I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say:
Migration will not end until repentance ends, and
repentance will not end until the sun rises in the west.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: It will turn out
that you will be armed troops, one is Syria, one in the
Yemen and one in Iraq. Ibn Hawalah said: Choose for me,
Apostle of Allah, if I reach that time. He replied: Go to
Syria, for it is Allah's chosen land, to which his best
servants will be gathered, but if you are unwilling, go to
your Yemen, and draw water from your tanks, for Allah has
on my account taken special charge of Syria and its
people.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: A section of my
community will continue to fight for the right and
overcome their opponents till the last of them fights with
the Antichrist.
A man said: Apostle of Allah, allow tourism for me. The
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The tourism of my people
is striving in the path of Allah, the Exalted.
A woman called Umm Khallad came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
while she was veiled. She was searching for her son who
had been killed (in the battle) Some of the Companions of
the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said to her: You have come
here asking for your son while veiling your face? She
said: If I am afflicted with the loss of my son, I shall
not suffer the loss of my modesty. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
said: You will get the reward of two martyrs for your son.
She asked: Why is that so, Apostle of Allah? He replied:
Because the people of the Book have killed him.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: No one should
sail on the sea except the one who is going to perform
hajj or umrah, or the one who is fighting in Allah's path
for under the sea there is a fire, and under the fire
there is a sea.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: (The
reward of) prayer, fasting and remembrance of Allah is
enhanced seven hundred times over (the reward of) spending
in Allah's path.
AbuMalik heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
say: He who goes forth in Allah's path and dies or is
killed is a martyr, or has his neck broken through being
thrown by his horse or by his camel, or is stung by a
poisonous creature, or dies on his bed by any kind of
death Allah wishes is a martyr and will go to Paradise.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Everyone who dies
will have fully complete his action, except one who is on
the frontier (in Allah's path), for his deeds will be made
to go on increasing till the Day of Resurrection, and he
will be safe from the trial in the grave.
On the day of Hunayn we travelled with the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and we journeyed for a long time
until the evening came. I attended the prayer along with
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
A horseman came and said: Apostle of Allah, I went
before you and climbed a certain mountain where saw
Hawazin all together with their women, cattle, and sheep,
having gathered at Hunayn.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) smiled and
said: That will be the booty of the Muslims tomorrow if
Allah wills. He then asked: Who will be on guard tonight?
Anas ibn AbuMarthad al-Ghanawi said: I shall , Apostle
of Allah. He said: Then mount your horse. He then mounted
his horse, and came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
The Apostle of Allah said to him: Go forward to this
ravine till you get to the top of it. We should not be
exposed to danger from your side. In the morning the
Apostle of of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came out to his
place of prayer, and offered two rak'ahs. He then said:
Have you seen any sign of your horseman?
They said: We have not, Apostle of Allah. The
announcement of the time for prayer was then made, and
while the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was saying
the prayer, he began to glance towards the ravine. When he
finished his prayer and uttered salutation, he said: Cheer
up, for your horseman has come. We therefore began to look
between the trees in the ravine, and sure enough he had
come.
He stood beside the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),
saluted him and said: I continued till I reached the top
of this ravine where the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
commanded me, and in the morning I looked down into both
ravines but saw no one.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) asked him: Did
you dismount during the night?
He replied: No, except to pray or to relieve myself.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: You have
ensured your entry to (Paradise). No blame will be
attached to you supposing you do not work after it.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who does not
join the warlike expedition (jihad), or equip, or looks
well after a warrior's family when he is away, will be
smitten by Allah with a sudden calamity. Yazid ibn Abdu
Rabbihi said in his tradition: 'before the Day of
Resurrection".
AbuImran said: We went out on an expedition from Medina
with the intention of (attacking) Constantinople.
AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn al-Walid was the leader of the
company. The Romans were just keeping their backs to the
walls of the city. A man (suddenly) attacked the enemy.
Thereupon the people said: Stop! Stop! There is no god
but Allah. He is putting himself into danger.
AbuAyyub said: This verse was revealed about us, the
group of the Ansar (the Helpers). When Allah helped His
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and gave Islam dominance, we
said (i.e. thought): Come on! Let us stay in our property
and improve it.
Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, revealed, "And spend of
your substance in the cause of Allah, and make not your
hands contribute to (your destruction)". To put oneself
into danger means that we stay in our property and commit
ourselves to its improvement, and abandon fighting (i.e.
jihad).
AbuImran said: AbuAyyub continued to strive in the
cause of Allah until he (died and) was buried in
Constantinople.
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say:
Allah, Most High, will cause three persons to enter
Paradise for one arrow: the maker when he has a good
motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one
who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is
dearer to me than your riding. Everything with which a man
amuses himself is vain except three (things): a man's
training of his horse, his playing with his wife, and his
shooting with his bow and arrow. If anyone abandons
archery after becoming an adept through distaste for it,
it is a blessing he has abandoned; or he said: for which
he has been ungrateful.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Fighting is of
two kinds: The one who seeks Allah's favour, obeys the
leader, gives the property he values, treats his
associates gently and avoids doing mischief, will have the
reward for all the time whether he is asleep or awake; but
the one who fights in a boasting spirit, for the sake of
display and to gain a reputation, who disobeys the leader
and does mischief in the earth will not return credit or
without blame.
A man said: Apostle of Allah, a man wishes to take part
in jihad in Allah's path desiring some worldly advantage?
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He will have not
reward. The people thought it terrible, and they said to
the man: Go back to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),
for you might not have made him understand well. He,
therefore, (went and again) asked: Apostle of Allah, a man
wishes to take part in jihad in Allah's path desiring some
worldly advantage? He replied: There is no reward for him.
They again said to the man: Return to the Apostle of
Allah. He, therefore, said to him third time. He replied:
There is no reward for him.
