`Umar used to make me sit with the elderly men who had fought in the Battle of Badr. Some of them
felt it (did not like that) and said to `Umar "Why do you bring in this boy to sit with us while we have
sons like him?" `Umar replied, "Because of what you know of his position (i.e. his religious
knowledge.)" One day `Umar called me and made me sit in the gathering of those people; and I think
that he called me just to show them. (my religious knowledge). `Umar then asked them (in my
presence). "What do you say about the interpretation of the Statement of Allah:
'When comes Help of Allah (to you O, Muhammad against your enemies) and the conquest (of
Mecca).' (110.1) Some of them said, "We are ordered to praise Allah and ask for His forgiveness
when Allah's Help and the conquest (of Mecca) comes to us." Some others kept quiet and did not say
anything. On that, `Umar asked me, "Do you say the same, O Ibn `Abbas?" I replied, "No." He said,
'What do you say then?" I replied, "That is the sign of the death of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which Allah
informed him of. Allah said:--
'(O Muhammad) When comes the Help of Allah (to you against your enemies) and the conquest (of
Mecca) (which is the sign of your death). You should celebrate the praises of your Lord and ask for
His Forgiveness, and He is the One Who accepts the repentance and forgives.' (110.3) On that `Umar
said, "I do not know anything about it other than what you have said."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 492
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ascended the pulpit and said, "Nothing worries me as to what will happen to you after
me, except the temptation of worldly blessings which will be conferred on you." Then he mentioned
the worldly pleasures. He started with the one (i.e. the blessings) and took up the other (i.e. the
pleasures). A man got up saying, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Can the good bring about evil?" The Prophet (ﷺ)
remained silent and we thought that he was being inspired divinely, so all the people kept silent with
awe. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) wiped the sweat off his face and asked, "Where is the present questioner?" "Do
you think wealth is good?" he repeated thrice, adding, "No doubt, good produces nothing but good.
Indeed it is like what grows on the banks of a stream which either kills or nearly kills the grazing
animals because of gluttony except the vegetation-eating animal which eats till both its flanks are full
(i.e. till it gets satisfied) and then stands in the sun and defecates and urinates and again starts grazing.
This worldly property is sweet vegetation. How excellent the wealth of the Muslim is, if it is collected
through legal means and is spent in Allah's Cause and on orphans, poor people and travelers. But he
who does not take it legally is like an eater who is never satisfied and his wealth will be a witness
against him on the Day of Resurrection."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 58
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn
al-Musayyab said, "The slave girl is not married when there is a free
woman who is a wife unless the free woman wishes it. If the free woman
complies, she has two-thirds of the division of time."
Malik
said, "A free man must not marry a slave-girl when he can afford to
marry a free-woman, and he should not marry a slave-girl when he
cannot afford a free woman unless he fears fornication. That is
because Allah, may he be Blessed and Exalted, says in His Book, 'If
you are not affluent enough to marry believing women, who are
muhsanat, take slave-girls who are believing women that your right
hands own.' (Sura 4 ayat 24) He says, 'That is for those of you who
fear al-anat.' "
Malik said, "Al-anat is fornication."
Muwatta Malik Book 28, Hadith 31