Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 329:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
Allah's Apostle said, "Someone came to
me from my Lord and gave me the news (or good tidings) that if
any of my followers dies worshipping none (in any way) along
with Allah, he will enter Paradise." I asked, "Even if he
committed illegal sexual intercourse (adultery) and theft?" He
replied, "Even if he committed illegal sexual intercourse
(adultery) and theft."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 330:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Anyone who dies
worshipping others along with Allah will definitely enter the
Fire." I said, "Anyone who dies worshipping none along with
Allah will definitely enter Paradise."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 331:
Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib:
Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven
things and forbade us to do other seven. He ordered us:
to follow the funeral procession. to
visit the sick, to accept invitations, to help the oppressed, to
fulfill the oaths, to return the greeting and to reply to the
sneezer: (saying, "May Allah be merciful on you," provided the
sneezer says, "All the praises are for Allah,"). He forbade us
to use silver utensils and dishes and to wear golden rings, silk
(clothes), Dibaj (pure silk cloth), Qissi and Istabraq (two
kinds of silk cloths).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 332:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The
rights of a Muslim on the Muslims are to follow the funeral
processions, to accept invitation and to reply the sneezer. (see
Hadith No 331)
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 333:
Narrated 'Aisha :
Abu Bakr came riding his horse from his
dwelling place in As-Sunh. He got down from it, entered the
Mosque and did not speak with anybody till he came to me and
went direct to the Prophet, who was covered with a marked
blanket. Abu Bakr uncovered his face. He knelt down and kissed
him and then started weeping and said, "My father and my mother
be sacrificed for you, O Allah's Prophet! Allah will not combine
two deaths on you. You have died the death which was written for
you."
Narrated Abu Salama from Ibn Abbas :
Abu Bakr came out and 'Umar , was addressing the people, and Abu
Bakr told him to sit down but 'Umar refused. Abu Bakr again told
him to sit down but 'Umar again refused. Then Abu Bakr recited
the Tashah-hud (i.e. none has the right to be worshipped but
Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle) and the people attended
to Abu Bakr and left 'Umar. Abu Bakr said, "Amma ba'du, whoever
amongst you worshipped Muhammad, then Muhammad is dead, but
whoever worshipped Allah, Allah is alive and will never die.
Allah said: 'Muhammad is no more than an Apostle and indeed
(many) Apostles have passed away before him ..(up to the)
grateful.' " (3.144) (The narrator added, "By Allah, it was as
if the people never knew that Allah had revealed this verse
before till Abu Bakr recited it and then whoever heard it,
started reciting it ")
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 334:
Narrated Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit:
Um Al-'Ala', an Ansari woman who gave
the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet said to me, "The
emigrants were distributed amongst us by drawing lots and we got
in our share 'Uthman bin Maz'un. We made him stay with us in our
house. Then he suffered from a disease which proved fatal when
he died and was given a bath and was shrouded in his clothes,
Allah's Apostle came I said, 'May Allah be merciful to you, O
Abu As-Sa'ib! I testify that Allah has honored you'. The Prophet
said, 'How do you know that Allah has honored him?' I replied,
'O Allah's Apostle! Let my father be sacrificed for you! On whom
else shall Allah bestow His honor?' The Prophet said, 'No doubt,
death came to him. By Allah, I too wish him good, but by Allah,
I do not know what Allah will do with me though I am Al lah's
Apostle. ' By Allah, I never attested the piety of anyone after
that."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 335:
Narrated Al-Laith as above.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 336:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
When my father was martyred, I lifted
the sheet from his face and wept and the people forbade me to do
so but the Prophet did not forbid me. Then my aunt Fatima began
weeping and the Prophet said, "It is all the same whether you
weep or not. The angels were shading him continuously with their
wings till you shifted him (from the field). "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 337:
Narrated Abu Huraira,
Allah's Apostle informed (the people)
about the death of An-Najashi on the very day he died. He went
towards the Musalla (praying place) and the people stood behind
him in rows. He said four Takbirs (i.e. offered the Funeral
prayer).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 338:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, "Zaid took over the
flag and was martyred. Then it was taken by Jafar who was
martyred as well. Then 'Abdullah bin Rawaha took the flag but he
too was martyred and at that time the eyes of Allah's Apostle
were full of tears. Then Khalid bin Al-Walid took the flag
without being nominated as a chief (before hand) and was blessed
with victory."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 339:
Narrated Ibn Abbas.
A person died and Allah's Apostle used
to visit him. He died at night and (the people) buried him at
night. In the morning they informed the Prophet (about his
death). He said, "What prevented you from informing me?" They
replied, "It was night and it was a dark night and so we
disliked to trouble you." The Prophet went to his grave and
offered the (funeral) prayer.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 340:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "A Muslim whose three
children die before the age of puberty will be granted Paradise
by Allah due to his mercy for them."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 341:
Narrated Abu Sa'id:
The women requested the Prophet,
"Please fix a day for us." So the Prophet preached to them and
said, "A woman whose three children died would be screened from
the Hell Fire by them," Hearing that, a woman asked, "If two
died?" The Prophet replied, "Even two (would screen her from the
(Hell) Fire. " And Abu Huraira added, "Those children should be
below the age of puberty. "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 342:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "No Muslim whose
three children died will go to the Fire except for Allah's oath
(i.e. everyone has to pass over the bridge above the lake of
fire)."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 343:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet passed by a woman who was
sitting and weeping beside a grave and said to her, "Fear Allah
and be patient."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 344:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya al-Ansariya:
Allah's Apostle came to us when his
daughter died and said, "Wash her thrice or five times or more,
if you see it necessary, with water and Sidr and then apply
camphor or some camphor at the end; and when you finish, notify
me." So when we finished it, we informed him and he gave us his
waist-sheet and told us to shroud the dead body in it.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 345:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya
Allah's Apostle came to us and we were
giving a bath to his (dead) daughter and said, "Wash her three,
five or more times with water and Sidr and sprinkle camphor on
her at the end; and when you finish, notify me." So when we
finished, we informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and
told us to shroud her in it. Aiyub said that Hafsa narrated to
him a narration similar to that of Muhammad in which it was said
that the bath was to be given for an odd number of times, and
the numbers 3, 5 or 7 were mentioned. It was also said that they
were to start with the right side and with the parts which were
washed in ablution, and that Um 'Atiyya also mentioned, "We
combed her hair and divided them in three braids."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 346:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
Allah's Apostle , concerning his (dead)
daughter's bath, said, "Start with the right side, and the parts
which are washed in ablution."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 347:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya :
When we washed the deceased daughter of
the Prophet, he said to us, while we were washing her, "Start
the bath from the right side and from the parts which are washed
in ablution."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 348:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
The daughter of the Prophet expired,
and he said to us, "Wash her three or five times, or more if you
see it necessary, and when you finish, notify me." So, (when we
finished) we informed him and he unfastened his waist-sheet and
told us to shroud her in it.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 349:
Narrated Muhammad:
Um 'Atiyya said, "One of the daughters
of the Prophet died and he came out and said, 'Wash her three or
five times or more, if you think it necessary, with water and
Sidr, and last of all put camphor (or some camphor) and when you
finish, inform me.' " Um Atiyya added, "When we finished we
informed him and he gave us his waist-sheet and said, 'Shroud
her in it.' " And Um 'Atiyya (in another narration) added, "The
Prophet said, 'Wash her three, five or seven times or more, if
you think it necessary.' " Hafsa said that Um 'Atiyya had also
said, "We entwined her hair into three braids."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 350:
Narrated Hafsa bint Sirin:
Um 'Atiyya said that they had entwined
the hair of the daughter of Allah's Apostle in three braids.
