The Book Pertaining to the Excellent Qualities of the Holy Prophet
(may Peace be upon them) and His Companions (Kitab Al-Fada'il)
Chapter 1: INTERCESSION BY THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND THE
PAYING OF SALUTATIONS BY A STONE TO HIM BEFORE HIS ADVENT AS A PROPHET
Book 030, Number 5653:
Wathila b. al-Asqa' reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Verily Allah granted eminence to Kinana from amongst the descendants of Isma'il
and he granted eminence to the Quraish amongst Kinana and he granted eminence to the
Quraish amongst Banu Hashim and he granted me eminencece from the tribe of Banu Hashim.
Book 030, Number 5654:
Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I
recognise the stone in Mecca which used to pay me salutations before my advent as a
Prophet and I recognise that even now.
Chapter 2: THE EMINENCE OF OUR PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) OVER THE WHOLE
CREATION
Book 030, Number 5655:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I shall be
pre-eminent arriongst the descendants of Adam on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the
first intercessor and the first whose intercession will be accepted (by Allah).
Chapter 3: THE MIRACLES OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5656:
Anas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) called for water and he was
given a vessel and the people began to perform ablution in that and I counted (the
persons) and they were between fifty and eighty and I saw water which was spouting from
his fingers.
Book 030, Number 5657:
Anas b. Malik reported: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) during the time
of the afternoon prayer and the people asking for water for performing ablution which they
did not find. (A small quantity) of water was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and he placed his hand in that vessel and com- manded people to perform
ablution. I raw water spouting from his fingers and the people performing ablution until
the last amongst them performed it.
Book 030, Number 5658:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and his Companions
were at a place known as az-Zaura' (az-Zaurd' is a place in the bazar of Medina near the
mosque) that he called for a vessel containing water. He put his hand in that. And there
began to spout (water) between his fingers and all the Companions performed ablution.
Qatada, one of the narrators in the chain of narrators, said: Abu Hamza (the kunya of
Hadrat Anas b. Malik), how many people were they? He said: They were about three hundred.
Book 030, Number 5659:
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was at az-Zaura' and a vessel
containing water was brought to him in which his finger could not be completely dipped or
completely covered; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 030, Number 5660:
Jabir reported that Umm Malik used to send clarified butter in a small skin to the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him). Her sons would come to her and ask for seasoning
when they had nothing with them (in the form of condiments) and she would go to that
(skin) in which she offered (clarified butter) to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
and she would find in that clarified butter and it kept providing her with seasoning for
her household until she had (completely) squeezed it. She came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and (informed him about it). Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet) said: Did
you squeeze it? She said: Yes. Thereupon he said: If you had left it in that very state,
it would have kept on provid- ing you (the clarified butter) on end.
Book 030, Number 5661:
Jabir reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and asked
for food. And he gave him half a wasq of barley, and the person and his wife and their
guests kept on making use of it (as a food) until he weighed it (in order to find out the
actual quantity, and it was no more). He came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
(and informed him about it). He said: Had you not weighed it, you would be eating out of
it and it would have remained intact for you.
Book 030, Number 5662:
Mu'adh b. Jabal reported that he went along with Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) in the expedition of Tabuk and he (the Holy Prophet) combined the prayers. He offered
the noon and afternoon prayers together and the sunset and night prayers together and on
the other day he deferred the prayers; he then came out and offered the noon and afternoon
prayers together. He then went in and (later on) came out and then after that offered the
sunset and night prayers together and then said: God willing, you would reach by tomorrow
the fountain of Tabuk and you should not come to that until it is dawn, and he who amongst
you happens to go there should not touch its water until I come. We came to that and two
persons (amongst) us reached that fountain ahead of us. It was a thin flow of water like
the shoelace. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) asked them whether they had
touched the water. They said: Yes. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) scolded them,
and he said to them what he had to say by the will of God. The people then took water of
the fountain in their palms until it became somewhat significant and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) washed his hands and his face too in it, and then, took it again
in that (fountain) and there gushed forth abundant water from that fountain, until all the
people drank to their fill. He then said: Mu'adh, it is hoped that if you live long you
would see its water irrigating well the gardens.
Book 030, Number 5663:
Abu Humaid as-Sa'idi reported: We went out with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) on the expedition to Tabuk and we came to a wadi where there was a garden belonging
to a woman. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said. Make an assessment (of the price
of its fruit). And Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) also made an assessment and
it was ten wasqs. He asked that lady (to calculate the amount) until they would, God
willing, come back to her. So we proceeded on until we came to Tabuk and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: The violent storm will overtake you during the night, so
none amongst you should stand up and he who has a camel with him should hobble it firmly.
A violent storm blew and a person who had stood up was carried away by the storm and
thrown between the mountains of Tayy. Then the messenger of the son of al 'Alma', the
ruler of Aila, came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) with a letter and a gift
of a white mule. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) wrote him (the reply) and
presented him a cloak. We came back until we halted in the Wadi al-Qura. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) asked that lady about her garden and the price of the fruits in
that. She said: Ten wasqs. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I am
going to depart, and he who amongst you wishes may depart with me but he who wants to stay
may stay. We resumed the journey until we came to the outskirts of Medina. (It was at this
time) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: This is Taba, this is Uhud,
that is a mountain which loves us and we love it, and then said: The best amongst the
houses of the Ansar is the house of Bani Najjar. Then the house of Bani Abd al-Ashhal,
then the house of Bani Abd al-Harith b. Khazraj, then the house of Bani Sa'ida, and there
is goodness in all the houses of the Ansar. Said b. Ubada came to us and Abu Usaid said to
him: Did you not see that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) has declared the
houses of the Ansar good and he has kept us at the end. Said met Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, you have declared the house of the Ansar
as good and have kept us at the end, whereupon he said: Is it not enough for you that you
have been counted amongst the good.
Book 030, Number 5664:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Amr b. Yahya with the same chain of
transmitters up to the words: There is good in all the houses of the Ansar, and there is
no mention of the subsequent event pertaining to Sa'd b. 'Ubada.
Chapter 4: THE RELIANCE OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ON ALLAH
THE EXALTED, AND ALLAH'S PROTECTING HIM AGAINST THE PEOPLE
Book 030, Number 5665:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported: We went along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) on an expedition towards Najd and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) found us
in a valley abounding in thorny trees. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stayed
for rest under a tree and he suspended his sword by one of its branches under which he was
taking rest. The persons scattered in the valley and they also began to take rest under
the shade of trees, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A person came to
me while I was asleep and he took hold of the sword. I woke up and found him standing upon
my head and I had hardly become alert (and saw) that the sword was in his hand. And he
said: Who can protect you from me? I said: Allah. He again said: Who can protect you from
me? I said: Allah. He put his sword in the sheath (and you can see) this man sitting here.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not in any way touch him.
Book 030, Number 5666:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansiri, who was one amongst the Companions of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him), reported that he went on an expedition along with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) towards Najd and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) stayed there, and when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came back he also
came back along with him. They, for one day, stayed for rest; the rest of the hadith is
the same.
Book 030, Number 5667:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: We went along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and as we reached the place Dhat-ur-Riqa'; the rest of the hadith is the same, but
there is no mention of the word that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not
harm him.
Chapter 5: PERTAINING TO THE SIMILITUDE WITH WHICH ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE
BE UPON HIM) HAS BEEN SENT WITH GUIDANCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Book 030, Number 5668:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of
that guidance and knowledge with which Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has sent me is
that of rain falling upon the earth. There is a good piece of land which receives the
rainfall (eagerly) and as a result of it there is grown in it herbage and grass
abundantly. Then there is a land hard and barren which retains water and the people derive
benefit from it and they drink it and make the animals drink. Then there is another land
which is barren. Neither water is retained in it, nor is the grass grown in it. And that
is the similitude of the first one who develops the understanding of the religion of Allah
and it becomes a source of benefit to him with which Allah sent me. (The second one is
that) who acquires the knowledge of religion and imparts it to others. (Then the other
type is) one who does not pay attention to (the revealed knowledge) and thus does not
accept guidance of Allah with which I have been sent.
Chapter 6: THE EXTREME LOVE OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) FOR
HIS UMMA, AND HIS EXTREME ANXIETY TO WARN THEM AGAINST THAT WHICH IS A SOURCE OF TROUBLE
TO THEM
Book 030, Number 5669:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude
of mine and of that with which Allah sent me is that of a person who came to us and said:
O people, I have seen an army with my eyes and I am a plain warner (and issue you warning)
that you should immediately manage to find an escape. A group of people from amongst them
paying heed (to his warning) fled to a place of protection and a group amongst them belied
him and the morning overtook them in their houses and the army attacked them and killed
them and they were routed. And that is the similitude of the one who obeyed me, followed
with which I had been sent and the similitude of the other is of one who disobeyed and
belied me and the Truth with which I have been sent.
Book 030, Number 5670:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
similitude of mine and that of my Umma is that of a person who lit fire and there began to
fall into it insects and moths. And I am there to hold you back, but you plunge into it.
Book 030, Number 5671:
Hammam b. Munabbih reported: Abu Huraira reported us some ahadith from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) amongst many, (and) one is this that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: A person lit fire and when the atmosphere was aglow, moths
and insects began to fall into the fire, but I am there to hold them back, but they are
plunging into it despite my efforts, and he further added: That is your example and mine.
I am there to hold you back from fire and to save you from it, but you are plunging into
it despite my efforts.
Book 030, Number 5672:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying. My
example and your example is that of a person who lit the fire and insects and moths began
to fall in it and he would be making efforts to take them out, and I am going to hold you
back from fire, but you are slipping from my hand.
Chapter 7: THE FINALITY OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5673:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
similitude of mine and that of the Apostles (before me) is that of a person who
constructed a building and he built it fine and well and the people went round it saying:
Never have we seen a building more imposing than this. but for one brick, and I am that
brick (with which you give the finishing touch to the building).
