Prophets
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 543:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When He created
him, He said to him, "Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply,
for it will be your greeting (salutation) and the greeting (salutations of your
offspring." So, Adam said (to the angels), As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon
you). The angels said, "As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and
Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa
Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and
figure). People have been decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 544:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "The first group of people who will enter Paradise, will be
glittering like the full moon and those who will follow them, will glitter like the most
brilliant star in the sky. They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal
secretions. Their combs will be of gold, and their sweat will smell like musk. The
aloes-wood will be used in their centers. Their wives will be houris. All of them will
look alike and will resemble their father Adam (in statute), sixty cubits tall."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 545:
Narrated Abu Salama:
Um Salama said, "Um Salaim said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Allah does not refrain from
saying the truth! Is it obligatory for a woman to take a bath after she gets nocturnal
discharge?' He said, 'Yes, if she notices the water (i.e. discharge).' Um Salama smiled
and said, 'Does a woman get discharge?' Allah's Apostle said. 'Then why does a child
resemble (its mother)?"
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 546:
Narrated Anas:
When 'Abdullah bin Salam heard the arrival of the Prophet at Medina, he came to him and
said, "I am going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a prophet:
What is the first portent of the Hour? What will be the first meal taken by the people of
Paradise? Why does a child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its maternal
uncle" Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel has just now told me of their
answers." 'Abdullah said, "He (i.e. Gabriel), from amongst all the angels, is
the enemy of the Jews." Allah's Apostle said, "The first portent of the Hour
will be a fire that will bring together the people from the east to the west; the first
meal of the people of Paradise will be Extra-lobe (caudate lobe) of fish-liver. As for the
resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual intercourse with his wife and
gets discharge first, the child will resemble the father, and if the woman gets discharge
first, the child will resemble her." On that 'Abdullah bin Salam said, "I
testify that you are the Apostle of Allah." 'Abdullah bin Salam further said, "O
Allah's Apostle! The Jews are liars, and if they should come to know about my conversion
to Islam before you ask them (about me), they would tell a lie about me." The Jews
came to Allah's Apostle and 'Abdullah went inside the house. Allah's Apostle asked (the
Jews), "What kind of man is 'Abdullah bin Salam amongst you?" They replied,
"He is the most learned person amongst us, and the best amongst us, and the son of
the best amongst us." Allah's Apostle said, "What do you think if he embraces
Islam (will you do as he does)?" The Jews said, "May Allah save him from
it." Then 'Abdullah bin Salam came out in front of them saying, "I testify that
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of
Allah." Thereupon they said, "He is the evilest among us, and the son of the
evilest amongst us," and continued talking badly of him.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 547:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "But for the Israelis, meat would not decay and but for Eve,
wives would never betray their husbands."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 548:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah 's Apostle said, "Treat women nicely, for a women is created from a rib, and
the most curved portion of the rib is its upper portion, so, if you should try to
straighten it, it will break, but if you leave it as it is, it will remain crooked. So
treat women nicely."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 549:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle, the true and truly inspired said, "(as regards your creation),
every one of you is collected in the womb of his mother for the first forty days, and then
he becomes a clot for an other forty days, and then a piece of flesh for an other forty
days. Then Allah sends an angel to write four words: He writes his deeds, time of his
death, means of his livelihood, and whether he will be wretched or blessed (in religion).
Then the soul is breathed into his body. So a man may do deeds characteristic of the
people of the (Hell) Fire, so much so that there is only the distance of a cubit between
him and it, and then what has been written (by the angel) surpasses, and so he starts
doing deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise and enters Paradise. Similarly, a
person may do deeds characteristic of the people of Paradise, so much so that there is
only the distance of a cubit between him and it, and then what has been written (by the
angel) surpasses, and he starts doing deeds of the people of the (Hell) Fire and enters
the (Hell) Fire."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 550:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "Allah has appointed an angel in the womb, and the angel says,
'O Lord! A drop of discharge (i.e. of semen), O Lord! a clot, O Lord! a piece of flesh.'
And then, if Allah wishes to complete the child's creation, the angel will say. 'O Lord! A
male or a female? O Lord! wretched or blessed (in religion)? What will his livelihood be?
What will his age be?' The angel writes all this while the child is in the womb of its
mother."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 551:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Allah will say to that person of the (Hell) Fire who will
receive the least punishment, 'If you had everything on the earth, would you give it as a
ransom to free yourself (i.e. save yourself from this Fire)?' He will say, 'Yes.' Then
Allah will say, 'While you were in the backbone of Adam, I asked you much less than this,
i.e. not to worship others besides Me, but you insisted on worshipping others besides me.'
"
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 552:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly, there is a share
from the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam for he was the first to start the
tradition of murdering."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 553:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Once Allah's Apostle stood amongst the people, glorified and praised Allah as He
deserved and then mentioned the Dajjal saying, "l warn you against him (i.e. the
Dajjal) and there was no prophet but warned his nation against him. No doubt, Noah warned
his nation against him but I tell you about him something of which no prophet told his
nation before me. You should know that he is one-eyed, and Allah is not one-eyed."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 554:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Shall I not tell you about the Dajjal a story of which no
prophet told his nation? The Dajjall is one-eyed and will bring with him what will
resemble Hell and Paradise, and what he will call Paradise will be actually Hell; so I
warn you (against him) as Noah warned his nation against him."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 555:
Narrated Abu Said:
Allah's Apostle said, "Noah and his nation will come (on the Day of Resurrection
and Allah will ask (Noah), "Did you convey (the Message)?' He will reply, 'Yes, O my
Lord!' Then Allah will ask Noah's nation, 'Did Noah convey My Message to you?' They will
reply, 'No, no prophet came to us.' Then Allah will ask Noah, 'Who will stand a witness
for you?' He will reply, 'Muhammad and his followers (will stand witness for me).' So, I
and my followers will stand as witnesses for him (that he conveyed Allah's Message)."
That is, (the interpretation) of the Statement of Allah: "Thus we have made you a
just and the best nation that you might be witnesses Over mankind .." (2.143)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 556:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
We were in the company of the Prophet at a banquet and a cooked (mutton) forearm was
set before him, and he used to like it. He ate a morsel of it and said, "I will be
the chief of all the people on the Day of Resurrection. Do you know how Allah will gather
all the first and the last (people) in one level place where an observer will be able to
see (all) of them and they will be able to hear the announcer, and the sun will come near
to them. Some People will say: Don't you see, in what condition you are and the state to
which you have reached? Why don't you look for a person who can intercede for you with
your Lord? Some people will say: Appeal to your father, Adam.' They will go to him and
say: 'O Adam! You are the father of all mankind, and Allah created you with His Own Hands,
and ordered the angels to prostrate for you, and made you live in Paradise. Will you not
intercede for us with your Lord? Don't you see in what (miserable) state we are, and to
what condition we have reached?' On that Adam will reply, 'My Lord is so angry as He has
never been before and will never be in the future; (besides), He forbade me (to eat from)
the tree, but I disobeyed (Him), (I am worried about) myself! Myself! Go to somebody else;
go to Noah.' They will go to Noah and say; 'O Noah! You are the first amongst the
messengers of Allah to the people of the earth, and Allah named you a thankful slave.
Don't you see in what a (miserable) state we are and to what condition we have reached?
Will you not intercede for us with your Lord? Noah will reply: 'Today my Lord has become
so angry as he had never been before and will never be in the future Myself! Myself! Go to
the Prophet (Muhammad). The people will come to me, and I will prostrate myself underneath
Allah's Throne. Then I will be addressed: 'O Muhammad! Raise your head; intercede, for
your intercession will be accepted, and ask (for anything). for you will be given. "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 557:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle recited the following Verse) in the usual tone: 'Fahal-Min-Muddalkir.'
(54.15)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 558:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "I have been made victorious with As-Saba (i.e. an easterly
wind) and the people of 'Ad were destroyed by Ad-Dabur (i.e. a westerly wind)."
