Pertaining to the Excellent Qualities of the Holy Prophet (may Peace be upon them) and His Companions (Kitab Al−Fada'il)

Bk 30 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5681:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jundab
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5683:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id
Khudri through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5686:
'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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, Number 5692:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, Number 5693:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hudhaifa
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, Number 5699:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
Umar through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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".
Bk 30, Number 5721:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5727:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b.
'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, Number 5744:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5753:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shibab
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5755:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham
through another chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, Number 5774:
Anas reported that the hair of Allah's Messenger (may. peace
be upon him) came upon his shoulders.
Bk 30, Number 5775:
Anas reported that the hair of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) reached half of the earlobe.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5787:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu
Juhaifa with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, Number 5790:
Jabir. Samura reported: I saw the seal on his back as if it
were a pigeon's egg.
Bk 30, Number 5791:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5806:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yunus with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5808:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Khalid with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5815:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash
through a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5819:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab
with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5826:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5828:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Qatada.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, Number 5842:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
a different chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, Number 5843:
Anas reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, Number 5846:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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 Allah 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)
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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."
Bk 30, 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).
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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)
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.
Bk 30, 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.