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Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 42:
The Book Pertaining to Piety and
Softening of Hearts (Kitab Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa'iq)
Chapter 1:
Book 042, Number 7058:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The world is a prison-house for a believer and Paradise for a
non-believer.
Book 042, Number 7059:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may p
(-ace be upon him) happened to walk through the bazar coming from the side of 'Aliya and
the people were on both his sides. There he found a dead lamb with very short ears. He
took hold of his ear and said: Who amongst you would like to have this for a dirham? They
said: We do not like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use to us. He said:
Do you wish to have it (free of any cost)? They said: By Allah, even if it were alive (we
would not have liked to possess that), for there is detect in it as its ear is very short;
now it is dead also. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah,
this world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as it (this dead lamb) is in your
eye.
Book 042, Number 7060:
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
narrating a hadith like this with a slight variation of wording.
Book 042, Number 7061:
Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he was reciting:" Abundance diverts
you" (cii. 1). He said: The son of Adam claims: My wealth, my wealth. And he (the
Holy Prophet) said: O son of Adam. is there anything as your belonging except that which
you consumed, which you utilised, or which you wore and then it was worn out or you gave
as charity and sent it forward?
Book 042, Number 7062:
Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I went to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). The rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 042, Number 7063:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: A servant says, My wealth. my wealth, but out of his wealth three things
are only his: whatever he eats and makes use of or by means of which he dresses himself
and it wears out or he gives as charity, and this is what he stored for himself (as a
reward for the Hereafter), and what is beyond this (it is of no use to you) because you
are to depart and leave it for other people. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of al-'Ala' b. 'Abd al-Rahman with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 042, Number 7064:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) as saying: Three things follow the bier of a dead man. two of them come back and one
is left with him: the members of his family. wealth and his-good deeds. The members of his
family and wealth come back and the deeds alone are left with him.
Book 042, Number 7065:
'Amr b. 'Auf, who was an ally of Banu 'Amir b. Luwayy (and
he was one amongst them) who participated in Badr along with Allah's Messenger (way peace
be upon him). reported that, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent Abu Ubaida b.
Jarrah to Bahrain for collecting Jizya and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
made a truce with the people of Bahrain and had appointed 'Ala' b. Hadrami and Abu Ubaida
(for this purpose). They came with wealth from Bahrain and the Ansar beard about the
arrival of Abu Ubaida and they had observed the dawn prayer along with Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), and when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had finished
the prayer they (the Ansar) came before him and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
smiled as he saw them and then said: I think you have heard about the arrival of Abu
Ubaida with goods from Bahrain. They said: Allah's Messenger. yes, it is so. Thereupon he
said: Be happy and be hopeful of that what gives you delight. By Allah, it is not the
poverty about which I fear in regard to you but I am afraid in your case that (the
worldly) riches way be given to you as were given to those who had gone before you and you
begin to vie with one another for them as they vied for them. and these may destroy you as
these destroyed them.
Book 042, Number 7066:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri as
reported by Yunus with a slight variation of wording.
Book 042, Number 7067:
'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al-As reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: How would you be,0 people. when Persia and Rome would be
conquered for you? 'Abd at-Rahman b Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded us and
we would express our gratitude to Allah Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Nothing else besides it? You would (in fact) vie with one another, then you
would feel jealous. then your relations would be estranged and then you will bear enmity
against one another. or something to the same effect. Then you would go to the poor
emigrants and would make some the masters of the others.
Book 042, Number 7068:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher level than you in
regard to wealth and physical structure he should also see one who stands at a lower level
than you in regard to these things (in which he stands) at a hi-her level (as compared to
him).
Book 042, Number 7069:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
Book 042, Number 7070:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Look at those who stand at a lower level than you but don't look at those
who stand at a higher level than you, for this would make the favours (conferred upon you
by Allah) insignificant (in your eyes). Abu Mu'awiya said: Upon you.
Book 042, Number 7071:
Abu Huraira, narrated that he beard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: There were three persons in Bani Isra'il, one suffering from
leprosy, the other bald-headed and the third one blind. Allah decided to test them. So He
sent an angel who came to one who was suffering from leprosy and said: Which thing do you
like most? He said: Beautiful colour and fine skin and removal of that which makes me
detestable in the eye of people. He wiped him and his illness was no more and he was
conferred upon beautiful colour and beautiful skin. He (the angel) again said: Which
property do you like most? He said: Camels, or he said: The cow the narrator is, however,
doubtful about it, but (out of the persons) suffering from leprosy or baldness one of them
definitely said: The came]. And the other one said: Cow. And he (one who demanded came])
was bestowed upon a she-camel, in an advanced stage of pregnancy, and while giving he
said: May Allah bless you in this I Then he came to the bald-headed person and said: Which
thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful hair and that (this baldness) may be removed
from me because of which people hate me He wiped his body and his illness was removed and
he was bestowed upon beautiful hair, and the angel said: Which wealth do you like most? He
said: The cow. And he was given a pregnant cow and while handing it over to him he (the
angel) said: May Allah bless you in this I Then he came to the blind man and he said:
Which thing do you like most? He said: Allah should restore my eyesight so that I should
be able to see people with the help of that. He wiped his body and Allah restored to him
his eyesight, and he (the angel) also said: Which wealth do you like most? He said. The
flock of sheep. And he was given a pregnant goat and that gave birth to young ones and it
so happened that one valley abounded in camels and the other one in goats and the third
one in sheep. He then came to one suffering from leprosy in his (old) form and shape and
he said: I am a poor person and my provision has run short in my journey and there is none
to take me to my destination except with the help of Allah and your favour. I beg of you
in His name Who gave you fine colour and fine skin, and the camel in the shape of wealth
(to confer upon me) a camel which should carry me in my journey. He said: I have many
responsibilities to discharge. Thereupon he said: I perceive as if I recognise you. Were
you not suffering from leprosy whom people hated and you were a destitude and Allah
conferred upon you (wealth) He said: I have inherited this property from my forefathers.
