Aflah, the brother of Abi Al-Qu`ais, asked permission to visit me after the order of Al-Hijab was
revealed. I said, "I will not permit him unless I take permission of the Prophet (ﷺ) about him for it was not
the brother of Abi Al-Qu`ais but the wife of Abi Al-Qu`ais that nursed me." The Prophet (ﷺ) entered upon
me, and I said to him, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Aflah, the brother of Abi Al-Qu`ais asked permission to
visit me but I refused to permit him unless I took your permission." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What stopped
you from permitting him? He is your uncle." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! The man was not the person
who had nursed me, but the woman, the wife of Abi Al-Qu`ais had nursed me." He said, "Admit him,
for he is your uncle. Taribat Yaminuki (may your right hand be saved)" `Urwa, the sub-narrator
added: For that `Aisha used to say, "Consider those things which are illegal because of blood relations
as illegal because of the corresponding foster relations."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 318
The Prophet (ﷺ) came visiting me while I was (sick) in Mecca, ('Amir the sub-narrator said, and he
disliked to die in the land, whence he had already migrated). He (i.e. the Prophet) said, "May Allah
bestow His Mercy on Ibn Afra (Sa`d bin Khaula)." I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! May I will all my
property (in charity)?" He said, "No." I said, "Then may I will half of it?" He said, "No". I said, "One
third?" He said: "Yes, one third, yet even one third is too much. It is better for you to leave your
inheritors wealthy than to leave them poor begging others, and whatever you spend for Allah's sake
will be considered as a charitable deed even the handful of food you put in your wife's mouth. Allah
may lengthen your age so that some people may benefit by you, and some others be harmed by you."
At that time Sa`d had only one daughter.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 55, Hadith 5
Some Muslim men emigrated to Ethiopia whereupon Abu Bakr also prepared himself for the
emigration, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "Wait, for I hope that Allah will allow me also to emigrate."
Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you. Do you hope that (emigration)?" The
Prophet said, 'Yes." So Abu Bakr waited to accompany the Prophet (ﷺ) and fed two she-camels he had on
the leaves of As-Samur tree regularly for four months One day while we were sitting in our house at
midday, someone said to Abu Bakr, "Here is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), coming with his head and a part of his
face covered with a cloth-covering at an hour he never used to come to us."
Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for you, (O Prophet)! An urgent matter must
have brought you here at this hour." The Prophet (ﷺ) came and asked the permission to enter, and he was
allowed. The Prophet (ﷺ) entered and said to Abu Bakr, "Let those who are with you, go out." Abu Bakr
replied, "(There is no stranger); they are your family. Let my father be sacrificed for you, O Allah's
Apostle!"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have been allowed to leave (Mecca)." Abu Bakr said, " I shall accompany you, O
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), Let my father be sacrificed for you!"
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Yes,"
Abu Bakr said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s! Let my father be sacrificed for you. Take one of these two shecamels
of mine" The Prophet (ﷺ) said. I will take it only after paying its price."
So we prepared their baggage and put their journey food In a leather bag. And Asma' bint Abu Bakr
cut a piece of her girdle and tied the mouth of the leather bag with it. That is why she was called Dhatan-
Nitaqaln. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr went to a cave in a mountain called Thour and remained
there for three nights. `Abdullah bin Abu Bakr. who was a young intelligent man. used to stay with
them at night and leave before dawn so that in the morning, he would he with the Quraish at Mecca as
if he had spent the night among them. If he heard of any plot contrived by the Quraish against the
Prophet and Abu Bakr, he would understand it and (return to) inform them of it when it became dark.
'Amir bin Fuhaira, the freed slave of Abu Bakr used to graze a flock of milch sheep for them and he
used to take those sheep to them when an hour had passed after the `Isha prayer. They would sleep
soundly till 'Amir bin Fuhaira awakened them when it was still dark. He used to do that in each of
those three nights.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 77, Hadith 25
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a human being is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even
hears their foot steps, two angels come to him and make him sit and ask him: What did you use to say
about this man, Muhammad ? He will say: I testify that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle. Then it
will be said to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire. Allah has given you a place in Paradise
instead of it.' " The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "The dead person will see both his places. But a non-believer or a
hypocrite will say to the angels, 'I do not know, but I used to say what the people used to say! It will
be said to him, 'Neither did you know nor did you take the guidance (by reciting the Quran).' Then he
will be hit with an iron hammer between his two ears, and he will cry and that cry will be heard by
whatever approaches him except human beings and jinns."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 23, Hadith 93
The Prophet (ﷺ) decided regarding one who was treated as a member of a family after the death of his father, to whom he was attributed when the heirs said he was one of them, that if he was the child of a slave-woman whom the father owned when he had intercourse with her, he was included among those who sought his inclusion, but received none of the inheritance which was previously divided; he, however, received his portion of the inheritance which had not already been divided; but if the father to whom he was attributed had disowned him, he was not joined to the heirs.
If he was a child of a slave-woman whom the father did not possess or of a free woman with whom he had illicit intercourse, he was not joined to the heirs and did not inherit even if the one to whom he was attributed is the one who claimed paternity, since he was a child of fornication whether his mother was free or a slave.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 13, Hadith 91
`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