44. Impermissible and Permissible
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ عُقُوقَ الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَوَأْدَ الْبَنَاتِ وَمَنَعَ وَهَاتِ وَكَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ»
The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah has forbidden for you, (1) to be undutiful to your mothers, (2) to bury your daughters alive, (3) to not to pay the rights of the others (e.g. charity, etc.) and (4) to beg of men (begging). And Allah has hated for you (1) vain, useless talk, or that you talk too much about others, (2) to ask too many questions, (in disputed religious matters) and (3) to waste the wealth (by extravagance).
أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ كَتَبَ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ أَنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَعَا غُلَامَهُ وَرَّادًا فَقَالَ اكْتُبْ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ وَأْدِ الْبَنَاتِ وَعُقُوقِ الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَعَنْ مَنْعٍ وَهَاتِ وَعَنْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةِ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةِ الْمَالِ»
✧ Mu'awiyah wrote to al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah: 'Write to me a hadith you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He called his servant Warrad and said: 'Write: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibiting burying daughters alive, disobedience to mothers, withholding and demanding, and from 'it was said' and 'he said', excessive questioning, and wasting wealth.'"
«إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَحَاسِنُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا وَإِنَّ أَبْغَضَكُمْ إِلَيَّ وَأَبْعَدَكُمْ مِنِّي فِي الْآخِرَةِ أَسْوَؤُكُمْ أَخْلَاقًا الْمُتَشَدِّقُونَ الْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ الثَّرْثَارُونَ»
✧ "The most beloved of you to me and the closest of you to me in the Hereafter are those of you with the best character. And the most hateful of you to me and the furthest of you from me in the Hereafter are those of you with the worst character: the garrulous, the arrogant boasters, and the verbose."
«أَرْبَعَةٌ يُبْغِضُهُمُ اللَّهُ الْبَيَّاعُ الْحَلَّافُ وَالْفَقِيرُ الْمُخْتَالُ وَالشَّيْخُ الزَّانِي وَالْإِمَامُ الْجَائِرُ»
✧ "Four types Allah hates: the trader who swears oaths constantly, the poor person who is arrogant, the elderly adulterer, and the oppressive leader."
«مَنْ غَشَّنَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَالْمَكْرُ وَالْخِدَاعُ فِي النَّارِ»
✧ "Whoever cheats us is not one of us. Deceit and treachery are in the Fire."
«مَنْ خَبَّبَ عَبْدًا عَلَى أَهْلِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَمَنْ أَفْسَدَ امْرَأَةً عَلَى زَوْجِهَا فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»
✧ "Whoever incites a slave against his masters is not one of us, and whoever corrupts a woman against her husband is not one of us."
«اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا هُنَّ؟ قَالَ «الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ وَالسِّحْرُ وَقَتْلُ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَكْلُ الرِّبَا وَأَكْلُ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ وَالتَّوَلِّي يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ وَقَذْفُ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ»
✧ "Avoid the seven destructive sins." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, what are they?" He said, "Associating partners with Allah, sorcery, killing a soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, consuming riba, consuming the orphan's wealth, fleeing on the day of battle, and slandering chaste, heedless, believing women."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5562No grade recorded
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الْكَبَائِرُ؟ قَالَ «الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ عُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ» قَالَ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ «ثُمَّ الْيَمِينُ الْغَمُوسُ» قُلْتُ لِعَامِرٍ مَا الْيَمِينُ الْغَمُوسُ؟ قَالَ الَّذِي يَقْتَطِعُ مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ بِيَمِينٍ صَبْرٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا كَاذِبٌ
✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, what are the major sins?" He said, "Associating partners with Allah." He said, "Then what?" He said, "Then disobedience to parents." He said, "Then what?" He said, "Then the false oath." I said to 'Amir, "What is the false oath?" He said, "That by which a man seizes the property of a Muslim with an oath of patience, while he is lying in it."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5563Hasan sahih
«مِنْ أَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الْإِشْرَاكُ بِاللَّهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْيَمِينُ الْغَمُوسُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يَحْلِفُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى مِثْلِ جَنَاحِ بَعُوضَةٍ إِلَّا كَانَتْ كَيَّةً فِي قَلْبِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ "Among the greatest of major sins are associating partners with Allah, disobedience to parents, and the false oath. By the One in whose hand is my soul, no man swears an oath about the like of a mosquito's wing except that it becomes a brand on his heart on the Day of Resurrection."
«يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ ضَعِيفًا وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي لَا تَتَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ وَلَا تَتَأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ»
✧ “O Abu Dharr, indeed I see you as weak, and indeed I love for you what I love for myself: do not take charge of an orphan's wealth, and do not seek command over two people.”
كَانَ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ «أُحَرِّجُ مَالَ الضَّعِيفَيْنِ الْيَتِيمِ وَالْمَرْأَةِ»
✧ He used to say on the pulpit: “I declare inviolable the wealth of the two weak ones: the orphan and the woman.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5566Fabricated
«يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قُبُورِهِمْ تَأَجَّجُ أَفْوَاهُهُمْ نَارًا» فَقِيلَ مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَلَمْ تَرَ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا} الْآيَةَ»
✧ “People will be raised on the Day of Resurrection from their graves with their mouths blazing with fire.” It was said, “Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Have you not seen that Allah says: {Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly only consume fire into their bellies} (Qur'an 4:10) to the end of the verse.”
«يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ لَحْمٌ وَدَمٌ نَبَتَا عَلَى سُحْتٍ النَّارُ أَوْلَى بِهِ يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ النَّاسُ غَادِيَانِ فَغَادٍ فِي فَكَاكِ نَفْسِهِ فَمُعْتِقُهَا وَغَادٍ مُوبِقُهَا يَا كَعْبُ بْنَ عُجْرَةَ الصَّلَاةُ قُرْبَانٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ وَالصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَمَا يَذْهَبُ الْجَلِيدُ عَلَى الصَّفَا»
✧ “O Ka'b b. 'Ujrah, no flesh and blood that grew on unlawful sustenance will enter Paradise; the Fire is more fitting for it. O Ka'b b. 'Ujrah, people go out in the morning in two ways: one goes out to ransom his soul and sets it free, and another goes out to destroy it. O Ka'b b. 'Ujrah, prayer is a means of nearness, charity is a proof, fasting is a shield, and charity extinguishes sin just as ice disappears from a smooth rock.”
قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عَائِشَةُ إِيَّاكِ وَمُحَقَّرَاتِ الْأَعْمَالِ فَإِنَّ لَهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ طَالِبًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: “O 'A'ishah, beware of the sins that are regarded as insignificant, for they have a pursuer from Allah.”
«اجْعَلُوا بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَ الْحَرَامِ سُتْرَةً مِنَ الْحَلَالِ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ اسْتَبْرَأَ لِعِرْضِهِ وَدِينِهِ وَمَنْ أَرْتَعَ فِيهِ كَانَ كَالْمُرْتِعِ إِلَى جَنْبِ الْحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيهِ وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمًى وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَحَارِمُهُ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Create a barrier of lawful (halal) things between you and what is prohibited (haram). Whoever does so has protected his honor and religion. And whoever allows himself to indulge in what is forbidden, it is as if he is standing on the edge of a precipice, about to fall into it. Certainly, every king has territories that he safeguards, and the territories of Allah on the earth are His prohibitions."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ لَكَ كَنْزًا وَإِنَّكَ ذُو قَرْنَيْهَا فَلَا تُتْبِعِ النَّظْرَةَ النَّظْرَةَ فَإِنَّ لَكَ الْأُولَى وَلَيْسَتْ لَكَ الْآخِرَةُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him: “O 'Ali, you have a treasure, and you are the owner of its two horns. Do not follow a look with another look, for the first is yours but the second is not.”
«سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ نَظْرَةِ الْفُجَاءَةِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَصْرِفَ بَصَرِي»
✧ “I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the sudden glance, and he commanded me to avert my gaze.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى امْرَأَةً فَدَخَلَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ وَخَرَجَ وَقَالَ «إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ أَقْبَلَتْ فِي صُورَةِ شَيْطَانٍ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَةً أَعْجَبَتْهُ فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ فَإِنَّ مَعَهَا مِثْلَ الَّذِي مَعَهَا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ saw a woman, then he went in to Zaynab and fulfilled his need, then came out and said: “When a woman approaches, she approaches in the form of a devil. If one of you sees a woman who pleases him, let him go to his wife, for she has the like of what that woman has.”
«إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمُ الْمَرْأَةَ الَّتِي تُعْجِبُهُ فَلْيَرْجِعْ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ حَتَّى يَقَعَ بِهِمْ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مَعَهُمْ»
✧ “If one of you sees a woman who pleases him, let him return to his wife and have intercourse with her, for that is with her.”
«لَا يَنْظُرُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى عُرْيَةِ الرَّجُلِ وَلَا تَنْظُرُ الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى عُرْيَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَلَا يُفْضِي الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فِي الثَّوْبِ وَلَا تُفْضِي الْمَرْأَةُ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فِي الثَّوْبِ»
✧ “A man should not look at the nakedness of a man, nor a woman at the nakedness of a woman; a man should not lie with a man under one cloth, nor a woman with a woman under one cloth.”
كُنْتُ أَنَا وَمَيْمُونَةُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ ضُرِبَ الْحِجَابُ فَقَالَ «قُومَا» فَقُلْنَا إِنَّهُ مَكْفُوفٌ وَلَا يُبْصِرُنَا قَالَ «أَفَعَمْيَاوَانِ أَنْتُمَا لَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ؟! »
✧ I and Maymunah were with the Prophet ﷺ when Ibn Umm Maktum came asking permission to enter, and that was after the hijab had been imposed. He said: “Get up.” We said, “He is blind and cannot see us.” He said: “Are you two blind, that you cannot see him?!”
أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَيْمُونَةُ قَالَتُ فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ أَقْبَلَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أُمِرَ بِالْحِجَابِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «احْتَجِبَا مِنْهُ» فَقَالَتَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَعْمَى فَمَا يُبْصِرُنَا وَلَا يَعْرِفُنَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَسْتُمَا تُبْصِرَانِهِ؟
✧ She was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and Maymunah. She said: While we were with him, Ibn Umm Maktum approached and entered upon him, and that was after the command of hijab. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Veil yourselves from him.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, is he not blind, so he cannot see us or know us?” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Are you two not seeing him?”
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ مُوسَى عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى فَرْجِ امْرَأَتِهِ فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا عَطَاءً فَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهَا عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ «كُنْتُ اغْتَسِلُ أَنَا وَحِبِّي ﷺ مِنَ الْإِنَاءِ الْوَاحِدِ تَخْتَلِفُ فِيهِ أَكُفُّنَا» وَأَشَارَتْ إِلَى إِنَاءٍ فِي الْبَيْتِ قَدْرَ سِتَّةِ أَقْسَاطٍ
✧ He asked Sulayman b. Musa about a man looking at his wife's private parts. He said, 'I asked ʿAtaʾ about that, and he said, "I asked ʿAʾishah about it, and she said, 'I and my beloved ﷺ used to perform ghusl from a single vessel, our hands alternating in it.'"' And she pointed to a vessel in the house holding about six qists.
«لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ دَعَا الْقَوْمَ فَطَعِمُوا ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ كَأَنَّهُ يَتَهَيَّأُ لِلْقِيَامِ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَقُومُوا فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ قَامَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ قَامَ مَنْ قَامَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَقَعَدَ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَاءَ فَإِذَا الْقَوْمُ جُلُوسٌ فَرَجَعَ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ قَامُوا فَانْطَلَقُوا فَجِئْتُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّهُمْ قَدِ انْطَلِقُوا فَجَاءَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ فَذَهَبْتُ أَدْخُلُ فَأَلْقَى الْحِجَابَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينُ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {إِنَّ ذَلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمًا} »
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Zaynab bt. Jaḥsh, he invited the people and they ate. Then they sat conversing. He made as if to get up, but they did not rise. When he saw that, he stood up, and when he stood, those who stood among the people stood, while three remained seated. The Prophet ﷺ came, and the people were still sitting, so he returned. Then they got up and left. I came and informed the Prophet ﷺ that they had left. He came and entered, and I went to enter, but he let down the screen between me and him, and Allah revealed: {O you who believe, do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given to you} up to His saying {that, in Allah's sight, is an enormity}.
سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ} قَالَ «بَنَى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِبَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ فَصَنَعَ طَعَامًا فَأَرْسَلَنِي فَدَعَوْتُ رِجَالًا فَأَكَلُوا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَرَجَ فَأَتَى بَيْتَ عَائِشَةَ ثُمَّ تَبِعْتُهُ فَدَخَلَ فَوَجَدَ فِي بَيْتِهَا رَجُلَيْنِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا رَجَعَ وَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُمَا فَقَامَا وَخَرَجَا وَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ}»
✧ I heard Anas b. Malik say regarding this verse: {Do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless you are given permission for a meal}. He said, "The Prophet of Allah ﷺ consummated marriage with one of his wives and prepared food. He sent me, and I invited some men. They ate, then he got up and went out to ʿAʾishah's house. I followed him, and he entered, finding two men in her house. When he saw them, he turned back without speaking to them. They got up and left, and the verse of the screen was revealed: {O you who believe, do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless you are given permission for a meal, not waiting for its preparation}."
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يُصَافِحِ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never shook hands with a woman.
«مَا أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ قَطُّ إِلَّا بِمَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا وَمَا مَسَّتْ كَفُّهُ كَفَّ امْرَأَةٍ قَطُّ وَمَا كَانَ يَقُولُ لَهُنَّ إِذَا أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِنَّ إِلَّا قَدْ بَايَعْتُكُنَّ كَلَامًا»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never took the oath of allegiance from women except with what Allah, mighty and sublime, commanded him, and his hand never touched the hand of a woman. When he took their pledge, he would only say, 'I have accepted your pledge,' verbally.
«لَا يُبَاشِرُ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ وَلَا الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ»
✧ A man should not have skin-to-skin contact with a man, nor a woman with a woman.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5583No grade recorded
«لَا تُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ وَلَا الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ إِلَّا الْوَالِدُ الْوَلَدَ»
✧ A woman should not have skin-to-skin contact with a woman, nor a man with a man, except a parent with a child.
«جَاءَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ إِلَى مَنْزِلِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَلْتَمِسُهُ فَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَوَجَدَهُ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ كَلَّمَ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ مَا أَرَى حَاجَتَكَ إِلَّا إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ قَالَ أَجَلْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْخُلَ عَلَى الْمُغِيبَاتِ»
✧ ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ came to the house of ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib looking for him but could not find him. Then he returned and found him. When he entered, he spoke with Fāṭimah. ʿAlī said to him, 'I see your need is only with the woman.' He said, 'Yes, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to enter upon women whose husbands are absent.'
أَنَّ نَفَرًا مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ دَخَلُوا عَلَى أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ وَهِيَ تَحْتَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَرَآهُمْ فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ وَذَكَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَمْ أَرَ إِلَّا خَيْرًا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَرَّأَهَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ» ثُمَّ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «لَا يَدْخُلَنَّ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَ يَوْمِي هَذَا عَلَى مُغِيبَةٍ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ رَجُلٌ»
✧ A group of men from Banū Hāshim entered upon Asmāʾ bt. ʿUmays, and Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq came in while she was his wife that day. He saw them and disliked that, and mentioned it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, saying, 'I saw nothing but good.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah has declared her innocent of that.' Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood on the pulpit and said, 'After this day of mine, no man should enter upon a woman whose husband is absent unless accompanied by a man.'
خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ بِالْجَابِيَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِي مِثْلِ مَقَامِي هَذَا فَقَالَ «أَحْسِنُوا إِلَى أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَفْشُو الْكَذِبُ حَتَّى يَحْلِفَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى الْيَمِينِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَحْلَفَ عَلَيْهَا وَيَشْهَدَ عَلَى الشَّهَادَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْتَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهَا فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَنَالَ بُحْبُوحَةَ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَلْزَمِ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَهُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبْعَدُ أَلَا لَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ فَإِنَّ ثَالِثَهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ أَلَا وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ تَسُوؤُهُ سَيِّئَتُهُ وَتَسُرُّهُ حَسَنَتُهُ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ»
✧ ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb addressed us at al-Jābiyah and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in a place like this of mine and said, 'Be good to my Companions, then those who follow them, then lying will spread until a man swears an oath before being asked to swear it, and bears witness before being asked to bear witness. Whoever of you wants to attain the best of Paradise, let him keep to the community, for Satan is with the one and is farther from the two. Indeed, no man should be alone with a woman, for the third of them is Satan. Indeed, whoever among you is grieved by his evil deed and pleased by his good deed is a believer.'
«أَلَا لَا يَبِيتَنَّ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ امْرَأَةٍ فِي بَيْتٍ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَاكِحًا أَوْ ذَا مَحْرَمٍ»
✧ Indeed, a man should not spend the night with a woman in a house unless he is married to her or is a close relative.
«لَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَى النِّسَاءِ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ الْحَمْوَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْحَمْوُ الْمَوْتُ»
✧ Do not enter upon women. A man from the Anṣār said, 'What about the brother-in-law, O Messenger of Allah?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The brother-in-law is death.'
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ «لَا تُسَافِرَنَّ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا بِذِي مَحْرَمٍ وَلَا يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلَّا بِذِي مَحْرَمٍ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was on the pulpit delivering a sermon: 'A woman must not travel except with a mahram, and a man must not be alone with a woman except with a mahram.'
«لَا يَبِيتَنَّ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ امْرَأَةٍ فِي بَيْتٍ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَاكِحًا أَوْ ذَا مَحْرَمٍ»
✧ A man must not spend the night with a woman in a house unless he is married to her or is a mahram.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا خَضِرَةٌ حُلْوَةٌ فَاتَّقُوهَا وَاتَّقُوا النِّسَاءَ» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نِسْوَةً ثَلَاثَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ وَامْرَأَةً قَصِيرَةً لَا تُعْرَفُ فَاتَّخَذَتْ رِجْلَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبٍ وَصَاغَتْ خَاتَمًا فَحَشَتْهُ مِنْ أَطْيَبِ الطِّيبِ فَإِذَا مَرَّتْ بِالْمَسْجِدِ أَوْ بِالْمَلَأِ قَالَتْ بِهِ فَفَتَحَتْهُ فَفَاحَ رِيحُهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the world and said: 'The world is green and sweet, so be mindful of it and be mindful of women.' Then he mentioned three women from the Children of Israel: two tall women and a short woman who was not known. She made two legs of wood and fashioned a ring, filling it with the finest perfume. When she passed by the mosque or the assembly, she would say, 'With it,' and open it, and its fragrance would spread.
«إِنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَتْ قَصِيرَةً فَاتَّخَذَتْ لَهَا نَعْلَيْنِ مِنْ خَشَبِ فَكَانَتْ تَمْشِي بَيْنَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ طَوِيلَتَيْنِ تَطَاوَلُ بِهِمَا وَاتَّخَذَتْ خَاتَمًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَحَشَتْ تَحْتَ فَصِّهِ أَطْيَبَ الطِّيبِ الْمِسْكَ فَكَانَتْ إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِالْمَجْلِسِ حَرَّكَتْهُ فَيَفُوحُ رِيحُهُ»
✧ A woman among the Children of Israel was short, so she made herself two sandals of wood and would walk between two tall women, making herself taller with them. She made a ring of gold and filled under its bezel with the finest perfume, musk. When she passed by a gathering, she would move it and its fragrance would spread.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5593No grade recorded
كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ أَرِنِي الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقَبِّلُهُ مِنْكَ قَالَ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ سُرَّتِهِ فَقَبَّلَهَا
✧ I was with Abu Hurayrah, and he said to al-Hasan b. Ali: 'Show me the place where I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ kiss you.' So he uncovered his navel and he kissed it.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَبَّلَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ وَالْأَقْرَعُ بْنُ حَابِسٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ جَالِسٌ فَقَالَ الْأَقْرَعُ إِنَّ لِيَ عَشَرَةً مِنَ الْوَلَدِ مَا قَبَّلْتُ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا قَطُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ لَا يُرْحَمُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ kissed al-Hasan b. Ali while al-Aqra' b. Habis al-Tamimi was sitting. Al-Aqra' said: 'I have ten children and I have never kissed any of them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.'
