Chapter 31: THE USE OF THE WORD" UNBELIEF" IN CASE OF
SLANDERING (ANYONE) OR ONE'S LINEAGE, AND LAMENTATION
Bk 1, Number 0128:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
observed: Two (things) are found among men which are
tantamount to unbelief: slandering one's lineage and
lamentation on the dead.
Chapter 32: CALLING THE FUGITIVE SLAVE AS INFIDEL
Bk 1, Number 0129:
It is narrated on the authority of Jarir that he heard (the
Holy Prophet) saying, The slave who fled from his master
committed an act of infidelity as long as he would not return
to him. Mansur observed: By God, this hadith was narrated from
the Apostle (may peace and blessings be upon him), but I do
not like that this should be narrated on my authority here in
Basra.
Bk 1, Number 0130:
It is narrated on the authority of Jarir that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed: The
slave who fled from his master, responsibility with regard to
him was absolved.
Bk 1, Number 0131:
Jarir b. Abdullah reported it from the Holy Prophet: When the
slave runs away from his master, his prayer is not accepted.
Chapter 33: THE UNBELIEF OF ONE WHO SAID: WE GOT RAINFALL BY
THE MOVEMENT (OF THE STARS)
Bk 1, Number 0132:
It is narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Khalid al−Juhani:
The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him)
led the morning prayer at Hudaybiya. There were some marks of
the rainfall during the night. At the conclusion of prayer he
turned towards people and observed: Do you know what your Lord
has said? They replied: Allah and His Messenger know best.
Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: He (Allah) said:
Some of My bondsmen entered the morning as My believers and
some as unbelievers. He who said: We have had a rainfall due
to the Blessing and Mercy of Allah, he is My believer and a
disbeliever of stars, and who said: We have had a rainfall due
to the rising of such and such (star) disbelieved Me and
affirmed his faith in the stars.
Bk 1, Number 0133:
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Don't you know what your Lord said? He observed: I have never
endowed My bondsmen with a favor, but a section amongst them
disbelieved it and said: Stars, it was due to the stars.
Bk 1, Number 0134:
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessing be upon him)
observed: Allah does not shower His blessings from the heaven
that in the morning a group of men disbelieve it (to be a
blessing from Allah). Allah sends down rain, but they (the
disbelievers) say: Such and such star (is responsible for
that).
Bk 1, Number 0135:
It is reported on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that there was
(once) a downpour during the life of the Apostle (may peace
and blessings be upon him Upon this the Apostle (may peace and
blessings be upon him) observed: Some people entered the
morning with gratitude and some with ingratitude (to Allah).
Those who entered with gratitude said: This is the blessing of
Allah, and those who entered with ingratitude said: Such and
such asterism was right. It was upon this that the verse was
revealed: I swear by the setting of the stars to the end and
make your provision that you should disbelieve it.
Chapter 34: THE LOVE OF ANSAR (HELPERS) AND 'ALI (MAY ALLAH BE
PLEASED WITH ALL OF THEM) IS (AN INGREDIENT) OF IMAN AND (ONE
OF) ITS SIGNS, AND HATRED AGAINST THEM IS A SIGN OF
DISSEMBLANCE
Bk 1, Number 0136:
It is reported on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace and blessings Be upon him) observed: The sign
of a hypocrite is the hatred against the Ansar and the sign of
a believer is the love for the Ansar.
Bk 1, Number 0137:
It is narrated on the authority of Anas that the Apostle (may
peace and blessings be upon him) said: The love of the Ansar
is the sign of faith and hatred against them is the sign of
dissemblance.
Bk 1, Number 0138:
Al−Bara reported it from the Apostle (may peace and blessing
be upon him) that he observed with regard to the Ansar, None
but the believer loves them, none but the hypocrite hates
them. He who loved them loved Allah and he who hated them
hated Allah. I (the narrator) said: Did you hear this hadith
from al−Bara'? He said: To me, he narrated it.
Bk 1, Number 0139:
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A person who believes in Allah and the Last Day never nurses a
grudge against the Ansar.
Bk 1, Number 0140:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri that the
Messenger of Allah observed: The person who believes in Allah
and the Last Day never nurses a grudge against the Ansar.
Bk 1, Number 0141:
Zirr reported: 'Ali observed: By Him Who split up the seed and
created something living, the Apostle (may peace and blessings
be upon him) gave me a promise that no one but a believer
would love me, and none but a hypocrite would nurse grudge
against me.
Chapter 35: DIMINUTION OF IMAN BY FAILING IN SUBMISSION AND
THE USE OF THE WORD" KUFR" FOR THINGS BESIDES UNBELIEF OF
ALLAH, FOR EXAMPLE UNGRATEFULNESS AND INGRATITUDE
Bk 1, Number 0142:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Umar that the
Messenger of Allah observed: O womenfolk, you should give
charity and ask much forgiveness for I saw you in bulk amongst
the dwellers of Hell. A wise lady among them said: Why is it,
Messenger of Allah, that our folk is in bulk in Hell? Upon
this the Holy Prophet observed: You curse too much and are
ungrateful to your spouses. I have seen none lacking in common
sense and failing in religion but (at the same time) robbing
the wisdom of the wise, besides you. Upon this the woman
remarked: What is wrong with our common sense and with
religion? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Your lack of common
sense (can be well judged from the fact) that the evidence of
two women is equal to one man, that is a proof of the lack of
common sense, and you spend some nights (and days) in which
you do not offer prayer and in the month of Ramadan (during
the days) you do not observe fast, that is a failing in
religion. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Abu Tahir with this chain of transmitters.
Bk 1, Number 0143:
A hadith like this as narrated by Ibn 'Umar has also been
transmitted by Abu Huraira.
Chapter 36: APPLICATION OF THE WORD" KUFR" TO ONE WHO NEGLECTS
PRAYER
Bk 1, Number 0144:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that when, the
son of Adam recites the Ayat of Sajdah (prostration) and then
falls down in prostration, the Satan goes into seclusion and
weeps and says: Alas, and in the narration of Abu Kuraib the
words are: Woe unto me, the son of Adam was commanded to
prostrate, and he prostrated and Paradise was entitled to him
and I was commanded to prostrate, but I refused and am doomed
to Hell.
Bk 1, Number 0145:
A'mash narrated this hadith with the same chain of
transmitters, with this change of words that he (the Satan)
said: I disobeyed and I am doomed to Hell.
Bk 1, Number 0146:
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that he heard the
Apostle (may peace and blessings be upon him) saying. Verily
between man and between polytheism and unbelief is the
negligence of prayer.
Bk 1, Number 0147:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Zubair that he heard
Jabir b. 'Abdullah saying. I heard the Messenger of Allah (may
peace and blessings be upon him) observing this: Between man
and polytheism and unbelief is the abandonment of salat.
Chapter 37: BELIEF IN ALLAH IS THE BEST OF DEEDS
Bk 1, Number 0148:
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah was asked about
the best of deeds. He observed: Belief in Allah. He (the
inquirer) said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
Jihad (struggle to the utmost) in the cause of Allah. He (the
inquirer) again said: What next? He (the Holy Prophet)
replied: Pilgrimage accepted into the grace of the Lord. In
the. tradition narrated on the authority of Muhammad b. Ja'far
(the words are) that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Belief in
Allah and His Messenger. Muhammad b. Rafi and 'Abd b. Humaid,
'Abdur−Razzaq and Ma'mar and Zuhri have narrated a hadith like
this on the authority of the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 1, Number 0149:
Abu Dharr reported: I said: Messenger of Allah, which of the
deeds is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Belief in
Allah and Jihad in His cause. I again asked: Who is the slave
whose emancipation is the best? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
One who is valuable for his master and whose price is high. I
said: If I can't afford to do it? He (the Holy Prophet)
replied: Help an artisan or make anything for the unskilled
(labourer). I (Abu Dharr) said: Messenger of Allah, you see
that I am helpless in doing some of these deeds. He (the Holy
Prophet) replied: Desist from doing mischief to the people.
That is the charity of your person on your behalf.
Bk 1, Number 0150:
Muhammad b. Abu Rafi' narrated the hadith on the authority of
Abu Dharr with a slight difference.
Bk 1, Number 0151:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that he
observed. I asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) which deed was the best. He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
Prayer at its appointed hour. I (again) said: Then what? He
(the Holy Prophet) replied: Kindness to the parents. I (again)
said: Then what? He replied: Earnest endeavour (Jihad) in the
cause of Allah. And I would have not ceased asking more
questions but out of regard (for his feelings).
Bk 1, Number 0152:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported: I said: Messenger of Allah,
which of the deeds (takes one) nearer to Paradise? He (the
Holy Prophet) replied: Prayer at its proper time, I said: What
next, Messenger of Allah? He replied: Kindness to the parents.
I said: What next? He replied: Jihad in the cause of Allah.
Bk 1, Number 0153:
It was heard from Abu 'Amr Shaibani that, pointing towards the
house of Abdullah, he said: The owner of this house told me
that he asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him):
Which of the deeds are liked by Allah? He (the Holy Prophet)
observed: Prayer at its proper time. I (again) said: What
next? He replied: Then goodness to the parents. I (again)
said: What then? He replied: Then Jihad in the cause of Allah.
