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Sahih Muslim
Book 037 -
The Book Pertaining to
Repentance and Exhortation to Repentance (Kitab Al-Tauba)
Book 37, Number 6610:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying : Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: I live in the
thought of My servant and I am with him as he remembers Me. (The Holy
Prophet) further said: By Allah, Allah is more pleased wth the repentance of
His servant than what one of you would do on finding the lost camel in the
waterless desert. When he draws near Me by the span of his hand. I draw near
him by the length of a cubit and when he draws near Me by the length of a
cubit. I draw near him by the length of a fathom and when he draws near Me
walking I draw close to him hurriedly.
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Book 37, Number 6611:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant
when he turns penitently towards Him than one of you would be on finding the
lost camel.
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Book 37, Number 6612:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira through another chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6613:
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Harith b. Suwaid said: I went to see 'Abdullah to inquire
about his health as he was sick and he narrated to us a hadith of Allahs
Messenger (may peace be upon him). He heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His
believing servant than a person who loses his riding beast carrying food and
drink. He sleeps (being disappointed of its recovery) and then gets up and
goes in search for that, until he is stricken with thirst. then comes back
to the place where he had been before and goes to sleep completely exhausted
placing his head upon his hands waiting for death. And when he gets up, lot
there is before him his riding beast and his provisions of food and drink.
Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant than the recovery
of this riding beast along with the provisions (of food and drink).
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Book 37, Number 6614:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash
through another chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6615:
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'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a believing
man. The rest of the hadith is the same.
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Book 37, Number 6616:
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Nu'man b. Bashir reported: Allah is more pleased with the
repentance of a believing servant than of a person who set out on a journey
with a provision of food and drink on the back of his camel. He went on
until he came to a waterless desert and he felt like sleeping. So he got
down under the shade of a tree and was overcome by sleep and his camel ran
away. As he got up he tried to see (the camel) standing upon a mound. but
did not find it. He then got upon the other mound, but could not see
anything. He then climbed upon the third mound but did not see anything
until he came back to the place where he had been previously. And as he was
sitting (in utter disappointment) there came to him the camel, till that
(camel) placed its nosestring in his hand. Allah is more pleased with the
repentance of His servant than the person who found (his lost camel) in this
very state. Simak reported that Sha'bi was of the opinion that Nu'min traced
it to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him). Simak, however, did not hear
that himself.
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Book 37, Number 6617:
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Al-Bara' b. 'Azib reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
What is your opinion about the delight of a person whose camel loaded with
the provisions of food and drink is lost and that moves about with its
nosestring trailing upon the waterless desert in which there is neither food
nor drink, and lie wanders about in search of that until he is completely
exhausted and then accidentally it happens to pass by the trunk of a tree
and its nosestring gets entangled in that and he finds it entangled therein?
He (in response to the question of the Holy Prophet) said: Allah's
Messenger, he would feel highly delighted. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said. By Allah, Allah is more delighted at the repentance
of His servant than that person (as he finds his lost) camel.
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Book 37, Number 6618:
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Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of a servant as
he turns towards Him for repentance than this that one amongst you is upon
the camel in a waterless desert and there is upon (that camel) his provision
of food and drink also and it is lost by him, and he having lost all hope
(to get tbat) lies down in the shadow and is disappointed about his camel
and there he finds that camel standing before him. He takes hold of his
nosestring and then out of boundless joy says: 0 Lord, Thou art my servant
and I am Thine Lord. He commits this mistake out of extreme delight.
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Book 37, Number 6619:
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Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant
than if one of you gets up and he finds his camel missing in a waterless
desert (and then he accidentally finds it). This hadith has been narrated on
the authority of Anas b. Malik through another chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6620:
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Abu Sirma reported that when the time of the death of Abu
Ayyub Ansari drew near, he said: I used to conceal from you a thing which I
heard from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I heard Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as sayirig: Had you not committed sins,
Allah would have brought into existence a creation that would have committed
sin (and Allah) would have forgiven them.
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Book 37, Number 6621:
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Abu Ayyub Ansari reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: If you were not to commit sins, Allah would have
swept you out of existence and would have replaced you by another people who
have committed sin, and then asked forgiveness from Allah, and He would have
granted them pardon.
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Book 37, Number 6622:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) having said: By Him in Whose Hand is my life, if you were not to commit
sin, Allah would sweep you out of existence and He would replace (you by)
those people who would commit sin and seek forgiveness from Allah, and He
would have pardoned them.
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Book 37, Number 6623:
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Hanzala Usayyidi, who was amongst the scribes of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). reported: I met Abu Bakr. He said: Who
are you? He (Hanzala) said: Hanzala has turned to be a hypocrite. He (Abu
Bakr) said: Hallowed be Allah, what are you saying? Thereupon he said: I say
that when we are in the company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
we ponder over Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them with our very
eyes and when we are away from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) we
attend to our wives, our children, our business; most of these things
(pertaining to After-life) slip out of our minds. Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I
also experience the same. So I and Abu Bakr went to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and said to him : Allah's Messenger, Hanzala has turned
to be a hypocrite. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
What has happened to you? I said: Allah's Messenger, when we are in your
company, we are reminded of Hell-Fire and Paradise as if we are seeing them
with our own eyes, but whenever we go away from you and attend to our wives,
children and business, much of these things go out of our minds. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Him in Whose Hand is my
life, if your state of mind remains the same as it is in my presence and you
are always busy in remembrance (of Allah), the Angels will shake hands with
you in your beds and in your paths but, Hanzala, time should be devoted (to
the worldly affairs) and time (should be devoted to prayer and meditation).
He (the Holy Prophet) said this thrice.
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Book 37, Number 6624:
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Hanzala reported: We were in the company of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he delivered to us a sermon and made a
mention of Hell-Fire. Then I came to my house and began to laugh with my
children and sport with my wife. (Hanzala) further reported: I went out and
met Abu Bakr and made a mention of that to him. Thereupon he said: I have
done the same as you have mentioned. So we went to see Allah's Messenger
(way peace be upon him) and said to him: Allah's Messenger, Hanzala has
turned to he a hypocrite. And he (the Holy Prophet) said Show respite. And
then I narrated to him the story, and Abu Bakr said: I have done the same as
he has done. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Hanzala, there is a time
for worldly affairs and a time for (worship and devotion), and if your state
of mind is always the same as it is at the time of remembrance of Allah, the
Angels would shake hands with you and would greet you on the path by saying:
As-Salamu-Alaikum.
