The Prophet (ﷺ) appointed a man from the tribe of Bani Asad, called Ibn Al-Utabiyya to collect the Zakat.
When he returned (with the money) he said (to the Prophet), "This is for you and this has been given
to me as a gift." The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up on the pulpit (Sufyan said he ascended the pulpit), and after
glorifying and praising Allah, he said, "What is wrong with the employee whom we send (to collect
Zakat from the public) that he returns to say, 'This is for you and that is for me?' Why didn't he stay at
his father's and mother's house to see whether he will be given gifts or not? By Him in Whose Hand
my life is, whoever takes anything illegally will bring it on the Day of Resurrection by carrying it over
his neck: if it is a camel, it will be grunting: if it is a cow, it will be mooing: and if it is a sheep it will
be bleating!" The Prophet (ﷺ) then raised both his hands till we saw the whiteness of his armpits (and he
said), "No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message?" And he repeated it three times.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 93, Hadith 38
We were with `Abdullah and he said, "When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw the refusal of the people to accept Islam
he said, "O Allah! Send (famine) years on them for (seven years) like the seven years (of famine
during the time) of (Prophet) Joseph." So famine overtook them for one year and destroyed every kind
of life to such an extent that the people started eating hides, carcasses and rotten dead animals.
Whenever one of them looked towards the sky, he would (imagine himself to) see smoke because of
hunger. So Abu Sufyan went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Muhammad! You order people to obey Allah
and to keep good relations with kith and kin. No doubt the people of your tribe are dying, so please
pray to Allah for them." So Allah revealed: "Then watch you For the day that The sky will bring forth
a kind Of smoke Plainly visible ... Verily! You will return (to disbelief) On the day when We shall
seize You with a mighty grasp. (44.10-16) Ibn Mas`ud added, "Al-Batsha (i.e. grasp) happened in the
battle of Badr and no doubt smoke, Al-Batsha, Al-Lizam, and the verse of Surat Ar-Rum have all
passed .
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 15, Hadith 3
Allah's Prophet said, "When Allah decrees some order in the heaven, the angels flutter their wings
indicating complete surrender to His saying which sounds like chains being dragged on rock. And
when the state of fear disappears, they ask each other, "What has your Lord ordered? They say that He
has said that which is true and just, and He is the Most High, the Most Great." (34.23). Then the
stealthy listeners (devils) hear this order, and these stealthy listeners are like this, one over the other."
(Sufyan, a sub-narrator demonstrated that by holding his hand upright and separating the fingers.) A
stealthy listener hears a word which he will convey to that which is below him and the second will
convey it to that which is below him till the last of them will convey it to the wizard or foreteller.
Sometimes a flame (fire) may strike the devil before he can convey it, and sometimes he may convey
it before the flame (fire) strikes him, whereupon the wizard adds to that word a hundred lies. The
people will then say, 'Didn't he (i.e. magician) tell such-and-such a thing on such-and-such date?' So
that magician is said to have told the truth because of the Statement which has been heard from the
heavens."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 65, Hadith 322
"When we sat during the prayer with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), we used to say: 'Peace (salam) be upon Allah(SWT), peace be upon so-and-so and so-and-so.' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Do not say peace (salam) be upon Allah (SWT), for Allah (SWT) is As-Salam (the Source of peace; the One free from all faults). Rather say: At-tahiyyatu lillahi wasalawatu wat-tayibaat, as-salamu 'alaika ayah-Nabiyyu wa rahmatAllahi wa baraktuhu. As-salamu 'alaina a 'ala ibad illahis-salihin (All compliments, prayers and pure words are due to Allah. Peace be upon you O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous slaves of Allah.) If you say that, it will be for every righteous slave in the heavens and on earth, "ashadu an la ilaha ill Allah, wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan 'abduhu wa rasuluhu (I bear witness that that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and messenger.) Then let him choose any supplication that he likes to say after that.'"
Sunan an-Nasa'i Book 13, Hadith 120
Subay' ibn Khalid said: I came to Kufah at the time when Tustar was conquered. I took some mules from it. When I entered the mosque (of Kufah), I found there some people of moderate stature, and among them was a man whom you could recognize when you saw him that he was from the people of Hijaz.
I asked: Who is he? The people frowned at me and said: Do you not recognize him? This is Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, the companion of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
Then Hudhayfah said: People used to ask the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about good, and I used to ask him about evil. Then the people stared hard at him.
He said: I know the reason why you dislike it. I then asked: Messenger of Allah, will there be evil as there was before, after this good which Allah has bestowed on us?
He replied: Yes. I asked: Wherein does the protection from it lie? He replied: In the sword. I asked: Messenger of Allah, what will then happen?
He replied: If Allah has on Earth a caliph who flays your back and takes your property, obey him, otherwise die holding onto the stump of a tree.
