Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father:
In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the two mountains (around the Ka`ba).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3833 |
| In-book reference | : Book 63, Hadith 58 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 174 |
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Narrated As-Subayy ibn Ma'bad:
I was a Christian Bedouin; then I embraced Islam. I came to a man of my tribe, who was called Hudhaym ibn Thurmulah. I said to him. O brother, I am eager to wage war in the cause of Allah (i.e. jihad), and I find that both hajj and umrah are due from me. How can I combine them?
He said: Combine them and sacrifice the animal made easily available for you. I, therefore, raised my voice in talbiyah for both of them (i.e. umrah and hajj). When I reached al-Udhayb, Salman ibn Rabi'ah and Zayd ibn Suhan met me while I was raising my voice in talbiyah for both of them.
One of them said to the other: This (man) does not have any more understanding than his camel. Thereupon it was as if a mountain fell on me.
I came to Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: Commander of the Faithful, I was a Christian Bedouin, and I have embraced Islam. I am eager to wage war in the cause of Allah (jihad), and I found that both hajj and umrah were due from me. I came to a man of my tribe who said to me: Combine both of them and sacrifice the animal easily available for you. I have raised my voice in talbiyah for both of them.
Umar thereupon said to me: You have been guided to the practice (sunnah) of your Prophet) (saws).
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 1799 |
| In-book reference | : Book 11, Hadith 79 |
| English translation | : Book 10, Hadith 1795 |
| Grade: | Lts isnad is Hasan] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 1418 |
| In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 14 |
| Grade: | Isnād Hasan (Zubair `Aliza'i) | إسنادہ حسن (زبیر علی زئی) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 29 |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 27 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2358 |
| In-book reference | : Book 9, Hadith 131 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3918 |
| In-book reference | : Book 35, Hadith 26 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 35, Hadith 3918 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) [Bukhari 4986] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 76 |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 72 |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2462 |
| In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 28 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2464 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3228 |
| In-book reference | : Book 26, Hadith 33 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 26, Hadith 3230 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3149 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 65 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 25, Hadith 3151 |
Mu'adh b. Jabal reported that he went along with Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) in the expedition of Tabuk and he (the Holy Prophet) combined the prayers. He offered the noon and afternoon prayers together and the sunset and night prayers together and on the other day he deferred the prayers; he then came out and offered the noon and afternoon prayers together. He then went in and (later on) came out and then after that offered the sunset and night prayers together and then said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 706c |
| In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 10 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 30, Hadith 5662 |
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Narrated `Aisha:
A thief's hand was not cut off for stealing something worth less than the price of a shield, whether a Turs or Hajafa (two kinds of shields), each of which was worth a (respectable) price.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6794 |
| In-book reference | : Book 86, Hadith 23 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 81, Hadith 786 |
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Narrated Ibn `Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "While three persons were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they took shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave and blocked it. They said to each other. 'Think of such good (righteous) deeds which, you did for Allah's sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you from your difficulty. one of them said, 'O Allah! I had my parents who were very old and I had small children for whose sake I used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night and milked (the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my parents first before giving to my children. And one day I went far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and didn't return home till late at night and found that my parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and brought the milk vessel and stood at their heads, and I disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked to give the milk to my children before my parents though my children were crying (from hunger) at my feet. So this state of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!) If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we can see the sky.' So Allah made for them an opening through which they could see the sky. Then the second person said, 'O Allah! I had a she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate man love a woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I paid her one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard till I collected one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in between her legs (to have sexual intercourse with her), she said, 'O Allah's slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower me except legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If you considered that I had done that only for seeking Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a (wider) opening.' So Allah shifted that rock to make the opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said 'O Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a certain measure: of rice, and when he had finished his job he demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and refused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the laborer came to me an said. '(O Allah's slave!) Be afraid o Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.' I said (to him). 'Go and take those cows and their shepherd. So he took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove the remaining part of the rock.' And so Allah released them (from their difficulty).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5974 |
| In-book reference | : Book 78, Hadith 5 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 73, Hadith 5 |
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| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5477 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 98 |
| Reference | : Bulugh al-Maram 741 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 34 |
| English translation | : Book 6, Hadith 760 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3930 |
| In-book reference | : Book 49, Hadith 330 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3930 |
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "No doubt, it is better for a person to take a rope and proceed in the morning to the mountains and cut the wood and then sell it, and eat from this income and give alms from it than to ask others for something."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1480 |
| In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 81 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 558 |
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Anas b. Malik reported a hadith like this from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) except with this variation that he said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1365b |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 526 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 7, Hadith 3158 |
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| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5475 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 96 |
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that a person came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1111a |