Book 030, Number 5674:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
similitude of mine and that of the Apostles before me is that of a person who built a
house quite imposing and beautiful and he made it complete but for one brick in one of its
corners. People began to walk round it, and the building pleased them and they would say:
But for this brick your building would have been perfect. Muhammad (may peace be upon him)
said: And I am that final brick.
Book 030, Number 5675:
Abu Hurairh reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
similitude of mine and that of the Apostles before me is that of a person who built a
house quite imposing and beautiful, but for one brick in one of its corners. People would
go round it, appreciating the building, but saying: Why has the brick not been fixed here?
He said: I am that brick and I am the last of the Apostles.
Book 030, Number 5676:
Abu Sa'id reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude
of mine and that of the Apostles; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 030, Number 5677:
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of
mine and that of the Apostles is like that of a person who built a house and he completed
it and made it perfect but for the space of a brick. People entered therein and they were
surprised at it and said: Had there been a brick (it would have been complete in all
respects). Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I am that place where the brick
(completing the building is to be placed), and I have come to finalise the chain of
Apostles.
Book 030, Number 5678:
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Chapter 8: WHEN ALLAH THE EXALTED INTENDS TO SHOW MERCY TO AN UMMA HIS PROPHET
IS CALLED BACK TO HIS ETERNAL HOME WHEN THE UMMA IS SAFE FROM THE WRATH OF GOD
Book 030, Number 5679:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: When Allah, the
Exalted and Glorious, intends to show mercy to an Umma from amongst His servants He calls
back His Apostle to his eternal home and makes him a harbinger and recompense in the world
to come; and when He intends to cause destruction to an Umma, He punishes it while its
Apostle is alive and He destroys it as he (the Apostle) witnesses it and he cools his eyes
by destruction as they had belied him and disobeyed his command.
Chapter 9: THE CISTERN OF OUR APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND ITS
CHARACTERISTICS
Book 030, Number 5680:
Jundab reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I shall
be there at the Cistern before you.
Book 030, Number 5681:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jundab through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5682:
Sahl (b. Sa'd) reported: I heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: I
shall go to the Cistern before you and he who comes would drink and he who drinks would
never feel thirsty, and there would come to me people whom I would know and who would know
me. Then there would be intervention between me and them. Abu Hazim said that Nu'man b.
Abu 'Ayyash heard it and I narrated to them this hadith, and said: Is it this that you
heard Sahl saying? He said: Yes, and I bear witness to the fact that I heard it from Abu
Sa'id Khudri also, but he made this addition that he (the Holy Prophet) would say: They
are my followers, and it would be said to him: You do not know what they did after you and
I will say to them: Woe to him who changes (his religion) after me.
Book 030, Number 5683:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5684:
Abdullah b. 'Amr al-'As, reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
My Cistern (is as wide and broad that it requires) a motith's journey (to go round it)
all, and its sides are equal and its water is whiter than silver, and its odour is more
fragrant than the fragrance of musk, and its jugs (placed round it) are like stars in the
sky; and he who would drink from it would never feel thirsty after that. Asma', daughter
of Abu Bakr said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I would be on the
Cistern and so that I would be seeing those who would be coming to me from you, but some
people would be detained (before reaching me). I would say: My Lord, they are my followers
and belong to my Umma, and it would be said to me: Do you know what they did after you? By
Allah, they did not do good after you, and they turned back upon their heels. He (the
narrator) said: lbn Abu Mulaika used to say (in supplication): O Allah, I seek refuge with
Thee that we should turn back upon our heels or put to any trial about our religion.
Book 030, Number 5685:
'A'isha reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say in the company
of his Companions: I would be on the Cistern waiting for those who would be coming to me
from amongst you. By Allah, some persons would be prevented from coming to me, and I would
say: My Lord, they are my followers and people of my Umma. And He would say,: You don't
know what they did after you; they had been constantly turning back on their heels (from
their religion).
Book 030, Number 5686:
Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), said I used to hear
from people making a mention of the Cistern, but I did not hear about it from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). One day while a girl was combing me I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) say:" O people." I said to that girl: Keep
away from me. She said: He (the Holy Prophet) has addressed the men only and he has not
invited the attention of the women. I said: I am amongst the people also (and have thus
every right to listen to the things pertaining to religion). Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: I shall be your harbinger on the Cistern; therefore, be cautious lest
one of you should come (to me) and may be driven away like a stray camel. I would ask the
reasons, and it would be said to me: You don't know what innovations they made after you.
And I would then also say: Be away.
Book 030, Number 5687:
Umm Salama reported that she heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) saying this
as he was sitting on the pulpit and she was getting her hair combed. (He uttered these
words):" O people." And she said to one who was combing: Leave my head; the rest
of the hadith is the same.
Book 030, Number 5688:
Uqba b. 'Amir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) one day went out
and he offered prayer over the martyrs of Uhud just as prayer is offered over the dead. He
then came back and sat on pulpit and said: I shall be present there (at the Cistern)
before you. I shall be your witness and, by Allah, I perceive as if I am seeing with my
own eyes my Cistern at this very state and I have been given the keys of the treasures of
the earth or the keys of the earth and, by Allah, I am not afraid concerning you that you
would associate anything (with Allah after me), but I am afraid that you would be vying
with one another (for the possession of) the treasures of the earth.
Book 030, Number 5689:
Uqba b. 'Amir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah's
Messenger offered prayer over those who had fallen matyrs at Uhud. He then climbed the
pulpit as if someone is saying good-bye to the living and the dead, and then said: I shall
be there as your predecesor on the Cistern before you, and it is as wide as the distance
between Aila and Juhfa (Aila is at the top of the gulf of 'Aqaba). I am not afraid that
you would associate anything with Allah after me, but I am afraid that you may be
(allured) by the world and (vie) with one another (in possessing material wealth) and
begin killing one another, and you would be destroyed as were destroyed those who had gone
before you. 'Uqba said that that was the last occasion that he saw Allah's Massenger on
the pulpit.
Book 030, Number 5690:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying; I shall be
there at the Cistern before you, and I shall have to contend for some people, but I shall
have to yield. I would be saying: My Lord, they are my friends, they are my friends, and
it would be said: You don't know what innovations they made after you.
Book 030, Number 5691:
The hadith has been narrated on the authority ot al-A'mash with the same chain of
transmitters but no mention is made of:" They are my companions; they are my
companions."
Book 030, Number 5692:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5693:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hudhaifa through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5694:
Haritha reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: His
Cistern would be as extensive as the distance between San'a' and Medina. Mustaurid (one of
the narrators) said: Did you not hear anything about the utensils? Thereupon he said. No.
Mustaurid said: You would find that the utensils would be like stars.
Book 030, Number 5695:
Haritha b. Wahb al-Khuza'i reported Allah's Messeiiger's (may peace be upon him) words
concerning the Cistern like it, but he made no mention of the words of Mustaurid.
Book 030, Number 5696:
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There is before
you a Cistern and the distance between its two sides is as it is between Jarba' and
Adhruh.
Book 030, Number 5697:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn 'Umar and the words are: That
he said there would be before you a Cistern extending from jarba' and Adhruh and the same
has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanna and the wording is:" My
Cistern."
Book 030, Number 5698:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority, of 'Ubaidullah with this
addition: Ubaidullah was asked (about these two names, i. e. Jarba' and Adhruh). He said:
These are the two towns of Syria and there is between them the distance which can be
covered in three nights, and the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Bishr (the
words are)." Three days."
Book 030, Number 5699:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5700:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There would be
before you a Cistern (as extensive) as there is the distance between Jarba' and Adhruh and
there would be jugs like stars in the sky; he who would come to that and drink from it
would never feel thirsty after that.
Book 030, Number 5701:
Abu Dharr said: Allah's Messenger, what about the vessels of that Cistern? He said: By
Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, the vessels would outnumber the stars in the
sky and its planets shining on a dark cloudless night. These would be the vessels of
Paradise. He who drinks out of it (the Cistern) would never feel thirsty. There would flow
in it two spouts from Paradise and he who would drink out of it would not feel thirsty;
and the distance between its (two corners) is that between 'Amman and Aila, and its water
is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.
Book 030, Number 5702:
Thauban reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: I would be pushing
back from my Cistern the crowd of people. I would strike away from it (the Cistern) with
my staff the people of Yemen until the water (of the Haud) would spout forth upon them. He
was asked about its breadth. He said: From this place of mine to 'Amman, and he was asked
about the drink and he said: It is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. There would
spout into it two streamlets having their sources in Paradise. the one is from gold and
the other is from silver. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with
the same chain of transmitters and the words are:" I would be on the Day of
Resurrection near the bank of the Cistern."
Book 030, Number 5703:
Thaubin reported this hadith pertaining to the Cistern. Muhammad b. Bashshar said: I
said to Yahya b. Hammad: This is the hadith that I heard from Abu 'Awana and he said: I
also heard it from Shu'ba. I said: Narrate that to me and he narrated that to me.
Book 030, Number 5704:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: I will drive
away from my Cistern people just as the stray camels are driven away. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain ot transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5705:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: My Cistern
would be as extensive as the distance between Aila and San'a, of Yemen, and there would be
in it jugs like stars in the sky.
Book 030, Number 5706:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Some persons
from amongst my associates would turn to my Cistern; when I would see them and they would
be presented to me, they would be detained in the way while coming to me. I would say: My
Lord, they are my companions, they are my companions, and it would be said to me: You
don't know what innovations they made after you.
Book 030, Number 5707:
Anas reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he
made this addition:" The vessels would be as numerous as the number of stars.
Book 030, Number 5708:
Anas b. Milik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There would
be such a vast distance between the sides of my Cistern as it is between Sana' and Medina.
