Volume 5, Book 58, Number 169:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
The Prophet met Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail in the bottom of (the valley of) Baldah before any Divine
Inspiration came to the Prophet. A meal was presented to the Prophet but he refused to eat from it.
(Then it was presented to Zaid) who said, “I do not eat anything which you slaughter in the name of
your stone idols. I eat none but those things on which Allah’s Name has been mentioned at the time
of slaughtering.” Zaid bin ‘Amr used to criticize the way Quraish used to slaughter their animals, and
used to say, “Allah has created the sheep and He has sent the water for it from the sky, and He has
grown the grass for it from the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the Name of Allah. He used to
say so, for he rejected that practice and considered it as something abominable.
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail went to Sham, inquiring about a true religion to fol –
low. He met a Jewish religious scholar and asked him about their religion. He said, “I intend to em –
brace your religion, so tell me some thing about it.” The Jew said, “You will not embrace our religion
unless you receive your share of Allah’s Anger.” Zaid said, “‘I do not run except from Allah’s Anger,
and I will never bear a bit of it if I have the power to avoid it. Can you tell me of some other
religion?” He said, “I do not know any other religion except the Hanif.” Zaid enquired, “What is
Hanif?” He said, “Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christi –
an, and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)” Then Zaid went out and met a Christian reli –
gious scholar and told him the same as before. The Christian said, “You will not embrace our religion
unless you get a share of Allah’s Curse.” Zaid replied, “I do not run except from Allah’s Curse, and I
will never bear any of Allah’s Curse and His Anger if I have the power to avoid them. Will you tell
me of some other religion?” He replied, “I do not know any other religion except Hanif.” Zaid en –
quired, “What is Hanif?” He replied, Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither
a Jew nor a Christian and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)” When Zaid heard their State –
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ment about (the religion of) Abraham, he left that place, and when he came out, he raised both his
hands and said, “O Allah! I make You my Witness that I am on the religion of Abraham.”
Narrated Asma bint Abi Bakr: I saw Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail standing with his back against the
Ka’ba and saying, “O people of Quraish! By Allah, none amongst you is on the religion of Abraham
except me.” He used to preserve the lives of little girls: If somebody wanted to kill his daughter he
would say to him, “Do not kill her for I will feed her on your behalf.” So he would take her, and when
she grew up nicely, he would say to her father, “Now if you want her, I will give her to you, and if
you wish, I will feed her on your behalf.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 170:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
When the Ka’ba was rebuilt, the Prophet and ‘Abbas went to carry stones. ‘Abbas said to the Proph –
et “(Take off and) put your waist sheet over your neck so that the stones may not hurt you.” (But as
soon as he took off his waist sheet) he fell unconscious on the ground with both his eyes towards the
sky. When he came to his senses, he said, “My waist sheet! My waist sheet!” Then he tied his waist
sheet (round his waist).
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 171:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Dinar and ‘Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid:
In the lifetime of the Prophet there was no wall around the Ka’ba and the people used to pray
around the Ka’ba till ‘Umar became the Caliph and he built the wall around it. ‘Ubaidullah further
said, “Its wall was low, so Ibn Az-Zubair built it.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 172:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
‘Ashura’ (i.e. the tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of Quraish used to fast in the
pre-lslamic period of ignorance. The Prophet also used to fast on this day. So when he migrated to
Medina, he fasted on it and ordered (the Muslims) to fast on it. When the fasting of Ramadan was
enjoined, it became optional for the people to fast or not to fast on the day of Ashura.
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 173:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The people used to consider the performance of ‘Umra in the months of Hajj an evil deed on the
earth, and they used to call the month of Muharram as Safar and used to say, “When (the wounds
over) the backs (of the camels) have healed and the foot-marks (of the camels) have vanished (after
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coming from Hajj), then ‘Umra becomes legal for the one who wants to perform ‘Umra.” Allah’s
Apostle and his companions reached Mecca assuming Ihram for Hajj on the fourth of Dhul-Hijja.
The Prophet ordered his companions to perform ‘Umra (with that lhram instead of Hajj). They asked,
“O Allah’s Apostle! What kind of finishing of Ihram?” The Prophet said, “Finish the Ihram completely.’
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 174:
Narrated Sa’id bin Al-Musaiyab’s grand-father:
In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the
two mountains (around the Ka’ba)……
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 175:
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:
Abu Bakr went to a lady from the Ahmas tribe called Zainab bint Al-Muhajir and found that she
refused to speak. He asked, “Why does she not speak.” The people said, “She has intended to perform
Hajj without speaking.” He said to her, “Speak, for it is illegal not to speak, as it is an action of the
pre-islamic period of ignorance. So she spoke and said, “Who are you?” He said, “A man from the
Emigrants.” She asked, “Which Emigrants?” He replied, “From Quraish.” She asked, “From what
branch of Quraish are you?” He said, “You ask too many questions; I am Abu Bakr.” She said, “How
long shall we enjoy this good order (i.e. Islamic religion) which Allah has brought after the period of
ignorance?” He said, “You will enjoy it as long as your Imams keep on abiding by its rules and regu –
lations.” She asked, “What are the Imams?” He said, “Were there not heads and chiefs of your nation
who used to order the people and they used to obey them?” She said, “Yes.” He said, “So they (i.e. the
Imams) are those whom I meant.”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 176:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
A black lady slave of some of the ‘Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She
used to visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: “The day of the scarf
was one of our Lord’s wonders: Verily! He has delivered me from the land of Kufr.” When she said
the above verse many times, I (i.e. ‘Aisha) asked her, “What was the day of the scarf?” She replied,
“Once the daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf (round her
neck) and the leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up, mistaking it for a
piece of meat. They (i.e. my masters) accused me of stealing it and they tortured me to such an extent
that they even looked for it in my private parts. So, while they all were around me, and I was in my
great distress, suddenly the kite came over our heads and threw the scarf, and they took it. I said to
them ‘This is what you accused me of stealing, though I was innocent.”
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