| In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 101 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 6, Hadith 2457 |
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Abu al-Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that the earth would turn to be one single bread on the Day of Resurrection and the Almighty would turn it in His hand as one of you turns a loaf while on a journey. It would be a feast arranged in the honour of the people of Paradise. He (the narrator) further narrated that a person from among the Jews came and he said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2792 |
| In-book reference | : Book 52, Hadith 13 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 39, Hadith 6710 |
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| مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2728 |
| In-book reference | : Book 10, Hadith 217 |
| Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 699 |
| In-book reference | : Book 31, Hadith 96 |
| English translation | : Book 31, Hadith 699 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3303 |
| In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 217 |
| Grade: | Sahih hadeeth] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 420 |
| In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 19 |
Narrated Abu Burda:
Abu Musa said, "I came to the Prophet along with two men (from the tribe) of Ash`ariyin, one on my right and the other on my left, while Allah's Apostle was brushing his teeth (with a Siwak), and both men asked him for some employment. The Prophet said, 'O Abu Musa (O `Abdullah bin Qais!).' I said, 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men did not tell me what was in their hearts and I did not feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.' As if I were looking now at his Siwak being drawn to a corner under his lips, and he said, 'We never (or, we do not) appoint for our affairs anyone who seeks to be employed. But O Abu Musa! (or `Abdullah bin Qais!) Go to Yemen.'" The Prophet then sent Mu`adh bin Jabal after him and when Mu`adh reached him, he spread out a cushion for him and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion). Behold: There was a fettered man beside Abu Muisa. Mu`adh asked, "Who is this (man)?" Abu Muisa said, "He was a Jew and became a Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism." Then Abu Muisa requested Mu`adh to sit down but Mu`adh said, "I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and His Apostle (for such cases) and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was killed. Abu Musa added, "Then we discussed the night prayers and one of us said, 'I pray and sleep, and I hope that Allah will reward me for my sleep as well as for my prayers.'"
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6923 |
| In-book reference | : Book 88, Hadith 6 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 84, Hadith 58 |
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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zubayr al-Makki from Abu't-Tufayl Amir ibn Wathila that Muadh ibn Jabal told him that they went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the year of Tabuk, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, joined dhuhr with asr and maghrib with isha. Muadh said, "One day he delayed the prayer, and then came out and prayed dhuhr and asr together. Then he said, 'Tomorrow you will come, insha' llah, to the spring of Tabuk. But you will not get there until well into the morning. No one who arrives should touch any of its water until I come.' We came to it and two men had got to it before us and the spring was dripping with a little water. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked them, 'Have you touched any of its water?' They said, 'Yes.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reviled them and said what Allah wished him to say. Then they took water with their hands from the spring little by little until it had been collected in something. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, washed his face and hands in it. Then he put it back into the spring and the spring flowed with an abundance of water and the people drew water from it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'If you live long enough, Muadh, you will soon see this place filled with gardens.' "
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 9, Hadith 2 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 9, Hadith 330 |
| صَحِيحٌ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5386 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 8 |
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1362 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 521 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 7, Hadith 3153 |
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Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle said, "There will come a time when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and the places of rainfall so as to flee with his religion from the afflictions.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 7088 |
| In-book reference | : Book 92, Hadith 39 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 88, Hadith 210 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1994 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 177 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1996 |
| لم تتمّ دراسته (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2362 |
| In-book reference | : Book 9, Hadith 135 |
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle said, "A time will soon come when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take on the top of mountains and the places of rainfall (valleys) so as to flee with his religion from afflictions."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 19 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 12 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 19 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1539 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 107 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 1539 |
| 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 |
Abu Huraira reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2373a |
| In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 209 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 30, Hadith 5853 |
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| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2616 |
| In-book reference | : Book 40, Hadith 11 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 38, Hadith 2616 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3608 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 15 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 29, Hadith 3638 |
It has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar who said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1823b |
| In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 14 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 4486 |
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Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3847 |
| In-book reference | : Book 63, Hadith 72 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 58, Hadith 186 |
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Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1372a |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 536 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 7, Hadith 3168 |
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Umm Sharik reported:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2945a |
| In-book reference | : Book 54, Hadith 154 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 41, Hadith 7035 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3340 |
| In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 392 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3340 |
| مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ, صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5841, 5842 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 100 |
Narrated Abu Sa`id:
I heard from the Prophet saying, "There will come a time upon the people when the best property of a Muslim will be sheep which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the places of rainfall, run away with his religion (in order to save it) from afflictions."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6495 |
| In-book reference | : Book 81, Hadith 84 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 502 |
