Narrated Usama bin Zaid: Allah's Apostle said, Plague was a means of torture sent on a group of Israelis (or on some people before you). So if you hear of its spread in a land, don't approach it, and if a plague should appear in a land where you are present, then don't leave that land in order to run away from it (i.e. plague).
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: (the wife of the Prophet) I asked Allah's Apostle about the plague. He told me that it was a Punishment sent by Allah on whom he wished, and Allah made it a source of mercy for the believers, for if one in the time of an epidemic plague stays in his country patiently hoping for Allah's Reward and believing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, he will get the reward of a martyr.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: The people of Quraish worried about the lady from Bani Makhzum who had committed theft. They asked, Who will intercede for her with Allah's Apostle? Some said, No one dare to do so except Usama bin Zaid the beloved one to Allah's Apostle . When Usama spoke about that to Allah's Apostle Allah's Apostle said, (to him), Do you try to intercede for somebody in a case connected with Allah's Prescribed Punishments? Then he got up and delivered a sermon saying, What destroyed the nations preceding you, was that if a noble amongst them stole, they would forgive him, and if a poor person amongst them stole, they would inflict Allah's Legal punishment on him. By Allah, if Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad stole, I would cut off her hand.
Read More..Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: I heard a person reciting a (Qur'anic) Verse in a certain way, and I had heard the Prophet reciting the same Verse in a different way. So I took him to the Prophet and informed him of that but I noticed the sign of disapproval on his face, and then he said, Both of you are correct, so don't differ, for the nations before you differed, so they were destroyed.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah: As if I saw the Prophet talking about one of the prophets whose nation had beaten him and caused him to bleed, while he was cleaning the blood off his face and saying, O Allah! Forgive my nation, for they have no knowledge.
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id: The Prophet said, Amongst the people preceding your age, there was a man whom Allah had given a lot of money. While he was in his death-bed, he called his sons and said, 'What type of father have I been to you? They replied, 'You have been a good father.' He said, 'I have never done a single good deed; so when I die, burn me, crush my body, and scatter the resulting ashes on a windy day.' His sons did accordingly, but Allah gathered his particles and asked (him), 'What made you do so?' He replied, Fear of you.' So Allah bestowed His Mercy upon him. (forgave him).
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