They first undid her hair, washed and then entwined it in three
braids."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 351:
Narrated Ibn Sirin:
Um 'Atiyya (an Ansari woman who gave
the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet ) came to Basra to visit
her son, but she could not find him. She narrated to us, "The
Prophet came to us while we were giving bath to his (dead)
daughter, he said: 'Wash her three times, five times or more, if
you think it necessary, with water and Sidr, and last of all put
camphor, and when you finish, notify me.' " Um 'Atiyya added,
"After finishing, we informed him and he gave us his waist sheet
and told us to shroud her in it and did not say more than that."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 352:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
We entwined the hair of the dead
daughter of the Prophet into three braids. Waki said that Sufyan
said, "One braid was entwined in front and the other two were
entwined on the sides of the head."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 353:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
One of the daughters of the Prophet
expired and he came to us and said, "Wash her with Sidr (water)
for odd number of times, i.e. three, five or more, if you think
it necessary, and in the last, put camphor or (some camphor on
her), and when you finish, notify me." So when we finished we
informed him. He gave his waist-sheet to us (to shroud her). We
entwined the hair (of the deceased girl) in three braids and
made them fall at her back.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 354:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle was shrouded in three
Yemenite white Suhuliya (pieces of cloth) of cotton, and in them
there was neither a shirt nor a turban."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 355:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
While a man was riding (his Mount) in
'Arafat, he fell down from it (his Mount) and broke his neck
(and died). The Prophet said, "Wash him with water and Sidr and
shroud him in two pieces of cloth, and neither perfume him, nor
cover his head, for he will be resurrected on the Day of
Resurrection saying, 'Labbaik,' (i.e. like a pilgrim)."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 356:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
While a man was at 'Arafat (for Hajj)
with Allah's Apostle the fell down from his Mount and broke his
neck (and died). So Allah's Apostle said, "Wash him with water
and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces of cloth and neither
perfume him nor cover his head, for Allah will resurrect him on
the Day of Resurrection and he will be saying 'Labbaik."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 357:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A man was killed by his camel while we
were with the Prophet and he was a Muhrim. So the Prophet said,
"Wash him with water and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces of
cloth and neither perfume him nor cover his head, for Allah will
resurrect him on the Day of Resurrection and he will be saying
'Labbaik' . "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 358:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A man fell from his Mount and died
while he was with the Prophet at 'Arafat. The Prophet said,
"Wash him with water and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces of
cloth and neither perfume him nor cover his head, for he will be
resurrected on the Day of Resurrection saying, 'Labbaik'."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 359:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
When 'Abdullah bin Ubai (the chief of
hypocrites) died, his son came to the Prophet and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Please give me your shirt to shroud him in it,
offer his funeral prayer and ask for Allah's forgiveness for
him." So Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) gave his shirt to him and
said, "Inform me (When the funeral is ready) so that I may offer
the funeral prayer." So, he informed him and when the Prophet
intended to offer the funeral prayer, 'Umar took hold of his
hand and said, "Has Allah not forbidden you to offer the funeral
prayer for the hypocrites? The Prophet said, "I have been given
the choice for Allah says: '(It does not avail) Whether you (O
Muhammad) ask forgiveness for them (hypocrites), or do not ask
for forgiveness for them. Even though you ask for their
forgiveness seventy times, Allah will not forgive them. (9.80)"
So the Prophet offered the funeral prayer and on that the
revelation came: "And never (O Muhammad) pray (funeral prayer)
for any of them (i.e. hypocrites) that dies." (9. 84)
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 360:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet came to (the grave of)
'Abdullah bin Ubai after his body was buried. The body was
brought out and then the Prophet put his saliva over the body
and clothed it in his shirt.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 361:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet was shrouded in three
pieces of cloth which were made of Suhul (a type of cotton), and
neither a shirt nor a turban were used.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 362:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle was shrouded in three
pieces of cloth and neither a shirt nor a turban were used.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 363:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle was shrouded in three
pieces of cloth which were made of white Suhul and neither a
shirt nor a turban were used.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 364:
Narrated Sad from his father:
Once the meal of 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf
was brought in front of him, and he said, "Mustab bin 'Umar was
martyred and he was better than I, and he had nothing except his
Burd (a black square narrow dress) to be shrouded in. Hamza or
another person was martyred and he was also better than I and he
had nothing to be shrouded in except his Burd. No doubt, I fear
that the rewards of my deeds might have been given early in this
world." Then he started weeping.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 365:
Narrated Ibrahim:
Once a meal was brought to
'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf and he was fasting. He said, "Mustab bin
'Umar was martyred and he was better than I and was shrouded in
his Burd and when his head was covered with it, his legs became
bare, and when his legs were covered his head got uncovered.
Hamza was martyred and was better than I. Now the worldly wealth
have been bestowed upon us (or said a similar thing). No doubt,
I fear that the rewards of my deeds might have been given
earlier in this world." Then he started weeping and left his
food.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 366:
Narrated Khabbab:
We emigrated with the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
in Allah's cause, and so our reward was then surely incumbent on
Allah. Some of us died and they did not take anything from their
rewards in this world, and amongst them was Mustab bin 'Umar;
and the others were those who got their rewards. Mustab bin
'Umar was martyred on the day of the Battle of Uhud and we could
get nothing except his Burd to shroud him in. And when we
covered his head his feet became bare and vice versa. So the
Prophet ordered us to cover his head only and to put idhkhir (a
kind of shrub) over his feet.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 367:
Narrated Sahl:
A woman brought a woven Burda (sheet)
having edging (border) to the Prophet, Then Sahl asked them
whether they knew what is Burda, they said that Burda is a cloak
and Sahl confirmed their reply. Then the woman said, "I have
woven it with my own hands and I have brought it so that you may
wear it." The Prophet accepted it, and at that time he was in
need of it. So he came out wearing it as his waist-sheet. A man
praised it and said, "Will you give it to me? How nice it is!"
The other people said, "You have not done the right thing as the
Prophet is in need of it and you have asked for it when you know
that he never turns down anybody's request." The man replied,
"By Allah, I have not asked for it to wear it but to make it my
shroud." Later it was his shroud.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 368:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
We were forbidden to accompany funeral
processions but not strictly.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 369:
Narrated Muhammad bin Sirin:
One of the sons of Um 'Atiyya died, and
when it was the third day she asked for a yellow perfume and put
it over her body, and said, "We were forbidden to mourn for more
than three days except for our husbands."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 370:
Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama:
When the news of the death of Abu
Sufyan reached from Sham, Um Habiba on the third day, asked for
a yellow perfume and scented her cheeks and forearms and said,
"No doubt, I would not have been in need of this, had I not
heard the Prophet saying: "It is not legal for a woman who
believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for more than three
days for any dead person except her husband, for whom she should
mourn for four months and ten days."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 371:
Narrated Zainab bint Abi Salama :
I went to Um Habiba, the wife of
Prophet, who said, "I heard the Prophets saying, 'It is not
legal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to
mourn for any dead person for more than three days except for
her husband, (for whom she should mourn) for four months and ten
days'." Later I went to Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died;
she asked for some scent, and after using it she said, "I am not
in need of scent but I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'It is not
legal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to
mourn for more than three days for any dead person except her
husband, (for whom she should mourn) for four months and ten
days.' "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 372:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet passed by a woman who was
weeping beside a grave. He told her to fear Allah and be
patient. She said to him, "Go away, for you have not been
afflicted with a calamity like mine." And she did not recognize
him. Then she was informed that he was the Prophet . so she went
to the house of the Prophet and there she did not find any
guard. Then she said to him, "I did not recognize you." He said,
"Verily, the patience is at the first stroke of a calamity."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 373:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
The daughter of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
sent (a messenger) to the Prophet requesting him to come as her
child was dying (or was gasping), but the Prophet returned the
messenger and told him to convey his greeting to her and say:
"Whatever Allah takes is for Him and whatever He gives, is for
Him, and everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in this
world) and so she should be patient and hope for Allah's
reward." She again sent for him, swearing that he should come.
