Volume 4, Book 53, Number 345:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah Al-Ansari:
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A man amongst us begot a boy whom he named Al-Qasim. On that the Ansar said, (to the man),
“We will never call you Abu-al-Qasim and will never please you with this blessed title.” So, he went
to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have begotten a boy whom I named Al-Qasim and the
Ansar said, ‘We will never call you Abu-al-Qasim, nor will we please you with this title.’ ” The
Prophet said, “The Ansar have done well. Name by my name, but do not name by my Kunya, for I am
Qasim.”
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 361:
Narrated Zahdam:
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Once we were in the house of Abu Musa who presented a meal containing cooked chicken. A man
from the tribe of Bani Taim Allah with red complexion as if he were from the Byzantine war prison –
ers, was present. Abu Musa invited him to share the meal but he (apologised) saying. “I saw chickens
eating dirty things and so I have had a strong aversion to eating them, and have taken an oath that I
will not eat chickens.” Abu Musa said, “Come along, I will tell you about this matter (i.e. how to can –
cel one’s oat ). I went to the Prophet in the company of a group of Al-Ashariyin, asked him to provide
us with means of conveyance. He said, ‘By Allah, I will not provide you with any means of convey –
ance and I have nothing to make you ride on.’ Then some camels as booty were brought to Allah’s
Apostle and he asked for us saying. ‘Where are the group of Al-Ash’ariyun?’ Then he ordered that we
should be given five camels with white humps. When we set out we said, ‘What have we done? We
will never be blessed (with what we have been given).’ So, we returned to the Prophet and said, ‘We
asked you to provide us with means of conveyance, but you took an oath that you would not provide
us with any means of conveyance. Did you forget (your oath when you gave us the camels)? He
replied. ‘I have not provided you with means of conveyance, but Allah has provided you with it, and
by Allah, Allah willing, if ever I take an oath to do something, and later on I find that it is more bene –
ficial to do something different, I will do the thing which is better, and give expiation for my oath.”
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 346:
Narrated Muawiya:
Allah’s Apostle said, “If Allah wants to do good for somebody, he makes him comprehend the Reli –
gion (i.e. Islam), and Allah is the Giver and I am Al-Qasim (i.e. the distributor), and this (Muslim) na –
tion will remain victorious over their opponents, till Allah’s Order comes and they will still be vic –
torious ”
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “Neither do I give you (anything) nor withhold (any –
thing) from you, but I am just a distributor (i.e. Qasim), and I give as I am ordered.”
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 362:
Narrated Nafi from Ibn Umar:
Allah’s Apostle sent a Sariya towards Najd, and Abdullah bin ‘Umar was in the Sariya. They gained
a great number of camels as war booty. The share of each one of them was twelve or eleven camels,
and they were given an extra camel each.
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 347:
Narrated Khaula Al-Ansariya:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “Some people spend Allah’s Wealth (i.e. Muslim’s wealth) in an un –
just manner; such people will be put in the (Hell) Fire on the Day of Resurrection.”
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 363:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle used to give extra share to some of the members of the Sariya he used to send, in
addition to the shares they shared with the army in general.
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 348:
Narrated ‘Urwa-al-Bariqi:
The Prophet said, “Horses are always the source of good, namely, rewards (in the Hereafter) and
booty, till the Day of Resurrection.”
Volume 4, Book 53, Number 364:
Narrated Abu Musa:
We got the news of the migration of the Prophet while we were in Yemen, so we set out migrating
to him. We were, I and my two brothers, I being the youngest, and one of my brothers was Abu
Burda and the other was Abu Ruhm. We were over fifty (or fifty-three or fifty two) men from our
people. We got on board a ship which took us to An-Najashi in Ethiopia, and there we found Ja’far
bin Abu Talib and his companions with An-Najaishi. Ja’far said (to us), “Allah’s Apostle has sent us
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here and ordered us to stay here, so you too, stay with us.” We stayed with him till we all left
(Ethiopia) and met the Prophet at the time when he had conquered Khaibar. He gave us a share from
its booty (or gave us from its booty). He gave only to those who had taken part in the Ghazwa with
him. but he did not give any share to any person who had not participated in Khaibar’s conquest ex –
cept the people of our ship, besides Ja’far and his companions, whom he gave a share as he did them
(i.e. the people of the ship).