The Book
Pertaining to Piety and Softening of
Hearts (Kitab Al-Zuhd wa Al-Raqa'iq)
Chapter 1: Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The world is a prison-house for a
believer and Paradise for a non-believer. Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may p
(-ace be upon him) happened to walk through the bazar
coming from the side of 'Aliya and the people were on both
his sides. There he found a dead lamb with very short
ears. He took hold of his ear and said: Who amongst you
would like to have this for a dirham? They said: We do not
like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use
to us. He said: Do you wish to have it (free of any cost)?
They said: By Allah, even if it were alive (we would not
have liked to possess that), for there is detect in it as
its ear is very short; now it is dead also. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah,
this world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as it
(this dead lamb) is in your eye. Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
narrating a hadith like this with a slight variation of
wording. Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I
came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he was
reciting:" Abundance diverts you" (cii. 1). He said: The
son of Adam claims: My wealth, my wealth. And he (the Holy
Prophet) said: O son of Adam. is there anything as your
belonging except that which you consumed, which you
utilised, or which you wore and then it was worn out or
you gave as charity and sent it forward? Mutarrif reported on the authority of his father: I
went to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). The rest
of the hadith is the same. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: A servant says, My wealth. my wealth,
but out of his wealth three things are only his: whatever
he eats and makes use of or by means of which he dresses
himself and it wears out or he gives as charity, and this
is what he stored for himself (as a reward for the
Hereafter), and what is beyond this (it is of no use to
you) because you are to depart and leave it for other
people. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
al-'Ala' b. 'Abd al-Rahman with the same chain of
transmitters. Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (way peace be
upon him) as saying: Three things follow the bier of a
dead man. two of them come back and one is left with him:
the members of his family. wealth and his-good deeds. The
members of his family and wealth come back and the deeds
alone are left with him. 'Amr b. 'Auf, who was an ally of Banu 'Amir b. Luwayy
(and he was one amongst them) who participated in Badr
along with Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him).
reported that, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
sent Abu Ubaida b. Jarrah to Bahrain for collecting Jizya
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had made a
truce with the people of Bahrain and had appointed 'Ala'
b. Hadrami and Abu Ubaida (for this purpose). They came
with wealth from Bahrain and the Ansar beard about the
arrival of Abu Ubaida and they had observed the dawn
prayer along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him), and when Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
had finished the prayer they (the Ansar) came before him
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled as he
saw them and then said: I think you have heard about the
arrival of Abu Ubaida with goods from Bahrain. They said:
Allah's Messenger. yes, it is so. Thereupon he said: Be
happy and be hopeful of that what gives you delight. By
Allah, it is not the poverty about which I fear in regard
to you but I am afraid in your case that (the worldly)
riches way be given to you as were given to those who had
gone before you and you begin to vie with one another for
them as they vied for them. and these may destroy you as
these destroyed them. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
as reported by Yunus with a slight variation of wording. 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. al-As reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: How would you be,0
people. when Persia and Rome would be conquered for you? 'Abd
at-Rahman b Auf said: We would say as Allah has commanded
us and we would express our gratitude to Allah Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Nothing
else besides it? You would (in fact) vie with one another,
then you would feel jealous. then your relations would be
estranged and then you will bear enmity against one
another. or something to the same effect. Then you would
go to the poor emigrants and would make some the masters
of the others. Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: When one of you looks at one who stands
at a higher level than you in regard to wealth and
physical structure he should also see one who stands at a
lower level than you in regard to these things (in which
he stands) at a hi-her level (as compared to him). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Look at those who stand at a lower
level than you but don't look at those who stand at a
higher level than you, for this would make the favours
(conferred upon you by Allah) insignificant (in your
eyes). Abu Mu'awiya said: Upon you. Abu Huraira, narrated that he beard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: There were three
persons in Bani Isra'il, one suffering from leprosy, the
other bald-headed and the third one blind. Allah decided
to test them. So He sent an angel who came to one who was
suffering from leprosy and said: Which thing do you like
most? He said: Beautiful colour and fine skin and removal
of that which makes me detestable in the eye of people. He
wiped him and his illness was no more and he was conferred
upon beautiful colour and beautiful skin. He (the angel)
again said: Which property do you like most? He said:
Camels, or he said: The cow the narrator is, however,
doubtful about it, but (out of the persons) suffering from
leprosy or baldness one of them definitely said: The
came]. And the other one said: Cow. And he (one who
demanded came]) was bestowed upon a she-camel, in an
advanced stage of pregnancy, and while giving he said: May
Allah bless you in this I Then he came to the bald-headed
person and said: Which thing do you like most? He said:
Beautiful hair and that (this baldness) may be removed
from me because of which people hate me He wiped his body
and his illness was removed and he was bestowed upon
beautiful hair, and the angel said: Which wealth do you
like most? He said: The cow. And he was given a pregnant
cow and while handing it over to him he (the angel) said:
May Allah bless you in this I Then he came to the blind
man and he said: Which thing do you like most? He said:
Allah should restore my eyesight so that I should be able
to see people with the help of that. He wiped his body and
Allah restored to him his eyesight, and he (the angel)
also said: Which wealth do you like most? He said. The
flock of sheep. And he was given a pregnant goat and that
gave birth to young ones and it so happened that one
valley abounded in camels and the other one in goats and
the third one in sheep. He then came to one suffering from
leprosy in his (old) form and shape and he said: I am a
poor person and my provision has run short in my journey
and there is none to take me to my destination except with
the help of Allah and your favour. I beg of you in His
