There was a dispute amongst the people of the tribe of
Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf. The Prophet went to them along with
some of his companions in order to make peace between
them. The time for the prayer became due but the Prophet
did not turn up; Bilal pronounced the Adhan (i.e. call)
for the prayer but the Prophet did not turn up, so Bilal
went to Abu Bakr and said, "The time for the prayer is due
and the Prophet i detained, would you lead the people in
the prayer?" Abu Bakr replied, "Yes, you wish." So, Bilal
pronounced the Iqama of the prayer and Abu Bakr went ahead
(to lead the prayer), but the Prophet came walking among
the rows till he joined the first row. The people started
clapping and they clapped too much, and Abu Bakr used not
to look hither and thither in the prayer, but he turned
round and saw the Prophet standing behind him. The Prophet
beckoned him with his hand to keep on praying where he
was. Abu Bakr raised his hand and praised Allah and then
retreated till he came in the (first) row, and the Prophet
went ahead and lead the people in the prayer. When the
Prophet finished the prayer, he turned towards the people
and said, "O people! When something happens to you during
the prayer, you start clapping. Really clapping is
(permissible) for women only. If something happens to one
of you in his prayer, he should say: 'Subhan Allah',
(Glorified be Allah), for whoever hears him (saying so)
will direct his attention towards him. O Abu Bakr! What
prevented you from leading the people in the prayer when I
beckoned to you (to continue)?" Abu Bakr replied, "It did
not befit the son of Abu Quhafa to lead the prayer in
front of the Prophet.
It was said to the Prophet "Would that you see Abdullah
bin Ubai." So, the Prophet went to him, riding a donkey,
and the Muslims accompanied him, walking on salty barren
land. When the Prophet reached 'Abdullah bin Ubai, the
latter said, "Keep away from me! By Allah, the bad smell
of your donkey has harmed me." On that an Ansari man said
(to 'Abdullah), "By Allah! The smell of the donkey of
Allah's Apostle is better than your smell." On that a man
from 'Abdullah's tribe got angry for 'Abdullah's sake, and
the two men abused each other which caused the friends of
the two men to get angry, and the two groups started
fighting with sticks, shoes and hands. We were informed
that the following Divine Verse was revealed (in this
concern):-- "And if two groups of Believers fall to
fighting then, make peace between them." (49.9)
Once the people of Quba fought with each other till
they threw stones on each other. When Allah's Apostle was
informed about it, he said, "Let us go to bring about a
reconciliation between them."
The following Verse: If a woman fears cruelty or
desertion on her husband's part (i.e. the husband notices
something unpleasant about his wife, such as old age or
the like, and wants to divorce her, but she asks him to
keep her and provide for her as he wishes). (4.128) "There
is no blame on them if they reconcile on such basis."
Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani:
A bedouin came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Judge
between us according to Allah's Laws." His opponent got up
and said, "He is right. Judge between us according to
Allah's Laws." The bedouin said, "My son was a laborer
working for this man, and he committed illegal sexual
intercourse with his wife. The people told me that my son
should be stoned to death; so, in lieu of that, I paid a
ransom of one hundred sheep and a slave girl to save my
son. Then I asked the learned scholars who said, "Your son
has to be lashed one-hundred lashes and has to be exiled
for one year." The Prophet said, "No doubt I will judge
between you according to Allah's Laws. The slave-girl and
the sheep are to go back to you, and your son will get a
hundred lashes and one year exile." He then addressed
somebody, "O Unais! go to the wife of this (man) and stone
her to death" So, Unais went and stoned her to death.
When Allah's Apostle concluded a peace treaty with the
people of Hudaibiya, Ali bin Abu Talib wrote the document
and he mentioned in it, "Muhammad, Allah's Apostle ." The
pagans said, "Don't write: 'Muhammad, Allah's Apostle',
for if you were an apostle we would not fight with you."
Allah's Apostle asked Ali to rub it out, but Ali said, "I
will not be the person to rub it out." Allah's Apostle
rubbed it out and made peace with them on the condition
that the Prophet and his companions would enter Mecca and
stay there for three days, and that they would enter with
their weapons in cases.
