Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: That `Amr bin `Auf, who was an ally of Bani 'Amir bin Luai and one of those who fought at Badr in the company of the Prophet , said, Allah's Apostle sent Abu 'Ubaida bin Al-Jarrah to Bahrain to bring the Jizya taxation from its people, for Allah's Apostle had made a peace treaty with the people of Bahrain and appointed Al-`Ala' bin Al-Hadrami as their ruler. So, Abu 'Ubaida arrived with the money from Bahrain. When the Ansar heard of the arrival of Abu 'Ubaida (on the next day) they offered the morning prayer with the Prophet and when the morning prayer had finished, they presented themselves before him. On seeing the Ansar, Allah's Apostle smiled and said, I think you have heard that Abu 'Ubaida has brought something? They replied, Indeed, it is so, O Allah's Apostle! He said, Be happy, and hope for what will please you. By Allah, I am not afraid that you will be poor, but I fear that worldly wealth will be bestowed upon you as it was bestowed upon those who lived before you. So you will compete amongst yourselves for it, as they competed for it and it will destroy you as it did them.
Read More..Narrated Nafi`: Ibn `Umar used to kill all kinds of snakes until Abu Lubaba Al-Badri told him that the Prophet had forbidden the killing of harmless snakes living in houses and called Jinan. So Ibn `Umar gave up killing them.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Some men of the Ansar requested Allah's Apostle to allow them to see him, they said, Allow us to forgive the ransom of our sister's son, `Abbas. The Prophet said, By Allah, you will not leave a single Dirham of it!
Read More..Narrated 'Ubaidullah bin `Adi bin Al-Khiyar: That Al-Miqdad bin `Amr Al-Kindi, who was an ally of Bani Zuhra and one of those who fought the battle of Badr together with Allah's Apostle told him that he said to Allah's Apostle, Suppose I met one of the infidels and we fought, and he struck one of my hands with his sword and cut it off and then took refuge in a tree and said, I surrender to Allah (i.e. I have become a Muslim),' could I kill him, O Allah's Apostle, after he had said this? Allah's Apostle said, You should not kill him. Al- Miqdad said, O Allah's Apostle! But he had cut off one of my two hands, and then he had uttered those words? Allah's Apostle replied, You should not kill him, for if you kill him, he would be in your position where you had been before killing him, and you would be in his position where he had been before uttering those words.
Read More..Narrated Anas: Allah's Apostle said on the day of Badr, Who will go and see what has happened to Abu Jahl? Ibn Mas`ud went and saw him struck by the two sons of 'Afra and was on the point of death . Ibn Mas`ud said, Are you Abu Jahl? Abu Jahl replied, Can there be a man more superior to the one whom you have killed (or as Sulaiman said, or his own folk have killed.)? Abu Jahl added, Would that I had been killed by other than a mere farmer.
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