name Who gave you fine colour and fine skin, and the camel
in the shape of wealth (to confer upon me) a camel which
should carry me in my journey. He said: I have many
responsibilities to discharge. Thereupon he said: I
perceive as if I recognise you. Were you not suffering
from leprosy whom people hated and you were a destitude
and Allah conferred upon you (wealth) He said: I have
inherited this property from my forefathers. Thereupon he
said: If you are a liar may Allah change you to that very
position in which you had been. He then came to the one
who was bald-headed in his (old) form and said to him the
same what he had said to him (one suffering from leprosy)
and he gave him the same reply as he had given him and he
said: If you 'are a liar, may Allah turn you to your
previous position in which you had been. And then he came
to the blind man in his (old) form and shape and he said:
I am a destitute person and a wayfarer. My provision have
ran short and today there is no way to reach the
destination but with the help of Allah and then with your
help and I beg of you in the (name) of One Who restored
your eyesight and gave you the flock of sheep to give me a
sheep by which I should be able to make my provisions for
the journey. He said: I was blind and Allah restored to me
my eyesight; you take whatever you like and leave whatever
you like. By Allah. I shall not stand in your way today
for what you take in the name of God. Thereupon, he said:
You keep with you what you have (in your possession). The
fact is that you three were put to test and Allah is well
pleased with you and He is annoyed with your companions. It is reported on the authority of Amir b. Sa'd that
Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas was in the fold of his camels that his
son 'Umar came to him. When Sa'd saw him he said: I seek
refuge with Allah from the mischief of this rider. And as
he got down he said to him: You are busy with your camels
and your sheep and you have abandoned people who are
contending with one another for kingdom. Sa'd struck his
chest and said: Keep quite. I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Allah loves the servant who
is God-conscious and is free from want and is hidden (from
the view of people). Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas is reported to have, said: By Allah,
I am the first person amongst the Arabs to throw an arrow
in the cause of Allah and we used to go with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and there was no food
for us to eat but only the leaves of hubla and samur trees
(they are wild trees) and as a result thereof one amongst
us would relieve himself as does the goat. (How strange it
is) that now the people of Banu Asad (the progeny of
Zubair) instruct me in religion and try to impose
punishment upon me (in regard to it). If it is so (that I
am so ignorant of religion), then indeed, I am undone and
my deeds have been lost. Ibn Numair, however, did not make
a mention of the word (idhan) thus? (in his narration). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Isma'il b. Khalid with the same chain of transmitters and
the words are:" One amongst us would relieve himself as
the goats do without anything mixing with its excrement." 'Umair al-'Adawi reported: 'Utba b. Ghazwan delivered
us a sermon and he praised Allah and lauded Him, then
said: Now coming to the point, verily the world has been
given the news of its end and that too quite early.
Nothing would be left out of it but only water left in the
utensil which its owner leaves, and you are going to shift
to an abode which knows no end, and you should shift with
the good before you, for we have been told that a stone
would be thrown at one side of the Hell and it would go
down even for seventy years but would not be able to reach
its bottom. By Allah, it would be fully packed. Do you
find it something strange, and it has been mentioned that
there yawns a distance which one would be able to cover in
forty years from one end to another of Paradise, and a day
would come when it would be fully packed and you must be
knowing that I was the seventh amongst seven who had been
with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and we had
nothing to eat but the leaves of the tree until the
corners of the mouth were injured. We found a sheet which
we tore in two and divided between myself and Sa'd b.
Malik. I made the lower garment with halt of it and so did
Sa'd make the lower garment with half of it and today
there is none amongst us who has not become the governor
of a city from amongst the cities (of the Islamic
Commonwealth) and I seek refuge with Allah that I should
consider myself great whereas I am insignificant in the
eye of Allah. Prophethood does not remain for ever and its
impact fades with the result that it changes eventually
into kingship, and you would soon come to know and
experience those rulers who would come after us and see
(how far they are from religion). Khalid b. 'Umair reported and he had seen the
pre-Islamic days also, that 'Uqba b. Ghazwan delivered
this address and he was the governor of Basra. The rest of
the hadith is the same as transmitted by Shaiban. Khalid b. Umair reported: I heard Uqba b. Ghazwan as
saving: I found myself as the seventh amongst the seven
who had been along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him). We had nothing to eat but the leaves of hubla
(a wild tree) until the corners of our mouths were
injured. Abu Huraira reported that they (the Companions of the
Holy Prophet) said: Allah's Messenger, will we be able to
see our Lord on the Day of Judgment? He said: Do you feel
any difficulty in seeing the sun in the noon when there is
no cloud over it? They said: No. He again said: Do you
feel any difficulty in seeing the moon on the fourteenth
night when there is no cloud over it? They said: No.
Thereupon he said: By Allah Who is One in Whose Hand is my
life. you will not face any difficulty in seeing your Lord
but only so much as you feel in seeing one of them. Then
Allah would sit in judgment upon the servant and would
say: O, so and so, did I not honour you and make you the
chief and provide you the spouse and subdue for you
horses, camels, and afforded you an opportunity to rule
over your subjects? He would say: Yes. And then it would
be said: Did you not think that you would meet Us? And he
would say: No. Thereupon He (Allah) would say: Well, We
forget you as you forgot Us. Then the second person would
be brought for judgment. (And Allah would) say: 0, so and
so. did We not honour you and make you the chief and make
you pair and subdue for you horses and camels and afford
you an opportunity to rule over your subjects? He would
say: Yes, my Lord. And He (the Lord) would say: Did you
not think that you would be meeting Us? And he would say:
No. And then He (Allah) would say: Well, I forget you
today as you forgot Us. Then the third -one would be
brought and He (Allah) would say to him as He said before.
And he (the third person) would say: O, my Lord, I
affirmed my faith in Thee and in Thy Book and in Thy
Messenger and I observed prayer and fasts and gave
charity, and he would speak in good terms like this as he
would be able to do. And He (Allah) would say: Well, We
will bring our witnesses to you. And the man would think
in his mind who would bear witness upon him and then his
mouth would be sealed and it would be said to his thighs,
to his flesh and to his bones to speak and his thighs.