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَتُقَبِّلُونَ الصِّبْيَانَ؟ فَمَا نُقَبِّلُهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَمَا أَمْلِكُ لَكَ أَنْ نَزَعَ اللَّهُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِنْ قَلْبِكَ»
✧ A bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Do you kiss children? We do not kiss them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'What can I do for you if Allah has removed mercy from your heart?'
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُدْلِعُ لِسَانَهُ لِلْحُسَيْنِ فَيَرَى الصَّبِيُّ حُمْرَةَ لِسَانِهِ فَيَهَشُّ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُيَيْنَةُ بْنُ حِصْنِ بْنِ بَدْرٍ أَلَا أَرَى تَصْنَعُ هَذَا بِهَذَا وَاللَّهِ لَيَكُونُ لِيَ الِابْنُ قَدْ خَرَجَ وَجْهُهُ وَمَا قَبَّلْتُهُ قَطُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُ لَا يُرْحَمُ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would stick out his tongue for al-Husayn, and the boy would see the redness of his tongue and become excited toward it. Uyaynah b. Hisn b. Badr said to him: 'Do I see you doing this with this one? By Allah, I have a son whose face has grown hair and I have never kissed him.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever does not show mercy will not be shown mercy.'
«مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ جَارَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلَا يَدْخُلِ الْحَمَّامَ إِلَّا بِمِئْزَرٍ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتَ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمْ فَلَا تَدْخُلِ الْحَمَّامَ»
✧ Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honor his neighbor. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not enter the bathhouse except with a waist wrapper. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should say good or remain silent. And whoever of your women believes in Allah and the Last Day should not enter the bathhouse.
«الْمَرْأَةُ عَوْرَةٌ وَإِنَّهَا إِذَا خَرَجَتِ اسْتَشْرَفَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ وَإِنَّهَا لَا تَكُونُ إِلَى وَجْهِ اللَّهِ أَقْرَبَ مِنْهَا فِي قَعْرِ بَيْتِهَا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "A woman is a temptation, and when she goes out, the devil takes a closer look at her. And indeed, she is not closer to the face of Allah than when she is at the deepest part of her home."
«الْمَرْأَةُ عَوْرَةٌ فَإِذَا خَرَجَتِ اسْتَشْرَفَهَا الشَّيْطَانُ وَأَقْرَبُ مَا تَكُونُ مِنْ رَبِّهَا إِذَا هِيَ فِي قَعْرِ بَيْتِهَا»
✧ The woman is private; when she goes out, Satan seeks to seduce her, and the closest she is to her Lord is when she is in the innermost part of her house.
«لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ اشْتَكَى وَاشْتَكَى أَصْحَابُهُ وَاشْتَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَبِلَالٌ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي عِيَادَتِهِمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ فَقَالَ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah, he fell ill, as did his Companions, Abu Bakr, Amir b. Fuhayrah the freed slave of Abu Bakr, and Bilal. Aishah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to visit them, and he permitted her. She said to Abu Bakr: 'How do you find yourself?' He said:
«لَيْسَ لِلنِّسَاءِ وَسَطُ الطَّرِيقِ»
✧ Women do not have the middle of the road.
«أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْحِجَامَةِ فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَبَا طَيْبَةَ أَنْ يَحْجُمَهَا وَقَالَ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ أَخَاهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةَ أَوْ غُلَامًا لَمْ يَحْتَلِمْ»
✧ Umm Salamah asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to undergo cupping, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered Abu Taybah to cup her, and he said—I think he said that he was her foster brother or a boy who had not reached puberty.
«إِذَا قَاتَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ»
✧ When one of you fights, let him avoid the face.
«إِذَا ضَرَبَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَجْتَنِبِ الْوَجْهَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ»
✧ When one of you strikes, let him avoid the face, for Allah created Adam in His image.
أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِقَوْمٍ قَدِ ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ أَوْ قَالَ زَنَادِقَةٍ مَعَهُمْ كُتُبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِنَارٍ فَأُجِّجَتْ فَأَلْقَاهُمْ فِيهَا بِكُتُبِهِمْ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا لَوْ كُنْتُ لَمْ أُحَرِّقْهُمْ لِنَهْيِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَقَتَلْتُهُمْ لِقَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تُعَذِّبُوا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ» وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ بَدَّلَ دِينَهُ فَاقْتُلُوهُ»
✧ Ali was brought people who had apostatized from Islam—or he said heretics—who had books with them, so he ordered a fire to be kindled and threw them into it with their books. That reached Ibn Abbas, and he said: As for me, if it were I, I would not have burned them, because of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ prohibition, but I would have killed them, because of the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ saying: 'Do not punish with Allah's punishment.' And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'
«مَنْ رَمَانَا بِالنَّبْلِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»
✧ Whoever shoots at us with arrows is not one of us.
«لَا تَتَّخِذُوا شَيْئًا فِيهِ الرُّوحُ غَرَضًا»
✧ Do not take anything that has a soul as a target.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَبْرِ الدَّابَّةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade restraining an animal.
غَزَوْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فَأُتِيَ بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَعْلَاجٍ مَعَ الْعَدُوِّ فَأَمَرَ بِهِمْ فَقُتِلُوا صَبْرًا بِالنَّبْلِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَبَا أَيُّوبَ فَقَالَ «سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الصَّبْرِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ دَجَاجَةٌ مَا صَبَرْتُهَا» فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ خَالِدٍ فَأَعْتَقَ أَرْبَعَ رِقَابٍ
✧ We raided with Abd al-Rahman b. Khalid b. al-Walid, and four infidels from the enemy were brought, and he ordered them to be killed by restraining them with arrows. That reached Abu Ayyub, and he said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbid killing by restraint. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if it were a chicken, I would not restrain it.' That reached Abd al-Rahman b. Khalid, and he freed four slaves.
«إِذَا لَقِيتُمْ هَبَّارَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَنَافِعَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ فَحَرِّقُوهُمَا بِالنَّارِ» ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ «لَا يُعَذِّبُ بِالنَّارِ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمَا فَاقْتُلُوهُمَا»
✧ When you meet Habbar b. al-Aswad and Nafi b. Abd al-Qays, burn them both with fire. Then afterwards the Prophet ﷺ said: 'None punishes with fire except Allah, but if you meet them, kill them.'
أَنَّ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ وَجَدَ عِيَاضَ بْنَ غَنْمٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى حِمْصَ شَمَّسَ نَاسًا مِنَ النَّبَطِ فِي أَخْذِ الْجِزْيَةِ فَقَالَ هِشَامُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ مَا هَذَا يَا عِيَاضُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذِّبُ الَّذِينَ يُعَذِّبُونَ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا»
‘Urwa bin Al Zubair said “Hisham bin Halim bin Hizam found a man who was the governor of Hims making some Copts stand in the sun for the payment of jizyah. He said “What is this?” I heard the Apostle ﷺ as saying “Allaah Most High will punish those who punish the people in this world.” (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3045)
أَنَّ حَكِيمَ بْنَ حِزَامٍ مَرَّ بِعُمَيْرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَهُوَ يُعَذِّبُ النَّاسَ فِي الْجِزْيَةِ فِي الشَّمْسِ فَقَالَ يَا عُمَيْرُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذِّبُ الَّذِينَ يُعَذِّبُونَ النَّاسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا» قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَخَلِّ سَبِيلَهُمْ
✧ Hakim b. Hizam passed by Umayr b. Sa'd while he was punishing people for the jizyah in the sun, and he said: O Umayr, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Allah will punish those who punish people in this world.' He said: Go and release them.
«أَنَّ نَمْلَةً قَرَصَتْ نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَأَمَرَ بِقَرْيَةِ النَّمْلِ فَأُحْرِقَتْ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ قَرَصَتْكَ نَمْلَةٌ أَهْلَكْتَ أُمَّةً مِنَ الْأُمَمِ تُسَبِّحُ»
✧ An ant bit a prophet among the prophets, so he ordered the ant colony to be burned. Then Allah revealed to him: An ant bit you, and you destroyed a community among the communities that glorify Allah.
«أَجِيبُوا الدَّاعِيَ وَلَا تَرُدُّوا الْهَدِيَّةَ وَلَا تَضْرِبُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ»
✧ Answer the one who invites, do not refuse a gift, and do not strike the Muslims.
قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِعِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ إِنَّ عَبْدًا لِي أَبَقَ وَإِنِّي نَذَرْتُ إِنْ أَصَبْتُهُ لَأَقْطَعَنَّ يَدَهُ قَالَ «لَا تَقْطَعْ يَدَهُ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَقُومُ فِينَا فَيَأْمُرُنَا بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَيَنْهَانَا عَنِ الْمُثْلَةِ»
✧ A man said to ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn, “One of my slaves has run away, and I have vowed that if I catch him, I will cut off his hand.” He said, “Do not cut off his hand, for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to stand among us and command us to give charity and forbid us from mutilation.”
«لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ مَثَّلَ بِالْحَيَوَانِ»
✧ “May Allah curse anyone who mutilates an animal.”
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «هَلْ تُنْتَجُ إِبِلُ قَوْمِكَ صِحَاحًا آذَانُهَا فَتَعْمَدُ إِلَى الْمُوسَى فَتَقْطَعُ آذَانَهَا فَتَقُولُ هَذِهِ بُحُرٌ أَوْ تَشُقُّ جُلُودَهَا وَتَقُولَ هَذِهِ صُرُمٌ فَتُحَرِّمُهَا عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَى أَهْلِكَ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَكُلُّ مَا آتَاكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ حِلٌّ سَاعِدُ اللَّهِ أَشَدُّ مِنْ سَاعِدِكَ وَمُوسَى اللَّهِ أَحَدُّ مِنْ مُوسَاكَ»
✧ I came to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “Do the camels of your people produce healthy offspring with their ears, and then you take a razor and cut their ears, saying, ‘These are buhur,’ or you slit their hides and say, ‘These are surum,’ thereby forbidding them to yourself and your family?” He said: I said, “Yes.” He said, “Then whatever Allah gives you is lawful for you. Allah’s arm is stronger than your arm, and Allah’s razor is sharper than your razor.”
«ارْكَبُوا هَذِهِ الدَّوَابَّ سَالِمَةً وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوهَا كَرَاسِيَّ»
✧ “Ride these animals while they are sound, and do not take them as chairs.”
أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ بِحِمَارٍ قَدْ كُوِيَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ أَوْ وُسِمَ فَلَعَنَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ «سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ لَا تَضْرِبُوهَا عَلَى وُجُوهِهَا»
✧ A donkey passed by him that had been cauterized on its face or branded, and the Prophet ﷺ cursed the one who did that. Then he said, “Glory be to Allah! Do not strike them on their faces.”
«دَخَلْتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّارَ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَا هِيَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا وَلَا هِيَ أَرْسَلَتْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ»
✧ “A woman entered the Fire because of a cat which she tied up. She neither fed it nor let it loose to eat from the vermin of the earth until it died.”
«انْكَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ وَقُمْنَا فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا يُحَدِّثُنَا فَقَالَ » لَقَدْ عُرِضَتَ عَلَيَّ الْجَنَّةُ حَتَّى لَوْ شِئْتُ لَتَعَاطَيْتُ مِنْ قُطُوفِهَا وَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ النَّارُ فَلَوْلَا أَنِّي دَفَعْتُهَا عَنْكُمْ لَغَشِيَتْكُمْ وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا ثَلَاثَةً يُعَذَّبُونَ امْرَأَةً حِمْيَرِيَّةً سَوْدَاءَ طَوِيلَةً تُعَذَّبُ فِي هِرَّةٍ لَهَا أَوْثَقَتْهَا فَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ فَهِيَ إِذَا أَقْبَلَتْ تَنْهَشُهَا وَإِذَا أَدْبَرَتْ تَنْهَشُهَا وَرَأَيْتُ أَخَا بَنِي دَعْدَعٍ صَاحِبَ السَّائِبِتَيْنِ يُدْفَعُ بِعَمُودَيْنِ فِي النَّارِ وَالسَّائِبَتَانِ بَدَنَتَانِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَرَقَهُمَا وَرَأَيْتُ صَاحِبَ الْمِحْجَنِ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى مِحْجَنِهِ وَكَانَ صَاحِبُ الْمِحْجَنِ يَسْرِقُ مَتَاعَ الْجّاجِّ بِمِحْجَنِهِ فَإِذَا خَفِيَ لَهُ ذَهَبَ بِهِ وَإِذَا ظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَسْرِقْ إِنَّمَا تَعَلَّقَ بِمِحْجَنِي
✧ “The sun eclipsed during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He stood, and we stood with him, and he prayed. Then he turned to us and began narrating to us, saying, ‘Paradise was brought near to me, so much so that if I had wished, I could have plucked a bunch of its fruits. And the Fire was shown to me, and had I not warded it off from you, it would have overwhelmed you. In it I saw three people being punished: a tall, black Ḥimyarite woman being punished because of a cat she had tied up. She neither let it eat from the vermin of the earth nor fed it until it died. So whenever it comes toward her, it bites her, and whenever she turns away, it bites her. I saw the brother of Banū Daʿdaʿ, the owner of the two sāʾibahs, being pushed with two pillars in the Fire. The two sāʾibahs were two camels of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ which he stole. And I saw the owner of the hooked staff leaning on his staff. The owner of the hooked staff used to steal the belongings of pilgrims with his hooked staff. When it was unnoticed, he would take it away, and when it was discovered, he would say, “I did not steal; it merely got caught on my staff.”’”
«أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ وَسَمَ بَعِيرًا أَوْ دَابَّةً فِي وَجْهِهِ فَرَآهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَغَضِبَ فَقَالَ عَبَّاسٌ لَا أَسِمُهُ إِلَّا فِي آخِرِهِ فَوَسَمَهُ فِي جَاعِرَتَيْهِ»
✧ “Al-ʿAbbās branded a camel or an animal on its face. The Prophet ﷺ saw it and became angry. ʿAbbās said, ‘I will only brand it on its rear,’ so he branded it on its jāʿiratayn (the two fleshy parts of the rump).”
رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِمَارًا مَوْسُومَ الْوَجْهِ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَسِمُهُ إِلَّا فِي أَقْصَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْوَجْهِ فَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارٍ لَهُ فَكُوِيَ فِي جَاعِرَتَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ كَوَى الْجَاعِرَتَيْنِ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a donkey branded on its face and disapproved of it. The man said, “By Allah, I will only brand it on the furthest part of the face.” So he ordered a donkey of his to be cauterized on its jāʿiratayn, and he was the first to cauterize the jāʿiratayn.
إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَأَى حِمَارًا مَوْسُومَ الْوَجْهِ فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ «وَاللَّهِ لَا أَسِمُهُ إِلَّا أَقْصَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الْوَجْهِ فَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارِهِ فَكُوِيَ فِي جَاعِرَتَيْهِ فَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ كَوَى الْجَاعِرَتَيْنِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a donkey branded on its face and disapproved of it. He said, “By Allah, I will not brand it except on the furthest part of the face.” So he ordered his donkey to be cauterized on its jāʿiratayn, and he was the first to cauterize the jāʿiratayn.
مَرَّ حِمَارٌ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ كُوِيَ فِي وَجْهِهِ تَفُورُ مَنْخِرَاهُ مِنْ دَمٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا» ثُمَّ نَهَى عَنِ الْكَيِّ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَالضَّرْبِ فِي الْوَجْهِ
✧ A donkey passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that had been cauterized on its face, its nostrils bleeding. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “May Allah curse the one who did this.” Then he forbade cauterizing on the face and striking on the face.
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى حِمَارًا قَدْ وُسِمَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ أَنْهَ عَنْ هَذَا؟! لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ فَعَلَهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ saw a donkey that had been branded on its face and said, “Did I not forbid this?! May Allah curse the one who did it.”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ عَلَى حِمَارٍ قَدْ وُسِمَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ «لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ وَسَمَهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ passed by a donkey that had been branded on its face and said, “May Allah curse the one who branded it.”
«أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأَخٍ لِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُحَنِّكَهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ فِي الْمِرْبَدِ وَهُوَ يَسِمُ غَنَمًا قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَكْثَرُ ظَنِّي أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي آذَانِهَا»
✧ I brought a brother of mine to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to have him chew on a date and rub it on the infant's palate, and I found him in the animal enclosure branding sheep—Shuʿbah said: My predominant thought is that he said: on their ears.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5618No grade recorded
«لَقَدْ قُدْتُ بِنَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الشَّهْبَاءِ حَتَّى أَدْخَلْتُهُمْ حُجْرَةَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ هَذَا قُدَّامَهُ وَهَذَا خَلْفَهُ»
✧ “I indeed led the Prophet of Allah ﷺ, al-Ḥasan, and al-Ḥusayn on his gray mule until I brought them into the Prophet’s ﷺ room—this one in front of him and this one behind him.”
أَنَّهَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَرَأَتْ فِي بَيْتِهَا رُمْحًا مَوْضُوعَةً فَقَالَتْ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَصْنَعِينَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَتْ نَقْتُلُ بِهِ الْأَوْزَاغَ فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ
“O Mother of the Believers, what do you do with this?” She said: “We kill these house lizards with it, for the Prophet of Allah ﷺ told us that when Ibrahim was thrown into the fire, there was no beast on earth that did not try to put it out, apart from the house lizard that blew on it. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that they should be killed.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3231)
«أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ خَمْسِ فَوَاسِقَ فِي الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَمِ الْحِدَأَةُ وَالْغُرَابُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْعَقْرَبُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ»
Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying There are five(creatures) the killing of which is lawful in the sacred territory. The Snake, the Scorpion, the Kite, the Rat and the biting Dog. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1847)
«خَمْسُ فَوَاسِقَ يُقْتَلْنَ فِي الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَمِ الْعَقْرَبُ وَالْحِدَأَةُ وَالْغُرَابُ الْأَبْقَعُ وَالْفَأْرَةُ وَالْكَلْبُ الْعَقُورُ»
✧ “Five harmful creatures are to be killed in the sacred and the non-sacred precincts: the scorpion, the kite, the pied crow, the mouse, and the vicious dog.”
أَنَّهَا اسْتَأْمَرَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي قَتْلِ الْوَزَغِ فَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهَا
✧ She sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding killing geckos, and he commanded her to kill them.
«أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ الْوَزَغِ وَسَمَّاهُ فُوَيْسِقًا»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded the killing of geckos and called them fuwaysiq (a small transgressor).”
«الْوَزَغُ فُوَيْسِقٌ»
✧ “The gecko is a fuwaysiq (a small transgressor).”
دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فِي بَيْتِهِ قَالَ فَوَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي فَجَلَسْتُ أَنْتَظِرُهُ حَتَّى قَضَى صَلَاتَهُ فَسَمِعْتُ تَحْرِيكًا تَحْتَ السَّرِيرِ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ فَقُمْتُ لِأَقْتُلَهَا فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ أَنِ اجْلِسْ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَشَارَ إِلَى بَيْتٍ فِي الدَّارِ وَقَالَ تَرَى هَذَا الْبَيْتَ؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِيهِ فَتًى مِنَّا حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِعُرْسٍ فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْخَنْدَقِ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ الْفَتَى يَسْتَأْذِنُهُ بِأَنْصَافِ النَّهَارِ وَيَرْجِعُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ قَالَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ لَهُ «خُذْ سِلَاحَكَ فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى عَلَيْكَ» فَأَخَذَ سِلَاحَهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ بَيْنَ الْبَابَيْنِ فَهَيَّأَ لَهَا الرُّمْحَ لِيَطْعَنَهَا بِهِ وَأَصَابَتْهُ الْغَيْرَةُ فَقَالَتِ اكْفُفْ عَنْكَ رُمْحَكَ حَتَّى تَرَى مَا فِي بَيْتِكَ فَدَخَلَ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ مُنْطَوِيَةٌ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَأَهْوَى إِلَيْهَا فَانْتَظَمَهَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بِهِ فَرَكَزَهُ فِي الدَّارِ فَاضْطَرَبَتِ الْحَيَّةُ فِي رَأْسِ الرُّمْحِ وَخَرَّ الْفَتَى صَرِيعًا فَمَا يُدْرَى أَيُّهُمَا كَانَ أَسْرَعَ مَوْتًا الْفَتَى أَمِ الْحَيَّةُ قَالَ فَجِئْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَقُلْنَا ادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُحْيِيَهُ فَقَالَ «اسْتَغْفِرُوا لِصَاحِبِكُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ جِنًّا قَدْ أَسْلَمُوا فَإِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا فَآذِنُوهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ فَإِنْ بَدَا لَكُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَاقْتُلُوهُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْطَانٌ»
✧ I entered upon Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī ؓ in his house. He said: I found him praying, so I sat waiting for him until he finished his prayer. Then I heard movement under the bed in his house, and it was a snake. I got up to kill it, but he gestured to me to sit down. When he finished, he pointed to a room in the house and said, “Do you see this room?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “There was a young man among us who had recently married, so we went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to the trench. That young man used to ask his permission at midday and return to his wife. One day he asked the Prophet ﷺ for permission, and he said to him, ‘Take your weapon, for I fear for you from the Qurayẓah.' So he took his weapon and went, and there was his wife standing between the two doors. He aimed his spear at her to thrust it because of jealousy, but she said, ‘Hold back your spear until you see what is in your house.' He entered and found a huge snake coiled on his bed. He struck at it and pierced it with the spear, then went out and fixed the spear in the courtyard, and the snake writhed on the spearhead while the young man fell dead. We did not know which of them died first, the young man or the snake. We went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him, saying, ‘Call upon Allah to bring him back to life.' He said, ‘Ask forgiveness for your companion.' Then he said, ‘There are jinn in Madinah who have accepted Islam, so if you see any of them, give it notice for three days. If it appears to you after that, then kill it, for it is only a devil.'”
«اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ»
✧ “Kill snakes, and kill the one with two white stripes on its back and the one with a short tail, for they cause blindness and cause miscarriage.”
نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ الْحَيَّاتِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ»
✧ He forbade killing the snakes that are found in houses.
«الْحَيَّاتُ مِنْ مَسْخِ الْجَانِّ كَمَا مُسِخَتِ الْخَنَازِيرُ وَالْقِرَدَةُ»
✧ “Snakes are among the transformed jinn, just as pigs and apes were transformed.”
«هَذِهِ هَوَامٌّ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَإِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُكُمْ فِي بَيْتِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيُحَرِّجْ عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَإِنْ رَآهَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَقْتُلْهَا فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ شَيْطَانٌ»
✧ These are creeping creatures from among the jinn. So when one of you sees something in his house, let him command it three times. If he sees it after that, then let him kill it, for it is only a devil.
«اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ»
✧ Kill snakes and kill the one with two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they blind the sight and cause miscarriage.
«اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَاقْتُلُوا ذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَلْتَمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيَسْتَسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ مَا كُنْتُ أَدَعُ حَيَّةً إِلَّا قَتَلْتُهَا حَتَّى رَآنِي أَبُو لُبَابَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُنْذِرِ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَأَنَا أُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً مِنْ حَيَّاتِ الْبُيُوتِ فَنَهَيَانِي عَنْ قَتْلِهَا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِنَّ فَقَالَا «إِنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ»
✧ Kill snakes and kill the one with two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they blind the sight and cause miscarriage. Ibn Umar said: I did not leave a snake without killing it until Abu Lubabah b. Abd al-Mundhir and Zayd b. al-Khattab saw me chasing a snake from among the house snakes, and they forbade me from killing it. I said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded killing them. They said: He forbade killing the house snakes.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5644Hasan sahih
«مَا سَالَمْنَاهُنَّ مُنْذُ حَارَبْنَاهُنَّ يَعْنِي الْحَيَّاتَ وَمَنْ تَرَكَ قَتْلَ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُنَّ خِيفَةً فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا»
✧ We have not made peace with them since we fought them, meaning the snakes. Whoever leaves off killing anything of them out of fear is not from us.
«اقْتُلُوا الْحَيَّاتِ وَذَا الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ وَالْأَبْتَرَ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَطْمِسَانِ الْبَصَرَ وَيُسْقِطَانِ الْحَبَلَ» وَكَانَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَقْتُلُ الْحَيَّاتِ كُلَّهَا حَتَّى أَبْصَرَهُ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ يُطَارِدُ حَيَّةً فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ ذَوَاتِ الْبُيُوتِ
✧ Kill snakes and the one with two stripes and the short-tailed one, for they efface the sight and cause miscarriage. Abdullah used to kill all snakes until Abu Lubabah saw him chasing a snake and said: He forbade the house snakes.
«نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ قَتْلِ أَرْبَعَةٍ الْهُدْهُدِ وَالصُّرَدِ وَالنَّمْلَةِ وَالنَّحْلَةِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade killing four: the hoopoe, the shrike, the ant, and the bee.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5647No grade recorded
«نَزَلَ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ فَقَالَ تَحْتَهَا فَلَدَغَتْهُ نَمْلَةٌ فَأَمَرَ بِبَيْتِهِنَّ فَتُحْرَقَ عَلَى مَنْ فِيهَا فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ هَلَّا نَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً»
✧ A prophet from among the prophets camped under a tree, and an ant bit him. He ordered their dwelling to be burned upon those inside it. Then Allah revealed to him: Was it not one ant?
أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ
✧ He commanded killing dogs.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5649No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَصْبَحَ يَوْمًا وَاجِمًا قَالَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَنْكَرْتُ هَيْئَتَكَ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَدْ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يَلْقَانِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ يَلْقَنِي أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخْلَفَنِي» قَالَتْ فَظَلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِهِ جِرْوُ كَلْبٍ تَحْتَ بِسَاطٍ لَنَا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ مَاءً فَنَضَحَ بِهِ مَكَانَهُ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى لَقِيَهُ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَدْ كُنْتَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ تَلْقَانِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ» فَأَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ كَلْبِ الْحَائِطِ الصَّغِيرِ وَيَتْرُكُ كَلْبَ الْحَائِطِ الْكَبِيرَ
Messenger of Allah, I find a change in your mood today. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Gabriel had promised me that he would meet me tonight, but he did not meet me. By Allah, he never broke his promises, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ spent the day in this sad (mood). Then it occurred to him that there had been a puppy under their cot. He commanded and it was turned out. He then took some water in his hand and sprinkled it at that place. When it was evening Gabriel met him and he said to him: you promised me that you would meet me the previous night. He said: Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture. Then on that very morning he commanded the killing of the dogs until he announced that the dog kept for the orchards should also be killed, but he spared the dog meant for the protection of extensive fields (or big gardens). (Using translation from Muslim 2105)
«مَنِ اقْتَنَى كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ وَلَا مَاشِيَةٍ وَلَا حَرْثٍ نَقَصَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ»
✧ Whoever keeps a dog that is not a hunting dog, nor a dog for livestock, nor a dog for farming, his reward is reduced every day by a qirat.
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِقَتْلِ الْكِلَابِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَقْدُمُ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ بِالْكَلْبِ فَتَقْتُلُهُ ثُمَّ نَهَانَا عَنْ قَتْلِهَا وَقَالَ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَسْوَدِ ذِي النُّقْطَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to kill dogs, to the point that a woman would come in from the desert with a dog and kill it. Then he forbade us from killing them and said: Keep to the black one with two spots, for it is a devil.
«مَنْ أَمْسَكَ كَلْبًا نَقَصَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ إِلَّا كَلْبَ حَرْثٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ»
✧ Whoever keeps a dog, his deeds are reduced every day by a qirat, except a dog for farming or livestock.
«مَنِ اقْتَنَى كَلْبًا إِلَّا كَلْبَ ضَارِيَةٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْقُصُ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ قِيرَاطَانِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ»
✧ Whoever keeps a dog except a hunting dog or a dog for livestock, his reward is reduced by two qirats every day.
«مَنْ أَمْسَكَ كَلْبًا إِلَّا كَلْبَ حَرْثٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ نَقَصَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ»
✧ Whoever keeps a dog, except a dog for farming or livestock, a qīrāṭ is diminished from his deeds every day.
«أَيُّمَا قَوْمٍ اتَّخَذُوا كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ صَيْدٍ أَوْ زَرْعٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ نَقَصَ مِنْ أُجُورِهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ»
✧ Any people who take a dog that is not a dog for hunting, farming, or livestock, a qīrāṭ is diminished from their rewards every day.
كُنَّا فِي جَنَازَةِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ وَمَعَنَا شُعْبَةُ فَلَمَّا دُفِنَ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي هَذَا وَأَشَارَ إِلَى قَبْرِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلْحَسَنِ مَنْ حَدَّثَكَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْلَا أَنَّ الْكِلَابَ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ لَأَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهَا» فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُغَفَّلِ وَاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ الْجَامِعِ
✧ We were at the funeral of Abū Sufyān b. al-ʿAlāʾ, and Shuʿbah was with us. When he was buried, Shuʿbah said, “This one narrated to me,” and he pointed to the grave of Abū Sufyān b. al-ʿAlāʾ. He said, “I said to al-Ḥasan, ‘Who narrated to you that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Were it not that dogs are a community among the communities, I would have commanded that they be killed”?’ He said, ‘ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Mughaffal, by the One besides whom there is no god, narrated to me in this mosque,’ and he gestured toward the congregational mosque.”
«لَوْلَا أَنَّ الْكِلَابَ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ لَأَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوا مِنْهَا الْأَسْوَدَ الْبَهِيمَ» قَالَ «وَأَيُّمَا قَوْمٍ اتَّخَذُوا كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ حَرْثٍ أَوْ صَيْدٍ أَوْ مَاشِيَةٍ نَقَصَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطٌ» قَالَ وَكُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ فِي مَرَابِضِ الْغَنَمِ وَلَا نُصَلِّيَ فِي أَعْطَانِ الْإِبِلِ فَإِنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنَ الشَّيَاطِينِ
✧ “Were it not that dogs are a community among the communities, I would have commanded that they be killed. So kill the pure-black one among them.” He said, “And any people who take a dog that is not a dog for farming, hunting, or livestock, a qīrāṭ is diminished from their reward every day.” He said, “And we were commanded to pray in the sheepfolds and not to pray in the camel resting places, for they were created from the devils.”
«لَوْلَا أَنَّ الْكِلَابَ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ لَأَمَرْتُ بِقَتْلِهَا وَلَكِنِ اقْتُلُوا الْكَلْبَ الْأَسْوَدَ الْبَهِيمَ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْطَانٌ»
✧ “Were it not that dogs are a community among the communities, I would have commanded that they be killed. But kill the black, pure-black dog, for it is a devil.”
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَخَّصَ فِي كَلْبِ الْحَرْثِ»
✧ “The Prophet ﷺ granted a concession regarding the dog of farming.”
«مَنْ قَتَلَ حَيَّةً فَلَهُ سَبْعُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَمَنْ قَتَلَ وَزَغَةً فَلَهُ حَسَنَةٌ»
✧ “Whoever kills a snake will have seven good deeds, and whoever kills a gecko will have one good deed.”
«تُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ كُلَّ يَوْمِ اثْنَيْنِ وَخَمِيسٍ فَيَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا رَجُلًا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَخِيهِ شَحْنَاءُ فَيُقَالُ أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا»
✧ “The gates of Paradise are opened every Monday and Thursday, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, forgives every servant who does not associate anything with Allah, except a man between whom and his brother there is enmity. It is said, ‘Delay these two until they reconcile. Delay these two until they reconcile.’”
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ فِي بَيْعٍ أَوْ عَطَاءٍ أَعْطَتْهُ وَاللَّهِ لَتَنْتَهِيَنَّ عَائِشَةُ أَوْ لَأَحْجُرَنَّ عَلَيْهَا قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ حِينَ بَلَغَهَا ذَلِكَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَلَيَّ نَذْرًا أَنْ لَا أُكَلِّمَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ أَبَدًا فَاسْتَشْفَعَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ حِينَ طَالَتْ هِجْرَتُهَا لَهُ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَاللَّهِ لَا أُشَفِّعُ فِيهِ أَحَدًا وَلَا أَحْنَثُ فِي نَذْرِي الَّذِي نَذَرْتُ أَبَدًا فَلَمَّا طَالَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ كَلَّمَ الْمِسْوَرَ بْنَ مَخْرَمَةَ وَعَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ وَهُمَا مِنْ بَنِي زُهْرَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا نَشَدْتُكُمَا بِاللَّهِ إِلَّا أَدْخَلْتُمَانِي عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهَا أَنْ تَنْذِرَ فِي قَطِيعَتِي فَأَقْبَلَ الْمِسْوَرُ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَقَدِ اشْتَمَلَا عَلَيْهِ بِبُرْدَيْهِمَا حَتَّى اسْتَأْذَنَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَا السَّلَامُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِيهٍ نَدْخُلُ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ادْخُلَا فَقَالَا كُلُّنَا؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمِ ادْخُلُوا كُلُّكُمْ وَلَا تَعْلَمُ عَائِشَةُ أَنَّ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا اقْتَحَمَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْحِجَابَ وَدَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَاعْتَنَقَهَا وَطَفِقَ يُنَاشِدُهَا وَيَبْكِي وَطَفِقَ الْمِسْوَرُ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يُنَاشِدَانِ عَائِشَةَ وَيَقُولَانِ لَهَا إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى عَمَّا عَمِلْتِيهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرَا عَلَى عَائِشَةَ التَّذْكِرَةَ طَفِقَتْ تُذَكِّرُهُمْ وَتَبْكِي وَتَقُولُ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ وَالنَّذْرُ شَدِيدٌ فَلَمْ يَزَالَا بِهَا حَتَّى كَلَّمَتِ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَتْ عَنْ نَذْرِهَا ذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَقَبَةً ثُمَّ كَانَتْ بَعْدَمَا أَعْتَقَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ رَقَبَةً تَبْكِي حَتَّى تَبُلَّ دُمُوعُهَا خِمَارَهَا
✧ ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr said regarding a sale or a gift she had given, “By Allah, ʿĀʾishah will stop, or I will place her under interdiction.” When that reached her, ʿĀʾishah said, “I vow to Allah that I will never speak to Ibn al-Zubayr again.” When her desertion of him became prolonged, Ibn al-Zubayr sought intercession with her, but ʿĀʾishah said, “By Allah, I will not accept anyone’s intercession for him, and I will never break the vow I made.” When that became prolonged for Ibn al-Zubayr, he spoke to al-Miswar b. Makhramah and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Aswad b. ʿAbd Yaghūth, both of Banū Zuhrah, and said to them, “I adjure you by Allah to bring me in to ʿĀʾishah, for it is not lawful for her to vow to cut me off.” So al-Miswar b. Makhramah and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Aswad came with ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr, wrapping him in their cloaks, until they sought permission to enter upon ʿĀʾishah. They said, “Peace be upon the Prophet ﷺ. May we enter, O Mother of the Believers?” ʿĀʾishah said, “Enter.” They said, “All of us?” She said, “Yes, enter, all of you,” not knowing that Ibn al-Zubayr was with them. When they entered, Ibn al-Zubayr plunged through the curtain and entered upon ʿĀʾishah, embracing her, and began adjuring her and weeping. Al-Miswar and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān began adjuring ʿĀʾishah, saying to her, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade what you have done, and it is not lawful for a Muslim to desert his brother for more than three [days].” When they repeated the reminder to ʿĀʾishah, she began reminding them and weeping, saying, “I made a vow, and the vow is serious.” They did not cease until she spoke to Ibn al-Zubayr. Then she freed forty slaves to expiate her vow. And after she freed forty slaves, she would weep until her tears wetted her veil.
«تُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ فَيُغْفَرُ لِمَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا الْمُتَهَاجِرَيْنِ يَقُولُ رُدُّوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا»
✧ “The gates of Paradise are opened on Monday and Thursday, and forgiveness is granted to whoever does not associate anything with Allah, except the two who have deserted each other. He says, ‘Return these two until they reconcile.’”
«لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يُصَارِمَ مُسْلِمًا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ وَإِنَّهُمَا نَاكِبَانِ عَنِ الْحَقِّ مَا كَانَا عَلَى صِرَامِهِمَا وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَهُمَا فَيْئًا يَكُونُ سَبْقُهُ بِالْفَيْءِ كَفَّارَةً لَهُ وَإِنْ سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ سَلَامَهُ رَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَرَدَّ عَلَى الْآخَرِ الشَّيْطَانُ وَإِنْ مَاتَا عَلَى صِرَامِهِمَا لَمْ يَدْخُلَا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمْ يَجْتَمِعَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ “It is not lawful for a Muslim to sever relations with a Muslim for more than three [days]. They are both deviating from the truth as long as they are severed. The first of them to return will have his precedence in returning as an expiation for him. If he greets him and he does not accept his greeting, the angels return it to him, and the devil returns it to the other. If they die while severed, they will not enter Paradise, nor will they be together in Paradise.”
«يَطْلُعُ اللَّهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ فِي لَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَيَغْفِرُ لِجَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ إِلَّا لِمُشْرِكٍ أَوْ مُشَاحِنٍ».
from the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Allah ˹audits˺ His creation on the middle night of Shaʿbān and He forgives all of His creation, except for an idolater or one filled with malice."
«تُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ فَيَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمِ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا رَجُلًا كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَخِيهِ شَحْنَاءُ فَيُقَالُ أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا»
✧ “The gates of Paradise are opened on Monday and Thursday, and Allah forgives every Muslim servant who does not associate anything with Allah, except a man between whom and his brother there is enmity. It is said, ‘Delay these two until they reconcile. Delay these two until they reconcile.’”
«تُعْرَضُ أَعْمَالُ النَّاسِ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ فَيُغْفَرُ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلَّا عَبْدًا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَخِيهِ شَحْنَاءُ فَيُقَالُ اتْرُكُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَفِيئَا»
✧ The deeds of people are presented twice every week: on Monday and on Thursday. Every believer is forgiven except a servant between whom and his brother there is enmity. It is said: Leave these two until they reconcile.
«تُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ فَيُغْفَرُ لِكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُسْلِمٍ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِلَّا رَجُلًا كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ أَخِيهِ شَحْنَاءُ فَيُقَالُ أَنْظِرُوا هَذَيْنِ حَتَّى يَصْطَلِحَا»
✧ The gates of Paradise are opened on Monday and Thursday, and every Muslim servant who does not associate anything with Allah is forgiven, except a man between whom and his brother there is enmity. It is said: Delay these two until they make peace.
«لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلَامِ»
✧ It is not lawful for a Muslim to boycott his brother for more than three nights. They meet, and this one turns away and that one turns away, and the better of them is the one who initiates the greeting of peace.
«لَا يَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثِ لَيَالٍ يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلَامِ»
✧ It is not lawful for a Muslim man to boycott his brother for more than three nights. They meet, and this one turns away and that one turns away, and the better of them is the one who initiates the greeting of peace.
«لَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا عِبَادًا لِلَّهِ إِخْوَانًا وَلَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ»
✧ “Do not hate one another, do not envy one another, do not turn your backs on one another, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers. It is not lawful for a Muslim to desert his brother for more than three [days].”
« الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about Allah, Exalted and Majestic: "Pride is my garment and greatness is my belt. Whoever disputes with me in any of them, I shall cast him into the Fire."
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَحْفِزُ عَلَى رُكْبَتِهِ وَلَا يَتَّكِئُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to sit holding his knees with his hands, and he would not recline.
مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ قَدْ وَضَعْتُ يَدِي الْيُسْرَى خَلْفَ ظَهْرِي وَاتَّكَأْتُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَتَقْعُدُ قِعْدَةَ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ »
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me while I was sitting and had placed my left hand behind my back and was leaning on it. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Do you sit in the sitting of those who have incurred wrath?”
أَنَّهَا سُئِلَتْ مَا كَانَ عَمَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَيْتِهِ؟ قَالَتْ «مَا كَانَ إِلَّا بَشَرًا مِنَ الْبَشَرِ كَانَ يَفْلِي ثَوْبَهُ وَيَحْلِبُ شَاتَهُ وَيَخْدُمُ نَفْسَهُ»
✧ She was asked: What was the work of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his house? She said: “He was only a human being among human beings. He would delouse his garment, milk his sheep, and serve himself.”
قُلْتُ لِعَائِشَةَ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَكِ؟ قَالَتْ «مَا يَفْعَلُ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي مِهْنَةِ أَهْلِهِ يَخْصِفُ نَعْلَهُ وَيَخِيطُ ثَوْبَهُ وَيَرْقَعُ دَلْوَهُ»
✧ I said to ʿĀʾishah: O Mother of the Believers, what would the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do when he was with you? She said: “What one of you does in serving his family: he would mend his sandal, sew his garment, and patch his bucket.”
