The Prophet said Allah will not look, on the Day of
Resurrection at the person who drags his garment (behind
him) out of conceit. On that Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's
Apostle! One side of my Izar hangs low if I do not take
care of it." The Prophet said, 'You are not one of those
who do that out of conceit."
The solar eclipse occurred while we were sitting with
the Prophet He got up dragging his garment (on the ground)
hurriedly till he reached the mosque The people turned (to
the mosque) and he offered a two-Rak'at prayer whereupon
the eclipse was over and he traced us and said, "The sun
and the moon are two signs among the signs of Allah, so if
you see a thing like this (eclipse) then offer the prayer
and invoke Allah till He remove that state,"
I saw Bilal bringing an 'Anza (a small spear) and
fixing it in the ground, and then he proclaimed the Iqarna
of the prayer, and I saw Allah's Apostle coming out,
wearing a cloak with its sleeves rolled up. He then
offered a two-Rak'at prayer while facing the 'Anza, and I
saw the people and animals passing in front of him beyond
the 'Anza.
The Prophet (or 'Abul Qasim) said, "While a man was
walking, clad in a two-piece garment and proud of himself
with his hair well-combed, suddenly Allah made him sink
into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the
Day of Resurrection.
Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was dragging his
Izar on the ground (behind him), suddenly Allah made him
sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till
the Day of Resurrection."
The wife of Rifa'a Al-Qurazi came to Allah's Apostle
while I was sitting, and Abu Bakr was also there. She
said, 'O Allah s Apostle! I was the wife of Rifa'a and he
divorced me irrevocably. Then I married AbdurRahman bin
Az-Zubair who, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle, has only
something like a fringe of a garment, Showing the fringe
of her veil. Khalid bin Sa'id, who was standing at the
door, for he had not been admitted, heard her statement
and said, "O Abu Bakr! Why do you not stop this lady from
saying such things openly before Allah's Apostle?" No, by
Allah, Allah's Apostle did nothing but smiled. Then he
said to the lady, "Perhaps you want to return to Rifa'a?
That is impossible unless 'Abdur-Rahman consummates his
marriage with you." That became the tradition after him.
The Prophet asked for his Rida, put it on and set out
walking. Zaid bin Haritha and I followed him till he
reached the house where Harnza (bin 'Abdul Muttalib) was
present and asked for permission to enter, and they gave
us permission.
A man asked, "O Allah s Apostle What kind of clothes
should a Muhrim wear?" The Prophet, said, "A Muhrim should
not wear a shirt, trousers a hooded cloak, or Khuffs
(leather socks covering the ankles) unless he cannot get
sandals, in which case he should cut the part (of the
Khuff) that covers the ankles."
The Prophet came to visit Abdullah bin Ubai (bin Salul)
after he had been put in his grave. The Prophet ordered
that 'Abdullah be taken out. He was taken out and was
placed on the knees on the knees of the Prophet, who blew
his (blessed) breath on him and dressed the body with his
own shirt. And Allah knows better.
When Abdullah bin Ubdi (bin Salul) died, his son came
to Allah's Apostle and said ' O Allah's Apostle, give me
your shirt so that I may shroud my fathers body in it. And
please offer a funeral prayer for him and invoke Allah for
his forgiveness." The Prophet gave him his shirt and said
to him 'Inform us when you finish (and the funeral
procession is ready) call us. When he had finished he told
the Prophet and the Prophet proceeded to order his funeral
prayers but Umar stopped him and said, "Didn't Allah
forbid you to offer the funeral prayer for the hypocrites
when He said: "Whether you (O Muhammad) ask forgiveness
for them or ask not forgiveness for them: (and even) if
you ask forgiveness for them seventy times. Allah will not
forgive them." (9.80) Then there was revealed: "And never
(O Muhammad) pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at
his grave." (9.34) Thenceforth the Prophet did not offer
funeral prayers for the hypocrites.
Allah's Apostle has set forth an example for a miser
and a charitable person by comparing them to two men
wearing two iron cloaks and their hands are raised to
their breasts and necks. Whenever the charitable man tries
to give a charitable gift, his iron cloak expands till it
becomes so wide that it will cover his fingertips and
obliterate his tracks And, whenever the miser wants to
give a charitable gift, his cloak becomes very tight over
him and every ring gets stuck to its place Abu Huraira
added; I saw Allah's Apostle putting his finger in the
(chest) pocket of his shirt like that If you but saw him
trying to widen (the opening of his shirt) but it did not
widen
The Prophet went to answer the call of nature, and when
he returned, I met him with water and he performed the
ablution while he was wearing a Sham, cloak. He rinsed his
mouth, put the water in his nose and blew it out, washed
his face and tried to take his hands out of his sleeves,
but they were too narrow, so he took out his hands from
under his chest and washed them and then passed his wet
hands over his head and Khuffs (leather socks) .
One night I was with the Prophet on a journey. He asked
(me), "Have you got water with you?" I replied, "Yes" So
he got down from his she-camel and went away till he
disappeared in the darkness of the night. Then he came
back and I poured water for him from the pot (for the
ablution). He washed his face and hands while he was
wearing a woollen cloak (the sleeves of which were
narrow), so he could not take his arms out of it. So he
took them out from underneath the cloak. Then he washed
his forearms and passed his wet hands over his head. Then
I tried to take off his Khuffs, but he said, "Leave them,
for I have performed ablution before putting them on." And
so he passed his wet hands over them
Allah's Apostle distributed some Qaba's but he did not
give anything to Makhrama. Makhrama said (to me), "O my
son! Let us go to Allah's Apostle." So I proceeded with
him and he said, "Go in and call him 'or me." So I called
the Prophet for him The Prophet came out to him, wearing
one of those Qaba's and said, (to Makhrama), "I have kept
this for you " Makhrama looked at it and said, "Makhrama
is satisfied now"
A silken Farruj was presented to Allah's Apostle and he
put it on and offered the prayer in it. When he finished
the prayer, he took it off violently as if he disliked it
and said, "This (garment) does not befit those who fear
Allah!"
