On his death-bed Allah's Apostle put a sheet over his face and when he felt hot, he would remove it from his face. When in that state (of putting and removing the sheet) he said, "May Allah's Curse be on the Jews and the Christians for they build places of worship at the graves of their prophets." (By that) he intended to warn (the Muslim) from what they (i.e. Jews and Christians) had done.

Abu Bakr kissed the Prophet after his death.

The Prophet stayed for ten years in Mecca with the Qur'an being revealed to him and he stayed in Medina for ten years.'

The Prophet remained in Mecca for ten years, during which the Qur'an used to be revealed to him; and he stayed in Medina for ten years.

Nobody was allowed to fast on the days of Tashriq except those who could not afford the Hadi (Sacrifice).

At times Allah's Apostle used to get up in the morning in the state of Janaba after having sexual relations with his wives. He would then take a bath and fast.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) at times got up in themorning in a state of Junub on account of having a sexualintercourse (with his wives during night) but not due to sexualdreams in the month of Ramadan, and would observe fast.

Allah's Apostle during his illness prayed in his house sitting, whereas some people followed him standing, but the Prophet beckoned them to sit down. On completion of the prayer he said, "The Imam is to be followed. So, bow when he bows, and raise your head when he raises his head." (See Hadith No. 657 Vol 1 for taking the verdict).

Allah's Apostle called the salamander a bad animal, but I did not hear him ordering it to be killed.

Fatimah was demanding (the property of) sadaqah of the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) at Medina and Fadak, and what remainedfrom the fifth of Khaybar. Aisha quoted AbuBakr as saying: TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: We are not inherited;whatever we leave is sadaqah. The family of Muhammad will eatfrom this property, that is, from the property of Allah. Theywill not take more then their sustenance.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was brought a pouch containingbead and divided it among free women and slave women. Aisha said:My father used to divide things between free men and slave.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When Allah has agood purpose for a ruler, He appoints for him a sincere ministerwho reminds him if he forgets and helps him if he remembers; butwhen Allah has a different purpose from that for him. He appointsfor him an evil minister who does not remind him if he forgetsand does not help him if he remembers.

A client of the Prophet (peace be upon him) died and left someproperty, but he left no child or relative. The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: Give what he has left to a manbelonging to his village.

A woman said: Apostle of Allah, my mother suddenly died; if ithad not happened, she would have given sadaqah (charity) anddonated (something). Will it suffice if I give sadaqah on herbehalf? The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Yes, give sadaqahon her behalf.

A woman would give security from the believers and it would beallowed.

When the people of Mecca sent about ransoming their prisonersZaynab sent some property to ransom Abul'As, sending among it anecklace of hers which Khadijah had had, and (which she) hadgiven to her when she married Abul'As. When the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) saw it, he felt great tenderness about it andsaid: If you consider that you should free her prisoner for herand return to her what belongs to her, (it will be well). Theysaid: Yes. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) made anagreement with him that he should let Zaynab come to him, and theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent Zayd ibn Harithah and aman of the Ansar (the Helpers) and said: Wait in the valley ofYajij till Zaynab passes you, then you should accompany her andbring her back.

No woman of Banu Qurayzah was killed except one. She was with me,talking and laughing on her back and belly (extremely), while theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was killing her people withthe swords. Suddenly a man called her name: Where is so-and-so?She said: I I asked: What is the matter with you? She said: I dida new act. She said: The man took her and beheaded her. She said:I will not forget that she was laughing extremely although sheknew that she would be killed.

while she was on a journey along with the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him): I had a race with him (the Prophet) and Ioutstripped him on my feet. When I became fleshy, (again) I had arace with him (the Prophet) and he outstripped me. He said: Thisis for that outstripping.

When Negus died, we were told that a light would be seenperpetually at his grave.

The sunnah for one who is observing i'tikaf (in a mosque) is notto visit a patient, or to attend a funeral, or touch or embraceone's wife, or go out for anything but necessary purposes. Thereis no i'tikaf without fasting, and there is no i'tikaf except ina congregational mosque.

Some food was presented to me and Hafsah. We were fasting, butbroke our fast. Then the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)entered upon us. We said to him: A gift was presented to us; wecoveted it and we broke our fast. The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) said: There is no harm to you; keep a fast another dayin lieu of it.

According to the version of an-Nufayli, Aisha said: The Property(peace be upon him) used to pass by a patient while he wasobserving i'tikaf (in the mosque), but he passed as usual, anddid not stay asking about him. According to the version of IbnIsa she said: The Prophet (peace be upon him) would visit apatient while he was observing i'tikaf.

The month most liked by the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)for fasting was Sha'ban. He then joined it with Ramadan.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to kiss her and suck hertongue when he was fasting.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to kiss me when hewas fasting and when I was fasting.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to count the daysin Sha'ban in a manner he did not count any other month; then hefasted when he sighted the new moon of Ramadan; but if theweather was cloudy he counted thirty days and then fasted.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was asked about a manwho divorced his wife three times, and she married another whoentered upon her, but divorced her before having intercourse withher, whether she was lawful for the former husband. She said: TheProphet (peace be upon him) replied: She is not lawful for thefirst (husband) until she tastes the honey of the other husbandand he tastes her honey.

Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad and Sulayman ibn Yasar reported: Yahya ibnSa'id ibn al-'As divorced the daughter of AbdurRahman ibnal-Hakam absolutely. AbdurRahman shifted her (from there). Aishasent a message to Marwan ibn al-Hakam who was the governor ofMedina, and said to him: Fear Allah, and return the woman to herhome. Marwan said (according to Sulayman's version): AbdurRahmanforced me. Marwan said (according to the version of al-Qasim):Did not the case of Fatimah daughter of Qays reach you? Aishareplied: There would be no harm to you if you did not makemention of the tradition of Fatimah. Marwan said: If you thinkthat it was due to some evil (i.e. reason), then it is sufficientfor you to see that there is also an evil between the two.

Urwah ibn az-Zubayr said: Aisha was asked: Did you not see (i.e.known) the statement of Fatimah? She replied: It is not good forher to mention it (to others).

Urwah said: Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) severely objectedto the tradition of Fatimah daughter of Qays. She said: Fatimahlived in a desolate house and she feared for her lonelinessthere. Hence the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) accordedpermission to her (to leave the place).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) entered upon me. Theversion of Musaddad and Ibn as-Sarh has: one day lookingpleased". The version of Uthman has: "The lines of his foreheadwere realised." He said: O Aisha, are you not surprised to hearthat Mujazziz al-Mudlaji saw that Zayd and Usamah had a rug overthem concerning their heads and letting their feet appear. Hesaid: These feet are related.

Al-Qasim said: Aisha intended to set free two slaves of her whowere spouses. She, therefore, asked the Prophet (peace be uponhim) about this matter. He commanded to begin with the man beforethe woman. The narrator Nasr said: AbuAli al-Hanafi reported itto me on the authority of Ubaydullah.

Barirah was emancipated, and she was the wife of Mughith, a slaveof Aal AbuAhmad. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gaveher choice, and said to her: If he has intercourse with you, thenthere is no choice for you.

Habibah daughter of Sahl was the wife of Thabit ibn Qays ShimmasHe beat her and broke some of her part. So she came to theProphet (peace be upon him) after morning, and complained to himagainst her husband. The Prophet (peace be upon him) called onThabit ibn Qays and said (to him): Take a part of her propertyand separate yourself from her. He asked: Is that right, Apostleof Allah? He said: Yes. He said: I have given her two gardens ofmine as a dower, and they are already in her possession. TheProphet (peace be upon him) said: Take them and separate yourselffrom her.

Muhammad ibn Ubayd ibn AbuSalih who lived in Ayliya said: I wentout with Adi ibn Adi al-Kindi till we came to Mecca. He sent meto Safiyyah daughter of Shaybah who remembered a tradition (thatshe had heard) from Aisha. She said: I heard Aisha say: I heardthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: There is no divorceor emancipation in case of constraint or duress (ghalaq).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The divorce of aslave-woman consists in saying it twice and her waiting period istwo menstrual courses (qur') AbuAsim said: A similar traditionhas been narrated to me by Muzahir and al-Qasim on the authorityof Aisha from the Prophet (peace be upon him), except that hesaid: And her waiting period ('iddah) is two courses.

