Narrated Abu Laila bin `Abdullah bin `Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl: Sahl bin Abi Hathma and some great men of his tribe said, `Abdullah bin 'Sahl and Muhaiyisa went out to Khaibar as they were struck with poverty and difficult living conditions. Then Muhaiyisa was informed that `Abdullah had been killed and thrown in a pit or a spring. Muhaiyisa went to the Jews and said, By Allah, you have killed my companion. The Jews said, By Allah, we have not killed him. Muhaiyisa then came back to his people and told them the story. He, his elder brother Huwaiyisa and `Abdur-Rahman bin Sahl came (to the Prophet) and he who had been at Khaibar, proceeded to speak, but the Prophet said to Muhaiyisa, The eldest! The eldest! meaning, Let the eldest of you speak. So Huwaiyisa spoke first and then Muhaiyisa. Allah's Apostle said, The Jews should either pay the blood money of your (deceased) companion or be ready for war. After that Allah's Apostle wrote a letter to the Jews in that respect, and they wrote that they had not killed him. Then Allah's Apostle said to Huwaiyisa, Muhaiyisa and `Abdur-Rahman, Can you take an oath by which you will be entitled to take the blood money? They said, No. He said (to them), Shall we ask the Jews to take an oath before you? They replied, But the Jews are not Muslims. So Allah's Apostle gave them one-hundred she-camels as blood money from himself. Sahl added: When those she-camels were made to enter the house, one of them kicked me with its leg.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: A bedouin came and said, O Allah's Apostle! Judge between us according to Allah's Book (Laws). His opponent stood up and said, He has said the truth, so judge between us according to Allah's Laws. The bedouin said, My son was a laborer for this man and committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people said to me, 'Your son is to be stoned to death,' so I ransomed my son for one hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious learned men and they said to me, 'Your son has to receive one hundred lashes plus one year of exile.' The Prophet said, I shall judge between you according to Allah's Book (Laws)! As for the slave girl and the sheep, it shall be returned to you, and your son shall receive one-hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O you, Unais! The Prophet addressed some man, Go in the morning to the wife of this man and stone her to death. So Unais went to her the next morning and stoned her to death.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira and Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani: A bedouin came and said, O Allah's Apostle! Judge between us according to Allah's Book (Laws). His opponent stood up and said, He has said the truth, so judge between us according to Allah's Laws. The bedouin said, My son was a laborer for this man and committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people said to me, 'Your son is to be stoned to death,' so I ransomed my son for one hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious learned men and they said to me, 'Your son has to receive one hundred lashes plus one year of exile.' The Prophet said, I shall judge between you according to Allah's Book (Laws)! As for the slave girl and the sheep, it shall be returned to you, and your son shall receive one-hundred lashes and be exiled for one year. O you, Unais! The Prophet addressed some man, Go in the morning to the wife of this man and stone her to death. So Unais went to her the next morning and stoned her to death.
Read More..Kharija bin Zaid bin Thabit said that Zaid bin Thabit said, The Prophet (saws) ordered me to learn the writing of the Jews. I even wrote letters for the Prophet (saws) (to the Jews) and also read their letters when they wrote to him. And 'Umar said in the presence of 'Ali, 'Abdur-Rahman, and 'Uthman, What is this woman saying? (the woman was non-Arab) 'Abdur-Rahman bin Hatib said: She is informing you about her companion who has committed illegal sexual intercourse with her. Abu Jamra said, I was an interpreter between Ibn 'Abbas and the people. Some people said, A ruler should have two interpreters.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin `Abbas: That Abu Sufyan bin Harb told him that Heraclius had called him along with the members of a Quraish caravan and then said to his interpreter, Tell them that I want to ask this (Abu Sufyan) a question, and if he tries to tell me a lie, they should contradict him. Then Abu Sufyan mentioned the whole narration and said that Heraclius said to the inter Peter, Say to him (Abu Sufyan), 'If what you say is true, then he (the Prophet) will take over the place underneath my two feet.'
Read More..Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa`idi: The Prophet employed Ibn Al-Utbiyya to collect Zakat from Bani Sulaim, and when he returned (with the money) to Allah's Apostle the Prophet called him to account, and he said, This (amount) is for you, and this was given to me as a present. Allah's Apostle said, Why don't you stay at your father's house or your mother's house to see whether you will be given gifts or not, if you are telling the truth? Then Allah's Apostle stood up and addressed the people, and after glorifying and praising Allah, he said: Amma Ba'du (then after) I employ some men from among you for some job which Allah has placed in my charge, and then one of you comes to me and says, 'This (amount) is for you and this is a gift given to me.' Why doesn't he stay at the house of his father or the house of his mother and see whether he will be given gifts or not if he was telling the truth by Allah, none of you takes anything of it (i.e., Zakat) for himself (Hisham added: unlawfully) but he will meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection carrying it on his neck! I do not want to see any of you carrying a grunting camel or a mooing cow or a bleating sheep on meeting Allah. Then the Prophet raised both his hands till I saw the whiteness of his armpits, and said, (No doubt)! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message!
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