Volume 4, Book 51, Number 8:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Utba bin Abi Waqqas entrusted (his son) to his brother Sad bin Abi
Waqqas saying, “The son of the slave-girl of Zam’a is my (illegal) son, take him into your custody.” So
during the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) Sad took the boy and said, “This is my brother’s son
whom my brother entrusted to me.” ‘Abu bin Zam’s got up and said, “He is my brother and the son of
the slave girl of my father and was born on my father’s bed.” Then both of them came to Allah’s
Apostle and Sad said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This is my brother’s son whom my brother entrusted to me.”
Then ‘Abu bin Zam’a got up and said, “This is my brother and the son of the slave-girl of my fath –
er.” Allah’s Apostle said, “O Abu bin Zam’a! This boy is for you as the boy belongs to the bed (where
he was born), and for the adulterer is the stone (i.e. deprivation).” Then the Prophet said to his wife
Sauda bint Zam’a, “Screen yourself from this boy,” when he saw the boy’s resemblance to ‘Utba. Since
then the boy did not see Sauda till he died.
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Volume 4, Book 51, Number 9:
Narrated Anas:
A Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. She was asked, “Who has done so to you, so-
and-so? So-and-so?” Till the name of the Jew was mentioned, whereupon she nodded (in
agreement). So the Jew was brought and was questioned till he confessed. The Prophet then ordered
that his head be crushed with stones.
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 10:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The custom (in old days) was that the property of the deceased would be inherited by his off –
spring; as for the parents (of the deceased), they would inherit by the will of the deceased. Then Al –
lah cancelled from that custom whatever He wished and fixed for the male double the amount in –
herited by the female, and for each parent a sixth (of the whole legacy) and for the wife an eighth or
a fourth and for the husband a half or a fourth.
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 11:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man asked the Prophet, “O Allah’s Apostle! What kind of charity is the best?” He replied. “To give
in charity when you are healthy and greedy hoping to be wealthy and afraid of becoming poor.
Don’t delay giving in charity till the time when you are on the death bed when you say, ‘Give so
much to so-and-so and so much to so-and so,’ and at that time the property is not yours but it be –
longs to so-and-so (i.e. your inheritors).”
Volume 4, Book 51, Number 12:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “The signs of a hypocrite are three: Whenever he speaks he tells a lie; whenever
he is entrusted he proves dishonest; whenever he promises he breaks his promise.”