Malik said that Ibn Shihab said, "The precedent of the sunna in
the intentional murder is that when the relatives of the murdered
person relinquish retaliation, the blood-money is owed by the murderer
from his own property unless the tribe helps him with it willingly."
Malik said, "What is done in our community is that the blood-
money is not obliged against the tribe until it has reached a third of
the full amount and upwards. Whatever reaches a third is against the
tribe, and whatever is below a third, is against the property of the
one who did the injury."
Malik said, "The way of doing things
about which there is no dispute among us, in the case of someone who
has the blood-money accepted from him in intentional murder or in any
injury in which there is retaliation, is that that blood-money is not
due from the tribe unless they wish it. The blood-money for that is
from the property of the murderer or the injurer if he has property.
If he does not have any property, it is a debt against him, and none
of it is owed by the tribe unless they wish."
Malik said,
"The tribe does not pay blood-money to anyone who injures himself,
intentionally or accidentally. This is the opinion of the people of
fiqh in our community. I have not heard that anyone has made the tribe
liable for any blood-money incurred by intentional acts. Part of what
is well-known of that is that Allah, the Blessed, and the Exalted,
said in His Book, 'Whoever has something pardoned him by his brother,
should follow it with what is accepted and pay it with good will'
(Sura 2 ayat 178) The commentary on that - in our view - and Allah
knows best, is that whoever gives his brother something of the blood-
money, should follow it with what is accepted and pay him with good
will."
Malik spoke about a child who had no property and a
woman who had no property. He said, "When one of them causes an injury
below a third of the blood-money, it is taken on behalf of the child
and woman from their personal property, if they have property from
which it may be taken. If not, the injury which each of them has
caused is a debt against them. The tribe does not have to pay any of
it and the father of a child is not liable for the blood-money of an
injury caused by the child and he is not responsible for it."
Malik said, "The way of doing things in our community about which
there is no dispute, is that when a slave is killed, the value for him
is that of the day on which he was killed. The tribe of the murderer
is not liable for any of the value of the slave, great or small. That
is the responsibility of the one who struck him from his own personal
property as far as it covers. If the value of the slave is the blood-
money or more, that is against him in his property. That is because
the slave is a certain type of goods."
Muwatta Malik Book 43, Hadith 33
I saw `Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was stabbed) saying, "O `Abdullah bin `Umar! Go to the
mother of the believers Aisha and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his greetings to you,' and request
her to allow me to be buried with my companions." (So, Ibn `Umar conveyed the message to `Aisha.)
She said, "I had the idea of having this place for myself but today I prefer him (`Umar) to myself (and
allow him to be buried there)." When `Abdullah bin `Umar returned, `Umar asked him, "What (news)
do you have?" He replied, "O chief of the believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there)." On
that `Umar said, "Nothing was more important to me than to be buried in that (sacred) place. So, when
I expire, carry me there and pay my greetings to her (`Aisha ) and say, `Umar bin Al-Khattab asks
permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me (there) and if she does not, then take me to the
graveyard of the Muslims. I do not think any person has more right for the caliphate than those with
whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) was always pleased till his death. And whoever is chosen by the
people after me will be the caliph, and you people must listen to him and obey him," and then he
mentioned the name of `Uthman, `Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf and Sa`d bin Abi
Waqqas.
By this time a young man from Ansar came and said, "O chief of the believers! Be happy with Allah's
glad tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is known to you, then you became the caliph and you
ruled with justice and then you have been awarded martyrdom after all this." `Umar replied, "O son of
my brother! Would that all that privileges will counterbalance (my short comings), so that I neither
lose nor gain anything. I recommend my successor to be good to the early emigrants and realize their
rights and to protect their honor and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the Ansar
who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the Faith. He should accept the good of the
righteous among them and should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the rules
and regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their
contracts completely and fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their capabilities."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 23, Hadith 146
"I come to the Prophet while he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah. When he saw me coming he said: 'They are the losers, by the Lord of the Ka'bah!' I said: 'what's happening? Perhaps something has been revealed concerning me.' I said: 'Who are they, may my father said mother be ransomed for you?' He said: "those who have a lot of wealth, except one who does like this, and like this, and like this,' (motioning) in front of him, and to his right, and to his left. Then he said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, no man dies leaving camels, or cattle, or sheep on which he did not pay the Zakah, but they will come on the Day of Resurrection as big and fat as they ever were, trampling him with their hooves and goring him with their horns. Every time the last of them runs over him, the first of them will come back, until judgment is passed among the people."'