Apostle of Allah, tell me about jihad and fighting. He
replied: Abdullah ibn Amr, if you fight with endurance
seeking from Allah your reward, Allah will resurrect you
showing endurance and seeking your reward from Him, but,
if you fight for vain show seeking to acquire much, Allah
will resurrect you making a vain show and seeking to
acquire much. In whatever you fight or are killed,
Abdullah ibn Amr, in that state Allah will resurrect you.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When your
brethren were smitten at the battle of Uhud, Allah put
their spirits in the crops of green birds which go down to
the rivers of Paradise, eat its fruit and nestle in lamps
of gold in the shade of the Throne. Then when they
experienced the sweetness of their food, drink and rest,
they asked: Who will tell our brethren about us that we
are alive in Paradise provided with provision, in order
that they might not be disinterested in jihad and recoil
in war? Allah Most High said: I shall tell them about you;
so Allah sent down; "And do not consider those who have
been killed in Allah's path." till the end of the verse.
She reported on the authority of her paternal uncle: I
asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him): Who are in
Paradise? He replied: Prophets are in Paradise, martyrs
are in Paradise, infants are in Paradise and children
buried alive are in Paradise.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) made a
brotherhood between two men, one of whom was killed (in
Allah's path), and a week or thereabouts later the other
died, and we prayed at his funeral). The Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) asked: What did you say? We replied:
We prayed for him and said: O Allah, forgive him, and join
him to his companion. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
said: What about his prayers since the time the other
died, and his fasting since the time the other died--the
narrator Shu'bah doubted the words, "his fasting--and his
deeds since the time the other died. The distance between
them is just like the distance between heaven and earth.
AbuAyyub heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
say: Capitals will be conquered at your hands, and you
will have to raise companies in large armies. A man will
be unwilling to join a company, so he will escape from his
people and go round the tribes offering himself to them,
saying: Whose place may I take in such and such
expedition? Whose place may I take in such and such
expedition? Beware: That man is a hireling to the last
drop of his blood.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) announced an
expedition, and I was a very old man and I had no servant.
I, therefore, sought a hireling who would serve instead of
me, and I would give him his portion. So I found a man.
When the time of departure arrived, he came to me and
said: I do not know what would be the portions, and how
much would be my portion. So offer something (as wages) to
me, whether there would be any portion or not. I offered
three dinars (as his wages) for him. When some booty
arrived, I wanted to offer him his portion. But I
remembered the dinars, so I went to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
and mentioned the matter to him. He said: All I can find
for him regarding this expedition of his in this world and
the next is three dinars which were offered him.
A man came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
and said: I came to you to take the oath of allegiance to
you on emigration, and I left my parents weeping. He (the
Prophet) said: Return to them and make them laugh as you
made them weep.
A man emigrated to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
from the Yemen. He asked (him): Have you anyone (of your
relatives) in the Yemen? He replied: My parents. He asked:
Did they permit you? He replied: No. He said: Go back to
them and ask for their permission. If they permit you,
then fight (in the path of Allah), otherwise be devoted to
them.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went on
an expedition, he took Umm Sulaym, and he had some women
of the Ansar who supplied water and tended the wounded.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three things are
the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who
utters, "There is no god but Allah" and not to declare him
unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and not to
excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad
will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me
as a prophet until the day the last member of my community
will fight with the Dajjal (Antichrist). The tyranny of
any tyrant and the justice of any just (ruler) will not
invalidate it. One must have faith in Divine decree.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Striving in the
path of Allah (jihad) is incumbent on you along with every
ruler, whether he is pious or impious; the prayer is
obligatory on you behind every believer, pious or impious,
even if he commits grave sins; the (funeral) prayer is
incumbent upon every Muslim, pious and impious, even if he
commits major sins.
Once the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) intended
to go on an expedition. He said: O group of the emigrants
(Muhajirun) and the helpers (Ansar), among your brethren
there are people who have neither property nor family. So
one of you should take with him two or three persons; with
me. I also rode on my camel by turns like one of them.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) 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.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Our Lord Most
High is pleased with a man who fights in the path of
Allah, the Exalted; then his companions fled away (i.e.
retreated). But he knew that it was a sin (to flee away
from the battlefield), so he returned, and his blood was
shed. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted, says to His angels:
Look at My servant; he returned seeking what I have for
him (i.e. the reward), and fearing (the punishment) I
have, until his blood was shed.
Amr ibn Uqaysh had given usurious loans in pre-Islamic
period; so he disliked to embrace Islam until he took
them. He came on the day of Uhud and asked: Where are my
cousins? They (the people) replied: At Uhud. He asked:
Where is so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He asked: Where is
so-and-so? They said: At Uhud. He then put on his coat of
mail and rode his horse; he then proceeded towards them.
When the Muslims saw him, they said: Keep away, Amir. He
said: I have become a believer. He fought until he was
wounded. He was then taken to his family wounded. Sa'd ibn
Mu'adh came to his sister: Ask him (whether he fought) out
of partisanship, out of anger for them, or out of anger
for Allah. He said: Out of anger of Allah and His Apostle.
He then died and entered Paradise. He did not offer any
prayer for Allah.
AbuSalam reported on the authority of a man from the
companion of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said: We
attacked a tribe of Juhaynah. A man from the Muslims
pursued a man of them, and struck him but missed him. He
struck himself with the sword. The Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) said: Your brother, O group of
Muslims. The people hastened towards him, but found him
dead. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) wrapped him
with his clothes and his blood, and offered (funeral)
prayer for him and buried him. They said: Apostle of
Allah, is he a martyr? He said: Yes, and I am witness to
him.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Two (prayers) are
not rejected, or seldom rejected: Prayer at the time of
the call to prayer, and (the prayer) at the time of
fighting, when the people grapple with each other. Musa
said: Rizq ibn Sa'id ibn AbdurRahman reported from
AbuHazim on the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd from the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: And while it is
raining.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: If
anyone fights in Allah's path as long as the time between
two milkings of a she-camel, Paradise will be assured for
him. If anyone sincerely asks Allah for being killed and
then dies or is killed, there will be a reward of a martyr
for him. Ibn al-Musaffa added from here: If anyone is
wounded in Allah's path, or suffers a misfortune, it will
come on the Day of resurrection as copious as possible,
its colour saffron, and its odour musk; and if anyone
suffers from ulcers while in Allah's path, he will have on
him the stamp of the martyrs.
