Gifts
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 740:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "O Muslim women! None
of you should look down upon the gift sent by her she-neighbour
even if it were the trotters of the sheep (fleshless part of
legs)."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 741:
Narrated Urwa:
Aisha said to me, "O my nephew! We used
to see the crescent, and then the crescent and then the crescent
in this way we saw three crescents in two months and no fire
(for cooking) used to be made in the houses of Allah's Apostle.
I said, "O my aunt! Then what use to sustain you?" 'Aisha said,
"The two black things: dates and water, our neighbors from Ansar
had some Manarh and they used to present Allah's Apostle some of
their milk and he used to make us drink."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 742:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "I shall accept the
invitation even if I were invited to a meal of a sheep's
trotter, and I shall accept the gift even if it were an arm or a
trotter of a sheep."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 743:
Narrated Sahl:
The Prophet sent for a woman from the
emigrants and she had a slave who was a carpenter. The Prophet
said to her "Order your slave to prepare the wood (pieces) for
the pulpit." So, she ordered her slave who went and cut the wood
from the tamarisk and prepared the pulpit, for the Prophet. When
he finished the pulpit, the woman informed the Prophet that it
had been finished. The Prophet asked her to send that pulpit to
him, so they brought it. The Prophet lifted it and placed it at
the place in which you see now."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 744:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abu Qatada
Al-Aslami:
That his father said, "One day I was
sitting with some of the Prophet's companions on the way to
Mecca. Allah's Apostle was ahead of us. All of my companions
were in the state of Ihram while I was a non-Muhrim. They saw an
onager while I was busy repairing my shoes, so they did not tell
me about it but they wished I had seen it. By chance I looked up
and saw it. So, I turned to the horse, saddled it and rode on
it, forgetting to take the spear and the whip. I asked them if
they could hand over to me the whip and the spear but they said,
'No, by Allah, we shall not help you in that in any way.' I
became angry and got down from the horse, picked up both the
things and rode the horse again. I attacked the onager and
slaughtered it, and brought it (after it had been dead). They
took it (cooked some of it) and started eating it, but they
doubted whether it was allowed for them to eat it or not, as
they were in the state of Ihram. So, we proceeded and I hid with
me one of its fore-legs. When we met Allah's Apostle and asked
him about the case, he asked, 'Do you have a portion of it with
you?' I replied in the affirmative and gave him that fleshy
fore-leg which he ate completely while he was in the state of
Ihram .
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 745:
Narrated Anas:
Once Allah's Apostle visited us in this
house of ours and asked for something to drink. We milked one of
our sheep and mixed it with water from this well of ours and
gave it to him. Abu Bakr was sitting on his left side and 'Umar
in front of him and a bedouin on his right side. When Allah's
Apostle finished, 'Umar said to Allah's Apostle "Here is Abu
Bakr." But Allah's Apostle gave the remaining milk to the
bedouin and said twice, "The (persons on the) right side! So,
start from the right side." Anas added, "It is a Sunna (the
Prophet's traditions)" and repeated it thrice.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 746:
Narrated Anas:
We chased a rabbit at Mar-al-Zahran and
the people ran after it but were exhausted. I overpowered and
caught it, and gave it to Abu Talha who slaughtered it and sent
its hip or two thighs to Allah's Apostle. (The narrator confirms
that he sent two thighs). The Prophet accepted that. (The
sub-narrator asked Anas, "Did the Prophet; eat from it?" Anas
replied, "He ate from it.")
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 747:
Narrated As-Sa'b bin Jaththama:
An onager was presented to Allah's
Apostle at the place called Al-Abwa' or Waddan, but Allah's
Apostle rejected it. When the Prophet noticed the signs of
sorrow on the giver's face he said, "We have not rejected your
gift, but we are in the state of Ihram." (i.e. if we were not in
a state of Ihram we would have accepted your gift, Fateh-al-Bari
page 130, Vol. 6)
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 748:
Narrated Aisha:
The people used to look forward for the
days of my ('Aisha's) turn to send gifts to Allah's Apostle in
order to please him.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 749:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
Ibn Abbas said: Um Hufaid, Ibn 'Abbas's
aunt sent some dried yogurt (butter free), ghee (butter) and a
mastigar to the Prophet as a gift. The Prophet ate the dried
yogurt and butter but left the mastigar because he disliked it.
