Ubaidullah b. 'Abdullah b. 'Utba reported: Ibn Abbas said to me: Do you know-and in the words of Harun (another narrator): Are you aware of-the last Sura which was revealed in the Qur'an as a whole? I said: Yes, When came the help from Allah and the victory (cx.). Thereupon, he said: You have told the truth. And in the narration of Abu Shaiba (the words are): Do you know the Sura? And he did not mention the words the last one .
Read More..This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu 'Umais through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.
Read More..Ibn Abbas reported that some Muslims met a person with a small flock of sheep. He said: As-Salam-o-'Alaikum. They caught hold of him and killed him and took possession of his flock. Then this verse was revealed: He who meets you and extends you salutations, don't say: You are not a Muslim (iv. 94). Ibn 'Abbas, however, recited the word as-Salam instead of as-Salam .
Read More..Bara' reported: When the Ansar performed the Pilgrimage, they did not enter their houses but from behind. A person from the Ansar came and he began to enter from his door but it was said to him (why he was doing something in contravention to the common practice of coming to the houses from behind). Then this verse was revealed. Piety is not that you come to the doors from behind (ii. 189).
Read More..Ibn Mas'ud said: Since our acceptance of Islam and the revelation of this verse in which Allah has shown annoyance to us: Has not the time yet come for the believers that their hearts should be humble for the remembrance of Allah? (lvii. 16), there was a gap of four years.
Read More..Ibn Abbas reported: During the pre-Islamic days women circumambulated the Ka'ba nakedly, and said: Who would provide cloth to cover the one who is circumambulating the Ka'ba so that she would cover her private parts? And then she would say: Today will be exposed the whole or the part and what is exposed I shall not make it lawful. It was in this connection that the verse was revealed: Adorn yourself at every place of worship (vii. 31).
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