Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

I asked Sahl bin Hunaif, “Did you hear the Prophet (ﷺ) saying anything about Al-Khawarij?” He said, “I
heard him saying while pointing his hand towards Iraq. “There will appear in it (i.e, Iraq) some people
who will recite the Qur’an but it will not go beyond their throats, and they will go out from (leave)
Islam as an arrow darts through the game’s body.’ ”

That they visited Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri and asked him about Al-Harauriyya, a special unorthodox
religious sect, “Did you hear the Prophet (ﷺ) saying anything about them?” Abu Sa`id said, “I do not
know what Al-Harauriyya is, but I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, “There will appear in this nation—- he
did not say: From this nation —- a group of people so pious apparently that you will consider your
prayers inferior to their prayers, but they will recite the Qur’an, the teachings of which will not go
beyond their throats and will go out of their religion as an arrow darts through the game, whereupon
the archer may look at his arrow, its Nasl at its Risaf and its Fuqa to see whether it is blood-stained or
not (i.e. they will have not even a trace of Islam in them).

Regarding Al-Harauriyya: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “They will go out of Islam as an arrow darts out of the
game’s body.’

As if I am looking at the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was speaking about one of the prophets whose people have
beaten and wounded him, and he was wiping the blood off his face and saying, “O Lord! Forgive my,
people as they do not know.”

Whenever I tell you a narration from Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), by Allah, I would rather fall down from the sky
than ascribe a false statement to him, but if I tell you something between me and you (not a Hadith)
then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say things just to cheat my enemy). No doubt I heard Allah’s
Apostle saying, “During the last days there will appear some young foolish people who will say the
best words but their faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have no faith) and will go out
from (leave) their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So, where-ever you find them, kill them,
for who-ever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection.”

A group of Jews asked permission to visit the Prophet (and when they were admitted) they said, “As-
Samu ‘Alaika (Death be upon you).” I said (to them), “But death and the curse of Allah be upon you!”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “O `Aisha! Allah is kind and lenient and likes that one should be kind and lenient in
all matters.” I said, “Haven’t you heard what they said?” He said, “I said (to them), ‘Wa ‘Alaikum (and
upon you).

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “When the Jews greet anyone of you they say: ‘Sam’Alaika (death be upon you);
so you should say; ‘Wa ‘Alaika (and upon you).’”

When the Prophet (ﷺ) died and Abu Bakr became his successor and some of the Arabs reverted to
disbelief, `Umar said, “O Abu Bakr! How can you fight these people although Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘I
have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah,
‘and whoever said, ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah’, Allah will save his property and
his life from me, unless (he does something for which he receives legal punishment) justly, and his
account will be with Allah?’ “Abu Bakr said, “By Allah! I will fight whoever differentiates between
prayers and Zakat as Zakat is the right to be taken from property (according to Allah’s Orders). By
Allah! If they refused to pay me even a kid they used to pay to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), I would fight with
them for withholding it.” `Umar said, “By Allah: It was nothing, but I noticed that Allah opened Abu
Bakr’s chest towards the decision to fight, therefore I realized that his decision was right.”

A Jew passed by Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “As-Samu ‘Alaika.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said in reply, “We
‘Alaika.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) then said to his companions, “Do you know what he (the Jew) has said? He
said, ‘As-Samu ‘Alaika.’” They said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall we kill him?” The Prophet, said, “No.
When the people of the Book greet you, say: ‘Wa ‘Alaikum.’”

Abu Musa said, “I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) along with two men (from the tribe) of Ash`ariyin, one on my
right and the other on my left, while Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was brushing his teeth (with a Siwak), and both
men asked him for some employment. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘O Abu Musa (O `Abdullah bin Qais!).’ I
said, ‘By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men did not tell me what was in their hearts and
I did not feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.’ As if I were looking now at his Siwak
being drawn to a corner under his lips, and he said, ‘We never (or, we do not) appoint for our affairs
anyone who seeks to be employed. But O Abu Musa! (or `Abdullah bin Qais!) Go to Yemen.’” The
Prophet then sent Mu`adh bin Jabal after him and when Mu`adh reached him, he spread out a cushion
for him and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion). Behold: There was a fettered man
beside Abu Muisa. Mu`adh asked, “Who is this (man)?” Abu Muisa said, “He was a Jew and became a
Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism.” Then Abu Muisa requested Mu`adh to sit down but
Mu`adh said, “I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and His Apostle
(for such cases) and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and he was
killed. Abu Musa added, “Then we discussed the night prayers and one of us said, ‘I pray and sleep,
and I hope that Allah will reward me for my sleep as well as for my prayers.’”