Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

A funeral procession passed in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the people praised the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “It has been affirmed (Paradise).” Then another funeral procession passed by and the people
talked badly of the deceased. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It has been affirmed (Hell).” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was
asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! You said it has been affirmed for both?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The testimony
of the people (is accepted), (for) the believer are Allah’s witnesses on the earth.”

Once I went to Medina where there was an outbreak of disease and the people were dying rapidly. I
was sitting with `Umar and a funeral procession passed by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar
said, “It has been affirmed” (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed by. The people praised
the deceased. `Umar said, “It has been affirmed.” (Paradise). Then another funeral procession passed
by. The people praised the deceased. `Umar said, “It has been affirmed (Paradise).” Then a third
funeral procession passed by and the people talked badly of the deceased. `Umar said, “It has been
affirmed (Hell).” I asked `Umar, “O chief of the believers! What has been affirmed?” He said, “I have
said what the Prophet (ﷺ) said. He said, ‘Allah will admit into paradise any Muslim whose good character
is attested by four persons.’ We asked the Prophet, ‘If there were three witnesses only?’ He said, ‘Even
three.’ We asked, ‘If there were two only?’ He said, ‘Even two.’ But we did not ask him about one
witness.”

Aflah asked the permission to visit me but I did not allow him. He said, “Do you veil yourself before
me although I am your uncle?” `Aisha said, “How is that?” Aflah replied, “You were suckled by my
brother’s wife with my brother’s milk.” I asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about it, and he said, “Aflah is right, so
permit him to visit you.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said about Hamza’s daughter, “I am not legally permitted to marry her, as foster relations
are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs). She is the daughter of my foster brother.”

That `Aisha the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) told her uncle that once, while the Prophet (ﷺ) was in her house, she
heard a man asking Hafsa’s permission to enter her house. `Aisha said, “I said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I
think the man is Hafsa’s foster uncle.’ ” `Aisha added, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! There is a man asking the
permission to enter your house.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) replied, “I think the man is Hafsa’s foster uncle.”
`Aisha said, “If so-and-so were living (i.e. her foster uncle) would he be allowed to visit me?” Allah’s
Apostle said, “Yes, he would, as the foster relations are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs).

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) came to me while a man was in my house. He said, “O `Aisha! Who is this (man)?”
I replied, “My foster brothers” He said, “O `Aisha! Be sure about your foster brothers, as fostership is
only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).

Some men had superfluous land and they said that they would give it to others to cultivate on the
condition that they would get one-third or one-fourth or one half of its yield. The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Whoever has land should cultivate it himself or give it to his brother or keep it uncultivated.”

A Jubba (i.e. cloak) made of thick silken cloth was presented to the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) used to
forbid people to wear silk. So, the people were pleased to see it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose
Hands Muhammad’s soul is, the handkerchiefs of Sa`d bin Mu`adh in Paradise are better than this.”
Anas added, “The present was sent to the Prophet (ﷺ) by Ukaidir (a Christian) from Dauma.”

A Jewess brought a poisoned (cooked) sheep for the Prophet (ﷺ) who ate from it. She was brought to the
Prophet and he was asked, “Shall we kill her?” He said, “No.” I continued to see the effect of the
poison on the palate of the mouth of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) .

We were one-hundred and thirty persons accompanying the Prophet (ﷺ) who asked us whether anyone of
us had food. There was a man who had about a Sa of wheat which was mixed with water then. A very
tall pagan came driving sheep. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, “Will you sell us (a sheep) or give it as a
present?” He said, “I will sell you (a sheep).” The Prophet (ﷺ) bought a sheep and it was slaughtered. The
Prophet ordered that its liver and other Abdominal organs be roasted. By Allah, the Prophet (ﷺ) gave
every person of the one-hundred-and-thirty a piece of that; he gave all those of them who were
present; and kept the shares of those who were absent. The Prophet (ﷺ) then put its meat in two huge
basins and all of them ate to their fill, and even then more food was left in the two basins which were
carried on the camel (or said something like it).