Safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me that she went to Allah's Apostle to visit him in the mosque while he was in Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her. When they reached the gate of the mosque, opposite the door of Um-Salama, two Ansari men were passing by and they greeted Allah's Apostle . He told them: Do not run away! And said, "She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." Both of them said, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any evil) O Allah's Apostle!" And they felt it. The Prophet said (to them), "Satan reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in it, (everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds."

That when they reached Medina after returning from Yazid bin Mu'awaiya after the martyrdom of Husain bin 'Ali (may Allah bestow His Mercy upon him), Al-Miswar bin Makhrama met him and said to him, "Do you have any need you may order me to satisfy?" 'Ali said, "No." Al-Miswar said, Will you give me the sword of Allah's Apostle for I am afraid that people may take it from you by force? By Allah, if you give it to me, they will never be able to take it till I die." When 'Ali bin Abu Talib demanded the hand of the daughter of Abi Jahal to be his wife besides Fatima, I heard Allah's Apostle on his pulpit delivering a sermon in this connection before the people, and I had then attained my age of puberty. Allah's Apostle said, "Fatima is from me, and I am afraid she will be subjected to trials in her religion (because of jealousy)." The Prophet then mentioned one of his son-in-law who was from the tribe of 'Abu Shams, and he praised him as a good son-in-law, saying, "Whatever he said was the truth, and he promised me and fulfilled his promise. I do not make a legal thing illegal, nor do I make an illegal thing legal, but by Allah, the daughter of Allah's Apostle and the daughter of the enemy of Allah, (i.e. Abu Jahl) can never get together (as the wives of one man) (See Hadith No. 76, Vo. 5).

The wives of the Prophet were with him in the mosque (while he was in Itikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet said to Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling was in the house of Usama). The Prophet went out and in the meantime two Ansari men met him and they looked at the Prophet and passed by. The Prophet said to them, "Come here. She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai." They replied, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil) O Allah's Apostle! (we never expect anything bad from you)." The Prophet replied, "Satan circulates in the human being as blood circulates in the body, and I was afraid lest Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds."

Safiya went to the Prophet while he was in Itikaf. When she returned, the Prophet accompanied her walking. An Ansari man saw him. When the Prophet noticed him, he called him and said, "Come here. She is Safiya. (Sufyan a sub-narrator perhaps said that the Prophet had said, "This is Safiya"). And Satan circulates in the body of Adam's offspring as his blood circulates in it."

(A sub-narrator asked Sufyan, "Did Safiya visit him at night?" He said, "Of course, at night.")

Safiya bint (daughter of) Huyai came to the Prophet (in the mosque), and when she returned (home), the Prophet accompanied her. It happened that two men from the Ansar passed by them and the Prophet called them saying, "She is Safiya!" those two men said, "Subhan Allah!" The Prophet said, "Satan circulates in the human body as blood does."

I, al-Abbas, Fatimah and Zayd ibn Harithah gathered with theProphet (peace be upon him) and I said: Apostle of Allah, if youthink to assign us our right (portion) in this fifth ( of thebooty) as mentioned in the Book of Allah, and this I may divideduring your lifetime so that no one may dispute me after you,then do it. He said: He did that. He said: I divided it duringthe lifetime of the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him). AbuBakrthen assigned it to me. During the last days of the caliphate ofUmar a good deal of property came to him and took out ourportion. I said to him: We are well to do this year; but theMuslims are needy, so return it to them. He, therefore, returnedit to them. No one called me after Umar. I met al-Abbas when Icame out from Umar. He said: Ali, today you have deprived us of athing that will never be returned to us. He was indeed a man ofwisdom.

I memorised (a tradition) from the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him): There is no orphanhood after puberty, and there is nosilence for the whole day till the night.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited to sacrifice an animalwith a slit ear and broken horn.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) enjoined upon us to paygreat attention to the eye and both ears, and not to sacrifice aone-eyed animal, and an animal with a slit which leaves somethinghanging at the front or back of the ear, or with a lengthwiseslit with a perforation in the ear. I asked AbuIshaq: Did hemention an animal with broken horns and uprooted ears? He said:No.

Hanash said: I saw Ali sacrificing two rams; so I asked him: Whatis this? He replied. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)enjoined upon me to sacrifice on his behalf, so that is what I amdoing.

Some slaves (of the unbelievers) went out to the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) on the day of al-Hudaybiyyah before treaty.Their masters wrote to him saying: O Muhammad, they have not goneout to you with an interest in your religion, but they have goneout to escape from slavery. Some people said: They have spokenthe truth, Apostle of Allah, send them back to them. The Apostleof Allah (peace be upon him) became angry and said: I do not seeyour restraining yourself from this action), group of Quraysh,but that Allah send someone to you who strike your necks. He thenrefused to return them, and said: They are emancipated (slaves)of Allah, the Exalted.

Ali separated between a slave-girl and her child. The Prophet(peace be upon him) prohibited it and made the sale transactionswithdrawn.

(At the battle of Badr) Utbah ibn Rabi'ah came forward followedby his son and his brother and cried out: Who will be engaged insingle combat?Some young men of the Helpers responded to hiscall. He asked: Who are you? They told him. He said: We do notwant you; we, in fact, want only our cousins. The Prophet (peacebe upon him) said: Get up Hamzah get up Ali; get up Ubaydah ibnal-Harith. Hamzah went forward to Utbah, I went forward toShaybah; and after two blows had been exchanged between Ubaydahand al-Walid, they wounded one another severely; so we turnedagainst al-Walid and killed him, and we carried Ubaydah away.

Ali ibn Rabi'ah said: I was present with Ali while a beast wasbrought to him to ride. When he put his foot in the stirrup, hesaid: "In the name of Allah." Then when he sat on its back, hesaid: "Praise be to Allah." He then said: "Glory be to Him Whohas made this subservient to us, for we had not the strength, andto our Lord do we return." He then said: "Praise be to Allah(thrice); Allah is Most Great (thrice): glory be to Thee, I havewronged myself, so forgive me, for only Thou forgivest sins." Hethen laughed. He was asked: At what did you laugh? He replied: Isaw the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) do as I have done,and laugh after that. I asked: Apostle of Allah , at what are youlaughing? He replied: Your Lord, Most High, is pleased with Hisservant when he says: "Forgive me my sins." He know that no oneforgives sins except Him.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) was present with ashe-mule which he rode, so Ali said: If we made asses cover mareswe would have animals of this type. The Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) said: Only those who do not know do that.

When we came out from Mecca, Hamzah's daughter pursued us crying:My uncle. Ali lifted her and took her by the hand. (AddressingFatimah he said:) Take your uncle's daughter. She then liftedher. The narrator then transmitted the rest of the tradition.Ja'far said: She is my uncle's daughter. Her maternal aunt is mywife. The Prophet (peace be upon him) decided in favour of hermaternal aunt, and said: The maternal aunt is like mother.

Zayd ibn Harithah went out to Mecca and brought the daughter ofHamzah with him. Then Ja'far said: I shall take her; I have moreright to her; she is my uncle's daughter and her maternal aunt ismy wife; the maternal aunt is like mother. Ali said: I am moreentitled to take her. She is my uncle's daughter. The daughter ofthe Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) is my wife, and she hasmore right to her. Zayd said: I have more right to her. I wentout and journeyed to her, and brought her with me. The Prophet(peace be upon him) came out. The narrator mentioned the rest ofthe tradition. He (i.e. the Prophet) said: As for the girl, Idecided in favour of Ja'far. She will live with her maternalaunt. The maternal aunt is like mother.