أَنَّهَا سُئِلَتْ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعْمَلُ فِي بَيْتِهِ؟ قَالَتْ «كَانَ يَخِيطُ ثَوْبَهُ وَيَخْصِفُ نَعْلَهُ وَيَعْمَلُ مَا يَعْمَلُ الرِّجَالُ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ»
✧ She was asked: What did the Prophet ﷺ do in his house? She said: “He would sew his garment, mend his sandal, and do what men do in their houses.”
«مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ دَرَجَةً يَرْفَعْهُ اللَّهُ دَرَجَةً حَتَّى يَجْعَلَهُ فِي أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ وَمَنْ يَتَكَبَّرْ عَلَى اللَّهِ دَرَجَةً يَضَعْهُ اللَّهُ دَرَجَةً حَتَّى يَجْعَلَهُ فِي أَسْفَلِ السَّافِلِينَ وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَعْمَلُ فِي صَخْرَةٍ صَمَّاءَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ بَابٌ وَلَا كُوَّةٌ لَخَرَجَ مَا غَيَّبَهُ لِلنَّاسِ كَائِنًا مَا كَانَ»
✧ Whoever humbles himself before Allah by one degree, Allah will raise him by one degree until He places him in the highest of ʿIlliyyūn. And whoever is arrogant toward Allah by one degree, Allah will lower him by one degree until He places him in the lowest of the low. If one of you were to act upon a solid rock with no door or opening, what he conceals would still come out to the people, whatever it may be.
«أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ كُلُّ ضَعِيفٍ مُتَضَعِّفٍ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَأَبَرَّهُ وَأَهْلُ النَّارِ كُلُّ مُسْتَكْبِرٍ جَوَّاظٍ»
I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Shall I tell you of the people of Paradise? They comprise every poor humble person, and if he swears by Allah to do something, Allah will fulfill it; while the people of the fire comprise every violent, cruel arrogant person." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6657)
«لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ وَلَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ»
✧ No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter Paradise, and no one who has an atom's weight of faith in his heart will enter the Fire.
«إِنَّ الَّذِي يَجُرُّ ثَوْبَهُ مِنَ الْخُيَلَاءِ لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “Indeed, the one who drags his garment out of pride, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Resurrection.”
كَانَ يَكْرَهُ جَرَّ الْإِزَارِ وَالتَّبَرُّجَ بِالزِّينَةِ لِغَيْرِ أَهْلِهَا وَعَزْلَ الْمَاءِ عَنْ مَحِلِّهِ وَضَرْبَ الْكِعَابِ وَالصُّفْرَةَ وَتَغْيِيرَ الشَّيْبِ وَعَقْدَ التَّمَائِمِ وَالرُّقَى إِلَّا بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ»
✧ He used to dislike dragging the lower garment, displaying one’s adornment to those for whom it is not lawful, withholding water from its place, playing with dice, yellow dye, changing grey hair, tying amulets, and incantations except with the muʿawwidhāt.
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَرِهَ عَشْرًا تَغْيِيرَ الشَّيْبِ وَخَاتَمَ الذَّهَبِ وَالضَّرْبَ بِالْكِعَابِ وَالرُّقَى إِلَّا بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَجَرَّ الْإِزَارِ وَالصُّفْرَةَ وَالتَّبَرُّجَ بِالزِّينَةِ لِغَيْرِ مَحِلِّهَا وَعَزْلَ الْمَاءِ عَنْ مَحِلِّهِ»
✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked ten things: changing grey hair, a gold ring, playing with dice, incantations except with the muʿawwidhāt, amulets, dragging the lower garment, yellow dye, displaying one’s adornment in a place where it is not lawful, and withholding water from its place.”
أَنَّ فَتًى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَتَى أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّكَ تُكْثِرُ الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَهُ يَقُولُ فِي حُلَّتِي هَذِهِ؟ فَقَالَ لَوْلَا مَا أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ فِي الْكِتَابِ مَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتُهُ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ يَتَبَخْتَرُ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْهُ جُمَّتُهُ وَبُرْدَاهُ فَخَسَفَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَهُوَ يَتَجَلْجَلُ فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ A youth from Quraysh came to Abū Hurayrah and said, “O Abū Hurayrah, you narrate many hadiths from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Did you hear him say anything about this garment of mine?” He replied, “Were it not for what Allah has taken upon me in the Book, I would not have narrated anything to you. I heard him ﷺ say: ‘A man from those before you used to strut when his long hair and his two cloaks pleased him, so Allah caused the earth to swallow him, and he will be sinking in it until the Day of Resurrection.’”
«الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمَا قَذَفْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ»
✧ Pride is My cloak and greatness is My lower garment. Whoever contends with Me for either of them, I will cast him into the Fire.
«مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً عَذَّبَهُ اللَّهُ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ وَمَنِ اسْتَمَعَ إِلَى حَدِيثِ قَوْمٍ يَفِرُّونَ مِنْهُ صُبَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ الْآنُكُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَمَنْ تَحَلَّمَ كُلِّفَ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ بَيْنَ شَعِيرَتَيْنِ وَلَيْسَ بِفَاعِلٍ»
✧ “Whoever makes an image, Allah will punish him until he blows into it, and he will not blow. Whoever listens to the talk of people who flee from him, molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever falsely claims to have seen a dream will be tasked with tying two grains of barley together, and he will not be able to do it.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5687No grade recorded
«إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ وَلَا تَجَسَّسُوا وَلَا تَحَسَّسُوا وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَلَا تَنَافَسُوا وَلَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا عِبَادًا لِلَّهِ إِخْوَانًا»
✧ “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the most false of speech. Do not spy, do not pry, do not envy one another, do not compete with one another for worldly gain, do not hate one another, do not turn your backs on one another, and be, O servants of Allah, brothers.”
«إِذَا غَضِبَ أَحَدُكُمْ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فَلْيَجْلِسْ فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ عَنْهُ الْغَضَبُ وَإِلَّا فَلْيَضْطَجِعْ»
✧ “If one of you becomes angry while standing, let him sit down. If the anger leaves him, then fine; otherwise let him lie down.”
يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قُلْ لِي قَوْلًا يَنْفَعُنِي اللَّهُ بِهِ وَأَقْلِلْ لَعَلِّي لَا أُغْفِلُهُ قَالَ «لَا تَغْضَبْ» فَعَادَ لَهُ مِرَارًا كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَغْضَبْ»
✧ “O Messenger of Allah, tell me a saying that Allah will benefit me with, and keep it brief, for perhaps I will not forget it.” He said, “Do not become angry.” He repeated the request several times, and each time the Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, “Do not become angry.”
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ قُلْ لِي قَوْلًا وَأَقْلِلْ قَالَ «لَا تَغْضَبْ» فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ «لَا تَغْضَبْ»
✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ, “Tell me a saying and keep it brief.” He said, “Do not become angry.” He repeated it, and he said, “Do not become angry.”
«مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي الصُّرَعَةِ؟ » قَالَ قُلْتُ الَّذِي لَا يَصْرَعُهُ الرِّجَالُ قَالَ «الصُّرَعَةُ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ»
✧ “What do you say about the wrestler?” I said, “The one whom men cannot throw down.” He said, “The wrestler is the one who controls himself at the time of anger.”
اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ جُلُوسٌ وَأَحَدُهُمَا يَسُبُّ صَاحِبَهُ مُغْضَبًا قَدِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ كَلِمَةً لَوْ قَالَهَا لَذَهَبَ عَنْهُ مَا يَجِدُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ» فَقَالُوا لِلرَّجُلِ أَلَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي لَسْتُ بِمَجْنُونٍ
✧ Two men insulted each other in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ while we were sitting with him. One of them was insulting his companion in anger, and his face had turned red. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I know a word which, if he said it, what he feels would leave him: I seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.” They said to the man, “Do you not hear what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is saying?” He said, “I am not insane.”
«إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ مَا وُضِعَ فِي مِيزَانِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْبَذِيءَ»
✧ The heaviest thing placed in the believer's scale on the Day of Resurrection is a good character. Indeed, Allah hates the obscene, foul-mouthed person.
رَأَيْتُ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ قَبْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَخَرَجَ مَرْوَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ فَقَالَ تُصَلِّي إِلَى قَبْرِهِ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَوْلًا قَبِيحًا ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ فَانْصَرَفَ أُسَامَةُ فَقَالَ يَا مَرْوَانُ إِنَّكَ آذَيْتَنِي وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْمُتَفَحِّشَ وَإِنَّكَ فَاحِشٌ مُتَفَحِّشٌ»
✧ I saw Usama b. Zayd praying by the grave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Marwan b. al-Hakam came out and said, "Do you pray toward his grave?" He said, "Indeed I love him." Then he said an ugly word to him and turned away. Usama left and said, "O Marwan, you have harmed me. Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Indeed Allah hates the obscene, the one who is deliberately obscene, and you are obscene and deliberately obscene.'"
«إِنَّ أَثْقَلَ مَا وُضِعَ فِي مِيزَانِ الْمُؤْمِنِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ خُلُقٌ حَسَنٌ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُبْغِضُ الْفَاحِشَ الْبَذِيءَ»
✧ The heaviest thing placed in the believer's scale on the Day of Resurrection is a good character. Indeed, Allah hates the obscene, foul-mouthed person.
أَنَّ رَجُلًا اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ صَوْتَهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعَائِشَةَ «بِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ بِئْسَ ابْنُ الْعَشِيرَةِ» فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ انْبَسَطَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ كَلَّمَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قُلْتَ «بِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ أَوْ بِئْسَ ابْنُ الْعَشِيرَةِ» فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ انْبَسَطْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ «يَا عَائِشَةُ شَرُّ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّقِي النَّاسُ فُحْشَهُ»
✧ A man asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. When he heard his voice, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to 'A'isha, "What an evil man," or "what an evil son of the tribe." When he entered, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was cheerful toward him. When he left, 'A'isha spoke to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, you said, 'What an evil man,' or 'what an evil son of the tribe,' but when he entered, you were cheerful toward him." He said, "O 'A'isha, the worst of people is the one whom people avoid because of his obscenity."
«أَبْغَضُ الرِّجَالِ إِلَى اللَّهِ الْأَلَدُّ الْخَصِمُ»
✧ The most hateful of men to Allah is the quarrelsome, obstinate disputant.
«مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةً فَإِنَّهُ يُعَذَّبُ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ فِيهَا الرُّوحَ وَمَنْ تَحَلَّمَ حُلْمًا كَاذِبًا كُلِّفَ أَنْ يَعْقِدَ بَيْنَ شَعِيرَتَيْنِ وَيُعَذَّبُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَمَنِ اسْتَمَعَ إِلَى قَوْمٍ وَهُمْ لَهُ كَارِهُونَ صُبَّ فِي أُذُنَيْهِ الْآنُكُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ “Whoever makes an image will be punished until he blows the spirit into it, and he will not blow the spirit into it. Whoever falsely claims to have seen a dream will be tasked with tying two grains of barley together and will be punished for that. And whoever listens to a people while they dislike that, molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection.”
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَعْتَصِمُ بِهِ قَالَ «قُلْ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَخْوَفُ مَا تَخَافُ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ بِلِسَانِ نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا»
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me something I can hold fast to. He said, "Say: My Lord is Allah, then remain upright." I said, O Messenger of Allah, what is the most frightening thing you fear for me? He took hold of his own tongue and said, "This."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَعْتَصِمُ بِهِ قَالَ «قُلْ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ» قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَشَدُّ مَا تَخَافُ عَلَيَّ؟ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلِسَانِ نَفْسِهِ
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me something I can hold fast to. He said, "Say: My Lord is Allah, then remain upright." He said: I said, O Messenger of Allah, what is the most severe thing you fear for me? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of his own tongue.
«مَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ لِي مَا بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْهِ أَتَوَكَّلْ لَهُ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ Whoever guarantees for me what is between his jaws, I will guarantee for him Paradise.
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَعْتَصِمُ بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قُلْ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا تَخَافُ عَلَيَّ؟ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِلِسَانِ نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «هَذَا»
✧ I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me something I can hold fast to. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Say: My Lord is Allah, then remain upright." I said, O Messenger of Allah, what do you fear most for me? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took hold of his own tongue and said, "This."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5703Hasan sahih
«مَنْ وُقِيَ شَرَّ مَا بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ»
✧ Whoever is protected from the evil of what is between his jaws and his legs will enter Paradise.
«الْبَذَاءُ مِنَ الْجَفَاءِ وَالْجَفَاءُ فِي النَّارِ وَالْحَيَاءُ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ وَالْإِيمَانُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ Obscenity is from coarseness, and coarseness is in the Fire. Modesty is from faith, and faith is in Paradise.
«مَنْ حَلَفَ بِاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى فَلْيَقُلْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَمَنْ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ تَعَالَ أُقَامِرْكَ فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ بِشَيْءٍ»
✧ Whoever swears by al-Lat and al-‘Uzza, let him say, “There is no god but Allah.” And whoever says to his companion, “Come, let me gamble with you,” let him give something in charity.
«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مَا يَرَى بِهَا بَأْسًا يَهْوِي بِهَا فِي النَّارِ سَبْعِينَ خَرِيفًا»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say, "Indeed, a person may utter a word, without seeing any harm in it, that causes them to fall into the Fire for seventy autumns."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5707No grade recorded
«إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ يَنْزِلُ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ أَبْعَدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ»
✧ Indeed, a servant may speak a word by which he descends into the Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5708No grade recorded
«إِنَ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مَا يَتَثَبَّتُ فِيهَا يَنْزِلُ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ أَبْعَدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ»
✧ Indeed, a servant may speak a word about which he is not careful, and by it he descends into the Fire farther than the distance between the east and the west.
كَانَتْ لَهُمْ أَلْقَابٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَجُلًا بِلَقَبِهِ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يَكْرَهُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَلَا تَنَابَزُوا بِالْأَلْقَابِ بِئْسَ الِاسْمُ الْفُسُوقُ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ} قَالَ وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَتَصَدَّقُونَ وَيُعْطُونَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ حَتَّى أَصَابَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ فَأَمْسَكُوا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ وَأَحْسِنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ}
✧ "They had titles in the era of ignorance, so the messenger of Allah called a man by his title. It was said, 'O messenger of Allah, he dislikes being called by that title.' So Allah revealed, 'And do not insult one another by nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after [one's] faith.'" "He (the Prophet) said, 'The Ansar used to give in charity and provide whatever Allah willed, until difficulties befell them. So they refrained from doing so. Then Allah revealed, 'And spend in the way of Allah and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.'"
«لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَكُ وَوَجْهَ مَنْ أَشْبَهَ وَجْهَكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ»
✧ None of you should say, “May Allah disfigure your face and the face of anyone who resembles your face,” for indeed Allah created Adam in His image.
«قَالَ رَجُلٌ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لِفُلَانٍ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لِفُلَانٍ وَأَحْبَطْتُ عَمَلَكَ»
✧ A man said, “By Allah, Allah will not forgive so-and-so.” Then Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said, “I have forgiven so-and-so and nullified your deeds.”
دَخَلْتُ مَسْجِدَ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِشَيْخٍ مُصَفِّرٍ رَأْسَهُ بَرَّاقِ الثَّنَايَا مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ أَدْعَجُ جَمِيلُ الْوَجْهِ شَابٌّ فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ يَا يَمَامِيُّ تَعَالَ لَا تَقُولَنَّ لِرَجُلٍ أَبَدًا لَا يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَاللَّهِ لَا يُدْخِلُكَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَبَدًا قُلْتُ وَمَنْ أَنْتَ؟ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ أَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ قُلْتُ إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَكَلِمَةٌ يَقُولُهَا أَحَدُنَا لِبَعْضِ أَهْلِهِ أَوْ لِخَادِمِهِ إِذَا غَضِبَ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ فَلَا تَقُلْهَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «كَانَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مُتَوَاخِيَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا مُجْتَهِدٌ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ وَالْآخَرُ مُذْنِبٌ فَأَبْصَرَ الْمُجْتَهِدُ الْمُذْنِبَ عَلَى ذَنْبٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَقْصِرْ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَلِّنِي وَرَبِّي قَالَ وَكَانَ يُعِيدُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ خَلِّنِي وَرَبِّي حَتَّى وَجَدَهُ يَوْمًا عَلَى ذَنْبٍ فَاسْتَعْظَمَهُ فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ أَقْصِرْ قَالَ خَلِّنِي وَرَبِّي أَبُعِثْتَ عَلَيَّ رَقِيبًا؟ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَغْفِرُ اللَّهُ لَكَ أَبَدًا أَوْ قَالَ لَا يُدْخِلُكَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ أَبَدًا فَبُعِثَ إِلَيْهِمَا مَلَكٌ فَقَبَضَ أَرْوَاحَهُمَا فَاجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا فَقَالَ رَبُّنَا لِلْمُجْتَهِدِ أَكُنْتَ عَالِمًا؟ أَمْ كُنْتَ قَادِرًا عَلَى مَا فِي يَدِي؟ أَمْ تَحْظُرُ رَحْمَتِي عَلَى عَبْدِي؟ اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ يُرِيدُ الْمُذْنِبَ وَقَالَ لِلْآخَرِ اذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ» فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلِمَةٍ أَوْبَقَتْ دُنْيَاهُ وَآخِرَتَهُ
✧ I entered the mosque of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found an old man with a yellowish head and shining front teeth, accompanied by a handsome young man with dark wide eyes. The old man said, “O Yamami, come. Do not ever say to a man, ‘May Allah not forgive you’ or ‘By Allah, Allah will never admit you to Paradise.’” I said, “Who are you, may Allah have mercy on you?” He said, “I am Abu Hurayrah.” I said, “This is a word one of us says to some of his family or to his servant when he is angry with her.” He said, “Do not say it. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: There were two men among the Children of Israel who were brothers. One of them was diligent in worship, and the other was a sinner. The diligent one saw the sinner committing a sin and said to him, ‘Refrain.’ He replied, ‘Leave me with my Lord.’ He repeated that to him, and he kept saying, ‘Leave me with my Lord,’ until one day he found him committing a sin, and he regarded it as grave. He said, ‘Woe to you, refrain.’ He said, ‘Leave me with my Lord. Have you been sent as a watcher over me?’ He said, ‘By Allah, Allah will never forgive you’ or ‘Allah will never admit you to Paradise.’ Then an angel was sent to them, and he took their souls, and they gathered before Him, Mighty and Majestic. Our Lord said to the diligent worshipper, ‘Did you have knowledge? Or were you capable over what is in My hand? Or do you withhold My mercy from My servant? Go to Paradise,’ meaning the sinner. And He said to the other, ‘Take him to the Fire.’” By the One in Whose hand is my soul, he spoke a word that destroyed his worldly life and his hereafter.
«لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ وَاخَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ»
✧ None of you should say, ‘What a disappointment time is!’ for indeed Allah is time.
يَسُبُّ ابْنُ آدَمَ الدَّهْرَ وَأَنَا الدَّهْرُ بِيَدِي اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ»
I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: The son of Adam abuses Dahr (the time), whereas I am Dahr since in My hand are the day and the night. (Using translation from Muslim 2246a)
«كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُهْلِكُنَا اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُهْلِكُنَا وَيُمِيتُنَا وَيُحْيِينَا قَالَ اللَّهُ {مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا} الْآيَةَ»
✧ The people of the pre-Islamic era used to say, ‘It is only the night and the day that destroy us; it is they that kill us and give us life.’ Allah said, {It is nothing but our life of this world} (the verse).
«إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ يُضْحِكُ بِهَا جُلَسَاءَهُ يَهْوِي بِهَا مِنْ أَبْعَدَ مِنَ الثُّرَيَّا»
✧ Indeed, a man may speak a word to make his companions laugh, and by it he falls farther than the Pleiades.
«أَيْمَنُ امْرِئٍ وَأَشْأَمُهُ مَا بَيْنَ لَحْيَيْهِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "The most truthful part of a person's speech and the worst part of it are what is between his jaws." Wahb (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "He means his tongue."
قَامَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ خَطِيبَيْنِ فَتَكَلَّمَا ثُمَّ قَعَدَا فَقَامَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ خَطِيبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ فَعَجِبُوا مِنْ كَلَامِهِ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَخَطَبَ فَقَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُولُوا بِقَوْلِكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا تَشْقِيقُ الْكَلَامِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا»
✧ Two men from the east stood up as orators and spoke, then sat down. Then Thabit b. Qays, the orator of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, stood up and spoke, and they marveled at his speech. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and delivered a sermon, saying, “O people, speak according to your manner, for indeed the excessive elaboration of speech is from Satan. Indeed, some eloquence is sorcery.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5719No grade recorded
كَتَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ أَنِ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ «إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ ثَلَاثًا قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ»
✧ Mu‘awiyah wrote to al-Mughirah, ‘Write to me something you heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ He wrote to him, ‘I heard him say: Indeed, Allah dislikes three things for you: gossip (qil wa qal), wasting wealth, and asking too many questions.’
