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1. It was Allah Messenger who had been given the choice and Abu Bakr knew it better than us and Allah Messenger is reported to have said Behold of all people the most generous toward me in regard to his companionship and his property was Abu Bakr and were I to choose anyone as my bosom friend I would have chosen Abu Bakr as my dear friend but for him I cherish Islamic brotherliness and love
2. Abdullah Bin Massuod reported Allah Messenger as saying If I were to choose a bosom friend I would have definitely chosen Abu Bakr as my bosom friend but he is my brother and my companion and Allah the Exalted and Gliorious
3. I had often heard Allah Messenger as saying I came and there came too Abu Bakr and Umar I entered and there entered too Abu Bakr and Umar I went out and there went out too Abu Bakr and Umar and I hope and think that Allah will keep you along with them
4. Then Umar came in order to serve water and the bucket was changed into a large leather bucket and I did not see such a wonderful man amongst persons drawing water and he went on serving water to the people until they were fully satisfied and then went to their resting places
5. Ibn Umar reported that when Abdullah Bin Ubay Bin Salul the hypocrite died his son Abdullah Bin Abdullah came to Allah Messenger may peace be upon him and asked him to give his shirt which should be used for the coffin of his father
6. Allah Messenger stood up to say prayer over him Thereupon I Umar caught hold of the clothe of Allah Messenger and said Allah Messenger are you going to offer prayer whereas Allah has forbidden to offer prayer for him whereupon Allah Messenger said Allah has given me a choice saying Ask forgiveness for them or you may not ask for them even if you ask for them seventy times I will make an addition to the seventy
7. He Uthman then entered and conversed and as he went out Aisha said Abu Bakr entered and you did not stir and did not observe much care in arranging your clothes then Umar entered and you did not stir and did not arrange your clothes then Uthman entered and you got up and set your clothes right so he said Should I not show modesty to one whom even the Angels show modesty
8. Sad Bin Abi Waqqas reported that Allah Messenger left Ali Bin Abi Talib behind him as he proceeded to the expedition of Tabuk whereupon he Ali said Allah Messenger are you leaving me behind amongst women and children Thereupon he the Holy Prophet said Arent you satisfied with being unto me what Aaron was unto Moses but with this exception that there would be no prophet after me
9. Amir Bin Saad Bin Abi Waqqas reported on the authority of his father that Muawiya Bin Abi Sufyan appointed Saad as the Governor and said What prevents you from abusing Abu Turab Hadrat Ali whereupon be said It is because of three things which I remember Allah Messenger having said about him that I would not abuse him and even if I find one of those three things for me it would be more dear to me than the red camels
10. I came before him with the hope that I may be called for this but Allah Messenger called Ali Bin Abu Talib and he conferred this honour upon him and said Proceed on and do not look about until Allah grants you victory and Ali went a bit and then halted and did not look about and then said in a loud voice Allah Messenger on what issue should I fight with the people Thereupon he the Prophet said Fight with them until they bear testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger and when they do that then their blood and their riches are inviolable from your hands but what is justified by law and their reckoning is with Allah
11. I am about to receive a messenger the angel of death from my Lord and I in response to Allah call would bid good bye to you but I am leaving among you two weighty things the one being the Book of Allah in which there is right guidance and light so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it
12. He Husain said to Zaid Who are the members of his household Arent his wives the members of his family Thereupon he said His wives are the members of his family but here the members of his family are those for whom acceptance of Zakat is forbidden
13. You have found goodness for you had the honour to live in the company of Allah Messenger and offered prayer behind him and the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation of wording that lie said Behold for I am leaving amongst you two weighty things one of which is the Book of Allah the Exalted and Glorious and that is the rope of Allah
14. He who holds it fast would be on right guidance and he who abandons it would be in error and in this hadith these words are also found We said Who are amongst the members of the household Arent the wives of the Holy Prophet included amongst the members of his house hold Thereupon he said No by Allah a woman lives with a man as his wife for a certain period he then divorces her and she goes back to her parents and to her people the members of his household include his ownself and his kith and kin who are related to him by blood and for him the acceptance of Zakat is prohibited