(The narrator Isma'il said: I think ash-Sha'bi attributed thistradition to the Prophet) The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:Curse be upon the one who marries a divorced woman with theintention of making her lawful for her former husband and uponthe one for whom she is made lawful.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Its (Medina's) fresh grassis not to be cut, its game is not to be driven away, and thingsdropped in it are to be picked up by one who publicly announcesit, and it is not permissible for any man to carry weapons in itfor fighting, and it is not advisable that its trees are cutexcept what a man cuts for the fodder of his camel.

When the morning came, the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood atthe mountain Quzah and said: This is Quzah, and this is a placeof stationing, and the whole of al-Muzdalifah is a place ofstationing. I sacrificed the animals here, and the whole of Minais a place of sacrifice. So sacrifice in your dwellings.

The Prophet then took up Usamah behind him (on the camel), anddrove the camel at a quick pace. The people were beating theircamels right and left, but he did not pay attention to them; hewas saying: O people, preserve a quiet demeanour. He proceeded(from Arafat) when the sun had set.

Abdullah ibn al-Harith reported on the authority of his fatheral-Harith: (My father) al-Harith was the governor of at-Ta'ifunder the caliph Uthman. He prepared food for Uthman whichcontained birds and the flesh of wild ass. He sent it to Ali (mayAllah be pleased with him). When the Messenger came to him he wasbeating leaves for camels and shaking them off with his hand. Hesaid to him: Eat it. He replied: Give it to the people who arenot in sacred state; we are wearing ihram. I adjure the people ofAshja' who are present here. Do you know that a man presented awild ass to the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) while he wasin ihram? But he refused to eat from it. They said: Yes.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sacrificed thecamels, he sacrificed thirty of them with his own hand, and thencommanded me (to sacrifice them), so I sacrificed the rest ofthem.

Bilal ibn Yahya al-Absi said: Ali found a dinar and purchasedsome flour with it. The seller of the flour recognised him andreturned the dinar to him. Ali took it, deducted two qirat(carat) from it, and purchased meat with it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A beggar has the rightthough he may be riding (a horse).

Al-Abbas asked the Prophet (peace be upon him) about paying thesadaqah (his zakat) in advance before it became due, and he gavepermission to do that.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: I have given exemptionregarding horses and slaves; with regard to coins, however, youmust pay a dirham for every forty (dirhams), but nothing ispayable on one hundred and ninety. When the total reaches twohundred, five dirhams are payable.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "When you possess twohundred dirhams and one year passes on them, five dirhams arepayable. Nothing is incumbent on you, that is, on gold, till itreaches twenty dinars. When you possess twenty dinars and oneyear passes on them, half a dinar is payable. Whatever exceeds,that will be reckoned properly." (The narrator said: I do notremember whether the words "that will be reckoned properly" wereuttered by All himself or he attributed them to the Prophet(peace be upon him). No zakat is payable on property till a yearpasses on it. But Jarir said: Ibn Wahb (sub-narrator) added tothis tradition from the Prophet (peace be upon him): "No zakat ispayable on property until a year passes away on it."

Al-Harith al-A'war reported from Ali. Zuhayr said: I think, theProphet (peace be upon him) said: "Pay a fortieth. A dirham ispayable on every forty, but you are not liable for payment untilyou have accumulated two hundred dirhams. When you have twohundred dirhams, five dirhams are payable, and that proportion isapplicable to larger amounts. "Regarding sheep, for every fortysheep up to one hundred and twenty, one sheep is due. But if youpossess only thirty-nine, nothing is payable on them." He furthernarrated the tradition about the sadaqah (zakat) on sheep likethat of az-Zuhri. "Regarding cattle, a yearling bull calf ispayable for every thirty, and a cow in her third year for forty,and nothing is payable on working animals. Regarding (the zakaton) camels, he mentioned the rates that az-Zuhri mentioned in histradition. He said: "For twenty-five camels, five sheep are to bepaid. If they exceed by one, a she-camel in her second year is tobe given. If there is no she-camel in her second year, a malecamel in its third year is to be given, up to thirty-five. Ifthey exceed by one a she-camel in her third year is to be given,up to forty-five. If they exceed by one, a she-camel in herfourth year which is ready to be covered by a bull-camel is to begiven." He then transmitted the rest of the tradition like thatof az-Zuhri. He continued: If they exceed by one, i.e. they areninety-one to hundred and twenty, two she-camels in their fourthyear, which are ready to be covered by a bull-camel, are to begiven. If there are more camels than that, a she-camel in herfourth year is to be given for every fifty. Those which are inone flock are not to be separated, and those which are separateare not to be brought together. An old sheep, one with a defectin the eye, or a billy goat is not to be accepted as a sadaqahunless the collector is willing. As regards agriculturalproduce, a tenth is payable on that which is watered by rivers orrain, and a twentieth on that which is watered by draughtcamels." The version of Asim and al-Harith says: "Sadaqah(zakat) is payable every year." Zuhayr said: I think he said"Once a year".The version of Asim has the words: "If ashe-camel in her second year is not available among the camels,nor is there a bull-camel in its third year, ten dirhams or twogoats are to be given."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say at the endof his witr: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy good pleasure fromThy anger, and in Thy forgiveness from Thy punishment, and I seekrefuge in Thy mercy from Thy wrath. I cannot reckon the praisedue to Thee. Thou art as Thou hast praised Thyself."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah is single (witr) andloves what is single, so observe the witr, you who follow theQur'an.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him) uttered the salutation atthe end of the prayer, he used to say: "O Allah, forgive me myformer and latter sins, what I have kept secret and what I havedone openly, and what I have done extravagance; and what Thouknowest better than I do. Thou art the Advancer, the Delayer,there is no god but Thou"

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) would offer two rak'ahsafter every obligatory prayer except the dawn and the afternoonprayer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited to offer prayer afterthe afternoon prayer except at the time when the sun is high upin the sky.

Ali said on the pulpit in the mosque of Kufah: When Friday comes,the devils go to the markets with their flags, and involve peoplein their needs and prevent them from the Friday prayer. Theangels come early in the morning, sit at the door of the mosque,and record that so-and-so came at the first hour, and so-and-socame at the second hour until the imam comes out (for preaching). When a man sits in a place where he can listen (to the sermon)and look (at the imam), where he remains silent and does notinterrupt, he will receive a double reward. If he stays away,sits in a place where he cannot listen (to the sermon), silent,and does not interrupt, he will receive the reward only once. Ifhe sits in a place where he can listen (to the sermon) and look(at the imam), and he does not remain silent, he will have theburden of it. If anyone says to his companion sitting besides himto be silent (while the imam is preaching), he is guilty of idletalk. Anyone who interrupts (during the sermon) will receivenothing (no reward) on that Friday. Then he (the narrator) saysin the end of this tradition: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) say so.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: Ali, do notinstruct the imam during the prayer.

Jarir ad-Dabbi reported: I saw Ali (Allah be pleased with him)catching hold of his left hand) by his right hand on the wristabove the navel.

AbuJuhayfah said: Ali said that it is a sunnah to place one handon the other in prayer below the navel.

When the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) stood for offeringthe obligatory prayer, he uttered the takbir (Allah is mostgreat) and raised his hands opposite to his shoulders; and he didlike that when he finished recitation (of the Qur'an) and wasabout to bow; and he did like that when he rose after bowing; andhe did not raise his hands in his prayer while he was in hissitting position. When he stood up from his prostrations (at theend of two rak'ahs), he raised his hands likewise and uttered thetakbir (Allah is most great) and raised his hands so as to bringthem up to his shoulders, as he uttered the takbir in thebeginning of the prayer.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The key of prayer ispurification; takbir (saying "Allah is most great") makes (allacts which break prayer) unlawful and taslim (uttering thesalutation) makes (all such acts) lawful.