Ibn 'Abbas said, "The mastigar was eaten at the table of Allah's
Apostle and if it had been illegal to eat, it could not have
been eaten at the table of Allah's Apostle."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 750:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Whenever a meal was brought to Allah's
Apostle, he would ask whether it was a gift or Sadaqa (something
given in charity). If he was told that it was Sadaqa, he would
tell his companions to eat it, but if it was a gift, he would
hurry to share it with them.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 751:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Some meat was brought to the Prophet
and it was said that the meat had been given in charity to
Buraira. He said, "It was Sadaqa for Buraira but a gift for us."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 752:
Narrated 'Aisha:
I intended to buy Buraira but her
masters stipulated that her Wala should be for them. When the
Prophet was told about it, he said to me, "Buy and manumit her,
as the Wala' is for the liberator." Once Buraira was given some
meat, and the Prophet asked, "What is this?" I said, "It has
been given to Buraira in charity." He said, "It is sadaqa for
her but a gift for us." Buraira was given the option (to stay
with her husband or to part with him). AbdurRahman (a
sub-narrator) wondered, "Was her husband a slave or a free man?"
Shu'ba (another sub-narrator) said, "I asked 'Abdur-Rahman
whether her husband was a slave or a free man. He replied that
he did not know whether he was a slave or a free man."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 753:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
Once the Prophet went to 'Aisha and
asked her whether she had something (to eat). She said that she
had nothing except the mutton which Um 'Atiyya had sent to
(Buraira) in charity. The Prophet said that it had reached its
destination (i.e. it is no longer an object of charity.)
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 754:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The people used to send gifts to the
Prophet on the day of my turn. Um Salama said: "My companions
(the wives of the Prophet Other than Aisha) gathered and they
complained about it. So I informed the Prophet about it on their
behalf, but he remained silent.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 755:
Narrated 'Urwa from 'Aisha:
The wives of Allah's Apostle were in
two groups. One group consisted of 'Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya and
Sauda; and the other group consisted of Um Salama and the other
wives of Allah's Apostle. The Muslims knew that Allah's Apostle
loved 'Aisha, so if any of them had a gift and wished to give to
Allah's Apostle, he would delay it, till Allah's Apostle had
come to 'Aisha's home and then he would send his gift to Allah's
Apostle in her home. The group of Um Salama discussed the matter
together and decided that Um Salama should request Allah's
Apostle to tell the people to send their gifts to him in
whatever wife's house he was. Um Salama told Allah's Apostle of
what they had said, but he did not reply. Then they (those
wives) asked Um Salama about it. She said, "He did not say
anything to me." They asked her to talk to him again. She talked
to him again when she met him on her day, but he gave no reply.
When they asked her, she replied that he had given no reply.
They said to her, "Talk to him till he gives you a reply." When
it was her turn, she talked to him again. He then said to her,
"Do not hurt me regarding Aisha, as the Divine Inspirations do
not come to me on any of the beds except that of Aisha." On that
Um Salama said, "I repent to Allah for hurting you." Then the
group of Um Salama called Fatima, the daughter of Allah's
Apostle and sent her to Allah's Apostle to say to him, "Your
wives request to treat them and the daughter of Abu Bakr on
equal terms." Then Fatima conveyed the message to him. The
Prophet said, "O my daughter! Don't you love whom I love?" She
replied in the affirmative and returned and told them of the
situation. They requested her to go to him again but she
refused. They then sent Zainab bint Jahsh who went to him and
used harsh words saying, "Your wives request you to treat them
and the daughter of Ibn Abu Quhafa on equal terms." On that she
raised her voice and abused 'Aisha to her face so much so that
Allah's Apostle looked at 'Aisha to see whether she would
retort. 'Aisha started replying to Zainab till she silenced her.
