Volume 3, Book 48, Number 821:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet was asked about the great sins He said, “They are:–
(1 ) To join others in worship with Allah,
(2) To be undutiful to one’s parents.
(3) To kill a person (which Allah has forbidden to kill) (i.e. to commit the crime of murdering).
(4) And to give a false witness.”
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 822:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
The Prophet said thrice, “Should I inform you out the greatest of the great sins?” They said, “Yes, O
Allah’s Apostle!” He said, “To join others in worship with Allah and to be undutiful to one’s parents.”
The Prophet then sat up after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and said, “And I warn you against
giving a false witness, and he kept on saying that warning till we thought he would not stop. (See
Hadith No. 7, Vol. 8)
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 823:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet heard a man (reciting Quran) in the Mosque, and he said, “May Allah bestow His
Mercy upon him. No doubt, he made me remember such-and such Verses of such-and-such Sura
which I dropped (from my memory).
Narrated Aisha: The Prophet performed the Tahajjud prayer in my house, and then he heard the
voice of ‘Abbas who was praying in the Mosque, and said, “O ‘Aisha! Is this ‘Abbad’s voice?” I said,
“Yes.” He said, “O Allah! Be merciful to ‘Abbas!”
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 818:
Narrated An-Nu’man bin Bashir:
My mother asked my father to present me a gift from his property; and he gave it to me after some
hesitation. My mother said that she would not be satisfied unless the Prophet was made a witness to
it. I being a young boy, my father held me by the hand and took me to the Prophet . He said to the
Prophet, “His mother, bint Rawaha, requested me to give this boy a gift.” The Prophet said, “Do you
have other sons besides him?” He said, “Yes.” The Prophet said, “Do not make me a witness for in –
justice.” Narrated Ash-Shabi that the Prophet said, “I will not become a witness for injustice.”
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 819:
Narrated Zahdam bin Mudrab:
I heard Imran bin Husain saying, “The Prophet said, ‘The best people are those living in my gener –
ation, then those coming after them, and then those coming after (the second generation).” Imran
said “I do not know whether the Prophet mentioned two or three generations after your present gen –
eration. The Prophet added, ‘There will be some people after you, who will be dishonest and will not
be trustworthy and will give witness (evidences) without being asked to give witness, and will vow
but will not fulfill their vows, and fatness will appear among them.”
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 820:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then
whose who follow the latter. After that there will come some people whose witness will go ahead of
their oaths, and their oaths will go ahead of their witness.” Ibrahim (a sub-narrator) said, “We used
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to be beaten for taking oaths by saying, ‘I bear witness by the Name of Allah or by the Covenant of
Allah.”
Volume 3, Book 48, Number 815:
Narrated Aisha:
Once the Prophet came to me while a man was in my house. He said, “O ‘Aisha! Who is this
(man)?” I replied, “My foster brothers” He said, “O ‘Aisha! Be sure about your foster brothers, as
fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).”
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Volume 3, Book 48, Number 816:
Narrated ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
A woman committed theft in the Ghazwa of the Conquest (of Mecca) and she was taken to the
Prophet who ordered her hand to be cut off. ‘Aisha said, “Her repentance was perfect and she was
married (later) and used to come to me (after that) and I would present her needs to Allah’s Apostle.”