AbuSalih al-Ghifari reported: Ali (once) passed by Babylon duringhis travels. The mu'adhdhin (the person who calls for prayer)came to him to call for the afternoon prayer. When he passed bythat place, he commanded to announce for the prayer. Afterfinishing the prayer he said: My affectionate friend (i.e. theProphet) prohibited me to say prayer in the graveyard. He alsoforbade me to offer prayer in Babylon because it is accursed.

The urine of a female (child) should be washed and the urine of amale (child) should be sprinkled over until the age of eating.

The woman who has a prolonged flow of blood should wash herselfevery day when her menstrual period is over and take a woollencloth greased with fat or oil (to tie over the private parts).

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If anyone who issexual defiled leaves a spot equal to the breadth of a hairwithout washing, such and such an amount of Hell-fire will haveto be suffered for it. Ali said: On that account I treated myhead (hair) as an enemy, meaning I cut my hair. He used to cutthe hair (of his head). May Allah be pleased with him.

Abdullah ibn Salamah said: I, accompanied by other two persons,one from us and the other from Banu Asad, called upon Ali. Hesent them to a certain territory (on some mission) saying: Youare sturdy and vigorous people; hence display your power forreligion. He then stood and entered the toilet. He then came outand called for water and took a handful of it. Then he wiped (hishands) with it and began to recite the Qur'an. They weresurprised at this (action). Thereupon he said: The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) came out from the privy and taught usthe Qur'an and took meat with us. Nothing prevented him; or thenarrator said: Nothing prevented him from (reciting) the Qur'anexcept sexual defilement.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Angels do not enter thehouse where there is a picture, or a dog, or a person who issexually defiled.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: The eyes are theleather strap of the anus, so one who sleeps should performablution.

If the religion were based on opinion, it would be more importantto wipe the under part of the shoe than the upper but I have seenthe Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) wiping over the upperpart of his shoes.

Abdu Khayr said: Ali came upon us and he had already offeredprayer. He called for water. We asked: What will you do withwater when you have already offered prayer? - Perhaps to teachus. A utensil containing water and a wash-basin were brought (tohim). He poured water from the utensil on his right hand andwashed both his hands three times, rinsed the mouth, snuffed upwater and cleansed the nose three times. He then rinsed the mouthand snuffed up water with the same hand by which he took water.He then washed his face three times, and washed his right handthree times and washed his left hand three times. He then put hishand in water and wiped his head once. He then washed his rightfoot thrice and left foot thrice, then said: If one is pleased toknow the method of performing ablution of the Apostle of Allah,this is how he did it.

The key to prayer is purification; its beginning is takbir andits end is taslim.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not unveil your thigh,and do not look at the thigh of the living and the dead.

Do not be extravagant in shrouding, for I heard the Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) say: Do not be extravagant inshrouding, for it will be quickly decayed.

I said to the Prophet (peace be upon him): Your old and astrayuncle has died. He said: Go and bury your father, and then do notdo anything until you come to me. So I went, buried him and cameto him. He ordered me (to take a bath), so I took a bath, and heprayed for me.

A time is certainly coming to mankind when people will bite eachother and a rich man will hold fast, what he has in hispossession (i.e. his property), though he was not commanded forthat. Allah, Most High, said: "And do not forget liberalitybetween yourselves." The men who are forced will contract salewhile the Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade forced contract,one which involves some uncertainty, and the sale of fruitbefore it is ripe.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent me to the Yemen asjudge, and I asked: Apostle of Allah, are you sending me when Iam young and have no knowledge of the duties of a judge? Hereplied: Allah will guide your heart and keep your tongue true.When two litigants sit in front of you, do not decide till youhear what the other has to say as you heard what the first had tosay; for it is best that you should have a clear idea of the bestdecision. He said: I had been a judge (for long); or he said (thenarrator is doubtful): I have no doubts about a decisionafterwards.

A man of the Ansar called him and AbdurRahman ibn Awf andsupplied them wine before it was prohibited. Ali then led them inthe evening prayer, and he recited; "Say: O ye who reject faith."He was confused in it. Then the following verse came down: "O yewho believe! approach not prayers with a mind befogged until youcan understand all that ye say.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade us the use ofpumpkins, green jars, hollow stumps and wine made from barley.

Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibnAbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we hadinvited the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and he had eatenwith us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands onthe side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtainwhich had been put at the end of the house, he went away. SoFatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I(Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Apostle ofAllah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet toenter a house which is decorated.

It is forbidden to eat garlic unless it is cooked.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Do not uncover you thigh,and do not look at the thigh of the living and the dead.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade me to wear agold ring, or a Qassi garment or the use purple saddle-cloths.

The Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him) took silk and held it inhis right hand, and took gold and held it in his left hand andsaid: both of these are prohibited to the males of my community.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: The angels do not enter ahouse which contains a picture, a dog, or a man who is impure bysexual defilement.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to wear the signet-ring onhis right hand.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If only one day of thistime (world) remained, Allah would raise up a man from my familywho would fill this earth with justice as it has been filled withoppression.

AbuIshaq told that Ali looked at his son al-Hasan and said: Thisson of mine is a sayyid (chief) as named by the Prophet (peace beupon him), and from his loins will come forth a man who will becalled by the name of your Prophet (peace be upon him) andresemble him in conduct but not in appearance. He then mentionedthe story about his filling the earth with justice.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man called al-Harith ibnHarrath will come forth from Ma Wara an-Nahr. His army will beled by a man called Mansur who will establish or consolidatethings for Muhammad's family as Quraysh consolidated them for theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him). Every believer must helphim, or he said: respond to his sermons.

A Jewess used to abuse the Prophet (peace be upon him) anddisparage him. A man strangled her till she died. The Apostle ofAllah (peace be upon him) declared that no recompense was payablefor her blood.

Ibn Abbas said: A lunatic woman who had committed adultery wasbrought to Umar. He consulted the people and ordered that sheshould be stoned. Ali ibn AbuTalib passed by and said: What isthe matter with this (woman)? They said: This is a lunatic womanbelonging to a certain family. She has committed adultery. Umarhas given orders that she should be stoned. He said: Take herback. He then came to him and said: Commander of the Faithful, doyou not know that there are three people whose actions are notrecorded: a lunatic till he is restored to reason, a sleeper tillhe awakes, and a boy till he reaches puberty? He said: Yes. Hethen asked: Why is it that this woman is being stoned?He said:There is nothing. He then said: Let her go. He (Umar) let hergo and began to utter: Allah is most great.

Ibn Abbas said: A lunatic woman passed by Ali ibn AbuTalib. Hethen mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect asUthman mentioned. This version has: Do you not remember that theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) has said: There are threewhose actions are not recorded: a lunatic whose mind is derangedtill he is restored to consciousness, a sleeper till he awakes,and a boy till he reaches puberty?

AbuZubyan said: A woman who had committed adultery was brought toUmar. He gave orders that she should be stoned. Ali passed byjust then. He seized her and let her go. Umar was informed of it. He said: Ask Ali to come to me. Ali came to him and said:Commander of the Faithful, you know that the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) said: There are three (people) whose actionsare not recorded: A boy till he reaches puberty, a sleeper tillhe awakes, a lunatic till he is restored to reason. This is anidiot (mad) woman belonging to the family of so and so. Someonemight have done this action with her when she suffered the fit oflunacy. Umar said: I do not know. Ali said: I do not know.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: There are three (persons)whose actions are not recorded: a sleeper till he awakes, a boytill he reaches puberty, and a lunatic till he comes to reason.