The Prophet then looked at 'Aisha and said, "She is really the
daughter of Abu Bakr."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 756:
Narrated 'Azra bin Thabit Al-Ansari:
When I went to Thumama bin 'Abdullah,
he gave me some perfume and said that Anas would not reject the
gifts of perfume. Anas said: The Prophet used not to reject the
gifts of perfume.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 757:
Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and
Marwan:
When the delegates of the tribe of
Hawazin came to the Prophet he stood up amongst the people,
Glorified and Praised Allah as He deserved, and said, "Then
after: Your brethren have come to you with repentance and I see
it logical to return to them their captives; so whoever amongst
you likes to do that as a favor, then he can do it, and whoever
of you like to stick to his share till we give him his right
from the very first Fai (war booty) (1) which Allah will bestow
on us, then (he can do so)." The people replied, "We do that (to
return the captives) willingly as a favor for your sake."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 758:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostles used to accept gifts
and used to give something in return.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 759:
Narrated An-Nu'man bin Bashir:
that his father took him to Allah's
Apostle and said, "I have given this son of mine a slave." The
Prophet asked, "Have you given all your sons the like?" He
replied in the negative. The Prophet said, "Take back your gift
then."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 760:
Narrated 'Amir:
I heard An-Nu'man bin Bashir on the
pulpit saying, "My father gave me a gift but 'Amra bint Rawaha
(my mother) said that she would not agree to it unless he made
Allah's Apostle as a witness to it. So, my father went to
Allah's Apostle and said, 'I have given a gift to my son from
'Amra bint Rawaha, but she ordered me to make you as a witness
to it, O Allah's Apostle!' Allah's Apostle asked, 'Have you
given (the like of it) to everyone of your sons?' He replied in
the negative. Allah's Apostle said, 'Be afraid of Allah, and be
just to your children.' My father then returned and took back
his gift."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 761:
Narrated Az-Zuhari:
Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah told me that
'Aisha had said, "When the Prophet became sick and his condition
became serious, he requested his wives to allow him to be
treated in my house, and they allowed him. He came out leaning
on two men while his feet were dragging on the ground. He was
walking between Al-'Abbas and another man." 'Ubaidullah said,
"When I informed Ibn 'Abbas of what 'Aisha had said, he asked me
whether I knew who was the second man whom 'Aisha had not named.
I replied in the negative. He said, 'He was 'Ali bin Abi Talib."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 762:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The Prophet said,
"One who takes back his gift (which he has already given) is
like a dog that swallows its vomit."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 763:
Narrated Asma:
Once I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have
no property except what has been given to me by Az-Zubair (i.e.
her husband). May I give in charity?" The Prophet said, "Give in
charity and do not withhold it; otherwise Allah will withhold it
back from you . "
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 764:
Narrated Asma:
Allah's Apostle said, "Give (in
charity) and do not give reluctantly lest Allah should give you
in a limited amount; and do not withhold your money lest Allah
should withhold it from you."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 765:
Narrated Kurib:
the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas, that
Maimuna bint Al-Harith told him that she manumitted a slave-girl
without taking the permission of the Prophet. On the day when it
was her turn to be with the Prophet, she said, "Do you know, O
Allah's Apostle, that I have manumitted my slave-girl?" He said,
"Have you really?" She replied in the affirmative. He said, "You
would have got more reward if you had given her (i.e. the
slave-girl) to one of your maternal uncles."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 766:
Narrated Aisha:
Whenever Allah's Apostle wanted to go
on a journey, he would draw lots as to which of his wives would
accompany him. He would take her whose name came out. He used to
fix for each of them a day and a night. But Sauda bint Zam'a
gave up her (turn) day and night to 'Aisha, the wife of the
Prophet in order to seek the pleasure of Allah's Apostle (by
that action).