I and the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to lie in onecloth at night while I was menstruating. If anything from mesmeared him, he washed the same place (that was smeared), and didnot wash beyond it. If anything from him smeared his clothe, hewashed the same place and did not wash beyond that, and prayedwith it (i.e. the clothe).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to divide his timeequally and said: O Allah, this is my division concerning what Ipossess, so do not blame me concerning what Thou possessest and Ido not.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) commanded me to send awoman to her husband before he gave something to her.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The marriage of awoman who marries without the consent of her guardians is void.(He said these words) three times. If there is cohabitation, shegets her dower for the intercourse her husband has had. If thereis a dispute, the sultan (man in authority) is the guardian ofone who has none.

Aflah ibn AbulQu'ays entered upon me. I hid myself from him. Hesaid: You are hiding yourself from me while I am your paternaluncle. She said: I said: From where? He said: The wife of mybrother suckled you. She said: The woman suckled me and not theman. Thereafter the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) enteredupon me and I told him this matter. He said: He is your paternaluncle; he may enter upon you.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: What is unlawful by reasonof consanguinity is unlawful by reason of fosterage.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) went out from me, while he washappy, but he returned to me while he was sad. He said: I enteredthe Ka'bah, I know beforehand about my affair what I have come toknow later I would not have entered it. I am afraid I have put mycommunity to hardship.

I liked to enter the House (the Ka'bah) and pray therein. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) caught me by hand andadmitted me to al-Hijr. He then said: Pray in al-Hijr when youintend to enter the House (the Ka'bah), for it is a part of theHouse (the Ka'bah). Your people shortened it when they built theKa'bah, and they took it out of the House.

I said: Apostle of Allah, should we not build a house or abuilding which shades you from the sun? He replied: No, it is aplace for the one who reaches there earlier.

I put on ihram for umrah at at-Tan'im and I entered (Mecca) andperformed my umrah as an atonement. The Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) waited for me at al-Abtah till I finished it. Hecommanded the people to depart. The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) came to the House (the Ka'bah), went round it and wentout (i.e. left for Medina).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) performed two umrahs:one umrah in Dhul-Qa'dah, and the other in Shawwal.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When one of youthrows pebbles at the last jamrah (Jamrat al-Aqabah), everythingbecomes lawful for him except women (sexual intercourse).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) sent Umm Salamah on the nightbefore the day of sacrifice and she threw pebbles at the jamrahbefore dawn. She hastened (to Mecca) and performed thecircumambulation. That day was the one the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) spent with her.

The Companions of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) whoaccompanied him did not go round the Ka'bah till they threwpebbles at the Jamrah (pillar at Mina).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Going round theHouse (the Ka'bah), running between as-Safa and lapidation of thepillars are meant for the remembrance of Allah.

Ibn Umar was informed about the statement of Aisha that a part ofal-Hijr is included in the magnitude of the Ka'bah. Ibn Umarsaid: By Allah, I think that she must have heard it from theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). I think that the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) had not given up touching both of thembut for the reason that they were not on the foundation of theHouse (the Ka'bah), nor did the people circumambulate (the House)beyond al-Hijr for this reason.

Riders would pass us when we accompanied the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) while we were in the sacred state (wearingihram). When they came by us, one of us would let down her outergarment from her head over her face, and when they had passed on,we would uncover our faces.

Salim ibn Abdullah said: Abdullah ibn Umar used to do so, that isto say, he would cut the shoes of a woman who put on ihram; thenSafiyyah, daughter of AbuUbayd, reported to him that Aisha (mayAllah be pleased with her) narrated to her that the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) gave licence to women in respect of theshoes (i.e. women are not required to cut the shoes). He,therefore, abandoned it.

We were proceeding to Mecca along with the Prophet (peace be uponhim). We pasted on our foreheads the perfume known as sakk at thetime of wearing ihram. When one of us perspired, it (the perfume)came down on her face. The Prophet (peace be upon him) saw, butdid not forbid it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sacrificed a cow for hiswives at the Farewell Pilgrimage.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) appointed Dhat Irq asthe place for putting on ihram for the people of Iraq.

AbuMulaykah reported: Aisha counted a number of indigents.AbuDawud said: The other version has: She counted a number ofsadaqahs. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Give anddo not calculate, so calculation will be made against you.

Describing the conquest of Khaybar Aisha said: The Prophet (peacebe upon him) used to send Abdullah ibn Rawahah to the Jews ofKhaybar, and he would make an estimate of the palm trees when thefruit was in good condition before any of it was eaten.

Ata' said: The quilt of Aisha was stolen. She began to curse theperson who had stolen it. The Prophet (peace be upon him) beganto tell her: Do not lighten him.

AbdulAziz ibn Jurayj said: I asked Aisha, mother of thebelievers: With which (surah) the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) used to observe witr? (She reported same as in the Hadith ofUbayy ibn Ka'b, No. 1418) This version adds: In the third rak'ahhe would recite: "Say, He is Allah, the One" (Surah 112), and "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak" (Surah 113), and"Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind" (Surah 114).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prostrated himself atnight when reciting the Qur'an. He said repeatedly: My faceprostrates itself to Him Who created it and brought forth itshearing and seeing by His might and power.

Al-Aswad ibn Yazid said that he entered upon Aisha and asked herabout the prayer of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)during the night. She said: He used to pray thirteen rak'ahsduring the night. Then he began to pray eleven rak'ahs and lefttwo rak'ahs. When he died, he would pray nine rak'ahs during thenight. His last prayer during the night was witr.

Sa'd ibn Hisham said: I came to Medina and called upon Aisha, andsaid to her: Tell me about the prayer of the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him). She said: The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) used to lead the people in the night prayer, and thengo to his bed and sleep. When midnight came he got up, went toanswer the call of nature and to perform ablution with water.Having performed ablution, he entered the mosque and prayed eightrak'ahs. To my mind he performed the recitation of the Qur'an,bowing and prostrating equally. He then observed witr with onerak'ah and prayed two rak'ahs sitting. Then he lay down on theground. Sometimes Bilal came to him and called him for prayer. Hethen dozed, and sometimes I doubted whether he dozed or not, tillhe (Bilal) called him for prayer. This is the prayer he offeredtill he grew old or put on weight. She then mentioned how he puton weight as Allah wished.

Zurarah ibn Awfa said that Aisha was asked about the midnightprayer of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). She said: Heused to offer his night prayer in congregation and then return tohis family (in his house) and pray four rak'ahs. Then he would goto his bed and sleep, but the water for his ablution was placedcovered near his head and his tooth-stick was also kept thereuntil Allah awakened him at night. He then used the tooth-stick,performed ablution perfectly then came to the place of prayer andwould pray eight rak'ahs, in which he would recite Surahal-Fatihah, and a surah from the Qur'an as Allah willed. He wouldnot sit during any of them but sit after the eighth rak'ah, andwould not utter the salutation, but recite (the Qur'an) duringthe ninth rak'ah. Then he would sit and supplicate as long asAllah willed, and beg Him and devote his attention to Him; Hewould utter the salutation once in such a loud voice that theinmates of the house were almost awakened by his loud salutation.He would then recite Surah al-Fatihah while sitting, bow whilesitting, and then recite the Qur'an during the second rak'ah, andwould bow and prostrate while sitting. He would supplicate Allahas long as He willed, then utter the salutation and turn away. This amount of prayer of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)continued till he put a weight. During that period he retrenchedtwo rak'ahs from nine and began to pray six and seven rak'ahsstanding and two rak'ahs sitting. This continued till he died.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Any person who offersprayer at night regularly but (on a certain night) he isdominated by sleep will be given the reward of praying. His sleepwill be almsgiving.

Do not give up prayer at night, for the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) would not leave it. Whenever he fell ill orlethargic, he would offer it sitting.

Shurayh ibn Hani said: I asked Aisha about the prayer of theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). She said: The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) never offered the night prayer andthereafter came to me but he offered four or six rak'ahs ofprayer. One night the rain fell, so we spread a piece of leather(for his prayer), and now I see as if there is a hole in it fromwhich the water is flowing. I never saw him protecting hisclothes from the earth (as he did on that occasion).

Dhakwan, the client of Aisha, reported on the authority of Aisha:The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to pray after theafternoon prayer but prohibited others from it; and he would fastcontinuously but forbid others to do so.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) prayed the two rak'ahs ofthe dawn prayer, he would lie down if I was asleep; in case I wasawake, he would talk to me.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) uttered the takbir andthe section that was in the same row with him also uttered thetakbir. He then bowed and they also bowed, and he prostrated andthey also prostrated. Then he raised his head and they alsoraised (their heads). The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)then remained seated. They prostrated alone and stood up andretraced their footsteps and stood behind them. Then the othersection came; they stood up and uttered the takbir and bowed bythemselves. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) prostratedhimself and they also prostrated with him. Then the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) stood up and they performed the secondprostration by themselves. Then both the sections stood up andprayed with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). He bowedand they also bowed, and then he prostrated himself and they alsoprostrated themselves. Then he returned and performed the secondprostration and they also prostrated with him as quickly aspossible, showing no slackness in quick prostration. The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) then uttered the salutation. Afterthat the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) stood up. Thuseveryone participated in the entire prayer.