Book 030, Number 5709:
Anas reported this hadith with this change that there was some doubt between (places
mentioned) and there is a slight variation of wording.
Book 030, Number 5710:
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: You would be shown in
it jugs of gold and silver (as numerous) as the number of stars in the sky. This hadith
has been transmitted on the authority of Anas b. Malik with this addition:" More
numerous than stars in the sky."
Book 030, Number 5711:
Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Behold, I
shall be present ahead of you on the Cistern, and the distance between its different sides
would be like that between Sana' and Aila, and its jugs would be like stars in the sky.
Book 030, Number 5712:
'Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported: I wrote (a letter) to Jabir b. Samura (and it was
sent) through my servant Nafi' asking him to inform me about something (pertaining to the
Haud Kauthar). He wrote to me: I heard him (the Holy Prophet) say: I shall be there ahead
of you at the Haud Kauthar.
Chapter 10: THE ANGELS FOUGHT ALONG WITH ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON
HIM) IN THE BATTLE OF UHUD
Book 030, Number 5713:
Sa'd reported that on the Day of Ubud I saw on the right side of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and on his left side two persons dressed in white clothes and whom I
did not see before nor after that, and they were Gabriel and Michael (Allah be pleased
with both of them).
Book 030, Number 5714:
Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported: I saw on the right side of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and on his left side two persons with white clothes on the Day of Uhtid fighting
a desperate fight, and I saw them neither before nor after that.
Chapter 11: THE VALOUR AND COURAGE OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5715:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the sublimest
among people (in character) and the most generous amongst them and he was the bravest of
men. One night the people of Medina felt disturbed and set forth in the direction of a
sound when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) met them on his way back as he had
gone towards that sound ahead of them. He was on the horse of Abu Talha which had no
saddle over it, and a sword was slung round his neck, and he was saying: There was nothing
to be afraid of, and he also said: We found it (this horse) like a torrent of water
(indicating its swift-footedness), whereas the horse had been slow before that time.
Book 030, Number 5716:
Anas reported that there was consternation in Medina. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) borrowed the horse from Abu Talha which was called Mandub. He rode it and
said: We have found no reason for consternation, and we have found it to be (as quick as a
torrent) of water.
Book 030, Number 5717:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Anas with a slight variation of
wording.
Chapter 12: ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) WAS THE MOST GENEROUS OF
PEOPLE; HIS GENEROSITY WAS LIKE THE BLOWING OF WIND
Book 030, Number 5718:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the most
generous of people in charity, but he was generous to the utmost in the month of Ramadan.
Gabriel (peace be upon him) would meet him every year during the month of Ramadin until it
ended, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) recited to him the Qur'an; and when
Gabriel met him Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was most generous in giving
charity like the blowing wind.
Book 030, Number 5719:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 13: THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) IS THE BEST AMONGST
PEOPLE IN DISPOSITION AND BEHAVIOUR
Book 030, Number 5720:
Anas b. Malik reported: I served the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) for ten
years, and, by Allah, he never said to me any harsh word, and he never said to me about a
thing as to why I had done that and as to why I had not done that. Abu Rabi' has made this
addition (in this narration):" The work which a servant should do." There is no
mention of his words" By Allah".
Book 030, Number 5721:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5722:
Anas reported: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to Medina, Abla
Talha took hold of my hand and brought me to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: Allah's Messenger, Anas is a prudent young boy, and he will serve you. He (Anas)
said: I served him in journey and at home, but, by Allah, he never asked me about a thing
which I did as to why I did so, nor about a thing which I did not do as to why I had not
done that.
Book 030, Number 5723:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I served the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) for nine years, and I do not know (of any
instance) when he said to me: Why you have done this and that, and he never found fault
with me in anything.
Book 030, Number 5724:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had the best disposition
amongst people. He sent me on an errand one day, and I said: By Allah, I would not go. I
had, however, this idea in my mind that I would do as Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) had commanded me to do. I went out until I happened to come across children who had
been playing in the street. In the meanwhile, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
came there and he caught me by the back of my neck from behind me. As I looked towards him
I found him smiling and he said: Unais, did you go where I commanded you to go? I said:
Allah's Messenger, yes, I am going. Anas further said: I served him for nine years but I
know not that he ever said to me about a thing which I had done why I did that, or about a
thing I had left as to why I had not done that.
Book 030, Number 5725:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the best
amongst people in disposition and behaviour.
Chapter 14: IT IS VERY SELDOM THAT ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
SAID" NO" TO ANYONE WHEN ASKED TO GIVE ANYTHING, AND HE GAVE CHARITY TO THE
PEOPLE VERY FREELY
Book 030, Number 5726:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: It never happened that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) was asked for anything and he said: No.
Book 030, Number 5727:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5728:
Musa b. Anas reported on the authority of his father: It never happened that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was asked anything for the sake of Islam and he did not
give that. There came to him a person and he gave him a large flock (of sheep and goats)
and he went back to his people and said: My people, embrace Islam, for Muhammad gives so
much charity as if he has no fear of want.
Book 030, Number 5729:
Anas 'b. Malik reported that a person requested Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
to give him a very large flock and he gave that to him. He came to his tribe and said: O
people, embrace Islam. By Allah, Muhammad donates so much as if he did not fear want. Anas
said that the person embraced Islam for the sake of the world but later he became Muslim
until Islam became dearer to him than the world and what it contains.
Book 030, Number 5730:
Ibn Shihab reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went on the
expedition of Victory, i. e. the Victory of Mecca, and then he went out along with the
Muslims and they fought at Hunain, and Allah granted victory to his religion and to the
Muslims, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave one hundred camels to Safwan
b. Umayya. He again gave him one hundred camels, and then again gave him one hundred
camels. Sa'id b. Musayyib said that Safwan told him: (By Allah) Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) gave me what he gave me (and my state of mind at that time was) that he
was the most detested person amongst people in my eyes. But he continued giving to me
until now he is the dearest of people to me.
Book 030, Number 5731:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: In
case we get wealth from Bahrain, I would give you so much and so much; he made an
indication of it with both his hands. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) died before
wealth from Bahrain came, and it fell to the lot of Abu Bakr after him. He commanded the
announcer to make announcement to the effect that he to whom Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) had held out promise or owed any debt should come (to him). I came and said:
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had said to me: In case there comes to us the
wealth of Bahrain I shall give you so much, and so much. Abu Bakr took a handful (of the
coins) and gave that to me once and asked me to count them I counted them as five hundred
dinars and he said: Here is double of this for you.
Book 030, Number 5732:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: When Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) died, there
came to Abfi Bakr wealth from al-'Ala' b. al-Hadrami. Abu Bakr said: He to whom Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) owed any debt or held out any promise should come to us;
the rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 15: THE MERCY AND TENDERNESS SHOWN BY ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) TOWARDS CHILDREN, MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, AND HIS HUMILITY AND HIS SUBLIME
QUALITIES
Book 030, Number 5733:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A child was
born into me this night and I named him after the name of my father Ibrihim. He then sent
him to Umm Saif, the wife of a blacksmith who was called Abu Saif. He (the Holy Prophet)
went to him and I followed him until we reached Abu Saif and he was blowing fire with the
help of blacksmith's bellows and the house was filled with smoke. I hastened my step and
went ahead of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Abu Saif, stop it, as
there comes Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him). He stopped and Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) called for the child. He embraced him and said what Allah had desired.
Anas said: I saw that the boy breathed his last in the presence of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). The eyes of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) shed tears and
he said: Ibrahim, our eyes shed tears and our hearts are filled with grief, but we do not
say anything except that by which Allah is pleased. O Ibrahim, we are grieved for you.
Book 030, Number 5734:
Anas b. Malik reported: I have never seen anyone more kind to one's family than Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), and Ibrahim was sent to the suburb of Medina for
suckling. He used to go there and we accompanied him. He entered the house, and it was
filled with smoke as his foster-father was a bricksmith. He took him (his son Ibrihim) and
kissed him and then came back. 'Amr said that when Ibrihim died. Allah's LMessenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Ibrihim is my son and he dies as a suckling babe. He has now two
foster-mothers who would complete his suckling period in Paradise.
Book 030, Number 5735:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that there came a few desert Arabs to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Do you kiss your children? He said:
Yes. Thereupon they said: By Allah but we do not kiss our children. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Then what can I do if Allah has deprived you of
mercy? Ibn Numair said: (We has deprived) your heart of mercy.
Book 030, Number 5736:
Abu Huraira reported that al-Aqra' b. Habis saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
kissing Hasan. He said: I have ten children, but I have never kissed any one of them,
whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who does not show mercy
(towards his children), no mercy would be shown to him.
Book 030, Number 5737:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. 'Abdullah through different
chains of transmitters and the words are:" That the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: He who shows no mercy to the people, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, does
not show mercy to him."
Book 030, Number 5738:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 16: THE UTMOST MODESTY OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5739:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was more
modest than the virgin behind the curtain (or in the apartment), and when he disliked
anything, we recognised that from his face.
Book 030, Number 5740:
Masruq reported: We went to Abdullah b. 'Amr when Mu'dwiya came to Kufa, and he made a
mention of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: He was never immoderate in
his talk and he never reviled others. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) also said:
The best amongst you are those who are best in morals. Uthman said: When he came to Kufa
along with Mu'awiya... (The rest of the hadith is the same).
Book 030, Number 5741:
This hadith had been narrated on the authority of al-A'mash through another chain of
transmitters also.
Chapter 17: THE SMILING OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON'HIM) AND HIS
EXCELLENT BEHAVIOUR
Book 030, Number 5742:
Simak b. Harb reported: I said to Jabir b. Samura: Did you have the privilege of
sitting in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)? He said: Yes, very
frequently, and added: He did not stand up (and go) from the place where he offered the
dawn prayer until the sun rose, and after the rising of the sun he stood up, and they (his
Companions) entered into conversation with one another and they talked of the things (that
they did during the Days of Ignorance), and they laughed (on their unreasonable and
ridiculous acts). Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled only.