When the Prophet intended to perform 'Umra in the month
of Dhul-Qada, the people of Mecca did not let him enter
Mecca till he settled the matter with them by promising to
stay in it for three days only. When the document of
treaty was written, the following was mentioned: 'These
are the terms on which Muhammad, Allah's Apostle agreed
(to make peace).' They said, "We will not agree to this,
for if we believed that you are Allah's Apostle we would
not prevent you, but you are Muhammad bin 'Abdullah." The
Prophet said, "I am Allah's Apostle and also Muhammad bin
'Abdullah." Then he said to 'Ali, "Rub off (the words)
'Allah's Apostle' ", but 'Ali said, "No, by Allah, I will
never rub off your name." So, Allah's Apostle took the
document and wrote, 'This is what Muhammad bin 'Abdullah
has agreed upon: No arms will be brought into Mecca except
in their cases, and nobody from the people of Mecca will
be allowed to go with him (i.e. the Prophet ) even if he
wished to follow him and he (the Prophet ) will not
prevent any of his companions from staying in Mecca if the
latter wants to stay.' When the Prophet entered Mecca and
the time limit passed, the Meccans went to 'Ali and said,
"Tell your Friend (i.e. the Prophet ) to go out, as the
period (agreed to) has passed." So, the Prophet went out
of Mecca. The daughter of Hamza ran after them (i.e. the
Prophet and his companions), calling, "O Uncle! O Uncle!"
'Ali received her and led her by the hand and said to
Fatima, "Take your uncle's daughter." Zaid and Ja'far
quarrel ed about her. 'Ali said, "I have more right to her
as she is my uncle's daughter." Ja'far said, "She is my
uncle's daughter, and her aunt is my wife." Zaid said,
"She is my brother's daughter." The Prophet judged that
she should be given to her aunt, and said that the aunt
was like the mother. He then said to 'All, "You are from
me and I am from you", and said to Ja'far, "You resemble
me both in character and appearance", and said to Zaid,
"You are our brother (in faith) and our freed slave."
Allah's Apostle set out for the 'Umra but the pagans of
Quraish prevented him from reaching the Ka'ba. So, he
slaughtered his sacrifice and got his head shaved at Al-Hudaibiya,
and agreed with them that he would perform 'Umra the
following year and would not carry weapons except swords
and would not stay in Mecca except for the period they al
lowed. So, the Prophet performed the 'Umra in the
following year and entered Mecca according to the treaty,
and when he stayed for three days, the pagans ordered him
to depart, and he departed.
Ar-Rabi, the daughter of An-Nadr broke the tooth of a
girl, and the relatives of Ar-Rabi' requested the girl's
relatives to accept the Irsh (compensation for wounds
etc.) and forgive (the offender), but they refused. So,
they went to the Prophet who ordered them to bring about
retaliation. Anas bin An-Nadr asked, "O Allah"; Apostle!
Will the tooth of Ar-Rabi' be broken? No, by Him Who has
sent you with the Truth, her tooth will not be broken."
The Prophet said, "O Anas! Allah"; law ordains
retaliation." Later the relatives of the girl agreed and
forgave her. The Prophet said, "There are some of Allah's
slaves who, if they take an oath by Allah, are responded
to by Allah i.e. their oath is fulfilled). Anas added,
"The people agreed and accepted the Irsh."
By Allah, Al-Hasan bin Ali led large battalions like
mountains against Muawiya. Amr bin Al-As said (to Muawiya),
"I surely see battalions which will not turn back before
killing their opponents." Muawiya who was really the best
of the two men said to him, "O 'Amr! If these killed those
and those killed these, who would be left with me for the
jobs of the public, who would be left with me for their
women, who would be left with me for their children?" Then
Muawiya sent two Quraishi men from the tribe of 'Abd-i-Shams
called 'Abdur Rahman bin Sumura and Abdullah bin 'Amir bin
Kuraiz to Al-Hasan saying to them, "Go to this man (i.e.