Ata' ibn AbuRabah asked Aisha: Can women offer prayer on a ridingbeast? She replied: They were not permitted to do so in hardshipor comfort. Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb said: This (prohibition) appliesto the obligatory prayers.

The prayer was prescribed as consisting of two rak'ahs both whenone was resident and when travelling. The prayer while travellingwas left according to the original prescription and the prayer ofone who was resident was enhanced.

The people complained to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)of the lack of rain, so he gave an order for a pulpit. It wasthen set up for him in the place of prayer. He fixed a day forthe people on which they should come out. Aisha said: TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him), when the rim of the sunappeared, sat down on the pulpit, and having pronounced thegreatness of Allah and expressed His praise, he said: You havecomplained of drought in your homes, and of the delay inreceiving rain at the beginning of its season. Allah has orderedyou to supplicate Him has and promised that He will answer yourprayer. Then he said: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of theUniverse, the Compassionate, the Merciful, the Master of the Dayof Judgment. There is no god but Allah Who does what He wishes. OAllah, Thou art Allah, there is no deity but Thou, the Rich,while we are the poor. Send down the rain upon us and make whatThou sendest down a strength and satisfaction for a time. Hethen raised his hands, and kept raising them till the whitenessunder his armpits was visible. He then turned his back to thepeople and inverted or turned round his cloak while keeping hishands aloft. He then faced the people, descended and prayed tworak'ahs. Allah then produced a cloud, and the storm of thunderand lightning came on. Then the rain fell by Allah's permission,and before he reached his mosque streams were flowing. When hesaw the speed with which the people were seeking shelter, he(peace be upon him) laughed till his back teeth were visible. Then he said: I testify that Allah is Omnipotent and that I amAllah's servant and apostle.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would say the takbir(Allah is most great) seven times in the first rak'ah and fivetimes in the second rak'ah on the day of the breaking of the fastand on the day of sacrifice (on the occasion of both the 'Idprayers, the two festivals).

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: When one of you becomesdefiled during prayer, he should hold his nose and then turnaway.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was praying with hisdoor bolted. I came and asked to have the door opened. He walkedand opened the door for me. He then returned to his place forprayer. He (the narrator Urwah) mentioned that the door faced theqiblah.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to makesupplication during the prayer saying: "O Allah, I seek refuge inThee from the punishment of the grave; I seek refuge in Theefrom the trial of the Antichrist; I seek refuge in Thee from thetrial of life and the trial of death; O Allah, I seek refuge inThee from sin and debt." Someone said to him: How often you seekrefuge from debt! He replied: When a man is in debt, he talks andtells lies, makes promises and breaks them.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) began his prayer,he said: "Glory be to Thee, O Allah," and "Praise be to Thee" and"Blessed is Thy name, and Exalted is Thy greatness, sand there isno god but Allah."

Asim ibn Humayd said: I asked Aisha: By what words the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) would begin his supererogatory prayerat night? She replied: You ask me about a thing of which no oneasked me before you. When he stood up, be uttered the takbir(Allah is most great) ten times, and uttered "Praise be to Allah"ten times, and uttered "Glory be to Allah " ten times, anduttered "There is no god but Allah" ten times, and soughtforgiveness ten times, and said: O Allah, forgive me, and guideme, and give me sustenance, and keep me well, and he soughtrefuge in Allah from the hardship of standing before Allah on theDay of Judgment.

I used to sleep lying between the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) and the qiblah. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)used to pray when I (was lying) in front of him. When he wantedto offer the witr prayer - added by the narrator Uthman - hepinched me - then the narrators are agreed - and said: Set aside.

I was sleeping in front of the Prophet (peace be upon him) withmy legs between him and the qiblah. Shu'bah said: I think shesaid: I was menstruating.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Allah and Hisangels bless those who are on the right flanks of the rows.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah does not accept theprayer of a woman who has reached puberty unless she wears aveil.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) commanded us to buildmosques in different localities (i.e. in the locality of eachtribe separately) and that they should be kept clean and beperfumed.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would not pray in ourwrappers or in our quilts. Ubaydullah said: My father (Mu'adh)doubted this.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) would take a bath because ofsexual defilement on Friday, after opening a vein and afterwashing a dead body.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent Usayd ibn Hudayrand some people with him to search the necklace lost by Aisha.The time of prayer came and they prayed without ablution. Whenthey returned to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and related thefact to him, the verse concerning tayammum was revealed. IbnNufayl added: Usayd said to her: May Allah have mercy upon you!Never has there been an occasion when you were beset with anunpleasant matter but Allah made the Muslims and you come out ofthat.

Fatimah daughter of AbuHubaysh came to the Prophet (peace be uponhim) and narrated what happened with her. He said: Then take abath and then perform ablution for every prayer and pray.

Sahlah daughter of Suhayl had a prolonged flow of blood. She cameto the Prophet (peace be upon him). He commanded her to take abath for every prayer. When it became hard for her, he commandedher to combine the noon and afternoon prayers with one bath andthe sunset and night prayer with one bath, and to take a bath(separately) for the dawn prayer.

A woman had a prolonged flow of blood in the time of the Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him). She was commanded to advance theafternoon prayer and delay the noon prayer, and to take a bathfor them only once; and to delay the sunset prayer and advancethe night prayer and to take a bath only once for them; and totake a bath separately for the dawn prayer. I (Shu'bah) askedAbdurRahman: (Is it) from the Prophet (peace be upon him)? I donot report to you anything except from the Prophet (peace be uponhim).

Bahiyyah said: I heard a woman asking Aisha about the woman whosemenses became abnormal and she had an issue of blood. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) asked me to advise her thatshe should consider the period during which she used tomenstruate every month, when her menstruation was normal. Thenshe should count the days equal to the length of time (of hernormal menses); then she should abandon prayer during those daysor equal to that period. She should then take a bath, tie a clothon her private parts a pray.

When I menstruated, I left the bed and lay on the reed-mat anddid not approach or come near the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) until we were purified.

Umarah ibn Ghurab said that his paternal aunt narrated to himthat she asked Aisha: What if one of us menstruates and she andher husband have no bed except one? She replied: I relate to youwhat the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had done. One nighthe entered (upon me) while I was menstruating. He went to theplace of his prayer, that is, to the place of prayer reserved(for this purpose) in his house. He did not return until I feltasleep heavily, and he felt pain from cold. And he said: Comenear me. I said: I am menstruating. He said: Uncover your thighs.I, therefore, uncovered both of my thighs. Then he put his cheekand chest on my thighs and I lent upon he until he became warmand slept.

Khallas al-Hujari reported: Aisha said: I and the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) used to pass night in one (piece of)cloth (on me) while I menstruated profusely. If anything from me(i.e. blood) smeared him (i.e. his body), he would wash that spotand would not exceed it (in washing), then he would offer prayerwith it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) took a bath and offeredtwo rak'ahs of prayer and said the dawn prayer. I do not think heperformed ablution afresh after taking a bath.

If you want, I can certainly show you the marks of the hand ofthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) on the wall where hetook a bath because of sexual defilement.

Jumay' ibn Umayr, one of the sons of Banu Taym Allah ibnTha'labah, said: Accompanied by my mother and aunt I entered uponAisha. One of them asked her: How did you do while taking a bath?Aisha replied: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) performedablution (in the beginning) as he did for prayer. He then poured(water) upon his head three times. But we poured water upon ourheads five times due to plaits.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about a person whofound moisture (on his body or clothes) but did not remember thesexual dream. He replied: He should take a bath. He was askedabout a person who remembered that he had a sexual dream but didnot find moisture. He replied: Bath is not necessary for him. UmmSalamah then asked: Is washing necessary for a woman if she seesthat (in her dream)? He replied: Yes. Woman are counterpart ofmen.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came and saw that thedoors of the houses of his Companions were facing the mosque. Hesaid: Turn the direction of the houses from the mosque. TheProphet (peace be upon him) then entered (the houses or themosque), and the people did take any step in this regard hopingthat some concession might be revealed. He the Prophet) againcame upon them and said: Turn the direction of these (doors) fromthe mosque I do not make the mosque lawful for a menstruatingwoman and for a person who is sexually defiled.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would sleep while he wassexually defiled without touching water.