A man said, "O Allah's Apostle. What type of clothes
should a Muhrim wear Allah's Apostle replied, 'Do not wear
shirts, turbans trousers hooded cloaks or Khuffs; but if
someone cannot get sandals, then he can wear Khuffs after
cutting them short below the ankles. Do not wear clothes
touched by saffon or wars (two kinds of perfumes) "
A man got up and said, O Allah's Apostle! What do you
order us to wear when we assume the state of Ihram?" The
Prophet replied, "Do not wear shirts, trousers, turbans,
hooded cloaks or Khuffs, but if a man has no sandals, he
can wear Khuffs after cutting them short below the ankles;
and do not wear clothes touched with (perfumes) of saffron
or wars."
The Prophet said, "A Muhrim should not wear a shirt, a
turban, trousers, hooded cloaks, a garment touched with
(perfumes) of saffron or wars, or Khuffs except if one has
no sandals in which case he should cut short the Khuffs
below the ankles."
Some Muslim men emigrated to Ethiopia whereupon Abu
Bakr also prepared himself for the emigration, but the
Prophet said (to him), "Wait, for I hope that Allah will
allow me also to emigrate." Abu Bakr said, "Let my father
and mother be sacrificed for you. Do you hope that
(emigration)?" The Prophet said, 'Yes." So Abu Bakr waited
to accompany the Prophet and fed two she-camels he had on
the leaves of As-Samur tree regularly for four months One
day while we were sitting in our house at midday, someone
said to Abu Bakr, "Here is Allah's Apostle, coming with
his head and a part of his face covered with a
cloth-covering at an hour he never used to come to us."
Abu Bakr said, "Let my father and mother be sacrificed for
you, (O Prophet)! An urgent matter must have brought you
here at this hour." The Prophet came and asked the
permission to enter, and he was allowed. The Prophet
entered and said to Abu Bakr, "Let those who are with you,
go out." Abu Bakr replied, "(There is no stranger); they
are your family. Let my father be sacrificed for you, O
Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said, "I have been allowed
to leave (Mecca)." Abu Bakr said, " I shall accompany you,
O Allah's Apostles, Let my father be sacrificed for you!"
The Prophet said, "Yes," Abu Bakr said, 'O Allah's
Apostles! Let my father be sacrificed for you. Take one of
these two she-camels of mine" The Prophet said. I will
take it only after paying its price." So we prepared their
baggage and put their journey food In a leather bag. And
Asma' bint Abu Bakr cut a piece of her girdle and tied the
mouth of the leather bag with it. That is why she was
called Dhat-an-Nitaqaln. Then the Prophet and Abu Bakr
went to a cave in a mountain called Thour and remained
there for three nights. 'Abdullah bin Abu Bakr. who was a
young intelligent man. used to stay with them at night and
leave before dawn so that in the morning, he would he with
the Quraish at Mecca as if he had spent the night among
them. If he heard of any plot contrived by the Quraish
against the Prophet and Abu Bakr, he would understand it
and (return to) inform them of it when it became dark. 'Amir
bin Fuhaira, the freed slave of Abu Bakr used to graze a
flock of milch sheep for them and he used to take those
sheep to them when an hour had passed after the 'Isha
prayer. They would sleep soundly till 'Amir bin Fuhaira
awakened them when it was still dark. He used to do that
in each of those three nights.
Once I was walking with Allah's Apostle and he was
wearing a Najram Burd with thick margin. A bedouin
followed him and pulled his Burd so violently that I
noticed the side of the shoulder of Allah's Apostle
affected by the margin of the Burd because of that violent
pull. The Bedouin said, "O Muhammad! Give me some of
Allah's wealth which is with you." Allah's Apostle turned
and looked at him, and smiling, 'he ordered that he be
given something.
Shahl bin Sad said, "A lady came with a Burda. Sahl
then asked (the people), "Do you know what Burda is?"
Somebody said, "Yes. it is a Shamla with a woven border."
Sahl added, "The lady said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I have
knitted this (Burda) with my own hands for you to wear
it." Allah's Apostle took it and he was in need of it.
Allah's Apostle came out to us and he was wearing it as an
Izar. A man from the people felt it and said, 'O Allah's
Apostle! Give it to me to wear.' The Prophet s said,
'Yes.' Then he sat there for some time (and when he went
to his house), he folded it and sent it to him. The people
said to that man, 'You have not done a right thing. You
asked him for it, though you know that he does not put
down anybody's request.' The man said, 'By Allah! I have
only asked him so that it may be my shroud when I die."
Sahl added, "Late it was his shroud."
I heard Allah's Apostle saying "From among my
followers, a group (o 70,000) will enter Paradise without
being asked for their accounts, Their faces will be
shining like the moon." 'Ukasha bin Muhsin Al-Asadi got
up, lifting his covering sheet and said, "O Allah's
Apostle Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with
them." The Prophet said! "O Allah! Make him from them."
Then another man from Al-Ansar got up and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Invoke Allah for me that He may include me with
them." On that Allah's Apostle said, "'Ukasha has
anticipated you."
When the disease of Allah's Apostle got aggravated, he
covered his face with a Khamisa, but when he became short
of breath, he would remove it from his face and say, "It
is like that! May Allah curse the Jews Christians because
they took the graves of their prophets as places of
worship." By that he warned his follower of imitating
them, by doing that which they did.
Aisha brought out to us a Kisa and an Izar and said,
"The Prophet died while wearing these two." (Kisa, a
square black piece of woolen cloth. Izar, a sheet cloth
garment covering the lower half of the body).
Allah's Apostle offered prayer while he was wearing a
Khamisa of his that had printed marks. He looked at its
marks and when he finished prayer, he said, "Take this
Khamisa of mine to Abu Jahm, for it has just now diverted
my attention from my prayer, and bring to me the Anbijania
(a plain thick sheet) of Abu Jahm bin Hudhaifa bin Ghanim
who belonged to Bani Adi bin Ka'b."
