Narrated Abu Mas`ud:
When the verses of charity were revealed, we used to work as porters. A man came and distributed objects of charity in abundance. And they (the people) said, "He is showing off." And another man came and gave a Sa (a small measure of food grains); they said, "Allah is not in need of this small amount of charity." And then the Divine Inspiration came: "Those who criticize such of the believers who give in charity voluntarily and those who could not find to give in charity except what is available to them." (9.79).
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1415 |
In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 19 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 496 |
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Narrated Ma`bad bin Hilal Al-`Anzi:
We, i.e., some people from Basra gathered and went to Anas bin Malik, and we went in company with Thabit Al-Bunnani so that he might ask him about the Hadith of Intercession on our behalf. Behold, Anas was in his palace, and our arrival coincided with his Duha prayer. We asked permission to enter and he admitted us while he was sitting on his bed. We said to Thabit, "Do not ask him about anything else first but the Hadith of Intercession." He said, "O Abu Hamza! There are your brethren from Basra coming to ask you about the Hadith of Intercession." Anas then said, "Muhammad talked to us saying, 'On the Day of Resurrection the people will surge with each other like waves, and then they will come to Adam and say, 'Please intercede for us with your Lord.' He will say, 'I am not fit for that but you'd better go to Abraham as he is the Khalil of the Beneficent.' They will go to Abraham and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to Moses as he is the one to whom Allah spoke directly.' So they will go to Moses and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to Jesus as he is a soul created by Allah and His Word.' (Be: And it was) they will go to Jesus and he will say, 'I am not fit for that, but you'd better go to Muhammad.' They would come to me and I would say, 'I am for that.' Then I will ask for my Lord's permission, and it will be given, and then He will inspire me to praise Him with such praises as I do not know now. So I will praise Him with those praises and will fall down, prostrate before Him. Then it will be said, 'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for your will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will say, 'O Lord, my followers! My followers!' And then it will be said, 'Go and take out of Hell (Fire) all those who have faith in their hearts, equal to the weight of a barley grain.' I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down (prostrate) before Him. Then it will be said, 'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will say, 'O Lord, my followers! My followers!' It will be said, 'Go and take out of it all those who have faith in their hearts equal to the weight of a small ant or a mustard seed.' I will go and do so and return to praise Him with the same praises, and fall down in prostration before Him. It will be said, 'O, Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to, and ask, for you will be granted (your request); and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted.' I will say, 'O Lord, my followers!' Then He will say, 'Go and take out (all those) in whose hearts there is faith even to the lightest, lightest mustard seed. (Take them) out of the Fire.' I will go and do so."' When we left Anas, I said to some of my companions, "Let's pass by Al-Hasan who is hiding himself in the house of Abi Khalifa and request him to tell us what Anas bin Malik has told us." So we went to him and we greeted him and he admitted us. We said to him, "O Abu Sa`id! We came to you from your brother Anas Bin Malik and he related to us a Hadith about the intercession the like of which I have never heard." He said, "What is that?" Then we told him of the Hadith and said, "He stopped at this point (of the Hadith)." He said, "What then?" We said, "He did not add anything to that." He said, Anas related the Hadith to me twenty years ago when he was a young fellow. I don't know whether he forgot or if he did not like to let you depend on what he might have said." We said, "O Abu Sa`id ! Let us know that." He smiled and said, "Man was created hasty. I did not mention that, but that I wanted to inform you of it. Anas told me the same as he told you and said that the Prophet added, 'I then return for a fourth time and praise Him similarly and prostrate before Him me the same as he 'O Muhammad, raise your head and speak, for you will be listened to; and ask, for you will be granted (your request): and intercede, for your intercession will be accepted .' I will say, 'O Lord, allow me to intercede for whoever said, 'None has the right to be worshiped except Allah.' Then Allah will say, 'By my Power, and my Majesty, and by My Supremacy, and by My Greatness, I will take out of Hell (Fire) whoever said: 'None has the right to be worshipped except Allah.' ''
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 7510 |
In-book reference | : Book 97, Hadith 135 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 93, Hadith 601 |
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صحيح ق وليس عند خ (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 1769 |
In-book reference | : Book 11, Hadith 49 |
English translation | : Book 10, Hadith 1765 |
Yahya related to me from Malik that Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Maryam asked Said ibn al-Musayyab's advice. "I am a man who buys food with receipts from al-Jar. Perhaps I will buy something for a dinar and half a dirham, and will be given food for a half." Said said, "No. You give a dirham, and take the rest in food." (A half dirham did not exist as a coin.)
