Volume 4, Book 55, Number 578:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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Abraham did not tell a lie except on three occasion. Twice for the Sake of Allah when he said, “I
am sick,” and he said, “(I have not done this but) the big idol has done it.” The (third was) that while
Abraham and Sarah (his wife) were going (on a journey) they passed by (the territory of) a tyrant.
Someone said to the tyrant, “This man (i.e. Abraham) is accompanied by a very charming lady.” So, he
sent for Abraham and asked him about Sarah saying, “Who is this lady?” Abraham said, “She is my
sister.” Abraham went to Sarah and said, “O Sarah! There are no believers on the surface of the earth
except you and I. This man asked me about you and I have told him that you are my sister, so don’t
contradict my statement.” The tyrant then called Sarah and when she went to him, he tried to take
hold of her with his hand, but (his hand got stiff and) he was confounded. He asked Sarah. “Pray to
Allah for me, and I shall not harm you.” So Sarah asked Allah to cure him and he got cured. He tried
to take hold of her for the second time, but (his hand got as stiff as or stiffer than before and) was
more confounded. He again requested Sarah, “Pray to Allah for me, and I will not harm you.” Sarah
asked Allah again and he became alright. He then called one of his guards (who had brought her)
and said, “You have not brought me a human being but have brought me a devil.” The tyrant then
gave Hajar as a girl-servant to Sarah. Sarah came back (to Abraham) while he was praying. Abra –
ham, gesturing with his hand, asked, “What has happened?” She replied, “Allah has spoiled the evil
plot of the infidel (or immoral person) and gave me Hajar for service.” (Abu Huraira then addressed
his listeners saying, “That (Hajar) was your mother, O Bani Ma-is-Sama (i.e. the Arabs, the descend –
ants of Ishmael, Hajar’s son).”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 579:
Narrated Um Sharik:
Allah’s Apostle ordered that the salamander should be killed and said, “It (i.e. the salamander) blew
(the fire) on Abraham.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 580:
Narrated Abdullah:
When the Verse:–“It is those who believe and do not confuse their belief with wrong ( i.e. joining
others in worship with Allah” (6.83) was revealed, we said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Who is there amongst
us who has not done wrong to himself?” He replied, “It is not as you say, for ‘wrong’ in the Verse and
‘do not confuse their belief, with wrong means ‘SHIRK’ (i.e. joining others in worship with Allah).
Haven’t you heard Luqman’s saying to his son, ‘O my son! Join not others in worship with Allah, ver –
ily joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.” (31.13)
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 565:
Narrated Zainab bint Jahsh:
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That the Prophet once came to her in a state of fear and said, “None has the right to be worshipped
but Allah. Woe unto the Arabs from a danger that has come near. An opening has been made in the
wall of Gog and Magog like this,” making a circle with his thumb and index finger. Zainab bint Jah –
sh said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Shall we be destroyed even though there are pious persons among us?” He
said, “Yes, when the evil person will increase.”
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Narrated Abu Huraira:
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One day some meat was given to the Prophet and he said, “On the Day of Resurrection Allah will
gather all the first and the last (people) in one plain, and the voice of the announcer will reach all of
them, and one will be able to see them all, and the sun will come closer to them.” (The narrator then
mentioned the narration of intercession): “The people will go to Abraham and say: ‘You are Allah’s
Prophet and His Khalil on the earth. Will you intercede for us with your Lord?’ Abraham will then
remember his lies and say: ‘Myself! Myself! Go to Moses.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 566:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah has made an opening in the wall of the Gog and Magog (people) like this,
and he made with his hand (with the help of his fingers).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 582:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of Ishmael! Had she not hastened
(to fill her water-skin with water from the Zam-zam well). Zam-zam would have been a stream
flowing on the surface of the earth.” Ibn ‘Abbas further added, “(The Prophet) Abraham brought Ish –
mael and his mother (to Mecca) and she was suckling Ishmael and she had a water-skin with her.’
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 567:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said, “Allah will say (on the Day of Resurrection), ‘O Adam.’ Adam will reply, ‘Labbaik
wa Sa’daik’, and all the good is in Your Hand.’ Allah will say: ‘Bring out the people of the fire.’ Adam
will say: ‘O Allah! How many are the people of the Fire?’ Allah will reply: ‘From every one thousand,
take out nine-hundred-and ninety-nine.’ At that time children will become hoary headed, every
pregnant female will have a miscarriage, and one will see mankind as drunken, yet they will not be
drunken, but dreadful will be the Wrath of Allah.” The companions of the Prophet asked, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Who is that (excepted) one?” He said, “Rejoice with glad tidings; one person will be from you
and one-thousand will be from Gog and Magog.”
The Prophet further said, “By Him in Whose Hands my life is, hope that you will be one-fourth of
the people of Paradise.” We shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” He added, “I hope that you will be one-third of
the people of Paradise.” We shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” He said, “I hope that you will be half of the
people of Paradise.” We shouted, “Allahu Akbar!” He further said, “You (Muslims) (compared with
non Muslims) are like a black hair in the skin of a white ox or like a white hair in the skin of a black
ox (i.e. your number is very small as compared with theirs).”