flesh and bones would bear witness to his deeds and it
would be done so that he should not be able to make any
excuse for himself and he would be a hypocrite and Allah
would be annoyed with him. Anas b. Malik reported: We were in the company of
Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) that he smiled
and said: Do you know why I laughed? We said: Allah and
His Messenger, know best. Thereupon he said: It was
because of the (fact that there came to my mind the) talk
which the servant would have with his Lord. (on the Day of
judgment). He would say: My Lord, have you not guaranteed
me protection against injustice? He would say: Yes. Then
the servant would say: I do not deem valid any witness
against me but my own self, and He would say: Well, enough
would he the witness of your self against you and that of
the two angels who had been appointed to record your
deeds. Then the seal would be set upon his mouth and it
would be said to his hands and feet to speak and they
would speak of his deeds. Then the mouth would be made
free to talk, he would say (to the bands and feet): Be
away, let there be curse of Allah upon you. It was for
your safety that I contended. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: O Allah, make for the family of
Muhammad the provision which is a bare subsistence. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: 0 Allah, provide for the, family of
Muhammad their subsistence, and in the narration
transmitted on the authority of 'Amr (the words are):" O
Allah, provide us subsistence" 'Umara b. al-Qa'qa' reported this hadith with the same
chain of transmitters but instead of the word" qut" (bare
subsistence) there has been used the word" Kafaf"
(adequate means to meet the needs). 'A'isha reported: Never had the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) eaten to the fill since their, arrival
in Medina with the bread of wheat for three successive
nights until his (Holy Prophet's) death. 'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Never did Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) eat to his fill the bread of wheat for three
successive days until he had run the course of his life. 'A'isha reported: Never did the family of Muhammad (may
peace be upon him) eat to the fill the bread of barley for
two successive days until Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) died. 'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad
(may peace be upon him) (afford to cat to the fill) the
bread of wheat beyond three days (successively). 'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad
(may peace. be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of
wheat for three (successive days) until he ran the course
of his life. 'A'isha reported: Never could the family of Muhammad
(may peace be upon him) (afford to eat) the bread of wheat
for two days successively. Even (out of these two days)
one (was such wherein he could get) only a date. 'A'isha reported: We the family of Muhammad (may peace
be upon him) used to spend (the whole) month in which we
(did not need to) kindle the fire as (we had nothing to
cook) ; we had only dates and water (to fill our bellies). This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Urwa
with the same chain of transmitters (and the words are):"
We used to spend-" And he did not make a mention of the
family of Muhammad (may peace be upon him), and Abu Kuraib
made this addition to his hadith which was transmitted on
the authority of Ibn Numair (and the words are):" But this
that there was brought to us some meat." 'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (way peace be
upon him) died (in such a state) that there had been
nothing in my wooden tub which a living being could afford
to eat but a handful of barley therein. I had been eating
out of that for a fairly long duration when I thought of
measuring it and it was almost finished. 'A'isha used to say to 'Urwa: Son of my sister, by
Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then
the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire
was not kindled in the house of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were
your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But
it (so happened) that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch
animals and they used to send to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) some milk of their (animals) and he
served that to us. 'Urwa b. Zubair reported on the authority of 'A'isha,
the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), that
she said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) died
(in a state) that it never happened that he could eat to
his fill the bread with olive oil twice during a day. 'A'isha reported this hadith through other chains of
transmitters also (and the words are) that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) died (in a state) when
the people could afford to eat only the dates and water. 'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had died in a state that they could afford to
cat two things only: water and dates. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Sufyan and the words are:" We could not afford to eat to
the fill even dates and water." Abu Huraira reported: By Him in Whose Hand is my life
and Ibn 'Abbad also said: By One in Whose hand is the life
of Abu Huraira, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
could not afford to provide adequate food to his family
which could (fill their bellies) with bread and wheat for
three days successively until he left the world. Abu Hazim reported: I saw Abu Huraira point with his
finger many a time and saying: By One in Whose Hand is the
life of Abu Huraira, Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) could not eat to his fill and provide his family
bread of wheat beyond three days successively until he
left the world. Nu'man b. Bashir said: Don't you eat and drink
according to your heart's desire, whereas I saw that your
Prophet (may peace be upon him) (at times) could not find
even an inferior quality of the dates with which he could
fill his belly? Qutaiba, however, did not make a mention
of It. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak
with the same chain of transmitters, with this addition of
words:" You are not satisfied with the qualities of dates
and butter." Simak b. Barb reported: I heard Nu'man deliver an
address in which he said that (Hadrat) Umar made a mention
of what had fallen to the lot of people out of the
material world and he said: I saw Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) spend the whole day being upset because
of hunger and he could not get even an interior quality of
dates with which he could fill his belly. 'Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli reported: I heard that a
person asked 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'Asas saying: Are we not
amongst the destitute of the emigrants? Abdullah said to
him: Have you a spouse with whom you live? He said: Yes.
He again said: Then you are amongst the rich. He said: I
have a servant also. Thereupon he (Abdullah b. 'Amr b.
'As) said: Then you are amongst the kings. Abu 'Abdal-Rahman reported that three persons came to
'Abdullah b. Amr b. 'As while I was sitting with him and
they said: By Allah, we have nothing with us either in the
form of provision, riding animals or wealth. Thereupon he
said to them: I am prepared to do whatever you like. If
you come to us, we would give you what Allah would make
available for you. and if you like I would make a mention
of your case to the ruler, and if you like you can show
patience also. for I have beard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Destitute amongst the
emigrants would precede the rich emigrants by forty years
in getting into Paradise on the Day of Resurrection.
Thereupon they said: We then, show patience and do not ask
for anything. Chapter 2: DO NOT ENTER BUT WFEPINGLY THE
HABITATIONS OF THOSE WHO COMMITIED ATROKITIES UPON
THEMSELVES 'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said in connection with the people of
Hijr (Thamud): Do not enter but weepingly (the
habitations) of these people who bad been punished by
(Allah), and in case you do not feel inclined to weep,
then do not enter (these habitations) that you may not
meet the same calamity as had fallen to their lot. Ibn Shihab reported, and he had been talking about the
stony abodes of Thamud, and he said: Salim b. 'Abdullah
reported that 'Abdullah b. Umar said: We were passing
along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
through the habitations of Hijr, and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: Do not enter but weepingly
the habitations of these persons who committed tyranny
among themselves, lest the same calamity should fall upon
you as it fell upon them. He then urged his mount to
proceed quickly and pass through that valley hurriedly. Abdullah b. 'Umar reported that the people encamped
along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in
the valley of Hijr, the habitations of Thamud, and they
quenched their thirst from the wells thereof and kneaded
the flour with it. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) commanded that the water collected for
drinking should be spilt and the flour should be given to
the camels and commanded them that the water for drinking
should be taken from that well where the she-camel (of
Hadrat Salih) used to come. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
'Abdullah with the same chain of transmitters but with a
slight variation of wording. Chapter 3: BENEVOLENT TREATMENT TO THE WIDOWS,
ORPHANS AND THE POOR Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: One who makes efforts (for earning to
be spent) on a widow and the destitute is like a striver
in the cause of Allah, and I think he also said: He is
like one who constantly stands for prayer and observes
fast without breaking it. Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: One who looks after the orphan whether
he is his relative or not, I and he would be together in
Paradise like this, and Malik (explained it) with the
gesture by drawing his index finger and middle finger
close together. Chapter 4: EXCELLENCE OF BUILDING MOSQUES Abdullah al-Khaulani reported that when Uthman b.
