Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The rider should first greet the
pedestrian, and the pedestrian the one who is seated and a
small group should greet a larger group (with as-Salam-u-'Alaikum).
Chapter 2: THE DUTY THAT ONE OWES ON THE ROADSIDE
IS TO RESPOND THE GREETING OF AS-SALAAM-U-'ALAIKUM
Abu Talha reported: While We were sitting in front of
the houses and talking amongst ourselves, Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) happened to come there.
He stood by us and said: What about you apd your meetings
on the paths? Avoid these meetings on the paths. We said:
We were sitting here without (any intention of doing harm
to the passers-by) ; we are sitting to discuss matters and
to hold conversation amongst ourselves. Thereupon he said:
If there is no help (for you but to sit on these paths),
then give the paths their rights and these are lowering of
the gaze, exchanging of greetings and good conversation.
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Avoid sitting on the paths. They (the
Companions) said: Allah's Messenger, we cannot help but
holding our meetings (in these paths) and discuss matters
(there). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: If you insist on holding meetings, then give
the path its due right. They said: What are its due
rights? Upon this he said: Lowering the gaze, refraining
from doing harm, exchanging of greetings. commanding of
good and forbidding from evil.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Five are the rights of a Muslim over
his brother: responding to salutation, saying Yarhamuk
Allah when anybody sneezes and says al-Hamdulillah,
visiting the sick. following the bier. ' Abd al-Razzaq
said that this hadith has been transmitted as mursal
hadith from Zuhri and he then substantiated it on the
authority of Ibn Musayyib.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Six are the rights of a Muslim over
another Muslim. It was said to him: Allah's Messenger,
what are these? Thereupon he said: When you meet him,
offer him greetings;when he invites you to a feast accept
it. when he seeks your council give him, and when he
sneezes and says:" All praise is due to Allah," you say
Yarhamuk Allah (may Allah show mercy to you) ; and when he
fails ill visit him; and when he dies follow his bier.
Chapter 4: PROHIBITION OF SAYING FIRST AS-SALAM-U-'ALAIKUM
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, AND HOW THEIR SALUTATIONS SHOULD
BE RESPONDED
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When the People of the Book offer you
salutations, you should say: The same to you.
Anas reported that the Companions of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) said to him: The People. of the
Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum).
How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa
'Alaikum (and upon you too).
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When the Jews offer you salutations, tome
of them say as-Sam-u-'Alaikum (death be upon you). You
should say (in response to it): Let it be upon you.
'A'isha reported that a group of Jews came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and sought his audience
and said: As-Sam-u-'Alaikum. A'isha said in response: As-Sim-u-'Alaikum
(death be upon you) and curse also, whereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: 'A'isha, verily
Allah loes kindness in every matter. She said: Did you
bear what they said? Thereupon he said: Did you not hear
that I said (to them): Wa 'Alaikum.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Zuhri that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
I said 'Alaikam, and the transmitter did not make mention
of the word" and".
'A'isha reported that some Jews came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and they said: Abu'l-Qasim (the
Kunya of the Holy Prophet), as-Sam-u-'Alaikum, whereupon
he (the Holy Prophet) said: Wa 'Alaikum. A'isha reported:
In response to these words of theirs, I said: But let
there be death upon you and disgrace also, whereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: 'A'isha,
do not use harsh words. She said: Did you hear what they
said? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Did I not
respond to them when they said that; I said to them:
Wa'Alaikum (let it be upon you).
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
A'znash with a slight variation of wording. 'A'isha
understood their meaning and cursed them and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: 'A'isha. (do not
do that) for Allah does not like the use of harsh words,
and it was at this stage that this verse of Allah. the
Exalt. ed and Glorious. was revealed:" And when they come
to thee, they greet thee with a greeting with which Allah
greets thee not" (Iviii. 8) to the end of the verse.
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that some people from
amongst the Jews said to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) Abu'l-Qasim. as-Sam-u-'Alaikum, whereupon he
said: Wa 'Alaikum, A'isha was enraged and asked him
(Allah's Apostle) whether he had not heard what they had
said. He said, I did hear and I retorted to them (and the
curse that I invoked upon them would receive response from
Allah), but (the curse that they invoked upon us) would
not be responded.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Do not greet the Jews and the
Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one
of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part
of it.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Suhail with the same chain of transmitters but with a
slight variation of wording. The hadith transmitted on the
authority of Waki', the words are 'When you meet the
Jews." And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Shu'ba, the words are: 'When you meet the People of the
Book." And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of
Jarir the words are:" When you meet them," but none
amongst the polytheists has been mentioned explicitly by
name.
Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) happened to pass by young boys he would
great them. This hadith has been narrated on the authority
of Sayyar with the same chain of transmitters.
Sayyar reported: I was walking with Thibit al-Bunani
that he happened to pass by children and he greeted them.
And Thibit reported that he walked with Anas and he
happened to pass by children and he greeted them. and Anas
reported that he walked with Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon. him) and he happened, to pass by children and he
greeted them.
Chapter 6: PERMISSIBILITY OF GIVING PERMISSION
(TO ENTER THE HOUSE) BY RAISING THE CURTAIN OR MAKING SOME
OTHER SIGNS LIKE IT
Ibn Mas'ud reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace
be upon him) said to me: The sign that you have been
permitted to come in is that the curtain is raised or that
you hear me speaking quietly until I forbid you.
A'isha reported that Sauda (Allah he pleated with her)
went out (in the fields) in order to answer the call of
nature even after the time when veil had been prescribed
for women. She had been a bulky lady, significant in
height amongst the women, and she could not conceal
herself from him who had known her. 'Umar b. Khattab saw
her and said: Sauda, by Allah, you cannot conceal from us.
Therefore, be careful when you go out. She ('A'isha) said:
She turned back. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
was at that time in my house having his evening meal and
there was a bone in his hand. She (Sauda) cline and said:
Allah's Messenger. I went out and 'Umar said to me so and
so. She ('A'isha) reported: There came the revelation to
him and then it was over; the bone was then in his hand
and he had not thrown it and he said:" Permission has been
granted to you that you may go out for your needs."
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham with the same chain of transmitters, and the words
are: She (Sauda) was a woman who looked to be significant
amongst the people (so far as the bulk of her) body was
concerned. The rest of the hadith is the same.
'A'isha reported that the wives of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) used to go out in the cover of
night when they went to open fields (in the outskirts of
Medina) for easing themselves. 'Umar b Khattab used to
say: Allah's Messenger, ask your ladies to observe veil,
but Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) did not do
that. So there went out Sauda, daughter of Zarn'a, the
wife of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), during
one of the nights when it was dark. She was a tall
statured lady. 'Umar called her saying: Sauda, we
recognise you. (He did this with the hope that the verses
pertaining to veil would be revealed.) 'A'isha said:
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, then revealed the verses
pertaining to veil.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Behold, no person should spend the night
with a married woman, but only in case he is married to
her or he is her Mahram.
