Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) proceeded from `Arafat till when he reached the mountain pass, he dismounted,
urinated and then performed ablution but not a perfect one. I said to him, (“Is it the time for) the
prayer, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)?” He said, “The (place of) prayer is ahead of you.” He rode till when he
reached Al-Muzdalifa, he dismounted and performed ablution and a perfect one, The (call for) Iqama
was pronounced and he led the Maghrib prayer. Then everybody made his camel kneel down at its
place. Then the Iqama was pronounced for the `Isha’ prayer which the Prophet (ﷺ) led and no prayer was
offered in between the two . prayers (`Isha’ and Maghrib).

I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) near the Jamra and the people were asking him questions (about religious
problems). A man asked, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I have slaughtered the Hadi (animal) before doing the
Rami.” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Do the Rami (now) and there is no harm.” Another person asked, “O
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I got my head shaved before slaughtering the animal.” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Do the
slaughtering (now) and there is no harm.” So on that day, when the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about anything
as regards the ceremonies of Hajj performed before or after its due time his reply was, “Do it (now)
and there is no harm.”

Ibn `Abbas performed ablution and washed his face (in the following way): He ladled out a handful of
water, rinsed his mouth and washed his nose with it by putting in water and then blowing it out. He
then, took another handful (of water) and did like this (gesturing) joining both hands, and washed his
face, took another handful of water and washed his right forearm. He again took another handful of
water and washed his left forearm, and passed wet hands over his head and took another handful of
water and poured it over his right foot (up to his ankles) and washed it thoroughly and similarly took
another handful of water and washed thoroughly his left foot (up to the ankles) and said, “I saw
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) performing ablution in this way.”

While I was going with the Prophet (ﷺ) through the ruins of Medina and he was reclining on a date-palm
leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to the others: Ask him (the Prophet) about the
spirit. Some of them said that they should not ask him that question as he might give a reply which
would displease them. But some of them insisted on asking, and so one of them stood up and asked,
“O Abul-Qasim ! What is the spirit?” The Prophet (ﷺ) remained quiet. I thought he was being inspired
Divinely. So I stayed till that state of the Prophet (while being inspired) was over. The Prophet (ﷺ) then
said, “And they ask you (O Muhammad) concerning the spirit –Say: The spirit — its knowledge is
with my Lord. And of knowledge you (mankind) have been given only a little).” (17.85)

Ibn Az-Zubair said to me, “Aisha used to tell you secretly a number of things. What did she tell you
about the Ka`ba?” I replied, “She told me that once the Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘O `Aisha! Had not your people
been still close to the pre-Islamic period of ignorance (infidelity)! I would have dismantled the Ka`ba
and would have made two doors in it; one for entrance and the other for exit.” Later on Ibn Az-Zubair
did the same.

The above mentioned Statement of `Ali.

In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe of Khuza`a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in
revenge for a killed person, belonging to them. They informed the Prophet (ﷺ) about it. So he rode his
Rahila (she-camel for riding) and addressed the people saying, “Allah held back the killing from
Mecca. (The sub-narrator is in doubt whether the Prophet (ﷺ) said “elephant or killing,” as the Arabic
words standing for these words have great similarity in shape), but He (Allah) let His Apostle and the
believers over power the infidels of Mecca. Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary) Verily! Fighting in Mecca
was not permitted for anyone before me nor will it be permitted for anyone after me. It (war) in it was
made legal for me for few hours or so on that day. No doubt it is at this moment a sanctuary, it is not
allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to uproot its trees or to pick up its Luqat (fallen things) except
by a person who will look for its owner (announce it publicly). And if somebody is killed, then his
closest relative has the right to choose one of the two– the blood money (Diyya) or retaliation having
the killer killed. In the meantime a man from Yemen came and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Get that
written for me.” The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered his companions to write that for him. Then a man from Quraish
said, “Except Al-Idhkhir (a type of grass that has good smell) O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), as we use it in our
houses and graves.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Except Al-Idhkhir i.e. Al-Idhkhir is allowed to be plucked.”

There is none among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) who has narrated more Hadiths than I except
`Abdullah bin `Amr (bin Al-`As) who used to write them and I never did the same.

Ibn `Abbas said, “When the ailment of the Prophet (ﷺ) became worse, he said, ‘Bring for me (writing)
paper and I will write for you a statement after which you will not go astray.’ But `Umar said, ‘The
Prophet is seriously ill, and we have got Allah’s Book with us and that is sufficient for us.’ But the
companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) differed about this and there was a hue and cry. On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to
them, ‘Go away (and leave me alone). It is not right that you should quarrel in front of me.” Ibn
`Abbas came out saying, “It was most unfortunate (a great disaster) that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was prevented
from writing that statement for them because of their disagreement and noise. (Note: It is apparent
from this Hadith that Ibn `Abbas had witnessed the event and came out saying this statement. The
truth is not so, for Ibn `Abbas used to say this statement on narrating the Hadith and he had not
witnessed the event personally. See Fath Al-Bari Vol. 1, p.220 footnote.) (See Hadith No. 228, Vol.
4).

One night Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) got up and said, “Subhan Allah! How many afflictions have been descended
tonight and how many treasures have been disclosed! Go and wake the sleeping lady occupants of
these dwellings (his wives) up (for prayers). A well-dressed (soul) in this world may be naked in the
Hereafter. ”