A slave-girl belonging to the house of the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) committed fornication. He (the Prophet) said:Rush up, Ali, and inflict the prescribed punishment on her. Ithen hurried up, and saw that blood was flowing from her, and didnot stop. So I came to him and he said: Have you finishedinflicting (punishment on her)? I said: I went to her while herblood was flowing. He said: Leave her alone till her bleedingstops; then inflict the prescribed punishment on her. And inflictthe prescribed punishment on those whom your right hands possess(i.e. slaves).

Hudayn ibn al-Mundhir ar-Ruqashi, who was AbuSasan, said: I waspresent with Uthman ibn Affan when al-Walid ibn Uqbah was broughtto him. Humran and another man bore witness against him (fordrinking wine). One of them testified that he had seen himdrinking wine, and the other testified that he had seen himvomiting it. Uthman said: He could not vomit it, unless he didnot drink it. He said to Ali: Inflict the prescribed punishmenton him. Ali said to al-Hasan: Inflict the prescribed punishmenton him. Al-Hasan said: He who has enjoyed its pleasure shouldalso bear its burden. So Ali said to Abdullah ibn Ja'far:Inflict the prescribed punishment on him. He took a whip andstruck him with it while Ali was counting. When he reached(struck) forty (lashes), he said: It is sufficient. The Prophet(peace be upon him) gave forty lashes. I think he also said: "AndAbuBakr gave forty lashes, and Uthman eighty. This is all sunnah(standard practice). And this is dearer to me."

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) and AbuBakr gave fortylashes for drinking wine and Umar made it eighty. And all this issunnah, the model and standard practice.

Qays ibn Abbad and Ashtar went to Ali and said to him: Did theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) give you any instructionabout anything for which he did not give any instruction to thepeople in general? He said: No, except what is contained in thisdocument of mine. Musaddad said: He then took out a document.Ahmad said: A document from the sheath of his sword. Itcontained: The lives of all Muslims are equal; they are one handagainst others; the lowliest of them can guarantee theirprotection. Beware, a Muslim must not be killed for an infidel,nor must one who has been given a covenant be killed while hiscovenant holds. If anyone introduces an innovation, he will beresponsible for it. If anyone introduces an innovation or givesshelter to a man who introduces an innovation (in religion), heis cursed by Allah, by His angels, and by all the people.Musaddad said: Ibn AbuUrubah's version has: He took out adocument.

I said: Apostle of Allah! tell me if a son is born to me afteryour death, may I give him your name and your kunyah? He replied:Yes.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say when he laydown: O Allah, I seek refuge in Thy noble Person and in Thyperfect Words from the evil of what Thou seizest by its forelock;O Allah! Thou removest debt and sin; O Allah! thy troop's notrouted, Thy promise is not broken and the riches of the rich donot avail against Thee. Glory and praise be unto Thee!.

The tradition (No 5045, about Tasbih Fatimah) has beentransmitted by Ali to the same effect through a different chainof narrators. This version adds: Ali said: I did not leave them(Tasbih Fatimah) since I heard them from the Apostle of Allah(peace be upon him) except on the night of Siffin, for Iremembered them towards the end of the night and then I utteredthem.

The last words which the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)spoke were: Prayer, prayer; fear Allah about those whom yourright hands possess.

AbuDawud said: Al-Hasan ibn Ali traced this tradition back to theProphet (peace be upon him): When people are passing by, it isenough if one of them gives a salutation on their behalf, andthat it is enough for those who are sitting if one of themreplies.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: No servant will be a believer (in the true sense of the term) till he affirms his faith in four things: 1. He bears witness to the fact that there is no god but Allah. 2. I am His Messenger whom He has sent with Truth. 3. He affirms his faith in death and in the life after death. 4. He affirms his faith in the Divine Decree.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah.

Khadijah asked Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) about her children who had died in the days of ignorance. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: They are in Hell Fire, and when he saw the sign of disgust on her face, he said: If you were to see their station you would hate them. She said: Allah's Messenger, what about my child that was born of your loins? He said: It is in Paradise. Then Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily the believers and their children will be in Paradise and the polytheists and their children in the Hell Fire. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) then recited this verse: `And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in faith We unite with them their offspring and I shall deprive them of naught in their work.'

Transmitted by Ahmad.

I asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) about the emission of prostatic fluid. Whereupon he said: (The emission of) prostatic fluid necessitates ablution whereas the seminal emission necessitates bathing.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The screen between the eyes of Jinn and the private parts of the sons of Adam as one of them enters the privy is that he should say: In the name of Allah.

This hadith has been transmitted by Tirmidhi and he said: It is a gharib hadith and its isnad is not sound.

Ali performing ablution. He washed the palms of his hands till he cleaned them. He then rinsed (the mouth) thrice, snuffed up (water in the nostrils) thrice, washed his face thrice, and forearms thrice and wiped his head once. He then washed his feet up to the ankles. He then stood up and then taking hold of the remaining part (of the water of ablution) took it, while standing. Then he said: It was my pleasure to show you how the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed his ablution.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Nasa'i.

Abdu Khayr said: We were sitting and watching Ali as he performed ablution. He inserted his right hand (in water and then taking a handful) filled his mouth (with water). Then he rinsed (his mouth) and snuffed up (water into the nostrils) and then ejected the (mucus) with his left hand. He did that thrice and then said: He who is pleased to see (how) Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) performed ablution (he should know) that this was (his method) of performing ablution.

Transmitted by Darimi.

There came a person to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and he said: I took a bath because of sexual intercourse and then observed the dawn prayer and saw a spot, as big as a fingernail, where water had not reached. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Had you rubbed over it with your (wet) hand, it would have sufficed for you.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: Ali, there are three matters which should not be deferred: the Prayer when its time is due, the funeral as soon it is ready, and the case of a woman without a husband, when there is a suitable (spouse) for her in her class.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Ali, verily I like for thee what I like for myself and I disapprove for thee what I disapprove for myself. Don't sit on your heels raised between two prostrations.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: The niggardly is the one before whom I am mentioned and he does not invoke blessings upon me.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to offer four rak'ahs before Asr and used to say salutation in the middle on the favourite angels and those from among the believers and Muslims who follow them.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to observe four rak'ahs (nafl) before Asr prayer separating them with taslim (sending of salutations) to the angels who are near (Allah), and the Muslims and the believers who would come after them.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to observe the three rak'ahs for Witr, reciting nine Surahs from al-Mufassal in the course of them, three in each rak'ah the last of them being: Say: He is Allah One... (112).

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: When it is the night of Sha'ban observe the prayer during the night and observe the fast during the day for Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, descends to the heaven of the world as the sun sets and says: Is there anyone who seeks forgiveness so that I may forgive him? Is there anyone who seeks sustenance so that I may provide for him? Is there anyone in trouble so that I may relieve him, and so on and so forth till the dawn breaks.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A miser is one who does not invoke blessings upon me when I am mentioned in his presence.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade us to sacrifice an animal with a broken horn or a slit ear."

Ibn Majah transmitted.

A slave who had settled the terms of his freedom with his master came to Ali and said: I am not able to discharge my instalments according to the agreement and I ask you to help me. Ali said to him: Shall I teach you a supplication which the Prophet (peace be upon him) taught me whereby Allah will discharge your obligation (debt) even if it were as heavy as a mountain? Supplicate: Allah, make that which is permissible sufficient for me so as to make me independent of that which is forbidden and of Thy grace bestow upon me a sufficiency which will make me independent of all beside Thee.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) forbade a woman to shave her head.

Transmitted by Nasa'i and Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had told them to stand at a funeral, but later he sat and ordered them to sit.

