55. Recognition
عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ قَبْضَ عَبْدٍ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ بِهَا حَاجَةً
✧ On the authority of a man from his people who had companionship with the Prophet, he said: The Prophet ﷺ said, 'When Allah wills to seize a servant in a land, He places for him a need there.'
أَنَّهُ تَمَخَّطَ فِي ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ بَخٍ بَخٍ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَمَخَّطُ فِي الْكَتَّانِ رَأَيْتُنِي أُصْرَعُ بَيْنَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ وَالْمِنْبَرِ يَقُولُ النَّاسُ مَجْنُونٌ وَمَا بِي إِلا الْجُوعُ
✧ He blew his nose in his garment, then said, 'Excellent! Abu Hurayrah blows his nose in linen. I saw myself falling down between the room of ʿĀʾishah and the pulpit, with people saying, "He is mad," but I was only hungry.'
قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا شَيْئًا مَا نُحِبُّ أَنْ نَتَكَلَّمَ بِهِ وَإِنَّ لَنَا مَا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ قَالَ أَوَ قَدْ وَجَدْتُمْ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ ذَاكَ صَرِيحُ الإيمَانِ
Abu Hurayra related, "Some people said, 'Messenger of Allah, we feel in ourselves something which we do not want to speak about and we have been in that state since sunrise.' He said, 'Have you really felt like that?' 'Yes,' they said. He said, 'That is clear belief.'"
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَخَالِي عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَحَدَنَا يَعْرُضُ فِي صَدْرِهِ مَا لَوْ تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ ذَهَبَتْ آخِرَتُهُ وَلَوْ ظَهَرَ لَقُتِلَ بِهِ قَالَ فَكَبَّرَتْ ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَالَتْ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيُكَبِّرْ ثَلاَثًا فَإِنَّهُ لَنْ يُحِسَّ ذَلِكَ إِلا مُؤْمِنٌ
Shahr ibn Hawshab said, "Me and my maternal aunt visited 'A'isha and said, 'Sometimes something occurs to one of us such that, if he had spoken about it, that would have been the end of his hopes for the Next World. If it were to be revealed, he would be killed for it.' She said the takbir three times and then said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about that and said, "If that happens to one of you, he should say the takbir three times. Only a believer feels that.'"
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَنْ يَبْرَحَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا اللَّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَمَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'People will not cease asking about what has not happened until they say, "Allah is the Creator of everything, so who created Allah?"'
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ الظَّنَّ فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا وَلاَ تَنَافَسُوا وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا وَلاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللهِ إِخْوَانًا
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the falsest of speech. Do not spy, do not compete with one another, do not turn your backs on one another, do not envy one another, do not hate one another, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.'
بَيْنَمَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَعَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ إِذْ مَرَّ بِهِ رَجُلٌ فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا فُلاَنُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ زَوْجَتِي فُلاَنَةٌ قَالَ مَنْ كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ بِهِ فَلَمْ أَكُنْ أَظُنُّ بِكَ قَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنِ ابْنِ آدَمَ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ
Anas said, "While the Prophet ﷺ was with one of his wives, a man passed by and the Prophet ﷺ called him and said, 'So-and-so, this is my wife so-and-so.' The man said, 'Whoever I might suspect, I would not suspect you!' The Prophet said, 'Shaytan flows in the son of Adam like blood flows.'"
مَا يَزَالُ الْمَسْرُوقُ مِنْهُ يَتَظَنَّى حَتَّى يَصِيرَ أَعْظَمَ مِنَ السَّارِقِ
'Abdullah said, "The person who has had something stolen from him continues to be suspicious until he is worse than the thief."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1290No grade recorded
أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ فُسَّاقَ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ مَا لِي وَفُسَّاقُ دِمَشْقَ؟ وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَعْرِفُهُمْ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُهُ بِلاَلٌ أَنَا أَكْتُبُهُمْ فَكَتَبَهُمْ قَالَ مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتَ؟ مَا عَرَفْتَ أَنَّهُمْ فُسَّاقٌ إِلاَّ وَأَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ وَلَمْ يُرْسِلْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ
✧ Mu'awiya wrote to Abu al-Darda': 'Write to me the transgressors of Damascus.' He said: 'What do I have to do with the transgressors of Damascus? How would I know them?' His son Bilal said: 'I will write them.' So he wrote them. He said: 'How did you know? You only knew they were transgressors because you are one of them. Begin with yourself.' And he did not send their names.
