Volume 4, Book 55, Number 585:
Narrated Abu Dhar:
I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Which mosque was first built on the surface of the earth?” He said, “Al-
Masjid-ul-,Haram (in Mecca).” I said, “Which was built next?” He replied “The mosque of Al-Aqsa
( in Jerusalem) .” I said, “What was the period of construction between the two?” He said, “Forty
years.” He added, “Wherever (you may be, and) the prayer time becomes due, perform the prayer
there, for the best thing is to do so (i.e. to offer the prayers in time).”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 601:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to have a powerful support.
If I were to stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of Joseph (prison) and then the offer of free –
dom came to me, then I would have accepted it.” (See Hadith No. 591)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 586:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When the mountain of Uhud came in the sight of Allah’s Apostle he said. “This is a mountain that
loves us and is loved by us. O Allah! Abraham made Mecca a sanctuary, and I make (the area) in
between these two mountains (of Medina) a sanctuary.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 602:
Narrated Masruq:
I asked Um Ruman, ‘Aisha’s mother about the accusation forged against ‘Aisha. She said, “While I
was sitting with ‘Aisha, an Ansari woman came to us and said, ‘Let Allah condemn such-and-such
person.’ I asked her, ‘Why do you say so?’ She replied, ‘For he has spread the (slanderous) story.’
‘Aisha said, ‘What story?’ The woman then told her the story. ‘Aisha asked, ‘Have Abu Bakr and Al –
lah’s Apostle heard about it ?’ She said, ‘Yes.’ ‘Aisha fell down senseless (on hearing that), and when
she came to her senses, she got fever and shaking of the body. The Prophet came and asked, ‘What is
wrong with her?’ I said, ‘She has got fever because of a story which has been rumored.’ ‘Aisha got up
and said, ‘By Allah! Even if I took an oath, you would not believe me, and if I put forward an excuse,
You would not excuse me. My example and your example is just like that example of Jacob and his
sons. Against that which you assert, it is Allah (Alone) Whose Help can be sought.’ (12.18) The
Prophet left and then Allah revealed the Verses (concerning the matter), and on that ‘Aisha said,
‘Thanks to Allah (only) and not to anybody else.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 587:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah’s Apostle said (to her). “Don’t you see that when your folk built the
Ka’ba, they did not build it on all the foundations built by Abraham?” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Why
don’t we rebuild it on the foundations of Abraham?” He said. “But for the fact that your folk have re –
cently given up infidelity (I would have done so).”
Narrated Ibn Umar: Aisha must have heard this from Allah’s Apostle for I see that Allah’s Apostle
used not to touch the two corners facing Al-Hijr only because the House had not been built on the
foundations of Abraham”
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Volume 4, Book 55, Number 603:
Narrated ‘Urwa:
I asked ‘Aisha the wife of the Prophet about the meaning of the following Verse: — “(Respite will
be granted) ‘Until when the apostles give up hope (of their people) and thought that they were
denied (by their people)……………”(12.110) ‘Aisha replied, “Really, their nations did not believe them.” I
said, “By Allah! They were definite that their nations treated them as liars and it was not a matter of
suspecting.” ‘Aisha said, “O ‘Uraiya (i.e. ‘Urwa)! No doubt, they were quite sure about it.”
I said, “May the Verse be read in such a way as to mean that the apostles thought that Allah did not
help them?” Aisha said, “Allah forbid! (Impossible) The Apostles did not suspect their Lord of such a
thing. But this Verse is concerned with the Apostles’ followers who had faith in their Lord and be –
lieved in their apostles and their period of trials was long and Allah’s Help was delayed till the
apostles gave up hope for the conversion of the disbelievers amongst their nation and suspected that
even their followers were shaken in their belief, Allah’s Help then came to them.” Narrated Ibn
‘Umar: The Prophet said, “The honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable, (was)
Joseph, the son of Jacob! the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.”
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Volume 4, Book 55, Number 588:
Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa’idi:
The people asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! How shall we (ask Allah to) send blessings on you?” Allah’s
Apostle replied, “Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad and on his wives and on his off
spring, as You sent Your Mercy on Abraham’s family; and send Your Blessings on Muhammad and
on his offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on Abraham’s family, for You are the Most Praise-
worthy, the Most Glorious.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 604:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “While Job was naked, taking a bath, a swarm of gold locusts fell on him and he
started collecting them in his garment. His Lord called him, ‘O Job! Have I not made you rich enough
to need what you see? He said, ‘Yes, O Lord! But I cannot dispense with your Blessing.”‘