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "The abortion will dispute with his Lord when He causes his parents to enter Hell, and will receive the reply, 'You abortion who are disputing with your Lord, bring your parents into Paradise." He will then draw them with his umbilical cord till he bring them into Paradise."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "There is no sadaqah on green herbs, palm-trees given in usufruct for a year, less than five camel-loads, working animals, or al-jabhah." As-Saqr said al-jabhah consisted of horses, mules and slaves.

Transmitted by Daraqutni.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Give the sadaqah without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity."

Razin transmitted it.

Al-Harith al-A'war said: While passing through the mosque I found the people engrossed in (prohibited) talk, so I went to Ali and told him. He asked if that was really so, and when I assured him that it was, he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "Dissension will certainly come." I asked him what is the way out of it, to which he replied, "Allah's Book is the way (out), for it contains information of what has happened before you, news of what will happen after you, and a decision regarding matters which occur among you. It is the distinguisher and is not jesting. If any overweening person abandons it Allah will break him, and if anyone seeks guidance elsewhere Allah will lead him astray. It is Allah's strong cord, it is the wise reminder, it is the straight path, it is that by which the desires do not swerve nor the tongues become confused, and the learned cannot grasp it completely. It does not become worn out by repetition and its wonders do not come to an end. It is that of which the jinn did not hesitate to say when they heard it, 'We have heard a wonderful recital which guides to what is right, and we believe in it.' He who utters it speaks the truth, he who acts according to it is rewarded, he who pronounces judgment according to it is just, and he who invites people to it guides to a straight path."

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is unknown, and al-Harith is adversely criticised.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone recites the Qur'an, learns it by heart, declares what is lawful in it to be lawful and what is unlawful in it to be unlawful, Allah will bring him into Paradise and make him the intercessor for ten of his family all of whom have deserved Hell."

Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying that this is a gharib tradition, and that Hafs ibn Sulayman the transmitter is not strong, but is declared to be a weak traditionist.

Ali heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "Everything has an adornment, and the adornment of the Qur'an is ar-Rahman."

Bayhaqi transmitted it in Shu'ab al-Iman.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) used to like this surah, "Glorify the name of thy Most High Lord."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah loves the believing servant who is severely tried and is penitent."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Ali told of a slave who had made a contract with his master to pay for his freedom, coming to him and saying, "I am unable to fulfil my contract, so give me help." He suggested teaching him words he had been taught by Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) which would be so effective that if he had a debt as large as a huge mountain Allah would pay it for him, telling him to say, "O Allah, grant me enough of what Thou makest lawful so that I may dispense with what Thou makest unlawful, and make me able by Thy grace to dispense with all but Thee."

Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in [Kitab] ad-Da'wah al-Kabir, transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone possesses enough provision and a riding-beast to take him to Allah's House and does not perform the pilgrimage, it does not matter whether he dies a Jew or a Christian. That is because Allah Who is Blessed and Exalted says, 'Pilgrimage to the House is a duty men owe to Allah, those who can afford the journey'."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition whose isnad is criticised, Hilal ibn Abdullah is unknown, and al-Harith is declared to be weak in tradition.

Ali told of a man coming to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and saying, "I hastened to Mecca before shaving." He replied, "Shave (or clip), for no harm will come." Another came and said, "I sacrificed before throwing the pebbles." He replied, "Throw them, for no harm will come."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Ali heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) curse those who took usury, those who paid it, those who recorded it, and those who refused to give sadaqah. And he used to prohibit wailing.

Nasa'i transmitted it.

You (people) recite this verse, "After a legacy you bequeath or a debt," but Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) decided that a debt should be discharged before a legacy and that the sons of the same mother inherit from one another, but not the sons of one father by different mothers. A man should inherit from his brother who had the same father and mother, but not from his brother who had the same father but a different mother.

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it. In a version by Darimi he said, "Brothers who have the same mother inherit from one another but not sons of the same father but of different mothers, etc."

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) presented me with two youths who were brothers, and when I sold one of them Allah's Messenger asked me, "What has happened to your young man, Ali?" When I told him he said, "Buy him back, buy him back."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "If anyone transgresses and receives his punishment in this world, Allah is too Just to repeat the punishment to His servant in the next; and if anyone transgresses and Allah conceals it and forgives him, He is too Generous to go back upon a thing He has forgiven."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had in his hand an Arab bow, and on seeing a man with a Persian bow in his hand, he said, "What is this? Throw it away. Keep to this and similar types, and to spears with shafts, for Allah will help you to support the religion with them and establish you in the land."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, that Gabriel came down to him and said to him, "Give them (i.e. your companions) their choice regarding the prisoners at Badr, whether they should be killed or ransomed on condition that a similar number of them should be killed the following year." They replied, "We shall accept ransom and have some of us killed."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) sacrificed a sheep on the seventh day for al-Hasan and said, "Shave his head, Fatimah, and give the weight of his hair in silver as sadaqah." So they weighed it and it amounted to a dirham or part of a dirham.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition, but its isnad is not fully connected because Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn was not born in the time of Ali ibn AbuTalib.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade that a woman should shave her head.

Nasa'i transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "One Muslim should do six acts of kindness to another: he should salute him when he meets him, accept his invitation when he gives one, say 'Allah have mercy on you' when he sneezes, visit him when he is ill, follow his bier when he dies, and like for him what he likes for himself."

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Darimi.

I used to visit Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) by night and by day, and when I entered at night he cleared his throat as a sign to me.

Nasa'i transmitted it.

When we were sitting with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) in the mosque, Mus'ab ibn Umayr came to us, wearing only a cloak of his patched with fur. When Allah's Messenger saw him he wept to think of his former affluence and his condition at that time. He then said, "How will it be with you when one of you goes out in the morning wearing a mantle and goes out in the evening wearing another, when one dish is placed before him and another removed, and you cover your houses as the Ka'bah is covered?" On receiving the reply, "Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), we shall then be better than we are today, having leisure for worship and possessing all we require," he said, "No, you are better today than you will be at that time."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "When my people do fifteen things trial will alight on them." He enumerated these things, but did not mention that learning would be acquired for other than a religious purpose. He said, "Shows kindness to his friend and repulses his father." He also said, "Wine is drunk and silk is worn."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "In Paradise there is a market in which there is no buying or selling, but only the forms of men and women; and when a man desires a form he enters it."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, in Paradise there is a meeting-place for the large-eyed maidens who will raise voices such as created beings have never heard and say, "We are the women who live for ever and do not pass away, we are the women in affluent circumstances who will not be destitute, we are the women who are pleased and not displeased. Blessed are those who belong to us and to whom we belong!"

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was neither tall nor short, he had a large head and beard, the palms of his hands and his feet were calloused, he had a reddish tinge, he had large joints, the hair on his breast was long, and when he walked he bent forward as though he were descending a slope. I have never seen anyone like him before or since.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.

When Ali described the Prophet (peace be upon him) he said: He was neither very tall nor excessively short, but was a man of medium size. He had neither very curly nor flowing hair but a mixture of both. He was not obese, he did not have a very round face, but it was so to some extent. He was reddish-white, he had wide black eyes and long eyelashes. He had protruding joints and shoulder-blades, he was not hairy but had some hair on his chest, and the palms of his hands and his feet were calloused. When he walked he raised his feet as though he were walking on a slope; when he turned round he turned completely. Between his shoulders was the seal of prophecy and he was the seal of the prophets. He had a finer chest than anyone else, was truer in utterance than anyone else, had the gentlest nature and the noblest tribe. Those who saw him suddenly stood in awe of him and those who shared his acquaintanceship loved him. Those who described him said they had never seen anyone like him before or since.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Once when I was with the Prophet in Mecca and we went out into one of its districts in the neighbourhood, not a mountain or tree which confronted him failed to say, "Peace be upon you, Messenger of Allah."