'Affan tried to rebuild the mosque of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) the people began to talk about
this. Uthman b. 'Affan said: You discuss it very much
whereas I have heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who builds a mosque-- and the narrator
Bukair said: I think he also said: (for) seeking the
pleasure of Allah- Allah would build (a similar house for
him in Paradise). and in the narration of Harun (the words
are):" A house for him in Paradise." Mahmud b. Labid reported that 'Uthman b. 'Affan decided
to rebuild the mosque (of Allah's Apostle in Medina) but
the people did not like this idea and they wished that it
should be preserved in the same (old) form. Thereupon he
(Hadrat 'Uthman) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: He who builds a mosque for
Allah, Allah would build for him (a house) in Paradise
like it. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Ja'far with the same chain of transmitters with this
variation (that the words are):" Allah would build for him
a house in Paradise." Chapter 5: CHARITY TO BE GIVEN TO THE POOR OR THE
WAYFARERS Abu Huraira reported: While a person was in the
wilderness he heard a voice from the cloud (commanding it
thus): Irrigate the garden of so and so. (After that the
clouds slinked aside and poured water on a stony ground.
It filled a channel amongst the channels of that land and
that person followed that water and he found a person
standing in the garden busy in changing the course of
water with the help of a hatchet. He said to him: Servant
of Allah, what is your name? he said: So and so. And it
was that very name which he had heard from the clouds. and
he said to him: Servant of Allah, why do you ask me my
name? He said: I beard a voice from the clouds of which It
is the downpour, saying: Water the garden of so and to.
like your name. What do you do (for the favour) shown to
you by Allah in this matter? He said: Now as you state so.
I look what yield I get from it. and I give one-third as
charity out of it and I and my children eat one-third of
it and one-third I return to it as investment. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Wahb
b. Kaisan with the same chain of transmitters but with
this change that he said:" I earmark one-third for the
poor, the needy and the wayfarers." Chapter 6: HE WHO ASSOCIATES ONE AS AN OBJECT OF
WORSHIP WITH ALLAH IN HIS DEEDS Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as stating that Allah the Most High and Exalted
said: I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of a
partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates
anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he
associates with Allah. Chapter 7: THE PROHIBITION OF SIMULATION AND
OSTENTATION Ibn Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: If anyone wants to have his deeds widely
publicised, Allah will publicise (his humiliation). And if
anyone makes a hypocritical display (of his deeds) Allah
will make a display of him. Jundub reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: He who wants to publicise (his deeds),
Allah will publicise (his humility), and he who makes a
hypocritical display (of his deeds), Allah will make a
display of him. Sufyan reported this hadith with the same chain of
transmitters and he made this addition:" I did not hear
anyone saying besides him that it was Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) who had said so." Salama b. Kuhail reported: I heard from Jundub but I
did not hear him say like this:" I beard Allah's Messenger
(way peace be upon him) as saying this." Abu Sufyan reported like that as as-Saduq al-Amin
al-Walid b. Harb narrated with the same chain of
transmitters. Chapter 8: PERTAINING TO THE GUARDING OF TONGUE Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) as saying: The servant speaks
words for which he is sent down to the Hell-Fire farther
than the distance between the cast and the west. Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The servant speaks words that he does
not understand its repercussions but he sinks down in
Hell-Fire farther than the distance between the east and
the west. Chapter 9: THE PUNISTIMENT OF ONE WHO COMMANDS
OTHERS TO DO GOOD BUT DOES NOT DO IT HIMSELF AND RE FORBIDS
OTHERS TO DO EVIL BUT DOES NOT HIMSELF REFRAIN FROM IT Shaqiq reported that it was said to Usama b. Zaid: Why
don't you visit 'Uthman and talk to him? Thereupon he
said: Do you think that I have not talked to him but that
I have made you hear? By Allah. I have talked to him
(about things) concerning me and him and I did not like to
divulge those things about which I had to take the
initiative and I do not say to my ruler:" You are the best
among people," after I beard Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: A man will be brought on the Day
of Resurrection and thrown in Hell-Fire and his intestines
will pour forth in Hell and he will go round along with
them, as an ass goes round the mill. stone. The denizens
of Hell would gather round him and say: 0, so and so, what
has happened to you? Were you not enjoining us to do what
was reputable and forbid us to do what was disreputable?
He will say: Of course, it is so; I used to enjoin (upon
people) to do what was reputable but did not practise that
myself. I had been forbidding people to do what was
disreputable, but practised it myself. Abu Wa'il reported: I was in the company of Usama b.
Zaid that a person said: What prevents you to visit Uthman
and talk to him for what he does? The rest of the hadith
is the same. Chapter 10: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PUBLICISE ONE'S
SINS Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: All the people of my Ummah would get
pardon for their sins except those who publicise them. And
(it means) that a servant should do a deed during the
night and tell the people in the morning that he has done
so and so, whereas Allah has concealed it. And he does a
deed during the day and when it is night he tells the
people, whereas Allah has concealed it. Zuhair has used
the word hijar for publicising. Chapter 11: SNEEZING AND THE DISAPPROVAL OF
YAWNING Anas b. Malik reported that two persons sneezed in the
presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He
(the Messenger of Allah) invoked mercy for one, and did
not invoke for the other. The one for whom he had not
prayed said: So and so sneezed and you said: May Allah
have mercy upon you. I also sneezed but you did not utter
these words for me. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said:
That person praised Allah, and you did not praise Allah. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas
through another chain of transmitters. Abu Burda reported: I visited Abu Musa, as he was in
the house of the daughter of Fadl b. 'Abbas. I sneezed but
he did not respond to it (by saying): Allah may have mercy
upon you. Then she sneezed and he (Fadl b. 'Abbas) said:
May Allah have mercy upon you. I came back to my mother
and informed her about it, and when he came to her she
said: My son sneezed in your presence and you did not
say:" Allah may have mercy upon you, and she sneezed and
you said for her:" May Allah have mercy upon you."