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 23, Hadith 6
The Prophet (ﷺ) sent some cavalry towards Najd and they brought a man from the tribe of Banu Hanifa
who was called Thumama bin Uthal. They fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque. The
Prophet went to him and said, "What have you got, O Thumama?" He replied," I have got a good
thought, O Muhammad! If you should kill me, you would kill a person who has already killed
somebody, and if you should set me free, you would do a favor to one who is grateful, and if you want
property, then ask me whatever wealth you want." He was left till the next day when the Prophet (ﷺ) said
to him, "What have you got, Thumama? He said, "What I told you, i.e. if you set me free, you would
do a favor to one who is grateful." The Prophet (ﷺ) left him till the day after, when he said, "What have
you got, O Thumama?" He said, "I have got what I told you. "On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Release
Thumama." So he (i.e. Thumama) went to a garden of date-palm trees near to the Mosque, took a bath
and then entered the Mosque and said, "I testify that None has the right to be worshipped except
Allah, and also testify that Muhammad is His Apostle! By Allah, O Muhammad! There was no face
on the surface of the earth most disliked by me than yours, but now your face has become the most
beloved face to me. By Allah, there was no religion most disliked by me than yours, but now it is the
most beloved religion to me. By Allah, there was no town most disliked by me than your town, but
now it is the most beloved town to me. Your cavalry arrested me (at the time) when I was intending to
perform the `Umra. And now what do you think?" The Prophet (ﷺ) gave him good tidings (congratulated
him) and ordered him to perform the `Umra. So when he came to Mecca, someone said to him, "You
have become a Sabian?" Thumama replied, "No! By Allah, I have embraced Islam with Muhammad,
Apostle of Allah. No, by Allah! Not a single grain of wheat will come to you from Yamamah unless the
Prophet gives his permission."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 398
"When the Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) left Hunain, I was the tenth of a group of ten of the people of Makkah who were trying to catch up with them. We heard them calling the Adhan for the prayer and we started to repeat the Adhan, mocking them. The Messenger of Allah (S.A.W) said, 'I heard among these people the Adhan of one who has a beautiful voice.' He sent for us, and we recited the Adhan one by one, and I was the last of them. When I said the Adhan, he said: 'Come here.' He sat me down in front of him and rubbed my forelock and blessed me three times, then he said, 'Go and give the Adhan at the sacred House.' I said: 'How, O Messenger of Allah?' He taught me as you say the Adhan now: 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar; Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah; Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah, Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah, Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah; Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah, Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah; Hayya 'alas-salah, Hayya 'ala-salah; Hayya 'alal-falah Hayya 'alal-falah; as-salatu khairun min an-nawm;as-salatu khairun min an-nawm; (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah; I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger Allah; I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah; I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; Come to prayer, come to prayer; come to prosperity, come to prosperity; prayer is better than sleep, prayer is better than sleep)' - in the first (Adhan) for As-Subh (Fajr). And he taught me the Iqamah saying each phrase twice: 'Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, (Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar), Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah, Ashhadu an la ilaha illallah; Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah, Ashhadu anna Muhammadan Rasulallah; Hayya 'alas-salah, Hayya 'alas-salah; Hayya 'alal-falah, Hayya 'alal-falah; qad qamatis-salah, qad qamati-salah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar La ilaha illallah (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest); I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah ; I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; Come to prayer, come to prayer; come to prosperity, come to prosperity; the prayer is about to begin, the prayer is about to begin, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; there is none worthy of worship except Allah)."
(One of the narrators) Ibn Juraij said:
''Uthman narrated this whole report
to me from his father and from Umm
'Abdul-Malik bin Abi Mahdhurah,
and (said that) they heard that from
Abu Mahdhurah.
