

MUHAMMAD THE PROPHET

Miracles and signs of prophet hood

Collection and comments of the authentic texts

By FARID CAMUS

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### Contents

PREFACE 6

THE HUMAN FOUNTAIN 9

THE BLESSED WELL 13

THE INEXHAUSTIBLE WATER SKIN 14

TEN AFTER TEN 17

ONE ROASTED LIVER FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY 19

FEEDING AN ARMY WITH REMAINING FOOD 20

THE COVERED EARTHENWARE POT 21

FILLED UP FROM THE SKY 22

THE DAIRY BOWL 22

WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE DATE 25

THE BLESSED BARLEY 26

YOU SHOULD NOT WEIGHT IT 26

WHY DID YOU SQUEEZE IT? 27

TEACH ME SOME OF THESE WORDS 27

THE BLESSED UNCLE 28

THE BLESSED CAMEL 29

THE BLESSED HORSE 30

PROTECTED FROM THE DEVIL 32

NEVER SEEN NAKED AGAIN 33

ALLAH WILL SAVE ME FROM YOU 33

DITCH OF FIRE 34

MAY THEIR FACES BE DEFORMED 35

SPLITTING THE MOON (27) 37

THE GREETING STONE 38

TALKING TO THE TREES 39

THE JUMPING BRUNCH 40

THE MOANING PALM TREE 41

THE GLORIFYING FOOD 42

THE GLOWING STICK 42

THE COMPLAINING CAMEL 43

DEFEATING MAGIC (33) 44

THE EVIL EYE (36) 46

BLOWING IN THE WOUND 47

SPITTING IN THE EYE 48

THE RUQUYAH (41) 49

THE FRAGRANT MAN 51

THE STRONG MAN 51

THE ONE WITH THE GRIP 52

ALLAH HEARS EVERYTHING 52

ALLAH KNOWS EVERYTHING 53

BEYOND THE SEA 54

TELE-VISION 56

DIVINELY STRONG 58

THIS WIND HAS BEEN SENT BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A HYPOCRITE 58

THERE WILL BE A STRONG WIND TONIGHT 59

MAY ALLAH STRIKE HIS NECK 61

THE BLESSED MERCHANT 64

THE HANDSOME OLD MAN 64

O ALLAH, GUIDE THE MOTHER OF ABU HURAYRAH 65

YOU WILL NEVER FORGOT ANYTHING YOU HEARD FROM ME 66

O ALLAH, INCREASE HIS WEALTH AND OFFSPRING 67

THE OBEDIENT CLOUDS 68

HEALING A BLIND MAN 69

I HAVE NEVER FALLEN FROM A HORSE 69

INVOKE ALLAH TO RESCUE ME 70

ALLAH'S CURSE HAS DESCENDED UPON THE PEOPLE OF THE QALIB 70

SEVEN LIKE THE SEVEN OF JOSEPH (60) 72

MAY YOU NEVER BE ABLE TO 75

THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD 77

IN THE BIBLE 77

THIS IS THE SAME ANGEL WHOM ALLAH SENT TO MOSES 86

YOUR WORDS REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA 88

HE WILL VERY SOON OCCUPY THE LAND UNDER MY FEET 89

HIS FACE IS NOT A FACE OF A LIAR 95

I TESTIFY THAT YOU ARE THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH 96

HE TOLD US EVERYTHING 98

THE FALSE PROPHETS 99

THE FOUR CALIPHS 103

ISLAMIC CONQUESTS 107

AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM 107

COUNT SIX BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD 117

CONFLICTS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE 118

ÙMAR'S ASSASSINATION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE FITNAH 121

ÙTHMAN'S ASSASSINATION 124

BATTLE OF THE CAMEL 127

THE BIG FITNAH 129

KILLING ÁMMAR 130

THE KHARIDJITS 131

RECONCILIATION 139

FIGHTING THE MONGOLS 141

ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO 143

YOU WILL BE THE FIRST OF MY FAMILY TO FOLLOW ME 144

WHOEVER HAS THE LONGEST ARM WILL DIE FIRST 145

UWAYS AL-QARANI 146

YOU ARE AMONGST THE FIRST ONE 147

HE IS IN HELL 150

THE END 151

List of sources of hadiths quoted in this book 152

PREFACE

Many are the books that deal with the life of the prophet of Islam; the Prophet Muhammad, but whether old or contemporaries, almost all these books deal with the subject of a biographical and historical perspective; talking about the life of the prophet, his wars, his achievements ..... Etc.

On the other hand, very few are the books that talk about the miracles performed by the Prophet of Islam, and even the few ones that exist present all the existing texts in the sources without separating fact from fiction nor even mention the degree of authenticity of these texts, leaving the reader in front of an infinite number of stories, which sometimes if not often fall under the myth and legendary. Generally, almost no books that deal with an Islamic subject escape this rule; (i.e. exposing the texts regardless of their degree of authenticity.)

This book is a collection of authentic texts that recount; miracles and wonders performed by the prophet Muhammad, all the texts contained in this book are authentic from a historical perspective, collected from the most important collections of Islamic tradition. I included in my book texts that explicitly tell miracles or contain facts and stories that attest the veracity of the Muhammadan claim.

I chose to eliminate all the fabricated stories and the non-authentic hadiths, I even preferred not to include in my book doubtful and controversial texts even if they are considered authentic by some experts of hadith, especially the contemporaries ones.

I chose to write this book by following the old method, which is to begin by putting the text giving it a title and then comment on it if necessary, leaving the reader the opportunity to understand the text to his manner and interpret it without being influenced.

Finally, I hope that the reader, Muslim or not, will find his quest in this book, and that my work, simple as it is, will fill a corner, small as it is, of the immense void that the field of the studies of the authentication of hadith is suffering, especially in languages other than Arabic.

The author

FARID CAMUS

# CHAPTER ONE

# THE BLESSED PROPHET

THE HUMAN FOUNTAIN

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah said,

The people became very thirsty on the day of Al-Hudaybiyah (1).

A small pot (of leather) containing some water was in front of the Prophet, and when he had finished the ablution, the people rushed towards him.

  * He asked, "What is wrong with you?"

  * They replied, "We have no water either for performing ablution or for drinking except what is present in front of you."

He placed his hand in that pot and the water started flowing among his fingers like springs. We all drank and performed ablution (from it).

  * (A sub narrator said) "I asked Jabir, How many were you?"

  * He replied, "Even if we had been one hundred thousand, it would have been sufficient for us, but we were fifteen hundred (2)."

Comments

(1)- Al-Hudaybiyah in the Islamic sources refers to two things; the Ùmrah of Al-Hudaybiyah and the treaty of Al-Hudaybiyah.

The Ùmrah (little pilgrimage) of Al-Hudaybiyah was a non-military expedition of 1400 Muslims to Mecca in order to perform Ùmrah in Dhu Al-Quaádah 6AH. The pagans of Mecca refused to let the Prophet Muhammad and his companions performing Ùmrah and many negotiations occurred between them before they signed a treaty that guaranteed the Muslims the right to perform the Ùmrah the next year. The treaty of Al-Hudaybiyah was breached by the pagans, which caused the conquest of Mecca by the Muslims in 8 H.

(2)- The number of pilgrims in the Ùmrah of Al-Hudaybiyah varies between 1400 and 1500 in the different authentic Islamic sources, some non-authentic sources state that they were 1300, others 1600 or 1700 and even 700 according to Ibn Ishaq. However, what is certain according to the authentic sources, as we have cited in this book is that they were between 1400 and 1500 pilgrims.

HADITH-2

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah said,

Then we came to the camp (3), and the Messenger of Allah said, "O Jabir, looks if there is some water for ablution (4)." so I called, "Is there any water for ablution? Is there any water for ablution? Is there any water for ablution? "I said," Messenger of Allah, I cannot find a drop of water in the camp."

However, a man among the Ansar (5) used to cool water for the Messenger of Allah in an old water skin of his that was hanging on a palm tree branch. He (the prophet) said to me, "Go to so-and-so the son of so-and-so, the Ansari (the man who used to cool water for the prophet), and look if there is anything in his water skin." I went to him and looked in it, I did not find anything but a drop of water on the mouth (the one in the bottom) of the water skin, and if I had poured it, it would have been absorbed.

I came to the Messenger of Allah and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I did not find anything but a drop of water on the mouth of the water skin, and if I had poured it, it would have been absorbed." He said, "Go and bring it to me." I brought it, and he took it in his hand and started to say something that I did not understand, and he pressed it with his hand. Then he gave it to me and said, "O Jabir, call for a tub (sink)." I called for the tub of the camp and it was brought to me, and I placed it in front of him. Then the Messenger of Allah put his hand in the tub like this; spreading out his fingers, and put it on the bottom of the tub and said, "O Jabir, take (the water skin) and pour it on me (i.e., hand), and say, "In the Name of Allah." So I poured it onto him and said, "In the Name of Allah," and I saw the water gushing out between the fingers of the Messenger of Allah then the tub gushed water until it filled up. He said, "Jabir, call those who need water." The people came and drank their fill, and then I said, "Is there anyone left who needs it?" Then the Messenger of Allah lifted his hand from the tub and it was (remained) full.

Comments

(3)-This took place during the expedition of Buwat, against Quraysh in the month of Rabiá Al-Awwal, in the second year of Hegira; its purpose was to interfere with a Quraysh caravan, which consisted of 100 men and 2,500 camels. The Islamic army returned to Al-Medina without engaging in battle.

(4)-According to the translation made by Nasiruddin al-Khattab the Prophet said, " Call (the people to perform) Wudhu", which is a mistranslation for the Arabic text said "Call for the wadhu" with "a" which means "water for ablution" not "Wudhu" with "u" which means ablution.

(5)- Literally "the helpers", the usual designation of those men of Al-Medina who supported the prophet Muhammad, in distinction from the Muhadjirun or "emigrants" his Meccan followers (The Encyclopedia of Islam 1/514)

HADITH-3

Anas ibn Malik said,

One day, the Messenger of Allah offered the Dhuhr prayer (noon prayer), and then went to sit on the seats where the angel Gabriel used to meet him. (After a while) Bilal (the Prophet's Muezzin) called him for the Ásr prayer (afternoon prayer), and everyone who had family in Al-Medina went to do ablution. However, there were some Muhadjirun whom had no families in Al-Medina (and they had no water for ablution), so a small pot (full of water) was brought to the prophet who tried to put his hand in it but he cannot, so he put his four fingers and said, "come do ablution". There was nobody left without ablution.

  * A narrator said to Anas "how many were they?"

  * He said "between seventy and eighty (6)".

Comments

(6)- The majority of Anas's disciples like Humayd Al-Tawil, Al-Hassan Al-Basri, Thabit Al-Bunani and Ishaq ibn Ábdu Allah ibn Abu Talhah stated that the number of Al-Muhadjirun in this story was between seventy and eighty, but Quatada ibn Diámah said that they were three hundred. (See Sahih Al-Bukhari (3572)-Sahih Muslim (15/39)-Musnad Ahmed (12331-12832-13667) - Musnad Abu Yaála (2895)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (4/124)). However, his version is probably not authentic, for the possibility of an unknown intermediary between Quatada and Anas since he did not mention if or not, he heard this hadith directly from the mouth of Anas. .

THE BLESSED WELL

HADITH-1

Al-Baraa ibn Ázib Narrated,

We were one thousand and four hundred persons on the day of Al-Hudaybiyah, and Al-Hudaybiyah was a well (the place was named after the well). We drew out its water not leaving even a single drop.

The Prophet sat at the edge of the well and asked for some water with which he rinsed his mouth, and then he threw it out into the well.

We stayed for a short while and then drew water from the well and quenched our thirst, and even our riding animals drank water to their satisfaction.

HADITH-2

Salamah ibn Al-Akwaá said,

We came to Al-Hudaybiyah with the Messenger of Allah and we were fourteen hundred men. They had fifty sheep that they could find no water. The Messenger of Allah sat at the edge of the well, and he either offered supplication or spat into the well, then the water welled up, and we drank and gave water to the animals.

THE INEXHAUSTIBLE WATER SKIN

HADITH-1

Ìmran ibn Husayn narrated,

We used to travel with the Prophet and we (once) were travelling (7) at night until the last part of the night and then we (halted at a place) and slept (deeply). There is nothing sweeter than sleep for a traveler in the last part of the night. It was only the heat of the sun that made us to wake up; and the first to wake up was so-and-so, then so-and-so and then so and-so (the sub narrator Áwf said that Abu Rajaa had told him their names but he had forgotten them) and the fourth person to wake up was Ùmar ibn Al-Khattab.

Whenever the Prophet used to sleep, nobody would wake him up until he himself used to get up, as we did not know what was happening (being revealed) to him in his sleep.

Ùmar got up and saw the condition of the people, and he was a strict man, so he said, "Allah Akbar" (Allah is the greatest) and raised his voice with Takbir (saying Allah Akbar), and kept on saying it loudly until the Prophet got up because of him. When he got up, the people informed him about what had happened to them (they were late for the Morning Prayer). He said," There is no harm (or it will not be harmful.) Depart!"

They departed from that place, and after covering some distance the Prophet stopped and asked for some water to perform the ablution, he performed the ablution and the call for the prayer (the azan) was pronounced and he led the people in the prayer.

After he finished from the prayer, he saw a man sitting aloof who had not offered the prayer with the people.

  * He (the prophet) asked, "O so-and-so! What has prevented you from offering the prayer with us?"

  * He replied, "I am junub (8) and there is no water."

  * The Prophet, said, "Perform tayammum (9) with (clean) earth and that is sufficient for you."

Then the Prophet proceeded on, and the people complained to him of thirst. Thereupon he got down, and called a person (the sub narrator Áwf added that Abu Rajaa had named him but he had forgotten) (10) and Áli (his cousin) and ordered them to go and bring water. So they went in search of water and met a woman who was sitting on her camel between two bags (big water skins) of water.

  * They asked, "Where can we find water?"

  * She replied, "I was there (at the place of water) this hour yesterday and my people are behind me."

They requested her to accompany them.

  * She asked "Where?"

  * They said, "To Allah's Messenger."

  * She said, "Do you mean the man who is called the Sabi (with a new religion)?"

  * They replied, "Yes, the same person. So come along."

They brought her to the Prophet, and narrated the whole story. They helped her to dismount. The Prophet asked for a pot, then he opened the mouths (the uppers) of the bags, and poured some water into the pot, (.....he put his hand in the pot, said something and returned the water in the water skin ....).(11)Then he closed the mouths of the bags and opened the lower ones and the people were called upon to drink and water their animals.

They all watered their animals and they (too) all quenched their thirst, gave water to others, and last of all the Prophet gave a pot full of water to the person who was junub and told him to pour it over his body.

The woman was standing and watching all that which they were doing with her water. By Allah, when her water bags were returned they looked like as if they were more full (of water) than they had been before. Then the Prophet ordered us to collect something for her; so dates, flour and Sawiq (some cooked flour) were collected which amounted to a good meal that was put in a piece of cloth. She was helped to ride on her camel, that cloth full of foodstuff was also placed in front of her, and then the Prophet said to her, "You know, we have not taken your water but Allah has given water to us."

She returned home late. Her relatives asked her, "O so-and-so what has delayed you?" She said, "A strange thing! Two men met me and took me to the man who is called the "Sabi" and he did such and such a thing. By Allah, he is either the greatest magician between this and this (gesturing with her index and middle fingers raising them towards the sky indicating the heaven and the earth) or he is Allah's Messenger, in truth."

Afterwards the Muslims used to attack the pagans around her abode but never touched her village. One day she said to her people, "I think that these people leave you purposely. Have you got any inclination to Islam?" They obeyed her and all of them embraced Islam.

Comments

(7)- Coming back from Khaybar or Al-Hudaybiyah.

(8)- In the state of major ritual impurity (janabah) caused by marital intercourse or any effusion seminis. One who is in this state is called junub, he is forbidden to perform the prayer until he become ritually clean again by doing the major ritual ablution (ghusl).

(9)- The permission to perform the major or the minor ablution, with sand or clean earth instead of water, in certain cases like the absence of water or the inability to use it.

(10)- In Sharh Al-Sunna of Al-Baghawi and Musannaf ibn Abu Shayba (.....Áli and may be Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Áwwam....).

(11)-Sharh Al-Sunna of Al-Baghawi, Musannaf ibn Abu Shayba.

TEN AFTER TEN

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated (12),

Abu Talhah (Anas's stepfather) said to Umm Sulaym (his wife and Anas's mother),

  * "I have noticed feebleness in the voice of Allah's Messenger which I think, is caused by hunger. Have you got any food?"

  * She said, "Yes."

She brought out some loaves of barley and took out a veil belonging to her, and wrapped the bread in part of it and put it under my arm and wrapped part of the veil round me and sent me to Allah's Messenger (13).

I went carrying it and found Allah's Messenger in the mosque sitting with people. When I stood there,

  * Allah's Messenger asked, "Has Abu Talhah sent you?"

  * I said, "Yes".

  * He asked, "With some food?"

  * I said. "Yes".

Allah's Messenger then said to the men around him, "Get up!" He set out (accompanied by them) and I went ahead of them until I reached Abu Talhah and told him (about the Prophet's visit).

  * Abu Talhah said, "O Umm Sulaym! Allah's Messenger is coming with the people and we have no food to feed them."

  * She said, "Allah and His Messenger know better."

Therefore, Abu Talhah went out to receive Allah's Messenger.

Allah's Messenger came along with Abu Talhah and said, "O Umm Sulaym! Bring whatever you have." She brought the bread, which Allah's Messenger ordered to be broken into pieces. Umm Sulaym poured on them some butter from an oilskin. Then Allah's Messenger recited what Allah wished him to recite, and then said, "Let ten persons come (to share the meal)." Ten persons were admitted, ate their fill and went out, then he again said, "Let another ten do the same", they were admitted, ate their fill and went out, Then he again said, "Let another ten persons (do the same)" they were admitted, ate their fill and went out, then he said, "Let another ten persons come." In short, all of them ate their fill, and they were seventy or eighty men.

Comments

(12)- This took place during the expedition of Al-Khandaq in Dhu Al-Quaádah 5 H, when Banu Quraydhah (Jews of Al-Madinah) persuaded the Meccans and several nomadic tribes to attack Al-Madinah. As soon as the Muslims heard about their departure, they dig a trench around Al-Madinah, the Meccans and their allies were forced to set about besieging Al-Madinah for 15 days, after that the siege was abandoned and the expedition failed.

(13)- This version of this hadith that we have quoted here is the only one that states that Anas brought food to the Prophet. In all the other versions it is said that Anas went to invite the Prophet to Abu Talhah's house, which fits better with the rest of the story for if Anas had already food with him why the prophet would move to Abu Talhah's house? Unless he did not understand that Anas had already food and believed that he came to invite him, another possibility is that he knew that but he had something else in mind.[see Fath Al-Bari (6/590)]

The reason for which we chose this version is that in terms of chain of narration this is the most authentic.

ONE ROASTED LIVER FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY

HADITH-1

Ábdu Al-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr narrated,

We were one hundred and thirty persons accompanying the Prophet who asked us whether anyone of us had food. There was a man who had about a Saá (four handfuls) of wheat flour or something else which was mixed with water to make dough (for baking bread). Then a very tall Mushrik (pagan) man with disheveled hair came driving the sheep.

  * The Prophet asked him, "Will you sell us (a sheep) or give it as a present?"

  * He said, "I will sell you (a sheep)."

The Prophet bought a sheep and it was slaughtered. The Prophet ordered that its liver be roasted. By Allah, the Prophet gave every person of the one hundred and thirty a piece of that; he gave all those of them who were present; and kept the shares of those who were absent. The Prophet then put its meat in two huge basins and all of them ate to their fill, and even then, more food was left in the two basins, which were carried, on the camel.

FEEDING AN ARMY WITH REMAINING FOOD

HADITH -1

Salamah ibn Al-Akwaá narrated,

Once (14), the journey-food of the people ran short and they were in great need. So, they came to the Prophet to take his permission for slaughtering their camels, and he permitted them. Ùmar (ibn Al-Khattab) met them and they informed him about it. He said, "What will sustain you after your camels (are finished?)" Then Ùmar went to the Prophet and said, "Allah's Messenger! What will sustain them after their camels (are finished?)" Allah's Messenger said, "Make an announcement amongst the people that they should bring all their remaining food (to me)."

(They brought it and) the Prophet invoked Allah and asked for his blessings for it. Then he asked them to bring their food utensils and the people started filling their food utensils with their hands until they were satisfied. Allah's Messenger then said, "I testify that La ilaha illa Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) and I am the Messenger of Allah."

Comments

(14)- According to Al-Tabarani in his Muádjam, this story took place in the battle of Hunayn in Shawal 8 H.

THE COVERED EARTHENWARE POT

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah said,

I said (to Allah's Messenger), "O Allah's Messenger! Allow me to go home. (15) " (When the Prophet allowed me) I said to my wife, "I saw the Prophet; in a state that I cannot tolerate (or treat with patience), Have you got something (for him to eat?) She replied, "I have barley and a she-goat."

I slaughtered the she-goat and she ground the barley; then we put the meat in the earthenware cooking pot. Then I came to the Prophet when the dough had become soft and fermented and (the meat in) the pot over the stone trivet had nearly been well-cooked, and said, "I have got a little food prepared, so get up o Allah's Messenger, you and one or two men along with you (for the food)". The Prophet asked, "How much is that food?" I told him about it. He said, "It is abundant and good. Tell your wife not to remove the earthenware pot from the fire and not to take out any bread from the oven until I reach there." Then he said (to all his Companions), "Get up." So the Muhadjirun and the Ansar got up.

When I came to my wife, I said, "Allah's Mercy is upon you! The Prophet is coming along with the Muhadjirun and the Ansar and those who were present with them." She said, "Did the Prophet ask you (how much food you had)?" I replied, "Yes."

(Arriving to my house) the Prophet said (to his companions), "Enter and do not throng." The Prophet started cutting the bread (into pieces) and put the cooked meat over it. He covered the earthenware pot and the oven whenever he took something out of them. He would give the food to his Companions and take the meat out of the pot. He went on cutting the bread and scooping the meat (for his Companions) until they all ate their fill, and even then, some food remained. Then the Prophet said (to my wife), "Eat and present to others as the people are struck with hunger."

Comments

(15)- This story took place in "Ghazwa Al-Khandaq" (the Battle of the Trench) in fifth years after the Hegira.

FILLED UP FROM THE SKY

HADITH-1

Samurah ibn Jundab said,

We were with the Prophet and we would take turns (eating) from a bowl from the morning until the evening. Ten would stand and ten would sit.

  * We said, (to Samurah) "So what was filling it up?"

  * He said, "What are you amazed at? It was not filled up from anywhere but here, and he pointed with his hand towards the sky."

THE DAIRY BOWL

HADITH-1

Abu Hurayrah said,

By Allah except whom none has the right to be worshipped, (sometimes) I used to lay (sleep) on the ground on my liver (abdomen) because of hunger, and (sometimes) I used to bind a stone over my belly because of hunger.

One day I sat by the way from where they (the Prophet and his Companions) used to come out. When Abu Bakr passed by, I asked him about a Verse from Allah's Book (the Quran) and I asked him only that he might satisfy my hunger (by inviting me to his home to teach me the verse), but he passed by and did not do so. Then Ùmar passed by me and I asked him about a Verse from Allah's Book, and I asked him only that he might satisfy my hunger, but he passed by without doing so .Finally Abu-Al-Quasim (the Prophet ) passed by me and he smiled when he saw me, for he knew what was in my mind and on my face.

  * He said, "O Abu Hirr (16) (Abu Hurayrah)!"

  * I replied, "Labbayk (meaning: here I am ready to obey you), O Allah's Messenger!"

  * He said to me, "Follow me."

He proceeded and I followed him. Then he entered his house and I asked permission to enter and was admitted. He found milk in a bowl and said, "From where is this milk?" They (his wife) said, "It has been presented to you by such and such man (or by such and such woman)."

  * He said, "O Abu Hirr!"

