Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Marry virgins, for they have the sweetest mouths, the most prolific wombs, and are most satisfied with little."

Ibn Majah transmitted it in mursal form.

Once when they were with Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) he recited Ta'-Sin-Mim till he came to the story of Moses and said, "Moses hired himself for eight or ten years in return for preserving his chastity and receiving his food."

Ahmad and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

Who was one of the men of the tribe of Bani Salim: Allah's Apostle came to me and said, "If anybody comes on the Day of Resurrection who has said: La ilaha illal-lah, sincerely, with the intention to win Allah's Pleasure, Allah will make the Hell-Fire forbidden for him."

(the son of Muhib) An Egyptian who came and performed the Hajj to the Kaba saw some people sitting. He enquired, "Who are these people?" Somebody said, "They are the tribe of Quraish." He said, "Who is the old man sitting amongst them?" The people replied, "He is 'Abdullah bin 'Umar." He said, "O Ibn Umar! I want to ask you about something; please tell me about it. Do you know that 'Uthman fled away on the day (of the battle) of Uhud?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Yes." The (Egyptian) man said, "Do you know that 'Uthman was absent on the day (of the battle) of Badr and did not join it?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Yes." The man said, "Do you know that he failed to attend the Ar Ridwan pledge and did not witness it (i.e. Hudaibiya pledge of allegiance)?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Yes." The man said, "Allahu Akbar!" Ibn 'Umar said, "Let me explain to you (all these three things). As for his flight on the day of Uhud, I testify that Allah has excused him and forgiven him; and as for his absence from the battle of Badr, it was due to the fact that the daughter of Allah's Apostle was his wife and she was sick then. Allah's Apostle said to him, "You will receive the same reward and share (of the booty) as anyone of those who participated in the battle of Badr (if you stay with her).' As for his absence from the Ar-Ridwan pledge of allegiance, had there been any person in Mecca more respectable than 'Uthman (to be sent as a representative), Allah's Apostle would have sent him instead of him. No doubt, Allah's Apostle had sent him, and the incident of the Ar-Ridwan pledge of Allegiance happened after 'Uthman had gone to Mecca. Allah's Apostle held out his right hand saying, 'This is 'Uthman's hand.' He stroked his (other) hand with it saying, 'This (pledge of allegiance) is on the behalf of 'Uthman.' Then Ibn 'Umar said to the man, 'Bear (these) excuses in mind with you.'

The Prophet said, "The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."

Al-Aslamiyyah said: I said to Uthman ibn Talhah al-Hajabi): Whatdid the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say to you when hecalled you? He said: (The Prophet said:) I forgot to order you tocover the two horns (of the lamb), for it is not advisable thatthere should be anything in the House (the Ka'bah) which divertsthe attention of the man at prayer. Ibn as-Sarh said: The name ofmy maternal uncle is Musafi' ibn Shaybah.

I went to Um Salama and she brought out for us some of the dyed hair of the Prophet. Ibn Mauhab also said that Um Salama had shown him the red hair of the Prophet.

The Prophet said, "The most superior among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."

A man came to perform the Hajj to (Allah's) House. Seeing some people sitting, he said, "Who are these sitting people?" Somebody said, "They are the people of Quraish." He said, "Who is the old man?" They said, "Ibn 'Umar." He went to him and said, "I want to ask you about something; will you tell me about it? I ask you with the respect due to the sanctity of this (Sacred) House, do you know that 'Uthman bin 'Affan fled on the day of Uhud?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Yes." He said, "Do you know that he (i.e. 'Uthman) was absent from the Badr (battle) and did not join it?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Yes." He said, "Do you know that he failed to be present at the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance (i.e. pledge of allegiance at Hudaibiya) and did not witness it?" Ibn 'Umar replied, "Yes," He then said, "Allahu-Akbar!" Ibn 'Umar said, "Come along; I will inform you and explain to you what you have asked. As for the flight (of 'Uthman) on the day of Uhud, I testify that Allah forgave him. As regards his absence from the Badr (battle), he was married to the daughter of Allah's Apostle and she was ill, so the Prophet said to him, 'You will have such reward as a man who has fought the Badr battle will get, and will also have the same share of the booty.' As for his absence from the Ridwan pledge of allegiance if there had been anybody more respected by the Meccans than 'Uthman bin 'Affan, the Prophet would surely have sent that man instead of 'Uthman. So the Prophet sent him (i.e. 'Uthman to Mecca) and the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance took place after 'Uthman had gone to Mecca. The Prophet raised his right hand saying. 'This is the hand of 'Uthman,' and clapped it over his other hand and said, "This is for 'Uthman.'" Ibn 'Umar then said (to the man), "Go now, after taking this information."

