Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, ‘Both legal and illegal things are
evident but in between them there are doubtful (suspicious) things and
most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves
himself from these suspicious things saves his religion and his honor.
And whoever indulges in these suspicious things is like a shepherd who
grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else
and at any moment he is liable to get in it. (O people!) Beware! Every
king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is His illegal
(forbidden) things. Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body if
it becomes good (reformed) the whole body becomes good but if it gets
spoilt the whole body gets spoilt and that is the heart.

I used to sit with Ibn ‘Abbas and he made me sit on his sitting place.
He requested me to stay with him in order that he might give me a
share from his property. So I stayed with him for two months. Once he
told (me) that when the delegation of the tribe of ‘Abdul Qais came to
the Prophet, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked them, “Who are the people (i.e. you)?
(Or) who are the delegate?” They replied, “We are from the tribe of
Rabi’a.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to them, “Welcome! O people (or O
delegation of ‘Abdul Qais)! Neither will you have disgrace nor will
you regret.” They said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We cannot come to you
except in the sacred month and there is the infidel tribe of Mudar
intervening between you and us. So please order us to do something
good (religious deeds) so that we may inform our people whom we have
left behind (at home), and that we may enter Paradise (by acting on
them).” Then they asked about drinks (what is legal and what is
illegal). The Prophet (ﷺ) ordered them to do four things and forbade them
from four things. He ordered them to believe in Allah Alone and asked
them, “Do you know what is meant by believing in Allah Alone?” They
replied, “Allah and His Apostle know better.” Thereupon the Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “It means:1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and
Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ).2. To offer prayers perfectly3. To pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)4. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan.5. And to pay Al-Khumus (one fifth of the booty to be given in Allah’s
Cause).Then he forbade them four things, namely, Hantam, Dubba,’ Naqir Ann
Muzaffat or Muqaiyar; (These were the names of pots in which Alcoholic
drinks were prepared) (The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the container of wine and
he meant the wine itself). The Prophet (ﷺ) further said (to them):
“Memorize them (these instructions) and convey them to the people whom
you have left behind.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intention
and every person will get the reward according to what he has
intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then his
emigration was for Allah and His Apostle. And whoever emigrated for
worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what
he emigrated for.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “If a man spends on his family (with the intention
of having a reward from Allah) sincerely for Allah’s sake then it is a
(kind of) alms-giving in reward for him.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “You will be rewarded for whatever you spend for
Allah’s sake even if it were a morsel which you put in your wife’s
mouth.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If a person embraces Islam sincerely, then Allah shall forgive all his past sins, and after that starts the settlement of accounts, the reward of his good deeds will be ten times to seven hundred times for each good deed and one evil deed will be recorded as it is unless Allah forgives it.”

I gave the pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) for the following:1. offer prayers perfectly2. pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)3. and be sincere and true to every Muslim.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If any one of you improve (follows strictly)
his Islamic religion then his good deeds will be rewarded ten times to
seven hundred times for each good deed and a bad deed will be recorded
as it is.”

I heard Jarir bin ‘Abdullah (Praising Allah). On the day when
Al-Mughira bin Shu’ba died, he (Jarir) got up (on the pulpit) and
thanked and praised Allah and said, “Be afraid of Allah alone Who has
none along with Him to be worshipped.(You should) be calm and quiet
till the (new) chief comes to you and he will come to you soon. Ask
Allah’s forgiveness for your (late) chief because he himself loved to
forgive others.” Jarir added, “Amma badu (now then), I went to the
Prophet and said, ‘I give my pledge of allegiance to you for Islam.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) conditioned (my pledge) for me to be sincere and true to
every Muslim so I gave my pledge to him for this. By the Lord of this
mosque! I am sincere and true to you (Muslims). Then Jarir asked for
Allah’s forgiveness and came down (from the pulpit).

Once the Prophet (ﷺ) came while a woman was sitting with me. He said, “Who
is she?” I replied, “She is so and so,” and told him about her
(excessive) praying. He said disapprovingly, “Do (good) deeds which is
within your capacity (without being overtaxed) as Allah does not get
tired (of giving rewards) but (surely) you will get tired and the best
deed (act of Worship) in the sight of Allah is that which is done
regularly.”