  * I said, "Labbayk, O Allah's Messenger!"

  * He said, "Go and call the people of Al-Suffa to me".

These people of Al-Suffa were the guests of Islam, who had neither families, nor money, nor anybody to depend upon. And whenever an object of charity was brought to the Prophet he would send it to them and would not take anything from it, and whenever any present was given to him, he used to send some for them and take some of it for himself (17).

The order of the Prophet upset me, and I said to myself, "How will this little milk be enough for the people of Al-Suffa?" I thought I was more entitled to drink from that milk in order to strengthen myself, but behold! The Prophet came to order me to give that milk to them. I wondered what would remain of that milk for me, but anyway, I could not but obey Allah and His Messenger, so I went to the people of Al-Suffa and called them, and they came and asked the Prophet's permission to enter. They were admitted, and they took their seats in the house.

  * The Prophet said, "O Abu-Hirr!"

  * I said," Labbayk, O Allah's Messenger."

  * He said, "Take it and give it to them."

So I took the bowl (of milk) and started giving it to one man who would drink his fill and return it to me, whereupon I would give it to another man who, in his turn, would drink his fill and return it to me. And I would then offer it to another man who would drink his fill and return it to me.

Finally, after the whole group had drunk their fill, I reached the Prophet who took the bowl and put it on his hand, looked at me and smiled and said," Abu Hirr!"

  * I replied, "Labbayk, O Allah's Messenger!"

  * He said, "There remain you and I."

  * I said, "You have said the truth, O Allah's Messenger!"

  * He said, "Sit down and drink."

I sat down and drank. He said "Drink," and I drank. He kept on telling me repeatedly to drink, until I said, "No, by Allah who sent you with the Truth, I have no space for it (in my stomach)." He said, "Hand it over to me." When I gave him the bowl, he praised Allah, pronounced Allah's Name on it, and drank the remaining milk.

Comments

(16)- "Hirr" means cat and "Hurayrah" little cat.

(17)- For God forbade the prophet to accept acts of charity, he used to pass by fallen date and said, "Were it not for my doubt that this might have been given in charity, I would have eaten it" Sahih Al-Bukhari (2055).

WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE DATE

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

My father was martyred on the day of Uhud (18), and left six daughters and some debts to be paid. When the time of plucking the date-fruits came, I went to Allah's Messenger and said, "O Allah's Messenger! You know that my father was martyred on the day of Uhud and owed much debt, and I wish that the creditors would see you." The Prophet said, "Go and collect the various kinds of dates and place them separately in heaps". I did accordingly and called him.

On seeing him, the creditors started claiming their rights pressingly at that time. When the Prophet saw how they behaved, he went round the biggest heap for three times and sat over it and said, "Call your companions (i.e., the creditors)." Then he kept on measuring and giving them, until Allah cleared all my father's debts.

By Allah, it would have pleased me that Allah would clear the debts of my father even though I had not taken a single date to my sisters. But by Allah, all the heaps were complete, (as they were) and I looked at the heap where Allah's Messenger was sitting and noticed as if not a single date had been taken there of.

Comments

(18)- A battle named after the mountain of Uhud (5 km north of Al-Medina), it took place in Shawwal 3 AH. The first half time of the battle was in favor of the Muslims, but after a deadly strategic fault from the archers, victory switched its side, the Muslims were defeated and they lost 70 soldiers.

THE BLESSED BARLEY

HADITH-1

Áishah the prophet's wife said,

Allah's Messenger died, and there was nothing in my house, that a living being could eat, except some barley lying on a shelf. I ate of it for a long period and (when I) measured it, it was consumed (after a short period).

YOU SHOULD NOT WEIGHT IT

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

That a man came to the Prophet and asked him for food, He gave him half a Wasaq (19) of barley and the man, his wife and their guest continued to eat from it until he weighed it. He came to the Prophet who said, "If you had not weighed it, you would still be eating from it, it would still be there."

Comments

(19)- The Wasaq is approximately 2240 grams.

WHY DID YOU SQUEEZE IT?

HADITH -1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated

That Umm Malik used to give ghee to the Prophet in a butter-skin of hers. Her sons used to go to her and asked for condiments, when they did not have anything, she would go to that skin in which she used to give (ghee) to the Prophet and would find some ghee in it. It kept providing condiment for her family until one day she squeezed it. She went to the Prophet, and he said, "Did you squeeze it?"

  * She said, "Yes."

  * He said, "If you had left it alone the ghee would still be there."

TEACH ME SOME OF THESE WORDS

HADITH -1

Ibn Massùd said

I was tending some sheep belonging to Ùqbah ibn Abu Muáyt when the Messenger of Allah and Abu Bakr passed by me.

  * He (the prophet) said, "O boy, do you have any milk?"

  * I said, "Yes, but I have been trusted with this sheep."

  * He said, "Is there a sheep that has not been impregnated by the ram?"

I brought a sheep, he wiped its udder, and it filled with milk.

Then he milked it into a vessel and drank, and gave it to Abu Bakr to drink. Then he said to the udder, "Dry up", and it did. I came to him after that and said, "O Messenger of Allah, teach me some of these words" He patted me on the head and said, "May Allah have mercy on you, you will learn".

THE BLESSED UNCLE

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated,

Whenever drought threatened them (the companions of The Prophet Muhammad), Ùmar ibn Al-Khattab (the caliph) used to ask Al-Ábbas ibn Ábdu Al-Muttalib (The Prophet's uncle) to invoke Allah for rain. He (Ùmar) used to say, "O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke you for rain, and you would bless us with rain, but now we ask his uncle to invoke you for rain. O Allah Bless us with rain." And so it would rain.

THE BLESSED CAMEL

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

I participated in a ghazwa (a battle or a raid) along with Allah's Messenger .The Prophet met me (on the way) while I was riding a camel of ours used for irrigation, and it had got so tired that it could hardly walk.

  * The Prophet asked me, "What is wrong with the camel?"

  * I replied, "It has got tired."

So Allah's Messenger came from behind it and rebuked it and prayed for it so it started surpassing the other camels and going ahead of them.

  * Then he asked me, "How do you find your camel (now)?"

  * I replied, "I find it quite well, as it has received your blessings."

  * He said, "Will you sell it to me?"

I felt shy (to refuse his offer) though it was the only camel for irrigation we had.

  * I said, "Yes."

  * He said, "Sell it to me then."

I sold it to him on the condition that I should keep on riding it until I reached Al-Medina. Then I said, "O Allah's Messenger! I am a bridegroom," and requested him to allow me to surpass the army to Al-Medina. He allowed me, and I set out for Al-Medina before the people till I reached Al-Medina, where I met my uncle, who asked me about the camel and I informed him all about it and he blamed me for that.

When I took the permission of Allah's Messenger, he asked me whether I had married a virgin or a matron and I replied that I had married a matron.

  * He said, "Why hadn't you married a virgin who would have played with you, and you would have played with her?"

  * I replied" Allah's Messenger! My father died (was martyred) and I have some young sisters, so I felt it not proper that I should marry a young girl like them who would neither teach them manners nor serve them. So, I have married a matron so that she may serve them and teach them manners."

When Allah's Messenger arrived in Al-Medina, I took the camel to him the next morning and he gave me its price and gave me the camel itself as well.

THE BLESSED HORSE

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated,

Once the people of Al-Madinah got frightened (20), so Allah's Messenger rode a slow horse belonging to Abu Talha, and he set out all alone, making the horse gallop. Then the people rode, making their horses gallop after him. On his return he said, "Don't be afraid (there is nothing to be afraid of), and I have found this horse a very fast one."

That horse was never excelled in running henceforward.

Comments

(20)- They heard a sound of armies outside Al-Medina.

# CHAPTER 2

# DIVINE PROVIDENCE

PROTECTED FROM THE DEVIL

HADITH-1

It was narrated from Anas ibn Malik,

That Jibril (Gabriel) came to the Messenger of Allah (when he was a boy and living with Halima, his wet-nurse) while he was playing with the other boys. He took hold of him and threw him to the ground, and then he opened his chest and took out his heart, from which he took a clot of blood and said, "This was the Shaytan's (devil) share of you." Then he washed it in a vessel of gold that was filled with Zamzam (21). Then he put it back together and returned it to its place.

The boys went running to his mother - meaning his wet nurse - and said, "Muhammad has been killed!" They went to him and his color had changed.

Anas said, "I used to see the mark of that stitching on his chest."

Comments

(21)- Zamzam is the name of the sacred water from the well of Zamzam in Mecca, the well originated in the days of Abraham when he left Hagar and his son Ishmael there. Ishmael, an infant at the time, thirsted for water, Hagar left him and went to search of water, praying and running in desperation. At last, Hagar's prayers were answered and the water came forth from the earth beneath her son.

NEVER SEEN NAKED AGAIN

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

While Allah's Messenger was carrying stones (along) with the people of Mecca for (the rebuilding of) the Kaábah (22) wearing an izar (lower-half body-cover), his uncle Al-Ábbas said to him, "O my nephew! (It would be better) if you take off your izar and put it over your shoulders underneath the stones."

So he took off his izar and put it over his shoulders, but he fell unconscious and since then he had never been seen naked.

Comments

(22) - The Kaábah was rebuilt by Quraysh After it collapsed in the fifth year before the revelation.

ALLAH WILL SAVE ME FROM YOU

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

That he participated in a Ghazwa (holy battle) (23) in the company of Allah's Messenger. Midday came upon us while the people were in a valley having many thorny trees. The people dispersed to rest in the shade of the trees. The Prophet rested under a tree, hung his sword on it, and then slept.

Then he woke up to find near to him, a man whose presence he had not noticed before. The Prophet said (later to us), "This (man) took my sword (out of its scabbard) and said who will save you from me. I replied, Allah. So, The sword went down from his hand.

  * I took it and said, "Who will save you from me?"

  * He said, "Be better than me."

  * I said, "Do you testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah?"

  * He said, "no but I promise you, I will not fight you or be with whoever fight you."

Jabir added, so he let him go.

Comments

(23)- During the expedition to Ghatafan, this took place in the beginning of the third year after the Hegira.

DITCH OF FIRE

HADITH-1

Abu Hurairah said,

  * Abu Djahl (24) said, "Does Muhammad put his face on the ground (i.e., prostrate) among you?"

  * It was said, "Yes."

  * He said, "By A1-Lât and A1-'Uzza (25), if I see him doing that, I will stomp on his neck or smear his face with dust."

He came to the Messenger of Allah when he was praying, and he wanted to stomp on his neck, but suddenly they saw him turning upon his heels, trying to shield himself with his hands.

  * It was said to him," What is the matter with you?"

  * He said, "Between him and I there is a ditch filled with fire, tenor and wings."

The Messenger of Allah said (later), "If he had come near me, the angels would have torn him limb from limb."

Comments

(24)- Abu Djahl was one of the heads of the tribe of Quraysh and enemy number one of the Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslims; he was killed at the battle of Badr in 2 H.

(25)- Names of Pagan's idols.

MAY THEIR FACES BE DEFORMED

HADITH-1

Salamah ibn Al-Akwaá said,

We fought alongside the Messenger of Allah at Hunayn (26). When we faced the enemy, I advanced and climbed a hillock, and a man of the enemy turned towards me, so I shot him with an arrow, but he ducked and I did not realize what he had done. Then I looked at the people, who had appeared from another hillock, and they met, they, and the Companions of the Prophet.

The Companions of the Prophet turned back and I began to retreat. I was wearing two garments, one around my waist and the other on my shoulders. My izar became loose, so I was holding on to both of them. I passed by the Messenger of Allah, when I was running away, and he was on his white mule. The Messenger of Allah said, "The son of Al-Akwaá has come back in fear."

When they gathered around the Messenger of Allah, he dismounted and picked up a handful of dust from the ground, then he threw it in the direction of (the enemy) and said, "May their faces be deformed." There was not one man among them, whom Allah had created, but his face was filled with dust from that handful, and they turned and fled. Thus, Allah defeated them, and the Messenger of Allah divided their booty among the Muslims.

Comments

(26)- A famous battle mentioned by name in the Quran (9/25-26), it took place in Shawal 8 H, after the Islamic conquest of Mecca , the tribe of Hawazin began mobilizing its forces again the Muslims. An army of 12000 of Muslims leaved Al-Medina toward Hawazin's land on the roads of Al-Taif. Surprised by the precipitous charge of Bedouin cavalry, the Muslims retreated in disarray and the majority of the Islamic army pulled back.

# CHAPTER 3

# MIRACLES

SPLITTING THE MOON (27)

HADITH-1

Narrated Ábdu Allah ibn Massùd,

The moon was split in the time of the prophet, so Quraysh (28) (the Prophet Muhammad's tribe) said, "This is the magic of Ibn Abu Kabshah (a sarcastic nickname, given to the Prophet Muhammad by his tribe), wait for the travelers, and ask them (about the moon), he (Muhammad) can't affect all people with his magic."

When the travelers came they ask them, then they (the travelers) said the same thing (about the moon splitting).

HADITH-2

Narrated Ibn Ábbas,

The moon was split during the lifetime of the Prophet.

HADITH-3

Narrated Anas ibn Malik,

The people of Mecca asked Allah's Messenger to show them a miracle. So he showed them the moon split in two halves until they saw the Hira (29) mountain between them.

Comments

(27)- Splitting the moon is the only miracle mentioned in the Quran , [The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]. And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic."] (54/1-2)

(28)- The tribe inhabiting Mecca in the time of the Prophet Muhammad and to which he belonged. The leaders of Quraysh and most of the tribe refused Islam in the first ten years.

(29)- An Arabian mountain three miles to the north east of Mecca, often mentioned along with another mountain opposite, Thabir. The prophet Muhammad had the habit of spending a month each year in a cave on Hira engaged in religious devotion. It was in this cave of Hira where he have been visited for the first time by the Angel Gabriel who gave him the revelation and informed him that he was the last Messenger of Allah to the whole humanity.

THE GREETING STONE

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Samurah said,

The Messenger of Allah said," I know a stone in Mecca that used to greet me before I was sent (made a Prophet). I would recognize it even now."

TALKING TO THE TREES

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah said,

We traveled with the Messenger of Allah until we halted in a spacious valley. The Messenger of Allah went to relieve himself, and I followed him, bringing a bucket of water. The Messenger of Allah looked, but he did not see anything with which to conceal himself, then he saw two trees at the end of the valley. The Messenger of Allah went to one of them and took hold of one of its branches, and said, "Follow me, by Allah's Leave," and it came with him like a camel with a nose ring that follows its driver. Then he went to the second tree, took hold of one of its branches, and said, "Follow me, by Allah's Leave," and it came with him in a similar manner. Then when he reached the middle of the space between them, he joined them together and said, "Come together and (conceal) me, by Allah's Leave," and they joined.

Jabir said, I went away, lest the Messenger of Allah realize that I was nearby, and goes even further away. I sat down, thinking to myself. Then I saw the Messenger of Allah coming, and the two trees had parted and each one was standing in its own place. I saw the Messenger of Allah stand still for a moment, then he did this with his head - and Abu Ismaìl (a sub narrator) turned his head right and left - then he came forward.

  * When he reached me, he said, "O Jabir, did you see where I was standing?"

  * I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."

  * He said, "Go to the two trees and cut a branch from each one, and bring them here, then when you reach the place where I was standing, put one branch in your right (on the ground) and one in your left."

Jabir said, I got up, picked up a stone and broke it and sharpened it, then I went to the two trees and cut a branch from each one. Then I came, dragging them, until I reached the place where the Messenger of Allah had stood. Then I put one branch in my right and one in my left.

  * Then I caught up with him, and said, "I have done that, O Messenger of Allah; what was it for?"

  * He said, "I passed by two graves (whose occupants) were being tormented, and I wanted to intercede so that the torment would be lessened for them so long as these branches remained fresh."

THE JUMPING BRUNCH

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Ábbas said,

A man from Banu Ámir (Arabian tribe) came to the prophet and said, "O Messenger of Allah, show me the seal that is between your shoulders (30), for I am one of the best healer."

  * The Messenger of Allah said to him, "Shall I not show you a sign (miracle)?"

  * He said, "Yes".

He (the prophet) looked at a palm tree and said, "Call this brunch of dates" So he (the man) called it, and it came jumping until it stopped in front of him. Then the Messenger of Allah said to it, "Go back" and it went back to its place.

The Ámiri said (once returned to his people), "O Banu Ámir, I have never seen any man more skilled in magic than I have seen today" (31).

Comments

(30)- A little piece of flesh between the prophet Muhammad's shoulders known as the seal of prophet hood.

(31)- In Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Awsat, Musnad Abu Yaála and Kitab Al-Iman of ibn Mandah; the man said, "I will never blame him for anything he will say" so he embraced Islam.

THE MOANING PALM TREE

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

The Prophet used to stand (delivering the religious talk) by a tree or a date palm (trunk) on Friday. Then an Ansari woman or man said, "O Allah's Messenger! Shall we make a pulpit for you?" He replied, "If you wish." So they made a pulpit for him.

When it was Friday, he proceeded towards the pulpit [for delivering the khutba (religious talk)]. The date palm cried like a child! The Prophet descended (from the pulpit) and embraced it while it continued moaning like a child being quietened. The Prophet said, "It was crying for (missing) what it used to hear of religious knowledge given near it."

THE GLORIFYING FOOD

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Massùd narrated,

We (the companions of the prophet) used to consider miracles as Allah's Blessings, but you people consider them a warning.

Once, we were with Allah's Messenger on a journey, and we ran short of water. He said, "Bring the water remaining with you." The people brought a utensil containing a little water. He placed his hand in it and said, "Come to the blessed water, and the Blessing is from Allah." I saw the water flowing from among the fingers of Allah's Messenger; and we used to hear the meals (food) glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten.

THE GLOWING STICK

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated,

Usayd ibn Hudhayr and another man (32) from the Ansar had talked to Allah's Messenger (in his house) until a late hour of the night. Then they left (the prophet's house) in the darkness, each of them had a stick, one of their sticks began to glow lighting the way in front of them and when they parted, each of their sticks were glowing till they reached their (respective) houses.

Comments

(32)- In Sahih Al-Bukhari (3805) and other sources the other man was Ábbad ibn Bichr.

THE COMPLAINING CAMEL

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Jaáfar said,

One day the Messenger of Allah seated me behind him on his mount, and then he told me something in secret that I will never tell to anyone. When he relieved himself, what the Messenger of Allah liked best to conceal himself with was a small hill or a cluster of date palms.

One day he entered one of the gardens of the Ansar where he found a camel that came to him, groaning with tears in its eyes. The Messenger of Allah stroked its back and behind its ears and it calmed down.

  * He said, "Who is the owner of this camel?"

  * A young man from the Ansar came and said, "It belong to me, O Messenger of Allah."

  * He said, "Do you not fear Allah with regard to this animal that Allah has put in your possession? It is complaining to me that you keep it hungry and overburden it with work."

# CHAPTER 4

# HEALING MIRACLES

DEFEATING MAGIC (33)

HADITH-1

Áishah (the prophet's wife) said,

A man called Labid ibn Al-Aásam (34) from the tribe of Banu Zurayq worked magic on Allah's Messenger until Allah's Messenger started imagining that he had done a thing that he had not really done.

One day or one night he was with us, he invoked Allah and invoked for a long period, and then said, "O Áishah! Do you know that Allah has instructed me concerning the matter that I have asked Him about? Two men (angels) came to me and one of them sat near my head and the other near my feet.

  * One of them said to his companion, "what is the disease of this man?"

  * The other replied, "He is under the effect of magic."

  * The first one asked, "Who has worked the magic on him?"

  * The other replied, Labid ibn Al-Aásam."

  * The first one asked, "What material did he use?"

  * The other replied, "A comb and the hairs stuck to it and the skin of pollen of a male date."

  * The first one asked, "Where is that?"

  * The other replied, "(That is) in the well of Dhirwan (35)."

So Allah's Messenger along with some of his companions went there and came back saying, "O Áishah, the color of its water (the well) is like the infusion of Henna leaves. The tops of the date palm trees near it are like the heads of the devils."

  * I asked. "O Allah's Messenger? Why did you not show it?"

  * He said, "Since Allah cured me, I disliked letting evil spread among the people." Then he ordered that the well be filled up with earth.

Comments

(33)- This event has always been a matter of debate and it continued to be until the present day. From an historical point of view, there is nothing to say about the narrative chains, and therefore this text can be considered authentic.

However, from a theological perspective, some Islamic schools of thought and specially the muàtazilites radically deny this magic story.

Their argument is very simple; if the prophet Muhammad was infected by magic, to the point that he saw and heard things that do not exist, then his "god's messenger" mission was compromised.

To respond to this argument, the other schools (the majority), claim that, just like any other disease, only the body of the prophet was infected by magic and that all his mental and intellectual capacities remained intact.

Indeed, a version of the text reported by Al-Bukhari (5765) relates that the prophet "used to think that he had sexual relationship with his wives while he had actually not". Relying on this version it is highly probable that the magic has infected his sexual Ability only or what is called "Sihr Al-Rabt" (Magic that prevent sexual intercourse).

Another fact that supports this theory is that even if the magic story lasted several days (at least 20) it was narrated only by Áishah, the wife of the Prophet, which suggests that no one except his wives did noticed his illness.

(34)- In Sahih Al-Bukhari (5765), a man from Banu Zurayq, who was an ally of the Jews and was a hypocrite.

(35)- Or Dhi-Arwan, a well situated in the gardens of Banu Zurayq in Al-Medina.

THE EVIL EYE (36)

HADITH-1

Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf narrated,

My father, Sahl ibn Hunayf w a ghusl (37) at al Kharrar (a river in Al-Medina), he moved the jubbah (overcoat) he had on while Ámir ibn Rabiá was watching, and Sahl was a man with a beautiful white skin. Ámir said to him, "I have never seen anything like what I have seen today, not ever a skin of a virgin" Sahl fell ill on the spot, and his condition grew worse.

Somebody went to the Messenger of Allah and told him that Sahl was ill, and could not go with him. The Messenger of Allah came to him and Sahl told him what had happened with Ámir. The Messenger of Allah said, "Why does one of you kill his brother?" Why did you not say, May Allah bless you? The evil eye is true. Do ablution for him (for Sahl), Ámir did ablution (38) for him and Sahl went with the Messenger of Allah and there was nothing wrong with him."

Comments

(36)- Is generally instigated by a desire to harm transmitted by a look pregnant with hate or envy, but it can be involuntary and result from the naturally injurious power of a strange or staring look.

Encyclopedia of Islam (1/786)

(37)- General ablution.

(38)- In Muwata Malik (1747), "Ámir washed his face, hands, elbows, knees, the end of his feet, and inside his lower garment in a vessel. Then it (the water in the vessel) was poured over him (Sahl), and Sahl went off with the people. And there was nothing wrong with him.

BLOWING IN THE WOUND

HADITH-1

Yazid ibn Abu Ùbayd said,

I saw the trace of a wound in Salamah's (ibn Al-Akwaá) leg.

  * I said to him, "O Abu Muslim! What is this wound?"

  * He said, "This was inflicted on me on the day (of the battle) of Khaybar (39), when the people said, Salamah has been wounded. Then I went to the Prophet and he blew with saliva (Nafatha) on it thrice, and since then I have not had any pain in it until this hour."

Comments

(39)- A victorious Battle by the Muslims against the Jews of Khaybar in 7 AH.

SPITTING IN THE EYE

HADITH-1

Sahl ibn Saád narrated,

That he heard the Prophet on the day (of the battle) of Khaybar saying, "I will give the flag to a person at whose hands Allah will grant victory." So, the Companions of the Prophet got up, wishing eagerly to see to whom the flag will be given, and every one of them wished to be given the flag.

The Prophet said, "Where is Áli?" Someone informed him that he was suffering from eye-trouble. So, he ordered them to bring Áli in front of him. Then the Prophet spat in his eyes and his eyes were cured immediately as if he never had any eye-trouble.

  * Áli said, "We will fight them (i.e., infidels or the Jews) till they become like us (i.e., Muslims)."

