“We came to the Messenger of Allah
(ﷺ) in
the delegation of Thaqif. The allies of Quraish stayed at the
house
of Mughirah bin Shu’bah, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) camped
Bani Malik in a tent belonging to him. He used to come to us every
night after the ‘Isha’ and speak to us standing on his two feet,
until
he started to shift his weight from one foot to the other. Most
of
what he told us was what he had suffered from his people, the
Quraish.
He said: ‘(The two sides) were not equal. We were weak and
oppressed
and humiliated, and when we went out to Al-Madinah, the
outcome of the
battles between us varied; sometimes we would defeat
them and
sometimes they would defeat us.’ One night he was later
than he
usually was, and I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, you have
come to us
late tonight.’ He said: ‘It occurred to me that I had
not read my
daily portion of Qur’an and I did not want to come out
until I had
completed it.’” Aws said: “I asked the Companions
of the Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ): ‘How did you used to divide up the
Qur’an?’ They said: ‘A
third, a fifth, a seventh, a ninth, an
eleventh, a thirteenth, and
Hizbul-Mufassal.’”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 5, Hadith 543
When `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf came to us, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) made a bond of fraternity between him
and Sa`d bin Ar-Rabi` who was a rich man, Sa`d said, "The Ansar know that I am the richest of all of
them, so I will divide my property into two parts between me and you, and I have two wives; see
which of the two you like so that I may divorce her and you can marry her after she becomes lawful to
you by her passing the prescribed period (i.e. 'Idda) of divorce. `Abdur Rahman said, "May Allah
bless you your family (i.e. wives) for you." (But `Abdur-Rahman went to the market) and did not
return on that day except with some gain of dried yogurt and butter. He went on trading just a few
days till he came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) bearing the traces of yellow scent over his clothes. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
asked him, "What is this scent?" He replied, "I have married a woman from the Ansar." Allah's
Apostle asked, "How much Mahr have you given?" He said, "A date-stone weight of gold or a golden
date-stone." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Arrange a marriage banquet even with a sheep."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 6
While we were on one of our journeys, we dismounted at a place where a slave girl came and said,
"The chief of this tribe has been stung by a scorpion and our men are not present; is there anybody
among you who can treat him (by reciting something)?" Then one of our men went along with her
though we did not think that he knew any such treatment. But he treated the chief by reciting
something, and the sick man recovered whereupon he gave him thirty sheep and gave us milk to drink
(as a reward). When he returned, we asked our friend, "Did you know how to treat with the recitation
of something?" He said, "No, but I treated him only with the recitation of the Mother of the Book (i.e.,
Al-Fatiha)." We said, "Do not say anything (about it) till we reach or ask the Prophet (ﷺ) so when we
reached Medina, we mentioned that to the Prophet (in order to know whether the sheep which we had
taken were lawful to take or not). The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "How did he come to know that it (Al-Fatiha)
could be used for treatment? Distribute your reward and assign for me one share thereof as well."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 66, Hadith 29
Messenger of Allah, the camels died and the passages were blocked; so supplicate Allah to send down rain upon us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) raised his hands and then said: (O Allah, send down rain upon us; O Allah, send dowp rain upon us; O Allah, send down rain upon us. Anas said: By Allah, we did not see any cloud or any patch of it, and there was neither any house or building standing between us and the (hillock) Sal'a. There appeared a cloud in the shape of a shield from behind it, and as it (came high) in the sky it spread and then there was a downpour of rain. By Allah, we did not see the sun throughout the week. Then (that very man) came on the coming Friday through the same door when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was standing and delivering the sermon. He stood in front of him and said: Messenger of Allah, our animals died and the passages blocked. Supplicate Allah to stop the rain for us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) again raised his hands and said: O Allah, let it (rain) fall in our suburbs and not on us, O Allah (send it down) on the hillocks and small mountains and the river-beds and at places where trees grow. The rain stopped, and as we stepped out we were walking in sun- shine. He (the narrator) said to Sharik: I asked Anas b. Malik if he was the same man. He said: I do not know.
