Virtue, Good Manners and Joining of the Ties of Relationship (Kitab Al−Birr was−Salat−I−wa'l−Adab)

Bk 32 Virtue, Good Manners
and Joining of the Ties of Relationship (Kitab Al−Birr
was−Salat−I−wa'l−Adab)
Chapter 1: POLITENESS TOWARDS PARENTS AND THEIR RIGHT TO IT
Bk 32, Number 6180:
Abu Huraira reported that a person came to Allah, 's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said: Who among the people is most
deserving of a fine treatment from my hand? He said: Your
mother. He again said: Then who (is the next one)? He said:
Again it is your mother (who deserves the best treatment from
you). He said: Then who (is the next one)? He (the Holy
Prophet) said: Again, it is your mother. He (again) said: Then
who? Thereupon he said: Then it is your father. In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Qutalba, there is no mention
of the word" the people".
Bk 32, Number 6181:
Abu Huraira reported that a person said: Allah's Messenger,
who amongst the people is most deserving of my good treatment?
He said: Your mother, again your mother, again your mother,
then your father, then your nearest relatives according to the
order (of nearness).
Bk 32, Number 6182:
Abu Huraira reported: A person came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him). The rest of the hadith is the same as
transmitted by jarir but with this addition: By your father,
you would get the information.
Bk 32, Number 6183:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shubruma
with the same chain of transmitters and the hadith transmitted
on the authority of Wuhaib there is a slight variation of
wording. Same is the case with the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Muhammad b. Talha (and the words are):" Who
amongst the people deserves the best treatment from me".
Bk 32, Number 6184:
Abdullah b. 'Anir reported that a person came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and sought permission (to
participate) in Jihad, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
Are your parents living? He said: Yes. Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: You should put in your best efforts (in their)
service.
Bk 32, Number 6185:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Habib with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6186:
Yazid b. Abu Habib reported that Na'im, the freed slave of Umm
Salama, reported to him that 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As said:
There came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a person
and said: I owe allegiance to you for migration and Jihad
seeking reward only from Allah. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is
one from amongst your parents living? He said: Yes, of course,
both are living. He further asked: Do you want to seek reward
from Allah? He said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Go back to your parents and accord
them benevolent treatment.
Chapter 2: THE PREFERENCE OF BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO PARENTS
OVER VOLUNTARY PRAYERS, ETC.
Bk 32, Number 6187:
Abu Huraira reported that Juraij was one who was devoted to
(prayer) in the temple. His mother came to him. Humaid said
that Abu Rafi' demonstrated before us like the demonstration
made by abu Huraira to whom Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had demonstrated as his mother called him placing
her palms upon the eyebrows and lifting her head for calling
him and said: Juraij, it is your mother, so talk to her. She
found him at that time absorbed in prayer, so he said (to
himself): O Lord, my mother (is calling me) (whereas I am
absorbed) in my prayer. He opted for prayer. She (his mother)
went back, then came again for the second time and said: O
Juraij, it is your mother (calling you), so talk to me. He
said: O Allah. there is my mother also and my prayer, and he
opted for prayer. She said: O Allah, this Juraij is my son. I
pray to talk to him but he refuses to talk to me. O Allah,
don't bring death to him unless he has seen the prostitutes,
and had she invoked the curse upon him (from the heart of her
heart) he would have been involved in some turmoil. There was
a shepherd living near by his temple (the temple where Juraij
was engaged in prayer). It so happened that a woman of that
village came there and that shepherd committed fornication
with her and she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. It
was said to her: Whose child is this? She said: He is the
child of one who is living in this temple. So there came
persons with hatchets and spades. They called Juraij. He was
absorbed in prayer and he did not talk to them and they were
about to demolish that temple that he saw them and then came
to them and they said: Ask her (this woman) what she says. He
smiled and then touched the head of the child and said: Who is
your father? He (the child) said: My father is the shepherd of
the sheep, and when they heard this, they said: We are
prepared to rebuild with gold and silver what we have
demolished from your temple. He said: No, rebuild it with clay
as it had been before. He then went up (to his room and
absorbed himself in prayer).
Bk 32, Number 6188:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: None spoke in the cradle but only three (persons),
Christ son of Mary, the second one the companion of Juraij.
Juraij had got constructed a temple and confined himself in
that. His mother came to him as he was busy in prayer and she
said: Juraij. He said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while
I am engaged in) my prayer. He continued with the prayer. She
returned and she came on the next day and he was busy in
prayer, and she said: Juraij. And he said: My Lord, my mother
(is calling me while I am engaged) in prayer, and he continued
with the prayer and she went back, and then on the next day
she again came and he was busy in prayer and she said: Juraij.
And he said: My Lord, my mother (is calling me while I am
engaged in my prayer, and he continued with the prayer, and
she said: My Lord, don't give him death unless he has seen the
fate of the prostitutes. The story of Juraij and that of his
meditation and prayer gained currency amongst Bani Isra'il.
There was a prostitute who had been a beauty incarnate. She
said (to the people): If you like I can allure him to evil.
She presented herself to him but he paid no heed (to her). She
came to a shepherd who lived near the temple and she offered
herself to him and he had a sexual intercourse with her and so
she became pregnant arid when she gave birth to a child she
said: This is from Juraij. So they came and asked him to get
down and demolished the temple and began to beat him. He said:
What is the matter? They said: You have committed fornication
with this prostitute and she has given birth to a child from
your loins. He said: Where is the child? They brought him (the
child) and he said: just leave me so that I should observe
prayer. And he observed prayer and when he finished, he came
to the child. He struck his stomach and said: O boy, who is
your father? lie said: He is such shepherd. So they turned
towards Juraij, kissed him and touched him (for seeking
blessing) and said: We are prepared to construct your temple
with gold. He said. No, just rebuild it with mud as it had
been, and they did that. Then there was a babe who was sucking
his mother that a person dressed in fine garment came riding
upon a beast. His mother said: O Allah, make my child like
this one. He (the babe) left sucking and began to see towards
him, and said: O Allah, don't make me like him. He then
returned to the chest and began to suck the milk of his
mother. He (Abu Huraira) said: I perceived as if I am seeing
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as he is explaining
the scene of his sucking milk with his forefinger in his mouth
and sucking that. He (Abu Huraira) further reported Allah's
Apostle (may be peace upon him) as saying: There happened to
pass by him a girl who was being beaten and they were saying:
You have committed adultery and you have committed theft and
she was saying: Allah is enough for me and He is my good
Protector, and his mother said: O Allah, don't make my child
like her and he left sucking the milk, and looked towards her
and said: O Allah, make me like her, and there was a talk
between them. She said: O with shaven head, a good−looking
person happened to pass by and I said: O Allah, make my child
like him, and you said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and
they passed by a girl while they were beating her and saying:
You committed fornication and you committed theft, and I said:
O Allah, don't make my child like her, and you said: O Allah,
make me like her. Thereupon he said: That person was a tyrant,
and I said: O Allah, don't make me like him, and they were
saying about her: You committed fornication whereas in fact
she had not committed that and they were saying: You have
committed theft whereas she had not committed theft, so I
said: O Allah, make me like her.
Bk 32, Number 6189:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Let him be humbled into dust; let him be humbled
into dust. It was said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said:
He who sees either of his parents during their old age or he
sees both of them, but he does not enter Paradise.
Bk 32, Number 6190:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Let him be humbled, let him be humbled. It was
said: Allah's Messenger, who is he? He said. He who finds his
parents in old age, either one or both of them, and does not
enter Paradise.
Bk 32, Number 6191:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Let him be humbled thrice, and the rest of the
hadith is the same.
