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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah." The people of
Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not swear by your fathers. "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 63, Hadith 61
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A black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She used to
visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: "The day of the scarf was one
of our Lord's wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from the land of Kufr." When she said the above
verse many times, I (i.e. `Aisha) asked her, "What was the day of the scarf?" She replied, "Once the
daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf (round her neck) and the
leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up, mistaking it for a piece of meat. They
(i.e. my masters) accused me of stealing it and they tortured me to such an extent that they even
looked for it in my private parts. So, while they all were around me, and I was in my great distress,
suddenly the kite came over our heads and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said to them 'This is
what you accused me of stealing, though I was innocent."
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Al-Qasim used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He used not to get up for the funeral
procession (in case it passed by him). And he narrated from `Aisha that she said, "The people of the
pre-lslamic period of ignorance used to stand up for the funeral procession. When they saw it they
used to say twice: 'You were noble in your family. What are you now?"