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(a companion of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)) Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), holding out his middle and index fingers, said, “My
advent and the Hour’s are like this (or like these),” namely, the period between his era and the Hour is
like the distance between those two fingers, i.e., very short.

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Afflictions will emerge from here,” pointing towards the East.

We were with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) on a journey, and when the sun set, he said to a man, “Get down and
prepare a drink of Sawiq for me.” The man said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Will you wait till it is evening?”
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) again said, “Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq.” The man said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Will you wait till it is evening, for it is still daytime. ” The Prophet (ﷺ) again said, “Get down
and prepare a drink of Sawiq.” So the third time the man got down and prepared a drink of sawiq for
him. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) drank thereof and pointed with his hand towards the East, saying, “When you see
the night falling from this side, then a fasting person should break his fast.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The call (or the Adhan) of Bilal should not stop you from taking the Suhur-meals for Bilal calls (or pronounces the Adhan) so that the one who is offering the night prayer should take a rest, and he does not indicate the daybreak or dawn.” The narrator, Yazid, described (how dawn breaks) by stretching out his hands and then separating them wide apart.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) performed the Tawaf (around the Ka`ba while riding his camel, and every time he
reached the corner (of the Black Stone) he pointed at it with his hand and said, “Allahu Akbar.”
(Zainab said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “An opening has been made in the wall of Gog and Magog like this
and this,” forming the number 90 (with his thumb and index finger).

Abul Qasim (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) said, “There is an hour (or a moment) of
particular significance on Friday. If it happens that a Muslim is
offering a prayer and invoking Allah for some good at that very
moment, Allah will grant him his request.” (The sub-narrator placed
the top of his finger on the palm of the other hand between the middle
finger and the little one.)

During the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) a Jew attacked a girl and took
some silver ornaments she was wearing and crushed her head. Her
relative brought her to the Prophet (ﷺ) while she was in her last breaths,
and she was unable to speak. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) asked her, “Who has hit
you? So-and so?”, mentioning somebody other than her murderer. She
moved her head, indicating denial. The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned another
person other than the murderer, and she again moved her head
indicating denial. Then he asked, “Was it so-and-so?”, mentioning the
name of her killer. She nodded, agreeing. Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ);
ordered that the head of that Jew be crushed between two stones.

Ibn `Umar used to say about the Ila (which Allah defined (in the Holy Book), “If the period of Ila
expires, then the husband has either to retain his wife in a handsome manner or to divorce her as Allah
has ordered.”

“When the period of four months has expired, the husband should be
put in prison so that he should divorce his wife, but the divorce does not occur unless the husband
himself declares it. This has been mentioned by `Uthman, `Ali, Abu Ad-Darda, `Aisha and twelve
other companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) .”

(the Maula of Munba’ith) The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked regarding the case of a lost sheep. He said, “You
should take it, because it is for you, or for your brother, or for the wolf.” Then he was asked about a
lost camel. He got angry and his face became red and he said (to the questioner), “You have nothing to
do with it; it has its feet and its water container with it; it can go on drinking water and eating trees till
its owner meets it.” And then the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about a Luqata (money found by somebody). He
said, “Remember and recognize its tying material and its container, and make public announcement
about it for one year. If somebody comes and identifies it (then give it to him), otherwise add it to
your property.”