Chapter 3: KINDNESS TOWARDS THE FRIENDS OF ONE'S FATHER AND
MOTHER
Bk 32, Number 6192:
Ibn Dinar reported that a desert Arab met Abdullah b. 'Umar on
the way to Mecca. 'Abdullah greeted him and mounted him upon
the donkey on which he had been riding and gave him the turban
that he had on his head. Ibn Dinar (further) reported: We said
to him ('Abdullah b. 'Umar): May Allah do good to you, these
are desert Arabs and they are satisfied even with meagre
(things). Thereupon Abdullah said: His father was loved dearly
by 'Umar b. Khattib and I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: The finest act of goodness on the part
of a son is to treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Bk 32, Number 6193:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The finest act of goodness is that a person
should treat kindly the loved ones of his father.
Bk 32, Number 6194:
Abdullah b. Dinar reported that when 'Abdullah b. 'Umar set
out to Mecea, 'he kept a donkey with him which he used as a
diversion from the tedium of journey on the camel's back and
had a turban which he tied round his head. One day, as he was
riding the donkey a desert Arab happened to pass by him. He
('Abdullah b. 'Umar) said: Arn't you so and so? He said: Yes
He gave him his donkey and said: Ride it, and tie the turban
round your head. Some of his companions said: May Allah pardon
you, you gave to this desert Arab the donkey on which you
enjoyed ride for diversion and the turban which you tied round
your. head. Thereupon he said: Verily I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The finest act of
goodness is the kind treatment of a person to the loved ones
of his father after his death and the father of this person
was a friend of 'Umar.
Bk 32, Number 6195:
Nawwas b. Sim'an al−Ansiri reported: I asked Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) about virtue and vice. He said: Virtue
is a kind disposition and vice is what rankles in your heart
and that you disapprove that people should come to know of it.
Bk 32, Number 6196:
Nawwis b. Sim'in reported: I stayed with Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) for one year. What obstructed me to
migrate was (nothing) but (persistent) inquiries from him
(about Islam). (It was a common observation) that when anyone
of us migrated (to Medina) he ceased to ask (too many
questions) from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). So
I asked him about virtue and vice. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Virtue is a kind disposition and
vice is what rankles in your mind and that you disapprove of
its being known to the people.
Chapter 4: JOINING THE TIE OF RELATIONSHIP AND PROHIBITION TO
BREAK IT
Bk 32, Number 6197:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Verily Allah created the universe and when He had
finished that, ties of relationship came forward and said This
is the place for him who seeks refuge from severing (of
blood−relationship). He said: Yes. Are you not satisfied that
I should keep relationship with one who joins your ties of
relationship and sever it with one who severs your (ties of
relationship)? They (the ties of blood) said: Certainly so.
Thereupon He said: Well, that is how things are for you.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) then said: Recite if
you like:" But if you turn away you are sure to make mischief
in the land and cut off the ties of kinship. Those it is whom
Allah has cursed, so He has made them deaf and blinded their
eyes. Do they not reflect on the Qur'an? Or, are there locks
on their hearts?".
Bk 32, Number 6198:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: The tie of kinship is suspended to the Throne and
says: He who unites me Allah would unite him and he who
severed me Allah would sever him.
Bk 32, Number 6199:
Jubair b. Mut'im reported on the authority of his father that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The severer
would not enter Paradise. Ibn Umar said that Sufyan (explained
it as): One who severs the tie of kinship would not enter
Paradise.
Bk 32, Number 6200:
Jubair b. Mutlim reported that his father narrated to him that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The severer of
the tie of kinship would not get into Paradise.
Bk 32, Number 6201:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6202:
Anas b. Malik reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: He who is desirous that his means of
sustenance should be expanded for him or his age may be
lengthened, should join the tie of relationship.
Bk 32, Number 6203:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: He who likes that his sustenance should be
expanded and his age may be lengthened should join the tie of
kinship.
Bk 32, Number 6204:
Abu Huraira reported that a person said: Allah's Messenger, I
have relatives with whom I try, to have close relationship,
but they sever (this relation). I treat them well, but they
treat me ill. I am sweet to them but they are harsh towards
me. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said: If it is so as you
say, then you in fact throw hot ashes (upon their faces) and
there would always remain with you on behalf of Allah (an
Angel to support you) who would keep you dominant over them so
long as you adhere to this (path of righteousness).
Chapter 5: FORBIDDANCE OF NURSING MUTUAL JEALOUSY, MUTUAL
HATRED AND MUTUAL HOSTILITY
Bk 32, Number 6205:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Neither nurse mutual hatred, nor jealousy, nor
enmity, and become as fellow. brothers and servants of Allah.
It is not lawful fora Muslim that he should keep his relations
estranged with his brother beyond three days.
Bk 32, Number 6206:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying like this. This hadith has been narrated
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6207:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with
the same chain of transmitters with the addition of Ibn Uyaina
(and the words are):" Do not cut off (mutual relations)."
Bk 32, Number 6208:
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters and the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Abd al−Razziq (the words are):" Neither nurse grudge nor sever
(the ties of kinship), nor nurse enmity."
Bk 32, Number 6209:
Anas reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Nurse no grudge, nurse no aversion and do not sever
ties of kinship and live like fellow−brothers as servants of
Allah. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but with this
addition:" As Allah has commanded you."
Chapter 6: IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR A MUSLIM TO HAVE ESTRANGED
RELATIONS WITH THE OTHER MUSLIM BEYOND THREE DAYS WITHOUT ANY
REASON OF SHARI'AH
Bk 32, Number 6210:
Abu Ayyub Ansiri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: It is not permissible for a Muslim to have
estranged relations with his brother beyond three nights, the
one turning one way and the other turning the other way when
they meet; the better of the two is one who is the first to
give a greeting.
Bk 32, Number 6211:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri
with a slight variation of wording (and the words are):" The
one turning away and the other turning away when they meet and
one avoids the other and the other also avoids him."
Bk 32, Number 6212:
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: It is not permissible for a Muslim to
have estranged relations with his brother beyond three days.
Bk 32, Number 6213:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There should be no estranged relations beyond three
days.
Chapter 7: FORBIDDANCE OF SUSPICION, FAULT−FINDING, AND
BIDDING AGAINST THE OTHER (FOR RAISING THE PRICE)
Bk 32, Number 6214:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Avoid suspicion, for suspicion is the gravest lie
in talk and do not be inquisitive about one another and do not
spy upon one another and do not feel envy with the other, and
nurse no malice, and nurse no aversion and hostility against
one another. And be fellow−brothers and servants of Allah.
Bk 32, Number 6215:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Don't have estranged relations (with the others)
and don't nurse enmity and don't enter into a transaction when
the other (has already entered) and be fellow−brothers and
servants of Allah.
Bk 32, Number 6216:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying. Don't nurse malice against one another, don't nurse
aversion against one another and don't be inquisitive about
one another and don't outbid one another (with a view to
raising the price) and be fellow−brothers and servants of
Allah.
Bk 32, Number 6217:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmit ters (and the words are):" Don't
sever relations of kinship, don't bear enmity against one
another, don't bear aversion against one another and don't
feel envy against the other and live as fellow−brothers as
Allah has commanded you.
Bk 32, Number 6218:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Don't bear aversion against one another and don't
be jealous of one another and be servants of Allah.
Chapter 8: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PERPETRATE ATROCITY UPON A
MUSLIM, TO HUMILIATE HIM, TO INSULT HIM, AND INVIOLABLE IS HIS
BLOOD, HONOUR AND WEALTH
Bk 32, Number 6219:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Don't nurse grudge and don't bid him out for
raising the price and don't nurse aversion or enmity and don't
enter into a transaction when the others have entered into
that transaction and be as fellow−brothers and servants of
Allah. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither
oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him. The
piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards his
chest thrice. It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he should
look down upon his brother Muslim. All things of a Muslim are
inviolable for his brother in faith: his blood, his wealth and
his honour.