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Book 37, Number 6625:
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Hanzala Taimi Ufayyidi, the scribe of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him), reported: We were in the presence of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he brought to our minds the problems
pertaining to Paradise and Hell-Fire. The rest of the hadith is the same.
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Book 37, Number 6626:
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Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: When Allah created the creation as He was upon the Throne,
He put down in His Book: Verily, My mercy predominates My wrath.
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Book 37, Number 6627:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said: My mercy excels My
wrath.
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Book 37, Number 6626:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying : When Allah created the creation, He ordained for Himself
and this document is with Him: Verily, My mercy predominates Mv wrath.
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Book 37, Number 6629:
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Abu Huraira reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying: Allah created mercy in one hundred parts and
He retained with Him ninety-nine parts, and He has sent down upon the earth
one part, and it is because of this one part that there is mutual love among
the creation so much so that the animal lifts up its hoof from its younc,
one, fearing that it might harm it.
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Book 37, Number 6630:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Allah created one hundred (parts of mercy) and He
distributed one amongst His creation and kept this one hundred excepting one
with Himself (for the Day of Resurrection).
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Book 37, Number 6631:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying : There are one hundred (parts of) mercy for Allah and He has
sent down out of these one part of mercy upon the jinn and human beings and
the insects and it is because of this (one part) that they love one another,
show kindness to one another and even the beast treats its young one with
affection, and Allah has reserved ninetynine parts of mercy with which He
would treat His servants on the Day of Resurrection.
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Book 37, Number 6632:
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Salman Farisi reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) as saying: Verily, there are one hundred (parts of) mercy for
Allah, and it is one part of this mercy by virtue of which there is mutual
love between the people and ninety-nine reserved for the Day of
Resurrection.
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Book 37, Number 6633:
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of
Mu'tamir, reported on the authority of his father.
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Book 37, Number 6634:
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Salman reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Verily, Allah created, on the same very day when He created the
heavens and the earth, one hundred parts of mercy. Every part of mercy is
coextensive with the space between the heavens. and the earth and He out of
this mercy endowed one part to the earth and it is because of this that the
mother shows affection to her child and even the beasts and birds show
kindness to one another and when there would be the Day of Resurrection,
Allah would make full (use of Mercy).
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Book 37, Number 6635:
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'Umar b. Khattab reported that there were brought some
prisoners to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) amongst whom there
was also a woman, who was searching (for someone) and when she found a child
amongst the prisoners, she took hold of it, pressed it against her chest and
provided it suck. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Do you think this woman would ever afford to throw her child in the Fire ?
We said: By Allah, so far as it lies in her power, she would never throw the
child in Fire.' Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Allah is more kind to His servants than this woman is to her child.
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Book 37, Number 6636:
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'Ala' reported on the authority of his father who
reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: If a believer were to know the punishment (in Hell) none
would have the audacity to aspire for Paradise (but he would earnestly
desire to be rescued from Hell), and if a non-believer were to know what is
there with Allah as a mercy. none would have been disappointed in regard to
Paradise.
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Book 37, Number 6637:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying that a person who had never done any good deed asked the
members of his family to burn his dead body when he would die and to scatter
half of its ashes over the land and half in the ocean. By Allah, if Allah
finds him in His grip, He would torment him with a torment with which He did
not afflict anyone amongst the people of the world; and when the person
died, it was done to him as he had commanded (his family) to do. Allah
commanded the land to collect (the ashes scattered on it) and He commanded
the ocean and that collected (ashes) contained in it. Allah questioned him
why he had done. that He said: My Lord, it is out of Thine fear that I have
done it and Thou art well aware of it, and Allah granted him pardon:.
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Book 37, Number 6638:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying that a person committed sin beyond measure and when he was
going to die, he left this will: (When I die), bum my dead body and then
cast them (the ashes) to the wind and in the ocean. By Allah, if my Lord
takes hold of me, He would torment me as He has not tormented anyone else.
They did as he had asked them to do. He (the Lord) said to the earth: Return
what you have taken. And he was thus restored to his (original form). He
(Allah) said to him: What prompted you to do this? He said: My Lord, it was
Thine fear or Thine awe, and Allah pardoned him because of this. Abu Huraira
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying that a woman
was thrown into Hell-Fire because of a cat whom she had tied and did not
provide it with food. nor did she set it free to cat insects of the euth
until it died inch by inch. Zuhri said: (These two ahidith) show that a
person rhould neither feel confident (of getting into Paradise) because of
his deeds, nor should he lose (all hopes) of getting into Paradise.
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Book 37, Number 6639:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying that a servant transgressed the litnit in committing sins.
The rest of the hadith is the same but there is no mention of the story of
the cat in it and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ziibaidl
(the words are): "Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said to everything which
had taken a part of lies ashes to return what it had taken."
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Book 37, Number 6640:
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Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said that a person amongst the earlier nations before you
was conferred property and children by Allah, He said to his children: 'You
must do as I command you to do, otherwise I will make others besides you as
my inheritors. As I die, burn my body and blow my ashes in the wind as I do
not find any merit of mine which would please Allah, and if Allah were to
take hold of me, He would punish me. He took a pledge from them and they did
as he commanded thein to do. Allah said: What prompted you to do this? He
said: My Lord. Thine fear, and Allah did not punish him at all.
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Book 37, Number 6641:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
with the chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording and
Qatada explained the word "lam yasiru" as: "I find no good in store for rxie
in the eye of Allah."
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Book 37, Number 6642:
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Abu Huraira reported from Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) that his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, thus said. A servant
committed a sin and he said : O Allah,forgive me my sins, and Allah (the
Exalted and Glorious)said :My servant commited a sin and then he came to
realise that he has a Lord Who forgives the sins and takes to account (the
sinner) for the sin. He then again committed a sin and said: My Lord,
forgive me my sin, and Allah, the Exalted and High, said: My servant
committed a sin and then came to realise that he has a Lord Who would
forgive his sin or would take (him) to account for the sin. He again
committed a sin and said: My Lord, forgive me for my sin, and Allah (the
Exalted and High) said: My servant sas committed a sin and then came to
realise that he has a Lord Who forgives the sins or takes (him) to account
for sin. 0 servant, do what you like. I have granted you forgiveness.<br>
'Abd al-A'la said: I do not know whether he said thrice or four times to do
"what you desire". The hadlth has been narrated on the authority of 'Abd
al-A'la b. Hammad with the same chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6643:
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Abu Huraira reported lie heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as saying that a servant committed a sin. The rest of the
hadith is the same, but there is a slight variation of wording.