Thereupon he said: If you are a liar may Allah change you to that very position in which
you had been. He then came to the one who was bald-headed in his (old) form and said to
him the same what he had said to him (one suffering from leprosy) and he gave him the same
reply as he had given him and he said: If you 'are a liar, may Allah turn you to your
previous position in which you had been. And then he came to the blind man in his (old)
form and shape and he said: I am a destitute person and a wayfarer. My provision have ran
short and today there is no way to reach the destination but with the help of Allah and
then with your help and I beg of you in the (name) of One Who restored your eyesight and
gave you the flock of sheep to give me a sheep by which I should be able to make my
provisions for the journey. He said: I was blind and Allah restored to me my eyesight; you
take whatever you like and leave whatever you like. By Allah. I shall not stand in your
way today for what you take in the name of God. Thereupon, he said: You keep with you what
you have (in your possession). The fact is that you three were put to test and Allah is
well pleased with you and He is annoyed with your companions.
Book 042, Number 7072:
It is reported on the authority of Amir b. Sa'd that Sa'd
b. Abi Waqqas was in the fold of his camels that his son 'Umar came to him. When Sa'd saw
him he said: I seek refuge with Allah from the mischief of this rider. And as he got down
he said to him: You are busy with your camels and your sheep and you have abandoned people
who are contending with one another for kingdom. Sa'd struck his chest and said: Keep
quite. I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah loves the
servant who is God-conscious and is free from want and is hidden (from the view of
people).
Book 042, Number 7073:
Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas is reported to have, said: By Allah, I
am the first person amongst the Arabs to throw an arrow in the cause of Allah and we used
to go with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and there was no food for us to eat
but only the leaves of hubla and samur trees (they are wild trees) and as a result thereof
one amongst us would relieve himself as does the goat. (How strange it is) that now the
people of Banu Asad (the progeny of Zubair) instruct me in religion and try to impose
punishment upon me (in regard to it). If it is so (that I am so ignorant of religion),
then indeed, I am undone and my deeds have been lost. Ibn Numair, however, did not make a
mention of the word (idhan) thus? (in his narration).
Book 042, Number 7074:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Isma'il
b. Khalid with the same chain of transmitters and the words are:" One amongst us
would relieve himself as the goats do without anything mixing with its excrement."
Book 042, Number 7075:
'Umair al-'Adawi reported: 'Utba b. Ghazwan delivered us a
sermon and he praised Allah and lauded Him, then said: Now coming to the point, verily the
world has been given the news of its end and that too quite early. Nothing would be left
out of it but only water left in the utensil which its owner leaves, and you are going to
shift to an abode which knows no end, and you should shift with the good before you, for
we have been told that a stone would be thrown at one side of the Hell and it would go
down even for seventy years but would not be able to reach its bottom. By Allah, it would
be fully packed. Do you find it something strange, and it has been mentioned that there
yawns a distance which one would be able to cover in forty years from one end to another
of Paradise, and a day would come when it would be fully packed and you must be knowing
that I was the seventh amongst seven who had been with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and we had nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the corners of the
mouth were injured. We found a sheet which we tore in two and divided between myself and
Sa'd b. Malik. I made the lower garment with halt of it and so did Sa'd make the lower
garment with half of it and today there is none amongst us who has not become the governor
of a city from amongst the cities (of the Islamic Commonwealth) and I seek refuge with
Allah that I should consider myself great whereas I am insignificant in the eye of Allah.
Prophethood does not remain for ever and its impact fades with the result that it changes
eventually into kingship, and you would soon come to know and experience those rulers who
would come after us and see (how far they are from religion).
Book 042, Number 7076:
Khalid b. 'Umair reported and he had seen the pre-Islamic
days also, that 'Uqba b. Ghazwan delivered this address and he was the governor of Basra.
The rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by Shaiban.
Book 042, Number 7077:
Khalid b. Umair reported: I heard Uqba b. Ghazwan as
saving: I found myself as the seventh amongst the seven who had been along with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). We had nothing to eat but the leaves of hubla (a wild
tree) until the corners of our mouths were injured.
Book 042, Number 7078:
Abu Huraira reported that they (the Companions of the Holy
Prophet) said: Allah's Messenger, will we be able to see our Lord on the Day of Judgment?
He said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the sun in the noon when there is no cloud
over it? They said: No. He again said: Do you feel any difficulty in seeing the moon on
the fourteenth night when there is no cloud over it? They said: No. Thereupon he said: By
Allah Who is One in Whose Hand is my life. you will not face any difficulty in seeing your
Lord but only so much as you feel in seeing one of them. Then Allah would sit in judgment
upon the servant and would say: O, so and so, did I not honour you and make you the chief
and provide you the spouse and subdue for you horses, camels, and afforded you an
opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes. And then it would be said: Did
you not think that you would meet Us? And he would say: No. Thereupon He (Allah) would
say: Well, We forget you as you forgot Us. Then the second person would be brought for
judgment. (And Allah would) say: 0, so and so. did We not honour you and make you the
chief and make you pair and subdue for you horses and camels and afford you an opportunity
to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes, my Lord. And He (the Lord) would say: Did
you not think that you would be meeting Us? And he would say: No. And then He (Allah)
would say: Well, I forget you today as you forgot Us. Then the third -one would be brought
and He (Allah) would say to him as He said before. And he (the third person) would say: O,
my Lord, I affirmed my faith in Thee and in Thy Book and in Thy Messenger and I observed
prayer and fasts and gave charity, and he would speak in good terms like this as he would
be able to do. And He (Allah) would say: Well, We will bring our witnesses to you. And the
man would think in his mind who would bear witness upon him and then his mouth would be
sealed and it would be said to his thighs, to his flesh and to his bones to speak and his
thighs. flesh and bones would bear witness to his deeds and it would be done so that he
should not be able to make any excuse for himself and he would be a hypocrite and Allah
would be annoyed with him.
Book 042, Number 7079:
Anas b. Malik reported: We were in the company of Allah's
Messenger (way peace be upon him) that he smiled and said: Do you know why I laughed? We
said: Allah and His Messenger, know best. Thereupon he said: It was because of the (fact
that there came to my mind the) talk which the servant would have with his Lord. (on the
Day of judgment). He would say: My Lord, have you not guaranteed me protection against
injustice? He would say: Yes. Then the servant would say: I do not deem valid any witness
against me but my own self, and He would say: Well, enough would he the witness of your
self against you and that of the two angels who had been appointed to record your deeds.
