Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “There will be three types of people whom Allah will neither speak to them on
the Day of Resurrection nor will purify them from sins, and they will have a painful punishment: They
are, (1) a man possessed superfluous water (more than he needs) on a way and he withholds it from
the travelers. (2) a man who gives a pledge of allegiance to an Imam (ruler) and gives it only for
worldly benefits, if the Imam gives him what he wants, he abides by his pledge, otherwise he does not
fulfill his pledge; (3) and a man who sells something to another man after the `Asr prayer and swears
by Allah (a false oath) that he has been offered so much for it whereupon the buyer believes him and
buys it although in fact, the seller has not been offered such a price.” (See Hadith No. 838, Vol. 3)

A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) for Islam and the bedouin got a fever
where upon he said to the Prophet (ﷺ) “Cancel my Pledge.” But the Prophet (ﷺ) refused. He came to him
(again) saying, “Cancel my Pledge.’ But the Prophet (ﷺ) refused. Then (the bedouin) left (Medina). Allah’s
Apostle said: “Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and
clears its good.”

who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) that his mother, Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Take his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam).” The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “He (`Abdullah bin Hisham) is a little child,” and passed his hand over his head and invoked
Allah for him. `Abdullah bin Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of all of his
family.

The group of people whom `Umar had selected as candidates for the Caliphate gathered and consulted
each other. `Abdur-Rahman said to them, “I am not going to compete with you in this matter, but if
you wish, I would select for you a caliph from among you.”
So all of them agreed to let `Abdur-Rahman decide the case. So when the candidates placed the case
in the hands of `Abdur-Rahman, the people went towards him and nobody followed the rest of the
group nor obeyed any after him. So the people followed `Abdur-Rahman and consulted him all those
nights till there came the night we gave the oath of allegiance to `Uthman. Al-Miswar (bin Makhrama)
added: `Abdur-Rahman called on me after a portion of the night had passed and knocked on my door
till I got up, and he said to me, “I see you have been sleeping! By Allah, during the last three nights I
have not slept enough. Go and call Az-Zubair and Sa`d.’
So I called them for him and he consulted them and then called me saying, ‘Call `Ali for me.” I called
`Ali and he held a private talk with him till very late at night, and then ‘Al, got up to leave having had
much hope (to be chosen as a Caliph) but `Abdur-Rahman was afraid of something concerning `Ali.
`Abdur-Rahman then said to me, “Call `Uthman for me.” I called him and he kept on speaking to him
privately till the Mu’adh-dhin put an end to their talk by announcing the Adhan for the Fajr prayer.
When the people finished their morning prayer and that (six men) group gathered near the pulpit,
`Abdur-Rahman sent for all the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar present there and sent for the
army chief who had performed the Hajj with `Umar that year. When all of them had gathered, `Abdur-
Rahman said, “None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,” and added, “Now then, O `Ali, I have
looked at the people’s tendencies and noticed that they do not consider anybody equal to `Uthman, so
you should not incur blame (by disagreeing).” Then `Abdur-Rahman said (to `Uthman), “I gave the
oath of allegiance to you on condition that you will follow Allah’s Laws and the traditions of Allah’s
Apostle and the traditions of the two Caliphs after him.” So `Abdur-Rahman gave the oath of
allegiance to him, and so did the people including the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar and the
chiefs of the army staff and all the Muslims.

We gave the oath of allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) under the tree. He said to me, “O Salama! Will you not
give the oath of allegiance?” I replied, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I have already given the oath of allegiance
for the first time.” He said, (Give it again) for the second time.

When the people took the oath of allegiance to `Abdul Malik, `Abdullah bin `Umar wrote to him: “To
Allah’s Slave, `Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers, I give the Pledge of allegiance that I will listen to
and obey Allah’s Slave, `Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers, according to Allah’s Laws and the
Traditions of His Apostle in whatever is within my ability; and my sons too, give the same pledge.”

I said to Salama, “For what did you give the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) on the Day of
Hudaibiya?” He replied, “For death.”

I witnessed Ibn `Umar when the people gathered around `Abdul Malik. Ibn `Umar wrote: I gave the
Pledge of allegiance that I will listen to and obey Allah’s Slave, `Abdul Malik, Chief of the believers
according to Allah’s Laws and the Traditions of His Apostle as much as I can; and my sons too, give
the same pledge.’

I gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) that I would listen and obey, and he told me to add: ‘As
much as I can, and will give good advice to every Muslim.’

The Prophet (ﷺ) went out on a cold morning while the Muhajirin (emigrants) and the Ansar were digging
the trench. The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, “O Allah! The real goodness is the goodness of the Here after, so
please forgive the Ansar and the Muhajirin.” They replied, “We are those who have given the Pledge
of allegiance to Muhammad for to observe Jihad as long as we remain alive.”