Narrated Um Salama: The Prophet came to me while there was an effeminate man sitting with me, and I heard him (i.e. the effeminate man) saying to `Abdullah bin Abi Umaiya, O `Abdullah! See if Allah should make you conquer Ta'if tomorrow, then take the daughter of Ghailan (in marriage) as (she is so beautiful and fat that) she shows four folds of flesh when facing you, and eight when she turns her back. The Prophet then said, These (effeminate men) should never enter upon you (O women!). Ibn Juraij said, That effeminate man was called Hit. Narrated Hisham: The above narration and added extra, that at that time, the Prophet, was besieging Taif.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: When Allah's Apostle besieged Taif and could not conquer its people, he said, We will return (to Medina) If Allah wills. That distressed the Companions (of the Prophet and they said, Shall we go away without conquering it (i.e. the Fort of Taif)? Once the Prophet said, Let us return. Then the Prophet said (to them), Fight tomorrow. They fought and (many of them) got wounded, whereupon the Prophet said, We will return (to Medina) tomorrow if Allah wills. That delighted them, whereupon the Prophet smiled. The sub-narrator, Sufyan said once, (The Prophet) smiled.
Read More..Narrated Abu `Uthman: I heard from Sa`d, the first man who has thrown an arrow in Allah's Cause, and from Abu Bakra who jumped over the wall of the Ta'if Fort along with a few persons and came to the Prophet. They both said, We heard the Prophet saying, If somebody claims to be the son of somebody other than his father knowingly, he will be denied Paradise (i.e. he will not enter Paradise).' Narrated Ma`mar from `Asim from Abu Al-`Aliya or Abu `Uthman An-Nahdi who said. I heard Sa`d and Abu Bakra narrating from the Prophet. `Asim said, I said (to him), 'Very trustworthy persons have narrated to you.' He said, 'Yes, one of them was the first to throw an arrow in Allah's Cause and the other came to the Prophet in a group of thirty-three persons from Ta'if.'
Read More..Narrated Abu `Uthman: I heard from Sa`d, the first man who has thrown an arrow in Allah's Cause, and from Abu Bakra who jumped over the wall of the Ta'if Fort along with a few persons and came to the Prophet. They both said, We heard the Prophet saying, If somebody claims to be the son of somebody other than his father knowingly, he will be denied Paradise (i.e. he will not enter Paradise).' Narrated Ma`mar from `Asim from Abu Al-`Aliya or Abu `Uthman An-Nahdi who said. I heard Sa`d and Abu Bakra narrating from the Prophet. `Asim said, I said (to him), 'Very trustworthy persons have narrated to you.' He said, 'Yes, one of them was the first to throw an arrow in Allah's Cause and the other came to the Prophet in a group of thirty-three persons from Ta'if.'
Read More..Narrated Abu Burda: Abu Musa said, I was with the Prophet when he was encamping at Al-Jarana (a place) between Mecca and Medina and Bilal was with him. A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, Won't you fulfill what you have promised me? The Prophet said, 'Rejoice (at what I will do for you).' The bedouin said, (You have said to me) rejoice too often. Then the Prophet turned to me (i.e. Abu Musa) and Bilal in an angry mood and said, 'The bedouin has refused the good tidings, so you both accept them.' Bilal and I said, 'We accept them.' Then the Prophet asked for a drinking bowl containing water and washed his hands and face in it, and then took a mouthful of water and threw it therein saying (to us), Drink (some of) it and pour (some) over your faces and chests and be happy at the good tidings. So they both took the drinking bowl and did as instructed. Um Salama called from behind a screen, Keep something (of the water for your mother. So they left some of it for her.
Read More..Narrated Safwan bin Ya`la bin Umaiya: Ya`la used to say, I wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time when he is being inspired divinely. Ya`la added While the Prophet was at Al-Ja'rana, shaded with a cloth sheet (in the form of a tent) and there were staying with him, some of his companions under it, suddenly there came to him a bedouin wearing a cloak and perfumed extravagantly. He said, O Allah's Apostle ! What is your opinion regarding a man who assumes the state of Ihram for `Umra wearing a cloak after applying perfume to his body? `Umar signalled with his hand to Ya`la to come (near). Ya`la came and put his head (underneath that cloth sheet) and saw the Prophet red-faced and when that state (of the Prophet ) was over, he said, Where is he who as already asked me about the `Umra? The man was looked for and brought to the Prophet The Prophet said (to him), As for the perfume you have applied to your body, wash it off your body) thrice, and take off your cloak, and then do in your `Umra the rites you do in your Hajj.
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