Volume 3, Book 31, Number 139:
Narrated Al-Bara:
It was the custom among the companions of Muhammad that if any of them was fasting and the
food was presented (for breaking his fast), but he slept before eating, he would not eat that night and
the following day till sunset.
Qais bin Sirma-al-Ansari was fasting and came to his wife at the time of Iftar (breaking one’s fast)
and asked her whether she had anything to eat. She replied, “No, but I would go and bring some for
you.” He used to do hard work during the day, so he was overwhelmed by sleep and slept. When his
wife came and saw him, she said, “Disappointment for you.” When it was midday on the following
day, he fainted and the Prophet was informed about the whole matter and the following verses were
revealed: “You are permitted To go to your wives (for sexual relation) At the night of fasting.” So, they
were overjoyed by it. And then Allah also revealed: “And eat and drink Until the white thread Of
dawn appears to you Distinct from the black thread (of the night).” (2.187)
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 124:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “When you see the crescent (of the month of Ramadan), start fast –
ing, and when you see the crescent (of the month of Shawwal), stop fasting; and if the sky is overcast
(and you can’t see It) then regard the crescent (month) of Ramadan (as of 30 days)”.
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 140:
Narrated ‘Adi bin Hatim:
When the above verses were revealed: ‘Until the white thread appears to you, distinct from the
black thread,’ I took two (hair) strings, one black and the other white, and kept them under my pil –
low and went on looking at them throughout the night but could not make anything out of it. So, the
next morning I went to Allah’s Apostle and told him the whole story. He explained to me, “That verse
means the darkness of the night and the whiteness of the dawn.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 125:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hop –
ing for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the
month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous
sins will be forgiven.”
Volume 3, Book 31, Number 126:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet was the most generous amongst the people, and he used to be more so in the month of
Ramadan when Gabriel visited him, and Gabriel used to meet him on every night of Ramadan till the
end of the month. The Prophet used to recite the Holy Qur’an to Gabriel, and when Gabriel met him,
he used to be more generous than a fast wind (which causes rain and welfare).
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 111:
Narrated Anas:
(The people of) Bani Salama intended to shift near the mosque (of the Prophet) but Allah’s Apostle
disliked to see Medina vacated and said, “O the people of Bani Salama! Don’t you think that you will
be rewarded for your footsteps which you take towards the mosque?” So, they stayed at their old
places.
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 112:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pul –
pit, and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar).”
Volume 3, Book 30, Number 113:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
When Allah’s Apostle reached Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal became ill. When Abu Bakr’s fever got
worse, he would recite (this poetic verse): “Everybody is staying alive with his People, yet Death is
nearer to him than His shoe laces.” And Bilal, when his fever deserted him, would recite: “Would that
I could stay overnight in A valley wherein I would be Surrounded by Idhkhir and Jalil (kinds of
good-smelling grass). Would that one day I could Drink the water of the Majanna, and Would that
(The two mountains) Shama and Tafil would appear to me!” The Prophet said, “O Allah! Curse Shaiba
bin Rabi’a and ‘Utba bin Rabi’a and Umaiya bin Khalaf as they turned us out of our land to the land
of epidemics.” Allah’s Apostle then said, “O Allah! Make us love Medina as we love Mecca or even
more than that. O Allah! Give blessings in our Sa and our Mudd (measures symbolizing food) and
make the climate of Medina suitable for us, and divert its fever towards Aljuhfa.” Aisha added: When
we reached Medina, it was the most unhealthy of Allah’s lands, and the valley of Bathan (the valley
of Medina) used to flow with impure colored water.
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