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5720Hasan sahih
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَرِهَ لَكُمْ قِيلَ وَقَالَ وَكَثْرَةَ السُّؤَالِ وَإِضَاعَةَ الْمَالِ»
✧ Indeed, Allah dislikes for you gossip (qil wa qal), asking too many questions, and wasting wealth.
«الْمُؤْمِنُ الْقَوِيُّ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الضَّعِيفِ وَكُلٌّ عَلَى خَيْرٍ احْرِصْ عَلَى مَا يَنْفَعُكَ وَلَا تَعْجِزْ فَإِنْ غَلَبَكَ شَيْءٌ فَقُلْ قَدَرُ اللَّهِ وَمَا شَاءَ وَإِيَّاكَ وَاللَّوَّ فَإِنَّ اللَّوَّ تَفْتَحُ عَمَلَ الشَّيْطَانِ»
✧ The strong believer is more beloved to God than the weak believer, and in each there is good. Be eager for what benefits you, and do not be helpless. If something overwhelms you, then say, 'God's decree and what He wills.' Beware of 'if only,' for 'if only' opens the work of Satan.
«الْمُؤْمِنُ الْقَوِيُّ خَيْرٌ وَأَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِ الضَّعِيفِ وَفِي كُلٍّ الْخَيْرُ فَاحْرِصْ عَلَى مَا تَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ وَاسْتَعِنْ بِاللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْجِزْ فَإِنْ أَصَابَكَ شَيْءٌ فَلَا تَقُلْ لَوْ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَلَكِنْ قُلْ قَدَرُ اللَّهِ وَمَا شَاءَ فَعَلَ فَإِنَّ اللَّوَّ تَفْتَحُ عَمَلَ الشَّيْطَانِ»
✧ The strong believer is better and more beloved to God than the weak believer, and in each there is good. Be eager for what benefits you, and seek help from God, and do not be helpless. If something afflicts you, do not say, 'If only I had done such and such,' but say, 'God's decree and what He wills He does,' for 'if only' opens the work of Satan.
«لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ زَرَعْتُ وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ حَرَثْتُ» قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ «أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ إِلَى قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى {أَفَرَأَيْتُمْ مَا تَحْرُثُونَ أَأَنْتُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهُ أَمْ نَحْنُ الزَّارِعُونَ} »
✧ None of you should say, 'I have planted,' but let him say, 'I have plowed.'" Abu Hurayrah said, "Have you not heard the words of God, Blessed and Exalted: 'Have you considered what you till? Is it you who sow it, or are We the Sower?'
«لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ»
✧ None of you should say, 'My soul has become wicked,' but let him say, 'My soul is averse.'
رَأَى رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي النَّوْمِ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ قَوْمًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ هَيْئَتُهُمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ لَقَوْمٌ لَوْلَا أَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ عُزَيْرٌ ابْنُ اللَّهِ فَقَالُوا وَأَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ لَوْلَا أَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ وَلَقِيَ قَوْمًا مِنَ النَّصَارَى فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ هَيْئَتُهُمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ لَوْلَا أَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللَّهِ فَقَالُوا وَأَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ لَوْلَا أَنَّكُمْ تَقُولُونَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَصَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُهَا مِنْكُمْ فَتُؤْذُونَنِي فَلَا تَقُولُوا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ»
✧ A man among the companions of the Prophet ﷺ saw in a dream that he met a group of Jews and their appearance pleased him. He said, 'You are a people, were it not that you say Ezra is the son of God.' They said, 'And you are a people, were it not that you say, "What God wills and Muhammad wills."' He said, 'And he met a group of Christians and their appearance pleased him. He said, "You are a people, were it not that you say the Messiah is the son of God." They said, "And you are a people, were it not that you say, 'What God wills and Muhammad wills.'"' When morning came, he related that to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said, 'I kept hearing it from you and it hurt me, so do not say, "What God wills and Muhammad wills."'
قُلْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ قَوْمِي يَشْتُمُنِي وَهُوَ دُونِي أَفَأَنْتَقِمُ مِنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «الْمُسْتَبَّانِ شَيْطَانَانِ يَتَهَاتَرَانِ وَيَتَكَاذَبَانِ»
✧ I said, 'O Prophet of God, a man from my people insults me while he is inferior to me. May I retaliate against him?' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'The two revilers are two devils who hurl abuse at each other and lie to each other.'
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرَّجُلُ يَشْتُمُنِي مِنْ قَوْمِي وَهُوَ دُونِي أَعَلَيَّ مِنْ بَأْسٍ أَنْ أَنْتَصِرَ مِنْهُ؟ قَالَ «الْمُسْتَبَّانِ شَيْطَانَانِ يَتَهَاتَرَانِ وَيَتَكَاذَبَانِ»
✧ I said, 'O Messenger of God, a man from my people insults me while he is inferior to me. Is there any blame on me if I defend myself against him?' He said, 'The two revilers are two devils who hurl abuse at each other and lie to each other.'
«الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَا قَالَا فَعَلَى الْبَادِئِ مِنْهُمَا مَا لَمْ يَعْتَدِ الْمَظْلُومُ»
✧ The two revilers—whatever they say—the sin is upon the one who initiated it, as long as the wronged one does not transgress.
«إِنَّ الْمُسْتَبَّيْنَ مَا قَالَا فَهُوَ عَلَى الْبَادِئِ مَا لَمْ يَعْتَدِ الْمَظْلُومُ»
✧ Indeed, the two revilers—whatever they say—it is upon the one who initiated it, as long as the wronged one does not transgress.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5730No grade recorded
أَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَارِبٍ فَقَالَ «اضْرِبُوهُ» فَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَمِنَّا الضَّارِبُ بِنَعْلِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَخْزَاكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَقُولُوا هَكَذَا لَا تُعِينُوا الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِ»
✧ A drinker was brought to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he said, 'Strike him.' Among us were those who struck with their hands and those who struck with their sandals. Some of the people said, 'May God disgrace you.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Do not say that. Do not help Satan against him.'
«لَا تَسُبُّوا الدِّيكَ فَإِنَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ»
✧ Do not insult the rooster, for it calls to prayer.
«إِنَّ الرِّيحَ مِنْ رَوْحِ اللَّهِ تَأْتِي بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَتَأْتِي بِالْعَذَابِ فَلَا تَسُبُّوهَا وَسَلُوا اللَّهَ مِنْ خَيْرِهَا وَاسْتَعِيذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ شَرِّهَا»
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The wind comes from Allah's mercy. Salamah's version has: It is Allah's mercy; it (sometimes) brings blessing and (sometimes) brings punishment. So when you see it, do not revile it, but ask Allah for some of its good, and seek refuge in Allah from its evil. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5097)
أَنَّ جَدَّهُ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الثَّقَفِيَّ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَدِّثْنِي بِأَمْرٍ أَعْتَصِمُ بِهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قُلْ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقِمْ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَكْثَرُ مَا تَخَافُ عَلَيَّ؟ قَالَ «هَذَا» وَأَشَارَ إِلَى لِسَانِهِ
✧ His grandfather Sufyan b. 'Abd Allah al-Thaqafi said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me something I can hold fast to. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Say: My Lord is Allah, then remain upright." He said, O Messenger of Allah, what do you fear most for me? He said, "This," and pointed to his tongue.
«عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ»
✧ «Adhere to truthfulness, for it goes with righteousness, and they are both in Paradise. Beware of lying, for it goes with wickedness, and they are both in the Fire.»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5735Fabricated
«أَلَا إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يُسَوِّدُ الْوَجْهَ وَالنَّمِيمَةَ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ»
✧ «Behold, lying blackens the face; and tale-bearing is from the torment of the grave.»
«مَا كَانَ خُلُقٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ وَلَقَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ عِنْدَهُ الْكَذْبَةَ فَمَا تَزَالُ فِي نَفْسِهِ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْهَا تَوْبَةً»
✧ «There was no characteristic more hateful to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ than lying. A man would tell a lie in his presence, and it would remain in his mind until he knew that he had repented of it.»
«لَمْ يَكْذِبْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَطُّ إِلَّا ثَلَاثًا اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ قَوْلُهُ {إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ} وَقَوْلُهُ {بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَذَا} قَالَ وَمَرَّ عَلَى جَبَّارٍ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ وَمَعَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ سَارَةُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا هَاهُنَا مَعَهُ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَتَاهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ أُخْتِي قَالَ فَأَتَاهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا إِنَّ هَذَا قَدْ سَأَلَنِي عَنْكِ وَإِنِّي أَنْبَأْتُهُ أَنَّكِ أُخْتِي وَإِنَّكَ أُخْتِي فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَا تُكَذِّبِينِي قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا ذَهَبَ لِيَأْتِيَهَا فَدَعَتِ اللَّهَ فَأُخِذَ فَقَالَ ادْعِي اللَّهَ لِي وَلَكِ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أَعُودَ فَدَعَتْ لَهُ ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ لِيَأْتِيَهَا فَدَعَتْ فَأُخِذَ أَخْذَةً هِيَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْأُولَى فَقَالَ ادْعِي اللَّهَ لِي وَلَكِ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أَعُودَ فَدَعَتْ لَهُ فَذَهَبَ لِيَأْتِيَهَا فَدَعَتْ فَأُخِذَ أَخْذَةً هِيَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْأُولَيَيْنِ فَقَالَ ادْعِي اللَّهَ لِي وَلَكِ عَلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أَعُودَ فَدَعَتْ لَهُ فَأُرْسِلَ فَقَالَ لِأَدْنَى حَجَبَتِهِ عِنْدَهُ إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَأْتِنِي بِإِنْسَانٍ إِنَّمَا أَتَيْتَنِي بِشَيْطَانٍ وَأَخْدَمَهَا هَاجَرَ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ مَهْيَمْ قَالَتْ كَفَى اللَّهُ كَيَدَ الْكَافِرِ الْفَاجِرِ وَأَخْدَمَهَا هَاجَرَ» قَالَ فَكَانَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ تِلْكَ أُمُّكُمْ يَا بَنِي مَاءِ السَّمَاءِ
✧ Abu Hurayrah said: «Ibrahim never lied except on three occasions: two were for the sake of Allah — His saying, {Indeed, I am ill} and His saying, {Rather, the largest of them did it}.» He said: «He passed by one of the tyrants, and with him was his wife Sarah. It was said to the tyrant: 'There is a man here with a woman among the most beautiful of people.' So he sent for him, and he came to him and entered upon him. He asked him, and he said: 'She is my sister.'» He said: «He came to her and said: 'This man asked me about you, and I told him that you are my sister. You are my sister in the Book of Allah, so do not contradict me.'» He said: «When he saw her, he went to assault her, so she called upon Allah and he was seized. He said: 'Call upon Allah for me, and I will not return.' So she called upon him, and he was released. Then he went to assault her, so she called upon Allah, and he was seized with a seizure more severe than the first. He said: 'Call upon Allah for me, and I will not return.' So she called upon him, and he was released. Then he went to assault her, so she called upon Allah, and he was seized with a seizure more severe than the first two. He said: 'Call upon Allah for me, and I will not return.' So she called upon him, and he was released. He said to the closest of his chamberlains: 'You have not brought me a human being; you have brought me a devil.' And he made Hajar serve her. When Ibrahim saw her, he said: 'What is the matter?' She said: 'Allah sufficed against the plot of the disbelieving, wicked one, and He has made Hajar serve me.'» Abu Hurayrah said: «When he narrated this hadith, he would say: 'That is your mother, O Banu Ma' al-Sama'.'»
أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِيَ ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ أَنْ أَتَشَبَّعَ مِنْ زَوْجِي مَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»
✧ A woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: «O Messenger of Allah, I have a co-wife. Is there any sin upon me if I pretend from my husband that he gave me what he did not give me?» The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «The one who pretends to have been given what he was not given is like the wearer of two garments of falsehood.»
جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ لِيَ ضَرَّةً فَهَلْ عَلَيَّ جُنَاحٌ إِنِ اسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنْ زَوْجِي بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطِنِي؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُتَشَبِّعُ بِمَا لَمْ يُعْطَ كَلَابِسِ ثَوْبَيْ زُورٍ»
✧ A woman came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: «O Messenger of Allah, I have a co-wife. Is there any sin upon me if I ask for more from my husband than what he has given me?» The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «The one who pretends to have been given what he was not given is like the wearer of two garments of falsehood.»
«لَيْسَ الْكَذَّابُ الَّذِي يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَيُنْمِي خَيْرًا أَوْ يَقُولُ خَيْرًا»
✧ The liar is not the one who reconciles between people, so he conveys good or says good.
بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ إِذْ سَمِعَ لَعْنَةً فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا»؟ فَقِيلَ هَذِهِ فُلَانَةٌ لَعَنَتْ رَاحِلَتَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «ضَعُوا عَنْهَا فَإِنَّهَا مَلْعُونَةٌ» قَالَ فَوُضِعَ عَنْهَا قَالَ عِمْرَانُ «فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا نَاقَةً وَرْقَاءَ»
✧ While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on one of his journeys, he heard a curse, and said: «Who is this?» It was said: «This is so-and-so, she cursed her mount.» The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Unload it, for it is cursed.» He said: So it was unloaded. 'Imran said: «It is as if I can see it now, a dark grey she-camel.»
سِرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَطْلُبُ الْمَجْدِيَّ بْنَ عَمْرٍو الْجُهَنِيَّ وَكَانَ النَّاضِحُ يَعْتَقِبُهُ مِنَّا الْخَمْسَةُ وَالسِّتَّةُ وَالسَّبْعَةُ فَدَنَا عُقْبَةُ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَى نَاضِحٍ لَهُ فَأَنَاخَهُ فَرَكِبَهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ فَتَلَدَّنَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضَ التَّلَدُّنِ فَقَالَ شَأْ لَعَنَكَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ هَذَا اللَّاعِنُ بَعِيرَهُ»؟ قَالَ أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «انْزِلْ عَنْهُ فَلَا تَصْحَبْنَا بِمَلْعُونٍ لَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ وَلَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَوْلَادِكُمْ وَلَا تَدْعُوا عَلَى أَمْوَالِكُمْ لَا تُوَافِقُوا مِنَ السَّاعَةِ فَيَسْتَجِيبَ لَكُمْ»
✧ We travelled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was seeking Majdi b. 'Amr al-Juhani. The water-carrying camel would be ridden in turns by five, six, or seven of us. The turn of a man from the Ansar came near, so he made his camel kneel and mounted it, then he urged it on. It balked under him somewhat, so he said: «Shah! May Allah curse you.» The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Who is this cursing his camel?» He said: «I am, O Messenger of Allah.» He said: «Dismount from it. Do not accompany us with one cursed. Do not pray against yourselves, nor against your children, nor against your property. Lest you coincide with an hour when He answers you.»
أَنَّ جَارِيَةً بَيْنَا هِيَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ أَوْ رَاحِلَةٍ عَلَيْهَا مَتَاعُ الْقَوْمِ بَيْنَ جَبَلَيْنِ فَتَضَايَقَ بِهَا الْجَبَلُ وأَتَى عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَتْهُ جَعَلَتْ تَقُولُ حَلْ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَا تَصْحَبْنَا رَاحِلَةٌ عَلَيْهَا لَعْنَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ»
✧ A slave girl, while she was on a camel or a mount carrying the people's luggage between two mountains, the mountain pass became narrow for her, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came upon her. When she saw him, she began to say: «Hal! O Allah, curse it. O Allah, curse it.» The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «No mount with a curse from Allah upon it will accompany us.»
خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي أَضْحًى أَوْ فِطْرٍ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَامَ فَوَعَظَ النَّاسَ وَأَمَرَهُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَصَدَّقُوا» ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنِّي أَرَاكُنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» فَقُلْنَ وَلِمَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنَ نَاقِصَاتِ عَقْلٍ وَدِينٍ أَذْهَبَ لِلُبِّ الرَّجُلِ الْحَازِمِ مِنْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ» فَقُلْنَ لَهُ مَا نُقْصَانُ دِينِنَا وَعَقْلِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَلَيْسَ شَهَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ مِثْلَ نِصْفِ شَهَادَةِ الرَّجُلِ»؟ قُلْنَ بَلَى قَالَ «فَذَاكَ نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِهَا أَوَ لَيْسَتْ إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَمْ تُصَلِّ وَلَمْ تَصُمْ»؟ قُلْنَ بَلَى قَالَ «فَذَاكَ نُقْصَانُ دِينِهَا» ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمَّا صَارَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ جَاءَتْ زَيْنَبُ امْرَأَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ تَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْهِ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ زَيْنَبُ تَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ «أَيُّ الزَّيَانِبِ»؟ قِيلَ امْرَأَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ «نَعَمْ ائْذَنُوا لَهَا» فَأُذِنَ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنَا الْيَوْمَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ وَكَانَ عِنْدِي حُلِيٌّ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ فَزَعَمَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَنَّهُ وَوَلَدَهُ أَحَقُّ مَنْ تَصَدَّقَتْ بِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «صَدَقَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out on the day of Aḍḥa or ʿĪd to the prayer ground and performed the prayer, then he left and stood up to address the people and commanded them with charity. He said, "O people, give charity." Then he left and passed by the women and said, "O group of women, give charity, for I have seen that you are the majority of the people of Hellfire." They asked, "Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religious commitment than you. A cautious wise man may be led astray by some of you." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what is deficient in our intelligence and religious commitment?" He said, "Is not the testimony of a woman equivalent to half of that of a man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is due to the deficiency in her intelligence. Is it not true that when a woman menstruates, she does not pray nor fast?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is due to the deficiency in her religion." Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left and when he reached his house, Zainab, the wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud sought permission to see him. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, here is Zainab seeking permission to see you." He asked, "Which Zainab?" They replied, "The wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud." He said, "Grant her permission." So they allowed her to enter and she said, "O Prophet of Allah, you commanded us today to give charity and I had adornments with me that I wanted to give in charity. However, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and his children claim that they have more right to receive my charity." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Give charity to Abdullah ibn Mas'ud and his children."
أَنَّ رَجُلًا لَعَنَ الرِّيحَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ ﷺ «لَا تَلْعَنِ الرِّيحَ فَإِنَّهَا مَأْمُورَةٌ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَلْعَنُ شَيْئًا لَيْسَ لَهُ بِأَهْلٍ إِلَّا رَجَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ اللَّعْنَةُ»
✧ A man cursed the wind in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, so he ﷺ said: «Do not curse the wind, for it is commanded. No one curses something that does not deserve it except that the curse returns upon him.»
كَانَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ يُرْسِلُ إِلَى أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ وَرُبَّمَا بَاتَتْ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ فَدَعَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ خَادِمًا فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ فَقَالَتْ لَا تَلْعَنْهُ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّعَّانَيْنَ لَا يَكُونُونَ شُهَدَاءَ وَلَا شُفَعَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ 'Abd al-Malik used to send for Umm al-Darda', and sometimes she would stay overnight with him. He said: 'Abd al-Malik called a servant, and the servant was slow, so he said: «O Allah, curse him.» She said: «Do not curse him, for I heard Abu al-Darda' narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said: 'Those who curse excessively will not be witnesses or intercessors on the Day of Resurrection.'»
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5747No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ حِينَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ «رَبَّنَا وَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ» فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْآخِرَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ فُلَانًا وَفُلَانًا» وَدَعَا عَلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا {لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ شَيْءٌ أَوْ يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ يُعَذِّبَهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ}
✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say in the Fajr prayer when he raised his head from bowing, "Our Lord, and to You is all praise," in the last rakʿah, then he said, "O Allah, curse so-and-so and so-and-so," and he supplicated against some people among the hypocrites. Then Allah, majestic and exalted, revealed: "Not for you, [O Muhammad], is the decision whether He should [cut them down] or relent toward them or punish them; indeed, they are wrongdoers."
«لَعَنَ اللَّهُ السَّارِقَ يَسْرِقُ الْبَيْضَةَ فَتُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ وَيَسْرِقُ الْحَبْلَ فَتُقْطَعُ يَدُهُ»
✧ "May Allah curse the thief who steals an egg and his hand is cut off, and steals a rope and his hand is cut off."
