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Translation of Sahih Muslim,
Book 32:
The Book of
Virtue, Good Manners and Joining of the Ties of Relationship (Kitab Al-Birr was-Salat-I-wa'l-Adab)
Chapter 1: POLITENESS
TOWARDS PARENTS AND THEIR RIGHT TO IT
Book 032, Number 6180:
Abu Huraira reported that a
person came to Allah, 's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Who among
the people is most deserving of a fine treatment from my hand? He said: Your
mother. He again said: Then who (is the next one)? He said: Again it is your
mother (who deserves the best treatment from you). He said: Then who (is the
next one)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Again, it is your mother. He (again)
said: Then who? Thereupon he said: Then it is your father. In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Qutalba, there is no mention of the word" the
people".
Book 032, Number 6181:
Abu Huraira reported that a
person said: Allah's Messenger, who amongst the people is most deserving of my
good treatment? He said: Your mother, again your mother, again your mother,
then your father, then your nearest relatives according to the order (of
nearness).
Book 032, Number 6182:
Abu Huraira reported: A
person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). The rest of the hadith
is the same as transmitted by jarir but with this addition: By your father,
you would get the information.
Book 032, Number 6183:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Ibn Shubruma with the same chain of transmitters
and the hadith transmitted on the authority of Wuhaib there is a slight
variation of wording. Same is the case with the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Muhammad b. Talha (and the words are):" Who amongst the people
deserves the best treatment from me".
Book 032, Number 6184:
Abdullah b. 'Anir reported
that a person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and sought
permission (to participate) in Jihad, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
You should put in your best efforts (in their) service.
Book 032, Number 6185:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Habib with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6186:
Yazid b. Abu Habib reported
that Na'im, the freed slave of Umm Salama, reported to him that 'Abdullah b. 'Amr
b. 'As said: There came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a person
and said: I owe allegiance to you for migration and Jihad seeking reward only
from Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is one from amongst your parents
living? He said: Yes, of course, both are living. He further asked: Do you
want to seek reward from Allah? He said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Go back to your parents and accord them benevolent
treatment.
Chapter 2: THE PREFERENCE
OF BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO PARENTS OVER VOLUNTARY PRAYERS, ETC.
Book 032, Number 6187:
Abu Huraira reported that
Juraij was one who was devoted to (prayer) in the temple. His mother came to
him. Humaid said that Abu Rafi' demonstrated before us like the demonstration
made by abu Huraira to whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
demonstrated as his mother called him placing her palms upon the eyebrows and
lifting her head for calling him and said: Juraij, it is your mother, so talk
to her. She found him at that time absorbed in prayer, so he said (to
himself): O Lord, my mother (is calling me) (whereas I am absorbed) in my
prayer. He opted for prayer. She (his mother) went back, then came again for
the second time and said: O Juraij, it is your mother (calling you), so talk
to me. He said: O Allah. there is my mother also and my prayer, and he opted
for prayer. She said: O Allah, this Juraij is my son. I pray to talk to him
but he refuses to talk to me. O Allah, don't bring death to him unless he has
seen the prostitutes, and had she invoked the curse upon him (from the heart
of her heart) he would have been involved in some turmoil. There was a
shepherd living near by his temple (the temple where Juraij was engaged in
prayer). It so happened that a woman of that village came there and that
shepherd committed fornication with her and she became pregnant and gave birth
to a child. It was said to her: Whose child is this? She said: He is the child
of one who is living in this temple. So there came persons with hatchets and
spades. They called Juraij. He was absorbed in prayer and he did not talk to
them and they were about to demolish that temple that he saw them and then
came to them and they said: Ask her (this woman) what she says. He smiled and
then touched the head of the child and said: Who is your father? He (the
child) said: My father is the shepherd of the sheep, and when they heard this,
they said: We are prepared to rebuild with gold and silver what we have
demolished from your temple. He said: No, rebuild it with clay as it had been
before. He then went up (to his room and absorbed himself in prayer).
Book 032, Number 6188:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: None spoke in the cradle but only
three (persons), Christ son of Mary, the second one the companion of Juraij.
Juraij had got constructed a temple and confined himself in that. His mother
came to him as he was busy in prayer and she said: Juraij. He said: My Lord,
my mother (is calling me while I am engaged in) my prayer. He continued with
the prayer. She returned and she came on the next day and he was busy in
prayer, and she said: Juraij. And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me
while I am engaged) in prayer, and he continued with the prayer and she went
back, and then on the next day she again came and he was busy in prayer and
she said: Juraij. And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while I am
engaged in my prayer, and he continued with the prayer, and she said: My Lord,
don't give him death unless he has seen the fate of the prostitutes. The story
of Juraij and that of his meditation and prayer gained currency amongst Bani
Isra'il. There was a prostitute who had been a beauty incarnate. She said (to
the people): If you like I can allure him to evil. She presented herself to
him but he paid no heed (to her). She came to a shepherd who lived near the
temple and she offered herself to him and he had a sexual intercourse with her
and so she became pregnant arid when she gave birth to a child she said: This
is from Juraij. So they came and asked him to get down and demolished the
temple and began to beat him. He said: What is the matter? They said: You have
committed fornication with this prostitute and she has given birth to a child
from your loins. He said: Where is the child? They brought him (the child) and
he said: just leave me so that I should observe prayer. And he observed prayer
and when he finished, he came to the child. He struck his stomach and said: O
boy, who is your father? lie said: He is such shepherd. So they turned towards
Juraij, kissed him and touched him (for seeking blessing) and said: We are
prepared to construct your temple with gold. He said. No, just rebuild it with
mud as it had been, and they did that. Then there was a babe who was sucking
his mother that a person dressed in fine garment came riding upon a beast. His
mother said: O Allah, make my child like this one. He (the babe) left sucking
and began to see towards him, and said: O Allah, don't make me like him. He
then returned to the chest and began to suck the milk of his mother. He (Abu
Huraira) said: I perceived as if I am seeing Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as he is explaining the scene of his sucking milk with his
forefinger in his mouth and sucking that. He (Abu Huraira) further reported
Allah's Apostle (may be peace upon him) as saying: There happened to pass by
him a girl who was being beaten and they were saying: You have committed
adultery and you have committed theft and she was saying: Allah is enough for
me and He is my good Protector, and his mother said: O Allah, don't make my
child like her and he left sucking the milk, and looked towards her and said:
O Allah, make me like her, and there was a talk between them. She said: O with
shaven head, a good-looking person happened to pass by and I said: O Allah,
make my child like him, and you said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and
they passed by a girl while they were beating her and saying: You committed
fornication and you committed theft, and I said: O Allah, don't make my child
like her, and you said: O Allah, make me like her. Thereupon he said: That
person was a tyrant, and I said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and they
were saying about her: You committed fornication whereas in fact she had not
committed that and they were saying: You have committed theft whereas she had
not committed theft, so I said: O Allah, make me like her.
Book 032, Number 6189:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him be humbled into dust; let
him be humbled into dust. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said:
He who sees either of his parents during their old age or he sees both of
them, but he does not enter Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6190:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him be humbled, let him be
humbled. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said. He who finds his
parents in old age, either one or both of them, and does not enter Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6191:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him be humbled thrice, and
the rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 3: KINDNESS
TOWARDS THE FRIENDS OF ONE'S FATHER AND MOTHER
Book 032, Number 6192:
Ibn Dinar reported that a
desert Arab met Abdullah b. 'Umar on the way to Mecca. 'Abdullah greeted him
and mounted him upon the donkey on which he had been riding and gave him the
turban that he had on his head. Ibn Dinar (further) reported: We said to him
('Abdullah b. 'Umar): May Allah do good to you, these are desert Arabs and
they are satisfied even with meagre (things). Thereupon Abdullah said: His
father was loved dearly by 'Umar b. Khattib and I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The finest act of goodness on the part of a son
is to treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Book 032, Number 6193:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The finest act of goodness
is that a person should treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Book 032, Number 6194:
Abdullah b. Dinar reported
that when 'Abdullah b. 'Umar set out to Mecea, 'he kept a donkey with him
which he used as a diversion from the tedium of journey on the camel's back
and had a turban which he tied round his head. One day, as he was riding the
donkey a desert Arab happened to pass by him. He ('Abdullah b. 'Umar) said:
Arn't you so and so? He said: Yes He gave him his donkey and said: Ride it,
and tie the turban round your head. Some of his companions said: May Allah
pardon you, you gave to this desert Arab the donkey on which you enjoyed ride
for diversion and the turban which you tied round your. head. Thereupon he
said: Verily I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
finest act of goodness is the kind treatment of a person to the loved ones of
his father after his death and the father of this person was a friend of 'Umar.
Book 032, Number 6195:
Nawwas b. Sim'an al-Ansiri
reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about virtue and
vice. He said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice is what rankles in your
heart and that you disapprove that people should come to know of it.
Book 032, Number 6196:
Nawwis b. Sim'in reported: I
stayed with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) for one year. What
obstructed me to migrate was (nothing) but (persistent) inquiries from him
(about Islam). (It was a common observation) that when anyone of us migrated
(to Medina) he ceased to ask (too many questions) from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). So I asked him about virtue and vice. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice
is what rankles in your mind and that you disapprove of its being known to the
people.
Chapter 4: JOINING THE
TIE OF RELATIONSHIP AND PROHIBITION TO BREAK IT
Book 032, Number 6197:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Verily Allah created the
universe and when He had finished that, ties of relationship came forward and
said This is the place for him who seeks refuge from severing (of
blood-relationship). He said: Yes. Are you not satisfied that I should keep
relationship with one who joins your ties of relationship and sever it with
one who severs your (ties of relationship)? They (the ties of blood) said:
Certainly so. Thereupon He said: Well, that is how things are for you. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) then said: Recite if you like:" But if you
turn away you are sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of
kinship. Those it is whom Allah has cursed, so He has made them deaf and
blinded their eyes. Do they not reflect on the Qur'an? Or, are there locks on
their hearts?".
Book 032, Number 6198:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The tie of kinship is suspended
to the Throne and says: He who unites me Allah would unite him and he who
severed me Allah would sever him.
Book 032, Number 6199:
Jubair b. Mut'im reported on
the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The severer would not enter Paradise. Ibn Umar said that Sufyan
(explained it as): One who severs the tie of kinship would not enter Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6200:
Jubair b. Mutlim reported
that his father narrated to him that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The severer of the tie of kinship would not get into Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6201:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6202:
Anas b. Malik reported: I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is desirous
that his means of sustenance should be expanded for him or his age may be
lengthened, should join the tie of relationship.
Book 032, Number 6203:
Anas b. Malik reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who likes that his
sustenance should be expanded and his age may be lengthened should join the
tie of kinship.
Book 032, Number 6204:
Abu Huraira reported that a
person said: Allah's Messenger, I have relatives with whom I try, to have
close relationship, but they sever (this relation). I treat them well, but
they treat me ill. I am sweet to them but they are harsh towards me. Upon this
he (the Holy Prophet) said: If it is so as you say, then you in fact throw hot
ashes (upon their faces) and there would always remain with you on behalf of
Allah (an Angel to support you) who would keep you dominant over them so long
as you adhere to this (path of righteousness).
Chapter 5: FORBIDDANCE OF
NURSING MUTUAL JEALOUSY, MUTUAL HATRED AND MUTUAL HOSTILITY
Book 032, Number 6205:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Neither nurse mutual
hatred, nor jealousy, nor enmity, and become as fellow. brothers and servants
of Allah. It is not lawful fora Muslim that he should keep his relations
estranged with his brother beyond three days.
Book 032, Number 6206:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying like this. This hadith has
been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6207:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters with
the addition of Ibn Uyaina (and the words are):" Do not cut off (mutual
relations)."
Book 032, Number 6208:
This hadith has been
narrated through another chain of transmitters and the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Abd al-Razziq (the words are):" Neither nurse grudge nor
sever (the ties of kinship), nor nurse enmity."
Book 032, Number 6209:
Anas reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Nurse no grudge, nurse no aversion
and do not sever ties of kinship and live like fellow-brothers as servants of
Allah. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same
chain of transmitters but with this addition:" As Allah has commanded you."
Chapter 6: IT IS
FORBIDDEN FOR A MUSLIM TO HAVE ESTRANGED RELATIONS WITH THE OTHER MUSLIM BEYOND
THREE DAYS WITHOUT ANY REASON OF SHARI'AH
Book 032, Number 6210:
Abu Ayyub Ansiri reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not permissible for
a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three nights, the
one turning one way and the other turning the other way when they meet; the
better of the two is one who is the first to give a greeting.
Book 032, Number 6211:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording (and
the words are):" The one turning away and the other turning away when they
meet and one avoids the other and the other also avoids him."
Book 032, Number 6212:
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not permissible for
a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three days.
Book 032, Number 6213:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There should be no estranged
relations beyond three days.
Chapter 7: FORBIDDANCE OF
SUSPICION, FAULT-FINDING, AND BIDDING AGAINST THE OTHER (FOR RAISING THE PRICE)
Book 032, Number 6214:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Avoid suspicion, for suspicion is
the gravest lie in talk and do not be inquisitive about one another and do not
spy upon one another and do not feel envy with the other, and nurse no malice,
and nurse no aversion and hostility against one another. And be
fellow-brothers and servants of Allah.
Book 032, Number 6215:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Don't have estranged relations
(with the others) and don't nurse enmity and don't enter into a transaction
when the other (has already entered) and be fellow-brothers and servants of
Allah.
Book 032, Number 6216:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying. Don't nurse malice against one
another, don't nurse aversion against one another and don't be inquisitive
about one another and don't outbid one another (with a view to raising the
price) and be fellow-brothers and servants of Allah.
Book 032, Number 6217:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmit ters (and
the words are):" Don't sever relations of kinship, don't bear enmity against
one another, don't bear aversion against one another and don't feel envy
against the other and live as fellow-brothers as Allah has commanded you.
Book 032, Number 6218:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Don't bear aversion against one
another and don't be jealous of one another and be servants of Allah.