Then the seal would be set upon his mouth and it would be said to his hands and feet to
speak and they would speak of his deeds. Then the mouth would be made free to talk, he
would say (to the bands and feet): Be away, let there be curse of Allah upon you. It was
for your safety that I contended.
Book 042, Number 7080:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: O Allah, make for the family of Muhammad the provision which is a bare
subsistence.
Book 042, Number 7081:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: 0 Allah, provide for the, family of Muhammad their subsistence, and in the
narration transmitted on the authority of 'Amr (the words are):" O Allah, provide us
subsistence"
Book 042, Number 7082:
'Umara b. al-Qa'qa' reported this hadith with the same
chain of transmitters but instead of the word" qut" (bare subsistence) there has
been used the word" Kafaf" (adequate means to meet the needs).
Book 042, Number 7083:
'A'isha reported: Never had the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) eaten to the fill since their, arrival in Medina with the bread of
wheat for three successive nights until his (Holy Prophet's) death.
Book 042, Number 7084:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Never did Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) eat to his fill the bread
of wheat for three successive days until he had run the course of his life.
Book 042, Number 7085:
'A'isha reported: Never did the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) eat to the fill the bread of barley for two successive days until
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died.
Book 042, Number 7086:
'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) (afford to cat to the fill) the bread of wheat beyond three days
(successively).
Book 042, Number 7087:
'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad (may
peace. be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat for three (successive days) until
he ran the course of his life.
Book 042, Number 7088:
'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat for two days successively. Even (out
of these two days) one (was such wherein he could get) only a date.
Book 042, Number 7089:
'A'isha reported: We the family of Muhammad (may peace be
upon him) used to spend (the whole) month in which we (did not need to) kindle the fire as
(we had nothing to cook) ; we had only dates and water (to fill our bellies).
Book 042, Number 7090:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Urwa
with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):" We used to spend-" And
he did not make a mention of the family of Muhammad (may peace be upon him), and Abu
Kuraib made this addition to his hadith which was transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Numair (and the words are):" But this that there was brought to us some meat."
Book 042, Number 7091:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) died (in such a state) that there had been nothing in my wooden tub which a living
being could afford to eat but a handful of barley therein. I had been eating out of that
for a fairly long duration when I thought of measuring it and it was almost finished.
Book 042, Number 7092:
'A'isha used to say to 'Urwa: Son of my sister, by Allah, I
used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two
months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and
water. But it (so happened) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had some Ansar
as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us.
Book 042, Number 7093:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported on the authority of 'A'isha, the
wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), that she said: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) died (in a state) that it never happened that he could eat to his fill
the bread with olive oil twice during a day.
Book 042, Number 7094:
'A'isha reported this hadith through other chains of
transmitters also (and the words are) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died
(in a state) when the people could afford to eat only the dates and water.
Book 042, Number 7095:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had died in a state that they could afford to cat two things only: water and dates.
Book 042, Number 7096:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Sufyan
and the words are:" We could not afford to eat to the fill even dates and
water."
Book 042, Number 7097:
Abu Huraira reported: By Him in Whose Hand is my life and
Ibn 'Abbad also said: By One in Whose hand is the life of Abu Huraira, Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) could not afford to provide adequate food to his family which
could (fill their bellies) with bread and wheat for three days successively until he left
the world.
Book 042, Number 7098:
Abu Hazim reported: I saw Abu Huraira point with his finger
many a time and saying: By One in Whose Hand is the life of Abu Huraira, Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) could not eat to his fill and provide his family bread of wheat
beyond three days successively until he left the world.
Book 042, Number 7099:
Nu'man b. Bashir said: Don't you eat and drink according to
your heart's desire, whereas I saw that your Prophet (may peace be upon him) (at times)
could not find even an inferior quality of the dates with which he could fill his belly?
Qutaiba, however, did not make a mention of It.
Book 042, Number 7100:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak
with the same chain of transmitters, with this addition of words:" You are not
satisfied with the qualities of dates and butter."
Book 042, Number 7101:
Simak b. Barb reported: I heard Nu'man deliver an address
in which he said that (Hadrat) Umar made a mention of what had fallen to the lot of people
out of the material world and he said: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
spend the whole day being upset because of hunger and he could not get even an interior
quality of dates with which he could fill his belly.
Book 042, Number 7102:
'Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli reported: I heard that a person
asked 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'Asas saying: Are we not amongst the destitute of the
emigrants? Abdullah said to him: Have you a spouse with whom you live? He said: Yes. He
again said: Then you are amongst the rich. He said: I have a servant also. Thereupon he
(Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As) said: Then you are amongst the kings.
Abu 'Abdal-Rahman reported that three persons came to
'Abdullah b. Amr b. 'As while I was sitting with him and they said: By Allah, we have
nothing with us either in the form of provision, riding animals or wealth. Thereupon he
said to them: I am prepared to do whatever you like. If you come to us, we would give you
what Allah would make available for you. and if you like I would make a mention of your
case to the ruler, and if you like you can show patience also. for I have beard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Destitute amongst the emigrants would precede
the rich emigrants by forty years in getting into Paradise on the Day of Resurrection.
Thereupon they said: We then, show patience and do not ask for anything.
Chapter 2: DO NOT ENTER BUT WFEPINGLY THE
HABITATIONS OF THOSE WHO COMMITIED ATROKITIES UPON THEMSELVES
Book 042, Number 7103:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said in connection with the people of Hijr (Thamud): Do not enter but
weepingly (the habitations) of these people who bad been punished by (Allah), and in case
you do not feel inclined to weep, then do not enter (these habitations) that you may not
meet the same calamity as had fallen to their lot.
Book 042, Number 7104:
Ibn Shihab reported, and he had been talking about the
stony abodes of Thamud, and he said: Salim b. 'Abdullah reported that 'Abdullah b. Umar
said: We were passing along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) through the
habitations of Hijr, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Do not enter but
weepingly the habitations of these persons who committed tyranny among themselves, lest
the same calamity should fall upon you as it fell upon them. He then urged his mount to
proceed quickly and pass through that valley hurriedly.
