Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father: In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the two mountains (around the Ka`ba).
Read More..Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim: Abu Bakr went to a lady from the Ahmas tribe called Zainab bint Al-Muhajir and found that she refused to speak. He asked, Why does she not speak. The people said, She has intended to perform Hajj without speaking. He said to her, Speak, for it is illegal not to speak, as it is an action of the pre-islamic period of ignorance. So she spoke and said, Who are you? He said, A man from the Emigrants. She asked, Which Emigrants? He replied, From Quraish. She asked, From what branch of Quraish are you? He said, You ask too many questions; I am Abu Bakr. She said, How long shall we enjoy this good order (i.e. Islamic religion) which Allah has brought after the period of ignorance? He said, You will enjoy it as long as your Imams keep on abiding by its rules and regulations. She asked, What are the Imams? He said, Were there not heads and chiefs of your nation who used to order the people and they used to obey them? She said, Yes. He said, So they (i.e. the Imams) are those whom I meant.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: A black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She used to visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: The day of the scarf was one of our Lord's wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from the land of Kufr. When she said the above verse many times, I (i.e. `Aisha) asked her, What was the day of the scarf? She replied, Once the daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf (round her neck) and the leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up, mistaking it for a piece of meat. They (i.e. my masters) accused me of stealing it and they tortured me to such an extent that they even looked for it in my private parts. So, while they all were around me, and I was in my great distress, suddenly the kite came over our heads and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said to them 'This is what you accused me of stealing, though I was innocent.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah. The people of Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet said, Do not swear by your fathers.
Read More..Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Qasim: Al-Qasim used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He used not to get up for the funeral procession (in case it passed by him). And he narrated from `Aisha that she said, The people of the pre-lslamic period of ignorance used to stand up for the funeral procession. When they saw it they used to say twice: 'You were noble in your family. What are you now?
Read More..Narrated `Umar: The pagans used not to leave Jam' (i.e. Muzdalifa) till the sun had risen on Thabir mountain. The Prophet contradicted them by leaving (Muzdalifa) before the sun rose.
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