Chapter 18: THE MERCY AND COMPASSION OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
FOR WOMEN AND HIS COMMAND TO THE CAMEL-DRIVER TO DRIVE THE MOUNT SLOWLY ON WHICH THEY RIDE
Book 030, Number 5743:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had in one of his journeys
his black slave who was called Anjasha along with him. He goaded by singing the songs of
camel-driver. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Anjasha, drive
slowly as you are driving (the mounts who are carrying) glass vessels
Book 030, Number 5744:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5745:
Anas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) came to his wives as the
camel-driver who was called Anjasha had been, driving (the camels) on which (they were
riding). Thereupon he said: Anjasha, be careful, drive slowly for you are driving the
mounts who carry vessels of glass. Abu Qilaba said that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) uttered words which if someone had uttered amongst you, you would have found
fault with him.
Book 030, Number 5746:
Anas b. Malik reported that Umm Sulaim was with the wives of Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) and a camel-driver had been driving (the camels) oil which they were riding.
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Anjasha, drive slowly, for you are
carrying (on the camels) vessels of glass.
Book 030, Number 5747:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had a camel-driver who had
a very melodious voice. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Anjasha,
drive slowly; do not break the vessels of glass, meaning the weak women.
Book 030, Number 5748:
Anas reported this hadith through another chain of transmitters, but he made no mention
of a camel-driver having a melodious voice.
Chapter 19: THE NEARNESS OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) TO THE
PEOPLE AND THEIR SEEKING BLESSINGS FROM HIM (AND HIS POSSESSIONS)
Book 030, Number 5749:
Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
completed his dawn prayer, the servants of Medina came to him with utensils containing
water, and no utensil was brought in which he did not dip his hand; and sometime they came
in the cold dawn (and he did not feel reluctant in acceding to their request even in the
cold weather) and dipped his hand in them.
Book 030, Number 5750:
Anas reported: I saw when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) got his hair
cut by the barber, his Companions came round him and they eagerly wanted that no hair
should fall but in the hand of a person.
Book 030, Number 5751:
Anas reported that a woman had a partial derangement in her mind, so she said. Allah's
Messellaer, I want something from you. He said: Mother of so and so, see on which side of
the road you would like (to stand and talk) so that I may do the needfull for you. He
stood aside with her on the roadside until she got what she needed.
Chapter 20: THE HATRED OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AGAINST SIN
AND THE ADOPTING OF A COURSE OF ACTION WHICH IS EASIER TO ADOPT FROM AMONGST THE
PERMISSIBLE ACTS
Book 030, Number 5752:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), said that whenever he had
to choose between two things he adopted the easier one, provided it was nor sin, but if it
was any sin he was the one wio was the farthest from it of the people; and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) never took revenge from anyone because of his personal
grievance, unless what Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, had made inviolable had been
violated.
Book 030, Number 5753:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shibab through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5754:
'A'isha reported: Never did Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) make a choice
between two things but adopting the easier one as compared to the difficult one, but his
choice for the easier one was only in case it did not involve any sin, but if it involved
sin he was the one who was the farthest from it amongst the people.
Book 030, Number 5755:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham through another chain of
transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 030, Number 5756:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) never beat anyone with
his hand, neither a woman nor a servant, but only, in the case when he had been fighting
in the cause of Allah and he never took revenge for anything unless the things made
inviolable by Allah were made violable; he then took revenge for Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious.
Book 030, Number 5757:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham through another chain of
transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 21: THE FRAGRANCE OF THE SACRED BODY OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) AND ITS AGILITY AND SOFTNESS AND THE BLESSINGS OF ITS TOUCH
Book 030, Number 5758:
Jabir b. Samura reported: I prayed along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
the first prayer. He then went to his family and I also went along with him when he met
some children (on the way). He began to pat the cheeks of each one of them. He also patted
my cheek and I experienced a coolness or a fragrance of his hand as if it had been brought
out from the scent bag of a perfumer.
Book 030, Number 5759:
Anas reported: I never smelt ambergris or musk as fragrant as the fragrance of the body
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I never touched brocade or silk and found
it as soft as the body of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Book 030, Number 5760:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had a very fair complexion
and (the drops) of his perspiration shone like pearls, and when he walked he walked
inclining forward, and I never touched brocade and silk (and found it) as soft as the
softness of the palm of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I never smelt musk
or ambergris and found its fragrance as sweet as the fragrance of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him).
Book 030, Number 5761:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) used to come to our
house and there was perspiration upon his body. My mother brought a bottle and began to
pour the sweat in that. When Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) got up he said: Umm
Sulaini, what is this that you are doing? Thereupon she said: That is your sweat which we
mix in our perfume and it becomes the most fragrant perfume.
Book 030, Number 5762:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) came to the house
of Umm Sulaim and slept in her bed while she was away from her house. On the other day too
he slept in her bed. She came and it was said to her: It is Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) who is having siesta in your house, lying in your bed. She came and found him
sweating and his sweat falling on the leather cloth spread on her bed. She opened her
scent-bag and began to fill the bottles with it. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
was startled and woke up and said: Umm Sulaim, what are you doing? She said: Allah's
Messenger, we seek blessings for our children through it. Thereupon he said: You have done
something right.
Book 030, Number 5763:
Umm Sulaim reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) visited her house and
(took rest) and she spread a piece of cloth for him and he had had a siesta on it. And he
sweated profusely and she collected his sweat and put it in a perfume and in bottles.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Umm Sulaim, what is this? She said: It is
your sweat, which I put in my perfume. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) sweated in
cold weather when revelation descended upon him.
Chapter 22: ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) PERSHIRED WHEN REVELATION
DESCENDED UPON HIM
Book 030, Number 5764:
'A'isha reported: When revelation descended upon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) even during the cold days, his forehead perspired.
Book 030, Number 5765:
'A'isha reported that Harith b. Hisham asked Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him):
How does the the wahi (inspiration) come to you? He said: At times it comes to me like the
ringing of a bell and that is most severe for me and when it is over I retain that (what I
had received in the form of wahi), and at times an Angel in the form of a human being
comes to me (and speaks) and I retain whatever he speaks.
Book 030, Number 5766:
'Ubida b. Samit reported that when wahi (inspiration) descended upon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), he felt a burden on that account and the colour of his face
underwent a change.
Book 030, Number 5767:
'Ubida b. Samit reported that when wahi descended upon Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him), he lowered his head and so lowered his Companions their heads, and when (this
state) was over, he raised his head.
Chapter 23: PERTAINING TO THE HAIR OF THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM),
HIS FEATURES
Book 030, Number 5768:
Ibn Abbas reported that the People of the Book used to let their hair fall (on their
foreheads) and the polytheists used to part them on their heads, and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) liked to conform his behaviour to the People of the Book in
matters in which he received no command (from God) ; so Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) let fall his hair upon his forehead, and then he began to part it after this.
Book 030, Number 5769:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 24: CONCERNING THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF AllAH'S APOSTLE (MAY
PEACE BE UPON HIM), AND HE WAS THE MOST HANDSOME OF THE PEOPLE
Book 030, Number 5770:
Al-Bara' reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was of medium height,
having broad shoulders, with his hair hanging down on the lobes of his ears. He put on a
red mantle over him, and never have I seen anyone more handsome than Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him).
Book 030, Number 5771:
Al-Bara' reported: Never did I see anyone more handsome than Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) in the red mantle. His hair had been hanging down on the shoulders and his
shoulders were very broad, and he was neither very tall nor short-statured. Ibn Kuraib
said he had hair.
Book 030, Number 5772:
Al-Bara' reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had the most handsome
face amongst men and he had the best disposition and he was neither very tall nor
short-statured.
Book 030, Number 5773:
Qatada reported: I asked Anas b. Malik: How was the hair of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him)? Thereupon he said: His hair was neither very curly nor very straight,
and they hung over his shoulders and earlobes.
Chapter 25: PERTAINING TO THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THE FACE OF ALLAH'S
MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND HIS EYES AND HIS HEELS
Book 030, Number 5774:
Anas reported that the hair of Allah's Messenger (may. peace be upon him) came upon his
shoulders.
Book 030, Number 5775:
Anas reported that the hair of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) reached half of
the earlobe.
Book 030, Number 5776:
Jabir b. Samura reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had a broad
face with reddish (wide) eyes, and lean heels. Shu'ba reported: I said to Simak: What does
this dali-ul-fam mean? And he said: This means broad face. I said: What does this ashkal
mean? He said: Long in the slit of the eye. I said: What is this manhus-ul-aqibain? He
said: It implies little flesh at the heels.
Chapter 26: ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE AE UPON HIM) HAD A WHITE ELEGANT FACE
Book 030, Number 5777:
Jurairi reported: I said to Abu Tufail: Did you see Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him)? He said: Yes, he had a white handsome face. Muslim b. Hajjaj said: Abu Tufail
who died in 100 Hijra was the last of the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him).
Book 030, Number 5778:
Abu Tufail reported: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and there is one
amongst the people of the earth who (are living at the present time and) had seen him
except me. I said to him: How did you find him? He said: He had an elegant white color,
and he was of an average height.
Chapter 27: PERTAINING TO THE OLD AGE OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON
HIM)
Book 030, Number 5779:
Ibn Sirin reported: Anas b. Malik was asked whether Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) dyed his hair. He said: He had not become old enough to have white hair. Ibn
Idris said that he had a few white hair. Abu Bakr and Umar, however, dyed hair with hina'
(henna).
Book 030, Number 5780:
Ibn Sirin reported: I asked Anas b. Malik whether Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) dyed his hair. He said: He had not reached the stage when (he needed) dyeing (of his
white hair). He had a few white hair in his beard. I said to him: Did Abu Bakr dye his
hair? He said: Yes, with hina' (henna).