Narrated Abu Said: Ali sent a piece of gold to the Prophet who distributed it among four
persons: Al-Aqra' bin Habis Al-Hanzali from the tribe of Mujashi, 'Uyaina bin Badr
Al-Fazari, Zaid At-Ta'i who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Nahban, and 'Alqama bin Ulatha
Al-'Amir who belonged to (the tribe of) Bani Kilab. So the Quraish and the Ansar became
angry and said, "He (i.e. the Prophet, ) gives the chief of Najd and does not give
us." The Prophet said, "I give them) so as to attract their hearts (to
Islam)." Then a man with sunken eyes, prominent checks, a raised forehead, a thick
beard and a shaven head, came (in front of the Prophet ) and said, "Be afraid of
Allah, O Muhammad!" The Prophet ' said "Who would obey Allah if I disobeyed Him?
(Is it fair that) Allah has trusted all the people of the earth to me while, you do not
trust me?" Somebody who, I think was Khalid bin Al-Walid, requested the Prophet to
let him chop that man's head off, but he prevented him. When the man left, the Prophet
said, "Among the off-spring of this man will be some who will recite the Qur'an but
the Qur'an will not reach beyond their throats (i.e. they will recite like parrots and
will not understand it nor act on it), and they will renegade from the religion as an
arrow goes through the game's body. They will kill the Muslims but will not disturb the
idolaters. If I should live up to their time' I will kill them as the people of 'Ad were
killed (i.e. I will kill all of them)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 559:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet reciting: "Fahal Min Muddakir." (See Hadith No. 557)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 560:
Narrated Abdullah bin Zam'a:
I heard the Prophet while referring to the person who had cut the legs of the she-camel
(of the Prophet Salih), saying, "The man who was appointed for doing this job, was a
man of honor and power in his nation like Abu Zam'a,"
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 561:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
When Allah's Apostle landed at Al-Hijr during the Ghazwa of Tabuk, he ordered his
companions not to drink water from its well or reserve water from it. They said, "We
have already kneaded the dough with its water. and also filled our bags with its water.''
On that, the Prophet ordered them to throw away the dough and pour out the water.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 562:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
The people landed at the land of Thamud called Al-Hijr along with Allah's Apostle and
they took water from its well for drinking and kneading the dough with it as well. (When
Allah's Apostle heard about it) he ordered them to pour out the water they had taken from
its wells and feed the camels with the dough, and ordered them to take water from the well
whence the she-camel (of Prophet Salih) used to drink.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 563:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
When the Prophet passed by (a place called) Al Hijr, he said, "Do not enter the
house of those who were unjust to themselves, unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should
suffer the same punishment as was inflicted upon them." After that he covered his
face with his sheet cloth while he was on the camel-saddle.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 564:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "Do not enter the ruined dwellings of those who were unjust
to themselves unless (you enter) weeping, lest you should suffer the same punishment as
was inflicted upon them."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 565:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh:
That the Prophet once came to her in a state of fear and said, "None has the right
to be worshipped but Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that has come near. An
opening has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this," making a circle with
his thumb and index finger. Zainab bint Jahsh said, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall we be
destroyed even though there are pious persons among us?" He said, "Yes, when the
evil person will increase."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 566:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Allah has made an opening in the wall of the Gog and Magog
(people) like this, and he made with his hand (with the help of his fingers).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 567:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, "Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), 'O Adam.' Adam
will reply, 'Labbaik wa Sa'daik', and all the good is in Your Hand.' Allah will say:
'Bring out the people of the fire.' Adam will say: 'O Allah! How many are the people of
the Fire?' Allah will reply: 'From every one thousand, take out nine-hundred-and
ninety-nine.' At that time children will become hoary headed, every pregnant female will
have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be drunken, but
dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah." The companions of the Prophet asked, "O
Allah's Apostle! Who is that (excepted) one?" He said, "Rejoice with glad
tidings; one person will be from you and one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog."
The Prophet further said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope that you will be
one-fourth of the people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He
added, "I hope that you will be one-third of the people of Paradise." We
shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He said, "I hope that you will be half of the
people of Paradise." We shouted, "Allahu Akbar!" He further said, "You
(Muslims) (compared with non Muslims) are like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or
like a white hair in the skin of a black ox (i.e. your number is very small as compared
with theirs)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 568:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, "You will be gathered (on the Day of Judgment), bare-footed,
naked and not circumcised." He then recited:--'As We began the first creation, We,
shall repeat it: A Promise We have undertaken: Truly we shall do it.' (21.104) He added,
"The first to be dressed on the Day of Resurrection, will be Abraham, and some of my
companions will be taken towards the left side (i.e. to the (Hell) Fire), and I will say:
'My companions! My companions!' It will be said: 'They renegade from Islam after you left
them.' Then I will say as the Pious slave of Allah (i.e. Jesus) said. 'And I was a witness
Over them while I dwelt amongst them. When You took me up You were the Watcher over them,
And You are a witness to all things. If You punish them. They are Your slaves And if You
forgive them, Verily you, only You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise." (5.120-121)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 569:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection Abraham will meet his father Azar
whose face will be dark and covered with dust.(The Prophet Abraham will say to him):
'Didn't I tell you not to disobey me?' His father will reply: 'Today I will not disobey
you.' 'Abraham will say: 'O Lord! You promised me not to disgrace me on the Day of
Resurrection; and what will be more disgraceful to me than cursing and dishonoring my
father?' Then Allah will say (to him):' 'I have forbidden Paradise for the
disbelievers." Then he will be addressed, 'O Abraham! Look! What is underneath your
feet?' He will look and there he will see a Dhabh (an animal,) blood-stained, which will
be caught by the legs and thrown in the (Hell) Fire."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 570:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet entered the Ka'ba and found in it the pictures of (Prophet) Abraham and
Mary. On that he said' "What is the matter with them ( i.e. Quraish)? They have
already heard that angels do not enter a house in which there are pictures; yet this is
the picture of Abraham. And why is he depicted as practicing divination by arrows?"
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 571:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet saw pictures in the Ka'ba, he did not enter it till he ordered them to
be erased. When he saw (the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael carrying the arrows of
divination, he said, "May Allah curse them (i.e. the Quraish)! By Allah, neither
Abraham nor Ishmael practiced divination by arrows."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 572:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is the most honorable amongst the people
(in Allah's Sight)?" He said, "The most righteous amongst them." They said,
"We do not ask you, about this. " He said, "Then Joseph, Allah's Prophet,
the son of Allah's Prophet, The son of Allah's Prophet the son of Allah's Khalil (i.e.
Abraham)." They said, "We do not want to ask about this," He said'
"Then you want to ask about the descent of the Arabs. Those who were the best in the
pre-lslamic period of ignorance will be the best in Islam provided they comprehend the
religious knowledge."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 573:
Narrated Samura:
Allah's Apostle said, "Two persons came to me at night (in dream) (and took me
along with them). We passed by a tall man who was so tall that I was not able to see his
head and that person was Abraham."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 574:
Narrated Mujahid:
That when the people mentioned before Ibn 'Abbas that the Dajjal would have the word
Kafir, (i.e. unbeliever) or the letters Kafir (the root of the Arabic verb 'disbelieve')
written on his forehead, I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying, "I did not hear this, but the
Prophet said, 'If you want to see Abraham, then look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet)
but Moses was a curly-haired, brown man (who used to ride) a red camel, the reins of which
was made of fires of date-palms. As if I were now looking down a valley."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 575:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Abraham did his circumcision with an adze at the age of
eighty."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 576:
Narrated Abu Az-Zinad:
(as above in Hadith No. 575) With an adze.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 577:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasions."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 578:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the Sake of Allah when
he said, "I am sick," and he said, "(I have not done this but) the big idol
has done it." The (third was) that while Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on
a journey) they passed by (the territory of) a tyrant. Someone said to the tyrant,
"This man (i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So, he sent
for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?" Abraham said,
"She is my sister." Abraham went to Sarah and said, "O Sarah! There are no
believers on the surface of the earth except you and I. This man asked me about you and I
have told him that you are my sister, so don't contradict my statement." The tyrant
then called Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take hold of her with his hand,
but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah. "Pray to Allah for
me, and I shall not harm you." So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He
tried to take hold of her for the second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer
than before and) was more confounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for
me, and I will not harm you." Sarah asked Allah again and he became alright. He then
called one of his guards (who had brought her) and said, "You have not brought me a
human being but have brought me a devil." The tyrant then gave Hajar as a
girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham,
gesturing with his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied, "Allah
has spoiled the evil plot of the infidel (or immoral person) and gave me Hajar for
service." (Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying, "That (Hajar) was
your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael, Hajar's
son)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 579:
Narrated Um Sharik:
Allah's Apostle ordered that the salamander should be killed and said, "It (i.e.
