The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Allah did not make anythinglawful more abominable to Him than divorce.

Jabir bin Abdullah said, "When Allah's Apostle arrived at Medina, he slaughtered a camel or a cow." Jabir added, "The Prophet bought a camel from me for two Uqiyas (of gold) and one or two Dirhams. When he reached Sirar, he ordered that a cow be slaughtered and they ate its meat. When he arrived at Medina, he ordered me to go to the mosque and offer two Rakat, and weighed (and gave) me the price of the camel."

The Prophet (peace be upon him) entered al-Ji'ranah. He came tothe mosque (there) and prayed as long as Allah desired; he thenwore ihram. Then he rode his camel and faced Batn Sarif till hereached the way which leads to Medina. He returned from Mecca (atnight to al-Ji'ranah) as if he had passed the night at Mecca.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: If you gain avictory over the men of Jews, kill them. So Muhayyisah jumpedover Shubaybah, a man of the Jewish merchants. He had closerelations with them. He then killed him. At that time Huwayyisah(brother of Muhayyisah) had not embraced Islam. He was older thanMuhayyisah. When he killed him, Huwayyisah beat him and said: Oenemy of Allah, I swear by Allah, you have a good deal of fat inyour belly from his property.

The she-camel of Bara' ibn Azib entered the garden of a man anddid damage to it. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gavedecision that the owners of properties are responsible forguarding them by day, and the owners of animals are responsiblefor guarding them by night.

Muhayyisah asked permission of the Apostle of Allah (peace beupon him) regarding hire of the cupper, but he forbade him. Hekept on asking his permission, and at last he said to him: Feedyour watering camel with it and feed your slave with it.

(regarding the Verse): "Those of you who die and leave wives behind. They (their wives) shall wait (as regards their marriage ) for four months and ten days." (2.234)

The widow, according to this Verse, was to spend this period of waiting with her husband's family, so Allah revealed: "Those of you who die and leave wives (i.e. widows) should bequeath for their wives, a year's maintenance and residences without turning them out, but if they leave (their residence), there is no blame on you for what they do with themselves provided it is honorable (i.e. lawful marriage)." (2.240)

So Allah entitled the widow to be bequeathed extra maintenance for seven months and twenty nights, and that is the completion of one year. If she wished she could stay (in her husband's home) according to the will, and she could leave it if she wished, as Allah says:

"...without turning them out, but if they leave (the residence), there is no blame on you." So the 'Idda (i.e. four months and ten days as it) is obligatory for her.

'Ata said: Ibn 'Abbas said, "This Verse, i.e. the Statement of Allah: '...without turning them out...' cancelled the obligation of staying for the waiting period in her dead husband's house, and she can complete this period wherever she likes." 'Ata' said: "If she wished, she could complete her 'Idda by staying in her dead husband's residence according to the will or leave it according to Allah's Statement:

'There is no blame on you for what they do with themselves.' " 'Ata' added: "Later the regulations of inheritance came and abrogated the order of the dwelling of the widow (in her dead husband's house), so she could complete the 'Idda wherever she likes. And it was no longer necessary to provide her with a residence." Ibn 'Abbas said, "This Verse abrogated her (i.e. widow's) dwelling in her dead husband's house and she could complete the 'Idda (i.e. four months and ten days) wherever she liked, as Allah's Statement says: '...without turning them out...' "

Someone came to Ibn 'Umar and said, "Here is Allah's Apostle entering the Ka'ba." Ibn 'Umar said, "I went there but the Prophet had come out of the Ka'ba and I found Bilal standing between its two doors. I asked Bilal, 'Did the Prophet pray in the Ka'ba?' Bilal replied, 'Yes, he prayed two Rakat between the two pillars which are to your left on entering the Ka'ba. Then Allah's Apostle came out and offered a two-Rak'at prayer facing the Ka'ba.' "

Somebody came to the house of Ibn 'Umar and told him that Allah's Apostle had entered the Ka'ba. Ibn 'Umar said, "I went in front of the Ka'ba and found that Allah's Apostle had come out of the Ka'ba and I saw Bilal standing by the side of the gate of the Ka'ba. I said, 'O Bilal! Has Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) prayed inside the Ka'ba?' Bilal replied in the affirmative. I said, 'Where (did he pray)?' He replied, '(He prayed) Between these two pillars and then he came out and offered a two Rakat prayer in front of the Ka'ba.' " Abu 'Abdullah said: Abu Huraira said, "The Prophet (p.b.u.h) advised me to offer two Rakat of Duha prayer (prayer to be offered after sunrise and before midday)." Itban (bin Malik) said, "Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and Abu Bakr, came to me after sunrise and we aligned behind the Prophet (p.b.u.h) and offered two Rakat."