Bk 32, Number 6220:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu
Huraira with some addition (and it is this):" Verily Allah
does not look to your bodies nor to your faces but He looks to
your hearts," and he pointed towards the heart with his
fingers.
Bk 32, Number 6221:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upqn him)
as saying: Verily Allah does not look to your faces and your
wealth but He looks to your heart and to your deeds.
Chapter 9: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO NURSE RANCOUR
Bk 32, Number 6222:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The gates of Paradise are not opened but on two
days, Monday and Thursday. and then every servant (of Allah)
is granted pardon who does not associate anything with Allah
except the person in whose (heart) there is rancour against
his brother. And it would be said: Look towards both of them
until there is reconciliation; look toward both of them until
there is reconciliation; look towards both of them until there
is reconciliation. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Suhail who narrated it on the authority of his
father with the chain of transmitters of MaIik, but with this
variation of wording:, (Those would not be granted pardon) who
bycott each other."
Bk 32, Number 6223:
Abu Huraira reported it as a marfu' hadith (and the words
are): The deeds are presented on every Thursday and Friday and
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. grants pardon to every person
who does not associate anything with Allah except the person
in whose (heart) there is rancour against his brother. It
would be said: Put both of them off until they are reconciled.
Bk 32, Number 6224:
Abu Huraim reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying The deeds of people would be presented every week on
two days, viz. Monday and Thursday, and every believing
servant would be granted pardon except the one in whose
(heart) there is rancour against his brother and it would he
said: Leave them and put them off until they are turned to
reconciliation.
Chapter 10: MERIT OF LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
Bk 32, Number 6225:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Verily. Allah would say on the Day of Resurrection:
Where are those who have mutual love for My Glory's sake?
Today I shall shelter them in My shadow when there is no other
shadow but the shadow of Mine.
Bk 32, Number 6226:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A person visited his brother in another town and
Allah deputed an Angel to wait for him on his way and when he
came to him he said: Where do you intend to go? He said: I
intend to go to my brother in this town. He said: Have you
done any favour to him (the repayment of which you intend to
get)? He said: No, excepting this that I love Mm for the sake
of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious. Thereupon he said: I am a
meesenger to you from, Allah: (to inform you) that Allah loves
you as you love him (for His sake) This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Hammid b. Salama with the same of
transmitters.
Chapter 11: MERIT OF VISITING THE SICK
Bk 32, Number 6227:
Abu Rabi' reported directly from Allah's Apostle (may peace
upon him) as saying: The one who visits the sick is in fact
like one who is in the fruit garden of Paradise so long as he
does not return.
Bk 32, Number 6228:
Thauban, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: He who visits the sick continues to remain in the
fruit garden of Paradise until he returns.
Bk 32, Number 6229:
Thauban reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Verily, when a Muslim visits his brother in Islam he
is supposed to remain in the fruit garden of Paradise until he
returns.
Bk 32, Number 6230:
Thauban, the freed slave of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: He who visits the sick is supposed to remain in the
fruit garden of Paradise. It was said: Allah's Messenger, what
is this Khurfat−ul−jannah? He said: It is a place abounding in
fruits.
Bk 32, Number 6231:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Asim
al−Ahwal with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6232:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Verily, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would say
on the Day of Resurrection: O son of Adam, I was sick but you
did not visit Me. He would say: O my Lord; how could I visit
Thee whereas Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He
would say: Didn't you know that such and such servant of Mine
was sick but you did not visit him and were you not aware of
this that if you had visited him, you would have found Me by
him? O son of Adam, I asked food from you but you did not feed
Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I feed Thee whereas Thou
art the Lord of the worlds? He said: Didn't you know that such
and such servant of Mine asked food from you but you did not
feed him, and were you not aware that if you had fed him you
would have found him by My side? (The Lord would again say: )
O son of Adam, I asked drink from you but you did not provide
Me. He would say: My Lord, how could I provide Thee whereas
Thou art the Lord of the worlds? Thereupon He would say: Such
and such of servant of Mine asked you for a drink but you did
not provide him, and had you provided him drink you would have
found him near Me.
Chapter 12: WHENEVER A BELIEVER FALLS SICK OR IS STRICKEN WITH
GRIEF OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, THERE IS A REWARD FOR HIM EVEN IF
IT IS PRICKING OF A THORN
Bk 32, Number 6233:
'A'isha reported, I did not see anyone else being afflicted
with more severe illness than Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him). In the narration transmitted by 'Uthman there is a
slight variation of wording.
Bk 32, Number 6234:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash
through other chains of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6235:
'Abdullah reported: I visited Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as he was running high temperature. I touched his
body with my bard and said to him: Allah's Messenger, you are
running high temperature, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Yes, it is so. I comparatively have a
more severe fever than any one of you. I said: Is it because
there is a double reward in store for you? Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Yes, it is so. And
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) again said: When a
Muslim falls ill, his compensation is that his minor sins are
obliterated just as leaves tall (in autumn). In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Zubair there is (no mention of
these words):" I touched his body with my hands."
Bk 32, Number 6236:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of jarir and
the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Mu'awiya there
is an addition of these words: He said: Yes, by Him in Whose
Hand is my life, there is no Muslim upon the earth." The rest
of the hadith is the same.
Bk 32, Number 6237:
Aswad reported that some young men from the Quraish visited
'A'isha as she was in Mina and they were laughing. She said:
What makes you laugh? They said: Such and such person stumbled
against the rope of the tent and he was about to break his
neck or lose his eyes. She said: Don't laugh for I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If a
Muslim runs a thorn or (gets into trouble) severe than this,
there is assured for him (a higher) rank and his sins are
obliterated.
Bk 32, Number 6238:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A believer does not receive (the trouble) of running a
thorn or more than that but Allah elevates him in rank or
effaces his sins because of tbat.
Bk 32, Number 6239:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A believer does not undergo (the trouble) of running a
thorn or more than that when Allah effaces his sins.
Bk 32, Number 6240:
'A'isha said: No trouble comes to a believer even if it is the
pricking of a thorn that it becomes (the means) whereby his
sins are effaced or his sins are obliterated. Yazid says: He
does not know which word 'Urwa said (whether he said Qussa or
Kuffira).
Bk 32, Number 6241:
'A'isha reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There is nothing (in the form of trouble) that
comes to a believer even if it is the pricking of a thorn that
there is decreed for him by Allah good or his sins are
obliterated.
Bk 32, Number 6242:
Abu Sa'id and abu Huraira reported that they heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Never a believer
is stricken with discomfort, hardship or illness, grief or
even with mental worry that his sins are not expiated for him.
Bk 32, Number 6243:
Abu Huraira reported that when this verse was revealed:"
Whoever does evil will be requited for it", and when this was
conveyed to the Muslims they were greatly perturbed. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Be moderate
and stand firm in trouble that falls to the lot of a Muslim
(as that) is an expiation for him; even stumbling on the path
or the prickin of a thorn (are an expiation for him). Muslim
said that 'Umar b. Abd al−Rahman Muhaisin was from amongst the
people of Mecca.
Bk 32, Number 6244:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) visited Umm Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib and said: Umm
Sa'ib or Umm Musayyib. why is it that you are shivering? She
said:" It is fever and may it not be blessed by Allah,
whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Don't curse fever for it
expiates the sir of the posterity of Adam just as furnace
removes the alloy of iron.
Bk 32, Number 6245:
'Ata' b. Abi Rabih said: Ibn Abbas said to me: May I show you
a woman of Paradise? I said: Yes. He said: Here is this
dark−complexioned woman. She came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and said: I am suffering from falling
sickness and I become naked; supplicate Allah for me,
whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Show endurance as you
can do and there would be Paradise for you and, if you desire,
I supplicate Allah that He may cure you. She said: I am
prepared to show endurance (but the unbearable trouble is)
that I become naked, so supplicate Allah that He should not
let me become naked, so he supplicated for her.