'Uqba b. Amir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Beware of getting, into the houses
and meeting women (in seclusion). A person from the Ansir
said: Allah's Messenger, what about husband's brother,
whereupon he said: Husband's brother is like death.
Ibn Wahb reported: I heard Laith b. Said as saying: Al-Hamv
means the brother of husband or like it from amongst the
relatives of the husband, for example, cousin, etc.
'Abdullah b. 'Amr. b. al-'As reported that some persons
from Banu Hisham entered the house of Asma' daughter of 'Umais
when Abu Bakr also entered (and she was at that time his
wife). He (Abu Bakr) saw it and disapproved of it and he
made a mention of that to Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and said: I did not see but good only (in my
wife). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: Verily Allah has made her immune from all this. Then
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood on the
pulpit and said: After this day no man should enter the
house of another person in his absence, but only when he
is accompanied by one person or two persons.
Chapter 9: IT IS EXCELLENT TO TELL A MAN WHEN ONE
IS ACCOMPANIED BY ONE'S WIFE OR MAHRAM LADY THAT SHE IS
ONE'S WIFE OR MAHRAM AND TO REMOVE HIS DOUBT
Anas reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) was in the company of one of his wives a person
happened to pass by them. He called him and when he came,
he said to him: 0 so and so, she was my such and such
wife. Thereupon he said, Allah's Messenger, if I were to
doubt at all, I would have entertained no doubt about you
at least. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Verily Satan circulates in the body like blood.
Safiyya daughter of Huyyay (the wife of Allah's
Apostle) reported that while Allah's Messenger (may peace
be. upon him) had been observing I'tikaf, I came to visit
him one night and talked with him for some time. Then I
stood up to go back and he (Allah's Apostle) also stood up
with me in order to bid me good-bye. She was at that time
residing in the house of Usama b. Zaid. The two persons
from the Ansar happened to pass by him. When they saw
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). they began to
walk swiftly, thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to them: Walk calmy, she is Safiyya
daughter of Huyyay... Both of them said: Messenger,
hallowed be Allah, (we cannot conceive of ab., ug doubtful
even in the remotest corners of our minds), whereupon he
said: Satan circulates in the body of man like the
circulation of blood and I was afraid lest it should
instill any evil in your heart or anything. This hadith
has been reported on the authority of Safiyya, the wife of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), through another
chain of transmitters (and the words) are:" She went to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) to visit him as he
was observing I'tikaf in the mosque during Ramadan. She
talked with him for some time and then stood up to go back
and Allikh's Apostle (may peace be upon him) stood up in
order to bid her good-bye." The rest of the hadith is the
same except with the variation of the words that Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said:" Satan penetrates in
man like the penetration of blood (in every part of
body)."
Chapter 10: IF A PERSON COMES TO A MEETING AND
FINDS SPACE THERE HE SHOULD SIT THERE, OTHERWISE HE SHOULD
DEPART
Abu Waqid al-Laith reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) was sitting in the mosque along wish
tome people when there came to him three persons; two of
them stepped forward to the direction of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), and one of them went away. The
two stood by the side of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), and one of them found a space in his circle and
he sat in that; and the other one sat behind him and the
third one went away. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had finished his work, he said. Should I not
inform you about these three persons? One of them sought
refuge with Allah and Allah gave him refuge and the second
one felt shy and Allah showed kindness to has shyness (and
so he was accommodated in that meeting), and the last one
reverted and Allah turned away His attention from him.
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: None of you should make another one
stand in the meeting and then occupy his place.
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: No person should ask another person to
stand at his place and then he should himself sit there,
but he should simply say: Make room and accommodate.
Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: None should make one'& brother stand and
then sit at his place (and it was common with) Ibn Umar
that when any person stood in the company (with a view to
making room for him) he did not sit there.
Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him)
as saying: None amongst you should make his brother stand
on Friday (during the congregational prayer) and then
occupy his-place. but he should only say to him
(Accommodate me).
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: When anyone amongst you stands up,
and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina,
the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes away)
and then comes back to it, he his the greatest right (to
occupy that).
Chapter 12: THE ENTRANCE OF THE EUNUCH (IN A
HOUSE WHERE THERE ARE FEMALE INMATES) IS PROHIBITED
Umm Salama reported that she had a eunuch (as a slave)
in her house. Allah's Messenger imay peace be upon him)
was once in the house that he (the eunuch) said to the
brother of Umm Salama: Abdullahb. Aba Umayya. if Allah
grants you victory in Ta'if on the next day, I will show
you the daughter of Ghailan for she has four folds (upon
her body) on the front side of her stomach and eight folds
on the back. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
heard this and he said: Such (people) should not visit
you.
'A'isha reported that a eunuch used to come to the
wives of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and they
did not And anything objectionable in his visit
considering him to be a male without any sexual desire.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) one day came as he
was sitting with some of his wives and he was busy in
describing the bodily characteristics of a lady and
saying: As the comes in front tour folds appear on her
front side and as she turns her back eight folds appear on
the back side. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said: I me that he knows these things; do not,
therefore. allow him to cater. She (" A'isha) said: Then
they began to observe veil from him.
Chapter 13: PERMISSION OF SEATING A WOMAN ON THE
RIDE BEHIND ONE'S BACK IF ONE FINDS HER COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED
IN THE WAY
Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr reported that the was
married to Zubair. He had neither land nor wealth nor
slave nor anything else like it except a bom. She further
said: I grazed his horse. provided fodder to it and looked
after it, and ground dates for his camel. Besides this, I
grazed the camel, made arrangements for providing it with
water and patched up the leather bucket and kneaded the
flour. But I was not proficient in baking the bread, so my
female neighbours used to bake bread for me and they were
sincere women. She further said: I was carrying on my head
the stones of the dates from the land of Zubair which
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had endowed him
and it was at a distance of two miles (from Medina). She
add: As I was one day carrying the atones of dates upon my
head I happened to meet Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) along with a group of his Companions. He called
me and said (to the camel) to sit down so that he should
make cite ride behind hirn. (I told my husband: ) I felt
shy and remembered your jealousy, whereupon he said: By
Allah. the carrying of the stone dates upon your bead is
more severe a burden than riding with him. She said: (I
led the life of hardship) until Abu Bakr sent afterwards a
female servant who took upon herself the responsibility of
looking after the horse and I felt as it she had
emancipated me.