the salamander) blew (the fire) on Abraham."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 580:
Narrated Abdullah:
When the Verse:--"It is those who believe and do not confuse their belief with
wrong ( i.e. joining others in worship with Allah" (6.83) was revealed, we said,
"O Allah's Apostle! Who is there amongst us who has not done wrong to himself?"
He replied, "It is not as you say, for 'wrong' in the Verse and 'do not confuse their
belief, with wrong means 'SHIRK' (i.e. joining others in worship with Allah). Haven't you
heard Luqman's saying to his son, 'O my son! Join not others in worship with Allah, verily
joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed." (31.13)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 581:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
One day some meat was given to the Prophet and he said, "On the Day of
Resurrection Allah will gather all the first and the last (people) in one plain, and the
voice of the announcer will reach all of them, and one will be able to see them all, and
the sun will come closer to them." (The narrator then mentioned the narration of
intercession): "The people will go to Abraham and say: 'You are Allah's Prophet and
His Khalil on the earth. Will you intercede for us with your Lord?' Abraham will then
remember his lies and say: 'Myself! Myself! Go to Moses."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 582:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of Ishmael! Had she
not hastened (to fill her water-skin with water from the Zam-zam well). Zam-zam would have
been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." Ibn 'Abbas further added,
"(The Prophet) Abraham brought Ishmael and his mother (to Mecca) and she was suckling
Ishmael and she had a water-skin with her.'
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 583:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The first lady to use a girdle was the mother of Ishmael. She used a girdle so that she
might hide her tracks from Sarah. Abraham brought her and her son Ishmael while she was
suckling him, to a place near the Ka'ba under a tree on the spot of Zam-zam, at the
highest place in the mosque. During those days there was nobody in Mecca, nor was there
any water So he made them sit over there and placed near them a leather bag containing
some dates, and a small water-skin containing some water, and set out homeward. Ishmael's
mother followed him saying, "O Abraham! Where are you going, leaving us in this
valley where there is no person whose company we may enjoy, nor is there anything (to
enjoy)?" She repeated that to him many times, but he did not look back at her Then
she asked him, "Has Allah ordered you to do so?" He said, "Yes." She
said, "Then He will not neglect us," and returned while Abraham proceeded
onwards, and on reaching the Thaniya where they could not see him, he faced the Ka'ba, and
raising both hands, invoked Allah saying the following prayers:
'O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring dwell in a valley without cultivation, by
Your Sacred House (Kaba at Mecca) in order, O our Lord, that they may offer prayer
perfectly. So fill some hearts among men with love towards them, and (O Allah) provide
them with fruits, so that they may give thanks.' (14.37) Ishmael's mother went on suckling
Ishmael and drinking from the water (she had).
When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child
also became thirsty. She started looking at him (i.e. Ishmael) tossing in agony; She left
him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of Safa was the
nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and started looking at the valley
keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended
from Safa and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley
like a person in distress and trouble, till she crossed the valley and reached the Marwa
mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not
see anybody. She repeated that (running between Safa and Marwa) seven times."
The Prophet said, "This is the source of the tradition of the walking of people
between them (i.e. Safa and Marwa). When she reached the Marwa (for the last time) she
heard a voice and she asked herself to be quiet and listened attentively. She heard the
voice again and said, 'O, (whoever you may be)! You have made me hear your voice; have you
got something to help me?" And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zam-zam,
digging the earth with his heel (or his wing), till water flowed from that place. She
started to make something like a basin around it, using her hand in this way, and started
filling her water-skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out after she
had scooped some of it."
The Prophet added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had she let the
Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to
fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the
earth." The Prophet further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her
child. The angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House
of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His
people.' The House (i.e. Kaba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and
when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She lived in that way till some
people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as
they (i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada'. They landed in the
lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and
not leaving it. They said, 'This bird must be flying around water, though we know that
there is no water in this valley.' They sent one or two messengers who discovered the
source of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came (towards the
water)." The Prophet added, "Ishmael's mother was sitting near the water. They
asked her, 'Do you allow us to stay with you?" She replied, 'Yes, but you will have
no right to possess the water.' They agreed to that." The Prophet further said,
"Ishmael's mother was pleased with the whole situation as she used to love to enjoy
the company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent for their
families who came and settled with them so that some families became permanent residents
there. The child (i.e. Ishmael) grew up and learnt Arabic from them and (his virtues)
caused them to love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty
they made him marry a woman from amongst them.
After Ishmael's mother had died, Abraham came after Ishmael's marriage in order to see
his family that he had left before, but he did not find Ishmael there. When he asked
Ishmael's wife about him, she replied, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Then he
asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied, 'We are living
in misery; we are living in hardship and destitution,' complaining to him. He said, 'When
your husband returns, convey my salutation to him and tell him to change the threshold of
the gate (of his house).' When Ishmael came, he seemed to have felt something unusual, so
he asked his wife, 'Has anyone visited you?' She replied, 'Yes, an old man of so-and-so
description came and asked me about you and I informed him, and he asked about our state
of living, and I told him that we were living in a hardship and poverty.' On that Ishmael
said, 'Did he advise you anything?' She replied, 'Yes, he told me to convey his salutation
to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate.' Ishmael said, 'It was my
father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.' So, Ishmael
divorced her and married another woman from amongst them (i.e. Jurhum).
Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on
them again but did not find Ishmael. So he came to Ishmael's wife and asked her about
Ishmael. She said, 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Abraham asked her, 'How are
you getting on?' asking her about their sustenance and living. She replied, 'We are
prosperous and well-off (i.e. we have everything in abundance).' Then she thanked Allah'
Abraham said, 'What kind of food do you eat?' She said. 'Meat.' He said, 'What do you
drink?' She said, 'Water." He said, "O Allah! Bless their meat and water."
The Prophet added, "At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he
would have also invoked Allah to bless it." The Prophet added, "If somebody has
only these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly
affected, unless he lives in Mecca." The Prophet added," Then Abraham said
Ishmael's wife, "When your husband comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he
should keep firm the threshold of his gate.' When Ishmael came back, he asked his wife,
'Did anyone call on you?' She replied, 'Yes, a good-looking old man came to me,' so she
praised him and added. 'He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked about our
livelihood and I told him that we were in a good condition.' Ishmael asked her, 'Did he
give you any piece of advice?' She said, 'Yes, he told me to give his regards to you and
ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your gate.' On that Ishmael said, 'It
was my father, and you are the threshold (of the gate). He has ordered me to keep you with
me.'
Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished, and called on
them afterwards. He saw Ishmael under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he
saw Abraham, he rose up to welcome him (and they greeted each other as a father does with
his son or a son does with his father). Abraham said, 'O Ishmael! Allah has given me an
order.' Ishmael said, 'Do what your Lord has ordered you to do.' Abraham asked, 'Will you
help me?' Ishmael said, 'I will help you.' Abraham said, Allah has ordered me to build a
house here,' pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it." The Prophet
added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e. the Ka'ba). Ishmael
brought the stones and Abraham was building, and when the walls became high, Ishmael
brought this stone and put it for Abraham who stood over it and carried on building, while
Ishmael was handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O our Lord! Accept
(this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.' The Prophet
added, "Then both of them went on building and going round the Ka'ba saying: O our
Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing." (2.127)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 584:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When Abraham had differences with his wife), (because of her jealousy of Hajar,
Ishmael's mother), he took Ishmael and his mother and went away. They had a water-skin
with them containing some water, Ishmael's mother used to drink water from the water-skin
so that her milk would increase for her child. When Abraham reached Mecca, he made her sit
under a tree and afterwards returned home. Ishmael's mother followed him, and when they
reached Kada', she called him from behind, 'O Abraham! To whom are you leaving us?' He
replied, '(I am leaving you) to Allah's (Care).' She said, 'I am satisfied to be with
Allah.' She returned to her place and started drinking water from the water-skin, and her
milk increased for her child. When the water had all been used up, she said to herself,
'I'd better go and look so that I may see somebody.' She ascended the Safa mountain and
looked, hoping to see somebody, but in vain. When she came down to the valley, she ran
till she reached the Marwa mountain. She ran to and fro (between the two mountains) many
times. They she said to herself, 'i'd better go and see the state of the child,' she went
and found it in a state of one on the point of dying. She could not endure to watch it
dying and said (to herself), 'If I go and look, I may find somebody.' She went and
ascended the Safa mountain and looked for a long while but could not find anybody. Thus
she completed seven rounds (of running) between Safa and Marwa. Again she said (to
herself), 'I'd better go back and see the state of the child.' But suddenly she heard a
voice, and she said to that strange voice, 'Help us if you can offer any help.' Lo! It was
Gabriel (who had made the voice). Gabriel hit the earth with his heel like this (Ibn
'Abbas hit the earth with his heel to Illustrate it), and so the water gushed out.
Ishmael's mother was astonished and started digging. (Abu Al-Qasim) (i.e. the Prophet)
said, "If she had left the water, (flow naturally without her intervention), it would
have been flowing on the surface of the earth.") Ishmael's mother started drinking
from the water and her milk increased for her child . Afterwards some people of the tribe
of Jurhum, while passing through the bottom of the valley, saw some birds, and that
astonished them, and they said, 'Birds can only be found at a place where there is water.'
They sent a messenger who searched the place and found the water, and returned to inform
them about it. Then they all went to her and said, 'O ishmael's mother! Will you allow us
to be with you (or dwell with you)?' (And thus they stayed there.) Later on her boy
reached the age of puberty and married a lady from them. Then an idea occurred to Abraham
which he disclosed to his wife (Sarah), 'I want to call on my dependents I left (at
Mecca).' When he went there, he greeted (Ishmael's wife) and said, 'Where is Ishmael?' She
replied, 'He has gone out hunting.' Abraham said (to her), 'When he comes, tell him to
change the threshold of his gate.' When he came, she told him the same whereupon Ishmael
said to her, 'You are the threshold, so go to your family (i.e. you are divorced).' Again
Abraham thought of visiting his dependents whom he had left (at Mecca), and he told his
wife (Sarah) of his intentions. Abraham came to Ishmael's house and asked. "Where is
Ishmael?" Ishmael's wife replied, "He has gone out hunting," and added,
"Will you stay (for some time) and have something to eat and drink?' Abraham asked,
'What is your food and what is your drink?' She replied, 'Our food is meat and our drink
is water.' He said, 'O Allah! Bless their meals and their drink." Abu Al-Qa-sim (i.e.
Prophet) said, "Because of Abraham's invocation there are blessings (in Mecca)."
Once more Abraham thought of visiting his family he had left (at Mecca), so he told his
wife (Sarah) of his decision. He went and found Ishmael behind the Zam-zam well, mending
his arrows. He said, "O Ishmael, Your Lord has ordered me to build a house for
Him." Ishmael said, "Obey (the order of) your Lord." Abraham said,
"Allah has also ordered me that you should help me therein." Ishmael said,
"Then I will do." So, both of them rose and Abraham started building (the Ka'ba)
while Ishmael went on handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, "O our
Lord ! Accept (this service) from us, Verily, You are the All-Hearing, the
All-Knowing." (2.127). When the building became high and the old man (i.e. Abraham)
could no longer lift the stones (to such a high position), he stood over the stone of
Al-Maqam and Ishmael carried on handing him the stones, and both of them were saying, 'O
our Lord! Accept (this service) from us, Verily You are All-Hearing, All-Knowing."
(2.127)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 585:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was first built on the surface of the
earth?" He said, "Al-Masjid-ul-,Haram (in Mecca)." I said, "Which was
built next?" He replied "The mosque of Al-Aqsa ( in Jerusalem) ." I said,
"What was the period of construction between the two?" He said, "Forty
years." He added, "Wherever (you may be, and) the prayer time becomes due,
perform the prayer there, for the best thing is to do so (i.e. to offer the prayers in
time)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 586:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When the mountain of Uhud came in the sight of Allah's Apostle he said. "This is a
mountain that loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and I
make (the area) in between these two mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 587:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said (to her). "Don't you see that when
your folk built the Ka'ba, they did not build it on all the foundations built by
Abraham?" I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why don't we rebuild it on the foundations
of Abraham?" He said. "But for the fact that your folk have recently given up
infidelity (I would have done so)."
Narrated Ibn Umar: Aisha must have heard this from Allah's Apostle for I see that
Allah's Apostle used not to touch the two corners facing Al-Hijr only because the House
had not been built on the foundations of Abraham''
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 588:
Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa'idi:
The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! How shall we (ask Allah to) send blessings
on you?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and
on his wives and on his off spring, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham's family; and send
Your Blessings on Muhammad and on his offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on Abraham's
family, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 589:
Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Laila:
Ka'b bin Ujrah met me and said, "Shall I not give you a present I got from the
Prophet?" 'Abdur-Rahman said, "Yes, give it to me." I said, "We asked
Allah's Apostle saying, 'O Allah's Apostle! How should one (ask Allah to) send blessings
on you, the members of the family, for Allah has taught us how to salute you (in the
prayer)?' He said, 'Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on the family of
Muhammad, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham and on the family of Abraham, for You are the
Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious. O Allah! Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the
family of Muhammad, as You sent your Blessings on Abraham and on the family of Abraham,
for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious.' "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 590:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet used to seek Refuge with Allah for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and say:
"Your forefather (i.e. Abraham) used to seek Refuge with Allah for Ishmael and Isaac
by reciting the following: 'O Allah! I seek Refuge with Your Perfect Words from every
devil and from poisonous pests and from every evil, harmful, envious eye.' "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 591:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than Abraham when he
said, 'My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah) slid:
'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham) said: "Yes, but (I ask) in order to be
stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may Allah send His Mercy on Lot! He wished to have a
powerful support. If I were to stay in prison for such a long time as Joseph did I would
have accepted the offer (of freedom without insisting on having my guiltless less
declared)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 592:
Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa:
The Prophet passed by some persons of the tribe of Aslam practicing archery (i.e. the
throwing of arrows) Allah's Apostle said, "O offspring of Ishmael! Practice archery
(i.e. arrow throwing) as your father was a great archer (i.e. arrow-thrower). I am with
(on the side of) the son of so-and-so-." Hearing that, one of the two teams stopped
throwing. Allah's Apostle asked them, ' Why are you not throwing?" They replied,
"O Allah's Apostle! How shall we throw when you are with the opposite team?" He
said, "Throw, for I am with you all."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 593:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Some people asked the Prophet: "Who is the most honorable amongst the
people?" He replied, "The most honorable among them is the one who is the most
Allah-fearing." They said, "O Allah's Prophet! We do not ask about this."
