Messenger (PbUH) became happy, his face would shine as if it were a piece of moon, and we all knew
that characteristic of him. When I sat before him, I said, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Because of the acceptance
of my repentance I will give up all my wealth as alms for the Sake of Allah and His Apostle. Allah's
Apostle said, 'Keep some of your wealth, as it will be better for you.' I said, 'So I will keep my share
from Khaibar with me,' and added, 'O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)! Allah has saved me for telling the truth; so it is
a part of my repentance not to tell but the truth as long as I am alive. By Allah, I do not know anyone
of the Muslims whom Allah has helped fortelling the truth more than me. Since I have mentioned that
truth to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) till today, I have never intended to tell a lie. I hope that Allah will also save
me (from telling lies) the rest of my life. So Allah revealed to His Apostle the Verse:--
"Verily, Allah has forgiven the Prophet, the Muhajirin (i.e. Emigrants (up to His Saying) And be with
those who are true (in word and deed)." (9.117-119)
By Allah, Allah has never bestowed upon me, apart from His guiding me to Islam, a Greater blessing
than the fact that I did not tell a lie to Allah's Messenger (PbUH) which would have caused me to perish as those
who have told a lie perished, for Allah described those who told lies with the worst description He
ever attributed to anybody else. Allah said:-- "They (i.e. the hypocrites) will swear by Allah to you
when you return to them (up to His Saying) Certainly Allah is not pleased with the rebellious people--
" (9.95-96) Ka`b added, "We, the three persons, differed altogether from those whose excuses Allah's
Apostle accepted when they swore to him. He took their pledge of allegiance and asked Allah to
forgive them, but Allah's Messenger (PbUH) left our case pending till Allah gave His Judgment about it. As for
that Allah said):-- And to the three (He did for give also) who remained behind." (9.118)
What Allah said (in this Verse) does not indicate our failure to take part in the Ghazwa, but it refers to
the deferment of making a decision by the Prophet (PbUH) about our case in contrast to the case of those who
had taken an oath before him and he excused them by accepting their excuses.

When the Prophet (PbUH) passed by Al-Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the dwelling places of those people who
were unjust to themselves unless you enter in a weeping state lest the same calamity as of theirs
should befall you." Then he covered his head and made his speed fast till he crossed the valley.

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) said to his companions who were at Al-Hijr, "Do not enter upon these people who are
being punished, except in a weeping state, lest the same calamity as of theirs should befall you..."

Al-Mughira bin Shu`ba, said, "The Prophet (PbUH) went out to answer the call of nature and (when he had
finished) I got up to pour water for him." I think that he said that the event had taken place during the
Ghazwa of Tabuk. Al-Mughira added. "The Prophet (PbUH) washed his face, and when he wanted to wash his
forearms, the sleeves of his cloak became tight over them, so he took them out from underneath the
cloak and then he washed them (i.e. his forearms) and passed wet hands over his Khuffs (socks made
from thick fabric or leather)."

We returned in the company of the Prophet (PbUH) from the Ghazwa of Tabuk, and when we looked upon
Medina, the Prophet (PbUH) said, "This is Taba (i.e. Medina), and this is Uhud, a mountain that loves us and
is loved by us."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) returned from the Ghazwa of Tabuk, and when he approached Medina, he said, "There
are some people in Medina who were with you all the time, you did not travel any portion of the
journey nor crossed any valley, but they were with you they (i.e. the people) said, "O Allah's Messenger (PbUH)!
Even though they were at Medina?" He said, "Yes, because they were stopped by a genuine excuse."

Allah's Messenger (PbUH) sent a letter to Khosrau with `Abdullah bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi and told him to hand it
over to the governor of Al-Bahrain. The governor of Al-Bahrain handed it over to Khosrau, and when
he read the latter, he tore it into pieces. (The sub-narrator added, "I think that Ibn Al-Musaiyab said,
'Allah 's Apostle invoked (Allah) to tear them all totally Khosrau and his companions) into pieces.