Book 042, Number 7105:
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that the people encamped along
with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the valley of Hijr, the habitations of
Thamud, and they quenched their thirst from the wells thereof and kneaded the flour with
it. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded that the water collected
for drinking should be spilt and the flour should be given to the camels and commanded
them that the water for drinking should be taken from that well where the she-camel (of
Hadrat Salih) used to come.
Book 042, Number 7106:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 3: BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO THE WIDOWS,
ORPHANS AND THE POOR
Book 042, Number 7107:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: One who makes efforts (for earning to be spent) on a widow and the
destitute is like a striver in the cause of Allah, and I think he also said: He is like
one who constantly stands for prayer and observes fast without breaking it.
Book 042, Number 7108:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: One who looks after the orphan whether he is his relative or not, I and he
would be together in Paradise like this, and Malik (explained it) with the gesture by
drawing his index finger and middle finger close together.
Chapter 4: EXCELLENCE OF BUILDING MOSQUES
Book 042, Number 7109:
Abdullah al-Khaulani reported that when Uthman b. 'Affan
tried to rebuild the mosque of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) the people began
to talk about this. Uthman b. 'Affan said: You discuss it very much whereas I have heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who builds a mosque-- and the
narrator Bukair said: I think he also said: (for) seeking the pleasure of Allah- Allah
would build (a similar house for him in Paradise). and in the narration of Harun (the
words are):" A house for him in Paradise."
Book 042, Number 7110:
Mahmud b. Labid reported that 'Uthman b. 'Affan decided to
rebuild the mosque (of Allah's Apostle in Medina) but the people did not like this idea
and they wished that it should be preserved in the same (old) form. Thereupon he (Hadrat
'Uthman) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who builds
a mosque for Allah, Allah would build for him (a house) in Paradise like it.
Book 042, Number 7111:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ja'far
with the same chain of transmitters with this variation (that the words are):" Allah
would build for him a house in Paradise."
Chapter 5: CHARITY TO BE GIVEN TO THE POOR OR THE
WAYFARERS
Book 042, Number 7112:
Abu Huraira reported: While a person was in the wilderness
he heard a voice from the cloud (commanding it thus): Irrigate the garden of so and so.
(After that the clouds slinked aside and poured water on a stony ground. It filled a
channel amongst the channels of that land and that person followed that water and he found
a person standing in the garden busy in changing the course of water with the help of a
hatchet. He said to him: Servant of Allah, what is your name? he said: So and so. And it
was that very name which he had heard from the clouds. and he said to him: Servant of
Allah, why do you ask me my name? He said: I beard a voice from the clouds of which It is
the downpour, saying: Water the garden of so and to. like your name. What do you do (for
the favour) shown to you by Allah in this matter? He said: Now as you state so. I look
what yield I get from it. and I give one-third as charity out of it and I and my children
eat one-third of it and one-third I return to it as investment.
Book 042, Number 7113:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Wahb b.
Kaisan with the same chain of transmitters but with this change that he said:" I
earmark one-third for the poor, the needy and the wayfarers."
Chapter 6: HE WHO ASSOCIATES ONE AS AN OBJECT OF
WORSHIP WITH ALLAH IN HIS DEEDS
Book 042, Number 7114:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as stating that Allah the Most High and Exalted said: I am the One, One Who does not
stand in need of a partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyone else
with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associates with Allah.
Chapter 7: THE PROHIBITION OF SIMULATION AND
OSTENTATION
Book 042, Number 7115:
Ibn Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If anyone wants to have his deeds widely publicised, Allah will publicise
(his humiliation). And if anyone makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds) Allah will
make a display of him.
Book 042, Number 7116:
Jundub reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who wants to publicise (his deeds), Allah will publicise (his humility), and
he who makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds), Allah will make a display of him.
Book 042, Number 7117:
Sufyan reported this hadith with the same chain of
transmitters and he made this addition:" I did not hear anyone saying besides him
that it was Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) who had said so."
Book 042, Number 7118:
Salama b. Kuhail reported: I heard from Jundub but I did
not hear him say like this:" I beard Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) as
saying this."
Book 042, Number 7119:
Abu Sufyan reported like that as as-Saduq al-Amin al-Walid
b. Harb narrated with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 8: PERTAINING TO THE GUARDING OF TONGUE
Book 042, Number 7120:
Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The servant speaks words for which he is sent down to the
Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the cast and the west.
Book 042, Number 7121:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The servant speaks words that he does not understand its repercussions but
he sinks down in Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.
Chapter 9: THE PUNISTIMENT OF ONE WHO COMMANDS
OTHERS TO DO GOOD BUT DOES NOT DO IT HIMSELF AND RE FORBIDS OTHERS TO DO EVIL BUT DOES NOT
HIMSELF REFRAIN FROM IT
Book 042, Number 7122:
Shaqiq reported that it was said to Usama b. Zaid: Why
don't you visit 'Uthman and talk to him? Thereupon he said: Do you think that I have not
talked to him but that I have made you hear? By Allah. I have talked to him (about things)
concerning me and him and I did not like to divulge those things about which I had to take
the initiative and I do not say to my ruler:" You are the best among people,"
after I beard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A man will be brought
on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in Hell-Fire and his intestines will pour forth in
Hell and he will go round along with them, as an ass goes round the mill. stone. The
denizens of Hell would gather round him and say: 0, so and so, what has happened to you?
Were you not enjoining us to do what was reputable and forbid us to do what was
disreputable? He will say: Of course, it is so; I used to enjoin (upon people) to do what
was reputable but did not practise that myself. I had been forbidding people to do what
was disreputable, but practised it myself.
Book 042, Number 7123:
Abu Wa'il reported: I was in the company of Usama b. Zaid
that a person said: What prevents you to visit Uthman and talk to him for what he does?
The rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 10: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PUBLICISE ONE'S SINS
Book 042, Number 7124:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: All the people of my Ummah would get pardon for their sins except those
who publicise them. And (it means) that a servant should do a deed during the night and
tell the people in the morning that he has done so and so, whereas Allah has concealed it.
And he does a deed during the day and when it is night he tells the people, whereas Allah
has concealed it. Zuhair has used the word hijar for publicising.
Chapter 11: SNEEZING AND THE DISAPPROVAL OF YAWNING
Book 042, Number 7125:
Anas b. Malik reported that two persons sneezed in the
presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He (the Messenger of Allah) invoked
mercy for one, and did not invoke for the other. The one for whom he had not prayed said:
So and so sneezed and you said: May Allah have mercy upon you. I also sneezed but you did
not utter these words for me. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: That person praised
Allah, and you did not praise Allah.
Book 042, Number 7126:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 042, Number 7127:
Abu Burda reported: I visited Abu Musa, as he was in the
house of the daughter of Fadl b. 'Abbas. I sneezed but he did not respond to it (by
saying): Allah may have mercy upon you. Then she sneezed and he (Fadl b. 'Abbas) said: May
Allah have mercy upon you. I came back to my mother and informed her about it, and when he
came to her she said: My son sneezed in your presence and you did not say:" Allah may
have mercy upon you, and she sneezed and you said for her:" May Allah have mercy upon
you." Thereupon he said: Your son sneezed but he did not praise Allah and I did not
beg mercy of Allah for him and she sneezed and she praised Allah and so I said: May Allah
have mercy upon you, as I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When
any one of you sneezes he should praise Allah and the other should say: May Allah have
mercy upon you, and if he does not praise Allah, no mercy should be begged for him.
Book 042, Number 7128:
Iyas b. Salama b. al-Akwa reported that his father reported
to him that he heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: A person sneezed
in his presence and he said to him: May Allah have mercy upon you. And he then sneezed for
the second time and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: He is suffering
from cold (and no response is necessary).
Book 042, Number 7129:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The yawning as from the devil. So when one of you yawns he should try to
restrain it as far as it lies in his power.
Book 042, Number 7130:
The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority of
his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When one of you yawns, he
should keep his mouth shut with the help of his hand, for it is the devil that enters
therein.
Book 042, Number 7131:
The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority of
his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When one of you yawns, he
should try to restrain it with cue help of his hand since it is the Satan that enters
therein.
Book 042, Number 7132:
The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority of
his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said. When one of you yawns
while engaged in prayer, he should try to restrain so far as it lies in his power, since
it is the Satan that enter therein.
Book 042, Number 7133:
Abu Said al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) a hadith like this through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 12: MISCELLANEOUS AHADITH
Book 042, Number 7134:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: The Angels were born out of light and the Jinns were born out of the spark of
fire and Adam was born as he has been defined (in the Qur'an) for you (i. e. he is
fashioned out of clay).
Book 042, Number 7135:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know what happened to it, but I
think (that it 'underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don't
you see when the milk of the camel is placed before them, these do not drink and when the
milk of goat is placed before them, these do drink. Abu Huraira said: I narrated this very
hadith to Ka'b and he said: Did you hear this from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him)? I (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He said this again and again, and I said: Have I read
Torah? This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a slight variation
of wording.
Book 042, Number 7136:
Abu Huraira reported that the rat (is the result of)
metamorphosis (of a group of Bani Isra'il) and the proof of this is that when the milk of
goat is placed before it, it drinks it, and when the milk of the camel is placed before
it, it would not taste it at all. Ka'b said: Did you hear it from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him)? Thereupon he said: Has Torah been revealed to me?
Chapter 13: THE BELIEVER DOES NOT PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE STUNG TWICE FROM ONE (AND THE SAME) HOLE
Book 042, Number 7137:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: The believer does not allow to be stung twice from one (and the same)
hole. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain
of transmitters.
Chapter 14: EVERY ACT OF A BELIEVER IS A BLESSING
FOR HIM
Book 042, Number 7138:
Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his and
this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer for if he has an
occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in it, and if he
gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for
him in it.
Chapter 15: IT IS PROHIBITED TO PRAISE ANYONE SO
MUCH THAT THERE MAY BE FEAR OF HIS BEING INTOXICATED BECAUSE OF THAT
Book 042, Number 7139:
'Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of
his father that a person praised another person in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him), whereupon he said: Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your
friend, you have broken the neck of your friend-he said this twice. If one of you has to
praise his friend at all, he should say: I think (him to be) so and Allah knows it well
and I do not know the secret of the heart and Allah knows the destined end, and I cannot
testify his purity against Allah but (he appears) to be so and so.
Book 042, Number 7140:
Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his
father that a person was mentioned in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), and a person said: Allah's Messenger, no person is more excellent than he after
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) said: Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend, and he said this
twice. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If anyone has to praise his
brother at all, he should say: I think him to be so and so, and even on this he should
say: I do not consider anyone purer than Allah (considers). This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with a slight variation of wording.
Book 042, Number 7141:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
saw a person lauding another person or praising him too much. Thereupon he said: You
killed him, or you sliced the back of a person.
Book 042, Number 7142:
Abu Ma'mar reported that a person lauded a ruler amongst
the rulers and Miqdad began to throw dust upon him and he said: Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) commanded us that we should throw dust upon the faces of those who
shower too much praise.
Book 042, Number 7143:
Hammam b. al-Harith reported that a person began to praise
'Uthman and Miqdad sat upon his knee; and he was a bulky person and began to throw pebbles
upon his (flatterer's) face. Thereupon 'Uthman said: What is the matter with you? And he
said: Verily, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When you see those who
shower (undue) praise (upon others), throw dust upon their faces.
Book 042, Number 7144:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Miqdad
through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 16: THE OLDER ONE IS TO BE PREFERRED
Book 042, Number 7145:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: It was shown in a vision that I was rinsing my mouth with miswak
and two persons began to contend with one another for getting that miswak. One was older
than the other. I gave the miswak to the younger one amongst them, but it was said to me:
(Let it be given) to the older one. So I gave it to the older one.