The Prophet got up, and so did Sad bin 'Ubada, Muadh bin Jabal,
Ubai bin Ka'b, Zaid bin Thabit and some other men. The child was
brought to Allah's Apostle while his breath was disturbed in his
chest (the sub-narrator thinks that Usama added: ) as if it was
a leather water-skin. On that the eyes of the Prophet (p.b.u.h)
started shedding tears. Sad said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is
this?" He replied, "It is mercy which Allah has lodged in the
hearts of His slaves, and Allah is merciful only to those of His
slaves who are merciful (to others).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 374:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We were (in the funeral procession) of
one of the daughters of the Prophet and he was sitting by the
side of the grave. I saw his eyes shedding tears. He said, "Is
there anyone among you who did not have sexual relations with
his wife last night?" Abu Talha replied in the affirmative. And
so the Prophet told him to get down in the grave. And so he got
down in her grave.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 375:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah bin
Abi Mulaika:
One of the daughters of 'Uthman died at
Mecca. We went to attend her funeral procession. Ibn 'Umar and
Ibn Abbas were also present. I sat in between them (or said, I
sat beside one of them. Then a man came and sat beside me.)
'Abdullah bin 'Umar said to 'Amr bin 'Uthman, "Will you not
prohibit crying as Allah's Apostle has said, 'The dead person is
tortured by the crying of his relatives.?" Ibn Abbas said, "Umar
used to say so." Then he added narrating, "I accompanied Umar on
a journey from Mecca till we reached Al-Baida. There he saw some
travelers in the shade of a Samura (A kind of forest tree). He
said (to me), "Go and see who those travelers are." So I went
and saw that one of them was Suhaib. I told this to 'Umar who
then asked me to call him. So I went back to Suhaib and said to
him, "Depart and follow the chief of the faithful believers."
Later, when 'Umar was stabbed, Suhaib came in weeping and
saying, "O my brother, O my friend!" (on this 'Umar said to him,
"O Suhaib! Are you weeping for me while the Prophet said, "The
dead person is punished by some of the weeping of his
relatives?" Ibn Abbas added, "When 'Umar died I told all this to
Aisha and she said, 'May Allah be merciful to Umar. By Allah,
Allah's Apostle did not say that a believer is punished by the
weeping of his relatives. But he said, Allah increases the
punishment of a non-believer because of the weeping of his
relatives." Aisha further added, "The Quran is sufficient for
you (to clear up this point) as Allah has stated: 'No burdened
soul will bear another's burden.' " (35.18). Ibn Abbas then
said, "Only Allah makes one laugh or cry." Ibn Umar did not say
anything after that.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 376:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Once Allah's
Apostle passed by (the grave of) a Jewess whose relatives were
weeping over her. He said, "They are weeping over her and she is
being tortured in her grave."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 377:
Narrated Abu Burda:
That his father said, "When Umar was
stabbed, Suhaib started crying: O my brother! 'Umar said, 'Don't
you know that the Prophet said: The deceased is tortured for the
weeping of the living'?"
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 378:
Narrated Al-Mughira:
I heard the Prophet saying, "Ascribing
false things to me is not like ascribing false things to anyone
else. Whosoever tells a lie against me intentionally then surely
let him occupy his seat in Hell-Fire." I heard the Prophet
saying, "The deceased who is wailed over is tortured for that
wailing."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 379:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar from his father:
The Prophet said, "The deceased is
tortured in his grave for the wailing done over him."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 380:
Narrated Shu'ba:
The deceased is tortured for the
wailing of the living ones over him .
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 381:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
On the day of the Battle of Uhud, my
father was brought and he had been mayhemed and was placed in
front of Allah's Apostle and a sheet was over him. I went
intending to uncover my father but my people forbade me; again I
wanted to uncover him but my people forbade me. Allah's Apostle
gave his order and he was shifted away. At that time he heard
the voice of a crying woman and asked, "Who is this?" They said,
"It is the daughter or the sister of Amr." He said, "Why does
she weep? (or let her stop weeping), for the angels had been
shading him with their wings till he (i.e. the body of the
martyr) was shifted away."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 382:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
the Prophet said, "He who slaps his
cheeks, tears his clothes and follows the ways and traditions of
the Days of Ignorance is not one of us."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 383:
Narrated 'Amir bin Sad bin Abi Waqqas:
That his father said, "In the year of
the last Hajj of the Prophet I became seriously ill and the
Prophet used to visit me inquiring about my health. I told him,
'I am reduced to this state because of illness and I am wealthy
and have no inheritors except a daughter, (In this narration the
name of 'Amir bin Sad is mentioned and in fact it is a mistake;
the narrator is 'Aisha bint Sad bin Abi Waqqas). Should I give
two-thirds of my property in charity?' He said, 'No.' I asked,
'Half?' He said, 'No.' then he added, 'One-third, and even
one-third is much. You'd better leave your inheritors wealthy
rather than leaving them poor, begging others. You will get a
reward for whatever you spend for Allah's sake, even for what
you put in your wife's mouth.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Will
I be left alone after my companions have gone?' He said, 'If you
are left behind, whatever good deeds you will do will up-grade
you and raise you high. And perhaps you will have a long life so
that some people will be benefited by you while others will be
harmed by you. O Allah! Complete the emigration of my companions
and do not turn them renegades.' But Allah's Apostle felt sorry
for poor Sad bin Khaula as he died in Mecca." (but Sad bin Abi
Waqqas lived long after the Prophet (p.b.u.h).)
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 384:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "He who slaps the
cheeks, tears the clothes and follows the tradition of the Days
of Ignorance is not from us."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 385:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "He who slaps the
cheeks, tears the clothes and follows the traditions of the Days
of Ignorance is not from us."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 386:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When the Prophet got the news of the
death of Ibn Haritha, Ja'far and Ibn Rawaha he sat down and
looked sad and I was looking at him through the chink of the
door. A man came and told him about the crying of the women of
Ja'far. The Prophet ordered him to forbid them. The man went and
came back saying that he had told them but they did not listen
to him. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Forbid them." So again he
went and came back for the third time and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! By Allah, they did not listen to us at all." ('Aisha
added): Allah's Apostle ordered him to go and put dust in their
mouths. I said, (to that man) "May Allah stick your nose in the
dust (i.e. humiliate you)! You could neither (persuade the women
to) fulfill the order of Allah's Apostle nor did you relieve
Allah's Apostle from fatigue. "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 387:
Narrated Anas:
When the reciters of Quran were
martyred, Allah's Apostle recited Qunut for one month and I
never saw him (i.e. Allah's Apostle) so sad as he was on that
day.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 388:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
One of the sons of Abu Talha became
sick and died and Abu Talha at that time was not at home. When
his wife saw that he was dead, she prepared him (washed and
shrouded him) and placed him somewhere in the house. When Abu
Talha came, he asked, "How is the boy?" She said, "The child is
quiet and I hope he is in peace." Abu Talha thought that she had
spoken the truth. Abu Talha passed the night and in the morning
took a bath and when he intended to go out, she told him that
his son had died, Abu Talha offered the (morning) prayer with
the Prophet and informed the Prophet of what happened to them.
Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah bless you concerning your
night. (That is, may Allah bless you with good offspring)."
Sufyan said, "One of the Ansar said, 'They (i.e. Abu Talha and
his wife) had nine sons and all of them became reciters of the
Quran (by heart).' "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 389:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "The real patience is
at the first stroke of a calamity."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 390:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
We went with Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h)
to the blacksmith Abu Saif, and he was the husband of the
wet-nurse of Ibrahim (the son of the Prophet). Allah's Apostle
took Ibrahim and kissed him and smelled him and later we entered
Abu Saif's house and at that time Ibrahim was in his last
breaths, and the eyes of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) started
shedding tears. 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf said, "O Allah's Apostle,
even you are weeping!" He said, "O Ibn 'Auf, this is mercy."
Then he wept more and said, "The eyes are shedding tears and the
heart is grieved, and we will not say except what pleases our
Lord, O Ibrahim ! Indeed we are grieved by your separation."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 391:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar :
Sad bin 'Ubada became sick and the
Prophet along with 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Auf, Sad bin Abi Waqqas
and 'Abdullah bin Masud visited him to enquire about his health.
When he came to him, he found him surrounded by his household
and he asked, "Has he died?" They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle."
The Prophet wept and when the people saw the weeping of Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) they all wept. He said, "Will you listen?