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Narrated Abu Sa`id al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle said, "There will come a time when the best property of a man will be sheep which he will graze on the tops of mountains and the places where rain falls (i.e. pastures) escaping to protect his religion from afflictions."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3300 |
| In-book reference | : Book 59, Hadith 108 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 54, Hadith 519 |
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Narrated `Aisha:
The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle was in the form of good righteous (true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a dream but that it came true like bright day light. He used to go in seclusion (the cave of) Hira where he used to worship(Allah Alone) continuously for many (days) nights. He used to take with him the journey food for that (stay) and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food like-wise again for another period to stay, till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him in it and asked him to read. The Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." (The Prophet added), "The angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, "I do not know how to read," whereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and asked me again to read, but again I replied, "I do not know how to read (or, what shall I read?)." Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me and then released me and said, "Read: In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists). Has created man from a clot. Read and Your Lord is Most Generous...up to..... ..that which he knew not." (96.15) Then Allah's Apostle returned with the Inspiration, his neck muscles twitching with terror till he entered upon Khadija and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his fear was over and then he said, "O Khadija, what is wrong with me?" Then he told her everything that had happened and said, 'I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija said, 'Never! But have the glad tidings, for by Allah, Allah will never disgrace you as you keep good reactions with your Kith and kin, speak the truth, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guest generously and assist the deserving, calamityafflicted ones." Khadija then accompanied him to (her cousin) Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin `Abdul `Uzza bin Qusai. Waraqa was the son of her paternal uncle, i.e., her father's brother, who during the Pre-Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the Arabic writing and used to write of the Gospels in Arabic as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to him, "O my cousin! Listen to the story of your nephew." Waraqa asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" The Prophet described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, "This is the same Namus (i.e., Gabriel, the Angel who keeps the secrets) whom Allah had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people would turn you out." Allah's Apostle asked, "Will they turn me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said: "Never did a man come with something similar to what you have brought but was treated with hostility. If I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while and the Prophet became so sad as we have heard that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Apostle in truth" whereupon his heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return home. And whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used to become long, he would do as before, but when he used to reach the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to him what he had said before. (Ibn `Abbas said regarding the meaning of: 'He it is that Cleaves the daybreak (from the darkness)' (6.96) that Al-Asbah. means the light of the sun during the day and the light of the moon at night).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6982 |
| In-book reference | : Book 91, Hadith 1 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 87, Hadith 111 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4354 |
| In-book reference | : Book 40, Hadith 4 |
| English translation | : Book 39, Hadith 4340 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 1359 |
| In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 765 |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5932 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 188 |
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1522 |
| In-book reference | : Book 17, Hadith 12 |
It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Salama. He heard the tradition from his father who said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1807a |
| In-book reference | : Book 32, Hadith 160 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 19, Hadith 4450 |
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Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
Abu Bakr sent for me owing to the large number of casualties in the battle of Al-Yamama, while `Umar was sitting with him. Abu Bakr said (to me), `Umar has come to my and said, 'A great number of Qaris of the Holy Qur'an were killed on the day of the battle of Al-Yamama, and I am afraid that the casualties among the Qaris of the Qur'an may increase on other battle-fields whereby a large part of the Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I consider it advisable that you (Abu Bakr) should have the Qur'an collected.' I said, 'How dare I do something which Allah's Apostle did not do?' `Umar said, By Allah, it is something beneficial.' `Umar kept on pressing me for that till Allah opened my chest for that for which He had opened the chest of `Umar and I had in that matter, the same opinion as `Umar had." Abu Bakr then said to me (Zaid), "You are a wise young man and we do not have any suspicion about you, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. So you should search for the fragmentary scripts of the Qur'an and collect it (in one Book)." Zaid further said: By Allah, if Abu Bakr had ordered me to shift a mountain among the mountains from one place to another it would not have been heavier for me than this ordering me to collect the Qur'an. Then I said (to `Umar and Abu Bakr), "How can you do something which Allah's Apostle did not do?" Abu Bakr said, "By Allah, it is something beneficial." Zaid added: So he (Abu Bakr) kept on pressing me for that until Allah opened my chest for that for which He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and `Umar, and I had in that matter, the same opinion as theirs. So I started compiling the Qur'an by collecting it from the leafless stalks of the date-palm tree and from the pieces of leather and hides and from the stones, and from the chests of men (who had memorized the Qur'an). I found the last verses of Sirat-at-Tauba: ("Verily there has come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves--' (9.128-129) ) from Khuza`ima or Abi Khuza`ima and I added to it the rest of the Sura. The manuscripts of the Qur'an remained with Abu Bakr till Allah took him unto Him. Then it remained with `Umar till Allah took him unto Him, and then with Hafsa bint `Umar.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 7191 |
| In-book reference | : Book 93, Hadith 53 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 89, Hadith 301 |
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "I have made Medina a sanctuary between its two (Harrat) mountains." The Prophet went to the tribe of Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see that you have gone out of the sanctuary," but looking around, he added, "No, you are inside the sanctuary."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1869 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 3 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 30, Hadith 93 |
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It is narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Ya'mur that the first man who discussed qadr (Divine Decree) in Basra was Ma'bad al-Juhani. I along with Humaid b. 'Abdur-Rahman Himyari set out for pilgrimage or for 'Umrah and said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 8a |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 1 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 1, Hadith 1 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1995 |
| In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 178 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 21, Hadith 1997 |
Narrated Sahl ibn al-Hanzaliyyah:
On the day of Hunayn we travelled with the Messenger of Allah (saws) and we journeyed for a long time until the evening came. I attended the prayer along with the Messenger of Allah (saws).