Al-Hasan) and negotiate peace with him and talk and appeal
to him." So, they went to Al-Hasan and talked and appealed
to him to accept peace. Al-Hasan said, "We, the offspring
of 'Abdul Muttalib, have got wealth and people have
indulged in killing and corruption (and money only will
appease them)." They said to Al-Hasan, "Muawiya offers you
so and so, and appeals to you and entreats you to accept
peace." Al-Hasan said to them, "But who will be
responsible for what you have said?" They said, "We will
be responsible for it." So, what-ever Al-Hasan asked they
said, "We will be responsible for it for you." So, Al-Hasan
concluded a peace treaty with Muawiya. Al-Hasan (Al-Basri)
said: I heard Abu Bakr saying, "I saw Allah's Apostle on
the pulpit and Al-Hasan bin 'Ali was by his side. The
Prophet was looking once at the people and once at Al-Hasan
bin 'Ali saying, 'This son of mine is a Saiyid (i.e. a
noble) and may Allah make peace between two big groups of
Muslims through him."
Once Allah's Apostle heard the loud voices of some
opponents quarreling at the door. One of them was
appealing to the other to deduct his debt and asking him
to be lenient but the other was saying, "By Allah I will
not do so." Allah's Apostle went out to them and said,
"Who is the one who was swearing by Allah that he would
not do a favor?" That man said, "I am that person, O
Allah's Apostle! I will give my opponent whatever he
wishes."
Narrated Abdullah bin Kab bin Malik from Kab bin Malik:
Abdullah bin Abu Hadrad Al-Aslami owed Kab bin Malik
some money. One day the latter met the former and demanded
his right, and their voices grew very loud. The Prophet
passed by them and said, "O Ka'b," beckoning with his hand
as if intending to say, "Deduct half the debts." So, Kab
took half what the other owed him and remitted the other
half.
Allah's Apostle said, "There is a Sadaqa to be given
for every joint of the human body; and for every day on
which the sun rises there is a reward of a Sadaqa (i.e.
charitable gift) for the one who establishes justice among
people."
Az-Zubair told me that he quarrelled with an Ansari man
who had participated in (the battle of) Badr in front of
Allah's Apostle about a water stream which both of them
used for irrigation. Allah's Apostle said to Az-Zubair, "O
Zubair! Irrigate (your garden) first, and then let the
water flow to your neighbor." The Ansari became angry and
said, "O Allah's Apostle! Is it because he is your
cousin?" On that the complexion of Allah's Apostle changed
(because of anger) and said (to Az-Zubair), "I irrigate
(your garden) and then with-hold the water till it reaches
the walls (surrounding the palms)." So, Allah's Apostle
gave Az-Zubair his full right. Before that Allah's Apostle
had given a generous judgment beneficial for Az-Zubair and
the Ansari, but when the Ansan irritated Allah's Apostle
he gave Az-Zubair his full right according to the evident
law. Az-Zubair said, "By Allah ! I think the following
Verse was revealed concerning that case: "But no by your
Lord They can have No faith Until they make you judge In
all disputes between them." (4.65)
My father died and was in debt. I suggested that his
creditors take the fruits (i.e. dates) of my garden in
lieu of the debt of my father, but they refused the offer,
as they thought that it would not cover the full debt. So,
I went to the Prophet and told him about it. He said (to
me), "When you pluck the dates and collect them in the
Mirbad (i.e. a place where dates are dried), call me
(Allah's Apostle)." Finally he came accompanied by Abu
Bakr and 'Umar and sat on the dates and invoked Allah to
bless them. Then he said, "Call your creditors and give
them their full rights." So, I paid all my father's
creditors in full and yet thirteen extra Wasqs of dates
remained, seven of which were 'Ajwa and six were Laun or
six of which were Ajwa and seven were Laun. I met Allah's
Apostle at sunset and informed him about it. On that he
smiled and said, "Go to Abu Bakr and 'Umar and tell them
about it." They said, "We perceived that was going to
happen, as Allah's Apostle did what he did."
That Ka'b bin Malik told him that in the lifetime of
Allah's Apostle he demanded his debt from Ibn Abu Hadrad
in the Mosque. Their voices grew louder till Allah's
Apostle heard them while he was in his house. So he lifted
the curtain of his room and called Ka'b bin Malik saying,
"O Ka'b!" He replied, "Labbaik! O Allah's Apostle!" He
beckoned to him with his hand suggesting that he deduct
half the debt. Ka'b said, "I agree, O Allah's Apostle!"
Allah's Apostle then said (to Ibn Abu Hadrad), "Get up and
pay him the rest."