Book 030, Number 5781:
Muhammad b. Sirin reported: I asked Anas b. Malik whether Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) dyed his hair. He said: He had but little white hair.
Book 030, Number 5782:
Thabit reported that Anas b. Malik was asked about the dyeing (of the hair of) Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him). Thereupon he said.: (They were so few) that if I so liked
I could count their number in his head, and he further said: (That is) he did not dye. Abu
Bakr, however, dyed them and so did 'Umar dye them with pure henna.
Book 030, Number 5783:
Anas b. Malik did not like that a person should pick out his white hair from his head
or beard, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not dye, and there was some
whiteness in his hair at his chin, on his temples and very little on his head. This hadith
has been narrated on the authority of Muthanna through the same chain of transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5784:
Anas (b. Malik) was asked about the old age of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
He said: Allah did not blemish him with white hair.
Book 030, Number 5785:
Abu Juhaifa reported: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having some
whiteness (in hair) at this place, and Zuhair placed one of his fingers at his chin.
Juhaifa was asked how old he had been at that time. He said: I made arrows and put
feathers to them (i. e. I had passed my childhood).
Book 030, Number 5786:
Abu Juhaifa reported: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he had white
complexion and had some white hair, and Hasan b. 'Ali resembled him.
Book 030, Number 5787:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Juhaifa with a slight
variation of wording.
Book 030, Number 5788:
Jabir b. Samura was asked about the old age of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
He said: When he oiled his head nothing was seen (as a mark of old age) and when he did
not apply oil something (of the old age) became visible.
Book 030, Number 5789:
Jabir b. Samura reported that there had appeared some whiteness on the front part of
the head and beard of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). When he applied oil, it
did not become visible, but when he did not (apply) oil, it became apparent. And he had a
thick beard. A person said: His face was as (bright) as the sword. Thereupon he (Jabir)
said: No, it was round and like the sun and the moon. And I saw the seal near his shoulder
of the size of a pigeon's egg and its color was the same as that of his body.
Chapter 28: THE FACT PERTAINING TO THE SEAL OF HIS PROPHETHOOD, ITS
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE AND ITS LOCATION ON HIS BODY
Book 030, Number 5790:
Jabir. Samura reported: I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg.
Book 030, Number 5791:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5792:
As-Sa'ib b. Yazid reported: My mother's sister took me to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, here is the son of my sister and he is ailing.
He touched my head and invoked blessings upon me. He then performed ablution and I drank
the water left from his ablution; then I stood behind him and I saw the seal between his
shoulders.
Book 030, Number 5793:
Abdullah b. Sarjis reported: I saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and ate with
him bread and meat, or he said Tharid (bread soaked in soup). I said to him: Did Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) seek forgiveness for you? He said: Yes, and for you, and
he then recited this verse:" Ask forgiveness for thy sin and for the believing men
and believing women" (xlvii. 19). I then went after him and saw the Seal of
Prophethood between his shoulders on the left side of his shoulder having spots on it like
moles.
Chapter 29: THE QUALITIES OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND AGE
WHEN HE WAS GIVEN THE MINISTRY OF APOSTLEHOOD AND THE DURATION OF HIS LIFE.
Book 030, Number 5794:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was neither very
conspicuously tall nor short-statured, and his color was neither glaringly white nor
brown; his hair was neither very curly nor very straight; Allah commissioned him (as a
Prophet) when he had reached the age of forty years, and he stayed in Mecca for ten years
and for ten years in Medina; Allah took him away when he had just reached the age of
sixty, and there had not been twenty white hair in his head and beard.
Book 030, Number 5795:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Anas b. Malik with this addition
that instead of the word al-Amhaq there is the word Azhar.
Book 030, Number 5796:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died when he was
sixty-three years old, and so was the case with Abu Bakr, and so was the case with Umar
who was also sixty-three (when he died).
Book 030, Number 5797:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died when he had
attained the age of sixty-three. And a hadith like this had been transmitted on the
authority of Sa'id b. Musayyib.
Book 030, Number 5798:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab through the same chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 30: HOW LONG DID THE APOSTLE OF ALLAH (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) STAY IN
MEDINA AND MECCA
Book 030, Number 5799:
'Amr reported: I said to 'Urwa: How long did Allah's Apostle - (may peace be upon him)
stay in Mecca? He said: For ten years. I said: Ibn 'Abbas says (that he stayed in Mecca)
for thirteen years.
Book 030, Number 5800:
'Amr reported: I said to 'Urwa: How long did Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
stay in Mecca? He said: For ten years. I said: Ibn Abbas says it is some years above ten.
He ('Urwa) sought forgiveness for him and said: His statement is based on the verse of a
poet.
Book 030, Number 5801:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stayed in Mecca for
thirteen years and he died when he had attained the age of sixty three years.
Book 030, Number 5802:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stayed in Mecca for
thirteen years (after he had received revelation) and stayed in Medina for ten years, and
he was sixty-three when he died.
Book 030, Number 5803:
Abu Ishaq reported: I was sitting with 'Abdullah b. 'Utba and there was a discussion
about the age of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). Some of the persons said:
Abu Bakr was older than Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). 'Abdullah said: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) died when he was sixty-three, and Abu Bakr died when he
was sixty-three and so 'Umar fell as a martyr when he was sixty-three. A person from the
people who was called 'Amir b. Sa'd reported that Jabir had said: We were sitting with
Mu'awiya that there was a discussion about the age of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). Thereupon Mu'awiya said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died when he had
attained the age of sixty-three, and Abu Bakr died when he had attained the age of
sixty-three, and Umar fell as a martyr when he had attained the age of sixty-three.
Book 030, Number 5804:
Jabir reported that he heard Mu'awiya say in his address that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) died at the age of sixty-three, so was the case with Abu Bakr and
'Umar, and I (am now) sixty-three.
Book 030, Number 5805:
'Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, reported: I asked Ibn 'Abbas how old was he
when death overtook the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). He said: I little know
that such a thing is not known to a man like you who belong to his people. He said: I
asked people about it but they differed with me, and I liked to know your opinion about
it. He said: Do you know counting? He said: Yes. He then said: Bear this in mind very well
that he was commissioned (as a Prophet) at the age of forty, and he stayed in Mecca for
fifteen years; sometime in peace and sometime in dread, and (lived) for ten years after
his migration to Medina.
Book 030, Number 5806:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yunus with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5807:
Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, reported that Ibn 'Abbas said that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) died when he had attained the age of sixty-five.
Book 030, Number 5808:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Khalid with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5809:
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stayed in Mecca for
fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard the voice of Gabriel and saw
his radiance for seven years but did not see any visible form, and then received
revelation for ten years, and he stayed in Medina for ten years.
Chapter 31: PERTAINING TO THE NAME OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5810:
Jubair b. Mut'im reported on the authority of his father that he heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I am Muhammad and I am Ahmad, and I am
al-Mahi (the obliterator) by whom unbelief would be obliterated, and I am Hashir (the
gatherer) at whose feet mankind will be gathered, and I am 'Aqib (the last to come) after
whom there will be no Prophet.
Book 030, Number 5811:
Jubair b. Mut'im reported on the authority of his father that he heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I have many names: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad,
I am al-Mahi through whom Allah obliterates unbelief, and I am Hashir (the gatherer) at
whose feet people will be gathered, and I am 'Aqib (after whom there would be none), and
Allah has named him as compassionate and merciful.
Book 030, Number 5812:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ma'mar (and the words are): I said
to Zuhri: What does (the word) al-'Aqib imply? He said: One after whom there is no
Prophet, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ma'mar and 'Uqail there is a
slight variation of wording.
Book 030, Number 5813:
Abu Musa Ash'ari reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) mentioned many
names of his and said: I am Muhammad, Ahmad. Muqaffi (the last in succession), Hashir, the
Prophet of repentance, and the Prophet of Mercy.
Chapter 32: THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) ABOUT
ALLAH AND HIS UTMOST FEAR OF HIM
Book 030, Number 5814:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did an act, and held it to
be valid. This news reached some persons amongst his Companions (and it was felt) that
they did not approve of it and avoided (it). This reaction of theirs was conveyed to him.
He stood to deliver an address; and said: What has happened to the people to whom there
was conveyed on my behalf a matter for which I granted permission and they disapproved it
and avoided it? By Allah, I have the best knowledge of Allah amongst them, and I fear Him
most amongst them.
Book 030, Number 5815:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash through a different chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5816:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) granted permission for
doing a thing, but some persons amongst the people avoided it. This was conveyed to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and he was so much annoyed that the sign of his
anger appeared on his face. He then said: What has happened to the people that they avoid
that for which permission has been granted to me? By Allah, I have the best knowledge of
Allah amongst them, and fear Him most amongst them.
Chapter 33: IT IS OBLIGATORY FOR A MUSLIM TO FOLLOW THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE
BE UPON HIM) EARNESTLY
Book 030, Number 5817:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported that 'Abdullah b. Zubair had narrated to him that a person
from the Ansar disputed with Zubair in the presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) in regard to the watering places of Harra from which they watered the
date-palms. The Ansari said: Let the water flow, but he (Zubair) refused to do this and
the dispute was brought to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he said to
Zubair: Zubair, water (your date-palms), then let the water flow to your neighbor. The
Ansari was enraged and said: Allah's Messenger, (you have given this decision) for he is
the son of your father's sister. The face of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
underwent a change, and then said: Zubair, water (your date-palms), then hold it until it
rises up to the walls. Zubair said: I think, by Allah, that this verse:" Nay, by the
Lord, they will not (really) (believe) until they make thee a judge of what is in dispute
among them, and find in this no dislike of what thou decidest and submit with full
submission" (iv. 65).
