Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah said, ‘I will be an opponent to three types of people on the Day of
Resurrection:
-1. One who makes a covenant in My Name, but proves treacherous;
-2. One who sells a free person and eats his price; and
-3. One who employs a laborer and takes full work from him but does not pay him for his lab our.’ ”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who
employed laborers to work for him from morning till night for specific wages. They worked till
midday and then said, ‘We do not need your money which you have fixed for us and let whatever we
have done be annulled.’ The man said to them, ‘Don’t quit the work, but complete the rest of it and
take your full wages.’ But they refused and went away. The man employed another batch after them
and said to them, ‘Complete the rest of the day and yours will be the wages I had fixed for the first
batch.’ So, they worked till the time of `Asr prayer. Then they said, “Let what we have done be
annulled and keep the wages you have promised us for yourself.’ The man said to them, ‘Complete the
rest of the work, as only a little of the day remains,’ but they refused. Thereafter he employed another
batch to work for the rest of the day and they worked for the rest of the day till the sunset, and they
received the wages of the two former batches. So, that was the example of those people (Muslims) and
the example of this light (guidance) which they have accepted willingly.

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “Three men from among those who were before you, set out together
till they reached a cave at night and entered it. A big rock rolled down the mountain and closed the
mouth of the cave. They said (to each other), Nothing could save you from this rock but to invoke
Allah by giving reference to the righteous deed which you have done (for Allah’s sake only).’ So, one
of them said, ‘O Allah! I had old parents and I never provided my family (wife, children etc.) with
milk before them. One day, by chance I was delayed, and I came late (at night) while they had slept. I
milked the sheep for them and took the milk to them, but I found them sleeping. I disliked to provide
my family with the milk before them. I waited for them and the bowl of milk was in my hand and I
kept on waiting for them to get up till the day dawned. Then they got up and drank the milk. O Allah!
If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from our critical situation caused by this rock.’ So,
the rock shifted a little but they could not get out.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “The second man said, ‘O Allah! I had a cousin who was the dearest of all people
to me and I wanted to have sexual relations with her but she refused. Later she had a hard time in a
famine year and she came to me and I gave her one-hundred-and-twenty Dinars on the condition that
she would not resist my desire, and she agreed. When I was about to fulfill my desire, she said: It is
illegal for you to outrage my chastity except by legitimate marriage. So, I thought it a sin to have
sexual intercourse with her and left her though she was the dearest of all the people to me, and also I
left the gold I had given her. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the
present calamity.’ So, the rock shifted a little more but still they could not get out from there.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “Then the third man said, ‘O Allah! I employed few laborers and I paid them their
wages with the exception of one man who did not take his wages and went away. I invested his wages
and I got much property thereby. (Then after some time) he came and said to me: O Allah’s slave! Pay
me my wages. I said to him: All the camels, cows, sheep and slaves you see, are yours. He said: O
Allah’s slave! Don’t mock at me. I said: I am not mocking at you. So, he took all the herd and drove
them away and left nothing. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from the
present suffering.’ So, that rock shifted completely and they got out walking.

Whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ordered us to give in charity we would go to the market and work as
porters to earn a Mudd (two handfuls) (of foodstuff) but now some of us have one-hundred thousand
Dirhams or Diners. (The sub-narrator) Shaqiq said, “I think Abu Mas`ud meant himself by saying
(some of us) .

Ibn `Abbas said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade the meeting of caravans (on the way) and ordained that no
townsman is permitted to sell things on behalf of a bedouin.” I asked Ibn `Abbas, “What is the
meaning of his saying, ‘No townsman is permitted to sell things on behalf of a bedouin.’ ” He replied,
“He should not work as a broker for him.”

I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I have two neighbors and would like to know to which of them I should
give presents.” He replied, “To the one whose door is nearer to you.”

I was a blacksmith and did some work for Al-`As bin Wail. When he owed me some money for my
work, I went to him to ask for that amount. He said, “I will not pay you unless you disbelieve in
Muhammad.” I said, “By Allah! I will never do that till you die and be resurrected.” He said, “Will I
be dead and then resurrected after my death?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “There I will have property and
offspring and then I will pay you your due.” Then Allah revealed. ‘Have you seen him who
disbelieved in Our signs, and yet says: I will be given property and offspring?’ (19.77)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The honest treasurer who gives willingly what he is ordered to give, is one of the
two charitable persons, (the second being the owner).

Some of the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) went on a journey till they reached some of the ‘Arab tribes (at
night). They asked the latter to treat them as their guests but they refused. The chief of that tribe was
then bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion) and they tried their best to cure him but in vain. Some
of them said (to the others), “Nothing has benefited him, will you go to the people who resided here at
night, it may be that some of them might possess something (as treatment),” They went to the group of
the companions (of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) and said, “Our chief has been bitten by a snake (or stung by a
scorpion) and we have tried everything but he has not benefited. Have you got anything (useful)?”
One of them replied, “Yes, by Allah! I can recite a Ruqya, but as you have refused to accept us as
your guests, I will not recite the Ruqya for you unless you fix for us some wages for it.” They agrees
to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them then went and recited (Surat-ul-Fatiha): ‘All the praises are
for the Lord of the Worlds’ and puffed over the chief who became all right as if he was released from a
chain, and got up and started walking, showing no signs of sickness.
They paid them what they agreed to pay. Some of them (i.e. the companions) then suggested to divide
their earnings among themselves, but the one who performed the recitation said, “Do not divide them
till we go to the Prophet (ﷺ) and narrate the whole story to him, and wait for his order.” So, they went to
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and narrated the story. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) asked, “How did you come to know that Suratul-
Fatiha was recited as Ruqya?” Then he added, “You have done the right thing. Divide (what you
have earned) and assign a share for me as well.” The Prophet (ﷺ) smiled thereupon.

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) with two men from Ash`ari tribe. I said (to the Prophet), “I do not know that they
want employment.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No, we do not appoint for our jobs anybody who demands it
earnestly.”