Ghudayf ibn al-Harith reported: I asked Aisha: Have you seen theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) washing (because ofdefilement) at the beginning of the night or at the end? Shereplied: Sometimes he would take a bath at the beginning of thenight and sometimes at the end. Thereupon I exclaimed: Allah ismost Great. All Praise be to Allah Who made this matteraccommodative.I again asked her: What do you think, did theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say the witr prayer(additional prayer after obligatory prayer at night) in thebeginning of the night or at the end? She replied: Sometimes hewould say the witr prayer at the beginning of the night andsometimes at the end. I exclaimed: Allah is most Great. Allpraise be to Allah Who made the matter accommodative. Again Iasked her: What do you think, did the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) recite the Qur'an (in the prayer) loudly or softly? She replied: Sometimes he would recite loudly and sometimessoftly. I exclaimed: Allah is most Great. All praise be to AllahWho made the matter flexible.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) kissed me and did not performablution.

I and the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to takebath with a brass vessel.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to wash himself with a sa'(of water) and perform ablution with a mudd (of water).

My hands and the hands of the Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) alternated into one vessel while we performed ablution.

Dawud ibn Salih ibn Dinar at-Tammar quoted his mother as sayingthat her mistress sent her with some pudding (harisah) to Aishawho was offering prayer. She made a sign to me to place it down.A cat came and ate some of it, but when Aisha finished herprayer, she ate from the place where the cat had eaten. Shestated: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: It isnot unclean: it is one of those who go round among you. Sheadded: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)performing ablution from the water left over by the cat.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) did not get up after sleeping bynight or by day without using the tooth-stick before performingablution.

Ablution water and tooth-stick were placed by the side of theProphet (peace be upon him). When he got up during the night (forprayer), he relieved himself, then he used the tooth-stick.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Ten are the actsaccording to fitrah (nature): clipping the moustache, letting thebeard grow, using the tooth-stick, cutting the nails, washing thefinger joints, plucking the hair under the arm-pits, shaving thepubes, and cleansing one's private parts (after easing orurinating) with water. The narrator said: I have forgotten thetenth, but it may have been rinsing the mouth.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was using thetooth-stick, when two men, one older than the other, were withhim. A revelation came to him about the merit of using thetooth-stick. He was asked to show proper respect and give it tothe elder of the two.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) urinated and Umar was standingbehind him with a jug of water. He said: What is this, Umar? Hereplied: Water for you to perform ablution with. He said: I havenot been commanded to perform ablution every time I urinate. If Iwere to do so, it would become a sunnah.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When any of yougoes to relieve himself, he should take with him three stones tocleans himself, for they will be enough for him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used his right hand for gettingwater for ablution and taking food, and his left hand for hisevacuation and for anything repugnant.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) came out of the privy, heused to say: "Grant me Thy forgiveness."

By Allah, we did not know whether we should take off the clothesof the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as we took off theclothes of our dead, or wash him while his clothes were on him.When they (the people) differed among themselves, Allah castslumber over them until every one of them had put his chin on hischest.Then a speaker spoke from a side of the house, and theydid not know who he was: Wash the Prophet (peace be upon him)while his clothes are on him. So they stood round the Prophet(peace be upon him) and washed him while he had his shirt on him.They poured water on his shirt, and rubbed him with his shirt andnot with their hands. Aisha used to say: If I had knownbeforehand about my affair what I found out later, none wouldhave washed him except his wives.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was shrouded in threegarments of white Yemeni stuff, among which was neither a shirtnor a turban.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) was shrouded in three garments ofcotton. The narrator said: Aisha was told that the people saidthat he was shrouded in two garments and one cloak. She replied:A cloak was brought but they returned it and did not shroud himin it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to take a bath on account ofsexual defilement, on Friday, for cupping and washing the dead.

I saw the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) that he kissedUthman ibn Maz'un while he was dead, and I saw that tears wereflowing (from his eyes).

Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (peace be upon him), died when hewas eighteen months old. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)did not pray over him.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Breaking a deadman's bone is like breaking it when he is alive.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said about the futileoath: It is man's speech in his house: No, by Allah, and Yes, byAllah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) as saying: No vow must be takento do an act of disobedience, and the atonement for it is thesame as for an oath.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to send Abdullah ibn Rawahah(to Khaybar), and he would assess the amount of dates when theybegan to ripen before they were eaten (by the Jews). He wouldthen give choice to the Jews that they have them (on theirpossession) by that assessment or could assign to them (Muslims)by that assignment, so that the (amount of) zakat could becalculated before the fruit became eatable and distributed (amongthe people).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Profit followsresponsibility.

Makhlad ibn Khufaf al-Ghifari said: I and some people werepartners in a slave. I employed him on some work in the absenceof one of the partners. He got earnings for me. He disputed meand the case of his claim to his share in the earnings to ajudge, who ordered me to return the earnings (i.e. his share) tohim. I then came to Urwah ibn az-Zubayr, and related the matterto him. Urwah then came to him and narrated to him a traditionfrom the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) on the authority ofAisha: Profit follows responsibility.

A man bought a slave, and he remained with him as long as Allahwished him to remain. He then found defect in him. He brought hisdispute with him to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and hereturned him to him. The man said: Apostle of Allah, my slaveearned some wages. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) thensaid: Profit follows responsibility.

The aunt of Umarah ibn Umayr asked Aisha: I have an orphan in myguardianship. May I enjoy from his property? She said: TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The pleasantest thingsa man enjoys come from what he earns, and his child comes fromwhat he earns.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) Said: The children of a man comefrom what he earns, rather they are his pleasantest earning; soenjoy from their property.

I saw no one cooking food like Safiyyah. She cooked food for theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and sent it. I became angryand broke the vessel. I then asked: Apostle of Allah, what is theatonement for what I have done? He replied: A vessel like (this)vessel and food like (this) food.

Are you not surprised at AbuHurayrah? He came and sat beside myapartment, and began to narrate traditions from the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) making me hear them. I am sayingsupererogatory prayer. He got up (and went away) before Ifinished my prayer. Had I found him, I would have replied to him.The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) did not narratetraditions quickly one after another as you narrate quickly.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Everyintoxicant is forbidden; if a faraq of anything causesintoxication, a handful of it is forbidden.

Raisins were steeped for the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)and then dried dates were infused in them, or dried dates weresteeped and then raisins were infused in them.

Safiyyah, daughter of Atiyyah, said: I entered upon Aisha withsome women of AbdulQays, and asked her about mixing dried datesand raisins (for drink). She replied: I used to take a handful ofdried dates and a handful or raisins and put them in a vessel,and then crush them (and soak in water). Then I would give it tothe Prophet (peace be upon him) to drink.

Amrah said on the authority of Aisha that she would steep datesfor the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) in the morning. Whenthe evening came, he took his dinner and drank it after hisdinner. If anything remained, she poured it out. She then wouldsteep for him at night. When the morning came, he took hismorning meal and drank it after his morning meal. She said: Theskin vessel was washed in the morning and in the evening. Myfather (Hayyan) said to her: Twice a day? She said: Yes.

The water from as-Suqya' was considered sweetest by the Prophet(peace be upon him). Qutaybah said: it was a well on two days'journey from Medina.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When one of youeats, he should mention Allah's name; if he forgets to mention Allah's name at the beginning, he should say: "In the name ofAllah at the beginning and at the end of it."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Do not eat meatwith a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for itis more beneficial and wholesome.

Khalid said: AbuZiyad Khiyar ibn Salamah asked Aisha aboutonions. She replied: The last food which the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) ate was some which contained onions.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to eat melon withfresh dates, and he used to say: The heat of the one is broken bythe coolness of the other, and the coolness of the one by theheat of the other.

The man casting evil would be commanded to perform ablution, andthen the man affected was washed with it.

My mother intended to make me fat to send me to the (house of)the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). But nothing which hedesired benefited me till she gave me cucumber with fresh datesto eat. Then I became fat as good (as she desired).