Asma' reported: I performed the household duties of
Zubair and he had a horse; I used to look after it.
Nothing was more burdensome for me than looking after the
horse I used to bring grass for it and looked after it,
then I got a servant as Allah's Apustle (may peace be upon
him) had some prisoners of war in his possession. He gave
me a female servant. She (the female servant) then began
to look after the horse and thus relieved me of this
burden. A person came and he said: Mother of 'Abdullah, I
am a destitute person and I intend that I should start
business under the shadow of your house. I (Asma') said:
If I grant you permission, Zubair may not agree to that,
so you come and make a demand of it when Zubair is also
present there. He came accordingly find said: Mother of
'Abdullah. I am a destitute person. I intend to start t
mall business in the shadow of your house. I said: Is
there not in Medina (any place for starting the business)
except my house? Zubair said: Why is it that you prohibit
the destitute man to start business here? So he started
business and he (earned so much) that we sold our
slave-girl to him There came Zubair to me while the money
was in my lap. He said: Give this to me. I said: (I
intend) to spend it as charity.
Chapter 14: IT IS PROHIBITED FOR TWO PERSONS TO
CONVERSE SECRETLY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE THIRD ONE
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When there are three (persons), two should
not converse secretly between themselves to the exclusion
of the (third) one.
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If you are three, two amongst you should
not converse secretly between yourselves to the exclusion
of the other (third one), unti some other people join him
(and dispel his loneliness), for it may hurt his feelings.
'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If you are three, two should not converse
secretly to the exclusion of your companion for that hurts
his feelings.
'A'isha (the wife of Allah's Apostle) said: When
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) fell ill.
Gabriel used to recite these verses." In the name of
Allah. He may cure you from all kinds of illness and
safeguard vou from the evil of a jealous one when he feels
jealous and from the evil influence of eye."
Abu Sa'id reported that Gabriel came to AJlah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Muhammad, have
you fallen ill? Thereupon he said: Yes. He (Gabriel)
said:" In the name of Allah I exercise you from everything
and safeguard you from every evil that may harm you and
from the eye of a jealous one. Allah would cure you and I
invoke the name of Allah for you."
Abu Huraira reported so many abidith from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The influence
of an evil eye is a fact.
Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The influence of an evil eye is a
fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be
the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to
take bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil eye,
you should take bath.
A'isha reported that a Jew from among the Jews of Banu
Zuraiq who was called Labid b. al-A'sam cast spell upon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) with the result
that he (under the influence of the spell) felt that he
had been doing something whereas in fact he had not been
doing that. (This state of affairs lasted) until one day
or during one night Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) made supplication (to dispel its effects). He again
made a supplication and he again did this and said to
'A'isha: Do you know that Allah has told me what I had
asked Him? There came to me two men and one amongst them
sat near my head and the other one near my feet and he who
sat near my head said to one who sat near my feet or one
who sat near my feet said to one who sat near my head:
What is the trouble with the man? He said: The spell has
affected him. He said: Who has cast that? He (the other
one) said: It was Labid b. A'sam (who has done it). He
said: What is the thing by which he transmitted its
effect? He said: By the comb and by the hair stuck to the
comb and the spathe of the date-palm. He said: Where is
tbap He replied: In the well of Dhi Arwan. She said:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent some of the
persons from among his Companions there and then said:
'A'isha. by Allah, its water was yellow like henna and its
trees were like heads of the devils. She said that she
asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as to why
he did not burn that. He said: No, Allah has cured me and
I do not like that I should induce people to commit any
high-handedness in regard (to one another), but I only
commanded that it should be buried.
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) was affected with a spell, the rest of the
hadith is the same but with this variation of wording:"
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) went to the well
and looked towards it and there were trees of date-palm
near it. I ('A'isha) said: I asked Allah'& Messenger (may
peace be upon him) to bring it out, and 1 did not say: Why
did not you burn it?" And there is no mention of these
words:" I commanded (to bury them and they buried."
Anas reported that a Jewess came to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) with poisoned mutton and he took
of that what had been brought to him (Allah's Messenger).
(When the effect of this poison were felt by him) he
called for her and asked her about that, whereupon she
said: I had determined to kill you. Thereupon he said:
Allah will never give you the power to do it. He (the
narrator) said that they (the Companion's of the Holy
Prophet) said: Should we not kill her? Thereupon he said:
No. He (Anas) said: I felt (the affects of this poison) on
the uvula of Aitah's Messenger.
'A'isha reported: When any person amongst us fell ill,
Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) used to rub him
with his right band and then say: O Lord of the people,
grant him health, heal him, for Thou art a Greet Healer.
There is no healere, but with Thy healing Power one is
healed and illness is removed. She further added: When
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) fell ill, and
his illness took a serious turn I took hold of hie hand to
that I should do with it what he ward to do with that (i.
e. I would rub his body with his sacred hand). But he
withdrew his hand from my hand and then said: O Allah,
pardon me and make me join the companion. ship on She
said. I was gazing at him constantly whereas he had passed
away.
This. hadith has been reported on the authority of
Shu'ba through another chain of transmitters (and the
words are):" He rubbed him with his hand" and (in) the
hadith transmitted on the authority of Thauri (the words
are)." He used to rub with his right hand." This hadith
has been reported through another chain of transmitters.
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) visited the sick he would say: Lord of the people.
remove the disease, cure him, for Thou art the great
Curer, there is no cure but through Thine healing Power,
which leaves nothing of the disease.
'A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) came to visit any sick he supplicated for him
and said: Lord of the people, remove the malady, cure him
for Thou art a great Curer. There is no cure but through
Thine healing Power which leaves no trouble, and in the
narration transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr there
is a slight variation of wording.
'A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to recite (this supplication) as the words of
incantation:" Lord of the people, remove the trouble for
in Thine Hand is the cure; none is there to relieve him
(the burden of disease) but only Thou.
'A'isha reported that when any of the members of the
household fell ill Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) used to blow over him by reciting Mu'awwidhatan, and
when he suffered from illness of which he died I used to
blow over him and rubbed his body with his hand for his
hand had greater healing power than my hand.
'A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) fell ill, he recited over his body
Mu'awwidhatan and blew over him and when his sickness was
aggravated I used to recite over him and rub him with his
band with the hope that it was more blessed.
This hadith has been narrated through some other chains
of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording. In
the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yanus and
Ziyari (the words are):" When Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) fell ill, he blew over his body by reciting
Mu'awwidhatan and rubbed him with his hand.