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 767:
Narrated Aisha:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have two
neighbors; which of them should I give a gift to?" The Prophet
said, "(Give) to the one whose door is nearer to you."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 768:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:
That he heard As-Sa'b bin Jaththama
Al-Laithi, who was one of the companions of the Prophet, saying
that he gave the meat of an onager to Allah's Apostle while he
was at a place called Al-Abwa' or Waddan, and was in a state of
Ihram. The Prophet did not accept it. When the Prophet saw the
signs of sorrow on As-Sa'b's face because of not accepting his
present, he said (to him), "We are not returning your present,
but we are in the state of Ihram." (See Hadith No. 747)
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 769:
Narrated Abu Humaid Al-Sa'idi:
The Prophet appointed a man from the
tribe of Al-Azd, called Ibn 'Utbiyya for collecting the Zakat.
When he returned he said, "This (i.e. the Zakat) is for you and
this has been given to my as a present." The Prophet said, "Why
hadn't he stayed in his father's or mother's house to see
whether he would be given presents or not? By Him in Whose Hands
my life is, whoever takes something from the resources of the
Zakat (unlawfully) will be carrying it on his neck on the Day of
Resurrection; if it be a camel, it will be grunting; if a cow,
it will be mooing; and if a sheep, it will be bleating." The
Prophet then raised his hands till we saw the whiteness of his
armpits, and he said thrice, "O Allah! Haven't I conveyed Your
Message (to them)?"
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 770:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said to me, "I will give
you so much (the Prophet pointed thrice with his hands) when
funds of Bahrain will come to me." But the Prophet died before
the money reached him. (When it came) Abu Bakr ordered an
announcer to announce that whoever had a money claim on the
Prophet or was promised to be given something, should come to
Abu Bakr. I went to Abu Bakr and told him that the Prophet had
promised to give me so much. On that Abu Bakr gave me three
handfuls (of money).
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 771:
Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
Allah's Apostle distributed some cloaks
but did not give anything thereof to Makhrama. Makhrama said (to
me), "O son! accompany me to Allah's Apostle." When I went with
him, he said, "Call him to me." I called him (i.e. the Prophet )
for my father. He came out wearing one of those cloaks and said,
"We kept this (cloak) for you, (Makhrama)." Makhrama looked at
the cloak and said, "Makhrama is pleased," (or the Prophet
said), "Is Makhrama pleased?"
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 772:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said,
"I am ruined." The Prophet asked, "What do you mean?" He said,
"I had a sexual intercourse with my wife during Ramadan (while
fasting)." The Prophet asked him, "Can you manumit a slave?" He
replied in the negative. He then asked him, "Can you fast for
two successive months continuously" He replied in the negative.
The Prophet then asked him, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?"
He replied in the negative. In the meantime an Ansari came with
a basket full of dates. The Prophet said to the man, "Take it
and give it in charity (as an expiation of your sin)." The man
said "Should I give it to some people who are poorer than we O
Allah's Apostle? By Him Who has sent you with the Truth, there
is no family between Medina's two mountains poorer than we."
Allah's Apostle told him to take it and provide his family with
it."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 773:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
My father was martyred on the day (of
the battle) of Uhud and his creditors demanded the debt back in
a harsh manner. So I went to Allah's Apostle and informed him of
that, he asked them to accept the fruits of my garden and excuse
my father, but they refused. So, Allah's Apostle did not give
them the fruits, nor did he cut them and distribute them among
them, but said, "I will come to you tomorrow morning." So, he
came to us the next morning and walked about in between the
date-palms and invoked Allah to bless their fruits. I plucked
the fruits and gave back all the rights of the creditors in
full, and a lot of fruits were left for us. Then I went to
Allah's Apostle, who was sitting, and informed him about what
happened. Allah's Apostle told 'Umar, who was sitting there, to
listen to the story. 'Umar said, "Don't we know that you are
Allah's Apostle? By Allah! you are Allah's Apostle!"