The Prophet had forbidden: (A) the Mulamasa and
Munabadha (bargains), (B) the offering of two prayers, one
after the morning compulsory prayer till the sun rises,
and the others, after the 'Asr prayer till the sun sets
(C) He also forbade that one should sit wearing one
garment, nothing of which covers his private parts (D) and
prevent them from exposure to the sky; (E) he also forbade
Ishtimal-as-Samma'.
Allah's Apostle forbade two ways of wearing clothes and
two kinds of dealings. (A) He forbade the dealings of the
Mulamasa and the Munabadha. In the Mulamasa transaction
the buyer just touches the garment he wants to buy at
night or by daytime, and that touch would oblige him to
buy it. In the Munabadha, one man throws his garment at
another and the latter throws his at the former and the
barter is complete and valid without examining the two
objects or being satisfied with them (B) The two ways of
wearing clothes were Ishtimal-as-Samma, i e., to cover
one's shoulder with one's garment and leave the other
bare: and the other way was to wrap oneself with a garment
while one was sitting In such a way that nothing of that
garment would cover one's private part
Allah's Apostle forbade two types of dresses: (A) To
sit in an Ihtiba' posture in one garment nothing of which
covers his private parts. (B) to cover one side of his
body with one garment and leave the other side bare The
Prophet also forbade the Mulamasa and Munabadha.
The Prophet was given some clothes including a black
Khamisa. The Prophet said, "To whom shall we give this to
wear?" The people kept silent whereupon the Prophet said,
"Fetch Um Khalid for me." I (Um Khalid) was brought
carried (as I was small girl at that time). The Prophet
took the Khamisa in his hands and made me wear it and
said, "May you live so long that your dress will wear out
and you will mend it many times." On the Khamisa there
were some green or pale designs (The Prophet saw these
designs) and said, "O Um Khalid! This is Sanah." (Sanah in
a Ethiopian word meaning beautiful).
When Um Sulaim gave birth to a child. she said to me,
"O Anas! Watch this boy carefully and do not give him
anything to eat or drink until you have taken him to the
Prophet tomorrow morning for the Tahnik." So the next
morning I took the child to the Prophet who was sitting in
a garden and was wearing a Huraithiya Khamisa and was
branding the she-camel on which he had come during the
Conquest of Mecca.
Rifa'a divorced his wife whereupon 'AbdurRahman bin
Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. 'Aisha said that the lady
(came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her (Aisha)
of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin
caused by beating). It was the habit of ladies to support
each other, so when Allah's Apostle came, 'Aisha said, "I
have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing
women. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!" When 'AbdurRahman
heard that his wife had gone to the Prophet, he came with
his two sons from another wife. She said, "By Allah! I
have done no wrong to him but he is impotent and is as
useless to me as this," holding and showing the fringe of
her garment, 'Abdur-Rahman said, "By Allah, O Allah's
Apostle! She has told a lie! I am very strong and can
satisfy her but she is disobedient and wants to go back to
Rifa'a." Allah's Apostle said, to her, "If that is your
intention, then know that it is unlawful for you to
remarry Rifa'a unless Abdur-Rahman has had sexual
intercourse with you." Then the Prophet saw two boys with
'Abdur-Rahman and asked (him), "Are these your sons?" On
that 'AbdurRahman said, "Yes." The Prophet said, "You
claim what you claim (i.e.. that he is impotent)? But by
Allah, these boys resemble him as a crow resembles a
crow,"
On the day of the battle of Uhud, on the right and on
the left of the Prophet were two men wearing white
clothes, and I had neither seen them before, nor did I see
them afterwards.
I came to the Prophet while he was wearing white
clothes and sleeping. Then I went back to him again after
he had got up from his sleep. He said, "Nobody says: 'None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah' and then later
on he dies while believing in that, except that he will
enter Paradise.' I said, "Even It he had committed illegal
sexual intercourse and theft." I said. "Even if he had
committed illegal sexual intercourse and theft? He said.
'Even If he had committed illegal sexual intercourse and
theft," I said, 'Even it he had committed illegal sexual
intercourse and thefts.' He said, "Even If he had
committed Illegal sexual intercourse and theft, inspite of
the Abu Dharrs dislikeness. Abu 'Abdullah said, "This is
at the time of death or before it if one repents and
regrets and says "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah. He will be forgiven his sins."
While we were with 'Utba bin Farqad at Adharbijan,
there came 'Umar's letter indicating that Allah's Apostle
had forbidden the use of silk except this much, then he
pointed with his index and middle fingers. To our
knowledge, by that he meant embroidery.
While we were at Adharbijan, 'Umar wrote to us:
'Allah's Apostle forbade wearing silk except this much.
Then the Prophet approximated his two fingers (index and
middle fingers) (to illustrate that) to us.' Zuhair (the
sub-narrator) raised up his middle and index fingers.
While we were with 'Utba. 'Umar wrote to us: The
Prophet said, "There is none who wears silk in this world
except that he will wear nothing of it in the Hereafter."
' Abu 'Uthman pointed out with his middle and index
fingers.
While Hudhaifa was at Al-Madain, he asked for water
whereupon the chief of the village brought him water in a
silver cup. Hudhaifa threw it at him and said, "I have
thrown it only because I have forbidden him to use it, but
he does not stop using it. Allah's Apostle said, 'Gold,
silver, silk and Dibaj (a kind of silk) are for them
(unbelievers) in this world and for you (Muslims) in the
hereafter.'
The Prophet was given a silk garment as a gift and we
started touching it with our hands and admiring it. On
that the Prophet said, "Do you wonder at this?" We said,
"Yes." He said, "The handkerchiefs of Sad bin Mu'adh in
Paradise are better than this "
'Umar saw a silk suit being sold, so he said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Why don't you buy it so that you may wear
it when delegates come to you, and also on Fridays?" The
Prophet said, "This is worn only by him who has no share
in the Hereafter." Afterwards the Prophet sent to 'Umar a
silk suit suitable for wearing. 'Umar said to the Prophet,
"You have given it to me to wear, yet I have heard you
saying about it what you said?" The Prophet said, "I sent
it to you so that you might either sell it or give it to
somebody else to wear."