Chapter 8: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO PERPETRATE ATROCITY UPON A MUSLIM, TO HUMILIATE HIM, TO INSULT HIM,
AND INVIOLABLE IS HIS BLOOD, HONOUR AND WEALTH
Book 032, Number 6219:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Don't nurse grudge and don't bid
him out for raising the price and don't nurse aversion or enmity and don't
enter into a transaction when the others have entered into that transaction
and be as fellow-brothers and servants of Allah. A Muslim is the brother of a
Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him.
The piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards his chest thrice.
It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he should look down upon his brother
Muslim. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother in faith: his
blood, his wealth and his honour.
Book 032, Number 6220:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira with some addition (and it is
this):" Verily Allah does not look to your bodies nor to your faces but He
looks to your hearts," and he pointed towards the heart with his fingers.
Book 032, Number 6221:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upqn him) as saying: Verily Allah does not look to
your faces and your wealth but He looks to your heart and to your deeds.
Chapter 9: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO NURSE RANCOUR
Book 032, Number 6222:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The gates of Paradise are not
opened but on two days, Monday and Thursday. and then every servant (of Allah)
is granted pardon who does not associate anything with Allah except the person
in whose (heart) there is rancour against his brother. And it would be said:
Look towards both of them until there is reconciliation; look toward both of
them until there is reconciliation; look towards both of them until there is
reconciliation. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail who
narrated it on the authority of his father with the chain of transmitters of
MaIik, but with this variation of wording:, (Those would not be granted
pardon) who bycott each other."
Book 032, Number 6223:
Abu Huraira reported it as a
marfu' hadith (and the words are): The deeds are presented on every Thursday
and Friday and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. grants pardon to every person
who does not associate anything with Allah except the person in whose (heart)
there is rancour against his brother. It would be said: Put both of them off
until they are reconciled.
Book 032, Number 6224:
Abu Huraim reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying The deeds of people would be
presented every week on two days, viz. Monday and Thursday, and every
believing servant would be granted pardon except the one in whose (heart)
there is rancour against his brother and it would he said: Leave them and put
them off until they are turned to reconciliation.
Chapter 10: MERIT OF LOVE
FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
Book 032, Number 6225:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily. Allah would say on the
Day of Resurrection: Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake?
Today I shall shelter them in My shadow when there is no other shadow but the
shadow of Mine.
Book 032, Number 6226:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: A person visited his brother in
another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he
came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my
brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment
of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for
the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a
meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love
him (for His sake) This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hammid b.
Salama with the same of transmitters.
Chapter 11: MERIT OF
VISITING THE SICK
Book 032, Number 6227:
Abu Rabi' reported directly
from Allah's Apostle (may peace upon him) as saying: The one who visits the
sick is in fact like one who is in the fruit garden of Paradise so long as he
does not return.
Book 032, Number 6228:
Thauban, the freed slave of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: He who visits the sick continues to remain in
the fruit garden of Paradise until he returns.
Book 032, Number 6229:
Thauban reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, when a Muslim visits his
brother in Islam he is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise
until he returns.
Book 032, Number 6230:
Thauban, the freed slave of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who visits the sick is supposed to remain in
the fruit garden of Paradise. It was said: Allah's Messenger, what is this
Khurfat-ul-jannah? He said: It is a place abounding in fruits.
Book 032, Number 6231:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Asim al-Ahwal with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6232:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, would say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I was sick but
you did not visit Me. He would say: O my Lord; how could I visit Thee whereas
Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say: Didn't you know that
such and such servant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him and were you
not aware of this that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him?
O son of Adam, I asked food from you but you did not feed Me. He would say: My
Lord, how could I feed Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He said:
Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine asked food from you but you
did not feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you would
have found him by My side? (The Lord would again say: ) O son of Adam, I asked
drink from you but you did not provide Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I
provide Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say:
Such and such of servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you did not provide
him, and had you provided him drink you would have found him near Me.
Chapter 12: WHENEVER A
BELIEVER FALLS SICK OR IS STRICKEN WITH GRIEF OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, THERE IS A
REWARD FOR HIM EVEN IF IT IS PRICKING OF A THORN
Book 032, Number 6233:
'A'isha reported, I did not
see anyone else being afflicted with more severe illness than Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). In the narration transmitted by 'Uthman
there is a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6234:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash through other chains of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6235:
'Abdullah reported: I
visited Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as he was running high
temperature. I touched his body with my bard and said to him: Allah's
Messenger, you are running high temperature, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Yes, it is so. I comparatively have a more severe
fever than any one of you. I said: Is it because there is a double reward in
store for you? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Yes,
it is so. And Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) again said: When a
Muslim falls ill, his compensation is that his minor sins are obliterated just
as leaves tall (in autumn). In the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Zubair there is (no mention of these words):" I touched his body with my
hands."
Book 032, Number 6236:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of jarir and the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Abu Mu'awiya there is an addition of these words: He said: Yes,
by Him in Whose Hand is my life, there is no Muslim upon the earth." The rest
of the hadith is the same.
Book 032, Number 6237:
Aswad reported that some
young men from the Quraish visited 'A'isha as she was in Mina and they were
laughing. She said: What makes you laugh? They said: Such and such person
stumbled against the rope of the tent and he was about to break his neck or
lose his eyes. She said: Don't laugh for I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: If a Muslim runs a thorn or (gets into trouble) severe
than this, there is assured for him (a higher) rank and his sins are
obliterated.
Book 032, Number 6238:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believer does not receive (the
trouble) of running a thorn or more than that but Allah elevates him in rank
or effaces his sins because of tbat.
Book 032, Number 6239:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believer does not undergo (the
trouble) of running a thorn or more than that when Allah effaces his sins.
Book 032, Number 6240:
'A'isha said: No trouble
comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a thorn that it becomes (the
means) whereby his sins are effaced or his sins are obliterated. Yazid says:
He does not know which word 'Urwa said (whether he said Qussa or Kuffira).
Book 032, Number 6241:
'A'isha reported: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There is nothing (in the
form of trouble) that comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a
thorn that there is decreed for him by Allah good or his sins are obliterated.
Book 032, Number 6242:
Abu Sa'id and abu Huraira
reported that they heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Never a believer is stricken with discomfort, hardship or illness, grief or
even with mental worry that his sins are not expiated for him.
Book 032, Number 6243:
Abu Huraira reported that
when this verse was revealed:" Whoever does evil will be requited for it", and
when this was conveyed to the Muslims they were greatly perturbed. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Be moderate and stand firm in
trouble that falls to the lot of a Muslim (as that) is an expiation for him;
even stumbling on the path or the prickin of a thorn (are an expiation for
him). Muslim said that 'Umar b. Abd al-Rahman Muhaisin was from amongst the
people of Mecca.
Book 032, Number 6244:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) visited Umm Sa'ib or Umm
Musayyib and said: Umm Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib. why is it that you are
shivering? She said:" It is fever and may it not be blessed by Allah,
whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't curse fever for it expiates the
sir of the posterity of Adam just as furnace removes the alloy of iron.
Book 032, Number 6245:
'Ata' b. Abi Rabih said: Ibn
Abbas said to me: May I show you a woman of Paradise? I said: Yes. He said:
Here is this dark-complexioned woman. She came to Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) and said: I am suffering from falling sickness and I become
naked; supplicate Allah for me, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Show
endurance as you can do and there would be Paradise for you and, if you
desire, I supplicate Allah that He may cure you. She said: I am prepared to
show endurance (but the unbearable trouble is) that I become naked, so
supplicate Allah that He should not let me become naked, so he supplicated for
her.
Chapter 13: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO COMMIT OPPRESSION
Book 032, Number 6246:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, said: My servants, I have made oppression unlawful for Me and
unlawful for you, so do not commit oppression against one another. My
servants, all of you are liable to err except one whom I guide on the right
path, so seek right guidance from Me so that I should direct you to the right
path. O My servants, all of you are hungry (needy) except one whom I feed, so
beg food from Me, so that I may give that to you. O My servants, all of you
are naked (need clothes) except one whom I provide garments, so beg clothes
from Me, so that I should clothe you. O My servants, you commit error night
and day and I am there to pardon your sins, so beg pardon from Me so that I
should grant you pardon. O My servants, you can neither do Me any harm nor can
you do Me any good. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last
amongst you and even the whole of human race of yours, and that of jinns even,
become (equal in) God-conscious like the heart of a single person amongst you,
nothing would add to My Power. O My servants, even if the first amongst you
and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours and that of the
Jinns too in unison become the most wicked (all beating) like the heart of a
single person, it would cause no loss to My Power. O My servants, even if the
first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours
and that of jinns also all stand in one plain ground and you ask Me and I
confer upon every person what he asks for, it would not. in any way, cause any
loss to Me (even less) than that which is caused to the ocean by dipping the
needle in it. My servants, these for you I shall reward you for thern, so he
who deeds of yours which I am recording finds good should praise Allah and he
who does not find that should not blame anyone but his ownself. Sa'id said
that when Abu Idris Khaulini narrated this hadith he knelt upon his knees.
Book 032, Number 6247:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that he reported it from his Lord,
the Exalted and Glorious: Verily I have made oppression unlawful for Me and
for My servants too, so do not commit oppression. The rest of the hadith is
the same.
Book 032, Number 6248:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Be on your guardagainst
committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of
Resurrection, and be on your guard against pettimindedness for pettimindedness
destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make
lawful what was unlawful for them.
Book 032, Number 6249:
Ibu 'Umar reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Oppression is the darkness on the
Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6250:
Salim reported on the
authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A
Muslim is the brother of a fellow-Muslim. He should neither commit oppression
upon him nor ruin him, and he who meets the need of a brot'ier, Allah would
meet big needs, and he who relieved a Muslim from hardship Allah would relieve
him from the hardships to which he would be put on the Day of Resurrection,
and he who did not expose (the follies of a Muslim) Allah would conceal his
follies on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6251:
Abu Huraira. reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do you know who is poor?
They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: A poor man amongst us is one
who has neither dirham with him nor wealth. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The
poor of my Umma would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrecton with
prayers and fasts and Zakat but (he would find himself bankrupt on that day as
he would have exhausted his funds of virtues) since he hurled abuses upon
others, brought calumny against others and unlawfully consumed the wealth of
others and shed the blood of others and beat others, and his virtues would be
credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand). And if his good
deeds fall short to clear the account, then his sins would be entered in (his
account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire.
Book 032, Number 6252:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The claimants would get their
claims on the Day of Ressurection so much so that the hornless sheep would get
its claim from the horned sheep.
Book 032, Number 6253:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
grants respite to the oppessor. But when He lays Hand upon him, He does not
then let him off. Re (the Holy Prophet) then recited this verse:" Such is the
chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises the towns (inhabited by) wrongdoing
persons. Surely, His punishment is painful, severe" (xi. 103).
Chapter 14: HELP YOUR
BROTHER WHETHER IIE IS AN OPPRESSOR OR AN OPPRESSED ONE
Book 032, Number 6254:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that two young men, one from the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the other one from
the Angr (helpers) fell into dispute and the Muhajir called his fellow
Muhajirin, and the Ansari (the helper) called the Ansar (for help). In the
meanwhile, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came there and said: What
is this, the proclamation of the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said:
Allah's Messenger, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell into
dispute and the one struck at the back of the other. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Well, a person should help his brother whether he is an
oppressor or an oppressed. If he is the oppressor he should prevent him from
doing it, for that is his help; and if he is the oppressed he should be helped
(against oppression).
Book 032, Number 6255:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported:
We were along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in an expedition
that a person from amongst the emigrants struck at the back of a person from
the Ansir. The Ansiri said: O Ansar! And the Muhijir said: O Emigrants!
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What are these
proclamations of the Days of Ignorance? They said: Allah's Messenger, a person
from the emigrants struck at the back of an Ansari, whereupon he said: It is
something disgusting. 'Abdullah b. Ubayy heard it and said: They have indeed
done it. By Allah, when we would return to Medina the respectable amongst them
(the Ansar) would turn away the mean (the emigrants). Thereupon 'Umar said:
Permit me so that I should strike the neck of this hypocrite. But he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Leave him, the people may not say that Muhammad kills his
companions.
Book 032, Number 6256:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported
that a person from the emigrants struck the back of an Ansari. He came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and asked for compensation. Thereupon
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Leave it. for it is something
disgusting. Ibn Mansur said that in the narration transmitted on the authority
of Amr (these words are also found):" I heard Jabir."
Chapter 15: THERE SHOULD
BE MUTUAL FELLOW-FEELING AND LOVE AND THE WILL TO HELP EACH OTHER AMONGST THE
BELIEVERS
Book 032, Number 6257:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believer is like a brick for
another believer, the one supporting the other.
Book 032, Number 6258:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of
believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one
body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of
sleeplessness and fever.
Book 032, Number 6259:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported a
hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Book 032, Number 6260:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The believers are like
one person; if his head aches, the whole body aches with fever and
sleeplessness.
Book 032, Number 6261:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported
that Muslims are like one body of a person; if the eye is sore, the whole body
aches, and if the head aches, the whole body aches.
Book 032, Number 6262:
A hadith like this has been
narrated on the authority of Nu'man b. Bashir through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 16: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO INDULGE IN ABUSING
Book 032, Number 6263:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When two persons indulge in
hurling (abuses) upon one another, it would be the first one who would be the
sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits.
Chapter 17: THE MERITS OF
FORGIVENESS AND HUMILITY
Book 032, Number 6264:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Charity does not in any way
decrease the wealth and the servant who forgives Allah adds to his respect,
and the one who shows humility Allah elevates him in the estimation (of the
people).
Chapter 18: THE
PROHIBITION OF BACKBITING
Book 032, Number 6265:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do you know what is backbiting?
They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in
a manner which he does not like. It was said to him: What is your opinion
about this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a
mention of? He said: If (that failing) is actually found (in him) what you
assert, you in fact backbited him, and if that is not in him it is a slander.
Chapter 19: TIDINGS FOR
ONE WHOSE FAULTS ALLAH CONCEALED IN THIS WORLD; HE WILL ALSO CONCEAL HIS FAULTS
IN THE HEREAFTER
Book 032, Number 6266:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The servant (whose fault) Allah
conceals in this world, Allah would also conceal (his faults) on the Day of
Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6267:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The servant (who conceals) the
faults of others in this world, Allah would conceal his faults on the Day of
Resurrection.