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 31, Hadith 53 |
Arabic reference | : Book 31, Hadith 1346 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3676 |
In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 20 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 33, Hadith 3676 |
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "Satan comes to one of you and says, 'Who created so-and-so? 'till he says, 'Who has created your Lord?' So, when he inspires such a question, one should seek refuge with Allah and give up such thoughts."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3276 |
In-book reference | : Book 59, Hadith 85 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 54, Hadith 496 |
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Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) [ Muslim (2873)] (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 182 |
In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 99 |
Narrated AbuDharr:
Ayyub ibn Bushayr ibn Ka'b al-Adawi quoted a man of Anazah who said that he asked AbuDharr when he left Syria: I wish to ask you about a tradition of the Messenger of Allah (saws). He said: I shall tell you except that it is something secret. Did the Messenger of Allah (saws) shake hands with you when you met him? He replied: I never met him without his shaking hands with me. One day he sent for me when I was not at home. When I came I was informed that he had sent for me. I came to him and found him on a couch. He embraced me and that was better and better.
Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5214 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 442 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5195 |
Grade: | Da’if (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1446 |
In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 14 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 1446 |
مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 965 |
In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 388 |
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2521c |
In-book reference | : Book 44, Hadith 272 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 31, Hadith 6125 |
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Grade: | Da'if (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 452 |
In-book reference | : Book 3, Hadith 1 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 3, Hadith 452 |
[Al- Bukhari].
Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 542 |
In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 542 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3798 |
In-book reference | : Book 35, Hadith 38 |
English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3829 |
Abu Dharr said:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2300 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 50 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 30, Hadith 5701 |
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Narrated Tha`laba bin Abi Malik:
`Umar bin Al-Khattab distributed woolen clothes amongst some women of Medina, and a nice woolen garment remained. Some of those who were sitting with him, said, "O chief of the believers! Give it to the daughter of Allah's Apostle who is with you," and by that, they meant Um Kulthum, the daughter of `Ali. `Umar said, "Um Salit has got more right than she." Um Salit was amongst those Ansari women who had given the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle . `Umar added, "She (i.e. Um Salit) used to carry the filled water skins for us on the day of the battle of Uhud."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4071 |
In-book reference | : Book 64, Hadith 116 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 398 |
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Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 187 |
In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 187 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 187 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2083 |
In-book reference | : Book 28, Hadith 48 |
English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 2, Hadith 2083 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2529 |
In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 95 |
English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2530 |
Narrated Al-Bara' ibn Azib:
I met my uncle who was carrying a standard. I asked him: Where are you going? He said: The Messenger of Allah (saws) has sent me to a man who has married his father's wife. He has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property.
Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4457 |
In-book reference | : Book 40, Hadith 107 |
English translation | : Book 39, Hadith 4442 |
Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) that his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, thus said. A servant committed a sin and he said:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2758a |
In-book reference | : Book 50, Hadith 33 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 37, Hadith 6642 |
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لم تتمّ دراسته (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3380 |
In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 292 |
Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4731 |
In-book reference | : Book 45, Hadith 26 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4735 |
Grade: | Hasan (li ghairih) (Al-Albani) | حسن لغيره (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 77 |
In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 2 |
English translation | : Book 4, Hadith 77 |
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The Prophet said, "Nobody has the rights to say that I am better than Jonah bin Matta."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4630 |
In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 152 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 154 |
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Nobody has the right to say that I am better than Jonah bin Matta."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 4631 |
In-book reference | : Book 65, Hadith 153 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 155 |
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Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 839 |
In-book reference | : Book 10, Hadith 63 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 840 |
Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 118 |
In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 118 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 118 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1855 |
In-book reference | : Book 9, Hadith 11 |
English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 1855 |
Grade: | Da’if (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4329 |
In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 230 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4329 |
ضَعِيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 256 |
In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 53 |
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Once while I was in a state of fatigue (because of severe hunger), I met 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, so I asked him to recite a verse from Allah's Book to me. He entered his house and interpreted it to me. (Then I went out and) after walking for a short distance, I fell on my face because of fatigue and severe hunger. Suddenly I saw Allah's Apostle standing by my head. He said, "O Abu Huraira!" I replied, "Labbaik, O Allah's Apostle, and Sadaik!" Then he held me by the hand, and made me get up. Then he came to know what I was suffering from. He took me to his house, and ordered a big bowl of milk for me. I drank thereof and he said, "Drink more, O Abu Hirr!" So I drank again, whereupon he again said, "Drink more." So I drank more till my belly became full and looked like a bowl. Afterwards I met 'Umar and mentioned to him what had happened to me, and said to him, "Somebody, who had more right than you, O 'Umar, took over the case. By Allah, I asked you to recite a Verse to me while I knew it better than you." On that Umar said to me, "By Allah, if I admitted and entertained you, it would have been dearer to me than having nice red camels.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5375 |
In-book reference | : Book 70, Hadith 3 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 7, Book 65, Hadith 287 |
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Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2098 |
In-book reference | : Book 11, Hadith 9 |
English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 11, Hadith 2098 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1508 |
In-book reference | : Book 19, Hadith 19 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 17, Hadith 1508 |
Narrated Tawus:
That he was told by the most learned one amongst them (i.e. Ibn `Abbas) that the Prophet went towards some land which was flourishing with vegetation and asked to whom it belonged. He was told that such and such a person took it on rent. The Prophet said, "It would have been better (for the owner) if he had given it to him gratis rather than charging him a fixed rent.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2634 |
In-book reference | : Book 51, Hadith 66 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 47, Hadith 802 |
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Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3600 |
In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 7 |
English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 29, Hadith 3630 |
Yahya related to me, that Malik said, "The generally agreed on way of doing things among us about a man buying cloth in one city, and then taking it to another city to sell as a murabaha, is that he is not reckoned to have the wage of an agent, or any allowance for ironing, folding, straightening, expenses, or the rent of a house. As for the cost of transporting the drapery, it is included in the basic price, and no share of the profit is allocated to it unless the agent tells all of that to the investor. If they agree to share the profits accordingly after knowledge of it, there is no harm in that."