For one year I wanted to ask 'Umar about the two women
who helped each other against the Prophet but I was afraid
of him. One day he dismounted his riding animal and went
among the trees of Arak to answer the call of nature, and
when he returned, I asked him and he said, "(They were) 'Aisha
and Hafsa." Then he added, "We never used to give
significance to ladies in the days of the Pre-lslamic
period of ignorance, but when Islam came and Allah
mentioned their rights, we used to give them their rights
but did not allow them to interfere in our affairs. Once
there was some dispute between me and my wife and she
answered me back in a loud voice. I said to her, 'Strange!
You can retort in this way?' She said, 'Yes. Do you say
this to me while your daughter troubles Allah's Apostle?'
So I went to Hafsa and said to her, 'I warn you not to
disobey Allah and His Apostle.' I first went to Hafsa and
then to Um Salama and told her the same. She said to me,
'O 'Umar! It surprises me that you interfere in our
affairs so much that you would poke your nose even into
the affairs of Allah's Apostle and his wives.' So she
rejected my advice. There was an Ansari man; whenever he
was absent from Allah's Apostle and I was present there, I
used to convey to him what had happened (on that day), and
when I was absent and he was present there, he used to
convey to me what had happened as regards news from
Allah's Apostle . During that time all the rulers of the
nearby lands had surrendered to Allah's Apostle except the
king of Ghassan in Sham, and we were afraid that he might
attack us. All of a sudden the Ansari came and said, 'A
great event has happened!' I asked him, 'What is it? Has
the Ghassani (king) come?' He said, 'Greater than that!
Allah's Apostle has divorced his wives! I went to them and
found all of them weeping in their dwellings, and the
Prophet had ascended to an upper room of his. At the door
of the room there was a slave to whom I went and said,
"Ask the permission for me to enter." He admitted me and I
entered to see the Prophet lying on a mat that had left
its imprint on his side. Under his head there was a
leather pillow stuffed with palm fires. Behold! There were
some hides hanging there and some grass for tanning. Then
I mentioned what I had said to Hafsa and Um Salama and
what reply Um Salama had given me. Allah's Apostle smiled
and stayed there for twenty nine days and then came down."
(See Hadith No. 648, Vol. 3 for details)
One night the Prophet woke up, saying, "None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah! How many afflictions
have been sent down tonight, and how many treasures have
been sent down (disclosed)! Who will go and wake up (for
prayers) the lady dwellers of these rooms? Many well
dressed soul (people) in this world, will be naked on the
Day of Resurrection."
Some clothes were presented to Allah's Apostle as a
gift and there was a black Khamisa with it. The Prophet
asked (his companions), "To whom do you suggest we give
this Khamisa?" The people kept quiet. Then he said, "Bring
me Um Khalid," So I was brought to him and he dressed me
with it with his own hands and said twice, "May you live
so long that you will wear out many garments." He then
started looking at the embroidery of that Khamisa and
said, "O Um Khalid! This is Sana!" (Sana in Ethiopian
language means beautiful.) Ishaq, a sub-narrator, said: A
woman of my family had told me that she had seen the
Khamisa worn by Um Khalid.
The Prophet ordered us to observe seven things: To
visit the sick; follow funeral processions; say 'May Allah
bestow His Mercy on you', to the sneezer if he says,
'Praise be to Allah!; He forbade us to wear silk, Dibaj,
Qassiy and Istibarq (various kinds of silken clothes); or
to use red Mayathir (silk-cushions). (See Hadith No. 253
A, Vol. 8).
'Ubai bin Juraij said to 'Abdullah Ben 'Umar, "I see
you doing four things which are not done by your friends."
Ibn 'Umar said, "What are they, O Ibn Juraij?" He said, "I
see that you do not touch except the two Yemenite corners
of the Ka'ba (while performing the Tawaf): and I see you
wearing the Sabtiyya shoes; and I see you dyeing (your
hair) with Sufra; and I see that when you are in Mecca,
the people assume the state of Ihram on seeing the
crescent (on the first day of Dhul-Hijja) while you do not
assume the state of Ihram till the Day of Tarwiya (8th
Dhul Hijja)." 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said to him, "As for the
corners of the Ka'ba, I have not seen Allah's Apostle
touching except the two Yemenite corners, As for the
Sabtiyya shoes, I saw Allah's Apostle wearing leather
shoes that had no hair, and he used to perform the
ablution while wearing them. Therefore, I like to wear
such shoes. As regards dyeing with Sufra, I saw Allah's
Apostle dyeing his hair with it, so I like to dye (my
hair) with it. As regards the crescent (of Dhul-Hijja), I
have not seen Allah's Apostle assuming the state of Ihram
till his she-camel set out (on the 8th of Dhul-Hijja)."
Allah's Apostle forbade that a Muhrim should wear
clothes dyed with Saffron or Wars, and said, "Whoever has
no shoes can put on Khuffs after cutting it below the
ankles."
The Prophet said, "Whoever has no Izar (waist sheet),
can wear trousers; and whoever has no sandals, can wear
Khuffs." (but cut them short below the ankles),
Allah's Apostle said, "If you want to put on your
shoes, put on the right shoe first; and if you want to
take them off, take the left one first. Let the right shoe
be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off."
I came to the Prophet while he was inside a red leather
tent, and I saw Bilal taking the remaining water of the
ablution of the Prophet, and the people were taking of
that water and rubbing it on their faces; and whoever
could not get anything of it, would share the moisture of
the hand of his companion (and then rub it on his face).