Chapter 20: ACCORDING OF
BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO ONE FROM WHOM ONE EXPECTS TRANSGRESSION
Book 032, Number 6268:
A'isha reported that a
person sought permission from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) to see
him. He said: Grant him permission. (and also added: ) He is a bad son of his
tribe or he is a bad person of his tribe. When he came in he used kind words
for him. 'A'isha reported that she said: Allah's Messenger, you said about him
what you had to say and then you treated him with kindness. He said: A'isha,
verily in the eye of Allah, worst amongst the person in rank on the Day of
Resurrection is one whom the people abandon or desert out of the fear of
indecency.
Book 032, Number 6269:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Ibn Munkadir with the same chain of transmitters
but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 21: MERIT OF
BENEVOLENT TREATMENT
Book 032, Number 6270:
Jarir reported from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is
in fact deprived of good.
Book 032, Number 6271:
Jarir reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is deprived of tenderly
feelings is in fact deprived of good.
Book 032, Number 6272:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is deprived of
tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good and he who is deprived of
tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good.
Book 032, Number 6273:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: 'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and
confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity and does not
confer upon anything else besides it (kindness).
Book 032, Number 6274:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to
its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but it makes it defective.
Book 032, Number 6275:
This hadith has been
reported by Miqdam b. Shuraih b. Hani with the same chain of transmitters but
with this addition:" 'A'isha mounted upon a wild camel and she began to make
that go round and round. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: You should show kindness, and then he made a mention of this hadith.
Chapter 22: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO CURSE THE BEASTS
Book 032, Number 6276:
'Imran b. Husain reported:
We were with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in some of his journeys
and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel that it shied and she
invoked curse upon that. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) heard it
and said: Unload that and set it free for it is accursed. 'Imran said: I still
perceive that (dromedary) walking amongst people and none taking any notice of
that.
Book 032, Number 6277:
'Imran reported: I perceive
as if I am looking towards that dromedary, and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Thaqafi (the words are):" Unload it and make its back bare
for it is accursed."
Book 032, Number 6278:
Abu Burza al-Aslami reported
that a slave-girl was riding a dromedary and there was also the luggage of
people upon it. that she suddenly saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
The way of the mountain was narrow and she said (to that dromedary): Go ahead
(but that dromedary did not move). She (that slave-girl), out of anger, said:
O Allah, let that (dromedary) be damned. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) said: Let the dromedary on which the curse has been invoked not
proceed with us.
Book 032, Number 6279:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Sulaiman Taimi with the same chain of
transmitters but with a variation of words (and that is):" By Allah, let that
accompany us not which has been damned, or he said like it."
Book 032, Number 6280:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It does not seem proper for
Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse. This hadith has been narrated on
the authority of Abu Kuraib with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6281:
Zaid b. Aslam reported that
'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan sent some domestic goods for decoration to Umm Darda'
on his own behalf, and when it was night 'Abd al-Malik got up and called for
the servant. It seemed as if he (the servant) was late (in responding to his
call), so he ('Abd al-Malik) invoked curse upon him, and when it was morning
Umm Darda' said to him: I heard you cursing your servant during the night when
you called him, and she said: I heard Abu Darda' as saying that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The invoker of curse would neither be
intercessor nor witness on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6282:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6283:
Umm Darda' reported on the
authority of Abu Darda' as saying: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The invoker of curse would neither be witness nor
intercessor on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6284:
Abu Huraira reported it was
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): Invoke curse upon the
polytheists, whereupon he said: I have not been sent as the invoker of curse,
but" I have been sent as mercy."
Chapter 23: HE UPON WHOM
ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) INVOKED CURSE WHEREAS HE IN FACT DID NOT
DESERVE IT, IT WOULD BE A SOURCE OF REWARD AND MERCY FOR HIM
Book 032, Number 6285:
A'isha reported that two
persons visited Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and both of them
talked about a thing, of which I am not aware, but that annoyed him and he
invoked curse upon both of them and hurled malediction, and when they went out
I said: Allah's Messenger, the good would reach everyone but it would not
reach these two. He said: Why so? I said: Because you have invoked curse and
hurled malediction upon both of them. He said: Don't you know that I have made
condition with my Lord saying thus: O Allah, I am a human being and that for a
Muslim upon whom I invoke curse or hurl malediction make it a source of purity
and reward.
Book 032, Number 6286:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and
the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa (the words are):" He had a
private meeting with them and hurled malediction upon them and cursed them and
sent them out."
Book 032, Number 6287:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, I am a human being and
for any person amongst Muslims upon whom I hurl malediction or invoke curse or
give him whipping make it a source of purity and mercy.
Book 032, Number 6288:
Jabir reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) a hadith like it but with a slight variation
of wording.
Book 032, Number 6289:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of A'mash and in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of 'Isa the words are: Make it a source of reward, and in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira (the words are):" Make it a source
of mercy."
Book 032, Number 6290:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, I make a covenant with
Thee against which Thou wouldst never go. I am a human being and thus for a
Muslim whom I give any harm or whom I scold or upon whom I invoke curse or
whom I beat, make this a source of blessing, purification and nearness to Thee
on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6291:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad with a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6292:
A hadith like this has been
reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6293:
Salim, the freed slave of
Nasriyyin, said: I heard Abu Huraira as saying that he heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, Muhammad is a human being. I lose
my temper just as human beings lose temper, and I have held a covenant with
Thee which Thou wouldst not break: For a believer whom I give any trouble or
invoke curse or beat, make that an expiation (of his sins and a source of) his
nearness to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6294:
Abu Huraira reported that he
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, for any
believing servant whom I curse make that as a source of nearness to Thee on
the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6295:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I have held covenant with Thee
which Thou wouldst not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make
that an expiation on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6296:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I am a human being and I
have made this term with my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: For any servant
amongst Muslims whom I curse or scold, make that a source of purity and
reward. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6297:
Anas b. Malik reported that
there was an orphan girl with Umm Sulaim (who was the mother of Anas). Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw that orphan girl and said: O, it is you;
you have grown young. May you not advance in years! That slave-girl returned
to Umm Sulaim weeping. Umm Sulaim said: O daughter, what is the matter with
you? She said: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) has invoked curse upon
me that I should not grow in age and thus I would never grow in age, or she
said, in my (length) of life. Umm Sulaim went out wrapping her head-dress
hurriedly until she met Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said to
her: Umm Sulaim, what is the matter with you? She said: Allah's Apostle, you
invoked curse upon my orphan girl. He said: Umm Sulaim, what is that? She
said: She (the orphan girl) states you have cursed her saying that she might
not grow in age or grow in life. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
smiled and then said: Umm Sulaim, don't you know that I have made this term
with my Lord. And the term with my Lord is that I said to Him: 1 am a human
being and I am pleased just as a human being is pleased and I lose temper just
as a human being loses temper, so for any person from amongst my Ummah whom I
curse and he in no way deserves it, let that, O Lord, be made a source of
purification and purity and nearness to (Allah) on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6298:
Ibn Abbas reported: I was
playing with children that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened
to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He (the Holy Prophet) came and
he patted upon my shoulders and said: Go and call Mu'awiya. I returned and
said: He is busy in taking food. He again asked me to go and call Mu'swiya to
him. I went (and came back) and said that he was busy in taking food,
whereupon he said: May Allah not fill his belly! Ibn Muthanna, said: I asked
Umm Umayya what he meant by the word Hatani. He said: It means" he patted my
shoulders".
Book 032, Number 6299:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abbas with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 24: THE
CONDEMNATION OF ONE WHO PLAYS A DOUBLE GAME AND THE PROHIBITION OF THIS
BEHAVIOUR
Book 032, Number 6300:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The worst amongst the people is
the double-faced one; he comes to some people with one face and to others with
the other face.
Book 032, Number 6301:
Abu Huraira reported that he
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The worst amongst
people is one with the double face. He comes to some people with one face and
to others with the other face.
Book 032, Number 6302:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: You will find the worst amongst
the people one having double face. He comes to some people with one face and
to the others with the other face.
Chapter 25: FORBIDDANCE
OF TELLING A LIE AND THE CASES IN WHICH TELLING OF LIE IS PERMISSIBLE
Book 032, Number 6303:
Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman b.
'Auf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum daughter of 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait, and
she was one amongst the first emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), as saying that she heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: A liar is not one who tries to bring
reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or
he conveys good. Ibn Shihab said he did not hear that exemption was granted in
anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for
bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the
husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband
(in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them).
Book 032, Number 6304:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters
but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6305:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 26: SERIOUS
PROHIBITION OF TALE-CARRYING
Book 032, Number 6306:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported
that Muhammad (may peace be upon him) said: Should I inform you that
slandering, that is in fact a tale-carrying which creates dissension amongst
people, (and) he (further) said: The person tells the truth until he is
recorded as truthful, and lie tells a lie until lie is recorded as a liar.
Chapter 27: THE EVIL OF A
LIE AND THE GOODNESS OF TRUTH AND ITS MERIT
Book 032, Number 6307:
'Abdullah reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Truth leads one to Paradise and
virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is
recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell,
and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.
Book 032, Number 6308:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Telling of truth is a
virtue and virtue leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the
truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obscenity and obscenity leads to
Hell-Fire, and the servant who endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar.
Ibn Abu Shaiba reported this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Book 032, Number 6309:
'Abdullah reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is obligatory for you to tell
the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man
who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is
eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for
telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the
person who keeps telling lies and endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a
liar with Allah.
Book 032, Number 6310:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and no
mention is made in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa (of these
words):" He who endeavours to tell the truth and endeavours to tell a lie,"
and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Mushir (the words are):"
Until Allah records it".
Chapter 28: THE MERIT OF
SELF-CONTROL AT THE TIME OF ANGER
Book 032, Number 6311:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Whom do you count as"
Raqub" amongst you? They (his Companions) said: One who has no children (the
children are born unto him but they do not survive). Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: He is not a Raqub but Raqub is one who does not find his child
as the forerunner (in Paradise). He then said: Whom do you count as a wrestler
amongst you? We said: He who wrestles with persons. He said: No, it is not he
but one who controls himself when in a fit of rage.
Book 032, Number 6312:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6313:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The strong-man is not one who
wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a
fit of rage.
Book 032, Number 6314:
Abu Huraira reported: I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: One is not strong
because of one's wrestling skillfully. They said: Allah's Messenger, then who
is strong? He said: He who controls his anger when he is in a fit of rage.
Book 032, Number 6315:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6316:
Sulaiman b. Surad reported
that two persons abused each other in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and the eyes of one of them became red as embers and the
veins of his neck were swollen. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: I know of a wording, if he were to utter that, his fit of rage
(would be no more and that wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan
the accursed. The person said: Do you find any madness in me? Ibn al-'Ala'
said: Do you see it? And he made no mention of the person.
Book 032, Number 6317:
Sulaiman b. Surad reported
that two persons abused each other in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and one of them fell into a rage and his face became red.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) saw him and said: I know of a wording;
if he were to utter that, he would get out (of the fit of anger) (and the
wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed. Thereupon, a
person went to him who had heard that from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) and said to him: Do you know what Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I know of a wording; if he were to say
that, (the fit) would be no more (and the words are): I seek refuge with Allah
from Satan, the accursed. And the person said to him: Do you find me mad?
Book 032, Number 6318:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 29: IT IS THE
VERY NATURE OF MAN THAT HE LOSES CONTROL
Book 032, Number 6319:
Anas reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When Allah fashioned Adam in
Paradise, He left him as He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to
see what actually that was and when he found him hollow from within, he
recognised that he had been created with a disposition that he would not have
control over himself.
Book 032, Number 6320:
A hadith like this has been
narrated on the authority of Humaid with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 30: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO STRIKE AT THE FACE
Book 032, Number 6321:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with
his brother he should avoid striking at the face.
Book 032, Number 6322:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad and he said:" When one amongst you
strikes (at the face)."
Book 032, Number 6323:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with his
brother, he should spare his face.
Book 032, Number 6324:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with
his brother, he should not slap at the face.
Book 032, Number 6325:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Ibn Hatim Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) is reported
to have said: When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid his
face for Allah created Adam in His own image.
Book 032, Number 6326:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with
his brother, he should avoid the face.
Chapter 31: GRIM WARNING
TO ONE WHO TORMENTS PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY VALID JUSTIFICATION
Book 032, Number 6327:
'Urwa reported on the
authority of his father that Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by some
people in Syria who had been made to stand in the sun and olive-oil was being
poured upon their heads. He said: What is this? It was said: They are being
punished for (not paying) the Kharaj (the government revenue). Thereupon he
said: Allah would punish those who torment people in this world (without any
genuine reason).
Book 032, Number 6328:
Hisham reported on the
authority of his father that Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by
people, the farmers of Syria, who had been made to stand in the sun. He said:
What is the matter with them? They said: They have been detained for Jizya.
Thereupon Hisham said: I bear testimony to the fact that I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah would torment those who
torment people in the world.
Book 032, Number 6329:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and he
made this addition of Jarir that (Hisham b. Hakim) went to Umair b. Sa'd who
was then ruler in Palestine and he narrated to him this hadith and he
(submitting before the words of the Prophet) commanded that they should be let
off and so they were let off.
Book 032, Number 6330:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported
that Hisham b. Hakim found a person (the ruler of Hims) who had been detaining
some Nabateans in connection with the dues of Jizya. He said: What is this? I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah would torment
those persons who torment people in the world.
Chapter 32: HE WHO GOES
IN THE MOSQUE OR IN THE BAZAR OR A PLACE OF GATHERING LIKE IT WITH A WEAPON
SHOULD SEE THAT THE SPEARHEAD DOES NOT HARM ANYONE
Book 032, Number 6331:
'Amr heard Jabir as saying:
A person happened to come to the mosque with an arrow; thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Take hold of its pointed head.
Book 032, Number 6332:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that a person happened to come to the mosque with arrows and their iron-ends
were exposed, so he was commanded that he should grasp the pointed heads so
that these might not do any harm to a Muslim.
Book 032, Number 6333:
Jabir reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded a person who had been distributing
arrows freely in the mosque that he should not move about in the mosque but by
catching hold of their iron-heads. Ibn Rumh narrated this with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6334:
Abd Musa reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When any one of you happens to
go to a meeting or the bazar with an arrow in his hand he must grasp its
pointed head; then (he again said): He must grasp its pointed head. Abu Musa
said: By Allah, we did not court death until some of us had flung arrows upon
the faces of one another.