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it.

"When I asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) for anything he gave it to me, and when I said nothing he was the first to speak."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "I am the house of wisdom and Ali is its door."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition, adding that some transmit this tradition on Sharik's authority without mentioning regarding it that it is transmitted on as-Sunabihi's authority. He said the only reliable authority from whom he knew this tradition was Sharik.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said to him, "You have a resemblance to Jesus whom the Jews hated so much that they slandered his mother and whom the Christians loved so much that they placed him in a position not rightly his." Ali afterwards said, "Two people will perish on my account, one who loves me so excessively that he praises me for what I do not possess, and one who hates me so much that he will be impelled by his hatred to slander me."

Ahmad transmitted it.

I had a position in relation to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) which no other creature had. I would come to him at the break of day and say, "Peace be upon you, Prophet of Allah (peace be upon him)." If he then cleared his throat I went off to my family, otherwise I entered.

Nasa'i transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came upon me when I had a complaint and was saying, "O Allah, if my appointed time has come grant me rest, if it is to be delayed grant me abundant means of subsistence, but if this is a testing grant me endurance." Allah's Messenger asked him how he had expressed himself, and when he repeated to him what he had said, he gave him a kick and said, "O Allah, heal him," or "Cure him." The transmitter was doubtful about the exact words. He said that he did not afterwards complain of his pain.

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition.

Ali's ear had heard the following being uttered from the mouth of Allah's Messenger: "Talhah and az-Zubayr will be my neighbours in paradise."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Sa'd was the only one for whom Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) named his parents together. At the battle of Uhud he said to him, "Shoot, my father and my mother be your ransom!" He also said to him, "Shoot, strong young man."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

When Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was asked whom they should appoint commander after he had gone, he replied, "If you appoint AbuBakr as commander you will find him trustworthy, with little desire for worldly goods but eager for the next world; if you appoint Umar as commander you will find him trustworthy and strong, fearing for Allah's sake no one's blame; and if you appoint Ali as commander, but I cannot see you doing so, you will find him a guide who is rightly guided who will lead you in the straight way."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Allah, show mercy to AbuBakr! He gave me his daughter as wife, he conveyed me to the abode of the emigration, he accompanied me in the cave, and he freed Bilal out of his property. Allah, show mercy to Umar! He speaks the truth even if it is bitter, and the truth has left him without a friend. Allah, show mercy to Uthman! The angels display bashfulness before him. Allah, show mercy to Ali! O Allah, cause the truth to accompany him wherever he goes!"

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.

Al-Hasan resembled Allah's Messenger from the breast to the head and al-Husayn resembled the Prophet below that.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "If I were to appoint anyone as commander without (need for) consultation I should appoint Ibn Umm Abd."

Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

When Ammar asked permission to come in to see the Prophet (peace be upon him) he said, "Let him come in. Welcome to the very good man!"

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Every Prophet has seven eminent men who are guardians, but I have been given fourteen." Ali was asked who they were and replied, "I, my two sons, Ja'far, Hamzah, AbuBakr, Umar, Mus'ab ibn Umayr, Bilal, Salman, Ammar, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, AbuDharr and al-Miqdad."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Shurayh ibn Ubayd told that when the people of Syria were mentioned in Ali's presence and someone said, "Curse them, commander of the faithful," he refused, saying he had heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying, "The substitutes, a body of forty men, will be in Syria, and as often as one dies Allah will put another in his place. By virtue of them rain will be provided, by virtue of them help will be sought against enemies, and by virtue of them affliction will be averted from the Syrians."

Ahmad transmitted it.

Ali said: By Him Who split up the seed and created somethingliving, the Apostle (peace be upon him) gave me a promise that noone but a believer would love me, and none but a hypocrite wouldnurse grudge against me.

Shurayh ibn Hani said: I came to Aisha to ask her about wipingover the socks. She said: You better ask Ali ibn AbuTalib for heused to travel with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).We asked him and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be uponhim) stipulated (the upper limit) of three days and three nightsfor a traveller and one day and one night for the resident.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) forbade me to recite(the Qur'an) in a state of bowing and prostration.

When the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) rose at night forprayer, he would say: I turn my face in complete devotion to OneWho is the Originator of Heaven and Earth and I am not of thepolytheists. Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my life and my deathare for Allah, the Lord of the worlds. There is no partner withHim; this is what I have been commanded (to profess and believe)and I am of the believers. O Allah, Thou art the King, there isno god but Thee, Thou art my Lord, and I am Thy bondsman. Iwronged myself and make a confession of my sins. Forgive all mysins, for no one forgives the sins but Thee, and guide me in thebest conduct for none but Thee guideth anyone (in good) conduct.Remove sins from me, for no one else but Thou can remove sinsfrom me. Here I am at Thy service, and Grace is to Thee and thewhole of good is in Thy hand, and one cannot come close to Theethrough evil. My (power as well as existence) is due to Thee (Thygrace) and I turn to Thee (for supplication), Thou art blessedand Thou art exalted. I seek forgiveness from Thee and turn toThee in repentance. When he bowed, he would say: O Allah, it isfor Thee that I bow. I affirm my faith in Thee, I submit to Thee,and submit humbly before Thee my hearing, my eyesight, my bones,my sinews. When he would raise his head, he would say: O Allah,our Lord, praise is due to Thee, (the praise) which fills theHeavens and Earth, and which fills that (space) which existsbetween them, and fills anything that Thou desireth afterwards. When he prostrated himself, he (the Holy Prophet) would say: OAllah, it is to Thee that I prostrate myself, it is in Thee thatI affirm my faith, and I submit to Thee . My face is submittedbefore One Who created it, shaped it and opened his faculties ofhearing and seeing. Blessed is Allah, the best of Creators Hewould then say between Tashahhud and the pronouncing ofsalutation: Forgive me the earlier and later, open and secret(sins), and where I have transgressed and that Thou knowestbetter than I. Thou art the First and the Last. There is no godbut Thee.

It is narrated on the authority of Waqid: Nafi' ibn Jubayr saw meand we were standing for a bier, while he was sitting and waitingfor the bier to be placed on the ground. He said to me: Whatmakes you keep standing? I said: I am waiting that the bier maybe placed on the ground (and I am doing that) on the hadithnarrated to me by AbuSa'id al-Khudri. Upon this Nafi said:Verily, Mas'ud ibn Hakam reported to me on the authority of Aliibn AbuTalib that the Prophet (peace be upon him) stood up first(for a bier) and then sat down.

AbulHayyaj al-Asadi told that Ali ibn AbuTalib said to him:Should I not send you on the same mission as Allah's Messenger(peace be upon him) sent me? Do not leave an image withoutobliterating it, or a high grave without levelling it. Thishadith has been reported by Habib with the same chain oftransmitters and he said: (do not leave) a picture withoutobliterating it.

Whenever I narrate to you anything from the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him), believe it to be absolutely true, as fallingfrom the sky is dearer to me than attributing anything to him(the Holy Prophet) which he never said. When I talk to you ofanything which is between me and you (there might creep someerror in it) for battle is an outwitting. I heard the Messengerof Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: There will arise at theend of the era people who will be young in age and immature inthought, but they would talk (in such a manner) as if their wordsare the best among the creatures. They will recite the Qur'an,but it will not go beyond their throats, and they would passthrough the religion as an arrow goes through the prey. So whenyou meet them, kill them, for in killing them you will receive areward from Allah on the Day of Judgment.

