The wives of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) were in two groups. One group consisted of `Aisha, Hafsa, Safiyya and
Sauda; and the other group consisted of Um Salama and the other wives of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The
Muslims knew that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) loved `Aisha, so if any of them had a gift and wished to give to
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), he would delay it, till Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had come to `Aisha's home and then he would
send his gift to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in her home. The group of Um Salama discussed the matter together
and decided that Um Salama should request Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to tell the people to send their gifts to him
in whatever wife's house he was. Um Salama told Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) of what they had said, but he did not
reply.
Then they (those wives) asked Um Salama about it. She said, "He did not say anything to me." They
asked her to talk to him again. She talked to him again when she met him on her day, but he gave no
reply. When they asked her, she replied that he had given no reply. They said to her, "Talk to him till
he gives you a reply." When it was her turn, she talked to him again. He then said to her, "Do not hurt
me regarding Aisha, as the Divine Inspirations do not come to me on any of the beds except that of
Aisha." On that Um Salama said, "I repent to Allah for hurting you." Then the group of Um Salama
called Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and sent her to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to say to him, "Your
wives request to treat them and the daughter of Abu Bakr on equal terms."
Then Fatima conveyed the message to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O my daughter! Don't you love whom
I love?" She replied in the affirmative and returned and told them of the situation. They requested her
to go to him again but she refused. They then sent Zainab bint Jahsh who went to him and used harsh
words saying, "Your wives request you to treat them and the daughter of Ibn Abu Quhafa on equal
terms." On that she raised her voice and abused `Aisha to her face so much so that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
looked at `Aisha to see whether she would retort. `Aisha started replying to Zainab till she silenced
her. The Prophet (ﷺ) then looked at `Aisha and said, "She is really the daughter of Abu Bakr."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 51, Hadith 16
The Prophet (ﷺ) sent seventy men from the tribe of Bani Salim to the tribe of Bani Amir. When they
reached there, my maternal uncle said to them, "I will go ahead of you, and if they allow me to convey
the message of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (it will be all right); otherwise you will remain close to me." So he
went ahead of them and the pagans granted him security But while he was reporting the message of
the Prophet (ﷺ) , they beckoned to one of their men who stabbed him to death. My maternal uncle said,
"Allah is Greater! By the Lord of the Ka`ba, I am successful." After that they attached the rest of the
party and killed them all except a lame man who went up to the top of the mountain. (Hammam, a
sub-narrator said, "I think another man was saved along with him)." Gabriel informed the Prophet (ﷺ) that
they (i.e the martyrs) met their Lord, and He was pleased with them and made them pleased. We used
to recite, "Inform our people that we have met our Lord, He is pleased with us and He has made us
pleased " Later on this Quranic Verse was cancelled. The Prophet (ﷺ) invoked Allah for forty days to
curse the murderers from the tribe of Ral, Dhakwan, Bani Lihyan and Bam Usaiya who disobeyed
Allah and his Apostle.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 56, Hadith 18
Abu Juhaifa said, "I asked `Ali, 'Have you got any book (which has been revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ) apart
from the Quran)?' `Ali replied, 'No, except Allah's Book or the power of understanding which has
been bestowed (by Allah) upon a Muslim or what is (written) in this sheet of paper (with me).' Abu
Juhaifa said, "I asked, 'What is (written) in this sheet of paper?' `Ali replied, it deals with The Diyya
(compensation (blood money) paid by the killer to the relatives of the victim), the ransom for the
releasing of the captives from the hands of the enemies, and the law that no Muslim should be killed
in Qisas (equality in punishment) for the killing of (a disbeliever).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 3, Hadith 53
A man amongst us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. On that the Ansar said, (to the man), "We
will never call you Abu-al-Qasim and will never please you with this blessed title." So, he went to the
Prophet and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have begotten a boy whom I named Al-Qasim and the Ansar
said, 'We will never call you Abu-al-Qasim, nor will we please you with this title.' " The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"The Ansar have done well. Name by my name, but do not name by my Kunya, for I am Qasim."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 57, Hadith 24
Yahya related to me from Malik that
Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, "The slave of fair complexion and
excellence is estimated at fifty dinars or six hundred dirhams. The
blood-money of a free muslim woman is five hundred dinars or six
thousand dirhams."
Malik said, "The blood-money of the foetus
of a free woman is a tenth of her blood-money. The tenth is fifty
dinars or six hundred dirhams."
Malik said, "I have not heard
anyone dispute that there is no slave in compensation for the foetus
until it leaves its mother's womb and falls still-born from her womb .
"
Malik said, "I heard that if the foetus comes out of its
mother's womb alive and then dies, the full blood-money is due for
it."
Malik said, "The foetus is not alive unless it cries at
birth. If it comes out of its mother's womb and cries out and then
dies, the complete blood-money is due for it. We think that the slave-
girl's foetus has a tenth of the price of the slave-girl."
Malik said, "When a woman murders a man or woman, and the murderess is
pregnant, retaliation is not taken against her until she has given
birth. If a woman who is pregnant is killed intentionally or
unintentionally, the one who killed her is not obliged to pay anything
for her foetus. If she is murdered, then the one who killed her is
killed and there is no blood-money for her foetus. If she is killed
accidentally, the tribe obliged to pay on behalf of her killer pays
her blood-money, and there is no blood-money for the foetus."
Yahya related to me, "Malik was asked about the foetus of the
christian or jewish woman which was aborted. He said, 'I think that
there is a tenth of the blood-money of the mother for it.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 43, Hadith 13