Utbah heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
say: Do not cut the forelocks, manes, or tails of horse,
for their tails are their means of driving flies, their
manes provide them with warmth, and blessing is tide to
their forelocks.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Keep to
every dark bay horse with a white blaze and white on the
legs, or sorrel with a white blaze and white on the legs ,
or black with a white blaze and white on the legs.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Keep to every
sorrel horse with a white blaze and white on the legs, or
dark bay with a white blaze. He then mentioned something
similar. Muhammad ibn al-Muhajir said: I asked him: Why
was a sorrel horse preferred? He replied: Because the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) had sent a contingent, and the
man who first brought the news of victory was the rider of
a sorrel horse.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came upon an
emaciated camel and said: Fear Allah regarding these dumb
animals. Ride them when they are in good condition and
feed them when they are in good condition.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Tie the
horses, rub down their forelocks and their buttocks (or he
said: Their rumps), and put things on their necks, but do
not put bowstrings.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) named our cavalry "the
Cavalry of Allah," when we were struck with panic, and
when panic overtook us, the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) commanded us to be united, to have
patience and perseverance; and to be so when we fought.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was present
with a she-mule which he rode, so Ali said: If we made
asses cover mares we would have animals of this type. The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Only those who
do not know do that.
While the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was
walking a man who had an ass came to him and said: Apostle
of Allah, ride; and the man moved to the back of the
animal. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: No,
you have more right to ride in front on your animal than
me unless you grant that right to me. He said: I grant it
to you. So he mounted.
My foster-father said to me - he was one of Banu Murrah
ibn Awf, and he was present in that battle, the battle of
Mu'tah: By Allah, as if I am seeing Ja'far who jumped from
his reddish horse and hamstrung it; he then fought with
the people until he was killed.
while she was on a journey along with the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him): I had a race with him (the
Prophet) and I outstripped him on my feet. When I became
fleshy, (again) I had a race with him (the Prophet) and he
outstripped me. He said: This is for that outstripping.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: If one enters a
horse with two others when he is not certain that it
cannot be beaten, it is not gambling; but when one enters
a horse with two others when he is certain it cannot be
beaten, it is gambling.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There must be no
shouting or leading another horse at one's side. Yahya
added in his tradition: When racing for a wager.
As-Sa'ib reported on the authority of a man whom he
named: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) put on two
coats of mail during the battle of Uhud as a double
protection. (The narrator is doubtful about the word
zahara or labisa.)
Yunus ibn Ubayd, client of Muhammad ibn al-Qasim, said
that Muhammad ibn al-Qasim sent to al-Bara' ibn Azib to
ask him about the standard of the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him). He said: It was black and square,
being made of a woollen rug.
Simak reported on the authority of a man from his
people, on the authority of another man from them: I saw
that the standard of the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) was yellow.
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say:
Seek for me weak persons, for you are provided means of
subsistence and helped through your weaklings.
Al-Muhallab ibn AbuSufrah said: A man who heard the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) say: If the enemy attacks you
at night, let your war cry be Ha-Mim. They will not be
helped.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) proceeded
on journey, he would say: O Allah, Thou art the Companion
in the journey, and the One Who looks after the family; O
Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the difficulty of
travelling, finding harm when I return, and unhappiness in
what I see coming to my family and property. O Allah, make
the length of his journey short for us, and the journey
easy for us.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sat on
his camel to go out on a journey, he said: "Allah is Most
Great" three times. Then he said: "Glory be to Him Who has
made subservient to us, for we had not the strength for
it, and to our Lord do we return. O Allah, we ask Thee in
this journey of ours, uprightness, piety and such deeds as
are pleasing to Thee. O Allah, make easy for us this
journey of ours and make its length short for us. O Allah,
Thou art the Companion in the journey, and the One Who
looks after the family and property in our absence." When
he returned, he said these words adding: "Returning,
repentant, serving and praising our Lord." The Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) and his armies said: "Allah is Most
Great" when they went up to high ground; and when armies
said: "Allah is most Great" when they went up to high
ground; and when they descended, they said: "Glory be to
Allah." So the prayer was patterned on that.
When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) wanted to say
farewell to an army, he would say: I entrust to Allah your
religion, what you are responsible for, and your final
deeds.