He ('Abdullah) said: This is what I was told (by the Holy
Prophet). Had I questioned further, he would have made
additions for me.
Bk 1, Number 0154:
This hadith has been transmitted by Muhammad b. Bashshar,
Muhammad b. Ja'far Shu'ba with this chain of narrators, with
the addition that he pointed towards the house of 'Abdullah,
but he did not mention his name for us.
Bk 1, Number 0155:
It is reported on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Apostle
of Allah observed: The best of' the deeds or deed is the
(observance of) prayer at its proper time and kindness to the
parents.
Chapter 38: POLYTHEISM IS THE MOST SHAMEFUL OF SINS AND THE
MENTIONING OF THE GRAVEST SIN NEXT TO IT
Bk 1, Number 0156:
'Abdullah reported: I asked the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him): Which sin is the gravest in the eye of Allah? He
(the Holy Prophet) replied: That you associate a partner with
Allah (despite the fact) that He has created you. He (the
reporter) said: I told him (the, Holy Prophet): Verily it is
indeed grave. He (the reporter) said: I asked him what the
next (gravest sin) was. He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That
you kill your child out of fear that he shall join you in
food. He (the reporter) said: I asked (him) what the next
(gravest sin) was. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Then (the
next gravest sin) is that you commit adultery with the wife of
your neighbour.
Bk 1, Number 0157:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that a
man said: Messenger of Allah, which offence is the most
grievous in the eye of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
That you associate a partner with Allah (despite the fact)
that He created you. He (the man) said: What next? He (the
Holy Prophet) replied: That you kill your child out of fear
that he would join you in food. He (the inquirer) said
(again): What next? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: That you
commit adultery with the wife of your neighbour. And the
Almighty and Exalted Lord testified it (with this verse): All
those who call not unto another god along with Allah, and slay
not any soul which Allah has forbidden, except in the cause of
justice, nor commit fornication, and he who does this shall
meet a requital of sin (xxv. 68).
Chapter 39: MAJOR SINS AND THE GRAVEST AMONG THESE
Bk 1, Number 0158:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdur−Rahman b. Abu Bakra
that his father said: We were in the company of the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) that he observed: Should I
not inform you about the most grievous of the grave sins? (The
Holy Prophet) repeated it three times, and then said:
Associating anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, false
testimony or false utterance. The Holy Prophet was reclining,
then he sat up, and he repeated it so many times that we
wished that he should become silent.
Bk 1, Number 0159:
Anas narrated from the Apostle (may peace be upon him) about
the major sins. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Associating
anyone with Allah, disobedience to parents, killing a person
and false utterance.
Bk 1, Number 0160:
Ubaidullah b. Abu Bakr said: I heard Anas b. Malik saying: The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) talked about the
major sins, or he was asked about the major sins. Upon this he
observed: Associating anyone with Allah, killing of a person,
disobedience to parents. He (the Holy Prophet further) said:
Should I not inform you about the gravest of the major sins,
and (in this connection) observed: False utterance or false
testimony. Shu'ba said. It was most probably" false
testimony".
Bk 1, Number 0161:
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Avoid the
seven noxious things. It was said (by the hearers): What are
they, Messenger of Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
Associating anything with Allah, magic, killing of one whom
God has declared inviolate without a just cause, consuming the
property of an orphan, and consuming of usury, turning back
when the army advances, and slandering chaste women who are
believers, but unwary.
Bk 1, Number 0162:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Amr b. al−'As
that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed:
Abusing one's parents is one of the major sins. They (the
hearers) said: Messenger of Allah, does a man abuse his
parents too? He (the Holy Prophet) replied: Yes, one abuses
the father of another man, who in turn abuses his father. One
abuses his mother and he in turn abuses his (the former's)
mother.
Bk 1, Number 0163:
This hadith has also been transmitted on the authority of Sa'd
b. Ibrahim with this chain of narrators.
Chapter 40: FORBIDDANCE OF PRIDE
Bk 1, Number 0164:
It Is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him), observed: He who has
in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not
enter Paradise. A person (amongst his hearers) said: Verily a
person loves that his dress should be fine, and his shoes
should be fine. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Verily, Allah
is Graceful and He loves Grace. Pride is disdaining the truth
(out of self−conceit) and contempt for the people.
Bk 1, Number 0165:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: None
shall enter the Fire (of Hell) who has in his heart the weight
of a mustard seed of Iman and none shall enter Paradise who
has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride.
Bk 1, Number 0166:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Apostle
of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who as in his
heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter
Paradise.
Chapter 41: HE WHO DIES ASSOCIATING NONE WITH ALLAH WOULD
ENTER PARADISE AND HE WHO DIES AS A POLYTHEIST WOULD ENTER THE
FIRE OF HELL
Bk 1, Number 0167:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that
Waki told (him) that the Messenger of Allah had observed and
Ibn Numair asserted: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) saying: He who dies associating anything with
Allah would enter the Fire (of Hell). 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud
said: I say that he who died without associating anything with
Allah entered Paradise.
Bk 1, Number 0168:
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that a man came to
the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said:
Messenger of Allah, what are the two things quite unavoidable?
He replied: He who dies without associating anyone with Allah
would (necessarily) enter Paradise and he who dies associating
anything with Allah would enter the (Fire of) Hell.
Bk 1, Number 0169:
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Abdullah: I heard
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) saying: He who
met Allah without associating anything with Allah entered
Paradise and he who met Him associating (anything) with Him
entered Fire.
Bk 1, Number 0170:
The same hadith has been narrated by Ishaq b. Mansur on the
authority of Jabir with another chain of transmitters.
Bk 1, Number 0171:
I heard Abu Dharr narrating it from the Apostle (may peace be
upon him) that he observed: Gabriel came to me and gave me the
tidings: Verily he who died amongst your Ummah without
associating anything with Allah would enter Paradise. I (the
narrator) said: Even if he committed adultery and theft. He
(the Holy Prophet) said: (Yes), even if he committed adultery
and theft.
Bk 1, Number 0172:
Abu Dharr reported,: I came to the Apostle (may peace be upon
him ) and he was asleep with a white mantle over him. I again
came, he was still asleep, I came again and he had awakened. I
sat by his side and (the Holy Prophet) observed: There is none
among the bondsmen who affirmed his faith in La illaha
ill−Allah there is no God but Allah) and died in this state
and did not enter Paradise. I (Abu Dharr) said: Even if he
committed adultery and theft? He (the Holy Prophet) replied:
(Yes) even though he committed adultery and theft. I (again
said): Even if he committed adultery and theft? He replied:
(Yes) even though he committed adultery and theft. (Th Holy
Prophet repeated it three times) and said for the fourth time:
In defiance of Abu Dharr. Abu Dharr then went out and he
repeated (these words): In defiance of Abu Dharr.
Chapter 42: PROHIBITION OF THE KILLING OF AN INFIDEL AFTER HE
SAYS:" THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH"
Bk 1, Number 0173:
It is narrated on the authority of Miqdad b. Aswad that he
said. Messenger of Allah, you just see (here is a point): If I
encountered a person amongst the infidels (in the battlefield)
and he attacked me and struck me and cut off one of my hands
with the sword. Then he (in order to protect himself from me)
took shelter of a tree and said: I become Muslim for Allah's
sake. Messenger of Allah, can I kill him after he had uttered
this? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Do
not kill him. I (the narrator) said: Messenger of Allah, he
cut off my hand and uttered this after amputating it; should I
then kill him? The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
said: Don't kill him, for I you kill him, verily he would be
in a position where you had been before killing him and verily
you would be in a position where he had been before uttering
(kalima).
Bk 1, Number 0174:
The same hadith has been transmitted by the same chain of
narrators. The hadith transmitted by Auza'i and Ibn Juraij
contains these words: I embraced Islam for Allah's sake. and
in the hadith narrated by Ma'mar the words are: I knelt down
to kill him, that he said; There is no god but Allah.
Bk 1, Number 0175:
It is narrated by Miqdad, and he was an ally of B. Zuhra and
was of those who participated in the Battle of Badr along with
the Messenger of Allah, that he said: Messenger of Allah, here
is a point: If I happened to encounter a person amongst the
infidels (in the battle). Then he narrated a hadith similar to
the one transmitted by Laith.
Bk 1, Number 0176:
It is narrated on the authority of Usama b. Zaid that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent us in a
raiding party. We raided Huraqat of Juhaina in the morning. I
caught hold of a man and he said: There is no god but Allah, I
attacked him with a spear. It once occurred to me and I talked
about it to the Apostle (may peace be upon him). The Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Did he profess" There
is no god but Allah," and even then you killed him? I said:
Messenger of Allah, he made a profession of it out of the fear
of the weapon. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Did you tear
his heart in order to find out whether it had professed or
not? And he went on repeating it to me till I wished I had
embraced Islam that day. Sa'd said: By Allah, I would never
kill any Muslim so long as a person with a heavy belly, i. e.,
Usama, would not kill. Upon this a person remarked: Did Allah
not say this: And fight them until there is no more mischief
and religion is wholly for Allah? Sa'd said: We fought so that
there should be no mischief, but you and your companions wish
to fight so that there should be mischief.