A horseman came and said: Messenger of Allah, I went before you and climbed a certain mountain where saw Hawazin all together with their women, cattle, and sheep, having gathered at Hunayn.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) smiled and said: That will be the booty of the Muslims tomorrow if Allah wills. He then asked: Who will be on guard tonight?
Anas ibn AbuMarthad al-Ghanawi said: I shall , Messenger of Allah. He said: Then mount your horse. He then mounted his horse, and came to the Messenger of Allah (saws).
The Messenger of Allah said to him: Go forward to this ravine till you get to the top of it. We should not be exposed to danger from your side. In the morning the Apostle of of Allah (saws) came out to his place of prayer, and offered two rak'ahs. He then said: Have you seen any sign of your horseman?
They said: We have not, Messenger of Allah. The announcement of the time for prayer was then made, and while the Messenger of Allah (saws) was saying the prayer, he began to glance towards the ravine. When he finished his prayer and uttered salutation, he said: Cheer up, for your horseman has come. We therefore began to look between the trees in the ravine, and sure enough he had come.
He stood beside the Messenger of Allah (saws), saluted him and said: I continued till I reached the top of this ravine where the Messenger of Allah (saws) commanded me, and in the morning I looked down into both ravines but saw no one.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) asked him: Did you dismount during the night?
He replied: No, except to pray or to relieve myself. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: You have ensured your entry to (Paradise). No blame will be attached to you supposing you do not work after it.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2501 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 25 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2495 |
On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:
| Reference | : Hadith 29, 40 Hadith an-Nawawi |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2220 |
| In-book reference | : Book 8, Hadith 110 |
[Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1810 |
| In-book reference | : Book 18, Hadith 3 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3703 |
| In-book reference | : Book 49, Hadith 99 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3703 |
Narrated Anas:
That the Prophet sent his uncle, the brother of Um Sulaim at the head of seventy riders. The chief of the pagans, 'Amir bin at-Tufail proposed three suggestions (to the Prophet ) saying, "Choose one of three alternatives: (1) that the bedouins will be under your command and the townspeople will be under my command; (2) or that I will be your successor, (3) or otherwise I will attack you with two thousand from Bani Ghatafan." But 'Amir was infected with plague in the House of Um so-and-so. He said, "Shall I stay in the house of a lady from the family of so-and-so after having a (swelled) gland like that she-camel? Get me my horse." So he died on the back of his horse. Then Haram, the brother of Um Sulaim and a lame man along with another man from so-and-so (tribe) went towards the pagans (i.e. the tribe of 'Amir). Haram said (to his companions), "Stay near to me, for I will go to them. If they (i.e. infidels) should give me protection, you will be near to me, and if they should kill me, then you should go back to your companions. Then Haram went to them and said, "Will you give me protection so as to convey the message of Allah's Apostle ?" So, he started talking to them' but they signalled to a man (to kill him) and he went behind him and stabbed him (with a spear). He (i.e. Haram) said, "Allahu Akbar! I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka`ba!" The companion of Haram was pursued by the infidels, and then they (i.e. Haram's companions) were all killed except the lame man who was at the top of a mountain. Then Allah revealed to us a verse that was among the cancelled ones later on. It was: 'We have met our Lord and He is pleased with us and has made us pleased.' (After this event) the Prophet invoked evil on the infidels every morning for 30 days. He invoked evil upon the (tribes of) Ril, Dhakwan, Bani Lihyan and Usaiya who disobeyed Allah and His Apostle.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4091 |
| In-book reference | : Book 64, Hadith 135 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 417 |
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Narrated Abu Burda:
Allah's Apostle sent Abu Musa and Mu`adh bin Jabal to Yemen. He sent each of them to administer a province as Yemen consisted of two provinces. The Prophet said (to them), "Facilitate things for the people and do not make things difficult for them (Be kind and lenient (both of you) with the people, and do not be hard on them) and give the people good tidings and do not repulse them. So each of them went to carry on his job. So when any one of them toured his province and happened to come near (the border of the province of) his companion, he would visit him and greet him. Once Mu`adh toured that part of his state which was near (the border of the province of) his companion Abu Musa. Mu`adh came riding his mule till he reached Abu Musa and saw him sitting, and the people had gathered around him. Behold! There was a man tied with his hands behind his neck. Mu`adh said to Abu Musa, "O `Abdullah bin Qais! What is this?" Abu Musa replied. "This man has reverted to Heathenism after embracing Islam." Mu`adh said, "I will not dismount till he is killed." Abu Musa replied, "He has been brought for this purpose, so come down." Mu`adh said, "I will not dismount till he is killed." So Abu Musa ordered that he be killed, and he was killed. Then Mu`adh dismounted and said, "O `Abdullah (bin Qais)! How do you recite the Qur'an ?" Abu Musa said, "I recite the Qur'an regularly at intervals and piecemeal. How do you recite it O Mu`adh?" Mu`adh said, "I sleep in the first part of the night and then get up after having slept for the time devoted for my sleep and then recite as much as Allah has written for me. So I seek Allah's Reward for both my sleep as well as my prayer (at night).
