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The Iqama for the prayer was announced while a man was talking to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) privately. He
continued talking in that way till the Prophet’s companions slept, and afterwards the Prophet (ﷺ) got up
and offered the prayer with them.

The Prophet (ﷺ) confided to me a secret which I did not disclose to anybody after him. And Um Sulaim
asked me (about that secret) but I did not tell her.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When you are three persons sitting together, then no two of you should hold secret
counsel excluding the third person until you are with some other people too, for that would grieve
him.”

I saw Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) lying on his back in the mosque and putting one of his legs over the other.

the Prophet (ﷺ) said “When three persons are together, then no two of them should hold secret counsel
excluding the third person.”

Mother of the Believers: We, the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) were all sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) and none of us
had left when Fatima came walking, and by Allah, her gait was very similar to that of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
.’ When he saw her, he welcomed her, saying, “Welcome, O my daughter!” Then he made her sit on
his right or his left, confided something to her, whereupon she wept bitterly. When he noticed her
sorrow, he confided something else to her for the second time, and she started laughing. Only I from
among the Prophet’s wives said to her, “(O Fatima), Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) selected you from among us for
the secret talk and still you weep?” When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) got up (and went away), I asked her, “What
did he confide to you?” She said, “I wouldn’t disclose the secrets of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)” But when he died
I asked her, “I beseech you earnestly by what right I have on you, to tell me (that secret talk which the
Prophet had with you)” She said, “As you ask me now, yes, (I will tell you).” She informed me,
saying, “When he talked to me secretly the first time, he said that Gabriel used to review the Qur’an
with him once every year.
He added, ‘But this year he reviewed it with me twice, and therefore I think that my time of death has
approached. So, be afraid of Allah, and be patient, for I am the best predecessor for you (in the
Hereafter).’ ” Fatima added, “So I wept as you (`Aisha) witnessed. And when the Prophet (ﷺ) saw me in
this sorrowful state, he confided the second secret to me saying, ‘O Fatima! Will you not be pleased
that you will be chief of all the believing women (or chief of the women of this nation i.e. my
followers?”)

Mother of the Believers: We, the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) were all sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) and none of us
had left when Fatima came walking, and by Allah, her gait was very similar to that of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
.’ When he saw her, he welcomed her, saying, “Welcome, O my daughter!” Then he made her sit on
his right or his left, confided something to her, whereupon she wept bitterly. When he noticed her
sorrow, he confided something else to her for the second time, and she started laughing. Only I from
among the Prophet’s wives said to her, “(O Fatima), Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) selected you from among us for
the secret talk and still you weep?” When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) got up (and went away), I asked her, “What
did he confide to you?” She said, “I wouldn’t disclose the secrets of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)” But when he died
I asked her, “I beseech you earnestly by what right I have on you, to tell me (that secret talk which the
Prophet had with you)” She said, “As you ask me now, yes, (I will tell you).” She informed me,
saying, “When he talked to me secretly the first time, he said that Gabriel used to review the Qur’an
with him once every year.
He added, ‘But this year he reviewed it with me twice, and therefore I think that my time of death has
approached. So, be afraid of Allah, and be patient, for I am the best predecessor for you (in the
Hereafter).’ ” Fatima added, “So I wept as you (`Aisha) witnessed. And when the Prophet (ﷺ) saw me in
this sorrowful state, he confided the second secret to me saying, ‘O Fatima! Will you not be pleased
that you will be chief of all the believing women (or chief of the women of this nation i.e. my
followers?”)

Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went to Quba, he used to visit Um Haram bint Milhan who would offer him
meals; and she was the wife of ‘Ubada bin As-samit. One day he went to her house and she offered
him a meal, and after that he slept, and then woke up smiling. She (Um Haram) said, “I asked him,
‘What makes you laugh, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)?’ He said, ‘Some people of my followers were displayed
before me as warriors fighting for Allah’s Cause and sailing over this sea, kings on thrones,’ or said,
‘like kings on thrones.’ (The narrator, ‘Is-haq is in doubt about it.) I (Um Haram) said, ‘O Allah’s
Apostle! Invoke Allah that He may make me one of them.’ He invoked (Allah) for her and then lay his
head and slept again and then woke up smiling. I asked, ‘What makes you laugh, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)?’
He said, ‘Some people of my followers were displayed before me as warriors fighting for Allah’s
Cause and sailing over this sea, kings on the thrones,’ or said, ‘like kings on the thrones.’ I (Um
Haram) said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah that He may make me one of them.’ He said, You will
be amongst the first ones.” It is said that Um Haram sailed over the sea at the time of Muawiya, and
on coming out of the sea, she fell down from her riding animal and died.

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade two kinds of dresses and two kinds of bargains; Ishtimal As-Samma and Al-
Ihtiba in one garment with no part of it covering one’s private parts. (The two kinds of bargains were:)
Al-Mulamasa and Al-Munabadha.

Anas said, “Um Sulaim used to spread a leather sheet for the Prophet (ﷺ) and he used to take a midday
nap on that leather sheet at her home.” Anas added, “When the Prophet (ﷺ) had slept, she would take
some of his sweat and hair and collect it (the sweat) in a bottle and then mix it with Suk (a kind of
perfume) while he was still sleeping. “When the death of Anas bin Malik approached, he advised that
some of that Suk be mixed with his Hanut (perfume for embalming the dead body), and it was mixed
with his Hanut.