Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

A man mentioned to the Prophet (ﷺ) that he had always been cheated in bargains. The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Whenever you do bargain, say, ‘No cheating.’”

`Ali was told that Ibn `Abbas did not see any harm in the Mut’a marriage. `Ali said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
forbade the Mut’a marriage on the Day of the battle of Khaibar and he forbade the eating of donkey’s
meat.” Some people said, “If one, by a tricky way, marries temporarily, his marriage is illegal.” Others
said, “The marriage is valid but its condition is illegal.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “One should not prevent others from watering their animals with the surplus of
his water in order to prevent them from benefiting by the surplus of grass.”

Sa’d bin ‘Ubada Al-Ansari sought the verdict of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
regarding a vow made by his mother who had died before fulfilling it.
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Fulfill it on her behalf.” Some people said,
“If the number of camels reaches twenty, then their owner has to pay
four sheep as Zakat; and if their owner gives them as a gift or sells
them in order to escape the payment of Zakat cunningly before the
completion of a year, then he is not to pay anything, and if he
slaughters them and then dies, then no Zakat is to be taken from his
property.”

Nafi narrated to me that ‘Abdullah said that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade
the Shighar. I asked Nafi’, “What is the Shighar?” He said, “It is to
marry the daughter of a man and marry one’s daughter to that man (at
the same time) without Mahr (in both cases); or to marry the sister of
a man and marry one’s own sister to that man without Mahr.” Some
people said, “If one, by a trick, marries on the basis of Shighar, the
marriage is valid but its condition is illegal.” The same scholar said
regarding Al-Mut’a, “The marriage is invalid and its condition is
illegal.” Some others said, “The Mut’a and the Shighar are permissible
but the condition is illegal.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection the Kanz (Treasure or wealth of which, Zakat has
not been paid) of anyone of you will appear in the shape of a huge bald headed poisonous male snake
and its owner will run away from it, but it will follow him and say, ‘I am your Kanz.’” The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, “By Allah, that snake will keep on following him until he stretches out his hand and let the
snake swallow it.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) added, “If the owner of camels does not pay their Zakat, then, on
the Day of Resurrection those camels will come to him and will strike his face with their hooves.”
Some people said: Concerning a man who has camels, and is afraid that Zakat will be due so he sells
those camels for similar camels or for sheep or cows or money one day before Zakat becomes due in
order to avoid payment of their Zakat cunningly! “He has not to pay anything.” The same scholar said,
“If one pays Zakat of his camels one day or one year prior to the end of the year (by the end of which
Zakat becomes due), his Zakat will be valid.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “On the Day of Resurrection the Kanz (Treasure or wealth of which, Zakat has
not been paid) of anyone of you will appear in the shape of a huge bald headed poisonous male snake
and its owner will run away from it, but it will follow him and say, ‘I am your Kanz.’” The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, “By Allah, that snake will keep on following him until he stretches out his hand and let the
snake swallow it.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) added, “If the owner of camels does not pay their Zakat, then, on
the Day of Resurrection those camels will come to him and will strike his face with their hooves.”
Some people said: Concerning a man who has camels, and is afraid that Zakat will be due so he sells
those camels for similar camels or for sheep or cows or money one day before Zakat becomes due in
order to avoid payment of their Zakat cunningly! “He has not to pay anything.” The same scholar said,
“If one pays Zakat of his camels one day or one year prior to the end of the year (by the end of which
Zakat becomes due), his Zakat will be valid.”

That Abu Bakr wrote for him, Zakat regulations which Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had made compulsory, and
wrote that one should neither collect various portions (of the property) nor divide the property into
various portions in order to avoid paying Zakat.

A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Tell me what
Allah has enjoined on me as regards prayers.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “You have to offer perfectly the five
(compulsory) prayers in a day and a night (24 hrs.), except if you want to perform some extra optional
prayers.” The bedouin said, “Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards fasting.” The Prophet (ﷺ)
said, “You have to observe fast during the month of Ramadan except if you fast some extra optional
fast.” The bedouin said, “Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regard Zakat.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then
told him the Islamic laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, “By Him Who has honored
you, I will not perform any optional deeds of worship and I will not leave anything of what Allah has
enjoined on me.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “He will be successful if he has told the truth (or he will enter
Paradise if he said the truth).” And some people said, “The Zakat for one-hundred and twenty camels
is two Hiqqas, and if the Zakat payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives them as a present or
plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakat, then there is no harm (in it) for him.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘O people! The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions, 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 to take worldly benefit or
for a woman to marry, then his emigration was for what he emigrated for.”