While I was with the Prophet (ﷺ) , some people from Bani Tamim came to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O
Bani Tamim! Accept the good news!" They said, "You have given us the good news; now give us
(something)." (After a while) some Yemenites entered, and he said to them, "O the people of Yemen!
Accept the good news, as Bani Tamim have refused it. " They said, "We accept it, for we have come
to you to learn the Religion. So we ask you what the beginning of this universe was." The Prophet (ﷺ) said
"There was Allah and nothing else before Him and His Throne was over the water, and He then
created the Heavens and the Earth and wrote everything in the Book." Then a man came to me and
said, 'O `Imran! Follow your she-camel for it has run away!" So I set out seeking it, and behold, it was
beyond the mirage! By Allah, I wished that it (my she-camel) had gone but that I had not left (the
gathering). "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 97, Hadith 46
I went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with a group of people from (the tribe of) Al-Ash`ari, asking for
mounts. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Allah, I will not give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to mount
you on." We stayed there as long as Allah wished, and after that, some camels were brought to the
Prophet and he ordered that we be given three camels. When we set out, some of us said to others,
"Allah will not bless us, as we all went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asking him for mounts, and although he had
sworn that he would not give us mounts, he did give us." So we returned to the Prophet; and
mentioned that to him. He said, "I have not provided you with mounts, but Allah has. By Allah, Allah
willing, if I ever take an oath, and then see that another is better than the first, I make expiration for
my (dissolved) oath, and do what is better and make expiration."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 84, Hadith 11
Ibn `Abbas asked permission to visit Aisha before her death, and at that time she was in a state of
agony. She then said. "I am afraid that he will praise me too much." And then it was said to her, "He is
the cousin of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and one of the prominent Muslims." Then she said, "Allow him to
enter." (When he entered) he said, "How are you?" She replied, "I am Alright if I fear (Allah)." Ibn
`Abbas said, "Allah willing, you are Alright as you are the wife of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he did not
marry any virgin except you and proof of your innocence was revealed from the Heaven." Later on
Ibn Az-Zubair entered after him and `Aisha said to him, "Ibn `Abbas came to me and praised me
greatly, but I wish that I was a thing forgotten and out of sight."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 275
We were in Siffin and Sahl bin Hunaif got up and said, "O people! Blame yourselves! We were with
the Prophet (ﷺ) on the day of Hudaibiya, and if we had been called to fight, we would have fought. But
`Umar bin Al Khatab came and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Aren't we in the right and our opponents in
the wrongs' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Yes.' `Umar said, 'Aren't our killed persons in Paradise and their's in
Hell?' He said, 'Yes.' `Umar said, 'Then why should we accept hard terms in matters concerning our
religion? Shall we return before Allah judges between us and them?' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'O Ibn Al-
Khattab! I am the Messenger of Allah and Allah will never degrade me. Then `Umar went to Abu Bakr
and told him the same as he had told the Prophet.
On that Abu Bakr said (to `Umar). 'He is the Messenger of Allah and Allah will never degrade him.' Then
Surat-al-Fath (i.e. Victory) was revealed and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited it to the end in front of `Umar.
On that `Umar asked, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Was it (i.e. the Hudaibiya Treaty) a victory?' Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
said, "Yes".
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 58, Hadith 24
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A horse may be kept for one of three purposes: for a man it may be a source of
reward; for another it may be a means of living; and for a third it may be a burden (a source of
committing sins). As for the one for whom it is a source of reward, he is the one who keeps his horse
for the sake of Jihad in Allah's Cause; he ties it with a long rope on a pasture or in a garden. So
whatever its rope allows it to eat, will be regarded as good rewardable deeds (for its owner). And if it
breaks off its rope and jumps over one or two hillocks, even its dung will be considered amongst his
good deeds. And if it passes by a river and drinks water from it, that will be considered as good deeds
for his benefit) even if he has had no intention of watering it. A horse is a shelter for the one who
keeps it so that he may earn his living honestly and takes it as a refuge to keep him from following
illegal ways (of gaining money), and does not forget the rights of Allah (i.e. paying the Zakat and
allowing others to use it for Allah's Sake). But a horse is a burden (and a source of committing sins for
him who keeps it out of pride and pretense and with the intention of harming the Muslims."
