Oppressions
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 620:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle said, "When the believers pass safely over (the bridge across)
Hell, they will be stopped at a bridge in between Hell and Paradise where they will
retaliate upon each other for the injustices done among them in the world, and when they
get purified of all their sins, they will be admitted into Paradise. By Him in Whose Hands
the life of Muhammad is everybody will recognize his dwelling in Paradise better than he
recognizes his dwelling in this world."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 621:
Narrated Safwan bin Muhriz Almazini:
While I was walking with Ibn 'Umar holding his hand, a man came in front of us and
asked, "What have you heard from Allah's Apostle about An-Najwa?" Ibn 'Umar
said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'Allah will bring a believer near Him and
shelter him with His Screen and ask him: Did you commit such-and-such sins? He will say:
Yes, my Lord. Allah will keep on asking him till he will confess all his sins and will
think that he is ruined. Allah will say: 'I did screen your sins in the world and I
forgive them for you today', and then he will be given the book of his good deeds.
Regarding infidels and hypocrites (their evil acts will be exposed publicly) and the
witnesses will say: These are the people who lied against their Lord. Behold! The Curse of
Allah is upon the wrongdoers." (11.18)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 622:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not
oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of
his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a
discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and
whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day of Resurrection . "
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 623:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an
oppressed one."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 624:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an
oppressed one. People asked, "O Allah's Apostle! It is all right to help him if he is
oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet said,
"By preventing him from oppressing others."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 625:
Narrated Muawiya bin Suwald:
I heard Al-Bara' bin 'Azib saying, "The Prophet orders us to do seven things and
prohibited us from doing seven other things." Then Al-Bara' mentioned the
following:--
(1) To pay a visit to the sick (inquiring about his health),
(2) to follow funeral processions,
(3) to say to a sneezer, "May Allah be merciful to you" (if he says,
"Praise be to Allah!"),
(4) to return greetings,
(5) to help the oppressed,
(6) to accept invitations,
(7) to help others to fulfill their oaths. (See Hadith No. 753, Vol. 7)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 626:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, "A believer to another believer is like a building whose
different parts enforce each other." The Prophet then clasped his hands with the
fingers interlaced (while saying that).
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 627:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said, "Oppression will be a darkness on the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 628:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet sent Mu'adh to Yemen and said, "Be afraid, from the curse of the
oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 629:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever has oppressed another person concerning his
reputation or anything else, he should beg him to forgive him before the Day of
Resurrection when there will be no money (to compensate for wrong deeds), but if he has
good deeds, those good deeds will be taken from him according to his oppression which he
has done, and if he has no good deeds, the sins of the oppressed person will be loaded on
him."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 630:
Narrated Aisha:
Regarding the explanation of the following verse:-- "If a wife fears Cruelty or
desertion On her husband's part." (4.128) A man may dislike his wife and intend to
divorce her, so she says to him, "I give up my rights, so do not divorce me."
The above verse was revealed concerning such a case.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 631:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi:
A drink (milk mixed with water) was brought to Allah's Apostle who drank some of it. A
boy was sitting to his right, and some old men to his left. Allah's Apostle said to the
boy, "Do you allow me to give the rest of the drink to these people?" The boy
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I will not give preference to anyone over me to drink the
rest of it from which you have drunk." Allah's Apostle then handed the bowl (of
drink) to the boy. (See Hadith No. 541).
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 632:
Narrated Said bin Zaid:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, his neck will
be encircled with it down the seven earths (on the Day of Resurrection). "
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 633:
Narrated Abu Salama:
That there was a dispute between him and some people (about a piece of land). When he
told 'Aisha about it, she said, "O Abu Salama! Avoid taking the land unjustly, for
the Prophet said, 'Whoever usurps even one span of the land of somebody, his neck will be
encircled with it down the seven earths."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 634:
Narrated Salim's father (i.e. 'Abdullah):
The Prophet said, "Whoever takes a piece of the land of others unjustly, he will
sink down the seven earths on the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 635:
Narrated Jabala:
"We were in Medina with some of the Iraqi people, and we were struck with famine
and Ibn Az-Zubair used to give us dates. Ibn 'Umar used to pass by and say, "The
Prophet forbade us to eat two dates at a time, unless one takes the permission of one's
companions."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 636:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud:
There was an Ansari man called Abu Shu'aib who had a slave butcher. Abu Shu'aib said to
him, "Prepare a meal sufficient for five persons so that I might invite the Prophet
besides other four persons." Abu Shu'aib had seen the signs of hunger on the face of
the Prophet and so he invited him. Another man who was not invited, followed the Prophet.