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4341, 4342 |
| In-book reference | : Book 64, Hadith 370 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 630 |
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| Grade: | Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) | حسن صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 2752 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 276 |
| English translation | : Book 14, Hadith 2746 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 1901 |
| In-book reference | : Book 11, Hadith 181 |
| English translation | : Book 10, Hadith 1896 |
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of narrators up to these words:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 945b |
| In-book reference | : Book 11, Hadith 68 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 2063 |
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
that Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever attends the funeral procession till he offers the funeral prayer for it, will get a reward equal to one Qirat, and whoever accompanies it till burial, will get a reward equal to two Qirats." It was asked, "What are two Qirats?" He replied, "Like two huge mountains."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1325 |
| In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 81 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 23, Hadith 410 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 666 |
| In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 41 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 7, Hadith 667 |
| Grade: | Hasan (without: "...and he will become dust. Then his spirit will be restored to him.") (Zubair `Aliza'i) | حسن (دون قوله: فَيصير تُرَابا قَالَ ثمَّ تُعَاد فِيهِ الرّوح) (زبیر علی زئی) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 131 |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 124 |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5734 |
| In-book reference | : Book 28, Hadith 203 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab used to say, "Whoever prays on waterless, desolate land - an angel prays on his right and an angel prays on his left. When he calls both the adhan and the iqama for the prayer, or calls out the iqama, angels like mountains pray behind him."
| Sunnah.com reference | : Book 3, Hadith 14 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 3, Hadith 14 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 3, Hadith 160 |
'A'isha reported that (one day) there sat together eleven women making an explicit promise amongst themselves that they would conceal nothing about their spouses. The first one said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2448a |
| In-book reference | : Book 44, Hadith 135 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 31, Hadith 5998 |
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| Grade: | Sahih Isnād (Zubair `Aliza'i) |
| Reference | : Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 252 |
| In-book reference | : Book 38, Hadith 1 |
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 929 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 36 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3043 |
| In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 426 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 3046 |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5520 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 141 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1218 |
| In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 40 |
| English translation | : Vol. 2, Book 13, Hadith 1219 |
It has been reported on the authority of Abu Musa who said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1733d |
| In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 18 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 4490 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam), al Bukhari (1471)] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 1429 |
| In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 24 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1836 |
| In-book reference | : Book 8, Hadith 54 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 8, Hadith 1836 |
Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Sasaca from his father that Abu Said al-Khudri said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It will soon happen that the best property of a muslim will be sheep which he takes to the peaks of the mountains and the valleys, fleeing with his deen from trials."
| Sunnah.com reference | : Book 54, Hadith 16 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 54, Hadith 16 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 54, Hadith 1781 |
[Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1854 |
| In-book reference | : Book 18, Hadith 47 |
that the Messenger of Allah (saws) was asked: "Which of the people are most virtuous?" He said: "A man who take part in Jihad in Allah's cause." They said: "Then whom?" He said: "Then a believer who stays in one of the mountains path out of Taqwa for his Lord, leaving the people secure from his evil."
[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1660 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 43 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 20, Hadith 1660 |
| Reference | : Bulugh al-Maram 569 |
| In-book reference | : Book 3, Hadith 37 |
| English translation | : Book 3, Hadith 593 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman abu Husayn al-Makki that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The hand is not cut off for fruit hanging on the tree and for sheep kept in the mountains. So when they are taken from the fold or the place where the fruit is dried, a hand is cut off for whatever reaches the price of a shield."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 41, Hadith 22 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 41, Hadith 1525 |
| صَحِيحٌ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 748 |
| In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 176 |
Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam said:
| Reference | : Sahih Muslim 537a |
| In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 39 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 4, Hadith 1094 |
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| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3930 |
| In-book reference | : Book 36, Hadith 4 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 3930 |
| Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4074 |
| In-book reference | : Book 36, Hadith 149 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 4074 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3235 |
| In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 287 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3235 |
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
The Prophet said, "While three persons were walking, rain began to fall and they had to enter a cave in a mountain. A big rock rolled over and blocked the mouth of the cave. They said to each other, 'Invoke Allah with the best deed you have performed (so Allah might remove the rock)'. One of them said, 'O Allah! My parents were old and I used to go out for grazing (my animals). On my return I would milk (the animals) and take the milk in a vessel to my parents to drink. After they had drunk from it, I would give it to my children, family and wife. One day I was delayed and on my return I found my parents sleeping, and I disliked to wake them up. The children were crying at my feet (because of hunger). That state of affairs continued till it was dawn. O Allah! If You regard that I did it for Your sake, then please remove this rock so that we may see the sky.' So, the rock was moved a bit. The second said, 'O Allah! You know that I was in love with a cousin of mine, like the deepest love a man may have for a woman, and she told me that I would not get my desire fulfilled unless I paid her one-hundred Dinars (gold pieces). So, I struggled for it till I gathered the desired amount, and when I sat in between her legs, she told me to be afraid of Allah, and asked me not to deflower her except rightfully (by marriage). So, I got up and left her. O Allah! If You regard that I did if for Your sake, kindly remove this rock.' So, two-thirds of the rock was removed. Then the third man said, 'O Allah! No doubt You know that once I employed a worker for one Faraq (three Sa's) of millet, and when I wanted to pay him, he refused to take it, so I sowed it and from its yield I bought cows and a shepherd. After a time that man came and demanded his money. I said to him: Go to those cows and the shepherd and take them for they are for you. He asked me whether I was joking with him. I told him that I was not joking with him, and all that belonged to him. O Allah! If You regard that I did it sincerely for Your sake, then please remove the rock.' So, the rock was removed completely from the mouth of the cave."