I asked: What will come next? He replied: Then the Antichrist (Dajjal) will come forth accompanied by a river and fire. He who falls into his fire will certainly receive his reward, and have his load taken off him, but he who falls into his river will have his load retained and his reward taken off him.
I then asked: What will come next? He said: The Last Hour will come.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 37, Hadith 5
Once there blew a red storm in Kufah that there came a person who had nothing to say but (these words): `Abdullah b. Mas`ud, the Last Hour has come. He (`Abdullah b. Mas`ud) was sitting reclining against something, and he said: The Last Hour would not come until shares of inheritance are not distributed and there is no rejoicing over spoils of war. Then he said pointing towards Syria, with the gesture of his hand like this: The enemy shall muster strength against Muslims and the Muslims will muster strength against them (Syrians). I said: You mean Rome? And he said: Yes, and there would be a terrible fight and the Muslims would prepare a detachment (for fighting unto death) which would not return but victorious. They will fight until night will intervene them; both the sides will return without being victorious and both will be wiped out. The Muslims will again prepare a detachment for fighting unto death so that they may not return but victorious. When it would be the fourth day, a new detachment out of the remnant of the Muslims would be prepared and Allah will decree that the enemy should be routed. And they would fight such a fight the like of which would not be seen, so much so that even if a bird were to pass their flanks, it would fall down dead before reaching the end of them. (There would be such a large scale massacre) that when counting would be done, (only) one out of a hundred men related to one another would be found alive. So what can be the joy at the spoils of such war and what inheritance would be divided! They would be in this very state that they would hear of a calamity more horrible than this. And a cry would reach them: The Dajjal has taken your place among your offspring. They will, therefore, throw away what would be in their hands and go forward sending ten horsemen, as a scouting party. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: I know their names and the names of their forefathers and the color of their horses. They will be the best horsemen on the surface of the earth on that day or amongst the best horsemen on the surface of the earth on that day.
Sahih Muslim Book 54, Hadith 47
Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "The way of doing things in
our community about which there is no dispute, is that if a man gives
sadaqa to his son - sadaqa which the son takes possession of or which
is in the father's keeping and the father has had his sadaqa
witnessed, he cannot take back any of it because he cannot reclaim any
sadaqa."
Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "The generally
agreed-on way of doing things in our community in the case of someone
who gives his son a gift or grants him a gift which is not sadaqa is
that he can take it back as long as the child does not start a debt,
which people claim from him, and which they trust him for on the
strength of the gift his father has given him. The father cannot take
back anything from the gift after debts are started against it.
"If a man gives his son or daughter something and a woman marries
the man, and she only marries him for the wealth and the property
which his father has given him and so the father wants to take that
back, or, if a man marries a woman whose father has given her a gift
and he marries her with an increased bride-price because of the wealth
and property that her father has given, then the father says, 'I will
take that back,' then the father cannot take back any of that from the
son or daughter if it is as I have described to you."
Muwatta Malik Book 36, Hadith 59
The Prophet (ﷺ) made a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Ad-Darda.' Salman paid a visit to
Abu Ad-Darda' and found Um Ad-Darda' dressed in shabby clothes and asked her why she was in that
state. She replied, "Your brother Abu Ad-Darda' is not interested in (the luxuries of) this world." In
the meantime Abu Ad-Darda' came and prepared a meal for Salman. Salman requested Abu Ad-
Darda' to eat (with him), but Abu Ad-Darda' said, "I am fasting." Salman said, "I am not going to eat
unless you eat." So, Abu Ad-Darda' ate (with Salman). When it was night and (a part of the night
passed), Abu Ad-Darda' got up (to offer the night prayer), but Salman told him to sleep and Abu Ad-
Darda' slept. After sometime Abu Ad-Darda' again got up but Salman told him to sleep. When it was
the last hours of the night, Salman told him to get up then, and both of them offered the prayer.
Salman told Abu Ad-Darda', "Your Lord has a right on you, your soul has a right on you, and your
family has a right on you; so you should give the rights of all those who has a right on you." Abu Ad-
Darda' came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and narrated the whole story. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Salman has spoken the
truth."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 30, Hadith 75
Yahya said that Malik said, concerning two associates, "If they
share one herdsman, one male animal, one pasture and one watering
place then the two men are associates, as long as each one of them
knows his own property from that of his companion If someone cannot
tell his property apart from that of his fellow, he is not an
associate, but rather, a co-owner "
Malik said, "It is not
obligatory for both associates to pay zakat unless both of them have a
zakatable amount (of livestock). If, for instance, one of the
associates has forty or more sheep and goats and the other has less
than forty sheep and goats, then the one who has forty has to pay
zakat and the one who has less does not. If both of them have a
zakatable amount (of livestock) then both of them are assessed
together (i.e the flock is assessed as one) and both of them have to
pay zakat. If one of them has a thousand sheep, or less, that he has
to pay zakat on, and the other has forty, or more, then they are
associates, and each one pays his contribution according to the number
of animals he has - so much from the one with a thousand, and so much
from the one with forty.