Chapter 13: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO COMMIT OPPRESSION
Bk 32, Number 6246:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My
servants, I have made oppression unlawful for Me and unlawful
for you, so do not commit oppression against one another. My
servants, all of you are liable to err except one whom I guide
on the right path, so seek right guidance from Me so that I
should direct you to the right path. O My servants, all of you
are hungry (needy) except one whom I feed, so beg food from
Me, so that I may give that to you. O My servants, all of you
are naked (need clothes) except one whom I provide garments,
so beg clothes from Me, so that I should clothe you. O My
servants, you commit error night and day and I am there to
pardon your sins, so beg pardon from Me so that I should grant
you pardon. O My servants, you can neither do Me any harm nor
can you do Me any good. O My servants, even if the first
amongst you and the last amongst you and even the whole of
human race of yours, and that of jinns even, become (equal in)
God−conscious like the heart of a single person amongst you,
nothing would add to My Power. O My servants, even if the
first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human
race of yours and that of the Jinns too in unison become the
most wicked (all beating) like the heart of a single person,
it would cause no loss to My Power. O My servants, even if the
first amongst you and the last amongst you and the whole human
race of yours and that of jinns also all stand in one plain
ground and you ask Me and I confer upon every person what he
asks for, it would not. in any way, cause any loss to Me (even
less) than that which is caused to the ocean by dipping the
needle in it. My servants, these for you I shall reward you
for thern, so he who deeds of yours which I am recording finds
good should praise Allah and he who does not find that should
not blame anyone but his ownself. Sa'id said that when Abu
Idris Khaulini narrated this hadith he knelt upon his knees.
Bk 32, Number 6247:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that he reported it from his Lord, the Exalted and
Glorious: Verily I have made oppression unlawful for Me and
for My servants too, so do not commit oppression. The rest of
the hadith is the same.
Bk 32, Number 6248:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Be on your guardagainst committing
oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of
Resurrection, and be on your guard against pettimindedness for
pettimindedness destroyed those who were before you, as it
incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was unlawful
for them.
Bk 32, Number 6249:
Ibu 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Oppression is the darkness on the Day of
Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6250:
Salim reported on the authority of his father that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A Muslim is the
brother of a fellow−Muslim. He should neither commit
oppression upon him nor ruin him, and he who meets the need of
a brot'ier, Allah would meet big needs, and he who relieved a
Muslim from hardship Allah would relieve him from the
hardships to which he would be put on the Day of Resurrection,
and he who did not expose (the follies of a Muslim) Allah
would conceal his follies on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6251:
Abu Huraira. reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Do you know who is poor? They (the Companions
of the Holy Prophet) said: A poor man amongst us is one who
has neither dirham with him nor wealth. He (the Holy Prophet)
said: The poor of my Umma would be he who would come on the
Day of Resurrecton with prayers and fasts and Zakat but (he
would find himself bankrupt on that day as he would have
exhausted his funds of virtues) since he hurled abuses upon
others, brought calumny against others and unlawfully consumed
the wealth of others and shed the blood of others and beat
others, and his virtues would be credited to the account of
one (who suffered at his hand). And if his good deeds fall
short to clear the account, then his sins would be entered in
(his account) and he would be thrown in the Hell−Fire.
Bk 32, Number 6252:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The claimants would get their claims on the Day of
Ressurection so much so that the hornless sheep would get its
claim from the horned sheep.
Bk 32, Number 6253:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, grants respite to the
oppessor. But when He lays Hand upon him, He does not then let
him off. Re (the Holy Prophet) then recited this verse:" Such
is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises the towns
(inhabited by) wrongdoing persons. Surely, His punishment is
painful, severe" (xi. 103).
Chapter 14: HELP YOUR BROTHER WHETHER IIE IS AN OPPRESSOR OR
AN OPPRESSED ONE
Bk 32, Number 6254:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that two young men, one from the
Muhajirin (emigrants) and the other one from the Angr
(helpers) fell into dispute and the Muhajir called his fellow
Muhajirin, and the Ansari (the helper) called the Ansar (for
help). In the meanwhile, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) came there and said: What is this, the proclamation of
the days of jahiliya (ignorance)? They said: Allah's
Messenger, there is nothing serious. The two young men fell
into dispute and the one struck at the back of the other.
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Well, a person should
help his brother whether he is an oppressor or an oppressed.
If he is the oppressor he should prevent him from doing it,
for that is his help; and if he is the oppressed he should be
helped (against oppression).
Bk 32, Number 6255:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported: We were along with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) in an expedition that a
person from amongst the emigrants struck at the back of a
person from the Ansir. The Ansiri said: O Ansar! And the
Muhijir said: O Emigrants! Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: What are these proclamations of the
Days of Ignorance? They said: Allah's Messenger, a person from
the emigrants struck at the back of an Ansari, whereupon he
said: It is something disgusting. 'Abdullah b. Ubayy heard it
and said: They have indeed done it. By Allah, when we would
return to Medina the respectable amongst them (the Ansar)
would turn away the mean (the emigrants). Thereupon 'Umar
said: Permit me so that I should strike the neck of this
hypocrite. But he (the Holy Prophet) said: Leave him, the
people may not say that Muhammad kills his companions.
Bk 32, Number 6256:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that a person from the emigrants
struck the back of an Ansari. He came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and asked for compensation. Thereupon
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Leave it. for it
is something disgusting. Ibn Mansur said that in the narration
transmitted on the authority of Amr (these words are also
found):" I heard Jabir."
Chapter 15: THERE SHOULD BE MUTUAL FELLOW−FEELING AND LOVE AND
THE WILL TO HELP EACH OTHER AMONGST THE BELIEVERS
Bk 32, Number 6257:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A believer is like a brick for another believer, the
one supporting the other.
Bk 32, Number 6258:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The similitude of believers in regard to
mutual love, affection, fellow−feeling is that of one body;
when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of
sleeplessness and fever.
Bk 32, Number 6259:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported a hadith like this from Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Bk 32, Number 6260:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The believers are like one person; if his head
aches, the whole body aches with fever and sleeplessness.
Bk 32, Number 6261:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported that Muslims are like one body of a
person; if the eye is sore, the whole body aches, and if the
head aches, the whole body aches.
Bk 32, Number 6262:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of
Nu'man b. Bashir through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 16: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO INDULGE IN ABUSING
Bk 32, Number 6263:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When two persons indulge in hurling (abuses) upon
one another, it would be the first one who would be the sinner
so long as the oppressed does not transgress the limits.
Chapter 17: THE MERITS OF FORGIVENESS AND HUMILITY
Bk 32, Number 6264:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Charity does not in any way decrease the wealth and
the servant who forgives Allah adds to his respect, and the
one who shows humility Allah elevates him in the estimation
(of the people).
Chapter 18: THE PROHIBITION OF BACKBITING
Bk 32, Number 6265:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Do you know what is backbiting? They (the
Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon
he (the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implies your talking
about your brother in a manner which he does not like. It was
said to him: What is your opinion about this that if I
actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a
mention of? He said: If (that failing) is actually found (in
him) what you assert, you in fact backbited him, and if that
is not in him it is a slander.
Chapter 19: TIDINGS FOR ONE WHOSE FAULTS ALLAH CONCEALED IN
THIS WORLD; HE WILL ALSO CONCEAL HIS FAULTS IN THE HEREAFTER
Bk 32, Number 6266:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The servant (whose fault) Allah conceals in this
world, Allah would also conceal (his faults) on the Day of
Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6267:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The servant (who conceals) the faults of others in
this world, Allah would conceal his faults on the Day of
Resurrection.