Chapter 20: THE EXCELLENCE OF CURING (WITH THE
HELP OF INCANTATION) THE INFLUENCE OF THE EVIL EYE AND SMALL
PUSTULES AND THE POISON (ESPECIALLY OF SNAKE AND SCORPION)
'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad reported on the authority of
his father: I asked 'A'isha about incantation. She said:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had granted its
sanction to the members of a family of the Ansir for
incantation in curing every type of poison.
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) granted sanction to the members of a family of
the Ansir for incantation (for removing the effects) of
the poison of the scorpion.
'A'isha reported that when any person fell ill with a
disease or he had any ailment or he had any injury, the
Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) placed his
forefinger upon the ground and then lifted it by reciting
the name of Allah. (and said): The dust of our ground with
the saliva of any one of us would serve as a means whereby
our illness would be cured with the sanction of Allab.
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Abu Shaiba and Zubair with a slight variation of wording.
'A'isha reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon
him) commanded me that I should make use of incantation
for curing the influence of an evil eye.
Anas b. Malik reported in connection with incantation
that he had been granted sanction (to use incantation as a
remedy) for the sting of the scorpion and for curing small
pustules and dispelling the influence of an evil eye.
Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) granted him sanction to use incantation (as a cure)
for the, influence of an evil eye, the sting of the
scorpion and small pustules.
Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him), reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to a small girl in the house of Umm Salama
that he had been seeing on her face black stains and told
her that that was due to the infiluence of an evil eye,
and he asked that she should be cured with the help of
incantation (hoping) that her face should become spotles.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) granted sanction to the family of Hazm
for incantation (in mitigating the effect of the poison
of) the snake, and, he said -to Asma' daughter of 'Umais:
What is this that I see the children of my brother lean?
Are they not fed properly? She said: No, but they fall
under the influence of an evil eve. He said: Use
incantation She recited (the words of incantation before
him), whereupon he (by approving them) said: Yes, use this
incantation for them.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) granted a special sanction for
incantation in case of the snake poison to a tribe of
'Amr. Abu Zubair said: I heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah as
saying that the scorpion stung one of us as we were
sitting with Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him). A
person said: Allah's Messenger, I use incantation (for
curing the effect. of sting), whereupon he said: He who is
competent amongst you to benefit his brother should do so.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported I had a maternal uncle who
treated the sting of the scorpion with the help of
incantation. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
forbade incantation. He came to him and said: Allah's
Messenger, you forbade to practise incantation, whereas I
employ it for curing the sting of the scorpion, whereupon
he said: He who amongst you is capable of employing it as
a means to do good should do that.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) prohibited incantation. Then the people of Amr b.
Hazm came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: We know an incantation which we use for curing the
sting of the scorpion but you have prohibited it. They
recited (the words of incantation) before him, whereupon
he said: I do not see any harm (in it), so he who amongst
you is competent to do good to his brother should do that.
'Auf b. Malik Ashja'i reported We practised incantation
in the pre-Islamic days and we said: Allah's Messenger.
what is your opinion about it? He said: Let me know your
incantation and said: There is no harm in the incantation
which does not smack of polytheism.
Chapter 21: PERMISSIBILITY OF GETTING REWARD FOR
INCANTATIONS FROM THE WORDS OF THE QUR'AN
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that some persons amongst the
Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
set out on a journey and they happened to pass by a tribe
from the tribes of Arabia. They demanded hospitality from
the members of that tribe, but they did not extend any
hospitality to them. They said to them: Is there any
incantator amongst you, at the chief of the tribe has bgen
stung by a scorpion? A person amongst us said: 'Yes. So he
came to him and he practised incan- tation with the help
of Sura al-Fatiha and the person became all right. He was
given a flock of sheep (as recompense), but he refused to
accept that, saying: I shall make a mention of it to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and if he
approves of it. then I shall accept it. So we came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and made a mention
of that to him and he (that person) said: Allah's
Messenger by Allah, I did not practice incantation but
with the help of Sura al-Fatiha of the Holy Book. He (the
Holy Prophet) smiled and said: How did you come to know
that it can be used (as incactation)? - and then said:
Take out of that and allocate a share for me along with
your share.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Bishr with the same the same chain of transmitters (with
these words): That he recited Umm-ul-Qur'an (Sura Fatiha),
and he collected his spittle and he applied that and the
person became all right.
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported. We landed at a place
where a woman came to us and said: A scorpiorn has bitten
the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst
you? A person amongst us stood up (and went with her). We
had no idea that he had been a good incantator but he
practised incantation with the help of Sura al -Fatiha and
the (the chief) was all right. They gave him a flock of
sheep and served us milk. We said (to him): Are you a good
incantatory Thereupon he said: I did not do it but by the
help of Sura al-Fitiha. He caid: Do not drive (these
goats) until we go to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and find out (whether it is permissible to accept (
this reward of incantation). So we came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon hin) and made a rrention of that to
him, whereupon he said: How did you come to know that this
(Sura al-Fatiha) could be used as an incantation? So
distribute them (amongst those who had been present there
with him) and allocate a share of mine also.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and he said:
There stood up with her a person amongst us whom we did
not know before as an incantator.
Chapter 22: EXCELLENCE OF PLACING ONE'S HANDS AT
THE SPOT OF PAIN AT THE TIME OF PRACTISING INCANTATION
Uthman b. Abu al-'As Al-Thaqafi reported that he nade a
complaint of pain to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) that he felt in his body at the time he had become
Muslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Place your hand at the place where you feel
pain in your body and say Bismillah (in the name of Allah)
three times and seven times A'udhu billahi wa qudratihi
min sharri ma ajidu wa ukhdhiru (I seek refuge with Allah
and with His Power from the evil that I find and that I
fear).
Chapter 23: SEEKING REFUGE AGAINST SATAN FROM THE
EVIL PROMPTINGS IN THE PRAYER
Uthman b. Abu al-'As reported that he came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's
Messenger, the Satan intervenes between me and my prayer
and my reciting of the Qur'an and he confounds me.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:,
That is (the doing of the Satan) who is known as Khinzab,
and when you perceive its effect, seek refuge with Allah
from it and spit three times to your left. I did that and
Allah dispelled that from me.
'Uthman b. Abu al-'As reported that he came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and he narrated like this.
In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Salam b. Nuh
there is no mention of three times,
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There is a remedy for every malady, and
when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with
the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.
Jabir reported that he visited Muqanna' and then said:
I will not go away unless you get yourself cupped, for I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: It is
a remedy.