Juwayriyyah, daughter of al-Harith ibn al-Mustaliq, fell to thelot of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, or to her cousin. She enteredinto an agreement to purchase her freedom. She was a verybeautiful woman, most attractive to the eye. Aisha said: Shethen came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) asking himfor the purchase of her freedom. When she was standing at thedoor, I looked at her with disapproval. I realised that theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would look at her in thesame way that I had looked. She said: Apostle of Allah, I amJuwayriyyah, daughter of al-Harith, and something has happened tome, which is not hidden from you. I have fallen to the lot ofThabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas, and I have entered into an agreementto purchase of my freedom. I have come to you to seek assistancefor the purchase of my freedom. The Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) said: Are you inclined to that which is better? Sheasked: What is that, Apostle of Allah?He replied: I shall paythe price of your freedom on your behalf, and I shall marry you. She said: I shall do this. She (Aisha) said: The people thenheard that the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had marriedJuwayriyyah. They released the captives in their possession andset them free, and said: They are the relatives of the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) by marriage. We did not see any womangreater than Juwayriyyah who brought blessings to her people. Onehundred families of Banu al-Mustaliq were set free on account ofher.

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) read: "(There isfor him) Rest and satisfaction" (faruhun wa rayhan).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade to enter the hotbaths. He then permitted men to enter them in lower garments.

AbulMalih said: Some women of Syria came to Aisha. She askedthem: From whom are you? They replied: From the people of Syria.She said: Perhaps you belong to the place where women enter hotbaths (for washing ). The said: Yes. She said: I heard theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: If a woman puts off herclothes in a place other than her house, she tears the veilbetween her and Allah, the Exalted.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) once prayed wearing agarment having marks. He looked at its marks. When he saluted, hesaid: Take this garment of mine to AbuJahm, for it turned myattention just now in my prayer, and bring a simple garmentwithout marks.

I made a black cloak for the Prophet (peace be upon him) and heput it on; but when he sweated in it and noticed the odour of thewool, he threw it away. The narrator said: I think he said: Heliked good smell.

Ibn AbuMulaykah told that when someone remarked to Aisha that awoman was wearing sandals, she replied: The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) cursed mannish women.

Safiyyah, daughter of Shaybah, said that Aisha mentioned thewomen of Ansar, praised them and said good words about them. Shethen said: When Surat an-Nur came down, they took the curtains,tore them and made head covers (veils) of them.

May Allah have mercy on the early immigrant women. When the verse"That they should draw their veils over their bosoms" wasrevealed, they tore their thick outer garments and made veilsfrom them.

Asma, daughter of AbuBakr, entered upon the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) wearing thin clothes. The Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) turned his attention from her. He said: OAsma', when a woman reaches the age of menstruation, it does notsuit her that she displays her parts of body except this andthis, and he pointed to her face and hands.

A mukhannath (eunuch) used to enter upon the wives of Prophet(peace be upon him). They (the people) counted him among thosewho were free of physical needs. One day the Prophet (peace beupon him) entered upon us when he was with one of his wives, andwas describing the qualities of a woman, saying: When she comesforward, she comes forward with four (folds in her stomach), andwhen she goes backward, she goes backward with eight (folds inher stomach). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do I not seethat this (man) knows what here lies. Then they (the wives)observed veil from him.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) ordered that the skins of theanimals which had died a natural death should be used when theyare tanned.

The bedding of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) consistedof leather stuffed with palm fibre.

Karimah, daughter of Hammam, told that a woman came to Aisha(Allah be pleased with her) and asked her about dyeing withhenna. She replied: There is no harm, but I do not like it. Mybeloved, the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him), disliked itsodour.

When Hind, daughter of Utbah, said: Prophet of Allah, accept myallegiance, he replied; I shall not accept your allegiance tillyou make a difference to the palms of your hands; for they looklike the paws of a beast of prey.

A woman made a sign from behind a curtain to indicate that shehad a letter for the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). TheProphet (peace be upon him) closed his hand, saying: I do notknow this is a man's or a woman's hand. She said: No, a woman. Hesaid: If you were a woman, you would make a difference to yournails, meaning with henna.

The hair of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) were abovewafrah and below jummah.

When I parted the hair of the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) I made a parting from the crow of his head and let hisforelock hang between his eyes.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) got some ornaments presented byNegus as a gift to him. They contained a gold ring with anAbyssinian stone. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)turning his attention from it took it by means of a stick or hisfinger, then called Umamah, daughter of Abul'As and daughter ofhis daughter Zaynab, and said: Wear it, my dear daughter.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) Said:The blood of aMuslim man who testifies that there is no god but Allah and thatMuhammad is Allah's Apostle should not lawfully be shed exceptonly for one of three reasons: a man who committed fornicationafter marriage, in which case he should be stoned; one who goesforth to fight with Allah and His Apostle, in which case heshould be killed or crucified or exiled from the land; or one whocommits murder for which he is killed.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) Said: Forgive the peopleof good qualities their slips, but not faults to which prescribedpenalties apply.

A woman borrowed jewellery through some known persons and sheherself was unknown. She then sold them. She was seized andbrought to the Prophet (peace be upon him). He gave orders thather hand should be cut off. It is this woman about whom Usamahinterceded and of her the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)said whatever he said.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: There are three(persons) whose actions are not recorded: a sleeper till heawakes, an idiot till he is restored to reason, and a boy till hereaches puberty.

When my vindication came down, the Prophet (peace be upon him)mounted the pulpit and mentioned that, and recited the Qur'an.Then when he came down from the pulpit he ordered regarding thetwo men and the woman, and they were given the prescribedpunishment.

The tradition mentioned above (No. 4459) has also beentransmitted by Muhammad ibn Ishaq through a different chain ofnarrators. But he did not mention Aisha. This version has: He(the Prophet) commanded regarding the two men and the woman whospoke obscenity were Hassan ibn Thabit and Mistah ibn Uthathah.An-Nufayl said: It is said that the woman was Hammah daughter ofJahsh.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) sent AbuJahm ibn Hudhayfah as acollector of zakat. A man quarrelled with him about his sadaqah(i.e. zakat), and AbuJahm struck him and wounded his head. Hispeople came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: Revenge,Apostle of Allah! The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: You mayhave so much and so much. But they did not agree. He again said:You may have so much and so much. But they did not agree. Heagain said: You may have so much and so much. So they agreed. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I am going to address thepeople in the afternoon and tell them about your consent. Theysaid: Yes. Addressing (the people), the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) said: These people of faith came to me asking forrevenge. I presented them with so much and so much and theyagreed. Do you agree? They said: No. The immigrants (muhajirun)intended (to take revenge) on them. But the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) commanded them to refrain and they refrained. He then called them and increased (the amount), and asked: Doyou agree? They replied: Yes.He said: I am going to addressthe people and tell them about your consent. They said: Yes. The Prophet (peace be upon him) addressed and said: Do you agree? They said: Yes.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) Said: The disputants shouldrefrain from taking retaliation. The one who is nearer shouldforgive first and then the one who is next to him, even if (theone who forgives) were a woman.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) was informed of anything ofa certain man, he would not say: What is the matter with so andso that he says? But he would say: What is the matter with thepeople that they say such and such?

A man asked permissionto see the Prophet (peace be upon him),and the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He is a bad member ofthe tribe. When he entered, the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) treated in a frank and friendly way and spoke to him. Whenhe departed , I said: Apostle of Allah! When he asked permission,you said: He is a bad member of the tribe, but when he entered,you treated him in a frank and friendly way. The Apostle of Allahreplied: Aisha! Allah does not like the one who is unseemly andlewd in his language.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: By his goodcharacter a believer will attain the degree of one who praysduring the night and fasts during the day.

Al-Miqdam ibn Shurayh, quoting his father, said: I asked Aishaabout living in the desert. She said: The Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) used to go to the desert to these rivulets. Once heintended to go to the desert and he sent to me a she-camel fromthe camel of sadaqah which had not been used for riding so far.He said to me: Aisha! show gentleness, for if gentleness is foundin anything, it beautifies it and when it is taken out fromanything it damages it.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) spoke in a distinctmanner so that anyone who listened to him could understand it.

Maymun ibn AbuShabib said: A beggar passed by Aisha and gave hima piece of bread. Another man who wore clothes and had goodappearance passed by her, and she made her seated and he ate(with her). When she was asked about that, she replied: TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: treat the peopleaccording to their ranks.

I said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): It is enough for youin Safiyyah that she is such and such (the other version thanMusaddad's has:) meaning that she was short-statured. He replied;You have said a word which would change the sea if it were mixedin it. She said: I imitated a man before him (out of disgrace).He said: I do not like that I imitate anyone even if I should getsuch and such.