Malik said, "As for bleaching, tailoring, dyeing, and such things, they are treated in the same way as drapery. The profit is reckoned in them as it is reckoned in drapery goods. So if he sells the drapery goods without clarifying the things we named as not getting profit, and if the drapery has already gone, the transport is to be reckoned, but no profit is given. If the drapery goods have not gone the transaction between them is null and void unless they make a new mutual agreement on what is to be permitted between them ."
Malik spoke about an agent who bought goods for gold or silver, and the exchange rate on the day of purchase was ten dirhams to the dinar. He took them to a city to sell murabaha, or sold them where he purchased them according to the exchange rate of the day on which he sold them. If he bought them for dirhams and he sold them for dinars, or he bought them for dinars and he sold them for dirhams, and the goods had not gone then he had a choice. If he wished, he accepted to sell the goods and if he wished, he left them. If the goods had been sold, he had the price for which the salesman bought them, and the salesman was reckoned to have the profit on what they were bought for, over what the investor gained as profit.
Malik said, "If a man sells goods worth one hundred dinars for one hundred and ten, and he hears after that they are worth ninety dinars, and the goods have gone, the seller has a choice. If he likes, he has the price of the goods on the day they were taken from him unless the price is more than the price for which he was obliged to sell them in the first place, and he does not have more than that - and it is one hundred and ten dinars. If he likes, it is counted as profit against ninety unless the price his goods reached was less than the value. He is given the choice between what his goods fetch and the capital plus the profit, which is ninety-nine dinars."
Malik said, "If someone sells goods in murabaha and he says, 'It was valued at one hundred dinars to me.' Then he hears later on, that it was worth one hundred and twenty dinars, the customer is given the choice. If he wishes, he gives the salesman the value of the goods on the day he took them, and if he wishes, he gives the price for which he bought them according to the reckoning of what profit he gives him, as far as it goes, unless that is less than the price for which he bought them, for he should not give the owner of the goods a loss from the price for which he bought them because he was satisfied with that. The owner of the goods came to seek extra, so the buyer has no argument against the salesman in that to make a reduction from the first price for which he bought it according to the list of contents."
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 31, Hadith 77 |
Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 14 |
In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 14 |
[Muslim].
"الحمالة" بفتح الحاء: أن يقع قتال ونحوه بين فريقين، فيصلح إنسان بينهم على مال يتحمله ويلتزمه على نفسه. و"الجائحة" : الآفة تصيب مال الإنسان. و"القوام" بكسر القاف وفتحها: هو ما يقوم به أمر الإنسان من مال ونحوه. و"السداد" بكسر السين: ما يسد حاجة المعوز ويكفيه، و"الفاقة" : الفقر. و"الحجى": العقل.
Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 535 |
In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 535 |
Narrated Abu Huraira:
One day while the Prophet was sitting in the company of some people, (The angel) Gabriel came and asked, "What is faith?" Allah's Apostle replied, 'Faith is to believe in Allah, His angels, (the) meeting with Him, His Apostles, and to believe in Resurrection." Then he further asked, "What is Islam?" Allah's Apostle replied, "To worship Allah Alone and none else, to offer prayers perfectly to pay the compulsory charity (Zakat) and to observe fasts during the month of Ramadan." Then he further asked, "What is Ihsan (perfection)?" Allah's Apostle replied, "To worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you cannot achieve this state of devotion then you must consider that He is looking at you." Then he further asked, "When will the Hour be established?" Allah's Apostle replied, "The answerer has no better knowledge than the questioner. But I will inform you about its portents.
