Narrated `Abdullah bin Abi A'ufa: We were with Allah's Apostle on a journey, and when the sun set, he said to a man, Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq for me. The man said, O Allah's Apostle! Will you wait till it is evening? Allah's Apostle again said, Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq. The man said, O Allah's Apostle! Will you wait till it is evening, for it is still daytime. The Prophet again said, Get down and prepare a drink of Sawiq. So the third time the man got down and prepared a drink of sawiq for him. Allah's Apostle drank thereof and pointed with his hand towards the East, saying, When you see the night falling from this side, then a fasting person should break his fast.
Read More..Narrated 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud: The Prophet said, The call (or the Adhan) of Bila should not stop you from taking the Suhur-meals for Bilal calls (or pronounces the Adhan) so that the one who is offering the night prayer should take a rest, and he does not indicate the daybreak or dawn. The narrator, Yazid, described (how dawn breaks) by stretching out his hands and then separating them wide apart.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, The example of a miser and a generous person is like that of two persons wearing iron cloaks from the breast upto the neck When the generous person spends, the iron cloak enlarges and spread over his skin so much so that it covers his fingertips and obliterates his tracks. As for the miser, as soon as he thinks of spending every ring of the iron cloak sticks to its place (against his body) and he tries to expand it, but it does not expand. The Prophet pointed with his hand towards his throat.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's Apostle said, Shall I tell you of the best families among the Ansar? They (the people) said, Yes, O Allah's Apostle! The Prophet said, The best are Banu- An-Najjar, and after them are Banu `Abdil Ash-hal, and after them are Banu Al-Harith bin Al-Khazraj, and after them are Banu Sa`ida. The Prophet then moved his hand by closing his fingers and then opening them like one throwing something, and then said, Anyhow, there is good in all the families of the Ansar.
Read More..Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d As-Sa`idi: (a companion of Allah's Apostle) Allah's Apostle, holding out his middle and index fingers, said, My advent and the Hour's are like this (or like these), namely, the period between his era and the Hour is like the distance between those two fingers, i.e., very short.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet (holding out his ten fingers thrice), said, The month is thus and thus and thus, namely thirty days. Then (holding out his ten fingers twice and then nine fingers), he said, It may be thus and thus and thus, namely twenty nine days. He meant once thirty days and once twenty nine days.
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