Chapter 34: RESPECT OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER AND ABANDONING OF TOO MANY QUESTIONS
ESPECIALLY THOSE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO GENUINE NEED
Book 030, Number 5818:
Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Avoid that which I forbid you to do and do that which I command you to do to the best of
your capacity. Verily the people before you went to their doom because they had put too
many questions to their Prophets and then disagreed with their teachings.
Book 030, Number 5819:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5820:
This hadith has been narrated by Abu Huraira through a different chain of transmitters
(and the words are) that he reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having
said: Abandon that which I have asked you to abandon, for the people before you went to
their doom (for asking too many questions).
Book 030, Number 5821:
Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: The greatest sinner amongst the Muslims is one who asked about a thing
(from Allah's Apostle) which had not been forbidden for the Muslims and it was forbidden
for them because of his persistently asking about it.
Book 030, Number 5822:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Amir b. Sa'd and the words are.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The greatest sinner of the Muslims amongst
Muslims is one who asked about a certain thing which had not been prohibited and it was
prohibited because of his asking about it. This hadith has been narrated on the authority
of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters and with this addition:" A person asked
about a thing from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he indulged in
hair-splitting."
Book 030, Number 5823:
Anas b. Malik reported that something was conveyed to him (the Holy prophet) about his
Companions, so he addressed them and said: Paradise and Hell were presented to me and I
have never seen the good and evil as (I did) today. And if you were to know you would have
wept more and laughed less. He (the narrator) said: There was nothing more burdensome for
the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) than this. They covered their
heads and the sound of weeping was heard from them. Then there stood up 'Umar and he said:
We are well pleased with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with
Muhammad as our Apostle, and it was at that time that a person stood up and he said: Who
is my father? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Your father is so and so; and there
was revealed the verse:" O you who believe, do not ask about matters which, if they
were to be made manifest to you (in terms of law), might cause to you harm" (v. 101).
Book 030, Number 5824:
Anas b. Malik reported that a person said: Allah's Messenger, who is my father? And he
said: Your father is so and so, and there was revealed this verse:" Do not ask about
matters which, if they were to be made manifest to you, might cause you harm" (v.
101).
Book 030, Number 5825:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him stood when the sun
had passed the meridian and he led them noon prayer and after observing salutations
(completing the prayer) he stood upon the pulpit and talked about the Last Hour and made a
mention of the important facts prior to it and then said: He who desires to ask anything
from me let him ask me about it. By Allah, I shall not move from this place so long as I
do not inform you about that which you ask. Anas b. Malik said: People began to shed tears
profusely when they heard this from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said it repeatedly: You ask me. Thereupon 'Abdullah b.
Hudhafa stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, who is my father? He said: Your father is
Hudhafa, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said repeatedly: Ask me, and (it
was at this juncture that 'Umar knelt down and said): We are well pleased with Allah as
our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as the Messenger (of Allah).
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) kept quiet so long as 'Umar spoke. Then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: (The Doom) is near; by Him, in Whose Hand is the
life of Muhammad, there was presented to me the Paradise and Hell in the nook of this
enclosure, and I did not see good and evil like that of the present day. Ibn Shihab
reported: Ubaidullah b. 'Abdullah b. 'Utba told me that the mother of 'Abdullah b. Hudhafa
told 'Abdullah b. Hudhafa: I have never heard of a son more disobedient than you. Do you
feel yourself immune from the fact that your mother committed a sin which the women in the
pre-Islamic period committed and then you disgrace her in the eyes of the people?
'Abdullah b. Hudhafa said: If my fatherhood were to be attributed to a black slave I would
have connected myself with him.
Book 030, Number 5826:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of
wording.
Book 030, Number 5827:
Anas b. Malik reported that the people asked Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
until he was hard pressed. He went out one day and he occupied the pulpit and said: Ask me
and I shall leave no question of yours unanswered for you, and when the people heard about
it they were overawed, as if (something tragic) was going to happen. Anas said: I began to
look towards the right and the left and (found) that every person was weeping wrapping his
head with the cloth. Then a person in the mosque broke the ice and they used to dispute
with him by attributing his fatherhood to another man than his own father. He said:
Allah's Apostle, who is my father? He said: Your father is Hudhafa. Then 'Umar b. Khattab
(Allah be pleased with him) dared say something and said: We are well pleased with Allah
as our Lord, with Islam as our code of life and with Muhammad as our Messenger, seeking
refuge with Allah from the evil of Turmoil. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Never did I see the good and evil as today. Paradise and Hell were given a
visible shape before me (in this worldly life) and I saw both of them near this well.
Book 030, Number 5828:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Qatada.
Book 030, Number 5829:
Abu Musa reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was asked such things
which he disapproved and when they persisted on asking him he felt enraged and then said
to the people: Ask me what you wish to ask. Thereupon a person said: Who is my father? He
said: Your father is Hudhafa. Then another person stood up and said: Allah's Messenger,
who is my father? He said: Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Shaiba. When 'Umar saw
the signs of anger upon the face of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), he said:
Allah's Messenger, we ask repentance from Allah. And in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Abu Kuraib (the words are):" Allah's Messenger, who is my father? He
said: Your father is Salim, the freed slave of Shaiba."
Chapter 35: IT IS OBLIGATORY TO FOLLOW THE PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) IN
ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO RELIGION, BUT ONE IS FREE TO ACT ON ONE'S OWN OPINION IN MATTERS
WHICH PERTAIN TO TECHNICAL SKILL
Book 030, Number 5830:
Musa b. Talha reported: I and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened to
pass by people near the date-palm trees. He (the Holy Prophet) said: What are these people
doing? They said: They are grafting, i. e. they combine the male with the female (tree)
and thus they yield more fruit. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
I do not find it to be of any use. The people were informed about it and they abandoned
this practice. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) (was later) on informed (that the
yield had dwindled), whereupon he said: If there is any use of it, then they should do it,
for it was just a personal opinion of mine, and do not go after my personal opinion; but
when I say to you anything on behalf of Allah, then do accept it, for I do not attribute
lie to Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Book 030, Number 5831:
Rafi' b. Khadij reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to Medina
and the people had been grafting the trees. He said: What are you doing? They said: We are
grafting them, whereupon he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so
they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield less fruit. They made a
mention of it (to the Holy Prophet), whereupon he said: I am a human being, so when I
command you about a thing pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you
about a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a human being. 'Ikrima
reported that he said something like this.
Book 030, Number 5832:
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by the
people who had been busy in grafting the trees. Thereupon he said: If you were not to do
it, it might be good for you. (So they abandoned this practice) and there was a decline in
the yield. He (the Holy Prophet) happened to pass by them (and said): What has gone wrong
with your trees? They said: You said so and so. Thereupon he said: You have better
knowledge (of a technical skill) in the affairs of the world.
Chapter 36: THE MERIT OF LOOKING AT THE FACE OF ALLAH'S MESSENGER (MAY PEACE BE
UPON HIM) AND LONGING FOR IT
Book 030, Number 5833:
Abu Huraira reported so many 'ahadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and one among them was that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) is reported to have
said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, a day would come to you when you would
not be able to see me, and the glimpse of my face would be dearer to one than one's own
family, one's property and in fact everything. This hadith has been transmitted on the
authority of Ishaq with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 37: THE MERITS OF JESUS CHRIST (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5834:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I am most
akin to the son of Mary among the whole of mankind and the Prophets are of different
mothers, but of one religion, and no Prophet was raised between me and him (Jesus Christ).
Book 030, Number 5835:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I am most
akin to Jesus Christ among the whole of mankind, and all the Prophets are of different
mothers but belong to one religion and no Prophet was raised between me and Jesus.
Book 030, Number 5836:
Abu Huraira reported many ahadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
one is that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I am most close to Jesus, son
of Mary, among the whole of mankind in this worldly life and the next life. They said:
Allah's Messenger how is it? Thereupon he said: Prophets are brothers in faith, having
different mothers. Their religion is, however, one and there is no Apostle between us
(between I and Jesus Christ).
Book 030, Number 5837:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: No child is
born but he is pricked by the satan and he begins to weep because of the pricking of the
satan except the son of Mary and his mother. Abu Huraira then said: You may recite if you
so like (the verse):" I seek Thy protection for her and her offspring against satan
the accursed" (iii. 36). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with
the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):" The newborn child is touched by
the satan (when he comes in the world) and he starts crying because of the touch of
satan." In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'aib there is a slight
variation of wording.
Book 030, Number 5838:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The satan
touches every son of Adam on the day when his mother gives birth to him with the exception
of Mary and her son.
Book 030, Number 5839:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The crying of
the child (starts) when the satan begins to prick him.
Book 030, Number 5840:
Abu Huraira reported ahadith from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) (and
one of them was) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said Jesus son of Mary saw
a person committing theft; thereupon Jesus said to him: You committed theft. He said: Nay.
By Him besides Whom there is no god (I have not committed theft). Thereupon Jesus said: I
affirm my faith in Allah It is my ownself that deceived me.
Chapter 38: THE MERITS OF IBRAHIM, THE FRIEND OF ALLAH (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5841:
Anas b. Malik reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and said: O, the best of creation; thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: He is Ibrahim (peace be upon him).
Book 030, Number 5842:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through a different chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5843:
Anas reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5844:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said that Ibrahim
circumcised himself with the help of adz when he was eiclhty years old.
Book 030, Number 5845:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: We have more
claim to doubt than Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when he said, My Lord, show me how thou
wilt quicken the dead. He said: Believeth thou not? He said: Yes, but that my heart rest
at ease (the Holy Qur'an. 260). May Lord have mercy on Lot that he wanted a strong support
and had I stayed in the prison as long as Yusuf stayed I would have responded to him who
invited me.