Ibn Awn said: I asked about the meaning of intisar (revenge) inthe Qur'anic verse: "But indeed if any do help and defendthemselves (intasara) after a wrong (done) to them, against themthere is no cause of blame." Then Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jad'an told meon the authority of Umm Muhammad, the wife of his father. IbnAwn said: It was believed that she used to go to the Mother ofthe Faithful (i.e. Aisha). She said: The Mother of the Faithfulsaid: The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) came upon me whileZaynab, daughter of Jahsh, was with us. He began to do somethingwith his hand. I signalled to him until I made him understandabout her. So he stopped. Zaynab came on and began to abuseAisha. She tried to prevent her but she did not stop. So he (theProphet) said to Aisha: Abuse her. So she abused her anddominated her.Zaynab then went to Ali and said: Aisha abusedyou and did (such and such). Then Fatimah came (to the Prophet)and he said to her: She is the favourite of your father, by theLord of the Ka'bah! She then returned and said to them: I saidto him such and such, and he said to me such and such. Then Alicame to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and spoke to him aboutthat.

Something of her was stolen, and she began to curse him (i.e. thethief). The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to her: Donot lessen his sin.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: It is not rightfor a Muslim to keep apart from another Muslim for more thanthree days. Then when he meets him and gives three salutations,receiving during that time no response, the other bears his sin.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) arrived after theexpedition to Tabuk or Khaybar (the narrator is doubtful), thedraught raised an end of a curtain which was hung in front of herstore-room, revealing some dolls which belonged to her. Heasked: What is this? She replied: My dolls. Among them he saw ahorse with wings made of rags, and asked: What is this I seeamong them? She replied: A horse. He asked: What is this thatit has on it? She replied: Two wings.He asked: A horse withtwo wings? She replied: Have you not heard that Solomon hadhorses with wings? She said: Thereupon the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) laughed so heartily that I could see hismolar teeth.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) married me when I wasseven or six. When we came to Medina, some women came. accordingto Bishr's version: Umm Ruman came to me when I was swinging.They took me, made me prepared and decorated me. I was thenbrought to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him), and he tookup cohabitation with me when I was nine. She halted me at thedoor, and I burst into laughter.

When we came to Medina, the women came to me when I was playingon the swing, and my hair were up to my ears. They brought me,prepared me, and decorated me. Then they brought me to theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and he took up cohabitationwith me, when I was nine.

A woman came to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) andsaid: Apostle of Allah! I have given birth to a boy, and call himMuhammad and AbulQasim as kunyah (surname), but I have been toldthat you disapproved of that. He replied: What is it which hasmade my name lawful and my kunyah unlawful, or what is it whichhas made my kunyah unlawful and my name lawful?

Aisha said: Apostle of Allah! All my fellow-wives have kunyahs?He said: Give yourself the kunyah by Abdullah, your son - that isto say, her nephew (her sister's son). Musaddad said: Abdullahibn az-Zubayr. She was called by the kunyah Umm Abdullah.

I never heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)attributing anyone to anything except to religion.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to setup a pulpitin the mosque for Hassan who would stand on it and satirise thosewho spoke against the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would say: The spirit ofholiness (i.e. Gabriel) is with Hassan so long as he speaks indefence of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him).

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) awake at night, hesaid: There is no god but thou, glory be to Thee, O Allah, I askThy pardon for my sin and I ask Thee for Thy mercy. O Allah!advance me in knowledge: do not cause my heart to deviate (fromguidance) after Thou hast guided me, and grant me mercy fromthyself; verily thou art the grantor.

Shariq al-Hawzani and I came to Aisha (Allah be pleased with her)and asked her: By which (prayer) the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) began when he woke up at night? She replied: You askedme about a thing which no one asked me before. When he woke up atnight, he uttered: "Allah is Most Great" ten times, and uttered"Praise be to Allah" ten times, and said "Glory be to Allah and Ibegin with His praise" ten times, and said: "Glory be to theKing, the Most Holy" ten times, and asked Allah's pardon tentimes, and said: "There is no god but Allah" ten times, and thensaid: "O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from the strait of the Dayof resurrection," ten times. He then began the prayer.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) saw a cloud formation in thesky, he left work, even if he were at prayer, and then would say:"O Allah! I seek refuge in Thee from its evil. " If it rained, hewould say: "O Allah! send a beneficial downpour."

Boys used to be brought to the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim), and he would invoke blessings on them. Yusuf added: "andsoften some dates and rub their palates with them". He did notmention "blessings".

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to me: Have themugharribun been seen (or some other word) among you? I asked:What do the mugharribun mean? He replied: They are those in whomis a strain of the jinn.

I never saw anyone more like the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) in respect of gravity, calm deportment, pleasant disposition- according to al-Hasan's version: in respect of talk and speech.Al-Hasan did not mention gravity, calm deportment, pleasantdisposition - than Fatimah, may Allah honour her face. When shecame to visit him (the Prophet) he got up to (welcome) her, tookher by the hand, kissed her and made her sit where he wassitting; and when he went to visit her, she got up to (welcome)him, took him by the hand, kissed him, and made him sit where shewas sitting.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) postponed the circumambulation onthe day of sacrifice till the night.

One night Allah's Apostle offered the prayer in the Mosque and the people followed him. The next night he also offered the prayer and too many people gathered. On the third and the fourth nights more people gathered, but Allah's Apostle did not come out to them. In the morning he said, "I saw what you were doing and nothing but the fear that it (i.e. the prayer) might be enjoined on you, stopped me from coming to you." And that happened in the month of Ramadan.

Hafsa said, "We used to forbid our young women to go out for the two 'Id prayers. A woman came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and she narrated about her sister whose husband took part in twelve holy battles along with the Prophet and her sister was with her husband in six (out of these twelve). She (the woman's sister) said, 'We used to treat the wounded, look after the patients and once I asked the Prophet, "Is there any harm for any of us to stay at home if she doesn't have a veil?" He said, '"She should cover herself with the veil of her companion and should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gathering of the Muslims." When Um 'Atiya came I asked her whether she had heard it from the Prophet. She replied, "Yes. May my father be sacrificed for him (the Prophet)! (Whenever she mentioned the Prophet she used to say, 'May my father be sacrificed for him.) I have heard the Prophet saying, 'The unmarried young virgins and the mature girl who stay often screened or the young unmarried virgins who often stay screened and the menstruating women should come out and participate in the good deeds as well as the religious gathering of the faithful believers but the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla (praying place).' " Hafsa asked Um 'Atiya surprisingly, "Do you say the menstruating women?" She replied, "Doesn't a menstruating woman attend 'Arafat (Hajj) and such and such (other deeds)?"

Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to this Mosque of ours and said, 'I pray in front of you and my aim is not to lead the prayer but to show you the way in which the Prophet used to pray.' I asked Abu Qilaba, 'How did he use to pray?' He replied, '(The Prophet used to pray) like this Sheikh of ours and the Sheikh used to sit for a while after the prostration, before getting up after the first Rak'a.' "

Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith used to demonstrate to us the prayer of the Prophet at times other than that of the compulsory prayers. So (once) he stood up for prayer and performed a perfect Qiyam (standing and reciting from the Holy Qur'an) and then bowed and performed bowing perfectly; then he raised his head and stood straight for a while." Abu Qilaba added, "Malik bin Huwairith in that demonstration prayed like this Sheikh of ours, Abu Yazid." Abu, Yazid used to sit (for a while) on raising his head from the second prostration before getting up.

Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours and said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle performed his prayers." I asked Abu Qilaba, "How was the prayer of Malik bin Huwairith?" He replied, "Like the prayer of this Sheikh of ours -- i.e. 'Amr bin Salima." That Sheikh used to pronounce the Takbir perfectly and when he raised his head from the second prostration he would sit for a while and then support himself on the ground and get up.

Hafsa bint Sirin said, "On 'Id we used to forbid our girls to go out for 'Id prayer. A lady came and stayed at the palace of Bani Khalaf and I went to her. She said, 'The husband of my sister took part in twelve holy battles along with the Prophet and my sister was with her husband in six of them. My sister said that they used to nurse the sick and treat the wounded. Once she asked, "O Allah's Apostle! If a woman has no veil, is there any harm if she does not come out (on 'Id day)?"The Prophet said, "Her companion should let her share her veil with her, and the women should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gatherings of the believers."' " Hafsa added, "When Um-'Atiya came, I went to her and asked her, 'Did you hear anything about so-and-so?' Um-'Atiya said, 'Yes, let my father be sacrificed for the Prophet (p.b.u.h).' (And whenever she mentioned the name of the Prophet she always used to say, 'Let my father be' (sacrificed for him). She said, 'Virgin mature girls staying often screened (or said, Mature girls and virgins staying often screened--Aiyub is not sure as which was right) and menstruating women should come out (on the 'Id day). But the menstruating women should keep away from the Musalla. And all the women should participate in the good deeds and in the religious gatherings of the believers'." Hafsa said, "On that I said to Um-'Atiya, 'Also those who are menstruating?' " Um-'Atiya replied, "Yes. Do they not present themselves at 'Arafat and elsewhere?."

