Volume 5, Book 57, Number 59:
Narrated Anas:
Whenever there was drought, ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab used to ask Allah for rain through Al’Abbas
bin ‘Abdul Muttalib, saying, “O Allah! We used to request our Prophet to ask You for rain, and You
would give us. Now we request the uncle of our Prophet to ask You for rain, so give us rain.” And
they would be given rain.”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 44:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet entered a garden and ordered me to guard its gate. A man came and asked permission
to enter. The Prophet said, “Admit him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise.” Behold! It
was Abu Bakr. Another man came and asked the permission to enter. The Prophet said, “Admit him
and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise.” Behold! It was ‘Umar. Then another man came,
asking the permission to enter. The Prophet kept silent for a short while and then said, “Admit him
and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise with a calamity which will befall him.” Behold! It
was ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan. ‘Asim, in another narration, said that the Prophet was sitting in a place
where there was water, and he was uncovering both his knees or his knee, and when ‘Uthman
entered, he covered them (or it).
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 60:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Fatima sent somebody to Abu Bakr asking him to give her her inheritance from the Prophet from
what Allah had given to His Apostle through Fai (i.e. booty gained without fighting). She asked for
the Sadaqa (i.e. wealth assigned for charitable purposes) of the Prophet at Medina, and Fadak, and
what remained of the Khumus (i.e., one-fifth) of the Khaibar booty. Abu Bakr said, “Allah’s Apostle
said, ‘We (Prophets), our property is not inherited, and whatever we leave is Sadaqa, but
Muhammad’s Family can eat from this property, i.e. Allah’s property, but they have no right to take
more than the food they need.’ By Allah! I will not bring any change in dealing with the Sadaqa of
the Prophet (and will keep them) as they used to be observed in his (i.e. the Prophet’s) life-time, and I
will dispose with it as Allah’s Apostle used to do,” Then ‘Ali said, “I testify that None has the right to be
worshipped but Allah, and that Muhammad is His Apostle,” and added, “O Abu Bakr! We acknow –
ledge your superiority.” Then he (i.e. ‘Ali) mentioned their own relationship to Allah’s Apostle and
their right. Abu Bakr then spoke saying, “By Allah in Whose Hands my life is. I love to do good to the
relatives of Allah’s Apostle rather than to my own relatives” Abu Bark added: Look at Muhammad
through his family (i.e. if you are no good to his family you are not good to him).
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 45:
Narrated ‘Ubaid-ullah bin ‘Adi bin Al-Khiyar:
Al-Miswar bin Makhrama and ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad bin ‘Abu Yaghuth said (to me),
“What forbids you to talk to ‘Uthman about his brother Al-Walid because people have talked much
about him?” So I went to ‘Uthman and when he went out for prayer I said (to him), “I have something
to say to you and it is a piece of advice for you ” ‘Uthman said, “O man, from you.” (Umar said: I see
that he said, “I seek Refuge with Allah from you.”) So I left him and went to them. Then the messenger
of Uthman came and I went to him (i.e. ‘Uthman), ‘Uthman asked, “What is your advice?” I replied,
“Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth, and revealed the Divine Book (i.e. Quran) to him; and you
were amongst those who followed Allah and His Apostle, and you participated in the two migrations
(to Ethiopia and to Medina) and enjoyed the company of Allah’s Apostle and saw his way. No doubt,
the people are talking much about Al-Walid.” ‘Uthman said, “Did you receive your knowledge dir –
ectly from Allah’s Apostle ?” I said, “No, but his knowledge did reach me and it reached (even) to a
virgin in her seclusion.” ‘Uthman said, “And then Allah sent Muhammad with the Truth and I was
amongst those who followed Allah and His Apostle and I believed in what ever he (i.e. the Prophet)
was sent with, and participated in two migrations, as you have said, and I enjoyed the company of
Allah’s Apostle and gave the pledge of allegiance him. By Allah! I never disobeyed him, nor did I
cheat him till Allah took him unto Him. Then I treated Abu Bakr and then ‘Umar similarly and then I
was made Caliph. So, don’t I have rights similar to theirs?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Then what are these
talks reaching me from you people? Now, concerning what you mentioned about the question of Al-
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Walid, Allah willing, I shall deal with him according to what is right.” Then he called ‘Ali and
ordered him to flog him, and ‘Ali flogged him (i.e. Al-Walid) eighty lashes.
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 61:
Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “Fatima is a part of me, and he who makes her angry, makes me angry.”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 46:
Narrated Anas:
Allah’s Apostle ascended the (mountain) of Uhud with Abu Bakr and ‘Uthman and it shook. Allah’s
Apostle said, “Be calm, O Uhud!” I think he stroked it with his foot and added, “There is none on you
but a Prophet, a Siddiq and two martyrs.” (The two martyrs were Umar and Uthman) (See Hadith No.
24)
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 62:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet called his daughter Fatima during his illness in which he died, and told her a secret
whereupon she wept. Then he called her again and told her a secret whereupon she laughed. When
I asked her about that, she replied, “The Prophet spoke to me in secret and informed me that he
would die in the course of the illness during which he died, so I wept. He again spoke to me in secret
and informed me that I would be the first of his family to follow him (after his death) and on that I
laughed.”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 47:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
During the lifetime of the Prophet we considered Abu Bakr as peerless and then ‘Umar and then
‘Uthman (coming next to him in superiority) and then we used not to differentiate between the com –
panions of the Prophet