Ali ibn Rabi'ah said: I was present with Ali while a
beast was brought to him to ride. When he put his foot in
the stirrup, he said: "In the name of Allah." Then when he
sat on its back, he said: "Praise be to Allah." He then
said: "Glory be to Him Who has made this subservient to
us, for we had not the strength, and to our Lord do we
return." He then said: "Praise be to Allah (thrice); Allah
is Most Great (thrice): glory be to Thee, I have wronged
myself, so forgive me, for only Thou forgivest sins." He
then laughed. He was asked: At what did you laugh? He
replied: I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) do
as I have done, and laugh after that. I asked: Apostle of
Allah , at what are you laughing? He replied: Your Lord,
Most High, is pleased with His servant when he says:
"Forgive me my sins." He know that no one forgives sins
except Him.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was
travelling and night came on, he said: O earth, my Lord
and your Lord is Allah; I seek refuge in Allah from your
evil, the evil of what you contain, the evil of what has
been created in you, and the evil of what creeps upon you;
I seek refuge in Allah from lions, from large black
snakes, from other snakes, from scorpions, from the evil
of jinn which inhabit a settlement, and from a parent and
his offspring.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: "O Allah, bless
my people in their early mornings." When he sent out a
detachment or an army, he sent them at the beginning of
the day. Sakhr was a merchant, and he would send off his
merchandise at the beginning of the day; and he became
rich and had much wealth.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: A single
rider is a devil, and a pair of riders are a pair of
devils, but three are a company of riders.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When three are on
a journey, they should appoint one of them as their
commander. Nafi' said: We said to AbuSalamah: You are our
commander.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: The best number
of companions is four, the best number in expeditions four
hundred, and the best number in armies four thousand; and
twelve thousand will not be overcome through smallness of
numbers.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Go in Allah's
name, trusting in Allah, and adhering to the religion of
Allah's Apostle. Do not kill a decrepit old man, o a young
infant, or a child, or a woman; do not be dishonest about
booty, but collect your spoils, do right and act well, for
Allah loves those who do well.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: When one of you
comes to the cattle, he should seek permission of their
master if he is there; if he permits, he should milk (the
animals) and drink. If he is not there, he should call
three times. If he responds, he should seek his
permission; otherwise, he may milk (the animals) and
drink, but should not carry (with him).
I suffered from drought; so I entered a garden of
Medina, and rubbed an ear-corn. I ate and carried in my
garment. Then its master came, he beat me and took my
garment. He came to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) who said to him: You did not teach him
if he was ignorant; and you did not feed him if he was
hungry. He ordered him, so he returned my garment to me,
and gave me one or half a wasq (sixty or thirty sa's) of
corn.
I was a boy. I used to throw stones at the palm-trees
of the Ansar. So I was brought to the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) who said: O boy, why do you throw
stones at the palm-trees? I said: eat (dates). He said: Do
not throw stones at the palm trees, but eat what falls
beneath them. He then wiped his head and said: O Allah,
fill his belly.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) sent a detachment. I
gave a sword to a man from among them. When he came back,
he said: Would that you saw us how the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) rebuked us, saying: When I sent out a
man who does not fulfil my command, are you unable to
appoint in his place one who will fulfil my command.
When the people encamped, (the narrator Amr ibn Uthman
al-Himsi) said: When the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) encamped, the people scattered in the
glens and wadis. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
said: Your scattering in these glens and wadis is only of
the devil. They afterwards kept close together when they
encamped to such an extent that it used to be said that if
a cloth were spread over them, it would cover them all.
I fought along with the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) in
such and such battles. The people occupied much space and
encroached on the road. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
sent an announcer to announce among the people: Those who
occupy much space or encroach on the road will not be
credited with jihad.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went on
an expedition, he said: O Allah, Thou art my aider and
helper; by Thee I move, by Thee I attack, and by Thee I
fight.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent us in a
detachment and said (to us): If you see a mosque or hear a
mu'adhdhin (calling to prayer), do not kill anyone.
When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) intended to go on
an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere
else, and he would say: War is deception.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) appointed
AbuBakr our commander and we fought with some people who
were polytheists, and we attacked them at night, killing
them. Our war-cry that night was "put to death; put to
death." Salamah said: I killed that night with my hand
polytheists belonging to seven houses.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to keep
to the rear when travelling and urge on the weak. He would
take someone up behind him and make supplication for them
all.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: I am commanded to
fight with men till they testify that there is no god but
Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His Apostle,
face our qiblah (direction of prayer), eat what we
slaughter, and pray like us. When they do that, their life
and property are unlawful for us except what is due to
them. They will have the same rights as the Muslims have,
and have the same responsibilities as the Muslims have.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent an
expedition to Khath'am. Some people sought protection by
having recourse to prostration, and were hastily killed.
When the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) heard that, he
ordered half the blood-wit to be paid for them, saying: I
am not responsible for any Muslim who stays among
polytheists. They asked: Why, Apostle of Allah? He said:
Their fires should not be visible to one another.
Ibn Umar was sent with a detachment of the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him). The people wheeled round in
flight. He said: I was one of those who wheeled round in
flight. When we stopped, we said (i.e. thought): How
should we do? We have run away from the battlefield and
deserve Allah's wrath. Then we said (thought): Let us
enter Medina, stay there, and go there while no one sees
us. So we entered (Medina) and thought: If we present
ourselves before the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him),
and if there is a change of repentance for us, we shall
stay; if there is something else, we shall go away. So we
sat down (waiting) for the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) before the dawn prayer. When he came
out, we stood up to him and said: We are the ones who have
fled. He turned to us and said: No, you are the ones who
return to fight after wheeling away. We then approached
and kissed his hand, and he said; I am the main body of
the Muslims.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) commanded to
kill him: he was a spy of AbuSufyan and an ally of a man
of the Ansar. He passed a circle of the Ansar and said: I
am a Muslim. A man from the Ansar said, Apostle of Allah,
he is saying that he is a Muslim. The Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) said: There are people among you in
whose faith we trust. Furat ibn Hayyan is one of them.
I was present at fighting along with the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him), and when he did not fight at
the beginning of the day, he waited till the sun had
passed the meridian, the winds blew, and help came down.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: There is jealousy
which Allah loves and jealousy which Allah hates. That
which Allah loves is jealousy regarding a matter of doubt,
and that which Allah hates is jealousy regarding something
which is not doubtful. There is pride which Allah hates
and pride which Allah loves. That which Allah loves is a
man's pride when fighting and when giving sadaqah and that
which Allah hates is pride shown by oppression. The
narrator Musa said: "by boasting."
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said at the battle of
Badr: When they come near you shoot arrows at them; and do
not draw swords at them until they come near you.
(At the battle of Badr) Utbah ibn Rabi'ah came forward
followed by his son and his brother and cried out: Who
will be engaged in single combat? Some young men of the
Helpers responded to his call. He asked: Who are you? They
told him. He said: We do not want you; we, in fact, want
only our cousins. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said:
Get up Hamzah get up Ali; get up Ubaydah ibn al-Harith.
