Bk 42 Pertaining to Piety and Softening of Hearts
(Kitab Al−Zuhd wa Al−Raqa'iq)
Chapter 1:...
Bk 42, Number 7058:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The world is a prison−house for a believer and
Paradise for a non−believer.
Bk 42, Number 7059:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may p (−ace
be upon him) happened to walk through the bazar coming from
the side of 'Aliya and the people were on both his sides.
There he found a dead lamb with very short ears. He took hold
of his ear and said: Who amongst you would like to have this
for a dirham? They said: We do not like to have it even for
less than that as it is of no use to us. He said: Do you wish
to have it (free of any cost)? They said: By Allah, even if it
were alive (we would not have liked to possess that), for
there is detect in it as its ear is very short; now it is dead
also. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the eye of
Allah as it (this dead lamb) is in your eye.
Bk 42, Number 7060:
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
narrating a hadith like this with a slight variation of
wording.
Bk 42, Number 7061:
Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he was reciting:"
Abundance diverts you" (cii. 1). He said: The son of Adam
claims: My wealth, my wealth. And he (the Holy Prophet) said:
O son of Adam. is there anything as your belonging except that
which you consumed, which you utilised, or which you wore and
then it was worn out or you gave as charity and sent it
forward?
Bk 42, Number 7062:
Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I went to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). The rest of the
hadith is the same.
Bk 42, Number 7063:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: A servant says, My wealth. my wealth, but out of
his wealth three things are only his: whatever he eats and
makes use of or by means of which he dresses himself and it
wears out or he gives as charity, and this is what he stored
for himself (as a reward for the Hereafter), and what is
beyond this (it is of no use to you) because you are to depart
and leave it for other people. This hadith has been narrated
on the authority of al−'Ala' b. 'Abd al−Rahman with the same
chain of transmitters.
Bk 42, Number 7064:
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) as saying: Three things follow the bier of a dead man.
two of them come back and one is left with him: the members of
his family. wealth and his−good deeds. The members of his
family and wealth come back and the deeds alone are left with
him.
Bk 42, Number 7065:
'Amr b. 'Auf, who was an ally of Banu 'Amir b. Luwayy (and he
was one amongst them) who participated in Badr along with
Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him). reported that,
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent Abu Ubaida b.
Jarrah to Bahrain for collecting Jizya and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had made a truce with the people of
Bahrain and had appointed 'Ala' b. Hadrami and Abu Ubaida (for
this purpose). They came with wealth from Bahrain and the
Ansar beard about the arrival of Abu Ubaida and they had
observed the dawn prayer along with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him), and when Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had finished the prayer they (the Ansar) came before
him and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled as he
saw them and then said: I think you have heard about the
arrival of Abu Ubaida with goods from Bahrain. They said:
Allah's Messenger. yes, it is so. Thereupon he said: Be happy
and be hopeful of that what gives you delight. By Allah, it is
not the poverty about which I fear in regard to you but I am
afraid in your case that (the worldly) riches way be given to
you as were given to those who had gone before you and you
begin to vie with one another for them as they vied for them.
and these may destroy you as these destroyed them.
Bk 42, Number 7066:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri as
reported by Yunus with a slight variation of wording.
Bk 42, Number 7067:
'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al−As reported that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: How would you be,0 people. when
Persia and Rome would be conquered for you? 'Abd at−Rahman b
Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded us and we would
express our gratitude to Allah Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Nothing else besides it? You
would (in fact) vie with one another, then you would feel
jealous. then your relations would be estranged and then you
will bear enmity against one another. or something to the same
effect. Then you would go to the poor emigrants and would make
some the masters of the others.
Bk 42, Number 7068:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: When one of you looks at one who stands at a higher
level than you in regard to wealth and physical structure he
should also see one who stands at a lower level than you in
regard to these things (in which he stands) at a hi−her level
(as compared to him).
Bk 42, Number 7069:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters.
Bk 42, Number 7070:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: Look at those who stand at a lower level than you
but don't look at those who stand at a higher level than you,
for this would make the favours (conferred upon you by Allah)
insignificant (in your eyes). Abu Mu'awiya said: Upon you.
Bk 42, Number 7071:
Abu Huraira, narrated that he beard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: There were three persons in Bani
Isra'il, one suffering from leprosy, the other bald−headed and
the third one blind. Allah decided to test them. So He sent an
angel who came to one who was suffering from leprosy and said:
Which thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful colour and
fine skin and removal of that which makes me detestable in the
eye of people. He wiped him and his illness was no more and he
was conferred upon beautiful colour and beautiful skin. He
(the angel) again said: Which property do you like most? He
said: Camels, or he said: The cow the narrator is, however,
doubtful about it, but (out of the persons) suffering from
leprosy or baldness one of them definitely said: The came].
And the other one said: Cow. And he (one who demanded came])
was bestowed upon a she−camel, in an advanced stage of
pregnancy, and while giving he said: May Allah bless you in
this I Then he came to the bald−headed person and said: Which
thing do you like most? He said: Beautiful hair and that (this
baldness) may be removed from me because of which people hate
me He wiped his body and his illness was removed and he was
bestowed upon beautiful hair, and the angel said: Which wealth
do you like most? He said: The cow. And he was given a
pregnant cow and while handing it over to him he (the angel)
said: May Allah bless you in this I Then he came to the blind
man and he said: Which thing do you like most? He said: Allah
should restore my eyesight so that I should be able to see
people with the help of that. He wiped his body and Allah
restored to him his eyesight, and he (the angel) also said:
Which wealth do you like most? He said. The flock of sheep.
And he was given a pregnant goat and that gave birth to young
ones and it so happened that one valley abounded in camels and
the other one in goats and the third one in sheep. He then
came to one suffering from leprosy in his (old) form and shape
and he said: I am a poor person and my provision has run short
in my journey and there is none to take me to my destination
except with the help of Allah and your favour. I beg of you in
His name Who gave you fine colour and fine skin, and the camel
in the shape of wealth (to confer upon me) a camel which
should carry me in my journey. He said: I have many
responsibilities to discharge. Thereupon he said: I perceive
as if I recognise you. Were you not suffering from leprosy
whom people hated and you were a destitude and Allah conferred
upon you (wealth) He said: I have inherited this property from
my forefathers. Thereupon he said: If you are a liar may Allah
change you to that very position in which you had been. He
then came to the one who was bald−headed in his (old) form and
said to him the same what he had said to him (one suffering
from leprosy) and he gave him the same reply as he had given
him and he said: If you 'are a liar, may Allah turn you to
your previous position in which you had been. And then he came
to the blind man in his (old) form and shape and he said: I am
a destitute person and a wayfarer. My provision have ran short
and today there is no way to reach the destination but with
the help of Allah and then with your help and I beg of you in
the (name) of One Who restored your eyesight and gave you the
flock of sheep to give me a sheep by which I should be able to
make my provisions for the journey. He said: I was blind and
Allah restored to me my eyesight; you take whatever you like
and leave whatever you like. By Allah. I shall not stand in
your way today for what you take in the name of God.
