Volume 3, Book 44, Number 674:
Narrated ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
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That he had asked ‘Aisha about the meaning of the Statement of Allah: “If you fear that you shall
not Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (Other) women of your choice Two or
three or four.” (4.3)
She said, “O my nephew! This is about the orphan girl who lives with her guardian and shares his
property. Her wealth and beauty may tempt him to marry her without giving her an adequate Mahr
(bridal-money) which might have been given by another suitor. So, such guardians were forbidden
to marry such orphan girls unless they treated them justly and gave them the most suitable Mahr;
otherwise they were ordered to marry any other woman.” ‘Aisha further said, “After that verse the
people again asked the Prophet (about the marriage with orphan ‘girls), so Allah revealed the follow –
ing verses:– ‘They ask your instruction Concerning the women. Say: Allah Instructs you about them
And about what is Recited unto you In the Book, concerning The orphan girls to whom You give not
the prescribed portions and yet whom you Desire to marry…” (4.127)
What is meant by Allah’s Saying:– ‘And about what is Recited unto you is the former verse which
goes:– ‘If you fear that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (other)
women of your choice.’ (4.3) ‘Aisha said, “Allah’s saying in the other verse:–‘Yet whom you desire to
marry’ (4.127) means the desire of the guardian to marry an orphan girl under his supervision when
she has not much property or beauty (in which case he should treat her justly). The guardians were
forbidden to marry their orphan girls possessing property and beauty without being just to them, as
they generally refrain from marrying them (when they are neither beautiful nor wealthy).”
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 675:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet established the right of Shu’fa (i.e. Pre-emption) in joint properties; but when the land
is divided and the ways are demarcated, then there is no pre-emption.
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 676:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “The right of pre-emption is valid in every joint property, but when the land is
divided and the way is demarcated, then there is no right of pre-emption.”
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 677:
Narrated Sulaiman bin Abu Muslim:
I asked Abu Minhal about money exchange from hand to hand. He said, “I and a partner of mine
bought something partly in cash and partly on credit.” Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib passed by us and we asked
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about it. He replied, “I and my partner Zaid bin Al-Arqam did the same and then went to the Prophet
and asked him about it. He said, ‘Take what was from hand to hand and leave what was on credit.’ “
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 670:
Narrated Jabala:
“While at Medina we were struck with famine. Ibn Az-Zubair used to provide us with dates as our
food. Ibn ‘Umar used to pass by us and say, “Don’t eat two dates together at a time as the Prophet has
forbidden eating two dates together at a time (in a gathering) unless one takes the permission of
one’s companion brother.”
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 671:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn ‘Umar said, “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘If one manumits his share of a jointly possessed slave, and
can afford the price of the other shares according to the adequate price of the slave, the slave will be
completely manumitted; otherwise he will be partially manumitted.’ ” (Aiyub, a sub-narrator is not
sure whether the saying ” … otherwise he will be partially manumitted” was said by Nafi’ or the
Prophet.)
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 672:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Whoever manumits his share of a jointly possessed slave, it is imperative for
him to get that slave manumitted completely by paying the remaining price, and if he does not have
sufficient money to manumit him, then the price of the slave should be estimated justly, and he is to
be allowed to work and earn the amount that will manumit him (without overburdening him)”.
Volume 3, Book 44, Number 668:
Narrated ‘Abaya bin Rafa’a bin Raft’ bin Khadij:
My grandfather said, “We were in the company of the Prophet at Dhul-Hulaifa. The people felt
hungry and captured some camels and sheep (as booty). The Prophet was behind the people. They
hurried and slaughtered the animals and put their meat in pots and started cooking it. (When the
Prophet came) he ordered the pots to be upset and then he distributed the animals (of the booty), re –
garding ten sheep as equal to one camel. One of the camels fled and the people ran after it till they
were exhausted. At that time there were few horses. A man threw an arrow at the camel, and Allah
stopped the camel with it. The Prophet said, “Some of these animals are like wild animals, so if you
lose control over one of these animals, treat it in this way (i.e. shoot it with an arrow).” Before distrib –
uting them among the soldiers my grandfather said, “We may meet the enemies in the future and
have no knives; can we slaughter the animals with reeds?” The Prophet said, “Use whatever causes
blood to flow, and eat the animals if the name of Allah has been mentioned on slaughtering them. Do
not slaughter with teeth or fingernails and I will tell you why: It is because teeth are bones (i.e. can –
not cut properly) and fingernails are the tools used by the Ethiopians (whom we should not imitate
for they are infidels).”