I was in the company of Ibn Abbas and the people talked about Ad-Dajjal and said, "Ad-Dajjal will come with the word Kafir (non-believer) written in between his eyes." On that Ibn Abbas said, "I have not heard this from the Prophet but I heard him saying, 'As if I saw Moses just now entering the valley reciting Talbyia. ' "

Ursa bin Az-Zubair and I entered the Mosque (of the Prophet) and saw 'Abdullah bin Umar sitting near the dwelling place of Aisha and some people were offering the Duha prayer. We asked him about their prayer and he replied that it was a heresy. He (Ursa) then asked him how many times the Prophet had performed 'Umra. He replied, "Four times; one of them was in the month of Rajab." We disliked to contradict him. Then we heard 'Aisha, the Mother of faithful believers cleaning her teeth with Siwak in the dwelling place. 'Ursa said, "O Mother! O Mother of the believers! Don't you hear what Abu 'Abdur Rahman is saying?" She said, "What does he say?" 'Ursa said, "He says that Allah's Apostle performed four 'Umra and one of them was in the month of Rajab." 'Aisha said, "May Allah be merciful to Abu 'Abdur Rahman! The Prophet did not perform any 'Umra except that he was with him, and he never performed any 'Umra in Rajab."

That when the people mentioned before Ibn 'Abbas that the Dajjal would have the word Kafir, (i.e. unbeliever) or the letters Kafir (the root of the Arabic verb 'disbelieve') written on his forehead, I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying, "I did not hear this, but the Prophet said, 'If you want to see Abraham, then look at your companion (i.e. the Prophet) but Moses was a curly-haired, brown man (who used to ride) a red camel, the reins of which was made of fires of date-palms. As if I were now looking down a valley."

I asked Ibn 'Abbas, "Should we perform a prostration on reciting Surat-Sad?" He recited (the Sura) including: 'And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)...so follow their guidance.' " (6.84-91) And then he said, "Your Prophet is amongst those people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the preceding apostles)."

'Urwa and I entered the mosque and found 'Abdullah bin 'Umar sitting beside the dwelling place of 'Aisha. 'Urwa asked (Ibn 'Umar), "How many 'Umras did the Prophet perform?" Ibn 'Umar replied, "Four, one of which was in Rajab." Then we heard 'Aisha brushing her teeth whereupon 'Urwa said, "O mother of the believers! Don't you hear what Abu 'Abdur-Rahman is saying? He is saying that the Prophet performed four 'Umra, one of which was in Rajab." 'Aisha said, "The Prophet did not perform any 'Umra but he (i.e. Ibn 'Umar) witnessed it. And he (the Prophet ) never did any 'Umra in (the month of) Rajab."

I said to Ibn 'Umar, "I want to migrate to Sham." He said, "There is no migration, but Jihad (for Allah's Cause). Go and offer yourself for Jihad, and if you find an opportunity for Jihad (stay there) otherwise, come back." (In another narration) Ibn 'Umar said, "There is no migration today or after Allah's Apostle," (and completed his Statement as above.)

Allah's Apostle got up on the day of the Conquest of Mecca and said, "Allah has made Mecca a sanctuary since the day He created the Heavens and the Earth, and it will remain a sanctuary by virtue of the sanctity Allah has bestowed on it till the Day of Resurrection. It (i.e. fighting in it) was not made lawful to anyone before me, nor will it be made lawful to anyone after me, and it was not made lawful for me except for a short period of time. Its game should not be chased, nor should its trees be cut, nor its vegetation or grass uprooted, nor its Luqata (i.e. lost things) picked up except by one who makes a public announcement about it." Al-Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib said, "Except the Idhkhir, O Allah's Apostle, as it is indispensable for blacksmiths and houses." On that, the Prophet kept quiet and then said, "Except the Idhkhir as it is lawful to cut."

That he asked Ibn 'Abbas, "Is there a prostration in Surat-al-Sad?" (38.24) Ibn Abbas said, "Yes," and then recited: "We gave...So follow their guidance." (6.85,90) Then he said, "He (David ) is one them (i.e. those prophets)." Mujahid narrated: I asked Ibn 'Abbas (regarding the above Verse). He said, "Your Prophet (Muhammad) was one of those who were ordered to follow them."