Book 032, Number 6335:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) assaying: He who amongst you moves in the
mosque or in the bazar and there is an arrow with him he should take hold of
its iron-head in his palm, so that none amongst the Muslims should receive any
injury from it, or he said, should catch its iron-head.
Chapter 33: THE
PROHIBITION OF POINTING A WEAPON TOWARDS A MUSLIM
Book 032, Number 6336:
Abu Huraira reported:
Abu'l-Qasim (the kunya of Allah's Messenger, may peace be upon him), said: He
who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him even
if he is his real brother so long as he does not abandon it (the pointing of
weapon towards one's brother Muslim).
Book 032, Number 6337:
Abu Huraira reported a
hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6338:
Abu Huraira reported a
hadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; (one of them was this)
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: None amongst you should
point a weapon towards his brother, for he does not know that Satan might
cause the weapon (to slip) from his hand and (he may injure anyone) and thus
he may fall into Hell-Fire.
Chapter 34: THE MERIT OF
REMOVING OF ANYTHING TROUBLESOME FROM THE PATH
Book 032, Number 6339:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: While a person was going along
the path he found a thorny branch upon it. He pushed it to a side and Allah
approved (this action) of his and (as a mark of appreciation) granted him
pardon.
Book 032, Number 6340:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A person while walking along the
path saw the branches of a tree lying there. He said: By Allah, I shall remove
these from this so that these may not do harm to the Muslims, and he was
admitted to Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6341:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that he saw a person enjoying
himself in Paradise because of the tree that he cut from the path which was a
source of inconvenience to the people.
Book 032, Number 6342:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that there was a tree which caused
inconvenience to the Muslims; a person came there and cut that (tree) (and
thus entered ) Paradise).
Book 032, Number 6343:
Abu Barza reported: I said:
Allah's Messenger, teach me something so that I may derive benefit from it. He
said: Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.
Book 032, Number 6344:
Abu Barza reported that he
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): Allah's Messenger, I do not
know whether I would survive after you, so confer upon me something by which
Allah should benefit me. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Do this and that and remove the troublesome things from the paths.
Chapter 35: FORBIDDANCE
OF TORMENTING THE CAT OR THE ANIMALS LIKE THAT WHICH DO NOT HARM
Book 032, Number 6345:
Abdullah reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A woman was tormented because
of a cat which she had confined until it died and she had to get into Hell.
She did not allow it either to eat or drink as it was confined, nor did she
free it so that it might eat the insects of the earth.
Book 032, Number 6346:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.
And Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A
woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it
neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the insects of
the earth.
Book 032, Number 6347:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6348:
Abu Huraira reported from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) A hadith out of which one was this
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A woman got into
Hell-Fire because of a cat whom she had tied, and thus it could not eat, and
she did not let it free so that it could devour the insects of the earth,
until it died.
Chapter 36: THE
PROHIBITION OF PRIDE AND VANITY
Book 032, Number 6349:
Abu Sa'id Khudri and Abu
Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah,
the Exalted and Glorious, said: Glory is His lower garment and Majesty is His
cloak and (Allah says, ) He who contends with Me in regard to them I shall
torment him.
Chapter 37: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO BECOME FRUSTRATED IN REGARD TO THE MERCY OF ALLAH
Book 032, Number 6350:
Jundub reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) stated that a person said: Allah would not
forgive such and such (person). Thereupon Allah the Exalted and Glorious,
said: Who is he who adjures about Me that I would not grant pardon to so and
so; I have granted pardon to so and so and blotted out his deeds (who took an
oath that I would not grant pardon to him).
Chapter 38: THE MERITS OF
THE WEAK AND DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE
Book 032, Number 6351:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying: Many a person with disheveled
hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held
in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah
(about anything) Allah would fulfil that.
Chapter 39: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO USE THE EXPRESSION:" THE PEOPLE ARE UNDONE"
Book 032, Number 6352:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When a person says that people
are ruined he is himself ruined. Abu Ishaq said: I do not know whether he
said" ahlakahum or ahlakuhum.
Book 032, Number 6353:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 40: BENEVOLENT
TREATMENT TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOUR
Book 032, Number 6354:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Gabriel impressed upon me (kind
treatment) towards the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would
confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.
Book 032, Number 6355:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6356:
Ibn Umar reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Gabriel impressed upon me (the
kind treatment) towards the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would
soon confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.
Book 032, Number 6357:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Abu Dharr, when you prepare the
broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour.
Book 032, Number 6358:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded me thus: Whenever you prepare a
broth, add water to it, and have in your mind the members of the household of
your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.
Chapter 41: EXCELLENCE OF
MEETING ONE WITH A CREERFUL COUNTENANCE
Book 032, Number 6359:
Abu Dharr reported: Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to me: Don't consider anything
insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with
a cheerful countenance.
Chapter 42: THE MERIT OF
RECOMMENDATION WHICH INVOLVES NOTHING UNLAWFUL
Book 032, Number 6360:
Abu Musa reported that when
any needy (person) came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) with a
need he commanded him to his Companions, saying: Make a recommendation for
him, and you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict through
the tongue of His Apostle what He likes most.
Chapter 43: THE MERIT OF
GOOD COMPANY AND AVOIDANCE FROM EVIL COMPANY
Book 032, Number 6361:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of good company
and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one
(iron-smith) blowing bellows, and the owner of musk would either offer you
free of charge or you would buy it from him or you would. smell its pleasant
odour, and so far as one who blows the. bellows is concerned, he would either
burn your clothes or you shall have to smell its repugnant smell.
Chapter 44: THE MERIT OF
ACCORDING BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO DAUGHTERS
Book 032, Number 6362:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), said: A woman came to me along with her two
daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one
date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two
daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out,
and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who is involved (in the
responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent
treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire.
Book 032, Number 6363:
'A'isha reported: A poor
woman came to me along with her daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a
date to each of them and then she took up one date and brought that to her
mouth in order to eat that, but her daughters expressed desire to eat it. She
then divided the date that she intended to eat between them. This (kind)
treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that which she did to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). Thereupon he said: Verily Allah has assured
Paradise for her, because of (this act) of her, or He has rescued her from
Hell-Fire.
Book 032, Number 6364:
Malik reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He, who brought up two girls
properly till they grew up, he and I would come (together) (very closely) on
the Day of Resurrection, and he interlaced his fingers (for explaining the
point of nearness between him and that person).
Chapter 45: THE MERIT OF
ONE WHO RESIGNS HIMSELF TO THE WILL OF GOD CALMLY AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF
ONE'S SON
Book 032, Number 6365:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Anyone amongst the Muslims, three
of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire
will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath.
Book 032, Number 6366:
This hadith has been
reported by Zuhri on the authority of Malik, and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Sufyan (the words are):" He would enter into Fire, except for
the fulfilment of the oath."
Book 032, Number 6367:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to a woman of the Ansar: In
case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and
she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be
admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Allah's Messenger, even
if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet, )
said: Even if they are two.
Book 032, Number 6368:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported
that a woman came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said:
Allah's Messenger, men receive your instructions; kindly allocate at your
convenience a day for us also, on which we would come to you and you would
teach us what Allah has taught you. He said: You assemble on such and such a
day. They assembled and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to them
and taught them what Allah had taught him and he then said: No woman amongst
you who sends her three children as her forerunners (in the Hereafter) but
they would serve him as a protection against Hell-Fire. A woman said: What
about two and two and two? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Even if they are two and two and two.
Book 032, Number 6369:
Abu Huraira reported that he
(the Holy Prophet) said: Three (children) who die in childhood.
Book 032, Number 6370:
Abu Hassan reported: I said
to Abu Huraira that my two children had died. Would you narrate to me anything
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a hadith which would soothe our
hearts in our bereavements? He said: Yes. Small children are the fowls of
Paradise. If one of them meets his father (or he said his parents) he would
take hold of his cloth, or he said with his hand as I take hold of the hem of
your cloth (with my hand). And he (the child) would not take off (his hand)
from it until Allah causes his father to enter Paradise. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Tamim with the same chain of transmitters. And he
is reported to have said: Did you hear from Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) anything which may soothe our heart in our bereavements? He said:
Yes.
Book 032, Number 6371:
Abu Huraira reported that a
woman came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) with her child and said:
Allah's Apostle, invoke Allah's blessing upon him for I have already buried
three. He said: You have buried three! She said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: You have, indeed, safeguarded yourself against the torment of
Hell with a strong safeguard. 'Umar has made a mention of his father, whereas
others have not made a mention of his father.
Book 032, Number 6372:
Abu Huraira reported that a
woman came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) with her child and said:
Allah's Messenger, he is ailing, and I am afraid (that he may die), as I have
already buried three. Thereupon he said: It (their sad demise) would be a
protection against Hell-Fire for you. Zuhair has not mentioned the kunya of
Abu Ghiyath; he has mentioned his name.
Chapter 46: WHEN ALLAH
LOVES A SERVANT, HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS ALSO BEGIN TO LOVE HIM
Book 032, Number 6373:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When Allah loves a servant, He
calls Gabriel and says: Verily, I so and so; you should also love him, and
then Gabriel begins to love him. Then he makes an announcement in the heaven
saying: Allah loves so and so and you also love him, and then the inhabitants
of the Heaven (the Angels) also begin to love him and then there is conferred
honour upon him in the earth; and when Allah is angry with any servant He
calls Gabriel and says: I am angry with such and such and you also become
angry with him, and then Gabriel also becomes angry and then makes an
announcement amongst the inhabitants of heaven: Verily Allah is angry with
so-and so, so you also become angry with him, and thus they also become angry
with him. Then he becomes the object of wrath on the earth also.
Book 032, Number 6374:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters except
with this variation that in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Ali'
b. Musayyib, there is no mention of (the word)" Anger".
Book 032, Number 6375:
Suhail b. Abi Salih,
reported: We were in Arafa that there happened to pass Umar b. Abd al-'Aziz
and he was the Amir of Hajj. People stood up in order to catch a glimpse of
him. I said to my father: Father, I think that Allah loves Umar b. Abd al-
'Aziz. He said: How is it? I said: It is because of the love in people's heart
for him. Thereupon he said: By One Who created your father, I heard Abu
Huraira narrating from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a hadith like
one transmitted on the authority of Suhail.
Chapter 47: SOULS ARE
TROOPS COLLECTED TOGETHER
Book 032, Number 6376:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) Saying: Souls are troops collected together
and those who familiarised with each other (in the heaven from where these
come) would have affinity, with one another (in the world) and those amongst
them who opposed each other (in the Heaven) would also be divergent (in the
world).
Book 032, Number 6377:
Abu Huraira narrated
directly from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he said: People
are like mines of gold and silver; those who were excellent in Jahiliya
(during the days of ignorance) are excellent In Islam, when they have, an
understanding, and the souls are troops collected together and those who had a
mutual familiarity amongst themselves in the store of prenatal existence would
have affinity amongst them, (in this world also) and those who opposed one of
them, would be at variance with one another.
Chapter 48: A PERSON
WOULD BE ALONG WITH HIM WHOM HE LOVES
Book 032, Number 6378:
Anas b. Malik reported that
a desert Arab said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be
the Last Hour? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What
preparation have you made for that? Thereupon he said: The love of Allah and
of His Messenger (that is my preparation for the Last Hour) (for the Day of
Resurrection). Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with
one whom you love.
Book 032, Number 6379:
Anas reported that a person
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be the Last
Hour? He (the Holy Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And
he gave no details, but said: I love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas b.
Malik reported through another chain of transmitters that a desert Arab came
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon, him), the rest of the hadith is the
same but with this variation that he said: I have not made much preparations
which merit appreciation for myself.
Book 032, Number 6380:
Anas b. Malik reported that
a person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said to Allah's
Messenger: When would be the Last Hour? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
What preparation have you made for the Last Hour? He said: The love of Allah
and of His Messenger (is my only preparation). Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet)
said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas said: Nothing pleased us
more after accepting Islam than the words of Allah's Apostle: You would be
along with one whom you love. And Anas said. I love Allah and His Messenger
and Abu Bakr and Umar, and I hope that I would be along with them although I
have not acted like them.
Book 032, Number 6381:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) this hadith through another chain of
transmitters but he did not make mention of the words of Anas: I love, and
what follows subsequently.
Book 032, Number 6382:
Anas b. Malik reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I were coming out of the mosque
that we met a person on the threshold of the mosque and he said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be the Last Hour? Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What preparation have you made for
that? The man became silent and then said: Allah's Messenger, I have made no
significant preparation with prayer and fasting and charity but I, however,
love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be
along with one whom you love.
Book 032, Number 6383:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6384:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Anas with a different chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6385:
'Abdullah reported that a
person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): What is your opinion about the person who
loves the people but his (acts or deeds are not identical to theirs)?
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A person would be
along with one whom he loves.
Book 032, Number 6386:
A hadith like this has been
transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah.
Book 032, Number 6387:
Abu Musa, reported that a
person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the
hadith is the same.
Chapter 49: WHEN A PIOUS
PERSON IS PRAISED THAT IS GLAD TIDINGS FOR HIM
Book 032, Number 6388:
Abu Dharr reported: It was
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): What is your opinion about
the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is
glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world).
Book 032, Number 6389:
This hadith has been
narrated through another chain of transmitters also and the one transmitted on
the authority of Shu'ba (the words are):" People love him." In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of 'Abd-us-Samad (the words are):" People praise
him as stated by Hammad."
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Translation of Sahih Muslim,
Book 32:
The Book of
Virtue, Good Manners and Joining of the Ties of Relationship (Kitab Al-Birr was-Salat-I-wa'l-Adab)
Chapter 1: POLITENESS
TOWARDS PARENTS AND THEIR RIGHT TO IT
Book 032, Number 6180:
Abu Huraira reported that a
person came to Allah, 's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Who among
the people is most deserving of a fine treatment from my hand? He said: Your
mother. He again said: Then who (is the next one)? He said: Again it is your
mother (who deserves the best treatment from you). He said: Then who (is the
next one)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Again, it is your mother. He (again)
said: Then who? Thereupon he said: Then it is your father. In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Qutalba, there is no mention of the word" the
people".
