Volume 3, Book 41, Number 603:
Narrated Aisha:
Abu bin Zam’a and Sad bin Abi Waqqas carried the case of their claim of the (ownership) of the
son of a slave-qirl of Zam’a before the Prophet. Sad said, “O Allah’s Apostle! My brother, before his
death, told me that when I would return (to Mecca), I should search for the son of the slave-girl of
Zam’a and take him into my custody as he was his son.” ‘Abu bin Zam’a said, ‘the is my brother and
the son of the slave-girl of my father, and was born or my father’s bed.” The Prophet noticed a re –
semblance between Utba and the boy but he said, “O ‘Abu bin Zam’a! You will get this boy, as the son
goes to the owner of the bed. You, Sauda, screen yourself from the boy.”
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 604:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle sent horsemen to Najd and they arrested and brought a man called Thumama bin
Uthal, the chief of Yamama, and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque. When Allah’s
Apostle came up to him; he asked, “What have you to say, O Thumama?” He replied, “I have good
news, O Muhammad!” Abu Huraira narrated the whole narration which ended with the order of the
Prophet “Release him!”
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 605:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet sent some horsemen to Najd and they arrested and brought a man called Thumama
bin Uthal from the tribe of Bani Hanifa, and they fastened him to one of the pillars of the Mosque.
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 606:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Ka’b bin Malik Al-Ansari from Ka’b bin Malik:
That ‘Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad Al-Aslami owed him some debt. Ka’b met him and caught hold of
him and they started talking and their voices grew loudest. The Prophet passed by them and ad –
dressed Ka’b, pointing out to him to reduce the debt to one half. So, Ka’b got one half of the debt and
exempted the debtor from the other half.
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 607:
Narrated Khabbab:
I was a blacksmith In the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance, and ‘Asi bin Wail owed me some
money. I went to him to demand it, but he said to me, “I will not pay you unless you reject faith in
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Muhammad.” I replied, “By Allah, I will never disbelieve Muhammad till Allah let you die and then
resurrect you.” He said, “Then wait till I die and come to life again, for then I will be given property
and offspring and will pay your right.” So, thus revelation came: “Have you seen him who disbelieved
in Our signs and yet says, ‘I will be given property and offspring?’ ” (19.77)
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Book 42: Lost Things Picked up by Someone
(Luqaata)
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 600:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Ka’b bin Malik:
Ka’b demanded his debt back from Ibn Abi Hadrad in the Mosque and their voices grew louder till
Allah’s Apostle heard them while he was in his house. He came out to them raising the curtain of his
room and addressed Ka’b, “O Ka’b!” Ka’b replied, “Labaik, O Allah’s Apostle.” (He said to him), “Reduce
your debt to one half,” gesturing with his hand. Kab said, “I have done so, O Allah’s Apostle!” On that
the Prophet said to Ibn Abi Hadrad, “Get up and repay the debt, to him.”
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 601:
Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to that of mine.
Allah’s Apostle had taught it to me (in a different way). So, I was about to quarrel with him (during
the prayer) but I waited till he finished, then I tied his garment round his neck and seized him by it
and brought him to Allah’s Apostle and said, “I have heard him reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way
different to the way you taught it to me.” The Prophet ordered me to release him and asked Hisham
to recite it. When he recited it, Allah s Apostle said, “It was revealed in this way.” He then asked me to
recite it. When I recited it, he said, “It was revealed in this way. The Qur’an has been revealed in sev –
en different ways, so recite it in the way that is easier for you.”
Volume 3, Book 41, Number 602:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “No doubt, I intended to order somebody to pronounce the Iqama of the (com –
pulsory congregational) prayer and then I would go to the houses of those who do not attend the
prayer and burn their houses over them.”
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