The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about donkeys. He replied, "Nothing has been revealed to be concerning them
except this comprehensive Verse (which covers everything) :--'Then whosoever has done good equal
to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), Shall see it (its reward) And whosoever has done evil equal
to the weight of an atom (or a small ) ant), Shall see it (Its punishment)." (99.7-8)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 61, Hadith 149
Abu Talha had the greatest wealth of date-palms amongst the Ansar in Medina, and he prized above
all his wealth (his garden) Bairuha', which was situated opposite the Mosque (of the Prophet (ﷺ) ). The
Prophet used to enter It and drink from its fresh water. When the following Divine Verse came:--
"By no means shall you attain piety until you spend of what you love," (3.92)
Abu Talha got up saying. "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Allah says, 'You will not attain piety until you spend of
what you love,' and I prize above al I my wealth, Bairuha' which I want to give in charity for Allah's
Sake, hoping for its reward from Allah. So you can use it as Allah directs you." On that the Prophet (ﷺ)
said, "Bravo! It is a profitable (or perishable) property. (Ibn Maslama is not sure as to which word is
right, i.e. profitable or perishable.) I have heard what you have said, and I recommend that you
distribute this amongst your relatives." On that Abu Talha said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I will do (as you
have suggested)." So, Abu Talha distributed that garden amongst his relatives and cousins.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 55, Hadith 32
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was fond of honey and sweet edible things and (it was his habit) that after finishing
the `Asr prayer he would visit his wives and stay with one of them at that time. Once he went to
Hafsa, the daughter of `Umar and stayed with her more than usual. I got jealous and asked the reason
for that. I was told that a lady of her folk had given her a skin filled with honey as a present, and that
she made a syrup from it and gave it to the Prophet (ﷺ) to drink (and that was the reason for the delay). I
said, "By Allah we will play a trick on him (to prevent him from doing so)." So I said to Sa`da bint
Zam`a "The Prophet (ﷺ) will approach you, and when he comes near you, say: 'Have you taken Maghafir
(a bad-smelling gum)?' He will say, 'No.' Then say to him: 'Then what is this bad smell which i smell
from you?' He will say to you, 'Hafsa made me drink honey syrup.' Then say: Perhaps the bees of that
honey had sucked the juice of the tree of Al-`Urfut.' I shall also say the same. O you, Safiyya, say the
same." Later Sa`da said, "By Allah, as soon as he (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) stood at the door, I was about to say
to him what you had ordered me to say because I was afraid of you." So when the Prophet (ﷺ) came near
Sa`da, she said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Have you taken Maghafir?" He said, "No." She said.
"Then what is this bad smell which I detect on you?" He said, "Hafsa made me drink honey syrup."
She said, "Perhaps its bees had sucked the juice of Al-`Urfut tree." When he came to me, I also said
the same, and when he went to Safiyya, she also said the same. And when the Prophet (ﷺ) again went to
Hafsa, she said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I give you more of that drink?" He said, "I am not in need of
it." Sa`da said, "By Allah, we deprived him (of it)." I said to her, "Keep quiet." '
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 68, Hadith 18
Malik said, "The generally agreed on way of doing things among us
in which there is no dispute and which I saw the people of knowledge
in our citydoing, is that the child of the half-sibling by the mother,
the paternal grandfather, the paternal uncle who is the maternal half-
brother of the father, the maternal uncle, the great-grandmother who
is the mother of the mother's father, the daughter of the full-
brother, the paternal aunt, and the maternal aunt do not inherit
anything by their kinship."
Malik said, "The woman who is the
furthest relation of the deceased of those who were named in this
book, does not inherit anything by her kinship, and women do not
inherit anything apart from those that are named in the Qur'an. Allah,
the Blessed, the Exalted, mentioned in His Book the inheritance ofthe
mother from her children, the inheritance of the daughters from their
father, the inheritance of the wife from her husband, the inheritance
of the full sisters, the inheritance of the half-sisters by the father
and the inheritance of the half-sisters by the mother. The grandmother
is made an heir by the example of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, made about her. A woman inherits from a slave she
frees herself because Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, said in His
Book, 'They are your brothers in the deen and your mawali.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 27, Hadith 17
On the day of Badr, the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered that the corpses of twenty four leaders of Quraish should be
thrown into one of the dirty dry wells of Badr. (It was a habit of the Prophet (ﷺ) that whenever he
conquered some people, he used to stay at the battle-field for three nights. So, on the third day of the
battle of Badr, he ordered that his she-camel be saddled, then he set out, and his companions followed
him saying among themselves." "Definitely he (i.e. the Prophet) is proceeding for some great
purpose." When he halted at the edge of the well, he addressed the corpses of the Quraish infidels by
their names and their fathers' names, "O so-and-so, son of so-and-so and O so-and-so, son of so-andso!