Book 030, Number 5846:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5847:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 030, Number 5848:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying Prophet
Ibrahim (peace be upon him) never told a lie but only thrice: two times for the sake of
Allah (for example, his words):" I am sick," and his words:" But it was the
big one amongst them which has done that" and because of Sara (his wife). He had come
in a land inhabited by haughty and cruel men along with Sara. She was very good-looking
amongst the people, so he said to her: If these were to know that you are my wife they
would snatch you away from me, so if they ask you tell that you are my sister and in fact
you are my sister in Islam, and I do not know of any other Muslim in this land besides I
and you. And when they entered that land the tyrants came to see her and said to him (the
king): 'there comes to your land a woman, whom you alone deserve to possess, so he (the
kings sent someone (towards her) and she was brought and Ibrahim (peace be upon him) stood
in preyer, and when she visited him (the tyrant king came) he could help but stretch his
hand towards her and his hand was tied up. He said: Supplicate Allah so that He may
release my hand and I will do no harm to you. She did that and the man repeated (the same
highhandedness) and his hand was again tied up more tightly than on the first occasion and
he said to her like that and she again did that (supplicated), but he repeated (the same
highhandedness and his hands were tied up more tightly than on the previous occasion). He
then again said: Supplicate your Lord so that He may set my hand free; by. @ llah I shall
do no harm to you. She did and his hand was freed. Then he called the person who had
brought her and said to him: You have brought to me the satan and you have not brought to
me a human being, so turn them out from my land, and he gave Hajira as a gift to her. She
returned (along with Hajira) and when Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw her, he said: How
have you returned? She said: With full safety (have I returned). Allah held the hand of
that debauch and he gave me a maid-servant. Abu Hiaraira said: O sons of the rain of the
sky, she is your mother.
Chapter 39: PERTAINING TO THE MERITS OF MOSES (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5849:
Hammam b. Munabbih reported that Abu Huraira reported many ahadith from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and one, of them speaks that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) is reported to have said: Banu Isra'il used to take bath (together)
naked and thus saw private parts of one another, but Moses (peace be upon him) used to
take bath alone (in privacy), and they said: By Allah, nothing prevents Moses to take bath
along with us; but scrotal hernia. One day when he (Moses) was taking bath (alone) he
placed his clothes upon a stone, but the stone began to move along with his clothes. Moses
raced after it saying: My garment, stone; until (some of the people) of Banu Isra'il
looked at the private parts of Moses, and they said: By Allah, there is no trouble with
Moses. The stone stopped after he (Moses) had been seen. He took hold of his garments and
struck the stone. Abu Huraira said: I swear by Allah that there were six or seven scars on
the stone because of the striking of stone by Moses (peace be upon him).
Book 030, Number 5850:
Abu Huraira reported that Moses was a modest person. He was never seen naked and Banu
Isra'iI said: (He was afraid to expose his private part) because he had been suffering
from scrotal hernia. He (one day) took bath in water and placed his garments upon a stone.
The stone began to move on quickly. He followed that and struck it with the help of a
stone (saying): O stone, my garment; O stone, my garments, O stone; until it stopped near
the big gathering of Isrii'll, and this verse was revealed (pertaining to the
incident):" O you who believe, be not Iike those who maligned Moses, but Allah
cleared him of what they said, and he was worthy of regard with Allah" (xxxiii. 69).
Book 030, Number 5851:
Abu Huraira reported that the Angel of Death was sent to Moses (peace be upon him) to
inform of his Lord's summons. When he came, he (Moses) boxed him and his eye was knocked
out. He (the Angel of Death) came back to the Lord and said: You sent me to a servant. who
did not want to die. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his
eyesight), and then said: Go back to him and tell him that if he wants life he must place
his hand on the back of an ox, and he would be granted as many years of life as the number
of hair covered by his hand. He (Moses) said: My Lord what would happen then He said: Then
you must court death. He said: Let it be now. And he supplicated Allah to bring him close
to the sacred land. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If I were
there, I would have shown you his grave beside the road at the red mound.
Book 030, Number 5852:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said that the
Angel of Death came to Moses and said: Respond (to the call) of Allah (i. e. be prepared
for death). Moses (peace be upon him) gave a blow at the eye of the Angel of Death and
knocked it out. The Angel went back to Allah (the Exalted) and said: You sent me to your
servant who does not like to die and he knocked out my eye. Allah restored his eye to its
proper place (and revived his eyesight) and said: Go to My servant and say: Do you want
life? And in case you want life, keep your hand on the body of the ox and you would live
such number of years as the (number of) hair your hand covers. He (Moses) said: What,
then? He said: Then you would die, whereupon he (Moses) said: Then why not now? (He then
prayed): Allah, cause me to die close to the sacred land. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Had I been near that place I would have shown his grave by the side of the
path at the red mound. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ma'mar.
Book 030, Number 5853:
Abu Huraira reported: While a Jew was selling goods, he was given something which he
did not accept or he did not agree (to accept) that 'Abdul 'Azlz (one of the narrators) is
doubtful about it. He (the Jew) said: By Allah, Who chose Moses (peace be upon him) among
mankind. A person from the Ansar heard it and gave a blow at his face saying: (You have
the audacity) to say: By Him Who chose Moses amongst mankind, whereas Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) is living amongst us. The Jew went to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said: Abu'l-Qasim, I am a Dhimmi and (thus need your protection) by a
covenant, and added: Such and such person has given a blow upon my face. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Why did you give a blow on his face? He said:
Allah's Messenger, this man said: By Him Who chose Moses (peace be upon him) amongst
mankind, whereas you are living amongst us. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
became angry and signs of anger could be seen on his face, and then said: Don't make
distinction amongst the Prophets of Allah. When the horn will be blown and whatever is in
the heavens and the earth would swoon but he whom Allah grants exception, then another
horn will be blown and I would be the first amongst those who would recover and Moses
(peace be upon him) would be catching hold of the Throne and I do not know whether it is a
compensation for that when he swooned on the Day of Tur or he would be resurrected before
me and I do not say that anyone is more excellent than Yunus son of Matta (peace he upon
him). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Salama with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 030, Number 5854:
Abu Fluraira reported that two persons, one from amongst the Jews and the other from
amongst the Muslims, fell into dispute and began to abuse one another. The Muslim said: By
Him Who chose Muhammad (may peace be upon him) in the worlds. And the Jew said: By Him Who
chose Moses in the worlds. Thereupon the Muslim lifted his hand and slapped at the face of
the Jew. The Jew went to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and told him about his
affair and the affair of the Muslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
laid: Don't make me superior to Moses for mankind will swoon and I would be the 'first to
recover from it and Moses would be at that time seizing the side of the Throne and I do
not know (whether) he would swoon and would recover before me or Allah would make an
exception for him.
Book 030, Number 5855:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A person from
amongst the Muslims and a person from amongst the Jews fell into dispute and reviled each
other. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Book 030, Number 5856:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a Jew who had received a blow at his face came to
Allali', ; Messenger (may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the hadith is the same, up to
the hand (where the words are): That he (the Holy Prophet) said: I do not know whether he
would be one who would fall into swoon and would recover before me or he would be
compensated for his swooning at Tur (and thus he would not swoon on this occasion) of
Resurrection.
Book 030, Number 5857:
Abu Sa'id Kudari reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having, said this:
Don't make distinction amongst the Apostles. This hadith has been narrated through another
chain of transmitters also.
Book 030, Number 5858:
Anas b. malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I came. And
in the narration transmitted on the authority of Haddib (the words are): I happened to
pass by Moses on the occasion of the Night journey near the red mound (and found him)
saying his prayer in his grave.
Book 030, Number 5859:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: I happened to pass
by Moses as he was busy in saying prayer in his grave, and in the hadith transmitted on
the authority of 'Isa there is an addition of these words:, I happened to pass on the
occasion of the Night journey." In the hadith pertaining to Yunus (peace be upon him)
the words of the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) are:" It is not meet for a,
servant that he should say:" I am better than Yunus (jonah) son of Matta."
Book 030, Number 5860:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may prace be upon him) as saying that Allah,
the Exalted and Majestic, said: It is not meet for a servant of Mine that he should say: I
am better than Yunus b. Matta (peace be upon him).
Book 030, Number 5861:
Abu al-Aliya said: The son of the uncle of your Prophet (may peace be upon him), i. e.
Ibn Abbas, reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: It is not meet
for a servant that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (and this Matta) is the
name of his father.
Chapter 40: THE MERITS OF YUSUF (JOSEPH) (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5862:
Abu Huraira reported: It was said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as to
who was the most worthy of respect amongst people. He said: The most God-conscious amongst
you They said: It is not this that we are asking about, whereupon he said: Then he is
Yusuf, the Apostle of Aliah and the son of Allah's Apostle, Ya'qub, who was also the son
of Allah's Apostle, the friend of Allah (Ibrahim) They said: This is not what we are
asking you. He said: You mean the tribes of Arabia? Those who are good in pre-Islamic days
are good in Islam (after embracing Islam) when they get an understanding of it.
Book 030, Number 5863:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Zakariyya
(peace be upon him) was a carpenter.
Chapter 41: THE MERITS OF HADRAT KHADIR (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Book 030, Number 5864:
Sa'id b. jubair reported: I said to Ibn Abbas that Nauf al-Bikali was of the opinion
that Moses (peace be upon him), the Apostle of Bani Isra'il, was not the same who
accompanied Khadir, whereupon he said: The enemy of Allah tells a lie. I heard Ubayy b.
Ka'b say: Moses (peace be upon him) stood up to give sermon to the people of Isra'il. He
was asked as to who amongst the people has the best knowledge, whereupon he said: I have
the best knowledge. Thereupon Allah was annoyed with him that he did not attribute (the
best knowledge) to Him. He revealed to him: A servant amongst My servants is at the
junction of two rivers who has more knowledge than yours. Moses said: How can I meet him?