The Prophet said, "If I were to take a Khalil, I would have taken him (i.e. Abu Bakr) as a Khalil, but the Islamic brotherhood is better."

The worst of three (persons riding one animal) was mentioned in 'Ikrima's presence. 'Ikrima said, "Ibn 'Abbas said, '(In the year of the conquest of Mecca) the Prophet came and mounted Qutham in front of him and Al-Fadl behind him, or Qutham behind him and Al-Fadl in front of him.' Now which of them was the worst off and which was the best?"

Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'Between the two sounds of the trumpet, there will be forty." Somebody asked Abu Huraira, "Forty days?" But he refused to reply. Then he asked, "Forty months?" He refused to reply. Then he asked, "Forty years?" Again, he refused to reply. Abu Huraira added, "Then (after this period) Allah will send water from the sky and then the dead bodies will grow like vegetation grows. There is nothing of the human body that does not decay except one bone; that is the little bone at the end of the coccyx of which the human body will be recreated on the Day of Resurrection." (See Hadith No. 338)

That he said to the Prophet "You have not been of any avail to your uncle (Abu Talib) (though) by Allah, he used to protect you and used to become angry on your behalf." The Prophet said, "He is in a shallow fire, and had it not been for me, he would have been in the bottom of the (Hell) Fire."

Abu Bakra said: The Prophet said (as above, 204).

While I was going to help this man ('Ali Ibn Abi Talib), Abu Bakr met me and asked, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that person." He said, "Go back for I have heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'When two Muslims fight (meet) each other with their swords, both the murderer as well as the murdered will go to the Hell-fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! It is all right for the murderer but what about the murdered one?' Allah's Apostle replied, "He surely had the intention to kill his companion."

While I was sitting with some people from Quraish, a man with very rough hair, clothes, and appearance came and stood in front of us, greeted us and said, "Inform those who hoard wealth, that a stone will be heated in the Hell-fire and will be put on the nipples of their breasts till it comes out from the bones of their shoulders and then put on the bones of their shoulders till it comes through the nipples of their breasts the stone will be moving and hitting." After saying that, the person retreated and sat by the side of the pillar, I followed him and sat beside him, and I did not know who he was. I said to him, "I think the people disliked what you had said." He said, "These people do not understand anything, although my friend told me." I asked, "Who is your friend?" He said, "The Prophet said (to me), 'O Abu Dhar! Do you see the mountain of Uhud?' And on that I (Abu Dhar) started looking towards the sun to judge how much remained of the day as I thought that Allah's Apostle wanted to send me to do something for him and I said, 'Yes!' He said, 'I do not love to have gold equal to the mountain of Uhud unless I spend it all (in Allah's cause) except three Dinars (pounds).' These people do not understand and collect worldly wealth. No, by Allah, Neither I ask them for worldly benefits nor am I in need of their religious advice till I meet Allah, The Honorable, The Majestic."

I went to help that man (i.e., 'Ali), and on the way I met Abu Bakra who asked me, "Where are you going?" I replied, "I am going to help that man." He said, "Go back, for I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'If two Muslims meet each other with their swords then (both) the killer and the killed one are in the (Hell) Fire.' I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! It is alright for the killer, but what about the killed one?' He said, 'The killed one was eager to kill his opponent.' "

Shaqiq said, "While I was sitting with 'Abdullah and Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari, the latter asked the former, 'If a person becomes Junub and does not find water for one month, can he perform Tayammum and offer his prayer?' (He replied in the negative). Abu Musa said, 'What do you say about this verse from Sura "Al-Ma'ida": When you do not find water then perform Tayammum with clean earth? 'Abdullah replied, 'If we allowed it then they would probably perform Tayammum with clean earth even if water were available but cold.' I said to Shaqiq, "You then disliked to perform Tayammum because of this?" Shaqiq said, "Yes." (Shaqiq added), "Abu Musa said, 'Haven't you heard the statement of 'Ammar to 'Umar? He said: I was sent out by Allah's Apostle for some job and I became Junub and could not find water so I rolled myself over the dust (clean earth) like an animal does, and when I told the Prophet of that he said, "Like this would have been sufficient." The Prophet (saying so) lightly stroked the earth with his hand once and blew it off, then passed his (left) hand over the back of his right hand or his (right) hand over the back of his left hand and then passed them over his face.' So 'Abdullah said to Abu-Musa, 'Don't you know that 'Umar was not satisfied with 'Ammar's statement?' "

Shaqiq Narrated: While I was with 'Abdullah and Abu Musa, the latter said to the former, "Haven't you heard the statement of 'Ammar to 'Umar? He said, 'Allah's Apostle sent you and me out and I became Junub and rolled myself in the dust (clean earth) (for Tayammum). When we came to Allah's Apostle I told him about it and he said, "This would have been sufficient," passing his hands over his face and the backs of his hands once only.' "

I heard Al-Hajjaj saying on the pulpit, "The Sura in which Al-Baqara (the cow) is mentioned and the Sura in which the family of 'Imran is mentioned and the Sura in which the women (An-Nisa) is mentioned." I mentioned this to Ibrahim, and he said, " 'Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid told me, 'I was with Ibn Mas'ud, when he did the Rami of the Jamrat-ul-Aqaba. He went down the middle of the valley, and when he came near the tree (which was near the Jamra) he stood opposite to it and threw seven small pebbles and said: "Allahu-Akbar" on throwing every pebble.' Then he said, 'By Him, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped, here (at this place) stood the one on whom Surat-al-Baqra was revealed (i.e. Allah's Apostle).' "

We argued at Ibrahim's dwelling place about mortgaging in Salam. He said, "'Aisha said, 'The Prophet bought some foodstuff from a Jew on credit and the payment was to be made by a definite period, and he mortgaged his iron armor to him.' "

When we were with Ibrahim, we talked about mortgaging in deals of Salam. Ibrahim narrated from Aswad that 'Aisha had said, "The Prophet bought some foodstuff on credit from a Jew and mortgaged an iron armor to him."

"We (listed the Muslims and) found them five hundred." And Abu Muawiya said, "Between six-hundred to seven-hundred."

I asked Abu Wail, "Did you take part in the battle of Siffin?" He said, "Yes, and I heard Sahl bin Hunaif (when he was blamed for lack of zeal for fighting) saying, 'You'd better blame your wrong opinions. I wish you had seen me on the day of Abu Jandal. If I had the courage to disobey the Prophet's orders, I would have done so. We had kept out swords on our necks and shoulders, for a thing which frightened us. And we did so, we found it easier for us, except in the case of the above battle (of ours).' "

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(As above, 494).

I asked Abu Wail, "Did you witness the battle of Siffin between 'Ali and Muawiya?" He said, "Yes," and added, "Then I heard Sahl bin Hunaif saying, 'O people! Blame your personal opinions in your religion. No doubt, I remember myself on the day of Abi Jandal; if I had the power to refuse the order of Allah's Apostle, I would have refused it.

We have never put our swords on our shoulders to get involved in a situation that might have been horrible for us, but those swords brought us to victory and peace, except this present situation.' " Abu Wail said, "I witnessed the battle of Siffin, and how nasty Siffin was!"

Abu Huraira said, Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, I would love to fight in Allah's Cause and then get martyred and then resurrected (come to life) and then get martyred and then resurrected (come to life) and then get martyred, and then resurrected (come to life) and then get martyred and then resurrected (come to life)." Abu Huraira used to repeat those words three times and I testify to it with Allah's Oath.

Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Apostle said, 'No one should prevent his neighbor from fixing a wooden peg in his wall.' " Abu Huraira said (to his companions), "Why do I find you averse to it? By Allah, I certainly will narrate it to you."

Abu Huraira said, "You people claim that Abu Huraira narrates many narrations of Allah's Apostle. (Anyhow) with Allah will be our appointment. I was a poor man, and used to stick to Allah's Apostle contented with what will fill my stomach, and the Muhajirin (emigrants) used to be busy trading in the markets, and the Ansar used to be busy looking after their properties. One day I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'Who will spread his Rida' (a garment covering the upper part of the body) till I finished my speech and then fold it, (i.e. wrap it over your body), in which case he will never forget anything he had heard from me.' So I spread my garment which I was wearing; and by Him Who sent Muhammad with the Truth, ever since, I have never forgotten whatever I heard from him (the Prophet)." (See, Hadith No. 119, Vol. 1)

He (the Prophet (p.b.u.h) ) used to get up for the prayer on hearing the crowing of a cock.