Allah does not punish for shedding tears, nor for the grief of
the heart but he punishes or bestows His Mercy because of this."
He pointed to his tongue and added, "The deceased is punished
for the wailing of his relatives over him." 'Umar used to beat
with a stick and throw stones and put dust over the faces (of
those who used to wail over the dead).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 392:
Narrated Aisha:
When the news of the martyrdom of Zaid
bin Haritha, Ja'far and 'Abdullah bin Rawaha came, the Prophet
sat down looking sad, and I was looking through the chink of the
door. A man came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! The women of
Ja'far," and then he mentioned their crying . The Prophet
(p.b.u.h) ordered h im to stop them from crying. The man went
and came back and said, "I tried to stop them but they
disobeyed." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) ordered him for the second
time to forbid them. He went again and came back and said, "They
did not listen to me, (or "us": the sub-narrator Muhammad bin
Haushab is in doubt as to which is right). " ('Aisha added: The
Prophet said, "Put dust in their mouths." I said (to that man),
"May Allah stick your nose in the dust (i.e. humiliate you)." By
Allah, you could not (stop the women from crying) to fulfill the
order, besides you did not relieve Allah's Apostle from
fatigue."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 393:
Narrated Um 'Atiyya:
At the time of giving the pledge of
allegiance to the Prophet one of the conditions was that we
would not wail, but it was not fulfilled except by five women
and they are Um Sulaim, Um Al-'Ala', the daughter of Abi Sabra
(the wife of Muadh), and two other women; or the daughter of Abi
Sabra and the wife of Muadh and another woman.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 394:
Narrated 'Amir bin Rabi'a:,
The Prophet said, "Whenever you see a
funeral procession, stand up till the procession goes ahead of
you." Al-Humaidi added, "Till the coffin leaves you behind or is
put down."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 395:
Narrated 'Amir bin Rabi'a:
The Prophet said, "If any one of you
see a funeral procession and he is not going along with it, then
he should stand and remain standing till he gets behind it, or
it leaves him behind, or the coffin is put down before it goes
ahead of him . "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 396:
Narrated Said Al-Maqburi:
That his father said, "While we were
accompanying a funeral procession, Abu Huraira got hold of the
hand of Marwan and they sat down before the coffin was put down.
Then Abu Said came and took hold of Marwan's hand and said, "Get
up. By Allah, no doubt this (i.e. Abu Huraira) knows that the
Prophet forbade us to do that." Abu Huraira said, "He (Abu Said)
has spoken the truth."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 397:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri
The Prophet said, "When you see a
funeral procession, you should stand up, and whoever accompanies
it should not sit till the coffin is put down."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 398:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
A funeral procession passed in front of
us and the Prophet stood up and we too stood up. We said, 'O
Allah's Apostle! This is the funeral procession of a Jew." He
said, "Whenever you see a funeral procession, you should stand
up."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 399:
Narrated 'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila:
Sahl bin Hunaif and Qais bin Sad were
sitting in the city of Al-Qadisiya. A funeral procession passed
in front of them and they stood up. They were told that funeral
procession was of one of the inhabitants of the land i.e. of a
non-believer, under the protection of Muslims. They said, "A
funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet and he stood
up. When he was told that it was the coffin of a Jew, he said,
"Is it not a living being (soul)?"
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 400:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle said, When the funeral
is ready and the men carry it on their shoulders, if the
deceased was righteous it will say, 'Present me (hurriedly),'
and if he was not righteous, it will say, 'Woe to it (me)! Where
are they taking it (me)?' Its voice is heard by everything
except man and if he heard it he would fall unconscious."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 401:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Hurry up with the
dead body for if it was righteous, you are forwarding it to
welfare; and if it was otherwise, then you are putting off an
evil thing down your necks."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 402:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri
The Prophet said, "When a funeral is
ready and the men carry the deceased on their necks (shoulders),
if it was pious then it will say, 'Present me quickly', and if
it was not pious, then it will say, 'Woe to it (me), where are
they taking it (me)?' And its voice is heard by everything
except mankind and if he heard it he would fall unconscious."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 403:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle offered the funeral
prayer for An-Najashi and I was in the second or third row.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 404:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) informed his
companions about the death of AnNajashi and then he went ahead
(to lead the prayer) and the people lined up behind him in rows
and he said four Takbir.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 405:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
Ash Sha'bi said, "I was informed by a
man who had seen the Prophet going to a grave that was separate
from the other graves and he aligned the people in rows and said
four Takbir." I said, "O Abu 'Amr! who narrated (that) to you"?
He said, "Ibn Abbas. "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 406:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
The Prophet said, "Today a pious man
from Ethiopia (i.e. An Najashi) has expired, come on to offer
the funeral prayer." (Jabir said): We lined up in rows and after
that the Prophet led the prayer and we were in rows. Jabir
added, I was in the second row."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 407:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle passed by a grave of a
deceased who had been buried at night. He said, "When was this
(deceased) buried?" The people said, "Yesterday." He said, "Why
did you not inform me?" They said, "We buried him when it was
dark and so we disliked to wake you up." He stood up and we
lined up behind him. (Ibn Abbas said): I was one of them, and
the Prophet offered the funeral prayer.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 408:
Narrated Ash-Shaibani:
Ash-Sha'bi said, "Somebody who passed
along with your Prophet (p.b.u.h) by a grave that was separate
from the other graves informed me (saying), "The Prophet
led us (in the prayer) and we aligned
behind him." We said, "O Abu 'Amr! Who told you this narration?"
He replied, "Ibn Abbas."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 409:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn Umar was told that Abu Huraira
said, "Whoever accompanies the funeral procession will have a
reward equal to one Qirat." Ibn 'Umar said, "Abu Huraira talks
of a too enormous reward." Aisha attested Abu Huraira's
narration and said, "I heard Allah's Apostle saying like that."
Ibn Umar said, "We have lost numerous Qirats."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 410:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
that Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said,
"Whoever attends the funeral procession till he offers the
funeral prayer for it, will get a reward equal to one Qirat, and
whoever accompanies it till burial, will get a reward equal to
two Qirats." It was asked, "What are two Qirats?" He replied,
"Like two huge mountains."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 411:
Narrated 'Amir:
Ibn Abbas (who was at that time a boy)
said, "Allah's Apostle came to a grave and the people said, 'He
or she was buried yesterday.' " Ibn Abbas added, "We aligned
behind the Prophet and he led the funeral prayer of the
deceased."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 412:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle informed about the news
of the death of An-Najash (King of Ethiopia) on the day he
expired. He said, "Ask Allah's forgiveness for your brother. "
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet made them align in rows at the
Musalla and said four Takbir.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 413:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar :
The Jew brought to the Prophet a man
and a woman from amongst them who have committed (adultery)
illegal sexual intercourse. He ordered both of them to be stoned
(to death), near the place of offering the funeral prayers
beside the mosque."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 414:
Narrated 'Urwa:
Aisha said, "The Prophet in his fatal
illness said, 'Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians because
they took the graves of their Prophets as places for praying."'
Aisha added, "Had it not been for that the grave of the Prophet
(p.b.u.h)
would have been made prominent but I am
afraid it might be taken (as a) place for praying.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 415:
Narrated Samura bin Jundab:
I offered the funeral prayer behind the
Prophet for a woman who had died during child-birth and he stood
up by the middle of the coffin.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 416:
Narrated Samura bin Jundab
I offered the funeral prayer behind the
Prophet for a woman who had died during child-birth and he stood
up by the middle of the coffin.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 417:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle informed about the news
of the death of An-Najash on the day he died. He went out with
us to the Musalla and we aligned in rows and he said four
Takbirs for An-Najashi's funeral prayer.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 418:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet offered the funeral prayer
of As-Hama An-Najash and said four Takbir.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 419:
Narrated Talha bin 'Abdullah bin 'Auf:
I offered the funeral prayer behind Ibn
Abbas and he recited Al-Fatiha and said, "You should know that
it (i.e. recitation of Al-Fatiha) is the tradition of the
Prophet Muhammad.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 420:
Narrated Sulaiman Ash-Shaibani:
I heard Ash-Sha'bi saying, "I was told
by a man who had passed with the Prophet (p.b.u.h) by a grave
that was separate from the other graves that he (the Prophet )
led them in the prayer and they prayed behind him." I said, "O
Abu 'Amr! Who narrated that to you?" He replied, "Ibn Abbas."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 421:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A black person, a male or a female used
to clean the Mosque and then died. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) did not
know about it . One day the Prophet remembered him and said,
"What happened to that person?" The people replied, "O Allah's
Apostle! He died." He said, "Why did you not inform me?" They
said, "His story was so and so (i.e. regarded him as
insignificant)." He said, "Show me his grave." He then went to
his grave and offered the funeral prayer.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 422:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "When a human being
is laid in his grave and his companions return and he even hears
their foot steps, two angels come to him and make him sit and
ask him: What did you use to say about this man, Muhammad ? He
will say: I testify that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle.