  * The Prophet said, "Be patient, till you face them and invite them to Islam, and inform them of what Allah has enjoined upon them. By Allah If a single person embraces Islam at your hands (i.e., through you), that will be better for you than the red camels (40)."

Comments

(40)- The red camels were the most expensive camels at that time.

THE RUQUYAH (41)

HADITH-1

Abu Saìd Al-Khudri said,

Some of the Companions of the Prophet went on a journey until they reached some of the Arab tribes .They asked the latter to treat them as their guests but they refused.

The chief of that tribe was then bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and they tried their best to cure him but in vain. Some of them said (to the others), "Nothing has benefited him, will you go to the people who resided here at night, it may be that some of them might possess something (as treatment)."

They went to the group of the Companions (of the Prophet) and said, "Our chief has been bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and we have tried everything but he has not benefited. Have you got anything (useful)?" One of them replied, "Yes, by Allah! I can recite a Ruquyah, but as you have refused to accept us as your guests, I will not recite the Ruquyah for you unless you fix for us some wages for it." They agreed to pay them a flock of sheep.

He then went and recited (Surah Al-Fatiha) "All the praises and thanks are to Allah, the Lord of the Álamin (mankind, Jinn and all that exists)......" And puffed over the chief who became all right as if he was released from a chain, and got up and started walking, showing no signs of sickness. They paid them what they agreed to pay.

Some of them (i.e., the Companions) then suggested dividing their earnings among themselves, but the one who performed the recitation said, "Do not divide them till we go to the Prophet and narrate the whole story to him, and wait for his order." So, they went to Allah's Messenger and narrated the story. Allah's Messenger asked, "How did you come to know that Surah A1-Fatiha was recited as Ruquyah?" Then he added, "You have done the right thing. Divide (what you have earned) and assign a share for me as well." The Prophet, smiled thereupon.

Comments

(41)- The Ruquyah consists in the pronouncing of some words (as prayer) that one may have recourse to it against poison, bites, fever, the evil eye, etc.

# CHAPTER 5

# SUPERNATURAL MAN

THE FRAGRANT MAN

HADITH-1

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said,

The Prophet entered upon us and took a nap in our house, and he began to sweat. My mother came with a glass bottle and started to collect the sweat in it. The Prophet woke up and said, "O Umm Sulaym, what is this that you are doing?"

She said, "This is your sweat; we put it in our perfume, and it is among the best of fragrances."

THE STRONG MAN

HADITH-1

Narrated Qatada, Anas bin Malik said,

The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven in number."

  * I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet the strength for it?"

  * Anas replied, "We used to say that the Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men)."

THE ONE WITH THE GRIP

HADITH-1

Abu Shahm said,

A young woman (slave) passed near to me, when I grabbed her from the waist.

In the morning, the Messenger of Allah was taking Bayá (pledge) from the people, so I came to him (wishing he takes Bayá from me) but he did not takes it and said, "The one with the grip". I said, "By Allah I will never do it again." So he took Bayá from me.

ALLAH HEARS EVERYTHING

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah Ibn Ùmar narrated,

During the lifetime of the Prophet, we use to avoid chatting leisurely and freely with our wives lest some Divine Revelation might be revealed concerning us.

But when the Prophet died, we started chatting leisurely and freely (with them).

ALLAH KNOWS EVERYTHING

HADITH-1

Áli ibn Abu Talib said (42),

Allah's Messenger sent me, Abu Marthad and Al-Zubayr, and all of us were horsemen, and said, "Go till you reach Rawdat Khakh (garden of Khakh) (44) where there is a woman from Al-Mushrikun carrying a letter from Hatib ibn Abu Baltaá to Al-Mushrikun of Makkah."

So we found her riding her camel at the place which Allah's Messenger had mentioned.

  * We said (to her), "(Give us) the letter."

  * She said, "I have no letter."

Then we made her camel kneel down and we searched her, but we did not found any letter.

  * Then we said, "Certainly, Allah's Messenger had not told us a lie. Take out the letter; otherwise we will strip you naked (to search for the letter)."

When she saw that we were determined, she put her hand below her waist belt, for she had tied her cloak round her waist, she took out the letter, and we brought it to Allah's Messenger.

Then Ùmar said, "O Allah's Messenger! (Hatib) has betrayed Allah, His Messenger and the believers! Let me cut off his neck!"

  * The Prophet asked Hatib, "What made you do this?"

  * Hatib said, "By Allah, I did not intend to give up my belief in Allah and His Messenger, but I wanted to have some influence among the (Meccan) people, so that through it Allah might protect my family and property. There is none of your Companions but has some of his relatives there through whom Allah protects his family and property."

The Prophet said, "He has spoken the truth; do not say to him but good."

  * Ùmar said, "He has betrayed Allah, His Messenger, and the faithful believers, let me cut off his neck!"

  * The Prophet said, "Is he not one of the Badr warriors? May be Allah looked at the Badr warriors and said, [Do whatever you like, as I have granted Paradise to you, or said, I have forgiven you.]"

On hearing this, tears came out of Ùmar's eyes, and he said, "Allah and His Messenger know better."

Comments

(42)- Ibn Ishaq said that when the prophet Muhammad had decided to attack Makkah (in Ramadhan 8 H), a Muslim named Hatib ibn Abu Baltaá wrote to Quraysh informing them of how the Messenger of God was about to move against them. He gave the letter to a woman. He paid her to take it to Quraysh and she placed it on her head, tied it up in her hair and left with it.

Ibn Kathir" The life of the Prophet Muhammad" (3/384)

(43)- A place near Hamraa Al-Assad 12 km from Al-Madinah.

BEYOND THE SEA

HADITH-1

Narrated Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah,

The Prophet said, "Today a pious man from Ethiopia (44) (i.e. Al-Nadjashi= the Negus) has expired, come on to offer the funeral prayer." (Jabir said), we lined up in rows and the Prophet, offered the funeral prayer for him, and we were in rows.

Jabir added, "I was in the second row." (45)

Comments

(44)- Ibn Ishaq stated, "When the Messenger of God witnessed the trials descending upon his companions, he compared this with his own good state that derived from his own status with God and from his uncle Abu Talib, and recognizing that he was unable to prevent the evil befalling them, he told them, "I wish you would go forth into the land of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), for there is a king in whose realm no one is harmed, where truth prevails. Stay there until God gives you relief from your plight."

The companions of the Messenger of God (83 men and women) thereupon left for Abyssinia, fearing the unrest and fleeing with their faith unto God. This was the first emigration that occurred in Islam.

Then Quraysh dispatched to the king of Abyssinia (the Negus) Ámr ibn Al-Ás and Ùmarah ibn Al-Walid with a gift.

When they went in to the Negus, they bowed down before him. Then they took up positions to the left and right before him and said, "A group of our people has taken up residence in your land, after having turned away from us and from our religion."

"Where are they?" he asked.

"In your land, send for them," they suggested

He did so and Jaáfar ibn Abu Talib said (to the Muslim emigrants), "I will be your spokesman today. He made salutation, but did not bow down.

  * They (the Abyssinians) asked him, "What is wrong with you, not bowing down before the king"?

  * He replied, "We bow down only before God, the Almighty and Glorious."

  * What is this all about?" he was asked.

  * He answered, "God has sent a messenger to us and told us to bow down to no one but God, the Almighty and Glorious. He also ordered us to pray, and to give alms."

  * Ámr commented, "They differ with you about Jesus, son of Mary."

  * He (the Negus) asked, "What do you say about Jesus son of Mary and his mother?"

  * "'He (Jaáfar) replied, "We say as God did, He is His word and His spirit which He cast into the Virgin whom no man had touched and no child had been inside."

The king then picked up a stick from the ground and said, "O people of Abyssinia, and you, priests and monks; by God, they are not so much as the size of this stick away from what we say! Welcome to you and greetings to him from whom you come! I bear witness that he is the Messenger of God, and that it is him we find in the Bible. He is the Messenger of whom Jesus, son of Mary, made prophecy. You may reside wherever you wish; and, by God, were it not for my role as king, I would go to him so that I could be the one who carries his shoes for him!

Ibn Kathir" The life of the Prophet Muhammad" (2/5)

(45)- The Negus Sahama (or Ashama) died in Rajab 9 H (630. 631 AD).

TELE-VISION

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated (46),

The Prophet (while he was in Al-Madinah) said, "Zayd took over the flag and was martyred. Then it was taken by Jaáfar who was martyred as well. Then Ábdu Allah ibn Rawaha took the flag but he too was martyred -and at that time, the eyes of Allah's Messenger were overflowing with tears- Then Khalid ibn Al-Walid took the flag without being nominated as a chief (beforehand) and was blessed with victory."

Comments

(46)- In Jumada I of the year 8, the prophet Muhammad sent 3000 soldiers to the Balqa in Jordan. He chose three leaders for the expedition, Zayd ibn Haritha, if he fell, Jaáfar ibn Abu Talib, and if he fell, Abdu Allah ibn Rawaha.

The army arrived in Maàan in eastern Jordan where 100,000 (or 200,000) Byzantine soldiers and Arab Bedouins had assembled. The three leaders were killed in the battle and then Khalid ibn Al-Walid took command, after that the sources differ about the end of the battle.

Al-Bayhaqui stated, "The authorities on the military expeditions differ over their having fled or withdrawn. Some maintain that this was so, while others claim that the Muslims prevailed over the polytheists, and that the latter were defeated."

He went on, The hadith of Anas ibn Malik (the one sited above) that quotes the Messenger of God as having stated, "Then Khalid took it (the banner) and God gave him victory." indicates their victory over the enemy. This is also the opinion of Musa ibn Ùqbah and Al-Waquidi.

Ibn Ishaq adopts the view that what happened was disengagement and withdrawal from the Byzantines, and he calls this a success and a victory, in view of the superiority in numbers of the enemy and their having the Muslims surrounded. This would normally have meant that they would have been totally decimated, and so when they disengaged and withdrew, this constituted the most that could be hoped for in such circumstances.

DIVINELY STRONG

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah said,

We were digging (the trench) on the day of [Al-Khandaq (i.e., the trench)] and we came across a big solid rock. We went to the Prophet, and said, "Here is a rock appearing across the trench." He said, "I am coming down."

Then he got up, and a stone was tied to his belly for we had not eaten anything for three days. So the Prophet took the spade and struck the big solid rock and it became like sand.

THIS WIND HAS BEEN SENT BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF A HYPOCRITE

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah narrated,

That the Messenger of Allah came from a journey, and when he was close to Al-Medina there came a wind that was so strong that a rider could almost be buried in the sand. He said that the Messenger of Allah said, "This wind has been sent because of the death of a hypocrite."

When we came to Al-Medina, they found out that one of the greatest of hypocrites had died.

THERE WILL BE A STRONG WIND TONIGHT

HADITH-1

Abu Humayd Al-Saìdi said,

We went out with the Messenger of Allah on the campaign of Tabuk (47), and we came to the valley of Al-Qura, where there was a garden belonging to a woman. The Messenger of Allah said, "Estimate the amount of its produce (for the zakat)." So we estimated it, and the Messenger of Allah estimated it at ten Wasq. He said," Remember this number until we come back, if Allah wills."

So we set off, until we came to Tabuk (48) The Messenger of Allah said, "There will be a strong wind tonight, so none of you should stand up in it, and whoever has a camel, let him hobble it tightly".

The strong wind came, and one man stood up; the wind carried him and threw him down in the mountains of Tayyii (49).

Comments

(47)- An expedition against the Byzantines in Rajab 9 H, the army returned to Al-Medina without a fight.

(48)- In the south of Jordan.

(49)- The distance between Tabuk and the mountains of Tayyii is approximatively 600 km.

# CHAPTER 6

# ANSWERED PRAYERS

MAY ALLAH STRIKE HIS NECK

HADITH-1

Jabir ibn Ábdu Allah said,

We went out with the Messenger of Allah in the raid on the Banu Anmar tribe (50). Jabir said, I was resting under a tree when the Messenger of Allah came, I said "Messenger of Allah, come to the shade." So the Messenger of Allah sat down, and I stood up and went to a sack of ours. I looked in it for something, found a small cucumber, and broke it. Then I brought it to the Messenger of Allah.

  * He said, "From where did you get this?"

  * I said, "We brought it from Al-Medina, Messenger of Allah."

Jabir continues, "We had a friend of ours with us whom we used to equip to go out to guard our mounts. I gave him what was necessary and then he turned about to go to the mounts, he was wearing two threadbare cloaks of his.

  * The Messenger of Allah looked at him and said, "Does he have two garments other than these?"

  * I said, "Yes, Messenger of Allah, he has two garments in the bag, I gave them to him.

  * He said, "Let him go and put them on". I let him go and put them on.

As he turned to go, The Messenger of Allah exclaimed "May Allah strike his neck (51). Is not that better for him?

  * He said (taking him literally)" Messenger of Allah, in the way of Allah (as a martyr).

  * The Messenger of Allah said, "in the way of Allah". Jabir added," The man was killed in the way of Allah.(52)"

Comments

(50)- Also called (in the Islamic sources) the raid of Ghatafan and the raid of rags, in 4 AH according to ibn Ishaq and after Khaybar according to Al-Bukhari.

(51)- An Arabic expression used to manifest the disapproval of something.

(52)- In Mustadrak Al-Hakim, the man was killed in the battle of Al-Yamama in 11 AH.

WOULD YOU LET US ENJOY HIS COMPANY LONGER?

HADITH-1

Salamah ibn Al-Akwaá said,

We went out to Khaybar in the company of the Prophet, while we were proceeding at night, a man from the group said to Ámir (Salamah's brother), "O Ámir! Won't you let us hear your poetry?" Ámir was a poet, so he got down and started reciting for the people poetry that kept pace with the camel's footsteps, saying,

  1. Allah, without you, we would not have been guided on the right path.

  2. Neither would we have given Sadaqah (in charity), nor would we have offered Salat (prayer).

  3. So please forgive us, what we have committed (i.e., our defects); let all of be sacrificed for Your Cause.

  4. And send Sakinah (i.e., tranquility and calmness) upon us, To make our feet firm when we meet our enemy.

  5. And if they will call us towards an unjust thing, we will refuse.

  6. The infidels have made a hue and cry to ask other's help against us.

  * The Prophet on that, asked, "Who is that (camel) driver (reciting poetry)?"

  * The people said, "He is Ámir ibn Al-Akwaá."

  * Then the Prophet said, "May Allah bestows his Mercy on him."

  * A man amongst the people said, "O Allah's Prophet! (Martyrdom) has been granted to him (53). Would you let us enjoy his company longer? "

So when the army files were arranged in rows (for the clash), Ámir's sword was short and he aimed at the leg of a Jew to strike it, but the sharp blade of the sword returned to him and injured his own knee, and that caused him to die.

Comments

(53)- For the Prophet said, "May Allah bestows his Mercy on him."

THE BLESSED MERCHANT

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Hisham narrated,

That his mother Zaynab bint Humayd took him (when he was young) to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Messenger, Take the Bayá (pledge) from him." But he (the prophet) said, "He is still too young for the pledge," and passed his hand on his (i.e., Ábdu Allah's) head and invoked for Allah's Blessing for him.

(His grandson) Zuhra ibn Maábad stated that he used to go with his grandfather, Ábdu Allah ibn Hisham, to the market (souk) to buy (trade) foodstuff. Ibn Ùmar and Ibn Al-Zubayr would meet him and say to him?" Be our partner (in your trade), as the Prophet invoked Allah to bless you." So, he would be their partner, and very often he would win a camel's load and send it home.

THE HANDSOME OLD MAN

HADITH-1

Abu Zayd Al-Ansari said,

The messenger of Allah said to me, "Come closer to me" and (when I came) he passed his hand on my head (hair) and on my beard and said, "O Allah make him pretty and make his beauty permanent."

He (a sub narrator) said, "He (Abu Zayd) had turned more than one hundred years and he had not but a little grey (hair), and his face (skin face) was smooth without any ride until he died.

O ALLAH, GUIDE THE MOTHER OF ABU HURAYRAH

HADITH-1

Abu Hurayrah said,

I used to call my mother to Islam when she was an idolator. I called her one day, and she said to me something about the Messenger of Allah that I disliked. I came to the Messenger of Allah weeping and said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have been calling my mother to Islam but she refuses. I called her today and she said to me something about you that I disliked. Pray to Allah to guide the mother of Abu Hurayrah." The Messenger of Allah said, "O Allah, guide the mother of Abu Hurayrah."

I went out, feeling optimistic because of the supplication of the Prophet of Allah. When I came near the door, I found it closed. My mother heard my footsteps and said, "Stay where you are, O Abu Hurayrah!" I heard the sound of falling water. She performed ghusl, then she put on her chemise and forgot to put on her head cover, then she opened the door and said, "O Abu Hurayrah, I bear witness that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is his slave and Messenger." He said, "I went back to the Messenger of Allah and I came to him, weeping with joy. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, be of good cheer, for Allah has answered your prayer and has guided the mother of Abu Hurayrah."

He praised and glorified Allah and said good things. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me and my mother beloved to His believing slaves, and to make them beloved to us. The Messenger of Allah said, "O Allah, make this slave of yours - meaning Abu Hurayrah- and his mother beloved to your believing slaves, and make the believers beloved to them." (Abu Hurayrah said) "There is no believer created who hears of me or sees me, but he loves me."

YOU WILL NEVER FORGOT ANYTHING YOU HEARD FROM ME

HADITH-1

Al-Aáradj narrated that Abu Hurayrah said,

The people say that Abu Hurayrah narrates too many narrations (54). In fact, Allah knows whether I say the truth or not. They also say, why do the emigrants and the Ansar not narrate as he does?" In fact, my emigrant brethren were busy trading in the markets, and my Ansar brethren were busy with their properties (55). I was a poor man keeping the company of Allah's Messenger and was satisfied with what filled my stomach. So, I used to be present while they (i.e., the emigrants and the Ansar) were absent, and I used to remember while they forgot.

One day the Prophet said, "Whoever spreads his sheet till I finish this statement of mine and then gathers it over his chest, will never forget anything of my statement." So, I spread my covering sheet which was the only garment I had, till the Prophet finished his statement and then I gathered it over my chest. By him who had sent him (i.e., Allah's Messenger) with the truth, since then I did not forget even a single word of that statement of his, until this day of mine.

By Allah, but for two Verses in Allah's Book, I would never have related any narration (from the Prophet)." (These two Verses are) "Verily, those who conceal the clear proofs, evidences and the guidance, which we have sent down... (Up to)... the Most Merciful." (V.2:159, 160).

Comments

(54)- Abu Hurayrah had converted to Islam in the day of the raid of Khaybar in 7H, he accompanied the prophet for only four years (or less), but he narrated more than five thousands hadiths, more than any other companion of the Prophet did.

(55)- They were farmers.

O ALLAH, INCREASE HIS WEALTH AND OFFSPRING

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik said,

My mother, Umm Anas, brought me to the Messenger of Allah and she had made me an izar (lower-half body-cover), out of half of her head cover and had made the other half into a rida (upper-half body-cover). She said, "O Messenger of Allah, this is Unays (little Anas), my son. I have brought him to you to serve you, so pray to Allah for him." He said, "O Allah, increase his wealth and offspring"

Anas said, "By Allah, my wealth is great and today my children and my children's children are now more than one hundred in number."

THE OBEDIENT CLOUDS

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik said,

Once in the lifetime of the Prophet, the people were afflicted with drought. While the Prophet was delivering the khutba (religious talk) on a Friday, a Bedouin stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Our possessions (animals) are being destroyed and the children are hungry, please invoke Allah (for rain)". So the Prophet raised his hands, (invoked Allah for rain).

At that time, there was not a trace of cloud in the sky. By him, in whose hands my soul is (Allah), as soon as he lowered his hands, clouds gathered like mountains, and before he got down from the pulpit, I saw the rain falling on the beard of the Prophet. It rained that day, the next day, the third day, the fourth day until the next Friday.

(In the next Friday, while the Prophet was delivering the khutba) The same Bedouin or another man stood up and said, "Allah's Messenger! The houses have collapsed, our possessions and livestock have been drowned; please invoke Allah for us (to stop the rain)." So, the Prophet raised both his hands and said, "O Allah Round about us and not on us". So, in whatever direction he pointed with his hands, the clouds dispersed and cleared away, and Al-Medina's (sky) became clear as a hole in between the clouds. The valley of Quanat (a valley in Al-Medina) remained flooded and went on flowing for one month, none came from outside but talked about the abundant rain.

HEALING A BLIND MAN

HADITH-1

Ùthman ibn Hunayf said,

That a blind man came to the Prophet and said, "Pray to Allah to heal me". He said, "If you wish to store your reward for the Hereafter (afterlife), that is better, or if you wish, I will supplicate for you." He said, "supplicate" , so he (the prophet) told him to perform ablution and do it well, and to pray two rakáh (a prayer that contains two rakáh like the morning prayer), and to say this supplication, (O Allah, I ask of you and I turn my face towards you by virtue of the intercession of Muhammad the Prophet of mercy. O Muhammad, I have turned to my Lord by virtue of your intercession concerning this need of mine so that it may be met. O Allah, accept his intercession conceding me.) He did it and he was healed."

I HAVE NEVER FALLEN FROM A HORSE

HADITH-1

Djarir ibn Ábdu Allah Al-Badjali said,

  * Allah's Messenger, said to me, "Won't you relieve me from Dhu Al-Khalasa?"

  * I replied, "Yes, (I will relieve you)."

So, I proceeded along with one hundred and fifty cavalrymen from Ahmas (tribe) who were excellent knights. It happened that I could not sit firm over horses, so I informed the Prophet of that, he stroke my chest till I saw his finger marks over my chest, and he said, "O Allah, Make him firm and make him a guiding and a rightly-guided man."

Since then I have never fallen from a horse.

A sub narrator added "Dhu-Al-Khalasa was a house in Yemen belonging to the tribes of Khathám and Bajila (Djarir's tribe), and in it there were idols which were worshipped, and it was called Al-Kaábah. Djarir went there, burnt it with fire and dismantled it."

INVOKE ALLAH TO RESCUE ME

HADITH-1

Al-Bara ibn Ázib said,

When the Prophet, emigrated to Al-Medina, Suraqa ibn Malik ibn Juásham pursued him. The Prophet invoked Allah against him; therefore, the forelegs of his horse sank into the ground. Suraqa said (to the Prophet)," Invoke Allah to rescue me, and I will not harm you." The Prophet invoked Allah for him.

ALLAH'S CURSE HAS DESCENDED UPON THE PEOPLE OF THE QALIB

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Massùd said,

While Allah's Messenger was offering Salat (prayer) near the Kaábah (before the Hegira), there were some Quraysh people sitting in a gathering. One (Abu Djahl) of them said, "Don't you see this murai (the one who does deeds just to show off)? Who amongst you can go and bring the dung, blood and the abdominal contents (intestines, etc.) of the slaughtered camel of the family of so-and-so and then wait till he (the prophet) prostrates and put that in between his shoulders?"

The most wretched amongst them (Ùqbah ibn Abu Muáyt) went (and brought them) and when Allah's Messenger prostrated, he put them between his shoulders. The Prophet remained in prostration and they laughed so much so that they fell on each other. A passer-by went to Fatima (the daughter of the Prophet) who was a young girl in those days. She came running and the Prophet; was still in prostration. She removed them (the abdominal contents of the camel) and cursed at the Quraysh on their faces.

When Allah's Messenger completed his prayer, he said, "O Allah! Destroy the (infidels of) Quraysh." He said so thrice and added, "O Allah! Destroy Ámr ibn Hisham (Abu Djahl), Ùtbah (56) ibn Rabiáh, Shayba ibn Rabiáh, Al-Walid ibn Ùtbah, Umayyah ibn Khalaf (57), Ùqbah ibn Abu Muáyt and Ùmarah ibn Al-Walid (58)."

Ábdu Allah added, "By Allah! I saw all of them dead in the battlefield on the Day of Badr (the first Islamic victorious battle against the pagans of Mecca in 2 AH), and they were dragged and thrown in the Qalib (a well) at Badr (59). Allah's Messenger then said, "Allah's Curse has descended upon the people of the Qalib".

