Abu Talha said to Um Sulaim, "I have noticed feebleness in the voice of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which I
think, is caused by hunger. Have you got any food?" She said, "Yes." She brought out some loaves of
barley and took out a veil belonging to her, and wrapped the bread in part of it and put it under my
arm and wrapped part of the veil round me and sent me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I went carrying it and
found Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the Mosque sitting with some people. When I stood there, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
asked, "Has Abu Talha sent you?" I said, "Yes". He asked, "With some food? I said, "Yes" Allah's
Apostle then said to the men around him, "Get up!" He set out (accompanied by them) and I went
ahead of them till I reached Abu Talha and told him (of the Prophet's visit). Abu Talha said, "O Um
Sulaim! Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) is coming with the people and we have no food to feed them." She said,
"Allah and His Apostle know better." So Abu Talha went out to receive Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Allah's
Apostle came along with Abu Talha. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "O Um Sulaim! Bring whatever you have."
She brought the bread which Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered to be broken into pieces. Um Sulaim poured on
them some butter from an oilskin. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited what Allah wished him to recite, and
then said, "Let ten persons come (to share the meal)." Ten persons were admitted, ate their fill and
went out. Then he again said, "Let another ten do the same." They were admitted, ate their fill and
went out. Then he again said, '"'Let another ten persons (do the same.)" They were admitted, ate their
fill and went out. Then he said, "Let another ten persons come." In short, all of them ate their fill, and
they were seventy or eighty men.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 61, Hadith 87
Yahya related to me from Malik that Kathir ibn Farqad asked Abu
Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm about a man who sold food to be
delivered at a future date to a man for gold and then with the gold,
he bought dates before he had taken delivery of the gold. He
disapproved of that and forbade it.
Yahya related to me from
Malik from Ibn Shihab the like of that.
Malik said, ''Said
ibn al-Musayyab, Sulayman ibn Yasar, Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn
Hazm, and Ibn Shihab forbade that a man sell wheat for gold and then
buy dates with that gold before he had received the gold from the
transaction in which he sold the wheat. There is no harm for someone
to buy dates on delayed terms, on the strength of the gold for which
he sold the wheat, from someone other than the person to whom he sold
the wheat before taking possession of the gold, and to refer the one
from whom he bought the dates to his debtor who bought the wheat, for
the gold he is owed for the dates."
Malik said, "I asked more
than one of the people of knowledge about that and they did not see
any harm in it."
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 48
that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Allah willed to test three Israelis who were a Leper, a blind man
and a bald-headed man. So, he sent them an angel who came to the leper and said, 'What thing do you
like most?' He replied, 'Good color and good skin, for the people have a strong aversion to me.' The
angel touched him and his illness was cured, and he was given a good color and beautiful skin. The
angel asked him, 'What kind of property do you like best?' He replied, 'Camels (or cows).' (The
narrator is in doubt, for either the leper or the bald-headed man demanded camels and the other
demanded cows). So he (i.e. the leper) was given a pregnant she-camel, and the angel said (to him),
'May Allah bless you in it.'
The angel then went to the bald-headed man and said, 'What thing do you like most?' He said, 'I like
good hair and wish to be cured of this disease, for the people feel repulsion for me.' The angel touched
him and his illness was cured, and he was given good hair. The angel asked (him), 'What kind of
property do you like best?' He replied, 'Cows,' The angel gave him a pregnant cow and said, 'May
Allah bless you in it.' The angel went to the blind man and asked, 'What thing do you like best?' He
said, '(I like) that Allah may restore my eye-sight to me so that I may see the people.' The angel
touched his eyes and Allah gave him back his eye-sight. The angel asked him, 'What kind of property
do you like best?' He replied, 'Sheep.' The angel gave him a pregnant sheep. Afterwards, all the three
pregnant animals gave birth to young ones, and multiplied and brought forth so much that one of the
(three) men had a herd of camels filling a valley, and one had a herd of cows filling a valley, and one
had a flock of sheep filling a valley. Then the angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a leper,
went to the leper and said, I am a poor man, who has lost all means of livelihood while on a journey.
So none will satisfy my need except Allah and then you. In the Name of Him Who has given you such
nice color and beautiful skin, and so much property, I ask you to give me a camel so that I may reach
my destination. The man replied, 'I have many obligations (so I cannot give you).' The angel said, 'I
think I know you; were you not a leper to whom the people had a strong aversion? Weren't you a poor
man, and then Allah gave you (all this property).' He replied, '(This is all wrong), I got this property
through inheritance from my fore-fathers.' The angel said, 'If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make
you as you were before. '
Then the angel, disguised in the shape and appearance of a bald man, went to the bald man and said to
him the same as he told the first one, and he too answered the same as the first one did. The angel
said, 'If you are telling a lie, then let Allah make you as you were before.'
The angel, disguised in the shape of a blind man, went to the blind man and said, 'I am a poor man and
a traveler, whose means of livelihood have been exhausted while on a journey. I have nobody to help
me except Allah, and after Him, you yourself. I ask you in the Name of Him Who has given you back
your eye-sight to give me a sheep, so that with its help, I may complete my journey.' The man said, 'No
doubt, I was blind and Allah gave me back my eye-sight; I was poor and Allah made me rich; so take
anything you wish from my property. By Allah, I will not stop you for taking anything (you need) of
my property which you may take for Allah's sake.' The angel replied, 'Keep your property with you.
You (i.e the three men) have been tested, and Allah is pleased with you and is angry with your two
companions."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 60, Hadith 131
"The Messenger of Allah used to say: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minat-taraddi, wal-hadmi, wal-gharaqi, wal-hariqi, wa a'udhu bika, an yatakhabbatanish-shaitanu 'indal-mawti, wa a'udhu bika an amuta fi sabilika mudbiran, wa a'udhu bika an amuta ladigha (O Allah, I seek refuge with You from being thrown from a high place or crushed beneath a falling wall, or drowning or being burned, and I seek refuge with You from being led astray by the Shaitan at the time of death, and I seek refuge with You from dying in Your cause while fleeing from the battlefield, and I seek refuge with You from dying of a scorpion sting.)'"
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 50, Hadith 104