Tag: Bukhari

Narrated `Abdullah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If somebody on the demand of a judge takes an oath to grab (a Muslim’s) property
and he is liar in it, he will meet Allah Who will be angry with him”. So Allah revealed,:–
‘Verily! those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths..’ (3.77) ‘Al-
Ashath came while `Abdullah was narrating (this) to the people. Al-Ashath said, “This verse was
revealed regarding me and another man with whom I had a quarrel about a well. The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to
me), “Do you have any evidence?’ I replied, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Let your opponent take an oath.’ I said: I
am sure he would take a (false) oath.” Thereupon it was revealed: ‘Verily! those who purchase a small
gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant….’ (3.77) (See Hadith No. 72, Vol 6).

Narrated Um Salama: The Prophet (ﷺ) heard the voices of some people quarreling near his gate, so he went to them and said, “I
am only a human being and litigants with cases of disputes come to me, and maybe one of them
presents his case eloquently in a more convincing and impressive way than the other, and I give my
verdict in his favor thinking he is truthful. So if I give a Muslim’s right to another (by mistake), then
that (property) is a piece of Fire, which is up to him to take it or leave it.” (See Hadith No. 281 )

Narrated Jabir: The Prophet (ﷺ) came to know that one of his companions had given the promise of freeing his slave after
his death, but as he had no other property than that slave, the Prophet (ﷺ) sold that slave for 800 dirhams
and sent the price to him.

Narrated Ibn `Umar: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) sent an army unit headed by Usama bin Zaid and the people criticized his leadership.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to the people), “If you are criticizing his leadership now, then you used to criticize
his father’s leadership before. By Allah, he (Usama’s father) deserved the leadership and used to be
one of the most beloved persons to me, and now his son (Usama) is one of the most beloved persons
to me after him. ” (See Hadith No. 745, Vol. 5)

Narrated Abu Qatada: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said on the Day of (the battle of) Hunain, “Whoever has killed an infidel and has a
proof or a witness for it, then the salb (arms and belongings of that deceased) will be for him.” I stood
up to seek a witness to testify that I had killed an infidel but I could not find any witness and then sat
down. Then I thought that I should mention the case to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I (and when I did so) a man
from those who were sitting with him said, “The arms of the killed person he has mentioned, are with
me, so please satisfy him on my behalf.” Abu Bakr said, “No, he will not give the arms to a bird of
Quraish and deprive one of Allah’s lions of it who fights for the cause of Allah and His Apostle.”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) I stood up and gave it to me, and I bought a garden with its price, and that was my
first property which I owned through the war booty.
The people of Hijaz said, “A judge should not pass a judgment according to his knowledge, whether
he was a witness at the time he was the judge or before that” And if a litigant gives a confession in
favor of his opponent in the court, in the opinion of some scholars, the judge should not pass a
judgment against him till the latter calls two witnesses to witness his confession. And some people of
Iraq said, “A judge can pass a judgement according to what he hears or witnesses (the litigant’s
confession) in the court itself, but if the confession takes place outside the court, he should not pass
the judgment unless two witnesses witness the confession.” Some of them said, “A judge can pass a
judgement depending on his knowledge of the case as he is trust-worthy, and that a witness is
Required just to reveal the truth. The judge’s knowledge is more than the witness.” Some said, “A
judge can judge according to his knowledge only in cases involving property, but in other cases he
cannot.” Al-Qasim said, “A judge ought not to pass a judgment depending on his knowledge if other
people do not know what he knows, although his knowledge is more than the witness of somebody
else because he might expose himself to suspicion by the Muslims and cause the Muslims to have
unreasonable doubt. ”

Narrated `Aisha: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The most hated person in the sight of Allah, is the most quarrelsome person.”

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

Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (ﷺ) sent (an army unit under the command of) Khalid bin Al-Walid to fight against the tribe
of Bani Jadhima and those people could not express themselves by saying, “Aslamna,” but they said,
“Saba’na! Saba’na! ” Khalid kept on killing some of them and taking some others as captives, and he
gave a captive to everyone of us and ordered everyone of us to kill his captive. I said, “By Allah, I
shall not kill my captive and none of my companions shall kill his captive!” Then we mentioned that
to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said, “O Allah! I am free from what Khalid bin Al-Walid has done,” and
repeated it twice.

Narrated Abu Burda: The Prophet (ﷺ) sent my father and Mu`adh bin Jabal to Yemen and said (to them), “Make things easy for
the people and do not put hurdles in their way, and give them glad tiding, and don’t let them have
aversion (i.e. to make people to hate good deeds) and you both should work in cooperation and mutual
understanding” Abu Musa said to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), “In our country a special alcoholic drink called Al-
Bit’, is prepared (for drinking).” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Every intoxicant is prohibited. ”

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d As-Saidi: There was some quarrel (sighting) among Bani `Amr, and when this news reached the Prophet, he
offered the Zuhr prayer and went to establish peace among them. In the meantime the time of `Asr
prayer was due, Bilal pronounced the Adhan and then the Iqama for the prayer and requested Abu
Bakr (to lead the prayer) and Abu Bakr went forward. The Prophet (ﷺ) arrived while Abu Bakr was still
praying. He entered the rows of praying people till he stood behind Abu Bakr in the (first) row. The
people started clapping, and it was the habit of Abu Bakr that whenever he stood for prayer, he never
glanced side-ways till he had finished it, but when Abu Bakr observed that the clapping was not
coming to an end, he looked and saw the Prophet (ﷺ) standing behind him.
The Prophet (ﷺ) beckoned him to carry on by waving his hand. Abu Bakr stood there for a while, thanking
Allah for the saying of the Prophet (ﷺ) and then he retreated, taking his steps backwards. When the
Prophet saw that, he went ahead and led the people in prayer. When he finished the prayer, he said, “O
Abu Bakr! What prevented you from carrying on with the prayer after I beckoned you to do so?” Abu
Bakr replied, “It does not befit the son of Abi Quhafa to lead the Prophet (ﷺ) in prayer.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ)
said to the people, “If some problem arises during prayers, then the men should say, Subhan Allah!;
and the women should clap.” (See Hadith No. 652, Vol. 1)