Narrated `Uthman bin Mauhab: A man came to perform the Hajj to (Allah's) House. Seeing some people sitting, he said, Who are these sitting people? Somebody said, They are the people of Quraish. He said, Who is the old man? They said, Ibn `Umar. He went to him and said, I want to ask you about something; will you tell me about it? I ask you with the respect due to the sanctity of this (Sacred) House, do you know that `Uthman bin `Affan fled on the day of Uhud? Ibn `Umar said, Yes. He said, Do you know that he (i.e. `Uthman) was absent from the Badr (battle) and did not join it? Ibn `Umar said, Yes. He said, Do you know that he failed to be present at the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance (i.e. Pledge of allegiance at Hudaibiya) and did not witness it? Ibn `Umar replied, Yes, He then said, Allahu- Akbar! Ibn `Umar said, Come along; I will inform you and explain to you what you have asked. As for the flight (of `Uthman) on the day of Uhud, I testify that Allah forgave him. As regards his absence from the Badr (battle), he was married to the daughter of Allah's Apostle and she was ill, so the Prophet said to him, 'You will have such reward as a man who has fought the Badr battle will get, and will also have the same share of the booty.' As for his absence from the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance if there had been anybody more respected by the Meccans than `Uthman bin `Affan, the Prophet would surely have sent that man instead of `Uthman. So the Prophet sent him (i.e. `Uthman to Mecca) and the Ridwan Pledge of allegiance took place after `Uthman had gone to Mecca. The Prophet raised his right hand saying. 'This is the hand of `Uthman,' and clapped it over his other hand and said, This is for `Uthman.' Ibn `Umar then said (to the man), Go now, after taking this information.
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara' bin `Azib: The Prophet appointed `Abdullah bin Jubair as the commander of the cavalry archers on the day of the battle of Uhud. Then they returned defeated, and that what is referred to by Allah's Statement:-- And the Apostle (Muhammad) was in your rear calling you back. (3.153)
Read More..Abu Talha (ra) said:I was amongst those who were overtaken by slumber until my sword fell from my hand on several occasions. The sword fell and I picked it up, and it fell again, and I picked it up.
Read More..Narrated Salim's father: That he heard Allah's Apostle, when raising his head from bowing of the first rak`a of the morning prayer, saying, O Allah! Curse so-and-so and so-and-so after he had said, Allah hears him who sends his praises to Him. Our Lord, all the Praises are for you! So Allah revealed:-- Not for you (O Muhammad! )......(till the end of Verse) they are indeed wrong-doers. (3.128)
Read More..Salim bin `Abdullah said' Allah's Apostle used to invoke evil upon Safwan bin Umaiya, Suhail bin `Amr and Al-Harith bin Hisham. So the Verse was revealed:-- Not for you (O Muhammad!)......(till the end of Verse) For they are indeed wrong-doers. (3.128)
Read More..Narrated Tha`laba bin Abi Malik: `Umar bin Al-Khattab distributed woolen clothes amongst some women of Medina, and a nice woolen garment remained. Some of those who were sitting with him, said, O chief of the believers! Give it to the daughter of Allah's Apostle who is with you, and by that, they meant Um Kulthum, the daughter of `Ali. `Umar said, Um Salit has got more right than she. Um Salit was amongst those Ansari women who had given the pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle . `Umar added, She (i.e. Um Salit) used to carry the filled water skins for us on the day of the battle of Uhud.
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