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 7, Hadith 8
The wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) : We set out with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on one of his journeys, and when we were at
Baida' or at Dhat-al-Jaish, a necklace of mine was broken (and lost). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stayed there to
look for it, and so did the people along with him. Neither were they at a place of water, nor did they
have any water with them. So the people went to Abu Bakr As-Siddiq and said, "Don't you see what
`Aisha has done? She has made Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the people, stay where there is no water and they
have no water with them." Abu Bakr came while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sleeping with his head on my
thigh. He said (to me), "You have detained Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the people where there is no water,
and they have no water with them." So he admonished me and said what Allah wished him to say, and
he hit me on my flanks with his hand. Nothing prevented me from moving (because of pain! but the
position of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on my thigh. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got up when dawn broke and there was no
water, so Allah revealed the Verse of Tayammum. Usaid bin Hudair said, "It is not the first blessing of
yours, O the family of Abu Bakr." Then we made the camel on which I was riding, got up, and found
the necklace under it.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 129
"There was a drought during the time of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). While the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was giving the Khutbah on the minbar one Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah wealth has been destroyed and our children are hungry; pray to Allah for us.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hands, and we could not see even a wisp of a cloud in the sky, but by the One in Whose hand is my soul, he did not lower (his hands) before clouds like mountains appeared, and he did not come down from his minbar before we saw the rain dripping from his beard. It rained that day and the next day, and the day after, until the following Friday. Then that Bedouin"- or he said, "Someone else"- "stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, buildings have been destroyed and wealth has drowned; pray to Allah (SWT) for us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hands and said: 'O Allah, around us and not on us.' He did not point in any direction but the clouds dispersed, until Al-Madinah became like a hole. And the valleys ran with water and no one came from any direction but he told us of the heavy rains."
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 17, Hadith 25
A lady committed theft during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the Ghazwa of Al-Fath, ((i.e.
Conquest of Mecca). Her folk went to Usama bin Zaid to intercede for her (with the Prophet). When
Usama interceded for her with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the color of the face of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) changed and he
said, "Do you intercede with me in a matter involving one of the legal punishments prescribed by
Allah?" Usama said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Ask Allah's Forgiveness for me." So in the afternoon, Allah's
Apostle got up and addressed the people. He praised Allah as He deserved and then said, "Amma
ba'du ! The nations prior to you were destroyed because if a noble amongst them stole, they used to
excuse him, and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would apply (Allah's) Legal Punishment to
him. By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I
would cut her hand." Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) gave his order in the case of that woman and her hand was
cut off. Afterwards her repentance proved sincere and she got married. `Aisha said, "That lady used to
visit me and I used to convey her demands to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 337
Malik said, "The best of what I have heard about a mukatab who
injures a man so that blood-money must be paid, is that if the mukatab
can pay the blood-money for the injury with his kitaba, he does so,
and it is against his kitaba. If he cannot do that, and he cannot pay
his kitaba because he must pay the blood-money of that injury before
the kitaba, and he cannot pay the blood-money of that injury, then his
master has an option. If he prefers to pay the blood-money of that
injury, he does so and keeps his slave and he becomes an owned slave.
If he wishes to surrender the slave to the injured, he surrenders him.
The master does not have to do more than surrender his slave."
Malik spoke about people who were in a general kitaba and one of
them caused an injury which entailed blood-money. He said, "If any of
them does an injury involving blood-money, he and those who are with
him in the kitaba are asked to pay all the blood-money of that injury.
If they pay, they are confirmed in their kitaba. If they do not pay,
and they are incapable then their master has an option. If he wishes,
he can pay all the blood-money of that injury and all the slaves
revert to him. If he wishes, he can surrender the one who did the
injury alone and all the others revert to being his slaves since they
could not pay the blood-money of the injury which their companion
caused."
Malik said, "The way of doing things about which
there is no dispute among us, is that when a mukatab is injured in
some way which entails blood-money or one of the mukatab's children
who is written with him in the kitaba is injured, their blood-money is
the blood-money of slaves of their value, and what is appointed to
them as their blood-money is paid to the master who has the kitaba and
he reckons that for the mukatab at the end of his kitaba and there is
a reduction for the blood-money that the master has taken for the
injury."
Malik said, "The explanation of that is say, for
example, he has written his kitaba for three thousand dirhams and the
blood-money taken by the master for his injury is one thousand
dirhams. When the mukatab has paid his master two thousand dirhams he
is free. If what remains of his kitaba is one thousand dirhams and the
blood-money for his injury is one thousand dirhams, he is free
straightaway. If the blood-money of the injury is more than what
remains of the kitaba, the master of the mukatab takes what remains of
his kitaba and frees him. What remains after the payment of the kitaba
belongs to the mukatab. One must not pay the mukatab any of the blood-
money of his injury in case he might consume it and use it up. If he
could not pay his kitaba completely he would then return to his master
one eyed, with a hand cut off, or crippled in body. His master only
wrote his kitaba against his property and earnings, and he did not
write his kitaba so that he would take the blood-money for what
happened to his child or to himself and use it up and consume it. One
pays the blood-money of injuries to a mukatab and his children who are
born in his kitaba, or their kitaba is written, to the master and he
takes it into account for him at the end of his kitaba."
