The Book
of 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
Book 032, 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".
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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".
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6185:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Habib with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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?".
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6201:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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)."
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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)
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6231:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Asim al-Ahwal
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6234:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash through
other chains of transmitters.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6249:
Ibu 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Oppression is the darkness on the Day of Resurrection.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6259:
Nu'man b. Bashir reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6282:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam
with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6288:
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a hadith
like it but with a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6291:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad with
a slight variation of wording.
Book 032, Number 6292:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira
through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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".
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6312:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the
same chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6315:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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?
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6322:
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Zinad and
he said:" When one amongst you strikes (at the face)."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, Number 6337:
Abu Huraira reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) through another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6347:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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"
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6355:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'A'isha through
another chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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."
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6369:
Abu Huraira reported that he (the Holy Prophet) said: Three (children)
who die in childhood.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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".
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6383:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 032, Number 6384:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Anas with a different
chain of transmitters.
Book 032, 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.
Book 032, Number 6386:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah.
Book 032, 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
Book 032, 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).
Book 032, 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."
