Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

Ibn `Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Prophet,
the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the
Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, “Malik said to us, ‘Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and we
do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!’ Malik further said, to me, ‘If a ruler
came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you measure
what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?’ I replied, ‘We would give it according to the Mudd of
the Prophet’ On that, Malik said, ‘Then, don’t you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of the
Prophet ultimately?’”

A man came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “What is the
matter?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan.” The
Prophet said to him?” “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Can
you fast for two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Can you feed sixty poor
persons?” He said, “No.” Then an Ansari man came with an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The
Prophet said (to the man), “Take this (basket) and give it in charity.” That man said, “To poorer people
than we, O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)? By Him Who has sent you with the Truth! There is no house in between
the two mountains (of the city of Medina) poorer than we.” So the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), “Go and feed
it to your family.”

A man came to the Prophets and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “What is the matter with you?”
He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan” The Prophet (ﷺ) said to
him, “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Can you fast for two
successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said, “I
have nothing.” Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and the Prophet (ﷺ)
said (to him), “Take this basket and give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than we?
Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Medina’s) two mountains who is poorer than we.” The
Prophet then said, “Take it and feed your family with it.”

I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said to me, “Come near.” So I went near to him and he said, “Are your
lice troubling you?” I replied, “Yes.” He said, “(Shave your head and) make expiation in the form of
fasting, Sadaqa (giving in charity), or offering a sacrifice.” (The sub-narrator) Aiyub said, “Fasting
should be for three days, and the Nusuk (sacrifice) is to be a sheep, and the Sadaqa is to be given to
six poor persons.”

A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “What is the matter with you?”
He said, “I had sexual relation with my wife (while I was fasting) in Ramadan.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
“Have you got enough to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Can you fast for two
successive months?” The man said, “No.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” The
man said, “No.” Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Sit down,” and he sat down. Afterwards an ‘Irq, i.e., a
big basket containing dates was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “Take this and
give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than we?” On that, the Prophet (ﷺ) smiled till his
premolar teeth became visible, and then told him, “Feed your family with it.” (See Hadith No. 157,
Vol 3)

I was with Ibn `Umar when a man asked him, “I have vowed to fast every Tuesday or Wednesday
throughout my life and if the day of my fasting coincided with the day of Nahr (the first day of `Id-al-
Adha), (What shall I do?)” Ibn `Umar said, “Allah has ordered the vows to be fulfilled, and we are
forbidden to fast on the day of Nahr.” The man repeated his question and Ibn `Umar repeated his
former answer, adding nothing more.

We went out in the company of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) on the day of (the battle of) Khaibar, and we did not
get any gold or silver as war booty, but we got property in the form of things and clothes. Then a man
called Rifa`a bin Zaid, from the tribe of Bani Ad-Dubaib, presented a slave named Mid`am to Allah’s
Apostle. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) headed towards the valley of Al-Qura, and when he was in the valley of Al-
Qura an arrow was thrown by an unidentified person, struck and killed Mid`am who was making a
she-camel of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) kneel down. The people said, “Congratulations to him (the slave) for
gaining Paradise.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “No! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, for the sheet which
he stole from the war booty before its distribution on the day of Khaibar, is now burning over him.”
When the people heard that, a man brought one or two Shiraks (leather straps of shoes) to the Prophet.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A Shirak of fire, or two Shiraks of fire.”

While the Prophet (ﷺ) was delivering a sermon, he saw a man standing, so he asked about that man. They
(the people) said, “It is Abu Israil who has vowed that he will stand and never sit down, and he will
never come in the shade, nor speak to anybody, and will fast.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Order him to speak
and let him come in the shade, and make him sit down, but let him complete his fast.”

that he was asked about a man who had vowed that he would fast all the days of his life then the day
of `Id al Adha or `Id-al-Fitr came. `Abdullah bin `Umar said: You have indeed a good example in
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ). He did not fast on the day of `Id al Adha or the day of `Id-al-Fitr, and we do not
intend fasting on these two days.

The Prophet (ﷺ) saw a man performing Tawaf around the Ka`ba, tied with a rope or something else (while
another person was holding him). The Prophet (ﷺ) cut that rope off.