Volume 6, Book 60, Number 329:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “He who says that I am better than Jonah bin Matta, tells a lie.’
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 330:
Narrated Al-Awwam:
I asked Muhajid regarding the prostration in Surat Sad. He said, “Ibn Abbas was asked the same
question and he said, ‘Those are they (the prophets) whom Allah had Guided. So follow their guid –
ance.” (6.90) Ibn ‘Abbas used to perform a prostration (on reading this Sura).
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 331:
Narrated Al-Awwam:
I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sad. He said, “I asked Ibn ‘Abbas, ‘What evid –
ence makes you prostrate?’ He said, “Don’t you recite:–‘And among his progeny, David and So –
lomon..(6.84). Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.’ (6.90) So David was
the one of those prophets whom Prophet (Muhammad) was ordered to follow. David prostrated, so
Allah’s Apostle (Muhammad) performed this prostration too.’
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 332:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Last night a demon from the Jinns came to me (or the Prophet said, a similar
sentence) to disturb my prayer, but Allah gave me the power to overcome him. I intended to tie him
to one of the pillars of the mosque till the morning so that all of you could see him, but then I re –
membered the Statement of my brother Solomon:–‘My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me a king –
dom such as shall not belong to any other after me.’ (38.35) The narrator added: Then he (the Proph –
et) dismissed him, rejected. ‘Nor am I one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do
not exist).’ (38.86)
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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 333:
Narrated Masruq:
We came upon ‘Abdullah bin Mas’ud and he said “O people! If somebody knows something, he can
say it, but if he does not know it, he should say, “Allah knows better,’ for it is a sign of having know –
ledge to say about something which one does not know, ‘Allah knows better.’ Allah said to His Proph –
et: ‘Say (O Muhammad ! ) No wage do I ask of You for this (Quran) nor am I one of the pretenders (a
person who pretends things which do not exist).’ (38.86) Now I will tell you about Ad-Dukhan (the
smoke), Allah’s Apostle invited the Quraish to embrace Islam, but they delayed their response. So he
said, “O Allah! Help me against them by sending on them seven years of famine similar to the seven
years of famine of Joseph.” So the famine year overtook them and everything was destroyed till they
ate dead animals and skins. People started imagining to see smoke between them and the sky because
of severe hunger. Allah said:
‘Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering
the people. . . This is painful torment.’ (44.10-11) (So they invoked Allah) “Our Lord! Remove the
punishment from us really we are believers.” How can there be an (effectual) reminder for them
when an Apostle, explaining things clearly, has already come to them? Then they had turned away
from him and said: ‘One taught (by a human being), a madman?’ ‘We shall indeed remove punish –
ment for a while, but truly, you will revert (to disbelief).’ (44.12-15) Will the punishment be re –
moved on the Day of Resurrection?” ‘Abdullah added, “The punishment was removed from them for a
while but they reverted to disbelief, so Allah destroyed them on the Day of Badr. Allah said:
‘The day We shall seize you with a mighty grasp. We will indeed (then) exact retribution.” (44.16)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 302:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah said, ‘I have prepared for my pious worshipers
such things as no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard of, and nobody has ever thought of.” Abu
Huraira added: If you wish you can read:– ‘No soul
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 318:
Narrated Aisha:
Sauda (the wife of the Prophet) went out to answer the call of nature after it was made obligatory
(for all the Muslims ladies) to observe the veil. She was a fat huge lady, and everybody who knew her
before could recognize her. So ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab saw her and said, “O Sauda! By Allah, you can –
not hide yourself from us, so think of a way by which you should not be recognized on going out.
Sauda returned while Allah’s Apostle was in my house taking his supper and a bone covered with
meat was in his hand. She entered and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I went out to answer the call of
nature and ‘Umar said to me so-and-so.” Then Allah inspired him (the Prophet) and when the state
of inspiration was over and the bone was still in his hand as he had not put in down, he said (to
Sauda), “You (women) have been allowed to go out for your needs.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 303:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet, said, “Allah said, ‘I have prepared for My pious worshipers such things as no eye has
ever seen, no ear has ever heard of, and nobody has ever thought of. All that is reserved, besides
which, all that you have seen, is nothing.” Then he recited:–
‘No soul knows what is kept hidden (in reserve) for them of joy as a reward for what they used to
do.’ (32.17)