Muwatta Malik Book 39, Hadith 6
“Angels
come to the dying person, and if the man was righteous, they
say:
‘Come out, O good soul that was in a good body, come out
praiseworthy and receive glad tidings of mercy and fragrance and a
Lord Who is not angry.’ And this is repeated until it comes out,
then
it is taken up to heaven, and it is opened for it, and it is
asked:
‘Who is this?’ They say: ‘So-and-so.’ It is said:
‘Welcome to the good
soul that was in a good body. Enter
praiseworthy and receive the glad
tidings of mercy and fragrance and
a Lord Who is not angry.’ And this
is repeated until it is brought
to the heaven above which is Allah.
But if the man was evil, they
say: ‘Come out O evil soul that was in
an evil body. Come out
blameworthy, and receive the tidings of boiling
water and the
discharge of dirty wounds,’ and other torments of
similar kind, all
together. And this is repeated until it comes out,
then it is taken
up to heaven and it is not opened for it. And it is
asked: ‘Who is
this?’ It is said: ‘So-and-so.’ And it is said: ‘No
welcome
to the evil soul that was in an evil body. Go back
blameworthy, for
the gates of heaven will not be opened to you.’ So it
is sent back
down from heaven, then it goes to the grave.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 37, Hadith 163
Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the Sake of Allah when he said, "I am
sick," and he said, "(I have not done this but) the big idol has done it." The (third was) that while
Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by (the territory of) a tyrant.
Someone said to the tyrant, "This man (i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady." So,
he sent for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, "Who is this lady?" Abraham said, "She is my
sister." Abraham went to Sarah and said, "O Sarah! There are no believers on the surface of the earth
except you and I. This man asked me about you and I have told him that you are my sister, so don't
contradict my statement." The tyrant then called Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take hold
of her with his hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah. "Pray to Allah
for me, and I shall not harm you." So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried to take
hold of her for the second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than before and) was more
confounded. He again requested Sarah, "Pray to Allah for me, and I will not harm you." Sarah asked
Allah again and he became alright. He then called one of his guards (who had brought her) and said,
"You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a devil." The tyrant then gave Hajar as
a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abraham, gesturing with
his hand, asked, "What has happened?" She replied, "Allah has spoiled the evil plot of the infidel (or
immoral person) and gave me Hajar for service." (Abu Huraira then addressed his listeners saying,
"That (Hajar) was your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descendants of Ishmael,
Hajar's son).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 60, Hadith 33
About the story of `Aisha and their narrations were similar attesting each other, when the liars said
what they invented about `Aisha, and the Divine Inspiration was delayed, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for `Ali
and Usama to consult them in divorcing his wife (i.e. `Aisha). Usama said, "Keep your wife, as we
know nothing about her except good." Barirah said, "I cannot accuse her of any defect except that she
is still a young girl who sleeps, neglecting her family's dough which the domestic goats come to eat
(i.e. she was too simpleminded to deceive her husband)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Who can help me to
take revenge over the man who has harmed me by defaming the reputation of my family? By Allah, I
have not known about my family-anything except good, and they mentioned (i.e. accused) a man
about whom I did not know anything except good."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 52, Hadith 1
`Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhaiyisa bin Mas`ud bin Zaid set out to Khaibar, the inhabitants of which
had a peace treaty with the Muslims at that time. They parted and later on Muhaiyisa came upon
`Abdullah bin Sah! and found him murdered agitating in his blood. He buried him and returned to
Medina. `Abdur Rahman bin Sahl, Muhaiyisa and Huwaiuisa, the sons of Mas`ud came to the Prophet (ﷺ)
and `Abdur Rahman intended to talk, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "Let the eldest of you speak." as
`Abdur-Rahman was the youngest:. `Abdur-Rahman kept silent and the other two spoke. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "If you swear as to who has committed the murder, you will have the right to take your right
from the murderer." They said, "How should we swear if we did not witness the murder or see the
murderer?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then the Jews can clear themselves from the charge by taking Alaska
(an oath taken by men that it was not they who committed the murder)." The!y said, "How should we
believe in the oaths of infidels?" So, the Prophet (ﷺ) himself paid the blood money (of `Abdullah). (See
Hadith No. 36 Vol. 9.)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 58, Hadith 15
“The Messenger
of
Allah (ﷺ) turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five
things
with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah
lest you
live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to
such an
extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases
that were
never known among the predecessors will spread among them.