Bk 1, Number 0177:
It is narrated on the authority of Usama b. Zaid: The
Messenger of Allah may peace be upon him) sent us to Huraqat,
a tribe of Juhaina. We attacked that tribe early in the
morning and defeated them and I and a man from the Ansar
caught hold of a person (of the defeated tribe). When we
overcame him, he said: There is no god but Allah. At that
moment the Ansari spared him, but I attacked him with my spear
and killed him. The news had already reached the Apostle
(peace be upon him), so when we came back he (the Apostle)
said to me: Usama, did you kill him after he had made the
profession: There is no god but Allah? I said. Messenger of
Allah, he did it only as a shelter. The Holy Prophet observed:
Did you kill him after he had made the profession that there
is no god but Allah? He (the Holy Prophet) went on repeating
this to me till I wished I had not embraced Islam before that
day.
Bk 1, Number 0178:
It is narrated by Safwan b. Muhriz that Jundab b. 'Abdullah
al−Bajali during the stormy days of Ibn Zubair sent a message
to 'As'as b. Salama: Gather some men of your family so that I
should talk to them. He ('As'as) sent a messenger to them (to
the members of his family). When they had assembled, Jundab
came there with a yellow hooded cloak on him, He said: Talk
what you were busy in talking. The talk went on by turns, till
there came his (Jundab's) turn. He took off the hooded cloak
from his head and said: I have come to you with no other
intention but to narrate to you a hadith of your Apostle:
Verily the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent a
squad of the Muslims to a tribe of the polytheists. Both the
armies confronted one another. There was a man among the army
of polytheists who (was so dashing that), whenever he intended
to kill a man from among the Muslims, he killed him. Amongst
the Muslims too was a man looking forward to (an opportunity
of) his (the polytheist's) unmindfulness. He (the narrator)
said: We talked that he was Usama b, Zaid. When he raised his
sword, he (the soldier of the polytheists) uttered:" There is
no god but Allah," but he (Usama b. Zaid) killed him. When the
messenger of the glad tidings came to the Apostle (may peace
be upon him) he asked him (about the events of the battle) and
he informed him about the man (Usama) and what he had done He
(the Prophet of Allah) called for him and asked him why he had
killed him. He (Usama) said: Messenger of Allah, he struck the
Muslims and killed such and such of them. And he even named
some of them. (He continued): I attacked him and when he saw
the sword he said: There is no god but Allah. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Did you kill him? He
(Usama) replied in the affirmative. He (the Holy Prophet)
remarked: What would you do with:" There is no god but Allah,"
when he would come (before you) on the Day of Judgment? He
(Usama) said: Messenger of Allah, beg pardon for me (from your
Lord). He (the Holy Prophet) said: What would you do with:"
There is no god but Allah" when he would come (before you) on
the Day of Judgment? He (the Holy Prophet) added nothing to it
but kept saying: What would you do with:" There is no god but
Allah," when he would come (before you) on the Day of
Judgment?
Chapter 43: THE UTTERANCE OF THE APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON
HIM): HE WHO TAKES, UP ARMS AGAINST US IS NOT OF US (I. E. HE
CEASES TO RE A MUSLIM)
Bk 1, Number 0179:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Umar who
narrates from the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him) who
said: He who took up arms against us is not of us.
Bk 1, Number 0180:
Iyas b. Salama narrated from his father that the Apostle (may
peace be upon him) observed: He who draws the sword against us
is not of us.
Bk 1, Number 0181:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Musa Ash'ari: He who
took up arms against us is not of us.
Chapter 44: THE UTTERANCE OF THE APOSTLE (PEACE BE UPON HIM):
HE WHO ACTED DISHONESTLY TOWARDS US IS NOT OF US (I. E. HE IS
NOT TO BE COUNTED AMONGST MUSLIMS)
Bk 1, Number 0182:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
took up arms against us is not of us and he who acted
dishonestly towards us is not of us.
Bk 1, Number 0183:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by
a heap of eatables (corn). He thrust his hand in that (heap)
and his fingers were moistened. He said to the owner of that
heap of eatables (corn): What is this? He replied: Messenger
of Allah, these have been drenched by rainfall. He (the Holy
Prophet) remarked: Why did you not place this (the drenched
part of the heap) over other eatables so that the people could
see it? He who deceives is not of me (is not my follower).
Chapter 45: BEATING OF THE CHEEKS, TEARING OF THE FRONT
OPENING OF THE SHIRT, AND CALLING THE CALLS OF THE JAHILIYA
(IGNORANCE) ARE FORBIDDEN
Bk 1, Number 0184:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that the
Holy Prophet observed: He is not one of us (one among the
Ummah of Islam) who beat the cheeks or tore the front opening
of the shirt or uttered the slogans of (the days of) Jahiliya
(ignorance). Ibn Numair and Abu Bakr said (instead of the
word" au" (or) it is" wa" [and] the words are) and tore and
uttered (the slogans) of Jahiliya without" alif".
Bk 1, Number 0185:
This hadith has been narrated by A'mash with the same chain of
narrators and the transmitters said: He tore and called.
Bk 1, Number 0186:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Burda b. Abu Musa that
Abu Musa was afflicted with grave pain and he became
unconscious and his head was in the lap of a lady of his
household. One of the women of his household walled. He (Abu
Musa) was unable (because of weakness) to say anything to her.
But when he was a bit recovered he said: I have no concern
with one with whom the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) has no concern, Verily the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) has no concern with that woman who wails loudly,
shaves her hair and tears (her garment in grief).
Bk 1, Number 0187:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Burda that Abu Musa
fell unconscious and his wife Umm Abdullah came there and
wailed loudly. When he felt relief he said: Don't you know?
−and narrated to her: Verily the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: I have no concern with one who shaved her
hair, lamented loudly and tore (her clothes in grief).
Bk 1, Number 0188:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abu Musa with this
change only: That (the Holy Prophet) did not say that he had
no concern but said: He is not one of us.
Chapter 46: SERIOUS PROHIBITION OF TALE−CARRYING
Bk 1, Number 0189:
It is reported from Hudhaifa that news reached him (the Holy
Prophet) that a certain man carried tales. Upon this Hudhaifa
remarked: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
saying: The tale−bearer shall not enter Paradise.
Bk 1, Number 0190:
It is reported on the authority of Hammam b, al−Harith that a
man used to carry tales to the governor. We were sitting in
the mosque. the people said: He is one who carries tales to
the governor. He (the narrator) said: Then he came and sat
with us. Thereupon Hudhaifa remarked: I heard the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) saying: The beater of false
tales would never enter heaven.
Bk 1, Number 0191:
It is narrated on the authority of Hammam b. al−Harith: We
were sitting with Hudhaifa in the mosque. A man came and sat
along with us. It was said to Hudhaifa that he was the man who
carried tales to the ruler. Hudhaifa remarked with the
intention of conveying to him: I have heard the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) saying: The tale−bearer will not
enter Paradise.
Chapter 47: SERIOUS PROHIBITION OF LETTING DOWN THE LOWER
GARMENT, OF LAYING OBLIGATION, OF SELLING GOODS BY FALSE
OATHS, AND DESCRIPTION OF THOSE THREE− (PERSONS) WITH WHOM
ALLAH WOULD NOT SPEAK ON THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, NOR WOULD HE
SEE TOWARDS THEM NOR WOULD ABSOLVE THEM, AND FOR THEM IS A
PAINFUL CHASTISEMENT
Bk 1, Number 0192:
It is narrated o the authority of Abu Dharr that the Messenger
of Allah (may ace he upon him) observed: Three are the
(persons) with whom Allah would neither speak on the Day of
Resurrection, nor would look at them nor would absolve the and
there is a painful chastisement for them. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) repeated it three times. Abu
Dharr remarked: They failed and they lost; who are these
persons, Messenger of Allah? Upon this he (the Holy) Prophet)
observed: They are: the dragger of lower garment, the
recounter of obligation the seller of goods by false oath.
Bk 1, Number 0193:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr who narrates that
the Prophet (may peace be upon him) observed: Three are the
persons with whom Allah would not speak on the Day of
Resurrection: the bestower of gift who does not give anything
but by laying obligation on him, the seller of goods who sells
them by taking false oath and one who hangs low his lower
garment.
Bk 1, Number 0194:
Bishr b. Khalid has narrated this hadith on the authority of
Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters with this
addition: Allah shall neither speak nor look at nor absolve
then, and there is a tormenting punishment for them.
Bk 1, Number 0195:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Three
(are the persons) with whom Allah would neither speak, nor
would He absolve them on the Day of Resurrection. Abu Mu'awiya
added: He would not look at them and there is grievous torment
for them: the aged adulterer, the liar king and the proud
destitute.
