Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: Allah's Apostle sent me (as a governor) to the land of my people, and I came while Allah's Apostle was encamping at a place called Al-Abtah. The Prophet said, Have you made the intention to perform the Hajj, O `Abdullah bin Qais? I replied, Yes, O Allah's Apostle! He said, What did you say? I replied, I said, 'Labbaik' and expressed the same intention as yours. He said, Have you driven the Hadi along with you? I replied, No, I did not drive the Hadi. He said, So perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba and then the Sai, between Safa and Marwa and then finish the state of Ihram. So I did the same, and one of the women of (the tribe of) Banu-Qais combed my hair. We continued follow in that tradition till the caliphate of `Umar.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Allah's Apostle said to Mu`adh bin Jabal when he sent him to Yemen. You will come to the people of Scripture, and when you reach them, invite them to testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad is His Apostle. And if they obey you in that, then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them five prayers to be performed every day and night. And if they obey you in that, then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them Sadaqa (i.e. rak`at) to be taken from the rich amongst them and given to the poor amongst them. And if they obey you in that, then be cautious! Don't take their best properties (as Zakat) and be afraid of the curse of an oppressed person as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah.
Read More..Narrated `Amr bin Maimuin: When Mu`adh arrived at Yemen, he led them (i.e. the people of Yemen) in the Fajr prayer wherein he recited: 'Allah took Abraham as a Khalil.' A man amongst the people said, (How) glad the mother of Abraham is! (In another narration) `Amr said, The Prophet sent Mu`adh to Yemen and he (led the people) in the Fajr prayer and recited: 'Allah took Abraham as a Khalil. A man behind him said, (How) glad the mother of Abraham is!
Read More..Narrated Al-Bara: Allah's Apostle sent us to Yemen along with Khalid bin Al-Walid. Later on he sent `Ali bin Abi Talib in his place. The Prophet said to `Ali, Give Khalid's companions the choice of either staying with you (in Yemen) or returning to Medina. I was one of those who stayed with him (i.e. `Ali) and got several Awaq (of gold from the war booty.
Read More..Narrated Buraida: The Prophet sent `Ali to Khalid to bring the Khumus (of the booty) and I hated `Ali, and `Ali had taken a bath (after a sexual act with a slave-girl from the Khumus). I said to Khalid, Don't you see this (i.e. `Ali)? When we reached the Prophet I mentioned that to him. He said, O Buraida! Do you hate `Ali? I said, Yes. He said, Do you hate him, for he deserves more than that from the Khumlus.
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: `Ali bin Abi Talib sent a piece of gold not yet taken out of its ore, in a tanned leather container to Allah's Apostle . Allah's Apostle distributed that amongst four Persons: 'Uyaina bin Badr, Aqra bin H`Abis, Zaid Al-Khail and the fourth was either Alqama or Amir bin at-Tufail. On that, one of his companions said, We are more deserving of this (gold) than these (persons). When that news reached the Prophet , he said, Don't you trust me though I am the truth worthy man of the One in the Heavens, and I receive the news of Heaven (i.e. Divine Inspiration) both in the morning and in the evening? There got up a man with sunken eyes, raised cheek bones, raised forehead, a thick beard, a shaven head and a waist sheet that was tucked up and he said, O Allah's Apostle! Be afraid of Allah. The Prophet said, Woe to you! Am I not of all the people of the earth the most entitled to fear Allah? Then that man went away. Khalid bin Al-Wahd said, O Allah's Apostle! Shall I chop his neck off? The Prophet said, No, for he may offer prayers. Khalid said, Numerous are those who offer prayers and say by their tongues (i.e. mouths) what is not in their hearts. Allah's Apostle said, I have not been ordered (by Allah) to search the hearts of the people or cut open their bellies. Then the Prophet looked at him (i.e. that man) while the latter was going away and said, From the offspring of this (man there will come out (people) who will recite the Qur'an continuously and elegantly but it will not exceed their throats. (They will neither understand it nor act upon it). They would go out of the religion (i.e. Islam) as an arrow goes through a game's body. I think he also said, If I should be present at their time I would kill them as the nations a Thamud were killed.
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