Thereupon he said: Your son sneezed but he did not praise
Allah and I did not beg mercy of Allah for him and she
sneezed and she praised Allah and so I said: May Allah
have mercy upon you, as I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of you sneezes
he should praise Allah and the other should say: May Allah
have mercy upon you, and if he does not praise Allah, no
mercy should be begged for him. Iyas b. Salama b. al-Akwa reported that his father
reported to him that he heard Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) as saying: A person sneezed in his presence
and he said to him: May Allah have mercy upon you. And he
then sneezed for the second time and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said to him: He is suffering from
cold (and no response is necessary). Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: The yawning as from the devil. So
when one of you yawns he should try to restrain it as far
as it lies in his power. The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority
of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: When one of you yawns, he should keep his mouth
shut with the help of his hand, for it is the devil that
enters therein. The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority
of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: When one of you yawns, he should try to
restrain it with cue help of his hand since it is the
Satan that enters therein. The son of Abu Said al-Khudri reported on the authority
of his father that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said. When one of you yawns while engaged in prayer,
he should try to restrain so far as it lies in his power,
since it is the Satan that enter therein. Abu Said al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) a hadith like this through another
chain of transmitters. Chapter 12: MISCELLANEOUS AHADITH 'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: The Angels were born out of light and the
Jinns were born out of the spark of fire and Adam was born
as he has been defined (in the Qur'an) for you (i. e. he
is fashioned out of clay). Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: A group of Bani Isra'il was lost. I do
not know what happened to it, but I think (that it
'underwent a process of metamorphosis) and assumed the
shape of rats. Don't you see when the milk of the camel is
placed before them, these do not drink and when the milk
of goat is placed before them, these do drink. Abu Huraira
said: I narrated this very hadith to Ka'b and he said: Did
you hear this from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him)? I (Abu Huraira) said: Yes. He said this again and
again, and I said: Have I read Torah? This hadith has been
transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a slight
variation of wording. Abu Huraira reported that the rat (is the result of)
metamorphosis (of a group of Bani Isra'il) and the proof
of this is that when the milk of goat is placed before it,
it drinks it, and when the milk of the camel is placed
before it, it would not taste it at all. Ka'b said: Did
you hear it from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him)? Thereupon he said: Has Torah been revealed to me? Chapter 13: THE BELIEVER DOES NOT PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE STUNG TWICE FROM ONE (AND THE SAME) HOLE Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: The believer does not allow to be stung
twice from one (and the same) hole. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another
chain of transmitters. Chapter 14: EVERY ACT OF A BELIEVER IS A BLESSING
FOR HIM Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Strange are the ways of a believer for
there is good in every affair of his and this is not the
case with anyone else except in the case of a believer for
if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (God),
thus there is a good for him in it, and if he gets into
trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently),
there is a good for him in it. Chapter 15: IT IS PROHIBITED TO PRAISE ANYONE SO
MUCH THAT THERE MAY BE FEAR OF HIS BEING INTOXICATED BECAUSE
OF THAT 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority
of his father that a person praised another person in the
presence of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him),
whereupon he said: Woe be to thee, you have broken the
neck of your friend, you have broken the neck of your
friend-he said this twice. If one of you has to praise his
friend at all, he should say: I think (him to be) so and
Allah knows it well and I do not know the secret of the
heart and Allah knows the destined end, and I cannot
testify his purity against Allah but (he appears) to be so
and so. Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of
his father that a person was mentioned in the presence of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and a person
said: Allah's Messenger, no person is more excellent than
he after Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said:
Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend,
and he said this twice. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: If anyone has to praise his brother at
all, he should say: I think him to be so and so, and even
on this he should say: I do not consider anyone purer than
Allah (considers). This hadith has been transmitted on the
authority of Shu'ba with a slight variation of wording. Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) saw a person lauding another person or praising him
too much. Thereupon he said: You killed him, or you sliced
the back of a person. Abu Ma'mar reported that a person lauded a ruler
amongst the rulers and Miqdad began to throw dust upon him
and he said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
commanded us that we should throw dust upon the faces of
those who shower too much praise. Hammam b. al-Harith reported that a person began to
praise 'Uthman and Miqdad sat upon his knee; and he was a
bulky person and began to throw pebbles upon his
(flatterer's) face. Thereupon 'Uthman said: What is the
matter with you? And he said: Verily, Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said: When you see those who
shower (undue) praise (upon others), throw dust upon their
faces. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Miqdad through another chain of transmitters. Chapter 16: THE OLDER ONE IS TO BE PREFERRED 'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: It was shown in a vision that I
was rinsing my mouth with miswak and two persons began to
contend with one another for getting that miswak. One was
older than the other. I gave the miswak to the younger one
amongst them, but it was said to me: (Let it be given) to
the older one. So I gave it to the older one. Chapter 17: TO STATE HADITH AFTER ITS
VERIFICATION AND RECORDING OF" KNOWLEDGE" It was reported that Abu Huraira used to say: Listen to
me, inmate of the apartment; listen to me, inmate of the
apartment, while 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had
been busy in observing prayer. As she finished prayer, she
said to" Urwa: Did you hear his words? And this is how
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to utter
(so distinctly) that if one intended to count (the words
uttered) he would be able to do so. Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Do not take down anything from
me, and he who took down anything from me except the
Qur'an, he should efface that and narrate from me, for
there is no harm in it and he who attributed any falsehood
to me-and Hammam said: I think he also said:"
deliberately" -he should in fact find his abode in the
Hell-Fire. Chapter 18: THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE DITCH,
THE MAGICIAN, THE MONK AND THE SLAVE Suhaib reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) thus said: There lived a king before you and he
had a (court) magician. As he (the magician) grew old, he
said to the king: I have grown old, send some young boy to
me so that I should teach him magic. He (the king) sent to
him a young man so that he should train him (in magic).