Would it have pleased you if you had obeyed Allah and His Apostle? We have found true what
our Lord promised us. Have you too found true what your Lord promised you? "`Umar said, "O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! You are speaking to bodies that have no souls!" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "By Him in
Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, you do not hear, what I say better than they do." (Qatada said,
"Allah brought them to life (again) to let them hear him, to reprimand them and slight them and take
revenge over them and caused them to feel remorseful and regretful.")
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 29
"I came to the Messenger of Allah while he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah." He said: "He saw me approaching and he said: 'They are lost on the Day of Judgment! By the Lord of the Ka'bah!'" He said: "I said t myself: Woe is me! Perhaps something has been revealed about me!'" He said: "So I said: 'Who are they, and may my father and mother be ransomed for you.' So the Messenger of Allah said: 'They are those who have much, except for who says like this, and this, and this and motioned with his hand to his front, and t his right, and to his left.' Then he said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! No man will die, leaving a camel or a cow that he did not pay Zakat on, except that it will come on the Day of Judgment larger and fatter than it was, they will tread him under their hooves and butt him with their horns, all of them; such that when the last of them has had a turn, the first returns to him, until he is judged before the people.'"
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 7, Hadith 1
One of the sons of Abu Talha became sick and died and Abu Talha at that time was not at home.
When his wife saw that he was dead, she prepared him (washed and shrouded him) and placed him
somewhere in the house. When Abu Talha came, he asked, "How is the boy?" She said, "The child is
quiet and I hope he is in peace." Abu Talha thought that she had spoken the truth. Abu Talha passed
the night and in the morning took a bath and when he intended to go out, she told him that his son had
died, Abu Talha offered the (morning) prayer with the Prophet (ﷺ) and informed the Prophet (ﷺ) of what
happened to them. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "May Allah bless you concerning your night. (That is, may
Allah bless you with good offspring)." Sufyan said, "One of the Ansar said, 'They (i.e. Abu Talha and
his wife) had nine sons and all of them became reciters of the Qur'an (by heart).' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 23, Hadith 59
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Uthman ibn
Ishaq ibn Kharasha that Qabisa ibn Dhu'ayb said, "A grandmother came
to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq and asked him for her inheritance. Abu Bakr said
to her, 'You have nothing in the Book of Allah, and I do not know that
you have anything in the sunna of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace. Go away therefore, until I have
questioned the people.' (i.e.the Companions). He questioned the
people, and al-Mughira ibn Shuba said, 'I was present with the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he
gave the grandmother a sixth.' Abu Bakr said, 'Was there anybody else
with you?' Muhammad ibn Maslama al-Ansari stood up and said the like
of what al-Mughira said. Abu Bakr as-Siddiq gave it to her. Then the
other grandmother came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and asked him for her
inheritance. He said to her, "You have nothing in the Book of Allah,
and what has been decided is only for other than you, and I am not one
to add to the fixed shares, other than that sixth. If there are two of
you together, it is between you. If eitherof you is left alone with
it, it is hers."
Muwatta Malik Book 27, Hadith 10
A man came to the Prophets and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What is the matter with you?"
He said, "I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan" The Prophet (ﷺ) said to
him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Can you fast for two
successive months?" He said, "No." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?" He said, "I
have nothing." Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and the Prophet (ﷺ)
said (to him), "Take this basket and give it in charity." The man said, "To poorer people than we?
Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Medina's) two mountains who is poorer than we." The
Prophet then said, "Take it and feed your family with it."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 84, Hadith 4
Abu Bakr bought a (camel) saddle from `Azib for thirteen Dirhams. Abu Bakr said to `Azib, "Tell Al-
Bara' to carry the saddle for me." `Azib said, "No, unless you relate to me what happened to you and
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when you left Mecca while the pagans were in search of you." Abu Bakr said, "We
left Mecca and we traveled continuously for that night and the following day till it was midday. I
looked (around) searching for shade to take as shelter, and suddenly I came across a rock, and found a
little shade there. So I cleaned the place and spread a bed for the Prophet (ﷺ) in the shade and said to him,
'Lie down, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).' So the Prophet (ﷺ) lay down and I went out, looking around to see if there
was any person pursuing us. Suddenly I saw a shepherd driving his sheep towards the rock, seeking
what we had already sought from it. I asked him, 'To whom do you belong, O boy?' He said, 'I belong
to a man from Quraish.' He named the man and I recognized him. I asked him, 'Is there any milk with
your sheep?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, 'Will you then milk (some) for us?' He said, 'Yes.' Then I asked him
to tie the legs of one of the sheep and clean its udder, and then ordered him to clean his hands from
dust. Then the shepherd cleaned his hands by striking his hands against one another. After doing so,
he milked a small amount of milk. I used to keep for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a leather water-container, the
mouth of which was covered with a piece of cloth. I poured water on the milk container till its lower
part was cold. Then I took the milk to the Prophet (ﷺ) whom I found awake. I said to him, 'Drink, O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ).' So he drank till I became pleased. Then I said, 'It is time for us to move, O Allah's
Apostle!' He said, 'Yes.' So we set out while the people (i.e. Quraish pagans) were searching for us,
but none found us except Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju`shum who was riding his horse. I said, 'These are
our pursuers who have found us. O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!' He said, 'Do not grieve, for Allah is with us."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 62, Hadith 4
All the traditions (on this subject) transmitted by 'Adi b. Thabit and A'mash on the authority of Habib and Ayyub al-'Ala, all of them are weak; none of them is sound. This tradition indicates the tradition reported by al-A'mash a a statement of Companion, i.e. 'Aishah. Hafs b. Ghayath has rejected the tradition transmitted by Habib as the statement (of the Prophet). And Asbat also reported it as a statement of 'Aishah.
Abu Dawud said: Ibn Dawud has narrated the first part of this tradition as a statement (of the Prophet), and denied that there was any mention of performing ablution for every prayer. The weakness of the tradition reported by Habib is also indicated by the fact that the version transmuted by al-Zuhri from 'Urwah on the authority of 'Aishah says that she used to wash herself for every prayer; (these words occur) in the tradition about the woman who has a flow of blood. This tradition has been reported by Abu al-Yaqzan from 'Adi b. Thabit from his father from 'Ali, and narrated by 'Ammar, the freed salve of Banu Hashim, from Ibn 'Abbas, and transmitted by 'Abd al-Malik b. Maisarah, Bayan, al-Mughirah, Firas, on the authority of al-Sha'bi, from Qumair from 'Aishah, stating: You should perform ablution for every prayer. The version transmitted by Dawud, and 'Asim from al-Sha'bi from Qumair from 'Aishah has the words: She should take bath only once every day. The version reported by Hisham b. 'Urwah from his father has the words: The woman having a flow of blood should perform ablution for every prayer. All these traditions are weak except the tradition reported by Qumair and the tradition reported by 'Ammar, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, and the tradition narrated by Hisham b. 'Urwah on the authority of his father. What is commonly known from Ibn 'Abbas is bathing (for every prayer).
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 1, Hadith 300
"My father narrated to me that a paternal uncle of his, who had been at Badr, said: 'I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the masjid when a man came in and prayed two rak'ahs, then he came and greeted the Prophet (ﷺ) with salam. The Prophet (ﷺ) had been watching him as he prayed, so he returned his salam, then he said: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." So he went back and prayed, then he came back and greeted the Prophet (ﷺ) with salam. He returned the salam, then he said: "Go back and pray, for you have not prayed." The third or fourth time this happened, then the man said: "By the One Who revealed the Book to you, I have done my best and have tried hard; show me and teach me." He said: 'When you want to pray, perform wudu and do it well, then turn to face the Qiblah and say the takbir. Then recite the Quran, then bow until you are at ease in bowing. Then stand up until you are standing straight, then prostrate until you are at ease prostrating, then sit up until you are at ease sitting, then prostrate until you are at ease prostrating, then get up. If you complete the prayer in this manner you wil hve done it properly, and whatever you do less than this is lacking from you prayer.'"
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 13, Hadith 136