Harith b Abi Rabi'a and 'Abdullah b. Safwan both went to Umm Salama, the Mother of the Faithful, and they asked her about the army which would be sunk in the earth, and this relates to the time when Ibn Zubair (was the governor of Mecca). She reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had said that a seeker of refuge would seek refuge in the Sacred House and an army would be sent to him (in order to kill him) and when it would enter a plain ground, it would be made to sink. I said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2882a |
| In-book reference | : Book 54, Hadith 6 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 41, Hadith 6886 |
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| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3473 |
| In-book reference | : Book 16, Hadith 24 |
Ibn ‘Umar said. `Umar (رضي الله عنه) told us: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he mentioned the same hadeeth, except that he said: No signs of travel were to be seen on him. And he- said: `Umar said: 1 waited for three (days), then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “oʻUmar...”
| Grade: | Lts isnad is Sahih, Muslim (8)] Sahih (Darussalam) [] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 367, 368 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 270 |
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
For one year I wanted to ask `Umar about the two women who helped each other against the Prophet but I was afraid of him. One day he dismounted his riding animal and went among the trees of Arak to answer the call of nature, and when he returned, I asked him and he said, "(They were) `Aisha and Hafsa." Then he added, "We never used to give significance to ladies in the days of the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance, but when Islam came and Allah mentioned their rights, we used to give them their rights but did not allow them to interfere in our affairs. Once there was some dispute between me and my wife and she answered me back in a loud voice. I said to her, 'Strange! You can retort in this way?' She said, 'Yes. Do you say this to me while your daughter troubles Allah's Apostle?' So I went to Hafsa and said to her, 'I warn you not to disobey Allah and His Apostle.' I first went to Hafsa and then to Um Salama and told her the same. She said to me, 'O `Umar! It surprises me that you interfere in our affairs so much that you would poke your nose even into the affairs of Allah's Apostle and his wives.' So she rejected my advice. There was an Ansari man; whenever he was absent from Allah's Apostle and I was present there, I used to convey to him what had happened (on that day), and when I was absent and he was present there, he used to convey to me what had happened as regards news from Allah's Apostle . During that time all the rulers of the nearby lands had surrendered to Allah's Apostle except the king of Ghassan in Sham, and we were afraid that he might attack us. All of a sudden the Ansari came and said, 'A great event has happened!' I asked him, 'What is it? Has the Ghassani (king) come?' He said, 'Greater than that! Allah's Apostle has divorced his wives! I went to them and found all of them weeping in their dwellings, and the Prophet had ascended to an upper room of his. At the door of the room there was a slave to whom I went and said, "Ask the permission for me to enter." He admitted me and I entered to see the Prophet lying on a mat that had left its imprint on his side. Under his head there was a leather pillow stuffed with palm fires. Behold! There were some hides hanging there and some grass for tanning. Then I mentioned what I had said to Hafsa and Um Salama and what reply Um Salama had given me. Allah's Apostle smiled and stayed there for twenty nine days and then came down." (See Hadith No. 648, Vol. 3 for details)
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5843 |
| In-book reference | : Book 77, Hadith 60 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 7, Book 72, Hadith 734 |
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Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more important to wipe the under part of the shoe than the upper but I have seen the Messenger of Allah (saws) wiping over the upper part of his shoes.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 162 |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 162 |
| English translation | : Book 1, Hadith 162 |
| صحيح الإسناد مقطوع (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4716 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 121 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4698 |
Narrated Anas Bin Malik:
When Allah gave Allah's Apostle what he gave of the properties of the Hawazin tribe as a war booty, the Prophet started giving some men 100 camels each. The Ansar (then) said, "May Allah forgive Allah's Apostles as he gives to Quraish and leaves us although our swords are still dribbling with the blood of Quraish." Allah Apostle was informed of their statement, so he sent for the Ansar and gathered them in a leather tent, and did not call anybody else along with them. When they al I gathered, the Prophet got up and said, "What is this talk being informed to me about you?" The learned men amongst the Ansar said, "O Allah's Apostle! Our chiefs did not say anything, but some people amongst us who are younger in age said. 'May Allah forgive Allah's Apostle as he gives (of the booty) to Quraish and leaves us though our swords are still dribbling with their blood." The Prophet said, "I give to these men who have newly deserted heathenism (and embraced Islam) so as to attract their hearts. Won't you be happy that the people take the wealth while you take the Prophet with you to your homes? By Allah, what you are taking is better than whatever they are taking." They (i.e. the Ansar) said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are satisfied." The Prophet then said to them. "You will find others favored over you greatly, so be patient till you meet Allah and His Apostle and I will be at the Tank then." Anas added: But they did not remain patient.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4331 |
| In-book reference | : Book 64, Hadith 360 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 620 |
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It has been narrated on the authority of Sulaimin b. Buraida who learnt the tradition from his father. The latter said that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1897a |
| In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 203 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 4673 |
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Narrated 'Amr b. Shu'aib:
On his father's authority said that his grandfather reported the Prophet (saws) said: A believer will not be killed for an infidel. If anyone kills a man deliberately, he is to be handed over to the relatives of the one who has been killed. If they wish, they may kill, but if they wish, they may accept blood-wit
| Grade: | Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) | حسن صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4506 |
| In-book reference | : Book 41, Hadith 13 |
| English translation | : Book 40, Hadith 4491 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4545 |
| In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 32 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2448 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 34 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 11, Hadith 2448 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3098 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 14 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3100 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
AbdurRahman ibn Samurah said: I was holding the hand of Ibn Umar on one of the ways of Medina. He suddenly came to a hanging head. He said: Unhappy is the one who killed him. When he proceeded, he said: I do not consider him but unfortunate. I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say: If anyone goes to a man of my community in order to kill him, he should say in this way, the one who kills will go to Hell and the one who is killed will go to Paradise.