Then it will be said to him, 'Look at your place in the
Hell-Fire. Allah has given you a place in Paradise instead of
it.' " The Prophet added, "The dead person will see both his
places. But a non-believer or a hypocrite will say to the
angels, 'I do not know, but I used to say what the people used
to say! It will be said to him, 'Neither did you know nor did
you take the guidance (by reciting the Quran).' Then he will be
hit with an iron hammer between his two ears, and he will cry
and that cry will be heard by whatever approaches him except
human beings and jinns."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 423:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The angel of death was sent to Moses
and when he went to him, Moses slapped him severely, spoiling
one of his eyes. The angel went back to his Lord, and said, "You
sent me to a slave who does not want to die." Allah restored his
eye and said, "Go back and tell him (i.e. Moses) to place his
hand over the back of an ox, for he will be allowed to live for
a number of years equal to the number of hairs coming under his
hand." (So the angel came to him and told him the same). Then
Moses asked, "O my Lord! What will be then?" He said, "Death
will be then." He said, "(Let it be) now." He asked Allah that
He bring him near the Sacred Land at a distance of a stone's
throw. Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Were I there I would
show you the grave of Moses by the way near the red sand hill."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 424:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) offered the
funeral prayer of a man one night after he was buried, he and
his companions stood up (for the Prayer). He had asked them
about him before standing, saying, "Who is this?" They said, "He
is so and so and was buried last night." So all of them offered
the funeral prayer.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 425:
Narrated 'Aisha:
When the Prophet became ill, some of
his wives talked about a church which they had seen in Ethiopia
and it was called Mariya. Um Salma and Um Habiba had been to
Ethiopia, and both of them narrated its (the Church's) beauty
and the pictures it contained. The Prophet raised his head and
said, "Those are the people who, whenever a pious man dies
amongst them, make a place of worship at his grave and then they
make those pictures in it. Those are the worst creatures in the
Sight of Allah."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 426:
Narrated Anas:
We were in the funeral procession of
the daughter of Allah's Apostle and Allah's Apostle was sitting
near the grave and I saw his eyes full of tears. He said, "Is
there anyone amongst you who did not have sexual relations with
his wife last night?" Abu Talha replied in the affirmative. And
so Allah's Apostle told him to get down in her grave and he got
down in her grave and buried her.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 427:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
The Prophet collected every two martyrs
of Uhud in one piece of cloth, then he would ask, "Which of them
had (knew) more of the Quran?" When one of them was pointed out
for him, he would put that one first in the grave and say, "I
will be a witness on these on the Day of Resurrection." He
ordered them to be buried with their blood on their bodies and
they were neither washed nor was a funeral prayer offered for
them.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 428:
Narrated 'Uqba bin 'Amir:
One day the Prophet went out and
offered the funeral prayers of the martyrs of Uhud and then went
up the pulpit and said, "I will pave the way for you as your
predecessor and will be a witness on you. By Allah! I see my
Fount (Kauthar) just now and I have been given the keys of all
the treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth). By Allah!
I am not afraid that you will worship others along with Allah
after my death, but I am afraid that you will fight with one
another for the worldly things."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 429:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
The Prophet buried every two martyrs in
of Uhud in one grave.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 430:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet said, "Bury them (i.e.
martyrs) with their blood." (that was) On the day of the Battle
of Uhud. He did not get them washed.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 431:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah :
Allah's Apostle shrouded every two
martyrs of Uhud in one piece of cloth and then he would ask,
"Which of them knew more Quran?" When one of them was pointed
out he would put him first in the grave. He said, "I am a
witness on these." Then he ordered them to be buried with blood
on their bodies. Neither did he offer their funeral prayer nor
did he get them washed. (Jabir bin Abdullah added): Allah's
Apostle used to ask about the martyrs of Uhud as to which of
them knew more of the Quran." And when one of them was pointed
out as having more of it he would put him first in the grave and
then his companions. (Jabir added): My father and my uncle were
shrouded in one sheet.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 432:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, "Allah has made Mecca
a sanctuary (sacred place) and it was a sanctuary before me and
will be so after me. It was made legal for me (to fight in it)
for a few hours of the day. None is allowed to uproot its thorny
shrubs or to cut its trees or to chase its game or to pick up
its fallen things except by a person who announces it publicly."
On that Al-Abbas said (to the Prophet), "Except Al-Idhkhir for
our goldsmiths and for our graves." And so the Prophet added,
"Except Al-Idhkhir. " And Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet
said, "Except Al-Idhkhir for our graves and houses." And Ibn
Abbas said, "For their goldsmiths and houses."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 433:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle came to Abdullah bin
Ubai (a hypocrite) after his death and he has been laid in his
pit (grave). He ordered (that he be taken out of the grave) and
he was taken out. Then he placed him on his knees and threw some
of his saliva on him and clothed him in his (the Prophet's) own
shirt. Allah knows better (why he did so). 'Abdullah bin Ubai
had given his shirt to Al-Abbas to wear. Abu Harun said,
"Allah's Apostle at that time had two shirts and the son of
'Abdullah bin Ubai said to him, 'O Allah's Apostle! Clothe my
father in your shirt which has been in contact with your skin.'
' Sufyan added, "Thus people think that the Prophet clothed
'Abdullah bin Tubal in his shirt in lieu of what he (Abdullah)
had done (for Al Abbas, the Prophet's uncle.)"
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 434:
Narrated Jabir:
When the time of the Battle of Uhud
approached, my father called me at night and said, "I think that
I will be the first amongst the companions of the Prophet to be
martyred. I do not leave anyone after me dearer to me than you,
except Allah's Apostle's soul and I owe some debt and you should
repay it and treat your sisters favorably (nicely and
politely)." So in the morning he was the first to be martyred
and was buried along with another (martyr). I did not like to
leave him with the other (martyr) so I took him out of the grave
after six months of his burial and he was in the same condition
as he was on the day of burial, except a slight change near his
ear.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 435:
Narrated Jabir:
A man was buried along with my father
and I did not like it till I took him (i.e. my father) out and
buried him in a separate grave.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 436:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet collected every two martyrs
of Uhud (in one grave) and then he would ask, "Which of them
knew the Quran more?" And if one of them was pointed out for him
as having more knowledge, he would put him first in the Lahd.
The Prophet said, "I will be a witness on these on the Day of
Resurrection." Then he ordered them to be buried with their
blood on their bodies and he did not have them washed.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 437:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
'Umar set out along with the Prophet
(p.b.u.h) with a group of people to Ibn Saiyad till they saw him
playing with the boys near the hillocks of Bani Mughala. Ibn
Saiyad at that time was nearing his puberty and did not notice
(us) until the Prophet stroked him with his hand and said to
him, "Do you testify that I am Allah's Apostle?" Ibn Saiyad
looked at him and said, "I testify that you are the Messenger of
illiterates." Then Ibn Saiyad asked the Prophet (p.b.u.h), "Do
you testify that I am Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
refuted it and said, "I believe in Allah and His Apostles." Then
he said (to Ibn Saiyad), "What do you think?" Ibn Saiyad
answered, "True people and liars visit me." The Prophet said,
"You have been confused as to this matter." Then the Prophet
said to him, "I have kept something (in my mind) for you, (can
you tell me that?)" Ibn Saiyad said, "It is Al-Dukh (the
smoke)." (2) The Prophet said, "Let you be in ignominy. You
cannot cross your limits." On that 'Umar, said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Allow me to chop his head off." The Prophet (p.b.u.h)
said, "If he is he (i.e. Dajjal), then you cannot over-power
him, and if he is not, then there is no use of murdering him."