Book 032, Number 6181:
Abu Huraira reported that a
person said: Allah's Messenger, who amongst the people is most deserving of my
good treatment? He said: Your mother, again your mother, again your mother,
then your father, then your nearest relatives according to the order (of
nearness).
Book 032, Number 6182:
Abu Huraira reported: A
person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). The rest of the hadith
is the same as transmitted by jarir but with this addition: By your father,
you would get the information.
Book 032, Number 6183:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Ibn Shubruma with the same chain of transmitters
and the hadith transmitted on the authority of Wuhaib there is a slight
variation of wording. Same is the case with the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Muhammad b. Talha (and the words are):" Who amongst the people
deserves the best treatment from me".
Book 032, Number 6184:
Abdullah b. 'Anir reported
that a person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and sought
permission (to participate) in Jihad, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
You should put in your best efforts (in their) service.
Book 032, Number 6185:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Habib with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6186:
Yazid b. Abu Habib reported
that Na'im, the freed slave of Umm Salama, reported to him that 'Abdullah b. 'Amr
b. 'As said: There came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a person
and said: I owe allegiance to you for migration and Jihad seeking reward only
from Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is one from amongst your parents
living? He said: Yes, of course, both are living. He further asked: Do you
want to seek reward from Allah? He said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Go back to your parents and accord them benevolent
treatment.
Chapter 2: THE PREFERENCE
OF BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO PARENTS OVER VOLUNTARY PRAYERS, ETC.
Book 032, Number 6187:
Abu Huraira reported that
Juraij was one who was devoted to (prayer) in the temple. His mother came to
him. Humaid said that Abu Rafi' demonstrated before us like the demonstration
made by abu Huraira to whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
demonstrated as his mother called him placing her palms upon the eyebrows and
lifting her head for calling him and said: Juraij, it is your mother, so talk
to her. She found him at that time absorbed in prayer, so he said (to
himself): O Lord, my mother (is calling me) (whereas I am absorbed) in my
prayer. He opted for prayer. She (his mother) went back, then came again for
the second time and said: O Juraij, it is your mother (calling you), so talk
to me. He said: O Allah. there is my mother also and my prayer, and he opted
for prayer. She said: O Allah, this Juraij is my son. I pray to talk to him
but he refuses to talk to me. O Allah, don't bring death to him unless he has
seen the prostitutes, and had she invoked the curse upon him (from the heart
of her heart) he would have been involved in some turmoil. There was a
shepherd living near by his temple (the temple where Juraij was engaged in
prayer). It so happened that a woman of that village came there and that
shepherd committed fornication with her and she became pregnant and gave birth
to a child. It was said to her: Whose child is this? She said: He is the child
of one who is living in this temple. So there came persons with hatchets and
spades. They called Juraij. He was absorbed in prayer and he did not talk to
them and they were about to demolish that temple that he saw them and then
came to them and they said: Ask her (this woman) what she says. He smiled and
then touched the head of the child and said: Who is your father? He (the
child) said: My father is the shepherd of the sheep, and when they heard this,
they said: We are prepared to rebuild with gold and silver what we have
demolished from your temple. He said: No, rebuild it with clay as it had been
before. He then went up (to his room and absorbed himself in prayer).
Book 032, Number 6188:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: None spoke in the cradle but only
three (persons), Christ son of Mary, the second one the companion of Juraij.
Juraij had got constructed a temple and confined himself in that. His mother
came to him as he was busy in prayer and she said: Juraij. He said: My Lord,
my mother (is calling me while I am engaged in) my prayer. He continued with
the prayer. She returned and she came on the next day and he was busy in
prayer, and she said: Juraij. And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me
while I am engaged) in prayer, and he continued with the prayer and she went
back, and then on the next day she again came and he was busy in prayer and
she said: Juraij. And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while I am
engaged in my prayer, and he continued with the prayer, and she said: My Lord,
don't give him death unless he has seen the fate of the prostitutes. The story
of Juraij and that of his meditation and prayer gained currency amongst Bani
Isra'il. There was a prostitute who had been a beauty incarnate. She said (to
the people): If you like I can allure him to evil. She presented herself to
him but he paid no heed (to her). She came to a shepherd who lived near the
temple and she offered herself to him and he had a sexual intercourse with her
and so she became pregnant arid when she gave birth to a child she said: This
is from Juraij. So they came and asked him to get down and demolished the
temple and began to beat him. He said: What is the matter? They said: You have
committed fornication with this prostitute and she has given birth to a child
from your loins. He said: Where is the child? They brought him (the child) and
he said: just leave me so that I should observe prayer. And he observed prayer
and when he finished, he came to the child. He struck his stomach and said: O
boy, who is your father? lie said: He is such shepherd. So they turned towards
Juraij, kissed him and touched him (for seeking blessing) and said: We are
prepared to construct your temple with gold. He said. No, just rebuild it with
mud as it had been, and they did that. Then there was a babe who was sucking
his mother that a person dressed in fine garment came riding upon a beast. His
mother said: O Allah, make my child like this one. He (the babe) left sucking
and began to see towards him, and said: O Allah, don't make me like him. He
then returned to the chest and began to suck the milk of his mother. He (Abu
Huraira) said: I perceived as if I am seeing Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as he is explaining the scene of his sucking milk with his
forefinger in his mouth and sucking that. He (Abu Huraira) further reported
Allah's Apostle (may be peace upon him) as saying: There happened to pass by
him a girl who was being beaten and they were saying: You have committed
adultery and you have committed theft and she was saying: Allah is enough for
me and He is my good Protector, and his mother said: O Allah, don't make my
child like her and he left sucking the milk, and looked towards her and said:
O Allah, make me like her, and there was a talk between them. She said: O with
shaven head, a good-looking person happened to pass by and I said: O Allah,
make my child like him, and you said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and
they passed by a girl while they were beating her and saying: You committed
fornication and you committed theft, and I said: O Allah, don't make my child
like her, and you said: O Allah, make me like her. Thereupon he said: That
person was a tyrant, and I said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and they
were saying about her: You committed fornication whereas in fact she had not
committed that and they were saying: You have committed theft whereas she had
not committed theft, so I said: O Allah, make me like her.
Book 032, Number 6189:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him be humbled into dust; let
him be humbled into dust. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said:
He who sees either of his parents during their old age or he sees both of
them, but he does not enter Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6190:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him be humbled, let him be
humbled. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said. He who finds his
parents in old age, either one or both of them, and does not enter Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6191:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Let him be humbled thrice, and
the rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 3: KINDNESS
TOWARDS THE FRIENDS OF ONE'S FATHER AND MOTHER
Book 032, Number 6192:
Ibn Dinar reported that a
desert Arab met Abdullah b. 'Umar on the way to Mecca. 'Abdullah greeted him
and mounted him upon the donkey on which he had been riding and gave him the
turban that he had on his head. Ibn Dinar (further) reported: We said to him
('Abdullah b. 'Umar): May Allah do good to you, these are desert Arabs and
they are satisfied even with meagre (things). Thereupon Abdullah said: His
father was loved dearly by 'Umar b. Khattib and I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The finest act of goodness on the part of a son
is to treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Book 032, Number 6193:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The finest act of goodness
is that a person should treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Book 032, Number 6194:
Abdullah b. Dinar reported
that when 'Abdullah b. 'Umar set out to Mecea, 'he kept a donkey with him
which he used as a diversion from the tedium of journey on the camel's back
and had a turban which he tied round his head. One day, as he was riding the
donkey a desert Arab happened to pass by him. He ('Abdullah b. 'Umar) said:
Arn't you so and so? He said: Yes He gave him his donkey and said: Ride it,
and tie the turban round your head. Some of his companions said: May Allah
pardon you, you gave to this desert Arab the donkey on which you enjoyed ride
for diversion and the turban which you tied round your. head. Thereupon he
said: Verily I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
finest act of goodness is the kind treatment of a person to the loved ones of
his father after his death and the father of this person was a friend of
'Umar.
Book 032, Number 6195:
Nawwas b. Sim'an al-Ansiri
reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about virtue and
vice. He said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice is what rankles in your
heart and that you disapprove that people should come to know of it.
Book 032, Number 6196:
Nawwis b. Sim'in reported: I
stayed with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) for one year. What
obstructed me to migrate was (nothing) but (persistent) inquiries from him
(about Islam). (It was a common observation) that when anyone of us migrated
(to Medina) he ceased to ask (too many questions) from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). So I asked him about virtue and vice. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Virtue is a kind disposition and vice
is what rankles in your mind and that you disapprove of its being known to the
people.
Chapter 4: JOINING THE
TIE OF RELATIONSHIP AND PROHIBITION TO BREAK IT
Book 032, Number 6197:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Verily Allah created the
universe and when He had finished that, ties of relationship came forward and
said This is the place for him who seeks refuge from severing (of
blood-relationship). He said: Yes. Are you not satisfied that I should keep
relationship with one who joins your ties of relationship and sever it with
one who severs your (ties of relationship)? They (the ties of blood) said:
Certainly so. Thereupon He said: Well, that is how things are for you. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) then said: Recite if you like:" But if you
turn away you are sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of
kinship. Those it is whom Allah has cursed, so He has made them deaf and
blinded their eyes. Do they not reflect on the Qur'an? Or, are there locks on
their hearts?".
Book 032, Number 6198:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The tie of kinship is suspended
to the Throne and says: He who unites me Allah would unite him and he who
severed me Allah would sever him.
Book 032, Number 6199:
Jubair b. Mut'im reported on
the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The severer would not enter Paradise. Ibn Umar said that Sufyan
(explained it as): One who severs the tie of kinship would not enter Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6200:
Jubair b. Mutlim reported
that his father narrated to him that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: The severer of the tie of kinship would not get into Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6201:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6202:
Anas b. Malik reported: I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is desirous
that his means of sustenance should be expanded for him or his age may be
lengthened, should join the tie of relationship.
Book 032, Number 6203:
Anas b. Malik reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who likes that his
sustenance should be expanded and his age may be lengthened should join the
tie of kinship.
Book 032, Number 6204:
Abu Huraira reported that a
person said: Allah's Messenger, I have relatives with whom I try, to have
close relationship, but they sever (this relation). I treat them well, but
they treat me ill. I am sweet to them but they are harsh towards me. Upon this
he (the Holy Prophet) said: If it is so as you say, then you in fact throw hot
ashes (upon their faces) and there would always remain with you on behalf of
Allah (an Angel to support you) who would keep you dominant over them so long
as you adhere to this (path of righteousness).
Chapter 5: FORBIDDANCE OF
NURSING MUTUAL JEALOUSY, MUTUAL HATRED AND MUTUAL HOSTILITY
Book 032, Number 6205:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Neither nurse mutual
hatred, nor jealousy, nor enmity, and become as fellow. brothers and servants
of Allah. It is not lawful fora Muslim that he should keep his relations
estranged with his brother beyond three days.
Book 032, Number 6206:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying like this. This hadith has
been narrated through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6207:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters with
the addition of Ibn Uyaina (and the words are):" Do not cut off (mutual
relations)."
Book 032, Number 6208:
This hadith has been
narrated through another chain of transmitters and the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Abd al-Razziq (the words are):" Neither nurse grudge nor
sever (the ties of kinship), nor nurse enmity."
Book 032, Number 6209:
Anas reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Nurse no grudge, nurse no aversion
and do not sever ties of kinship and live like fellow-brothers as servants of
Allah. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same
chain of transmitters but with this addition:" As Allah has commanded you."
Chapter 6: IT IS
FORBIDDEN FOR A MUSLIM TO HAVE ESTRANGED RELATIONS WITH THE OTHER MUSLIM BEYOND
THREE DAYS WITHOUT ANY REASON OF SHARI'AH
Book 032, Number 6210:
Abu Ayyub Ansiri reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not permissible for
a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three nights, the
one turning one way and the other turning the other way when they meet; the
better of the two is one who is the first to give a greeting.
Book 032, Number 6211:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording (and
the words are):" The one turning away and the other turning away when they
meet and one avoids the other and the other also avoids him."
Book 032, Number 6212:
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not permissible for
a Muslim to have estranged relations with his brother beyond three days.
Book 032, Number 6213:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There should be no estranged
relations beyond three days.
Chapter 7: FORBIDDANCE OF
SUSPICION, FAULT-FINDING, AND BIDDING AGAINST THE OTHER (FOR RAISING THE PRICE)
Book 032, Number 6214:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Avoid suspicion, for suspicion is
the gravest lie in talk and do not be inquisitive about one another and do not
spy upon one another and do not feel envy with the other, and nurse no malice,
and nurse no aversion and hostility against one another. And be
fellow-brothers and servants of Allah.
Book 032, Number 6215:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Don't have estranged relations
(with the others) and don't nurse enmity and don't enter into a transaction
when the other (has already entered) and be fellow-brothers and servants of
Allah.
Book 032, Number 6216:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying. Don't nurse malice against one
another, don't nurse aversion against one another and don't be inquisitive
about one another and don't outbid one another (with a view to raising the
price) and be fellow-brothers and servants of Allah.
Book 032, Number 6217:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmit ters (and
the words are):" Don't sever relations of kinship, don't bear enmity against
one another, don't bear aversion against one another and don't feel envy
against the other and live as fellow-brothers as Allah has commanded you.
Book 032, Number 6218:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Don't bear aversion against one
another and don't be jealous of one another and be servants of Allah.
Chapter 8: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO PERPETRATE ATROCITY UPON A MUSLIM, TO HUMILIATE HIM, TO INSULT HIM,
AND INVIOLABLE IS HIS BLOOD, HONOUR AND WEALTH
Book 032, Number 6219:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Don't nurse grudge and don't bid
him out for raising the price and don't nurse aversion or enmity and don't
enter into a transaction when the others have entered into that transaction
and be as fellow-brothers and servants of Allah. A Muslim is the brother of a
Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him.
The piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards his chest thrice.
It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he should look down upon his brother
Muslim. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother in faith: his
blood, his wealth and his honour.
Book 032, Number 6220:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira with some addition (and it is
this):" Verily Allah does not look to your bodies nor to your faces but He
looks to your hearts," and he pointed towards the heart with his fingers.