«سِتَّةٌ لَعَنْتُهُمْ وَلَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ مُجَابٌ الزَّائِدُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُكَذِّبُ بِقَدَرِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسَلَّطُ بِالْجَبَرُوتِ لِيُذِلَّ بِذَلِكَ مَنْ أَعَزَّ اللَّهُ وَلِيُعِزَّ بِهِ مَنْ أَذَلَّ اللَّهُ وَالْمُسْتَحِلُّ لِحَرَمِ اللَّهِ وَالْمُسْتَحِلُّ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَالتَّارِكُ لِسُنَّتِي»
✧ "Six are those whom I have cursed, and Allah and every prophet whose supplication is answered have cursed: the one who adds to the Book of Allah; the one who denies the decree of Allah; the one who rules with tyranny to thereby abase whom Allah has honored and to honor whom Allah has abased; the one who deems lawful what Allah has forbidden in His sanctuary; the one who deems lawful from my family what Allah has forbidden; and the one who abandons my Sunnah."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5750Hasan sahih
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَعَنَ الْمُذَكَّرَاتِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالْمُخَنَّثِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ "cursed masculine women and effeminate men."
«لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الرَّجُلَ يَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْمَرْأَةَ تَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الرَّجُلِ»
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the man who dressed like a woman and the woman who dressed like a man. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4098)
«لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الرَّجُلَ يَلْبَسُ لُبْسَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَالْمَرْأَةَ تَلْبَسُ لِبْسَةَ الرَّجُلِ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the man who wears women's clothing and the woman who wears men's clothing."
«سَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ أُمَّتِي رِجَالٌ يَرْكَبُونَ عَلَى سُرُوجٍ كَأَشْبَاهِ الرِّجَالِ يَنْزِلُونَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْمَسَاجِدِ نِسَاؤُهُمْ كَاسِيَاتٌ عَارِيَاتٌ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِنَّ كَأَسْنِمَةِ الْبُخْتِ الْعِجَافِ الْعَنُوهُنَّ فَإِنَّهُنَّ مَلْعُونَاتٌ لَوْ كَانَ وَرَاءَكُمْ أُمَّةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ خَدَمَهُنَّ نِسَاؤُكُمْ كَمَا خَدَمَكُمْ نِسَاءُ الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ»
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "There will be in the latter part of my nation men who ride on saddles like skeletons of men; they will enter the doors of mosques. Their women will be clothed and yet naked, with their hair disheveled. Curse them, for they are cursed. If they die, do not offer the funeral prayer for them, nor bury them in Muslim graveyards, for they are disbelievers."
بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ وَامْرَأَةٌ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ لَهَا فَضَجرَتْ فَلَعَنَتْهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «خُذُوا مَتَاعَكُمْ عَنْهَا وَأَرْسِلُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا مَلْعُونَةٌ» قَالَ فَفَعَلُوا فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا نَاقَةً وَرْقَاءَ
✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey, a woman was on a she-camel of hers. She became impatient and cursed it, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «Take your belongings off it and let it go, for it is cursed.» He said: So they did. It is as if I can see it now, a dark grey she-camel.
«مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ»
✧ "Among the worst of people is the two-faced one who comes to these with one face and to those with another."
«مَنْ كَانَ ذَا وَجْهَيْنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَانَ لَهُ لِسَانَانِ مِنْ نَارٍ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
✧ "Whoever is two-faced in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection."
«تَجِدُونَ النَّاسَ مَعَادِنَ فَخِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقُهُوا وَتَجِدُونَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ أَكْرَهَهُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيهِ وَتَجِدُونَ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ ذَا الْوَجْهَيْنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ»
✧ "You will find people to be like mines. The best of them in the pre-Islamic period are the best in Islam if they gain understanding. You will find the best of people in this matter (Islam) to be the one who most disliked it before entering it. And you will find among the worst of people the two-faced one who comes to these with one face and to those with another."
«إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ»
✧ "The worst of people is the two-faced one who comes to these with one face and to those with another."
«أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ»؟ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ» قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ «فَإِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ فَقَدِ اغْتَبْتَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ»
✧ "Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "It is mentioning your brother with something he dislikes." A man said, "What if what I say about my brother is true?" He said, "If what you say about him is true, you have backbitten him; and if it is not true, you have slandered him."
«إِنَّكَ إِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ عَوْرَاتِ النَّاسِ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ أَوْ كِدْتَ أَنْ تُفْسِدَهُمُ» قَالَ يَقُولُ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ «كَلِمَةٌ سَمِعَهَا مُعَاوِيَةُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا»
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “If you follow the faults of people, you will corrupt them or risk corrupting them.” He said that Abū Dardāʾ said, “Muʿāwiyah heard ˹this˺ statement from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and Allah benefited him by it.”
«يُبْصِرُ أَحَدُكُمُ الْقَذَاةَ فِي عَيْنِ أَخِيهِ وَيَنْسَى الْجِذْعَ فِي عَيْنِهِ»
the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “One of you may see a splinter in your brother's eye, but forget the log in your own.”
«إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ»
✧ "When you hear a man say, 'The people are ruined,' he is the most ruined of them."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5763Hasan sahih
صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذَا الْمِنْبَرَ فَنَادَى بِصَوْتٍ رَفِيعٍ وَقَالَ «يَا مَعْشَرَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ قَلْبَهُ لَا تُؤْذُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَلَا تُعَيِّرُوهُمْ وَلَا تَطْلُبُوا عَثَرَاتِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَطْلُبْ عَوْرَةَ الْمُسْلِمِ يَطْلُبِ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَمَنْ يَطْلُبِ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ يَفْضَحْهُ وَلَوْ فِي جَوْفِ بَيْتِهِ» وَنَظَرَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَوْمًا إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ «مَا أَعْظَمَكَ وَأَعْظَمَ حُرْمَتَكَ وَلَلْمُؤْمِنُ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ حُرْمَةً مِنْكَ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ascended this pulpit and called out with a loud voice, saying: “O assembly of those who have submitted with their tongues but faith has not entered their hearts: do not harm the Muslims, do not reproach them, and do not seek out their stumbles. For whoever seeks the private shame of a Muslim, Allah will seek his private shame, and whoever Allah seeks his private shame, He will expose him even in the depths of his house.” And one day Ibn ʿUmar looked at the House and said: “How great you are and how great your sanctity, yet the believer is greater in sanctity before Allah than you.”
أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ فُلَانَةً ذَكَرَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ صَلَاتِهَا غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا تُؤْذِي بِلِسَانِهَا قَالَ «فِي النَّارِ» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ فُلَانَةً ذَكَرَ مِنْ قِلَّةِ صَلَاتِهَا وَصِيَامِهَا وَأَنَّهَا تَصَدَّقَتْ بِأَثْوَارِ أَقِطٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا لَا تُؤْذِي جِيرَانَهَا قَالَ «هِيَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ»
✧ A man said: O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so is mentioned for her abundant prayer, yet she harms with her tongue. He said: “In the Fire.” He said: O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so is mentioned for her little prayer and fasting, and she gives charity with pieces of dried curd, yet she does not harm her neighbors. He said: “She is in Paradise.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ؟ » قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ «أَنْ تَذْكُرَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا فِيهِ» قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا ذَكَرْتُ؟ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا ذَكَرْتَ فَقَدِ اغْتَبْتَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ مَا ذَكَرْتَ فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ»
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Do you know what backbiting is?" They said, "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "It is mentioning your brother with something he dislikes." A man said, "What if what I say about my brother is true?" He said, "If what you say about him is true, you have backbitten him; and if it is not true, you have slandered him."
كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَنْقُلُ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ فَكُنَّا جُلُوسًا مَعَ حُذَيْفَةَ فَمَرَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ قِيلَ هُوَ هَذَا فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ قَتَّاتٌ»
✧ There was a man who carried tales to the ruler. We were sitting with Hudhayfah when that man passed by. It was said: It is he. Hudhayfah said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “No talebearer enters Paradise.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5767No grade recorded
مَدَحَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَيْحَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ» مِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا أَخَاهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسِبُ فُلَانًا وَلَا أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا»
✧ A man praised another man in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so the Prophet ﷺ said: “Woe to you—you have cut the neck of your companion” repeatedly. Then he said: “If one of you must praise his brother, then let him say: I reckon so-and-so, and I do not vouch for anyone before Allah.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5768No grade recorded
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ يَحْمَدُهُ النَّاسُ؟ قَالَ «تِلْكَ عَاجِلُ بُشْرَى الْمُؤْمِنِ»
It was said to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: What is your opinion about the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world). (Using translation from Muslim 2642a)
«احْثُوا فِي أَفْوَاهِ الْمَدَّاحِينَ التُّرَابَ»
✧ “Throw dust in the mouths of the flatterers.”
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مَدَحَ رَجُلًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ فَجَعَلَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَرْفَعُ التُّرَابَ نَحْوَهُ وَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وجُوهِهُمُ التُّرَابَ»
✧ A man praised another man in the presence of Ibn ʿUmar, and Ibn ʿUmar began raising dust toward him and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When you see the flatterers, throw dust in their faces.”
سَمِعْتُ الْبَرَاءَ يَقُولُ وَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُمَارَةَ وَلَّيْتَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ؟ فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُوَلِّ وَلَكِنْ عَجِلَ سَرَعَانُ الْقَوْمِ فَرَشَقَتْهُمْ هَوَازِنُ وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ آخِذٌ بِرَأْسِ بَغْلَتِهِ الْبَيْضَاءِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ « أَنَا النَّبِيُّ لَا كَذِبْ أَنَا ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ»
✧ I heard al-Barāʾ say when a man came to him and said: O Abū ʿUmārah, did you turn in flight on the day of Hunayn? He said: As for me, I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not turn in flight; but the hasty ones of the people rushed ahead, and Hawāzin shot arrows at them while Abū Sufyān b. al-Ḥārith was holding the head of his white mule, and he was saying: “I am the Prophet, no lie; I am the son of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib.”
أَنَّهُ بَيْنَا هُوَ يَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَقْفَلَهُ مِنْ حُنَيْنٍ عَلِقَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ يَسْأَلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى اضْطَرُّوهُ إِلَى سَمُرَةٍ وَخُطِفَ رِدَاءُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَوَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَعْطُونِي رِدَائِي لَوْ كَانَ لِي عَدَدُ هَذِهِ الْعِضَاهِ نَعَمًا لَقَسَمْتُهَا بَيْنَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُونِي كَذَّابًا وَلَا جَبَانًا»
✧ He informed them that while he was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ after the Battle of Hunayn, the Bedouins came and started asking the Messenger of Allah ﷺ questions until they forced him to stop at Samurah. Then the robe of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was snatched, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped and said, "Give me my robe. If I had the same number of camels as the number of hairs on this robe, I would distribute them among you. Then you would not find me a liar or a coward."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5773No grade recorded
قَالَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ لَوْ رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا مَعَ امْرَأَتِي لَضَرَبْتُهُ بِالسَّيْفِ غَيْرَ مُصْفِحٍ عَنْهُ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَلَا تَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ غَيْرَةِ سَعْدٍ؟ فَوَاللَّهِ لَأَنَا أَغْيَرُ مِنْهُ وَاللَّهُ أَغْيَرُ مِنِّي وَمِنْ أَجْلِ غَيْرَةِ اللَّهِ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ وَلَا شَخْصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُذْرُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ وَلَا شَخَصَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ»
If I were to see a man with my wife, I would have struck him with the sword, and not with the flat part (side) of it. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ heard of that, he said: Are you surprised at Sa'd's jealousy of his honour? By Allah, I am more jealous of my honour than he, and Allah is more jealous than I. Because of His jealousy Allah has prohibited abomination, both open and secret And no person is more jealous of his honour than Allah, and no persons, is more fond of accepting an excuse than Allah, on account of which He has sent messengers, announcers of glad tidings and warners; and no one is more fond of praise than Allah on account of which Allah has promised Paradise. (Using translation from Muslim 1499a)
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5766No grade recorded
مَدَحَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «وَيْلَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ» مِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا أَخَاهُ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسِبُ فُلَانًا وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا»
✧ A man praised another man in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so the Prophet ﷺ said: “Woe to you, you have cut the neck of your companion” repeatedly. Then he said: “If one of you must praise his brother, let him say: I reckon so-and-so, and Allah is his reckoner—if he knows that to be such and such.”
«لَا تَفْتَخِرُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَمَّا يُدَهْدِهُ الْجُعَلُ بِمَنْخِرَيْهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ آبَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَاتُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ»
✧ “Do not boast about your forefathers of the pre-Islamic era. For by the One in whose hand is the soul of Muḥammad, what the dung beetle rolls with its nose is better than your forefathers who died in the pre-Islamic era.”
«الْكَرِيمُ ابْنُ الْكَرِيمِ ابْنِ الْكَرِيمِ ابْنِ الْكَرِيمِ يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ»
✧ “The noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one: Yūsuf b. Yaʿqūb b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm, may the blessings of Allah be upon them.”
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «الْإِ يمَانُ يَمَانٍ وَالْكُفْرُ قِبَلَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالسَّكِينَةُ فِي أَهْلِ الْغَنَمِ وَالْفَخْرُ وَالرِّيَاءُ فِي الْفَدَّادِينَ أَهْلِ الْخَيْلِ وَالْوَبَرِ يَأْتِي الْمَسِيحُ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاوَزَ أُحُدًا صَرَفَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَجْهَهُ قِبَلَ الشَّامِ وَهُنَالِكَ يَهْلِكُ»
✧ Al-Qaʿnabī narrated to us, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad narrated to us, from al-ʿAlāʾ, from his father, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Faith is Yemeni, and disbelief is toward the east; tranquility is among the people of sheep, and pride and ostentation are among the loud-voiced owners of horses and camels. The Messiah will come until when he passes Uḥud, the angels will turn his face toward Syria, and there he will perish.”
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5778Hasan sahih
«إنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً»
✧ Indeed, some poetry is wisdom.
«لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا»
✧ For one of you to have his belly filled with pus until it destroys him is better for him than to have it filled with poetry.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5780Hasan sahih
أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ بَيِّنٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حُكْمًا»
✧ A Bedouin came to the Prophet ﷺ and spoke with eloquent speech, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, some eloquence is sorcery, and some poetry is wisdom."
«جَالَسْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ فَكَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَتَنَاشَدُونَ الشِّعْرَ وَيَتَذَاكَرُونَ أَشْيَاءَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَهُوَ سَاكِتٌ وَرُبَّمَا تَبَسَّمَ مَعَهُمْ ﷺ»
✧ "I sat with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ more than a hundred times, and his companions would recite poetry to one another and discuss things from the affairs of the Jahiliyyah while he remained silent, and sometimes he would smile with them ﷺ."
أَرْدَفَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَلْفَهُ فَقَالَ «هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنْ شِعْرِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ»؟ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ «هِيهِ» فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ بَيْتًا فَقَالَ «هِيهِ» ثُمَّ أَنْشَدْتُهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ «هِيهِ» وَأُنْشِدُهُ حَتَّى أَتْمَمْتُ مِائَةَ بَيْتٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ seated me behind him and said: "Do you have any poetry of Umayyah b. Abi al-Salt?" I said: "Yes." He said: "Recite." So I recited a verse to him, and he said: "Recite." Then I recited to him, and he kept saying "Recite" and I kept reciting until I completed a hundred verses.
«أَشْعَرُ كَلِمَةٍ تَكَلَّمَتْ بِهَا الْعَرَبُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ
✧ "The most poetic word spoken by the Arabs is the saying of Labid."
أَشْعَرُ بَيْتٍ قَالَتْهُ الْعَرَبُ كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ
✧ The most poetic verse uttered by the Arabs is the saying of Labid.
«إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ النَّاسِ فِرْيَةً اثْنَانِ شَاعِرٌ يَهْجُو الْقَبِيلَةَ بِأَسْرِهَا وَرَجُلٌ انْتَفَى مِنْ أَبِيهِ»
✧ "Indeed, the greatest of people in slander are two: a poet who satirizes a whole tribe and a man who disowns his father."
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أُنْزِلَ فِي الشِّعْرِ مَا قَدْ أُنْزِلَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يُجَاهِدُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَلِسَانِهِ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَكَأَنَّمَا تَرْمُونَهُمْ نَضْحَ النَّبْلِ»
✧ I said: "O Messenger of Allah, what has been revealed regarding poetry has been revealed." The Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed, the believer strives with his sword and his tongue. By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is as if you are pelting them with arrows."
اسْتَأْذَنَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي هِجَاءِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَكَيْفَ بِنِسْبَتِي»؟ فَقَالَ حَسَّانُ لَأَسُلَّنَّكَ مِنْهُمْ كَسَلِّ الشَّعَرَةِ مِنَ الْعَجِينِ
✧ Hassan b. Thabit sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to satirize the polytheists. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "What about my lineage?" Hassan said: "I will surely extract you from them as a hair is extracted from dough."
«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا دَخَلَ مَكَّةَ قَامَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ سِمَاطَيْنِ» قَالَ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ يَمْشِي وَيَقُولُ
✧ "When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered Makkah, the people of Makkah stood in two rows." He said: "And Abdullah b. Rawahah walked reciting."
قَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ
✧ The Ansar said on the day of the Trench.
«لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا حَتَّى يَرِيَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا»
✧ “If the belly of one of you were filled with pus until it corroded him, that would be better than being filled with poetry.”
رَأَى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَارِيَةً يَتِيمَةً عِنْدَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ وَهِيَ أُمُّ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَقَدْ شِبْتِ لَا أَشَبَّ اللَّهُ قَرْنَكِ» فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ لَقَدْ دَعَوْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى يَتِيمَتِي أَنْ لَا يُشِبَّ اللَّهُ قَرْنَهَا فَوَاللَّهِ لَا تَشِبُّ أَبَدًا فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ أَوَ مَا عَلِمْتِ أَنِّي اتَّخَذْتُ عِنْدَ رَبِّي عَهْدًا أَيُّمَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي دَعَوْتُ عَلَيْهِ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِهَا أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا لَهُ طَهُورًا أَوْ قُرْبَةً يُقَرِّبُهُ بِهَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ؟ »
✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ saw an orphan girl with Umm Sulaym, who is the mother of Anas b. Malik, and the Prophet ﷺ said to her, “You have grown gray, may Allah not let your horn grow.” Umm Sulaym said, “You have supplicated, O Messenger of Allah, against my orphan girl that Allah should not let her horn grow. By Allah, she will never grow gray.” The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, “O Umm Sulaym, do you not know that I made a covenant with my Lord that any one of my ummah against whom I supplicate when it is not deserved, He will make it a purification for him or a means of nearness by which He brings him near on the Day of Resurrection?”
«لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا»
✧ “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.”
«لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ مَا أَعْلَمُ لَضَحِكْتُمْ قَلِيلًا وَلَبَكَيْتُمْ كَثِيرًا»
✧ “If you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much.”
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ النَّاقَةَ وَمَنْ عَقَرَهَا فَقَالَ «{إِذِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاهَا} انْبَعَثَ لَهَا رَجُلٌ عَارِمٌ عَزِيزٌ مَنِيعٌ فِي رَهْطِهِ مِثْلُ أَبِي زَمْعَةَ» ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ «أَلَا لِمَ يَجْلِدُ أَحَدُكُمُ امْرَأَتَهُ جَلْدَ الْعَبْدِ وَلَعَلَّهُ يُضَاجِعُهَا فِي آخِرِ يَوْمِهِ» ثُمَّ وَعَظَهُمْ فِي الضَّحِكِ مِنَ الضَّرْطَةِ فَقَالَ «أَلَا لِمَ يَضْحَكُ أَحَدُكُمْ مِمَّا يَفْعَلُ؟! »
✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say in his sermon while mentioning the she-camel and the one who hamstrung her: “{When the most wretched of them was sent forth} (Qur'an 91:12) the one sent forth to her was a man, fierce, mighty, and protected among his people, like Abu Zam'ah.” Then he mentioned women and said, “Why does one of you flog his wife as he flogs a slave, and perhaps he will lie with her at the end of his day?” Then he admonished them about laughing at passing wind and said, “Why does one of you laugh at what he himself does?!”
أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُ زَاهِرُ بْنُ حَرَامٍ كَانَ يُهْدِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْهَدِيَّةَ فَيُجَهِّزُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ زَاهِرًا بَادِينَا وَنَحْنُ حَاضِرُوهُ» قَالَ فَأَتَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَبِيعُ مَتَاعَهُ فَاحْتَضَنَهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ وَالرَّجُلُ لَا يُبْصِرُهُ فَقَالَ أَرْسِلْنِي مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ جَعَلَ يُلْزِقُ ظَهْرَهُ بِصَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَا الْعَبْدَ»؟ فَقَالَ زَاهِرٌ تَجِدُنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَاسِدًا قَالَ «لَكِنَّكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ لَسْتَ بِكَاسِدٍ» أَوْ قَالَ ﷺ «بَلْ أَنْتَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ غَالٍ»
✧ A man from the desert people called Zahir b. Haram used to send gifts to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would equip him when he wanted to depart. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Zahir is our bedouin and we are his townspeople.” He said: The Prophet ﷺ came to him while he was selling his goods and embraced him from behind while the man could not see him. He said, “Let me go, who is this?” He turned around, and when he recognized that it was the Prophet ﷺ, he began pressing his back against his chest. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Who will buy this slave?” Zahir said, “You will find me unsellable, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “But you are not unsellable with Allah,” or he said ﷺ, “Rather, you are precious with Allah.”
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«الْبَيَانُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَالْعِيُّ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَلَيْسَ الْبَيَانُ كَثْرَةَ الْكَلَامِ وَلَكِنَّ الْبَيَانَ الْفَصْلُ فِي الْحَقِّ وَلَيْسَ الْعِيُّ قِلَّةَ الْكَلَامِ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ سَفِهَ الْحَقَّ»
✧ “Eloquence is from Allah and inarticulateness is from Satan. Eloquence is not abundance of speech, but eloquence is decisiveness in the truth. Inarticulateness is not scarcity of speech, but it is the one who makes light of the truth.”
«إِنَّمَا النَّاسُ كَالْإِبِلِ الْمِئَةِ وَلَا يَكَادُ أَنْ يُوجَدَ فِيهَا رَاحِلَةٌ»
✧ “People are like a hundred camels, among which you can hardly find one suitable for riding.”
كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَزَعٌ فَاسْتَعَارَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَرَسًا لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَنْدُوبٌ فَرَكِبَهُ فَرَجَعَ وَقَالَ «مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ فَزَعٍ وَإِنْ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَبَحْرًا»
✧ There was a fright in Madinah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ borrowed a horse from Abu Talhah called Mandub, rode it, and returned, saying, “We saw no fright, but we found it to be a sea.”
اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيَّ أَفْلَحُ أَخُو أَبِي قُعَيْسٍ بَعْدَمَا نَزَلَ الْحِجَابُ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَا آذَنُ لَهُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَ فِيهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَفْلَحَ أَخَا أَبِي قُعَيْسٍ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيَّ فَأَبَيْتُ أَنْ آذَنَ لَهُ حَتَّى أَسْتَأْذِنَكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَمَا يَمْنَعُكِ أَنْ تَأْذَنِي لِعَمِّكِ»؟ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيْسَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْضَعَنِي إِنَّمَا أَرْضَعَتْنِي امْرَأَتُهُ قَالَ ﷺ «هُوَ عَمُّكِ ائْذَنِي لَهُ تَرِبَتْ يَمِينُكِ» قَالَ عُرْوَةُ فَلِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَقُولُ «حَرِّمُوا مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ مَا تُحَرِّمُونَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ»
✧ She said, "I sought permission from Abu Qais's brother to enter upon him after the veil descended, but I said: By Allah, I will not grant permission to him until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She added, "So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me and I said: O Messenger of Allah, Abu Qais's brother sought permission from me but I refused to grant him permission until I seek permission from you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "And what prevents you from granting permission to your uncle?" She replied, "O Messenger of Allah, it was not him who breastfed me, it was his wife who breastfed me." He ﷺ said: "He is your uncle, grant him permission, for your right thigh is Haram to him." Urwah said: "That is why Aisha used to say: 'Forbidding what is forbidden by lineage should also be applied to breastfeeding.'"
كَانَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ مَعَ نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَسَائِقٌ يَسُوقُ فَأَتَى عَلَيْهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا أَنْجَشَةُ رُوَيْدًا سَوْقَكَ بِالْقَوَارِيرِ»
✧ Umm Sulaym was with the wives of the Prophet ﷺ and a driver was driving. The Prophet ﷺ came upon him and said, “O Anjashah, drive slowly with the glass vessels.”
كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَادٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَنْجَشَةُ وَكَانَ حَسَنَ الصَّوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «رُوَيْدَكَ يَا أَنْجَشَةُ لَا تَكْسِرِ الْقَوَارِيرَ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ had a camel-driver named Anjashah, and he had a beautiful voice. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, “Gently, O Anjashah, do not break the glass vessels.”
كَانَتْ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ مَعَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ وَكَانَ سَائِقٌ يَسُوقُ بِهِنَّ فَقَالَ ﷺ «رُوَيْدًا سَوْقَكَ بِالْقَوَارِيرِ»
✧ Umm Sulaym was with the wives of the Prophet ﷺ on a journey, and a driver was driving them. He ﷺ said, “Drive slowly with the glass vessels.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ فِي مَسِيرٍ لَهُ وَمَعَهُ غُلَامٌ لَهُ أَسْوَدُ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَنْجَشَةُ وَهُوَ يَحْدُو فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَنْجَشَةُ رُوَيْدًا سَوْقَكَ الْقَوَارِيرَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on one of his journeys, and with him was a black servant of his called Anjasha, who was driving the camels by singing. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "O Anjasha, drive gently with the glass vessels."
«بَيْنَ كُلِّ أَذَانَيْنِ صَلَاةٌ لِمَنْ شَاءَ» «وَكَانَ ابْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ يُصَلِّي قَبْلَ الْمَغْرِبِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ»
✧ About the Prophet ﷺ, it was narrated that he said, "Between every two call to prayer, there is a prayer for whoever wishes. Ibnu Buraydah used to pray two units of prayer before Maghrib."
«مَا كَانَ لَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْأَسْوَدَيْنِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ»
✧ During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we had no food except the two black things: dates and water.
قَدِمَ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَخَطَبَا فَعَجِبَ النَّاسُ لِبَيَانِهِمَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرًا أَوْ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرٌ»
✧ Two men came from the east and gave a speech, and the people were amazed at their eloquence. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed, some eloquence is sorcery,” or “Indeed, some eloquence is sorcery.”
أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى عُمَرَ ثَلَاثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ وَكَأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَشْغُولًا فَرَجَعَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَفَرَغَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ صَوْتَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ؟ ائْذَنُوا لَهُ قِيلَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ رَجَعَ فَدَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَتَأْتِيَنِّي عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِالْبَيِّنَةِ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى مَجْلِسِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَسَأَلَهُمْ فَقَالُوا لَا يَشْهَدُ لَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَصْغَرُنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَانْطَلَقَ بِأَبِي سَعِيدٍ فَشَهِدَ لَهُ فَقَالَ خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ هَذَا مِنْ «أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلْهَانِي الصَّفْقُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ وَلَكِنْ سَلِّمْ مَا شِئْتَ»
✧ Abu Musa sought permission to enter upon Umar three times, but permission was not granted to him, and it was as if Umar was busy. Abu Musa returned. When Umar was free, he said, "Did I not hear the voice of Abdullah b. Qays? Grant him permission." It was said, "He has already left." So he summoned him and said, "We were commanded to do that." He said, "You must bring me proof of that." So he went to the gathering of the Ansar and asked them. They said, "None will testify for you except the youngest of us, Abu Sa'id al-Khudri." So he took Abu Sa'id and he testified for him. He said, "This was hidden from me of the affair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; the haggling in the markets distracted me. But greet as you wish."
سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ «مَنْ ذَا»؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا فَقَالَ «أَنَا أَنَا» مَرَّتَيْنِ كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ
✧ I heard Jabir b. Abdullah say: I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and knocked on the door. He said, "Who is it?" I said, "Me." He said, "Me, me," twice, as if he disliked it.
اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ حُجْرٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبِيَدِهِ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَرَآهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ»
✧ A man looked in from a hole into the Prophet's room, and the Prophet ﷺ had a comb with which he was scratching his head. The Prophet ﷺ saw him and said, "If I knew that you were looking, I would have thrust it into your eye. Permission has been made only for the sake of sight."
كُنَّا فِي مَجْلِسِ عِنْدَ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَأَتَى أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ بِعَصًا حَتَّى وَقَفَ فَقَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ هَلْ سَمِعَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «الِاسْتِئْذَانُ ثَلَاثٌ فَإِنْ أُذِنَ لَكَ وَإِلَّا فَارْجِعْ»؟ قَالَ أُبَيٌّ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَمْسِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فَرَجَعْتُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُهُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنِّي جِئْتُهُ أَمْسِ فَسَلَّمْتُ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَقَالَ قَدْ سَمِعْنَاكَ وَنَحْنُ حِينَئِذٍ عَلَى شُغْلٍ فَلَوِ اسْتَأْذَنْتَ حَتَّى يُؤْذَنَ لَكَ؟ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ كَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَأُوجِعَنَّ ظَهْرَكَ أَوْ لَتَأْتِيَنِّي بِمَنْ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ عَلَى هَذَا قَالَ فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَقُومُ مَعَكَ إِلَّا أَحْدَثُنَا سِنًّا قُمْ يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ فَقُمْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عُمَرَ فَقُلْتُ قَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ هَذَا
✧ We were in a gathering with Ubayy b. Ka'b when Abu Musa al-Ash'ari came with a stick until he stood and said, "I adjure you by Allah, has any of you heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Seeking permission is three times; if permission is granted to you, then enter, otherwise return'?" Ubayy said, "What is that?" He said, "I sought permission upon Umar b. al-Khattab yesterday three times, but permission was not granted to me, so I returned. Then I came to him and entered upon him and told him that I had come yesterday and greeted three times and then left. He said, 'We heard you, and at that time we were busy. If only you had sought permission until permission was granted to you.' I said, 'I sought permission as I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said, 'By Allah, I will cause your back pain, or you will bring me someone who testifies for you about this.'" Abu Musa said, "Ubayy said, 'By Allah, none will stand with you except the youngest of us in age. Rise, O Abu Sa'id.' So I rose and went to Umar and said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say this.'"
«رَسُولُ الرَّجُلِ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ إِذْنُهُ»
✧ A man's messenger to another man is his permission.
أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى عُمَرَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَرَجَعَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ مَا رَدَّكَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ أَحَدُكُمْ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَلْيَرْجِعْ» فَقَالَ لِتَجِئْنِي عَلَى هَذَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ وَإِلَّا قَالَ حَمَّادٌ تَوَعَّدَهُ قَالَ فَانْصَرَفَ فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ فَأَتَى مَجْلِسَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِصَّةَ مَا قَالَ لِعُمَرَ وَمَا قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ فَقَالُوا لَا يَقُومُ مَعَكَ إِلَّا أَصْغَرُنَا فَقَامَ مَعَهُ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَشَهِدَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ إِنَّا لَا نَتَّهِمُكَ وَلَكِنَّ الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ شَدِيدٌ
✧ Abu Musa sought permission to enter upon Umar three times, but permission was not granted to him, so he turned back. That reached Umar, who said, "What made you go back?" He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'When one of you asks permission three times and is not granted permission, let him return.'" He said, "Bring me proof of this, or else..." Hammad said, "He threatened him." He said, "So he went away and entered the mosque, came to the gathering of the Ansar and told them the story of what he had said to Umar and what Umar had said to him. They said, 'None will stand with you except the youngest of us.' So Abu Sa'id al-Khudri stood with him and testified. Umar said to him, 'We do not suspect you, but the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a serious matter.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5813No grade recorded
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ قَائِمًا بِالْبَقِيعِ فَنَادَى رَجُلٌ آخَرُ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَالْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَمْ أَعْنِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ فُلَانًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ was standing in al-Baqi' when a man called out to another, 'O Abu al-Qasim!' The Prophet ﷺ turned, and he said, 'I did not mean you, O Messenger of Allah; I only called so-and-so.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Name yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya.'
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5814Hasan sahih
«لَا تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ اسْمِي وَكُنْيَتِي»
✧ Do not combine my name and my kunya.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5815Hasan sahih
«نَهَى أَنْ يَجْمَعَ أَحَدٌ اسْمَهُ وَكُنْيَتَهُ فَيُسَمَّى مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ»
✧ He forbade anyone to combine his name and his kunya, so that one is named Muhammad Abu al-Qasim.
«إِذَا كَنَّيْتُمْ فَلَا تَسَمَّوْا بِي وَإِذَا سَمَّيْتُمْ بِي فَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِي»
✧ "When you give kunyas, do not take my name, and when you take my name, do not take my kunya."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5817Hasan sahih
«لَا تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ اسْمِي وَكُنْيَتِي أَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ اللَّهُ يُعْطِي وَأَنَا أَقْسِمُ»
✧ "Do not combine between my name and my kunya. I am Abu al-Qasim; Allah gives and I distribute."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5818No grade recorded
«إِنَّكُمْ تُدْعَوْنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِأَسْمَائِكُمْ وَأَسْمَاءِ آبَائِكُمْ فَحَسِّنُوا أَسْمَاءَكُمْ»
✧ "You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names good."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ غَيَّرَ اسْمَ عَاصِيَةَ وَقَالَ أَنْتِ جَمِيلَةُ
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ changed the name of 'Asiya and said, "You are Jamila."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِعَاصِيَةَ أَنْتِ جَمِيلَةُ
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ said to 'Asiya, "You are Jamila."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «مَرَّ بِأَرْضٍ تُسَمَّى غَدِرَةَ فَسَمَّاهَا خَضِرَةً»
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ "passed by a land called Ghadira and named it Khadira."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِجَدِّهِ «مَا اسْمُكَ»؟ قَالَ «حَزْنٌ» فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «بَلْ أَنْتَ سَهْلٌ» قَالَ لَا أُغَيِّرُ اسْمًا سَمَّانِيهِ أَبِي قَالَ سَعِيدٌ «فَمَا زَالَتْ فِينَا حُزُونَةٌ بَعْدُ»
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ said to his grandfather, "What is your name?" He said, "Hazn." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Rather, you are Sahl." He said, "I will not change a name my father gave me." Sa'id said, "So harshness has remained among us ever since."
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «سَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ يَا شِهَابُ قَالَ » أَنْتَ هِشَامٌ
✧ That the Prophet ﷺ "heard a man saying, 'O Shihab,' and said, 'You are Hisham.'"
«الطَّيْرُ يَجْرِي بِقَدَرٍ وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ الْفَأْلُ الْحَسَنُ»
✧ "Birds proceed by divine decree, and he liked a good omen."
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَتَفَاءَلُ وَيُعْجِبُهُ الِاسْمُ الْحَسَنُ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to take good omens and liked a good name."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5826No grade recorded
«لَا عَدْوَى وَلَا طِيَرَةَ وَأُحِبُّ الْفَأْلَ الصَّالِحَ»
✧ "There is no contagion and no evil omen, and I love a good omen."
«كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَا يَتَطَيَّرُ مِنَ شَيْءٍ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ أَرْضًا سَأَلَ عَنِ اسْمِهَا فَإِنْ كَانَ حَسَنًا رُئِيَ الْبِشْرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَبِيحًا رُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ»
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not take evil omens from anything, except that when he intended to come to a land, he would ask about its name. If it was good, joy would be seen in his face, and if it was bad, that would be seen in his face."
«كَانَ اسْمُ أَبِي عَزِيزًا فَسَمَّاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ»
✧ Abu had the name 'Aziz, and the Prophet ﷺ named him 'Abd al-Rahman.
«كَانَ اسْمُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ بَرَّةَ فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جُوَيْرِيَةَ»
✧ Juwayriyah bt. al-Harith had the name Barrah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named her Juwayriyah.
«كَانَ اسْمُ زَيْنَبَ بَرَّةَ فَقَالُوا تُزَكِّي نَفْسَهَا فَسَمَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ»
✧ Zaynab had the name Barrah, and they said, 'She is praising herself.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ named her Zaynab.
«لَا تَقُولُوا الْكَرْمُ وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا الْحَبَلَةُ أَوِ الْعِنَبُ»
✧ Do not say al-karm (for grapes), but say al-habalah or al-'inab.
«لَا تَقُولُوا الْعِنَبُ الْكَرْمُ إِنَّمَا الْكَرْمُ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ»
✧ Do not say al-'inab al-karm. Indeed, al-karm is the Muslim man.
«تَقُولُونَ وَالْكَرَمُ وَإِنَّمَا الْكَرْمُ قَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ»
✧ You say 'and al-karam,' but indeed al-karam is the heart of the believer.
«لَا يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْكَرْمُ فَإِنَّ الْكَرْمَ قَلْبُ الْمُؤْمِنِ»
✧ None of you should ever say al-karm, for indeed al-karm is the heart of the believer.
«أَخْنَعُ الْأَسْمَاءِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَجُلٌ تُسَمَّى بِمِلْكِ الْأَمْلَاكِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "The best of names near Allah is a man named 'Milk Al-Amalak,' which means 'The King of Kings.'"
«نَهَانَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نُسَمِّيَ رَقِيقَنَا بِأَرْبَعَةِ أَسْمَاءٍ أَفْلَحَ وَرَبَاحٍ وَيَسَارٍ وَنَافِعٍ»
✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ forbade us from naming our slaves with four names: Aflah, Rabah, Yasar, and Nafi'.
«لَا تُسَمِّ عَبْدَكَ أَفْلَحَ وَلَا نَجِيحًا وَلَا رَبَاحًا وَلَا يَسَارًا وَانْظُرُوا أَنْ لَا تَزِيدُوا عَلَيْهِ»
✧ Do not name your slave Aflah, Najih, Rabah, or Yasar, and make sure you do not add to it.
«لَا تُسَمِّيَنَّ غُلَامَكَ رَبَاحًا وَلَا نَجِيحًا وَلَا يَسَارًا وَلَا أَفْلَحَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ أَرْبَعٌ فَلَا تَزِيدُوا عَلَيْهِ»
✧ Do not ever name your boy Rabah, Najih, Yasar, or Aflah. It is only four, so do not add to it.
«إِنْ عِشْتُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ زَجَرْتُ أَنْ يُسَمَّى بَرَكَةً وَنَافِعًا وَأَفْلَحَ» فَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أَفْلَحُ أَمْ لَا؟ فَقُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَلَمْ يَزْجُرْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَرَادَ عُمَرُ أَنْ يَزْجُرَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ
✧ If I live, God willing, I will forbid naming someone Barakah, Nafi', and Aflah. I do not know whether he said Aflah or not. Then the Prophet ﷺ passed away and did not forbid that. 'Umar intended to forbid that, then he left it.
«أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَنْهَى أَنْ يُسَمَّى بِبَرَكَةَ وَأَفْلَحَ وَيَسَارٍ وَنَافِعٍ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ سَكَتَ عَنْهَا بَعْدُ فَلَمْ يَقُلْ شَيْئًا وَقُبِضَ ﷺ ثُمَّ أَرَادَ عُمَرُ أَنْ يَنْهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَتَرَكَهُ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ intended to forbid naming with Barakah, Aflah, Yasar, Nafi', and the like. Then I saw him remain silent about them afterwards, and he did not say anything, and he passed away ﷺ. Then 'Umar intended to forbid that, and he left it.
لَئِنْ عِشْتُ لَأُخْرِجَنَّ الْيَهُودَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ
✧ If I live, I will certainly expel the Jews from the Arabian Peninsula.
«هَمَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَزْجُرَ أَنْ يُسَمَّى مَيْمُونٌ وَبَرَكَةُ وَأَفْلَحُ وَهَذَا النَّحْوُ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ»
✧ He heard Jabir Ibn Abdullah say: "The Prophet ﷺ was worried about being called Ma'mun, Barakah, and Afalah, and this is how it was, then he left it."
«تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي وَلَا تَكَنَّوْا بِكُنْيَتِي»
✧ Name yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya.
«نَهَى عَنِ الصُّوَرِ فِي الْبَيْتِ»
✧ He prohibited images in the house.