(Ibn 'Umar added): Later on Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) once again
went along with Ubai bin Ka'b to the date-palm trees (garden)
where Ibn Saiyad was staying. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) wanted to
hear something from Ibn Saiyad before Ibn Saiyad could see him,
and the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saw him lying covered with a sheet and
from where his murmurs were heard. Ibn Saiyad's mother saw
Allah's Apostle while he was hiding himself behind the trunks of
the date-palm trees. She addressed Ibn Saiyad, "O Saf ! (and
this was the name of Ibn Saiyad) Here is Muhammad." And with
that Ibn Saiyad got up. The Prophet said, "Had this woman left
him (Had she not disturbed him), then Ibn Saiyad would have
revealed the reality of his case.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 438:
Narrated Anas:
A young Jewish boy used to serve the
Prophet and he became sick. So the Prophet went to visit him. He
sat near his head and asked him to embrace Islam. The boy looked
at his father, who was sitting there; the latter told him to
obey Abu-l-Qasim and the boy embraced Islam. The Prophet came
out saying: "Praises be to Allah Who saved the boy from the
Hell-fire."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 439:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
My mother and I were among the weak and
oppressed. I from among the children, and my mother from among
the women.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 440:
Narrated Ibn Shihab:
The funeral prayer should be offered
for every child even if he were the son of a prostitute as he
was born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but
Allah Alone). If his parents are Muslims, particularly the
father, even if his mother were a non-Muslim, and if he after
the delivery cries (even once) before his death (i.e. born
alive) then the funeral prayer must be offered. And if the child
does not cry after his delivery (i.e. born dead) then his
funeral prayer should not be offered, and he will be considered
as a miscarriage. Abu Huraira, narrated that the Prophet said,
"Every child is born with a true faith (i.e. to worship none but
Allah Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism or to
Christianity or to Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect
baby animal. Do you find it mutilated?" Then Abu Huraira recited
the holy verses: 'The pure Allah's Islamic nature (true faith
i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone), with which He has created
human beings.' " (30.30).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 441:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Allah's Apostle said, "Every child is
born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah
Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism, Christianity or
Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you
find it mutilated?" Then Abu Huraira recited the holy verses:
"The pure Allah's Islamic nature (true faith of Islam) (i.e.
worshipping none but Allah) with which He has created human
beings. No change let there be in the religion of Allah (i.e.
joining none in worship with Allah). That is the straight
religion (Islam) but most of men know, not." (30.30)
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 442:
Narrated Said bin Al-Musaiyab from his
father:
When the time of the death of Abu Talib
approached, Allah's Apostle went to him and found Abu Jahl bin
Hisham and 'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya bin Al-Mughira by his side.
Allah's Apostle said to Abu Talib, "O uncle! Say: None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah, a sentence with which I shall
be a witness (i.e. argue) for you before Allah. Abu Jahl and
'Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya said, "O Abu Talib! Are you going to
denounce the religion of Abdul Muttalib?" Allah's Apostle kept
on inviting Abu Talib to say it (i.e. 'None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah') while they (Abu Jahl and Abdullah) kept
on repeating their statement till Abu Talib said as his last
statement that he was on the religion of Abdul Muttalib and
refused to say, 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.'
(Then Allah's Apostle said, "I will keep on asking Allah's
forgiveness for you unless I am forbidden (by Allah) to do so."
So Allah revealed (the verse) concerning him (i.e. It is not
fitting for the Prophet and those who believe that they should
invoke (Allah) for forgiveness for pagans even though they be of
kin, after it has become clear to them that they are companions
of the fire (9.113).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 443:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves,
and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured. He
said, "They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid).
One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his
urine, while the other was going about with calumnies (to make
enmity between friends). He then took a green leaf of a
date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one on each
grave. The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Why have you done
so?" He replied, "I hope that their punishment may be lessened
till they (the leaf) become dry."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 444:
Narrated 'Ali:
" We were accompanying a funeral
procession in Baqi-I-Gharqad. The Prophet came to us and sat and
we sat around him. He had a small stick in his hand then he bent
his head and started scraping the ground with it. He then said,
"There is none among you, and not a created soul, but has place
either in Paradise or in Hell assigned for him and it is also
determined for him whether he will be among the blessed or
wretched." A man said, "O Allah's Apostle! Should we not depend
on what has been written for us and leave the deeds as whoever
amongst us is blessed will do the deeds of a blessed person and
whoever amongst us will be wretched, will do the deeds of a
wretched person?" The Prophet said, "The good deeds are made
easy for the blessed, and bad deeds are made easy for the
wretched." Then he recited the Verses:-- "As for him who gives
(in charity) and is Allah-fearing And believes in the Best
reward from Allah. " (92.5-6)
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 445:
Narrated Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever
intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam,
then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is
not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And whoever
commits suicide with piece of iron will be punished with the
same piece of iron in the Hell Fire." Narrated Jundab the
Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed
suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself
hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 446:
Narrated Abu Huraira-:
The Prophet said, "He who commits
suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling himself in the
Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing
himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 447:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab :
When 'Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul died,
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) was called upon to offer his funeral
prayer. When Allah's Apostle stood up to offer the prayer, I got
up quickly and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Are you going to pray
for Ibn Ubai and he said so and so on such and such occasions?"
And started mentioning all that he had said. Allah's Apostle
smiled and said, "O 'Umar! Go away from me." When I talked too
much he said, "I have been given the choice and so I have chosen
(to offer the prayer). Had I known that he would be forgiven by
asking for Allah's forgiveness for more than seventy times,
surely I would have done so." ('Umar added): Allah's Apostle
offered his funeral prayer and returned and after a short while
the two verses of Surat Bara' were revealed: i.e. "And never (O
Muhammad) pray for any of them who dies . . . (to the end of the
verse) rebellion (9.84)" -- ('Umar added), "Later I astonished
at my daring before Allah's Apostle on that day. And Allah and
His Apostle know better."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 448:
Narrated Anas bin Malik, :
A funeral procession passed and the
people praised the deceased. The Prophet said, "It has been
affirmed to him." Then another funeral procession passed and the
people spoke badly of the deceased. The Prophet said, "It has
been affirmed to him". 'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked (Allah's
Apostle (p.b.u.h) ), "What has been affirmed?" He replied, "You
praised this, so Paradise has been affirmed to him; and you
spoke badly of this, so Hell has been affirmed to him. You
people are Allah's witnesses on earth."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 449:
Narrated Abu Al-Aswad:
I came to Medina when an epidemic had
broken out. While I was sitting with 'Umar bin Al-Khattab a
funeral procession passed by and the people praised the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed to him." And another
funeral procession passed by and the people praised the
deceased. 'Umar said, "It has been affirmed to him." A third
(funeral procession) passed by and the people spoke badly of the
deceased. He said, "It has been affirmed to him." I (Abu
Al-Aswad) asked, "O chief of the believers! What has been
affirmed?" He replied, "I said the same as the Prophet had said,
that is: if four persons testify the piety of a Muslim, Allah
will grant him Paradise." We asked, "If three persons testify
his piety?" He (the Prophet) replied, "Even three." Then we
asked, "If two?" He replied, "Even two." We did not ask him
regarding one witness.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 450:
Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "When a
faithful believer is made to sit in his grave, then (the angels)
come to him and he testifies that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah's Apostle. And that
corresponds to Allah's statement: Allah will keep firm those who
believe with the word that stands firm . . . (14.27).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 451:
Narrated Shu'ba:
Same as above and added, "Allah will
keep firm those who believe . . . (14.27) was revealed
concerning the punishment of the grave."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 452:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet looked at the people of the
well (the well in which the bodies of the pagans killed in the
Battle of Badr were thrown) and said, "Have you found true what
your Lord promised you?" Somebody said to him, "You are
addressing dead people." He replied, "You do not hear better
than they but they cannot reply."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 453:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet said, "They now realize
that what I used to tell them was the truth. "And Allah said,
'Verily! You cannot make the dead to hear (i.e. benefit them,
and similarly the disbelievers) nor can you make the deaf hear.