The Prophet used to construct a loom with a Hasir at
night m order to pray therein, and during the day he used
to spread it out and sit on it. The people started coming
to the Prophet at night to offer the prayer behind him
When their number increased, the Prophet faced them and
said. O people! Do only those good deeds which you can do,
for Allah does not get tired (of giving reward) till you
get tired, and the best deeds to Allah are the incessant
ones though they were few
The Prophet forbade us to use seven things: He forbade
using gold rings, silk, Istabraq, Dibaj, red Mayathir, Al-Qassiy,
and silver utensils. He ordered us to do seven other
things. To pay a visit to the sick; to follow funeral
processions; to say, "May Allah be merciful to you" to a
sneezer if he says "Praise be to Allah"; to return
greetings, to accept invitations; to help others to fulfil
their oaths and to help the oppressed ones.
Allah's Apostle wore a gold or silver .. ring and
placed its stone towards the palm of his hand. The people
also started wearing gold rings like it, but when the
Prophet saw them wearing such rings, he threw away that
golden ring and then wore a silver ring.
Allah's Apostle wore a gold ring or a silver ring and
placed its stone towards the palm of his hand and had the
name 'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah' engraved on it. The
people also started wearing gold rings like it, but when
the Prophet saw them wearing such rings, he threw away his
own ring and said. "I will never wear it," and then wore a
silver ring, whereupon the people too started wearing
silver rings. Ibn Umar added: After the Prophet Abu Bakr
wore the ring, and then Umar and then 'Uthman wore it till
it fell in the Aris well from 'Uthman. bin 'Umar : Allah's
Apostle wore a gold ring, then he threw it and said, "I
will never wear it." The people also threw their (gold)
rings.
that he saw a silver ring on the hand of Allah's
Apostle for one day only. Then the people had silver rings
made for themselves and wore it. On that, Allah's Apostle
threw away their rings as well. (For the details of this
Hadith, see Fateh-Al-Bari, Vol. 12, page 438).
Anas was asked, "Did the Prophet wear a ring?" Anas
said, "Once he delayed the: 'Isha' prayer till midnight.
Then he came, facing us ..... as if l am now Looking at
the glitter of his ring ..... and said, "The people have
offered their prayers and slept but you have been in
prayer as you have been waiting for it."
A woman came to the Prophet and said, "I have come to
present myself to you (for marriage)." She kept standing
for a long period during which period the Prophet looked
at her carefully. When she stayed for a Long period, a man
said to the Prophet "If you are not in need of her, then
marry her to me." The Prophet said, "Have you got anything
to give her (as Mahr)?" The man said, "No." The Prophet
said, "Go (to your house) and search for something." The
man went and came back to say, "By Allah, I could not find
anything." The Prophet said, "Go again and search for
something, even if it be an iron ring." He went again and
came back saying, "No, by Allah, I could not get even an
iron ring." The man had only an Izar and had no Rida'
(upper garment). He said, "I will give her my Izar as Mahr."
On that the Prophet said, "Your Izar? If she wears it,
nothing of it will remain on you, and if you wear it
nothing of it will be on her" The man went aside and sat
down When the Prophet saw him leaving (after a while), he
called back and asked. "How much Qur'an do you know (by
heart)? He said, 'I know such and such Suras," naming some
Suras. The Prophet said, "I marry her to you for the
amount of Qur'an you know (by heart)."
Allah's Apostle wanted to write a letter to a group of
people or some non-Arabs. It was said to him, "They do not
accept any letter unless it is stamped." So the Prophet
had a silver ring made for himself, and on it was
engraved: 'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah'. .. as if I am
now looking at the glitter of the ring on the finger (or
in the palm) of the Prophet .
Allah's Apostle had a silver ring made for himself and
it was worn by him on his hand. Afterwards it was worn by
Abu Bakr, and then by 'Umar, and then by 'Uthman till it
fell in the Aris well. (On that ring) was engraved:
'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah."
The Prophet got a ring made for himself and said, "I
have got a ring made (for myself) and engraved a certain
engraving on it so none of you should get such an
engraving on his ring." I saw the glitter of the ring on
his little finger.
When the Prophet intended to write to the Byzantines,
it was said to him, "Those people do not read your letter
unless it is stamped." So the Prophet took a silver ring
and got 'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah' engraved on it
.... as if I am now looking at its glitter in his hand.
The Prophet had a golden ring made for himself, and
when he wore it. he used to turn its stone toward the palm
of his! hand. So the people too had gold made for
themselves. The Prophet then ascended the pulpit, and
after glorifying and praising Allah, he said, "I had it
made for me, but now I will never wear it again." He threw
it away, and then the people threw away their rings too.
(Juwairiya, a sub-narrator, said: I think Anas said that
the Prophet was wearing the ring in his right hand.)
Allah's Apostle took a silver ring and had 'Muhammad,
the Apostle' of Allah' engraved on it. The Prophet then
said (to us), 'I have a silver ring with 'Muhammad, the
Apostle of Allah engraved on it, so none of you should
have the same engraving on his ring."
that when Abu Bakr became the Caliph, he wrote a letter
to him (and stamped it with the Prophet's ring) and the
engraving of the ring was in three lines: Muhammad in one
line, 'Apostle' in another line, and 'Allah' in a third
line. Anas added: 'the ring of the Prophet was in his
hand, and after him, in Abu Bakr's hand, and then in
'Umar's hand after Abu Bakr. When Uthman was the Caliph,
once he was sitting at the well of Aris. He removed the
ring from his hand and while he was trifling with it,
dropped into the well. We kept on going to the well with
Uthman for three days looking for the ring, and finally
the well was drained, but the ring was not found.
I offered the 'Id prayer with the Prophet and he
offered prayer before the Khutba (sermon). ibn 'Abbas
added: After the prayer the Prophet came towards (the rows
of) the women and ordered them to give alms, and the women
started putting their big and small rings in the garment
of Bilal.
The Prophet came out on the day of 'Id and offered a
two-Rak'at prayer, and he did not pray any Rak'a before
it, nor after it. Then he went towards the women and
ordered them to give alms. The women started donating
their earring and necklaces.