Bk 1, Number 0196:
Abu Huraira narrated on the authority of Abu Bakr that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Three are the
persons with whom Allah would neither speak on the Day of
Resurrection, nor would He look towards them, nor would purify
them (from sins), and there would be a tormenting chastisement
for them: a person who in the waterless desert has more water
(than his need) and he refuses to give it to the traveller and
a person who sold a commodity to another person in the
afternoon and took an oath of Allah that he had bought it at
such and such price and he (the buyer) accepted it to be true
though it was not a fact, and a person who pledged allegiance
to the Imam but for the sake of the world (material gains).
And if the Imam bestowed on him (something) out of that
(worldly riches) he stood by his allegiance and if he did not
give him, he did not fulfil the allegiance.
Bk 1, Number 0197:
The same hadith has been transmitted by another chain of
transmitters with the exception of these words: He offered for
sale a commodity to another person.
Bk 1, Number 0198:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
that he (the Apostle of Allah) observed: Three are the persons
with whom Allah would neither speak (on the Day of
Resurrection) nor would He look at them, and there would be a
painful chastisement for them, a person who took an oath on
the goods of a Muslim in the afternoon and then broke it. The
rest of the hadith is the same as narrated by A'mash.
Chapter 48: SUICIDE IS THE GRAVEST SIN
Bk 1, Number 0199:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
killed himself with steel (weapon) would be the eternal
denizen of the Fire of Hell and he would have that weapon in
his hand and would be thrusting that in his stomach for ever
and ever, he who drank poison and killed himself would sip
that in the Fire of Hell where he is doomed for ever and ever;
and he who killed himself by falling from (the top of) a
mountain would constantly fall in the Fire of Hell and would
live there for ever and ever.
Bk 1, Number 0200:
This hadith has been narrated by another chain of
transmitters.
Bk 1, Number 0201:
Thabit b. Dahhak reported that he pledged allegiance to the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) under the Tree, and
verily the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
observed: He who took an oath of a religion other than Islam,
in the state of being a liar, would became so, as he
professed. He who killed himself with a thing would be
tormented on the Day of Resurrection with that very thing. One
is not obliged to offer votive offering of a thing which is
not in his possession.
Bk 1, Number 0202:
It is narrated on the authority of Thabit b. al−Dahhak that
the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) observes: None is
obliged to give votive offering (of a thing) which is not in
his possession and the cursing of a believer is tantamount to
killing him, and he who killed himself with a thing in this
world would be tormented with that (very thing) on the Day of
Resurrection, and he who made a false claim to increase (his
wealth), Allah would make no addition but that of paucity, and
he who perjured would earn the wrath of God
Bk 1, Number 0203:
It is narrated on the authority of Thabit b. Dahhak that the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who took
deliberately a false oath on a religion other than Islam would
become that which he had professed. And he who killed himself
with anything Allah would torment him with that in the Fire of
Hell.
Bk 1, Number 0204:
In the hadith narrated by Shu'ba the words are: Verily the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: He who took
an oath on a religion other than Islam as a liar would become
so as he said, and he who slaughtered himself with a thing
would be slaughtered with that on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 1, Number 0205:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira: We
participated in the Battle of Hunain along with the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him). He (the Holy Prophet) said
about a man who claimed to be a Muslim that he was one of the
denizens of the Fire (of Hell). When we were in the thick of
the battle that man fought desperately and was wounded. It was
said: Messenger of Allah, the person whom you at first called
as the denizen of Fire fought desperately and died. Upon this
the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) remarked: He was
doomed to the Fire (of Hell). Some men were on the verge of
doubt (about his fate) when it was said that he was not dead
but fatally wounded. When it was night he could not stand the
(pain of his) wound and killed himself. The Apostle (may peace
be upon him) was informed of that. He (the Holy Prophet)
observed: Allah is Great, I bear testimony to the fact that I
am the servant of Allah and His messenger. He then commanded
Bilal to announce to the people that none but a Muslim would
enter Paradise. Verily Allah helps this faith even by a sinful
person.
Bk 1, Number 0206:
It is reported on the authority of Sahl b. Sa'd al−Sa'idi that
there was an encounter between the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) and the polytheists, and they fought
(against one another). At the conclusion of the battle the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) bent his steps
towards his army and they (the enemies) bent their steps
towards their army. And there was a person (his name was
Quzman and he was one of the hypocrites) among the Companions
of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) who did not
spare a detached (fighter of the enemy) but pursued and killed
him with the sword. They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet)
said: None served us better today than this man Upon this the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) remarked: Verily he
is one of the denizens of Fire. One of the people (Muslims)
said: I will constantly shadow him. Then this man went out
along with him. He halted whenever he halted, and ran along
with him whenever he ran. He (the narrator) said: The man was
seriously injured. He (could not stand the pain) and hastened
his own death. He placed the blade of the sword on the ground
with the tip between his chest and then pressed himself
against the sword and killed himself. Then the man (following
him) went to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
and said: I bear testimony that verily thou art the Messenger
of Allah, He (the Holy Prophet) said: What is the matter? He
replied: The person about whom you just mentioned that he was
one among the denizens of Fire and the people were surprised
(at this) and I said to them that I would bring (the news
about him) and consequently I went out in search of him till I
(found him ) to be very seriously injured. He hastened his
death. He placed the blade of the sword upon the ground and
its tip between his chest and then pressed himself against
that and killed himself. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) remarked: A person performs the deeds which
to the people appear to be the deeds befitting the dweller of
Paradise, but he is in fact one of the denizens of Hell. And
verily a person does an act which in the eyes of public is one
which is done by the denizens of Hell, but the person is one
among the dwellers of Paradise.
Bk 1, Number 0207:
It is reported on the authority of Hasan: A person belonging
to the people of the past suffered from a boil, when it pained
him, he drew out an arrow from the quiver and pierced it. And
the bleeding did not stop till he died. Your Lord said: I
forbade his entrance into Paradise. Then he (Hasan) stretched
his hand towards the mosque and said: By God, Jundab
transmitted this hadith to me from the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) in this very mosque.
Bk 1, Number 0208:
It is reported on the authority of Hasan: Jundab b. 'Abdullah
al−Bajali narrated this hadith in this mosque which we can
neither forget and at the same time we have no apprehension
that Jundab could attribute a lie to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him). He (the Holy Prophet) observed: A
person belonging to the people of the past suffered from a
boil, and then the rest of the hadith was narrated.
Chapter 49: STRICT FORBIDDANCE OF ACTING DISHONESTLY IN
RESPECT OF THE SPOILS OR BOOTY. THE BELIEVERS ALONE WOULD
ENTER PARADISE
Bk 1, Number 0209:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Umar b. Khattab that when
it was the day of Khaibar a party of Companions of the Apostle
(may peace be upon him) came there and said: So and so is a
martyr, till they happened to pass by a man and said: So and
so is a martyr. Upon this the Messenger of Allah remarked:
Nay, not so verily I have seen him in the Fire for the garment
or cloak that he had stolen from the booty, Then the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Umar son of Khattab, go
and announce to the people that none but the believers shall
enter Paradise. He ('Umar b. Khattab) narrated: I went out and
proclaimed: Verily none but the believers would enter
Paradise.
Bk 1, Number 0210:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira: We went to
Khaibar along with the Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
Allah granted us victory. We plundered neither gold nor silver
but laid our hands on goods, corn and clothes, and then bent
our stops to a valley; along with the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) there was a slave who was presented to him
by one Rifa'a b. Zaid of the family of Judham, a tribe of
Dubayb. When we got down into the valley the slave of the
Messenger of Allah stood up and began to unpack the saddle−bag
and was suddenly struck by a (stray) arrow which proved fatal.
We said: There is a greeting for him, Messenger of Allah, as
he is a martyr. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) remarked: Nay, not so. By Him in Whose hand is the
life of Muhammad, the small garment which he stole from the
booty on the day of Khaibar but which did not (legitimately)
fall to his lot is burning like the Fire (of Hell) on him. The
people were greatly perturbed (on hearing this). A person came
there with a lace or two laces and said: Messenger of Allah, I
found (them) on the day of Khaibar. He (the Holy Prophet)
remarked: This is a lace of fire or two laces of fire.
Chapter 50: ARGUMENT IN FAVOUR OF THE FACT THAT HE WHO KILLS
HIMSELF DOES NOT BECOME UNBELIEVER
Bk 1, Number 0211:
It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that Tufail son of
Amr al−Dausi came to the Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
said: Do you need strong, fortified protection? The tribe of
Daus had a fort in the pre−Islamic days. The Apostle (may
peace be upon him) declined this offer, since it (the
privilege of protecting the Holy Prophet) had already been
reserved for the Ansar. When the Apostle (may peace be upon
him) migrated to Medina, Tufail son of Amr also migrated to
that place, and there also migrated along with him a man of
his tribe. But the climate of Medina did not suit him, and he
fell sick. He felt very uneasy. So he took hold of an iron
head of an arrow and cut his finger−joints. The blood streamed
forth from his hands, till he died. Tufail son of Amr saw him
in a dream. His state was good and he saw him with his hands
wrapped. He (Tufail) said to him: What treatment did your
Allah accord to you? He replied. Allah granted me pardon for
my migration to the Apostle (may peace be upon him): He
(Tufail) again said: What is this that I see you wrapping up
your hands? He replied: I was told (by Allah): We would not
set right anything of yours which you damaged yourself. Tufail
narrated this (dream) to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him). Upon this he prayed: O Allah I grant pardon even to
his hands.