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Book 37, Number 6644:
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Abu Mu'sa reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, Stretches out His Hand
during the night so that the people repent for the fault committed from dawn
till dusk and He stretches out His Hand daring the day so that the people
may reprint for the fault committed from dusk to dawn. (He would accept
repentance) before the sun rises in the west (before the Day of
Resurrection). A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of
Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6645:
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'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: Nothing is more loveable to Allah than His praise as He has
praised Himself and no one is more self-respecting than Allah Himself and it
As because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts.
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Book 37, Number 6646:
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'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: None is more self-respectidg than Allah and it is because of
this that He has prohibited abominable acts-both visible and invisible-and
none loves His praise more than Allah Himself.
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Book 37, Number 6647:
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'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported it directly from Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) that he said: None is more self-respecting
than Allah and it is because of this that He has prohibited abominable
acts-both visible and invisible and nothing is loved by Allah more than the
praise of His Ownself and it is because of this that He has praised Himself.
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Book 37, Number 6648:
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Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said : None loves one's own praise more than Allah, the
Exalted and Glurious, does. It is because of this that He has praised
Himself, and none is more self-respecting than Allah and it is because of
this that He has prohibited abominable acts and there is none who is more
anxious to accept the apologies of the people than Allah Himself and it is
because of this that He has revealed the Book and sent the Messengers.
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Book 37, Number 6649:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying : Allah is self-respecting and a believer is also
self-respecting and the respect of Allah is injured if a believer does what
He has forbidden him to do.
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Book 37, Number 6650:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Asma'
daughter of Abu Bakr, through another chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6651:
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Abu Salama reported from Abu Huraira that he narrated
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon hin) said: There is none more
self-respecting than Allah, the Exalted and Glorious There is no mention of
the narration of Asma'.
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Book 37, Number 6652:
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Asma' reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him) said : There is none more self-respecting than Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious.
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Book 37, Number 6653:
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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger(may peace be upon
him )as saying: A believer is self-respecting and Allah is extremely
self-respecting.
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Book 37, Number 6654:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba
through another chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6655:
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'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that a person kissed a woman
and he came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and made a mention of
that to him. It was (on this occasion) that this verse was revealed: "And
observe prayer at the (two) ends of the day and in the first hours of the
night. Surely, good deeds take away evil deeds. That is a reminder for the
mindful" (xi. 115). That person said: Allah's Messenger, does it concern me
only ? He (the Holy Prophet) said: It concerns every one of my Unimah, who
acts according to it.
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Book 37, Number 6656:
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Ibn Mas'ud reported that a person came to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and told him that he had kissed a woman or
touched her with his hand or did something like this. He inquired of him
about its expiation. It was (on this occasion) that Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious, revealed this verse (as mentioned above).
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Book 37, Number 6657:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Sulaiman Taimi with the same chain of transmitters that a person had taken
liberty with a woman less than fomication. He came to 'Umar b. Khattab and
he took it to be a serious offence. Then he came to Abu Bakr and he also
took it to be a serious offence. Then he came the Allahs Apostle (may peace
be upon him) and he made a mention of this to him. The rest of the hadith is
the same.
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Book 37, Number 6658:
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'Abdullah reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I sported with a woman
in the outskirts of Medina, and I have committed an offence short of
fornication. Here I am (before you), kindly deliver verdict about me which
you deem fit. Unar said : Allah concealed your fault. You had better conceal
it yourself also. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), however, gave no
reply to him. The man stood up and went away and Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) sent a person after him to call him and be recited this verse:
"And observe prayer at the ends of the day and in the first hours of the
night. Surely, good deeds take away evil deeds. That is a reminder for the
mindful" (xi. l15). A person amongst the people said: Allah's Apostle, does
it concern this marn only? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: No, but the
people at large.
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Book 37, Number 6659:
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This hadith has been transmitted by Abu al-Ahwas and in
this (these words are) also found: Mu'adh said: Allah's Messenger, does it
concern this particular case or to all of us? And he (the Holy Prophet)
said: Of course, to all of you.
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Book 37, Number 6660:
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Anas reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed an offence
which deserves imposition of haad, so impose it upon me according to the
Book of Allah. Thereupon he said: Were you not present with us at the time
of prayer? He said: Yes.Thereupon he said: You have been granted pardon.
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Book 37, Number 6661:
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Abu Umama reported: We were sitting in the mosque in the
company of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). A person came there
and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed an offence which deserves the
imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) kept silent. He repeated it and said: Allah's Messenger,
I have committed an offence which deserves the imposition of hadd upon me,
so impose it upon me. He (the Holy Prophet) kept silent, and it was at this
time that Iqama was pronounced for prayer (and the prayer was observed). And
when Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) had concluded the payer that
person followed Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Abu Umama said: I
too followed Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) after he had
concluded the prayer, so that I should know what answer he would give to
that person. That person remained attached to Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I have committed an offence which
deserves imposition of hadd upon me, so impose it upon me. Abu Umama
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Didn't
you see that as you got out of the house, you performed ablution perfectly
well. He said: Allah's Messenger, of course. I did it. He again said to him:
Then you observed prayer along with us. He said: Allah's Messenger, yes, it
is so. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him:
Verily, Allah has exempted you from the imposition of hadd, or he said. From
your sin.
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Book 37, Number 6662:
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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: There was a person before you who had killed
ninety-nine persons and then made an inquiry about the learned persons of
the world (who could show him the way to salvation). He was directed to a
monk. He came to him and told him that he had killed ninety-nine persons and
asked him whether there was any scope for his repentance to be accepted. He
said: No. He killed him also and thus completed one hundred. He then asked
about the learned persons of the earth and he was directed to a scholar, and
he told him that he had killed one hundred persons and asked him whether
there was any scope for his repentance to be accepted. He said: Yes; what
stands between you and the repentance? You better go to such and such land;
there are people devoted to prayer and worship and you also worship along
with them and do not come to the land of yours since it was an evil land
(for you). So he went away and he had hardly covered half the distance when
death came to him and there was a dispute between the angels of mercy and
the angels of punishment. The angels of mercy said: This man has come as a
penitant and remorseful to Allah and the angels of punishment said: He has
done no good at all. Then there came another angel in the form of a human
being in order to decide between them. He said: You measure the land to
which he has drawn near. They measured it and found him nearer to the land
where he intended to go (the land of piety), and so the angels of mercy took
possession of it. Qatada said that Hasan told him that it was said to them
that as death approached him, he crawled upon his chest (and managed) to
slip in the land of mercy.