The Prophet said to Abu Shu'aib, "This man has followed us. Do you allow him to share
the meal?" Abu Shu'aib said, "Yes."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 637:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said, "The most hated person in the sight of Allah is the most
quarrelsome person."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 638:
Narrated Um Salama:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle heard some people quarreling at the door of
his dwelling. He came out and said, "I am only a human being, and opponents come to
me (to settle their problems); maybe someone amongst you can present his case more
eloquently than the other, whereby I may consider him true and give a verdict in his
favor. So, If I give the right of a Muslim to another by mistake, then it is really a
portion of (Hell) Fire, he has the option to take or give up (before the Day of
Resurrection)."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 639:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:
The Prophet said, "Whoever has (the following) four characters will be a
hypocrite, and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one
characteristic of hypocrisy until he gives it up. These are: (1 ) Whenever he talks, he
tells a lie; (2) whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it; (3) whenever he makes a
covenant he proves treacherous; (4) and whenever he quarrels, he behaves impudently in an
evil insulting manner." (See Hadith No. 33 Vol. 1)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 640:
Narrated Aisha:
Hind bint 'Utba (Abu Sufyan's wife) came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Abu Sufyan
is a miser. Is there any harm if I spend something from his property for our
children?" He said, there is no harm for you if you feed them from it justly and
reasonably (with no extravagance)."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 641:
Narrated 'Uqba bin 'Amir:
We staid to the Prophet, "You send us out and it happens that we have to stay with
such people as do not entertain us. What do you think about it? He said to us, "If
you stay with some people and they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept their
hospitality, but If they don't do, take the right of the guest from them."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 642:
Narrated 'Umar:
When Allah took away the soul of His Prophet at his death, the Ansar assembled In the
shed of Bani Sa'ida. I said to Abu Bakr, "Let us go." So, we come to them (i.e.
to Ansar) at the shed of Bani Sa'ida. (See Hadith No. 19, Vol. 5 for details)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 643:
Narrated Al-Araj:
Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'No-one should prevent his neighbor from
fixing a wooden peg in his wall." Abu Huraira said (to his companions), "Why do
I find you averse to it? By Allah, I certainly will narrate it to you."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 644:
Narrated Anas:
I was the butler of the people in the house of Abu Talha, and in those days drinks were
prepared from dates. Allah's Apostle ordered somebody to announce that alcoholic drinks
had been prohibited. Abu Talha ordered me to go out and spill the wine. I went out and
spilled it, and it flowed in the streets of Medina. Some people said, "Some people
were killed and wine was still in their stomachs." On that the Divine revelation
came:-- "On those who believe And do good deeds There is no blame For what they ate
(in the past)." (5.93)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 645:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "Beware! Avoid sitting on he roads (ways)." The people
said, "There is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have
talks." The Prophet said, "If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the
way." They asked, "What are the rights of the way?" He said, "They are
the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming
people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 646:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "A man felt very thirsty while he was on the way, there he came
across a well. He went down the well, quenched his thirst and came out. Meanwhile he saw a
dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. He said to himself, "This
dog is suffering from thirst as I did." So, he went down the well again and filled
his shoe with water and watered it. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave him. The
people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Is there a reward for us in serving the
animals?" He replied: "Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living
being)." (See Hadith No. 551)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 647:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
Once the Prophet stood at the top of one of the castles (or higher buildings) of Medina
and said, "Do you see what I see? No doubt I am seeing the spots of afflictions
amongst your houses as numerous as the spots where rain-drops fall (during a heavy rain).
(See Hadith No. 102)
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 648:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Abbas:
I had been eager to ask 'Umar about the two ladies from among the wives of the Prophet
regarding whom Allah said (in the Qur'an saying): If you two (wives of the Prophet namely
Aisha and Hafsa) turn in repentance to Allah your hearts are indeed so inclined (to oppose
what the Prophet likes) (66.4), till performed the Hajj along with 'Umar (and on our way
back from Hajj) he went aside (to answer the call of nature) and I also went aside along
with him carrying a tumbler of water. When he had answered the call of nature and
returned. I poured water on his hands from the tumbler and he performed ablution. I said,
"O Chief of the believers! ' Who were the two ladies from among the wives of the
Prophet to whom Allah said:
'If you two return in repentance (66.4)? He said, "I am astonished at your
question, O Ibn 'Abbas. They were Aisha and Hafsa."