Hamzah went forward to Utbah, I went forward to Shaybah;
and after two blows had been exchanged between Ubaydah and
al-Walid, they wounded one another severely; so we turned
against al-Walid and killed him, and we carried Ubaydah
away.
Al-Hayyaj ibn Imran ibn Husayn reported that a slave of
Imran ran away. He took a vow to Allah that if he
overpowers him, he will cut off his head. He then sent me
(to Samurah ibn Jundub) to ask him about this question for
him. I came to Samurah ibn Jundub and asked him. He said:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to exhort us
to give alms (sadaqah) and forbid us to mutilate (a
slain). I then came to Imran ibn Husayn and asked him. He
said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to
exhort us to give alms (sadaqah) and forbid us to mutilate
(a slain).
When we were with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) on an expedition, he saw some people
collected together over something and sent a man and said:
See, what are these people collected around? He then came
and said: They are round a woman who has been killed. He
said: This is not one with whom fighting should have taken
place. Khalid ibn al-Walid was in charge of the van; so he
sent a man and said: Tell Khalid not to kill a woman or a
hired servant.
No woman of Banu Qurayzah was killed except one. She
was with me, talking and laughing on her back and belly
(extremely), while the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) was killing her people with the
swords. Suddenly a man called her name: Where is
so-and-so? She said: I I asked: What is the matter with
you? She said: I did a new act. She said: The man took her
and beheaded her. She said: I will not forget that she was
laughing extremely although she knew that she would be
killed.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) appointed him
commander over a detachment. He said: I went out along
with it. He (the Prophet) said: If you find so-and-so,
burn him with the fire. I then turned away, and he called
me. So I returned to him, and he said: If you find
so-and-so, kill him, and do not burn him, for no one
punishes with fire except the Lord of the fire.
We were with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
during a journey. He went to ease himself. We saw a bird
with her two young ones and we captured her young ones.
The bird came and began to spread its wings. The Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came and said: Who grieved
this for its young ones? Return its young ones to it. He
also saw an ant village that we had burnt. He asked: Who
has burnt this? We replied: We. He said: It is not proper
to punish with fire except the Lord of fire.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) announced to
go on expedition for Tabuk. I went to my family and then
proceeded (on journey). The vanguard of the Companions of
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) had already
proceeded. So I began to announce loudly in Medina: Is
there anyone who takes a man on his ride, and he will get
his share (from the booty? An old man from the Ansar
(Helpers) spoke loudly: We shall have his share if we take
him with us on our mount by turns, and he will have his
meal with us. I said: Yes. He said: So go on journey with
Allah's blessing. I then proceeded along with my best
companion and Allah gave us booty. Some she-camels were
given to me as my share of booty. I drove them till I
reached him. He came out and sat on the rear part of the
saddle of his camel. He then said: Drive them backward. He
again said: Drive them forward. He then said: I find your
she-camels very gentle. He said: This is your booty which
I stipulated for you. He replied: Take your she-camels, my
nephew; we did not intend (to get) your portion.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent Abdullah
ibn Ghalib al-Laythi along with a detachment and I was
also with them. He ordered them to attach Banu al-Mulawwih
from all sides at al-Kadid. So we went out and when we
reached al-Kadid we met al-Harith ibn al-Barsa al-Laythi,
and seized him. He said: I came with the intention of
embracing Islam, and I came out to go to the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him). We said: If you are a Muslim,
there is no harm if we keep you in chains for a day and
night; and if you are not, we shall tie you with chains.
So we tied him with chains.
Yahya ibn Abdullah said: When the captives (of the
battle of Badr) were brought, Sawdah daughter of Zam'ah
was present with the children of Afra' at the halting
place of their camels, that is, Awf and Mu'awwidh sons of
Afra'.
This happened before the prescription of veil for them.
Sawdah said: I swear by Allah, I was with them when I came
(from there to the people) and I was told: These are
captives recently brought (here). I returned to my house,
and the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) was there,
and AbuZayd Suhayl ibn Amr was in the corner of the
apartment and his hands were tied up on his neck with a
rope. He then narrated the rest of the tradition.
When the children of a woman (in pre-Islamic days) did
not survive, she took a vow on herself that if her child
survives, she would convert it a Jew. When Banu an-Nadir
were expelled (from Arabia), there were some children of
the Ansar (Helpers) among them. They said: We shall not
leave our children. So Allah the Exalted revealed; "Let
there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear
from error."
On the day when Mecca was conquered, the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) gave protection to the People
except four men and two women and he named them. Ibn
AbuSarh was one of them.
He then narrated the tradition. He said: Ibn AbuSarh
hid himself with Uthman ibn Affan. When the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) called the people to take the
oath of allegiance, he brought him and made him stand
before the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He said:
Apostle of Allah, receive the oath of allegiance from him.
He raised his head and looked at him thrice, denying him
every time. After the third time he received his oath. He
then turned to his Companions and said: Is not there any
intelligent man among you who would stand to this (man)
when he saw me desisting from receiving the oath of
allegiance, and kill him? They replied: We do not know,
Apostle of Allah, what lies in your heart; did you not
give us an hint with your eye? He said: It is not proper
for a Prophet to have a treacherous eye.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: on the day of the
conquest of Mecca: There are four persons whom I shall not
give protection in the sacred and non-sacred territory. He
then named them. There were two singing girls of al-Maqis;
one of them was killed and the other escaped and embraced
Islam.
Ibrahim said: Ad-Dahhak ibn Qays intended to appoint
Masruq as governor. Thereupon Umarah ibn Uqbah said to
him: Are you appointing a man from the remnants of the
murderers of Uthman? Masruq said to him: Ibn Mas'ud
narrated to us, and he was trustworthy in respect of
traditions, that when the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
intended to kill your father, he said: Who will look after
my children? He replied: Fire. I also like for you what
the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) liked for you.