It was said to him: Carry a fish in the large basket and the place where you find it
missing there you will find him. Thereupon Moses proceeded forth along with a young man
(Yusha'). Joshua b. Nan and Moses (peace be upon him) put the fish in the basket and there
went along with him the young man (Yusha') until they came to a certain rock and Moses and
his companion went to sleep and the fish stirred in that basket and fell into the ocean
and Allah stopped the current of water like a vault until the way was made for the fish.
Moses and his youn. companion were astonished and they walked for the rest of the day and
the night and the friend of Moses forgot to inform him of this incident. When it was
morning, Moses (peace be upon him) said to the young man: Bring for us the breakfast for
we are dead tired because of this journey, and they did not feel exhausted until they had
passed that place where they had been commanded (to stay). He said: Don't you know that
when we reached the Sakhra (rock) I forgot the fisii and noth ng made me forget it but the
satan that I. could nit remember it? How strange is it that the fish found a way in the
river? Moses said: That was what we had been aiming at. Then both of them retraced their
steps until they reached Sakhra; there they saw a man covered with a cloth. Moses greeted
him. Khadir said to him: Where is as-Salam in our country.? He said: I am Moses, whereupon
he (Khadir) said: You mean the Moses of Bani Isra'il? He said: Yes. He (Khadir) said: You
have a knowledge out of the knowledge of Allah which in fact Allah imparted to you and
about that I know nothing and I have knowledge out of Allah's knowledge which He imparted
to me and about that you do not know. Moses (peace be upon him) said to him: May I follow
you so that you may teach me that with which you have been taught righteousness. He said:
You will not be able to bear with me; how you will be able to bear that about which you do
not know? Moses said: Thou wilt find me patient, nor shalt I disobey you in aught. Khadir
said to him: If you were to follow me, then do not ask me about anything until I myself
speak to you about it. He said: Yes. So Khadir and Moses set forth on the bank of the
river that there came before them a boat. Both of theni talked to them (the owners of the
boat) so that they might carry both of them.
They had recognised Khadir and they carried them free. Khadir thereupon took hold of a
plank in the boat and broke it away. Moses said: These people have carried us without any
charge and you attempt to break their boat so that the people sailing in the boat may
drown. This is (something) grievous that you have done. He said: Did I not say that you
would not bear with me? He said: Blame me not for what I forgot and be not hard upon what
I did. Then both of them got down from the boat and began to walk along the coastline that
they saw a boy who had been playing with other boys. Khadir pulled up his head and killed
him. Moses said: Have you killed an innocent person who is in no way guilty of slaying
another? You have done something horrible. Thereupon he said: Did I not say to you that
you will not be able to bear with me? He (Moses) said: This (act) is more grievous than
the first one. He (Moses) further said. If I ask you about anything after this, keep not
company with me, then you would no doubt find (a plausible) excuse for this. Then they
both walked on until they reached the inhabitants of a village. They asked its inhabitants
for food but they refused to entertain them as their guests. They found in it a wall which
had been bent on one side and was about to fall. Khadir set it right with his own hand.
Moses, said to him: It is the people to whom we came but they showed us no hospitality and
they did not serve us food. If you wish you can get wages for it. He (Khadir) said: This
is the parting of ways between mt and you. Now I wish to reveal to you the significance of
that for which you could not bear with me. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said.
May Allah have mercy upon Moses! I wish if Moses could show patience and a (fuller) story
of both of them could have been told. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said that
the first thing which Moses said was out of forgetfulness. Then there came a sparrow until
it perched on the wall of the boat and took water from the ocean. Thereupon, Khadir said:
My knowledge and your knowledge in comparison with the knowledge of Allah is even less
than the water taken by the sparrow in its beak in comparison to the water of the ocean,
and Sa'id b. jubair used to recite (verses 79 and 80 of Sura Kahf) in this way: There was
before them a king who used to seize every boat by force which was in order, the boy was
an unbeliever.
Book 030, Number 5865:
Sa, id b. jubair reported that it was said to Ibn 'Abbas that Nauf al-Bikali was of the
opinion that Moses who went in search of knowledge was not the Moses of Bani Isra'il. He
said: Sa'id, did you hear it from him? I said: Yes. Thereupon he said that Nauf had not
stated the fact. Ubayy b. Ka'b narrated to us that he had heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Moses had been delivering sermons to his people. And he made
this remark: No person upon the earth has better knowledge than I or nothing better than
mine. Thereupon Allah revealed to him: I know one who is better than you (in knowledge) or
there is a person on the earth having more knowledge than you. Thereupon he said: My Lord,
direct me to him. It was said to him: Keep a salted fish as a provision for journey. The
place where that fish would be lost (there you will find that man). So he set forth and a
young slave along with him until they came to a place Sakhra. but he did not find any
clue. So he proceeded on and left that young man there. The fish began to stir in water
and the water assumed the form of an ark over the fish. The young man said: I should meet
Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and inform him, but he was made to forget and when
they had gone beyond that place, he (Moses) said to the young man: Bring breakfast. We
have been exhausted because of the journey, and he (Moses) was not exhausted until he had
crossed that (particular) place (where he had) to meet Khadir, and the youth was reminded
and said: Did you not see that as we reached Sakhra I forgot the fish and it is satan
alone who has made me forgetful of it'? It is strange that he has been able to find way in
the ocean too. He said: This is what we sought for us.
They returned retracing their steps, and he (his companion) pointed to him the location
(where) the fish (had been lost). Moses began to search him there. He suddenly saw Khadir
wrapped in a cloth and lying on his back. He said to him: As-Salamu-'Alaikum. He removed
the cloth from his face and said: Wa 'Alaikum-us-Salam! Who are you? He said: I am Moses.
He said: Who Moses? He said: Moses Of Bani Isra'il. He said: What brought you here? He
said: I have come so that you may teach me what you have been taught of righteousness. He
said: You shall have to bear with me, and how can you have patience about a thing of which
you have no comprehensive knowledge? You will not have patience when you see me doing a
thing I have been ordered to do. He said: If Allah pleases, you will find me patient, nor
shall I disobey you in aught. Khadir said: If you follow me, don't ask me about anything
until I explain it to you. So they went on until they embarked upon a boat. He (Khadir)
made a hole in that. Thereupon he (Moses) said: You have done this so that you may drown
the persons sitting in the boat. You have done something grievous. Thereupon he said: Did
I not tell you that you will not be able to bear with me? Thereupon he (Moses) said: Blame
me not for what I forgot and be not hard upon me for what I did. (Khadir gave him another
chance.) So they went on until they reached a place where boys were playing. He went to
one of them and caught hold'of one (apparently) at random and killed him. Moses (peace be
upon him) felt agitated and said: You have killed an innocent person not guilty of slaying
another. You have done something aboininable.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: May Allah have mercy upon us
and Moses. Had he shown patience he would have seen wonderful things, but fear of blame,
with respect to his companion, seized him and he said: If I ask anything after this, keep
not company with me. You will then have a valid excuse in my case, and had he (Moses)
shown patience he would have seen many wonderful things. He (the narrator) said: Whenever
he (the Holy Prophet) made mention of any Prophet, he always said: May there be mercy of
Allah upon us and upon my brother so and so. They, however, proceeded on until they came
to the inhabitants of a village who were very miserly. They went to the meeting places and
asked for hospitality but they refused to show any hospitality to them. They both found in
that village a wall which was about to fall. He (Khadir) set it right. Thereupon he
(Moses) said: If you so liked. you could get wages for it. Thereupon he said: This is the
partince, of ways between me and you, and, taking hold of his cloth, he said: Now I will
explain to you the real significance (of all these acts) for which you could not show
patience. As for the boat, it belonged to the poor people working on the river and I
intended to damage it for there was ahead of them (a king) who seized boats by force.
(When he came) to catch hold of it he found it a damaged boat, so he spared it (and later
on) it was set right with wood. So far as the boy is concerned, he has been, by very
nature, an unbeliever, whereas his parents loved him very much. Had he grown up he would
have involved them in wrongdoing and unbelief, so we wished that their Lord should give
them in its place one better in purity and close to mercy. And as for the wall it belonged
to two orphan boys in the city and there was beneath it a (treasure) belongin to them,...
up to the last verse. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Ishaq.
Book 030, Number 5866:
Ibn 'Abbas has reported this hadith on the authority of Ubayy b. ka'b that Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) used to recite this.
Book 030, Number 5867:
'Utba b. Mas, ud reported that 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas contended with Hurr b. Qais b. Hisn
al-Fazari aboat the companion of Moses (peace be upon hiin). Ibn 'Abbas said that he was
Khadir. There happened to pass Ubayy b. Ka'b Ansari. Ibn Abbas called him and said: Abu
Tufail, come to us. There has been a difference of opinion between me and my friend about
the companion of Moses whom he wanted to meet on the way. Did hear anything from Allah's
meesenger (may peace be upon him) making a mention of anything? Ubayy said: I heard
Allah's Messenger (may Peace be upon him) as saying: As Moses was amongst the group of
Bani Isra'il, there came to him a person and he said to him: Do you know anyone having
better knowledge than you? Moses said: No. Thereupon Allah revealed to Moses: Of course,
there is amongst Our servants Khadir (who has better knowledge) than you. Moses asked the
way of meeting him. Allah made the fish a sign and it was said to him: Where you miss the
fish return to that (place) and you will soon find him. So Moses moved on as Allah wished
him to move on. He then said to his young companion: Bring for us the breakfast. Thereupop
that young man said to Moses. when he asked him for the breakfast: Don't you see that as
we had reached the Sakhra I forgot the fish and nobody made it forget (in our mind) but
the satan that I should remind you of it? Mosed said to that young man: This was what we
wanted. So they retraced their steps and met Khadir and the events which followed have
been described in His Book except that Yunus (the narrator) said that he followed the
traces of fish in the ocean.
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