Ibn Abbas said, "Allah ordered His Prophet to celebrate Allah's praises after all prayers." He refers to His Statement: "After the prayers." (50.40)

(regarding the Verse): "If any of you dies and leaves wives behind," That was the period of the 'Iddah which the widow was obliged to spend in the house of the late husband. Then Allah revealed: "And those of you who die and leave wives should bequeath for their wives a year's maintenance and residence without turning them out, but if they leave, there is no blame on you for what they do of themselves, provided it is honorable (i.e. lawful marriage)." (2.240) Mujahid said: Allah has ordered that a widow has the right to stay for seven months and twenty days with her husband's relatives through her husband's will and testament so that she will complete the period of one year (of 'Iddah). But the widow has the right to stay that extra period or go out of her husband's house as is indicated by the statement of Allah: "But if they leave there is no blame on you..." (2.240) Ibn 'Abbas said: The above Verse has cancelled the order of spending the period of the 'Iddah at her late husband's house, and so she could spend her period of the 'Iddah wherever she likes. And Allah says: "Without turning them out." 'Ata said: If she would, she could spend her period of the 'Iddah at her husband's house, and live there according to her (husband's) will and testament, and if she would, she could go out (of her husband's house) as Allah says: "There is no blame on you for what they do of themselves." (2.240) 'Ata added: Then the Verses of inheritance were revealed and the order of residence (for the widow) was cancelled, and she could spend her period of the 'Iddah wherever she would like, and she was no longer entitled to be accommodated by her husband's family.

We were with Ibn 'Abbas and the people mentioned Ad-Dajjal. Someone said, "The word 'Kafir' (unbeliever) is written in between his (Ad-Dajjal's) eyes." Ibn 'Abbas said, "I have not heard the Prophet saying this, but he said, 'As regards Abraham, he looks like your companion (i.e. the Prophet, Muhammad), and as regards Moses, he is a brown curly haired man riding a camel and reigned with a strong jute rope, as if I am now looking at him getting down in the valley and saying, "Labbaik".' "

'Abdullah bin 'Umar said, "Allah's Apostle took hold of my shoulder and said, 'Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler.' " The sub-narrator added: Ibn 'Umar used to say, "If you survive till the evening, do not expect to be alive in the morning, and if you survive till the morning, do not expect to be alive in the evening, and take from your health for your sickness, and (take) from your life for your death."

Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say, "There is no more Hijrah (i.e. migration) after the Conquest of Mecca."

'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to say, "There is no migration after the Conquest (of Mecca)."

The Prophet said (to 'Abdullah), "Fast three days a month." 'Abdullah said, (to the Prophet) "I am able to fast more than that." They kept on arguing on this matter till the Prophet said, "Fast on alternate days, and recite the whole Qur'an once a month." 'Abdullah said, "I can recite more (in a month)," and the argument went on till the Prophet said, "Recite the Qur'an once each three days." (i.e. you must not recite the whole Qur'an in less than three days).

Mujammi' was one of the Qur'an-reciters (qaris), and he said: Wewere present with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) atal-Hudaybiyyah. When we returned, the people were driving theircamels quickly. The people said to one another: What is thematter with them? They said: Revelation has come down to theProphet (peace be upon him). We also proceeded with the people,galloping (our camels). We found the Prophet (peace be upon him)standing on his riding-animal at Kura' al-Ghamim. When thepeople gathered near him, he recited: "Verily We have grantedthee a manifest victory. A man asked: Is this a victory, Apostleof Allah? He replied: Yes. By Him in Whose hands the soul ofMuhammad is, this is a victory. Khaybar was divided among thosewho had been at al-Hudaybiyyah, and the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him) divided it into eighteen portions. The armyconsisted of one thousand five hundred men, of which threehundred were cavalry, and he gave two shares to a horseman andone to a foot-soldier.

Khaybar was divided among the people of al-Hudaybiyyah. TheApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) divided it into eighteenportions. The army contained one thousand and five hundredpeople. There were three hundred horsemen among them. He gavedouble share to the horsemen, and a single to the footmen.

I took Abu Mabad to the Prophet in order that he might give him the pledge of allegiance for migration. The Prophet said, "Migration has gone to its people, but I take the pledge from him (i.e. Abu Mabad) for Islam and Jihad."

Mujja'ah went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) asking him forthe blood-money of his brother whom Banu Sadus from Banu Dhuhlhad killed. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Had Iappointed blood-money for a polytheist, I should have appointedit for your brother. But I shall give you compensation for him.So the Prophet (peace be upon him) wrote (a document) for himthat he should be given a hundred camels which were to beacquired from the fifth taken from the polytheists of Banu Dhuhl.So he took a part of them, for Banu Dhuhl embraced Islam. Hethen asked AbuBakr for them later on, and brought to him thedocument of the Prophet (peace be upon him). So AbuBakr wrote forhim that he should be given one thousand two hundred sa's fromthe sadaqah of al-Yamamah; four thousand (sa's) of wheat, fourthousand (sa's) of barley, and four thousand (sa's) of dates. The text of the document written by the Prophet (peace be uponhim) for Mujja'ah was as follows: "In the name of Allah, theBeneficent, the Merciful. This document is from Muhammad, theProphet, to Mujja'ah ibn Mirarah of Banu Sulma. I have given himone hundred camels from the first fifth acquired from thepolytheist of Banu Dhuhl as a compensation for his brother."