We fought along with AbdurRahman ibn Khalid ibn
al-Walid. Four infidels from the enemy were brought to
him. He commanded about them and they were killed in
confinement.
AbuDawud said: The narrators other than Sa'id reported
from Ibn Wahb in this tradition: "(Killed him) with arrows
in confinement." When AbuAyyub al-Ansari was informed
about it, he said: I heard the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) prohibiting to kill in confinement. By
Him in Whose hands my soul is, if there were a hen, I
would not kill it in confinement. AbdurRahman ibn Khalid
ibn al-Walid was informed about it (the Prophet's
prohibition). He set four slaves free.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) fixed the ransom of the
people of pre-Islamic Arabia at four hundred dirhams per
head on the day of the battle of Badr.
When the people of Mecca sent about ransoming their
prisoners Zaynab sent some property to ransom Abul'As,
sending among it a necklace of hers which Khadijah had
had, and (which she) had given to her when she married
Abul'As. When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) saw
it, he felt great tenderness about it and said: If you
consider that you should free her prisoner for her and
return to her what belongs to her, (it will be well). They
said: Yes. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) made
an agreement with him that he should let Zaynab come to
him, and the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent
Zayd ibn Harithah and a man of the Ansar (the Helpers) and
said: Wait in the valley of Yajij till Zaynab passes you,
then you should accompany her and bring her back.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) then said:
Return to them (Hawazin) their women and their sons. If
any of you withholds anything from this booty, we have six
camels for him from the first booty which Allah gives us.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) then approached a camel,
and taking a hair from its hump said: O people, I get
nothing of this booty, not even this (meanwhile raising
his two fingers) but the fifth, and the fifth is returned
to you, so hand over threads and needles. A man got up
with a ball of hair in his hand and said: I took this to
repair the cloth under a pack-saddle. The Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) said: You can have what belongs to me
and to the Banu al-Muttalib. He said: If it produces the
result that I now realise, I have no desire for it.
Nafi' said that a slave of Ibn Umar ran away to the
enemy, and then the Muslims overpowered them. The Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) returned him to Ibn Umar and
that was not distributed (as a part of booty).
Some slaves (of the unbelievers) went out to the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) on the day of
al-Hudaybiyyah before treaty. Their masters wrote to him
saying: O Muhammad, they have not gone out to you with an
interest in your religion, but they have gone out to
escape from slavery. Some people said: They have spoken
the truth, Apostle of Allah, send them back to them. The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) became angry and
said: I do not see your restraining yourself from this
action), group of Quraysh, but that Allah send someone to
you who strike your necks. He then refused to return them,
and said: They are emancipated (slaves) of Allah, the
Exalted.
AbuLabid said: We were with AbdurRahman ibn Samurah ibn
Kabul. The people got booty and plundered it. He stood and
addressed (the people): I heard the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) prohibiting getting property from the
booty before its distribution. Therefore, they returned
what they had taken, He then distributed it among them.
Muhammad ibn AbulMujahid reported Abdullah ibn AbuAwfa
as saying: I asked: Did you set aside the fifth of the
food in the time of the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him)? He replied: On the day of Khaybar we
captured food and a man would come and take as much food
of it as needed and then go away.
Kulayb reported from a man of the Ansar. He said: We
went out with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) on
a journey. The people suffered from intense need and
strain. They gained booty and then plundered it. While our
pots were boiling the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
came walking with his bow touching the ground. He turned
over our pots with his bow and smeared the meat with the
soil, and said: "Plunder is more unlawful than carrion,"
or he said: "Carrion is more unlawful than plunder." The
narrator Hannad was doubtful.
Al-Qasim, the client of AbdurRahman, quoted one of the
Companion of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) as saying: We
would eat a camel on an expedition without dividing it,
and when we returned to our dwellings our saddle-bags
would be full with its flesh.
AbdurRahman ibn Ghanam said: We were stationed at the
frontiers of the city of Qinnisrin with Shurahbil ibn
as-Simt. When he conquered it, he got sheep and cows
there. He distributed some of them amongst us, and
deposited the rest of them in the spoils of war. I met
Mu'adh ibn Jabal and mentioned it to him. Mu'adh said: we
went on an expedition of Khaybar along with the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and we got spoils there. The
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) divided them among us
and placed the rest of them in the booty.
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who believes
in Allah and the Last Day must not ride on packhorse
belonging to the booty of the Muslims and put it back when
he has emaciated it; and he who believes in Allah and the
Last Day must not wear a garment belonging to the booty of
the Muslims and put it back when he made it threadbare.
I passed when AbuJahl had fallen as his foot was struck
(with the swords). I said: O enemy of Allah, AbuJahl,
Allah has disgraced a man who was far away from His mercy.
I did not fear him at that moment. He replied: It is most
strange that a man has been killed by his people. I struck
him with a blunt sword. But it did not work, and then his
sword fell down from his hand, I struck him with it until
he became dead.
A man from the Companions of the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) died on the day of Khaybar. They
mentioned the matter to the Apostle of Allah. He said:
Offer prayer over your companion. When the faces of the
people looked perplexed, he said: Your companion
misappropriated booty in the path of Allah. We searched
his belongings and found some Jewish beads not worth two
dirhams.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) gained
booty he ordered Bilal to make a public announcement. He
made a public announcement, and when the people brought
their booty, he would take a fifth and divide it.
Thereafter a man brought a halter of hair and said:
Apostle of Allah, this is a part of the booty we got. He
asked: Have you heard Bilal making announcement three
times? He replied: Yes. He asked: What did prevent you
from bringing it? He made some excuse, to which he said:
Be (as you are), you may bring it on the Day of Judgment,
for I shall not accept it from you.