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 774:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
A drink (milk mixed with water) was
brought to the Prophet who drank some of it while a boy was
sitting on his right and old men on his left. The Prophet said
to the boy, "If you permit me, I'll give (the rest of the drink
to) these old men first." The boy said, "I will not give
preference to any one over me as regards my share from you, O
Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet then put that container in the
boy's hand. (See Hadith No. 541).
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 775:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
I sold a camel to the Prophet on one of
the journeys. When we reached Medina, he ordered me to go to the
Mosque and offer two Rakat. Then he weighed for me (the price of
the camel in gold) and gave an extra amount over it. A part of
it remained with me till it was taken by the army of Sham on the
day of Harra."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 776:
Narrated Shal bin Sad:
A drink (of milk and water) was brought
to Allah's Apostle while a boy was sitting on his right side and
old men were sitting on his left side. He asked the boy, "Will
you allow me to give it to these (people)?" The boy said, "No,
by Allah, I will not allow anyone to take my right from you."
Then the Prophet put the bowl in the boy's hand.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 777:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle owed a man some debt
(and that man demanded it very harshly). The companions of the
Prophet wanted to harm him, but the Prophet said to them, "Leave
him, as the creditor has the right to speak harshly." He then
added, "Buy (a camel) of the same age and give it to him." They
said, "We cannot get except a camel of an older age than that of
his." He said, "Buy it and give it to him, as the best amongst
you is he who pays back his debt in the most handsome way.'
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 778:
Narrated Marwan bin Al-Hakam and
Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
When the delegates of the tribe of
Hawazin came to the Prophet they requested him to return their
property and their captives. He said to them, "This concerns
also other people along with me as you see, and the best
statement to me is the true one, so you may choose one of two
alternatives; either the captives or the property and (I have
not distributed the booty for) I have been waiting for you."
When the Prophet had returned from
Ta'if, he waited for them for more than ten nights. When they
came to know that the Prophet would not return except one of the
two, they chose their captives. The Prophet then stood up
amongst the Muslims, Glorified and Praised Allah as He deserved,
and then said, "Then after: These brothers of yours have come to
you with repentance and I see it proper to return their
captives, so whoever amongst you likes to do that as a favor,
then he can do it, and whoever of you wants to stick to his
share till we pay him from the very first Fai (i.e. war booty)
which Allah will give us, then he can do so." The people said,
"We return (the captives) to them willingly as a favor, O
Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "I do not know who of you
has given his consent and who has not; so go back and your
leaders may present your decision to me." The people went away,
and their leaders discussed the matter with them, and then came
to the Prophet to tell him that all of them had given their
consent (to return the captives) willingly. (Az-Zuhn, the
sub-narrator said, "This is what we know about the captives, of
Hawazin.")
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 779:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: That the people
sitting with that person will be his co-owners. But this report
is not confirmed by an authentic narration. (Refer to Hadith
778)
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 780:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet took a camel of special age
from somebody on credit. Its owner came and demanded it back
(harshly). The Prophet said, "No doubt, he who has a right, can
demand it." Then the Prophet gave him an older camel than his
camel and said, "The best amongst you is he who repays his debts
in the most handsome way."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 781:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
That he was in the company of the
Prophet on a journey, riding a troublesome camel belonging to
'Umar. The camel used to go ahead of the Prophet, so Ibn 'Umar's
father would say, "O 'Abdullah! No one should go ahead of the
Prophet." The Prophet said to him, "Sell it to me." 'Umar said
to the Prophet "It is for you." So, he bought it and said, "O
'Abdullah! It is for you, and you can do with it what you like."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 782:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab saw a silken dress
(cloak) being sold at the gate of the Mosque and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Would that you buy it and wear it on Fridays
and when the delegates come to you!" Allah's Apostle said, "This
is worn by the one who will have no share in the Hereafter."