Book 032, Number 6221:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upqn him) as saying: Verily Allah does not look to
your faces and your wealth but He looks to your heart and to your deeds.
Chapter 9: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO NURSE RANCOUR
Book 032, Number 6222:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The gates of Paradise are not
opened but on two days, Monday and Thursday. and then every servant (of Allah)
is granted pardon who does not associate anything with Allah except the person
in whose (heart) there is rancour against his brother. And it would be said:
Look towards both of them until there is reconciliation; look toward both of
them until there is reconciliation; look towards both of them until there is
reconciliation. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail who
narrated it on the authority of his father with the chain of transmitters of
MaIik, but with this variation of wording:, (Those would not be granted
pardon) who bycott each other."
Book 032, Number 6223:
Abu Huraira reported it as a
marfu' hadith (and the words are): The deeds are presented on every Thursday
and Friday and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. grants pardon to every person
who does not associate anything with Allah except the person in whose (heart)
there is rancour against his brother. It would be said: Put both of them off
until they are reconciled.
Book 032, Number 6224:
Abu Huraim reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying The deeds of people would be
presented every week on two days, viz. Monday and Thursday, and every
believing servant would be granted pardon except the one in whose (heart)
there is rancour against his brother and it would he said: Leave them and put
them off until they are turned to reconciliation.
Chapter 10: MERIT OF LOVE
FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
Book 032, Number 6225:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily. Allah would say on the
Day of Resurrection: Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake?
Today I shall shelter them in My shadow when there is no other shadow but the
shadow of Mine.
Book 032, Number 6226:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: A person visited his brother in
another town and Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he
came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I intend to go to my
brother in this town. He said: Have you done any favour to him (the repayment
of which you intend to get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for
the sake of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a
meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves you as you love
him (for His sake) This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hammid b.
Salama with the same of transmitters.
Chapter 11: MERIT OF
VISITING THE SICK
Book 032, Number 6227:
Abu Rabi' reported directly
from Allah's Apostle (may peace upon him) as saying: The one who visits the
sick is in fact like one who is in the fruit garden of Paradise so long as he
does not return.
Book 032, Number 6228:
Thauban, the freed slave of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: He who visits the sick continues to remain in
the fruit garden of Paradise until he returns.
Book 032, Number 6229:
Thauban reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, when a Muslim visits his
brother in Islam he is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise
until he returns.
Book 032, Number 6230:
Thauban, the freed slave of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who visits the sick is supposed to remain in
the fruit garden of Paradise. It was said: Allah's Messenger, what is this
Khurfat-ul-jannah? He said: It is a place abounding in fruits.
Book 032, Number 6231:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Asim al-Ahwal with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6232:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Verily, Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, would say on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I was sick but
you did not visit Me. He would say: O my Lord; how could I visit Thee whereas
Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say: Didn't you know that
such and such servant of Mine was sick but you did not visit him and were you
not aware of this that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by him?
O son of Adam, I asked food from you but you did not feed Me. He would say: My
Lord, how could I feed Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? He said:
Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine asked food from you but you
did not feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you would
have found him by My side? (The Lord would again say: ) O son of Adam, I asked
drink from you but you did not provide Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I
provide Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say:
Such and such of servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you did not provide
him, and had you provided him drink you would have found him near Me.
Chapter 12: WHENEVER A
BELIEVER FALLS SICK OR IS STRICKEN WITH GRIEF OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, THERE IS A
REWARD FOR HIM EVEN IF IT IS PRICKING OF A THORN
Book 032, Number 6233:
'A'isha reported, I did not
see anyone else being afflicted with more severe illness than Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). In the narration transmitted by 'Uthman
there is a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6234:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash through other chains of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6235:
'Abdullah reported: I
visited Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as he was running high
temperature. I touched his body with my bard and said to him: Allah's
Messenger, you are running high temperature, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Yes, it is so. I comparatively have a more severe
fever than any one of you. I said: Is it because there is a double reward in
store for you? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Yes,
it is so. And Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) again said: When a
Muslim falls ill, his compensation is that his minor sins are obliterated just
as leaves tall (in autumn). In the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Zubair there is (no mention of these words):" I touched his body with my
hands."
Book 032, Number 6236:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of jarir and the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Abu Mu'awiya there is an addition of these words: He said: Yes,
by Him in Whose Hand is my life, there is no Muslim upon the earth." The rest
of the hadith is the same.
Book 032, Number 6237:
Aswad reported that some
young men from the Quraish visited 'A'isha as she was in Mina and they were
laughing. She said: What makes you laugh? They said: Such and such person
stumbled against the rope of the tent and he was about to break his neck or
lose his eyes. She said: Don't laugh for I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: If a Muslim runs a thorn or (gets into trouble) severe
than this, there is assured for him (a higher) rank and his sins are
obliterated.
Book 032, Number 6238:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believer does not receive (the
trouble) of running a thorn or more than that but Allah elevates him in rank
or effaces his sins because of tbat.
Book 032, Number 6239:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believer does not undergo (the
trouble) of running a thorn or more than that when Allah effaces his sins.
Book 032, Number 6240:
'A'isha said: No trouble
comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a thorn that it becomes (the
means) whereby his sins are effaced or his sins are obliterated. Yazid says:
He does not know which word 'Urwa said (whether he said Qussa or Kuffira).
Book 032, Number 6241:
'A'isha reported: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There is nothing (in the
form of trouble) that comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a
thorn that there is decreed for him by Allah good or his sins are obliterated.
Book 032, Number 6242:
Abu Sa'id and abu Huraira
reported that they heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Never a believer is stricken with discomfort, hardship or illness, grief or
even with mental worry that his sins are not expiated for him.
Book 032, Number 6243:
Abu Huraira reported that
when this verse was revealed:" Whoever does evil will be requited for it", and
when this was conveyed to the Muslims they were greatly perturbed. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Be moderate and stand firm in
trouble that falls to the lot of a Muslim (as that) is an expiation for him;
even stumbling on the path or the prickin of a thorn (are an expiation for
him). Muslim said that 'Umar b. Abd al-Rahman Muhaisin was from amongst the
people of Mecca.
Book 032, Number 6244:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) visited Umm Sa'ib or Umm
Musayyib and said: Umm Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib. why is it that you are
shivering? She said:" It is fever and may it not be blessed by Allah,
whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't curse fever for it expiates the
sir of the posterity of Adam just as furnace removes the alloy of iron.
Book 032, Number 6245:
'Ata' b. Abi Rabih said: Ibn
Abbas said to me: May I show you a woman of Paradise? I said: Yes. He said:
Here is this dark-complexioned woman. She came to Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) and said: I am suffering from falling sickness and I become
naked; supplicate Allah for me, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Show
endurance as you can do and there would be Paradise for you and, if you
desire, I supplicate Allah that He may cure you. She said: I am prepared to
show endurance (but the unbearable trouble is) that I become naked, so
supplicate Allah that He should not let me become naked, so he supplicated for
her.
Chapter 13: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO COMMIT OPPRESSION
Book 032, Number 6246:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, said: My servants, I have made oppression unlawful for Me and
unlawful for you, so do not commit oppression against one another. My
servants, all of you are liable to err except one whom I guide on the right
path, so seek right guidance from Me so that I should direct you to the right
path. O My servants, all of you are hungry (needy) except one whom I feed, so
beg food from Me, so that I may give that to you. O My servants, all of you
are naked (need clothes) except one whom I provide garments, so beg clothes
from Me, so that I should clothe you. O My servants, you commit error night
and day and I am there to pardon your sins, so beg pardon from Me so that I
should grant you pardon. O My servants, you can neither do Me any harm nor can
you do Me any good. O My servants, even if the first amongst you and the last
amongst you and even the whole of human race of yours, and that of jinns even,
become (equal in) God-conscious like the heart of a single person amongst you,
nothing would add to My Power. O My servants, even if the first amongst you
and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours and that of the
Jinns too in unison become the most wicked (all beating) like the heart of a
single person, it would cause no loss to My Power. O My servants, even if the
first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human race of yours
and that of jinns also all stand in one plain ground and you ask Me and I
confer upon every person what he asks for, it would not. in any way, cause any
loss to Me (even less) than that which is caused to the ocean by dipping the
needle in it. My servants, these for you I shall reward you for thern, so he
who deeds of yours which I am recording finds good should praise Allah and he
who does not find that should not blame anyone but his ownself. Sa'id said
that when Abu Idris Khaulini narrated this hadith he knelt upon his knees.
Book 032, Number 6247:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that he reported it from his Lord,
the Exalted and Glorious: Verily I have made oppression unlawful for Me and
for My servants too, so do not commit oppression. The rest of the hadith is
the same.
Book 032, Number 6248:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Be on your guardagainst
committing oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of
Resurrection, and be on your guard against pettimindedness for pettimindedness
destroyed those who were before you, as it incited them to shed blood and make
lawful what was unlawful for them.
Book 032, Number 6249:
Ibu 'Umar reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Oppression is the darkness on the
Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6250:
Salim reported on the
authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A
Muslim is the brother of a fellow-Muslim. He should neither commit oppression
upon him nor ruin him, and he who meets the need of a brot'ier, Allah would
meet big needs, and he who relieved a Muslim from hardship Allah would relieve
him from the hardships to which he would be put on the Day of Resurrection,
and he who did not expose (the follies of a Muslim) Allah would conceal his
follies on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6251:
Abu Huraira. reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do you know who is poor?
They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: A poor man amongst us is one
who has neither dirham with him nor wealth. He (the Holy Prophet) said: The
poor of my Umma would be he who would come on the Day of Resurrecton with
prayers and fasts and Zakat but (he would find himself bankrupt on that day as
he would have exhausted his funds of virtues) since he hurled abuses upon
others, brought calumny against others and unlawfully consumed the wealth of
others and shed the blood of others and beat others, and his virtues would be
credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand). And if his good
deeds fall short to clear the account, then his sins would be entered in (his
account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire.
Book 032, Number 6252:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The claimants would get their
claims on the Day of Ressurection so much so that the hornless sheep would get
its claim from the horned sheep.
Book 032, Number 6253:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
grants respite to the oppessor. But when He lays Hand upon him, He does not
then let him off. Re (the Holy Prophet) then recited this verse:" Such is the
chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises the towns (inhabited by) wrongdoing
persons. Surely, His punishment is painful, severe" (xi. 103).
Chapter 14: HELP YOUR
BROTHER WHETHER IIE IS AN OPPRESSOR OR AN OPPRESSED ONE
Book 032, Number 6254:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that two young men, one from the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the other one from
the Angr (helpers) fell into dispute and the Muhajir called his fellow
Muhajirin, and the Ansari (the helper) called the Ansar (for help). In the
meanwhile, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came there and said: What
is this, the proclamation of the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said:
Allah's Messenger, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell into
dispute and the one struck at the back of the other. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Well, a person should help his brother whether he is an
oppressor or an oppressed. If he is the oppressor he should prevent him from
doing it, for that is his help; and if he is the oppressed he should be helped
(against oppression).
Book 032, Number 6255:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported:
We were along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in an expedition
that a person from amongst the emigrants struck at the back of a person from
the Ansir. The Ansiri said: O Ansar! And the Muhijir said: O Emigrants!
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What are these
proclamations of the Days of Ignorance? They said: Allah's Messenger, a person
from the emigrants struck at the back of an Ansari, whereupon he said: It is
something disgusting. 'Abdullah b. Ubayy heard it and said: They have indeed
done it. By Allah, when we would return to Medina the respectable amongst them
(the Ansar) would turn away the mean (the emigrants). Thereupon 'Umar said:
Permit me so that I should strike the neck of this hypocrite. But he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Leave him, the people may not say that Muhammad kills his
companions.
Book 032, Number 6256:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported
that a person from the emigrants struck the back of an Ansari. He came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and asked for compensation. Thereupon
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Leave it. for it is something
disgusting. Ibn Mansur said that in the narration transmitted on the authority
of Amr (these words are also found):" I heard Jabir."
Chapter 15: THERE SHOULD
BE MUTUAL FELLOW-FEELING AND LOVE AND THE WILL TO HELP EACH OTHER AMONGST THE
BELIEVERS
Book 032, Number 6257:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believer is like a brick for
another believer, the one supporting the other.
Book 032, Number 6258:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of
believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one
body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of
sleeplessness and fever.
Book 032, Number 6259:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported a
hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Book 032, Number 6260:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The believers are like
one person; if his head aches, the whole body aches with fever and
sleeplessness.
Book 032, Number 6261:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported
that Muslims are like one body of a person; if the eye is sore, the whole body
aches, and if the head aches, the whole body aches.
Book 032, Number 6262:
A hadith like this has been
narrated on the authority of Nu'man b. Bashir through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 16: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO INDULGE IN ABUSING
Book 032, Number 6263:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When two persons indulge in
hurling (abuses) upon one another, it would be the first one who would be the
sinner so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits.
Chapter 17: THE MERITS OF
FORGIVENESS AND HUMILITY
Book 032, Number 6264:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Charity does not in any way
decrease the wealth and the servant who forgives Allah adds to his respect,
and the one who shows humility Allah elevates him in the estimation (of the
people).
Chapter 18: THE
PROHIBITION OF BACKBITING
Book 032, Number 6265:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do you know what is backbiting?
They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in
a manner which he does not like. It was said to him: What is your opinion
about this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a
mention of? He said: If (that failing) is actually found (in him) what you
assert, you in fact backbited him, and if that is not in him it is a slander.
Chapter 19: TIDINGS FOR
ONE WHOSE FAULTS ALLAH CONCEALED IN THIS WORLD; HE WILL ALSO CONCEAL HIS FAULTS
IN THE HEREAFTER
Book 032, Number 6266:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The servant (whose fault) Allah
conceals in this world, Allah would also conceal (his faults) on the Day of
Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6267:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The servant (who conceals) the
faults of others in this world, Allah would conceal his faults on the Day of
Resurrection.
Chapter 20: ACCORDING OF
BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO ONE FROM WHOM ONE EXPECTS TRANSGRESSION
Book 032, Number 6268:
A'isha reported that a
person sought permission from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) to see
him. He said: Grant him permission. (and also added: ) He is a bad son of his
tribe or he is a bad person of his tribe. When he came in he used kind words
for him. 'A'isha reported that she said: Allah's Messenger, you said about him
what you had to say and then you treated him with kindness. He said: A'isha,
verily in the eye of Allah, worst amongst the person in rank on the Day of
Resurrection is one whom the people abandon or desert out of the fear of
indecency.