Chapter 20: ACCORDING OF BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO ONE FROM WHOM
ONE EXPECTS TRANSGRESSION
Bk 32, Number 6268:
A'isha reported that a person sought permission from Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) to see him. He said: Grant him
permission. (and also added: ) He is a bad son of his tribe or
he is a bad person of his tribe. When he came in he used kind
words for him. 'A'isha reported that she said: Allah's
Messenger, you said about him what you had to say and then you
treated him with kindness. He said: A'isha, verily in the eye
of Allah, worst amongst the person in rank on the Day of
Resurrection is one whom the people abandon or desert out of
the fear of indecency.
Bk 32, Number 6269:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn Munkadir
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Chapter 21: MERIT OF BENEVOLENT TREATMENT
Bk 32, Number 6270:
Jarir reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him):
He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact deprived of
good.
Bk 32, Number 6271:
Jarir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in fact
deprived of good.
Bk 32, Number 6272:
Jarir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who is deprived of tenderly feelings is in
fact deprived of good and he who is deprived of tenderly
feelings is in fact deprived of good.
Bk 32, Number 6273:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
'A'isha, verily Allah is kind and He loves kindness and
confers upon kindness which he does not confer upon severity
and does not confer upon anything else besides it (kindness).
Bk 32, Number 6274:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Kindness is not to be found in anything but that it adds to
its beauty and it is not withdrawn from anything but it makes
it defective.
Bk 32, Number 6275:
This hadith has been reported by Miqdam b. Shuraih b. Hani
with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition:"
'A'isha mounted upon a wild camel and she began to make that
go round and round. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: You should show kindness, and then he made a
mention of this hadith.
Chapter 22: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO CURSE THE BEASTS
Bk 32, Number 6276:
'Imran b. Husain reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) in some of his journeys and there was a
woman from the Ansar riding a she−camel that it shied and she
invoked curse upon that. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) heard it and said: Unload that and set it free for it is
accursed. 'Imran said: I still perceive that (dromedary)
walking amongst people and none taking any notice of that.
Bk 32, Number 6277:
'Imran reported: I perceive as if I am looking towards that
dromedary, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Thaqafi (the words are):" Unload it and make its back bare for
it is accursed."
Bk 32, Number 6278:
Abu Burza al−Aslami reported that a slave−girl was riding a
dromedary and there was also the luggage of people upon it.
that she suddenly saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
The way of the mountain was narrow and she said (to that
dromedary): Go ahead (but that dromedary did not move). She
(that slave−girl), out of anger, said: O Allah, let that
(dromedary) be damned. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: Let the dromedary on which the curse has been
invoked not proceed with us.
Bk 32, Number 6279:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman
Taimi with the same chain of transmitters but with a variation
of words (and that is):" By Allah, let that accompany us not
which has been damned, or he said like it."
Bk 32, Number 6280:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: It does not seem proper for Siddiq that he should
be an invoker of curse. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Abu Kuraib with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6281:
Zaid b. Aslam reported that 'Abd al−Malik b. Marwan sent some
domestic goods for decoration to Umm Darda' on his own behalf,
and when it was night 'Abd al−Malik got up and called for the
servant. It seemed as if he (the servant) was late (in
responding to his call), so he ('Abd al−Malik) invoked curse
upon him, and when it was morning Umm Darda' said to him: I
heard you cursing your servant during the night when you
called him, and she said: I heard Abu Darda' as saying that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: The invoker of
curse would neither be intercessor nor witness on the Day of
Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6282:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b.
Aslam with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6283:
Umm Darda' reported on the authority of Abu Darda' as saying:
I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
The invoker of curse would neither be witness nor intercessor
on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6284:
Abu Huraira reported it was said to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him): Invoke curse upon the polytheists,
whereupon he said: I have not been sent as the invoker of
curse, but" I have been sent as mercy."
Chapter 23: HE UPON WHOM ALLAH'S APOSTLE (MAY PEACE BE UPON
HIM) INVOKED CURSE WHEREAS HE IN FACT DID NOT DESERVE IT, IT
WOULD BE A SOURCE OF REWARD AND MERCY FOR HIM
Bk 32, Number 6285:
A'isha reported that two persons visited Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and both of them talked about a thing,
of which I am not aware, but that annoyed him and he invoked
curse upon both of them and hurled malediction, and when they
went out I said: Allah's Messenger, the good would reach
everyone but it would not reach these two. He said: Why so? I
said: Because you have invoked curse and hurled malediction
upon both of them. He said: Don't you know that I have made
condition with my Lord saying thus: O Allah, I am a human
being and that for a Muslim upon whom I invoke curse or hurl
malediction make it a source of purity and reward.
Bk 32, Number 6286:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters and the hadith transmitted on
the authority of 'Isa (the words are):" He had a private
meeting with them and hurled malediction upon them and cursed
them and sent them out."
Bk 32, Number 6287:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: O Allah, I am a human being and for any person
amongst Muslims upon whom I hurl malediction or invoke curse
or give him whipping make it a source of purity and mercy.
Bk 32, Number 6288:
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a
hadith like it but with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 32, Number 6289:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash
and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa the
words are: Make it a source of reward, and in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Abu Huraira (the words are):"
Make it a source of mercy."
Bk 32, Number 6290:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: O Allah, I make a covenant with Thee against which
Thou wouldst never go. I am a human being and thus for a
Muslim whom I give any harm or whom I scold or upon whom I
invoke curse or whom I beat, make this a source of blessing,
purification and nearness to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6291:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad
with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 32, Number 6292:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6293:
Salim, the freed slave of Nasriyyin, said: I heard Abu Huraira
as saying that he heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: O Allah, Muhammad is a human being. I lose my
temper just as human beings lose temper, and I have held a
covenant with Thee which Thou wouldst not break: For a
believer whom I give any trouble or invoke curse or beat, make
that an expiation (of his sins and a source of) his nearness
to Thee on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6294:
Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: O Allah, for any believing
servant whom I curse make that as a source of nearness to Thee
on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6295:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: I have held covenant with Thee which Thou wouldst
not break, so for any believer whom I curse or beat, make that
an expiation on the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6296:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: I am a human being and I have made this
term with my Lord, the Exalted and Glorious: For any servant
amongst Muslims whom I curse or scold, make that a source of
purity and reward. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6297:
Anas b. Malik reported that there was an orphan girl with Umm
Sulaim (who was the mother of Anas). Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) saw that orphan girl and said: O, it is
you; you have grown young. May you not advance in years! That
slave−girl returned to Umm Sulaim weeping. Umm Sulaim said: O
daughter, what is the matter with you? She said: Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) has invoked curse upon me that
I should not grow in age and thus I would never grow in age,
or she said, in my (length) of life. Umm Sulaim went out
wrapping her head−dress hurriedly until she met Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said to her: Umm Sulaim,
what is the matter with you? She said: Allah's Apostle, you
invoked curse upon my orphan girl. He said: Umm Sulaim, what
is that? She said: She (the orphan girl) states you have
cursed her saying that she might not grow in age or grow in
life. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled and
then said: Umm Sulaim, don't you know that I have made this
term with my Lord. And the term with my Lord is that I said to
Him: 1 am a human being and I am pleased just as a human being
is pleased and I lose temper just as a human being loses
temper, so for any person from amongst my Ummah whom I curse
and he in no way deserves it, let that, O Lord, be made a
source of purification and purity and nearness to (Allah) on
the Day of Resurrection.
Bk 32, Number 6298:
Ibn Abbas reported: I was playing with children that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened to pass by (us). I
hid myself behind the door. He (the Holy Prophet) came and he
patted upon my shoulders and said: Go and call Mu'awiya. I
returned and said: He is busy in taking food. He again asked
me to go and call Mu'swiya to him. I went (and came back) and
said that he was busy in taking food, whereupon he said: May
Allah not fill his belly! Ibn Muthanna, said: I asked Umm
Umayya what he meant by the word Hatani. He said: It means" he
patted my shoulders".