Thereupon, he said: You keep with you what you have (in your
possession). The fact is that you three were put to test and
Allah is well pleased with you and He is annoyed with your
companions.
Bk 42, Number 7072:
It is reported on the authority of Amir b. Sa'd that Sa'd b.
Abi Waqqas was in the fold of his camels that his son 'Umar
came to him. When Sa'd saw him he said: I seek refuge with
Allah from the mischief of this rider. And as he got down he
said to him: You are busy with your camels and your sheep and
you have abandoned people who are contending with one another
for kingdom. Sa'd struck his chest and said: Keep quite. I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Allah loves the servant who is God−conscious and is free from
want and is hidden (from the view of people).
Bk 42, Number 7073:
Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas is reported to have, said: By Allah, I am
the first person amongst the Arabs to throw an arrow in the
cause of Allah and we used to go with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and there was no food for us to eat but
only the leaves of hubla and samur trees (they are wild trees)
and as a result thereof one amongst us would relieve himself
as does the goat. (How strange it is) that now the people of
Banu Asad (the progeny of Zubair) instruct me in religion and
try to impose punishment upon me (in regard to it). If it is
so (that I am so ignorant of religion), then indeed, I am
undone and my deeds have been lost. Ibn Numair, however, did
not make a mention of the word (idhan) thus? (in his
narration).
Bk 42, Number 7074:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Isma'il b.
Khalid with the same chain of transmitters and the words are:"
One amongst us would relieve himself as the goats do without
anything mixing with its excrement."
Bk 42, Number 7075:
'Umair al−'Adawi reported: 'Utba b. Ghazwan delivered us a
sermon and he praised Allah and lauded Him, then said: Now
coming to the point, verily the world has been given the news
of its end and that too quite early. Nothing would be left out
of it but only water left in the utensil which its owner
leaves, and you are going to shift to an abode which knows no
end, and you should shift with the good before you, for we
have been told that a stone would be thrown at one side of the
Hell and it would go down even for seventy years but would not
be able to reach its bottom. By Allah, it would be fully
packed. Do you find it something strange, and it has been
mentioned that there yawns a distance which one would be able
to cover in forty years from one end to another of Paradise,
and a day would come when it would be fully packed and you
must be knowing that I was the seventh amongst seven who had
been with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and we had
nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the corners of
the mouth were injured. We found a sheet which we tore in two
and divided between myself and Sa'd b. Malik. I made the lower
garment with halt of it and so did Sa'd make the lower garment
with half of it and today there is none amongst us who has not
become the governor of a city from amongst the cities (of the
Islamic Commonwealth) and I seek refuge with Allah that I
should consider myself great whereas I am insignificant in the
eye of Allah. Prophethood does not remain for ever and its
impact fades with the result that it changes eventually into
kingship, and you would soon come to know and experience those
rulers who would come after us and see (how far they are from
religion).
Bk 42, Number 7076:
Khalid b. 'Umair reported and he had seen the pre−Islamic days
also, that 'Uqba b. Ghazwan delivered this address and he was
the governor of Basra. The rest of the hadith is the same as
transmitted by Shaiban.
Bk 42, Number 7077:
Khalid b. Umair reported: I heard Uqba b. Ghazwan as saving: I
found myself as the seventh amongst the seven who had been
along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). We had
nothing to eat but the leaves of hubla (a wild tree) until the
corners of our mouths were injured.
Bk 42, Number 7078:
Abu Huraira reported that they (the Companions of the Holy
Prophet) said: Allah's Messenger, will we be able to see our
Lord on the Day of Judgment? He said: Do you feel any
difficulty in seeing the sun in the noon when there is no
cloud over it? They said: No. He again said: Do you feel any
difficulty in seeing the moon on the fourteenth night when
there is no cloud over it? They said: No. Thereupon he said:
By Allah Who is One in Whose Hand is my life. you will not
face any difficulty in seeing your Lord but only so much as
you feel in seeing one of them. Then Allah would sit in
judgment upon the servant and would say: O, so and so, did I
not honour you and make you the chief and provide you the
spouse and subdue for you horses, camels, and afforded you an
opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes. And
then it would be said: Did you not think that you would meet
Us? And he would say: No. Thereupon He (Allah) would say:
Well, We forget you as you forgot Us. Then the second person
would be brought for judgment. (And Allah would) say: 0, so
and so. did We not honour you and make you the chief and make
you pair and subdue for you horses and camels and afford you
an opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would say: Yes,
my Lord. And He (the Lord) would say: Did you not think that
you would be meeting Us? And he would say: No. And then He
(Allah) would say: Well, I forget you today as you forgot Us.
Then the third −one would be brought and He (Allah) would say
to him as He said before. And he (the third person) would say:
O, my Lord, I affirmed my faith in Thee and in Thy Book and in
Thy Messenger and I observed prayer and fasts and gave
charity, and he would speak in good terms like this as he
would be able to do. And He (Allah) would say: Well, We will
bring our witnesses to you. And the man would think in his
mind who would bear witness upon him and then his mouth would
be sealed and it would be said to his thighs, to his flesh and
to his bones to speak and his thighs. flesh and bones would
bear witness to his deeds and it would be done so that he
should not be able to make any excuse for himself and he would
be a hypocrite and Allah would be annoyed with him.
Bk 42, Number 7079:
Anas b. Malik reported: We were in the company of Allah's
Messenger (way peace be upon him) that he smiled and said: Do
you know why I laughed? We said: Allah and His Messenger, know
best. Thereupon he said: It was because of the (fact that
there came to my mind the) talk which the servant would have
with his Lord. (on the Day of judgment). He would say: My
Lord, have you not guaranteed me protection against injustice?