Chapter 51: CONCERNING THE WIND WHICH WOULD BLOW NEAR THE DAY
OF RESURRECTION AND WOULD CAUSE TO DIE ANYONE HAVING ANKTHING
LIKE FAITH IN HIS HEART
Bk 1, Number 0212:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Verily Allah
would make a wind to blow from the side of the Yemen more
delicate than silk and would spare none but cause him to die
who, in the words of Abu 'Alqama, has faith equal to the
weight of a grain; while Abdul−'Aziz said: having faith equal
to the weight of a dust particle.
Chapter 52: EXHORTATION TO BE PROMPT IN DOING GOOD DEEDS
BEFORE THE APPEARANCE OF TURBULANCE
Bk 1, Number 0213:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Be prompt
in doing good deeds (before you are overtaken) by turbulence
which would be like a part of the dark night. During (that
stormy period) a man would be a Muslim in the morning and an
unbeliever in the evening or he would be a believer in the
evening and an unbeliever in the morning, and would sell his
faith for worldly goods.
Chapter 53: PERTAINING TO THE FEAR OF A BELIEVER LEST HIS
DEEDS SHOULD BE LOST
Bk 1, Number 0214:
It is narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that when
this verse:" O ye who believe I raise not your voices above
the voice of the Prophet, nor shout loud unto him in
discourse, as ye shout loud unto one another, lest your deeds
should become null and void, while you perceive not" (xlix.
2−5), was revealed. Thabit b. Qais confined himself in his
house and said: I am one of the denizens of Fire, and he
deliberately avoided coming to the Apostle (may peace be upon
him). The Apostle (may peace be upon him) asked Sa'd b, Mu'adh
about him and said, Abu Amr, how is Thabit? Has he fallen
sick? Sa'd said: He is my neighbour, but I do not know of his
illness. Sa'd came to him (Thabit), and conveyed to him the
message of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).
Upon this Thabit said: This verse was revealed, and you are
well aware of the fact that, amongst all of you, mine is the
voice louder than that of the Messenger of Allah, and so I am
one amongst the denizens of Fire, Sa'd Informed the Holy
Prophet about it. Upon this the Messenger of Allah observed:
(Nay, not so) but he (Thabit) is one of the dwellers of
Paradise.
Bk 1, Number 0215:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas b.
Malik by another chain of transmitters in which these words
are found: Thabit b. Qais was the orator of the Ansar, when
this verse was revealed: the rest of the hadith is the same
with the exception that there is no mention of Sa'd b. Mu'adh
in it. This hadith is also transmitted by Ahmad b. Sa'id,
Habban, Sulaiman b. Mughira on the authority of Anas who said:
When the verse was revealed:" Do not raise your voice louder
than the voice of the Apostle," no mention was made of Sa'd b,
Mu'adh in it.
Bk 1, Number 0216:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Anas by another
chain of transmitters in which there is no mention of Sa'd b.
Mu'adh, but the following words are there: We observed a man,
one of the dwellers of Paradise, walking about amongst us.
Chapter 54: WOULD (PEOPLE) BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEEDS
COMMITTED DURING THE STATE OF IGNORANCE?
Bk 1, Number 0217:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that
some people said to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him): Messenger of Allah, would we be held responsible for our
deeds committed in the state of ignorance (before embracing
Islam)? Upon his he (the Holy Prophet) remarked: He who
amongst you performed good deeds in Islam, He would not be
held responsible for them (misdeeds which he committed in
ignorance) and he who committed evil (even after embracing
Islam) would be held responsible or his misdeeds that he
committed in the state of ignorance as well as in that of
Islam.
Bk 1, Number 0218:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud: We once
said: Messenger of Allah, would we be held responsible for our
deeds committed in the state of ignorance? He (the Holy
Prophet) observed: He who did good deeds in Islam would not be
held responsible for what he did in the state of ignorance,
but he who committed evil (after having come within the fold
of Islam) would be held responsible for his previous and later
deeds.
Bk 1, Number 0219:
This hadith has been transmitted by Minjab b. al−Harith Tamimi
with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 55: ISLAM EFFACES ALL THE PREVIOUS MISDEEDS AND SO DO
MIGRATION AND PILGRIMAGE
Bk 1, Number 0220:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Shamasa Mahri that he
said: We went to Amr b. al−As and he was about to die. He wept
for a long time and turned his face towards the wall. His son
said: Did the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him not
give you tidings of this? Did the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) not give you tidings of this? He (the
narrator) said: He turned his face (towards the audience) and
said: The best thing which we can count upon is the testimony
that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the
Apostle of Allah. Verily I have passed through three phases.
(The first one) in which I found myself averse to none else
more than I was averse to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) and there was no other desire stronger in me than
the one that I should overpower him and kill him. Had I died
in this state, I would have been definitely one of the
denizens of Fire. When Allah instilled the love of Islam in my
heart, I came to the Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said:
Stretch out your right hand so that may pledge my allegiance
to you. He stretched out his right hand, I withdrew my hand,
He (the Holy Prophet) said: What has happened to you, O 'Amr?
replied: I intend to lay down some condition. He asked: What
condition do you intend to put forward? I said: should be
granted pardon. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Are you not
aware of the fact that Islam wipes out all the previous
(misdeeds)? Verily migration wipes out all the previous
(misdeeds), and verily the pilgrimage wipes out all the
(previous) misdeeds. And then no one as or dear to me than the
Messenger of Allah and none was more sublime in my eyes than
he, Never could I, pluck courage to catch a full glimpse of
his face due to its splendour. So if I am asked to describe
his features, I cannot do that for I have not eyed him fully.
Had I died in this state had every reason to hope that I would
have bee among the dwellers of Paradise. Then we were
responsible for certain things (in the light of which) I am
unable to know what is in store for me. When I die, let
neither female mourner nor fire accompany me. When you bury
me, fill my grave well with earth, then stand around it for
the time within which a camel is slaughtered and its meat is
distributed so that I may enjoy your intimacy and (in your
company) ascertain what answer I can give to the messengers
(angels) of Allah.
Bk 1, Number 0221:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that some
persons amongst the polytheist had committed a large number of
murders and had excessively indulged in fornication. Then they
came to Muhammad (may peace be upon him) and said: Whatever
you assert and whatever you call to is indeed good. But if you
inform us that there is atonement of our past deeds (then we
would embrace Islam). Then it was revealed: And those who call
not unto another god along with Allah and slay not any soul
which Allah has forbidden except in the cause of justice, nor
commit fornication; and he who does this shall meet the
requital of sin. Multiplied for him shall be the torment on
the Day of Resurrection, and he shall therein abide disgraced,
except him who repents a believes and does good deeds. Then
these! for the Allah shall change their vices into virtues.
Verily Allah is Ever Forgiving, Merciful (xxv. 68−70). Say
thou: O my bondsmen woo have committed extravagance against
themselves despair not of the Mercy of Allah I Verily Allah
will forgive the sins altogether. He is indeed the Forgiving,
the Merciful (xxxix. 53).
Chapter 56: PERTAINING TO THE VIRTUOUS ACT OF A MAN BEFORE
EMBRACING ISLAM
Bk 1, Number 0222:
Hakim b. Hizam reported to 'Urwa b. Zubair that he said to the
Messenger of Allah: Do you think that there is any thing for
me (of he reward with the Lord) for the deed of religious
purification that I did in the state of ignorance? Upon this
he (the Apostle of Allah) said to him: You accepted Islam with
all the previous virtues that you practised.
Bk 1, Number 0223:
Hakim b. Hizam reported to 'Urwa b. Zubair that he said to the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him): Messenger of
Allah, do you think if there is any reward (of the Lord with
me on the Day of Resurrection) for the deeds of religious
purification that I performed in the state of ignorance, such
as charity, freeing a slave, cementing of blood−relations?
Upon this he (the Apostle of Allah) said to him: You have
accepted Islam with all the previous virtues that you had
practised.
Bk 1, Number 0224:
It is narrate on the authority of Hakim b. Hizam: I said:
Messenger of Allah, I did so some of the deeds in the state of
ignorance. (One of the transmitters Hisham b. Urwa explained
them as acts of piety. Upon this the Messenger, of Allah
remarked: You have embraced Islam with all the previous acts
of virtue. I said: By God, I would leave nothing undone in
Islam the like of which I did in the state of ignorance.
Bk 1, Number 0225:
Hisham b. Urwa narrated it on the authority of his father:
Hakim b. Hizam freed one hundred slave and donated one hundred
camels (for the sake of Allah) during the state of ignorance.
Then he freed one hundred slaves and donated one hundred camel
(for the sake of Allah) after) he had embraced Islam. He
subsequently came to the Apostle (may peace be upon him). The
rest of the hadith is the same as narrated above.