Salih ibn Muhammad ibn Za'idah (AbuDawud said: This
Salih is AbuWaqid) said: We entered the Byzantine
territory with Maslamah. A man who had been dishonest
about booty was brought.
He (Maslamah) asked Salim about him. He said: I heard
my father narrating from Umar ibn al-Khattab from the
Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said: When you find a man
who has been dishonest about booty, burn his property, and
beat him. He beat him. He said: We found in his property a
copy of the Qur'an. He again asked Salim about it. He
said: Sell it and give its price in charity.
Narrated Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i ; Khalid ibn
al-Walid:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) gave judgement
that the killer should have what was taken from the man he
killed, and did not make this subject to division into
fifths.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent AbuSa'id
ibn al-'As with an expedition from Medina towards Najd.
Aban ibn Sa'id and his companions came to the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him) at Khaybar after it had been
captured. The girths of their horses were made of palm
fibres. Aban said: Give us a share (from the booty),
Apostle of Allah. AbuHurayrah said: I said: Do not give
them a share, Apostle of Allah. Aban said: Why are you
talking so, Wabr. You have come to us from the peak of
Dal. The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Sit down, Aban.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) did not give any
share to them (from the booty).
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) stood up, i.e.
on the day of Badr, and said: Uthman has gone off on the
business of Allah and His Apostle, and I shall take the
oath of allegiance on his behalf. The Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) then allotted him a share, but did not
do so for anyone else who was absent.
Yazid ibn Hurmuz said: Najdah wrote to Ibn Abbas asking
him about such-and-such, and such-and-such, and he
mentioned some things; he (asked) about a slave whether he
would get something from the spoils; and he (asked) about
women whether they used to go out (on expeditions) along
with the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), and whether
they would be allotted a share, Ibn Abbas said: Had I not
apprehended a folly, I would not have written (a reply) to
him. As for the slave, he was given a little of the spoils
(as a reward from the booty); as to the women, they would
treat the wounded and supply water.
Hashraj ibn Ziyad reported on the authority of his
grandmother that she went out with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) for the battle of Khaybar. They were
six in number including herself.
(She said): When the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) was informed about it, he sent for us.
We came to him, and found him angry.
He said: With whom did you come out, and by whose
permission did you come out?
We said: Apostle of Allah, we have come out to spin the
hair, by which we provide aid in the cause of Allah. We
have medicine for the wounded, we hand arrows (to the
fighters), and supply drink made of wheat or barley.
He said: Stand up. When Allah bestowed victory of
Khaybar on him, he allotted shares to us from spoils that
he allotted to the men. He (Hashraj ibn Ziyad) said: I
said to her: Grandmother, what was that? She replied:
Dates.
I was present at Khaybar along with my masters who
spoke about me to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him). He ordered about me, and a sword was
girded on me and I was trailing it. He was then informed
that I was a slave. He, therefore, ordered that I should
be given some inferior goods.
We four persons, came to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him), and we (i.e. each one of us) had
horses. He therefore, allotted one portion for each of us,
and two portions for his horse.
Mujammi' was one of the Qur'an-reciters (qaris), and he
said: We were present with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) at al-Hudaybiyyah. When we returned,
the people were driving their camels quickly.
The people said to one another: What is the matter with
them?
They said: Revelation has come down to the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him). We also proceeded with the people,
galloping (our camels). We found the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) standing on his riding-animal at Kura'
al-Ghamim.
When the people gathered near him, he recited: "Verily
We have granted thee a manifest victory.
A man asked: Is this a victory, Apostle of Allah? He
replied: Yes. By Him in Whose hands the soul of Muhammad
is, this is a victory. Khaybar was divided among those who
had been at al-Hudaybiyyah, and the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) divided it into eighteen portions. The
army consisted of one thousand five hundred men, of which
three hundred were cavalry, and he gave two shares to a
horseman and one to a foot-soldier.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said on the
day of Badr: He who does such-and-such, will have such-and
such. The young men came forward and the old men remained
standing near the banners, and they did not move from
there. When Allah bestowed victory on them, the old men
said: We were support for you. If you had been defeated,
you would have returned to us. Do not take this booty
alone and we remain (deprived of it). The young men
refused (to give), and said: The Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) has given it to us. Then Allah sent
down: "They ask thee concerning (things taken as) spoils
of war, Say: (Such) spoils are at the disposal of Allah
and the Apostle......Just as they Lord ordered thee out of
thy house in truth, even though a party among the
believers disliked it." This proved good for them.
Similarly obey me. I know the consequence of this better
than you.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said on the
day of Badr: He who kills a man will get such-and-such,
and he who captivates a man will get such-and-such. The
narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition in a
similar manner. The tradition of Khalid is more perfect.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent us along
with an army towards Najd, and he sent a detachment of
that army (to face the enemy). The whole army got twelve
camels per head as their portion, but he gave the
detachment one additional camel (apart from the division
made to the army). Thus they got thirteen camels each (as
a reward).
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent a
detachment to Najd. I went out along with them, and got
abundant riches. Our commander gave each of us a camel as
a reward. We then came upon the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) and he divided the spoils of war among
us. Each of us received twelve camels after taking a fifth
of it. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) did not
take account of our companion (i.e. the commander of the
army), nor did he blame him for what he had done. Thus
each man of us had received thirteen camels with the
reward he gave.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to give
to some of the detachments he sent out (something extra)
for themselves in particular apart from the division made
to the whole army. The fifth is necessary in all that.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) went out on
the day of Badr along with three hundred and fifteen
(men). The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: O
Allah, they are on foot, provide mount for them; O Allah ,
they are naked, clothe them; O Allah, they are hungry,
provide food for them. Allah then bestowed victory on
them. They returned when they were clothed. There was no
man of them but he returned with one or two camels; they
were clothed and ate to their fill.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) used to give a
quarter of the booty as reward after the fifty had been
kept off, and a third after the fifth had been kept off
when he returned.