1. When a slave (lady) gives birth to her master.
2. When the shepherds of black camels start boasting and competing with others in the construction of higher buildings. And the Hour is one of five things which nobody knows except Allah.
The Prophet then recited: "Verily, with Allah (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour--." (31. 34) Then that man (Gabriel) left and the Prophet asked his companions to call him back, but they could not see him. Then the Prophet said, "That was Gabriel who came to teach the people their religion." Abu 'Abdullah said: He (the Prophet) considered all that as a part of faith.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 50 |
In-book reference | : Book 2, Hadith 43 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 1, Book 2, Hadith 48 |
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Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2659 |
In-book reference | : Book 10, Hadith 150 |
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Anybody who spends a pair of something in Allah's Cause will be called from all the gates of Paradise, "O Allah's slave! This is good.' He who is amongst those who pray will be called from the gate of the prayer (in Paradise) and he who is from the people of Jihad will be called from the gate of Jihad, and he who is from those' who give in charity (i.e. Zakat) will be called from the gate of charity, and he who is amongst those who observe fast will be called from the gate of fasting, the gate of Raiyan." Abu Bakr said, "He who is called from all those gates will need nothing," He added, "Will anyone be called from all those gates, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "Yes, and I hope you will be among those, O Abu Bakr."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3666 |
In-book reference | : Book 62, Hadith 18 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 18 |
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Yahya said that Malik spoke about a man who loaned another man money and then the debtor asked him to leave it with him as a qirad. Malik said, "I do not like that unless he takes his money back from him, and then pays it to him as a qirad if he wishes or if he wishes keep it."
Malik spoke about an investor who paid a man qirad money and the man told him that it was collected with him and asked him to write it for him as a loan. He said, "I do not like that unless he takes his money from him and then lends it to him or keeps it as he wishes. That is only out of fear that he has lost some of it, and wants to defer it so that he can make up what has been lost of it. That is disapproved of and is not permitted and it is not good."
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 32, Hadith 14 |
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
I heard Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) while he was on the pulpit speaking about charity, to abstain from asking others for some financial help and about begging others, saying, "The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is that of the giver and the lower (hand) is that of the beggar."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1429 |
In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 32 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 2, Book 24, Hadith 509 |
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Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3013 |
In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 65 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3013 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2145 |
In-book reference | : Book 12, Hadith 9 |
English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 12, Hadith 2145 |
Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Abi Bakr:
The companions of Suffa were poor people. The Prophet once said, "Whoever has food enough for two persons, should take a third one (from among them), and whoever has food enough for four persons, should take a fifth or a sixth (or said something similar)." Abu Bakr brought three persons while the Prophet took ten. And Abu Bakr with his three family member (who were I, my father and my mother) (the sub-narrator is in doubt whether `Abdur-Rahman said, "My wife and my servant who was common for both my house and Abu Bakr's house.") Abu Bakr took his supper with the Prophet and stayed there till he offered the `Isha' prayers. He returned and stayed till Allah's Apostle took his supper. After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his house. His wife said to him, "What has detained you from your guests?" He said, "Have you served supper to them?" She said, "They refused to take supper until you come. They (i.e. some members of the household) presented the meal to them but they refused (to eat)" I went to hide myself and he said, "O Ghunthar!" He invoked Allah to cause my ears to be cut and he rebuked me. He then said (to them): Please eat!" and added, I will never eat the meal." By Allah, whenever we took a handful of the meal, the meal grew from underneath more than that handful till everybody ate to his satisfaction; yet the remaining food was more than the original meal. Abu Bakr saw that the food was as much or more than the original amount. He called his wife, "O sister of Bani Firas!" She said, "O pleasure of my eyes. The food has been tripled in quantity." Abu Bakr then started eating thereof and said, "It (i.e. my oath not to eat) was because of Sa all." He took a handful from it, and carried the rest to the Prophet. So that food was with the Prophet . There was a treaty between us and some people, and when the period of that treaty had elapsed, he divided US into twelve groups, each being headed by a man. Allah knows how many men were under the command of each leader. Anyhow, the Prophet surely sent a leader with each group. Then all of them ate of that meal.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3581 |
In-book reference | : Book 61, Hadith 90 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 781 |
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Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3711 |
In-book reference | : Book 18, Hadith 50 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3689 |
In-book reference | : Book 32, Hadith 2 |
English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 32, Hadith 3719 |
Narrated Salama bin Al-Akwa:
Ali remained behind the Prophet during the battle of Khaibar as he way suffering from some eye trouble but then he said, "How should I stay behind Allah's Apostle?" So, he set out till he joined the Prophet. On the eve of the day of the conquest of Khaibar, Allah's Apostle said, "(No doubt) I will give the flag or, tomorrow, a man whom Allah and His Apostle love or who loves Allah and His apostle will take the flag. Allah will bestow victory upon him." Suddenly 'Ali joined us though we were not expecting him. The people said, "Here is 'Ali. "So, Allah's Apostle gave the flag to him and Allah bestowed victory upon him.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2975 |
In-book reference | : Book 56, Hadith 184 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 219 |
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Narrated 'Amr b. Suh'aib:
On his father's authority, said that his grandfather told that the Messenger of Allah (saws) forbade the type of transactions in which earnest money was paid.