Chapter 17: TO STATE HADITH AFTER ITS VERIFICATION
AND RECORDING OF" KNOWLEDGE"
Book 042, Number 7146:
It was reported that Abu Huraira used to say: Listen to me,
inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the apartment, while 'A'isha (Allah be
pleased with her) had been busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer, she said
to" Urwa: Did you hear his words? And this is how Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) used to utter (so distinctly) that if one intended to count (the words uttered)
he would be able to do so.
Book 042, Number 7147:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Do not take down anything from me, and he who took down anything from
me except the Qur'an, he should efface that and narrate from me, for there is no harm in
it and he who attributed any falsehood to me-and Hammam said: I think he also said:"
deliberately" -he should in fact find his abode in the Hell-Fire.
Chapter 18: THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE DITCH,
THE MAGICIAN, THE MONK AND THE SLAVE
Book 042, Number 7148:
Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) thus said: There lived a king before you and he had a (court) magician. As he (the
magician) grew old, he said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to me so
that I should teach him magic. He (the king) sent to him a young man so that he should
train him (in magic). And on his way (to the magician) he (the young man) found a monk
sitting there. He (the young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and was impressed by
it. It became his habit that on his way to the magician he met the monk and set there and
he came to the magician (late). He (the magician) beat him because of delay. He made a
complaint of that to the monk and he said to him: When you feel afraid of the magician,
say: Members of my family had detained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you
should say: The magician had detained me. It so happened that there came a huge beast (of
prey) and it blocked the way of the people, and he (the young boy) said: I will come to
know today whether the magician is superior or the monk is superior. He picked up a stone
and said: O Allah, if the affair of the monk is dearer to Thee than the affair of the
magician, cause death to this animal so that the people should be able to move about
freely. He threw that stone towards it and killed it and the people began to move about
(on the path freely). He (the young man) then came to that monk and Informed him and the
monk said: Sonny, today you are superior to me. Your affair has come to a stage where I
find that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put to a trial don't give
my clue. That young man began to treat the blind and those suffering from leprosy and he
in fact began to cure people from (all kinds) of illness. When a companion of the king who
had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with numerous gifts and said: If you cure
me all these things collected together here would be yours. Be said: I myself do not cure
anyone. It is Allah Who cures and if you affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate
Allah to cure you.
He affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him and he
came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before. The king said to him: Who
restored your eyesight? He said: My Lord. Thereupon he said: It means that your Lord is
One besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allah, so he (the king) took hold of him
and tormented him till he gave a clue of that boy. The young man was thus summoned and the
king said to him: O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have become so much
proficient in your magic that you cure the blind and those suffering from leprosy and you
do such and such things. Thereupon he said: I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Who cures,
and he (the king) took hold of him and began to torment him. So he gave a clue of the
monk. The monk was thus summoned and it was said to him: You should turn back from your
religion. He, however, refused to do so. He (ordered) for a saw to be brought (and when it
was done) he (the king) placed it in the middle of his head and tore it into parts till a
part fell down. Then the courtier of the king was brought and it was said to him: Turn
back from your religion. Arid he refused to do so, and the saw was placed in the midst of
his head and it was torn till a part fell down. Then that young boy was brought and it was
said to him: Turn back from your religion. He refused to do so and he was handed over to a
group of his courtiers. And he 'said to them: Take him to such and such mountain; make him
climb up that mountain and when you reach its top (ask him to renounce his faith) but if
he refuses to do so, then throw him (down the mountain). So they took him and made him
climb up the mountain and he said: O Allah, save me from them (in any way) Thou likest and
the mountain began to quake and they all fell down and that person came walking to the
king. The king said to him: What has happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved
me from them. He again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: Take him and carry
him in a small boat and when you reach the middle of the ocean (ask him to renounce) his
religion, but if he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water).
So they took him and he said: O Allah, save me from them
and what they want to do. It was quite soon that the boat turned over and they were
drowned and he came walking to the king, and the king said to him: What has happened to
your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them, and he said to the king: You
cannot kill me until you do what I ask you to do. And he said: What is that? He said: You
should gather people in a plain and hang me by the trunk (of a tree). Then take hold of an
arrow from the quiver and say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the worlds; then shoot an
arrow and if you do that then you would be able to kill me. So he (the king) called the
people in an open plain and tied him (the boy) to the trunk of a tree, then he took hold
of an arrow from his quiver and then placed the arrow in the bow and then said: In the
name of Allah, the Lord of the young boy; he then shot an arrow and it bit his temple. He
(the boy) placed his hands upon the temple where the arrow had bit him and he died and the
people said: We affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the
Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man. The courtiers
came to the king and it was said to him: Do you see that Allah has actually done what you
aimed at averting. They (the people) have affirmed their faith in the Lord. He (the king)
commanded ditches to be dug at important points in the path. When these ditches were dug,
and the fire was lit in them it was said (to the people): He who would not turn back from
his (boy's) religion would be thrown in the fire or it would be said to them to jump in
that. (The people courted death but did not renounce religion) till a woman came with her
child and she felt hesitant in jumping into the fire and the child said to her: 0 mother,
endure (this ordeal) for it is the Truth.
Chapter 19: THE STORY OF ABU AL-YASAR AND THE
LENGTHY HADITH OF JABIR
Book 042, Number 7149:
'Ubadab. Walid b. Samit reported: I and my father set out
in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death (i. e. before the
Companions of the Holy Prophet left the world) and I was the first to meet Abu Yasar, a
Companion of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and there was a young man with him
who carried the record of letters with him and there was a mantle prepared by the tribe of
Ma'afiri upon him. And his servant too had a Ma'afiri mantle over him. My father said to
him: My uncle, I see the signs of anger or that of agony on your face. He said: Yes, such
and such person, the son of so and so, of the tribe of Harami owed me a debt. I went to
his family, extended salutations and said: Where is he? They said: He is not here. Then
came out to me his son who was at the threshold of his youth. I said to him: Where is your
father? He said: No sooner did he hear your sound than he hid himself behind my mother's
bedstead. I said to him: Walk out to me, for I know where you are. He came out. I said to
him: What prompted you to hide yourself from me? He said: By God, whatever I would say to
you would not be a lie. By Allah, I fear that I should tell a lie to you and in case of
making promise with you I should break it, as you are the Companion of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). The fact is that I was hard up in regard to money. I said: Do you
adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said: I
adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. Then he
brought his promissory note and he wrote off (the debt) with his hand and said: Make
payment when you find yourself solvent enough to pay me back; if you are not, then there
is no liability upon you. These two eyes of mine saw, and he (Abu'I-Yasar) placed his
fingers upon his eyes and these two ears of mine heard and my heart retained, and he
pointed towards his heart that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who
gives time to one who is financially hard up (in the payment of debt) or writes off his
debt, Allah will provide him His shadow. I said to him: My uncle, if you get the cloak of
your servant and you give him your two clothes, or take his two clothes of Ma'afir and
give him your cloak, then there would be one dress for you and one for him.