He said, "Then the most honorable person is Joseph, Allah's Prophet, the son of
Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil." They said,
"We do not ask about this." He said, "Then you want to ask me about the
Arabs' descent?" They said, "Yes." He said, "Those who were best in
the pre-lslamic period, are the best in Islam, if they comprehend (the religious
knowledge)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 594:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "May Allah forgive Lot: He wanted to have a powerful
support."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 595:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet recited:-- 'Hal-min-Muddakir' (54.15) (Is there any that will remember)
(and avoid evil).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 596:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet said, "The honorable is the son of the honorable, the son the
honorable, i.e. Joseph, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 597:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle was asked, "Who is the most honorable amongst the people?" He
replied, "The most Allah fearing." The people said, "We do not want to ask
you about this." He said, "The most honorable person is Joseph, Allah's Prophet,
the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Prophet, the son of Allah's Khalil"
The people said, 'We do not want to ask you about this." He said," Then you want
to ask me about the origins of the Arabs? People are of various origins. The best in the
pre-lslamic period are the best in Islam, provided they comprehend (the religious
knowledge)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 598:
Narrated 'Aisha:
That the Prophet said (to her). "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in
prayer." She replied," Abu Bakr is a soft-hearted person and when he stands at
your place, he will weep (so he will not be able to lead the prayer)." The Prophet
repeated the same order and she gave the same reply. The narrator, Shuba said that the
Prophet said on the third or fourth time. "You are (like) the female companions of
Joseph. Order Abu Bakr to lead the prayer. "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 599:
Narrated Abu Musa:
When the Prophet fell ill, he said, "Order Abu Bakr to lead the people in
prayer." 'Aisha said, "Abu Bakr is a soft-hearted person. The Prophet gave the
same order again and she again gave the same reply. He again said, "Order Abu Bakr
(to lead the prayer)! You are (like) the female companions of Joseph." Consequently
Abu Bakr led the people in prayer in the life-time of the Prophet
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 600:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Save Aiyyash bin Abi Rabia (from the unjust
treatment of the infidels). O Allah! Save Salama bin Hisham. O Allah! Send your Punishment
on (the tribe of) Mudar. O Allah! Let them suffer from years (of drought) similar to that
inflicted during the life-time of Joseph."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 601:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to have a
powerful support. If I were to stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of Joseph
(prison) and then the offer of freedom came to me, then I would have accepted it."
(See Hadith No. 591)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 602:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Um Ruman, 'Aisha's mother about the accusation forged against 'Aisha. She said,
"While I was sitting with 'Aisha, an Ansari woman came to us and said, 'Let Allah
condemn such-and-such person.' I asked her, 'Why do you say so?' She replied, 'For he has
spread the (slanderous) story.' 'Aisha said, 'What story?' The woman then told her the
story. 'Aisha asked, 'Have Abu Bakr and Allah's Apostle heard about it ?' She said, 'Yes.'
'Aisha fell down senseless (on hearing that), and when she came to her senses, she got
fever and shaking of the body. The Prophet came and asked, 'What is wrong with her?' I
said, 'She has got fever because of a story which has been rumored.' 'Aisha got up and
said, 'By Allah! Even if I took an oath, you would not believe me, and if I put forward an
excuse, You would not excuse me. My example and your example is just like that example of
Jacob and his sons. Against that which you assert, it is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be
sought.' (12.18) The Prophet left and then Allah revealed the Verses (concerning the
matter), and on that 'Aisha said, 'Thanks to Allah (only) and not to anybody else."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 603:
Narrated 'Urwa:
I asked 'Aisha the wife of the Prophet about the meaning of the following Verse: --
"(Respite will be granted) 'Until when the apostles give up hope (of their people)
and thought that they were denied (by their people)..............."(12.110) 'Aisha
replied, "Really, their nations did not believe them." I said, "By Allah!
They were definite that their nations treated them as liars and it was not a matter of
suspecting." 'Aisha said, "O 'Uraiya (i.e. 'Urwa)! No doubt, they were quite
sure about it."
I said, "May the Verse be read in such a way as to mean that the apostles thought
that Allah did not help them?" Aisha said, "Allah forbid! (Impossible) The
Apostles did not suspect their Lord of such a thing. But this Verse is concerned with the
Apostles' followers who had faith in their Lord and believed in their apostles and their
period of trials was long and Allah's Help was delayed till the apostles gave up hope for
the conversion of the disbelievers amongst their nation and suspected that even their
followers were shaken in their belief, Allah's Help then came to them." Narrated Ibn
'Umar: The Prophet said, "The honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the
honorable, (was) Joseph, the son of Jacob! the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 604:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm of gold locusts
fell on him and he started collecting them in his garment. His Lord called him, 'O Job!
Have I not made you rich enough to need what you see? He said, 'Yes, O Lord! But I cannot
dispense with your Blessing."'
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 605:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to
Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic
Waraqa asked (the Prophet), "What do you see?" When he told him, Waraqa said,
"That is the same angel whom Allah sent to the Prophet) Moses. Should I live till you
receive the Divine Message, I will support you strongly."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 606:
Narrated Malik bin Sasaa:
Allah's Apostle talked to his companions about his Night Journey to the Heavens. When
he reached the fifth Heaven, he met Aaron. (Gabriel said to the Prophet), "This is
Aaron." The Prophet said, "Gabriel greeted and so did I, and he returned the
greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious Brother and Pious Prophet."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 607:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "On the night of my Ascension to Heaven, I saw (the prophet)
Moses who was a thin person with lank hair, looking like one of the men of the tribe of
Shanua; and I saw Jesus who was of average height with red face as if he had just come out
of a bathroom. And I resemble prophet Abraham more than any of his offspring does. Then I
was given two cups, one containing milk and the other wine. Gabriel said, 'Drink whichever
you like.' I took the milk and drank it. Gabriel said, 'You have accepted what is natural,
(True Religion i.e. Islam) and if you had taken the wine, your followers would have gone
astray.' "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 608:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "One should not say that I am better than Jonah (i.e. Yunus) bin
Matta." So, he mentioned his father Matta. The Prophet mentioned the night of his
Ascension and said, "The prophet Moses was brown, a tall person as if from the people
of the tribe of Shanu'a. Jesus was a curly-haired man of moderate height." He also
mentioned Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire, and Ad-Dajjal.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 609:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
When the Prophet came to Medina, he found (the Jews) fasting on the day of 'Ashura'
(i.e. 10th of Muharram). They used to say: "This is a great day on which Allah saved
Moses and drowned the folk of Pharaoh. Moses observed the fast on this day, as a sign of
gratitude to Allah." The Prophet said, "I am closer to Moses than they."
So, he observed the fast (on that day) and ordered the Muslims to fast on it.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 610:
Narrated Abu Said:
The Prophet said, 'People will be struck unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I
will be the first to regain consciousness, and behold! There I will see Moses holding one
of the pillars of Allah's Throne. I will wonder whether he has become conscious before me
of he has been exempted, because of his unconsciousness at the Tur (mountain) which he
received (on the earth)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 611:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Were it not for Bani Israel, meat would not decay; and were it
not for Eve, no woman would ever betray her husband."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 612:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
That he differed with Al-Hur bin Qais Al-Fazari regarding the companion of Moses. Ibn
'Abbas said that he was Al-Khadir. Meanwhile Ubai bin Ka'b passed by them and Ibn 'Abbas
called him saying, "My friend and I have differed regarding Moses' companion whom
Moses asked the way to meet. Have you heard Allah's Apostle mentioning something about
him?" He said, "Yes, I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'While Moses was sitting in
the company of some Israelites, a man came and asked (him), 'Do you know anyone who is
more learned than you?' Moses replied, 'No.' So, Allah sent the Divine Inspiration to
Moses: 'Yes, Our slave, Khadir (is more learned than you).' Moses asked how to meet him
(i.e. Khadir). So, the fish, was made, as a sign for him, and he was told that when the
fish was lost, he should return and there he would meet him. So, Moses went on looking for
the sign of the fish in the sea. The servant boy of Moses said to him, 'Do you know that
when we were sitting by the side of the rock, I forgot the fish, and t was only Satan who
made me forget to tell (you) about it.' Moses said, That was what we were seeking after,'
and both of them returned, following their footmarks and found Khadir; and what happened
further to them, is mentioned in Allah's Book."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 613:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
I said to Ibn Abbas, "Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir
was not Moses (the prophet) of the children of Israel, but some other Moses." Ibn
'Abbas said, "Allah's enemy (i.e. Nauf) has told a lie. Ubai bin Ka'b told us that
the Prophet said, 'Once Moses stood up and addressed Bani Israel. He was asked who was the
most learned man amongst the people. He said, 'I.' Allah admonished him as he did not
attribute absolute knowledge to Him (Allah). So, Allah said to him, 'Yes, at the junction
of the two seas there is a Slave of Mine who is more learned than you.' Moses said, 'O my
Lord! How can I meet him?' Allah said, 'Take a fish and put it in a large basket and you
will find him at the place where you will lose the fish.' Moses took a fish and put it in
a basket and proceeded along with his (servant) boy, Yusha 'bin Nun, till they reached the
rock where they laid their heads (i.e. lay down). Moses slept, and the fish, moving out of
the basket, fell into the sea. It took its way into the sea (straight) as in a tunnel.
