Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: The Prophet went out to one of the gardens of Medina for some business and I went out to follow him. When he entered the garden, I sat at its gate and said to myself, To day I will be the gatekeeper of the Prophet though he has not ordered me. The Prophet went and finished his need and went to sit on the constructed edge of the well and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well. In the meantime Abu Bakr came and asked permission to enter. I said (to him), Wait till I get you permission. Abu Bakr waited outside and I went to the Prophet and said, O Allah's Prophet! Abu Bakr asks your permission to enter. He said, Admit him, and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise. So Abu Bakr entered and sat on the right side of the Prophet and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well. Then `Umar came and I said (to him), Wait till I get you permission. The Prophet said, Admit him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise. So `Umar entered and sat on the left side of the Prophet and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well so that one side of the well became fully occupied and there remained no place for any-one to sit. Then `Uthman came and I said (to him), Wait till I get permission for you. The Prophet said, Admit him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise with a calamity which will befall him. When he entered, he could not find any place to sit with them so he went to the other edge of the well opposite them and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well. I wished that a brother of mine would come, so I invoked Allah for his coming. (Ibn Al-Musaiyab said, I interpreted that (narration) as indicating their graves. The first three are together and the grave of `Uthman is separate from theirs. )
Read More..Narrated Abu Wail: Someone said to Usama, Will you not talk to this (Uthman)? Usama said, I talked to him (secretly) without being the first man to open an evil door. I will never tell a ruler who rules over two men or more that he is good after I heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'A man will be brought and put in Hell (Fire) and he will circumambulate (go around and round) in Hell (Fire) like a donkey of a (flour) grinding mill, and all the people of Hell (Fire) will gather around him and will say to him, O so-and-so! Didn't you use to order others for good and forbid them from evil?' That man will say, 'I used to order others to do good but I myself never used to do it, and I used to forbid others from evil while I myself used to do evil.'
Read More..Narrated Abu Bakra: During the battle of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a Word (I heard from the Prophet). When the Prophet heard the news that the people of the Persia had made the daughter of Khosrau their Queen (ruler), he said, Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler.
Read More..Narrated Abu Maryam `Abdullah bin Ziyad Al-Aasadi: When Talha, AzZubair and `Aisha moved to Basra, `Ali sent `Ammar bin Yasir and Hasan bin `Ali who came to us at Kufa and ascended the pulpit. Al-Hasan bin `Ali was at the top of the pulpit and `Ammar was below Al-Hasan. We all gathered before him. I heard `Ammar saying, `Aisha has moved to Al-Busra. By Allah! She is the wife of your Prophet in this world and in the Hereafter. But Allah has put you to test whether you obey Him (Allah) or her (`Aisha).
Read More..Narrated Abu Wail: `Ammar stood on the pulpit at Kufa and mentioned `Aisha and her coming (to Busra) and said, She is the wife of your Prophet in this world and in the Hereafter, but you people are being put to test in this issue.
Read More..Narrated Abu Wail: Abu Musa and Abii Mas`ud went to `Ammar when `Ali had sent him to Kufa to exhort them to fight (on `Ali's side). They said to him, Since you have become a Muslim, we have never seen you doing a deed more criticizable to us than your haste in this matter. `Ammar said, Since you (both) became Muslims, I have never seen you doing a deed more criticizable to me than your keeping away from this matter. Then Abu Mas`ud provided `Ammar and Abu Musa with two-piece outfits to wear, and one of them went to the mosque (of Kufa).
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