Volume 4, Book 56, Number 826:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud:
Sa’d bin Mu’adh came to Mecca with the intention of performing ‘Umra, and stayed at the house of
Umaiya bin Khalaf Abi Safwan, for Umaiya himself used to stay at Sa’d’s house when he passed by
Medina on his way to Sham. Umaiya said to Sad, “Will you wait till midday when the people are (at
their homes), then you may go and perform the Tawaf round the Ka’ba?” So, while Sad was going
around the Ka’ba, Abu Jahl came and asked, “Who is that who is performing Tawaf?” Sad replied, “I
am Sad.” Abu Jahl said, “Are you circumambulating the Ka’ba safely although you have given refuge
to Muhammad and his companions?” Sad said, “Yes,” and they started quarreling. Umaiya said to Sad,
“Don’t shout at Abi-l-Hakam (i.e. Abu Jahl), for he is chief of the valley (of Mecca).” Sad then said (to
Abu Jahl). ‘By Allah, if you prevent me from performing the Tawaf of the Ka’ba, I will spoil your trade
with Sham.” Umaiya kept on saying to Sad, “Don’t raise your voice.” and kept on taking hold of him.
Sad became furious and said, (to Umaiya), “Be away from me, for I have heard Muhammad saying
that he will kill you.” Umaiiya said, “Will he kill me?” Sad said, “Yes,.” Umaiya said, “By Allah! When
Muhammad says a thing, he never tells a lie.” Umaiya went to his wife and said to her, “Do you know
what my brother from Yathrib (i.e. Medina) has said to me?” She said, “What has he said?” He said,
“He claims that he has heard Muhammad claiming that he will kill me.”
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She said, By Allah! Muhammad never tells a lie.” So when the infidels started to proceed for Badr
(Battle) and declared war (against the Muslims), his wife said to him, “Don’t you remember what
your brother from Yathrib told you?” Umaiya decided not to go but Abu Jahl said to him, “You are
from the nobles of the valley of Mecca), so you should accompany us for a day or two.” He went with
them and thus Allah got him killed.
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 811:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
A man recited Surat-al-Kahf (in his prayer) and in the house there was a (riding) animal which
got frightened and started jumping. The man finished his prayer with Taslim, but behold! A mist or a
cloud hovered over him. He informed the Prophet of that and the Prophet said, “O so-and-so! Recite,
for this (mist or cloud) was a sign of peace descending for the recitation of Quran.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 812:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
Abu Bakr came to my father who was at home and purchased a saddle from him. He said to ‘Azib.
“Tell your son to carry it with me.” So I carried it with him and my father followed us so as to take the
price (of the saddle). My father said, “O Abu Bakr! Tell me what happened to you on your night jour –
ney with Allah’s Apostle (during Migration).” He said, “Yes, we travelled the whole night and also the
next day till midday. when nobody could be seen on the way ( because of the severe heat) . Then
there appeared a long rock having shade beneath it, and the sunshine had not come to it yet. So we
dismounted there and I levelled a place and covered it with an animal hide or dry grass for the
Prophet to sleep on (for a while). I then said, ‘Sleep, O Allah’s Apostle, and I will guard you.’ So he
slept and I went out to guard him. Suddenly I saw a shepherd coming with his sheep to that rock
with the same intention we had when we came to it. I asked (him). ‘To whom do you belong, O boy?’
He replied, ‘I belong to a man from Medina or Mecca.’ I said, ‘Do your sheep have milk?’ He said,
‘Yes.’ I said, ‘Will you milk for us?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He caught hold of a sheep and I asked him to clean
its teat from dust, hairs and dirt. (The sub-narrator said that he saw Al-Bara’ striking one of his
hands with the other, demonstrating how the shepherd removed the dust.) The shepherd milked a
little milk in a wooden container and I had a leather container which I carried for the Prophet to
drink and perform the ablution from. I went to the Prophet, hating to wake him up, but when I
reached there, the Prophet had already awakened; so I poured water over the middle part of the milk
container, till the milk was cold. Then I said, ‘Drink, O Allah’s Apostle!’ He drank till I was pleased.
Then he asked, ‘Has the time for our departure come?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ So we departed after midday. Sur –
aqa bin Malik followed us and I said, ‘We have been discovered, O Allah’s Apostle!’ He said, Don’t
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grieve for Allah is with us.’ The Prophet invoked evil on him (i.e. Suraqa) and so the legs of his horse
sank into the earth up to its belly. (The subnarrator, Zuhair is not sure whether Abu Bakr said, “(It
sank) into solid earth.”) Suraqa said, ‘I see that you have invoked evil on me. Please invoke good on
me, and by Allah, I will cause those who are seeking after you to return.’ The Prophet invoked good
on him and he was saved. Then, whenever he met somebody on the way, he would say, ‘I have looked
for him here in vain.’ So he caused whomever he met to return. Thus Suraqa fulfilled his promise.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 813:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet paid a visit to a sick bedouin. The Prophet when visiting a patient used to say, “No
harm will befall you! May Allah cure you! May Allah cure you!” So the Prophet said to the bedouin.
“No harm will befall you. May Allah cure you!” The bedouin said, “You say, may Allah cure me? No,
for it is a fever which boils in (the body of) an old man, and will lead him to the grave.” The Prophet
said, “Yes, then may it be as you say.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 814:
Narrated Anas:
There was a Christian who embraced Islam and read Surat-al-Baqara and Al-Imran, and he used
to write (the revelations) for the Prophet. Later on he returned to Christianity again and he used to
say: “Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for him.” Then Allah caused him to die, and
the people buried him, but in the morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They
said, “This is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and
took his body out of it because he had run away from them.” They again dug the grave deeply for
him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, “This is an
act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body
outside it, for he had run away from them.” They dug the grave for him as deep as they could, but in
the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body out. So they believed that what had
befallen him was not done by human beings and had to leave him thrown (on the ground).
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 815:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When Khosrau perishes, there will be no (more) Khosrau after him, and
when Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hands
Muhammad’s life is, you will spend the treasures of both of them in Allah’s Cause.”
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Volume 4, Book 56, Number 816:
Narrated Jabir bin Samura:
The Prophet said, “When Khosrau perishes, there will be no more Khosrau a after him, and when
Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him,” The Prophet also said, “You will spend the
treasures of both of them in Allah’s Cause.”
Volume 4, Book 56, Number 817:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Musailama-al-Kadhdhab (i.e. the liar) came in the life-time of Allah’s Apostle with many of his
people (to Medina) and said, “If Muhammad makes me his successor, I will follow him.” Allah’s
Apostle went up to him with Thabit bin Qais bin Shams; and Allah’s Apostle was carrying a piece of a
date-palm leaf in his hand. He stood before Musailama (and his companions) and said, “If you asked
me even this piece (of a leaf), I would not give it to you. You cannot avoid the fate you are destined
to, by Allah. If you reject Islam, Allah will destroy you. I think that you are most probably the same
person whom I have seen in the dream.” Abu Huraira told me that Allah’s Apostle; said, “While I was
sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two gold bracelets round my arm, and that worried me too much. Then I
was instructed divinely in my dream, to blow them off and so I blew them off, and they flew away. I
interpreted the two bracelets as symbols of two liars who would appear after me. And so one of them
was Al-Ansi and the other was Musailama Al-Kadhdhab from Al-Yamama.”