We were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash'sari, and as there were ties of friendship and mutual favors
between us and his tribe. His meal was presented before him and there was chicken meat in it. Among
those who were present there was a man from Bani Taimillah having a red complexion as a non-Arab
freed slave, and that man did not approach the meal. Abu Musa said to him, "Come along! I have seen
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) eating of that (i.e., chicken)." The man said, "I have seen it (chickens) eating
something I regarded as dirty, and so I have taken an oath that I shall not eat (its meat) chicken." Abu
Musa said, "Come along! I will inform you about it (i.e., your oath).
Once we went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in company with a group of Ash'airiyin, asking him for mounts
while he was distributing some camels from the camels of Zakat. (Aiyub said, "I think he said that the
Prophet was in an angry mood at the time.") The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'By Allah! I will not give you mounts,
and I have nothing to mount you on.' After we had left, some camels of booty were brought to Allah's
Apostle and he said, "Where are those Ash`ariyin? Where are those Ash`ariyin?" So we went (to him)
and he gave us five very fat good-looking camels. We mounted them and went away, and then I said
to my companions, 'We went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to give us mounts, but he took an oath that he would
not give us mounts, and then later on he sent for us and gave us mounts, perhaps Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
forgot his oath. By Allah, we will never be successful, for we have taken advantage of the fact that
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forgot to fulfill his oath. So let us return to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to remind him of his oath.'
We returned and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We came to you and asked you for mounts, but you took an
oath that you would not give us mounts) but later on you gave us mounts, and we thought or
considered that you have forgotten your oath.' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Depart, for Allah has given you
Mounts. By Allah, Allah willing, if I take an oath and then later find another thing better than that, I
do what is better, and make expiation for the oath.' "
(two other narrations through Zahdam as above)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 84, Hadith 14
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah created Adam in His picture, sixty cubits (about 30 meters) in height. When
He created him, He said (to him), "Go and greet that group of angels sitting there, and listen what they
will say in reply to you, for that will be your greeting and the greeting of your offspring." Adam (went
and) said, 'As-Salamu alaikum (Peace be upon you).' They replied, 'AsSalamu-'Alaika wa
Rahmatullah (Peace and Allah's Mercy be on you) So they increased 'Wa Rahmatullah' The Prophet (ﷺ)
added 'So whoever will enter Paradise, will be of the shape and picture of Adam Since then the
creation of Adam's (offspring) (i.e. stature of human beings is being diminished continuously) to the
present time."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 79, Hadith 1
The first event of Qasama in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance was practiced by us (i.e. Banu
Hashim). A man from Banu Hashim was employed by a Quraishi man from another branch-family.
The (Hashimi) laborer set out with the Quraishi driving his camels. There passed by him another man
from Banu Hashim. The leather rope of the latter's bag had broken so he said to the laborer, "Will you
help me by giving me a rope in order to tie the handle of my bag lest the camels should run away from
me?" The laborer gave him a rope and the latter tied his bag with it. When the caravan halted, all the
camels' legs were tied with their fetters except one camel. The employer asked the laborer, "Why,
from among all the camels has this camel not been fettered?" He replied, "There is no fetter for it."
The Quraishi asked, "Where is its fetter?" and hit the laborer with a stick that caused his death (later
on Just before his death) a man from Yemen passed by him. The laborer asked (him), "Will you go for
the pilgrimage?" He replied, "I do not think I will attend it, but perhaps I will attend it." The (Hashimi)
laborer said, "Will you please convey a message for me once in your life?" The other man said, "yes."
The laborer wrote: 'When you attend the pilgrimage, call the family of Quraish, and if they respond to
you, call the family of Banu Hashim, and if they respond to you, ask about Abu Talib and tell him that
so-and-so has killed me for a fetter." Then the laborer expired. When the employer reached (Mecca),
Abu Talib visited him and asked, "What has happened to our companion?" He said, "He became ill
and I looked after him nicely (but he died) and I buried him." Then Abu Talib said, "The deceased
deserved this from you." After some time, the messenger whom the laborer has asked to convey the
message, reached during the pilgrimage season. He called, "O the family of Quraish!" The people
replied, "This is Quraish." Then he called, "O the family of Banu Hashim!" Again the people replied,
"This is Banu Hashim." He asked, "Who is Abu Talib?" The people replied, "This is Abu Talib." He
said, "'So-and-so has asked me to convey a message to you that so-and-so has killed him for a fetter
(of a camel)." Then Abu Talib went to the (Quraishi) killer and said to him, "Choose one of three
alternatives: (i) If you wish, give us one-hundred camels because you have murdered our companion,
(ii) or if you wish, fifty of your men should take an oath that you have not murdered our companion,
and if you do not accept this, (iii) we will kill you in Qisas." The killer went to his people and they
said, "We will take an oath."
Then a woman from Banu Hashim who was married to one of them (i.e.the Quraishis) and had given
birth to a child from him, came to Abu Talib and said, "O Abu Talib! I wish that my son from among
the fifty men, should be excused from this oath, and that he should not take the oath where the oathtaking
is carried on." Abu Talib excused him. Then another man from them came (to Abu Talib) and
said, "O Abu Talib! You want fifty persons to take an oath instead of giving a hundred camels, and
that means each man has to give two camels (in case he does not take an oath). So there are two
camels I would like you to accept from me and excuse me from taking an oath where the oaths are
taken. Abu Talib accepted them from him. Then 48 men came and took the oath. Ibn `Abbas further
said:) By Him in Whose Hand my life is, before the end of that year, none of those 48 persons
remained alive.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 70