And on his way (to the magician) he (the young man) found
a monk sitting there. He (the young man) listened to his
(the monk's) talk and was impressed by it. It became his
habit that on his way to the magician he met the monk and
set there and he came to the magician (late). He (the
magician) beat him because of delay. He made a complaint
of that to the monk and he said to him: When you feel
afraid of the magician, say: Members of my family had
detained me. And when you feel afraid of your family you
should say: The magician had detained me. It so happened
that there came a huge beast (of prey) and it blocked the
way of the people, and he (the young boy) said: I will
come to know today whether the magician is superior or the
monk is superior. He picked up a stone and said: O Allah,
if the affair of the monk is dearer to Thee than the
affair of the magician, cause death to this animal so that
the people should be able to move about freely. He threw
that stone towards it and killed it and the people began
to move about (on the path freely). He (the young man)
then came to that monk and Informed him and the monk said:
Sonny, today you are superior to me. Your affair has come
to a stage where I find that you would be soon put to a
trial, and in case you are put to a trial don't give my
clue. That young man began to treat the blind and those
suffering from leprosy and he in fact began to cure people
from (all kinds) of illness. When a companion of the king
who had gone blind heard about him, he came to him with
numerous gifts and said: If you cure me all these things
collected together here would be yours. Be said: I myself
do not cure anyone. It is Allah Who cures and if you
affirm faith in Allah, I shall also supplicate Allah to
cure you. He affirmed his faith in Allah and Allah cured him and
he came to the king and sat by his side as he used to sit
before. The king said to him: Who restored your eyesight?
He said: My Lord. Thereupon he said: It means that your
Lord is One besides me. He said: My Lord and your Lord is
Allah, so he (the king) took hold of him and tormented him
till he gave a clue of that boy. The young man was thus
summoned and the king said to him: O boy, it has been
conveyed to me that you have become so much proficient in
your magic that you cure the blind and those suffering
from leprosy and you do such and such things. Thereupon he
said: I do not cure anyone; it is Allah Who cures, and he
(the king) took hold of him and began to torment him. So
he gave a clue of the monk. The monk was thus summoned and
it was said to him: You should turn back from your
religion. He, however, refused to do so. He (ordered) for
a saw to be brought (and when it was done) he (the king)
placed it in the middle of his head and tore it into parts
till a part fell down. Then the courtier of the king was
brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your
religion. Arid he refused to do so, and the saw was placed
in the midst of his head and it was torn till a part fell
down. Then that young boy was brought and it was said to
him: Turn back from your religion. He refused to do so and
he was handed over to a group of his courtiers. And he
'said to them: Take him to such and such mountain; make
him climb up that mountain and when you reach its top (ask
him to renounce his faith) but if he refuses to do so,
then throw him (down the mountain). So they took him and
made him climb up the mountain and he said: O Allah, save
me from them (in any way) Thou likest and the mountain
began to quake and they all fell down and that person came
walking to the king. The king said to him: What has
happened to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me
from them. He again handed him to some of his courtiers
and said: Take him and carry him in a small boat and when
you reach the middle of the ocean (ask him to renounce)
his religion, but if he does not renounce his religion
throw him (into the water). So they took him and he said: O Allah, save me from
them and what they want to do. It was quite soon that the
boat turned over and they were drowned and he came walking
to the king, and the king said to him: What has happened
to your companions? He said: Allah has saved me from them,
and he said to the king: You cannot kill me until you do
what I ask you to do. And he said: What is that? He said:
You should gather people in a plain and hang me by the
trunk (of a tree). Then take hold of an arrow from the
quiver and say: In the name of Allah, the Lord of the
worlds; then shoot an arrow and if you do that then you
would be able to kill me. So he (the king) called the
people in an open plain and tied him (the boy) to the
trunk of a tree, then he took hold of an arrow from his
quiver and then placed the arrow in the bow and then said:
In the name of Allah, the Lord of the young boy; he then
shot an arrow and it bit his temple. He (the boy) placed
his hands upon the temple where the arrow had bit him and
he died and the people said: We affirm our faith in the
Lord of this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of
this young man, we affirm our faith in the Lord of this
young man. The courtiers came to the king and it was said
to him: Do you see that Allah has actually done what you
aimed at averting. They (the people) have affirmed their
faith in the Lord. He (the king) commanded ditches to be
dug at important points in the path. When these ditches
were dug, and the fire was lit in them it was said (to the
people): He who would not turn back from his (boy's)
religion would be thrown in the fire or it would be said
to them to jump in that. (The people courted death but did
not renounce religion) till a woman came with her child
and she felt hesitant in jumping into the fire and the
child said to her: 0 mother, endure (this ordeal) for it
is the Truth. Chapter 19: THE STORY OF ABU AL-YASAR AND THE
LENGTHY HADITH OF JABIR 'Ubadab. Walid b. Samit reported: I and my father set
out in search of knowledge to a tribe of the Ansar before
their death (i. e. before the Companions of the Holy
Prophet left the world) and I was the first to meet Abu
Yasar, a Companion of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and there was a young man with him who carried the
record of letters with him and there was a mantle prepared
by the tribe of Ma'afiri upon him. And his servant too had
a Ma'afiri mantle over him. My father said to him: My
uncle, I see the signs of anger or that of agony on your
face. He said: Yes, such and such person, the son of so
and so, of the tribe of Harami owed me a debt. I went to
his family, extended salutations and said: Where is he?
They said: He is not here. Then came out to me his son who
was at the threshold of his youth. I said to him: Where is
your father? He said: No sooner did he hear your sound
than he hid himself behind my mother's bedstead. I said to
him: Walk out to me, for I know where you are. He came
out. I said to him: What prompted you to hide yourself
from me? He said: By God, whatever I would say to you
would not be a lie. By Allah, I fear that I should tell a
lie to you and in case of making promise with you I should
break it, as you are the Companion of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). The fact is that I was hard up in
regard to money. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He said:
I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by Allah? He
said: I adjure by Allah. I said: Do you adjure by Allah?