Bk 32, Number 6299:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abbas
with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 24: THE CONDEMNATION OF ONE WHO PLAYS A DOUBLE GAME
AND THE PROHIBITION OF THIS BEHAVIOUR
Bk 32, Number 6300:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The worst amongst the people is the double−faced
one; he comes to some people with one face and to others with
the other face.
Bk 32, Number 6301:
Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The worst amongst people is one
with the double face. He comes to some people with one face
and to others with the other face.
Bk 32, Number 6302:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: You will find the worst amongst the people one
having double face. He comes to some people with one face and
to the others with the other face.
Chapter 25: FORBIDDANCE OF TELLING A LIE AND THE CASES IN
WHICH TELLING OF LIE IS PERMISSIBLE
Bk 32, Number 6303:
Humaid b. 'Abd al−Rahman b. 'Auf reported that his mother Umm
Kulthum daughter of 'Uqba b. Abu Mu'ait, and she was one
amongst the first emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), as saying that she heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A liar is
not one who tries to bring reconciliation amongst people and
speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or he conveys good.
Ibn Shihab said he did not hear that exemption was granted in
anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in
battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the
narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the
narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted
form in order to bring reconciliation between them).
Bk 32, Number 6304:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Bk 32, Number 6305:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri
with a slight variation of wording.
Chapter 26: SERIOUS PROHIBITION OF TALE−CARRYING
Bk 32, Number 6306:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that Muhammad (may peace be upon
him) said: Should I inform you that slandering, that is in
fact a tale−carrying which creates dissension amongst people,
(and) he (further) said: The person tells the truth until he
is recorded as truthful, and lie tells a lie until lie is
recorded as a liar.
Chapter 27: THE EVIL OF A LIE AND THE GOODNESS OF TRUTH AND
ITS MERIT
Bk 32, Number 6307:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to
Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded
as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to
Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a
liar.
Bk 32, Number 6308:
'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Telling of truth is a virtue and virtue
leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the
truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obscenity and
obscenity leads to Hell−Fire, and the servant who endeavours
to tell a lie is recorded as a liar. Ibn Abu Shaiba reported
this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Bk 32, Number 6309:
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for
truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the
man who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell
the truth is eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and
beware of telling of a lie for telling of a lie leads to
obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell−Fire, and the person who
keeps telling lies and endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as
a liar with Allah.
Bk 32, Number 6310:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters and no mention is made in the
hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa (of these words):"
He who endeavours to tell the truth and endeavours to tell a
lie," and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Mushir
(the words are):" Until Allah records it".
Chapter 28: THE MERIT OF SELF−CONTROL AT THE TIME OF ANGER
Bk 32, Number 6311:
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Whom do you count as" Raqub" amongst you?
They (his Companions) said: One who has no children (the
children are born unto him but they do not survive). Thereupon
he (the Holy Prophet) said: He is not a Raqub but Raqub is one
who does not find his child as the forerunner (in Paradise).
He then said: Whom do you count as a wrestler amongst you? We
said: He who wrestles with persons. He said: No, it is not he
but one who controls himself when in a fit of rage.
Bk 32, Number 6312:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6313:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The strong−man is not one who wrestles well but the
strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of
rage.
Bk 32, Number 6314:
Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: One is not strong because of one's
wrestling skillfully. They said: Allah's Messenger, then who
is strong? He said: He who controls his anger when he is in a
fit of rage.
Bk 32, Number 6315:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6316:
Sulaiman b. Surad reported that two persons abused each other
in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
the eyes of one of them became red as embers and the veins of
his neck were swollen. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: I know of a wording, if he were to utter
that, his fit of rage (would be no more and that wording is):
I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the accursed. The person
said: Do you find any madness in me? Ibn al−'Ala' said: Do you
see it? And he made no mention of the person.
Bk 32, Number 6317:
Sulaiman b. Surad reported that two persons abused each other
in the presence of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
one of them fell into a rage and his face became red. Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) saw him and said: I know of a
wording; if he were to utter that, he would get out (of the
fit of anger) (and the wording is): I seek refuge with Allah
from Satan, the accursed. Thereupon, a person went to him who
had heard that from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
and said to him: Do you know what Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I know of a
wording; if he were to say that, (the fit) would be no more
(and the words are): I seek refuge with Allah from Satan, the
accursed. And the person said to him: Do you find me mad?
Bk 32, Number 6318:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with
the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 29: IT IS THE VERY NATURE OF MAN THAT HE LOSES CONTROL
Bk 32, Number 6319:
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: When Allah fashioned Adam in Paradise, He left him as
He liked him to leave. Then Iblis roamed round him to see what
actually that was and when he found him hollow from within, he
recognised that he had been created with a disposition that he
would not have control over himself.
Bk 32, Number 6320:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of
Humaid with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 30: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO STRIKE AT THE FACE
Bk 32, Number 6321:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you fights with his brother he
should avoid striking at the face.
Bk 32, Number 6322:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad
and he said:" When one amongst you strikes (at the face)."
Bk 32, Number 6323:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you fights with his brother, he
should spare his face.
Bk 32, Number 6324:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you fights with his brother, he
should not slap at the face.
Bk 32, Number 6325:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu
Huraira and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Hatim Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) is reported to
have said: When any one of you fights with his brother, he
should avoid his face for Allah created Adam in His own image.
Bk 32, Number 6326:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When any one of you fights with his brother, he
should avoid the face.
Chapter 31: GRIM WARNING TO ONE WHO TORMENTS PEOPLE WITHOUT
ANY VALID JUSTIFICATION
Bk 32, Number 6327:
'Urwa reported on the authority of his father that Hisham b.
Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by some people in Syria who
had been made to stand in the sun and olive−oil was being
poured upon their heads. He said: What is this? It was said:
They are being punished for (not paying) the Kharaj (the
government revenue). Thereupon he said: Allah would punish
those who torment people in this world (without any genuine
reason).
Bk 32, Number 6328:
Hisham reported on the authority of his father that Hisham b.
Hakim b. Hizam happened to pass by people, the farmers of
Syria, who had been made to stand in the sun. He said: What is
the matter with them? They said: They have been detained for
Jizya. Thereupon Hisham said: I bear testimony to the fact
that I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Allah would torment those who torment people in the
world.
Bk 32, Number 6329:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with
the same chain of transmitters and he made this addition of
Jarir that (Hisham b. Hakim) went to Umair b. Sa'd who was
then ruler in Palestine and he narrated to him this hadith and
he (submitting before the words of the Prophet) commanded that
they should be let off and so they were let off.
Bk 32, Number 6330:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported that Hisham b. Hakim found a person
(the ruler of Hims) who had been detaining some Nabateans in
connection with the dues of Jizya. He said: What is this? I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Allah would torment those persons who torment people in the
world.
Chapter 32: HE WHO GOES IN THE MOSQUE OR IN THE BAZAR OR A
PLACE OF GATHERING LIKE IT WITH A WEAPON SHOULD SEE THAT THE
SPEARHEAD DOES NOT HARM ANYONE
Bk 32, Number 6331:
'Amr heard Jabir as saying: A person happened to come to the
mosque with an arrow; thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said to him: Take hold of its pointed head.
Bk 32, Number 6332:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that a person happened to come to
the mosque with arrows and their iron−ends were exposed, so he
was commanded that he should grasp the pointed heads so that
these might not do any harm to a Muslim.
Bk 32, Number 6333:
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
commanded a person who had been distributing arrows freely in
the mosque that he should not move about in the mosque but by
catching hold of their iron−heads. Ibn Rumh narrated this with
a slight variation of wording.