I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) when he mentioned the civil wars and their nearness; and when a man who was veiled by a garment passed by he said, "On that day this man will be rightly guided." I got up and went to him and found he was Uthman ibn Affan, then, making him face the Prophet (peace be upon him), I asked if this were the man, and he replied, "Yes."

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

That he asked Said bin Jubair regarding (the statement of Allah): "Move not your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith." He said, "Ibn 'Abbas said that the Prophet used to move his lips when the Divine Inspiration was being revealed to him. So the Prophet was ordered not to move his tongue, which he used to do, lest some words should escape his memory. 'It is for Us to collect it' means, 'We will collect it in your chest;' and 'its recitation' means, 'We will make you recite it.' 'But when We recite it (i.e. when it is revealed to you), follow its recital; it is for Us to explain it and make it clear,' (i.e. We will explain it through your tongue).

Sa'id bin Jubair reported from Ibn 'Abbas regarding the explanation of the Verse: 'Do not move your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith.' He said, "The Prophet used to undergo great difficulty in receiving the Divine Inspiration and used to move his lips." Ibn 'Abbas said (to Sa'id), "I move them (my lips) as Allah's Apostle used to move his lips." And Said said (to me), "I move my lips as I saw Ibn 'Abbas moving his lips," and then he moved his lips. So Allah revealed:

'(O Muhammad!) Do not move your tongue concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith. It is for Us to collect it and give you (O Muhammad) the ability to recite it. (i.e., to collect it in your chest and then you recite it).' (75.16-17) 'But when We have recited it, to you (O Muhammad through Gabriel) then follow you its recital.' (75.18) This means, "You should listen to it and keep quiet and then it is upon Us to make you recite it."

The narrator added, "So Allah's Apostle used to listen whenever Gabriel came to him, and when Gabriel left, the Prophet would recite the Qur'an as Gabriel had recited it to him."

(From the daughter of Khalid bin Sa id bin Al-'Asi) who said that she had heard the Prophet seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment in the grave.

Salim bin 'Abdullah's father said, "The Prophet said that while resting in the bottom of the valley at Muarras in Dhul-Hulaifa, he had been addressed in a dream: 'You are verily in a blessed valley.' " Salim made us to dismount from our camels at the place where 'Abdullah used to dismount, aiming at the place where Allah's Apostle had rested and it was below the Mosque situated in the middle of the valley in between them (the residence) and the road.

'Abdullah bin Al-Fadl told me that Anas bin Malik said, "I was much grieved over those who had been killed in the Battle of Al-Harra. When Zaid bin Arqarr heard of my intense grief (over the killed Ansar), he wrote a letter to me saying that he heard Allah's Apostle saying, "O Allah! Forgive the Ansar and the Ansar children." The subnarrator, Ibn Al-Fadl, is not sure whether the Prophet also said, "And their grand-children." Some of those who were present, asked Anas (about Zaid). He said, "He (Zaid) is the one about whom Allah's Apostle said, 'He is the one whose sound hearing Allah testified.' "

Musa had the letter of Mu'adh ibn Jabal from the Prophet (peace be upon him) to the effect that he ordered him to collect sadaqah only on wheat, barley, raisins and dates.

It is in mursal form and is transmitted in Sharh as-Sunnah.

Musa had seen no one whose speech was more chaste than Aisha's.

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

I asked my father, "Was the Verse: 'Say: (O Muhammad) Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of their deeds?'(18.103) revealed regarding Al-Haruriyya?" He said, "No, but regarding the Jews and the Christians, for the Jews disbelieved Muhammad and the Christians disbelieved in Paradise and say that there are neither meals nor drinks therein. Al- Hururiyya are those people who break their pledge to Allah after they have confirmed that they will fulfill it, and Sad used to call them 'Al-Fasiqin (evildoers who forsake Allah's obedience)."

Sa'd used to recommend five (statements) and mentioned that the Prophet used to recommend it. (It was) "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness; and seek refuge with You from cowardice; and seek refuge with You from being sent back to geriatric old age; and I seek refuge with You from the affliction of this world (i.e., the affliction of Ad-Dajjal etc.); and seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave."

I offered prayer beside my father and approximated both my hands and placed them in between the knees. My father told me not to do so and said, "We used to do the same but we were forbidden (by the Prophet) to do it and were ordered to place the hands on the knees."

Once Sad (bin Abi Waqqas) thought that he was superior to those who were below him in rank. On that the Prophet said, "You gain no victory or livelihood except through (the blessings and invocations of) the poor amongst you."

Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas used to recommend these five (statements) and say that the Prophet said so (and they are): "O Allah! I seek refuge with You from miserliness, and seek refuge with You from cowardice, and seek refuge with You from being brought back to geriatric old age, and seek refuge with You from the afflictions of the world, and seek refuge with You from the punishment of the grave."