Book 032, Number 6269:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Ibn Munkadir with the same chain of transmitters
but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 21: MERIT OF
BENEVOLENT TREATMENT
Book 032, Number 6270:
Jarir reported from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is
in fact deprived of good.
Book 032, Number 6271:
Jarir reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is deprived of tenderly
feelings is in fact deprived of good.
Book 032, Number 6272:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who is deprived of
tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good and he who is deprived of
tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of good.
Book 032, Number 6273:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: 'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and
confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity and does not
confer upon anything else besides it (kindness).
Book 032, Number 6274:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to
its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but it makes it defective.
Book 032, Number 6275:
This hadith has been
reported by Miqdam b. Shuraih b. Hani with the same chain of transmitters but
with this addition:" 'A'isha mounted upon a wild camel and she began to make
that go round and round. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: You should show kindness, and then he made a mention of this hadith.
Chapter 22: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO CURSE THE BEASTS
Book 032, Number 6276:
'Imran b. Husain reported:
We were with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in some of his journeys
and there was a woman from the Ansar riding a she-camel that it shied and she
invoked curse upon that. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) heard it
and said: Unload that and set it free for it is accursed. 'Imran said: I still
perceive that (dromedary) walking amongst people and none taking any notice of
that.
Book 032, Number 6277:
'Imran reported: I perceive
as if I am looking towards that dromedary, and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Thaqafi (the words are):" Unload it and make its back bare
for it is accursed."
Book 032, Number 6278:
Abu Burza al-Aslami reported
that a slave-girl was riding a dromedary and there was also the luggage of
people upon it. that she suddenly saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
The way of the mountain was narrow and she said (to that dromedary): Go ahead
(but that dromedary did not move). She (that slave-girl), out of anger, said:
O Allah, let that (dromedary) be damned. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) said: Let the dromedary on which the curse has been invoked not
proceed with us.
Book 032, Number 6279:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Sulaiman Taimi with the same chain of
transmitters but with a variation of words (and that is):" By Allah, let that
accompany us not which has been damned, or he said like it."
Book 032, Number 6280:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It does not seem proper for
Siddiq that he should be an invoker of curse. This hadith has been narrated on
the authority of Abu Kuraib with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6281:
Zaid b. Aslam reported that
'Abd al-Malik b. Marwan sent some domestic goods for decoration to Umm Darda'
on his own behalf, and when it was night 'Abd al-Malik got up and called for
the servant. It seemed as if he (the servant) was late (in responding to his
call), so he ('Abd al-Malik) invoked curse upon him, and when it was morning
Umm Darda' said to him: I heard you cursing your servant during the night when
you called him, and she said: I heard Abu Darda' as saying that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The invoker of curse would neither be
intercessor nor witness on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6282:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6283:
Umm Darda' reported on the
authority of Abu Darda' as saying: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The invoker of curse would neither be witness nor
intercessor on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6284:
Abu Huraira reported it was
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): Invoke curse upon the
polytheists, whereupon he said: I have not been sent as the invoker of curse,
but" I have been sent as mercy."
Chapter 23: HE UPON WHOM
ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) INVOKED CURSE WHEREAS HE IN FACT DID NOT
DESERVE IT, IT WOULD BE A SOURCE OF REWARD AND MERCY FOR HIM
Book 032, Number 6285:
A'isha reported that two
persons visited Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and both of them
talked about a thing, of which I am not aware, but that annoyed him and he
invoked curse upon both of them and hurled malediction, and when they went out
I said: Allah's Messenger, the good would reach everyone but it would not
reach these two. He said: Why so? I said: Because you have invoked curse and
hurled malediction upon both of them. He said: Don't you know that I have made
condition with my Lord saying thus: O Allah, I am a human being and that for a
Muslim upon whom I invoke curse or hurl malediction make it a source of purity
and reward.
Book 032, Number 6286:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and
the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa (the words are):" He had a
private meeting with them and hurled malediction upon them and cursed them and
sent them out."
Book 032, Number 6287:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, I am a human being and
for any person amongst Muslims upon whom I hurl malediction or invoke curse or
give him whipping make it a source of purity and mercy.
Book 032, Number 6288:
Jabir reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) a hadith like it but with a slight variation
of wording.
Book 032, Number 6289:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of A'mash and in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of 'Isa the words are: Make it a source of reward, and in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira (the words are):" Make it a source
of mercy."
Book 032, Number 6290:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, I make a covenant with
Thee against which Thou wouldst never go. I am a human being and thus for a
Muslim whom I give any harm or whom I scold or upon whom I invoke curse or
whom I beat, make this a source of blessing, purification and nearness to Thee
on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6291:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad with a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6292:
A hadith like this has been
reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6293:
Salim, the freed slave of
Nasriyyin, said: I heard Abu Huraira as saying that he heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, Muhammad is a human being. I lose
my temper just as human beings lose temper, and I have held a covenant with
Thee which Thou wouldst not break: For a believer whom I give any trouble or
invoke curse or beat, make that an expiation (of his sins and a source of) his
nearness to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6294:
Abu Huraira reported that he
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, for any
believing servant whom I curse make that as a source of nearness to Thee on
the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6295:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I have held covenant with Thee
which Thou wouldst not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make
that an expiation on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6296:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I am a human being and I
have made this term with my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: For any servant
amongst Muslims whom I curse or scold, make that a source of purity and
reward. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6297:
Anas b. Malik reported that
there was an orphan girl with Umm Sulaim (who was the mother of Anas). Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) saw that orphan girl and said: O, it is you;
you have grown young. May you not advance in years! That slave-girl returned
to Umm Sulaim weeping. Umm Sulaim said: O daughter, what is the matter with
you? She said: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) has invoked curse upon
me that I should not grow in age and thus I would never grow in age, or she
said, in my (length) of life. Umm Sulaim went out wrapping her head-dress
hurriedly until she met Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said to
her: Umm Sulaim, what is the matter with you? She said: Allah's Apostle, you
invoked curse upon my orphan girl. He said: Umm Sulaim, what is that? She
said: She (the orphan girl) states you have cursed her saying that she might
not grow in age or grow in life. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
smiled and then said: Umm Sulaim, don't you know that I have made this term
with my Lord. And the term with my Lord is that I said to Him: 1 am a human
being and I am pleased just as a human being is pleased and I lose temper just
as a human being loses temper, so for any person from amongst my Ummah whom I
curse and he in no way deserves it, let that, O Lord, be made a source of
purification and purity and nearness to (Allah) on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, Number 6298:
Ibn Abbas reported: I was
playing with children that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened
to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He (the Holy Prophet) came and
he patted upon my shoulders and said: Go and call Mu'awiya. I returned and
said: He is busy in taking food. He again asked me to go and call Mu'swiya to
him. I went (and came back) and said that he was busy in taking food,
whereupon he said: May Allah not fill his belly! Ibn Muthanna, said: I asked
Umm Umayya what he meant by the word Hatani. He said: It means" he patted my
shoulders".
Book 032, Number 6299:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abbas with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 24: THE
CONDEMNATION OF ONE WHO PLAYS A DOUBLE GAME AND THE PROHIBITION OF THIS
BEHAVIOUR
Book 032, Number 6300:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The worst amongst the people is
the double-faced one; he comes to some people with one face and to others with
the other face.
Book 032, Number 6301:
Abu Huraira reported that he
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The worst amongst
people is one with the double face. He comes to some people with one face and
to others with the other face.
Book 032, Number 6302:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: You will find the worst amongst
the people one having double face. He comes to some people with one face and
to the others with the other face.
Chapter 25: FORBIDDANCE
OF TELLING A LIE AND THE CASES IN WHICH TELLING OF LIE IS PERMISSIBLE
Book 032, Number 6303:
Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman b.
'Auf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum daughter of 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait, and
she was one amongst the first emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), as saying that she heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: A liar is not one who tries to bring
reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or
he conveys good. Ibn Shihab said he did not hear that exemption was granted in
anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for
bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the
husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband
(in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them).
Book 032, Number 6304:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters
but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6305:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 26: SERIOUS
PROHIBITION OF TALE-CARRYING
Book 032, Number 6306:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported
that Muhammad (may peace be upon him) said: Should I inform you that
slandering, that is in fact a tale-carrying which creates dissension amongst
people, (and) he (further) said: The person tells the truth until he is
recorded as truthful, and lie tells a lie until lie is recorded as a liar.
Chapter 27: THE EVIL OF A
LIE AND THE GOODNESS OF TRUTH AND ITS MERIT
Book 032, Number 6307:
'Abdullah reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Truth leads one to Paradise and
virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is
recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell,
and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.
Book 032, Number 6308:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Telling of truth is a
virtue and virtue leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the
truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obscenity and obscenity leads to
Hell-Fire, and the servant who endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar.
Ibn Abu Shaiba reported this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Book 032, Number 6309:
'Abdullah reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is obligatory for you to tell
the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man
who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is
eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for
telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the
person who keeps telling lies and endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a
liar with Allah.
Book 032, Number 6310:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters and no
mention is made in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa (of these
words):" He who endeavours to tell the truth and endeavours to tell a lie,"
and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Mushir (the words are):"
Until Allah records it".
Chapter 28: THE MERIT OF
SELF-CONTROL AT THE TIME OF ANGER
Book 032, Number 6311:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Whom do you count as"
Raqub" amongst you? They (his Companions) said: One who has no children (the
children are born unto him but they do not survive). Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: He is not a Raqub but Raqub is one who does not find his child
as the forerunner (in Paradise). He then said: Whom do you count as a wrestler
amongst you? We said: He who wrestles with persons. He said: No, it is not he
but one who controls himself when in a fit of rage.
Book 032, Number 6312:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6313:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The strong-man is not one who
wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a
fit of rage.
Book 032, Number 6314:
Abu Huraira reported: I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: One is not strong
because of one's wrestling skillfully. They said: Allah's Messenger, then who
is strong? He said: He who controls his anger when he is in a fit of rage.
Book 032, Number 6315:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6316:
Sulaiman b. Surad reported
that two persons abused each other in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and the eyes of one of them became red as embers and the
veins of his neck were swollen. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: I know of a wording, if he were to utter that, his fit of rage
(would be no more and that wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan
the accursed. The person said: Do you find any madness in me? Ibn al-'Ala'
said: Do you see it? And he made no mention of the person.
Book 032, Number 6317:
Sulaiman b. Surad reported
that two persons abused each other in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and one of them fell into a rage and his face became red.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) saw him and said: I know of a wording;
if he were to utter that, he would get out (of the fit of anger) (and the
wording is): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the accursed. Thereupon, a
person went to him who had heard that from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) and said to him: Do you know what Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I know of a wording; if he were to say
that, (the fit) would be no more (and the words are): I seek refuge with Allah
from Satan, the accursed. And the person said to him: Do you find me mad?
Book 032, Number 6318:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 29: IT IS THE
VERY NATURE OF MAN THAT HE LOSES CONTROL
Book 032, Number 6319:
Anas reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When Allah fashioned Adam in
Paradise, He left him as He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to
see what actually that was and when he found him hollow from within, he
recognised that he had been created with a disposition that he would not have
control over himself.
Book 032, Number 6320:
A hadith like this has been
narrated on the authority of Humaid with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 30: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO STRIKE AT THE FACE
Book 032, Number 6321:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with
his brother he should avoid striking at the face.
Book 032, Number 6322:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad and he said:" When one amongst you
strikes (at the face)."
Book 032, Number 6323:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with his
brother, he should spare his face.
Book 032, Number 6324:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with
his brother, he should not slap at the face.
Book 032, Number 6325:
This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Ibn Hatim Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) is reported
to have said: When any one of you fights with his brother, he should avoid his
face for Allah created Adam in His own image.
Book 032, Number 6326:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you fights with
his brother, he should avoid the face.
Chapter 31: GRIM WARNING
TO ONE WHO TORMENTS PEOPLE WITHOUT ANY VALID JUSTIFICATION
Book 032, Number 6327:
'Urwa reported on the
authority of his father that Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by some
people in Syria who had been made to stand in the sun and olive-oil was being
poured upon their heads. He said: What is this? It was said: They are being
punished for (not paying) the Kharaj (the government revenue). Thereupon he
said: Allah would punish those who torment people in this world (without any
genuine reason).
Book 032, Number 6328:
Hisham reported on the
authority of his father that Hisham b. Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by
people, the farmers of Syria, who had been made to stand in the sun. He said:
What is the matter with them? They said: They have been detained for Jizya.
Thereupon Hisham said: I bear testimony to the fact that I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah would torment those who
torment people in the world.
Book 032, Number 6329:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and he
made this addition of Jarir that (Hisham b. Hakim) went to Umair b. Sa'd who
was then ruler in Palestine and he narrated to him this hadith and he
(submitting before the words of the Prophet) commanded that they should be let
off and so they were let off.
Book 032, Number 6330:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported
that Hisham b. Hakim found a person (the ruler of Hims) who had been detaining
some Nabateans in connection with the dues of Jizya. He said: What is this? I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah would torment
those persons who torment people in the world.
Chapter 32: HE WHO GOES
IN THE MOSQUE OR IN THE BAZAR OR A PLACE OF GATHERING LIKE IT WITH A WEAPON
SHOULD SEE THAT THE SPEARHEAD DOES NOT HARM ANYONE
Book 032, Number 6331:
'Amr heard Jabir as saying:
A person happened to come to the mosque with an arrow; thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Take hold of its pointed head.
Book 032, Number 6332:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported
that a person happened to come to the mosque with arrows and their iron-ends
were exposed, so he was commanded that he should grasp the pointed heads so
that these might not do any harm to a Muslim.
Book 032, Number 6333:
Jabir reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded a person who had been distributing
arrows freely in the mosque that he should not move about in the mosque but by
catching hold of their iron-heads. Ibn Rumh narrated this with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6334:
Abd Musa reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When any one of you happens to
go to a meeting or the bazar with an arrow in his hand he must grasp its
pointed head; then (he again said): He must grasp its pointed head. Abu Musa
said: By Allah, we did not court death until some of us had flung arrows upon
the faces of one another.