'Asim b. 'Umar b. Qatada reported: There came to our
house 'Abdullah and another person from amongst the
members of the household who complained of a wound. Jabir
said: What ails you? He said: There is a wound which is
very painful for me, whereupon he said: Boy, bring to me a
cupper. He said: 'Abdullah, what do you intend to do with
the cupper? I said: I would get this wound cupped. He
said: By Allah. oven the touch of fly or cloth causes me
pain (and cupping) would thus cause me (unbearable) pain.
And when he saw him feeling pain (at the idea of cupping),
he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: If there is any effective remedy amongst your
remedies, these are (three): Cupping, drinking of honey
and cauterisation with the help of fire. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had said: As for myself I do not
like cauterisation. The cupper was called and he cupped
him and he was all right.
Jabir reported that Umm Salama sought permission from
Allah's messenger (may Allah's peace upon him) tor getting
herself cupped. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon
him) asked Abu Taiba to cup her. He (Jabir) said: I think
he (Abu Taiba) was her faster brother or a young boy
before entering upon the adolescent period.
Jabir b. 'Abdillah reported that on the day of Ahzab
Ubayy received the wound of an arrow in his medial arm
vein. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) cauterised
it.
Jabir reported that Sa'd b. Mu'adh received a wound of
the arrow in his vein. Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) cauterised it with a rod and it was swollen, to
the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) did it for
the second time.
Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) got himself cupped and gave to the cupper his
wages and he put the medicine in the nostril.
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: The fever from the vehement raging of the
(heat of Hell), so cool it with the help of water.
Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Fever is from the vehement raging of the
fire of Hell, so extinguish it with water.
Asma' reported that a woman running high fever was
brought to her. She asked water to be brought and then
sprinkled it in the opening of a shirt at the uppermost
part of the chest and said that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had said: Cool (the fever) with water.
for it is because of the vehemence of the beat of Hell.
Hisham reported this hadith with the same chain of
transmitters. In the hadith transmitted on the authority
of Ibn Numair (the words are):" She poured water on her
sides and in the opening of the shirt at the uppermost
part of the chest." There is no mention of these words:"
It is from the vehemence of the heat of the Hell." This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Usama
with the same chain of transmitters.
Rafi' b. Khadij reported: I heard Allah's messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: The fever is due to the
intense heat of the Hell, so cool it with water.
Rafi' b. Khadij reported: I heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: The fever is due to the
intense heat of Hell, so cool it down in your (bodies)
with water. Aba Bakr has made no mention of the word" from
you" ('ankum), but he said that Rafi' b. Khadij had
informed him of it.
Chapter 25: DISAPPROVAL OF APPLYING REMEDY BY
POURING THE MEDICINE IN THE MOUTH FORCIBLY
'A'isha reported: we (intended to pour) medicine in the
mouth of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in his
illness, but he pointed out (with the gesture of his hand)
that it should not be poured into the mouth against his
will. We said: (It was perhaps due to the natural)
aversion of the patient against medicine. When he
recovered, he said: Medicine should be poured into the
mouth of every one of you except Ibn 'Abbas, for he was
not present amongst you.
Chapter 26: TREATMENT WITH THE HELP OF INDIAN
ALOESWOOD
Umm Qais, daughter of Mihsan, the sister of 'Ukasha b.
Mihsan said: I visited Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) along with my son who had not, by that time,
been weaned and he pissed over his (clothes). He ordered
water to be brought and sprinkled (it) over them. She
(further) said: I visited him (Allah's Apostle) along with
my son and I had squeezed the swelling in the uvula,
whereupon he said: Why do you afflict your children by
compressing like this? Use this Indian aloeswood, for it
contains seven types of remedies, one among them being a
remedy for pleurisy. It is applied through the nose for a
swelling of the uvula and poured into the side of the
mouth for pleurisy.
Umm Qais, daughter of Mihsan, was one of the earlier
female emigrants who had pledged allegiance to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). She was the sister of
Ukisha b. Mihsan, one of the posterity of Asad b.
Khuzaima. She reported that she came to Allah's messenger
(may peace be upon him) along with her son who had not
attained the age of weaning and she had compressed the
swelling of his uvula. (Yunus said: She compressed the
uvula because she was afraid that there might be swelling
of uvula.) Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Why do you afflict your children by compressing
in this way? You should use Indian aloeswood, for it has
seven remedies in it, one of them being the remedy for
pleurisy. Ubaidullah reported that she had told that that
was the child who pissed in the lap of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), and Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) called for water and sprinkled it on his
imrine, but he did not wash it well.
Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: Nigella seed is a
remedy for every disease except death. This hadith has
been narrated through another chain of transmitters but
with a slight variation of wording.
'A'isha the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) said: When there was any bereavement in her family
the women gathered there for condolence and they departed
except the members of the family and some selected
persons. She asked to prepare talbina in a small couldron
and it was cooked and then tharid was prepared and it was
poured over talbina, then she said: Eat it, for I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peade be upon him) as saying:
Talbina gives comfort to the aggrieved heart and it
lessens grief.
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a person came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) and told him that his
brother's bowels were loose. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Give him honey. So he gave
him that and then came and said: I gave him honey but it
has only made his bowels more loose. He said this three
times; and then he came the fourth time, and he (the Holy
Prophet) said: Give him honey. He said: I did give him,
but it has only made his bowels more loose, whereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Allah has
spoken the truth and your brother's bowels are in the
wrong. So he made him drink (honey) and he was recovered.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Sa'id Khudri through another chain of transmitters but
with a slight variation of wording.
'Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported on the authority
of his father that he asked Usama b. Zaid: What have you
heard from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about
plague? Thereupon Usama said: Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Plague is a calamity which was sent to
Bani Isra'il or upon those who were before you. So when
you hear that it has broken out in a land, don't go to it,
and when it has broken out in the land where you are,
don't run out of it. In the narration transmitted on the
authority of Abu Nadr there is a slight variation of
wording.
Usama b. Zaid reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had said: Plague is the sign of a
calamity with which Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
affects people from His servants. So when you hear about
it, don't enter there (where it has broken out), and when
it has broken out in a land and you are there, then don't
run away from it.
Usama reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Plague is a calamity which was inflicted
on those who were before you, or upon Bani Isra'il. So
when it has broken out in a land, don't run out of it, and
when it has spread in a land, then don't enter it.
'Amir b. Sa'd reported that a person asked Sa'd b. Abu
Waqqas about the plague, whereupon Usama b. Zaid said: I
would inform you about it. The Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) said: It is a calamity or a disease
which Allah sent to a group of Bani Isra'il, or to the
people who were before you; so when you hear of it in
land, don't enter it and when it has broken out in your
land, don't run away from it.
