A bedouin came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "My wife has delivered a black boy, and I suspect that he
is not my child." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, "Have you got camels?" The bedouin said, "Yes." The
Prophet said, "What color are they?" The bedouin said, "They are red." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Are any of
them Grey?" He said, "There are Grey ones among them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whence do you think
this color came to them?" The bedouin said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! It resulted from hereditary
disposition." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "And this (i.e., your child) has inherited his color from his ancestors."
The Prophet (ﷺ) did not allow him to deny his paternity of the child.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 96, Hadith 45
‘While he was among ten of the
Companions of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) including Abu Qatadah: “I
heard Abu Humaid As-Sa’idi say: ‘I am the most knowledgeable of
you
concerning the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).’ They
said:
‘Why? By Allah, you did not follow him more than we did, and
you did
not accompany him for longer.’ He said: ‘Yes I am.’
They said: ‘Show
us.’ He said: ‘When the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) stood up for prayer,
he would say the Takbir, then he would
raise his hands parallel to his
shoulders, and every part of his body
would settle in place. Then he
would recite, then he would raise his
hands parallel to his shoulders
and bow, placing his palms on his
knees and supporting his weight on
them. He neither lowered his head,
nor raised it up, it was evenly
balanced (between either extreme).
Then he would say: “Sami’ Allahu
liman hamidah (Allah hears those
who praise Him); and he would raise
his hands parallel with his
shoulders, until every bone returned to
its place. Then he would
prostrate himself on the ground, keeping his
arms away from his
sides. Then he would raise his head and tuck his
left foot under him
and sit on it, and he would spread his toes when
he prostrated.* Then
he would prostrate, then say the Takbir and sit
on his left foot,
until every bone returned to its place. Then he
would stand up and do
the same in the next Rak’ah. Then when he stood
up after two
Rak’ah, he would raise his hands level with his shoulders
as he did
at the beginning of the prayer. Then he would offer the rest
of his
prayer in like manner until, when he did the prostration after which
the
Taslim comes, he would push one of his feet back and sit with his
weight on his left side, Mutawarrikan.’** They said: ‘You have
spoken
the truth; this is how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to
perform
the prayer.’”
* Meaning that he would plant them in such a way that they were facing the Qiblah.
** Mutawarrikan: i.e., sitting with the left foot brought forward so that one's buttocks are in direct contact with the ground.
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 5, Hadith 259
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn
Hunayf from Abdullah ibn Abbas that Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira
entered the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, and he was brought a roasted lizard. The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stretched
his hand toward it. One of the women who was in Maimuna's house said,
"Tell the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
what he means to eat." Someone said, "It is a lizard, Messenger of
Allah." He withdrew his hand. Khalid said, "Is it haram, Messenger of
Allah?" He said, "No, but there were none in my people's land, and I
find that I dislike them."
Khalid added, "I chewed and ate it
while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
was looking."
Muwatta Malik Book 54, Hadith 10
Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman
that on one occasion A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was sleeping with the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, in one garment, when suddenly she
jumped up sharply. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said to her, "What's the matter with you? Are you
losing blood?", meaning menstruating. She said, "Yes." He said, "Wrap
your waist-wrapper tightly about you, and return to your sleeping-
place."
Muwatta Malik Book 2, Hadith 95