That once he was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) carrying a water pot for his ablution and for cleaning
his private parts. While he was following him carrying it (i.e. the pot), the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Who is this?"
He said, "I am Abu Huraira." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Bring me stones in order to clean my private parts,
and do not bring any bones or animal dung." Abu Huraira went on narrating: So I brought some
stones, carrying them in the corner of my robe till I put them by his side and went away. When he
finished, I walked with him and asked, "What about the bone and the animal dung?" He said, "They
are of the food of Jinns. The delegate of Jinns of (the city of) Nasibin came to me--and how nice those
Jinns were--and asked me for the remains of the human food. I invoked Allah for them that they
would never pass by a bone or animal dung but find food on them."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 85
Malik related to me that he had asked Ibn Shihab about a slave
who was released. He said, "He gives his wala' to whomever he likes.
If he dies and has not given his wala' to anyone, his inheritance goes
to the muslims and his blood-money is paid by them."
Malik
said, "The best of what has been heard about a slave who is released
is that no one gets his wala', and his inheritance goes to the
muslims, and they pay his blood-money."
Malik said that when
the slave of a jew or christian became muslim and he was freed before
being sold, the wala' of the freed slave went to the muslims. If the
jew or christian became muslim afterwards, the wala' did not revert to
him. "
He said, "However, if a jew or christian frees a slave
from their own deen, and then the freed one becomes muslim before the
jew or christian who freed him becomes muslim and then the one who
freed him has become muslim, his wala' reverts to him because the
wala' was confirmed for him on the day he freed him."
Malik
said that the muslim child of a jew or christian inherited the mawali
of his jewish or christian father when the freed mawla became muslim
before the one who freed him became muslim. If the freed one was
already muslim when he was freed, the muslim children of the christian
or jew had nothing of the wala' of a muslim slave because the jew and
the christian did not have the wala'. The wala' of a muslim slave went
to the community of muslims.
Muwatta Malik Book 38, Hadith 28
Out of all the Ansar, living in Medina, Abu Talha had the largest number of (date palm trees) gardens,
and the most beloved of his property to him was Bairuha garden which was standing opposite the
Mosque (of the Prophet). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to enter it and drink of its good water. When the
Verse:--"By no means shall you attain righteousness unless you spend (in charity) of that which you
love." (3.92) Abu Talha got up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), Allah says:--"By no means shall you
attain righteousness unless you spend (in charity) of that which you love." (3.92) and the most beloved
of my property to me is the Bairuha garden, so I give it (as a charitable gift) in Allah's Cause and hope
to receive good out of it, and to have it stored for me with Allah. So, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Dispose it of
(i.e. utilize it) in the way Allah orders you (to dispose it of)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Bravo! That is a
fruitful property! That is a fruitful property! I have heard what you have said and I think that you
should distribute that (garden) amongst your relatives." The Abu Talha distributed that garden
amongst his relatives and his cousins.
Narrated Yahya bin Yahya:
I learnt from Malik, "..a fruitful property."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 76
Um Al-`Ala an Ansari woman who had given a pledge of allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me:, "The
Muhajirln (emigrants) were distributed amongst us by drawing lots, and we got `Uthman bin Maz'un
in our share. We made him stay with us in our house. Then he suffered from a disease which proved
fatal. When he died and was given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came, I
said, (addressing the dead body), 'O Aba As-Sa'ib! May Allah be Merciful to you! I testify that Allah
has honored you.' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'How do you know that Allah has honored him?" I replied, 'Let
my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! On whom else shall Allah bestow. His honor?'
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'As for him, by Allah, death has come to him. By Allah, I wish him all good
(from Allah). By Allah, in spite of the fact that I am Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), I do not know what Allah will do
to me.", Um Al-`Ala added, "By Allah, I will never attest the righteousness of anybody after that."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 91, Hadith 21
A black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She used to
visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: "The day of the scarf was one
of our Lord's wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from the land of Kufr." When she said the above
verse many times, I (i.e. `Aisha) asked her, "What was the day of the scarf?" She replied, "Once the
daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf (round her neck) and the
leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up, mistaking it for a piece of meat. They
(i.e. my masters) accused me of stealing it and they tortured me to such an extent that they even
looked for it in my private parts. So, while they all were around me, and I was in my great distress,
suddenly the kite came over our heads and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said to them 'This is
what you accused me of stealing, though I was innocent."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 60