Usama b. Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) having said this: This calamity or illness was a
punishment with which were punished some of the nations
before you. Then it was left upon the earth. It goes away
once and comes back again. He who heard of its presence in
a land should not go towards it, and he who happened to be
in a land where it had broken out should not fly from it.
Shu'ba reported from Habib: While we were in Medina we
heard of plague having broken out in Kufa. 'Ata b. Yasir
and others said to me that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had said. If you are in a land where it (this
scourge) has broken out, don't get out of it, and if you
were to know that it had broken (in another land, then
don't enter it. I said to him: From whom (did you hear
it)? They said: 'Amir b. Sa'd has narrated it. So I came
to him. They said that he was not present there. So I met
his brother Ibrahim b. Sa'd and asked him. He said: I bear
testimony to the fact that Usama narrated it to Sa'd
saying: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying that it is a God-sent punishment from the
calamity or from the remnant of the calamity with which
people were afflicted before you. So when it is in a land
and you are there, don't get out of it, and if (this news
reaches you) that it has broken out in a land, then don't
enter therein. Habib said: I said to Ibrahim: Did you hear
Usama narrating it to Sa'd and he was not denying it. He
said: Yes.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters except for the
fact that no mention has been made of the account of 'Ata
b. Yasir as in the previous hadith.
Ibrahim b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported: Usama b. Zaid
and Sa'd had been sitting and they had been conversing and
they said this: This hadith has been transmitted by
Ibrahim b. Sa'd b. Malik on the authority of his father.
'Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported: Umar b. Khattab set out
for Syria. As he came at Sargh (a town by the side of
Hijaz on the way to Syria), there met him the commander of
the forces, Abu Ubaida b. Jandb, and his companions. They
informed him that a scourge had broken out in Syria. Ibn
'Abbas further reported that 'Umar said: Call to me tile
earliest emigrants. So I called them. He (Hadrat 'Umar)
sought their advice, and they told him that the scourge
had broker, out in Syria. There was a difference of
opinion (whether they should proceed further or go back to
their homes in such a situation). Some of them said: You
('Umar) have set forth for a task, and, therefore, we
would not advise you to go back, whereas some of them
said: You have along with you the remnants (of the sacred
galaxy) of men and (the blessed) Companions of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), so we would not advise
you to go forth towards this calamity (with such eminent
persons and thus expose them deliberately to a danger). He
(Hadrat 'Umar) said: You can now go away. He said: Call to
me the Ansar. So I called them to him, and he consulted
them, and they trod the same path as was trodden by the
Muhajirin, and they differed in their opinions as they had
differed. He said: Now, you can go. He again said: Call to
me the old persons of the Quraish who had migrated before
the Victory (that is the Victory of Mecca), so I called
them (and Hadrat 'Umar consulted them) and not even two
persons differed (from the opinion held by the earlier
delegates). They said: Our opinion is that you better go
back along with the people and do not make them go to this
scourge, So 'Umar made announcement to the people: In the
morning I would be on the back of my side. So they (set
forth in the morning), whereupon Abu 'Ubaida b. Jarrah
said: Are you going to run away from the Divine Decree?
Thereupon 'Umar said: Had it been someone else to say this
besides you! 'Umar (in fact) did not approve of his
opposing (this decision) and he said: Yes, we are running
from the Divine Decree (to the) Divine Decree. You should
think if there had been camels for you and you happened to
get down in a valley having two sides, one of them covered
with verdure and the other being barren, would you not (be
doing) according to the Divine Decree if you graze them in
verdure? And in case you graze them in the barren land
(even then you would be grazing them) according to the
Divine Decree.
There happened to come 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf and he
had been absent in connection with some of his needs. He
said: I have with me a knowledge of it, that I heard
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If
you hear of its presence (the presence of plague) in a
land, don't enter it, but if it spreads in the land where
you are, don't fly from it. Thereupon 'Umar b. Khattab
praised Allah and then went back?
This hadith has been reported on the authority of
Ma'mar with the same chain of transmitters but with this
addition:" Do you think that he would graze in the barren
land but would abandon the green land? Would you not
attribute it to be a failing on his part? He said: Yes. He
said: Then proceed. And he moved on until he came to
Medina. And he said to me: This is the right place, or he
said: That is the destination if Allah so wills." This
hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah
b. Harith with a slight variation of wording.
'Amir b. Rabi'ah reported: 'Umar went to Syria and as
he came to Sargh, information was given to him that an
epidemic had broken out in Syria. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf
narrated to him that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had said: When you hear of its presence in a land,
don't move towards it, and when it breaks out in a land
and you are therein, then don't run away from it. So 'Umar
b. Khattab came back from Sargh. Salim b. 'Abdullah
reported that 'Umar went back, along with people on
hearing the hadith reported on the authority of 'Abd
al-Rahman b. 'Auf.
Chapter 31: THERE IS NO INFECTION, NO EVIL OMEN,
NO HAMA, NO SAFAR, NO STAR PROMISING RAIN, NO GHOUL AND THE
ILL SHOULD NOT GO TO THOSE WHO ARE HEALTHY
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no infection, no safar, no
hama. A desert Arab said: Allah's Messenger, how is it
that when the camel is in the sand it is like a deer-then
a camel afflicted with scab mixes with it and it is
affected by sub? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Who infected
the first one?
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no transitive disease, no
evil omen, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Allah's,
Messenger.... The rest of the hadith is the same.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no trahsitive disease.
Thereupon a desert Arab stood up. The rest of the hadith
is the same and in the hadith transmitted on the authority
of Zuhri' the Prophet (may peace be upon him) is reported
to have said: There is no transitive disease, no safar, no
hama.
Abu Salama h. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: There is no
transitive disease, but he is also reported to have said:
A sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy.
Abu Salama said that Abu Huraira used to narrate these two
(different ahadith) from Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him), but afterwards Abu Huraira became silent on
these words:" There is no transitive disease," but he
stuck to this that the sick person should not be taken to
one who is healthy. Harith b. Abu Dhubab (and he was the
first cousin of Abu Huraira) said: Abu Huraira, I used to
hear from you that you narrated to us along with this
hadith and the other one also (there is no transitive
disease), but now you observe silence about it. You used
to say that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: There is no transitive disease. Abu Huraira denied
having any knowledge of that, but he said that the sick
camel should not be taken to the healthy one. Harith,
however, did not agree with him, which irritated Abu
Huraira and he said to him some words in the Abyssinian
language. He said to Harith: Do you know what I said to
you? He said: No. Abu Huraira said: I simply denied having
said it. Abu Salama sad: By my life, Abu Huraira in fact
used to report Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
having said: There is no transitive disease. I do not know
whether Abu Huraira has forgotten it or he deemed it an
abrogated statement in the light of the other one.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no transitive disease and he
also reported along with it: The ill should not be taken
to the healthy.