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَجَارِيَةٌ تَحْلِقُ عَنْهُ الشَّعْرَ وَقَالَ النُّورَةُ تُرِقُّ الْجِلْدَ
'Abdul-'Aziz ibn Qays said, "I visited 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar while a slavegirl was shaving his hair." He said, "The limestone depilatory makes the skin supple."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْفِطْرَةُ خَمْسٌ الْخِتَانُ وَالِاسْتِحْدَادُ وَنَتْفُ الإِبْطِ وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ وَتَقْلِيمُ الأظْفَارِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'The fitra is five: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, plucking the armpit hair, trimming the moustache, and clipping the nails.'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1293No grade recorded
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ الْخِتَانُ وَحَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ وَتَقْلِيمُ الأَظْفَارِ وَنَتْفُ الضَّبْعِ وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Five are from the fitra: circumcision, shaving the pubic hair, clipping the nails, plucking the armpit hair, and trimming the moustache.'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1294No grade recorded
خَمْسٌ مِنَ الْفِطْرَةِ تَقْلِيمُ الأَظْفَارِ وَقَصُّ الشَّارِبِ وَنَتْفُ الإِبْطِ وَحَلْقُ الْعَانَةِ وَالْخِتَانُ
Similar to 1292.
رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقْسِمُ لَحْمًا بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ وَأَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلاَمٌ أَحْمِلُ عُضْوَ الْبَعِيرِ فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَبَسَطَ لَهَا رِدَاءَهُ قُلْتُ مَنْ هَذِهِ؟ قَالَ هَذِهِ أُمُّهُ الَّتِي أَرْضَعَتْهُ
Abu't-Tufayl reported, "I saw the Prophet ﷺ divide the meat at al-Ji'rana. At that time, I was a boy who carried the joint of the camel (after it had been sacrificed). A woman came to him and he spread out his robe for her. I asked, 'Who is this?' The reply was, 'This is the woman who suckled him.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1296No grade recorded
قَالَ رَجُلٌ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الأَمِيرَ إِنَّ آذِنَكَ يَعْرِفُ رِجَالاً فَيُؤْثِرُهُمْ بِالإِذْنِ قَالَ عَذَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّ الْمَعْرِفَةَ لَتَنْفَعُ عِنْدَ الْكَلْبِ الْعَقُورِ وَعِنْدَ الْجَمَلِ الصَّؤُولِ
Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba reported that a man said, "May Allah make the amir thrive! Your chamberlain recognises certain men and gives them preference in permission to enter." He said, "May Allah excuse him! Recognition is beneficial (dealing) with a vicious dog and attacking camel."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1297No grade recorded
كَانَ أَصْحَابُنَا يُرَخِّصُونَ لَنَا فِي اللُّعَبِ كُلِّهَا غَيْرِ الْكِلاَبِ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ يَعْنِي لِلصِّبْيَانِ
Ibrahim said, "Our companions used to allow us all sorts of play things except for dogs."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1298No grade recorded
مَرَرْتُ مَعَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مَرَّةً بِالطَّرِيقِ فَمَرَّ بِغِلْمَةٍ مِنَ الْحَبَشِ فَرَآهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ فَأَخْرَجَ دِرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ
Abu 'Uqba said, "I once walked along the road with Ibn 'Umar. I passed some Abyssinian lads who were playing and he brought out two dirhams which he gave to them."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يُسَرِّبُ إِلَيَّ صَوَاحِبِي يَلْعَبْنَ بِاللَّعِبِ الْبَنَاتِ الصِّغَارِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to send my female companions to me to play with the small dolls.
قَالَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَجُلاً يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً قَالَ شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً
Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a man following a dove and said, 'A shaytan following a shaytan.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1301No grade recorded
كَانَ عُثْمَانُ لاَ يَخْطُبُ جُمُعَةً إِلاَّ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلاَبِ وَذَبْحِ الْحَمَامِ
Al-Hasan said, "'Uthman did not speak on any Jumu'a without commanding the killing of dogs and slaughtering of doves."
أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ جَاءَهُ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَرَأْسُهُ فِي يَدِ جَارِيَةٍ لَهُ تُرَجِّلُهُ فَنَزَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ دَعْهَا تُرَجِّلُكَ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَوْ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيَّ جِئْتُكَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ إِنَّمَا الْحَاجَةُ لِي
Zayd ibn Thabit reported that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab came to him to ask to see him one day and he gave him permission while his head was in the hands of a slavegirl of his who was combing his hair. He removed his head and 'Umar said to him, 'Let her comb it.' He said, 'Amir al-Mu'minin, if you were to send for me, I would come to you.' ''Umar said, 'It is my need.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1303No grade recorded
إِذَا تَنَخَّعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْقَوْمِ فَلْيُوَارِ بِكَفَّيْهِ حَتَّى تَقَعَ نُخَاعَتُهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَإِذَا صَامَ فَلْيَدَّهِنْ لاَ يُرَى عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ الصَّوْمِ
Abu Hurayra said, "When someone spits in the presence of people, let him catch it with his palms so that his spit does not fall on the ground. When he fasts, he should oil his palm so that the trace of the fast is not seen on him."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1304No grade recorded
كَانُوا يُحِبُّونَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ لاَ يُقْبِلَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ الْوَاحِدِ وَلَكِنْ لِيَعُمَّهُمْ
Habib ibn Abi Thabit said, "When a man spoke, they used to like that he not turn to one particular man, but rather he should address everyone."