Bk 32, Number 6334:
Abd Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: When any one of you happens to go to a meeting or
the bazar with an arrow in his hand he must grasp its pointed
head; then (he again said): He must grasp its pointed head.
Abu Musa said: By Allah, we did not court death until some of
us had flung arrows upon the faces of one another.
Bk 32, Number 6335:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
assaying: He who amongst you moves in the mosque or in the
bazar and there is an arrow with him he should take hold of
its iron−head in his palm, so that none amongst the Muslims
should receive any injury from it, or he said, should catch
its iron−head.
Chapter 33: THE PROHIBITION OF POINTING A WEAPON TOWARDS A
MUSLIM
Bk 32, Number 6336:
Abu Huraira reported: Abu'l−Qasim (the kunya of Allah's
Messenger, may peace be upon him), said: He who pointed a
weapon towards his brother the angels invoke curse upon him
even if he is his real brother so long as he does not abandon
it (the pointing of weapon towards one's brother Muslim).
Bk 32, Number 6337:
Abu Huraira reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6338:
Abu Huraira reported a hadith from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) ; (one of them was this) that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: None amongst you
should point a weapon towards his brother, for he does not
know that Satan might cause the weapon (to slip) from his hand
and (he may injure anyone) and thus he may fall into
Hell−Fire.
Chapter 34: THE MERIT OF REMOVING OF ANYTHING TROUBLESOME FROM
THE PATH
Bk 32, Number 6339:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: While a person was going along the path he found a
thorny branch upon it. He pushed it to a side and Allah
approved (this action) of his and (as a mark of appreciation)
granted him pardon.
Bk 32, Number 6340:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A person while walking along the path saw the
branches of a tree lying there. He said: By Allah, I shall
remove these from this so that these may not do harm to the
Muslims, and he was admitted to Paradise.
Bk 32, Number 6341:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that he saw a person enjoying himself in Paradise
because of the tree that he cut from the path which was a
source of inconvenience to the people.
Bk 32, Number 6342:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that there was a tree which caused inconvenience to
the Muslims; a person came there and cut that (tree) (and thus
entered ) Paradise).
Bk 32, Number 6343:
Abu Barza reported: I said: Allah's Messenger, teach me
something so that I may derive benefit from it. He said:
Remove the troublesome thing from the paths of the Muslims.
Bk 32, Number 6344:
Abu Barza reported that he said to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him): Allah's Messenger, I do not know whether I
would survive after you, so confer upon me something by which
Allah should benefit me. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Do this and that and remove the
troublesome things from the paths.
Chapter 35: FORBIDDANCE OF TORMENTING THE CAT OR THE ANIMALS
LIKE THAT WHICH DO NOT HARM
Bk 32, Number 6345:
Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: A woman was tormented because of a cat which she
had confined until it died and she had to get into Hell. She
did not allow it either to eat or drink as it was confined,
nor did she free it so that it might eat the insects of the
earth.
Bk 32, Number 6346:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar
through another chain of transmitters. And Ibn 'Umar reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A woman
was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus
allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it
might eat the insects of the earth.
Bk 32, Number 6347:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6348:
Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) A hadith out of which one was this that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: A woman got into Hell−Fire
because of a cat whom she had tied, and thus it could not eat,
and she did not let it free so that it could devour the
insects of the earth, until it died.
Chapter 36: THE PROHIBITION OF PRIDE AND VANITY
Bk 32, Number 6349:
Abu Sa'id Khudri and Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, said: Glory is His lower garment and Majesty is His
cloak and (Allah says, ) He who contends with Me in regard to
them I shall torment him.
Chapter 37: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO BECOME FRUSTRATED IN REGARD TO
THE MERCY OF ALLAH
Bk 32, Number 6350:
Jundub reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
stated that a person said: Allah would not forgive such and
such (person). Thereupon Allah the Exalted and Glorious, said:
Who is he who adjures about Me that I would not grant pardon
to so and so; I have granted pardon to so and so and blotted
out his deeds (who took an oath that I would not grant pardon
to him).
Chapter 38: THE MERITS OF THE WEAK AND DOWNTRODDEN PEOPLE
Bk 32, Number 6351:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him)
as saying: Many a person with disheveled hair and covered with
dust is turned away from the doors (whereas he is held in such
a high esteem by Allah) that if he were to adjure in the name
of Allah (about anything) Allah would fulfil that.
Chapter 39: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO USE THE EXPRESSION:" THE PEOPLE
ARE UNDONE"
Bk 32, Number 6352:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: When a person says that people are ruined he is
himself ruined. Abu Ishaq said: I do not know whether he said"
ahlakahum or ahlakuhum.
Bk 32, Number 6353:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail with
the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 40: BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOUR
Bk 32, Number 6354:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Gabriel impressed upon me (kind treatment) towards the
neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would confer upon
him the (right) of inheritance.
Bk 32, Number 6355:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6356:
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Gabriel impressed upon me (the kind treatment) towards
the neighbour (so much) that I thought as if he would soon
confer upon him the (right) of inheritance.
Bk 32, Number 6357:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Abu Dharr, when you prepare the broth, add water to
that and give that (as a present) to your neighbour.
Bk 32, Number 6358:
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
commanded me thus: Whenever you prepare a broth, add water to
it, and have in your mind the members of the household of your
neighbours and then give them out of this with courtesy.
Chapter 41: EXCELLENCE OF MEETING ONE WITH A CREERFUL
COUNTENANCE
Bk 32, Number 6359:
Abu Dharr reported: Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said to me: Don't consider anything insignificant out of good
things even if it is that you meet your brother with a
cheerful countenance.
Chapter 42: THE MERIT OF RECOMMENDATION WHICH INVOLVES NOTHING
UNLAWFUL
Bk 32, Number 6360:
Abu Musa reported that when any needy (person) came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) with a need he commanded him
to his Companions, saying: Make a recommendation for him, and
you would get the reward. Allah, however, gives the verdict
through the tongue of His Apostle what He likes most.
Chapter 43: THE MERIT OF GOOD COMPANY AND AVOIDANCE FROM EVIL
COMPANY
Bk 32, Number 6361:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: The similitude of good company and that of bad company
is that of the owner of musk and of the one (iron−smith)
blowing bellows, and the owner of musk would either offer you
free of charge or you would buy it from him or you would.
smell its pleasant odour, and so far as one who blows the.
bellows is concerned, he would either burn your clothes or you
shall have to smell its repugnant smell.
Chapter 44: THE MERIT OF ACCORDING BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO
DAUGHTERS
Bk 32, Number 6362:
'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
said: A woman came to me along with her two daughters. She
asked me for (charity) but she found nothing with me except
one date, so I gave her that. She accepted it and then divided
it between her two daughters and herself ate nothing out of
that. She then got up and went out, and so did her two
daughters. (In the meanwhile) Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) visited me and I narrated to him her story.
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: He who
is involved (in the responsibility) of (bringing up)
daughters, and he accords benevolent treatment towards them,
there would be protection for him against Hell−Fire.
Bk 32, Number 6363:
'A'isha reported: A poor woman came to me along with her
daughters. I gave her three dates. She gave a date to each of
them and then she took up one date and brought that to her
mouth in order to eat that, but her daughters expressed desire
to eat it. She then divided the date that she intended to eat
between them. This (kind) treatment of her impressed me and I
mentioned that which she did to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him). Thereupon he said: Verily Allah has assured
Paradise for her, because of (this act) of her, or He has
rescued her from Hell−Fire.
Bk 32, Number 6364:
Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He, who brought up two girls properly till they grew
up, he and I would come (together) (very closely) on the Day
of Resurrection, and he interlaced his fingers (for explaining
the point of nearness between him and that person).