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Book 37, Number 6663:
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Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying that a man killed ninety-nine persons and then he
began to make an inquiry whether there was any way left for him for
repentance. He came to a monk and asked him about that, and he said: There
is no chance for repentance for you. He killed the monk also and then began
to make an inquiry and moved from one village to another village where there
lived pious persons, and as he had covered some distance, he was overtaken
by death, but he managed to crawl upon his chest (to the side nearer to the
place where the pious men lived). He died and then there was a dispute
between the angels of mercy and the angels of punishment and (when it was
measured) he was found to be nearer to the village where pious persons were
living equal to the Space of a span and he was thus included among them.
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Book 37, Number 6664:
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatida
with the same chain of transmitters but (with this variation of wording):
"Allah commanded the earth (from where) he wanted to come out to move itself
away and to the other earth (where he wanted to go) to draw nearer."
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Book 37, Number 6665:
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Abu Musa' reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: When it will be the Day of Resurrection Allah would deliver
to every Muslim a Jew or a Christian and say: That is your rescue from
Hell-Fire.
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Book 37, Number 6666:
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Abu Burda reported on the authority of his father that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: No Muslim would die but Allah
would admit in his stead a Jew or a Christian in Hell-Fire. 'Umar b. Abd
al-'Aziz took an oath: By One besides Whom there is no god but He, thrice
that his father had narrated that to him from Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him).
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Book 37, Number 6667:
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This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Aun
b. Utba.
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Book 37, Number 6668:
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Abu Burda reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) as saying: There would come people amongst the Muslims on the Day of
Resurrection with as heavy sins as a mountain, and Allah would forgive them
and He would place in their stead the Jews and the Christians. (As far as I
think), Abu Raub said: I do not know as to who is in doubt. Abu Burda said:
I narrated it to 'Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz, whereupon he said : Was it your
father who narrated it to you from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) ?
I said: Yes.
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Book 37, Number 6669:
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Safwan b. Muhriz reported that a person said to Ibn
'Umar: How did you hear Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying
something about intimate conversation ? He said: I heard him say: A believer
will be brought to his Lord, the Exalted and Glorious, on the Day of
Resurrection and He would place upon him His veil (of Light) and make him
confess his faults and say: Do you recognise (your faults) ? He would say:
My Lord, I do recognise (them). He (the Lord) would say: I concealed them
for you in the world. And today I forgive them. And he would then be given
the Book containing (the account of his) good deeds. And so far as the
non-believers and hypocrites are concerned, there would be general
announcement about them before all creation telling them that these (people,
i.e. non-believers and hypocrites) told a lie about Allah.
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Book 37, Number 6670:
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Ibn Shihab reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) made an expedition to Tabuk and he (the Holy Prophet) had in his
mind (the idea of threatening the) Christians of Arabia in Syria and those
of Rome. Ibn Shihab (further) reported that 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Abdullah b.
Ka'b informed him that Abdullah b. Ka'b who served as the guide of Ka'b
b.'Malik as he became blind that he heard Ka'b b. Malik narrate the story of
his remaining behind Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) from the
Battle of Tabuk. Ka'b b. Malik said: I never remained behind Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) from any expedition which he undertook
except the Battle of Tabuk and that of the Battle of Badr. So far as the
Battle of Badr is concerned, nobody was blamed for remaining behind as
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and the Muslims (did not set out
for attack but for waylaying) the caravan of the Quraish, but it was Allah
Who made them confront their enemies without their intention (to do so). I
had the honour to be with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on the
night of 'Aqaba when we pledged our allegiance to Islam and it was more dear
to me than my participation in the Battle of Badr, although Badr was more
popular amongst people as compared with that (Tabuk). And this is my story
of remaining back from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on the
occasion of the Battle of Tabuk. Never did I possess means enough and (my
circumstances) more favourable than at the occasion of this expedition. And,
by Allah, I had never before this expedition simultaneously in my possession
two rides. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) set out for this
expedition in extremely hot season; the journey was long and the land (which
he and his army had to cover) was waterless and he had to confront a large
army, so he informed the Muslims about the actual situation (they had to
face), so that they should adequately equip themselves for this expedition,
and he also told them the destination where he intended to go. And the
Muslims who accompanied Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) at that
time were large in numbers but there was no proper record of them. Ka'b
(further) said : Few were the persons who wanted to absent themselves, and
were under the impression that they could easily conceal themselves (and
thus remain undetected) until revelations from Allah, the Exalted and
Glorious (descended in connection with them). And Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) set out on an expedition when the fruits were ripe and
their shadows had been lengthened. I had weakness for them and it was during
this season that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) made preparations
and the Muslims too along with them. I also set out in the morning so that I
should make preparations along with them but I came back and did nothing and
said to myself : I have means enough (to make preparations) as soon as I
like. And I went on doing this (postponing my preparations) until people
were about to depart and it was in the morning that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) set out and the Muslims too along with him, but I made no
preparations. I went early in the morning and came back, but I made no
decision. I continued to do so until they (the Muslims) hastened and covered
a good deal of distance. I also made up my mind to march on and to meet
them. Would that I had done that but perhaps it was not destined for me.
After the departure of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as I went
out amongst people, I was shocked to find that I did not find anyone like me
but people who were labelled as hypocrites or the people whom Allah granted
exemption because of their incapacity and Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) took no notice of me until he had reached Tabuk. (One day as he
was sitting amongst the people in Tabuk) he said : What has happened to Ka'b
b. Malik ? A person from Banu' Salama said : Allah's Messenger, the (beauty)
of his cloak and his appreciation of his sides have allured him and he was
thus detained. Mua'dh b. Jabal said: Woe be upon that what you contend.