Allah stopped the flow of water over the fish and it became like an arch (the Prophet
pointed out this arch with his hands). They travelled the rest of the night, and the next
day Moses said to his boy (servant), 'Give us our food, for indeed, we have suffered much
fatigue in this journey of ours.' Moses did not feel tired till he crossed that place
which Allah had ordered him to seek after. His boy (servant) said to him, 'Do you know
that when we were sitting near that rock, I forgot the fish, and none but Satan caused me
to forget to tell (you) about it, and it took its course into the sea in an amazing way?.'
So there was a path for the fish and that astonished them. Moses said, 'That was what we
were seeking after.' So, both of them retraced their footsteps till they reached the rock.
There they saw a man Lying covered with a garment. Moses greeted him and he replied
saying, 'How do people greet each other in your land?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man
asked, 'Moses of Bani Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes, I have come to you so that you may teach
me from those things which Allah has taught you.' He said, 'O Moses! I have some of the
Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught me, and which you do not know, while you have
some of the Knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught you and which I do not know.' Moses
asked, 'May I follow you?' He said, 'But you will not be able to remain patient with me
for how can you be patient about things which you will not be able to understand?' (Moses
said, 'You will find me, if Allah so will, truly patient, and I will not disobey you in
aught.') So, both of them set out walking along the sea-shore, a boat passed by them and
they asked the crew of the boat to take them on board. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and
so they took them on board without fare. When they were on board the boat, a sparrow came
and stood on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once or twice into the sea.
Al-Khadir said to Moses, 'O Moses! My knowledge and your knowledge have not decreased
Allah's Knowledge except as much as this sparrow has decreased the water of the sea with
its beak.' Then suddenly Al-Khadir took an adze and plucked a plank, and Moses did not
notice it till he had plucked a plank with the adze. Moses said to him, 'What have you
done? They took us on board charging us nothing; yet you I have intentionally made a hole
in their boat so as to drown its passengers. Verily, you have done a dreadful thing.'
Al-Khadir replied, 'Did I not tell you that you would not be able to remain patient with
me?' Moses replied, 'Do not blame me for what I have forgotten, and do not be hard upon me
for my fault.' So the first excuse of Moses was that he had forgotten. When they had left
the sea, they passed by a boy playing with other boys.
Al-Khadir took hold of the boys head and plucked it with his hand like this. (Sufyan,
the sub narrator pointed with his fingertips as if he was plucking some fruit.) Moses said
to him, "Have you killed an innocent person who has not killed any person? You have
really done a horrible thing." Al-Khadir said, "Did I not tell you that you
could not remain patient with me?' Moses said "If I ask you about anything after
this, don't accompany me. You have received an excuse from me.' Then both of them went on
till they came to some people of a village, and they asked its inhabitant for wood but
they refused to entertain them as guests. Then they saw therein a wall which was just
going to collapse (and Al Khadir repaired it just by touching it with his hands). (Sufyan,
the sub-narrator, pointed with his hands, illustrating how Al-Khadir passed his hands over
the wall upwards.) Moses said, "These are the people whom we have called on, but they
neither gave us food, nor entertained us as guests, yet you have repaired their wall. If
you had wished, you could have taken wages for it." Al-Khadir said, "This is the
parting between you and me, and I shall tell you the explanation of those things on which
you could not remain patient." The Prophet added, "We wished that Moses could
have remained patient by virtue of which Allah might have told us more about their story.
(Sufyan the sub-narrator said that the Prophet said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on
Moses! If he had remained patient, we would have been told further about their
case.")
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 614:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Al-Khadir was named so because he sat over a barren white land,
it turned green with plantation after (his sitting over it."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 615:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "It was said to Bani Israel, Enter the gate (of the town)
with humility (prostrating yourselves) and saying: "Repentance", but they
changed the word and entered the town crawling on their buttocks and saying: "A wheat
grain in the hair."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 616:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "(The Prophet) Moses was a shy person and used to cover his
body completely because of his extensive shyness. One of the children of Israel hurt him
by saying, 'He covers his body in this way only because of some defect in his skin, either
leprosy or scrotal hernia, or he has some other defect.' Allah wished to clear Moses of
what they said about him, so one day while Moses was in seclusion, he took off his clothes
and put them on a stone and started taking a bath. When he had finished the bath, he moved
towards his clothes so as to take them, but the stone took his clothes and fled; Moses
picked up his stick and ran after the stone saying, 'O stone! Give me my garment!' Till he
reached a group of Bani Israel who saw him naked then, and found him the best of what
Allah had created, and Allah cleared him of what they had accused him of. The stone
stopped there and Moses took and put his garment on and started hitting the stone with his
stick. By Allah, the stone still has some traces of the hitting, three, four or five
marks. This was what Allah refers to in His Saying:-- "O you who believe! Be you not
like those Who annoyed Moses, But Allah proved his innocence of that which they alleged,
And he was honorable In Allah's Sight." (33.69)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 617:
Narrated Abdullah:
Once the Prophet distributed something (among his followers. A man said, "This
distribution has not been done (with justice) seeking Allah's Countenance." I went to
the Prophet and told him (of that). He became so angry that I saw the signs of anger oh
his face. Then he said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more
(in a worse manner) than this; yet he endured patiently."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 618:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
We were with Allah's Apostle picking the fruits of the 'Arak trees, and Allah's Apostle
said, "Pick the black fruit, for it is the best." The companions asked,
"Were you a shepherd?" He replied, "There was no prophet who was not a
shepherd."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 619:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Angel of Death was sent to Moses when he came to Moses, Moses slapped him on the
eye. The angel returned to his Lord and said, "You have sent me to a Slave who does
not want to die." Allah said, "Return to him and tell him to put his hand on the
back of an ox and for every hair that will come under it, he will be granted one year of
life." Moses said, "O Lord! What will happen after that?" Allah replied,
"Then death." Moses said, "Let it come now." Moses then requested
Allah to let him die close to the Sacred Land so much so that he would be at a distance of
a stone's throw from it." Abu Huraira added, "Allah's Apostle said, 'If I were
there, I would show you his grave below the red sand hill on the side of the road."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 620:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A Muslim and a Jew quarreled. The Muslim taking an oath, said, "By Him Who has
preferred Muhammad over all people...!" The Jew said, "By Him Who has preferred
Moses, over all people." The Muslim raised his hand and slapped the Jew who came to
the Prophet to tell him what had happened between him and the Muslim. The Prophet said,
"Don't give me superiority over Moses, for the people will become unconscious (on the
Day of Resurrection) and I will be the first to gain consciousness to see Moses standing
and holding a side of Allah's Throne. I will not know if he has been among those people
who have become unconscious; and that he has gained consciousness before me, or he has
been amongst those whom Allah has exempted."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 621:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses said to Adam.