He said: I adjure by Allah. Then he brought his promissory
note and he wrote off (the debt) with his hand and said:
Make payment when you find yourself solvent enough to pay
me back; if you are not, then there is no liability upon
you. These two eyes of mine saw, and he (Abu'I-Yasar)
placed his fingers upon his eyes and these two ears of
mine heard and my heart retained, and he pointed towards
his heart that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said: He who gives time to one who is financially hard up
(in the payment of debt) or writes off his debt, Allah
will provide him His shadow. I said to him: My uncle, if
you get the cloak of your servant and you give him your
two clothes, or take his two clothes of Ma'afir and give
him your cloak, then there would be one dress for you and
one for him. He wiped my head and said: O Allah, bless the son of my
brother. O, son of my brother, these two very eyes of mine
saw and these two ears of mine listened to and this heart
of mine retained this, and he pointed towards the heart
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Feed
them (the servants) and clothe them (the servants) what
you wear, and if I give him the goods of the world, it is
easy for me than this that he should take my virtues on
the Day of Resurrection. We went on till we came to Jabir
b. Abdullah in the mosque and he was busy in observing
prayer in one cloth which he had joined at its opposite
ends. I made my way through the people till I sat between
him and the Qibla and I said: May Allah have mercy upon
you. Do you observe prayer with one cloth on your body
whereas your mantle is lying at your side? He pointed me
with his hand towards my breast just like this and he
separated his fingers and bent them in the shape of a bow.
And (he said): I thought that a fool like you should come
to me so that he should see me as I do and he should then
also do like it. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
came to us in this very mosque and he had in his hand the
twig of the palm-tree and he saw mucus towards the Qibla
of the mosque and he erased it with the help of the twig.
He then came to us and said: Who amongst you likes that
Allah should turn His face away from him? We were afraid.
He then again said: Who amongst you likes that Allah
should turn His face away from him? We were afraid. He
again said: Who amongst you likes that Allah should turn
His face away from him? We said: Allah's Messenger, none
of us likes it. And he said: If one amongst you stands for
prayer, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, is before him he
should not spit in front of him, or on his right side, but
should spit on his left side beneath his left foot and if
he is impelled to do so all of a sudden (in spite of
himself) he should then spit in his cloth and fold it in
some part of it. (and he further said: ) Bring some
sweet-smelling thing. A young man who belonged to our
tribe stood up, went and brought scent in his palm.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) took that and
applied it to the end of that twig and then touched the
place where there had been mucus. Jabir said: This is why
you should apply scent to your mosques. It is reported on the same authority: We set out along
with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on an
expedition of Batn Buwat. He (the Holy Prophet) was in
search of al-Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani. (We had so meagre
equipment) that five. six or seven of us had one camel to
ride and so we mounted it turn by turn. Once there wan.
the turn of an Ansari to ride upon the camel. He made it
kneel down to ride over it (and after having. mounted it),
he tried to raise it up but it hesitated. So he said. May
there be curse of Allah upon you! Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Who is there to
curse his camel? He said: Allah's Messenger, it' is I.
Thereupon he said: Get down from the camel and let us not
have in our company the cursed one. Don't curse your own
selves, nor your children. nor your belongings. There is
the possibility that your curse may synchronies with the
time when Allah is about to confer upon you what you
demand and thus your prayer may be readily responded. It is reported on the same authority: We set out on an
expedition along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) until it was evening, and we had been near a. water
reservoir of Arabia. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Who would be the person who would go ahead and
set right the reservoir and drink water himself and serve
us with it? Jabir said: I stood up and said: Allah's
Messenger, it is I who am ready to do that. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Who is the
person to accompany Jabir? And then Jabbar b. Sakhr stood
up. So we went to that well and poured in that tank a
bucket or two of water and plastered it with clay and then
began to fill it (with water) until it was filled to the
brim. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was the
first who appeared before us, and he said: Do you (both)
permit me to drink water out of it? We said: Yea, Allah's
Messenger. He led his camel to drink water and it drank.
He then pulled its rein and it stretched its legs and
began to urinate. He then took it aside and made it kneel
down at another place and then came to the tank and
performed ablution. I then got up and performed ablution
like the ablution of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him), and Jabbar b. Sakhr went in order to relieve himself
and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) got up to
observe prayer and there was a mantle over me. I tried to
invert its ends but it was too short (to cover my body
easily). It had its borders. I then inverted it (the
mantle) and drew its opposite ends and then tied them at
my neck. I then came and stood upon the left side of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He caught hold
of me and made me go round behind him, until he made me
stand on his right side. Then Jabbar b. Sakhr came. He
performed ablution and then came and stood on the left
side of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) caught hold of
our hands together, pushed us back and made us stand
behind him. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
began to look upon me with darting looks, but I did not
perceive that. After that I became aware of it and he
pointed with the gesture of his hand that I should wrap my
loin-cloth. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
had finished the prayer, he said: Jabir! I said: Allah's
Messenger, at thy beck and call. He said: When the cloth
around you is inadequate, then tie the opposite ends but
when it is small, tie it over the lower body. Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and the only
means of sustenance for every person amongst us was only
one date for a day and we used to chew it. And we struck
the leaves with the help of our bow and ate them until the
sides of our mouths were injured. It so happened one day
that a person was overlooked and not given a date. We
carried that person and bore witness to the fact that he
had not been given that date so he was offered that and he
got up and received that. Jabir reported: We set out on an expedition along with
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) until we got
down at a spacious valley and Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) went to relieve himself. I followed him with
a bucket full of water and Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) looked about and he found no privacy but two
trees at the end of the valley and Allah's Messenger (may.
peace be upon him) went to one of them and took hold of
one of its twigs and said: Be thou under my control by the
permission of Allah, and so it came under his control like
the camel who has its nosestring in the hand of its rider,
and then he came to the second tree and took hold of a
twig and said: Be thou under my control with the
permission of Allah, and it came under his control, and
when he came in the middle of the two trees he joined
together the two twigs and said: join with the permission
of Allah. Jabir said: I was afraid lest Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) should be aware of my nearness and
go still farther. And Muhammad b. Abbad has used the word"
faitab'd" and I began to talk to myself. And as I saw, I
suddenly found Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
before me and the two trees were separated and each one of
them was standing at its place. I saw Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) standing for a short time, nodding
his head towards right and left. Isma'il pointed towards
the right and left with the help of his head (in order to
demonstrate how the Holy Prophet had pointed). Then he
(the Holy Prophet) came to me and said: Jabir did you see
my place where I was standing? I said: Allah's Messenger,
yes. He then said: Then you should go to those two trees
and cut a twig from each of them and go to that place with
them where I was standing and stand there where I was
standing and place a twig on the right and a twig on the
left. Jabir said: I set out and took hold of a stone and
broke it and sharpened it and then I came to those trees
and cut a twig from each one of them. I then came dragging them until I stood at the place
where Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had been
standing and placed a twig on the right and a twig on the
left. Then I met him and said: Allah's Messenger, I have
done that, but (kindly) explain to me the reason for it.
