Tag: Q n A, Bukhari

I did not see anything so resembling minor sins as what Abu Huraira said from the Prophet, who said,
“Allah has written for the son of Adam his inevitable share of adultery whether he is aware of it or
not: The adultery of the eye is the looking (at something which is sinful to look at), and the adultery of
the tongue is to utter (what it is unlawful to utter), and the innerself wishes and longs for (adultery)
and the private parts turn that into reality or refrain from submitting to the temptation.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) said (that Allah said), “Vowing does not bring to the son of Adam anything I have not
already written in his fate, but vowing is imposed on him by way of fore ordainment. Through vowing
I make a miser spend of his wealth.”

While we were with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) in a holy battle, we never went up a hill or reached its peak or
went down a valley but raised our voices with Takbir. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) came close to us and said, “O
people! Don’t exert yourselves, for you do not call a deaf or an absent one, but you call the All-
Listener, the All-Seer.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, “O `Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I teach you a sentence
which is from the treasures of Paradise? ( It is): ‘La haula wala quwata illa billah. (There is neither
might nor power except with Allah).

There was a man who fought most bravely of all the Muslims on behalf of the Muslims in a battle
(Ghazwa) in the company of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at him and said. “If anyone would like
to see a man from the people of the Fire, let him look at this (brave man).” On that, a man from the
People (Muslims) followed him, and he was in that state i.e., fighting fiercely against the pagans till
he was wounded, and then he hastened to end his life by placing his sword between his breasts (and
pressed it with great force) till it came out between his shoulders. Then the man (who was watching
that person) went quickly to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “I testify that you are Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!” The Prophet (ﷺ)
asked him, “Why do you say that?” He said, “You said about so-and-so, ‘If anyone would like to see a
man from the people of the Fire, he should look at him.’ He fought most bravely of all of us on behalf
of the Muslims and I knew that he would not die as a Muslim (Martyr). So when he got wounded, he
hastened to die and committed suicide.” There-upon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A man may do the deeds of the
people of the Fire while in fact he is one of the people of Paradise, and he may do the deeds of the
people of Paradise while in fact he belongs to the people of Fire, and verily, (the rewards of) the deeds
are decided by the last actions (deeds)”.

The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade vowing and said, “In fact, vowing does not prevent anything, but it makes a
miser to spend his property.”

While we were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) who had a stick with which he was scraping the earth, he
lowered his head and said, “There is none of you but has his place assigned either in the Fire or in
Paradise.” Thereupon a man from the people said, “Shall we not depend upon this, O Allah’s
Apostle?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “No, but carry on and do your deeds, for everybody finds it easy to do
such deeds (as will lead him to his place).” The Prophet (ﷺ) then recited the Verse: ‘As for him who gives
(in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah..’ (92.5)

We witnessed along with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) the Khaibar (campaign). Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) told his
companions about a man who claimed to be a Muslim, “This man is from the people of the Fire.”
When the battle started, the man fought very bravely and received a great number of wounds and got
crippled. On that, a man from among the companions of the Prophet (ﷺ) came and said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Do you know what the man you described as of the people of the Fire has done? He has
fought very bravely for Allah’s Cause and he has received many wounds.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “But he
is indeed one of the people of the Fire.” Some of the Muslims were about to have some doubt about
that statement. So while the man was in that state, the pain caused by the wounds troubled him so
much that he put his hand into his quiver and took out an arrow and committed suicide with it. Off
went some men from among the Muslims to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Allah has
made your statement true. So-and-so has committed suicide.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “O Bilal! Get up
and announce in public: None will enter Paradise but a believer, and Allah may support this religion
(Islam) with a wicked man.”

That while he was sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ) a man from the Ansar came and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)!
We get slave girls from the war captives and we love property; what do you think about coitus
interruptus?” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Do you do that? It is better for you not to do it, for there is no soul
which Allah has ordained to come into existence but will be created.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) once delivered a speech in front of us wherein he left nothing but mentioned (about)
everything that would happen till the Hour. Some of us stored that our minds and some forgot it.
(After that speech) I used to see events taking place (which had been referred to in that speech) but I
had forgotten them (before their occurrence). Then I would recognize such events as a man recognizes
another man who has been absent and then sees and recognizes him.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “No woman should ask for the divorce of her sister (Muslim) so as to take her
place, but she should marry the man (without compelling him to divorce his other wife), for she will
have nothing but what Allah has written for her.”