Comments

(56)- In Sahih Muslim (1795), the name "Ùtbah" skew to "Ùqbah".

(57)- In Sahih Al-Bukhari (2934) (Ubayy ibn Khalaf) but there is no disagreement among the historians that it was Umayyah who died in the battle of Badr whereas Ubayy died in the battle of Uhud.

(58)- These are the heads and leaders of the Quraysh tribe; Abu Djahl called the Pharaoh. Rabiáh's family composed of Ùtbah and his brother Shaybah and the son of Ùtbah Al-Walid. Umayyah ibn Khalaf called the head of disbelief. Ùqbah ibn Abu Muáyt who came to the prophet Muhammad while he was offering the prayer, and put his sheet round his neck and squeezed it very severely [Sahih Al-Bukhari (3678)] And Ùmara Ibn Al-Walid the one whom Quraysh offered to Abu Talib (Muhammad's uncle) to give them the Prophet Muhammad.

(59)- In fact, only five among the seven men cited in this text were killed in the battle and thrown in the Qalib, Ùqbah ibn Abu Muáyt was captured and killed near Al-Rawhaa (forty eight kilometers before Al-Medina)[ Ibn Hisham (1/266)]. Ùmara ibn Al-Walid, it was said that he went to Al-Habachah (Ethiopia) where he was infected by magic; he lived with animals in the wild until he died in the time of Ùmar ibn Al-Khattab [Ibn Hisham (1/644)].

SEVEN LIKE THE SEVEN OF JOSEPH (60)

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Massùd said,

It (i.e. the imagined smoke mentioned in the Quran (61)) was because when the Quraysh refused to obey the Prophet, he invoked Allah to afflict them with years of drought (famine) similar to those of (Prophet) Yusuf (Joseph); and so they were stricken with drought and severe (hunger) exhaustion so much so that they ate even bones. A man would look towards the sky and imagine seeing something like smoke between him and the sky because of severe (hunger) exhaustion.

So Allah revealed, "Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke covering the people; this is a painful torment."(V.44:10, 11)

Then someone (Abu Sufyan) came to Allah's Messenger and said, "O Allah's Messenger! Invoke Allah to send rain for the tribes of Mudhar (a branch of Quraysh tribe) as they are on the verge of destruction." On that the Prophet said (astonishingly), "(Shall I invoke Allah) for the tribes of Mudhar? Verily, you are a bold man!" But the Prophet prayed for rain and it rained for them. Then the Verse was revealed,

" Verily! You will revert (to disbelief)"(V.44:15)

(When the famine was over and) they restored prosperity and welfare, they reverted to their ways (of heathenism) whereupon Allah revealed, "On the Day when We shall seize you with the greatest seizure (punishment). Verily, We will exact retribution." (V.44:16)

The narrator said, "That was the day of the battle of Badr."

Comments

(60)- ("Joseph, O man of truth, explain to us about seven fat cows eaten by seven [that were] lean, and seven green spikes [of grain] and others [that were] dry - that I may return to the people; perhaps they will know [about you]." [Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat. Then will come after that seven difficult [years] which will consume what you saved for them, except a little from which you will store.) Quran (12/46-47-48)

(61)- (Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke. Covering the people, this is a painful torment. [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed we are believers." How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger. Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman." Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief]. The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.) [44/10-11-12-13-14-45-16]

The interpretation chosen by Ábdu Allah ibn Massùd of this Qur'anic verse, states that the sign of the smoke had already arrived. But other scholars argue that the smoke mentioned in this verse is a sign of the end of the world (the Hour). Therefore, this verse is a scene of the future not of the past.

Ibn Kathir said, [A number of the Salaf (earlier scholars), such as Mudjahid, Abu Al-Áliyah, Ibrahim Al-Nakhaì, Al-Dhahhak and Átiyah Al-Áwfi concurred with ibn Massùd's interpretation of this Ayah (verse) and his view that the smoke already happened. This was also the view of ibn Djarir (Al-Tabari). According to the Hadith of Abu Sarihah, Hudhayfah ibn Asid Al-Ghifari, May Allah be pleased with him, said, "The Messenger of Allah looked out upon us from a room while we were discussing the Hour. He said, "The Hour would not come until you see ten signs;

-The rising of the sun from the west.

-The smoke;

-The beast ;

-The emergence of Yaajuj and Maajuj (Gog and Magog) ;

-The appearance of Ìsa ibn Maryam (Jesus Christ);

-The Dadjdjal (the anti-Christ);

-Three cases of the earth collapsing - one in the east , one in the west , and one in the Arabian Peninsula- and a fire which will emerge from the bottom of Aden, and will drive the people - or gather the people - stopping with them, when they stop to sleep at night or rest during the day.)'' This was recorded only by Muslim in his Sahih]

The Hadith that Ibn Kathir quoted is reported by Muslim in His Sahih (2903). However, just after, Muslim quoted that Shuábah ibn Al-Ḥadjdjadj, one of the sub narrators of this hadith mentioned another chain of narration of this hadith where narration does not go to prophet but stopped just on Hudhayfah, which means that it is quite possible that these are not the words of the prophet but of Hudhayfah. This opinion is also adopted by Al-Daraqutni and Rashid Al-Áttar (584-662 AH) in his book "Ghurar Al-Fawaid Al-Madjmuáh"(1/262).

MAY YOU NEVER BE ABLE TO

HADITH-1

Iyas ibn Salamah ibn Al Akwaá narrated,

That his father told him, that a man (62) ate with his left hand in the presence of the Messenger of Allah.

  * He (the prophet) said, "Eat with your right hand."

  * He said, "I cannot."

  * He said, "May you never be able to."

For nothing was preventing him from doing so but arrogance. And he never raised his hand to his mouth again.

Comments

(62)- In Sunan Al-Darimi and Musnad Ahmed (16064), the man was named Busr sun of the herdsman of camels.

# CHAPTER 7

# TESTIMONIES

THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

IN THE BIBLE

HADITH-1

Átaa ibn Yasar said,

I met Ábdu Allah ibn Ámr ibn Al -Ás and asked him.

  * "Tell me about the description of Allah's Messenger which is mentioned in the Torah (the bible)."

  * He replied, "Yes. By Allah, he is described in the Torah with some of the qualities attributed to him in the Quran as follows, "[O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness (for Allah's True Religion) and a giver of glad tidings (to the faithful believers), and a warner (to the disbelievers)], and guardian of the illiterates.

You are my slave and My Messenger. I have named you Al-Mutawakkil (who depends upon Allah a lone). You are neither discourteous, harsh, nor a noisemaker in the markets (suqs) and you do not do evil to those who do evil to you, but you deal with them with forgiveness and kindness. Allah will not let him (the Prophet) die till he makes straight the crooked people by making them say, La ilaha illa Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) with which will be opened blind eyes, deaf ears, and enveloped hearts." (63)

Comments

(63)- This verse does not exist in the Bible of our day, however the verse that comes closest to the verse quoted in the text is Isaiah 42 [ Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.]

However, several Koranic verses claim that the Prophet Muhammad is mentioned in ancient scriptures, and that those who know these Scriptures either rabbis or priests know very well that Muhammad, the Arab prophet, is indeed the last messenger of God.

  * [Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him, it is those who will be the successful. ] (7/157)

  * [Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it]. ] (2/ 146)

  * [And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?] (26/197)

Ibn Al-Qayyim said, "It is hardly believable that the ancient books could have missed the mention of such a great event! (Muhammad's claim of prophet hood and the domination of his religion over other religions including Judaism and Christianity). No greater event had passed to come to the world, from the time of creation till the day of judgement, for it is the heart of the world and had spread throughout the world with so great an influence through the succession of the ages and till God repossesses the earth and all that is on it . Such a great event would have been narrated and passed on through the succession of the prophets, when all of the prophets in succession mentioned the coming of a liar, an impostor (Anti-Christ) at the end of time who would stay on earth for forty days. Every prophet warned his people of him, from Noah to the Seal of the Prophets Muhammad (peace be up on him).

Similarly, how could it be possible that all the Holy Books sent down by God fell short in mentioning an event so great that the world never witnessed a similar before and never will! . This cannot be absorbed by any measure of reason, and the wisest of men would never invalidate it.

On the other hand, the facts are contrary to such an untenable assumption, for God (praised be He) never sent a prophet without taking oath from him and a covenant to have faith in Muhammad and to believe in him.

God Most Sublime said,

[Behold! God took the covenant of the prophets, saying, «I give you a Book of wisdom; then comes to you an apostle, confirming what is with you; do ye believe in him and render him help God said: «Do you agree, and take this my Covenant as binding on you?» they said, «We agree» He said, «then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses»] (3/ 81)

Ibn Ábbas said,

God did not send a prophet without making it obligatory on him to take upon himself the solemn pledge to believe in Muhammad and to support him if he happens to be sent during his lifetime. He bid every prophet to impose on his people to take upon themselves the covenant to believe in Muhammad and to follow him if he happens to be sent during their lifetime." Hidayat Al-Hayarah (97)

There are other biblical verses interpreted by Muslim theologians as proof of the veracity of the Muhammadian claim. Ibn Al-Qayyim said,

"1- In the Torah, the Most High said, [I shall raise for the people a prophet from their brethren like unto you, and I shall put My Words in his mouth, and he will tell them what I bid them to do. He who does not accept this prophet who speaks in My Name, I shall revenge from him and his offspring. ] (Deuteronomy 18/18)

The Muslims say that the propitious signs clearly describe the Prophet (peace be up on him) , the Arabic unlettered Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdu Allah, and that they cannot possibly indicate to any other Prophet because they came to indicate a prophet from among the brethren of the people of Israel and not directly from the people of Israel themselves. The Messiah, for example, is from the people of Israel; if these propitious signs were meant to indicate the Messiah, God would have said, [I shall raise for them a prophet from among themselves].

2- In the fifth book of the Torah, it says, [God came from Sinai and manifested Himself from Saer, and appeared from the mountains of Faran (Paran). With Him the angels of His Divinity on His right side] (Deuteronomy 33/2)

This implies the three prophet hoods; the prophet hood of Moses, the prophet hood of Jesus, and the prophet hood of Muhammad (Peace be upon them). His coming from Sinai signifies the mountain God talked to Moses from, and on which He gave him the delegation of prophet hood. His manifestation from Saer signifies the appearance of the Messiah from Jerusalem, Saer is a known village in the area of Jerusalem up to this date, and this was the glad tidings of the prophet hood of the Messiah. Faran (Paran) is Makkah, and God (praised be He) likened the prophet hood of Moses to the arrival of the dawn, and the prophet hood of the Messiah afterwards to its rise and shine. And the prophet hood of the Seal of the Prophets afterwards to the rise of the sun up in the sky spreading its light all over the horizons. The Jews say that Faran is the land of Al- Sham and not the land of Hidjaz. There is nothing new about their innovative lies and distortion of texts. Mind you! it is mentioned in the Torah that when Ishmael departed from his father (Abraham), he dwelled in the desert of Faran , that is what the Torah say, [And Ishmael dwelled in the desert of Faran, and his mother gave him in marriage to one women of Egypt].

The scholars of the people of the Book do not cast any shadow of doubt on the fact that Faran was the dwelling place of the family of Ishmael. The Torah foretells the prophet hood that will appear in Faran, a prophet hood that will be commissioned to a great man from the progeny of Ishmael, and that his nation and his followers will spread out till they overpopulate the plains and the mountains as we shall mention, by the Will of God.

3-In the first book of the Torah, it is mentioned that, [The angel appeared to (Hagar), the mother of Ishmael, and said to her, O Hagar! where did you come from and where do you want to go? When she explained to him the fact of the matter, he said to her, Return, I will multiply your offspring and your crop till they become countless. So you will conceive and give birth to a child I shall call Ishmael , because God has heard your supplications and prayers, and your son will be like a monster in the eye of the people, his hand will be over all and everything , and the hand of all will be stretched to him in submission.] (Genesis 16/8). This propitious sign implies that the hand of her son will be over all the people, his word the highest, and the hand of all people are under his. On whom does this description apply from the offspring of Ishmael other than on Muhammad ibn Abdu Allah (peace be up on him)?

Again, in the first book of the Torah, it says, [God said to Abraham, I am preparing your son Ishmael for a great nation for he is of your offspring] (Genesis 21/13). This is another propitious sign from Him (God) who prepared his son for a great nation, and this son of his is no one else other than Muhammad ibn Abdu Allah who is a genuine descendent of Ishmael, and he was prepared to lead a great nation. He who looks closely at this propitious sign will come to the firmly convincing resolution that it refers to the Messenger of God (peace be up on him) . The hand of Ishmael was never above the hand of Isaac, and Isaac's hand was stretched toward him in submission. How could that be and the prophet hood and the kingdom were in Israel and in Esau, and both are the sons of Isaac? When the Messenger of God (peace be up on him) was commissioned with the prophet hood, it was commissioned to the son of Ishmael to whom all nations humbled themselves and kings bowed in submission. He made the succession the rule to the people of his house until the end of time, their hands became above the hands of all others, and all other hands stretched toward them in submission.

4-It is mentioned in the Bible that the Messiah said to his Disciples, I shall be going and the Paraclete, the Spirit of the Truth, will come to you. He does not speak on his own authority, but he speaks as he is told to. He will acknowledge me and you will be witnesses because you are with me before the people, and he will tell you about everything that God had prepared for you.

In John's Gospel, it reads, [The Paraclete will not come to you if I do not go. When he comes he will reprimand the world for sin, and he will not speak on his own terms but as it will be revealed to him . He will talk to you and rule over you with justice, and will tell you about events and about the Unknown.] (John 14). In another passage, it reads, [The Paraclete is the Spirit of truth that my Father will send in my name, and he will teach you everything .] (John 14).In another section, it reads, [I am asking Him to send you another Paraclete to stay with you forever. He will teach you everything.] (John 16) In another location, it reads , [The son of man is leaving, and the Paraclete coming after him will reveal to you all secrets and explain to you everything, and he will bear witness to me as I bear witness to him . I brought to you parables; he will bring you the interpretations. ] (John 15) Abu Muhammad ibn Qutaybah said that these things, though different, are closely related to each other. The differences are due to the fact that there were several scribes from among the disciples of the Messiah (peace be up on him) who in scribed them from him. The (Paraclete) in the language of the disciples is one of the wordings of (laudation) similar to (Mahmood) (Muhammad) or (Hamid) in Arabic, or the like. In another location it read, [If you love me, keep my commandments and I will ask the Father to give you another Paraclete who stays with you forever. He will speak through the Spirit of the Truth whom the world could not bear to accept because they did not know him. I will not leave you like orphans; I will come back to you shortly.]

In another location, it reads, [He who loves me will keep my word and my Father loves him, and to Him he returns, and in His care the house is united . I talked to you about that because I shall not be staying with you, and the Paraclete, the Spirit my Father will send to you, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything I said to you. I am leaving but I shall return to you. If you love me, you should rejoice in the name of the Father. If my speech rested in you, you would have everything you want.] In another location, it reads, [When the Paraclete my Father has sent has arrived, the Spirit of Truth from my Father, he will bear witness to me. I told you that, so that, if you believe you will not doubt him.] In another location, it reads, [I have many words I want to tell you, but you would not be able to carry . But when the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you to all the truth for he does not speak on his own term s, but he speaks what he hears. He will tell you of all things to come, and teach you all about the kingdom of the Father]

In their language, they differed in what the «Paraclete» means, and their interpretations come down to three modes of understanding:

a- That, as aforementioned, it means the (lauder) or (the singing of the praises of) or an expression to describe the honesty of someone. It was a common expression to say , He who does good will have a good Paraclete as narrated by Joshua; that is to say, [will be accompanied with laudation].

b- The second interpretation to which most of the Nazarenes (Christians) states that it means the (Savior) that is the Messiah himself whom they refer to as the (Savior). They also said that this word is Syriac and it means (the Savior), and that in Syriac it corresponds to (Farooq) Paraclete = Fariqlete, which is (Fariq + lete). (Fariq) means different, distinguished, and (lete) is an affirmative suffix like saying, a man he is, a stone it is, a horse it is. Another Nazarene group said that it means (The Consoler) or (The Comforter) both in Syriac and in Greek. One agreement against the two interpretations is the fact that the language the Messiah spoke was neither Syriac nor Greek, it was Hebrew, and the Bible was sent down in Hebrew , and was translated from Hebrew to Syriac, Greek, and other languages. Most of the Nazarenes are on the belief that it means (The savior) and in the current Bible he (the Messiah) says, [I came to redeem the world] (John 12/47) and in their prayers, the Nazarenes say, (You were born for us a redeemer). Since the Nazarenes had no way to deny the texts, they distorted them in a different way. Some of them said that the (Paraclete) is a spirit that descended on the disciples. Some said that it refers to tongues of fire that descended on the disciples from the sky, and that through them they performed the signs and the miracles. Some assumed that the (Paraclete) is the Messiah himself who came back, forty days after the crucifixion and was resurrected. Some said that its meaning is unknown, a mystery.

He who ponders on the words of the Bible and their contexts would know that interpreting the (Paraclete) as a (Spirit) is invalid, so are the interpretations; (tongues of fire) and (The Messiah himself) . The Holy Spirit never stopped descending on the prophets and the righteous men before and after the Messiah, and the description of the Paraclete does not apply on the Holy Spirit. Since there is no historical precedence of this Spirit, being referred to as a (Paraclete) one would conclude that the (Paraclete) refers to a different matter. Repeatedly, prophets and righteous men are still being strengthened by this Spirit, and what the Messiah foretold and promised to come was a matter of much more importance.

Besides, the traits used to describe the Paraclete do not it in the description of a Spirit; but they fit in the description of a man. A man similar to him (to the Messiah) who is coming after him for he said, [If you love me, you keep my commandments and I will ask the Father to give you another Paraclete to stay with you forever.] His saying (another Paraclete) indicates that this Paraclete is next to him , a second person similar to him (a prophet), and coming after him , and that he was not living with them during the time of the Messiah; but that he will come and guide them after the Messiah had left. (To stay with you forever) refers to an agent that will continue to stay with them to the end of time. It is known that the Messiah did not advocate his own stay, and it was construed to mean the stay of his teachings and example. But this teachings and example of this first Paraclete did not last with them forever. This shows that the second (Paraclete) is the one with the unalterable law that will stay with them forever, and this applies to Muhammad (peace be upon him). He also told them that this (Paraclete) to come would acknowledge him and teach them everything, and mention to them all that the Messiah had said. And that he will reprimand the world for their sins. He said, [The Paraclete that my Father will send you will teach you everything and remind you of all I said to you.]

He also said, [When the Paraclete my Father sent has come, he will bear witness to you of what I said as a sign so that you would believe in him and would not doubt him.]

He also said, [It is better for you if I go to my Father; If I do not go, the Paraclete will not come to you. When I go, I will send him to you for he will reprimand the world for sins. I have many words I want to tell you, words you cannot possibly bear; but when the Spirit of the truth comes, it will be he who will guide you toward the totality of the truth for he does not speak on his own terms, but speaks what he hears. He will tell you everything he brings, and all that belong to the father.]

All of these descriptions and attributes the Messiah said to the Nazarenes apply to an agent seeable and bearable by men. An agent who will bear witness to the Messiah and teach them everything, who reprimand the world for sins, and guide the people to the whole truth, who will not speak on his own authority but he will speak what is revealed to him and tell them about all that will come to pass, and teach them all that belongs to the Lord of the Worlds. As such, this agent cannot be an angel invisible to anyone, or a state of guidance and knowledge in the heart of some people; it cannot be other than a human being of great standing, preaching what the Messiah told about." (Hidayat Al-Hayara)

THIS IS THE SAME ANGEL WHOM ALLAH SENT TO MOSES

Waraqah ibn Nawfal

HADITH-1

Áishah narrated,

The commencement of the (Divine) Revelation to Allah's Messenger was in the form of good righteous (true) dreams, which came true like bright daylight, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira (64) where he used to worship (Allah Alone) continuously for many nights before returning to (or his desire to see) his family.

He used to take with him the journey food for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food likewise again until suddenly the Truth (the angel Gabriel) descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira.

The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." The Prophet added, "Then the angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, "I do not know how to read." Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time until I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, "I do not know how to read." Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, "Read in the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists). Has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous."(V.96:1-3)

Then Allah's Messenger returned with the Revelation and with his heart beating severely. Then he went to Khadija bint Khuwaylid (his wife) and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him until his fear was over and after that he told Khadija everything that had happened (and said), "I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones."

Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqah ibn Nawfal ibn Asad ibn Ábdu Al-Ùzza (65), who, during the Period of Ignorance became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew letters. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa, "Listen to (the story of) your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" Allah's Messenger described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, "This is the same one (who keeps the secrets i.e., angel Jibril (Gabriel)] whom Allah had sent to Musa (Moses). I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people would turn you out."

Allah's Messenger asked, "Will they drive me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone (man) who came with something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I should remain alive till the day (when you will be turned out) then I would support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Revelation was also paused for a while.

Comments

(64)- A cave in the mountain of Al-Noor in Makkah.

(65)- An early Arabian monotheist and contemporary of the Prophet, Waraqah is also said to have converted to Christianity, apparently while travelling through Syria; it is presumably during these travels that he came to study the bible, and to learn (written) Arabic and even Hebrew.

Encyclopedia of Islam (10/142)

YOUR WORDS REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

Dhimad ibn Thaàlabah

HADITH-1

Ibn Ábbas narrated,

That Dhimad came to Mecca, he was from (the tribe of) Azd Shanuah and he used to treat people with Ruquyah (in the case of Jinn possession). He heard the fools among the people of Mecca saying that Muhammad was possessed. He said, "If I see this man, perhaps Allah will heal him at my hands."

  * So he met him and he said, "O Muhammad, I treat people with Ruquyah in the case of Jinn possession, and Allah heals at my hands whomsoever He wills. Do you want that?"

  * The Messenger of Allah said," Praise be to Allah, we praise Him and seek His help. Whomsoever Allah guides, none can lead astray, and whomsoever He sends astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah alone with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger."

  * Dhimad said, "Say these words of yours to me again."

The Messenger of Allah repeated them three times and (Dhimad) said, "I have heard the words of the soothsayers and the words of the magicians and the words of the poets, but I have never heard anything like these words of yours. They reached the middle (or the bottom) of the sea (heights of eloquence)." He said," Give me your hand so that I may pledge allegiance to in Islam." So he gave him his pledge of allegiance, then the Messenger of Allah said," And on behalf of your people." He said, "And on behalf of my people."

(The narration said), The Messenger of Allah sent out a raiding party and they passed by his people. The commander of the party said to his troops, "Did you take anything from these people?" One man said, "I took a vessel for water from them." He said, "Give it back, for these are the people of Dhimad."

HE WILL VERY SOON OCCUPY THE LAND UNDER MY FEET

Heraclius

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Ábbas narrated,

Allah's Messenger wrote to Caesar (the Byzantine emperor) (66) and invited him to Islam, and sent him his letter with Dihya Al-Kalbi whom Allah's Messenger ordered to hand it over to the Governor of Busrah, who would forward it to Caesar.

Caesar, as a sign of gratitude to Allah, had walked from Hims to Ilyaa (Jerusalem) (67) when Allah had granted him victory over the Persian forces. So, when the letter of Allah's Messenger, reached Caesar, he said after reading it, "Seek for me any one of his people (Arabs of Quraysh tribe) if present here, in order to ask him about Allah's Messenger.

Ibn Abbas added, at that time Abu Sufyan ibn Harb was in Al-Sham (Syria) with some men from Quraysh who had come (to Al-Sham) as merchants during the truce (68) that had been concluded between Allah's Messenger and the infidels of Quraysh.

Abu Sufyan said, "Caesar's messenger found us somewhere in Al-Sham, so he took me and my companions to Ilya (Jerusalem) and we were admitted into Caesar's court to find him sitting in his royal court wearing a crown and surrounded by the senior dignitaries of the Byzantines.

