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Ibn `Umar said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘If one manumits his share of a jointly possessed slave, and can
afford the price of the other shares according to the adequate price of the slave, the slave will be
completely manumitted; otherwise he will be partially manumitted.’ ” (Aiyub, a sub-narrator is not
sure whether the saying ” … otherwise he will be partially manumitted” was said by Nafi` or the
Prophet.)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever manumits his share of a jointly possessed slave, it is imperative for him
to get that slave manumitted completely by paying the remaining price, and if he does not have
sufficient money to manumit him, then the price of the slave should be estimated justly, and he is to
be allowed to work and earn the amount that will manumit him (without overburdening him)”.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The example of the person abiding by Allah’s order and restrictions in comparison
to those who violate them is like the example of those persons who drew lots for their seats in a boat.
Some of them got seats in the upper part, and the others in the lower. When the latter needed water,
they had to go up to bring water (and that troubled the others), so they said, ‘Let us make a hole in our
share of the ship (and get water) saving those who are above us from troubling them. So, if the people
in the upper part left the others do what they had suggested, all the people of the ship would be
destroyed, but if they prevented them, both parties would be safe.”

That he had asked `Aisha about the meaning of the Statement of Allah: “If you fear that you shall not
Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (Other) women of your choice Two or three or
four.” (4.3)
She said, “O my nephew! This is about the orphan girl who lives with her guardian and shares his
property. Her wealth and beauty may tempt him to marry her without giving her an adequate Mahr
(bridal-money) which might have been given by another suitor. So, such guardians were forbidden to
marry such orphan girls unless they treated them justly and gave them the most suitable Mahr;
otherwise they were ordered to marry any other woman.” `Aisha further said, “After that verse the
people again asked the Prophet (about the marriage with orphan ‘girls), so Allah revealed the
following verses:– ‘They ask your instruction Concerning the women. Say: Allah Instructs you about
them And about what is Recited unto you In the Book, concerning The orphan girls to whom You
give not the prescribed portions and yet whom you Desire to marry…” (4.127)
What is meant by Allah’s Saying:– ‘And about what is Recited unto you is the former verse which
goes:– ‘If you fear that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (other)
women of your choice.’ (4.3) `Aisha said, “Allah’s saying in the other verse:–‘Yet whom you desire to
marry’ (4.127) means the desire of the guardian to marry an orphan girl under his supervision when
she has not much property or beauty (in which case he should treat her justly). The guardians were
forbidden to marry their orphan girls possessing property and beauty without being just to them, as
they generally refrain from marrying them (when they are neither beautiful nor wealthy).

The Prophet (ﷺ) established the right of Shu’fa (i.e. Preemption) in joint properties; but when the land is
divided and the ways are demarcated, then there is no pre-emption.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The right of preemption is valid in every joint property, but when the land is
divided and the way is demarcated, then there is no right of pre-emption.”

While the Prophet (ﷺ) was with one of his wives, one of the mothers of the believers (i.e. one of his
wives) sent a wooden bowl containing food with a servant. The wife (in whose house he was sitting)
stroke the bowl with her hand and broke it. The Prophet (ﷺ) collected the shattered pieces and put the food
back in it and said, “Eat.” He kept the servant and the bowl till he had eaten the food. Then the
Prophet gave another unbroken. bowl to the servant and kept the broken one.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man felt very thirsty while he was on the way, there he came across a well. He
went down the well, quenched his thirst and came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking
mud because of excessive thirst. He said to himself, “This dog is suffering from thirst as I did.” So, he
went down the well again and filled his shoe with water and watered it. Allah thanked him for that
deed and forgave him. The people said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Is there a reward for us in serving the
animals?” He replied: “Yes, there is a reward for serving any animate (living being).” (See Hadith No.
551)

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “There was an Israeli man called Juraij, while he was praying, his mother came
and called him, but he did not respond to her call. He said (to himself) whether he should continue the
prayer or reply to his mother. She came to him the second time and called him and said, “O Allah! Do
not let him die until he sees the faces of prostitutes.” Juraij used to live in a hermitage. A woman said
that she would entice Juraij, so she went to him and presented herself (for an evil act) but he refused.
She then went to a shepherd and allowed him to commit an illegal sexual intercourse with her and
later she gave birth to a boy. She alleged that the baby was from Juraij. The people went to Juraij and
broke down his hermitage, pulled him out of it and abused him. He performed ablution and offered the
prayer, then he went to the male (baby) and asked him; “O boy! Who is your father?” The baby
replied that his father was the shepherd. The people said that they would build for him a hermitage of
gold but Juraij asked them to make it of mud only.”

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) stood at the top of one of the castles (or higher buildings) of Medina and said, “Do
you see what I see? No doubt I am seeing the spots of afflictions amongst your houses as numerous as
the spots where raindrops fall (during a heavy rain). (See Hadith No. 102)