He would say: Yes. Then the servant would say: I do not deem
valid any witness against me but my own self, and He would
say: Well, enough would he the witness of your self against
you and that of the two angels who had been appointed to
record your deeds. Then the seal would be set upon his mouth
and it would be said to his hands and feet to speak and they
would speak of his deeds. Then the mouth would be made free to
talk, he would say (to the bands and feet): Be away, let there
be curse of Allah upon you. It was for your safety that I
contended.
Bk 42, Number 7070:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: O Allah, make for the family of Muhammad the
provision which is a bare subsistence.
Bk 42, Number 7081:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: 0 Allah, provide for the, family of Muhammad their
subsistence, and in the narration transmitted on the authority
of 'Amr (the words are):" O Allah, provide us subsistence"
Bk 42, Number 7082:
'Umara b. al−Qa'qa' reported this hadith with the same chain
of transmitters but instead of the word" qut" (bare
subsistence) there has been used the word" Kafaf" (adequate
means to meet the needs).
Bk 42, Number 7083:
'A'isha reported: Never had the family of Muhammad (may peace
be upon him) eaten to the fill since their, arrival in Medina
with the bread of wheat for three successive nights until his
(Holy Prophet's) death.
Bk 42, Number 7084:
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Never did Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
eat to his fill the bread of wheat for three successive days
until he had run the course of his life.
Bk 42, Number 7085:
'A'isha reported: Never did the family of Muhammad (may peace
be upon him) eat to the fill the bread of barley for two
successive days until Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) died.
Bk 42, Number 7086:
'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) (afford to cat to the fill) the bread of
wheat beyond three days (successively).
Bk 42, Number 7087:
'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad (may
peace. be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat for
three (successive days) until he ran the course of his life.
Bk 42, Number 7088:
'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat for two
days successively. Even (out of these two days) one (was such
wherein he could get) only a date.
Bk 42, Number 7089:
'A'isha reported: We the family of Muhammad (may peace be upon
him) used to spend (the whole) month in which we (did not need
to) kindle the fire as (we had nothing to cook) ; we had only
dates and water (to fill our bellies).
Bk 42, Number 7090:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Urwa with
the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):" We used
to spend−" And he did not make a mention of the family of
Muhammad (may peace be upon him), and Abu Kuraib made this
addition to his hadith which was transmitted on the authority
of Ibn Numair (and the words are):" But this that there was
brought to us some meat."
Bk 42, Number 7091:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) died (in such a state) that there had been nothing in my
wooden tub which a living being could afford to eat but a
handful of barley therein. I had been eating out of that for a
fairly long duration when I thought of measuring it and it was
almost finished.
Bk 42, Number 7092:
'A'isha used to say to 'Urwa: Son of my sister, by Allah, I
used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new
moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not
kindled in the house of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him). I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of
sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened)
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had some Ansar
as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to
send to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) some milk of
their (animals) and he served that to us.
Bk 42, Number 7093:
'Urwa b. Zubair reported on the authority of 'A'isha, the wife
of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), that she said:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died (in a state)
that it never happened that he could eat to his fill the bread
with olive oil twice during a day.
Bk 42, Number 7094:
'A'isha reported this hadith through other chains of
transmitters also (and the words are) that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) died (in a state) when the people
could afford to eat only the dates and water.
Bk 42, Number 7095:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had died in a state that they could afford to cat two
things only: water and dates.
Bk 42, Number 7096:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Sufyan
and the words are:" We could not afford to eat to the fill
even dates and water."
Bk 42, Number 7097:
Abu Huraira reported: By Him in Whose Hand is my life and Ibn
'Abbad also said: By One in Whose hand is the life of Abu
Huraira, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) could not
afford to provide adequate food to his family which could
(fill their bellies) with bread and wheat for three days
successively until he left the world.
Bk 42, Number 7098:
Abu Hazim reported: I saw Abu Huraira point with his finger
many a time and saying: By One in Whose Hand is the life of
Abu Huraira, Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) could not
eat to his fill and provide his family bread of wheat beyond
three days successively until he left the world.
Bk 42, Number 7099:
Nu'man b. Bashir said: Don't you eat and drink according to
your heart's desire, whereas I saw that your Prophet (may
peace be upon him) (at times) could not find even an inferior
quality of the dates with which he could fill his belly?
Qutaiba, however, did not make a mention of It.
Bk 42, Number 7100:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak with
the same chain of transmitters, with this addition of words:"
You are not satisfied with the qualities of dates and butter."
Bk 42, Number 7101:
Simak b. Barb reported: I heard Nu'man deliver an address in
which he said that (Hadrat) Umar made a mention of what had
fallen to the lot of people out of the material world and he
said: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) spend
the whole day being upset because of hunger and he could not
get even an interior quality of dates with which he could fill
his belly.
Bk 42, Number 7102:
'Abd al−Rahman al−Hubuli reported: I heard that a person asked
'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'Asas saying: Are we not amongst the
destitute of the emigrants? Abdullah said to him: Have you a
spouse with whom you live? He said: Yes. He again said: Then
you are amongst the rich. He said: I have a servant also.
Thereupon he (Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As) said: Then you are
amongst the kings. Abu 'Abdal−Rahman reported that three
persons came to 'Abdullah b. Amr b. 'As while I was sitting
with him and they said: By Allah, we have nothing with us
either in the form of provision, riding animals or wealth.
Thereupon he said to them: I am prepared to do whatever you
like. If you come to us, we would give you what Allah would
make available for you. and if you like I would make a mention
of your case to the ruler, and if you like you can show
patience also. for I have beard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: Destitute amongst the emigrants would
precede the rich emigrants by forty years in getting into
Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. Thereupon they said: We
then, show patience and do not ask for anything.
Chapter 2: DO NOT ENTER BUT WFEPINGLY THE HABITATIONS OF THOSE
WHO COMMITIED ATROKITIES UPON THEMSELVES
Bk 42, Number 7103:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said in connection with the people of Hijr
(Thamud): Do not enter but weepingly (the habitations) of
these people who bad been punished by (Allah), and in case you
do not feel inclined to weep, then do not enter (these
habitations) that you may not meet the same calamity as had
fallen to their lot.
Bk 42, Number 7104:
Ibn Shihab reported, and he had been talking about the stony
abodes of Thamud, and he said: Salim b. 'Abdullah reported
that 'Abdullah b. Umar said: We were passing along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) through the
habitations of Hijr, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Do not enter but weepingly the habitations of these
persons who committed tyranny among themselves, lest the same
calamity should fall upon you as it fell upon them. He then
urged his mount to proceed quickly and pass through that
valley hurriedly.