They do not
cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken
with famine,
severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They
do not
withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld
from the
sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on
them. They
do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger,
but Allah
will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some
of what is
in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the
Book of
Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed,
Allah will
cause them to fight one another.’”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 36, Hadith 94
Zaid. you have been able to acquire a great virtue that you saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) listened to his talk, fought by his side in (different) battles, offered prayer behind me. Zaid, you have in fact earned a great virtue. Zaid, narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He said: I have grown old and have almost spent my age and I have forgotten some of the things which I remembered in connection with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), so accept whatever I narrate to you, and which I do not narrate do not compel me to do that. He then said: One day Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stood up to deliver sermon at a watering place known as Khumm situated between Mecca and Medina. He praised Allah, extolled Him and delivered the sermon and. exhorted (us) and said: Now to our purpose. O people, I am a human being. I am about to receive a messenger (the angel of death) from my Lord and I, in response to Allah's call, (would bid good-bye to you), but I am leaving among you two weighty things: the one being the Book of Allah in which there is right guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it. He exhorted (us) (to hold fast) to the Book of Allah and then said: The second are the members of my household I remind you (of your duties) to the members of my family. He (Husain) said to Zaid: Who are the members of his household? Aren't his wives the members of his family? Thereupon he said: His wives are the members of his family (but here) the members of his family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. And he said: Who are they? Thereupon he said: 'Ali and the offspring of 'Ali, 'Aqil and the offspring of 'Aqil and the offspring of Ja'far and the offspring of 'Abbas. Husain said: These are those for whom the acceptance of Zakat is forbidden. Zaid said: Yes.
Sahih Muslim Book 44, Hadith 55
“Ibn Juraij said to me: “Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid informed me that Ibn Abbas said: “A man came to the Prophet and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! I had a dream at night while I was sleeping, in which I was praying behind a tree, when I prostrated, the tree prostrated along with me. Then I heard it saying: “O Allah! Record for me a reward with You for it, remove a sin from me by it, and store it away for me with You for it, and accept it from me as You accepted it from Your worshipper Dawud (Allāhumma uktub lī bihā `indaka ajran, waḍa` `annī bihā wizran, waj`alhā lī `indaka dhukhran, wa taqabbalhā minnī kamā taqabbalta min `abdika Dāwūd).” Al-Hasan said: “Ibn Juraij said to me: ‘Your grandfather said to me: “Ibn Abbas said: ‘So the Prophet recited (an Ayah of) prostration, then prostrated.’” “So Ibn Abbas said: ‘I listened to him, and he was saying the same as the man informed that the tree had said.’”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 48, Hadith 55
Ibn `Umar said, "I went to Hafsa while water was dribbling from her twined braids. I said, 'The
condition of the people is as you see, and no authority has been given to me.' Hafsa said, (to me), 'Go
to them, and as they (i.e. the people) are waiting for you, and I am afraid your absence from them will
produce division amongst them.' " So Hafsa did not leave Ibn `Umar till we went to them. When the
people differed. Muawiya addressed the people saying, "'If anybody wants to say anything in this
matter of the Caliphate, he should show up and not conceal himself, for we are more rightful to be a
Caliph than he and his father." On that, Habib bin Masalama said (to Ibn `Umar), "Why don't you
reply to him (i.e. Muawiya)?" `Abdullah bin `Umar said, "I untied my garment that was going round
my back and legs while I was sitting and was about to say, 'He who fought against you and against
your father for the sake of Islam, is more rightful to be a Caliph,' but I was afraid that my statement
might produce differences amongst the people and cause bloodshed, and my statement might be
interpreted not as I intended. (So I kept quiet) remembering what Allah has prepared in the Gardens of
Paradise (for those who are patient and prefer the Hereafter to this worldly life)." Habib said, "You
did what kept you safe and secure (i.e. you were wise in doing so).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 152