'You are Adam whose mistake expelled you from Paradise.' Adam said to him, 'You are Moses
whom Allah selected as His Messenger and as the one to whom He spoke directly; yet you
blame me for a thing which had already been written in my fate before my creation?"'
Allah's Apostle said twice, "So, Adam overpowered Moses."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 622:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once came to us and said, "All the nations were displayed in front of
me, and I saw a large multitude of people covering the horizon. Somebody said, 'This is
Moses and his followers.' "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 623:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Allah's Apostle said, "Many amongst men reached (the level of) perfection but none
amongst the women reached this level except Asia, Pharaoh's wife, and Mary, the daughter
of 'Imran. And no doubt, the superiority of 'Aisha to other women is like the superiority
of Tharid (i.e. a meat and bread dish) to other meals."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 624:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "None of you should say that I am better than Yunus (i.e.
Jonah)." Musadded added, "Jonah bin Matta."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 625:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "No slave (of Allah) should say that I am better than Yunus bin
Matta." So the Prophet mentioned his father's name with his name.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 626:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Once while a Jew was selling something, he was offered a price that he was not pleased
with. So, he said, "No, by Him Who gave Moses superiority over all human
beings!" Hearing him, an Ansari man got up and slapped him on the face and said,
"You say: By Him Who Gave Moses superiority over all human beings although the
Prophet (Muhammad) is present amongst us!" The Jew went to the Prophet and said,
"O Abu-l-Qasim! I am under the assurance and contract of security, so what right does
so-and-so have to slap me?" The Prophet asked the other, "Why have you
slapped". He told him the whole story. The Prophet became angry, till anger appeared
on his face, and said, "Don't give superiority to any prophet amongst Allah's
Prophets, for when the trumpet will be blown, everyone on the earth and in the heavens
will become unconscious except those whom Allah will exempt. The trumpet will be blown for
the second time and I will be the first to be resurrected to see Moses holding Allah's
Throne. I will not know whether the unconsciousness which Moses received on the Day of Tur
has been sufficient for him, or has he got up before me. And I do not say that there is
anybody who is better than Yunus bin Matta."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 627:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "None should say that I am better than Yunus bin Matta."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 628:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The reciting of the Zabur (i.e. Psalms) was made easy for
David. He used to order that his riding animals be saddled, and would finish reciting the
Zabur before they were saddled. And he would never eat except from the earnings of his
manual work."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 629:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:
Allah's Apostle was informed that I have said: "By Allah, I will fast all the days
and pray all the nights as long as I live." On that, Allah's Apostle asked me.
"Are you the one who says: 'I will fast all the days and pray all the nights as long
as I live?' " I said, "Yes, I have said it." He said, "You cannot do
that. So fast (sometimes) and do not fast (sometimes). Pray and sleep. Fast for three days
a month, for the reward of a good deed is multiplied by ten time, and so the fasting of
three days a month equals the fasting of a year." I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I
can do (fast) more than this." He said, "Fast on every third day. I said: I can
do (fast) more than that, He said: "Fast on alternate days and this was the fasting
of David which is the most moderate sort of fasting." I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I can do (fast) more than that." He said, "There is nothing better than
that."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 630:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-As:
The Prophet said to me, "I have been informed that you pray all the nights and
observe fast all the days; is this true?" I replied, "Yes." He said,
"If you do so, your eyes will become weak and you will get bored. So fast three days
a month, for this will be the fasting of a whole year, or equal to the fasting of a whole
year." I said, "I find myself able to fast more." He said, "Then fast
like the fasting of (the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days and would not
flee on facing the enemy."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 631:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:
Allah's Apostle said to me, "The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of
(the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to
Allah was the prayer of David who used to sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray
for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for a sixth of it."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 632:
Narrated Mujahid:
I asked Ibn 'Abbas, "Should we perform a prostration on reciting Surat-Sad?"
He recited (the Sura) including: 'And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)...so
follow their guidance (6.84-91) And then he said, "Your Prophet is amongst those
people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the preceding apostles).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 633:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The prostration in Sura-Sad is not amongst the compulsory prostrations, though I saw
the Prophet prostrating on reciting The Statement of Allah:--and to David We gave Solomon
(for a son). How excellent (a) slave he was ever oft-returning in repentance (to us)
(38.30) And His Statement:-- He said: My Lord Forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as
shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) And His Statement:-- 'And they followed
what the Devils gave out (falsely), of magic in the life-time of Solomon.' (2.102)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 634:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "A strong demon from the Jinns came to me yesterday suddenly, so
as to spoil my prayer, but Allah enabled me to overpower him, and so I caught him and
intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the Mosque so that all of you might see him,
but I remembered the invocation of my brother Solomon: 'And grant me a kingdom such as
shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) so I let him go cursed."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 635:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Solomon (the son of) David said, 'Tonight I will sleep with
seventy ladies each of whom will conceive a child who will be a knight fighting for
"Allah's Cause.' His companion said, 'If Allah will.' But Solomon did not say so;
therefore none of those women got pregnant except one who gave birth to a half
child." The Prophet further said, "If the Prophet Solomon had said it (i.e. 'If
Allah will') he would have begotten children who would have fought in Allah's Cause."
Shuaib and Ibn Abi Az-Zinad said, "Ninety (women) is more correct (than
seventy)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 636:
Narrated Abu Dhaar:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Which mosque was built first?" He replied,
"Al-Masjid-ul-Haram." I asked, "Which (was built) next?" He replied,
"Al-Masjid-ul-Aqs-a (i.e. Jerusalem)." I asked, "What was the period in
between them?" He replied, "Forty (years)." He then added, "Wherever
the time for the prayer comes upon you, perform the prayer, for all the earth is a place
of worshipping for you."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 637:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "My example and the example o the people is like that of a
person who lit a fire and let the moths, butterflies and these insects fall in it."
He also said, "There were two women, each of whom had a child with her. A wolf came
and took away the child of one of them, whereupon the other said, 'It has taken your
child.' The first said, 'But it has taken your child.' So they both carried the case
before David who judged that the living child be given to the elder lady. So both of them
went to Solomon bin David and informed him (of the case). He said, 'Bring me a knife so as
to cut the child into two pieces and distribute it between them.' The younger lady said,
'May Allah be merciful to you! Don't do that, for it is her (i.e. the other lady's)
child.' So he gave the child to the younger lady."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 638:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When the Verse:-- 'Those who believe and mix not their belief with wrong." was
revealed, the companions of the Prophet said, "Who amongst us has not mixed his
belief with wrong?" Then Allah revealed: "Join none in worship with Allah,
Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 639:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
When the Verse:-- 'Those who believe and mix not their belief with wrong.' was
revealed, the Muslims felt it very hard on them and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who
amongst us does not do wrong to himself?" He replied, "The Verse does not mean
this. But that (wrong) means to associate others in worship to Allah: Don't you listen to
what Luqman said to his son when he was advising him," O my son! Join not others in
worship with Allah. Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong
indeed." (31.13)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 640:
Narrated Malik bin Sasaa:
That the Prophet talked to them about the night of his Ascension to the Heavens. He
said, "(Then Gabriel took me) and ascended up till he reached the second heaven where
he asked for the gate to be opened, but it was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel replied, 'I am
Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is accompanying you?' He replied, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,
'Has he been called?' He said, 'Yes.' When we reached over the second heaven, I saw Yahya
(i.e. John) and Jesus who were cousins. Gabriel said, 'These are John (Yahya) and Jesus,
so greet them.' I greeted them and they returned the greeting saying, 'Welcome, O Pious
Brother and Pious Prophet!;' "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 641:
Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab:
Abu Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'There is none born among the
off-spring of Adam, but Satan touches it. A child therefore, cries loudly at the time of
birth because of the touch of Satan, except Mary and her child." Then Abu Huraira
recited: "And I seek refuge with You for her and for her offspring from the outcast
Satan" (3.36)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 642:
Narrated 'Ali:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Mary, the daughter of 'Imran, was the best among the
women (of the world of her time) and Khadija is the best amongst the women. (of this
nation)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 643:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ashari:
The Prophet said, "The superiority of 'Aisha to other ladies is like the
superiority of Tharid (i.e. meat and bread dish) to other meals. Many men reached the
level of perfection, but no woman reached such a level except Mary, the daughter of Imran
and Asia, the wife of Pharaoh."
Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Amongst all those women who
ride camels (i.e. Arabs), the ladies of Quraish are the best. They are merciful and kind
to their off-spring and the best guardians of their husbands' properties.' Abu Huraira
added, "Mary the daughter of Imran never rode a camel."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 644:
Narrated 'Ubada:
The Prophet said, "If anyone testifies that None has the right to be worshipped
but Allah Alone Who has no partners, and that Muhammad is His Slave and His Apostle, and
that Jesus is Allah's Slave and His Apostle and His Word which He bestowed on Mary and a
Spirit created by Him, and that Paradise is true, and Hell is true, Allah will admit him
into Paradise with the deeds which he had done even if those deeds were few."
(Junada, the sub-narrator said, " 'Ubada added, 'Such a person can enter Paradise
through any of its eight gates he likes.")
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 645:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the
second was), there a man from Bani Israel called Juraij. While he was offering his
prayers, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself), 'Shall I answer her or keep
on praying?" (He went on praying) and did not answer her, his mother said, "O
Allah! Do not let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he was in
his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused. So she went to a
shepherd and presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her and
then later she gave birth to a child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people,
therefore, came to him and dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused
him. Juraij performed the ablution and offered prayer, and then came to the child and
said, 'O child! Who is your father?' The child replied, 'The shepherd.' (After hearing
this) the people said, 'We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold,' but he said, 'No, of
nothing but mud.'(The third was the hero of the following story) A lady from Bani Israel
was nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said, 'O
Allah ! Make my child like him.' On that the child left her breast, and facing the rider
said, 'O Allah! Do not make me like him.' The child then started to suck her breast again.
(Abu Huraira further said, "As if I were now looking at the Prophet sucking his
finger (in way of demonstration.") After a while the people passed by, with a lady
slave and she (i.e. the child's mother) said, 'O Allah! Do not make my child like this
(slave girl)!, On that the child left her breast and said, 'O Allah! Make me like her.'
When she asked why, the child replied, 'The rider is one of the tyrants while this slave
girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 646:
Narrated Hisham:
from Ma'mar as below.
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 647:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "I met Moses on the night of my Ascension to heaven." The
Prophet then described him saying, as I think, "He was a tall person with lank hair
as if he belonged to the people of the tribe of Shanu's.' The Prophet further said,
"I met Jesus." The Prophet described him saying, "He was one of moderate
height and was red-faced as if he had just come out of a bathroom. I saw Abraham whom I
resembled more than any of his children did." The Prophet further said, "(That
night) I was given two cups; one full of milk and the other full of wine. I was asked to
take either of them which I liked, and I took the milk and drank it. On that it was said
to me, 'You have taken the right path (religion). If you had taken the wine, your (Muslim)
nation would have gone astray."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 648:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
The Prophet said, "I saw Moses, Jesus and Abraham (on the night of my Ascension to
the heavens). Jesus was of red complexion, curly hair and a broad chest. Moses was of
brown complexion, straight hair and tall stature as if he was from the people of
Az-Zutt."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 649:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet mentioned the Massiah Ad-Dajjal in front of the people saying, Allah is not
one eyed while Messsiah, Ad-Dajjal is blind in the right eye and his eye looks like a
bulging out grape. While sleeping near the Ka'ba last night, I saw in my dream a man of
brown color the best one can see amongst brown color and his hair was long that it fell
between his shoulders. His hair was lank and water was dribbling from his head and he was
placing his hands on the shoulders of two men while circumambulating the Kaba. I asked,
'Who is this?' They replied, 'This is Jesus, son of Mary.' Behind him I saw a man who had
very curly hair and was blind in the right eye, resembling Ibn Qatan (i.e. an infidel) in
appearance. He was placing his hands on the shoulders of a person while performing Tawaf
around the Ka'ba. I asked, 'Who is this? 'They replied, 'The Masih, Ad-Dajjal.' "
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 650:
Narrated Salim from his father:
No, By Allah, the Prophet did not tell that Jesus was of red complexion but said,
"While I was asleep circumambulating the Ka'ba (in my dream), suddenly I saw a man of
brown complexion and lank hair walking between two men, and water was dropping from his
head. I asked, 'Who is this?' The people said, 'He is the son of Mary.' Then I looked
behind and I saw a red-complexioned, fat, curly-haired man, blind in the right eye which
looked like a bulging out grape. I asked, 'Who is this?' They replied, 'He is Ad-Dajjal.'
The one who resembled to him among the people, was Ibn Qatar." (Az-Zuhri said,
"He (i.e. Ibn Qatan) was a man from the tribe Khuza'a who died in the pre-lslamic
period.")
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 651:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "I am the nearest of all the people to the son of
Mary, and all the prophets are paternal brothers, and there has been no prophet between me
and him (i.e. Jesus)."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 652:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Both in this world and in the Hereafter, I am the nearest
of all the people to Jesus, the son of Mary. The prophets are paternal brothers; their
mothers are different, but their religion is one."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 653:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Jesus, seeing a man stealing, asked him, 'Did you steal?, He
said, 'No, by Allah, except Whom there is None who has the right to be worshipped' Jesus
said, 'I believe in Allah and suspect my eyes."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 654:
Narrated 'Umar:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians
praised the son of Mary, for I am only a Slave. So, call me the Slave of Allah and His
Apostle."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 655:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari:
Allah's Apostle said, "If a person teaches his slave girl good manners properly,
educates her properly, and then manumits and marries her, he will get a double reward. And
if a man believes in Jesus and then believes in me, he will get a double reward. And if a
slave fears his Lord (i.e. Allah) and obeys his masters, he too will get a double
reward."
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 656:
Narrted Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle said, "You will be resurrected (and assembled) bare-footed, naked
and uncircumcised." The Prophet then recited the Divine Verse:-- "As We began
the first creation, We shall repeat it: A promise We have undertaken. Truly we shall do
it." (21.104)
He added, "The first to be dressed will be Abraham. Then some of my companions
will take to the right and to the left. I will say: 'My companions! 'It will be said,
'They had been renegades since you left them.' I will then say what the Pious Slave Jesus,
the son of Mary said: 'And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them; when You
did take me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are a Witness to all things. If
You punish them, they are Your slaves, and if you forgive them, You, only You are the
All-Mighty the All-Wise.' " (5.117-118) Narrated Quaggas, "Those were the
apostates who renegade from Islam during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr who fought them".
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 657:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, surely (Jesus,) the son
of Mary will soon descend amongst you and will judge mankind justly (as a Just Ruler); he
will break the Cross and kill the pigs and there will be no Jizya (i.e. taxation taken
from non Muslims). Money will be in abundance so that nobody will accept it, and a single
prostration to Allah (in prayer) will be better than the whole world and whatever is in
it." Abu Huraira added "If you wish, you can recite (this verse of the Holy
Book): -- 'And there is none Of the people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians) But
must believe in him (i.e Jesus as an Apostle of Allah and a human being) Before his death.
And on the Day of Judgment He will be a witness Against them." (4.159) (See Fateh Al
Bari, Page 302 Vol 7)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 658:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said "How will you be when the son of Mary (i.e. Jesus) descends
amongst you and he will judge people by the Law of the Quran and not by the law of Gospel
(Fateh-ul Bari page 304 and 305 Vol 7)
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