A necklace belonging to Asma' was lost, and the Prophet
sent men in its search. The time for the prayer became due
and they were without ablution and they could not find
water; therefore they prayed without ablution, They
mentioned that to the Prophet . Then Allah revealed the
Verse of Tayammum. ('Aisha added: that she had borrowed
(the necklace) from Asma').
"The Prophet offered a two-Rak'at prayer on 'Id day and
he did not offer any (Nawafil prayer) before or after it.
He then went towards the women, and Bilal was accompanying
him, and ordered them to give alms. And so the women
started giving their earrings (etc .)."
I was with Allah's Apostle in one of the Markets of
Medina. He left (the market) and so did I. Then he asked
thrice, "Where is the small (child)?" Then he said, "Call
Al-Hasan bin 'Ali." So Al-Hasan bin 'Ali got up and
started walking with a necklace (of beads) around his
neck. The Prophet stretched his hand out like this, and
Al-Hasan did the same. The Prophet embraced him and said,
"0 Allah! l love him, so please love him and love those
who love him." Since Allah's Apostle said that. nothing
has been dearer to me than Al-Hasan.
Allah's Apostle cursed those men who are in the
similitude (assume the manners) of women and those women
who are in the similitude (assume the manners) of men.
The Prophet cursed effeminate men (those men who are in
the similitude (assume the manners of women) and those
women who assume the manners of men, and he said, "Turn
them out of your houses ." The Prophet turned out
such-and-such man, and 'Umar turned out such-and-such
woman.
that once the Prophet was in her house, and an
effeminate man was there too. The effeminate man said to
'Abdullah, (Um Salama's brother) "0 'Abdullah! If Ta'if
should be conquered tomorrow, I recommend you the daughter
of Ghailan, for she is so fat that she has four curves in
the front (of her belly) and eight at the back." So the
Prophet said (to his wives) "These effeminate (men) should
not enter upon you (your houses).
Allah's Apostle said, "Five practices are
characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the
pubic region, clipping the nails and cutting the
moustaches short."
I heard the Prophet saying. "Five practices are
characteristics of the Fitra: circumcision, shaving the
pubic hair, cutting the moustaches short, clipping the
nails, and depilating the hair of the armpits."
Ibn Umar said, The Prophet said, 'Do the opposite of
what the pagans do. Keep the beards and cut the moustaches
short.' Whenever Ibn 'Umar performed the Hajj or 'Umra, he
used to hold his beard with his hand and cut whatever
moustaches. Ibn Umar used to cut his moustache so short
that the whiteness of his skin (above the upper lip) was
visible, and he used to cut (the hair) between his
moustaches and his beard.
Anas was asked whether the Prophet used a a hair dye or
not. Anas replied, "The Prophet had not enough grey hair
to dye. I could even count the white grey hairs oil his
beard ill would."
Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent
me with a bowl of water to Um Salama." Isra'il
approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size of
the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet.
'Uthman added, "If any person suffered from evil eye or
some other disease, he would send a vessel (containing
water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that
held the hair of the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in
it,"
I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of
the dyed hair of the Prophet . ibn Mauhab also said that
Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the
The Prophet was neither conspicuously tall, nor short;
neither, very white, nor tawny. His hair was neither much
curled, nor very straight. Allah sent him (as an Apostle)
at the age of forty (and after that) he stayed for ten
years in Mecca, and for ten more years in Medina. Allah
took him unto Him at the age of sixty, and he scarcely had
ten white hairs on his head and in his beard.
I did not see anybody in a red cloak looking more
handsome than the Prophet Narrated Malik: The hair of the
Prophet used to hang near his shoulders. Narrated Shu'ba:
The hair of the Prophet used to hang down to the earlobes.
Allah's Apostle said, "Today I saw myself in a dream
near the Ka'ba. I saw a whitish brown man, the handsomest
of all brown men you might ever see. He had the most
beautiful Limma (hair hanging down to the earlobes) you
might ever see. He had combed it and it was dripping
water; and he was performing the Tawaf around the Kaba
leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men. l
asked, "Who is this?" It was said. "Messiah, the son of
Mary." Suddenly I saw a curly-haired man, blind in the
right eye which looked like a protruding out grape. I
asked, "Who is this?" It was said, "He is Masiah
Ad-Dajjal."
l asked Anas bin Malik about the hair of Allah's
Apostle. He said, "The hair of Allah's Apostle was neither
much straight, nor much curly, and it used to hang down
till between his shoulders and his earlobes.
The Prophet had big feet and a good-looking face and l
have not seen anybody like him after him. Narrated Anas:
The Prophet had big feet and hands. Narrated Anas or Jabir
bin 'Abdullah The Prophet had big hands and feet and I
have not seen anybody like him after him.
We were with Ibn 'Abbas and the people mentioned
Ad-Dajjal. Someone said, "The word 'Kafir' (unbeliever) is
written in between his (Ad-Dajjal's) eyes." Ibn 'Abbas
said, "I have not heard the Prophet saying this, but he
said, 'As regards Abraham, he looks like your companion
(i.e. the Prophet, Muhammad), and as regards Moses, he is
a brown curly haired man riding a camel and reigned with a
strong jute rope, as if lam now looking at him getting
down in the valley and saying, "Labbaik".'"
I heard 'Umar saying, "Whoever braids his hair should
shave it (on finishing lhram). You'd better not do,
something like Talbid." Ibn Umar used to say: "I saw
Allah's Apostle with his hair stuck together with gum."
I heard Allah's Apostle, while he was in the state of
lhram and his hair was stuck together with gum, saying,
"Labbaik, Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaik La Shanka laka
Labbaik. Inn-al-Hamda Wan-Ni'mata Laka wal-Mulk, La Shanka
Lak." He did not add anything to those words. (See Hadith
No. 621, Vol. 2)
(the wife of the Prophet) I said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Why have the people finished their Ihram after performing
the 'Umra while you have not finished your lhram after
your 'Umra?" He said, "I have done Talbid (of my hair) and
have decorated my Hadis with garlands, so I shall not
finish my lhram till l have slaughtered my Hadi (animal
for sacrifice)."