Sahih Muslim Book 9, Hadith 9
`Umar said, "I agreed with Allah in three things," or said, "My Lord agreed with me in three things. I
said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Would that you took the station of Abraham as a place of prayer.' I also said,
'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Good and bad persons visit you! Would that you ordered the Mothers of the
believers to cover themselves with veils.' So the Divine Verses of Al-Hijab (i.e. veiling of the women)
were revealed. I came to know that the Prophet (ﷺ) had blamed some of his wives so I entered upon them
and said, 'You should either stop (troubling the Prophet (ﷺ) ) or else Allah will give His Apostle better
wives than you.' When I came to one of his wives, she said to me, 'O `Umar! Does Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
haven't what he could advise his wives with, that you try to advise them?' " Thereupon Allah
revealed:--
"It may be, if he divorced you (all) his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you
Muslims (who submit to Allah).." (66.5)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 10
That the Prophet (ﷺ) sent his (i.e. Abu Burda's) grandfather, Abu Musa and Mu`adh to Yemen and said to
both of them "Facilitate things for the people (Be kind and lenient) and do not make things difficult
(for people), and give them good tidings, and do not repulse them and both of you should obey each
other." Abu Musa said, "O Allah's Prophet! In our land there is an alcoholic drink (prepared) from
barley called Al-Mizr, and another (prepared) from honey, called Al-Bit"' The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "All
intoxicants are prohibited." Then both of them proceeded and Mu`adh asked Abu Musa, "How do you
recite the Qur'an?" Abu Musa replied, "I recite it while I am standing, sitting or riding my riding
animals, at intervals and piecemeal." Mu`adh said, "But I sleep and then get up. I sleep and hope for
Allah's Reward for my sleep as I seek His Reward for my night prayer." Then he (i.e. Mu`adh) pitched
a tent and they started visiting each other. Once Mu`adh paid a visit to Abu Musa and saw a chained
man. Mu`adh asked, "What is this?" Abu Musa said, "(He was) a Jew who embraced Islam and has
now turned apostate." Mu`adh said, "I will surely chop off his neck!"
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 372
We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from Mecca making for Medina. When we were near Azwara', he alighted, then raised his hands, and made supplication to Allah for a time, after which he prostrated himself, remaining a long time in prostration. Then he stood up and raised his hands for a time, after which he prostrated himself, remaining a long time in prostration.
He then stood up and raised his hands for a time, after which he prostrated himself. Ahmad mentioned it three times.
He then said: I begged my Lord and made intercession for my people, and He gave me a third of my people, so I prostrated myself in gratitude to my Lord. Then I raised my head and begged my Lord for my people, and He gave me a third of my people, so I prostrated myself in gratitude to my Lord. Then I raised my head and begged my Lord for my people and He gave me the remaining third, so I prostrated myself in gratitude to my Lord.
Abu Dawud said: When Ahmad b. Salih narrated this tradition to us, he omitted the name of Ash'ath b. Ishaq, but Musa b. Sahl al-Ramli narrated it to us through him.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 299
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us on foot to get spoil, but we returned without getting any. When he saw the signs of distress on our faces, he stood up on our faces and said: O Allah, do not put them under my care, for I would be too weak to care for them; do not put them in care of themselves, for they would be incapable of that, and do not put them in the care of men, for they would choose the best things for themselves. He then placed his hand on my head and said: Ibn Hawalah, when you see the caliphate has settled in the holy land, earthquakes, sorrows and serious matters will have drawn near and on that day the Last Hour will be nearer to mankind than this hand of mine is to your head.
Abu Dawud said: 'Abd Allah b. Hawalah belongs to Hims.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 59
While the Prophet (ﷺ) was distributing (something, `Abdullah bin Dhil Khawaisira at-Tamimi came and
said, "Be just, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Woe to you ! Who would be just if I were not?"
`Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "Allow me to cut off his neck ! " The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " Leave him, for he
has companions, and if you compare your prayers with their prayers and your fasting with theirs, you
will look down upon your prayers and fasting, in comparison to theirs. Yet they will go out of the
religion as an arrow darts through the game's body in which case, if the Qudhadh of the arrow is
examined, nothing will be found on it, and when its Nasl is examined, nothing will be found on it; and
then its Nadiyi is examined, nothing will be found on it. The arrow has been too fast to be smeared by
dung and blood. The sign by which these people will be recognized will be a man whose one hand (or
breast) will be like the breast of a woman (or like a moving piece of flesh). These people will appear
when there will be differences among the people (Muslims)." Abu Sa`id added: I testify that I heard
this from the Prophet (ﷺ) and also testify that `Ali killed those people while I was with him. The man with
the description given by the Prophet (ﷺ) was brought to `Ali. The following Verses were revealed in
connection with that very person (i.e., `Abdullah bin Dhil-Khawaisira at-Tarnimi): 'And among them
are men who accuse you (O Muhammad) in the matter of (the distribution of) the alms.' (9.58)
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 88, Hadith 15
Yahya said that Malik related from Muhammad ibn Umara from Abu
Bakr ibn Hazm that Uthman ibn Affan said, "When boundaries are fixed
in land, there is no pre-emption in it. There is no pre-emption in a
well or in male palm trees. "
Malik said, "This is what is
done in our community."
Malik said, "There is no pre-emption
in a road, whether or not it is practical to divide it."
Malik said, "What is done in our community is that there is no pre-
emption in the courtyard of a house, whether or not it is practical to
divide it."
Malik spoke about a man who bought into a shared
property provided that he had the option of withdrawal and the
partners of the seller wanted to take what their partner was selling
by pre-emption before the buyer had exercised his option. Malik said,
"They cannot do that until the buyer has taken possession and the sale
is confirmed for him. When the sale is confirmed, they have the right
of pre-emption."
Malik spoke about a man who bought land and
it remained in his hands for some time. Then a man came and saw that
he had a share of the land by inheritance. Malik said, "If the man's
right of inheritance is established, he also has a right of
preemption. If the land has produced a crop, the crop belongs to the
buyer until the day when the right of the other is established,
because he has tended what was planted against being destroyed or
being carried away by a flood."
Malik continued, "If the time
has been long, or the witnesses are dead or the seller has died, or
the buyer has died, or they are both alive and the basis of the sale
and purchase has been forgotten because of the length of time, pre-
emption is discontinued. A man only takes his right by inheritance
which has been established for him. If his situation differs from
this, because the sale transaction is recent and he sees that the
seller has concealed the price in order to sever his right of pre-
emption, the value of the land is estimated, and he buys the land for
that price by his right of pre-emption. Then the buildings, plants, or
structures which are extra to the land are looked at, so he is in the
position of some one who bought the land for a known price, and then
after that built on it and planted. The owner of pre-emption takes
possession after that is included."
Malik said, "Pre-emption
is applied to the property of the deceased as it is applied to the
property of the living. If the family of the deceased fear to break up
the property of the deceased, then they share it and sell it, and they
have no pre-emption in it."
Malik said, "There is no pre-
emption among us in a slave or a slave-girl or a camel, a cow, sheep,
or any animal, nor in clothes or a well which does not have any
uncultivated land around it. Pre-emption is in what can be usefully
divided, and in land in which boundaries occur. As for what cannot be
usefully divided, there is no pre-emption in it."
Malik said,
"Some one who buys land in which people who are present have a right
of pre-emption, refers them to the Sultan and either they claim their
right or the Sultan surrenders it to him. If he were to leave them,
and not refer their situation to the Sultan and they knew about his
purchase, and then they left it until a long time had passed and then
came demanding their pre-emption, I do not think that they would have
it."
Muwatta Malik Book 35, Hadith 5