Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I intended to ask `Umar so I said, Who were those two ladies who tried to back each other against the Prophet? I hardly finished my speech when he said, They were `Aisha and Hafsa.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: I intended to ask `Umar about those two ladies who back each other against 'Allah's Messenger . For one year I was seeking the opportunity to ask this question, but in vain, until once when I accompanied him for Hajj. While we were in Zahran, `Umar went to answer the call of nature and told me to follow him with some water for ablution. So I followed him with a container of water and started pouring water for him. I found it a good opportunity to ask him, so I said, O chief of the Believers! Who were those two ladies who had backed each other (against the Prophet)? Before I could complete my question, he replied, They were `Aisha and Hafsa.
Read More..Narrated `Umar: The wives of the Prophet out of their jealousy, backed each other against the Prophet, so I said to them, It may be, if he divorced you all, that Allah will give him, instead of you wives better than you. So this Verse was revealed. (66.5)
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: (regarding the Verse):-- 'Cruel after all that, base-born (of illegitimate birth).' (68.13) It was revealed in connection with a man from Quaraish who had a notable sign (Zanamah) similar to the notable sign which usually-hung on the neck of a sheep (to recognize it).
Read More..Narrated Haritha bin Wahb Al-Khuza`i: I heard the Prophet saying. May I tell you of the people of Paradise? Every weak and poor obscure person whom the people look down upon but his oath is fulfilled by Allah when he takes an oath to do something. And may I inform you of the people of the Hell-Fire? They are all those violent, arrogant and stubborn people.
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id: I heard the Prophet saying, Allah will bring forth the severest Hour, and then all the Believers, men and women, will prostrate themselves before Him, but there will remain those who used to prostrate in the world for showing off and for gaining good reputation. Such people will try to prostrate (on the Day of Judgment) but their back swill be as stiff as if it is one bone (a single vertebra).
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