Chapter 57: THE VERACITY OF FAITH AND ITS SINCERITY
Bk 1, Number 0226:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) that
when this verse was revealed:" It is those who believe and
confound not their belief with wrongdoing" (vi. 82), the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah wore greatly perturbed.
They said: Who amongst us (is so fortunate) that he does not
wrong himself? Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) remarked: It does not mean that which you presume It
implies that which Luqman said to his son: O my son, do not
associate anything with Allah, for indeed it is the gravest
wrongdoing (xxxi. 13).
Bk 1, Number 0227:
This hadith is narrated by another chain of transmitters,
(namely) lshaq b. Ibrahim. Ibn Idris says: My father
transmitted it from Aban b. Taghlib who heard it from A'mash;
then I heard it also from him (A'mash).
Chapter 58: CONCERNING THE WORDS OF ALLAH WHETHER YOU MANIFEST
WHATEVER IS IN YOUR MIND OR HIDE IT
Bk 1, Number 0228:
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that when it
was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him): To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever
is in the earth and whether you disclose that which is in your
mind or conceal it, Allah will call you to account according
to it. Then He forgives whom He pleases and chastises whom He
Pleases; and Allah is over everything Potent" (ii. 284). the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
felt it hard and severe and they came to the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) and sat down on their knees and
said: Messenger of Allah, we were assigned some duties which
were within our power to perform, such as prayer, fasting,
struggling (in the cause of Allah), charity. Then this (the
above−mentioned) verse was revealed unto you and it is beyond
our power to live up to it. The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said: Do you intend to say what the people of two
books (Jews and Christians) said before you:" We hear and
disobey"? You should rather say:" We hear and we obey, (we
seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord! and unto Thee is the return."
And they said:" We hear and we obey, (we seek) Thy
forgiveness, Our Lord! and unto Thee is the return." When the
people recited it and it smoothly flowed on their tongues,
then Allah revealed immediately afterwards:" The Apostle
believes in that which is sent down unto him from his Lord,
and so do the believers. Each one believes in Allah and His
Angels and His Books and His Apostles, saying: We
differentiate not between any of His Apostles and they say: We
hearken and we obey: (we seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord! and
unto Thee is the return" (ii. 285). When they did that, Allah
abrogated this (verse) and the Great, Majestic Allah
revealed:" Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It
gets every good that it earns and it suffers every ill that it
earns. Our Lord, punish us not if we forget or make a
mistake." (The Prophet said: ) Yes, our Lord! do not lay on us
a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us. (The Prophet
said: ) Yes, our Lord, impose not on us (burdens) which we
have not the strength to bear (The Prophet said: ) Yes, and
pardon us and grant us protection! and have mercy on us. Thou
art our Patron, so grant us victory over the disbelieving
people" (ii. 286). He (the Lord) said: Yes.
Bk 1, Number 0229:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas: When this
verse:" Whether you disclose that which is in your mind or
conceal it, Allah will call you to account according to it"
(ii 284), there entered in their minds something (of that
fear) such as had never entered their hearts (before). The
Apostle (may peace be upon him) observed: Say: We have heard
and obeyed and submitted ourselves. He (the reporter) said:
Allah instilled faith in their hearts and He revealed this
verse:" Allah burdens not a soul beyond its capacity. It gets
every good that it earns and it suffers every ill that it
earns. Our Lord, call us not to account if we forget or make a
mistake. He the (Lord) said: I indeed did it. Our Lord! do not
lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us. He
(our Lord) said: I indeed did it. And pardon us, have mercy on
us. Thou art our Protector" (ii. 286). He said: I indeed did
it.
Chapter 59: ALLAH DISREGARDS THE PREMONITION OR THE EVIL
PROMPTINGS OF THE HEART SO LONG AS THEY DO NOT TAKE A FIRM
ROOT
Bk 1, Number 0230:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Verily
Allah forgave my people the evil promptings which arise within
their hearts as long as they did not speak about them or did
not act upon them.
Bk 1, Number 0231:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Verily
the Great and Mighty Allah forgave my people the evil
promptings arising in their minds, but they neither talked
about them nor acted upon them.
Bk 1, Number 0232:
The same hadith has been narrated by Zuhair b. Harb, Waki,
Ishaq b. Mansur, Husain b. 'Ali.
Chapter 60: WHENEVER A PERSON INTENDS TO DO A GOOD DEED, IT IS
RECORDED BUT WHENEVER HE INTENDS TO COMMIT EVIL, IT IS NOT
WRITTEN
Bk 1, Number 0233:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The Great and
the Glorious Lord said (to angels): Whenever My bondsman
intends to corn it an evil, do not record it against him, but
if he actually commits it, then write it as one evil. And when
he intends to do good but does not do it, then take it down is
one act of goodness, but if he does it, then write down ten
good deeds (in his record).
Bk 1, Number 0234:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Allah,
the Great and Glorious, said: Whenever my bondsman intends to
do good, but does not do it, I write one good act for him, but
if he puts it into practice I wrote from ten to seven hundred
good deeds in favour of him. When he intends to commit an
evil, but does not actually do it, do not record it. But if he
does it, I write only one evil.
Bk 1, Number 0235:
Abu Huraira reported that Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him), said: When it occurs to my bondsman
that he should do a good deed but he actually does not do it,
record one good to him, but if he puts it into practice, I
make an entry of ten good acts in his favour. When it occurs
to him to do evil, but he does not commit it, I forgive that.
But if he commits it, I record one evil against his name. The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed. The
angels said: That bondsman of Yours intends to commit evil.
though His Lord is more Vigilant than he. Upon this He (the
Lord) said: Watch him; if he commits (evil), write it against
his name but if he refrains from doing it, write one good deed
or him, for he desisted from doing it for My sake. The
Messenger of Allah said: He who amongst you is good of faith,
all his good acts are multiplied from ten to seven hundred
times (and are recorded in his name) and all the evils that he
commits are recorded as such (i, e. without increase) till he
meets Allah.
Bk 1, Number 0236:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
intended to do good, but did not do it, one good was recorded
for him, and he who intended to do good and also did it, ten
to seven hundred good deeds were recorded for him. And he who
intended evil, but did not commit it, no entry was made
against his name, but if he committed that, it was recorded.
Bk 1, Number 0237:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) transmitted it from
the Blessed and Great Lord: Verily Allah recorded the good and
the evil and then made it clear that he who intended good but
did not do it, Allah recorded one complete good in his favour,
but if he intended it and also did it, the Glorious and Great
Allah recorded ten to seven hundred virtues and even more to
his credit. But it he intended evil, but did not commit it,
Allah wrote down full one good in his favour. If he intended
that and also committed it, Allah made an entry of one evil
against him.
Bk 1, Number 0238:
This hadith has been narrated with another chain of
transmitters with the addition of these words: Allah would
even wipe out (the evil committed by a man) and Allah does not
put to destruction anyone except he who is doomed to
destruction.
Chapter 61: PERTAINING TO EVIIL SUGGESTION OR PROMPTING IN
FAITH AND WHAT SHOULD BE SAID WHEN IT OCCURS TO THE MIND OF A
MAN
Bk 1, Number 0239:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that some
people from amongst the Companions of the Apostle (may peace
be upon him) came to him and said: Verily we perceive in our
minds that which every one of us considers it too grave to
express. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Do you really perceive
it? They said: Yes. Upon this he remarked: That is the faith
manifest.
Bk 1, Number 0240:
The same hadith has been transmitted by Muhammad b. 'Amr, Abu
Baker b. Ishaq, Abu'l−Jawwab, A'mash and Abu Huraira.
Bk 1, Number 0241:
It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud that
the Apostle (may peace be upon him) was asked about evil
prompting, to which he replied: It is pure faith.
Bk 1, Number 0242:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Men will
continue to question one another till this is propounded:
Allah created all things but who created Allah? He who found
himself confronted with such a situation should say: I affirm
my faith in Allah.
Bk 1, Number 0243:
This hadith has been transmitted by Mahmud b. Ghailan by
another chain of transmitters (and the words are): The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The Satan
will come to everyone of you and say: Who created the heaven,
who created the earth? (And the man) replies: It is Allah,
Then the remaining part of the hadith was narrated as
mentioned above and the words 'His prophets" were added to it.
Bk 1, Number 0244:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah may peace be upon him) observed: The Satan
comes to everyone. of you and says: Who created this and that?
till he questions: Who created your Lord? When he comes to
that, one should seek refuge in Allah and keep away (from such
idle thoughts).
Bk 1, Number 0245:
This hadith is transmitted by Urwa b. Zubair on the authority
of Abu Huraira (and the words are): The Satan comes to the
bondsman (of Allah) and says: Who created this and that? The
remaining part of the hadith is the same.
Bk 1, Number 0246:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: People will
constantly ask you questions pertaining to knowledge till they
would say: Allah created us, but who created Allah? he (the
narrator) says: he (Abu Huraira) was (at the time of narrating
this hadith) catching hold of the hand of a man and he said:
Allah and the Messenger told the truth. Two persons have
already put me this question, and this is the third one, or he
said: One man has put me this question and he is the second
one.