He wiped my head and said: O Allah, bless the son of my
brother. O, son of my brother, these two very eyes of mine saw and these two ears of mine
listened to and this heart of mine retained this, and he pointed towards the heart that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Feed them (the servants) and clothe them
(the servants) what you wear, and if I give him the goods of the world, it is easy for me
than this that he should take my virtues on the Day of Resurrection. We went on till we
came to Jabir b. Abdullah in the mosque and he was busy in observing prayer in one cloth
which he had joined at its opposite ends. I made my way through the people till I sat
between him and the Qibla and I said: May Allah have mercy upon you. Do you observe prayer
with one cloth on your body whereas your mantle is lying at your side? He pointed me with
his hand towards my breast just like this and he separated his fingers and bent them in
the shape of a bow. And (he said): I thought that a fool like you should come to me so
that he should see me as I do and he should then also do like it. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) came to us in this very mosque and he had in his hand the twig of the
palm-tree and he saw mucus towards the Qibla of the mosque and he erased it with the help
of the twig. He then came to us and said: Who amongst you likes that Allah should turn His
face away from him? We were afraid. He then again said: Who amongst you likes that Allah
should turn His face away from him? We were afraid. He again said: Who amongst you likes
that Allah should turn His face away from him? We said: Allah's Messenger, none of us
likes it. And he said: If one amongst you stands for prayer, Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, is before him he should not spit in front of him, or on his right side, but
should spit on his left side beneath his left foot and if he is impelled to do so all of a
sudden (in spite of himself) he should then spit in his cloth and fold it in some part of
it. (and he further said: ) Bring some sweet-smelling thing. A young man who belonged to
our tribe stood up, went and brought scent in his palm. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) took that and applied it to the end of that twig and then touched the place
where there had been mucus. Jabir said: This is why you should apply scent to your
mosques.
It is reported on the same authority: We set out along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on an expedition of Batn Buwat. He (the Holy
Prophet) was in search of al-Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani. (We had so meagre equipment) that
five. six or seven of us had one camel to ride and so we mounted it turn by turn. Once
there wan. the turn of an Ansari to ride upon the camel. He made it kneel down to ride
over it (and after having. mounted it), he tried to raise it up but it hesitated. So he
said. May there be curse of Allah upon you! Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Who is there to curse his camel? He said: Allah's Messenger, it' is I.
Thereupon he said: Get down from the camel and let us not have in our company the cursed
one. Don't curse your own selves, nor your children. nor your belongings. There is the
possibility that your curse may synchronies with the time when Allah is about to confer
upon you what you demand and thus your prayer may be readily responded.
It is reported on the same authority: We set out on an
expedition along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) until it was evening, and
we had been near a. water reservoir of Arabia. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Who would be the person who would go ahead and set right the reservoir and drink
water himself and serve us with it? Jabir said: I stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, it
is I who am ready to do that. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Who is the person to accompany Jabir? And then Jabbar b. Sakhr stood up. So we went to
that well and poured in that tank a bucket or two of water and plastered it with clay and
then began to fill it (with water) until it was filled to the brim. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) was the first who appeared before us, and he said: Do you (both) permit
me to drink water out of it? We said: Yea, Allah's Messenger. He led his camel to drink
water and it drank. He then pulled its rein and it stretched its legs and began to
urinate. He then took it aside and made it kneel down at another place and then came to
the tank and performed ablution. I then got up and performed ablution like the ablution of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and Jabbar b. Sakhr went in order to relieve
himself and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) got up to observe prayer and there
was a mantle over me. I tried to invert its ends but it was too short (to cover my body
easily). It had its borders. I then inverted it (the mantle) and drew its opposite ends
and then tied them at my neck. I then came and stood upon the left side of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). He caught hold of me and made me go round behind him,
until he made me stand on his right side. Then Jabbar b. Sakhr came. He performed ablution
and then came and stood on the left side of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) caught hold of our hands together, pushed
us back and made us stand behind him. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) began
to look upon me with darting looks, but I did not perceive that. After that I became aware
of it and he pointed with the gesture of his hand that I should wrap my loin-cloth. When
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had finished the prayer, he said: Jabir! I said:
Allah's Messenger, at thy beck and call. He said: When the cloth around you is inadequate,
then tie the opposite ends but when it is small, tie it over the lower body.
Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and the only means of sustenance for every person
amongst us was only one date for a day and we used to chew it. And we struck the leaves
with the help of our bow and ate them until the sides of our mouths were injured. It so
happened one day that a person was overlooked and not given a date. We carried that person
and bore witness to the fact that he had not been given that date so he was offered that
and he got up and received that.
Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) until we got down at a spacious valley and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went to relieve himself. I followed him with a
bucket full of water and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) looked about and he
found no privacy but two trees at the end of the valley and Allah's Messenger (may. peace
be upon him) went to one of them and took hold of one of its twigs and said: Be thou under
my control by the permission of Allah, and so it came under his control like the camel who
has its nosestring in the hand of its rider, and then he came to the second tree and took
hold of a twig and said: Be thou under my control with the permission of Allah, and it
came under his control, and when he came in the middle of the two trees he joined together
the two twigs and said: join with the permission of Allah. Jabir said: I was afraid lest
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) should be aware of my nearness and go still
farther. And Muhammad b. Abbad has used the word" faitab'd" and I began to talk
to myself. And as I saw, I suddenly found Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) before
me and the two trees were separated and each one of them was standing at its place. I saw
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) standing for a short time, nodding his head
towards right and left. Isma'il pointed towards the right and left with the help of his
head (in order to demonstrate how the Holy Prophet had pointed). Then he (the Holy
Prophet) came to me and said: Jabir did you see my place where I was standing? I said:
Allah's Messenger, yes. He then said: Then you should go to those two trees and cut a twig
from each of them and go to that place with them where I was standing and stand there
where I was standing and place a twig on the right and a twig on the left. Jabir said: I
set out and took hold of a stone and broke it and sharpened it and then I came to those
trees and cut a twig from each one of them.
I then came dragging them until I stood at the place where
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had been standing and placed a twig on the right
and a twig on the left. Then I met him and said: Allah's Messenger, I have done that, but
(kindly) explain to me the reason for it. Thereupon he said: I passed by two graves the
occupants of which had been undergoing torment. I liked to make intercession for them so
that the might be relieved of this torment y as long as these twigs remain fresh. Jabir
said: We came back to the (camp of the) army and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Jabir, call people for per- forming wudu. I cried: Come and perform wudu, come and
perform wudu, come and perform wudu. I said: Allah's Messenger, there is not even a drop
of water in the army camp, and there. was a person who used to cool the water for Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the old water-skin which kept hanging by the twig. He
asked me to go to such and such Ansari and ask him to see if there was any water in that
skin. I went to him and cast a glance in it but did not find anything but a drop in the
mouth of that water-skin and if I were to draw that, the water-skin's,. dried part would
suck it up. I came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, I have not found anything in it but a drop of water in the mouth of the
water-skin and now if I were to draw that, it would be absorbed. He said: Go and bring
that to me. I brought that to him. He took hold of it -and began to utter something which
I could not understand and then pressed it with his hand and gave that to me and said:
Jabir, announce for the tub to be brought. So I announced that the tub of the army (be
brought). It was brought accordingly and I placed it before him (the Holy Prophet).
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) placed his hands in the tub like this:
with his fingers stretched out, and then he placed his fingers at the bottom of the tub
and said: Jabir, take it (that waters-skin) and pour water over me, by reciting Bismillah,
and I poured water and I said: Bismillah, and found water sprouting out between the
fingers of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then that tub gushed forth until it
was filled up and the Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Jabir, make an announcement
to the effect: He who needs water should take that. Jabir said: The people came and got
water until they were all satiated. I said: Is there anyone left who wants to get it? And
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) then lifted up his hand from that tub and it was
still full. Then the people made a complaint to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
about hunger and he said: May Allah provide you food! We came to the bank of the ocean and
the ocean was tossing and it threw out a big animal and we lit fire and cooked it and took
it until we had eaten to our heart's content. Jabir said: I and such and such five persons
entered Its socket and nobody could see us until we had come out, and we took hold of one
of its ribs and twisted it into a sort of arch, then we called the tallest of the persons
of the army and the hugest of the camels of the army and it had the big saddle over it,
and it could easily pass through it without the rider having need to bend down.
Chapter 20: THE ACCOUNT OF PROPHET'S (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) EMIGRATION
Book 042, Number 7150:
Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Abu Bakr Siddlq came to the
residence of my father ('Azib) and bought a haudaj from him and said to 'Azib: Send your
son to my residence (to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him).
So I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr) my father in order to fetch
its price and he ('Azib) said to Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr, narrate to me what you both did on
the night when you set out on a journey along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). He said: We set out during the night and went on walking until it was noon, and the
path was vacant and so none passed by that (until) there appeared prominently before us a
large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the sun did not reach that place. So we got
down at that place. I then went to the rock and levelled the ground with my hands at the
place where the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) would take rest under its shade. I
then set the bedding and said: Allah's Messenger, go to sleep and I shall keep a watch
around you. I went out and watched around him. There we saw a shepherd moving towards that
rock with his flock and he intended what we intended (i. e. taking rest). I met him and
said to him: Young boy, to which place do you belong? He said: I am a person from Medina.
I said, is there any milk in the udders of your sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took
hold of a goat, and I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it should be free from
hair, dust and impurity. I saw al-Bara' striking his hand upon the other (to give an
indication) how he did that. He milked the goat for me in a wooden cup which he had with
him and I had with me a bucket in which I kept water for drinking and for performing
ablution. I came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and did not like to awaken him
from sleep but he was accidentally startled from the sleep. I poured water upon the milk
(till It was cold) and I said: Allah's Messenger, take this milk. He then took It and I
was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Is now not the time to march on? I said: Of
course. So he marched on after the sun had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued
us and we had been walking on soft, level ground. I said: Allah's Messenger, we are about
to be overtaken by them. Thereupon he said: Be not grieved. Verily, Allah is with us. Then
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) cursed him and his horse sank into the earth. I
think he also said: I know you have hurled curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I
take an oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in search of you. So he
(Allah's Messenger) supplicated Allah and he was rescued and he came back and to everyone
he met, he said: I have combed all this side. In short, he diverted everyone whom he met
and he in fact fulfilled his promise.
Al-Bara' reported: Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me for
thirteen dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration of Uthman b.
'Umar, the words are: He (Suraqa b. Malik) drew near Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him), and he (the Holy Prophet) cursed him and his camel sank in the earth up to the belly
and he jumped from that and said: Muhammad, I am fully aware of It that it is your doing.
Supplicate Allah that He should rescue me from it in which I am (pitchforked) and I give
you a solemn pledge that I shall keep this as a secret from all those who are coming after
me. Take hold of an arrow out of it (quiver) for you will find my camels and my slaves at
such and such place and you can get whatever you need (on showing this arrow). He (the
Holy Prophet) said: I don't need your camels. And we (the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr) came
to Medina during the night and the people began to contend as to where Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) should reside and he encamped in the tribe of Najjar who were
related to 'Abd ul-Muttalib from the side of mother. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) honoured them, then people climbed upon house-top and women also and boys scattered
in the way, and they were all crying: Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, Messenger of
Allah.
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