Bk 42, Number 7105:
Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that the people encamped along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the valley of
Hijr, the habitations of Thamud, and they quenched their
thirst from the wells thereof and kneaded the flour with it.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded
that the water collected for drinking should be spilt and the
flour should be given to the camels and commanded them that
the water for drinking should be taken from that well where
the she−camel (of Hadrat Salih) used to come.
Bk 42, Number 7106:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation of wording.
Chapter 3: BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND THE
POOR
Bk 42, Number 7107:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: One who makes efforts (for earning to be spent) on
a widow and the destitute is like a striver in the cause of
Allah, and I think he also said: He is like one who constantly
stands for prayer and observes fast without breaking it.
Bk 42, Number 7108:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: One who looks after the orphan whether he is his
relative or not, I and he would be together in Paradise like
this, and Malik (explained it) with the gesture by drawing his
index finger and middle finger close together.
Chapter 4: EXCELLENCE OF BUILDING MOSQUES
Bk 42, Number 7109:
Abdullah al−Khaulani reported that when Uthman b. 'Affan tried
to rebuild the mosque of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) the people began to talk about this. Uthman b. 'Affan
said: You discuss it very much whereas I have heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who builds a
mosque−− and the narrator Bukair said: I think he also said:
(for) seeking the pleasure of Allah− Allah would build (a
similar house for him in Paradise). and in the narration of
Harun (the words are):" A house for him in Paradise."
Bk 42, Number 7110:
Mahmud b. Labid reported that 'Uthman b. 'Affan decided to
rebuild the mosque (of Allah's Apostle in Medina) but the
people did not like this idea and they wished that it should
be preserved in the same (old) form. Thereupon he (Hadrat
'Uthman) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who builds a mosque for Allah, Allah would
build for him (a house) in Paradise like it.
Bk 42, Number 7111:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ja'far with
the same chain of transmitters with this variation (that the
words are):" Allah would build for him a house in Paradise."
Chapter 5: CHARITY TO BE GIVEN TO THE POOR OR THE WAYFARERS
Bk 42, Number 7112:
Abu Huraira reported: While a person was in the wilderness he
heard a voice from the cloud (commanding it thus): Irrigate
the garden of so and so. (After that the clouds slinked aside
and poured water on a stony ground. It filled a channel
amongst the channels of that land and that person followed
that water and he found a person standing in the garden busy
in changing the course of water with the help of a hatchet. He
said to him: Servant of Allah, what is your name? he said: So
and so. And it was that very name which he had heard from the
clouds. and he said to him: Servant of Allah, why do you ask
me my name? He said: I beard a voice from the clouds of which
It is the downpour, saying: Water the garden of so and to.
like your name. What do you do (for the favour) shown to you
by Allah in this matter? He said: Now as you state so. I look
what yield I get from it. and I give one−third as charity out
of it and I and my children eat one−third of it and one−third
I return to it as investment.
Bk 42, Number 7113:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Wahb b.
Kaisan with the same chain of transmitters but with this
change that he said:" I earmark one−third for the poor, the
needy and the wayfarers."
Chapter 6: HE WHO ASSOCIATES ONE AS AN OBJECT OF WORSHIP WITH
ALLAH IN HIS DEEDS
Bk 42, Number 7114:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as stating that Allah the Most High and Exalted said: I am the
One, One Who does not stand in need of a partner. If anyone
does anything in which he associates anyone else with Me, I
shall abandon him with one whom he associates with Allah.
Chapter 7: THE PROHIBITION OF SIMULATION AND OSTENTATION
Bk 42, Number 7115:
Ibn Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: If anyone wants to have his deeds widely
publicised, Allah will publicise (his humiliation). And if
anyone makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds) Allah will
make a display of him.
Bk 42, Number 7116:
Jundub reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: He who wants to publicise (his deeds), Allah will
publicise (his humility), and he who makes a hypocritical
display (of his deeds), Allah will make a display of him.
Bk 42, Number 7117:
Sufyan reported this hadith with the same chain of
transmitters and he made this addition:" I did not hear anyone
saying besides him that it was Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) who had said so."
Bk 42, Number 7118:
Salama b. Kuhail reported: I heard from Jundub but I did not
hear him say like this:" I beard Allah's Messenger (way peace
be upon him) as saying this."
Bk 42, Number 7119:
Abu Sufyan reported like that as as−Saduq al−Amin al−Walid b.
Harb narrated with the same chain of transmitters.
Chapter 8: PERTAINING TO THE GUARDING OF TONGUE
Bk 42, Number 7120:
Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: The servant speaks words for
which he is sent down to the Hell−Fire farther than the
distance between the cast and the west.
Bk 42, Number 7121:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The servant speaks words that he does not
understand its repercussions but he sinks down in Hell−Fire
farther than the distance between the east and the west.
Chapter 9: THE PUNISTIMENT OF ONE WHO COMMANDS OTHERS TO DO
GOOD BUT DOES NOT DO IT HIMSELF AND RE FORBIDS OTHERS TO DO
EVIL BUT DOES NOT HIMSELF REFRAIN FROM IT
Bk 42, Number 7122:
Shaqiq reported that it was said to Usama b. Zaid: Why don't
you visit 'Uthman and talk to him? Thereupon he said: Do you
think that I have not talked to him but that I have made you
hear? By Allah. I have talked to him (about things) concerning
me and him and I did not like to divulge those things about
which I had to take the initiative and I do not say to my
ruler:" You are the best among people," after I beard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A man will be
brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown in Hell−Fire and
his intestines will pour forth in Hell and he will go round
along with them, as an ass goes round the mill. stone. The
denizens of Hell would gather round him and say: 0, so and so,
what has happened to you? Were you not enjoining us to do what
was reputable and forbid us to do what was disreputable? He
will say: Of course, it is so; I used to enjoin (upon people)
to do what was reputable but did not practise that myself. I
had been forbidding people to do what was disreputable, but
practised it myself.
Bk 42, Number 7123:
Abu Wa'il reported: I was in the company of Usama b. Zaid that
a person said: What prevents you to visit Uthman and talk to
him for what he does? The rest of the hadith is the same.
Chapter 10: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PUBLICISE ONE'S SINS
Bk 42, Number 7124:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: All the people of my Ummah would get pardon for
their sins except those who publicise them. And (it means)
that a servant should do a deed during the night and tell the
people in the morning that he has done so and so, whereas
Allah has concealed it. And he does a deed during the day and
when it is night he tells the people, whereas Allah has
concealed it. Zuhair has used the word hijar for publicising.