Then 'Umar went on relating the narration and said. "I and an Ansari neighbor of
mine from Bani Umaiya bin Zaid who used to live in 'Awali Al-Medina, used to visit the
Prophet in turns. He used to go one day, and I another day. When I went I would bring him
the news of what had happened that day regarding the instructions and orders and when he
went, he used to do the same for me. We, the people of Quraish, used to have authority
over women, but when we came to live with the Ansar, we noticed that the Ansari women had
the upper hand over their men, so our women started acquiring the habits of the Ansari
women. Once I shouted at my wife and she paid me back in my coin and I disliked that she
should answer me back. She said, 'Why do you take it ill that I retort upon you? By Allah,
the wives of the Prophet retort upon him, and some of them may not speak with him for the
whole day till night.' What she said scared me and I said to her, 'Whoever amongst them
does so, will be a great loser.' Then I dressed myself and went to Hafsa and asked her,
'Does any of you keep Allah's Apostle angry all the day long till night?' She replied in
the affirmative. I said, 'She is a ruined losing person (and will never have success)!
Doesn't she fear that Allah may get angry for the anger of Allah's Apostle and thus she
will be ruined? Don't ask Allah's Apostle too many things, and don't retort upon him in
any case, and don't desert him. Demand from me whatever you like, and don't be tempted to
imitate your neighbor (i.e. 'Aisha) in her behavior towards the Prophet), for she (i.e.
Aisha) is more beautiful than you, and more beloved to Allah's Apostle.
In those days it was rumored that Ghassan, (a tribe living in Sham) was getting
prepared their horses to invade us. My companion went (to the Prophet on the day of his
turn, went and returned to us at night and knocked at my door violently, asking whether I
was sleeping. I was scared (by the hard knocking) and came out to him. He said that a
great thing had happened. I asked him: What is it? Have Ghassan come? He replied that it
was worse and more serious than that, and added that Allah's Apostle had divorced all his
wives. I said, Hafsa is a ruined loser! I expected that would happen some day.' So I
dressed myself and offered the Fajr prayer with the Prophet. Then the Prophet entered an
upper room and stayed there alone. I went to Hafsa and found her weeping. I asked her,
'Why are you weeping? Didn't I warn you? Have Allah's Apostle divorced you all?' She
replied, 'I don't know. He is there in the upper room.' I then went out and came to the
pulpit and found a group of people around it and some of them were weeping. Then I sat
with them for some time, but could not endure the situation. So I went to the upper room
where the Prophet was and requested to a black slave of his: "Will you get the
permission of (Allah's Apostle) for Umar (to enter)? The slave went in, talked to the
Prophet about it and came out saying, 'I mentioned you to him but he did not reply.' So, I
went and sat with the people who were sitting by the pulpit, but I could not bear the
situation, so I went to the slave again and said: "Will you get he permission for
Umar? He went in and brought the same reply as before. When I was leaving, behold, the
slave called me saying, "Allah's Apostle has granted you permission." So, I
entered upon the Prophet and saw him lying on a mat without wedding on it, and the mat had
left its mark on the body of the Prophet, and he was leaning on a leather pillow stuffed
with palm fires. I greeted him and while still standing, I said: "Have you divorced
your wives?' He raised his eyes to me and replied in the negative. And then while still
standing, I said chatting: "Will you heed what I say, 'O Allah's Apostle! We, the
people of Quraish used to have the upper hand over our women (wives), and when we came to
the people whose women had the upper hand over them..."
'Umar told the whole story (about his wife). "On that the Prophet smiled."