Abu Dawud said: Al-Thawri has transmitted it from 'Awn from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sumair or Sumairah ; and Laith b. Abu Sulaim transmitted it from 'Awn from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Sumairah.
Abu Dawud said: Al-Hasan b. 'Ali said to me: Abu al-Walid transmitted this tradition to us from Abu 'Awanah, and said: It (the name Ibn Samurah) is in my notebook Ibn Sabrah. The people also transmitted it as Samurah and Sumairah. These are wordings of Abu al-Walid.
| Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4260 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 21 |
| English translation | : Book 36, Hadith 4247 |
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "Nobody who dies and finds good from Allah (in the Hereafter) would wish to come back to this world even if he were given the whole world and whatever is in it, except the martyr who, on seeing the superiority of martyrdom, would like to come back to the world and get killed again (in Allah's Cause)."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2795 |
| In-book reference | : Book 56, Hadith 13 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 53 |
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[Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1625 |
| In-book reference | : Book 17, Hadith 115 |
Narrated Abu Murra:
(the freed slave of Um Hani) Um Hani, the daughter of Abi Talib said, "I went to Allah's Apostle in the year of the conquest of Mecca and found him taking a bath and his daughter Fatima was screening him. I greeted him. He asked, 'Who is she?' I replied, 'I am Um Hani bint Abi Talib.' He said, 'Welcome! O Um Hani.' When he finished his bath he stood up and prayed eight rak`at while wearing a single garment wrapped round his body and when he finished I said, 'O Allah's Apostle ! My brother has told me that he will kill a person whom I gave shelter and that person is so and so the son of Hubaira.' The Prophet said, 'We shelter the person whom you have sheltered.' " Um Hani added, "And that was before noon (Duha).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 357 |
| In-book reference | : Book 8, Hadith 9 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 1, Book 8, Hadith 353 |
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Narrated Um Hani:
the daughter of Abu Talib: I went to Allah's Apostle on the day of the conquest of Mecca and found him taking a bath, and his daughter Fatima was screening him. I greeted him and he asked, "Who is that?" I said, "I, Um Hani bint Abi Talib." He said, "Welcome, O Um Hani." When he had finished his bath, he stood up and offered eight rak`at while dressed in one garment. I said, "O Allah's Apostle! My brother `Ali has declared that he will kill a man to whom I have granted asylum. The man is so and-so bin Hubaira." Allah's Apostle said, "O Um Hani! We will grant asylum to the one whom you have granted asylum." (Um Hani said, "That (visit) took place in the Duha (i.e. forenoon)).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3171 |
| In-book reference | : Book 58, Hadith 13 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 53, Hadith 396 |
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Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit:
Who had taken part in the battle of Badr with Allah's Apostle and had been amongst his companions on the night of Al-`Aqaba Pledge: Allah's Apostle, surrounded by a group of his companions said, "Come along and give me the pledge of allegiance that you will not worship anything besides Allah, will not steal, will not commit illegal sexual intercourse will not kill your children, will not utter; slander, invented by yourself, and will not disobey me if I order you to do something good. Whoever among you will respect and fulfill this pledge, will be rewarded by Allah. And if one of you commits any of these sins and is punished in this world then that will be his expiation for it, and if one of you commits any of these sins and Allah screens his sin, then his matter, will rest with Allah: If He will, He will punish him and if He will,. He will excuse him." So I gave the pledge of allegiance to him for these conditions.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3892 |
| In-book reference | : Book 63, Hadith 117 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 232 |
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| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3067 |
| In-book reference | : Book 12, Hadith 26 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:
Mujahid reported: I was in the company of Ibn Umar. A person invited the people for the noon or afternoon prayer (after the adhan had been called). He said: Go out with us (from this mosque) because this is an innovation (in religion).