(27.80).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 454:
Narrated Masruq:
'Aisha said that a Jewess came to her
and mentioned the punishment in the grave, saying to her, "May
Allah protect you from the punishment of the grave." 'Aisha then
asked Allah's Apostle about the punishment of the grave. He
said, "Yes, (there is) punishment in the grave." 'Aisha added,
"After that I never saw Allah's Apostle but seeking refuge with
Allah from the punishment in the grave in every prayer he
prayed."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 455:
Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr :
Allah's Apostle once stood up
delivering a sermon and mentioned the trial which people will
face in the grave. When he mentioned that, the Muslims started
shouting loudly.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 456:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "When (Allah's)
slave is put in his grave and his companions return and he even
hears their footsteps, two angels come to him and make him sit
and ask, 'What did you use to say about this man (i.e.
Muhammad)?' The faithful Believer will say, 'I testify that he
is Allah's slave and His Apostle.' Then they will say to him,
'Look at your place in the Hell Fire; Allah has given you a
place in Paradise instead of it.' So he will see both his
places." (Qatada said, "We were informed that his grave would be
made spacious." Then Qatada went back to the narration of Anas
who said;) Whereas a hypocrite or a non-believer will be asked,
"What did you use to say about this man." He will reply, "I do
not know; but I used to say what the people used to say." So
they will say to him, "Neither did you know nor did you take the
guidance (by reciting the Quran)." Then he will be hit with iron
hammers once, that he will send such a cry as everything near to
him will hear, except Jinns and human beings. (See Hadith No.
422).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 457:
Narrated Abi Aiyub:
Once the Prophet went out after sunset
and heard a dreadful voice, and said, "The Jews are being
punished in their graves."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 458:
Narrated Musa bin 'Uqba:
(From the daughter of Khalid bin Sa id
bin Al-'Asi) who said that she had heard the Prophet seeking
refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 459:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
Allah's Apostle used to invoke (Allah):
"Allahumma ini a'udhu bika min 'adhabi-l-Qabr, wa min
'adhabi-nnar, wa min fitnati-l-mahya wa-lmamat, wa min
fitnati-l-masih ad-dajjal. (O Allah! I seek refuge with you from
the punishment in the grave and from the punishment in the Hell
fire and from the afflictions of life and death, and the
afflictions of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 460:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves
and said, "They (the deceased persons in those graves) are being
tortured not for a great thing to avoid." And then added, "Yes,
(they are being punished for a big sin), for one of them used to
go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from
being soiled with his urine." (Ibn Abbas added): Then he took a
green leaf of a date-palm) and split it into two pieces and
fixed one piece on each grave and said, "May their punishment be
abated till these (two pieces) get dry."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 461:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar :
Allah's Apostle said, "When anyone of
you dies, he is shown his place both in the morning and in the
evening. If he is one of the people of Paradise; he is shown his
place in it, and if he is from the people of the Hell-Fire; he
is shown his place there-in. Then it is said to him, 'This is
your place till Allah resurrect you on the Day of Resurrection."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 462:
Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri :
Allah's Apostle said, "When the funeral
is ready (for its burial) and the people lift it on their
shoulders, then if the deceased is a righteous person he says,
'Take me ahead,' and if he is not a righteous one then he says,
'Woe to it (me)! Where are you taking it (me)?' And his voice is
audible to everything except human beings; and if they heard it
they would fall down unconscious . "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 463:
Narrated Anas bin Malik
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) said, "Any
Muslim whose three children died before the age of puberty will
be granted Paradise by Allah because of His mercy to them."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 464:
Narrated Al-Bara':
When Ibrahim (the son of Prophet)
expired, Allah's Apostle said, "There is a wet-nurse for him in
Paradise."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 465:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) was asked
about the children of (Mushrikeen) pagans. The Prophet replied,
"Since Allah created them, He knows what sort of deeds they
would have done."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 466:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet was asked about the
offspring of pagans (Mushrakeen); so he said, "Allah knows what
sort of deeds they would have done."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 467:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Every child is born
with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah
Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or
Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you
find it mutilated?"
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 468:
Narrated Samura bin Jundab:
Whenever the Prophet finished the
(morning) prayer, he would face us and ask, "Who amongst you had
a dream last night?" So if anyone had seen a dream he would
narrate it. The Prophet would say: "Ma sha'a-llah" (An Arabic
maxim meaning literally, 'What Allah wished,' and it indicates a
good omen.) One day, he asked us whether anyone of us had seen a
dream. We replied in the negative. The Prophet said, "But I had
seen (a dream) last night that two men came to me, caught hold
of my hands, and took me to the Sacred Land (Jerusalem). There,
I saw a person sitting and another standing with an iron hook in
his hand pushing it inside the mouth of the former till it
reached the jaw-bone, and then tore off one side of his cheek,
and then did the same with the other side; in the mean-time the
first side of his cheek became normal again and then he repeated
the same operation again. I said, 'What is this?' They told me
to proceed on and we went on till we came to a man Lying flat on
his back, and another man standing at his head carrying a stone
or a piece of rock, and crushing the head of the Lying man, with
that stone. Whenever he struck him, the stone rolled away.
The man went to pick it up and by the
time he returned to him, the crushed head had returned to its
normal state and the man came back and struck him again (and so
on). I said, 'Who is this?' They told me to proceed on; so we
proceeded on and passed by a hole like an oven; with a narrow
top and wide bottom, and the fire was kindling underneath that
hole. Whenever the fire-flame went up, the people were lifted up
to such an extent that they about to get out of it, and whenever
the fire got quieter, the people went down into it, and there
were naked men and women in it. I said, 'Who is this?' They told
me to proceed on. So we proceeded on till we reached a river of
blood and a man was in it, and another man was standing at its
bank with stones in front of him, facing the man standing in the
river. Whenever the man in the river wanted to come out, the
other one threw a stone in his mouth and caused him to retreat
to his original position; and so whenever he wanted to come out
the other would throw a stone in his mouth, and he would retreat
to his original position. I asked, 'What is this?' They told me
to proceed on and we did so till we reached a well-flourished
green garden having a huge tree and near its root was sitting an
old man with some children. (I saw) Another man near the tree
with fire in front of him and he was kindling it up. Then they
(i.e. my two companions) made me climb up the tree and made me
enter a house, better than which I have ever seen. In it were
some old men and young men, women and children.
Then they took me out of this house and
made me climb up the tree and made me enter another house that
was better and superior (to the first) containing old and young
people. I said to them (i.e. my two companions), 'You have made
me ramble all the night. Tell me all about that I have seen.'
They said, 'Yes. As for the one whose cheek you saw being torn
away, he was a liar and he used to tell lies, and the people
would report those lies on his authority till they spread all
over the world. So, he will be punished like that till the Day
of Resurrection.