Thereupon he said: I passed by two graves the occupants of
which had been undergoing torment. I liked to make
intercession for them so that the might be relieved of
this torment y as long as these twigs remain fresh. Jabir
said: We came back to the (camp of the) army and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Jabir, call people
for per- forming wudu. I cried: Come and perform wudu,
come and perform wudu, come and perform wudu. I said:
Allah's Messenger, there is not even a drop of water in
the army camp, and there. was a person who used to cool
the water for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) in
the old water-skin which kept hanging by the twig. He
asked me to go to such and such Ansari and ask him to see
if there was any water in that skin. I went to him and
cast a glance in it but did not find anything but a drop
in the mouth of that water-skin and if I were to draw
that, the water-skin's,. dried part would suck it up. I
came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: Allah's Messenger, I have not found anything in it
but a drop of water in the mouth of the water-skin and now
if I were to draw that, it would be absorbed. He said: Go
and bring that to me. I brought that to him. He took hold
of it -and began to utter something which I could not
understand and then pressed it with his hand and gave that
to me and said: Jabir, announce for the tub to be brought.
So I announced that the tub of the army (be brought). It
was brought accordingly and I placed it before him (the
Holy Prophet). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) placed his hands in the tub like this: with his
fingers stretched out, and then he placed his fingers at
the bottom of the tub and said: Jabir, take it (that
waters-skin) and pour water over me, by reciting
Bismillah, and I poured water and I said: Bismillah, and
found water sprouting out between the fingers of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). Then that tub gushed
forth until it was filled up and the Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Jabir, make an announcement to the
effect: He who needs water should take that. Jabir said:
The people came and got water until they were all
satiated. I said: Is there anyone left who wants to get
it? And Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) then
lifted up his hand from that tub and it was still full.
Then the people made a complaint to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) about hunger and he said: May Allah
provide you food! We came to the bank of the ocean and the
ocean was tossing and it threw out a big animal and we lit
fire and cooked it and took it until we had eaten to our
heart's content. Jabir said: I and such and such five
persons entered Its socket and nobody could see us until
we had come out, and we took hold of one of its ribs and
twisted it into a sort of arch, then we called the tallest
of the persons of the army and the hugest of the camels of
the army and it had the big saddle over it, and it could
easily pass through it without the rider having need to
bend down. Chapter 20: THE ACCOUNT OF PROPHET'S (MAY PEACE
BE UPON HIM) EMIGRATION Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported that Abu Bakr Siddlq came to
the residence of my father ('Azib) and bought a haudaj
from him and said to 'Azib: Send your son to my residence
(to carry this haudaj), and my father said to me: Carry it
(for him). So I carried it and there went along with him
(with Abu Bakr) my father in order to fetch its price and
he ('Azib) said to Abu Bakr: Abu Bakr, narrate to me what
you both did on the night when you set out on a journey
along with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He
said: We set out during the night and went on walking
until it was noon, and the path was vacant and so none
passed by that (until) there appeared prominently before
us a large rock. It had its shade and the rays of the sun
did not reach that place. So we got down at that place. I
then went to the rock and levelled the ground with my
hands at the place where the Holy Prophet (may peace be
upon him) would take rest under its shade. I then set the
bedding and said: Allah's Messenger, go to sleep and I
shall keep a watch around you. I went out and watched
around him. There we saw a shepherd moving towards that
rock with his flock and he intended what we intended (i.
e. taking rest). I met him and said to him: Young boy, to
which place do you belong? He said: I am a person from
Medina. I said, is there any milk in the udders of your
sheep and goats? He said: Yes. He took hold of a goat, and
I said to him: Clean the udder well so that it should be
free from hair, dust and impurity. I saw al-Bara' striking
his hand upon the other (to give an indication) how he did
that. He milked the goat for me in a wooden cup which he
had with him and I had with me a bucket in which I kept
water for drinking and for performing ablution. I came to
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and did not like
to awaken him from sleep but he was accidentally startled
from the sleep. I poured water upon the milk (till It was
cold) and I said: Allah's Messenger, take this milk. He
then took It and I was delighted and he (the Holy Prophet)
said: Is now not the time to march on? I said: Of course.
So he marched on after the sun had passed the meridian and
Suraqa b. Malik pursued us and we had been walking on
soft, level ground. I said: Allah's Messenger, we are
about to be overtaken by them. Thereupon he said: Be not
grieved. Verily, Allah is with us. Then Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) cursed him and his horse sank into
the earth. I think he also said: I know you have hurled
curse upon me. So supplicate Allah for me and I take an
oath that I shall turn everyone away who would come in
search of you. So he (Allah's Messenger) supplicated Allah
and he was rescued and he came back and to everyone he
met, he said: I have combed all this side. In short, he
diverted everyone whom he met and he in fact fulfilled his
promise. Al-Bara' reported: Abu Bakr purchased a saddle from me
for thirteen dirhams; the rest of the hadith is the same,
and in the narration of Uthman b. 'Umar, the words are: He
(Suraqa b. Malik) drew near Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him), and he (the Holy Prophet) cursed him and his
camel sank in the earth up to the belly and he jumped from
that and said: Muhammad, I am fully aware of It that it is
your doing. Supplicate Allah that He should rescue me from
it in which I am (pitchforked) and I give you a solemn
pledge that I shall keep this as a secret from all those
who are coming after me. Take hold of an arrow out of it
(quiver) for you will find my camels and my slaves at such
and such place and you can get whatever you need (on
showing this arrow). He (the Holy Prophet) said: I don't
need your camels. And we (the Holy Prophet and Abu Bakr)
came to Medina during the night and the people began to
contend as to where Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) should reside and he encamped in the tribe of Najjar
who were related to 'Abd ul-Muttalib from the side of
mother. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) honoured
them, then people climbed upon house-top and women also
and boys scattered in the way, and they were all crying:
Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, Messenger of
Allah. Sahih Muslim Hadith Links:
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