Book 032, Number 6335:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) assaying: He who amongst you moves in the
mosque or in the bazar and there is an arrow with him he should take hold of
its iron-head in his palm, so that none amongst the Muslims should receive any
injury from it, or he said, should catch its iron-head.
Chapter 33: THE
PROHIBITION OF POINTING A WEAPON TOWARDS A MUSLIM
Book 032, Number 6336:
Abu Huraira reported:
Abu'l-Qasim (the kunya of Allah's Messenger, may peace be upon him), said: He
who pointed a weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him even
if he is his real brother so long as he does not abandon it (the pointing of
weapon towards one's brother Muslim).
Book 032, Number 6337:
Abu Huraira reported a
hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6338:
Abu Huraira reported a
hadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; (one of them was this)
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: None amongst you should
point a weapon towards his brother, for he does not know that Satan might
cause the weapon (to slip) from his hand and (he may injure anyone) and thus
he may fall into Hell-Fire.
Chapter 34: THE MERIT OF
REMOVING OF ANYTHING TROUBLESOME FROM THE PATH
Book 032, Number 6339:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: While a person was going along
the path he found a thorny branch upon it. He pushed it to a side and Allah
approved (this action) of his and (as a mark of appreciation) granted him
pardon.
Book 032, Number 6340:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A person while walking along the
path saw the branches of a tree lying there. He said: By Allah, I shall remove
these from this so that these may not do harm to the Muslims, and he was
admitted to Paradise.
Book 032, Number 6341:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that he saw a person enjoying
himself in Paradise because of the tree that he cut from the path which was a
source of inconvenience to the people.
Book 032, Number 6342:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that there was a tree which caused
inconvenience to the Muslims; a person came there and cut that (tree) (and
thus entered ) Paradise).
Book 032, Number 6343:
Abu Barza reported: I said:
Allah's Messenger, teach me something so that I may derive benefit from it. He
said: Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.
Book 032, Number 6344:
Abu Barza reported that he
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): Allah's Messenger, I do not
know whether I would survive after you, so confer upon me something by which
Allah should benefit me. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Do this and that and remove the troublesome things from the paths.
Chapter 35: FORBIDDANCE
OF TORMENTING THE CAT OR THE ANIMALS LIKE THAT WHICH DO NOT HARM
Book 032, Number 6345:
Abdullah reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A woman was tormented because
of a cat which she had confined until it died and she had to get into Hell.
She did not allow it either to eat or drink as it was confined, nor did she
free it so that it might eat the insects of the earth.
Book 032, Number 6346:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters.
And Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A
woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it
neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the insects of
the earth.
Book 032, Number 6347:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6348:
Abu Huraira reported from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) A hadith out of which one was this
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A woman got into
Hell-Fire because of a cat whom she had tied, and thus it could not eat, and
she did not let it free so that it could devour the insects of the earth,
until it died.
Chapter 36: THE
PROHIBITION OF PRIDE AND VANITY
Book 032, Number 6349:
Abu Sa'id Khudri and Abu
Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah,
the Exalted and Glorious, said: Glory is His lower garment and Majesty is His
cloak and (Allah says, ) He who contends with Me in regard to them I shall
torment him.
Chapter 37: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO BECOME FRUSTRATED IN REGARD TO THE MERCY OF ALLAH
Book 032, Number 6350:
Jundub reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) stated that a person said: Allah would not
forgive such and such (person). Thereupon Allah the Exalted and Glorious,
said: Who is he who adjures about Me that I would not grant pardon to so and
so; I have granted pardon to so and so and blotted out his deeds (who took an
oath that I would not grant pardon to him).
Chapter 38: THE MERITS OF
THE WEAK AND DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE
Book 032, Number 6351:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace he upon him) as saying: Many a person with disheveled
hair and covered with dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held
in such a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name of Allah
(about anything) Allah would fulfil that.
Chapter 39: IT IS
FORBIDDEN TO USE THE EXPRESSION:" THE PEOPLE ARE UNDONE"
Book 032, Number 6352:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When a person says that people
are ruined he is himself ruined. Abu Ishaq said: I do not know whether he
said" ahlakahum or ahlakuhum.
Book 032, Number 6353:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 40: BENEVOLENT
TREATMENT TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOUR
Book 032, Number 6354:
'A'isha reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Gabriel impressed upon me (kind
treatment) towards the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would
confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.
Book 032, Number 6355:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6356:
Ibn Umar reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Gabriel impressed upon me (the
kind treatment) towards the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would
soon confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.
Book 032, Number 6357:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Abu Dharr, when you prepare the
broth, add water to that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour.
Book 032, Number 6358:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded me thus: Whenever you prepare a
broth, add water to it, and have in your mind the members of the household of
your neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.
Chapter 41: EXCELLENCE OF
MEETING ONE WITH A CREERFUL COUNTENANCE
Book 032, Number 6359:
Abu Dharr reported: Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to me: Don't consider anything
insignificant out of good things even if it is that you meet your brother with
a cheerful countenance.
Chapter 42: THE MERIT OF
RECOMMENDATION WHICH INVOLVES NOTHING UNLAWFUL
Book 032, Number 6360:
Abu Musa reported that when
any needy (person) came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) with a
need he commanded him to his Companions, saying: Make a recommendation for
him, and you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict through
the tongue of His Apostle what He likes most.
Chapter 43: THE MERIT OF
GOOD COMPANY AND AVOIDANCE FROM EVIL COMPANY
Book 032, Number 6361:
Abu Musa reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of good company
and that of bad company is that of the owner of musk and of the one
(iron-smith) blowing bellows, and the owner of musk would either offer you
free of charge or you would buy it from him or you would. smell its pleasant
odour, and so far as one who blows the. bellows is concerned, he would either
burn your clothes or you shall have to smell its repugnant smell.
Chapter 44: THE MERIT OF
ACCORDING BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO DAUGHTERS
Book 032, Number 6362:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), said: A woman came to me along with her two
daughters. She asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except one
date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided it between her two
daughters and herself ate nothing out of that. She then got up and went out,
and so did her two daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) visited me and I narrated to him her story. Thereupon Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who is involved (in the
responsibility) of (bringing up) daughters, and he accords benevolent
treatment towards them, there would be protection for him against Hell-Fire.
Book 032, Number 6363:
'A'isha reported: A poor
woman came to me along with her daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a
date to each of them and then she took up one date and brought that to her
mouth in order to eat that, but her daughters expressed desire to eat it. She
then divided the date that she intended to eat between them. This (kind)
treatment of her impressed me and I mentioned that which she did to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). Thereupon he said: Verily Allah has assured
Paradise for her, because of (this act) of her, or He has rescued her from
Hell-Fire.
Book 032, Number 6364:
Malik reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He, who brought up two girls
properly till they grew up, he and I would come (together) (very closely) on
the Day of Resurrection, and he interlaced his fingers (for explaining the
point of nearness between him and that person).
Chapter 45: THE MERIT OF
ONE WHO RESIGNS HIMSELF TO THE WILL OF GOD CALMLY AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF
ONE'S SON
Book 032, Number 6365:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Anyone amongst the Muslims, three
of whose children die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire
will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath.
Book 032, Number 6366:
This hadith has been
reported by Zuhri on the authority of Malik, and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of Sufyan (the words are):" He would enter into Fire, except for
the fulfilment of the oath."
Book 032, Number 6367:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to a woman of the Ansar: In
case anyone amongst you sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and
she resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she would be
admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said: Allah's Messenger, even
if they (the children who die) are two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet, )
said: Even if they are two.
Book 032, Number 6368:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported
that a woman came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said:
Allah's Messenger, men receive your instructions; kindly allocate at your
convenience a day for us also, on which we would come to you and you would
teach us what Allah has taught you. He said: You assemble on such and such a
day. They assembled and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to them
and taught them what Allah had taught him and he then said: No woman amongst
you who sends her three children as her forerunners (in the Hereafter) but
they would serve him as a protection against Hell-Fire. A woman said: What
about two and two and two? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Even if they are two and two and two.
Book 032, Number 6369:
Abu Huraira reported that he
(the Holy Prophet) said: Three (children) who die in childhood.
Book 032, Number 6370:
Abu Hassan reported: I said
to Abu Huraira that my two children had died. Would you narrate to me anything
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a hadith which would soothe our
hearts in our bereavements? He said: Yes. Small children are the fowls of
Paradise. If one of them meets his father (or he said his parents) he would
take hold of his cloth, or he said with his hand as I take hold of the hem of
your cloth (with my hand). And he (the child) would not take off (his hand)
from it until Allah causes his father to enter Paradise. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Tamim with the same chain of transmitters. And he
is reported to have said: Did you hear from Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) anything which may soothe our heart in our bereavements? He said:
Yes.
Book 032, Number 6371:
Abu Huraira reported that a
woman came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) with her child and said:
Allah's Apostle, invoke Allah's blessing upon him for I have already buried
three. He said: You have buried three! She said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: You have, indeed, safeguarded yourself against the torment of
Hell with a strong safeguard. 'Umar has made a mention of his father, whereas
others have not made a mention of his father.
Book 032, Number 6372:
Abu Huraira reported that a
woman came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) with her child and said:
Allah's Messenger, he is ailing, and I am afraid (that he may die), as I have
already buried three. Thereupon he said: It (their sad demise) would be a
protection against Hell-Fire for you. Zuhair has not mentioned the kunya of
Abu Ghiyath; he has mentioned his name.
Chapter 46: WHEN ALLAH
LOVES A SERVANT, HIS FELLOW-SERVANTS ALSO BEGIN TO LOVE HIM
Book 032, Number 6373:
Abu Huraira reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When Allah loves a servant, He
calls Gabriel and says: Verily, I so and so; you should also love him, and
then Gabriel begins to love him. Then he makes an announcement in the heaven
saying: Allah loves so and so and you also love him, and then the inhabitants
of the Heaven (the Angels) also begin to love him and then there is conferred
honour upon him in the earth; and when Allah is angry with any servant He
calls Gabriel and says: I am angry with such and such and you also become
angry with him, and then Gabriel also becomes angry and then makes an
announcement amongst the inhabitants of heaven: Verily Allah is angry with
so-and so, so you also become angry with him, and thus they also become angry
with him. Then he becomes the object of wrath on the earth also.
Book 032, Number 6374:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters except
with this variation that in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Ali'
b. Musayyib, there is no mention of (the word)" Anger".
Book 032, Number 6375:
Suhail b. Abi Salih,
reported: We were in Arafa that there happened to pass Umar b. Abd al-'Aziz
and he was the Amir of Hajj. People stood up in order to catch a glimpse of
him. I said to my father: Father, I think that Allah loves Umar b. Abd al-
'Aziz. He said: How is it? I said: It is because of the love in people's heart
for him. Thereupon he said: By One Who created your father, I heard Abu
Huraira narrating from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a hadith like
one transmitted on the authority of Suhail.
Chapter 47: SOULS ARE
TROOPS COLLECTED TOGETHER
Book 032, Number 6376:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) Saying: Souls are troops collected together
and those who familiarised with each other (in the heaven from where these
come) would have affinity, with one another (in the world) and those amongst
them who opposed each other (in the Heaven) would also be divergent (in the
world).
Book 032, Number 6377:
Abu Huraira narrated
directly from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he said: People
are like mines of gold and silver; those who were excellent in Jahiliya
(during the days of ignorance) are excellent In Islam, when they have, an
understanding, and the souls are troops collected together and those who had a
mutual familiarity amongst themselves in the store of prenatal existence would
have affinity amongst them, (in this world also) and those who opposed one of
them, would be at variance with one another.
Chapter 48: A PERSON
WOULD BE ALONG WITH HIM WHOM HE LOVES
Book 032, Number 6378:
Anas b. Malik reported that
a desert Arab said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be
the Last Hour? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What
preparation have you made for that? Thereupon he said: The love of Allah and
of His Messenger (that is my preparation for the Last Hour) (for the Day of
Resurrection). Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with
one whom you love.
Book 032, Number 6379:
Anas reported that a person
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be the Last
Hour? He (the Holy Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And
he gave no details, but said: I love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas b.
Malik reported through another chain of transmitters that a desert Arab came
to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon, him), the rest of the hadith is the
same but with this variation that he said: I have not made much preparations
which merit appreciation for myself.
Book 032, Number 6380:
Anas b. Malik reported that
a person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said to Allah's
Messenger: When would be the Last Hour? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
What preparation have you made for the Last Hour? He said: The love of Allah
and of His Messenger (is my only preparation). Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet)
said: You would be along with one whom you love. Anas said: Nothing pleased us
more after accepting Islam than the words of Allah's Apostle: You would be
along with one whom you love. And Anas said. I love Allah and His Messenger
and Abu Bakr and Umar, and I hope that I would be along with them although I
have not acted like them.
Book 032, Number 6381:
Anas b. Malik reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) this hadith through another chain of
transmitters but he did not make mention of the words of Anas: I love, and
what follows subsequently.
Book 032, Number 6382:
Anas b. Malik reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I were coming out of the mosque
that we met a person on the threshold of the mosque and he said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be the Last Hour? Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What preparation have you made for
that? The man became silent and then said: Allah's Messenger, I have made no
significant preparation with prayer and fasting and charity but I, however,
love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be
along with one whom you love.
Book 032, Number 6383:
This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6384:
This hadith has been
reported on the authority of Anas with a different chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6385:
'Abdullah reported that a
person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): What is your opinion about the person who
loves the people but his (acts or deeds are not identical to theirs)?
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A person would be
along with one whom he loves.
Book 032, Number 6386:
A hadith like this has been
transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah.
Book 032, Number 6387:
Abu Musa, reported that a
person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the
hadith is the same.
Chapter 49: WHEN A PIOUS
PERSON IS PRAISED THAT IS GLAD TIDINGS FOR HIM
Book 032, Number 6388:
Abu Dharr reported: It was
said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him): What is your opinion about
the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is
glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world).
Book 032, Number 6389:
This hadith has been
narrated through another chain of transmitters also and the one transmitted on
the authority of Shu'ba (the words are):" People love him." In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of 'Abd-us-Samad (the words are):" People praise
him as stated by Hammad."
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