Allah's Messenger, by Allah, we know nothing about him but good. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him), however, kept quiet. It was during that
time that he (the Holy Prophet) saw a person (dressed in all white (garment)
shattering the illusion of eye (mirage). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: May he be Abu Khaithama and, lo, it was Abu
Khaithama al-Ansari and he was that person who contributed a sa' of dates
and was scoffed at by the hypocrites. Ka'b b. Malik farther said: When this
news reached me that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was on his
way back from Tabuk I was greatly perturbed. I thought of fabricating false
stories and asked myself how I would save myself from his anger on the
following day. In this connection, I sought the help of every prudent man
from amongst the members of my family and when it was said to me that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was about to arrive, all the false
ideas banished (from my mind) and I came to the conclusion that nothing
could save me but the telling of truth, so I decided to speak the truth and
it was in the morning that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) arrived
(in Medina). And it was his habit that as he came back from a journey he
first went to the mosque and observed two Rak'ahs of nafl prayer (as a mark
of gratitude) and then sat amongst people. And as he did that, those who had
remained behind him began to put forward their excuses and take an oath
before him and they were more than eighty persons. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) accepted their excuses on the very face of them and
accepted their allegiance and sought forgiveness for them and left their
secret (intentions) to Allah, until I presented myself to him. I greeted him
and he smiled and there was a tinge of anger in that. He (the Holy Prophet)
then said to me: Come forward. I went forward until I sat in front of him.
He said to me: What kept you back? Could you not afford to go in for a ride
? I said: Allah's Messenger, by Allah, if I were to sit in the presence of
anybody else from amongst the worldly people I would have definitely saved
myself from his anger on one pretext (or the other) and I have also the
knack to fall into argumentation, but, by Allah, I am fully aware of the
fact that if I were to put forward before you a false excuse to please you
Allah would definitely provoke your wrath upon me, and if I speak the truth
you may be annoyed with me, but I hope that Allah would make its end well
and, by Allah, there is no valid excuse for me. By Allah, I never possessed
so good means, and I never had such favourable conditions for me as I had
when I stayed behind you (failed to join the expedition). Thereupon, Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said : This man told the truth, so get up
until Allah gives a decision in your case. I stood up and some people of
Banu' Salama followed me in hot haste, and they said to me : By Allah, we do
not know about you that you committed a sin prior to this. You, however,
showed inability to put forward an excuse before Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as those who stayed behind him have put forward excuses.
It would have been enough for the forgiveness of your sin that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) would have sought forgiveness for you. By
Allah, they continued to incite me until I thought of going back to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and contradict myself. Then I said to them
: Has anyone else also met the same fate ? They said: Yes, two persons have
met the same fate as has fallen to you and they have made the sane statement
as you have made, and the same verdict has been delivered in their case as
it has been delivered in your case. I said: Who are they ? They said: Murara
b. ar-Rabi'a 'Amiri and Hilal b. Umayya al-Waqafi. They made a mention of
these two pious persons to me who had participated in the Battle of Badr and
there was an example for me in them. I went away when they named these two
persons. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade the Nluslims to
talk with three of us from amongst those (persons) who had stayed behind
him. The people began to avoid us and their attitude towards us underwent a
change and it seemed as if the whole atmosphere had turned (hostile) against
us and it was in fact the same atmosphere ot which I was fully aware and in
which I had lived (for a fairly long time). We spent fifty nights in this
very state and my two friends confined themselves withen their houses and
spent (most of the) time in weeping, but as I was young and strong amongst
them I got (out of my house), participated in congregational prayers, moved
about in the bazar; but none spoke to me. I came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) as he sat amongst (people) after the prayer, greeted him
and asked myself whether his lips stirred in response to my greetings (or
not). Then I observed prayer beside him and looked at him with stealing
glances and when I attended to my prayer, he looked at me and when I cast a
glance at him he turned away his eyes from me. And when the harsh treatment
of the Muslims towards me extended to a (considerable) length of time, I
walked until I climbed upon the wall of the garden of Abu Qatada, and he was
my cousin, and I had the greatest love for him. I greeted him but, by Allah,
he did not respond to my greetings. I said to him: Abu Qatada, I adjure you
by Allah, arn't you well aware of the fact that I love Allah and His
Messenger (may peace be upon him) the most. He kept quiet. I again repeated
saying: I adjure you by Allah. arn't you well aware of the fact that I love
Allah and His Messenger (may peace be upon him) the most. He kept quiet. I
again adjured him, whereupon he said : Allah and the Messenger (may peace be
upon him) are best aware of it. My eyes began to shed tears and I came back
climbing down from the wall and as I was walking in the bazar of Medina a
Nabatean from amongst the Nabateans of Syria, who had come to sell
foodgrains in Medina, asked people to direct him to Ka'b b. Malik. People
gave him the indication by pointing towards me. He came to me and delivered
to me a letter of the King of Ghassan and as I was a scribe I read that
letter and it was written like this: "Coming to my point, it has been
conveyed to us that your friend (the Holy Prophet) is subjecting you to
cruelty and Allah has not created you for a place where you are to be
degraded and where you cannot find your right place, so you come to us that
we should accord you honour. As I read that letter I said: This is also a
calamity, so I burnt it in the oven. When out of the fifty days, forty days
had passed and A11ah' Messenger (may peace be upon him) received no
revelation, there came the messenger of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) to me and said: Verily, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) has
commanded you to remain separate from your wife. I said: Should I divorce
her or what (else) should I do? He said: No, but only remain separate from
her and don't have sexual contact with her. The same message was sent to my
companions. So I said to my wife: You better go to your parents and stay
there with them until Allah gives the decision in my case. The wife of Hilal
b. Umayya came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said:
Allah's Messenger, Hilal b. Umayya is a senile person, he has no servant. Do
you disapprove of my serving him? He said: No, but don't go near him. She
said: By Allah, he has no such instinct in him. By Allah, he spends his time
in weeping from that day to this day. Some of the members of my family said
to me: Were you to seek permission from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) in regard to your wife as he has granted permission to the wife of
Hilal b. Umayya to serve him. I said: I would not seek permission from
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), for I cannot say what Allah's
Apostle may say in response to seeking my permission. Moreover, I am a young
man. It was in this state that I spent ten more nights and thus fifty nights
had passed that (people) had observed boycott with us. It was on the morning
of the fiftieth night that I observed my dawn prayer and was sitting on one
of the roofs of our houses. And I was in fact sitting in that very state
which Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, has described about us in these
words: "Life had become hard for myself and the earth had compressed despite
its vastness," that I heard the noise of an announcer from the peak of the
hill of Sal' saying at the top of his voice: Ka'b b. Malik, there is glad
tidings for you. I fell down in prostration and came to realise that there
was (a message of) relief for me. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
had informed the people of the acceptance of our repentance by Allah as he
offered the dawn prayer. So the people went on to give us glad tidings and
some of them went to my friends in order to give them the glad tidings and a
person galloped his horse and came from the tribe of Aslam and his horse
reached me more quickly than his voice. And when he came to me whose sound I
heard, he gave me the glad tidings. I took off my clothes and clothed him
with them because of his bringing good news to me and, by Allah, I possessed
nothing else (in the form of clothes) than these two on that occasion, and I
asked one to lend me two clothes and dressed myself in them. I came to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and on my way I met groups of
people who greeted me because of (the acceptance of) repentance and they
said: Here is a greeting for you for your repentance being accepted by
Allah. (I moved on) until I came to the mosque and Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had been sitting there amongst persons. So Talha b.