Chapter 11: SNEEZING AND THE DISAPPROVAL OF YAWNING
Bk 42, Number 7125:
Anas b. Malik reported that two persons sneezed in the
presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He (the
Messenger of Allah) invoked mercy for one, and did not invoke
for the other. The one for whom he had not prayed said: So and
so sneezed and you said: May Allah have mercy upon you. I also
sneezed but you did not utter these words for me. Thereupon he
(the Holy Prophet) said: That person praised Allah, and you
did not praise Allah.
Bk 42, Number 7126:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through
another chain of transmitters.
Bk 42, Number 7127:
Abu Burda reported: I visited Abu Musa, as he was in the house
of the daughter of Fadl b. 'Abbas. I sneezed but he did not
respond to it (by saying): Allah may have mercy upon you. Then
she sneezed and he (Fadl b. 'Abbas) said: May Allah have mercy
upon you. I came back to my mother and informed her about it,
and when he came to her she said: My son sneezed in your
presence and you did not say:" Allah may have mercy upon you,
and she sneezed and you said for her:" May Allah have mercy
upon you." Thereupon he said: Your son sneezed but he did not
praise Allah and I did not beg mercy of Allah for him and she
sneezed and she praised Allah and so I said: May Allah have
mercy upon you, as I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When any one of you sneezes he should
praise Allah and the other should say: May Allah have mercy
upon you, and if he does not praise Allah, no mercy should be
begged for him.
Bk 42, Number 7128:
Iyas b. Salama b. al−Akwa reported that his father reported to
him that he heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: A person sneezed in his presence and he said to him:
May Allah have mercy upon you. And he then sneezed for the
second time and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
to him: He is suffering from cold (and no response is
necessary).
Bk 42, Number 7129:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: The yawning as from the devil. So when one of you
yawns he should try to restrain it as far as it lies in his
power.
Bk 42, Number 7130:
The son of Abu Said al−Khudri reported on the authority of his
father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
When one of you yawns, he should keep his mouth shut with the
help of his hand, for it is the devil that enters therein.
Bk 42, Number 7131:
The son of Abu Said al−Khudri reported on the authority of his
father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
When one of you yawns, he should try to restrain it with cue
help of his hand since it is the Satan that enters therein.
Bk 42, Number 7132:
The son of Abu Said al−Khudri reported on the authority of his
father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said.
When one of you yawns while engaged in prayer, he should try
to restrain so far as it lies in his power, since it is the
Satan that enter therein.
Bk 42, Number 7133:
Abu Said al−Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) a hadith like this through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 12: MISCELLANEOUS AHADITH
Bk 42, Number 7134:
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: The Angels were born out of light and the Jinns
were born out of the spark of fire and Adam was born as he has
been defined (in the Qur'an) for you (i. e. he is fashioned
out of clay).
Bk 42, Number 7135:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do not know
what happened to it, but I think (that it 'underwent a process
of metamorphosis) and assumed the shape of rats. Don't you see
when the milk of the camel is placed before them, these do not
drink and when the milk of goat is placed before them, these
do drink. Abu Huraira said: I narrated this very hadith to
Ka'b and he said: Did you hear this from Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him)? I (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He said
this again and again, and I said: Have I read Torah? This
hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a
slight variation of wording.
Bk 42, Number 7136:
Abu Huraira reported that the rat (is the result of)
metamorphosis (of a group of Bani Isra'il) and the proof of
this is that when the milk of goat is placed before it, it
drinks it, and when the milk of the camel is placed before it,
it would not taste it at all. Ka'b said: Did you hear it from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)? Thereupon he said:
Has Torah been revealed to me?
Chapter 13: THE BELIEVER DOES NOT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
STUNG TWICE FROM ONE (AND THE SAME) HOLE
Bk 42, Number 7137:
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: The believer does not allow to be stung twice from
one (and the same) hole. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of
transmitters.
Chapter 14: EVERY ACT OF A BELIEVER IS A BLESSING FOR HIM
Bk 42, Number 7138:
Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in
every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else
except in the case of a believer for if he has an occasion to
feel delight, he thanks (God), thus there is a good for him in
it, and if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and
endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it.
Chapter 15: IT IS PROHIBITED TO PRAISE ANYONE SO MUCH THAT
THERE MAY BE FEAR OF HIS BEING INTOXICATED BECAUSE OF THAT
Bk 42, Number 7139:
'Abd al−Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his
father that a person praised another person in the presence of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), whereupon he said:
Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend, you
have broken the neck of your friend−he said this twice. If one
of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say: I think
(him to be) so and Allah knows it well and I do not know the
secret of the heart and Allah knows the destined end, and I
cannot testify his purity against Allah but (he appears) to be
so and so.
Bk 42, Number 7140:
Abd al−Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his
father that a person was mentioned in the presence of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him), and a person said: Allah's
Messenger, no person is more excellent than he after Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). Thereupon Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) said: Woe be to thee, you have broken
the neck of your friend, and he said this twice. Then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If anyone has to
praise his brother at all, he should say: I think him to be so
and so, and even on this he should say: I do not consider
anyone purer than Allah (considers). This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with a slight variation
of wording.
Bk 42, Number 7141:
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
saw a person lauding another person or praising him too much.
Thereupon he said: You killed him, or you sliced the back of a
person.
Bk 42, Number 7142:
Abu Ma'mar reported that a person lauded a ruler amongst the
rulers and Miqdad began to throw dust upon him and he said:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded us that we
should throw dust upon the faces of those who shower too much
praise.
Bk 42, Number 7143:
Hammam b. al−Harith reported that a person began to praise
'Uthman and Miqdad sat upon his knee; and he was a bulky
person and began to throw pebbles upon his (flatterer's) face.
Thereupon 'Uthman said: What is the matter with you? And he
said: Verily, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
When you see those who shower (undue) praise (upon others),
throw dust upon their faces.
Bk 42, Number 7144:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Miqdad
through another chain of transmitters.
Chapter 16: THE OLDER ONE IS TO BE PREFERRED
Bk 42, Number 7145:
'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: It was shown in a vision that I was rinsing
my mouth with miswak and two persons began to contend with one
another for getting that miswak. One was older than the other.
I gave the miswak to the younger one amongst them, but it was
said to me: (Let it be given) to the older one. So I gave it
to the older one.