| Grade: | Hasan (Al-Albani) | حسن (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 538 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 148 |
| English translation | : Book 2, Hadith 538 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4267 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 28 |
| English translation | : Book 36, Hadith 4254 |
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "The seller and the buyer have the option of canceling or confirming the deal unless they separate, or one of them says to the other, 'Choose (i.e. decide to cancel or confirm the bargain now)." Perhaps he said, 'Or if it is an optional sale.' " Ibn `Umar, Shuraih, Ash-Shu`bi, Tawus, Ata, and Ibn Abu Mulaika agree upon this judgment.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2109 |
| In-book reference | : Book 34, Hadith 62 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 34, Hadith 322 |
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Narrated Sufyan:
'Ubaidullah said: "I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "Following are some traits of the people of the pre- Islamic period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the dead." 'Ubaidullah forgot the third trait. Sufyan said, "They say it (i.e. the third trait) was to believe that rain was caused by the influence of stars (i.e. if a special star appears it will rain).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3850 |
| In-book reference | : Book 63, Hadith 75 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 189 |
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Asma' b. 'Ubaid reported about a person who was called as-Sa'ib having said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2236b |
| In-book reference | : Book 39, Hadith 191 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 26, Hadith 5558 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1407 |
| In-book reference | : Book 16, Hadith 23 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 14, Hadith 1407 |
190 Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father from Ali ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, killed some of his sacrificial animals himself, and someone else killed the rest.
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 190 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 889 |
| Grade: | Sahih] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 1433 |
| In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 26 |
It is narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent Mu'adh towards Yemen (as governor) he said to him:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 19c |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 31 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 1, Hadith 28 |
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Abu Huraira reported that the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) had said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1031a |
| In-book reference | : Book 12, Hadith 117 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 5, Hadith 2248 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4991 |
| In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 7 |
| English translation | : Vol. 6, Book 47, Hadith 4994 |
Narrated Yazid ibn Amir:
I came while the Prophet (saws) was saying the prayer. I sat down and did not pray along with them. The Messenger of Allah (saws) turned towards us and saw that Yazid was sitting there. He said: Did you not embrace Islam, Yazid? He replied: Why not, Messenger of Allah; I have embraced Islam. He said: What prevented you from saying prayer along with the people? He replied: I have already prayed in my house, and I thought that you had prayed (in congregation). He said: When you come to pray (in the mosque) and find the people praying, then you should pray along with them, though you have already prayed. This will be a supererogatory prayer for you and that will be counted as obligatory.
| Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 577 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 187 |
| English translation | : Book 2, Hadith 577 |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 537 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 44 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 538 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4078 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 113 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4083 |
From his father who said: "When the Messenger of Allah (sawS) sent a commander of an army, he would exhort him concerning himself to have Taqwa of Allah, and he would exhort him to be good to those who are with him among the Muslims. He would say: 'Fight in the Name of Allah, in the cause of Allah. Fight those who disbelieve in Allah, and do not steal from the spoils of war or be treacherous, nor mutilate, and do not kill a child. When you meet your enemy among the idolaters, then call them to one of the three options or choices, whichever of them they respond to then accept it from them, and refrain from them. Call them to Islam, and to relocate from their land to the land of Emigrants. Inform them that if they do that, then they will have similar to what those who emigrated have, and from them will be required similar to what is required from those who have emigrated. And if they refuse to relocate, then inform them that they will be like the Bedouins among the Muslim, and they will be treated the same as Bedouins are treated. There is no war spoils or Fay' for them, unless they fight along with the Muslims. If they refuse then seek aid from Allah against them and fight them. And if you lay siege to a fortress and they want you to grant them covenant from Allah and a covenant of His Prophet, then do not grant them the covenant of Allah nor the covenant of His Prophet. Rather grant them your own covenant and the covenant of your companions, it will be better than breaking Allah's covenant and the covenant of His Messenger. And if you lay siege to the people of a fortress and they want you to lift the siege for negotiating upon the judgement of Allah, then do not stop, but rather make them surrender to your judgement, for you do not know if you will come upon the judgement of Allah regarding them or not.' Or similar to that."