15. Allah Messenger came to him and found him lying in the mosque and saw that his mantle had slipped from his back and his back was covered with dust and Allah Messenger began to wipe it away from him from the body of Hadrat Ali saying Get up covered with dust Abu Turab get up covered with dust
16. She passed three days in this state until she fainted because of extreme hunger and at that time her son whose name was Umara stood up and served her drink and she began to curse Saad that Allah the Exalted and Glorions revealed these verses of the Holy And We have enjoined upon a person goodness to his parents but if they contend with thee to associate others with Me of which you have no knowledge then obey them not xxix
17. Hudhaifa reported that the people of Najran came to Allah Messenger and said Allah Messenger send along with us a man of trust whereupon he said I would definitely send to you a man of trust a man of trust in the true sense of the term
18. Abdullah Bin Jaffar reported that he heard Ali say in Kufa that Allah Messenger said The best of the women of her time was Mary daughter of Imran and the best of the women of her time was Khadija daughter of Khuwailid
19. Abu Musa reported Allah Messenger as saying There are many persons amongst men who are quite perfect but there are none perfect amongst women except Mary daughter of Imran Asiya wife of Pharaoh and the excellence of Aisha as compared to women is that of Tharid over all other foods
20. When she comes to you offer her greetings from her Lord the Exalted and Glorious and on my behalf and give her glad tidings of a palace of jewels in Paradise wherein there is no noise and no toil
21. Aisha reported that Hala Bin Khuwailid sister of Khadija sought permission from Allah Messenger to see him and he was reminded of Khadija manner of asking leave to enter and was overwhelmed with emotions thereby and said O Allah it is Hala daughter of Khuwailid and I felt jealous and said Why do you remember one of those old women of the Quraish with gums red and who is long dead while Allah has given you a better one in her stead
22. Aisha further reported The wives of Allah Apostle then sent Zainab Bin Jahsh the wife of Allah Apostle and she was one who was somewhat equal in rank with me in the eyes of Allah Messenger and I have never seen a woman more advanced in religious piety than Zainab more God conscious more truthful more alive to the ties of blood more generous and having more sense of self sacrifice in practical life and having more charitable disposition and thus more close to God the Exalted than her
23. I Umm Zara later on married another person a chief who was an expert rider and a fine archer he bestowed upon me many gifts and gave me one pair of every kind of animal and said Umm Zara make use of everything you need and send forth to your parents but the fact is that even if I combine all the gifts that he bestowed upon me they stand no comparison to the least gift of Abu Zara
24. Imam Zain AlAbidin Ali Bin Husain reported that when they came to Medina from Yazid Bin Muawiya after the martyrdom of Husain Bin Ali Allah be pleased with him Miswar Bin Makhramah met him and said to him Is there any work for me which you ask me to do I said to him No
25. When he talked to me secretly for the first time he informed me that Gabirel was in the habit of reciting the along with him once or twice every year but this year it had been twice and so he perceived his death quite near so fear Allah and be patient and he told me that he would be a befitting forerunner for me and so I wept as you saw me
26. And when he saw me in grief he talked to me secretly for the second time and said Fatima are you not pleased that you should be at the head of the believing women or the head of this Umma I laughed and it was that laughter which you saw
27. And when he died I again asked her and she said that he the Holy Prophet told her Gabriel used to recite the to me once a year and for this year it was twice and so I perceived that my death had drawn near and that I Fatima would be the first amongst the members of his family who would meet him in the Hereafter
28. She farther said They the wives of Allah Apostle used to measure the hands as to whose hand was the longest and it was the hand of Zainab that was the longest amongst them as she used to work with her hand and Spend that income on charity
29. She said I weep not because I am ignorant of the fact that what is in store for Allah Messenger in the next world is better than this world but I weep because the revelation which came from the Heaven has ceased to come
30. He Abu Talha had a sexual intercourse with her and when she saw that he was satisfied after sexual intercourse with her she said Abu Talha if some people borrow something from another family and then the members of the family ask for its return would they resist its return He said No
31. Abu Huraira reported that Allah Messenger said to Bilal Bilal narrate to me which act at the time of morning prayer you did in Islam for which you hope to receive good reward for I heard during the night the sound of your steps before me in Paradise