Chapter 17: TO STATE HADITH AFTER ITS VERIFICATION AND
RECORDING OF" KNOWLEDGE"
Bk 42, Number 7146:
It was reported that Abu Huraira used to say: Listen to me,
inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the
apartment, while 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had been
busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer, she said to"
Urwa: Did you hear his words? And this is how Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to utter (so
distinctly) that if one intended to count (the words uttered)
he would be able to do so.
Bk 42, Number 7147:
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Do not take down anything from me, and he who
took down anything from me except the Qur'an, he should efface
that and narrate from me, for there is no harm in it and he
who attributed any falsehood to me−and Hammam said: I think he
also said:" deliberately" −he should in fact find his abode in
the Hell−Fire.
Chapter 18: THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE DITCH, THE
MAGICIAN, THE MONK AND THE SLAVE
Bk 42, Number 7148:
Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
thus said: There lived a king before you and he had a (court)
magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he said to the king:
I have grown old, send some young boy to me so that I should
teach him magic. He (the king) sent to him a young man so that
he should train him (in magic). And on his way (to the
magician) he (the young man) found a monk sitting there. He
(the young man) listened to his (the monk's) talk and was
impressed by it. It became his habit that on his way to the
magician he met the monk and set there and he came to the
magician (late). He (the magician) beat him because of delay.
He made a complaint of that to the monk and he said to him:
When you feel afraid of the magician, say: Members of my
family had detained me. And when you feel afraid of your
family you should say: The magician had detained me. It so
happened that there came a huge beast (of prey) and it blocked
the way of the people, and he (the young boy) said: I will
come to know today whether the magician is superior or the
monk is superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah, if
the affair of the monk is dearer to Thee than the affair of
the magician, cause death to this animal so that the people
should be able to move about freely. He threw that stone
towards it and killed it and the people began to move about
(on the path freely). He (the young man) then came to that
monk and Informed him and the monk said: Sonny, today you are
superior to me. Your affair has come to a stage where I find
that you would be soon put to a trial, and in case you are put
to a trial don't give my clue. That young man began to treat
the blind and those suffering from leprosy and he in fact
began to cure people from (all kinds) of illness. When a
companion of the king who had gone blind heard about him, he
came to him with numerous gifts and said: If you cure me all
these things collected together here would be yours. Be said:
I myself do not cure anyone. It is Allah Who cures and if you
affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate Allah to cure
you. He affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him and he
came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit before.
The king said to him: Who restored your eyesight? He said: My
Lord. Thereupon he said: It means that your Lord is One
besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allah, so he
(the king) took hold of him and tormented him till he gave a
clue of that boy. The young man was thus summoned and the king
said to him: O boy, it has been conveyed to me that you have
become so much proficient in your magic that you cure the
blind and those suffering from leprosy and you do such and
such things. Thereupon he said: I do not cure anyone; it is
Allah Who cures, and he (the king) took hold of him and began
to torment him. So he gave a clue of the monk. The monk was
thus summoned and it was said to him: You should turn back
from your religion. He, however, refused to do so. He
(ordered) for a saw to be brought (and when it was done) he
(the king) placed it in the middle of his head and tore it
into parts till a part fell down. Then the courtier of the
king was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your
religion. Arid he refused to do so, and the saw was placed in
the midst of his head and it was torn till a part fell down.
Then that young boy was brought and it was said to him: Turn
back from your religion. He refused to do so and he was handed
over to a group of his courtiers. And he 'said to them: Take
him to such and such mountain; make him climb up that mountain
and when you reach its top (ask him to renounce his faith) but
if he refuses to do so, then throw him (down the mountain). So
they took him and made him climb up the mountain and he said:
O Allah, save me from them (in any way) Thou likest and the
mountain began to quake and they all fell down and that person
came walking to the king. The king said to him: What has
happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from
them. He again handed him to some of his courtiers and said:
Take him and carry him in a small boat and when you reach the
middle of the ocean (ask him to renounce) his religion, but if
he does not renounce his religion throw him (into the water).
So they took him and he said: O Allah, save me from them and
what they want to do. It was quite soon that the boat turned
over and they were drowned and he came walking to the king,
and the king said to him: What has happened to your
companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them, and he said
to the king: You cannot kill me until you do what I ask you to
do. And he said: What is that? He said: You should gather
people in a plain and hang me by the trunk (of a tree). Then
take hold of an arrow from the quiver and say: In the name of
Allah, the Lord of the worlds; then shoot an arrow and if you
do that then you would be able to kill me. So he (the king)
called the people in an open plain and tied him (the boy) to
the trunk of a tree, then he took hold of an arrow from his
quiver and then placed the arrow in the bow and then said: In
the name of Allah, the Lord of the young boy; he then shot an
arrow and it bit his temple. He (the boy) placed his hands
upon the temple where the arrow had bit him and he died and
the people said: We affirm our faith in the Lord of this young
man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man, we
affirm our faith in the Lord of this young man. The courtiers
came to the king and it was said to him: Do you see that Allah
has actually done what you aimed at averting. They (the
people) have affirmed their faith in the Lord. He (the king)
commanded ditches to be dug at important points in the path.
When these ditches were dug, and the fire was lit in them it
was said (to the people): He who would not turn back from his
(boy's) religion would be thrown in the fire or it would be
said to them to jump in that. (The people courted death but
did not renounce religion) till a woman came with her child
and she felt hesitant in jumping into the fire and the child
said to her: 0 mother, endure (this ordeal) for it is the
Truth.