Bk 1, Number 0247:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that he said:
The people will constantly, and the rest of the hadith is the
same as that transmitted by 'Abdul−Warith with the exception
that there is no mention of the Apostle of Allah in that, but
he observed at the end of the hadith: Allah and His Messenger
told the truth.
Bk 1, Number 0248:
Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said to me: they (the people) till constantly ask
you, Abu Huraira, (about different things pertaining to
religion) the they would say: Well, there is Allah, but after
all who created Allah? He (Abu Huraira) narrated: Once we were
in the mosque that some of the Bedouins came there and said:
Well, there is Allah, but who created Allah? He (the narrator)
said: I took hold of the pebbles in my fist and flung at them
and remarked: Stand up, stand up (go away) my friend (the Holy
Prophet) told the truth.
Bk 1, Number 0249:
Yazid b. al−Asamm said: I heard Abu Huraira saying that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: people
will certainly ask you about everything till they will
propound: Allah created every thing, but who created Allah?
Bk 1, Number 0250:
Anas b. Malik transmitted it from the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) that the Great and Glorious Allah said:
Verily your people would constantly question about this and
that till they would say: Well, it is Allah Who created the
creation, but who created Allah?
Bk 1, Number 0251:
This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters
with the exception that Ishaq made no mention of this: Allah
said: Verily your people.
Chapter 62: WARNING FOR ONE APPROPRIATING THE RIGHT OF A
MUSLIM BY TAKING A FALSE OATH: THE FIRE (OF HELL) IS HIS
CHASTISEMENT
Bk 1, Number 0252:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Umama that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
appropriated the right of a Muslim by (swearing a false) oath,
Allah would make Hell−fire necessary for him and would declare
Paradise forbidden for him. A person said to him: Messenger of
Allah, even if it is something insignificant? He (the Holy
Prophet) replied: (Yes) even if it is the twig of the arak
tree.
Bk 1, Number 0253:
This hadith has been transmitted by another chain of
narrators: Abu Bakr b. Abi Shaiba, Ishaq b. Ibrahim, Harun b.
Abdullah, Abi Usama, Walid b. Kathir, Muhammad b. Ka'b, his
brother Abdullah b. Ka'b and Abi Usama.
Bk 1, Number 0254:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah (b. Umar) that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: He who
perjured with a view to appropriating the property of a
Muslim, and he is in fact a liar and would meet Allah in a
state that He would be angry with him. He (the narrator) said:
There came Ash'ath b. Qais and said (to the people): What does
Abu Abdur−Rahman (the Kunya of Abdullah b. Umar) narrate to
you? They replied: So and so. Upon this he remarked: Abu
Abdur−Rahman told the truth. This (command) has been revealed
in my case. There was a piece of land in Yemen over which I
and another person had a claim. I brought the dispute with him
to the Apostle of Allah (to decide) He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Can you produce an evidence (in your support)? I said:
No. He (the Holy Prophet) observed: (Then the decision would
be made) on his oath. I said: He would readily take an oath.
Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
remarked: He who perjured for appropriating the wealth of a
Muslim, whereas he is a liar, would meet Allah while He would
be angry with him. This verse was then revealed:" Verily those
who barter Allah's covenant and their oaths at a small
price..." (iii 77).
Bk 1, Number 0255:
It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah that he heard the
Prophet (may peace be upon him) saying: He who took an oath in
order to entitle himself (to the possession) of a property,
whereas he is a liar, would meet Allah in a state that He
would be very much angry with him. Then the remaining part of
the hadith was narrated as transmitted by A'mash but with the
exception of these words: There was a dispute between me and
another person in regard to a well. We referred this dispute
to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him). Upon this
he remarked: Either (you should produce) two witnesses (to
support your contention) or his oath (would be accepted as
valid).
Bk 1, Number 0256:
Ibn Mas'ud says: I heard the Messenger of Allah observing: He
who took an oath on the property of a Muslim without
legitimate right would meet Allah and He would be angry, with
him. Then the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) in
support of his contention recited the verse:" Verily those who
barter Allah's covenant and their oaths at a small price.
Bk 1, Number 0257:
It is narrated on the authority of Wa'il that there came a
person from Hadramaut and another one from Kinda to the
Apostle (may peace be upon him). One who had come from
Hadramaut said: Messenger of Allah, only this man has
appropriated my land which belonged to my father. The one who
had came from Kinda contended. This is my land and is in my
possession: I cultivate it. There is no right for him in it.
The Messenger of Allah said to the Hadramite: Have you any
evidence (to support you)? He replied in the negative. He (the
Apostle of Allah) said: Then your case is to be decided on his
oath. He (the Hadramite) said: Messenger of Allah, he is a
liar and cares not what he swears and has no regard for
anything. Upon this he (the Messenger of Allah) remarked: For
you then there is no other help to it. He (the man from Kinda)
set out to take an oath. When he turned his back the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: If he took an oath
on his property with a view to usurping it, he would certainly
meet his Lord in a state that He would turn away from him.
Bk 1, Number 0258:
Wa'il reported it on the authority of his father Hujr: I was
with the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) that two
men came there disputing over a piece of land. One of them
said: Messenger of Allah, this man appropriated my land
without justification in the days of ignorance. The (claimant)
was Imru'l−Qais b. 'Abis al−Kindi and his opponent was Rabi'a
b. 'Iban He (the Holy Prophet) said (to the claimant): Have
you evidence (to substantiate your claim)? He replied: I have
no evidence. Upon this he (the Messenger of Allah) remarked:
Then his (that is of the defendant) is the oath. He (the
claimant) said: In this case he (the defendant) would
appropriate this (the property). He (the Holy Prophet) said:
There is than no other way left for you but this. He (the
narrator) said: When he (the defendant) stood up to take oath,
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: He who
appropriated the land wrongfully would meet Allah in a state
that He would be angry with him. Ishaq in his narration
mentions Rabi'a b. 'Aidan (instead of Rabi'a b. 'Ibdan).
Chapter 63: CONCERNING THE FACT THAT VIOLABLE IS THE BLOOD OF
ONE WHO MAKES AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY OF
ANOTHER WITHOUT ANY LEGITIMATE RIGHT. IF SUCH MAN IS KILLED
HIS ABODE IS FIRE AND HE WHO DIES IN PROTECTING HIS PROPERTY
IS A MARTYR
Bk 1, Number 0259:
Abu Huraira reported: A person came to the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, what do
you think if a man comes to me in order to appropriate my
possession? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't surrender your
possession to him. He (the inquirer) said: If he fights me? He
(the Holy Prophet) remarked: Then fight (with him). He (the
inquirer) again said: What do you think if I am killed? He
(the Holy Prophet) observed: You would be a martyr. He (the
inquirer) said: What do you think of him (Messenger of Allah)
If I kill him. He (the Holy Prophet) said: he would be in the
Fire.
Bk 1, Number 0260:
It is narrated on the authority of Thabit, that when 'Abdullah
b. 'Amr and 'Anbasa b. Abi Sufyan were about to fight against
each other, Khalid b. 'As rode to 'Abdullah b. 'Amr and
persuaded him (not to do so). Upon this Abdullah b. 'Amr said:
Are you not aware that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) had observed:" He who died in protecting his
property is a martyr." This hadith has been narrated by
Muhammad b. Hatim, Muhammad b. Bakr, Ahmad b. 'Uthman Naufali,
Abu 'Asim, Ibn Juraij.
Chapter 64: THE RULER WHO, IS UNJUST TO HIS SUBJECTS DESERVES
PUNISHMENT OF FIRE
Bk 1, Number 0261:
Hasan reported: 'Ubaidullah b. Ziyad paid a visit to Ma'qil b.
Yasar Muzani in his illness of which he (later on) died. (At
this juncture) Ma'qil said: I am going to narrate to you a
hadith which I have heard from the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) and which I would not have transmitted if I
knew that I would survive. Verily I have heard the Messenger
of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: There is none amongst
the bondsmen who was entrusted with the affairs of his
subjects and he died in such a state that he was dishonest in
his dealings with those over whom he ruled that the Paradise
is not forbidden for him.
Bk 1, Number 0262:
Hasan reported: Ubaidullah b. Ziyad went to see Ma'qil b.
Yasir and he was ailing. He ('Ubaidullah) inquired (about his
health) to which he (Ma'qil) replied: I am narrating to you a
hadith which I avoided narrating to you (before). Verily the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Allah
does not entrust to his bondsman the responsibility of
managing the affairs of his subjects and he dies as a
dishonest (ruler) but Paradise is forbidden by Allah for such
a (ruler). He (Ibn Ziyad) said: Why did you not narrate it to
me before this day? He replied: I (in fact) did not narrate it
to you as it was not (fit) for me to narrate that to you.
Bk 1, Number 0263:
Hasan reported: We were with Ma'qil b. Yasar inquiring about
his health that Ubaidullah b. Ziyad came there. Ma'qil said to
him: Verily I am going to narrate to you a hadith which I
heard from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him).
Then he narrated the hadith like those two (mentioned above).
