Volume 3, Book 34, Number 314:
Narrated Abu Musa:
Allah’s Apostle said, “The example of a good companion (who sits with you) in comparison with a
bad one, is I like that of the musk seller and the blacksmith’s bellows (or furnace); from the first you
would either buy musk or enjoy its good smell while the bellows would either burn your clothes or
your house, or you get a bad nasty smell thereof.”
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Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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Abu Taiba cupped Allah’s Apostle so he ordered that he be paid one Sa of dates and ordered his
masters to reduce his tax (as he was a slave and had to pay a tax to them).
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 308:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
An Ansari woman said to Allah’s Apostle, “O Allah’s Apostle! Shall I make something for you to sit
on, as I have a slave who is a carpenter?” He replied, “If you wish.” So, she got a pulpit made for him.
When it was Friday
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 309:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle bought food grains from a Jew on credit and mortgaged his armor to him.
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 310:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
I was with the Prophet in a Ghazwa (Military Expedition) and my camel was slow and exhausted.
The Prophet came up to me and said, “O Jabir.” I replied, “Yes?” He said, “What is the matter with
you?” I replied, “My camel is slow and tired, so I am left behind.” So, he got down and poked the
camel with his stick and then ordered me to ride. I rode the camel and it became so fast that I had to
hold it from going ahead of Allah’s Apostle . He then asked me, have you got married?” I replied in
the affirmative. He asked, “A virgin or a matron?” I replied, “I married a matron.” The Prophet said,
“Why have you not married a virgin, so that you may play with her and she may play with you?”
Jabir replied, “I have sisters (young in age) so I liked to marry a matron who could collect them all
and comb their hair and look after them.” The Prophet said, “You will reach, so when you have ar –
rived (at home), I advise you to associate with your wife (that you may have an intelligent son).” Then
he asked me, “Would you like to sell your camel?” I replied in the affirmative and the Prophet pur –
chased it for one Uqiya of gold. Allah’s Apostle reached before me and I reached in the morning, and
when I went to the mosque, I found him at the door of the mosque. He asked me, “Have you arrived
just now?” I replied in the affirmative. He said, “Leave your camel and come into (the mosque) and
pray two Rakat.” I entered and offered the prayer. He told Bilal to weigh and give me one Uqiya of
gold. So Bilal weighed for me fairly and I went away. The Prophet sent for me and I thought that he
would return to me my camel which I hated more than anything else. But the Prophet said to me,
“Take your camel as well as its price.”
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Volume 3, Book 34, Number 306:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
I heard Sahl bin Sad saying, “A woman brought a Burda (i.e. a square piece of cloth having
edging). I asked, ‘Do you know what a Burda is?’ They replied in the affirmative and said, “It is a
cloth sheet with woven margins.” Sahl went on, “She addressed the Prophet and said, ‘I have woven it
with my hands for you to wear.’ The Prophet took it as he was in need of it, and came to us wearing it
as a waist sheet. One of us said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Give it to me to wear.’ The Prophet agreed to give
it to him. The Prophet sat with the people for a while and then returned (home), wrapped that waist
sheet and sent it to him. The people said to that man, ‘You haven’t done well by asking him for it
when you know that he never turns down anybody’s request.’ The man replied, ‘By Allah, I have not
asked him for it except to use it as my shroud when I die.” Sahl added; “Later it (i.e. that sheet) was
his shroud.”
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 307:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
Some men came to Sahl bin Sad to ask him about the pulpit. He replied, “Allah’s Apostle sent for a
woman (Sahl named her) (this message): ‘Order your slave carpenter to make pieces of wood (i.e. a
pulpit) for me so that I may sit on it while addressing the people.’ So, she ordered him to make it
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from the tamarisk of the forest. He brought it to her and she sent it to Allah’s Apostle . Allah’s Apostle
ordered it to be placed in the mosque: so, it was put and he sat on it.
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 301:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Abu Aufa:
A man displayed some goods in the market and swore by Allah that he had been offered so much
for that, that which was not offered, and he said so, so as to cheat a Muslim. On that occasion the
following Verse was revealed: “Verily! Those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s coven –
ant and their oaths (They shall have no portion in the Hereafter ..etc.)’ (3.77)