When the deputation of Thaqif came to the Apostle of Allah (peacebe upon him), he made them stay in the mosque, so that it mightsoften their hearts. They stipulated to him that they would notbe called to participate in Jihad, to pay zakat and to offerprayer. The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said: You mayhave the concession that you will not be called to participate injihad and pay zakat, but there is no good in a religion which hasno bowing (i.e. prayer).

Apostle of Allah, appoint me the leader of the tribe in prayer.He said: You are their leader, but you should follow on who isthe weakest of them: and appoint a mu'adhdhin who does not chargefor the calling of adhan.

The Prophet (nay peace be upon him) commanded him to build amosque at Ta'if where the idols were placed.

I heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) saying: David (may the peace of Allah be upon him) had an hour in the night in which he would awaken his family and say: O family of David, wake up and pray for it is the hour when Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, readily responds to the supplication except that of a sorcerer or a tax-collector,

Transmitted by Ahmad.

Uthman came to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) and said:Allah's Messenger, the Satan intervenes between me and my prayerand my reciting of the Qur'an and he confounds me. ThereuponAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: That is (the doing ofthe Satan) who is known as Khinzab, and when you perceive itseffect, seek refuge with Allah from it and spit three times toyour left. I did that and Allah dispelled that from me.

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) said to him: Lead yourpeople in prayer. I said: Messenger of Allah, I perceivesomething (disturbing) in my soul. He (the Prophet) asked me todraw near him and making me sit down in front of him he placedhis hand on my breast between my nipples, and then, telling me toturn round, he placed it on my back between my shoulders. He thensaid: Act as an Imam for your people. He who acts as Imam of thepeople, he must be brief, for among them are the aged, among themare the sick, among them are the weak and among them are thepeople who have business to attend. But when any of you praysalone, he may pray as he likes.

Uthman made a complaint of pain to Allah's Messenger (peace beupon him) which he felt in his body at the time he had becomeMuslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said:Place your hand at the place where you feel pain in your body andsay Bismillah (in the name of Allah) three times, and seventimes: I seek refuge with Allah and with His Power from the evilthat I find and that I fear.

Rabah said: My people married me to a Roman slave-girl of theirs.I had intercourse with her, and she gave birth to a black (male)child like me. I named it Abdullah. I again had intercourse withher, and she gave birth to a black (male) child like me. I namedit Ubaydullah. Then a Roman slave of my people, called Yuhannah,incited her, and spoke to her in his own unintelligible language.She gave birth to a son like a chameleon (red). I asked her:What is this? She replied: This belongs to Yuhannah. We thenbrought the case to Uthman (for a decision). I think Mahdi saidthese words. He inquired from both of them, and they acknowledged(the facts). He then said to them: Do you agree that I take thedecision about you, which the Apostle of Allah (peace be uponhim) had taken? The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) decidedthat the child was to attributed to the one on whose bed it wasborn. And I think he said: He flogged her and flogged him, forthey were slaves.

Whenever the Prophet (peace be upon him) became free from buryingthe dead, he used to stay at him (i.e. his grave) and say: Seekforgiveness for your brother, and beg steadfastness for him, forhe will be questioned now.

AbuUmamah ibn Sahl said: We were with Uthman when he was besiegedin the house. There was an entrance to the house. He who enteredit heard the speech of those who were in the Bilat. Uthman thenentered it. He came out to us, looking pale. He said: They arethreatening to kill me now. We said: Allah will be sufficientfor you against them, Commander of the Faithful! He asked: Whykill me? I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Itis not lawful to kill a man who is a Muslim except for one of thethree reasons: Kufr (disbelief) after accepting Islam,fornication after marriage, or wrongfully killing someone, forwhich he may be killed. I swear by Allah, I have not committedfornication before or after the coming of Islam, nor did I everwant another religion for me instead of my religion since Allahgave guidance to me, nor have I killed anyone. So for what reasondo you want to kill me?

Aban ibn Uthman said: I heard Uthman ibn Affan (his father) say:I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: If anyonesays three times: "In the name of Allah, when Whose name ismentioned nothing on Earth or in Heaven can cause harm, and He isthe Hearer, the Knower" he will not suffer sudden affliction tillthe morning, and if anyone says this in the morning, he will notsuffer sudden affliction till the evening. Aban was afflicted bysome paralysis and when a man who heard the tradition began tolook at him, he said to him: Why are you looking at me? I swearby Allah, I did not tell a lie about Uthman, nor did Uthman tella lie about the Prophet (peace be upon him), but that day when Iwas afflicted by it, I became angry and forgot to say them.

