that Ka`b had a slave girl who used to graze his sheep on a small mountain, called "Sl'a", situated near the market. Once a sheep was dying, so she broke a stone and slaughtered it with it. When they mentioned that to the Prophet, he, permitted them to eat it.

I used to stretch my legs towards the Qibla of the Prophet while he was praying; whenever he prostrated he touched me, and I would withdraw my legs, and whenever he stood up, I would restretch my legs.

The Prophet used to face us on completion of the prayer.

That a bedouin told him that he brought a milch she-camel in the time of the Messenger of Allah (saws). He alighted with Talhah ibn Ubaydullah (and wanted to sell his milch animal to him). He said: The Prophet (saws) forbade a townsman to sell for a man from the desert. But go to the market and see who buys from you. consult me thereafter, and then I shall ask you (to sell) or forbid you.

Allah's Apostle entered upon sick man to pay him a visit, and said to him, "Don't worry, Allah willing, (your sickness will be) an expiation for your sins." The man said, "No, it is but a fever that is boiling within an old man and will send him to his grave." On that, the Prophet said, "Then yes, it is so."

Whenever the Prophet come to me after the `Asr prayer, he always prayed two rak`at.

Once `Abdullah bin Mas`ud delivered a sermon before us and said, "By Allah, I learnt over seventy Suras direct from Allah's Apostle . By Allah, the companions of the Prophet came to know that I am one of those who know Allah's Book best of all of them, yet I am not the best of them." Shaqiq added: I sat in his religious gathering and I did not hear anybody opposing him (in his speech).

I saw the Prophet (p.b.u.h) offering the prayer on his mount (Rahila) whatever direction it took.

Whoever recites it (i.e., the invocation in the above Hadith (412) ten times will be as if he manumitted one of Ishmael's descendants. Abu Aiyub narrated the same Hadith from the Prophet saying, "(Whoever recites it ten times) will be as if he had manumitted one of Ishmael's descendants."

The Prophet (saws) postponed the circumambulation on the day of sacrifice till the night.

Bahz bin Hakim, on his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that the Prophet (saws) imprisoned a man on suspicion.

When the Prophet (saws) returned to Medina, he would slaughter a camel or a cow.

The tradition mentioned above (No. 3771) has also been narrated by Ibn Mas'ud with a different chain of narrators.

This version has: The Prophet (saws) liked the foreleg (of a sheep). Once the foreleg was poisoned, and he thought that the Jews had poisoned it.

The Prophet (saws) sent a physician to Ubayy (ibn Ka'b), and he cut his vein.

She heard the Prophet (saws) read the verse: "He acted unrighteously." (innahu 'amila ghayra salih).

When we came to the Prophet (saws), each one would sit down where there was room.

Ibn Juraij told me that Abu Zubair heard Jabir say that the Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him) kept standing for a bier until it disappeared.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.

The Prophet said, "Al-Kam'a is like the Mann (sweet resin or gum) (in that it grows naturally without human care) and its water is a cure for the eye diseases."

Two men came from the east and delivered speeches, and the Prophet said, "Some eloquent speech has the influence of magic." (e.g., some people refuse to do something and then a good eloquent speaker addresses them and then they agree to do that very thing after his speech)

The Prophet said, "Set the captives free, accept the invitation (to a wedding banquet), and visit the patients."

The Prophet saw a man performing Tawaf around the Ka`ba, tied with a rope or something else (while another person was holding him). The Prophet cut that rope off.

The Prophet said, " If somebody dies (among the Muslims) leaving some property, the property will go to his heirs; and if he leaves a debt or dependants, we will take care of them."

The Prophet said, "Whoever takes up arms against us, is not from us."

The Prophet said, "If supper is served, and Iqama is pronounced one should start with the supper."

The Prophet was on a journey and recited in one of the first two rak`at of the `Isha' prayer "Wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun." (95)

When the Prophet (p.b.u.h) got up at night (for the night prayer), he used to clean his mouth .

We used to offer the Jumua prayer with the Prophet and then take the afternoon nap.

(From the daughter of Khalid bin Sa id bin Al-`Asi) who said that she had heard the Prophet seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave.

Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) entered the Ka'ba, and in it there were six pillars, and he stood near a pillar and made supplication, but did not observe the prayer.

Rabi' b. Sabra reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) prohibited the contracting of temporary marriage.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir b. Samura through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abd al-Rahman b. Shumasa with another chain of transmitters.

That the Prophet (saws) said similarly.

A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Ka'b b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sahl b. Sa'd with a different chain of transmitters.

A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) used to seek refuge in Allah from such things as mentioned in the above-mentioned hadith and from 'miserliness" too.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters.

The Prophet said, "There is always goodness in horses."

* The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or hidden means but that Allah is ultimately in control and any fearful superstition around these is false.