Volume 6, Book 60, Number 186:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
When there happened the disagreement between Ibn Az-Zubair and Ibn ‘Abbas, I said (to the lat –
ter), “(Why don’t you take the oath of allegiance to him as) his father is Az-Zubair, and his mother is
Asma,’ and his aunt is ‘Aisha, and his maternal grandfather is Abu Bakr, and his grandmother is
Safiya?”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 187:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
There was a disagreement between them (i.e. Ibn ‘Abbas and Ibn Az-Zubair) so I went to Ibn ‘Ab –
bas in the morning and said (to him), “Do you want to fight against Ibn Zubair and thus make lawful
what Allah has made unlawful (i.e. fighting in Meccas?” Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Allah forbid! Allah or –
dained that Ibn Zubair and Bani Umaiya would permit (fighting in Mecca), but by Allah, I will never
regard it as permissible.” Ibn Abbas added. “The people asked me to take the oath of allegiance to Ibn
AzZubair. I said, ‘He is really entitled to assume authority for his father, Az-Zubair was the helper of
the Prophet, his (maternal) grandfather, Abu Bakr was (the Prophet’s) companion in the cave, his
mother, Asma’ was ‘Dhatun-Nitaq’, his aunt, ‘Aisha was the mother of the Believers, his paternal
aunt, Khadija was the wife of the Prophet , and the paternal aunt of the Prophet was his grandmoth –
er. He himself is pious and chaste in Islam, well versed in the Knowledge of the Quran. By Allah!
(Really, I left my relatives, Bani Umaiya for his sake though) they are my close relatives, and if they
should be my rulers, they are equally apt to be so and are descended from a noble family.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 188:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
We entered upon Ibn ‘Abbas and he said “Are you not astonished at Ibn Az-Zubair’s assuming the
caliphate?” I said (to myself), “I will support him and speak of his good traits as I did not do even for
Abu Bakr and ‘Umar though they were more entitled to receive al I good than he was.” I said “He (i.e
Ibn Az-Zubair) is the son of the aunt of the Prophet and the son of AzZubair, and the grandson of
Abu Bakr and the son of Khadija’s brother, and the son of ‘Aisha’s sister.” Nevertheless, he considers
himself to be superior to me and does not want me to be one of his friends. So I said, “I never expec –
ted that he would refuse my offer to support him, and I don’t think he intends to do me any good,
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therefore, if my cousins should inevitably be my rulers, it will be better for me to be ruled by them
than by some others.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 189:
Narrated Abu Said:
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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 190:
Narrated Abu Musud:
When we were ordered to give alms, we began to work as porters (to earn something we could
give in charity). Abu Uqail came with one half of a Sa (special measure for food grains) and another
person brought more than he did. So the hypocrites said, “Allah is not in need of the alms of this (i.e.
‘Uqail); and this other person did not give alms but for showing off.” Then Allah revealed:–
‘Those who criticize such of the Believers who give charity voluntarily and those who could not
find to give in charity except what is available to them.’ (9.79)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 191:
Narrated Shaqiq:
Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari said, “Allah’s Apostle, used to order us to give alms. So one of us would exert
himself to earn one Mud (special measure of wheat or dates, etc.,) to give in charity; while today one
of us may have one hundred thousand.” Shaqiq said: As if Abu Masud referred to himself.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 192:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When ‘Abdullah bin ‘Ubai died, his son ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abdullah came to Allah’s Apostle and asked
him to give him his shirt in order to shroud his father in it. He gave it to him and then ‘Abdullah
asked the Prophet to offer the funeral prayer for him (his father). Allah’s Apostle got up to offer the
funeral prayer for him, but Umar got up too and got hold of the garment of Allah’s Apostle and said,
“O Allah’s Apostle Will you offer the funeral prayer for him though your Lord has forbidden you to
offer the prayer for him” Allah’s Apostle said, “But Allah has given me the choice by saying:
‘(Whether you) ask forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them; even if you ask for –
giveness for them seventy times..’ (9.80) so I will ask more than seventy times.” ‘Umar said, “But he
(‘Abdullah bin ‘Ubai) is a hypocrite!” However, Allah’s Apostle did offer the funeral prayer for him
whereupon Allah revealed:
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‘And never (O Muhammad) pray for anyone of them that dies, nor stand at his grave.’ (9.84)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 193:
Narrated Umar bin Al-Khattab:
When ‘Abdullah bin Ubai bin Salul died, Allah’s Apostle was called in order to offer the funeral
prayer for him. When Allah’s Apostle got up (to offer the prayer) I jumped towards him and said, “O
Allah’s Apostle! Do you offer the prayer for Ibn Ubai although he said so-and-so on such-and-such-
a day?” I went on mentioning his sayings. Allah’s Apostle smiled and said, “Keep away from me, O
‘Umar!” But when I spoke too much to him, he said, “I have been given the choice, and I have chosen
(this) ; and if I knew that if I asked forgiveness for him more than seventy times, he would be for giv –
en, I would ask it for more times than that.” So Allah’s Apostle offered the funeral prayer for him and
then left, but he did not stay long before the two Verses of Surat-Bara’a were revealed, i.e.:– ‘And
never (O Muhammad) pray for anyone of them that dies…. and died in a state of rebellion.’ (9.84)
Later I was astonished at my daring to speak like that to Allah’s Apostle and Allah and His Apostle
know best.