32. Abu Ishaq reported that he heard Ab AlAhwas say I was along with Abu Musa and Abu Massuod as Ibn Massuod died and one of them said to the other Do you find one like him besides him Thereupon he said Do you say this no one can be his rival He was admitted to the company of the Holy Prophet whereas we were detained and he had been present in the company of Allah Messenger whereas we had been absent
33. Massuod reported that he said to his companions to conceal their copies of the and further said He who conceals anything he shall have to bring that which he had concealed on the Day of judgment and then said After whose mode of recitation you command me to recite I in fact recited before AIlah Messenger more than seventy chapters of the and the Companions of Allah Messenger know it that I have better understanding of the Book of Allah than they do and if I were to know that someone had better understanding than I I would have gone to him
34. Abdullah reported By Him besides Whom there is no god there is no chapter in the Book of Allah about which I do not know as to where it was revealed and there is no verse about which I do not know in what context it was revealed and if I were to know of one having a better understanding of the Book of Allah than I and I could reach him on the back of the mule I would have definitely gone to him on camel back
35. This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Bakr Bin Abu Shaiba and Abu Kuraib and both of them said Abu Muawiya narrated to us from Amash on the authority of Jarir and Waki and in a narration of Abu Bakr transmitted on the authority of Abu Muawiya the mention of Muadh has preceded Ubays and in the narration transmitted on the authority of Abu Kuraib the name of Ubay preceded Muddhs
36. Jabir Bin Abdullah reported My father fell as a martyr on the Day of Uhud and I attempted to uncover his face and weep but they the Companions of the Holy Prophet forbade me to do this whereas Allah Messenger did not forbid me and Fatima Bint Amr the sister of my father was also weeping There upon Allah Messenger said You may weep or you may not weep the Angels provide him shade with the help of their wings until you lift him to be buried in the grave
37. They his Companions searched him amongst those who had been killed and they found him by the side of seven dead bodies whom he had killed and he had been killed by the oppoments
38. I said To which direction did you turn your face for observing prayer He said I used to turn my face as Allah has directed me to turn my face
39. We then loaded our camels and came to our tribe Ghifir and half of the tribe embraced Islam and their chief was Aimi Bin Rahada Ghifirl and he was their leader and hall of the tribe said We will embrace Islam when Allah Messenger may p
40. Ibn Umar reported that when a person saw anything in sleep during the lifetime of Allah Messenger may peace he upon him he narrated it to Allah Messenger and I also had a longing that I should also see in a dream something which I should narrate to Allah Apostle and I was at that time an unmarried young man
41. I was sleeping in the mosque during the lifetime of Allah Messenger tl at I saw in a dream as if two Angels have taken hold of me and they have carried me to the fire and lo it was built like the easing of a well and had two pillars like those of a well and lo there were people in it whom I knew and I cried out I seek refuge with Allah from Hel Alfire I seek refuge with Allah from Hel Alfire
42. I seemed to be in a garden he described its vastness its rich fructification and its verdure in the midst of it there stood an iron pillar with its base in the earth and its summit in the sky and upon its summit there was a handhold
43. He said So far as the paths which you saw on your left are concerned these are paths of the leftists denizens of Hell and the paths which you saw on your right these are the paths of the rightists the dwellers of Paradise and the mountain represents the destination of the martyrs which you would not be able to attain
44. So verily my father and his father and my honour Are a protection to the honour of Muhammad May I lose my dear daughter if you dont see her Wiping away the dust from the two sides of Kada They pull at the rein going upward On their shoulders are spears thirsting for the blood of the enemy our steeds are sweating our women wipe them with their mantles
45. And Allah said I have sent a servant who says the Truth in which there is no ambiguity And Allah said I have prepared an army they are the Ansar whose object is fighting the enemy There reaches every day from Maadd abuse or fighting or satire Whoever satirises the Apostle from amongst you or praises him and helps it is all the same And Gabriel the Messenger of Allah is among us and the Holy Spirit who has no match
46. I said Allah Messenger supplicate to Allah so that He may instill love of mine and that of my mother too in the believing servants and let our hearts be filled with their love whereupon Allah Messenger said O Allah let there be love of these servants of yours Abu Huraira and his mother in the hearts of the believing servants and let their hearts be filled with the love of the believing servants