'Ubaidullah got up and rushed towards me and he shook hands with me and
greeted me and, by Allah, no person stood up (to greet me) from amongst the
emigrants except he. Ka'b said that he never forgot (this good gesture of)
Talha. Ka'b further said : I greeted Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) with Assalam-o-'Alaikam and his face was glistening because of delight,
and he said : Let there be glad tidings and blessings for you, the like of
which (you have neither found nor you will find, as you find today) since
your mother gave your birth. I said: Allah's Messenger. is this acceptance
of repentance from you or from Allah? He said: No, (it is not from ma), it
is from Allah, and it was common with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) that as he was happy his face brightened up and it looked like a part
of the moon and it was from this that we recognised it (his delight). As I
sat before him, I said: Allah's Messenger, am I allowed to give in charity
my wealth for Allah's sake and for the sake of His Messenger (may peace be
upon him)? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Keep
some property with you as it is better for you. I said: I shall keep with me
that part (of my property) which fell to my lot (on the occasion of the
expedition of) Khaibar. I said: Allah's Messenger, verily, Allah has granted
me salvation because of truth and, therefore, (I think) that repentance
implies that I should not speak anything but truth as long as I live. He
said: By Allah, I do not know whether anyone amongst the Muslims was put to
more severe trial than I by Allah because of telling the truth. And since I
made a mention of this to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) up to
this day I have not told any lie and, by Allah, I have decided not to tell a
lie and I hope that Allah would save me (from trials) for the rest of my
life and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed these verses: "Certainly,
Allah has turned in Mercy to the Prophet and the emigrants and the helpers
who followed him in the hour of hardship after the hearts of a part of them
were about to deviate; then He turned to them in mercy. Surely, to them He
is Compassionate, Merciful and (He turned in Mercy) to the three who were
left behind until the earth despite its vastness became strait for them and
their souls were also straitened to them." And this revelation reached up to
the (words): "O you who believe, develop God consciousness, and be with the
truthful" (ix. 117-118). Ka'b said: By Allah, since Allah directed me to
Islam there has been no blessing more significant for me than this truth of
mine which I spoke to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and if I
were to tell a lie I would have been ruined as were ruined those who told
lies, for in regard to those who told lies Allah used harshest words used
for anyone as He descended revelation (and the words of Allah are): "They
will swear by Allah to you when you return to them so that you may leave
them alone. So leave them alone. Surely, they are unclean and their resort
is Hell, recompense for what they earned. They will swear to you that you
may be pleased with them but if you are pleased with them, yet surely Allah
is not pleased with the transgressing people" (ix. 95-96). K'ab said that
the matter of us three persons was deferred as compared with those who took
an oath in the presence of Allahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he
accepted their allegiance and sought forgiveness for them and Allah did not
give any decision in regard to us. It was Allah, the Exalted and Glorious,
Who gave decisions in our case, three who remained behind. (The words of the
Qur'an) "the three who were left behind" do not mean that we remained back
from Jihad but these imply that He kept our matter behind them who took oath
and presented excuse before Him. This hadith has been narrated on the
authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.
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Book 37, Number 6671:
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'Abdullah b. K'ab, who was his (Ka'b's) guide as he
became blind, reported that he heard from Ka'b b. Malik the story of his
staying behind Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) from the expedition
of Tabuk. The rest of the hadith is the same (but with this variation) that
in the narration transmitted on the authority of Yunus (the words are): When
Allah's Messenger (may. peace be upon him) intended to set on an expedition
he kept It as a secret, but. be did not do so in thic. expedition. And in
the narration transmitted on the authority of Muhammad b. Abdullah b.
Muslim, there is no mention of Abu Khaithana (Allah be pleased with him) and
no mention of his meeting with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
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Book 37, Number 6672:
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It is reported on the authority of Abdullah b. K'ab and
he was the guide of Ka'b as he lost his eyesight and he was the greatest
scholar amongst his people and he retained in his mind many ahadith of the
Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He said: I heard my
father Ka'b b. Malik, and he fas one of those three whose repentance was
accepted (by Allah). He transmitted that He never lagged behind Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) from any expedition that he undertook
except two expeditions; the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the
tradition narrated through another chain of transmitters the words are:
"That Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) set out on an expedition
with a large number of persons more than ten thousand and this could not be
recorded in the census register."
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Book 37, Number 6673:
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Sa'id b. Musayyib, 'Urwa b. Zubair, 'Alqama b. Waqqas and
'Ubaidullah b. Abdullah b. 'Utba b. Mas'ud--all of them reported the story
of the false allegation against 'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him). And they (the slanderers) said what they had to say, but
Allah exonerated her of this charge and all of them reported a part of the
hadith and some of them who had better memories reported more and with
better retention, and I tried to retain this hadith (listening) from every
one of them that they reported to me and some of them attested the other.
