Narrated Salama: We gave the oath of allegiance to the Prophet under the tree. He said to me, O Salama! Will you not give the oath of allegiance? I replied, O Allah's Apostle! I have already given the oath of allegiance for the first time. He said, (Give it again) for the second time.
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for Islam and the bedouin got a fever where upon he said to the Prophet Cancel my Pledge. But the Prophet refused. He came to him (again) saying, Cancel my Pledge.' But the Prophet refused. Then (the bedouin) left (Medina). Allah's Apostle said: Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and clears its good.
Read More..Narrated `Abdullah bin Hisham: who was born during the lifetime of the Prophet that his mother, Zainab bint Humaid had taken him to Allah's Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! Take his Pledge of allegiance (for Islam). The Prophet said, He (`Abdullah bin Hisham) is a little child, and passed his hand over his head and invoked Allah for him. `Abdullah bin Hisham used to slaughter one sheep as a sacrifice on behalf of all of his family.
Read More..Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: A bedouin gave the Pledge of allegiance to Allah's Apostle for Islam. Then the bedouin got fever at Medina, came to Allah's Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge, But Allah's Apostle refused. Then he came to him (again) and said, O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge. But the Prophet refused Then he came to him (again) and said, O Allah's Apostle! Cancel my Pledge. But the Prophet refused. The bedouin finally went out (of Medina) whereupon Allah's Apostle said, Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and clears its good.
Read More..Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, There will be three types of people whom Allah will neither speak to them on the Day of Resurrection nor will purify them from sins, and they will have a painful punishment: They are, (1) a man possessed superfluous water (more than he needs) on a way and he withholds it from the travelers. (2) a man who gives a pledge of allegiance to an Imam (ruler) and gives it only for worldly benefits, if the Imam gives him what he wants, he abides by his pledge, otherwise he does not fulfill his pledge; (3) and a man who sells something to another man after the `Asr prayer and swears by Allah (a false oath) that he has been offered so much for it whereupon the buyer believes him and buys it although in fact, the seller has not been offered such a price. (See Hadith No. 838, Vol. 3)
Read More..Narrated 'Ubada bin As-Samit: Allah's Apostle said to us while we were in a gathering, Give me the oath (Pledge of allegiance for: (1) Not to join anything in worship along with Allah, (2) Not to steal, (3) Not to commit illegal sexual intercourse, (4) Not to kill your children, (5) Not to accuse an innocent person (to spread such an accusation among people), (6) Not to be disobedient (when ordered) to do good deeds. The Prophet added: Whoever amongst you fulfill his pledge, his reward will be with Allah, and whoever commits any of those sins and receives the legal punishment in this world for that sin, then that punishment will be an expiation for that sin, and whoever commits any of those sins and Allah does not expose him, then it is up to Allah if He wishes He will punish him or if He wishes, He will forgive him. So we gave the Pledge for that. (See Hadith No. 17, Vol. 1)
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