Volume 6, Book 60, Number 6:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
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The Prophet said, “It was said to the children of Israel, ‘Enter the gate (of the town), prostrate (in
humility) and say: Hittatun (i.e. repentance) i.e. O Allah!
Forgive our sins.’ But they entered by dragging themselves on their buttocks, so they did something
different (from what they had been ordered to do) and said, ‘Hittatun,’ but added, “A grain in a hair.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 7:
Narrated Anas:
‘Abdullah bin Salam heard the news of the arrival of Allah’s Apostle (at Medina) while he was on a
farm collecting its fruits. So he came to the Prophet and said, “I will ask you about three things which
nobody knows unless he be a prophet. Firstly, what is the first portent of the Hour? What is the first
meal of the people of Paradise? And what makes a baby look like its father or mother?’. The Prophet
said, “Just now Gabriel has informed me about that.” ‘Abdullah said, “Gabriel?” The Prophet said,
“Yes.” ‘Abdullah said, “He, among the angels is the enemy of the Jews.” On that the Prophet recited this
Holy Verse:–
“Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel (let him die in his fury!) for he has brought it (i.e. Qur’an) down
to your heart by Allah’s permission.” (2.97) Then he added, “As for the first portent of the Hour, it will
be a fire that will collect the people from the East to West. And as for the first meal of the people of
Paradise, it will be the caudite (i.e. extra) lobe of the fish liver. And if a man’s discharge proceeded
that of the woman, then the child resembles the father, and if the woman’s discharge proceeded that
of the man, then the child resembles the mother.” On hearing that, ‘Abdullah said, “I testify that None
has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and that you are the Apostle of Allah, O, Allah’s Apostle; the
Jews are liars, and if they should come to know that I have embraced Islam, they would accuse me of
being a liar.” In the meantime some Jews came (to the Prophet) and he asked them, “What is ‘Abdul –
lah’s status amongst you?” They replied, “He is the best amongst us, and he is our chief and the son of
our chief.” The Prophet said, “What would you think if ‘Abdullah bin Salam embraced Islam?” They
replied, “May Allah protect him from this!” Then ‘Abdullah came out and said, “I testify that None has
the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.” The Jews then
said, “Abdullah is the worst of us and the son of the worst of us,” and disparaged him. On that ‘Ab –
dullah said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This is what I was afraid of!”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 8:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Umar said, “Our best Qur’an reciter is Ubai and our best judge is ‘Ali; and in spite of this, we leave
some of the statements of Ubai because Ubai says, ‘I do not leave anything that I have heard from Al –
lah’s Apostle while Allah:
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“Whatever verse (Revelations) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten but We bring a better one
or similar to it.” (2.106)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 9:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, “Allah said, ‘The son of Adam tells a lie against me though he has no right to do
so, and he abuses Me though he has no right to do so. As for his telling a lie against Me, it is that he
claims that I cannot recreate him as I created him before; and as for his abusing Me, it is his state –
ment that I have offspring. No! Glorified be Me! I am far from taking a wife or offspring.’ “
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 10:
Narrated Anas:
Umar said, “I agreed with Allah in three things,” or said, “My Lord agreed with me in three things. I
said, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Would that you took the station of Abraham as a place of prayer.’ I also said,
‘O Allah’s Apostle! Good and bad persons visit you! Would that you ordered the Mothers of the be –
lievers to cover themselves with veils.’ So the Divine Verses of Al-Hijab (i.e. veiling of the women)
were revealed. I came to know that the Prophet had blamed some of his wives so I entered upon
them and said, ‘You should either stop (troubling the Prophet ) or else Allah will give His Apostle bet –
ter wives than you.’ When I came to one of his wives, she said to me, ‘O ‘Umar! Does Allah’s Apostle
haven’t what he could advise his wives with, that you try to advise them?’ ” Thereupon Allah re –
vealed:–
“It may be, if he divorced you (all) his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you
Muslims (who submit to Allah)..” (66.5)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 11:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(The wife of the Prophet) Allah’s Apostle said, “Don’t you see that when your people built the Ka’ba,
they did not build it on all Abraham’s foundations?” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Why don’t you rebuild
it on Abraham’s foundations?” He said, “Were your people not so close to (the period of Heathenism,
i.e. the Period between their being Muslims and being infidels), I would do so.” The sub-narrator,
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said, “Aisha had surely heard Allah’s Apostle saying that, for I do not think that
Allah’s Apostle left touching the two corners of the Ka’ba facing Al-Hijr except because the Ka’ba was
not built on all Abraham’s foundations.”
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