Ali said: Messenger of Allah, why is it that you select (yourwife) from among the Quraysh, but you ignore us (the nearest ofthe kin)? Thereupon he said: Have you anything for me (a suitablematch for me)? I said: Yes, the daughter of Hamzah, whereuponAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: She is not lawful forme, for she is the daughter of my brother by reason of fosterage.

Ali, while delivering the address said: O people, impose theprescribed punishment upon your slaves, those who are married andthose not married, for a slave-woman belonging to Allah'sMessenger (peace be upon him) had committed adultery, and hecommitted me to flog her. But she had recently given birth to achild and I was afraid that if I flogged her I might kill her. SoI mentioned that to Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and hesaid: You have done well.

Hudayn ibn al-Mundhir AbuSasan reported: I saw that Walid wasbrought to Uthman ibn Affan as he had prayed two rak'ahs of thedawn prayer. He said: I make an increase for you. And two menbore witness against him. One of them was Humran who said that hehad drunk wine. The second one gave evidence that he had seen himvomiting. Uthman said: He would not have vomited (wine) unless hehad drunk it. He said: Ali, stand up and lash him. Ali said:Hasan, stand up and lash him. Thereupon Hasan said: Let himsuffer the heat (of Caliphate) who has enjoyed its coolness. (Ali felt annoyed at this remark) and he said: Abdullah ibnJa'far, stand up and flog him, and he began to flog him and Alicounted the stripes until these were forty. He (Ali) said: Stopnow, and then said: Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) gaveforty stripes, AbuBakr also gave forty stripes, and Umar gaveeighty stripes. All these fall under the category of the Sunnah,but this one (forty stripes) is dearer to me.

AbuUbayd reported: I was with Ali ibn AbuTalib on the occasion ofthe 'Id day. He started with the 'Id prayer before delivering thesermon, and said: Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbadeus to eat the flesh of our sacrificial animals beyond three days.

AbuTufayl Amir ibn Wathilah reported: I was in the company of Aliibn AbuTalib, when a person came to him, and said: What was itthat Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) told you in secret?Thereupon he (Ali) was enraged and said: Allah's Apostle (peacebe upon him) did not tell me anything in secret, that he hid frompeople, except that he told me four things. He said: Commander ofFaithful, what are these? He said: Allah cursed him who cursedhis father; Allah cursed him who sacrificed for anyone besidesAllah; and Allah cursed him who accommodates an innovator (inreligion); and Allah cursed him who changed the minarets (theboundary lines) of the land.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade wearing of silk andyellow clothes, and the gold ring, and the reciting of the Qur'anin the ruku' (state of kneeling in prayer).

The Prophet (peace be upon him), forbade me that I should wear myring in this (forefinger) or in that near it. (Asim, one of thenarrators in the chain of transmitters said: I did not rememberwhich of the two (fingers) he pointed out); and he (the Prophet)forbade to wear Qassi material (silk garments), and to sit on thesilk saddle cloth. As regards Qassi, it is a variegated garmentwhich was brought from Egypt and Syria which had figures upon it,and as regards Mayathir, it is something which women prepared fortheir husbands as red cloths for their saddles.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said to him: Say: "O Allah,direct me to the right path and make me adhere to the straightpath," and when you make a mention of right guidance, keep inmind the right path and when you consider of the straight (path),keep in mind the straightness of the arrow.

Muhammad reported from his father, Umar, on the authority of hisgrandfather, Ali ibn AbuTalib: When Ali travelled, he continuedto travel till it became nearly dark. He then alighted andoffered the sunset prayer. Then he would call for his dinner andeat it. Then he prayed the night prayer and then moved off. Hewould say: This is how the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)used to do. Usamah ibn Zayd reported from Hafs ibn Ubaydullah,the son of Anas ibn Malik: Anas would combine them (the eveningand night prayer) when the twilight disappeared. He said: TheProphet (peace be upon him) used to do so. Az-Zuhri also reportedsimilarly on the authority of Anas from the Prophet (peace beupon him).

When anyone of you comes to prayer while the Imam is in a posture (in prayer) he must do what the Imam does.

Tirmidhi transmitted it and he declared: This is a gharib hadith.

Abdullah ibn Shaqiq reported that Uthman (Allah be pleased withhim) used to forbid Tamattu' whereas Ali (Allah be pleased withhim) ordered to do it. Uthman said a word to Ali, but Ali said:You know that we used to perform Tamattu; with the Messenger ofAllah (peace be upon him), whereupon he said: It is right, but weentertained fear.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade women to shave their heads.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Ali quoting his father said: Rukanah wrestled with the Prophet(peace be upon him) and the Prophet (peace be upon him) threw himon the ground. Rukanah said: I heard the Prophet (peace be uponhim) say: The difference between us and the polytheists is thatwe wear turbans over caps.

We came upon the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) in Medina.He would postpone the afternoon prayer as long as the sunremained white and clear.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: If anyone spends the nighton the roof of a house with no stone palisade, Allah'sresponsibility to guard him no longer applies.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: When any of youbreaks wind during the prayer, he should turn away and performablution and repeat the prayer.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) as saying: Do not go outmuch when there are few people about , for Allah the Exaltedscatters abroad of His beasts in that hour (according to IbnMarwan's version). Ibn Marwan's version has: For Allah hascreatures. He then mentioned the barking of dogs and braying ofasses in a similar manner. He added in his version: Ibn al-Hadsaid: Shurahbil ibn al-Hajib told me on the authority of Jabiribn Abdullah from the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him)similar to it.

Ali ibn Zayd quoted Umayyah as saying that she asked Aisha about the words of Allah, who is Great and Glorious, "Whether you publish what is in your minds or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it" and His words, "If anyone does evil he will be requited for it." She replied that no one had asked her about them since she had asked Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and received the reply, "This is Allah's rebuke of His servant by means of fever or misfortune with which He afflicts him, even such a matter as something he puts in his sleeve and grieves for when he loses it. The result is that the servant comes out of his sins as the pure gold comes out of the crucible."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Part of a man's good observance of Islam is that he leaves alone what does not concern him."

Malik and Ahmad transmitted it; Ibn Majah transmitted it on AbuHurayrah's authority; and Tirmidhi and Bayhaqi, in Shu'ab al-Iman, gave it on the authority of both.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "He who sends a contribution to Allah's cause and stays in his house will have seven hundred dirhams for every dirham he contributes. But he who fights in person and contributes to that expedition of his, will have seven hundred thousand dirhams for every dirham he contributes." Then he recited this verse, "And Allah multiplies to whom He will."

Ibn Majah transmitted it.

While I was walking with 'Abdullah he said, "We were in the company of the Prophet and he said, 'He who can afford to marry should marry, because it will help him refrain from looking at other women, and save his private parts from committing illegal sexual relation; and he who cannot afford to marry is advised to fast, as fasting will diminish his sexual power.' "

I asked 'Aisha "Did Allah's Apostle use to choose some special days (for fasting)?" She replied, "No, but he used to be regular (constant) (in his service of worshipping). Who amongst you can endure what Allah's Apostle used to endure?"

I went to Sham (and asked. "Who is here?"), The people said, "Abu Ad-Darda." Abu Darda said, "Is the person whom Allah has protected against Satan, (as Allah's Apostle said) amongst you?" The sub-narrator, Mughira, said that the person who was given Allah's refuge through the tongue of the Prophet was 'Ammar (bin Yasir).