(The sumaried substance of the false allegation is this): 'A'isha said:
Whenever Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) intended to set out on a
journey he cast lots amongst his wives and he took one with him in whose
favour the lot was cast. It so happened that he cast lots amongst us while
setting out on a battle and it was cast in my favour, so I set out along
with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). This relates to the period
when the revelation concerning the commands of veil had been made. I was
carried in a haudaj and I was brought down where we had to stay. In short,
when we set out for return journey from the expedition and our caravan was
near Medina, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded one night
to march forward. I also got up when the command for the march was given and
moved on until I went out of the encampments of the army and after relieving
myself I came to my place. I touched my chest and found that my necklace
which had been made of the stones of zafar had been broken. I retraced my
steps and tried to search my necklace and this detained me there. The group
of people who saddled my ride and placed my haudaj carrying me upon the
camels marched on. They were under the impression that I was in it. The
women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh,
as they ate less food ; so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as
they placed it upon the camel as I was a young girl at that time. So they
drove the camel and Eet out and I found my necklace after the army had
marched. I came to my place and there was none to call and none to respond
(the call). I waited at my place under the impression that when the people
would riot find me they would come back. So I kept sitting at my place. I
was overpowered by sleep and slept. Safwan b. Mu'attal Sulami Dhakwini, who
had lagged behind the army because of taking rest came to my place walking
in the latter part of the night and he saw the body of a person who was
asleep. He came to me and recognised me as he had seen rue before it was
enjoined to observe purda. I got ap by his voice as he recited Inna lillahi
wa inna ilaihi raji'un [we are for Allah and to Him we have to return.] and
I covered my head with my headdress. By Allah, he did not speak to me a word
and I did not hear a word from him except Inna lillahi. He made his camel
kneel down and I amounted the camel as he pressed tLe camel's foreleg and he
moved on leaning the camel by the nose string on which I was riding until we
came to the army where it had encamped for rest because of extreme heat. Woe
be upon those who harboured doubts about me and the most notorious among
them was 'Abdullah b. Ubayy, the great hypocrite. We came to Medina and I
fell sick for a month. The people had been deliberating over the statements
of those who had brought these calumnies against me. I was absolutely
unaware of anything concerning that. This, however, caused doubt in my mind
that I did not see Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him.) treating me
with such kindness with which he treated me as I fell ill before this. The
Holy Prophet (may peace be upon him)would coome and greet me with
Assalam-o-'Alaikum and only ask me how I was. This caused doubt in my mind,
but I was unaware of the evil. I wept outside despite my failing health and
there went along with me Umm Mistah and she said the daughter of Abu Rhm b.
Muttalib b. 'Abd Manaf and his mother was the daughter of Sakhr b. 'Amir,
the sister of the mother of Abu Bakr Sidiq and his son was Mistah b. Uthatha
b. 'Abbad b. Muttalib. I and the daughter of Abu Rahm set towards the
direction of my house . Something got into the head dress of Umm Mistah and
she said: Woe be upon Mistah. And I said. Woe be upon what you say. Do you
curse people who had participated in Badr? She said: Innocent woman, have
you not heard what he said? I said: What did he say? She conveyed to me the
statement of those who had brought false allegations against me. So my
illness was aggravated. I went to my house and Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) came to me and he greeted me and then said: How is that woman?
I said: Do you permit me to go to the (house) of my parents? She (further)
said: I had at that time made up my mind to confirm this news from them.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) permitted me. So I came to (the
house of) my parents and said to my mother: Mother, do you know what the
people are talking about? She said: My daughter, you should not worry. By
Allah, if there is a handsome woman who is loved by her husband and he has
co-wives also they talk many a thing about her. I said: Hallowed be Allah,
what are the people talking about? I wept during the whole night until it
was morning and I did not have a wink of sleep and I wept even in the
morning. As the revelation was delayed (in regard to this matter), so
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) called 'Ali ibn Abi 'Talib and
Usama b. Zaid in order to seek their advice in regard to the separation of
his wife. Usama b. Zaid told Allah's Messenger (may peace be apen him) about
the innocence of his wives and what he knew about his love for them. He
said: Allah's Messenger, they are your wives and we know nothing else about
thembut goodness. And as for 'Ali b. Abu Talib, he said: Allah has not put
any unnecessary burden upon you (in regard to your wives). There are a
number of women besides her and if you ask that maidservant (Barira) she
will tell you the truth. So, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
called Bailra and said: Barira, did you see anything in 'A'isha which can
cause doubt about her? Barira said: By Him Who sent thee with the truth, I
have seen nothing objectionable in her but only this much that she is a
young girl and she goes to sleep while kneading the flour and the lamb eats
that. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) mounted the pulpit
and sought vindication against 'Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul, and he further
said: Who would exonerate me from imputations of that person who has
troubled (me) in regard to my family? By Allah, I find nothing in my wife
but goodness and the person whom the people have mentioned in this
connection is, according to my knowledge, a thoroughly pious person, and he
did never get into my house but along with me. Sa'd b. Mu'adh stood up and
said: Allah's Messenger, I defend your honour against him. If he belong to
the tribe of Aus we would strike his neck and if he belongs to the tribe of
our brother Khazraj and you order us we would comply with your order. Then
Sa'd b. 'Ubada stood up. He was chief of the Khazraj tribe. He was otherwise
a pioas man but he had some what tribal partisanship in him and he said to
Sa'd b. Mu'adh: By the everlasting existence of Allah. you are not stating
the fact, you will not be able to kill him and you will not have the power
to do so. Thereupon, Usaid b. Hudair stood up, and he was the first cousin
of Sa'd b. Mu'adh and said to Sa'd b. 'Ubada: By the everlasting existence
of Allah, you are not stating the fact. We would kill him. You are a
hypocrite and so you argue in defence of the hypocrites, and thus both the
tribes Aus and Khazraj were flared up, until they were about to fall upon
one another and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) kept standing upon
the pulpit and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) tried to subside
their anger until they became silent and thus there was silence. 'A'isha
further reported: I spent the whole day in weeping and even the night and
could not have a wink of sleep even next night. My parents thought that this
constant weeping of mine would break my heart. I wept and they sat beside
me. In the meanwhile a woman of the Ansar came to see me. I permitted her to
see me and she also began to weep. And we were in this very state that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came and he greeted me and then
sat down. He had never sat with me since a month when this rumour was
afloat, and there was no revelation (to clarity) my case. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) recited Tashahhud (there is no god but Allah and
Muhammad is His Apostle) and then said: Coming to the point, 'A'isha, this
is what has reached me about you and if you are innocent, Allah would
Himself vindicate your honour, and if accidentally there has been a lapse on
your part sock forgiveness of Allah; He will pardon thee for when a servant
makes a confession of his fault and turns (to Him) penitently, Allah also
turns to him (mercifully) accepting his repentance. When Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) talked, my tears dried up and not even a single drop
of tear was perceived by me (rolling out of my eyes). I said to my father:
You give a reply to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) on my behalf.