Chapter 19: THE STORY OF ABU AL−YASAR AND THE LENGTHY HADITH
OF JABIR
Bk 42, Number 7149:
'Ubadab. Walid b. Samit reported: I and my father set out in
search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before their death
(i. e. before the Companions of the Holy Prophet left the
world) and I was the first to meet Abu Yasar, a Companion of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and there was a
young man with him who carried the record of letters with him
and there was a mantle prepared by the tribe of Ma'afiri upon
him. And his servant too had a Ma'afiri mantle over him. My
father said to him: My uncle, I see the signs of anger or that
of agony on your face. He said: Yes, such and such person, the
son of so and so, of the tribe of Harami owed me a debt. I
went to his family, extended salutations and said: Where is
he? They said: He is not here. Then came out to me his son who
was at the threshold of his youth. I said to him: Where is
your father? He said: No sooner did he hear your sound than he
hid himself behind my mother's bedstead. I said to him: Walk
out to me, for I know where you are. He came out. I said to
him: What prompted you to hide yourself from me? He said: By
God, whatever I would say to you would not be a lie. By Allah,
I fear that I should tell a lie to you and in case of making
promise with you I should break it, as you are the Companion
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). The fact is that
I was hard up in regard to money. I said: Do you adjure by
Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by
Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by
Allah? He said: I adjure by Allah. Then he brought his
promissory note and he wrote off (the debt) with his hand and
said: Make payment when you find yourself solvent enough to
pay me back; if you are not, then there is no liability upon
you. These two eyes of mine saw, and he (Abu'I−Yasar) placed
his fingers upon his eyes and these two ears of mine heard and
my heart retained, and he pointed towards his heart that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: He who gives
time to one who is financially hard up (in the payment of
debt) or writes off his debt, Allah will provide him His
shadow. I said to him: My uncle, if you get the cloak of your
servant and you give him your two clothes, or take his two
clothes of Ma'afir and give him your cloak, then there would
be one dress for you and one for him. He wiped my head and
said: O Allah, bless the son of my brother. O, son of my
brother, these two very eyes of mine saw and these two ears of
mine listened to and this heart of mine retained this, and he
pointed towards the heart that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Feed them (the servants) and clothe them (the
servants) what you wear, and if I give him the goods of the
world, it is easy for me than this that he should take my
virtues on the Day of Resurrection. We went on till we came to
Jabir b. Abdullah in the mosque and he was busy in observing
prayer in one cloth which he had joined at its opposite ends.
I made my way through the people till I sat between him and
the Qibla and I said: May Allah have mercy upon you. Do you
observe prayer with one cloth on your body whereas your mantle
is lying at your side? He pointed me with his hand towards my
breast just like this and he separated his fingers and bent
them in the shape of a bow. And (he said): I thought that a
fool like you should come to me so that he should see me as I
do and he should then also do like it. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) came to us in this very mosque and he had
in his hand the twig of the palm−tree and he saw mucus towards
the Qibla of the mosque and he erased it with the help of the
twig. He then came to us and said: Who amongst you likes that
Allah should turn His face away from him? We were afraid. He
then again said: Who amongst you likes that Allah should turn
His face away from him? We were afraid. He again said: Who
amongst you likes that Allah should turn His face away from
him? We said: Allah's Messenger, none of us likes it. And he
said: If one amongst you stands for prayer, Allah, the Exalted
and Glorious, is before him he should not spit in front of
him, or on his right side, but should spit on his left side
beneath his left foot and if he is impelled to do so all of a
sudden (in spite of himself) he should then spit in his cloth
and fold it in some part of it. (and he further said: ) Bring
some sweet−smelling thing. A young man who belonged to our
tribe stood up, went and brought scent in his palm. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) took that and applied it to
the end of that twig and then touched the place where there
had been mucus. Jabir said: This is why you should apply scent
to your mosques. It is reported on the same authority: We set
out along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on an
expedition of Batn Buwat. He (the Holy Prophet) was in search
of al−Majdi b. 'Amr al−Juhani. (We had so meagre equipment)
that five. six or seven of us had one camel to ride and so we
mounted it turn by turn. Once there wan. the turn of an Ansari
to ride upon the camel. He made it kneel down to ride over it
(and after having. mounted it), he tried to raise it up but it
hesitated. So he said. May there be curse of Allah upon you!
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Who
is there to curse his camel? He said: Allah's Messenger, it'
is I. Thereupon he said: Get down from the camel and let us
not have in our company the cursed one. Don't curse your own
selves, nor your children. nor your belongings. There is the
possibility that your curse may synchronies with the time when
Allah is about to confer upon you what you demand and thus
your prayer may be readily responded. It is reported on the
same authority: We set out on an expedition along with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) until it was evening, and we
had been near a. water reservoir of Arabia. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Who would be the person who
would go ahead and set right the reservoir and drink water
himself and serve us with it? Jabir said: I stood up and said:
Allah's Messenger, it is I who am ready to do that. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Who is the
person to accompany Jabir? And then Jabbar b. Sakhr stood up.
So we went to that well and poured in that tank a bucket or
two of water and plastered it with clay and then began to fill
it (with water) until it was filled to the brim. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the first who appeared
before us, and he said: Do you (both) permit me to drink water
out of it? We said: Yea, Allah's Messenger. He led his camel
to drink water and it drank. He then pulled its rein and it
stretched its legs and began to urinate. He then took it aside
and made it kneel down at another place and then came to the
tank and performed ablution. I then got up and performed
ablution like the ablution of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), and Jabbar b. Sakhr went in order to relieve
himself and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) got up
to observe prayer and there was a mantle over me. I tried to
invert its ends but it was too short (to cover my body
easily). It had its borders. I then inverted it (the mantle)
and drew its opposite ends and then tied them at my neck. I
then came and stood upon the left side of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). He caught hold of me and made me go
round behind him, until he made me stand on his right side.
Then Jabbar b. Sakhr came. He performed ablution and then came
and stood on the left side of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him). Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
caught hold of our hands together, pushed us back and made us
stand behind him. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) began to look upon me with darting looks, but I did not
perceive that. After that I became aware of it and he pointed
with the gesture of his hand that I should wrap my loin−cloth.