Makhul said: I was the slave of a woman of Banu
Hudhayl; afterwards she emancipated me. I did not leave
Egypt until I had acquired all the knowledge that seemed
to me to exist there.
I then came to al-Hijaz and I did not leave it until I
had acquired all the knowledge that seemed to be
available.
Then I came to al-Iraq, and I did not leave it until I
had acquired all the knowledge that seemed to be
available.
I then came to Syria, and besieged it. I asked everyone
about giving rewards from the booty. I did not find anyone
who could tell me anything about it.
I then met an old man called Ziyad ibn Jariyah
at-Tamimi. I asked him: Have you heard anything about
giving rewards from the booty? He replied: Yes. I heard
Maslamah al-Fihri say: I was present with the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him).
He gave a quarter of the spoils on the outward journey
and a third on the return journey.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Muslims
are equal in respect of blood. The lowest of them is
entitled to give protection on behalf of them, and the one
residing far away may give protection on behalf of them.
They are like one hand over against all those who are
outside the community. Those who have quick mounts should
return to those who have slow mounts, and those who got
out along with a detachment (should return) to those who
are stationed. A believer shall not be killed for an
unbeliever, nor a confederate within the term of
confederation with him.
AbulJuwayriyyah al-Jarmi said: I found a red pitcher
containing dinars in Byzantine territory during the reign
of Mu'awiyah. A man from the Companions of the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) belonging to Banu Sulaym was our
ruler. He was called Ma'an ibn Yazid. I brought it to him.
He apportioned it among the Muslims. He gave me the same
portion which he gave to one of them. He then said: Had I
not heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say:
There is no reward except after taking the fifth (from the
booty), I would have given you (the reward). He then
presented his own share to me, but I refused.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) led us in
prayer facing a camel which had been taken in booty, and
when he had given the salutation, he took a hair from the
camel's side and said: I have no right as much as this of
your booty, but only to the fifth. and the fifth is
returned to you.
The Quraysh sent me to the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him), and when I saw the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him), Islam was cast into my heart, so I
said: Apostle of Allah, I swear by Allah, I shall never
return to them. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
replied: I do not break a covenant or imprison messengers,
but return, and if you feel the same as you do just now,
come back. So I went away, and then came to the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) and accepted Islam.
Sulaym ibn Amir, a man of Himyar, said: There was a
covenant between Mu'awiyah and the Byzantines, and he was
going towards their country, and when the covenant came to
an end, he attacked them. A man came on a horse, or a
packhorse saying, Allah is Most Great, Allah is Most
Great; let there be faithfulness and not treachery. And
when they looked they found that he was Amr ibn Abasah.
Mu'awiyah sent for him and questioned him (about that). He
said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
say: When one has covenant with people he must not
strengthen or loosen it till its term comes to an end or
he brings it to an end in agreement with them (to make
both the parties equal). So Mu'awiyah returned.
I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say
when he read the letter of Musaylimah: What do you believe
yourselves? They said: We believe as he believes. He said:
I swear by Allah that were it not that messengers are not
killed, I would cut off your heads.
Harithah ibn Mudarrib said that he came to Abdullah ibn
Mas'ud and said (to him): There is no enmity between me
and any of the Arabs. I passed a mosque of Banu Hanifah.
They (the people) believed in Musaylimah. Abdullah (ibn
Mas'ud) sent for them. They were brought, and he asked
them to repent, except Ibn an-Nawwahah. He said to him: I
heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: Were
it not that you were not a messenger, I would behead you.
But today you are not a messenger. He then ordered Qarazah
ibn Ka'b (to kill him). He beheaded him in the market.
Anyone who wants to see Ibn an-Nawwahah slain in the
market (he may see him).
Hassan ibn Atiyyah said: Makhul and Ibn Zakariyya went
to Khalid ibn Ma'dan, and I also went along with them. He
reported a tradition on the authority of Jubayr ibn
Nufayr. He said: Go with us to Dhu Mikhbar, a man from the
Companions of the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). We came to
him and Jubayr asked him about peace. He said: I heard the
Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: You will make a
secure peace with the Byzantines, then you and they will
fight an enemy behind you.
When anything came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him)
which caused pleasure (or, by which he was made glad), he
prostrated himself in gratitude to Allah.
We went out with the Apostle of Allah
(peace_be_upon_him) 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.
When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) arrived
from his hajj, he entered Medina, and made (his camel)
kneel down at the gate of his mosque; and he entered it
and offered two rak'ahs of prayer; he then returned to his
home. Nafi' said: Ibn Umar also used to do so.
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Beware
of the wages of a distributor of booty (qusamah). We
asked: What is qusamah (wages of a distributor)? He said:
It means a thing which is shared by the people, and then
it is reduced.
Narrated A man from the Companions of the Prophet:
Ubaydullah ibn Salman reported on the authority of a
man from the Companions of the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him): When we conquered Khaybar, they (the
people) took out their spoils which contained equipment
and captives. The people began to buy and sell their
spoils. When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
prayed, a man came to him and said: Apostle of Allah, I
have gained today so much so that no one gained from this
valley. He asked: Woe unto you, how much did you gain? He
replied: I kept on selling and buying until I gained three
hundred uqiyahs. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
said: I tell you a man who gained better than you. He
asked: What is that, Apostle of Allah? He replied! Two
rak'ahs (of supererogatory prayer) after the (obligatory)
prayer.
A man of ad-Dabab, said: When the Prophet
(peace_be_upon_him) became free from the people of Badr I
brought to him a colt of my mare called al-Qarha' I said:
Muhammad, I have brought a colt of a al-Qarha' , so that
you may take it. He said: I have no need of it. If you
wish that I give you a select coat of mail from (the
spoils of) Badr, I shall do it. I said: I cannot give you
today a colt in exchange. He said: Then I have no need of
it.