Sahih Muslim Hadith 115 – The Command To

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[115] 23 – (17) It was narrated t1; (v)-fl [flo] that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The delegation of 'Abdul-Qais came to the Messenger of Allah and said: '0 Messenger of Allah, we are a tribe of RabI'ah, and the disbelievers of Mudar are between us and you, and we cannot come to you except during the sacred months. Tell us of something that we can do, and to which we can call those who are behind us.' He said: 'I will command you to do four things and forbid you from four. Faith in Allah' – and he explained that to them, so he said: 'Testimony that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, to establish the Salát, to pay the Zakât and give one-fifth (Khums) of any spoils of war you seize. And I forbid four things for you: Ad-Dubbâ' (gourds), Al- Ijantam, An-Na qIr, and Al- Muqayyar."111