When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had finished
the prayer, he said: Jabir! I said: Allah's Messenger, at thy
beck and call. He said: When the cloth around you is
inadequate, then tie the opposite ends but when it is small,
tie it over the lower body. Jabir reported: We set out on an
expedition with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
the only means of sustenance for every person amongst us was
only one date for a day and we used to chew it. And we struck
the leaves with the help of our bow and ate them until the
sides of our mouths were injured. It so happened one day that
a person was overlooked and not given a date. We carried that
person and bore witness to the fact that he had not been given
that date so he was offered that and he got up and received
that. Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) until we got down at
a spacious valley and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) went to relieve himself. I followed him with a bucket
full of water and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
looked about and he found no privacy but two trees at the end
of the valley and Allah's Messenger (may. peace be upon him)
went to one of them and took hold of one of its twigs and
said: Be thou under my control by the permission of Allah, and
so it came under his control like the camel who has its
nosestring in the hand of its rider, and then he came to the
second tree and took hold of a twig and said: Be thou under my
control with the permission of Allah, and it came under his
control, and when he came in the middle of the two trees he
joined together the two twigs and said: join with the
permission of Allah. Jabir said: I was afraid lest Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) should be aware of my
nearness and go still farther. And Muhammad b. Abbad has used
the word" faitab'd" and I began to talk to myself. And as I
saw, I suddenly found Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) before me and the two trees were separated and each one
of them was standing at its place. I saw Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) standing for a short time, nodding his
head towards right and left. Isma'il pointed towards the right
and left with the help of his head (in order to demonstrate
how the Holy Prophet had pointed). Then he (the Holy Prophet)
came to me and said: Jabir did you see my place where I was
standing? I said: Allah's Messenger, yes. He then said: Then
you should go to those two trees and cut a twig from each of
them and go to that place with them where I was standing and
stand there where I was standing and place a twig on the right
and a twig on the left. Jabir said: I set out and took hold of
a stone and broke it and sharpened it and then I came to those
trees and cut a twig from each one of them. I then came
dragging them until I stood at the place where Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) had been standing and placed
a twig on the right and a twig on the left. Then I met him and
said: Allah's Messenger, I have done that, but (kindly)
explain to me the reason for it. Thereupon he said: I passed
by two graves the occupants of which had been undergoing
torment. I liked to make intercession for them so that the
might be relieved of this torment y as long as these twigs
remain fresh. Jabir said: We came back to the (camp of the)
army and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Jabir, call people for per− forming wudu. I cried: Come and
perform wudu, come and perform wudu, come and perform wudu. I
said: Allah's Messenger, there is not even a drop of water in
the army camp, and there. was a person who used to cool the
water for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in the old
water−skin which kept hanging by the twig. He asked me to go
to such and such Ansari and ask him to see if there was any
water in that skin. I went to him and cast a glance in it but
did not find anything but a drop in the mouth of that
water−skin and if I were to draw that, the water−skin's,.
dried part would suck it up. I came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I have not
found anything in it but a drop of water in the mouth of the
water−skin and now if I were to draw that, it would be
absorbed. He said: Go and bring that to me. I brought that to
him. He took hold of it −and began to utter something which I
could not understand and then pressed it with his hand and
gave that to me and said: Jabir, announce for the tub to be
brought. So I announced that the tub of the army (be brought).
It was brought accordingly and I placed it before him (the
Holy Prophet). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) placed his hands in the tub like this: with his fingers
stretched out, and then he placed his fingers at the bottom of
the tub and said: Jabir, take it (that waters−skin) and pour
water over me, by reciting Bismillah, and I poured water and I
said: Bismillah, and found water sprouting out between the
fingers of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then
that tub gushed forth until it was filled up and the Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Jabir, make an announcement to
the effect: He who needs water should take that. Jabir said:
The people came and got water until they were all satiated. I
said: Is there anyone left who wants to get it? And Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) then lifted up his hand from
that tub and it was still full. Then the people made a
complaint to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about
hunger and he said: May Allah provide you food! We came to the
bank of the ocean and the ocean was tossing and it threw out a
big animal and we lit fire and cooked it and took it until we
had eaten to our heart's content. Jabir said: I and such and
such five persons entered Its socket and nobody could see us
until we had come out, and we took hold of one of its ribs and
twisted it into a sort of arch, then we called the tallest of
the persons of the army and the hugest of the camels of the
army and it had the big saddle over it, and it could easily
pass through it without the rider having need to bend down.
Chapter 20: THE ACCOUNT OF PROPHET'S (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM)
EMIGRATION
Bk 42, Number 7150:
Al−Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Abu Bakr Siddlq came to the
residence of my father ('Azib) and bought a haudaj from him
and said to 'Azib: Send your son to my residence (to carry
this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it (for him). So
I carried it and there went along with him (with Abu Bakr) my
father in order to fetch its price and he ('Azib) said to Abu
Bakr: Abu Bakr, narrate to me what you both did on the night
when you set out on a journey along with Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). He said: We set out during the night
and went on walking until it was noon, and the path was vacant
and so none passed by that (until) there appeared prominently
before us a large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the
sun did not reach that place. So we got down at that place. I
then went to the rock and levelled the ground with my hands at
the place where the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) would
take rest under its shade. I then set the bedding and said:
Allah's Messenger, go to sleep and I shall keep a watch around
you. I went out and watched around him. There we saw a
shepherd moving towards that rock with his flock and he
intended what we intended (i. e. taking rest). I met him and
said to him: Young boy, to which place do you belong? He said:
I am a person from Medina. I said, is there any milk in the
udders of your sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took hold of
a goat, and I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it
should be free from hair, dust and impurity. I saw al−Bara'
striking his hand upon the other (to give an indication) how
he did that. He milked the goat for me in a wooden cup which
he had with him and I had with me a bucket in which I kept
water for drinking and for performing ablution. I came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and did not like to
awaken him from sleep but he was accidentally startled from
the sleep. I poured water upon the milk (till It was cold) and
I said: Allah's Messenger, take this milk. He then took It and
I was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet) said: Is now not the
time to march on? I said: Of course. So he marched on after
the sun had passed the meridian and Suraqa b. Malik pursued us
and we had been walking on soft, level ground. I said: Allah's
Messenger, we are about to be overtaken by them. Thereupon he
said: Be not grieved. Verily, Allah is with us. Then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) cursed him and his horse
sank into the earth. I think he also said: I know you have
hurled curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an
oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in search
of you. So he (Allah's Messenger) supplicated Allah and he was
rescued and he came back and to everyone he met, he said: I
have combed all this side. In short, he diverted everyone whom
he met and he in fact fulfilled his promise. Al−Bara'
reported: Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me for thirteen
dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the
narration of Uthman b. 'Umar, the words are: He (Suraqa b.
Malik) drew near Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him),
and he (the Holy Prophet) cursed him and his camel sank in the
earth up to the belly and he jumped from that and said:
Muhammad, I am fully aware of It that it is your doing.
Supplicate Allah that He should rescue me from it in which I
am (pitchforked) and I give you a solemn pledge that I shall
keep this as a secret from all those who are coming after me.
Take hold of an arrow out of it (quiver) for you will find my
camels and my slaves at such and such place and you can get
whatever you need (on showing this arrow). He (the Holy
Prophet) said: I don't need your camels. And we (the Holy
Prophet and Abu Bakr) came to Medina during the night and the
people began to contend as to where Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) should reside and he encamped in the tribe
of Najjar who were related to 'Abd ul−Muttalib from the side
of mother. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) honoured
them, then people climbed upon house−top and women also and
boys scattered in the way, and they were all crying: Muhammad,
Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, Messenger of Allah.