I went to Sham and offered a two-Rak'at prayer and then said, "O Allah! Bless me with a good pious companion." So I went to some people and sat with them. An old man came and sat by my side. I asked, "Who is he?" They replied, "(He is) Abu-Ad-Darda.' I said (to him), "I prayed to Allah to bless me with a pious companion and He sent you to me." He asked me, "From where are you?" I replied, "From the people of Al-Kufa." He said, "Isn't there amongst you Ibn Um 'Abd, the one who used to carry the shoes, the cushion(or pillow) and the water for ablution? Is there amongst you the one whom Allah gave refuge from Satan through the request of His Prophet? Is there amongst you the one who keeps the secrets of the Prophet which nobody knows except him?" Abu Darda further asked, "How does 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) recite the Sura starting with, 'By the Night as it conceals (the light)?' " (92.1) Then I recited before him:

"By the Night as it envelops: And by the Day as it appears in brightness; And by male and female." (91.1-3) On this Abu Ad-Darda' said, "By Allah, the Prophet made me recite the Sura in this way while I was listening to him (reciting it)."

I went to Sham and was offering a two-Rak'at prayer; I said, "O Allah! Bless me with a (pious) companion." Then I saw an old man coming towards me, and when he came near I said, (to myself), "I hope Allah has given me my request." The man asked (me), "Where are you from?" I replied, "I am from the people of Kufa." He said, "Weren't there amongst you the carrier of the (Prophet's) shoes, siwak and the ablution water container? Weren't there amongst you the man who was given Allah's refuge from the Satan? And weren't there amongst you the man who used to keep the (Prophet's) secrets which nobody else knew? How did Ibn Um 'Abd (i.e. 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud) use to recite Surat-al-Lail (the Night:92)?" I recited:

"By the Night as it envelops By the Day as it appears in brightness. And by male and female." (92.1-3) On that, Abu Darda said, "By Allah, the Prophet made me read the Verse in this way after listening to him, but these people (of Sham) tried their best to let me say something different."

We were sitting with Ibn Masud when Khabbab came and said, "O Abu Abdur-Rahman! Can these young fellows recite Qur'an as you do?" Ibn Mas'ud said, "If you wish I can order one of them to recite (Qur'an) for you." Khabbab replied, "Yes." Ibn Mas'ud said, "Recite, O 'Alqama!" On that, Zaid bin Hudair, the brother of Ziyad bin Hudair said, (to Ibn Mas'ud), "Why have you ordered 'Alqama to recite though he does not recite better than we?" Ibn Mas'ud said, "If you like, I would tell you what the Prophet said about your nation and his (i.e. 'Alqama's) nation." So I recited fifty Verses from Sura-Maryam. 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) said to Khabbab, "What do you think (about 'Alqama's recitation)?" Khabbab said, "He has recited well." 'Abdullah said, "Whatever I recite, 'Alqama recites." Then 'Abdullah turned towards Khabbab and saw that he was wearing a gold ring, whereupon he said, "Hasn't the time for its throwing away come yet?" Khabbab said, "You will not see me wearing it after today," and he threw it away.

'Abdullah (bin Masud) said, "Allah curses those ladies who practice tattooing and those who get themselves tattooed, and those ladies who remove the hair from their faces and those who make artificial spaces between their teeth in order to look more beautiful whereby they change Allah's creation." His saying reached a lady from Bani Asd called Um Yaqub who came (to Abdullah) and said, "I have come to know that you have cursed such-and-such (ladies)?" He replied, "Why should I not curse these whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are (cursed) in Allah's Book!" Um Yaqub said, "I have read the whole Qur'an, but I did not find in it what you say." He said, "Verily, if you have read it (i.e. the Qur'an), you have found it. Didn't you read:

'And whatsoever the Apostle gives you take it and whatsoever he forbids you, you abstain (from it).' (59.7)

She replied, "Yes, I did," He said, "Verily, Allah's Apostle forbade such things." She said, "But I see your wife doing these things?" He said, "Go and watch her." She went and watched her but could not see anything in support of her statement. On that he said, "If my wife was as you thought, I would not keep her in my company."

I went to Sham with a group of the companions of 'Abdullah (bin Mas'ud). Abu Ad-Darda' heard of our arrival so he came to us and said, "Is there anybody among you who can recite (Qur'an)?" We replied in the affirmative. Then he asked, "Who is the best reciter?" They pointed at me. Then he told me to recite, so I recited the verse:

"By the night as it envelops; By the day as it appears in brightness; By (Him Who created) male and the female." (92.1-3) Abu Ad-Darda' then said to me, "Did you hear it (like this) from the mouth of your friend ('Abdullah bin Mas'ud)?" I said, "Yes." He said, "I too, heard it (like this) from the mouth of the Prophet, but these people do not consider this recitation as the correct one."

While we were in the city of Hims (in Syria), Ibn Mas'ud recited Surat Yusuf. A man said to him), "It was not revealed in this way." Then Ibn Mas'ud said, "I recited it in this way before Allah's Apostle and he confirmed my recitation by saying, 'Well done!' " Ibn Mas'ud detected the smell of wine from the man's mouth, so he said to him, "Aren't you ashamed of telling a lie about Allah's Book and (along with this) you drink alcoholic liquors too?" Then he lashed him according to the law.

While I was with Abdullah, 'Uthman met him at Mina and said, "O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman! I have something to say to you." So both of them went aside and 'Uthman said, "O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman! Shall we marry you to a virgin who will make you remember your past days?" When 'Abdullah felt that he was not in need of that, he beckoned me (to join him) saying, "O 'Alqama!" Then I heard him saying (in reply to 'Uthman), "As you have said that, (I tell you that) the Prophet once said to us, 'O young people! Whoever among you is able to marry, should marry, and whoever is not able to marry, is recommended to fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power.' "

'Abdullah cursed those women who practiced tattooing and those who removed hair from their faces and those who created spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as changed what Allah has created. Um Ya'qub said, "What is that?" 'Abdullah said, "Why should I not curse those who were cursed by Allah's Apostle and are referred to in Allah's Book?" She said to him "By Allah, I have read the whole Qur'an but I have not found such a thing. 'Abdullah said, "By Allah, if you had read it (carefully) you would have found it. (Allah says:) 'And what the Apostle gives you take it and what he forbids you abstain (from it).'" (59.7)

I asked 'Aisha, mother of the believers, "O mother of the believers! How were the deeds of the Prophet? Did he use to do extra deeds of worship on special days?" She said, "No, but his deeds were regular and constant, and who among you is able to do what the Prophet was able to do (i.e. in worshipping Allah)?"

Marwan said to his gatekeeper, "Go to Ibn 'Abbas, O Rafi, and say, 'If everybody who rejoices in what he has done, and likes to be praised for what he has not done, will be punished, then all of us will be punished.' " Ibn Abbas said, "What connection have you with this case? It was only that the Prophet called the Jews and asked them about something, and they hid the truth and told him something else, and showed him that they deserved praise for the favor of telling him the answer to his question, and they became happy with what they had concealed."

Then Ibn Abbas recited:

"(And remember) when Allah took a Covenant from those who were given the Scripture...and those who rejoice in what they have done and love to be praised for what they have not done." (3.187-188)

The Prophet (peace be upon him) bestowed land in Hadramawt asfief.

It has been narrated on the authority of Alqamah ibn Wa'ilal-Hadrami who learnt the tradition from his father. The lattersaid: Salamah ibn Yazid al-Ju'afi asked the Messenger of Allah(peace be upon him): Prophet of Allah, what do you think if wehave rulers who rule over us and demand that we discharge ourobligations towards them, but they (themselves) do not dischargetheir own responsibilities towards us? What do you order us todo? The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) avoided givingany answer. Salamah asked him again. He (again) avoided givingany answer. Then he asked again--it was the second time or thethird time-- when Ash'ath ibn Qays (find that the Holy Prophetwas being unnecessarily pressed for answer) pulled him aside andsaid: Listen to them and obey them, for on them will be theirburden and on you will be your burden.