'Umar further said, "I then said, 'I went to Hafsa and said to her: Do not be tempted
to imitate your companion ('Aisha) for she is more beautiful than you and more beloved to
the Prophet.' The Prophet smiled again. When I saw him smiling, I sat down and cast a
glance at the room, and by Allah, I couldn't see anything of importance but three hides. I
said (to Allah's Apostle) "Invoke Allah to make your followers prosperous for the
Persians and the Byzantines have been made prosperous and given worldly luxuries, though
they do not worship Allah?' The Prophet was leaning then (and on hearing my speech he sat
straight) and said, 'O Ibn Al-Khatttab! Do you have any doubt (that the Hereafter is
better than this world)? These people have been given rewards of their good deeds in this
world only.' I asked the Prophet . 'Please ask Allah's forgiveness for me. The Prophet did
not go to his wives because of the secret which Hafsa had disclosed to 'Aisha, and he said
that he would not go to his wives for one month as he was angry with them when Allah
admonished him (for his oath that he would not approach Maria). When twenty-nine days had
passed, the Prophet went to Aisha first of all. She said to him, 'You took an oath that
you would not come to us for one month, and today only twenty-nine days have passed, as I
have been counting them day by day.' The Prophet said, 'The month is also of twenty-nine
days.' That month consisted of twenty-nine days. 'Aisha said, 'When the Divine revelation
of Choice was revealed, the Prophet started with me, saying to me, 'I am telling you
something, but you needn't hurry to give the reply till you can consult your
parents." 'Aisha knew that her parents would not advise her to part with the Prophet
. The Prophet said that Allah had said:--
'O Prophet! Say To your wives; If you desire The life of this world And its glitter,
... then come! I will make a provision for you and set you free In a handsome manner. But
if you seek Allah And His Apostle, and The Home of the Hereafter, then Verily, Allah has
prepared For the good-doers amongst you A great reward.' (33.28) 'Aisha said, 'Am I to
consult my parents about this? I indeed prefer Allah, His Apostle, and the Home of the
Hereafter.' After that the Prophet gave the choice to his other wives and they also gave
the same reply as 'Aisha did."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 649:
Narrated Anas:
Allah's Apostle took an oath that he would not go to his wives for one month as his
foot had been sprained. He stayed in an upper room when 'Umar went to him and said,
"Have you divorced your wives?" He said, "No, but I have taken an oath that
I would not go to them for one month." The Prophet stayed there for twenty-nine days,
and then came down and went to his wives.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 650:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet entered the Mosque, and I too went there after tying the camel at the
pavement of the Mosque. I said (to the Prophet ), "This is your camel." He came
out and started examining the camel and said, "Both the camel and its price are for
you."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 651:
Narrated Hudhaifa:
I saw Allah's Apostle coming (or the Prophet came) to the dumps of some people and
urinated there while standing .
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 652:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was on the way, he found a thorny branch of a
tree there on the way and removed it. Allah thanked him for that deed and forgave
him."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 653:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet judged that seven cubits should be left as a public way when there was a
dispute about the land.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 654:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Ansari:
The Prophet forbade robbery (taking away what belongs to others without their
permission), and also forbade mutilation (or maiming) of bodies.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 655:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "When an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse, then he
is not a believer at the time, he is doing it, and when a drinker of an alcoholic liquor
drinks it, then he is not a believer at the time of drinking it, and when a thief steals,
then he is not a believer at the time of stealing, and when a robber robs, and the people
look at him, then he is not a believer at the time of doing robbery.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 656:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "The Hour will not be established until the son of Mary
(i.e. Jesus) descends amongst you as a just ruler, he will break the cross, kill the pigs,
and abolish the Jizya tax. Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it (as
charitable gifts).
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 657:
Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa:
On the day of Khaibar the Prophet saw fires being lighted. He asked, "Why are
these fires being lighted?" The people replied that they were cooking the meat of
donkeys. He said, "Break the pots and throw away their contents." The people
said, "Shall we throw away their contents and wash the pots (rather than break
them)?" He said, "Wash them."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 658:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Masud:
The Prophet entered Mecca and (at that time) there were three hundred-and-sixty idols
around the Ka'ba. He started stabbing the idols with a stick he had in his hand and
reciting: "Truth (Islam) has come and Falsehood (disbelief) has vanished."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 659:
Narrated Al-Qasim:
Aisha said that she hung a curtain decorated with pictures (of animates) on a cupboard.
The Prophet tore that curtain and she turned it into two cushions which remained in the
house for the Prophet to sit on.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 660:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Whoever is killed while protecting his property then
he is a martyr."
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 661:
Narrated Anas:
While the Prophet was with one of his wives, one of the mothers of the believers (i.e.
one of his wives) sent a wooden bowl containing food with a servant. The wife (in whose
house he was sitting) stroke the bowl with her hand and broke it. The Prophet collected
the shattered pieces and put the food back in it and said, "Eat." He kept the
servant and the bowl till he had eaten the food. Then the Prophet gave another unbroken.
bowl to the servant and kept the broken one.
Volume 3, Book 43, Number 662:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "There was an Israeli man called Juraij, while he was
praying, his mother came and called him, but he did not respond to her call. He said (to
himself) whether he should continue the prayer or reply to his mother. She came to him the
second time and called him and said, "O Allah! Do not let him die until he sees the
faces of prostitutes." Juraij used to live in a hermitage. A woman said that she
would entice Juraij, so she went to him and presented herself (for an evil act) but he
refused. She then went to a shepherd and allowed him to commit an illegal sexual
intercourse with her and later she gave birth to a boy. She alleged that the baby was from
Juraij. The people went to Juraij and broke down his hermitage, pulled him out of it and
abused him. He performed ablution and offered the prayer, then he went to the male (baby)
and asked him; "O boy! Who is your father?" The baby replied that his father was
the shepherd. The people said that they would build for him a hermitage of gold but Juraij
asked them to make it of mud only."
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