Chapter 45: THE MERIT OF ONE WHO RESIGNS HIMSELF TO THE WILL
OF GOD CALMLY AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF ONE'S SON
Bk 32, Number 6365:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Anyone amongst the Muslims, three of whose children
die, and he resigns himself calmly to the will of God, Fire
will not touch him but for the fulfilment of the oath.
Bk 32, Number 6366:
This hadith has been reported by Zuhri on the authority of
Malik, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Sufyan (the words are):" He would enter into Fire, except for
the fulfilment of the oath."
Bk 32, Number 6367:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said to a woman of the Ansar: In case anyone amongst you
sees the sad demise of three children of (hers) and she
resigns herself to the will of God hoping to get reward, she
would be admitted to Paradise. A woman from amongst them said:
Allah's Messenger, even if they (the children who die) are
two. Thereupon, he (the Holy Prophet, ) said: Even if they are
two.
Bk 32, Number 6368:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a woman came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger,
men receive your instructions; kindly allocate at your
convenience a day for us also, on which we would come to you
and you would teach us what Allah has taught you. He said: You
assemble on such and such a day. They assembled and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to them and taught them
what Allah had taught him and he then said: No woman amongst
you who sends her three children as her forerunners (in the
Hereafter) but they would serve him as a protection against
Hell−Fire. A woman said: What about two and two and two?
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Even
if they are two and two and two.
Bk 32, Number 6369:
Abu Huraira reported that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Three
(children) who die in childhood.
Bk 32, Number 6370:
Abu Hassan reported: I said to Abu Huraira that my two
children had died. Would you narrate to me anything from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a hadith which would
soothe our hearts in our bereavements? He said: Yes. Small
children are the fowls of Paradise. If one of them meets his
father (or he said his parents) he would take hold of his
cloth, or he said with his hand as I take hold of the hem of
your cloth (with my hand). And he (the child) would not take
off (his hand) from it until Allah causes his father to enter
Paradise. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Tamim with the same chain of transmitters. And he is reported
to have said: Did you hear from Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) anything which may soothe our heart in our
bereavements? He said: Yes.
Bk 32, Number 6371:
Abu Huraira reported that a woman came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) with her child and said: Allah's Apostle,
invoke Allah's blessing upon him for I have already buried
three. He said: You have buried three! She said: Yes.
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You have, indeed,
safeguarded yourself against the torment of Hell with a strong
safeguard. 'Umar has made a mention of his father, whereas
others have not made a mention of his father.
Bk 32, Number 6372:
Abu Huraira reported that a woman came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) with her child and said: Allah's Messenger,
he is ailing, and I am afraid (that he may die), as I have
already buried three. Thereupon he said: It (their sad demise)
would be a protection against Hell−Fire for you. Zuhair has
not mentioned the kunya of Abu Ghiyath; he has mentioned his
name.
Chapter 46: WHEN ALLAH LOVES A SERVANT, HIS FELLOW−SERVANTS
ALSO BEGIN TO LOVE HIM
Bk 32, Number 6373:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: When Allah loves a servant, He calls Gabriel and
says: Verily, I so and so; you should also love him, and then
Gabriel begins to love him. Then he makes an announcement in
the heaven saying: Allah loves so and so and you also love
him, and then the inhabitants of the Heaven (the Angels) also
begin to love him and then there is conferred honour upon him
in the earth; and when Allah is angry with any servant He
calls Gabriel and says: I am angry with such and such and you
also become angry with him, and then Gabriel also becomes
angry and then makes an announcement amongst the inhabitants
of heaven: Verily Allah is angry with so−and so, so you also
become angry with him, and thus they also become angry with
him. Then he becomes the object of wrath on the earth also.
Bk 32, Number 6374:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Suhail with
the same chain of transmitters except with this variation that
in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Ali' b.
Musayyib, there is no mention of (the word)" Anger".
Bk 32, Number 6375:
Suhail b. Abi Salih, reported: We were in Arafa that there
happened to pass Umar b. Abd al−'Aziz and he was the Amir of
Hajj. People stood up in order to catch a glimpse of him. I
said to my father: Father, I think that Allah loves Umar b.
Abd al− 'Aziz. He said: How is it? I said: It is because of
the love in people's heart for him. Thereupon he said: By One
Who created your father, I heard Abu Huraira narrating from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a hadith like one
transmitted on the authority of Suhail.
Chapter 47: SOULS ARE TROOPS COLLECTED TOGETHER
Bk 32, Number 6376:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
Saying: Souls are troops collected together and those who
familiarised with each other (in the heaven from where these
come) would have affinity, with one another (in the world) and
those amongst them who opposed each other (in the Heaven)
would also be divergent (in the world).
Bk 32, Number 6377:
Abu Huraira narrated directly from Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) that he said: People are like mines of gold
and silver; those who were excellent in Jahiliya (during the
days of ignorance) are excellent In Islam, when they have, an
understanding, and the souls are troops collected together and
those who had a mutual familiarity amongst themselves in the
store of prenatal existence would have affinity amongst them,
(in this world also) and those who opposed one of them, would
be at variance with one another.
Chapter 48: A PERSON WOULD BE ALONG WITH HIM WHOM HE LOVES
Bk 32, Number 6378:
Anas b. Malik reported that a desert Arab said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be the Last
Hour? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What
preparation have you made for that? Thereupon he said: The
love of Allah and of His Messenger (that is my preparation for
the Last Hour) (for the Day of Resurrection). Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you
love.
Bk 32, Number 6379:
Anas reported that a person said to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him): When would be the Last Hour? He (the Holy
Prophet) said: What preparation have you made for that? And he
gave no details, but said: I love Allah and His Messenger.
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with
one whom you love. Anas b. Malik reported through another
chain of transmitters that a desert Arab came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon, him), the rest of the hadith is
the same but with this variation that he said: I have not made
much preparations which merit appreciation for myself.
Bk 32, Number 6380:
Anas b. Malik reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said to Allah's Messenger: When
would be the Last Hour? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
What preparation have you made for the Last Hour? He said: The
love of Allah and of His Messenger (is my only preparation).
Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: You would be along with
one whom you love. Anas said: Nothing pleased us more after
accepting Islam than the words of Allah's Apostle: You would
be along with one whom you love. And Anas said. I love Allah
and His Messenger and Abu Bakr and Umar, and I hope that I
would be along with them although I have not acted like them.
Bk 32, Number 6381:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
this hadith through another chain of transmitters but he did
not make mention of the words of Anas: I love, and what
follows subsequently.
Bk 32, Number 6382:
Anas b. Malik reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and I were coming out of the mosque that we met a person
on the threshold of the mosque and he said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): When would be the Last
Hour? Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What
preparation have you made for that? The man became silent and
then said: Allah's Messenger, I have made no significant
preparation with prayer and fasting and charity but I,
however, love Allah and His Messenger. Thereupon (the Holy
Prophet) said: You would be along with one whom you love.
Bk 32, Number 6383:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6384:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas with a
different chain of transmitters.
Bk 32, Number 6385:
'Abdullah reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) and said to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him): What is your opinion about the person who
loves the people but his (acts or deeds are not identical to
theirs)? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: A person would be along with one whom he loves.
Bk 32, Number 6386:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of
'Abdullah.
Bk 32, Number 6387:
Abu Musa, reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) ; the rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 49: WHEN A PIOUS PERSON IS PRAISED THAT IS GLAD
TIDINGS FOR HIM
Bk 32, Number 6388:
Abu Dharr reported: It was said to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him): What is your opinion about the person who
has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is
glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this
mortal world).
Bk 32, Number 6389:
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters also and the one transmitted on the authority of
Shu'ba (the words are):" People love him." In the hadith
transmitted on the authority of 'Abd−us−Samad (the words
are):" People praise him as stated by Hammad."