The Prophet used to copy the people of the Scriptures
in matters in which there was no order from Allah. The
people of the Scripture used to let their hair hang down
while the pagans used to part their hair. So the Prophet
let his hair hang down first, but later on he parted it.
Once I stayed overnight in the house of my aunt Maimuna
bint Al-Harith and Allah's Apostle was with her as it was
her turn. Allah's Apostle got up to offer the night
prayer. I stood on his left but he took hold of my two
locks of hair and made me stand on his right.
that 'Umar bin Nafi' told him that Nafi', Maula
'Abdullah had heard 'Umar saying, "I heard Allah's Apostle
forbidding Al-Qaza'." 'Ubaidullah added: I said, "What is
Al-Qaza'?" 'Ubaidullah pointed (towards his head) to show
us and added, "Nafi' said, 'It is when a boy has his head
shaved leaving a tuft of hair here and a tuft of hair
there." Ubaidullah pointed towards his forehead and the
sides of his head. 'Ubaidullah was asked, "Does this apply
to both girls and boys?" He said, "I don't know, but Nafi'
said, 'The boy.'" 'Ubaidullah added, "I asked Nafi' again,
and he said, 'As for leaving hair on the temples and the
back part of the boy's head, there is no harm, but
Al-Qaza' is to leave a tuft of hair on his forehead
unshaved while there is no hair on the rest of his head,
and also to leave hair on either side of his head.'"
I applied perfume to the Prophet with my own hands when
he wanted to assume the state of Ihram, and I also
perfumed him at Mina before he departed from there (to
perform Tawaf-al-Ifada).
A man peeped into the house of the Prophet through a
hole while the Prophet was scratching his head with a
Midrai (a certain kind of comb). On that the Prophet said
(to him), "If I had known you had been looking, then I
would have pierced your eye with that instrument, because
the asking of permission has been ordained so that one
would not see things unlawfully."
The Prophet said, "(Allah said), 'Every good deed of
Adam's son is for him except fasting; it is for Me. and I
shall reward (the fasting person) for it.' Verily, the
smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better to Allah
than the smell of musk."
Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and
those who get themselves tattooed, and those who remove
their face hairs, and those who create a space between
their teeth artificially to look beautiful, and such women
as change the features created by Allah. Why then should I
not curse those whom the Prophet has cursed? And that is
in Allah's Book. i.e. His Saying: 'And what the Apostle
gives you take it and what he forbids you abstain (from
it).' (59.7)
that in the year he performed Hajj. he heard Mu'awiya
bin Abi Sufyan, who was on the pulpit and was taking a
tuft of hair from one of his guards, saying, "Where are
your religious learned men? I heard Allah's Apostle
forbidding this (false hair) and saying, 'The children of
Israel were destroyed when their women started using
this.'" Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah has
cursed the lady who artificially lengthens (her or someone
else's) hair and the one who gets her hair lengthened and
the One who tattoos (herself or someone else) and the one
who gets herself tattooed"
An Ansari girl was married and she became sick and all
her hair fell out intending to provide her with false
hair. They asked the Prophet who said, "Allah has cursed
the lady who artificially lengthens (her or someone
else's) hair and also the one who gets her hair
lengthened."
(the daughter of Abu' Bakr) A woman came to Allah's
Apostle and said, "I married my daughter to someone, but
she became sick and all her hair fell out, and (because of
that) her husband does not like her. May I let her use
false hair?" On that the Prophet cursed such a lady as
artificially lengthening (her or someone else's) hair or
got her hair lengthened artificially.
(the daughter of Abu Bakr) Allah's Apostle has cursed
such a lady as artificially lengthening (her or someone
else's) hair or gets her hair lengthened.
Allah's Apostle said, "Allah has cursed such a lady as
lengthens (her or someone else's) hair artificially or
gets it lengthened, and also a lady who tattoos (herself
or someone else) or gets herself tattooed.
Mu'awiya came to Medina for the last time and delivered
a sermon. He took out a tuft of hair and said, "I thought
that none used to do this (i.e. use false hair) except
Jews. The Prophet labelled such practice, (i.e. the use of
false hair), as cheating.
'Abdullah cursed those women who practiced tattooing
and those who removed hair from their faces and those who
created spaces between their teeth artificially to look
beautiful, such ladies as changed what Allah has created.
Um Ya'qub said, "What is that?" 'Abdullah said, "Why
should I not curse those who were cursed by Allah's
Apostle and are referred to in Allah's Book?" She said to
him "By Allah, I have read the whole Qur'an but I have not
found such a thing. 'Abdullah said, "By Allah, if you had
read it (carefully) you would have found it. (Allah says:)
'And what the Apostle gives you take it and what he
forbids you abstain (from it).' (59.7)
The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens her hair
artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened, and
also the lady who tattoos (herself or others) and the one
who gets herself tattooed.
A woman asked the Prophet saying, "0 Allah's Apostle!
My daughter got measles and her hair fell out. Now that I
got her married, may I let her use false hair?" He said
(to her), "Allah has cursed the lady who lengthens hair
artificially and the one who gets her hair lengthened
artificially."
I heard the Prophet saying, (or the Prophet said),
"Allah has cursed the lady who practices tattooing and
that who gets it done for herself, and also the lady who
lengthens hair artificially and that who gets her hair
lengthened artificially." The Prophet has cursed such
ladies.
Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or
get it done for themselves, and those who remove hair from
their faces, and those who create spaces between their
teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as
change the features created by Allah. Why then shall I not
curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are
cursed in Allah's Book too?
The Prophet forbade the use of the price of blood and
the price of a dog, the one who takes (eats) usury the one
who gives usury, the woman who practises tattooing and the
woman who gets herself tattooed.