Later on some silk dresses were brought and Allah's Apostle sent
one of them to 'Umar. 'Umar said, "How do you give me this to
wear while you said what you said about the dress of 'Utarid?"
Allah's Apostle said, "I have not given it to you to wear." So,
'Umar gave it to a pagan brother of his in Mecca.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 783:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Once the Prophet went to the house of
Fatima but did not enter it. 'Ali came and she told him about
that. When 'All asked the Prophet about it, he said, "I saw a
(multi-colored) decorated curtain on her door. I am not
interested in worldly things." 'Ali went to Fatima and told her
about it. Fatima said, "I am ready to dispense with it in the
way he suggests." The Prophet ordered her to send it to
such-and-such needy people. "
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 784:
Narrated 'Ali:
The Prophet gave me a silken dress as a
gift and I wore it. When I saw the signs of anger on his face, I
cut it into pieces and distributed it among my wives."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 785:
Narrated Anas:
A Jubba (i.e. cloak) made of thick
silken cloth was presented to the Prophet. The Prophet used to
forbid people to wear silk. So, the people were pleased to see
it. The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hands Muhammad's soul is,
the handkerchiefs of Sad bin Mu'adh in Paradise are better than
this." Anas added, "The present was sent to the Prophet by
Ukaidir (a Christian) from Dauma."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 786:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
A Jewess brought a poisoned (cooked)
sheep for the Prophet who ate from it. She was brought to the
Prophet and he was asked, "Shall we kill her?" He said, "No." I
continued to see the effect of the poison on the palate of the
mouth of Allah's Apostle .
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 787:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr:
We were one-hundred and thirty persons
accompanying the Prophet who asked us whether anyone of us had
food. There was a man who had about a Sa of wheat which was
mixed with water then. A very tall pagan came driving sheep. The
Prophet asked him, "Will you sell us (a sheep) or give it as a
present?" He said, "I will sell you (a sheep)." The Prophet
bought a sheep and it was slaughtered. The Prophet ordered that
its liver and other abdominal organs be roasted. By Allah, the
Prophet gave every person of the one-hundred-and-thirty a piece
of that; he gave all those of them who were present; and kept
the shares of those who were absent.The Prophet then put its
meat in two huge basins and all of them ate to their fill, and
even then more food was left in the two basins which were
carried on the camel (or said something like it).
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 788:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Umar saw a silken cloak over a man for
sale and requested the Prophet to buy it in order to wear it on
Fridays and while meeting delegates. The Prophet said, "This is
worn by the one who will have no share in the Hereafter." Later
on Allah's Apostle got some silken cloaks similar to that one,
and he sent one to 'Umar. 'Umar said to the Prophet "How can I
wear it, while you said about it what you said?" The Prophet
said, "I have not given it to you to wear, but to sell or to
give to someone else." So, 'Umar sent it to his brother at Mecca
before he embraced Islam.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 789:
Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:
My mother came to me during the
lifetime of Allah's Apostle and she was a pagan. I said to
Allah's Apostle (seeking his verdict), "My mother has come to me
and she desires to receive a reward from me, shall I keep good
relations with her?" The Prophet said, "Yes, keep good relation
with her. "
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 790:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "He who takes back
his present is like him who swallows his vomit."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 791:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "The bad example is
not for us. He who takes back his present is like a dog that
swallows back its vomit."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 792:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I gave a horse in Allah's Cause. The
person to whom it was given, did not look after it. I intended
to buy it from him, thinking that he would sell it cheap. When I
asked the Prophet he said, "Don't buy it, even if he gives it to
you for one Dirham, as the person who takes back what he has
given in charity, is like a dog that swallows back its vomit."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 793:
Narrated Jabir: The Prophet gave the
verdict that 'Umra is for the one to whom it is presented.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 794:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Umra is
permissible." Ata said, "Jabir narrated the same to me from the
Prophet."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 795:
Narrated Anas:
Once the people of Medina were
frightened, so the Prophet borrowed a horse from Abu Talha
called Al-Mandub, and rode it. When he came back he said, "We
have not seen anything (to be afraid of), but the horse was very
fast (having an energy as inexhaustible as the water of the
sea)."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 796:
Narrated Aiman:
I went to 'Aisha and she was wearing a
coarse dress costing five Dirhams. 'Aisha said, "Look up and see
my slave-girl who refuses to wear it in the house though during
the lifetime of Allah's Apostle I had a similar dress which no
woman desiring to appear elegant (before her husband) failed to
borrow from me."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 797:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "What a good
Maniha (the she-camel which has recently given birth and which
gives profuse milk) is, and (what a good Maniha) (the sheep
which gives profuse milk, a bowl in the morning and another in
the evening) is!"