When the Prophet (peace be upon him be upon him) died, some of his companions were so much aggrieved (at his death) that they were disposed to doubts. Uthman said: I was one of them. While I was sitting there happened to pass by me Umar and he offered me salutation which I did not notice. Umar made a complaint of that to AbuBakr. Then both of them came and offered me salutation and AbuBakr said: What prompted you to ignore the salutation of your brother, Umar. I said: I never did that. Umar said: By Allah, of course you did that. I said: By Allah I did not perceive that you passed by me and paid salutation. AbuBakr said: Uthman is speaking the truth and something must have absorbed your mind (that you did not take notice of this matter). I said: Yes it is so. He said: What is that? I said: Allah has taken away His Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him) before we asked him how we could free ourselves from the snares of the world and the devil. AbuBakr said: I did ask about that. So I got near to him and said to him: May my father and mother be taken as ransom for you and you were the worthiest to ask. Thereupon AbuBakr said: I said to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), how one could free oneself from the snares of the world and devil. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who accepted from me the word that I presented to my uncle which he rejected is the freedom (from them) (Affirmation of the oneness of Allah and the Apostlehood of Muhammad).

Transmitted by Ahmad.

When Uthman stood by the side of a grave, he wept and he wept so bitterly that his beard became wet with tears. It was said to him: You do not weep over the discussion of Paradise and Hell, but you weep over it (grave). Whereupon he said that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had said: Verily the grave is the first step in the stages of the Hereafter; if one finds salvation (at this stage) the succeeding (stages) become easy for him, and if he does not find salvation in it, what follows this stage is very hard upon him. Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) also said: I have never seen a site more horrible than that of the grave.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Tirmidhi said this is a gharib hadith.

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) let the water flow through his beard.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi and Darimi.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A son of Adam (man) has a right to have only three things: A house to live in, a dress to cover his body and private parts, and a piece of bread and water.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He whom the Adhan overtakes while he is in the mosque, and who then goes out, but not for any (genuine) need, and not even intending to return, is a hypocrite.

Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Uthman heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: Patrolling the frontier for a day in the cause of Allah is better than a thousand days of another good works.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

"If anyone recites the end of Aal-i-Imran one night, the reward for a night spent in prayer will be recorded for him."

Darimi transmitted it.

A blind man came to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked him to pray to Allah to cure him. He replied, "If you wish, I shall make supplication to Allah, but if you wish you will endure, for that is better for you." The man asked him to make supplication. (Uthman) said: "He then commanded him to perform ablution, doing it well, and make this supplication, "O Allah, I make request of Thee and I turn towards Thee by means of Thy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the prophet of mercy. By means of him I have turned towards my Lord to accomplish for me this need of mine. O Allah, make him an intercessor for me."

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

AbuUmamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf told that when Uthman ibn Affan was besieged he looked down and said: I adjure you by Allah. Are you aware that Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "It is not lawful to kill a man who is a Muslim except for one of three reasons: fornication after marriage, or unbelief after accepting Islam, or wrongfully killing someone, for which he may be killed"? "I swear by Allah that I have not committed fornication before or after the coming of Islam, or apostatised since I swore allegiance to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), or killed anyone whom Allah has declared inviolate; so for what reason do you want to kill me?"

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah transmitted it, and Darimi gives the wording of the tradition.

Ibn Mawhib told that when Uthman ibn Affan asked Ibn Umar to act as qadi among the people he asked the commander of the faithful to excuse him. He asked him what objection he had to that when his father had been holding such an office, and he replied that it was because he had heard Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) say, "If anyone is a qadi and fulfils the office with justice, he should rather turn away from it with neither credit nor blame." After that he did not ask him again.

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "A day on the frontier in Allah's path is better than a thousand days in any other place."

Tirmidhi and Nasa'i transmitted it.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The son of Adam has a right only to the following: a house in which he lives, a garment with which he conceals his private parts, dry bread and water."

Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Allah's Messenger said, "He who is treacherous to the Arabs will not be included in my intercession and will not receive my love."

Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition which he knew only among the traditions of Husayn ibn Umar who is not considered by traditionists to be strong.