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2215 |
| In-book reference | : Book 34, Hadith 162 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 34, Hadith 418 |
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Narrated `Asim:
I asked Anas bin Malik: "Did you use to dislike to perform Tawaf between Safa and Marwa?" He said, "Yes, as it was of the ceremonies of the days of the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance, till Allah revealed: 'Verily! (The two mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allah. It is therefore no sin for him who performs the pilgrimage to the Ka`ba, or performs `Umra, to perform Tawaf between them.' " (2.158)
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1648 |
| In-book reference | : Book 25, Hadith 129 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 26, Hadith 710 |
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Narrated Sasaa:
Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri said to me, "I notice that you like sheep and you keep them; so take care of them and their food, for I have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'A time will come upon the people when the best of a Muslim's property will be sheep, which he will take to the tops of mountains and to the places of rain-falls to run away with his religion in order to save it from afflictions.' "
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3600 |
| In-book reference | : Book 61, Hadith 108 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 798 |
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| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2240 |
| In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 83 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2240 |
Narrated `Abdullah:
A Jew came to the Prophet and said, "O Muhammad! Allah will hold the heavens on a Finger, and the mountains on a Finger, and the trees on a Finger, and all the creation on a Finger, and then He will say, 'I am the King.' " On that Allah's Apostle smiled till his premolar teeth became visible, and then recited:-- 'No just estimate have they made of Allah such as due to him....(39.67) `Abdullah added: Allah's Apostle smiled (at the Jew's statement) expressing his wonder and belief in what was said.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 7414 |
| In-book reference | : Book 97, Hadith 42 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 93, Hadith 510 |
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Narrated `Urwa:
I said to `Aisha, the wife of the Prophet, and I was at that time a young boy, "How do you interpret the Statement of Allah: "Verily, Safa and Marwa (i.e. two mountains at Mecca) are among the Symbols of Allah." So it is not harmful of those who perform the Hajj to the House of Allah) or perform the Umra, to ambulate (Tawaf) between them. In my opinion it is not sinful for one not to ambulate (Tawaf) between them." `Aisha said, "Your interpretation is wrong for as you say, the Verse should have been: "So it is not harmful of those who perform the Hajj or Umra to the House, not to ambulate (Tawaf) between them.' This Verse was revealed in connection with the Ansar who (during the Pre-Islamic Period) used to visit Manat (i.e. an idol) after assuming their Ihram, and it was situated near Qudaid (i.e. a place at Mecca), and they used to regard it sinful to ambulate between Safa and Marwa after embracing Islam. When Islam came, they asked Allah's Apostle about it, whereupon Allah revealed:-- "Verily, Safa and Marwa (i.e. two mountains at Mecca) are among the Symbols of Allah. So it is not harmful of those who perform the Hajj of the House (of Allah) or perform the Umra, to ambulate (Tawaf) between them." (2.158)
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4495 |
| In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 22 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 22 |
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| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5806 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 66 |
Isma'il's mother went on suckling Isma'il and drinking from the water which she had. When the water in the water-skin had all been used up, she became thirsty and her child also became thirsty. She started looking at Isma'il, tossing in agony. She left him, for she could not endure looking at him, and found that the mountain of As-Safa was the nearest mountain to her on that land. She stood on it and started looking at the valley keenly so that she might see somebody, but she could not see anybody. Then she descended from As-Safa, and when she reached the valley, she tucked up her robe and ran in the valley like a person in distress and trouble till she crossed the valley and reached Al-Marwah mountain where she stood and started looking, expecting to see somebody, but she could not see anybody. She repeated that (running between As-Safa and Al-Marwah) seven times." Ibn 'Abbas further related: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "This is the source of the tradition of the Sa'y - i.e., the going of people between the two mountains. When she reached Al-Marwah (for the last time), she heard a voice and she exclaimed: 'Shshs!' (Silencing herself) and listened attentively. She heard the voice again and said: 'O (whoever you may be) You have made me hear your voice; have you any succour for me?' And behold! She saw an angel at the place of Zamzam, digging the earth with his heel (or with his wing), till water flowed out from that place. She started to make something like of a basin around it, using her hands in this way and began to fill her water- skin with water with her hands, and the water was flowing