Malik said: This means, as we think--Allah better knows-that a man buys a slave or hires an animal, and he says: I give you a dinar on condition that if I give up the transaction or hire, what I gave you is yours.
Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3502 |
In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 87 |
English translation | : Book 23, Hadith 3495 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3710 |
In-book reference | : Book 49, Hadith 106 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 46, Hadith 3710 |
Grade: | Da’if (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3560 |
In-book reference | : Book 48, Hadith 191 |
English translation | : Vol. 6, Book 46, Hadith 3560 |
Reference | : Hadith 14, 40 Hadith Shah Waliullah |
Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 5062 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 290 |
English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 5044 |
Malik said, "The generally agreed on way of doing things in our community about a mudabbar is that the owner cannot sell him or change the position in which he has put him. If a debt overtakes the master, his creditors cannot sell the mudabbar as long as the master is alive. If the master dies and has no debts, the mudabbar is included in the third (of the bequest) because he expected his work from him as long as he lived. He cannot serve him all his life, and then he frees him from his heirs out of the main portion of his property when he dies. If the master of the mudabbar dies and has no property other than him, one third of him is freed, and two thirds of him belong to the heirs. If the master of the mudabbar dies and owes a debt which encompasses the mudabbar, he is sold to meet the debt because he can only be freed in the third (which is allowed for bequest) ."
He said, "If the debt only includes half of the slave, half of him is sold for the debt. Then a third of what remains after the debt is freed. "
Malik said, "It is not permitted to sell a mudabbar and it is not permitted for anyone to buy him unless the mudabbar buys himself from his master. He is permitted to do that. Or else some one gives the master of the mudabbar money and his master who made him a mudabbar frees him. That is also permitted for him."
Malik said, "His wala' belongs to his master who made him a mudabbar."
Malik said, "It is not permitted to sell the service of a mudabbar because it is an uncertain transaction since one does not know how long his master will live. That is uncertain and it is not good."
Malik spoke about a slave who was shared between two men, and one of them made his portion mudabbar. He said, "They estimate his value between them. If the one who made him mudabbar buys him, he is all mudabbar. If he does not buy him, his tadbir is revoked unless the one who retains ownership of him wishes to give his partner who made him mudabbar his value. If he gives him to him for his value, that is binding, and he is all mudabbar."
Malik spoke about the christian man who made a christian slave of his mudabbar and then the slave became muslim. He said, "One separates the master and the slave, and the slave is removed from his christian master and is not sold until his situation becomes clear. If the christian dies and has a debt, his debt is paid from the price of the slave unless he has in his estate what will pay the debt. Then the mudabbar is set free."
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 40, Hadith 6 |
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab was asked about a woman who made a stipulation on her husband not to take her away from her town. Said ibn al-Musayyab said, "He takes her away if he wishes."
Malik said, "The custom among us is that when a man marries a woman, and he makes a condition in the marriage contract that he will not marry after her or take a concubine, it means nothing unless there is an oath of divorce or setting-free attached to it. Then it is obliged and required of him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 28, Hadith 16 |
Arabic reference | : Book 28, Hadith 1110 |
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Muhammad Sirin used to say, "Do not sell grain on the ears until it is white."
Malik said, "If someone buys food for a known price to be delivered at a stated date, and when the date comes, the one who owes the food says, 'I do not have any food, sell me the food which I owe you with delayed terms.' The owner of the food says, 'This is not good, because the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade selling food until the deal was completed.' The one who owes the food says to his creditor, 'Sell me any kind of food on delayed terms until I discharge the debt to you.' This is not good because he gives him food and then he returns it to him. The gold which he gave him becomes the price of that which is his right against him and the food which he gave him becomes what clears what is between them. If they do that, it becomes the sale of food before the deal is complete."
Malik spoke about a man who was owed food which he had purchased from a man and this man was owed the like of that food by another man. The one who owed the food said to his creditor, "I will refer you to my debtor who owes me the same amount of food as I owe you, so that you may obtain the food which I owe you ."