Thumamah ibn Hazan al-Qushayri said, "I was present at the house, when Uthman looked out on the people and said, `I adjure you by Allah and by Islam, are you aware that when Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) came to Medina and it had no water considered fresh but Bi'r Rumah, desiring that he and the Muslims might dip their buckets in it, he asked who would buy Bi'r Rumah for a better one in Paradise, and I bought it from my capital? Yet you are preventing me from drinking from it today so that I have to drink salty water.'" When they swore by Allah that they were aware, he said, "I adjure you by Allah and by Islam, are you aware that when the mosque became too small for the people and Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) asked who would buy the plot of the family of so and so for a better one in Paradise and add it to the mosque, I bought it from my capital? Yet today you are preventing me from praying two rak'ahs in it." When they swore by Allah that they were aware he said, "I adjure you by Allah and by Islam, are you aware that I equipped the Army of Distress (Jaysh al-Usrah) from my property?" When they swore by Allah that they were aware he said, "I adjure you by Allah and by Islam, are you aware that when Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) was on Thabir at Mecca, accompanied by AbuBakr, Umar and myself, the mountain shook so that its stones were falling one after another to the ground below, he kicked it with his foot and said, 'Be still, Thabir, for there are only a prophet, a Siddiq and two martyrs on you '?" When they swore by Allah that they were aware he said three times, "Allah is most great. They have testified by the Lord of the Ka'bah that I am a martyr."

Tirmidhi, Nasa'i and Daraqutni transmitted it.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who diedknowing (fully well) that there is no god but Allah enteredParadise.

I heard Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) say: When the timefor a prescribed prayer comes, if any Muslim performs ablutionwell and offers his prayer) with humility and bowing, it will bean expiation for his past sins, so long as he has not committed amajor sin; and this applies to for all times.

Uthman performed ablution at Maqa'id and said: Should I not showyou the ablution performed by Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him)? And he then washed (the different parts of the body) threetimes. Qutaybah has added in his narration the words: "There waswith him (with Uthman) Companions of Allah's Apostle (peace beupon him) "

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) at the time of ourreturning from our prayer told us (certain things pertaining topurification). (Mis'ar said: I find that it was afternoonprayer.) He said: I do not know whether I should tell you a thingor keep quiet. We said: Messenger of Allah, tell us if it is goodand if it is otherwise, Allah and His Apostle (peace be upon him)know better. Upon this he said: A Muslim who purifies (himself)and completes purification as enjoined upon him by Allah and thenoffers the prayers, that will be expiatious (of his sins hecommitted) between these (prayers).

One day Uthman ibn Affan performed the ablution well, and thensaid: I saw Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) perform ablution,the best ablution, and then observed: He who performed ablutionlike this and then went towards the mosque and nothing (but thelove of) prayer urged him (to do so), all his previous (minor)sins would be expiated.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: He who performedablution well, his sins would come out from his body, even comingout from under his nails.

Uthman entered the mosque after evening prayer and sat alone. I(AbdurRahman ibn AbuAmrah) also sat alone with him, so he said:O, son of my brother, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) say: He who observed the Isha prayer in congregation,it was as if he prayed up to the midnight, and he who prayed themorning prayer in congregation, it was as if he prayed the wholenight.

Nubayh ibn Wahb reported that the eyes of Umar ibn Ubaydullah ibnMa'mar were swollen, and he decided to use antimony. Aban ibnUthman forbade him to do so and commanded him to apply aloes onthem, and reported on the authority of Uthman ibn Affan that theApostle of Allah (peace be upon him) had done that.

Umar ibn Ubaydullah intended to marry Talhah ibn Umar with thedaughter of Shaybah ibn Jubayr; so he sent a messenger to Abanibn Uthman to attend the marriage, and he was at that time theAmir of Hajj. Aban said: I heard Uthman ibn Affan say thatAllah's Messenger (peace be upon him) had stated: A Muhrim mustneither marry himself, nor arrange the marriage of another one,nor should he make the proposal of marriage.

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Do not sell a dinarfor two dinars and one dirham for two dirhams.

Yazid al-Farisi said: I heard Ibn Abbas say: I asked Uthman ibnAffan: What moved you to put the (Surah) al-Bara'ah which belongsto the mi'in (surahs) (containing one hundred verses) and the(Surah) al-Anfal which belongs to the mathani (Surahs) in thecategory of as-sab'u at-tiwal (the first long surah or chaptersof the Qur'an), and you did not write "In the name of Allah, theCompassionate, the Merciful" between them? Uthman replied: Whenthe verses of the Qur'an were revealed to the Prophet (peace beupon him), he called someone to write them down for him and saidto him: Put this verse in the surah in which such and such hasbeen mentioned; and when one or two verses were revealed, he usedto say similarly (regarding them). (Surah) al-Anfal is the firstsurah that was revealed at Medina, and (Surah) al-Bara'ah wasrevealed last in the Qur'an, and its contents were similar tothose of al-Anfal. I, therefore, thought that it was a part ofal-Anfal. Hence I put them in the category of as-sab'u at-tiwal(the seven lengthy surahs), and I did not write "In the name ofAllah, the Compassionate, the Merciful" between them.