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There is no transitive disease, no
safar, no ghoul. He (the narrator) said: I heard Abu
Zubair say: Jabir explained for them the word safar. Abu
Zubair said: safar means belly. It was said to Jabir: Why
is it so? He said that it was held that safar implied the
worms of the belly, but he gave no explanation of ghoul.
Abu Zubair said: Ghoul is that which kills the travellers.
Chapter 32: OMEN, DIVINATION AND THAT WHICH IS
UNLUCKY
Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: There is no divination but
the best type is the good omen. It was said to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him): What is good omen?
Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears.
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
as saying: There is no transitive disease, no divination,
but good omen pleases me, i. e. the good word or a good
word.
Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no transitive disease, no
divination, but good omen pleases me. It was said: What is
good omen? He said: Sacred words.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There is no transitive disease, no
hama, no divination, but I like good omen.
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: If there be bad luck, it is
in the house, and the wife, and the horse.
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying. There is no transitive
disease, no ill omen, and bad luck is lound in the house,
or wife or horse.
'Umar b. Muhammad b. Zaid reported that he heard his
father narrating from Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had said. If bad luck is a fact,
then it is in the horse, the woman and the house.
'Abdullah b. 'Umar reported on the authority of his
father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: If there is bad luck in anything, it is the horse,
the abode and the woman.
Sahl b. Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: If bad luck were to be in anything,
it is found in the woman, the horse and the abode.
Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If bad luck were to be in anything, it is
found in the land, in the servant and in the horse.
Chapter 33: KAHANAT (DIVINATION) IS PROHIBITED
AND IT IS FORBIDDEN TO GO TO THE KAHIN
Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam as-Sulami reported: I said:
Messenger of Allah, there were things we used to do in the
pre-Islamic days. We used to visit Kahins, whereupon he
said: Don't visit Kahins. I said: We used to take omens.
He said: That is a sort of personal whim of yours, so let
it not prevent you (from doing a thing).
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Mu'awiya b. Hakam as-Sulami through another chain of
transmitters. The hadith transmitted on the authority of
Yahya b. Abu Kathir (there is an addition of these words):
I said: Among us there are men who draw lines and thus
make divination. What about this? Thereupon he (the Holy
Prophet) said: There was a Prophet who drew lines, so
whose lines agree with his line for him it is allowable.
'A'isha reported: I said: Allah's Messenger, the kahins
used to tell us about things (unseen) and we found them to
be true. Thereupon he said: That is a word pertaining to
truth which a jinn snatches and throws into the ear of his
friend, and makes an addition of one hundred lies to it.
'Urwa reported from 'A'isha that she said that people
asked Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about the
kahins. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
them: It is nothing (i. e. it is a mere superstition).
They said: Allah's Messenger, they at times narrate to us
things which we find true. Thereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: That is a word pertaining to
truth which a jinn snatches away and then cackles into the
ear of his friend as the hen does. And then they mix in it
more than one hundred lies.
'Abdullah. Ibn 'Abbas reported: A person from the Ansar
who was amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) reported to me: As we were sitting
during the night with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him), a meteor shot gave a dazzling light. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: What did you say
in the pre-Islamic days when there was such a shot (of
meteor)? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best (the
actual position), but we, however, used to say that that
very night a great man had been born and a great man had
died, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: (These meteors) are shot neither at the death of
anyone nor on the birth of anyone. Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, issues Command when He decides to do a thing.
Then (the Angels) supporting the Throne sing His glory,
then sing the dwellers of heaven who are near to them
until this glory of God reaches them who are in the heaven
of this world. Then those who are near the supporters of
the Throne ask these supporters of the Throne: What your
Lord has said? And they accordingly inform them what He
says. Then the dwellers of heaven seek information from
them until this information reaches the heaven of the
world. In this process of transmission (the jinn snatches)
what he manages to overhear and he carries it to his
friends. And when the Angels see the jinn they attack them
with meteors. If they narrate only which they manage to
snatch that is correct but they alloy it with lies and
make additions to it.
Safiyya reported from some of the wives of Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) having said: He who visits a divner ('Arraf)
and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to
forty nights will not be accepted.
Chapter 34: IT IS ADVISABLE TO AVOID MIXING WITH
THE LEPER
'Amr b. Sharid reported on the authority of his father
that there was in the delegation of Thaqif a leper.
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) sent a message to
him: We have accepted your allegiance, so you may go.
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) commanded the killing of a snake having stripes
over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy.
Salim, on the authority of his father. reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: Kill the snakes
having stripes over them and short-tailed snakes, for
these two types cause miscarriage (of a pregnant woman)
and they affect the eyesight adversely. So Ibn 'Umar used
to kill every snake that he found. Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd
al-Mundhir and Zaid b. Khattab saw him pursuing a snake,
whereupon he said: They were forbidden (to kill) those
snakes who live in houses.
Ibn 'Umar reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) commanding the killing of dogs and the
killing of the striped and the short-tailed snakes, for
both of them affect the eyesight adversely and cause
miscarriage. Zuhri said: We thought of their poison (the
pernicious effects of these two). Allah, however, knows
best. 'Abdullah b. 'Umar said: I did not spare any snake.
I rather killed everyone that I saw. One day as I was
pursuing a snake from amongst the snakes of the house,
Zaid b. Khattab or Abu Lubaba happened to pass by me and
found me pursuing it. He said: 'Abdullah, wait. I said:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded (us)
to kill them, whereupon he said that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) forbade the killing of the snakes
of the houses. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but
with a slight variation of wording.
Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba talked to Ibn 'Umar to
open a door in his house which would bring them nearer to
the mosque and they found a fresh slough of the snake,
whereupon 'Abdullah said: Find it out and kill it. Abu
Lubaba said: Don't kill them, for Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) forbade the killing of the snakes found
in houses.
Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types
of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and
so he abstained from it.
Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn
'Umar that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
forbidden the killing of domestic snakes.
'Abdullah reported that Abu Lubaba had informed him
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
forbidden the killing of the snakes found in the house.
Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir
al-Ansari (first) lived in Quba. He then shifted to Medina
and as he was in the company of 'Abdullah b. 'Umar opening
a window for him, he suddenly saw a snake in the house.
They (the inmates of the house) attempted to kill that.
Thereupon Abu Lubaba said: They had been forbidden to make
an attempt to kill house snakes and they had been
commanded to kill the snakes having small tails, small
snakes and those having streaks over them, and it was
said: Both of them affect the eyes and cause miscarriage
to women.