Malik said, "Two associates in
camels are the same as two associates in sheep and goats, and, for the
purposes of zakat, are assessed together if each one of them has a
zakatable amount (of camels). That is because the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There is no zakat on
less than five head of camels,' and Umar ibn al-Khattab said, 'On
grazing sheep and goats, if they come to forty or more - one ewe.' "
Yahya said that Malik said, "This is what I like most out of
what I have heard about the matter."
Malik said that when
Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Those separated should not be gathered
together nor should those gathered together be separated in order to
avoid paying zakat," what he meant was the owners of livestock.
Malik said, "What he meant when he said, 'Those separated should
not be gathered together' is, for instance, that there is a group of
three men, each of whom has forty sheep and goats, and each of whom
thus has to pay zakat. Then, when the zakat collector is on his way
,they gather their flocks together so that they only owe one ewe
between them. This they are forbidden to do. What he meant when he
said, 'nor should those gathered together be separated,' is, for
instance, that there are two associates, each one of whom has a
hundred and one sheep and goats, and each of whom must therefore pay
three ewes. Then, when the zakat collector is on his way, they split
up their flocks so that they only have to pay one ewe each. This they
are forbidden to do. And so it is said, 'Those separated should not be
gathered together nor should those gathered together be separated in
order to avoid paying zakat.' "
Malik said, "This is what I
have heard about the matter."
Muwatta Malik Book 17, Hadith 27
We alighted with the Prophet (ﷺ) at Khaybar, and he had his companions with him. The chief of Khaybar was a defiant and abominable man.
He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: Is it proper for you, Muhammad, that you slaughter our donkeys, eat our fruit, and beat our women?
The Prophet (ﷺ) became angry and said: Ibn Awf, ride your horse, and call loudly: Beware, Paradise is lawful only for a believer, and that they (the people) should gather for prayer.
They gathered and the Prophet (ﷺ) led them in prayer, stood up and said: Does any of you, while reclining on his couch, imagine that Allah has prohibited only that which is to be found in this Qur'an? By Allah, I have preached, commanded and prohibited various matters as numerous as that which is found in the Qur'an, or more numerous. Allah has not permitted you to enter the houses of the people of the Book without permission, or beat their women, or eat their fruits when they give you that which is imposed on them.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 123
I went out of Medina towards Al-Ghaba. When I reached the mountain path of Al-Ghaba, a slave of
`Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf met me. I said to him, "Woe to you! What brought you here?" He replied,
"The she-camels of the Prophet (ﷺ) have been taken away." I said, "Who took them?" He said, "Ghatafan
and Fazara." So, I sent three cries, "O Sabaha-h ! O Sabahah !" so loudly that made the people in
between its (i.e. Medina's) two mountains hear me. Then I rushed till I met them after they had taken
the camels away. I started throwing arrows at them saying, "I am the son of Al-Akwa`"; and today
perish the mean people!" So, I saved the she-camels from them before they (i.e. the robbers) could
drink water. When I returned driving the camels, the Prophet (ﷺ) met me, I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Those
people are thirsty and I have prevented them from drinking water, so send some people to chase
them." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O son of Al-Akwa`, you have gained power (over your enemy), so forgive
(them). (Besides) those people are now being entertained by their folk."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 247
The sun eclipsed in the lifetime of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) . Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) offered the eclipse prayer
and stood for a long period equal to the period in which one could recite Surat-al-Baqara. Then he
bowed for a long time and then stood up for a long period which was shorter than that of the first
standing, then bowed again for a long time but for a shorter period than the first; then he prostrated
twice and then stood up for a long period which was shorter than that of the first standing; then he
bowed for a long time which was shorter than the previous one, and then he raised his head and stood
up for a long period which was shorter than the first standing, then he bowed for a long time which
was shorter than the first bowing, and then prostrated (twice) and finished the prayer. By then, the sun
(eclipse) had cleared. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "The sun and the moon are two of the signs of Allah.
They eclipse neither because of the death of somebody nor because of his life (i.e. birth). So when you
see them, remember Allah." The people say, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! We saw you taking something from
your place and then we saw you retreating." The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "I saw Paradise and stretched my
hands towards a bunch (of its fruits) and had I taken it, you would have eaten from it as long as the
world remains. I also saw the Hell-fire and I had never seen such a horrible sight. I saw that most of
the inhabitants were women." The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Why is it so?" The Prophet (ﷺ)
replied, "Because of their ungratefulness." It was asked whether they are ungrateful to Allah. The
Prophet said, "They are ungrateful to their companions of life (husbands) and ungrateful to good
deeds. If you are benevolent to one of them throughout the life and if she sees anything (undesirable)
in you, she will say, 'I have never had any good from you.' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 16, Hadith 12