out until she had scooped some of it." The Prophet (PBUH) further said, "May Allah bestow mercy on Isma'il's mother! Had she let the Zamzam flow without trying to control it (or had she not scooped in that water) while filling her water-skin, Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." The Prophet (PBUH) further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her: 'Do not be afraid of being neglected, for this is the site on which the House of Allah will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah will never let neglected His people.' The House of Allah (the Ka'bah) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She continued living in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum passed by her and her child. As they were coming from through the way of Kada', in the lower part of Makkah where they saw a bird that had a habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said: 'This bird must be flying over water, though we know that there is no water in this valley.' They sent one or two messengers who discovered the source of water, and returned to inform them of the water. So, they all came towards the water." The Prophet (PBUH) added, "Isma'il's mother was sitting near the water. They asked her: 'Do you allow us to stay with you?' She replied: 'Yes, but you will have no right to possess the water.' They agreed to that." The Prophet (PBUH) further said, "Isma'il's mother was pleased with the whole situation as she used to love the company of the people. So, they settled there, and later on they sent for their families who came and settled with them. The child (i.e., Isma'il) grew up and learnt Arabic from them (his virtues) caused them to love and admire him as he grew up, and when he reached the age of puberty, they gave him one of their daughters in marriage. After Isma'il's mother had died, Ibrahim came after Isma'il's marriage in order to see his family that he had left before, but he did not find Isma'il there. When he asked Isma'il's wife about him, she replied: 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Then he asked her about their way of living and their condition, and she replied complaining to him: 'We are living in hardship, misery and destitution.' He said: 'When your husband returns, convey my salutations to him and tell him to change the threshold of the door of his house.' When Isma'il came, he seemed to have perceived something unusual. He asked his wife: 'Did anyone visit you?' She replied: 'Yes, an old man of such and such description came and asked me about you and I informed him, and he asked about our state of living, and, I told him that we were living in hardship and poverty.' Thereupon Isma'il said: 'Did he advise you anything?' She replied: 'Yes, he told me to convey his salutations to you and to change the threshold of your door.' Isma'il said: 'That was my father, and he has ordered me to divorce you. Go back to your family.' So Isma'il divorced her and married another woman from amongst them (Jurhum). Then Ibrahim stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished, and called on them again but did not find Isma'il. So he came to Isma'il's wife and asked her about him. She said: 'He has gone in search of our livelihood.' Ibrahim asked her about their sustenance and living: 'How are you getting on?' She replied: 'We are prosperous and well off.' Then she praised Allah, the Exalted. Ibrahim asked: 'What kind of food do you eat?' She said: 'Meat.' He said: 'What do you drink?' She said: 'Water.' He said, 'O Allah! Bless their meat and water!"' The Prophet (PBUH) added, "At that time they did not have grain, and if they had grain, he would have also invoked Allah to bless it." The Prophet (PBUH) further said, "If somebody has only these two things as his sustenance, his health and disposition will be badly affected because these things do not suit him unless he lives in Makkah." The Prophet (PBUH) added, "Then Ibrahim said to Isma'il's wife, 'When your husband comes, give my regards to him and tell him that he should keep firm the threshold of his door.' When Isma'il came back, he asked his wife: 'Did anyone call on you?' She replied: 'Yes, a good looking old man came to me.' She praised him and added: 'He asked about you, and I informed him, and he asked about our livelihood and I told him that we were in good condition.' Isma'il asked her: 'Did he give you a piece of advice?' She said: 'Yes, he told me to convey his regards to you and ordered that you should keep firm the threshold of your door.' On that Isma'il said: 'He was my father and you are the threshold of the door. He has ordered me to keep you with me.' Then Ibrahim stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them afterwards. He saw Isma'il under a tree near Zamzam, sharpening his arrows. When he saw Ibrahim, he rose up to welcome him, and they greeted each other as a father does with his son or a son does with his father. Ibrahim said: 'O Isma'il! Allah has given me an order.' Isma'il said: 'Do what your Rubb has commanded you to do.' Ibrahim asked: 'Will you help me?' Isma'il said: 'I will help you.' Ibrahim said: 'Allah has ordered me to build a house here, pointing to a hillock higher than the land surrounding it."' The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) added, "Then they raised the foundations of the House (i.e., Ka'bah). Isma'il brought the stones and Ibrahim was building (the house). When the walls became high, Isma'il brought stone and placed it for Ibrahim who stood over it and carried on building the House, while Isma'il was handing over the stones to him, both of them prayed: 'O our Rubb! Accept this service from us! Verily, You are the All- Hearer and the All-Knower."'