Nafi' reported on the authority of his father that as
'Abdullah b. 'Umar saw one day (standing) near the ruin
(of his house) the slough of a snake and said (to the
people around him): Pursue this snake and kill it. Abu
Lubaba Ansari said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him). He forbade the killing of snakes found in
the houses except the short-tailed snakes and those having
streaks upon them, for both of them obliterate eyesight
and affect that which is in the wombs of (pregnant) women.
Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba happened to pass by Ibn
'Umar who lived in the fortified place near the house of
'Umar b. Khattab and was busy in keeping his eyes upon a
snake and killing it, the rest of the hadith is the same.
'Abdullah reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) in a cave when there was revealed to
him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those
sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard
(it) from his lips that there appeared before us a snake.
He said: Kill it. We hastened to kill it, but it slipped
away from us, thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Allah saved it from your harm just as he
saved you from its evil.
'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) commanded a Muhrim (one who is in the state of
pilgrimage) to kill the snake at Mina.
'Abdullah reported: While we were with the Messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) in the cave, the rest of the
hadith is the same as the one narrated above.
Abu as-Sa'ib, the freed slaved of Hisham b. Zuhra, said
that he visited Abu Sa'id Khudri in his house, (and he
further) said: I found him saying his prayer, so I sat
down waiting for him to finish his prayer when I heard a
stir in the bundles (of wood) lying in a comer of the
house. I looked towards it and found a snake. I jumped up
in order to kill it, but he (Abu Sa'id Khudri) made a
gesture that I should sit down. So I sat down and as he
finished (the prayer) he pointed to a room in the house
and said: Do you see this room? I said: Yes. He said:
There was a young man amongst us who had been newly
wedded. We went with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) (to participate in the Battle) of Trench when a young
man in the midday used to seek permission from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) to return to his family.
One day he sought permission from him and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) (after granting him the
permission) said to him: Carry your weapons with you for I
fear the tribe of Quraiza (may harm you). The man carried
the weapons and then came back and found his wife standing
between the two doors. He bent towards her smitten by
jealousy and made a dash towards her with a spear in order
to stab her. She said: Keep your spear away and enter the
house until you see that which has made me come out. He
entered and found a big snake coiled on the bedding. He
darted with the spear and pierced it and then went out
having fixed it in the house, but the snake quivered and
attacked him and no one knew which of them died first, the
snake or the young man. We came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) and made a mention to him and said:
Supplicate to Allah that that (man) may be brought back to
life. Thereupon he said: Ask forgiveness for your
companion and then said: There are in Medina jinns who
have accepted Islam, so when you see any one of them,
pronounce a warning to it for three days, and if they
appear before you after that, then kill it for that is a
devil.
Asma' b. 'Ubaid reported about a person who was called
as-Sa'ib having said: We visited Abu Sa'id Khudri. When we
had been sitting (with him) we heard a stir under his bed.
When we looked we found a big snake, the rest of the
hadith is the same. And in this Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) is reported to have said: Verily in
these houses there live aged (snakes), so when you see one
of them, make life hard for it for three days, and if it
goes away (well and good), otherwise kill it for (in that
case) it would be a nonbeliever. And he (the Holy Prophet)
said (to his Companions): Go and bury your companion (who
had died by the snake bite).
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Messenger having
said: There is a group of jinns in Medina who accepted
Islam, so he who would see anything from these occupants
should warn him three times; and if he appears after that,
he should kill him for he is a satan.
Chapter 35: THE DESIRABILITY OF KILLING A GECKO
(HOUSE LIZARD)
Umm Sharik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) commanded her to kill geckos. This hadith has
been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abi Shaiba with a
slight variation of wording.
Umm Sharik reported that she consulted Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) in regard to killing of geckos,
and he commanded to kill them and Umm Sharik is one of the
women of Bani 'Amir b. Luwayy. This hadith has been
reported through another chain of transmitters with the
same meaning.
'Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father
that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) commanded the
killing of geckos, and he called them little noxious
creatures.
'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said about the gecko as a noxious creature".
Harmala made this addition that she said: I did not hear
that he had commanded to kill them.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: He who killed a gecko with the first
stroke for him is such and such a reward, and he who
killed it with a second stroke for him is such and such
reward less than the first one, and he who killed it with
the third stroke for him is such and such a reward less
than the second one.
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters (and the
words are): - He who killed a gecko with the first stroke
for him are ordained one hundred virtues, and with the
second one less than that and with the third one less than
that.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying (that he who kills a gecko) with the
first stroke there are seventy rewards for him.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: An ant had bitten a Prophet (one
amongst the earlier Prophets) and he ordered that the
colony of the ants should be burnt. And Allah revealed to
him:" Because of an ant's bite you have burnt a community
from amongst the communities which sings My glory."
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: An Apostle from amongst the Apostles
of Allah encamped under a tree, and an ant bit him, and he
commanded his belongings to be removed from underneath the
tree. He then commanded and it was burnt, and Allah
revealed to bin):" Why one ant (which had bitten you) was
not killed?"
Abu Huraira reported so many ahadith and one of them
was this that Allah' Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: When an Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah
came to sit under a tree an ant bit him. He commanded his
luggage to be removed from under the tree and he commanded
it to be burnt in the fire and Allah revealed to him:" Why
one ant (which had bitten you) was not killed (and why did
you burn the others)?
Nafi' reported from 'Abdullah that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: A woman was punished because
she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a
punishment of this offence) she was thrown into the Hell.
She had not provided it with food, or drink, and had not
freed her so that she could eat the insects of the earth.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: A woman was punished because of a
cat. She had neither provided her with food nor drink, nor
set her free so that she might eat the insects of the
earth.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as sayings: A person suffered from intense
thirst while on a journey, when he found a well. He
climbed down into it and drank (water) and then came out
and saw a dog lolling its tongue on account of thirst and
eating the moistened earth. The person said: This dog has
suffered from thirst as I had suffered from it. He climbed
down into the well, filled his shoe with water, then
caught it in his mouth until he climbed up and made the
dog drink it. So Allah appreciated this act of his and
pardoned him. Then (the Companions around him) said:
Allah's Messenger, is there for us a reward even for
(serving) such animals? He said: Yes, there is a reward
for service to every living animal.
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may pace be
upon him) as saying: A prostitute saw a dog moving around
a well on a hot day and hanging out its tongue because of
thirst. She drew water for it in her shoe and she was
pardoned (for this act of hers).
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: There was a dog moving around a well
whom thirst would have killed. Suddenly a prostitute from
the prostitutes of Bani Isra'il happened to see it and she
drew water in her shoe and made it drink, and she was
pardoned because of this.