Bk 1, Number 0264:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Malih that Ubaidullah
b. Ziyad visited Ma'qil b. Yasar in his illness. Ma'qil said
to him: I am narrating to you a hadith which I would have
never narrated to you had I not been in death−bed. I heard
Allah's apostle (may peace be upon him) say: A ruler who has
been entrusted with the affairs of the Muslims but he makes no
endeavors ( for the material and moral uplift) and does not
sincerely mean (their welfare) would not enter Paradise along
with them.
Chapter 65: REMOVAL OF TRUSTWORTHINESS AND FAITH FROM SOME
HEARTS AND APPEARANCE OF DISCORD THEREIN
Bk 1, Number 0265:
Hudhaifa reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) narrated to us two ahadith. I have seen one (crystallized
into reality), and I am waiting for the other. He told us:
Trustworthiness descended in the innermost (root) of the
hearts of people. Then the Qur'an was revealed and they learnt
from the Qur'an and they learnt from the Sunnah. Then he (the
Holy Prophet) told us about the removal of trustworthiness. He
said: The man would have a wink of sleep and trustworthiness
would be taken away from his heart leaving the impression of a
faint mark. He would again sleep and trustworthiness would be
taken away from his heart leaving an impression of a blister,
as if you rolled down an ember on your foot and it was
vesicled. He would see a swelling having nothing in it. He
(the Holy Prophet) then took up a pebble and rolled it down
over his foot and (said): The people would enter into
transactions amongst one another and hardly a person would be
left who would return (things) entrusted to him. (And there
would be so much paucity of honest persons) till it would be
said: There in such a such tribe is a trustworthy man. And
they would also say about a person: How prudent he is, how
broad−minded he is and how intelligent he is, whereas in his
heart there would not be faith even to the weight of a mustard
seed. I have passed through a time in which I did not care
with whom amongst you I entered into a transaction, for if he
were a Muslim his faith would compel him to discharge his
obligations to me and it he were a Christian or a Jew, the
ruler would compel him to discharge his obligations to me. But
today I would not enter into a transaction with you except so
and so.
Bk 1, Number 0266:
This hadith has been transmitted by another chain of
transmitters: Ibn Numair, Waki', Ishaq b. Ibrahim, 'Isa b.
Yunus on the authority of A'mash.
Bk 1, Number 0267:
It is narrated on the authority of Hudhaifa: We were sitting
in the company of Umar and he said: Who amongst you has heard
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) talking about
the turmoil? Some people said: It is we who heard it. Upon
this be remarked: Perhaps by turmoil you presume the unrest of
man in regard to his household or neighbour, they replied:
Yes. He ('Umar) observed: Such (an unrest) would be done away
with by prayer, fasting and charity. But who amongst you has
heard from the Apostle (may peace be upon him) describing that
turmoil which would come like the wave of the ocean. Hudhaifa
said: The people hushed into silence, I replied: It is I. He
('Umar) said: Ye, well, your father was also very pious.
Hudhaifa said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be,
upon him ) observing: Temptations will be presented to men's
hearts as reed mat is woven stick by stick and any heart which
is impregnated by them will have a black mark put into it, but
any heart which rejects them will have a white mark put in it.
The result is that there will become two types of hearts: one
white like a white stone which will not be harmed by any
turmoil or temptation, so long as the heavens and the earth
endure; and the other black and dust−coloured like a vessel
which is upset, not recognizing what is good or rejecting what
is abominable, but being impregnated with passion. Hudhaifa
said: I narrated to him ('Umar): There is between you and that
(turmoil) a closed door, but there is every likelihood of its
being broken. 'Umar said: Would it be broken? You have, been
rendered fatherless. Had it been opened, it would have been
perhaps closed also. I said: No, it would be broken, and I
narrated to him: Verily that door implies a person who would
be killed or die. There is no mistake in this hadith. Abu
Khalid narrated: I said to Sa'd, O Abu Malik, what do you mean
by the term" Aswad Murbadda"? He replied: High degree of
whiteness in blackness. I said: What is meant by" Alkoozu
Mujakhiyyan"? He replied: A vessel turned upside down. It is
narrated on the authority of Rib'i (b. Hirash). When Hudhaifa
came from 'Umar he sat down to narrate to us and said: Verily
yesterday when I was sitting with the Commander of the
believers he asked his companions: When amongst you retains in
his memory the utterance of the Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) with regard to the turmoil? −and he cited the
hadith like the hadith narrated on the authority of Abu
Khalid, but he did not mention the exposition of his words
(Murbaddan) and (Mujakhiyyan).
Bk 1, Number 0269:
It is transmitted by Rib'i b. Hirash. who narrated it on the
authority of Hudhaifa that verily 'Umar said: Who would
narrate to us or who amongst you would narrate to us (and
Hudhaifa was one amongst them) what the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) had said about the turmoil? Hudhaifa
said: I will, and recited the hadith like that transmitted by
Abu Malik on the authority of Rib'i and he observed in
connection with this hadith that Hudhaifa remarked: I am
narrating to you a hadith and it has no mistake, and said:
That it is transmitted from he Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him).
Chapter 66: ISLAM WAS INITIATED AS SOMETHING STRANGE, AND IT
WOULD REVERT TO ITS (OLD POSITION) OF BEING STRANGE, AND IT
WOULD CONCENTRATE BETWERN THE TWO MOSQUES
Bk 1, Number 0270:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Islam
initiated as something strange, and it would revert to its
(old position) of being strange. so good tidings for the
stranger.
Bk 1, Number 0271:
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar ('Abdullah b.
'Umar) that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
observed: Verily Islam started as something strange and it
would again revert (to its old position) of being strange just
as it started, and it would recede between the two mosques
just as the serpent crawls back into its hole.
Bk 1, Number 0272:
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Verily the
faith would recede to Medina just as the serpent crawls back
into its hole.
Chapter 67: THE EFFACING OF FAITH IN THE LATER AGE
Bk 1, Number 0273:
It is narrated on the authority of Anas that verily the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: The Hour
(Resurrection) would not come so long as Allah is supplicated
in the world.
Bk 1, Number 0274:
It is narrated on the authority of Anas that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said: The Hour (Resurrection)
would not come upon anyone so long as he supplicates Allah.
Chapter 68: PERMISSIBILITY OF CONCEALING THE FAITH OF ONE WHO
FEARS
Bk 1, Number 0275:
Hudhaifa reported: We were in the company of the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) when he said. Count for me those
who profess al−Islam. We said: Messenger of Allah, do you
entertain any fear concerning us and we are (at this time)
between six hundred and seven hundred (in strength). He (the
Holy Prophet) remarked: You don't perceive; you may be put to
some trial, He (the narrator) said: We actually suffered trial
so much so that some of our men were constrained to offer
their prayers in concealment.
Chapter 69: TO HABITUATE THE HEART WITH FAITH WHICH DUE TO ITS
WEAKNESS, IS SCARED AND THE FORBIDDANCE TO CALL POSITIVELY ONE
A BELIEVER WITHOUT A DEFINITE PROOF
Bk 1, Number 0276:
Sa'd narrated it on the authority of his father (Abi Waqqas)
that he observed: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) distributed shares (of booty among his Companions). I
said: Messenger of Allah! Give it to so and so, for verily he
is a believer. Upon this the Apostle of Allah remarked: Or a
Muslim. I (the narrator) repeated it (the word" believer" )
thrice and he (the Holy Prophet) turned his back upon me (and
substituted the word)" Muslim," and then observed: I bestow it
(this share) to a man out of apprehension lest Allah should
throw him prostrate into the fire (of Hell) whereas in fact
the other man is dearer to me than he.
Bk 1, Number 0277:
It is narrated on the authority of Sa'd that the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) bestowed upon a group of persons
(things), and Sa'd was sitting amongst them. Sa'd said: The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) ignored some of
them. And he who was ignored seemed to be more deserving in my
eyes (as compared with others). I (Sa'd) said: Messenger of
Allah I why is it that you did not give to such and such
(man)? Verily I see him a believer. Upon this the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: Or a Muslim? I kept
quiet for some time but I was again impelled (to express) what
I knew about him. I said: Messenger of Allah why is it that
you did not give it to such and such? Verily, by Allah, see
him a believer. Upon this the Messenger of Allah (may peace be
upon him) remarked: (Nay, not a believer) but a Muslim. He
(Sa'd) said: I again kept quite for some time but what I knew
about him again impelled me (to express my opinion) and I
said: Why is it that you did not give (the share) to so and
so: By Allah, verily I see him a believer. The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) remarked; (Nay, not so) but a
Muslim. Verily (at times) I give (a share) to a certain man
apprehending that he may not be thrown prostrate in the Fire,
whereas the other man (who is not given) is dearer to me (as
compared with him).
Bk 1, Number 0278:
Sa'd reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
bestowed upon a group of persons (booty) and I was sitting
with them. The remaining part of the hadith is the same as
mentioned (above) with the additionI stood up and went to the
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and whispered to
him: Why did you omit such and such a man?
Bk 1, Number 0279:
The same hadith has been narrated on the authority of Muhammad
b Sa'd and these words (are also there): The Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) gave a stroke on my neck or
between my two shoulders and said: Sa'd, do you fight with me
simply because I gave (a share) to a man?