A woman who used to practise tattooing was brought to
'Umar. 'Umar got up and said, "I beseech you by Allah,
which of you heard the Prophet saying something about
tattooing?" l got up and said, "0 chief of the Believers!
l heard something." He said, "What did you hear?" I said,
"I heard the Prophet (addressing the ladies), saying, 'Do
not practise tattooing and do not get yourselves
tattooed.'"
The Prophet has cursed the lady who lengthens hair
artificially and that who gets her hair lengthened in such
away, and the lady who practises tattooing and that who
gets it done for herself.
Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing and
those who get it done for themselves, and those who remove
hair from their faces, and those who artificially create
spaces between their teeth to look beautiful, such women
as alter the features created by Allah. Why should I not
then curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and that
is in Allah's Book?
We were with Masruq at the house of Yasar bin Numair.
Masruq saw pictures on his terrace and said, "I heard
'Abdullah saying that he heard the Prophet saying, "The
people who will receive the severest punishment from Allah
will be the picture makers.'"
Allah's Apostle said, "Those who make these pictures
will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will
be said to them. 'Make alive what you have created.'"
l entered a house in Medina with Abu Huraira, and he
saw a man making pictures at the top of the house. Abu
Huraira said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying that Allah
said, 'Who would be more unjust than the one who tries to
create the like of My creatures? Let them create a grain:
let them create a gnat.' "Abu Huraira then asked for a
water container and washed his arms up to his armpits. I
said, "0 Abu i Huraira! Is this something you have heard I
from Allah's Apostle?" He said, "The limit for ablution is
up to the place where the ornaments will reach on the Day
of Resurrection.'
Allah's Apostle returned from a journey when I had
placed a curtain of mine having pictures over (the door
of) a chamber of mine. When Allah's Apostle saw it, he
tore it and said, "The people who will receive the
severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be
those who try to make the like of Allah's creations." So
we turned it (i.e., the curtain) into one or two cushions.
The Prophet returned from a journey when I had hung a
thick curtain having pictures (in front of a door). He
ordered me to remove it and I removed it. Aisha added: The
Prophet and I used to take a bath from one container (of
water).
I purchased a cushion with pictures on it. The Prophet
(came and) stood at the door but did not enter. I said (to
him), "I repent to Allah for what (the guilt) I have
done." He said, "What is this cushion?" I said, "It is for
you to sit on and recline on." He said, "The makers of
these pictures will be punished on the Day of Resurrection
and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what you have
created.' Moreover, the angels do not enter a house where
there are pictures.'"
Allah's Apostle said, "Angels (of mercy) do not enter a
house where there are pictures.'" The sub-narrator Busr
added: "Then Zaid fell ill and we paid him a visit.
Behold! There was, hanging at his door, a curtain
decorated with a picture. I said to 'Ubaidullah
Al-Khaulani, the step son of Maimuna, the wife of the
Prophet , "Didn't Zaid tell us about the picture the day
before yesterday?" 'Ubaidullah said, "Didn't you hear him
saying: 'except a design in a garment'?"
Aisha had a thick curtain (having pictures on it) and
she screened the side of her i house with it. The Prophet
said to her, "Remove it from my sight, for its pictures
are still coming to my mind in my prayers."
Once Gabriel promised to visit the Prophet but he
delayed and the Prophet got worried about that. At last he
came out and found Gabriel and complained to him of his
grief (for his delay). Gabriel said to him, "We do not
enter a place in which there is a picture or a dog."
I bought a cushion having pictures on it. When Allah's
Apostle saw it, he stopped at the gate and did not enter.
I noticed the signs of hatred (for that) on his face! I
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I turn to Allah and His Apostle
in repentance! What sin have I committed?" He said, "What
about this cushion?" I said, 'I bought it for you to sit
on and recline on." Allah's Apostle said, "The makers of
these pictures will be punished (severely) on the Day of
Resurrection and it will be said to them, 'Make alive what
you have created.'" He added, "Angels do not enter a house
in which there are pictures."
that he had bought a slave whose profession was
cupping. The Prophet forbade taking the price of blood and
the price of a dog and the earnings of a prostitute, and
cursed the one who took or gave (Riba') usury, and the
lady who tattooed others or got herself tattooed, and the
picture-maker.
I heard Muhammad saying, "Whoever makes a picture in
this world will be asked to put life into it on the Day of
Resurrection, but he will not be able to do so."
When the Prophet arrived at Mecca, the children of Bani
'Abdul Muttalib received him. He then mounted one of them
in front of him and the other behind him.
The worst of three (persons riding one, animal) was
mentioned in 'Ikrima's presence 'Ikrima said, "Ibn 'Abbas
said, '(In the year of the conquest of Mecca) the Prophet
came and mounted Qutham in front of him and Al-Fadl behind
him, or Qutham behind him and Al-Fadl in front of him.'
Now which of them was the worst off and which was the
best?"
While I was riding behind the Prophet and between me
and him and between me and him there was only the back of
the saddle, he said, "0 Mu'adh!" I replied, "Labbaik, 0
Allah's Apostle, and Sa'daik!" he said, "Do you know what
is Allah's right upon his slave?" I said, "Allah and His
Apostle know best" He said "Allah's right upon his slaves
is that they should worship Him alone and not worship
anything else besides Him." Then he proceeded for a while
and then said, "O Muadh bin Jabal!" I replied, "Labbaik, O
Allah's Apostle:, Sa'daik!' He said, "Do you know what is
the right of the slaves upon Allah if they do that?" I
replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "The
right of the slaves upon Allah is that He will not punish
them (if they do that)."
We were coming from Khaibar along with Allah's Apostle
while l was riding behind Abu Talha and he was proceeding.
While one of the wives of Allah's Apostle was riding
behind Allah's Apostle, suddenly the foot of the camel
Slipped and I said, "The woman!" and alighted (hurriedly).
Allah's Apostle said, "She is your mother." Sol resaddled
the she-camel and Allah's Apostle mounted it. When he
approached or saw Medina, he said, "Ayibun, ta'ibun,
'abidun, li-Rabbina hami-dun."