Narrated Abu Sufyan bin Harb: that Heraclius had sent for him to come along with a group of the Quraish who were trading in Sha'm, and they came to him. Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the whole narration and said, Heraclius asked for the letter of Allah's Apostle . When the letter was read, its contents were as follows: 'In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. From Muhammad, Allah's slave and His Apostle to Heraclius, the Chief of Byzantines: Peace be upon him who follows the right path (guidance)! Amma ba'du (to proceed )...' (See Hadith No 6, Vol 1 for details)
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah (ra): Allah's Messenger (saws) mentioned a person from Bani Israel who took a piece of wood, made a hole in it, and put therein one thousand Dinar and letter from him to his friend. The Prophet (saws) said, (That man) cut a piece of wood and put the money inside it and wrote a letter from such and such a person to such and such a person.
Read More..Narrated Abu Sa`id: The people of (the tribe of) Quraiza agreed upon to accept the verdict of Sa`d. The Prophet sent for him (Sa`d) and he came. The Prophet said (to those people), Get up for your chief or the best among you! Sa`d sat beside the Prophet and the Prophet said (to him), These people have agreed to accept your verdict. Sa`d said, So I give my judgment that their warriors should be killed and their women and children should be taken as captives. The Prophet said, You have judged according to the King's (Allah's) judgment. (See Hadith No. 447, Vol. 5)
Read More..Narrated Qatada: I asked Anas, Was it a custom of the companions of the Prophet to shake hands with one another? He said, Yes.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin Hisham: We were in the company of the Prophet and he was holding the hand of `Umar bin Al-Khattab.
Read More..Narrated Ibn Mas`ud: Allah's Apostle taught me the Tashah-hud as he taught me a Sura from the Qur'an, while my hand was between his hands. (Tashah-hud was) all the best compliments and the prayers and the good things are for Allah. Peace and Allah's Mercy and Blessings be on you, O Prophet! Peace be on us and on the pious slaves of Allah, I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and I also testify that Muhammad is Allah's slave and His Apostle. (We used to recite this in the prayer) during the lifetime of the Prophet , but when he had died, we used to say, Peace be on the Prophet.
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