Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) for to listen to and obey, he used to say
to us, for as much as you can.”

We gave the oath of allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) that we would listen to and obey him both at the
time when we were active and at the time when we were tired and that we would not fight against the
ruler or disobey him, and would stand firm for the truth or say the truth wherever we might be, and in
the Way of Allah we would not be afraid of the blame of the blamers. (See Hadith No. 178 and 320)

We gave the oath of allegiance to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) that we would listen to and obey him both at the
time when we were active and at the time when we were tired and that we would not fight against the
ruler or disobey him, and would stand firm for the truth or say the truth wherever we might be, and in
the Way of Allah we would not be afraid of the blame of the blamers. (See Hadith No. 178 and 320)

The Prophet (ﷺ) employed Ibn Al-Utbiyya to collect Zakat from Bani Sulaim, and when he returned (with
the money) to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) the Prophet (ﷺ) called him to account, and he said, “This (amount) is for
you, and this was given to me as a present.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Why don’t you stay at your father’s
house or your mother’s house to see whether you will be given gifts or not, if you are telling the
truth?” Then Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) stood up and addressed the people, and after glorifying and praising
Allah, he said: Amma Ba’du (then after) I employ some men from among you for some job which
Allah has placed in my charge, and then one of you comes to me and says, ‘This (amount) is for you
and this is a gift given to me.’ Why doesn’t he stay at the house of his father or the house of his mother
and see whether he will be given gifts or not if he was telling the truth by Allah, none of you takes
anything of it (i.e., Zakat) for himself (Hisham added: unlawfully) but he will meet Allah on the Day
of Resurrection carrying it on his neck! I do not want to see any of you carrying a grunting camel or a
mooing cow or a bleating sheep on meeting Allah.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) raised both his hands till I saw
the whiteness of his armpits, and said, “(No doubt)! Haven’t I conveyed Allah’s Message!”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Allah never sends a prophet or gives the Caliphate to a Caliph but that he (the
prophet or the Caliph) has two groups of advisors: A group advising him to do good and exhorts him
to do it, and the other group advising him to do evil and exhorts him to do it. But the protected person
(against such evil advisors) is the one protected by Allah.’ ”

“She is informing you about her companion who has committed illegal sexual intercourse with her.”Abu Jamra said, “I was an interpreter between Ibn ‘Abbas and the people.” Some people said, “A ruler should have two interpreters.”

That Abu Sufyan bin Harb told him that Heraclius had called him along with the members of a
Quraish caravan and then said to his interpreter, “Tell them that I want to ask this (Abu Sufyan) a
question, and if he tries to tell me a lie, they should contradict him.” Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the
whole narration and said that Heraclius said to the inter Peter, “Say to him (Abu Sufyan), ‘If what you
say is true, then he (the Prophet) will take over the place underneath my two feet.’ ”

A bedouin came and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Judge between us according to Allah’s Book (Laws).”
His opponent stood up and said, “He has said the truth, so judge between us according to Allah’s
Laws.” The bedouin said, “My son was a laborer for this man and committed illegal sexual intercourse
with his wife. The people said to me, ‘Your son is to be stoned to death,’ so I ransomed my son for one
hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious learned men and they said to me, ‘Your son
has to receive one hundred lashes plus one year of exile.’ ” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I shall judge between
you according to Allah’s Book (Laws)! As for the slave girl and the sheep, it shall be returned to you,
and your son shall receive one-hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O you, Unais!” The Prophet (ﷺ)
addressed some man, “Go in the morning to the wife of this man and stone her to death.” So Unais
went to her the next morning and stoned her to death.

A bedouin came and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Judge between us according to Allah’s Book (Laws).”
His opponent stood up and said, “He has said the truth, so judge between us according to Allah’s
Laws.” The bedouin said, “My son was a laborer for this man and committed illegal sexual intercourse
with his wife. The people said to me, ‘Your son is to be stoned to death,’ so I ransomed my son for one
hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious learned men and they said to me, ‘Your son
has to receive one hundred lashes plus one year of exile.’ ” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I shall judge between
you according to Allah’s Book (Laws)! As for the slave girl and the sheep, it shall be returned to you,
and your son shall receive one-hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O you, Unais!” The Prophet (ﷺ)
addressed some man, “Go in the morning to the wife of this man and stone her to death.” So Unais
went to her the next morning and stoned her to death.

Abu Bakr sent for me owing to the large number of casualties in the battle of Al-Yamama, while
`Umar was sitting with him. Abu Bakr said (to me), `Umar has come to my and said, ‘A great number
of Qaris of the Holy Qur’an were killed on the day of the battle of Al-Yamama, and I am afraid that
the casualties among the Qaris of the Qur’an may increase on other battle-fields whereby a large part
of the Qur’an may be lost. Therefore I consider it advisable that you (Abu Bakr) should have the
Qur’an collected.’ I said, ‘How dare I do something which Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not do?’ `Umar said, By
Allah, it is something beneficial.’ `Umar kept on pressing me for that till Allah opened my chest for
that for which He had opened the chest of `Umar and I had in that matter, the same opinion as `Umar
had.” Abu Bakr then said to me (Zaid), “You are a wise young man and we do not have any suspicion
about you, and you used to write the Divine Inspiration for Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). So you should search for
the fragmentary scripts of the Qur’an and collect it (in one Book).” Zaid further said: By Allah, if Abu
Bakr had ordered me to shift a mountain among the mountains from one place to another it would not
have been heavier for me than this ordering me to collect the Qur’an. Then I said (to `Umar and Abu
Bakr), “How can you do something which Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) did not do?” Abu Bakr said, “By Allah, it is
something beneficial.” Zaid added: So he (Abu Bakr) kept on pressing me for that until Allah opened
my chest for that for which He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and `Umar, and I had in that
matter, the same opinion as theirs.
So I started compiling the Qur’an by collecting it from the leafless stalks of the date-palm tree and
from the pieces of leather and hides and from the stones, and from the chests of men (who had
memorized the Qur’an). I found the last verses of Sirat-at-Tauba: (“Verily there has come unto you an
Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst yourselves–‘ (9.128-129) ) from Khuza`ima or Abi Khuza`ima
and I added to it the rest of the Sura. The manuscripts of the Qur’an remained with Abu Bakr till Allah
took him unto Him. Then it remained with `Umar till Allah took him unto Him, and then with Hafsa
bint `Umar.