أَنَّهَا اشْتَرَتْ نُمْرُقَةً فِيهَا تَصَاوِيرُ فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ فَعَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِهِ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ فَمَاذَا أَذْنَبْتُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «فَمَا بَالُ هَذِهِ النُّمْرُقَةِ»؟ فَقَالَتِ اشْتَرَيْتُهَا لَكَ تَقْعُدُ عَلَيْهَا وَتَوَسَّدُهَا فَقَالَ «إِنَّ أَصْحَابَ هَذِهِ الصُّوَرِ يُعَذَّبُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ» ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي فِيهِ الصُّوَرُ لَا تَدْخُلُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ»
✧ She bought a cushion with images on it. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw it, he stood at the door and did not enter. I recognized dislike in his face. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I repent to Allah and His Messenger. What sin have I committed?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "What is the matter with this cushion?" She said, "I bought it for you to sit on and use as a pillow." He said, "The makers of these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to them: Bring to life what you have created." Then he said, "Angels do not enter a house in which there are images."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5846No grade recorded
جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي عَمِلْتُ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرَ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذَّبُ الْمُصَوِّرِينَ لِمَا صَوَّرُوا» قَالَ فَذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ وَزَعَمَ أَنَّ لَهُ عِيَالًا قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «لَا تُصَوِّرْ شَيْئًا فِيهِ رُوحٌ»
✧ A man came to him and said, "I have made these images." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah punishes the image-makers for what they have made." The man went away, claiming that he had a family. Ibn Abbas said, "Do not make an image of anything that has a soul."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَهِيَ مُسْتَتِرَةٌ بِقِرَامٍ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ فَتَلَوَّنَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَهْوَى إِلَى الْقِرَامِ فَهَتَكَهُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الَّذِينَ يُشَبِّهُونَ بِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ»
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon her while she was screened by a curtain with figures on it. The face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed color, and he reached for the curtain and tore it with his hand. Then he said, "The people who will receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection are those who imitate Allah's creation."
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مَعِيشَتِي مِنْ هَذِهِ التَّصَاوِيرِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنْ صَوَّرَ صُورَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذِّبُهُ حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ فِيهِ الرُّوحَ وَلَيْسَ بِنَافِخٍ» فَاصْفَرَّ لَوْنُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ لَابُدَّ فَعَلَيْكَ بِالشَّجَرِ وَمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ رُوحٌ
✧ I was with Ibn Abbas when a man came to him and said, "I am a man whose livelihood comes from these images." Ibn Abbas said, "I heard Muhammad ﷺ say: 'Whoever makes an image, Allah will punish him until he blows the soul into it, and he will never be able to do so.'" His color turned pale. He said, "If you must, then make trees and things that do not have a soul."
«إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ أَوْ صُورَةٌ»
✧ Angels do not enter a house in which there are statues or an image.
«إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ» قَالَ بُسْرٌ ثُمَّ اشْتَكَى فَعُدْنَاهُ فَإِذَا عَلَى بَابِهِ سِتْرٌ وَإِذَا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لِعُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ أَلَمْ يُخْبِرْنَا وَيَدَعُ الثَّوْبَ؟ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْهُ؟ قَالَ «إِلَّا رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ؟ »
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed, the angels do not enter a house in which there is an image.” Busr said: Then he fell ill, so we visited him, and there was a curtain at his door, and on it there was an image. I said to ʿUbayd Allah al-Khawlānī: “Did he not inform us and yet leave the cloth?” ʿUbayd Allah said: “Did you not hear him?” He said: “Except for a pattern on a garment?”
أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ يَعُودُهُ قَالَ فَوَجَدْنَا عِنْدَهُ سَهْلَ بْنَ حُنَيْفٍ قَالَ فَدَعَا أَبُو طَلْحَةَ إِنْسَانًا فَنَزَعَ نَمَطًا تَحْتَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ لِمَ تَنْزِعْهُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرَ وَقَدْ قَالَ فِيهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ فَقَالَ سَهْلٌ أَلَمْ يَقُلْ «إِلَّا مَا كَانَ رَقْمًا فِي ثَوْبٍ»؟ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنَّهُ أَطْيَبُ لِنَفْسِي
✧ He entered upon Abu Talhah al-Ansari to visit him. He said: We found Sahl b. Hunayf with him. Abu Talhah called someone and had him remove a carpet from beneath him. Sahl b. Hunayf said to him, "Why do you remove it?" He said, "It has images on it, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about it what you know." Sahl said, "Did he not say: 'Except a marking on a garment'?" He said, "Yes, but it is more comforting to my soul."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5852No grade recorded
رَأَيْتُ أَبِي اشْتَرَى حَجَّامًا فَأَتَى بِمَحَاجِمِهِ فَكُسِرَتْ
✧ I saw my father buy a cupper, and he brought his cupping instruments, and they were broken.
أَنَّ جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَفِي بَيْتِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ﷺ سِتْرٌ مُصَوِّرٌ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ﷺ «ادْخُلْ فَقَالَ إِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ لَابُدَّ جَاعِلًا فِي بَيْتِكَ فَاقْطَعْ رُءُوسَهَا أَوِ اقْطَعْهَا وَسَائِدَ وَاجْعَلْهَا بُسُطًا»
✧ Gabriel ﷺ came to the Prophet ﷺ, and in the house of the Prophet of Allah ﷺ there was a curtain with images on it, including statues. The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "Enter." He said, "We do not enter a house in which there are statues. If you must have something in your house, cut off their heads or cut them into cushions and make them rugs."
«أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَتَيْتُكَ الْبَارِحَةَ فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كُنْتَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ تِمْثَالُ رَجُلٍ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ سِتْرٌ فِيهِ تَمَاثِيلُ وَكَانَ فِي الْبَيْتِ كَلْبٌ فَأَمَرَ بِرَأْسِ التِّمْثَالِ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ وَأَمَرَ بِالسِّتْرِ الَّذِي فِيهِ التِّمْثَالُ أَنْ يُقْطَعَ رَأْسُ التِّمْثَالِ وَجُعِلَ مِنْهُ وِسَادَتانِ وَأَمَرَ بِالْكَلْبِ فَأُخْرِجَ وَكَانَ الْكَلْبُ جَرْوًا لِلْحَسَنِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ تَحْتَ نَضَدٍ لَهُمْ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ فَمَا زَالَ يُوصِينِي بِالْجَارِ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ سَيُوَرِّثُهُ»
✧ Gabriel came to me and said, 'I came to you last night, and nothing prevented me from entering the house you were in except that there was a statue of a man in the house, and there was a curtain with images on it, and there was a dog in the house. So he ordered that the head of the statue be cut off, and he ordered that the curtain with the image be cut so that the head of the image was removed, and two cushions were made from it. He ordered that the dog be taken out. The dog was a puppy belonging to al-Hasan and al-Husayn, under a bed of theirs.' Then Gabriel came to me and kept advising me about the neighbor until I thought he would make him an heir.
«لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ»
✧ The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَصْبَحَ يَوْمًا وَاجِمًا قَالَتْ مَيْمُونَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَنْكَرْتُ هَيْئَتَكَ مُنْذُ الْيَوْمِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ جِبْرِيلَ كَانَ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يَلْقَانِيَ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَمْ يَلْقَنِي أَمَا وَاللَّهِ مَا أَخْلَفَنِي» قَالَ فَظَلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَهُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِهِ جِرْوُ كَلْبٍ تَحْتَ فُسْطَاطٍ لَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَأُخْرِجَ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ مَاءً فَنَضَحَ مَكَانَهُ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى لَقِيَهُ جِبْرِيلُ فَقَالَ «قَدْ كُنْتَ وَعَدْتَنِي أَنْ تَلْقَانِيَ الْبَارِحَةَ» قَالَ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنَّا لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ woke up one day looking distressed. Maymunah said: O Messenger of Allah, I have noticed something strange about your appearance since today. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Jibril had promised me that he would meet me last night, but he did not meet me. By Allah, he did not break his promise to me.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ remained like that the rest of his day. Then it occurred to him that there was a puppy under a tent of his, so he ordered that it be taken out. Then he took some water in his hand and sprinkled the place. When evening came, Jibril met him, and he said: “You had promised me that you would meet me last night.” He said: Yes, but we do not enter a house in which there is a dog or an image.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5857Hasan sahih
«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَمَرَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ زَمَنَ الْفَتْحِ وَهُوَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْكَعْبَةَ فَيَمْحُوَ كُلَّ صُورَةٍ فِيهَا فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى مُحِيَتْ كُلُّ صُورَةٍ فِيهَا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ ordered Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ at the time of the conquest, while he was at al-Batha', to go to the Ka'bah and erase every image in it, and the Prophet ﷺ did not enter it until every image in it had been erased.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5858No grade recorded
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ حِينَ دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ وَجَدَ فِيهِ صُورَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَصُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ قَالَ «أَمَّا هُمْ لَقَدْ سَمِعُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ هَذَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُصَوِّرٌ فَمَا بَالُهُ يَسْتَقْسِمُ؟ »
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the House, he found in it an image of Ibrahim and an image of Maryam. He said: “As for them, they have heard that the angels do not enter a house in which there is an image. This is Ibrahim depicted, so what is the matter with him that he is divining with arrows?”
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ دَارًا لِسَعِيدٍ أَوْ لِمَرْوَانَ فَرَأَى مُصَوِّرًا يُصَوِّرُ فِي الْجِدَارِ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ ذَهَبَ يَخْلُقُ كَخَلْقِي؟ فَلْيَخْلُقُوا حَبَّةً أَوْ لِيَخْلُقُوا ذَرَّةً»
✧ I entered with Abu Hurayrah the house of Sa'id, or Marwan, and he saw a painter painting on the wall. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said: Who is more unjust than one who goes and creates like My creation? Let them create a grain, or let them create an ant.”
أَنَّهَا نَصَبَتْ سِتْرًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ فَدَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَزَعَهُ قَالَتْ فَقَطَّعْتُهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ يُقَالُ لَهُ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ يَذْكُرُ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْتَفِقُ عَلَيْهِمَا؟
I then tore it and prepared two cushions out of that. A person who was then in that company and whose name was Rabi'a b. 'Ata, the freed slave of Banu Zuhra, asked: Did you hear Abu Mabammad making a mention of A'isha having stated that Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recline upon them? lbn al-Qasim said: No, but I heard Qasim b. Muhammad saying so. (Using translation from Muslim 2107m)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى الصُّوَرَ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَعْنِي الْكَعْبَةَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ وَأَمَرَ بِهَا فمُحِيَتْ وَرَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ بِأَيْدِيهِمَا الْأَزْلَامُ فَقَالَ «قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهِ مَا اسْتَقْسَمَا بِالْأَزْلَامِ قَطُّ»
✧ When the Prophet ﷺ saw the images in the House, meaning the Ka'bah, he did not enter, and he ordered that they be erased, and they were erased. He saw Ibrahim and Isma'il with divining arrows in their hands, and he said: “May Allah fight them! By Allah, they never sought divine judgment with arrows.”
دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ وَحَوْلَهُ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ صَنَمًا فَجَعَلَ يَطْعُنُهَا بِعُودٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ وَيَقُولُ «جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque, and around it were three hundred and sixty idols. He began striking them with a stick he had with him and saying: “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish.”
قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنْ سَفَرٍ وَعِنْدِي نَمَطٌ فِيهِ صُورَةٌ فَوَضَعْتُهُ عَلَى سَهْوَتِي قَالَتْ فَأَخَذَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَاجْتَبَذَهُ وَقَالَ «أَتَسْتُرِينَ الْجِدَارَ»؟ فَجَعَلْتُهُ وِسَادَتَيْنِ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَرْتَفِقُ عَلَيْهِمَا
✧ The Prophet ﷺ returned from a journey, and I had a curtain with images on it, which I placed over my shelf. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took it and pulled it away, saying, "Will you cover the wall?" So I made it into two cushions, and I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reclining on them.
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ ﷺ وَأَنَا أَلْعَبُ بِاللُّعَبِ فَرَفَعَ السِّتْرَ وَقَالَ «مَا هَذَا يَا عَائِشَةُ؟ » فَقُلْتُ لُعَبٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَرَى بَيْنَهُنَّ»؟ قُلْتُ فَرَسٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَرَسٌ مِنْ رِقَاعٍ لَهُ جَنَاحٌ»؟ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ أَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِسُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ خَيْلٌ لَهَا أَجْنِحَةٌ؟ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ
✧ He ﷺ entered upon me while I was playing with toys. He lifted the curtain and said: “What is this, O A'ishah?” I said: Toys, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “What is this that I see among them?” I said: A horse, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “A horse made of patches with a wing?” She said: I said: Did not Sulayman b. Dawud have horses with wings? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ laughed.
«كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيَّ وَأَنَا أَلْعَبُ بِالْبَنَاتِ»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ would enter upon me while I was playing with dolls.
«كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ بِالْبَنَاتِ وَتَجِيءُ صَوَاحِبِي فَيَلْعَبْنَ مَعِي فَإِذَا رَأَيْنَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قُمْنَ مِنْهُ فَكَانَ يُدْخِلُهُنَّ إِلَيَّ فَيَلْعَبْنَ مَعِي»
✧ I used to play with dolls, and my friends would come and play with me. When they saw the Prophet ﷺ they would get up and leave him, so he would bring them in to me, and they would play with me.
بَيْنَمَا الْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ بِحِرَابِهِمْ إِذْ دَخَلَ عُمَرُ فَأَهْوَى إِلَى الْحَصَا فَحَصَبَهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ»
✧ While the Abyssinians were playing with their spears, Umar entered and leaned on the stones, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Leave them, O Umar."
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ فِي أَيَّامِ مِنًى تُغَنِّيَانِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُسَجًّى بِثَوْبِهِ فَانْتَهَرَهُمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَكَشَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْهُ وَقَالَ «دَعْهُمَا يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ عِيدٍ» قَالَتْ وَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتُرُنِي بِرِدَائِهِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ وَأَنَا جَارِيَةٌ فَاقْدُرُوا قَدْرَ الْجَارِيَةِ الْعَرِبَةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ السِّنِّ
✧ Abu Bakr entered upon her while she had two slave girls in the days of Mina, singing, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was covered with his garment. Abu Bakr scolded them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ uncovered himself and said: “Leave them, O Abu Bakr, for these are days of Eid.” She said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shielding me with his cloak while I looked at the Abyssinians playing, and I was a young girl. So estimate the age of a young Arab girl.
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فِي أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ وَعِنْدَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ تُغَنِّيَانِ وَتَضْرِبَانِ بِالدُّفِّ فَسَبَّهُمَا وَخَرَقَ دُفَّيْهِمَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُمَا فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ عِيدٍ»
✧ Abu Bakr entered upon her during the days of Tashriq, and with her were two slave girls singing and beating the duff. He reviled them and tore their duffs. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Leave them, for these are days of Eid."
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5870No grade recorded
أَنَّ الْحَبَشَةَ كَانُوا يَزْفِنُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَيَتَكَلَّمُونَ بِكَلَامٍ لَا يَفْهَمْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا يَقُولُونَ؟ «قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدٌ صَالِحٌ.»
✧ Indeed, the Abyssinians (Ethiopians) were presenting themselves in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and speaking in a language that he did not understand. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "What are they saying?" They replied, "Muhammad is a righteous servant."
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فِي أَيَّامِ عِيدٍ وَعِنْدَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ تُغَنِّيَانِ وَتُدَفِّفَانِ وَتَضْرِبَانِ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُتَغَشٍّ بِثَوْبِهِ فَانْتَهَرَهُمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَكَشَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَقَالَ «دَعْهُنَّ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ عِيدٍ وَتِلْكَ أَيَّامُ مِنًى» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتُرُنِي بِرِدَائِهِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَأَنَا جَارِيَةٌ
✧ Abu Bakr entered upon her during the days of Eid, and with her were two slave girls singing, beating the duff, and striking [it]. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was covered with his garment. Abu Bakr scolded them, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ uncovered his face and said: "Leave them, O Abu Bakr, for these are days of Eid, and those are the days of Mina." Aisha said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shielding me with his cloak while I was looking at the Abyssinians playing in the mosque, and I was a young girl."
«مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ»
✧ Whoever plays with dice has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.
«مَنْ لَعِبَ بِالنَّرْدِ فَكَأَنَّمَا غَمَسَ يَدَهُ فِي لَحْمِ خِنْزِيرٍ وَدَمِهِ»
✧ Whoever plays with dice, it is as if he has dipped his hand in the flesh and blood of a pig.
Sahih Ibn Hibban 5874Hasan sahih
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَتْبَعُ حَمَامَةً فَقَالَ «شَيْطَانٌ يَتْبَعُ شَيْطَانَةً»
✧ The Prophet ﷺ saw a man following a pigeon and said: "A devil following a she-devil."
كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ بِالْبَنَاتِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ فَكُنَّ يَأْتِينِي صَوَاحِبِي فَكُنَّ إِذَا رَأَيْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْقَمِعْنَ مِنْهُ فَكَانَ ﷺ يُسَرِّبُهُنَّ إِلَيَّ يَلْعَبْنَ مَعِي
✧ I used to play with dolls during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said: My friends would come to me, and when they saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ they would shrink away from him. He ﷺ would send them to me, and they would play with me.
أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ تُغَنِّيَانِ بِدُفَّيْنِ وَتُغَنِّيَانِ فِي أَيَّامِهِمَا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُسْتَتِرٌ بِثَوْبِهِ فَانْتَهَرَهُمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَكَشَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ثَوْبَهُ وَقَالَ «دَعْهُمَا يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ عِيدٍ»
✧ Abu Bakr entered upon her, and with her were two slave girls singing with two duffs during their days. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was covering himself with his garment. Abu Bakr scolded them, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ uncovered his garment and said: "Leave them, O Abu Bakr, for these are days of Eid."
عَائِشَةُ وَلَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ الْحَبَشَةِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامُوا يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْتُرُنِي بِرِدَائِهِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَنَا الَّذِي أَسْأَمُ فَاقْدُرُوا قَدْرَ الْجَارِيَةِ الْحَدِيثَةِ السِّنِّ الْحَرِيصَةِ عَلَى اللَّهْوِ
✧ Aisha said: When the delegation of Abyssinia came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they stood playing in the mosque. I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shielding me with his cloak while I was looking at them playing in the mosque, until I was the one who became weary. So estimate the capacity of a young girl, eager for amusement.
دَخَلَ عُمَرُ وَالْحَبَشَةُ يَلْعَبُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَزَجَرَهُمْ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «دَعْهُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُمْ هُمْ بَنُو أَرْفِدَةَ»
"Umar came in when the Ethiopians were playing in the masjid. Umar, may Allah (SWT) be pleased with him, rebuked them, but the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Let them be there, O Umar, for they are Banu Arfidah.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 1596)
دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعِنْدِي جَارِيَتَانِ مِنْ جَوَارِي الْأَنْصَارِ تُغَنِّيَانِ بِمَا تَقَاوَلَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ يَوْمَ بُعَاثٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَمِزْمَارُ الشَّيْطَانِ فِي بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ وَذَلِكَ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِنَّ لِكُلَّ قَوْمٍ عِيدًا وَهَذَا عِيدُنَا»
✧ Abu Bakr entered upon me while I had two slave girls from the slave girls of the Ansar singing what the Ansar had said to one another on the day of Bu'ath. Abu Bakr said: "A flute of Satan in the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" That was on a day of Eid. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Abu Bakr, every people has a festival, and this is our festival."
جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ صَبِيحَةَ عُرْسِي فَجَلَسَ عَلَى فِرَاشِي كَمَجْلِسِكَ مِنِّي فَجَعَلَتْ جُوَيْرِيَاتٌ لَنَا يَضْرِبْنَ بِدُفٍّ لَهُنَّ وَيَنْدُبْنَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنْ آبَائِي يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ وَفِينَا نَبِيٌّ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي غَدٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and entered upon me on the morning of my wedding, and sat on my bed as you are sitting from me. Some young slave girls of ours began beating a duff of theirs and lamenting those of my forefathers who were killed on the day of Badr, until one of them said: "And among us is a Prophet who knows what will be tomorrow."
كَانَ فِي حِجْرِي جَارِيَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَزَوَّجْتُهَا قَالَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ عُرْسِهَا فَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ غِنَاءً وَلَا لَعِبًا فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ هَلْ غَنَّيْتُمْ عَلَيْهَا «؟ أَوَ لَا تُغَنُّونَ عَلَيْهَا»؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُحِبُّونَ الْغِنَاءَ»
✧ There was in my care a slave girl from the Ansar, and I married her off. She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me on the day of her wedding and did not hear any singing or playing. He said: "O Aisha, did you not sing for her? Or do you not sing for her?" Then he said: "This tribe of the Ansar loves singing."