[Al-Bukhari].
There are some more narrations about this incident, some adding details and some with minor variations in the wordings.
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1867 |
| In-book reference | : Book 18, Hadith 60 |
Narrated `Aisha:
Some Muslim men emigrated to Ethiopia whereupon Abu Bakr also prepared himself for the emigration, but the Prophet said (to him), "Wait, for I hope that Allah will allow me also to emigrate." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Do you hope that (emigration)?" The Prophet said, 'Yes." So Abu Bakr waited to accompany the Prophet and fed two she-camels he had on the leaves of As-Samur tree regularly for four months One day while we were sitting in our house at midday, someone said to Abu Bakr, "Here is Allah's Apostle, coming with his head and a part of his face covered with a cloth-covering at an hour he never used to come to us." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you, (O Prophet)! An urgent matter must have brought you here at this hour." The Prophet came and asked the permission to enter, and he was allowed. The Prophet entered and said to Abu Bakr, "Let those who are with you, go out." Abu Bakr replied, "(There is no stranger); they are your family. Let my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "I have been allowed to leave (Mecca)." Abu Bakr said, " I shall accompany you, O Allah's Apostle, Let my father be sacrificed for you!" The Prophet said, "Yes," Abu Bakr said, 'O Allah's Apostles! Let my father be sacrificed for you. Take one of these two shecamels of mine" The Prophet said. I will take it only after paying its price." So we prepared their baggage and put their journey food In a leather bag. And Asma' bint Abu Bakr cut a piece of her girdle and tied the mouth of the leather bag with it. That is why she was called Dhatan- Nitaqaln. Then the Prophet and Abu Bakr went to a cave in a mountain called Thour and remained there for three nights. `Abdullah bin Abu Bakr. who was a young intelligent man. used to stay with them at night and leave before dawn so that in the morning, he would he with the Quraish at Mecca as if he had spent the night among them. If he heard of any plot contrived by the Quraish against the Prophet and Abu Bakr, he would understand it and (return to) inform them of it when it became dark. 'Amir bin Fuhaira, the freed slave of Abu Bakr used to graze a flock of milch sheep for them and he used to take those sheep to them when an hour had passed after the `Isha prayer. They would sleep soundly till 'Amir bin Fuhaira awakened them when it was still dark. He used to do that in each of those three nights.
| Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5807 |
| In-book reference | : Book 77, Hadith 25 |
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 7, Book 72, Hadith 698 |
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Narrated Mu'adh ibn Jabal:
Prayer passed through three stages and fasting also passed through three stages. The narrator Nasr reported the rest of the tradition completely. The narrator, Ibn al-Muthanna, narrated the story of saying prayer facing in the direction of Jerusalem.
He said: The third stage is that the Messenger of Allah (saws) came to Medina and prayed, i.e. facing Jerusalem, for thirteen months.
Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse: "We have seen thee turning thy face to Heaven (for guidance, O Muhammad). And now verily We shall make thee turn (in prayer) toward a qiblah which is dear to thee. So turn thy face toward the Inviolable Place of Worship, and ye (O Muslims), wherever ye may be, turn your face (when ye pray) toward it" (ii.144). And Allah, the Reverend and the Majestic, turned (them) towards the Ka'bah. He (the narrator) completed his tradition.
The narrator, Nasr, mentioned the name of the person who had the dream, saying: And Abdullah ibn Zayd, a man from the Ansar, came. The same version reads: And he turned his face towards the qiblah and said: Allah is most great, Allah is most great; I testify that there is no god but Allah, I testify that there is no god but Allah; I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; come to prayer (he pronounced it twice), come to salvation (he pronounced it twice); Allah is Most Great, Allah is most great. He then paused for a while, and then got up and pronounced in a similar way, except that after the phrase "Come to salvation" he added. "The time for prayer has come, the time for prayer has come."
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: Teach it to Bilal, then pronounce the adhan (call to prayer) with the same words. As regards fasting, he said: The Messenger of Allah (saws) used to fast for three days every month, and would fast on the tenth of Muharram. Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed the verse: ".......Fasting was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil)......and for those who can afford it there is a ransom: the feeding of a man in need (ii.183-84). If someone wished to keep the fast, he would keep the fast; if someone wished to abandon the fast, he would feed an indigent every day; it would do for him. But this was changed. Allah, the Exalted, revealed: "The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur'an ..........(let him fast the same) number of other days" (ii.185).
Hence the fast was prescribed for the one who was present in the month (of Ramadan) and the traveller was required to atone (for them); feeding (the indigent) was prescribed for the old man and woman who were unable to fast. (The narrator, Nasr, further reported): The companion Sirmah, came after finishing his day's work......and he narrated the rest of the tradition.
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| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 507 |
| In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 117 |
| English translation | : Book 2, Hadith 507 |