47. Ibn Shihab transmitted on the authority of Ibn Musayib that Abu Huraira said People say that Abu Huraira transmits so many ahadith whereas Allah is the Reckoner and they say How is it with Muhajirs and the Ansar that they do not narrate ahadith like him like Abu Huraira Abu Huraira said I tell you that my brothers from Ansar remained busy with their lands and my brothers Muhajirs were busy in transactions in the bazars but I always kept myself attached to Allah Messenger with bare subsistence
48. Abu Musa reported that Allah Messenger said I recognise the voice of the Asharites while they recite the as they arrive during the night and I also recognise their station from the recital of the during the night time although I have not seen their encampments as they encamp during the day time
49. Abu Usaid reported Allah Messenger as saying The worthiest clans of the Ansar are Banu Najjar thereafter Banu AlAshhal thereafter Banu Harith Bin Banu Khazraj thereafter Banu Saidah and there is goodness in all clans of the Ansar
50. It was upon this that Saad Bin Ubida stood up in annoyance and said Are we the last of the four as Allah Messenger has determined the order of precedence of their clans He decided to talk with Allah Messenger on this issue but the people Of his tribe said to him Be seated are you not happy with this that Allah Messenger has mentioned your clan as one of the four best clans and those whom he left and did not mention the order of their precedence are more than those whom he mentioned And Saad Bin Ubada dropped the of talking to Allah Messenger on this issue
51. I swore by Allah whenever I accompany any one of the Ansar I would serve him and Ibn Muthanni and Ibn Bashshir made this addition in their narrations Jarir was older than Anas and Ibn Bashshir said He was of a more advanced age as compared with Anas
52. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger as saying You would find people like those of mine the good amongst you in the Days of Ignorance would be good amongst you in the days of Islam provided they have an understanding of it and you will find good amongst people the persons who would be averse to position of authority until it is thrust upon them and you will find the worst amongst persons one who has double face
53. Thereupon Allah Messenger said The best women are those who ride the camels the rest of the hadith is the same but with this difference that instead of the word Ara the word Ahna has been used and the complete sentence is like this That they treat children in their childhood with affection
54. He then lifted his head towards the sky and it often happened that as he lifted his head towards the sky he said The stars are a source of security for the sky and when the stars disappear there comes to the sky i
55. And I am a source of safety and security to my Companions and when I would go away there would fall to the lot of my Companions as they have been promised with and my Companions are a source of security for the Umma and as they would go there would fall to the lot of my Umma as its people have been promised
56. Imran said I do not know whether Allah Messenger said twice or thrice the words Then next after saying about his own age but he then said Then after them after successors or those who would succeed them would come a people who would give evidence before they are asked for it and would be dishonest and not trustworthy who would make vows but would not fulfil them and would be significant in being bulky
57. Shababa said I heard this from Zahdam Bin Mudarrib as he came to me riding a horse for some need and he narrated it to me that he had heard it from Imran Bin Husain and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya and Shababa the words are They take an oath but they do not fulfil it and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Bahz there the word is Yafun as transmitted on the authority of Ibn Jaffar
58. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Imran Bin Husain through another chain of transmitters and the words are The best generation of this Umma is the generation to which I have been sent then the next one and there is an addition in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abu Awana and the words are And Allah knows best whether he made a mention of the third generation or not the rest of the hadith is the same as transmitted by Zahdam on the authority of Imran
59. He said Of the generation to which I belong then of the second generation generation adjacent to my generation then of the third generation generation adjacent to the second generation
60. Thereupon Umar said Is there amongst us one from Qaran That person came and Umar said Verily Allah Messenger has said There would come to you a person from Yemen who would be called Uwais and he would leave none in Yemen behind him except his mother and he would have the whiteness due to leprosy and he supplicated Allah and it was cured except for the size of a dinar or dirham
61. He stood up there and said May there be peace upon you Abu Khubaib the Kunya of Hadrat Abdullah Bin Zubair may there be peace upon you Abu Khubaib may there be peace upon you Abu Khubaib By Allah I used to forbid you from this by Allah I used to forbid you from this by Allah I used to forbid you from this

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