He said: By Allah, I do not know what I should say to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him). I then said to my mother: Give a reply to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) on my behalf, but she said: By Allah, I do
not know what I should say to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). I
was a small girl at that time and I had not read much of the Qur'an (but I
said): By Allah, I perceive that you have heard about this and it has
settled down in your mind and you have taken it to be true, so if I say to
you that I am quite innocent, and Allah knows that I am innocent, you would
never believe me to be true, and if I confess to (the alleged) lapse before
you, whereas Allah knows that I am completely innocent (and I have not
committed this sin at all), in that case You will take me to be true and, by
Allah, I, therefore, find no other alternative for me and for you except
that what the father of Yousuf said: ,(My course is) comely patience. And
Allah it is Whose help is to be sought for in that (predicament) which ye
describe" (xii 18). After this I turned my face to the other side and lay
down on my bed. By Allah, I was fully aware of this fact that I was innocent
but I did not expect that Allah would descend Wahy Matlu (Qur'anic Wahy) in
my case as I did not think myself so much important that Allah, the Exalted
and Glorious, would speak in this matter in words to be recited. I only
hoped that Allah would in vision give an indication of my innocence to
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) during his sleep. And, by Allah,
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had not moved an inch from where
he had been sitting and none from the members of my family had gone that
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, descended revelation upon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) there and then and he felt the burden which he used
to feel at the time of receiving revelation. He began to perspire because of
the burden of words of Allah as they descended upon him even during the
winter season and there fell the drops of his sweat like silvery beads. When
this state of receiving revelation was over, the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him) smiled and the first words which he spoke to me were that
he said: 'A'isha, there is glad tidings for you. Verily, Allah has
vindicated your honour, and my mother who had been standing by me said: Get
up (and thank him, i.e. the Holy Prophet). I said: By Allah, I shall not
thank him and laud him but Allah Who has descended revelation vindicating my
honour. She ('A'isha) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed:
"'Verily, those who spread the slander are a gang among you" (and) ten
(subsequent) verses in regard to my innocence. She further said: Abu Bakr
used to give to Mistah (some stipend) as a token of kinship with him and for
his poverty and he (Abu Bakr) said: By Allah, now I would not spend anything
for him. 'A'isha said: It was upon this that Allah the Exalted and Glorious
revealed this verse: "And let not those who possess dignity and ease among
you swear to give to the near of the kin" up to "Yearn ye not that Allah may
forgive you?" Hibban b. Musa' said that 'Abdullah b. Mubarak used to say: It
is a verse contained in the Book which most (eminently) brightens the hope.
Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I wish that Allah should pardon me. I shall never
stop this stipend. So he continued to give him the stipend which he had
withdrawn. 'A'isha said that Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon him) asked
Zainab, daughter of Jahsh, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him), about me what she knew or what she had seen in me, and she said:
Allah's Messenger, I shall not say anything without hearing (with my ears)
and seeing with my eyes. By Allah, I find nothing in her but goodness. (And
she stated this in spite of the fact) that she was the only lady who amongst
the wives of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) used to vie with me but
Allah saved her in bringing false allegation against me because of her
God-consciousness. Her sister Hamna bint Jahsh, however, opposed her and she
was undone along with others.
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This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
through other chains of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
In the hadith transmitters on the authority of 'Urwa, there is an addition
of these words: "'A'isha did not like that Hassan should be rebuked in her
presence and she used to say: It was he who wrote this verse also: "'Verily,
my father and my mother and my honour, those are all meant for defending the
honour of Muhammad against you." And 'Urwa further reported that 'A'isha
said: By Allah, the person, about whom the allegation was trade used to say:
Hallowed be Allah, by One, in Whose hand is my life, I have never unveiled
any woman, and then he die,s as a martyr in the cause of Allah, and in the
narration transmitted on the authority of Ya'qub b. Ibrahim., the word is
Mu'irin and in the narration transmitted on the'authority of 'Abd al-Razzaq
it is Mughirin. 'Abd b. Humaid said: I said to 'Abd al-Razzaq: What does
this word Mughirin mean? And he said: Al-waghra means intense heat.
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'A'Isha reported: When I came under discussion what the
people had to say about me, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood
up for delivering an address and he recited tashahhud (I bear witness to the
fact that iheie is no god but Allah) and praised Allah, lauded Him what He
rightly deserves and then said: Coming to the point. Give me an advice about
them who have brought false charge about my family. By Allah, I know no evil
in the members of my family and the person in connection with whom the false
charge is being levelled, I know no evil in him too. And he never entered my
house but in my presence and when I was away on a journey, he remained with
me even in that. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this change
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to my house and asked my
maidservant and she said: By Allah, I know no fault in her but this that she
sleeps, and goat comes and eats the kneaded flour. Some of the Companions
(of the Holy Prophet) scolded her and said: State the fact before Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and they even made a pointed reference (to
this incident). She said: gallowed be Allah. By Allah, I know about her as
does the jeweller know about the pure piece of gold. And when this news
reached the person in connection with whom the allegation was made he said:
Hallowed be Allah. By Allah, I have never unveiled any woman. 'A'isha said:
He fell as a martyr in the cause of Allah, and there is this addition in
this hadith that the people who had brought false allegation amongst them
were Mistah and Hamna and Hassan. And so far as the hypocrite 'Abdullah b.
Ubayy is concerned, he was one who tried his best to gather the false news
and then gave them the wind. And he was in fact a fabricator and there was
Hamna, daughter of Jahsh with him.
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Anas reported that a person was charged with fornication
with the slavegirl of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to 'Ali: Go and strike his
neck. 'Ali came to him and he found him in a well making his body cool. 'Ali
said to him: Come out, and as he took hold of his hand and brought him out,
he found that his sexual organ had been cut. Hadrat 'Ali refrained from
striking his neck. He came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and
said: Allah's Messenger, he has not even the sexual organ with him.
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The
Holy Quran Quotes
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"… when it is said to them; 'Make not mischief on the Earth', they say; 'We are only peace makers'. Indeed they are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive it not"
(Al-Baqarah 2:11-12)
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