  * He said to his translator, "Ask them who amongst them is closely related to the man who claims to be a Prophet."

  * Abu Sufyan added, I replied, "I am the nearest relative to him."

  * He asked, "What degree of relationship do you have with him?"

  * I replied, "He is my cousin," and there was none of Banu Ábd Manaf (69) in the caravan except myself.

  * Caesar said, "Let him come nearer."

He then ordered that my companions stand behind me, near my shoulder and said to his translator, "Tell his companions that I am going to ask this man about the man who claims to be a Prophet. If he tells a lie, they should contradict him immediately." Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah! Had it not been shameful that my companions label me a liar, I would not have spoken the truth about him (i.e., the Prophet) when he asked me. But I considered it shameful to be called a liar by my companions. So, I told the truth. He then said to his translator,

  * "Ask him what that man's family status among you is?"

  * I replied, "He belongs to a noble family amongst us."

  * He said, "Have anybody else amongst you ever claimed the same before him?"

  * I replied, "No"

  * He said, "Had you ever blamed him for telling lies before he claimed what he claimed?"

  * I replied, "No"

  * He said, "Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king?"

  * I replied, "No"

  * He said, "Do the noble or the poor follow him?"

  * I replied, "It is the poor who follow him."

  * He said, "Are they increasing or decreasing?"

  * I replied, "They are increasing."

  * He said, "Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and then discards his religion?"

  * I replied, "No"

  * He said, "Does he ever betray or prove treacherous to his covenants?"

  * I replied, "No, but we are now at truce with him, and we are afraid that he may betray us." Abu Sufyan added, "Other than the last sentence, I could not say anything against him.

  * Caesar then asked, "Have you ever had a battle with him?"

  * I replied, "Yes"

  * He said, "What was the outcome of your battles with him?"

  * I replied, "The result was undecided, the victory is shared by us in turns."

  * He said, "What does he order you to do?"

  * I said, "He tells us to worship Allah Alone, and not to worship others along with Him, and to leave all that our forefathers used to worship. He orders us to offer Salat (prayer), give in charity, be chaste, keep promises and return what is entrusted to us.' When I had said that,

Caesar said to his translator, "Say to him, I ask you about his lineage and your reply was that he belonged to a noble family. In fact, all the Messengers came from the noblest lineage of their nations.

Then I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you had claimed such a thing, and your reply was in the negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man was following a claim that had been said before him.

When I asked you whether he was ever blamed for telling lies, your reply was in the negative, so I took it for granted that a person who did not tell a lie about the people (humans), could never tell a lie about Allah.

Then I asked you whether any of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative, and if it had been in the affirmative, I would have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom.

When I asked you whether the rich or the poor people followed him, you replied that it was the poor who followed him. In fact, such are the followers of the Messengers.

Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing. In fact, this is the result of True Faith when it is complete (in all respects).

I asked you whether there was anybody who, after embracing his religion, became displeased and discarded his religion, your reply was in the negative. In fact, this is the sign of True Faith, for when its cheerfulness enters and mixes in the hearts completely; nobody will be displeased with it.

I asked you whether he had ever betrayed or proved treacherous to his covenants; you replied in the negative. And such are the Messengers; they never betray or prove treacherous to their covenants.

When I asked you whether you fought with him and he fought with you, you replied that he did, and that sometimes he was victorious and sometimes you. Indeed, such are the Messengers; they are put to trials and the final victory is always theirs.

Then I asked you what he ordered you. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah Alone, and not to worship others along with Him, to leave all that your fore fathers used to worship, to offer Salat (prayer), to speak the truth, to be chaste, to be faithful to one's covenants and to return what is entrusted to you. These are really the qualities of a Prophet who, I knew (from the previous Scriptures) would appear, but I did not know that he would be from amongst you (Arabs).

If what you say is true, he will very soon occupy the earth under my feet (Jerusalem) and if I knew that I would reach him, definitely, I would go immediately to meet him; and then I would certainly wash his feet."

Abu Sufyan added, "Caesar then asked for the letter of Allah's Messenger and it was read. Its contents were,

"In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, (This letter is) from Muhammad, the slave of Allah, and His Messenger, to Heraclius, the ruler of the Byzantines. Peace is upon him, who follows the (true) guidance. Now then, I invite you to Islam. Embrace Islam and you will be safe; embrace Islam and Allah will bestow on you a double reward. But if you reject this invitation of Islam, you shall be responsible for misguiding the peasants (i.e., your nation) and (as Allah said) "people of the Scriptures (Jews and Christians)! Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah. Then if they turn away, say: Bear witness that we are Muslims." (V.3:64)

Abu Sufyan added, "When Heraclius had finished his speech, there was a great hue and cry caused by the Byzantine royalties surrounding him, and there was so much noise that I did not understand what they said. So, we were turned out of the court. When I went out with my companions and we were alone, I said to them, "Verily, Ibn AN Kabsha's (i.e., the Prophet's) affair has become so prominent that even the king of Banu Al-Asfar (Byzantines) is afraid of him."

Abu Sufyan added, "By Allah, I remained in a state of humility and was sure that his religion would be victorious till Allah opened my heart for Islam, though I disliked it (i.e., embraced Islam).

Comments

(66)- Heraclius, the Byzantine emperor (610-641).

(67)- In 629, Heraclius left Constantinople to Jerusalem to restore the true cross.

(68)- The truce of Al-Hudaybiyah (6 to 8 H).

(69)- The prophet Muhammad and Abu Sufyan meet in their ancestor Ábdu Manaf.

HIS FACE IS NOT A FACE OF A LIAR

Abdu Allah ibn Salam

HADITH-1

Ábdu Allah ibn Salam (70) said,

When the Messenger of Allah arrived - meaning in Al-Medina -The people came out to meet him. It was said that the Messenger of Allah had arrived, so I went among the people to get a look at him. When I gazed upon the face of the Messenger of Allah, I knew that his face was not the face of a liar.

The first thing that he spoke about was that he said, "O you people! Spread the Salam, feed (others), and perform Salat while the people are sleeping; you will enter Paradise without fear.

Comments

(70)- Ábdu Allah ibn Salam was a Jewish rabbi, Ibn Saád stated that he was a descendant of Joseph; he embraced Islam when the prophet Muhammad came to Al-Madinah.

I TESTIFY THAT YOU ARE THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH

Ábdu Allah ibn Salam

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated,

When Ábdu Allah ibn Salam heard of the arrival of the Prophet at Al-Medina, he came to him and said, "I am going to ask you about three things which nobody knows except a Prophet,

  1. What is the first portent of the Hour?

  2. What will be the first meal taken by the people of Paradise?

  3. Why does a child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle (mother's brother)?

  * Allah's Messenger said, "Jibril (Gabriel) has just now told me of their answers."

  * Ábdu Allah said, "He (i.e., Jibril) from amongst all the angels is the enemy of the Jews."

  * Allah's Messenger said,

  1. "As for the first sign of the Hour, it will be a fire that will collect (or gather) the people from the east to the west.

  2. The first meal of the people of Paradise will be extra lobe (caudate lobe) of fish-liver.

  3. As for the resemblance of the child to its parents: If a man has sexual intercourse with his wife and gets discharge (71) first, the child will resemble the father, and if the woman gets discharge first, the child will resemble her."

On that Ábdu Allah ibn Salam said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of Allah."

Ábdu Allah ibn Salam further said, "O Allah's Messenger! The Jews are liars, and if they should come to know about my conversion to Islam before you ask them (about me), they would tell a lie about me. The Jews came to Allah's Messenger and Ábdu Allah went inside the house.

  * Allah's Messenger asked (the Jews), "What kind of man is Ábdu Allah ibn Salam amongst you?"

  * They replied, "He is the most learned person amongst us, and the best amongst us, and the son of the best amongst us."

  * Allah's Messenger said, "What do you think if he embraces Islam (will you do like him)?"

  * The Jews said, "May Allah save him from it."

Then Ábdu Allah ibn Salam came out in front of them saying, "I testify that La ilaha illa Allah, and that Muhammad Rasul Allah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad, is the Messenger of Allah)". »

Thereupon, they said, "He is the wicked amongst us, and the son of the wicked amongst us." So they degraded him and continued talking badly of him.

Comments

(71)- The original Arabic text is not explicit; we chose the most common interpretation though we are not sure it is the right one.

# CHAPTER 8

# PROPHECIES

HE TOLD US EVERYTHING

HADITH-1

Narrated Hudhayfah ibn Al-Yaman,

The Prophet once delivered a speech in front of us wherein he left nothing but mentioned (about) everything that would happen until the Hour. Some of us stored that in our minds and some forgot it.

(After that speech) I used to see events taking place (which had been referred to in that speech) but I had forgotten them (before their occurrence). Then I would recognize such events as a man recognizes another man who has been absent and then sees and recognizes him.

HADITH-2

Abu Zaid said,

The Messenger of Allah led us in Fajr prayer (Morning Prayer), and then he ascended the pulpit and addressed us until the time for Dhuhr (noon prayer) came. Then he came down and offered prayer. Then he ascended the pulpit, and addressed us until the time for Ásr (afternoon prayer) came. Then he came down and offered the prayer.

Then he ascended the pulpit and addressed us until the sun set. He told us about what had happened, and what would happen, and the ones who have the best knowledge of that are the ones who memorized the most of it.

THE FALSE PROPHETS

HADITH-1

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah,

That the Prophet said, "The Hour will not begin until Dadjalun (72) and liars have been appeared, nearly thirty, each of them claiming that he is a messenger of Allah.

Comments

(72)- Plural of "djadjal", literally the one who mixes truth with lies.

HADITH-2

Ábdu Allah ibn Ábbas narrated,

Musaylimah Al-Kadhdhab (i.e., the liar) (73) came in the lifetime of Allah's Messenger with many of his people (to Al-Medina) and said, "If Muhammad makes me his successor, I will follow him." Allah's Messenger went up to him with Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas (74) and Allah's Messenger was carrying a piece of a palm leaf stalk in his hand. He stood before Musaylimah (and his companions) and said, "If you asked me even this piece (of a palm leaf stalk), I would not give it to you. You cannot avoid the fate you are destined to by Allah. If you reject Islam, Allah will destroy you. I think that you are most probably the same person whom I have seen in the dream."

Ibn Ábbas added, Abu Hurayrah told me (after I asked him about the prophet's dream) that Allah's Messenger said (time ago), "While I was sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two gold bracelets round my arms, and that worried me too much (75). Then I was instructed divinely in my dream to blow them off, I blew them off, and they flew away. I interpreted the two bracelets as symbols of two liars who would appear after me." One of them was AI-Ánsi (76) and the other was Musaylimah (77) Al-Kadhab from Al-Yamama.

Comments

(73)- Al-Suhayli stated, "He was known as Abu Thumama, and also as Abu Harun. He was also referred to as Rahman of Al-Yamama. He was 150 years old at the time of his execution. He knew various forms of magic; he knew how to insert an egg into a long-necked bottle and was the first to do this. He would cut off a bird's wing, and then reattach it. He claimed that a gazelle would come down from the mountain and he would drink its milk.

(74)- Called the prophet's speaker.

(75)- Wearing gold is forbidden for men in Islam.

(76)- In 8 AH, the Persian governor of Yemen – named Bathan- and the Yemenites accepted Islam and Yemen became an Islamic province.

Hearing about Muhammad's sickness in 11 AH, a leader from Madhidj (Yemenite tribe) named Al-Aswad Al-Ánsi took advantage from this opportunity and claimed prophet hood. He invaded Nadjran, Sanaa, Hadramawt and Al-Bahrain after killing or expelling the Muslim agents.

The prophet Muhammad sent a message to his faithfuls in Yemen to do whatever they can to kill Al-Aswad and after three months of his rule, Al-Aswad was killed by Fayruz Al-Daylami and others with the assistance of Azad, the widow of Shahr ibn Bathan, whom Al-Aswad had married after he killed his husband.

(77)- In 10 AH, a delegation from Banu Hanifah (Arabian tribe), consisted of approximately ten men, came to Al-Medina where they accepted Islam in the mosque, but They had left a man called Musaylimah with their mounts, who did not enter the mosque neither accepted Islam. When the delegation informed the prophet about Musaylimah, he said, "His status is no worse than yours."

When they returned to Musaylimah and told him what the Messenger of Allah Had said, he commented, "He only said that because he knows that Power will come to me after him." Moreover, he began to express publicly the idea that he was a prophet just like Muhammad and he will never believe in him unless he appoints him as a prophet after him. Hearing about this, the prophet Muhammad came to Musaylimah and the conversation quoted by the previous text occurred between them."

Ibn Ishaq stated, "When they reached Al-Yamama, Musaylimah apostatized, proclaimed himself a prophet and told them many lies. He said, "I have been made his (the prophet) partner in this matter (the prophet hood)."

Thereafter he began to recite doggerel verse to them and to imitate the Quran; he made wine and fornication permissible for them and abolished all Islamic prayers. He nevertheless testified for Muhammad being a prophet. And Banu Hanifah was in agreement With him on that."

After the prophet's death, Musaylimah rose up against the new Caliph Abu Bakr but his forces were defeated by Khalid ibn Al-Walid as Musaylimah was killed in the Battle of Al-Yamama by Wahshi ibn Harb, the same man who killed Muhammad's uncle Hamza in the battle of Uhud.

HADITH-3

It was narrated from Abu Nawfal,

I saw Ábdu Allah ibn AL-Zubayr (78) (hanging) on the road to Al Madinah, and Quraysh and the people were passing by him. Ábdu Allah ibn Ùmar came by, and he stopped and said, "Peace be upon you, Abu Khubayb; peace be upon you, Abu Khubayb. Peace be upon you, Abu Khubayb, By Allah, I told you not to do this; by Allah, I told you not to do this, by Allah, I told you not to do this By Allah, as far as I know, you were devoted to fasting and prayer at night, and you upheld the ties of kinship. By Allah, a nation of which you are the worst is a good nation."

Then Ábdu Allah ibn Ùmar went away, and news of the position of Ábdu Allah, and what he had said reached A1-Hajjaj (79). He sent for him, and the body was taken down and thrown into the graveyard of the Jews. Then he sent for his mother Asmaa bint Abu Bakr, but she refused to come to him. The messenger said to her again, "Either you will come or I shall send to you one who will drag you by your hair." But she refused and said, "By Allah, I will not come until you send to me one who will drag me by my hair."

He (Al-Hajjaj) said, "Bring me my shoes." He put on his shoes and set out, swollen with pride, until he entered upon her.

  * He said, "What do you think about what I did to the enemy of Allah?"

  * She said, "I think that you ruined his life in this world, but he has ruined your life in the Hereafter. I heard that you said to him, O son of Dhat Al-Nitaqayn (the woman with two girdles). By Allah, I am the woman with two girdles, one of them; I used to hang the food of the Messenger of Allah (80) and the food of Abu Bakr out of the reach of wild animals, and the other was the girdle that no woman can do without. As for the Messenger of Allah told us,

"Among Thaqif (Arabian tribe) there will be a liar, and a great slaughterer." As for the liar, we have seen him (81), and as for the great slaughterer, I do not think that it is anyone but you."

He (the narrator) said, "He (Al-Hajjaj) got up and left her, and he did not reply her."

Comments

(78)- After Muáwiyah's death, Ábdu Allah ibn Al-Zubayr refused to swear allegiance to his son Yazid. He proclaimed himself Caliph, and the opponents of the Umayyads in Syria, Egypt, southern Arabia and Kufah recognized him as Caliph. After several battles, he was defeated and killed by Al-Hajjaj.

(79)- Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf Al-Thaqafi the butcher, the most criminal governor in Islamic history, he killed 120.000 persons and put 80.000 innocents in prison.

(80)- When he left Mecca for Al-Madinah.

(81)- After Al-Hussain's assassination, Al-Mukhtar ibn Abu Ùbayd Al-Thaqafi (from the Arabian tribe Thaqif) called for the revenge of his murder, he killed many of Al-Hussain's murderers and even some who supported them. His seek for vengeance made him the beloved of the Shiites and his popularity increased day by day until he claimed prophet hood. He was killed by Musàb ibn Al-Zubayr in 77 H.

THE FOUR CALIPHS

HADITH-1

Abu Hurayrah said, I heard Allah's Messenger saying,

While I was sleeping, I saw myself standing at a well, on it there was a bucket. I drew water from the well as much as Allah wished. Then Ibn Abu Quhafa (i.e., Abu Bakr) took the bucket from me, and brought out one or two buckets (of water) and there was weakness in his drawing the water. And Allah will forgive him his weakness.

Then the bucket turned into a very big one and Ibn Al-Khattab took it over and I had never seen such a strong person amongst the people as him in performing such hard work, till the people drank to their satisfaction and watered their camels that knelt down there." (82)

Comments

(82)- This dream refers to the first two caliphs who succeeded the Prophet Muhammad. The bucket means the succession of the prophet in his role of governor, the first one taking the bucket was Abu Bakr, which came true after the death of the prophet (11H) when Abu Bakr was appointed the first Caliph.

In the prophetic dream, we see that Abu Bakr's reign is described as short (one or two buckets) with some weakness (And there was in his weakness drawing the water), indeed the reign of the first Caliph only lasted 2 years and 3 months, a relatively short period. In terms of the weakness cited in the prophecy, scholars and commentators tend to explain it by the agitation experienced by that period specially the war of apostasy.

Al-ShafiÌy said, "When the prophet said that the way in which he (Abu Bakr) drew out water was characterized with a degree of weakness, he (the prophet) was referring to the short duration of Abu Bakr's caliphate, to his imminent death, and to the war he would fight in against the apostates. A war that would divert him from conquering new lands and expanding the borders of the Muslim nation. (Abu Bar by Sallabi)

This explanation seems illogical since Abu Bakr was not the cause of this apostasy but instead he was able to overcome the crisis and unite the Arabian Peninsula under the Islamic reign.

But remains to interpret the weakness attributed to his reign in the prophecy, it is quite probable that this dream insinuate that Abu Bakr in his nature and despite all his qualities and virtues, was not a statesman at least not as much as the second Caliph Ùmar.

The second to take the bucket, the second Caliph and the first Amir Al-Muminin (commander of the faithfuls), a man made for politics and reign, the most successful Caliph in all plans.

"It was during the ten years of Ùmar's caliphate that the most important conquests of Muslims occurred. Not long after Ùmar's accession, Muslim armies invaded Syria and Palestine, which at that time were part of the Byzantine Empire. In 639, Muslim armies invaded Egypt, which had also been under Byzantine rule. Within three years, Egypt became an Islamic province. By 641, all of Iraq was under Islamic control followed by Iran three years later. After the prophet himself, Umar was the principal figure in the spread of Islam. The conquest made by Ùmar, taking into account both their seize and their duration, are substantially more important than those of either Julius Caesar or Charlemagne." (The 100 _Michael Hart_.)

In the field of administration Umar was the first to divide the Islamic empire into provinces, to create departments, and build roads between the cities.

HADITH-2

Ábdu Allah Ibn Ábbas narrated,

A man came to Allah's Messenger and said,"I saw in a dream, a cloud having shade. Butter and honey were dropping from it and I saw the people gathering it in their hand, some gathering much and some a little. And behold, there was a rope extending from the earth to the sky, and I saw that you (the Prophet ) held it and went up, and then another man held it and went up, and (after that) another held it and went up, and then after another man held it, but it broke and then got connected again."

  * Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Messenger! Let my father be sacrificed for you! Allow me to interpret this dream."

  * The Prophet said to him, "Interpret it."

  * Abu Bakr said, "The cloud with shade symbolizes Islam, and the butter and honey dropping from it, symbolizes the Quran, its sweetness dropping and some people learning much of the Quran and some a little. The rope, which is extended from the sky to the earth, is the Truth that you (the Prophet) are following. You follow it and Allah will raise you high with it. Then another man will follow it and he will rise up with it. Then another man will follow it and he will rise up with it. Then another man will follow it but it will break and then it will be connected for him and he will rise up with it. O Allah's Messenger, Let my father be sacrificed for you! Am I right or wrong?"

  * The Prophet, replied, "You are right in some of it and wrong in some."

  * Abu Bakr said, "O Allah's Prophet! By Allah, you must tell me in what I was wrong."

  * The Prophet said, "Do not swear." (83)

Comments

(83)- In addition to the first two Caliphs mentioned in the previous text, this text refers to the third Caliph Ùthman ibn Áffan. The prophecy reveals that the first two men have literally followed the path of the prophet, but the third man has deviated slightly from this path but he was immediately returned to the right path.

Ùthman ibn Áffan was elected as the third caliph by six of the Prophet's character companions. He was a weaker character than his predecessors were. He was accused of nepotism when he gave the most prestigious posts to his own family members. He was killed by rebels in 35 H after 12 year of reign.

ISLAMIC CONQUESTS

AND THE SPREAD OF ISLAM

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik said,

The Messenger of Allah said," I will be the first one to intercede concerning Paradise. No Prophet was believed as I have been believed. Among the Prophets is a Prophet of whose people only one man believed in him."

HADITH-2

Thawban said,

The Messenger of Allah said," Allah drew the ends of the earth together for me to see, and I saw its eastern and western lands, and I saw that the dominion of my Ummah (nation) will reach as far as that which was drawn together for me to see (84). And I have been given the two treasures, the red and the white (85)."

Comments

(84)- Islamic empire stretched more from east to west than from south to north.

(85)- Gold and silver.

HADITH-3

Abu Hurayrah narrated,

Allah's Messenger said, "I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world (86) were brought to me and put in my hand."

Abu Hurayrah added, Allah's Messenger has left the world; and now (after the prophet died) you people are bringing out those treasures.

Comments

(86)- The ancient world.

HADITH-4

Narrated Khabbab ibn Al-Aratt,

We complained to Allah's Messenger (of the persecution inflicted on us by the infidels) while he was sitting in the shade of the Kaábah (87), leaning over his burd (i.e., covering sheet). We said to him, "Would you seek help for us? Would you pray to Allah for us?"

He said, "Among the nations before you a (believing) man would be put in a ditch that was dug for him, and a saw would be put over his head and he would be cut into two pieces, yet that (torture) would not make him give up his religion. His body would be combed with iron combs that would remove his flesh from the bones or nerves, yet that would not make him abandon his religion. By Allah, this religion (i.e., Islam) will prevail till a traveler from Al-Madinah to Hadramawt or Sanaa (in Yemen) will fear none but Allah, and the wolf as regards his sheep, but you (people) are hasty."

Comments

(87)- Before the Hegira.

HADITH-5

Jabir ibn Samurah narrated that Nafiá ibn Ùtbah said,

We were with the Messenger of Allah on a campaign, some people came to the Messenger of Allah from the west, wearing clothes of wool, and they met him by a hillock. They were standing, and the Messenger of Allah was sitting. I said to myself, "I shall go and stand between them and him, lest they assassinate him." Then I said, "Perhaps it is a private conversation between them."

So I went and stood between them and him, and I memorized four words from him, which I can count on my fingers.

He said, "You will fight in the Arabian Peninsula, and Allah will enable you to prevail over it, then (you will fight in) Persia, and Allah will enable you to prevail over it, then you will fight in Byzantium and Allah will enable you to prevail over it, then you will fight Al-Dadjdjal (the antichrist), and Allah will enable you to prevail over him."

Nafiá said, "O Jabir, we did not think that the Al-Dadjdjal would appear until Byzantium was conquered."

HADITH-6

Sufyan ibn Abu Zuhayr said,

I heard Allah's Messenger saying, "Yemen will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Al-Medina) and will urge their families and those who will obey them to migrate (to Yemen), although Al-Medina will be better for them; if they but knew.

Al-Sham (Great Syria) will also be conquered and some people will migrate (from Al-Medina) and will urge their families and those who will obey them to migrate (to Al-Sham), although Al-Medina will be better for them; if they but knew.

Iraq will be conquered and some people will migrate (from Al-Medina) and will urge their families and those who will obey them to migrate (to Iraq), although Al-Medina will be better for them; if they but knew."