The one whose head you saw being
crushed is the one whom Allah had given the knowledge of Quran
(i.e. knowing it by heart) but he used to sleep at night (i.e.
he did not recite it then) and did not use to act upon it (i.e.
upon its orders etc.) by day; and so this punishment will go on
till the Day of Resurrection. And those you saw in the hole
(like oven) were adulterers (those men and women who commit
illegal sexual intercourse). And those you saw in the river of
blood were those dealing in Riba (usury). And the old man who
was sitting at the base of the tree was Abraham and the little
children around him were the offspring of the people. And the
one who was kindling the fire was Malik, the gate-keeper of the
Hell-fire. And the first house in which you have gone was the
house of the common believers, and the second house was of the
martyrs. I am Gabriel and this is Michael. Raise your head.' I
raised my head and saw a thing like a cloud over me. They said,
'That is your place.' I said, 'Let me enter my place.' They
said, 'You still have some life which you have not yet
completed, and when you complete (that remaining portion of your
life) you will then enter your place.' "
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 469:
Narrated Hisham's father:
Aisha said, "I went to Abu Bakr (during
his fatal illness) and he asked me, 'In how many garments was
the Prophet shrouded?' She replied, 'In three Sahuliya pieces of
white cloth of cotton, and there was neither a shirt nor a
turban among them.' Abu Bakr further asked her, 'On which day
did the Prophet die?' She replied, 'He died on Monday.' He
asked, 'What is today?' She replied, 'Today is Monday.' He
added, 'I hope I shall die sometime between this morning and
tonight.' Then he looked at a garment that he was wearing during
his illness and it had some stains of saffron. Then he said,
'Wash this garment of mine and add two more garments and shroud
me in them.' I said, 'This is worn out.' He said, 'A living
person has more right to wear new clothes than a dead one; the
shroud is only for the body's pus.' He did not die till it was
the night of Tuesday and was buried before the morning."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 470:
Narrated Aisha:
A man said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h),
"My mother died suddenly and I thought that if she had lived she
would have given alms. So, if I give alms now on her behalf,
will she get the reward?" The Prophet replied in the
affirmative.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 471:
Narrated 'Aisha:
During his sickness, Allah's Apostle
was asking repeatedly, "Where am I today? Where will I be
tomorrow?" And I was waiting for the day of my turn
(impatiently). Then, when my turn came, Allah took his soul away
(in my lap) between my chest and arms and he was buried in my
house.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 472:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle in his fatal illness
said, "Allah cursed the Jews and the Christians, for they built
the places of worship at the graves of their prophets." And if
that had not been the case, then the Prophet's grave would have
been made prominent before the people. So (the Prophet ) was
afraid, or the people were afraid that his grave might be taken
as a place for worship.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 473:
Narrated Abu Bakr bin 'Aiyash :
Sufyan At-Tammar told me that he had
seen the grave of the Prophet elevated and convex.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 474:
Narrated 'Urwa:
When the wall fell on them (i.e.
graves) during the caliphate of Al-Walid bin 'Abdul Malik, the
people started repairing it, and a foot appeared to them. The
people got scared and thought that it was the foot of the
Prophet. No-one could be found who could tell them about it till
I ('Urwa) said to them, "By Allah, this is not the foot of the
Prophet but it is the foot of Umar." Aisha narrated that she
made a will to 'Abdullah bin Zubair, "Do not bury me with them
(the Prophet and his two companions) but bury me with my
companions (wives of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) in Al-Baqi as I
would not like to be looked upon as better than I really am (by
being buried near the Prophet)."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 475:
Narrated 'Amr bin Maimun Al-Audi:
I saw 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (when he was
stabbed) saying, "O 'Abdullah bin 'Umar! Go to the mother of the
believers Aisha and say, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab sends his
greetings to you,' and request her to allow me to be buried with
my companions." (So, Ibn 'Umar conveyed the message to 'Aisha.)
She said, "I had the idea of having this place for myself but
today I prefer him ('Umar) to myself (and allow him to be buried
there)." When 'Abdullah bin 'Umar returned, 'Umar asked him,
"What (news) do you have?" He replied, "O chief of the
believers! She has allowed you (to be buried there)." On that
'Umar said, "Nothing was more important to me than to be buried
in that (sacred) place. So, when I expire, carry me there and
pay my greetings to her ('Aisha ) and say, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab
asks permission; and if she gives permission, then bury me
(there) and if she does not, then take me to the grave-yard of
the Muslims. I do not think any person has more right for the
caliphate than those with whom Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) was
always pleased till his death. And whoever is chosen by the
people after me will be the caliph, and you people must listen
to him and obey him," and then he mentioned the name of 'Uthman,
'Ali, Talha, Az-Zubair, 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf and Sad bin Abi
Waqqas.
By this time a young man from Ansar
came and said, "O chief of the believers! Be happy with Allah's
glad tidings. The grade which you have in Islam is known to you,
then you became the caliph and you ruled with justice and then
you have been awarded martyrdom after all this." 'Umar replied,
"O son of my brother! Would that all that privileges will
counterbalance (my short comings), so that I neither lose nor
gain anything. I recommend my successor to be good to the early
emigrants and realize their rights and to protect their honor
and sacred things. And I also recommend him to be good to the
Ansar who before them, had homes (in Medina) and had adopted the
Faith. He should accept the good of the righteous among them and
should excuse their wrongdoers. I recommend him to abide by the
rules and regulations concerning the Dhimmis (protectees) of
Allah and His Apostle, to fulfill their contracts completely and
fight for them and not to tax (overburden) them beyond their
capabilities."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 476:
Narrated 'Aisha :
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Don't
abuse the dead, because they have reached the result of what
they forwarded."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 477:
Narrated Ibn Abbas.:
Abu Lahab, may Allah curse him, once
said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), "Perish you all the day."
Then the Divine Inspiration came:
"Perish the hands of Abi Lahab! And perish he!" (111.1).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 478:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Thy Prophet sent Muadh to Yemen and
said, "Invite the people to testify that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and I am Allah's Apostle, and if they
obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has enjoined on
them five prayers in every day and night (in twenty-four hours),
and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has
made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakat from their property
and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to
the poor."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 479:
Narrated Abu Aiyub:
A man said to the Prophet "Tell me of
such a deed as will make me enter Paradise." The people said,
"What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?" The
Prophet said, "He has something to ask. (What he needs greatly)
The Prophet said: (In order to enter Paradise) you should
worship Allah and do not ascribe any partners to Him, offer
prayer perfectly, pay the Zakat and keep good relations with
your Kith and kin." (See Hadith No. 12, Vol 8).
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 480:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A Bedouin came to the Prophet and said,
"Tell me of such a deed as will make me enter Paradise, if I do
it." The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Worship Allah, and worship
none along with Him, offer the (five) prescribed compulsory
prayers perfectly, pay the compulsory Zakat, and fast the month
of Ramadan." The Bedouin said, "By Him, in Whose Hands my life
is, I will not do more than this." When he (the Bedouin) left,
the Prophet said, "Whoever likes to see a man of Paradise, then
he may look at this man."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 481:
Narrated Abu Zur'a:
from the Prophet the same as above.
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 482:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A delegation of the tribe of 'Abdul
Qais came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! We are
from the tribe of Rabi'a, and the infidels of the tribe of Mudar
stands between us and you; so we cannot come to you except
during the Sacred Months. Please order us to do something
(religious deeds) which we may carry out and also invite to it
our people whom we have left behind." The Prophet said, "I order
you to do four things and forbid you four others: (I order you)
to have faith in Allah, and confess that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah, (and the Prophet gestured with his hand
like this (i.e. one knot) and to offer prayers perfectly and to
pay the Zakat, and to pay one-fifth of the booty in Allah's
Cause. And I forbid you to use Dubba', Hantam, Naqir and
Muzaffat (all these are the names of utensils used for preparing
alcoholic drinks)."
Volume 2, Book
23, Number 483:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
When Allah's Apostle died and Abu Bakr
became the caliph some Arabs renegade (reverted to disbelief)
(Abu Bakr decided to declare war against them), 'Umar, said to
Abu Bakr, "How can you fight with these people although Allah's
Apostle said, 'I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight the
people till they say: "None has the right to be worshipped but
Allah, and whoever said it then he will save his life and
property from me except on trespassing the law (rights and
conditions for which he will be punished justly), and his
accounts will be with Allah.' " Abu Bakr said, "By Allah! I will
fight those who differentiate between the prayer and the Zakat
as Zakat is the compulsory right to be taken from the property
(according to Allah's orders) By Allah! If they refuse to pay me
even a she-kid which they used to pay at the time of Allah's
Apostle . I would fight with them for withholding it" Then 'Umar
said, "By Allah, it was nothing, but Allah opened Abu Bakr's
chest towards the decision (to fight) and I came to know that
his decision was right."
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