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 798:
Narrated Malik:
Maniha is a good deed of charity.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 799:
Narrated Ibn Shihab Az-Zuhri:
Anas bin Malik said, "When the
emigrants came Medina, they had nothing whereas the Ansar had
land and property. The Ansar gave them their land on condition
that the emigrants would give them half the yearly yield and
work on the land and provide the necessaries for cultivation."
His (i.e. Anas's mother who was also the mother of 'Abdullah bin
Abu Talha, gave some date-palms to Allah' Apostle who gave them
to his freed slave-girl (Um Aiman) who was also the mother of
Usama bin Zaid. When the Prophet finished from the fighting
against the people of Khaibar and returned to Medina, the
emigrants returned to the Ansar the fruit gifts which the Ansar
had given them. The Prophet also returned to Anas's mother the
date-pallms. Allah's Apostle gave Um Aiman other trees from his
garden in lieu of the old gift.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 800:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
That Allah's Apostle said, "There are
forty virtuous deeds and the best of them is the Maniha of a
she-goat, and anyone who does one of these virtuous deeds hoping
for Allah's reward with firm confidence that he will get it,
then Allah will make him enter Paradise because of Hassan (a
sub-narrator) said, "We tried to count those good deeds below
the Maniha; we mentioned replying to the sneezer, removing
harmful things from the road, etc., but we failed to count even
fifteen."
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 801:
Narrated Jabir:
Some men had superfluous land and they
said that they would give it to others to cultivate on the
condition that they would get one-third or one-fourth or one
half of its yield. The Prophet said, "Whoever has land should
cultivate it himself or give it to his brother or keep it
uncultivated."
Narrated Abu Said: A bedouin came to
the Prophet and asked him about emigration. The Prophet said to
him, "May Allah be merciful to you. The matter of emigration is
difficult. Have you got some camels?" He replied in the
affirmative. The Prophet asked him, "Do you pay their Zakat?" He
replied in the affirmative. He asked, "Do you lend them so that
their milk may be utilized by others?" The bedouin said, "Yes."
The Prophet asked, "Do you milk them on the day off watering
them?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Do good deeds
beyond the merchants (or the sea) and Allah will never disregard
any of your deeds." (See Hadith No. 260, Vol. 5)
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 802:
Narrated Tawus:
That he was told by the most learned
one amongst them (i.e. Ibn Abbas) that the Prophet went towards
some land which was flourishing with vegetation and asked to
whom it belonged. He was told that such and such a person took
it on rent. The Prophet said, "It would have been better (for
the owner) if he had given it to him gratis rather than charging
him a fixed rent.
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 803:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Prophet
Abraham migrated with Sarah. The people (of the town where they
migrated) gave her Ajar (i.e. Hajar). Sarah returned and said to
Abraham, "Do you know that Allah has humiliated that pagan and
he has given a slave-girl for my service?"
Volume 3, Book
47, Number 804:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khatab:
Once I gave a horse (for riding) in
Allah's Cause. Later I saw it being sold. I asked Allah's
Apostle (whether I could buy it). He said, "Don't buy it, for
you should not get back what you have given in charity."
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