HADITH-7

Ádi ibn Hatim said,

While I was in the city of the Prophet (Al-Medina), a man came and complained to him (the Prophet) of destitution and poverty. Then another man came and complained of robbery.

  * The Prophet said, "Ádi, have you been to Al-Hirah (88)?"

  * I said, "I haven't been to it, but I was informed about it."

  * He said, "If you should live for a long time, you will certainly see that a lady in a hawdadj (the covered couch on camels) travelling from Al-Hirah will (safely reach Mecca and) perform the Tawaf (ritual of pilgrimage) of the Kaábah, fearing none but Allah."

I said to myself, "What will happen to the robbers of the tribe of Tai (Ádi's tribe) who have spread evil throughout the country (89)?"

  * The Prophet, further said, "If you should live long, the treasures of Kisra (Khosrau (90)) will be opened (and taken as spoils)."

  * I asked, "You mean Kisra ibn Hurmuz (Khosrau son of Hormizd)?"

  * He said, "Kisra ibn Hurmuz; and if you should live long, you will see that one will carry a handful of gold or silver and go out looking for a person to accept it from him, but will find none to accept it from him (91). Each one of you will meet Allah, on the Day of his meeting with Him; there will be no translator between him and Allah to translate for him. And Allah will say to him "Didn't I send a Messenger to convey Our Message to you." He will say "Yes" Allah will say "Didn't I give you wealth and preferred you with favors?" He will say "Yes" Then he will look to his right and see nothing but Hell, and look to his left and see nothing but Hell."

Ádi further said, I heard the Prophet saying, "Save yourself from the (Hell) Fire even with half a date (to be given in charity) and if you do not find a half date, then with a good pleasant word."

Ádi added said (Later on), "I saw a woman in a Hawdadj travelling from Al-Hirah until she performed the Tawaf of the Kaábah, fearing none but Allah, And I was one of those who opened (conquered) the treasures of Kisra ibn Hurmuz. If you should live long, you will see what the Prophet Abu Al-Quasim had said, "A person will come out with a handful of gold..." etc.

Comments

(88)- Al-Hirah was the first historical Arab kingdom outside Arabia, (4th-7th centuries), in southern Iraq, ruled by Arab kings on behalf of the Sassanids, helping them to contain the nomadic Arabs to the south.

(89)- The Tai tribe lived between Al-Hijaz (the Arab desert) and Iraq, at that time it was impossible to pass through their territory without their permission.

(90)- Khosrau II entitled "Aparvez"-The Victorious –was the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, reigning from 590 to 628. He was the son of Hormizd IV (reigned 579–590) and the grandson of Khosrau I (reigned 531–579). He was the last king of Persia to have a lengthy reign before the Muslim conquest of Iran, which began five years after his death by assassination.

(91)- Al- Bayhaqui recounts that during the reign of Umar ibn Ábd al-Áziz (99-101 H), people used to come to the Treasurer with huge sums of money and told him "give that money to the poor if you know, for we cannot find anyone."

HADITH-8

Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari said (92),

The Messenger of Allah said, "You will conquer Egypt, and it is a land in which the currency is the Quirat (93). When you conquer it, treat its people kindly, for they have protection (Dhimmah) and kindship But if you see two men fighting over a space the size of a brick, then leave."

He said, "I saw Ábdu Al-Rahman ibn Shurahbil ibn Hasanah and his brother Rabiáh, fighting over a space the size of a brick, so I left."

Comments

(92)- In Sahih Muslim as in the other cited sources, this text is reported by two contradictory chains. The first one reported by Ábdu Allah ibn Wahb, states that Ábdu Al-Rahman- ibn Shamasa Al-Mahri (one of the sub narrators) has heard this text directly from Abu Dharr. But the other chain reported by Djarir ibn Hazim claims that Abdu Al-Rahman ibn Shamasa Al-Mahri has narrated this text from Abu Basra (another companions) who has narrated it from Abu Dharr. If Djarir ibn Hazim is right, there is nothing to say about the authenticity of the text. But if it's Ibn Wahb who is right, there is very likely that the chain of narration is interrupted because we are not sure that Abdu Al-Rahman ibn Shamasa heard anything from Abu Dharr, as noted Shams Al-Din Al-Dhahabi in his book "Tarikh Al-Islam" History of Islam.

(93)- The Quirat, from ancient Greek κεράτιον keration (small weight) is a unit of measure. However, there is a difference of opinions regarding the Quirat quoted in this Hadith; the majority of commentators assert that it is the unit of measurement or a currency that was common in Egypt at that time. Harmalah ibn Yahia one of the narrators of this text, who was Egyptian himself, tells that the Egyptians used to call their festivals Quirat. Another view is that of Al-Tahaoui, another Egyptian said that the Quirat was a word often used by Egyptians in their verbal insults.

(94)- Since Hagar the mother of the late Arabs was Egyptian and Maria-Muhammad's servant and mother of his son Ibrahim -was also Egyptian.

HADITH-9

Jabir ibn Samurah said,

I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "A group of Muslims, or, of believers, will lay open the treasure of Kisra which is in the white palace (95).

Jabir added I was one of them.

Comments

(95)- The white palace or the Iwan of Kisra, in the city of Ctesiphon, an ancient city located in front of Seleucia on the Tigris, on the left bank of the Tigris, 30 km southeast of the present city of Baghdad Iraq, Capital of the Persians under the Sassanid Empire, conquered by Muslims in 16 H.

HADITH-8

Abu Hurairah narrated,

The Messenger of Allah said, "When Kisra dies, there will be no Kisra after him. When Caesar dies, there will be no Caesar after him. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you will spend their treasures in the cause of Allah. (96) "

Comments

(96)- This prophecy talks about the future of the Arabian Peninsula only, which was occupied in a large part by the two empires. Therefore, what the Prophet Muhammad prophesied in this Hadith is that Khosrau II will be the last Persian king to occupy part of the Arabian Peninsula (Iraq) of that same Heraclius will be the last Byzantine emperor to occupy a part of the Arabian Peninsula (Syria).

(97)- The conquest of Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Egypt.

After the invasion of Yemen by the Abyssinians, the Yemenite king Sayf ibn Dhu Yazan called for the Persian help, Yemen was invaded by the Sassanids and became a Persian province.

By the time the little Islamic state began to grow up, there were many delegations from Yemen toward Al-Madinah and many Yemenite tribes were converted to Islam.

In 9 AH, the prophet Muhammad sent a message to Bathan; the Persian governor of Yemen calling him to Islam, he accepted and embraced Islam and almost the whole country immediately followed him.

In 10 AH, the prophet Muhammad sent Áli ibn Abu Talib to Yemen, the number of Islamic tribes increased making the country ready for an Islamic reign, and the prophecy was fulfilled.

Syria became a roman province in 64 BC then was attached to the Byzantine Empire in 395 AD after the division of the Roman Empire.

The first Islamic military expedition against the Byzantines was in 8 AH when the two armies met in Mutah (Jordan) and after two days of fight they withdrew and there was no victor.

The real conflict began in 13 AH; when Abu Bakr (the first caliph) sent his armies to Syria, but after five months inside the Syrian territory the Muslim armies did not achieve great victories, so Abu Bakr decide to move his favorite general Khalid ibn Al-Walid from Iraq to Syria.

Khalid reached Syria in six days, he took Tadmur and Busrah within a month and won a great victory in Yarmouk (Jordan), Ajnadyn (in Palestine) and Marj Al-Safr (near Damascus) paving the way for his successor to conquer Damascus.

After Abu Bakr's death, Ùmar took over the caliphate; he replaced Khalid by Abu Ùbaydah ibn Al-Djarrah who conquered Damascus, Tabaryah, Hims, Baalbek, Aleppo and Antakya.

In 15 AH Ùmar himself went to Syria and conquered Jerusalem and by the end of this year the whole Syria became an Islamic province and the prophecy was fulfilled.

In the beginning of 12 AH, and barely out of the wars of riddah, the first caliph Abu Bakr took an unexpected decision; the invasion of Persia, one of the two most powerful empires in that time. He moved Khalid ibn al Walid, from al Yamama to Iraq to help Al Muthanna ibn Haritha who already began to attack the frontiers of Iraq.

Khalid reached Iraq with 18000 soldiers and after several victories against the Sassanids and their Arabian allies; he conquered Al-Hirah the most important city in southern Iraq.

In the end of this year, Khalid was called to reinforce the Muslim armies in the roman front and the Muslims continued their headway in the Persian territory.

Then in Shaàban 13 AH, the Persian armies won a great victory in the battle of the bridge and the Muslims lost 4000 soldiers, so Ùmar sent another 4000 soldiers to reinforce his armies in Iraq. The two armies met in Al-Buwayb and the Muslims won the battle.

In Shaàban 15 AH Ùmar sent Saád ibn Abu Wakkas with 32000 soldiers to face 250000 Persians in Al-Qadisiyah, where a fierce and decisive battle took place, after five days of fight, victory was in the Muslims side paving the way to Ctesiphon capital of the Sassanid Empire. The Muslim armies took Ctesiphon in Safar 16 AH without a fight.

After that, the Persian cities began to fall one after another, until 21 AH when the last Persian castle Nahawand was conquered, which marked the last breaths of the Sassanid Empire, the whole Persia became an Islamic province and the prophecy was fulfilled.

The Egyptian Islamic Relations first began in the time of the Prophet Muhammad, when he sent to the Byzantine governor of Egypt, a message inviting him to Islam. However, the Byzantine governor did not embrace Islam and sent to Muhammad some gifts.

In the time of Ùmar ibn Al-Khattab, after the conquest of the great Syria, Ùmar sent his armies, (estimated to be 4,000 soldiers) toward Egypt under the leadership of Ámr ibn Al-Ás.

Hearing about this military movement toward his country, Cyrus sent his forces to meet the Islamic Army, the two armies fought in a place called Farma in Safar 20 AH and the Muslims were victorious.

After that Ámr penetrated the Egyptian desert toward the Fortress of Babylon, which he besieged for seven months before it fall in Dhu Al-Hidja 20 AH.

The next destination was Alexandria the capital of Egypt, the Muslim army helped by the Copts (the aborigines of the country) has besieged the capital for three months, this long siege and the sudden death of Heraclius made the city vulnerable. Faced with this situation, Cyrus had no choice other than to open the doors of his city to the new governors of the country in Ramadan 21 AH and the prophecy was fulfilled.

COUNT SIX BEFORE THE END OF THE WORLD

HADITH-1

Áwf ibn Malik said,

I went to the Prophet during the Ghazwa (battle or raid) of Tabuk while he was sitting in a leather tent.

He said, "Count six signs that indicate the approach of the Hour,

  1. My death,

  2. The conquest of Jerusalem,

  3. A mass death that will afflict as the dreadful disease that afflicts sheep (98),

  4. The increase of wealth to such an extent that even if one is given one hundred Dinars, he will not be satisfied;

  5. Then a Fitnah (an affliction) which no Arab house will escape (99),

  6. Then a truce between you and Banu Al-Asfar (the Romans or the Byzantines) who will betray you and attack you under eighty flags. Under each flag will be twelve thousand soldiers (100)."

Comments

(98)- In 18 H and just after the conquest of Jerusalem, a terrible plague has spread in Jordan, it is said that this disease has made 70,000 dead in just three days.

(99)- Islamic history has experienced many conflicts starting with the assassination of the third Caliph Ùthman in 35H.

(100)- According to the hadith commentators, this event falls within the future.

CONFLICTS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE DECLINE

HADITH-1

Abdu Allah ibn Ámr ibn Al-Ás narrated

  * That the Messenger of Allah said, "When you prevail over the Persians and Byzantines, how will you be?"

  * Abdu Al-Rahman ibn Áwf said, "We will do what Allah has commanded us."

  * The Messenger of Allah said, "Or will you do something other than that. You will compete with one another, and then feel jealous of one another, then forsake one another, then bear enmity against one another, and the like, then you will go to the poor among the Muhadjirun and appoint some of them as leaders of others." (101)

Comments

(101)- Spiritually and socially, Islam experienced its golden age at the time of the prophet despite all the difficult conditions that crossed the Muslims at that time. After the death of the Prophet came the period called "the age of the Rightly Guided Caliphs", the first part of this period that covers the reign of the first two Caliphs was the closest and most similar to the prophetic time. However, it is in the second part that things started to change, pious and virtuous men, who once mocked the joys of life and resisted every temptation, gradually forgot their principles and yielded to this new life full pleasures and whims.

And as the prophet had foretold, the prosperity experienced by the Muslim world at that time was not without consequences nor without price, brotherhood gave way to jealousy and hatred has replaced love, brothers of the past have become enemies and soldiers who fought side by side are now face to face.

HADITH-2

It was narrated from Usama,

That the Prophet looked out over one of the battlements of Al-Madinah and said, "Do you see what I see? I see the places of tribulation among your houses like the places where rain falls."

HADITH-3

Abu Hurairah said,

The Messenger of Allah said, "There will be tribulations during that one who is sitting is better than one who is standing, and one who is standing is better than one who is walking, and one who is walking is better than one who is running. He who sees them will be drawn to them, and whoever find a refuge from them, let him seek protection therein."

HADITH-4

Thawban narrated,

That the prophet said, "I asked my Lord not to let my Ummah be destroyed by a widespread famine, and not to let them be dominated by an enemy that is not of them that would destroy them utterly."

My Lord said, "Muhammad, when I decree something it cannot be altered. I have granted you that your Ummah will not be destroyed by a widespread famine, and it will not be dominated by an enemy, that is not of them, that would destroy them utterly, even if all people from all regions were to come together (to destroy them). However, some of them will destroy others and some will take others captive."

ÙMAR'S ASSASSINATION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE FITNAH

HADITH-

Hudhayfah ibn Al-Yaman said,

  * Ùmar (ibn Al-Khattab) said, "Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger about Al-Fitnah (trial and affliction)?"

  * I said, "I know it exactly as the Prophet said."

  * Ùmar said, "No doubt, you are bold. How did he say it?"

  * I said, "A man's Fitnah caused by his wife, children and neighbors is expiated by (his) Salat (prayer), charity, and enjoining Al -Maáruf (all that Islamic ordains)."

  * Ùmar said, "I did not mean that, but I ask about that Al-Fitnah which will spread like the waves of the sea."

  * I said, "O chief of the believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it."

  * He asked, "Will the door be broken or opened?"

  * I replied, "No, it will be broken."

  * He said, "Then, if it is broken, it will never be closed again?"

  * I replied, "Yes."

A sub narrator said, we were afraid to ask him (Hudhayfah) about that door, so we asked Masruq to inquire, and he asked Hudhayfah regarding it. Hudhayfah said, "The door was Ùmar"

We further asked Hudhayfah whether Ùmar knew what that door meant. Hudhayfah replied in the affirmative and added, "He knew it as one knows that there will be a night before the tomorrow morning."

HADITH-2

Anas ibn Malik narrated,

The Prophet once climbed the mountain of Uhud with Abu Bakr, Ùmar and Ùthman. The mountain shook with them. The Prophet said (to the mountain), "Be firm, O Uhud, for on you there are no more than a Prophet, a Siddiq (102) and two martyrs (103)."

Comments

(102)- The Siddiq is the one who reached the highest degree of honesty; in his belief, his statements and his deeds, a high degree that comes just after the degree of the prophets. The Prophet Muhammad himself used the name of Siddiq to Abu Bakr, the man who believed in him when everyone called him a liar.

(103)- Ámr ibn Maymun said, "The day Ùmar was stabbed; there was nobody between him and me (in the Morning Prayer) except Ábdu Allah ibn Ábbas. Whenever Ùmar used to pass between the rows, he used to say,"Stand in straight lines." (That day)When he saw no defect (in the rows), he went forward and started the prayer with Takbir. He started to recite Surat Yusuf or Al-Nahl in the first Rakáh so that the people may have the time to join the Salat (prayer).

Suddenly, I heard him saying, "The dog has killed or eaten me," at the time he (i.e., the murderer) stabbed him. A non-Arab infidel proceeded on, carrying a double-edged knife and stabbing all the persons he passed by on the right and left till he stabbed thirteen persons out of whom seven died. When one of the Muslims saw that, he threw a cloak on him. Realizing that he had been captured, the non-Arab infidel killed himself. Ùmar held the hand of Abdu Al-Rahman ibn Áwf and let him lead the prayer. Those who were standing by the side of Ùmar saw what I saw, but the people who were in the other parts of the mosque did not see anything, but they lost the voice of Ùmar and they were saying, "Subhan Allah, Subhan Allah, (i.e. Glorified be Allah) ." Ábdu-Al-Rahman ibn Áwf led the people in a short prayer.

When they finished the prayer, Ùmar said, "O Ibn Ábbas! Find out who attacked me." Ibn Ábbas kept on looking here and there for a short time and came to say, "The slave of Al-Mughira." On that Ùmar said, "The craftsman?" Ibn Ábbas said, "Yes." Ùmar said, "May Allah curses him. I treated him well. All the praises and thanks are to Allah who has not caused me to die at the hands of a man who claims to be a Muslim. No doubt, you and your father (Ábbas) used to love to have more non-Arab infidels in Al-Medina.

Then Ùmar was carried to his house, and we went along with him, the people were as if they had never suffered any calamity before that day. Some said, "Do not worry (he will be alright soon)." Some said, "We are afraid (that he will die)." Then an infusion of dates was brought to him and he drank it but it came out (of the wound) of his belly. Then milk was brought to him and he drank it, and it came out of his belly. The people realized that he would die. (Sahih Al-Bukhari (3700))

Ùmar was murdered in Dhu Al-Hidja 23 H and the prophecy was fulfilled.

ÙTHMAN'S ASSASSINATION

HADITH-1

Abu Musa Al-Ashári said,

I performed ablution in my house and then went out and said (to myself), Today I shall stick to (or remain constantly with) Allah's Messenger and stay with him all this day of mine (in his service). I went to the mosque and asked about the Prophet, They said, He had gone in this direction. So I followed his way, asking about him till he entered a place called the well of Aris. I sat at its gate that was made of date-palm leaves until the Prophet finished answering the call of nature and performed ablution. Then I went up to him to see him sitting at the well of Aris at the middle of its edge with his legs uncovered, hanging in the well. I greeted him, went back, and sat at the gate. I said (to myself)," Today I will be the gatekeeper of the Prophet."

Abu Bakr came and pushed the gate. I asked, "Who is it?" He said, "Abu Bakr." I told him to wait, went in and said, "Allah's Messenger! Abu Bakr asks the permission to enter." He said, "Admit him and give him the glad tidings that he will enter Paradise." So I went out and said to Abu Bakr, "Come in, and Allah's Messenger gives you the glad tidings that you will enter Paradise." Abu Bakr entered and sat on the right side of Allah's Messenger on the built edge of the well and hung his legs in the well as the Prophet did, and uncovered his legs. I then returned and sat (at the gate). I had left my brother performing ablution and he intended to follow me. So I said (to myself), "If Allah wants well for so-and-so (i.e., my brother) He will bring him here."

Suddenly somebody moved the door. I asked, "Who is it?" He said, "Ùmar ibn Al-Khattab." I asked him to wait, went to Allah's Messenger, greeted him and said, Ùmar ibn Al- Khattab asks the permission to enter." He said, "Admit him, and give him the glad tidings that he will enter Paradise." I went to Ùmar and said, "Come in, and Allah's Messenger gives you glad tidings that you will enter Paradise." So, he entered and sat beside Allah's Messenger on the built edge of the well on the left side and hung his legs in the well. I returned and sat (at the gate) and said, (to myself), "If Allah wants well for so-and-so, He will bring him here."

Somebody came and moved the door. I asked, "Who is it?" He replied, "Ùthman ibn Áffan." I asked him to wait, went to the Prophet and informed him. He said, "Admit him, and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise after a calamity that will befall him." So, I went up to him and said to him, "Come in, Allah's Messenger gives you the glad tidings of entering Paradise after a calamity that will befall you." Ùthman then came in and found that the built edge of the well was occupied, so he sat opposite to the Prophet on the other side.

Saìd ibn Al-Musayab said, "I interpret this (narration) in terms of their graves."

HADITH-2

Áishah wife of the messenger said,

When he was ill, the Messenger of Allah said, "I would like to have some of my Companions with me."

  * We said," O Messenger of All Shall we call Abu Bakr for you?"

  * But he remained silent.

  * We said, "Shall we call Ùmar for you?"

  * But he remained silent.

  * We said, "Shall we call 'Ùthman for you?"

  * He said, "Yes."

So Ùthman came and he spoke to him in private. The Prophet started to speak to him and Ùthman's expression was changing."

Qays said, "Abu Sahlah, the freed slave of Ùthman, narrated to me that on the Day of the house (104), [when Ùthman was besieged, we said, "O commander of the believers, should we not fight (for you)?] Ùthman ibn Áffan said, "[No] the Messenger of Allah told me what would happen and now the day has come." (105)

Comments

(104)- The Day of the House, This refers to the day when the rebels besieged Ùthman in his house and murdered him.

(105)- The third Caliph Ùthman made some changes compared to his predecessors, changes that have not pleased everyone especially some Egyptians led by some son of companions of the Prophet. They showed their displeasure by sending a delegation to Al-medina to blame the Caliph, Ùthman sent to them Áli ibn Abu Talib who calmed them and convinced them to return to Egypt.

After that, Ùthman made a statement of repentance publicly, vowing to change his politics, but his cousin Marwan ibn Al-Hakam convinced him to go back on his word. The news had spread very quickly throughout the Muslim world, the anti Ùthman of Egypt, Al-Kufah and Al-Basra were unified and letters in the names of the companions of the prophet were falsified inciting fighting Ùthman.

In Shawal 35 AH, a group of Egyptian (between 600 and 1000) left Egypt to Al-Medina in order to appoint Ali ibn Abu Talib as Caliph instead of Ùthman, they gathered around Al-Medina after that other groups from Al-Kufah and Al-Basra have joined them. The rebels tried to drag Ali ibn Abu Talib, Talha ibn Ùbayd Allah and Al- Zubayr ibn Al-Áwwam with them but they refused strictly. Therefore, the rebels pretended to leave Al-Madinah and return to their country, but after a few days, they returned suddenly to Al-Medina and besieged the house of Ùthman. After 40 days of siege, Ùthman ordered the 700 persons who were nearly ready to defend him to return home, and told his slaves that whoever sheathed his sword in its scabbard win his freedom. And when everyone was left, the rebels entered the house after having burn the door and killed the Caliph Ùthman in 18 Dhu Al-Hidja 34 AH and the prophecy was fulfilled.

BATTLE OF THE CAMEL

HADITH-1

Qays ibn Abu Hazim said,

When Aisha reached the well of Banu Ámir, the dogs barked on her.

  * She said, "Which well is this?"

  * They said the well of Al-Hawab."

  * She said, "I think I will go home".

  * They said, "(No) but you will go (to the Basra) so the Muslims will see you and Allah will bring conciliation with you."

  * She said, "The messenger of Allah said to us (his wives) one day, which one of you the dogs of el Hawab will bark on her?" (106)

Comments

(106)- Unlike Umar's assassination, which was an individual act, killing Ùthman gave rise to a political religious crisis. How it was possible for a bunch of rabbles to besiege and murder the Caliph of the most powerful empire in that time!

At that time Al-Sham (great Syria), which was under Muáwiyah's control, was the capital of the Umayyads ; Ùthman's family, thus the whole Syria refused to submit to Áli ibn Abu Talib the new Caliph unless he take revenge on Ùthman's murderers. The forth caliph had his reasons and refused to respond to their wishes, he gathered his army and decided to head for Al-Sham to fight the rebels Umayyads.

However, during this time, another problem arose from Makkah; a third army seeking for revenge with the prophet's wife Áishah in command who was riding a camel named Áskar. The army departed from Makkah toward Al-Basra, on their way Aisha wanted to return home but people around her dissuaded her and convinced her to keep moving. Consequently, Áli decided to change his destination to Al-Basra where the two armies in Rabiá Al-Awwal 36 H, the battle has made 10,000 victims, some of the heads of the Muslim community were killed like Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Áwwam and Talha ibn Ùbayd Allah.