"We were with 'Aisha discussing the regularity of offering the prayer and dignifying it. She said, 'When Allah's Apostle fell sick with the fatal illness and when the time of prayer became due and Adhan was pronounced, he said, 'Tell Abu Bakr to lead the people in prayer.' He was told that Abu Bakr was a softhearted man and would not be able to lead the prayer in his place. The Prophet gave the same order again but he was given the same reply. He gave the order for the third time and said, 'You (women) are the companions of Joseph. Tell Abu Bakr to lead the prayer.' So Abu Bakr came out to lead the prayer. In the meantime the condition of the Prophet improved a bit and he came out with the help of two men one on each side. As if I was observing his legs dragging on the ground owing to the disease. Abu Bakr wanted to retreat but the Prophet beckoned him to remain at his place and the Prophet was brought till he sat beside Abu Bakr." Al-A'mash was asked, "Was the Prophet praying and Abu Bakr following him, and were the people following Abu Bakr in that prayer?" Al-A'mash replied in the affirmative with a nod of his head. Abu Muawiya said, "The Prophet was sitting on the left side of Abu Bakr who was praying while standing."

That he asked 'Aisha "What did the Prophet use to do in his house?" She replied, "He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was the time for prayer he would go for it."

I asked 'Aisha "How is the night prayer of the Prophet?" She replied, "He used to sleep early at night, and get up in its last part to pray, and then return to his bed. When the Mu'adhdhin pronounced the Adhan, he would get up. If he was in need of a bath he would take it; otherwise he would perform ablution and then go out (for the prayer)."

'Aisha intended to buy Barira (a slave-girl) in order to manumit her and her masters intended to put the condition that her Al-wala would be for them. 'Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet who said to her, "Buy her, as the 'Wala' is for the manumitted." Once some meat was presented to the Prophet and 'Aisha said to him, "This (meat) was given in charity to Barira." He said, "It is an object of charity for Barira but a gift for us."

'Aisha said, "We went out with the Prophet (from Medina) with the intention of performing Hajj only and when we reached Mecca we performed Tawaf round the Kaba and then the Prophet ordered those who had not driven the Hadi along with them to finish their Ihram. So the people who had not driven the Hadi along with them finished their Ihram. The Prophet's wives, too, had not driven the Hadi with them, so they too, finished their Ihram." 'Aisha added, "I got my menses and could not perform Tawaf round the Ka'ba." So when it was the night of Hasba (i.e. when we stopped at Al-Muhassab), I said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Everyone is returning after performing Hajj and 'Umra but I am returning after performing Hajj only.' He said, 'Didn't you perform Tawaf round the Ka'ba the night we reached Mecca?' I replied in the negative. He said, 'Go with your brother to Tan'im and assume the Ihram for 'Umra, (and after performing it) come back to such and such a place.' On that Safiya said, 'I feel that I will detain you all.' The Prophet said, 'O 'Aqra Halqa! Didn't you perform Tawaf of the Ka'ba on the day of sacrifice (i.e. Tawaf-al-ifada)? Safiya replied in the affirmative. He said, (to Safiya). 'There is no harm for you to proceed on with us.' " 'Aisha added, "(after returning from 'Umra), the Prophet met me while he was ascending (from Mecca) and I was descending to it, or I was ascending and he was descending."

That 'Aisha said, "O Allah's Apostle! The people are returning after performing the two Nusuks (i.e. Hajj and 'Umra) but I am returning with one only?" He said, "Wait till you become clean from your menses and then go to At-Tan'im, assume Ihram (and after performing 'Umra) join us at such-and-such a place. But it (i.e. the reward of 'Umra) is according to your expenses or the hardship (which you will undergo while performing it)."

'Abdullah the slave of Asma' bint Abu Bakr, told me that he used to hear Asma', whenever she passed by Al-Hajun, saying, "May Allah bless His Apostle Muhammad. Once we dismounted here with him, and at that time we were traveling with light luggage; we had a few riding animals and a little food ration. I, my sister, 'Aisha, Az-Zubair and such and such persons performed 'Umra, and when we had passed our hands over the Ka'ba (i.e. performed Tawaf round the Ka'ba and between As-Safa and Al-Marwa) we finished our Ihram. Later on we assumed Ihram for Hajj the same evening."

In the presence of Aisha some people mentioned that the Prophet had appointed Ali by will as his successor. Aisha said, "When did he appoint him by will? Verily when he died he was resting against my chest (or said: in my lap) and he asked for a wash-basin and then collapsed while in that state, and I could not even perceive that he had died, so when did he appoint him by will?"

It was mentioned in the presence of 'Aisha that the Prophet had appointed 'Ali as successor by will. Thereupon she said, "Who said so? I saw the Prophet, while I was supporting him against my chest. He asked for a tray, and then fell on one side and expired, and I did not feel it. So how (do the people say) he appointed 'Ali as his successor?"

While we were sitting in a circle in 'Abdullah's gathering, Hudhaifa came and stopped before us, and greeted us and then said, "People better than you became hypocrites." Al-Aswad said: I testify the uniqueness of Allah! Allah says: "Verily! The hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire." (4.145)

On that 'Abdullah smiled and Hudhaifa sat somewhere in the Mosque. 'Abdullah then got up and his companions (sitting around him) dispersed. Hudhaifa then threw a pebble at me (to attract my attention). I went to him and he said, "I was surprised at 'Abdullah's smile though he understood what I said. Verily, people better than you became hypocrite and then repented and Allah forgave them."

'Aisha intended to buy Barira, but her masters stipulated that her wala would be for them. 'Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet who said (to 'Aisha), "Buy and manumit her, for the wala is for the one who manumits." Once some meat was brought to the Prophet and was said, "This meat was given in charity to Barira." The Prophet said, "It is an object of charity for Barira and a present for us."

I asked 'Aisha about treating poisonous stings (a snake-bite or a scorpion sting) with a Ruqya. She said, "The Prophet allowed the treatment of poisonous sting with Ruqya."

I asked 'Aisha what did the Prophet use to do at home. She replied, "He used to keep himself busy serving his family and when it was time for the prayer, he would get up for prayer."

Mu'adh bin Jabal gave this verdict for us in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle. One-half of the inheritance is to be given to the daughter and the other half to the sister. Sulaiman said: Mu'adh gave a verdict for us, but he did not mention that it was so in the lifetime of Allah's Apostle.

'Aisha bought Barira in order to manumit her, but her masters stipulated that her Wala' (after her death) would be for them. 'Aisha said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have bought Barira in order to manumit her, but her masters stipulated that her Wala' will be for them." The Prophet said, "Manumit her as the Wala is for the one who manumits (the slave)," or said, "The one who pays her price." Then 'Aisha bought and manumitted her. After that, Barira was given the choice (by the Prophet) (to stay with her husband or leave him). She said, "If he gave me so much and so much (money) I would not stay with him." (Al-Aswad added: Her husband was a free man.) The sub-narrator added: The series of the narrators of Al-Aswad's statement is incomplete. The statement of Ibn Abbas, i.e., when I saw him he was a slave, is more authentic.

Aisha said, "I bought Barira and her masters stipulated that the Wala would be for them." Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet and he said, "Manumit her, as the Wala is for the one who gives the silver (i.e. pays the price for freeing the slave)." Aisha added, "So I manumitted her. After that, the Prophet called her (Barira) and gave her the choice to go back to her husband or not. She said, "If he gave me so much and so much (money) I would not stay with him." So she selected her ownself (i.e. refused to go back to her husband)."

I asked 'Aisha "What did the Prophet use to do at home?" She said, "He used to work for his family, and when he heard the Adhan (call for the prayer), he would go out."

Mu'adh bin Jabal came to us in Yemen as a tutor and a ruler, and we (the people of Yemen) asked him about (the distribution of the property of ) a man who had died leaving a daughter and a sister. Mu'adh gave the daughter one-half of the property and gave the sister the other half.

I asked Muhajid regarding the prostration in Surat Sad. He said, "Ibn Abbas was asked the same question and he said, 'Those are they (the prophets) whom Allah had Guided. So follow their guidance.' " (6.90) Ibn 'Abbas used to perform a prostration (on reading this Sura).

I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sad. He said, "I asked Ibn 'Abbas, 'What evidence makes you prostrate?' He said, 'Don't you recite: "And among his progeny, David and Solomon...(6.84) Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.' (6.90) So David was the one of those prophets whom Prophet (Muhammad) was ordered to follow. David prostrated, so Allah's Apostle (Muhammad) performed this prostration too."