Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

I used to teach Qur’an to ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Auf. When Umar performed his last Hajj, ‘Abdur-Rahman said (to me) at Mina, “Would that you had seen Chief of the believers today! A man came to him and said, “So-and-so has said, “If Chief of the Believers died, we will give the oath of allegiance to such-and-such person,’ ‘Umar said, ‘I will get up tonight and warn those who want to usurp the people’s rights.’ I said, ‘Do not do so, for the season (of Hajj) gathers the riffraff mob who will form the majority of your audience, and I am afraid that they will not understand (the meaning of) your saying properly and may spread (an incorrect statement) everywhere. You should wait till we reach Medina, the place of migration and the place of the Sunna (the Prophet’s Traditions). There you will meet the companions of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) from the Muhajirin and the Ansar who will understand your statement and place it in its proper position’ ‘Umar said, ‘By Allah, I shall do so the first time I stand (to address the people) in Medina.’ When we reached Medina, ‘Umar (in a Friday Khutba-sermon) said, “No doubt, Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and revealed to him the Book (Quran), and among what was revealed, was the Verse of Ar-Rajm (stoning adulterers to death).’” (See Hadith No. 817,Vol. 8)

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You will follow the ways of those nations who were before you, span by span and
cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch) so much so that even if they entered a hole of a mastigure, you
would follow them.” We said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! (Do you mean) the Jews and the Christians?” He
said, “Whom else?”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “None is killed unjustly, but the first son of Adam will have a part of its burden.”
Sufyan said, “..a part of its blood because he was the first to establish the tradition of murdering”

`Umar bin Al-Khattab asked (the people) about the Imlas of a woman, i.e., a woman who has an
abortion because of having been beaten on her `Abdomen, saying, “Who among you has heard
anything about it from the Prophet?” I said, “I did.” He said, “What is that?” I said, “I heard the
Prophet saying, “Its Diya (blood money) is either a male or a female slave.’ ” `Umar said, “Do not
leave till you present witness in support of your statement.” So I went out, and found Muhammad bin
Maslama. I brought him, and he bore witness with me that he had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Its Diya
(blood money) is either a male slave or a female slave.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The Hour will not be established till my followers copy the deeds of the previous
nations and follow them very closely, span by span, and cubit by cubit (i.e., inch by inch).” It was
said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Do you mean by those (nations) the Persians and the Byzantines?” The
Prophet said, “Who can it be other than they?”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Do not wish to be like anybody except in two cases: The case of a man whom
Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, and that of a man whom Allah has given
religious wisdom (i.e., Qur’an and Sunna) and he gives his verdicts according to it and teaches it.” (to
others i.e., religious knowledge of Qur’an and Sunna (Prophet’s Traditions)). ”

`Umar bin Al-Khattab asked (the people) about the Imlas of a woman, i.e., a woman who has an
abortion because of having been beaten on her `Abdomen, saying, “Who among you has heard
anything about it from the Prophet?” I said, “I did.” He said, “What is that?” I said, “I heard the
Prophet saying, “Its Diya (blood money) is either a male or a female slave.’ ” `Umar said, “Do not
leave till you present witness in support of your statement.” So I went out, and found Muhammad bin
Maslama. I brought him, and he bore witness with me that he had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “Its Diya
(blood money) is either a male slave or a female slave.”

A bedouin came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “My wife has delivered a black boy, and I suspect that he
is not my child.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, “Have you got camels?” The bedouin said, “Yes.” The
Prophet said, “What color are they?” The bedouin said, “They are red.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Are any of
them Grey?” He said, “There are Grey ones among them.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whence do you think
this color came to them?” The bedouin said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! It resulted from hereditary
disposition.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “And this (i.e., your child) has inherited his color from his ancestors.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) did not allow him to deny his paternity of the child.

A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “My mother vowed to perform the Hajj but she died before
performing it. Should I perform the Hajj on her behalf?” He said, “Yes! Perform the Hajj on her
behalf. See, if your mother had been in debt, would you have paid her debt?” She said, “Yes.” He said,
“So you should pay what is for Him as Allah has more right that one should fulfill one’s obligations to
Him. ”

I heard Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan delivering a sermon. He said, “I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “If Allah
wants to do a favor to somebody, He bestows on him, the gift of understanding the Qur’an and Sunna.
I am but a distributor, and Allah is the Giver. The state of this nation will remain good till the Hour is
established, or till Allah’s Order comes.”