Volume 5, Book 58, Number 168:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Gabriel came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This is Khadija coming to you with a dish
having meat soup (or some food or drink). When she reaches you, greet her on behalf of her Lord
(i.e. Allah) and on my behalf, and give her the glad tidings of having a Qasab palace in Paradise
wherein there will be neither any noise nor any fatigue (trouble) . ”
Narrated ‘Aisha: Once Hala bint Khuwailid, Khadija’s sister, asked the permission of the Prophet to
enter. On that, the Prophet remembered the way Khadija used to ask permission, and that upset him.
He said, “O Allah! Hala!” So I became jealous and said, “What makes you remember an old woman
amongst the old women of Quraish an old woman (with a teethless mouth) of red gums who died
long ago, and in whose place Allah has given you somebody better than her?”
Volume 5, Book 58, Number 184:
Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:
We used to visit Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the Ansar, and used to say to me:
“Your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your people did so-and-so on such-and-
such a day.”
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)……