After the end of the battle on the day of the Camel, Áli came to Áishah and said to her,"May Allah forgive you." She said, "And you too. I only wanted to set things straight."

Ibn al-Árabi said, "As for her going out to the Battle of the Camel, she did not set out to fight, but the people pinned their hopes on her and complained to her about how bad the turmoil and confusion had become. They hoped by her blessing to set things straight and that the people would show respect for her and comply when she took a stance among them. She also thought that herself." (Áli by Sallabi)

THE BIG FITNAH

HADITH-1

Abu Hurayrah narrated,

Allah's Messenger said, "The Day of (Judgment) will not be established until there is a fight—war between two groups, among whom there will be a great number of casualties, whose claims (to religion) will be the same (107).

Comments

(107)- After the battle of the camel, Ali headed Syria to fight Muáwiyah, who has not changed his mind about the revenge of Ùthman.

Ibn Taymiyah said, "Muáwiyah did not claim to be the caliph, and allegiance was not sworn to him as caliph when he fought Áli. He did not fight on the basis that he was a caliph or on the basis that he deserved that position. Muáwiyah's party affirmed that Áli was the caliph, and Muáwiyah would confirm to anyone who asked him that Áli was the caliph. Neither Muáwiyah nor his companions thought of initiating fighting against Áli and his companions"(Áli by Sallabi)

Ibn Hazm said, "Muáwiyah never denied Áli's virtue or his entitlement to the caliphate. But in his opinion, he believed that priority should be given to settling the issue of retaliation with regard to the murderers of 'Ùthman over the issue of allegiance, and he thought that he himself was most entitled to seek retaliation for the blood of Ùthman" (Áli by Sallabi).

The two armies met in Siffin, an ancient village near the right bank of the Euphrates, in the first days of Dhu Al-Hidja 36 AH, the Islamic sources claimed that both armies had approximately the same size (more than 100,000 warriors). The whole month passed without a serious fight besides a series of duels and skirmishes.

The next month was dedicated to a truce and the serious things began the third month, 9 days of cruel fight before the Syrians put copies of the Quran in their lances and called for the arbitration according to God's book and his prophet's Sunnah.

The arbitration was not decisive and another meeting was programed for the next Ramadan. The scale of the slaughters in the Islamic sources varies between 70000 and 140000 Muslims and the prophecy was fulfilled.

KILLING ÁMMAR

HADITH-1

Ìkrimah narrated that

Ibn Ábbas told him and Áli ibn Ábdu Allah (ibn Ábbas's son) to go to Abu Saìd (Al-Khudri) and listen to some of his narrations. So we both went (and saw) Abu Saìd and his brother irrigating a garden belonging to them.

When he saw us, he came up to us and sat down with his legs drawn up and wrapped in his garment and said, "(During the construction of the mosque of the Prophet ) we carried the adobe of the mosque, one brick at a time while Ámmar used to carry two at a time. The Prophet passed by Ámmar, removed the dust off his head, and said, "May Allah be Merciful to Ámmar. The unjust (unfair) group will kill him. Ámmar will be inviting them (his murderers) to (obey) Allah and they will invite him to the (Hell) fire." (108)

Comments

(108)- Ámmar ibn Yasir was a pro Áli, he was killed during the battle of Siffin and the prophecy was fulfilled. Ámr ibn Hazm entered upon Ámr ibn Al-Ás and said, "Ámmar was killed, and the Messenger of Allah said of him," He will be killed by the group that is the wrong". Ámr ibn Al-Ás got up in a panic and went to Muáwiyah who said to him, "What is the matter with you?" He said, "Ámmar has been killed." Muáwiyah said, "So what?" Ámr said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say to him, "You will be killed by the group that is in the wrong." Muáwiyah said to him, "You are unstable, did we kill him? He was killed by Áli and his companions; they brought him out and threw him among our spears."

THE KHARIDJITS

HADITH-1

Abu Saìd Al-Khudri narrated,

[Áli ibn Abu Talib sent a piece of gold not yet taken out of its ore, in a tanned leather container to Allah's Messenger. Allah's Messenger distributed that amongst four persons.] While the Prophet was distributing (war booty etc.) one day, Dhu Al-Khuwaysirah a man [with sunken eyes, raised cheek bones, raised forehead, a thick beard, a shaven head and a waist sheet that was tucked up] from the tribe of Banu Tamim said, "Allah's Messenger, act justly."

The Prophet said, "Woe to you! Who else would act justly if I did not act justly?" Ùmar said (to the Prophet), "Allow me to chop his neck off." The Prophet said, "No, for he has companions (who are apparently so pious that), if anyone (of you) compares [his Salat (prayer) with] their Salat, he will consider his Salat (prayer) inferior to theirs, and similarly his Sawm (fasting) inferior to theirs. But they will desert Islam (go out of religion) as an arrow goes through the victim's body (game etc.). in which case if its nasl (109) is examined nothing will be seen thereon, and its nadhy is examined, nothing will be seen thereon, and if its qudhadh is examined, nothing will be seen thereon, for the arrow has gone out very fast even for the excretions and blood to smear over it.

Such people will come out at the time of difference among the (Muslim) people. And the sign by which they will be recognized will be a man whose one of the two hands will look like the breast of a woman or a lump of flesh moving loosely [I think he also said, "If I should be present at their time, I would kill them as the nations of Thamud were killed.] "

Abu Saìd added, "I testify that I heard that from the Prophet and also testify that I was with Áli (ibn Abu Talib) when he fought against those people. The man described by the Prophet was searched for among the killed, and was found, and he was exactly as the Prophet; had described him. "

Comments

(109)- The nasl, the nadhy and the qudhadh are the three components of the arrow.

HADITH-2

Zayd ibn Wahb Al-Juhani narrated that

He was in the army that was with Áli, which went to deal with Al-Khawaridj (the kharidjits). Áli said, [O people, I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "There will emerge some people from my Ummah (Muslim's nation) who will recite the Quran, and your recitation would seem insignificant in comparison to theirs, and your prayer would seem insignificant in comparison to theirs, and your fasting would seem insignificant in comparison to theirs. They will recite the Quran, thinking that it is in their favor. When in fact, it is against them and their prayer will not go any further than their collarbones. They will pass out of Islam as an arrow passes out of the prey. If the army that encounters them knew what has been decreed for them on the tongue of their Prophet, they would rely upon that action. The sign of that is that among them, there is a man who has an upper arm but no forearm, and the end of his upper arm is like a nipple with white hairs." (Áli added) You will go to Muáwiyah and the people of Al-Sham and you will leave these people to look after your families and wealth. By Allah, I believe that these are the people in question, for they have shed forbidden blood and raided the flocks of the people. So march forth, in the Name of Allah]

Salamah ibn Kuhayl said, "Zayd ibn Wahb described to me the stops (made by the army) until he said, "Then we crossed a bridge, and when we met (the Kharidjits) who were being led that day by Ábdu Allah ibn Wahb Al-Rasibi, he (Ábdu Allah) said to (his men),"Throw your spears and draw your swords from their sheaths, for I am afraid that they may urge you to negotiate as they did on the day of (the battle of) Harura." So they went back and threw their spears and unsheathed their swords, and (the companions of Áli) fought hack with their spears, and they (the Kharidjits) were killed and piled up one on top of another, but only two of the people (companions of Áli) were killed that day.

Áli said, "Look if the deformed one is among them." So they looked but they did not find him, Áli stood up himself and (looked) until he came to some people who had been killed and piled up one on top of another, and he said, "Search them till the last man."

They found him next to the earth (at the bottom of the heap) and Áli said the Takbir, then he said, "Allah spoke the truth and His Messenger conveyed it."

Then Ábidah Al-Salmani went to him and said, "O Commander of the Believers, by Allah, besides whom there is none worthy of worship, did you hear this Hadith from the Messenger of Allah?" Then he repeated his question three times, and Áli affirmed it each time."]

HADITH-3

Abu Saìd A1-Khudri said,

The Messenger of Allah said," There will be among my Ummah two groups, from among whom (a third) group will secede, and they will be killed by those who are closer to the truth."

HADITH-4

Abu Saìd Al-Khudri said,

We were waiting for the messenger of Allah, when he came out his footwear ripped, he gave them to Áli to fix them and said, "there will be (among you) who will fight for the interpretation of the Quran as I fought for its revelation." Abu Bakr said, "Me" He said, "No" Ùmar said, "Me" He said, "No, but the one with the footwear (Áli)." (110)

Comments

(110)- While the majority of Ali's army readily adopted the proposal of conciliation, one group of warriors, mainly of the tribe of Tamim, vigorously protested against the setting up of a human tribunal above the divine word, loudly protesting, "Judgment belongs to Allah alone". They left the army, and withdrawing to the Village of Harura not far from Al-Kufah. They elected as their chief an obscure soldier, Abdu Allah Ibn Wahb Al-Rasibi. Because they went out from the Ummah, they were called Al-Khawaridj (those who went out).

The extreme fanaticism of the Khawaridj at once manifested itself in a series of extremist proclamations and terrorist actions. Ibn Hazm said, "Whoever rejects the arbitration, regards anyone who commit a major sin as a disbeliever and so will abides in hell forever, says that people should rebel against unjust rulers, is a Kharidjit."

The forth Caliph was keen to bring the Kharidjits back to the main body of the nation, he sent Ibn Ábbas to debate with them.

Ibn Ábbas said, "I went out to them, I entered upon them in a house in the middle of the day.

  * They said, "What brings you here?"

  * I said, "I have come to you from the companions of the Prophet, the Muhadjirun and the Ansar, and from the cousin of the Prophet and his son in law, among whom the Quran was revealed and who have more knowledge of its interpretation than you. None of them is among you, so I need to convey to you what they are saying and to convey to them what you are saying. Tell me what you are upset about with regard to the companions of the Prophet and his cousin?"

  * They said, "there are three things;

  1. Firstly, he left the judgement to men concerning a matter of religion and Allah said (The judgment is only for Allah) Quran (6/57). What does man have to do with judgment and ruling?

  2. He fought and did not take the womenfolk of his opponents captive or take any booty. If they are disbelievers, we should be allowed to take their womenfolk captive, if they are believers, it is not permissible to take their womenfolk captive or to fight them.

  3. He erased his title of commander of the believers (in the arbitration), if he is not the leader of the believers, then he is the leader of the disbelievers."

  * I said, "If I bring evidence to you from the Quran and the tradition of his Prophet to answer your questions, do you think that you will recant?"

  * They said, "Yes."

  * I said, "With regard to what you said about him leaving the judgment to men concerning a matter of religion, I shall recite to you from the Quran to show that Allah delegated his ruling to men with regard to something worth quarter of dirham, and Allah instructed them to issue a ruling concerning it. Do you not see that Allah says, (O you who believe , kill not the game while you are in a state of ihram and whosoever of you kills it intentionally, the penalty is an offering , brought to the Kaaba, of an eatable animal equivalent to the one he killed as adjudged by two men among you) Quran(5/95). This verse refers to something concerning which men are to judge. I adjure you by Allah, is the judgement of men with regard to reconciling between people and sparing their blood more important than the judgement on a rabbit?"

  * They said, "Yes, this is more important."

  * I said, "concerning a woman and her husband, Allah says, (If you fear a breach between them twain (the man and his wife), appoint an arbitrator from his family and an arbitrator from her family) Quran (4/35). I adjure you by Allah, is the judgement of men to bring reconciliation between people and spare their blood more important than their judgement concerning a woman and her husband? Have I answered this point?"

  * They said, "Yes."

  * I said, "With regard to your saying that he fought and did not take the woman captive or take any booty, would you take your mother Áishah captive and regard her as permissible like any other woman, when she is your mother? If you say, we regard her as permissible like any other woman, then you have become disbelievers, and if you say, she is not our mother, you have become disbelievers. (The prophet is closer to the believers than their own selves are and his wives are their mothers)Quran (33/6).Either way, it is misguidance, so how could you answer this? Have I answered your point?"

  * They said, "Yes".

  * I said, "As for your saying that he has erased the title of the commander of the believers, I shall quote to you something that you will accept. On the day of Al-Hudaybiyah, the prophet made a treaty with the polytheists. He said, "O Áli, write: this is what was agreed by Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah." They (the polytheists) said, if we accepted that you are the Messenger of Allah, we would not have fought you." The Messenger of Allah said, "Erase Áli, O Allah you now that I am the Messenger of Allah. Erase it O Áli and write: this is what was agreed by Muhammad ibn Ábdu Allah." By Allah, the Messenger of Allah is better than Áli and he erased it. Erasing this tittle does not mean that he gave up prophet hood. Have I answered this point?"

  * They said, "Yes."

Two thousand of them recanted but the rest of them continued their rebellion.

The kharidjits regarded those who disagreed with them as disbelievers whose blood and wealthy they thought were permissible for them, they started to shed the blood of innocent people.

A man from Ábdu Al-Quays who ones had been one of them said, "while I was with a group of them, we came to a village and between us and the village was a river. A man came rushing out of the village in fear dragging his upper garment;

  * They said to him, "have we scared you?"

  * He said, "Yes."

  * They said, "Don't be scared."

By Allah, they know this man but I do not now him.

  * They said, "Are you the son of Khabbab the companion of the Prophet?"

  * He said, "Yes."

  * They said, "Do you have a hadith you can tell us from you father from the prophet?"

  * He said, I heard my father say that he heard the prophet mention the Fitnah and said, "The one who is sitting at that time will be better than the one who is standing, and the one who is standing will be better than the one who is walking, and the one who is walking will be better than the one who is running. If you live to see that time then be the killed man"

They seized him and his slave woman and too them with them. One of them passed by a fruit that had fallen from a tree, he took it and put it in his mouth. Another one of them said, "It is a fruit that belongs to a dhimmi (a non-Muslim who live in an Islamic country), how can you regard it as permissible?" So the first man took it out of his mouth. Than they passed by a pig, one of them struck it with his sword. Another of them said, "It is a pig that belongs to a dhimmi, how can you regard it as permissible?"

  * Abdu Allah ibn Khabbab said, "Shall I not tell you about what is more serious and criminal than this?"

  * They said, "Yes."

  * He said, "Killing me."

They took him to the river and struck his neck, then they called for the slave woman who was pregnant and they slit her belly open. I never accompanied any people whose company was more abhorrent to me than their company was, and when I found an opportunity, I fled."

After the rupture of the preliminaries of peace, the Caliph was obliged to take steps to avert the growing danger. He attacked the Kharidjits in their camp in Al-Nahrawan and inflicted a terrible defeat on them in which Ibn Wahb and the majority of his followers were slain (battle of Al-Nahrawan, 9 Safar 38 H).

After that, the forth Caliph perished by the dagger of the Kharidjit Abdu Al-Rahman ibn Muldjam, the husband of a woman whose family had lost most of its members at Al-Nahrawan. (Áli by Sallabi)

RECONCILIATION

HADITH-1

Al-Hasan (Al-Basri) said,

By Allah, Al-Hasan ibn Áli led large battalions like mountains against Muáwiyah (111).

  * Ámr ibn Al-Ás said (to Muáwiyah), "I surely see battalions which will not turn back before killing their opponents."

  * Muáwiyah who was really the better of the two men said to him, "O Ámr! If these killed those and those killed these, who would be left with me for the affairs of the people, who would be left with me for their women, who would be left with me for their children?"

Then Muáwiyah sent two Qurayshi men from the tribe of Ábd Shams called Ábdu Al-Rahman ibn Samurah and Abdu Allah ibn Ámir ibn Kurayz to Al-Hasan saying to them "Go to this man (i.e., Al-Hasan) and negotiate peace with him and talk and appeal to him."

So, they went to Al-Hasan and talked and appealed to him to accept peace.

  * Al-Hasan said, "We, the offspring of Ábdu Al-Muttalib, have got wealth and people have indulged in killing and corruption (and money only will appease them)."

  * They said to Al-Hasan, "Muáwiyah offers you so and so, and appeals to you and entreats you to accept peace."

  * Al-Hasan said to them, "But who will be responsible for what you have said?"

  * They said, "We will be responsible for it."

So, whatever Al-Hasan asked they said, "We will be responsible for it for you." So, Al-Hasan concluded a peace treaty with Muáwiya.

Al-Hasan (Al-Basri) said, I heard Abu Bakarah saying, "I saw Allah's Messenger on the pulpit and Al- Hasan ibn Áli (when he was young) was by his side. The Prophet was looking once at the people and once at Al-Hasan ibn Áli saying, "This son of mine is a Sayyid (i.e., a noble) and may Allah make peace between two big groups of Muslims."

Comments

(111)- After Áli ibn Abu Talib was killed, his followers appointed his son Al-Hasan as Caliph. Al-Hasan had the intention to fight Muáwiyah but he gave up and accepted to leave the Caliphate to Muáwiyah who became number one in 41 H.

FIGHTING THE MONGOLS

HADITH-1

Narrated Abu Hurayrah,

The Messenger of Allah said, "Before the Hour begins you will fight a people whose shoes are made of hair (or felt) and whose faces are like hammered shields, with red faces and small eyes."

HADITH-2

Narrated Ámr ibn Taghlib

The Prophet said, "One of the portents of the Hour is that you will fight against people wearing shoes made of hair (or felt), and one of the portents of the Hour is that you will fight against broad-faced people whose faces will look like shields coated with leather." (112)

Comments

(112)- This prophecy is referring, no doubt, to the Mongolian people carrying the phenotype type "Mongoloid"; Dark yellow or reddish skin, large head, small slanted eyes. The prophecy describes them as a people who wear felt shoes, which is the case of the Mongols especially in winter.

In the Far East, the Mongol chieftain Genghis Khan was Building a world empire and a clash with Muslims was inevitable.

Any ruler who failed to submit immediately to The Mongol chieftains could expect to see his major cities entirely laid waste and their populations massacred. The Mongol's ferocity was a deliberate technique but it also expressed the nomad's pent-up resentment of urban culture.

At that time, the Muslim world was divided and weak; the Abbasid Caliph, who was supposed to be the governor of all the Islamic territory, ruled in reality Baghdad and its surroundings. The kings of Syria, Egypt and the Maghreb fought among themselves in the same time they were fighting Christians and had no problem to ally with them against their brothers in religion.

In the east, Muhammad Shah of the Khwarazmian Turks (1200-1220), attempted to build a Muslim caliphate of his own in Iran and the Oxus region and was in constant disagreement with the Abbasid Caliph.

After having signed a peace treaty with Genghis Khan, the Shah committed a grave error by killing Mongol merchants who were staying in his country. Furious, the Mongolian king declared war against him.

From1219 to1229 the Mongol armies pursued Muhammad and his son Jalal al-Din across Iran, through Azerbaijan and into Syria, leaving a trail of death and devastation behind them. In1231, a new series of raids began. One great Muslim city after another was demolished. Bukhara was reduced to rubble; Baghdad fell after a Single battle, and took the moribund caliphate with it: corpses filled the streets, and refugees fled to Syria, Egypt or India.

The first Muslim ruler who was able to stop the Mongols in their tracks was Qutuz, the sultan of the new Egyptian state ruled by a Turkish slave corps.

In1260 Qutuz inflicted a defeat on the Mongol army at Áin Jalut in northern Palestine. (Islam a short History by Karen Armstrong)

ERUPTION OF A VOLCANO

HADITH-1

Abu Hurayrah narrated,

Allah's Messenger said, "The Hour will not be established till a fire will come out of the land of Al-Hidjaz, and it will throw light on the necks of the camels at Busrah (113)"

Comments

(113)- Historians have mentioned that in Friday the fifth Djumada the last 654 H, a huge fire emerged from the south of Al-Madinah, a volcanic zone known as Harat Banu Quraydhah. The volcanic eruption lasted more than a month, people was afraid and some of them thought that this was the end, the inhabitants of Al-Madinah gathered in the mosque and near the prophet's tomb praying and invoking god 's mercy. Ibn Kathir recounts that some nomads claimed that they could see the necks of their camels while they were in Busrah 1000 km from Al-Madinah.

YOU WILL BE THE FIRST OF MY FAMILY TO FOLLOW ME

HADITH-1

Áishah the prophet's wife said,

Once Fatima (the Prophet's daughter) came walking and her gait resembled the gait of the Prophet. The Prophet said, "Welcome, O my daughter!" Then he made her sit on his right or on his left side, and then he told her a secret and she started weeping. I asked her, "Why are you weeping?" He again told her a secret and she started laughing. I said, "I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw today." I asked her what the Prophet had told her. She said, "I would never disclose the secret of Allah's Messenger."

When the Prophet died, I asked her about it. She (Fatima) replied (The Prophet said to me), "Every year Jibril (Gabriel) used to revise the Quran with me once only, but this year he has done so twice. I think this portends my death, and you will be the first of my family to follow me." So, I started weeping. Then he said, "Don't you like to be chief of all the ladies of Paradise or chief of all the lady-believers?" So I laughed for that." (114)

Comments

(114)- Fatima died six month after his father's death; she was the first among the Prophet's family to die.

WHOEVER HAS THE LONGEST ARM WILL DIE FIRST

HADITH-1

Áishah the prophet's wife said,

Some of the wives of the Prophet asked him,"Who amongst us will be the first to follow you (i.e., die after you)?" He said, "Whoever has the longest arm."

So, they started measuring their arms with a stick, and Sawda's arm turned out to be the longest. (we thought that she will die first ),(but When Zaynab bint Jahsh died first of all in the caliphate of Ùmar), we came to know that the long arm was a symbol of practicing charity, so, she was the first to follow the Prophet and she used to love to practice charity. (Sawda died later in the caliphate of Muáwiya). (115)

Comments

(115)- In Sahih Al-Bukhari, Sawda died first but this was a mistake from the narrators as stated Al-Waquidi, ibn Al-Djawzi, ibn Battal, Mughlatay and others. Sawda bint Zumáh died in 54 Ah, Zaynab died in 20 Ah.

UWAYS AL-QARANI

HADITH-1

Usayr ibn Jabir said,

Whenever (military) reinforcements came from Yemen, Ùmar ibn Al-Khattab would ask them, "Is Uways ibn Ámir among you?"

When he found Uways he said, "are you Uways ibn Ámir?'

  * He said, "Yes"

  * He said, "Are you from Murad (a tribe) then from Qaran (a branch of Murad)?"

  * He said, "Yes"

  * He said, "Did you have leprosy, then you recovered from it except for a spot the size of a Dirham (a coin)?"

  * He said, "Yes"

  * He said, "Do you have a mother?"

  * He said, "Yes"

  * He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "There will come to you Uways ibn Ámir along with the reinforcements from Yemen, from Murad then from Qaran. He had leprosy but he recovered from it, except for a spot the size of a Dirham. He has a mother and he honors her. If he were to swear in the Name of Allah that something should happen, Allah would cause it to happen. If you can ask him to pray for forgiveness for you then do so." Pray for forgiveness for me." And he prayed for forgiveness for him. "

  * Ùmar said to him, "Where are you headed?"

  * He said, "Al-Kufah"

  * He said, "Shall I write to the governor for you?"

  * He said, "Being among the common folk is dearer to me."

  * The following year, a man from among their (i.e. Murad) nobles performed Hajj, and he met Ùmar, who asked him about Uways. He said, "I left him in a shabby house with meagre provisions." He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah say, "There will come to you Uways ibn Ámir along with the reinforcements from Yemen, from Murad, then from Qaran. He had leprosy but he recovered from it, except for a spot the size of a Dirham. He has a mother and he honors her. If he were to swear in the Name of Allah that something should happen, Allah would cause it to happen. If you can ask him to pray for forgiveness for you, then do so."

So he went to Uways and said, "Pray for forgiveness for me."

  * He said, "You have just come from a sacred journey, so pray for forgiveness for me."

  * He said, "Pray for forgiveness for me."

  * He said, "You have just come from a sacred journey, so pray for forgiveness for me, did you meet Ùmar?"

  * He said, "Yes."

So he prayed for forgiveness for him, and the people came to know of his piety, so he left.