During the days (of the battle) of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a word I had heard from Allah's
Apostle after I had been about to join the Companions of Al-Jamal (i.e. the camel) and fight along
with them. When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was informed that the Persians had crowned the daughter of
Khosrau as their ruler, he said, "Such people as ruled by a lady will never be successful."

I remember that I went out with the boys to (the place called) Thaniyat-ul-Wada` to receive Allah's
Apostle .

I remember I went out with the boys to Thaniyat-ul-Wada` to receive the Prophet (PbUH) when he returned
from the Ghazwa of Tabuk.

The Prophet (PbUH) in his ailment in which he died, used to say, "O `Aisha! I still feel the
pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta is being cut from that
poison."

I heard the Prophet (PbUH) reciting Surat-al-Mursalat `Urfan (77) in the Maghrib prayer, and after that prayer
he did not lead us in any prayer till he died.

`Umar bin Al-Khattab used to let Ibn `Abbas sit beside him, so `AbdurRahman bin `Auf said to
`Umar, "We have sons similar to him." `Umar replied, "(I respect him) because of his status that you
know." `Umar then asked Ibn `Abbas about the meaning of this Holy Verse:-- "When comes the help
of Allah and the conquest of Mecca . . ." (110.1)
Ibn `Abbas replied, "That indicated the death of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) which Allah informed him of." `Umar
said, "I do not understand of it except what you understand."

Thursday! And how great that Thursday was! The ailment of Allah's Messenger (PbUH) became worse (on
Thursday) and he said, fetch me something so that I may write to you something after which you will
never go astray." The people (present there) differed in this matter, and it was not right to differ before
a prophet. Some said, "What is wrong with him ? (Do you think ) he is delirious (seriously ill)? Ask
him ( to understand his state )." So they went to the Prophet (PbUH) and asked him again. The Prophet (PbUH) said,
"Leave me, for my present state is better than what you call me for." Then he ordered them to do three
things. He said, "Turn the pagans out of the 'Arabian Peninsula; respect and give gifts to the foreign
delegations as you have seen me dealing with them." (Sa`id bin Jubair, the sub-narrator said that Ibn
`Abbas kept quiet as rewards the third order, or he said, "I forgot it.") (See Hadith No. 116 Vol. 1)

Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was on his deathbed and there were some men in the house,
he said, 'Come near, I will write for you something after which you will not go astray.' Some of them (
i.e. his companions) said, 'Allah's Messenger (PbUH) is seriously ill and you have the (Holy) Qur'an. Allah's
Book is sufficient for us.' So the people in the house differed and started disputing. Some of them said,
'Give him writing material so that he may write for you something after which you will not go astray.'
while the others said the other way round. So when their talk and differences increased, Allah's
Apostle said, "Get up." Ibn `Abbas used to say, "No doubt, it was very unfortunate (a great disaster)
that Allah's Messenger (PbUH) was prevented from writing for them that writing because of their differences and
noise."

The Prophet (PbUH) called Fatima during his fatal illness and told her something secretly and she wept. Then
he called her again and told her something secretly, and she started laughing. When we asked her
about that, she said, "The Prophet (PbUH) first told me secretly that he would expire in that disease in which
he died, so I wept; then he told me secretly that I would be the first of his family to follow him, so I
laughed ( at that time).

Used to hear (from the Prophet) that no Prophet dies till he is given the option to select either the
worldly life or the life of the Hereafter. I heard the Prophet (PbUH) in his fatal disease, with his voice
becoming hoarse, saying, "In the company of those on whom is the grace of Allah ..( to the end of the
Verse )." (4.69) Thereupon I thought that the Prophet (PbUH) had been given the option.

When the Prophet (PbUH) fell ill in his fatal illness, he started saying, "With the highest companion."

When Allah 's Apostle was in good health, he used to say, "Never does a prophet die unless he is
shown his place in Paradise ( before his death ), and then he is made alive or given option." When the
Prophet became ill and his last moments came while his head was on my thigh, he became
unconscious, and when he came to his senses, he looked towards the roof of the house and then said,
"O Allah! (Please let me be) with the highest companion." Thereupon I said, "Hence he is not going to
stay with us? " Then I came to know that his state was the confirmation of the narration he used to
mention to us while he was in good health.