Malik said, "If the man who had to deliver the food, had gone out, and bought the food to pay off his creditor, that is not good. That is selling food before taking possession of it. If the food is an advance which falls due at that particular time, there is no harm in paying off his creditor with it because that is nota sale. It is not halal to sell food before receiving it in full since the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade that. However, the people of knowledge agree that there is no harm in partnership, transfer of responsibility and revocation in sales of food and other goods."
Malik said, "That is because the people of knowledge consider it as a favour rendered. They do not consider it as a sale. It is like a man lending light dirhams. He is then paid back in dirhams of full weight, and so gets back more than he lent. That is halal for him and permitted. Had a man bought defective dirhams from him as being the full weight, that would not be halal. Had it been stipulated to him that he lend full weight in dirhams, and then he gave faulty ones, that would not be halal for him."
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 31, Hadith 54 |
Arabic reference | : Book 31, Hadith 1347 |
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
While Allah's Apostle was sitting, a Jew came and said, "O Abul Qasim! One of your companions has slapped me on my face." The Prophet asked who that was. He replied that he was one of the Ansar. The Prophet sent for him, and on his arrival, he asked him whether he had beaten the Jew. He (replied in the affirmative and) said, "I heard him taking an oath in the market saying, 'By Him Who gave Moses superiority over all the human beings.' I said, 'O wicked man! (Has Allah given Moses superiority) even over Muhammad I became furious and slapped him over his face." The Prophet said, "Do not give a prophet superiority over another, for on the Day of Resurrection all the people will fall unconscious and I will be the first to emerge from the earth, and will see Moses standing and holding one of the legs of the Throne. I will not know whether Moses has fallen unconscious or the first unconsciousness was sufficient for him."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2412 |
In-book reference | : Book 44, Hadith 3 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 41, Hadith 595 |
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It has been Deported on the authority of Anas who said:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1903 |
In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 213 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 4683 |
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Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 3004 |
In-book reference | : Book 55, Hadith 92 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 42, Hadith 7147 |
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'Muhammad b. Munkadir reported:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2929 |
In-book reference | : Book 54, Hadith 117 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 41, Hadith 6999 |
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Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4686 |
In-book reference | : Book 44, Hadith 238 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 4690 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 2364 |
In-book reference | : Book 13, Hadith 57 |
English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 13, Hadith 2364 |
Narrated `Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "Whoever has to take an oath should swear by Allah or remain silent." (i.e. He should not swear by other than Allah.)
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2679 |
In-book reference | : Book 52, Hadith 40 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 48, Hadith 844 |
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2894d |
In-book reference | : Book 54, Hadith 41 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 41, Hadith 6921 |
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Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
The Prophet (saws) said: He who recites the Qur'an in a period less than three days does not understand it.
Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 1394 |
In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 24 |
English translation | : Book 6, Hadith 1389 |
Hudhaifa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying The angels took away the soul of a person who had lived among people who were before you. They (the angels) said:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1560a |
In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 32 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 10, Hadith 3788 |
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Sunnah.com reference | : Book 4, Hadith 46 |
English translation | : Book 4, Hadith 665 |
Arabic reference | : Book 4, Hadith 644 |
Narrated Um Salama:
"The Prophet after finishing the prayer with Taslim used to stay at his place for a while." Ibn Shihab said, "I think (and Allah knows better), that he used to wait for the departure of the women who had prayed." Ibn Shihab wrote that he had heard it from Hind bint Al-Harith Al-Firasiya from Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet (Hind was from the companions of Um Salama) who said, "When the Prophet finished the prayer with Taslim, the women would depart and enter their houses before Allah's Apostle departed."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 849, 850 |
In-book reference | : Book 10, Hadith 241 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 809 |
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[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1835 |
In-book reference | : Book 18, Hadith 28 |
Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2760d |
In-book reference | : Book 50, Hadith 40 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 37, Hadith 6648 |
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Narrated Aiyub:
The Prophet said, "If I were to take a Khalil, I would have taken him (i.e. Abu Bakr) as a Khalil, but the Islamic brotherhood is better."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3657 |
In-book reference | : Book 62, Hadith 9 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 5, Book 57, Hadith 9 |
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Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "A single endeavor (of fighting) in Allah's Cause in the forenoon or in the afternoon is better than the world and whatever is in it."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2792 |
In-book reference | : Book 56, Hadith 10 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 50 |
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Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:
The Prophet said, "A single endeavor in Allah's Cause in the afternoon and in the forenoon is better than the world and whatever is in it."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 2794 |
In-book reference | : Book 56, Hadith 12 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 52, Hadith 52 |
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Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2852 |
In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 126 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 2852 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 837 |
In-book reference | : Book 10, Hadith 61 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 10, Hadith 838 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 4330 |
In-book reference | : Book 37, Hadith 231 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4330 |
مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3792 |
In-book reference | : Book 19, Hadith 6 |
قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَخْرَجِهِ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهِ؟ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْرِنُ لِسَانُهُ إِلا فِيمَا يَعْنِيهِ، وَيُؤَلِّفُهُمْ وَلا يُنَفِّرُهُمْ، وَيُكْرِمُ كَرَيمَ كُلِّ قَوْمٍ وَيُوَلِّيهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَيُحَذِّرُ النَّاسَ وَيَحْتَرِسُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَطْوِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ بِشْرَهُ وَخُلُقَهُ، وَيَتَفَقَّدُ أَصْحَابَهُ، وَيَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ عَمَّا فِي النَّاسِ، وَيُحَسِّنُ الْحَسَنَ وَيُقَوِّيهِ، وَيُقَبِّحُ الْقَبِيحَ وَيُوَهِّيهِ، مُعْتَدِلُ الأَمْرِ غَيْرُ مُخْتَلِفٍ، لا يَغْفُلُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَغْفُلُوا أَوْ يَمِيلُوا، لِكُلِّ حَالٍ عِنْدَهُ عَتَادٌ، لا يُقَصِّرُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَلا يُجَاوِزُهُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ خِيَارُهُمْ، أَفْضَلُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ أَعَمُّهُمْ نَصِيحَةً، وَأَعْظَمُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ مَنْزِلَةً أَحْسَنُهُمْ مُوَاسَاةً ...
Grade: | Da'if Isnād (Zubair `Aliza'i) |
Reference | : Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 335 |
In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 7 |
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1551 |
In-book reference | : Book 17, Hadith 41 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 3782 |
In-book reference | : Book 33, Hadith 126 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 33, Hadith 3782 |
Narrated `Abdullah:
On the day (of the battle) of Hunain, Allah's Apostle favored some people in the distribution of the booty (to the exclusion of others); he gave Al-Aqra' bin H`Abis one-hundred camels and he gave 'Uyaina the same amount, and also gave to some of the eminent Arabs, giving them preference in this regard. Then a person came and said, "By Allah, in this distribution justice has not been observed, nor has Allah's Pleasure been aimed at." I said (to him), "By Allah, I will inform the Prophet (of what you have said), "I went and informed him, and he said, "If Allah and His Apostle did not act justly, who else would act justly. May Allah be merciful to Moses, for he was harmed with more than this, yet he kept patient."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3150 |
In-book reference | : Book 57, Hadith 58 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 53, Hadith 378 |
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Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2706 |
In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 19 |
English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 40, Hadith 2706 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
The Prophet (saws) was asked about a person who found moisture (on his body or clothes) but did not remember the sexual dream. He replied: He should take a bath. He was asked about a person who remembered that he had a sexual dream but did not find moisture. He replied: Bath is not necessary for him. Umm Salamah then asked: Is washing necessary for a woman if she sees that (in her dream)? He replied: Yes. Woman are counterpart of men.
حسن إلا قول أم سليم المرأة ترى الخ (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 236 |
In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 236 |
English translation | : Book 1, Hadith 236 |
Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1663 |
In-book reference | : Book 20, Hadith 66 |
English translation | : Vol. 2, Book 20, Hadith 1664 |
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 1550d |
In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 159 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 10, Hadith 3756 |
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Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2628 |
In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 10 |
English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2629 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Sunan Ibn Majah 1378 |
In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 576 |
English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 5, Hadith 1378 |
Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صـحـيـح (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 391 |
In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 7 |
English translation | : Book 21, Hadith 391 |
Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صـحـيـح (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 416 |
In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 2 |
English translation | : Book 23, Hadith 416 |
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (saws) said: If anyone takes a vow but does not name it, its atonement is the same as that for an oath, if anyone takes a vow to do an act of disobedience, its atonement is the same as that for an oath, if anyone takes a vow he is unable to fulfill, its atonement is the same as that for an oath, but if anyone takes a vow he is able to fulfill, he must do so.
Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Waki' and others on the authority of 'Abd Allah b. Sa'id b. Abi al-Hind, but they traced it no farther back than Ibn 'Abbas.
Grade: | Da'if Marfu' (Al-Albani) | ضعيف مرفوعا (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3322 |
In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 81 |
English translation | : Book 21, Hadith 3316 |
لم تتمّ دراسته (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2280 |
In-book reference | : Book 9, Hadith 55 |
Abu Dharr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, stated:
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2687a |
In-book reference | : Book 48, Hadith 29 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 35, Hadith 6499 |
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[Muslim].
Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 969 |
In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 14 |
Narrated AbuUbaydah ibn al-Jarrah:
I heard the Prophet (saws) say: There has been no Prophet after Noah who has not warned his people about the antichrist (Dajjal), and I warn you of him. The Messenger of Allah (saws) described him to us, saying: Perhaps some who have seen me and heard my words will live till his time. The people asked: Messenger of Allah! what will be the condition of our hearts on that day? Like what we are today? He replied: Or better.
Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4756 |
In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 161 |
English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4738 |
Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4240 |
In-book reference | : Book 21, Hadith 77 |
Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 724 |
In-book reference | : Book 8, Hadith 43 |
English translation | : Vol. 2, Book 3, Hadith 724 |
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Once Allah's Apostle led us in prayer and then (after finishing it) ascended the pulpit and pointed with his hand towards the Qibla of the mosque and said, "While I was leading you in prayer, both Paradise and Hell were displayed in front of me in the direction of this wall. I had never seen a better thing (than Paradise) and a worse thing (than Hell) as I have seen today, I had never seen a better thing and a worse thing as I have seen today."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6468 |
In-book reference | : Book 81, Hadith 57 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 76, Hadith 475 |
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According to another narration: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "That is the best fasting." I said, "But I am capable of doing more than this". Thereupon, Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "There is nothing better than this." 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (May Allah be pleased with them) said (when he grew old): "Had I accepted the three days (fasting during every month) as the Messenger of Allah had said, it would have been dearer to me than my family and my property".
In another narration 'Abdullah is reported to have said: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to me, "O 'Abdullah! Have I not been informed that you observe fast during the day and offer prayer all the night." I replied, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Don't do that. Observe fast for few days and then leave off for few days, perform prayers and also sleep at night, as your body has a right upon you, and your eyes have a right upon you; and your wife has a right upon you; your visitors have a right upon you. It is sufficient for you to observe fast three days in a month, as the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times, so it will be like fasting the whole year." I insisted (on fasting) and so I was given a hard instruction. I said, "O Messenger of Allah! I have strength." Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "Observe fast like the fasting of Prophet Dawud (PBUH); and do not fast more than that." I said: "How was the fasting of Prophet Dawud?" He (PBUH) said, "Half of the year (i.e., he used to fast on every alternate day)."
Afterwards when 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) grew old, he used to say: "Would that I had availed myself of the concession granted to me by Messenger of Allah."
In another narration 'Abdullah is reported to have said: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "I have been informed that you observe fast continuously and recite (the whole of the Qur'an) every night." I said, "Messenger of Allah! It is right, but I covet thereby nothing but good," whereupon he (PBUH) said, "Then observe fasts like the fasting of Prophet Dawud (PBUH) as he was the most ardent worshipper of Allah; recite the Qur'an once every month." I said, "O Prophet of Allah! I am capable of doing more than that." He said, "Then recite it (the complete Qur'an) in every twenty days." I said, "O Prophet of Allah I am capable of reciting more than that." He said, "Then recite it once in every ten days." I said, "O Prophet of Allah! I am capable of reciting more than that." He said, "Then recite it once in every seven days, but not recite more than that." The Prophet of Allah also said to me, "You do not know, you may have a longer life". When I grew old I wished I had availed myself of the concession (granted to me by) the Prophet of Allah.
In another narration 'Abdullah is reported to have said: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "The best fasting with Allah is that of (Prophet) Dawud, and the best prayer with Allah is that of Dawud (PBUH) for he would sleep half of the night and stand for prayer for the third of it and (then) would sleep sixth part of it; he observed fast one day and leave off the other. He would not flee on meeting the enemy".
In another narration 'Abdullah is reported to have said: My father helped me marry a noble woman and he used to inquire of his daughter-in-law regarding her husband. She would say: "He is, indeed, a fine man. Since I have come to him, he has neither stepped on my bed nor he has had sexual intercourse with me". When this state of affairs lasted for some time, my father mentioned the matter to Messenger of Allah (PBUH) who directed my father saying, "Send him to me". I went to him accordingly. He asked me, "How often do you observe fast?" I replied; "Daily". He asked me, "How long do you take in reading the Noble Qur'an completely." I said, "Once every night". Then he narrated the whole story. He (in his old age) would recite one seventh of his nightly recitation to some members of his family during the day to lighten his task at night. Whenever he wished to have a relief from his fast on alternate days, he would give up fasting for a few days and make up deficiency later by observing the number of fasts he had missed. He would not give up the number of fasts altogether because he did not like to abandon what he had settled with Messenger of Allah (PBUH).
Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 150 |
In-book reference | : Introduction, Hadith 150 |