YOU ARE AMONGST THE FIRST ONE

HADITH-1

Anas ibn Malik narrated,

Allah's Messenger used to visit Umm Haram bint Milhan (116), who would offer him meals. Umm Haram was the wife of Ùbadah ibn Al-Samit. Allah's Messenger once visited her and she provided him with food and started looking in his head. Then Allah's Messenger slept, and afterwards woke up smiling.

  * Umm Haram asked, "What causes you to smile, O Allah's Messenger?"

  * He said, "Some of my followers who (in a dream) were displayed before me as fighters in Allah's Cause (on board a ship) amidst this sea cause me to smile; they were as kings on the thrones (or like kings on the thrones)."(Ishaq, a sub narrator is not sure as to which expression the Prophet used).

  * Umm Haram said, "O Allah's Messenger Invoke Allah that He makes me one of them."

Allah's Messenger invoked Allah for her, slept again, and woke up smiling.

  * Once again, Umm Haram asked, "What makes you smile, O Allah's Messenger?"

  * He replied, "Some of my followers were displayed before me as fighters in Allah's Cause," repeating the same dream.

  * Umm Haram said, "O Allah's Messenger! Invoke Allah that He makes me one of them."

  * He said, "You are amongst the first ones."

It happened that she sailed on the sea during the time of Muáwiya ibn Abu Sufyan, and after she disembarked, she fell down from her riding animal and died.

Comments

(116)- One of the aunts of the Prophet Muhammad.

HADITH-2

Narrated Khalid ibn Maàdan that

Ùmayr ibn Al-Aswad Al-'Ánsi told him that he went to Ùbadah ibn Al-Samit while he was staying in his house of Hims with (his wife)Umm Haram. Ùmayr said, Umm Haram informed us that she heard the Prophet saying, "Paradise will be granted to the first batch of my followers who will undertake a naval expedition."

Umm Haram added,

  * I said, "O Allah's Messenger! Will I be amongst them?"

  * He replied, "You are amongst them."

The Prophet then said, "The first army amongst my followers who will invade Caesar's city (Constantinople) will be forgiven their sins."

  * I asked, "Will I be one of them, O Allah's Messenger?"

  * He replied in the negative. (117) "

Comments

(117)- During Umar's Caliphate, the governor of Al-Sham Muáwiyah asked Umar's permission to send naval military expeditions, but the Caliph refused and there were no naval expeditions until Ùthman's caliphate who allowed this kind of expeditions.

In 28 H, Muáwiyah sailed with the Islamic army for the first time, Umm Haram and his husband Ùbadah were among the army. The ships headed for Cypher from the Syrian cote and the island was conquered without fight, but in the returning path, Umm Haram fell down from her sumpter and died.

The first Islamic military expedition to conquer the Byzantine capital was in 48H, during the Caliphate of Muáwiyah, the city was well fortified and seemed inaccessible, cold and diseases forced the army to abandon the expedition after six month of siege.

HE IS IN HELL

HADITH-1

Sahl ibn Saád Al-Saìdi said,

Allah's Messenger and Al-Mushrikun (the pagans) met each other in a battle and started fighting. When Allah's Messenger returned to his camp and when Al-Mushrikun returned to their camp, somebody talked about a man amongst the companions of Allah's Messenger, who would follow and kill with his sword any Mushrik going alone. He (or they) said, "Nobody did his job (i.e. fighting) so properly today as that man" Allah's Messenger said, "Indeed, he is one of the people of the (Hell) Fire."

A man amongst the people said, "I shall accompany him (to watch what he does)". Thus, he accompanied him, wherever he stood, he would stand with him, and wherever he ran he would run with him. Then the (brave) man was wounded seriously and he hurried to die quickly. So he planted the blade of the sword in the ground directing its sharp end towards his chest between his two breasts. Then he leaned on the sword and killed himself.

The other man came to Allah's Messenger and said, "I testify that you are Allah's Messenger." The Prophet asked, "What has happened?" He replied "(It is about) the man whom you had described as one of the people of the (Hell) Fire. The people were greatly surprised at what you said, and I said, I will find out his reality for you. So, I came out seeking him. He was severely wounded and hastened to die by planting the blade of his sword in the ground, directing its sharp end towards his chest between his two breasts. Then he leaned on his sword and killed himself".

Then Allah's Messenger said, "A man may seem to the people, as if he were doing the deeds of the people of Paradise, while in fact he is from the people of the (Hell) Fire. Another may seem to the people as if he were doing the deeds of the people of Hell (Fire) while in fact he is from the people of Paradise."

THE END

List of sources of hadiths quoted in this book

  * Muwata Malik by Malik ibn Anas (179 H)

  * Djamiá ibn Wahb by Ábdu Allah ibn Wahb (197 H)

  * Musnad Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi by Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi (204 H)

  * Musnad Al-Humaydi by Abu Bakr Al-Humaydi (219 H)

  * Al-Tabaquat Al-Kubra by Muhammad ibn Saád (230 H)

  * Musannaf ibn Abu Shayba by Abu Bakr ibn Abu Shayba (235 H)

  * Musnad Ahmad by Ahmad ibn Hanbal (241 H)

  * Sunan Al-Darimi by Ábdu Allah Al-Darimi (255 H)

  * Sahih Al-Bukhari by Muhammad ibn Ismail Al-Bukhari (256 H) , English version translated by Muhammad Muhsin Khan

  * Sahih Muslim by Muslim ibn Al-Hajjaj (261 H), English version translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab

  * Tariqat Al-Nabi by Abu Ismail Al-Maliki (267 H)

  * Sunan ibn Madjah by Muhammad ibn Madjah (273 H), English version translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab

  * Sunan Abu Dawud by Abu Dawud Suleiman ibn Al-Acháth (275 H), English version translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab

  * Sunan Al-Tirmidhi by Muhammad ibn Áissa Al-Tirmidhi (279 H)

  * Al-Ahad wa Al-Mathani by Ahmad ibn Abu Ásim (287 H)

  * Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Jaáfar ibn Muhammad Al Firyabi (301 H)

  * Sunan Al-Nasai by Abu Ábd Al-Rahman Al-Nasai (303 H), English version translated by Nasiruddin Al-Khattab

  * Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah by Abu Ábd Al-Rahman Al-Nasai (303 H)

  * Musnad Abu Yaála by Abu Yaála Al-Mawsili (307 H)

  * Musnad Al-Ruyani by Muhammad ibn Harun Al-Ruyani (307 H)

  * Sahih ibn Khuzayma by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzayma (311 H)

  * Mustakhradj Abu Áwana by Abu Áwana Yaàkub ibn Ishaq (316 H)

  * Sahih ibn Hibban by Abu Hatim ibn Hibban (354 H)

  * Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Kabir by Abu Al-Quasim Al-Tabarani (360 H)

  * Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Awsat by Abu Al-Quasim Al-Tabarani (360 H)

  * Kitab Al-Tawhid by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Mandah (395 H)

  * Kitab Al-Iman by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Mandah (395 H)

  * Mustadrak Al-Hakim by Abu Ábd Allah Al-Hakim (405 H)

  * Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Nuáym Al-Asbahani (430 H)

  * Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra by Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqui (458 H)

  * Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqui (458 H)

  * Al-Iátiquad by Abu Bakr Al-Bayhaqui (458 H)

  * Sharh Al-Sunna by Abu Muhammad Al-Baghawi (516 H)

  * Al-Anwar fi Chamail Al-Nabi Al-Mukhtar by Abu Muhammad Al-Baghawi (516 H)

  * Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Quawwam Al-Sunnah (535 H)

  * Tarikh Dimashq by Abu Al-Quasim ibn Ásakir (571 H)

- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3576)-Musnad Ahmad (14113-14392)-Sahih ibn Khuzayma (126)-Sahih ibn Hibban (14/480)-Musnad Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi (1835)-Kitab Al-Tawhid by ibn Mandah (169)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Nuáym (131-314)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/115)

2- Sahih Muslim (3013)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/7)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Quawwam Al-Sunnah (324)-Al-Anwar fi Chamail Al-Nabi Al-Mukhtar (123)

3- Sahih Al-Bukhari (195-200-3573)-Sahih Muslim (2280-2281)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3631)-Sunan Al-Nasai (76-78)-Musnad Ahmed (11621-11939-12003-12088-12283)

4- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3577)-Musnad Ahmed (18091-18196)-Sahih ibn Hibban (4801)-Mustakhradj Abu Áwana (6817)-Musnad Abu Yaála (1655)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/110)

5- Sahih Muslim (1270)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/138)

6- Sahih Al-Bukhari (344)-Musannaf ibn Abu Shayba (32209)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra (1/32)-Sharh Al-Sunna of Al-Baghawi (3717)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/276)

7- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3578-5381-6688)-Sahih Muslim (2041)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3630)-Sahih ibn Hibban (6534)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al Firyabi (6)

8- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2618-5382)-Sahih Muslim (2058)-Musnad Ahmed (1705)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Firyabi (45)- Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/15)-Al-Ahad wa Al-Mathani of ibn Abu Ásim (656)

9- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2982)-Sharh Al-Sunnah of Al-Baghawi (3719)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Kabir (6244)-Al-Iátiquad of Al-Bayhaqui (1/225)

10- Sahih Al-Bukhari (4102)-Sunan Al-Darimi (42)-Sharh Al-Sunah (3793)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Firyabi (18)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (3/415)-Tariqat Al-Nabi (35)

11- Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3625)-Sunan Al-Darimi (56)-Musnad Ahmed (19685-19683)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (6707-6876)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/93)

12- Sahih Al-Bukhari (6452)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2477)-Musnad Ahmed (10301)- Mustadrak Al-Hakim (1313)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al- Kubra (1/808)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Firyabi (16)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (6/101)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra (2/445)

13- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2781-4053)-Sharh Al-Sunah (3722)-Sunan Al-Nasai (3636)- Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Nuáym (345)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/149).

14- Sahih Al-Bukhari (6451)-Sahih Muslim (2975)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (7/47)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Quawwam Al-Sunnah (343)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/113)

15- Sahih Muslim (2281)-Musnad Ahmed (14211-14331)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/114)

16- Sahih Muslim (2280)-Musnad Ahmed (14705-18858)

17- Musnad Ahmed (3598-4412)-Sahih Ibn Hibban (6504).

18- Sahih Al-Bukhari (1010)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra (3/352)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Kabir (84)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Nuáym (511)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/147)

19- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2097-2718-2967-5079-5247)-Sahih Muslim (1467)-Sunan Al-Nasai (4638)-Musnad Abu Yaála (1793)-Musannaf ibn Abu Shaybah (32286)

20- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2908-2969)-Sahih Muslim (2309)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (1687)-Sunan ibn Madjah (2772)-Musnad Ahmed (12085-13336)

21- Sahih Muslim (164)-Musnad Ahmed (12097-13655)-Sahih ibn Hibban (6334)

22- Sahih Al-Bukhari (364-1502-3829)-Sahih Muslim (342-343)- Musnad Ahmed (13727-13922-14168)-Musnad Abu Yaála (2343)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/31-32)

23- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2910-2913)-Sahih Muslim (844-2284)-Musnad Ahmed (13925-14511-)-Musnad Abu Yaála (1778)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (1095)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (3/373-374)

24- Sahih Muslim (2798)-Musnad Ahmed (8613)-Musnad Abu Yaála (6207)

25- Sahih Muslim (1780)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5-139)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Quawwam Al-Sunnah (130)

26- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3636-3869-4864)-Sahih Muslim (2802-2803)-Musnad Ahmad (3573-3914-4347) - Musnad Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi (293)

27- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3638-3870)-Sahih Muslim (2805)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (3686) – Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/267)

28- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3637-3868)-Sahih Muslim (2804)-Musnad Ahmad (12277-12747-12890)

29- Sahih Muslim (2277)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3624)-Musnad Ahmed (20316-20386)-Musannaf ibn Abu Shaybah (32238)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/153

30- Sahih Muslim (3012)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (7/6-10)- Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Abu Nuáym Al-Asbahani (296)

31- Musnad Ahmed (1954)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3628)-Sunan Al-Darimi (24)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (2/618)-Musnad Abu Yaála (2350)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Awsat (5068)-Kitab Al-Iman of ibn Mandah (1/277)

32- Sahih Al-Bukhari(918-2095-3584-3585)-Sunan Al-Nasai (1396)-Sunan ibn Madjah (1417)-Sunan Al-Darimi (33)-Musnad Ahmed (13705-13729-13794)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/556)

33- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3579)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3633)-Sunan Al-Darimi (29)-Musnad Ahmed (4379)-Sahih ibn Khuzayma (206)-Musnad Abu Yaála (5372)-Musannaf ibn Abu Shayba (32255)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/62)

34- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3805)-Musnad Ahmed (-12404-12568-13458)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubra (8188)-Musnad Abu Dawud Al-Tayalisi (2147)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Nuáym (503)

35- Musnad Ahmed (1745-1757)-Sunan Abu Dawud (2549)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra (8/12)-Musnad Abu Yaála (6787)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/26)-Al-Ahad wa Al-Mathani (435)

36- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3268-5763-5765)-Sahih Muslim (2191)-Sunan ibn Madjah (3545)-Musnad Ahmed (23778-37826)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubra (7569)-Musnad Abu Yaála (4882)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/146-7/92)

37- Muwata Malik (1746-1747)-Musnad Ahmed (15550)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubra (9965)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra (9/350)-Musannaf ibn Abu Shaybah (23942)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Kabir (5573)

38- Sahih Al-Bukhari (4206)-Musnad Ahmed (16170)-Sunan Abu Dawud (3894)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/251)-Musnad Al-Ruyani (1131)

39- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2942-3009-3701-4210)-Sahih Muslim (2409)-Musnad Ahmed (22313)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubra (8093-8348)-Musnad Abu Yaála (354)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/205)

40- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2276-5007)-Sahih Muslim (2203-2204)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2063-2064)-Sunan Abu Dawud (3418-3900)-Sunan ibn Madjah (2456)-Musnad Ahmed (10602-10608-11006)

41- Sahih Muslim (2333)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (5371)-Musnad Ahmad (11988-13010)

42- Sahih Al-Bukhari (268)-Musnad Ahmed (13695)- Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (8984)-Musnad Abu Yaála (2941)

43- Musnad Ahmed (22004-22005)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (7288)-Musnad Abu Yaála (1543)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/306)

44- Sahih Al-Bukhari (5187)-Sunan ibn Madjah (1632)-Djamiá ibn Wahb (346)

45- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3007-3081-4274-6939)-Sahih Muslim (2497)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3305)-Sunan Abu Dawud (2650)-Musnad Ahmed (601-824)-Musnad Abu Yaála (394)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (3/152) (5/16)

46- Sahih Al-Bukhari (320) -Musnad Ahmed (14024)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/411)

47- Sahih Al-Bukhari (1246-2798-3063)- Musnad Ahmed (11704-11762)-Musnad Abu Yaála (4189-4190)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/366)

48- Sahih Al-Bukhari (4101)-Sunan Al-Darimi (42)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (3793) -Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (3/415)

49- Sahih Muslim (2785)-Musnad Ahmed (13969-14266-14322)-Musnad Abu Yaála (2307)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/61)

50- Sahih Al-Bukhari (1482)-Sahih Muslim (2283)-Musnad Ahmed (23092)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Abu Nuáym (448)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5/238)

51- Muwata Malik ibn Anas (1899)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (4/178) Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/244)-Tarikh ibn Ásakir (14/275)

52- Sahih Al-Bukhari (4196)-Musnad Ahmad (16090-16403) Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (4343-10291)

53- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2501-6353)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/223)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Awsat (233)

54- Musnad Ahmed (20733-22382)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3629)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Kabir (45)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/211)-Al-Ahad wa Al-Mathani (2182)

55- Sahih Muslim (2491)-Musnad Ahmed (8060)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (2/618)-Sharh Al-Sunah (3726)-Al-Tabaquat Al-Kubra (4/480)-Tarikh ibn Ásakir (67/324)

56- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2046-2350-7354)-Sahih Muslim (2494)-Musnad Ahmed (7233-7648)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubra (5835-5837)-Musnad Abu Yaála (6298)-Sharh Al-Sunah (3723)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/201)

57- Sahih Al-Bukhari (6334-6344-6380)-Sahih Muslim (2482)-Musnad Ahmed (12541-13182)-Musnad Abu Yaála (4236)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/194-195)

58- Sahih Al-Bukhari (933-1033)-Sahih Muslim (899)-Sunan Al-Nasai (1528)-Musnad Ahmed (13281)-Mustakhradj Abu Áwana (2493)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubra (3/221)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/139)

59- Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubra (10419-10420-10421)-Sunan ibn Madjah (1385)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3578)-Musnad Ahmed (16789-16790-17241)- Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/166)

60- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3020-3076-4357)-Sahih Muslim (2478-2479)-Musnad Ahmed (18705-18721)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (8245)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (2701)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5/347)

61- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3439-3615)-Sahih Muslim (2011-3017)-Musnad Ahmed (3)-Musnad Abu Yaála (115-116)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (3766)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/483-484)

62- Sahih Al-Bukhari (240-520-2934-3854)-Sahih Muslim (1795-1796)-Sunan Al-Nasai (307)-Musnad Ahmed (3714-3766)-Musnad Abu Yaála (5312)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/278-279-335)

63- Sahih Al Bukhari (1007-4774-4809) -Sahih Muslim (2800)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3254)-Musnad Ahmed (3602-4093-4194)-Musnad Abu Yaála (5145)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/326)

64- Sahih Muslim (2021)-Sunan Al-Darimi (2032)-Musnad Ahmed (16058-16064-16095)- Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (7/175)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/238)

65- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2925)-Musnad Ahmed (6585)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (3627)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (1/373)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (7/44)

66- Sahih Al-Bukhari (4-4954)-Sahih Muslim (162)-Musnad Ahmed (25417)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (9/4)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (3735)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (8/135)

67- Sahih Muslim (871)-Musnad Ahmed (2744)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (3/213)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/213)

68- Sahih Al-Bukhari (7-2971-4553)-Musnad Ahmed (2366)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (9/176)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/377)

69- Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2485)-Sunan ibn Madjah (1334-3251)-Sunan Al-Darimi (1460-2632)-Musnad Ahmed (23271)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (926)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/531)

70- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3329-3938)-Musnad Ahmed (11646-13456)-Musnad Abu Yaála (3414-2856)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (2/528)(6/260)

71- Sahih Al-Bukhari (6604)-Sahih Muslim (2893)-Musnad Ahmed (22762-22769-22698-22895)

72- Sahih Muslim (2894)-Musnad Ahmed (22379)-Musnad Abu Yaála (6845)

73- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3609)-Sahih Muslim (2926)-Musnad Ahmad (7187-9263-27226)

74- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3621-4374)-Sahih Muslim (2276)

75- Sahih Muslim (2547)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (3/548)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (6/481)

76- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3664-7021-7022)-Sahih Muslim (2394-2395)-Musnad Ahmed (8590-27228)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (3881)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/344-345)

77- Sahih Al-Bukhari (7046)-Sahih Muslim (2272)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2293)-Sunan Abu Dawud (4632)-Sunan Ibn Madjah (3918)

78- Sahih Muslim (196)-Sunan ibn Madjah (4301)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (9/3)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5/479)

79- Sahih Muslim (2889)-Musnad Ahmad (21889-21945)-Sunan ibn Madjah (3952)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (9/179)

80- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2977-6998-7013)-Sahih Muslim (524)-Sunan Al-Nasai (3087-3089)-Musnad Ahmed (7531-7576)-Musnad Abu Yaála (6287)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5/470-471)

81- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3612-3852-6943)- Musnad Ahmed (20552-20564-20597)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2/283)-(6/315)

82- Sahih Muslim (2902)-Sunan ibn Madjah (4091)-Musnad Ahmed (1543-1544-18493)- Al-Ahad wa Al-Mathani (640)

83- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3612-3852-6943)-Sunan Abu Dawud (2649)-Musnad Ahmed (20552-20564-20567)-Musnad Abu Yaála (7213)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (2-283) (6/315)

84- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3595) Musnad Ahmed (1389-1390)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (4238)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al Kubrah (5-224)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (5/344) (6/322)

85- Sahih Muslim (2545-2546)-Musnad Ahmed (21008)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/321)

86- Sahih Muslim (2919)-Musnad Ahmed (20824-20862-21034)

87- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3028-3120-3618)-Sahih Muslim (2920)-Musnad Ahmed (7144-7095-7429)

88- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3176)-Sunan ibn Madjah (4042)-Musnad Ahmed (23450-23464-23475)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (4248)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6-320-383)

89- Sahih Muslim (2962)- Sunan Ibn Madjah (3996)

90- Sahih Al-Bukhari (1878-2467-3597)-Sahih Muslim (2887)- Musnad Ahmad (21240-21302)

91- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3602-7081-7082)-Sahih Muslim (2888)- Musnad Ahmad (7737)

92- Sahih Muslim (2889)-Musnad Ahmad (21889-21945)-Sunan ibn Madjah (3952)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (9/179)

93- 1Sahih Al-Bukhari (525-1435-3586)-Sahih Muslim (2894)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2258)-Sunan ibn Madjah (3955)-Musnad Ahmed (22902)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/386)

94- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3675-3686-3699)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3697)-Sunan Abu Dawud (4651)-Musnad Ahmad (11696)-Musnad Abu Yaála (2910)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/350)

95- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3674-3693-3695)-Sahih Muslim (2404)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3710)-Musnad Ahmed (19014-19155)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/388)

96- Sunan ibn Madjah (113)-Musnad Ahmed (23731-25268)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/391)

97- Musnad Ahmed (23732-24132)-Musnad Abu Yaála (4868)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (6/410)

98- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3609)-Musnad Ahmed (10483)-Musnad Al-Humaydi (1135)

99- Sahih Al-Bukhari (447-2812)-Musnad Ahmed (11551)-Sunan Al-Bayhaqui Al-Kubrah (2/546-547)

100- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3610-5018)-Sahih Muslim (1064-1065)-Sunan Abu Dawud (4764-4765)-Sunan Al-Nasai (2578-4101)-Sunan ibn Madjah (169)-Musnad Ahmed (10625-10635)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5/187-426)

101- Sahih Muslim (1068)-Sunan Abu Dawud (4768)-Musnad Ahmed (708)

102- Sahih Muslim (1065-1066)-Sunan Abu Dawud (4667)-Musnad Ahmed (10812-10882-11024)-Sunan Al-Nasai Al-Kubrah (8457-8501)-Musnad Abu Yaála (1036-1246)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (5/88) (6/224)

103- Musnad Ahmed (10865-10896-11364)-Musnad Abu Yaála (1086)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (2557)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa of Al-Bayhaqui (6/435-436)

104- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2704-7109)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (3773-4662)-Sunan Al-Nasai (1410)-Musnad Ahmed (19877-19934-19959)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/442-443)

105- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2928-2929-3589)-Sahih Muslim (2912-2913)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (2215)-Sunan Al-Nasai (3177)

106- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2927-3592)-Musnad Ahmad (20150-20151-20152)

107- Sahih Al-Bukhari (7118)-Sahih Muslim (2905)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (8443)

108- Sahih Al-Bukhari (3624)-Sahih Muslim (2453)-Musnad Ahmed (25873)-Sharh Al-Sunnah (3960)

109- Sahih Al-Bukhari (1420)-Sahih Muslim (2455)-Sunan Al-Nasai (2541)-Musnad Ahmed (24377)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/371-374)

110- Sahih Muslim (2543-2544)-Musnad Ahmed (268)-Musnad Abu Yaála (212)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/376)

111- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2878-6282)-Sahih Muslim (1914-1915)-Sunan Al-Tirmidhi (1645)-Sunan Abu Dawud (2490)-Sunan Al-Nasai (3171)-Sunan ibn Madjah (2776)-Musnad Ahmed (3379)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/450)

112- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2924)-Mustadrak Al-Hakim (8668)-Muádjam Al-Tabarani Al-Kabir (323)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (6/452)

113- Sahih Al-Bukhari (2898-4201)-Sahih Muslim (115)-Musnad Ahmed (22305)-Dalail Al-Nubuwa by Al-Bayhaqui (4/252)

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