[Abu 'Eisa said:] There is something on this topic from An-Nu'man bin Muqarrin, and the Hadith of Buraidah is a Hasan Sahih Hadith
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1617 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 80 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 19, Hadith 1617 |
Abu Sa'id reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sat on the pulpit and said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2382a |
| In-book reference | : Book 44, Hadith 2 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 31, Hadith 5869 |
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Narrated Az-Zuhri:
I heard `Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah narrating from `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, the story about the liars who said what they said about her and how Allah revealed her innocence afterwards. Each one of the above four narrators narrated to me a portion of her narration. (It was said in it), "The Prophet stood up, saying, 'Is there anyone who can relieve me from `Abdullah bin Ubai?' On that, Usaid bin Hudair got up and said to Sa`d bin 'Ubada, La`Amrullahi (By the Eternity of Allah), we will kill him!' "
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6662 |
| In-book reference | : Book 83, Hadith 40 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 655 |
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| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1498 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 66 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 1498 |
It has been narrated on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1801 |
| In-book reference | : Book 32, Hadith 146 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 19, Hadith 4436 |
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Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:
I conceived `Abdullah bin AzZubair at Mecca and went out (of Mecca) while I was about to give birth. I came to Medina and encamped at Quba', and gave birth at Quba'. Then I brought the child to Allah's Apostle and placed it (on his lap). He asked for a date, chewed it, and put his saliva in the mouth of the child. So the first thing to enter its stomach was the saliva of Allah's Apostle. Then he did its Tahnik with a date, and invoked Allah to bless him. It was the first child born in the Islamic era, therefore they (Muslims) were very happy with its birth, for it had been said to them that the Jews had bewitched them, and so they would not produce any offspring.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5469 |
| In-book reference | : Book 71, Hadith 3 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 7, Book 66, Hadith 378 |
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Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud:
At the battle of Badr the Messenger of Allah gave me AbuJahl's sword, as I had killed him.
| Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2722 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 246 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2716 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2495 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 19 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2489 |
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 9 |
| In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 9 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4695 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 100 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4678 |
[Abu Dawud].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1665 |
| In-book reference | : Book 17, Hadith 155 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3793 |
| In-book reference | : Book 49, Hadith 192 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3793 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4278 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 16 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 42, Hadith 4283 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4795 |
| In-book reference | : Book 45, Hadith 90 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4799 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) [, al-Bukhari (4606) and Muslim (3017) (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 272 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 184 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4071 |
| In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 106 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4076 |
Narrated Masruq:
While a man was delivering a speech in the tribe of Kinda, he said, "Smoke will prevail on the Day of Resurrection and will deprive the hypocrites their faculties of hearing and seeing. The believers will be afflicted with something like cold only thereof." That news scared us, so I went to (Abdullah) Ibn Mas`ud while he was reclining (and told him the story) whereupon he became angry, sat up and said, "He who knows a thing can say, it, but if he does not know, he should say, 'Allah knows best,' for it is an aspect of knowledge to say, 'I do not know,' if you do not know a certain thing. Allah said to His prophet. 'Say (O Muhammad): No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor I am one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do not exist.)' (38.86) The Qur'aish delayed in embracing Islam for a period, so the Prophet invoked evil on them, saying, 'O Allah! Help me against them by sending seven years of (famine) like those of Joseph.' So they were afflicted with such a severe year of famine that they were destroyed therein and ate dead animals and bones. They started seeing something like smoke between the sky and the earth (because of severe hunger). Abu Sufyan then came (to the Prophet) and said, "O Muhammad! You came to order us for to keep good relations with Kith and kin, and your kinsmen have now perished, so please invoke Allah (to relieve them).' Then Ibn Mas`ud recited:-- 'Then watch you for the day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible....but truly you will return! (to disbelief) (44.10-15) Ibn Mas`ud added, Then the punishment was stopped, but truly, they reverted to heathenism (their old way). So Allah (threatened them thus): 'On the day when we shall seize you with a mighty grasp.' (44.16) And that was the day of the Battle of Badr. Allah's saying- "Lizama" (the punishment) refers to the day of Badr Allah's Statement: Alif-Lam-Mim, the Romans have been defeated, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious,' (30.1- 3) (This verse): Indicates that the defeat of Byzantine has already passed.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4774 |
| In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 296 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 297 |
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