Narrated `Aisha: Hind bint `Utba bin Rabi`a came and said. O Allah's Apostle! By Allah, there was no family on the surface of the earth, I like to see in degradation more than I did your family, but today there is no family on the surface of the earth whom I like to see honored more than yours. Hind added, Abu Sufyan is a miser. Is it sinful of me to feed our children from his property? The Prophet said, There is no blame on you if you feed them (thereof) in a just and reasonable manner.
Read More..Narrated Anas bin Malik: When the Prophet intended to write to the Byzantines, the people said, They do not read a letter unless it is sealed (stamped). Therefore the Prophet took a silver ring----as if I am looking at its glitter now----and its engraving was: 'Muhammad, Apostle of Allah'.
Read More..Narrated 'Abdullah bin As-Sa'di: That when he went to 'Umar during his Caliphate. 'Umar said to him, Haven't I been told that you do certain jobs for the people but when you are given payment you refuse to take it? 'Abdullah added: I said, Yes. 'Umar said, Why do you do so? I said, I have horses and slaves and I am living in prosperity and I wish that my payment should be kept as a charitable gift for the Muslims. 'Umar said, Do not do so, for I intended to do the same as you do. Allah's Apostles used to give me gifts and I used to say to him, 'Give it to a more needy one than me.' Once he gave me some money and I said, 'Give it to a more needy person than me,' whereupon the Prophet said, 'Take it and keep it in your possession and then give it in charity. Take what ever comes to you of this money if you are not keen to have it and not asking for it; otherwise (i.e., if it does not come to you) do not seek to have it yourself.'
Read More..Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: I have heard 'Umar saying, The Prophet used to give me some money (grant) and I would say (to him), 'Give it to a more needy one than me.' Once he gave me some money and I said, 'Give it to a more needy one than me.' The Prophet said (to me), 'Take it and keep it in your possession and then give it in charity. Take whatever comes to you of this money while you are not keen to have it and not asking for it; take it, but you should not seek to have what you are not given. '
Read More..Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: I witnessed a husband and a wife who were involved in a case of Lian. Then (the judgment of) divorce was passed. I was fifteen years of age, at that time.
Read More..Narrated Sahl: (the brother of Bani Sa`ida) A man from the Ansar came to the Prophet and said, If a man finds another man sleeping with his wife, should he kill him? That man and his wife then did Lian in the mosque while I was present.
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