Volume 8, Book 73, Number 76:
Narrated Ma’rur:
I saw Abu Dhar wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was wearing a Burd, so I said (to Abu
Dhar), “If you take this (Burda of your slave) and wear it (along with yours), you will have a nice suit
(costume) and you may give him another garment.” Abu Dhar said, “There was a quarrel between me
and another man whose mother was a non-Arab and I called her bad names. The man mentioned
(complained about) me to the Prophet. The Prophet said, “Did you abuse so-and-so?” I said, “Yes” He
said, “Did you call his mother bad names?” I said, “Yes”. He said, “You still have the traits of (the Pre-
lslamic period of) ignorance.” I said. “(Do I still have ignorance) even now in my old age?” He said,
“Yes, they (slaves or servants) are your brothers, and Allah has put them under your command. So
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the one under whose hand Allah has put his brother, should feed him of what he eats, and give him
dresses of what he wears, and should not ask him to do a thing beyond his capacity. And if at all he
asks him to do a hard task, he should help him therein.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 77:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet led us in the Zuhr prayer, offering only two Rakat and then (finished it) with Taslim,
and went to a piece of wood in front of the mosque and put his hand over it. Abu Bakr and ‘Umar
were also present among the people on that day but dared not talk to him (about his unfinished
prayer). And the hasty people went away, wondering. “Has the prayer been shortened” Among the
people there was a man whom the Prophet used to call Dhul-Yadain (the longarmed). He said, “O
Allah’s Prophet! Have you forgotten or has the prayer been shortened?” The Prophet said, “Neither
have I forgotten, nor has it been shortened.” They (the people) said, “Surely, you have forgotten, O Al –
lah’s Apostle!” The Prophet said, Dhul-Yadain has told the truth.” So the Prophet got up and offered
other two Rakat and finished his prayer with Taslim. Then he said Takbir, performed a prostration of
ordinary duration or longer, then he raised his head and said Takbir and performed another pros –
tration of ordinary duration or longer and then raised his head and said Takbir (i.e. he performed the
two prostrations of Sahu, i.e., forgetfulness).”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 62:
Narrated Abu Hazim:
Sahl bin Sa’d said that a woman brought a Burda (sheet) to the Prophet. Sahl asked the people, “Do
you know what is a Burda?” The people replied, “It is a ‘Shamla’, a sheet with a fringe.” That woman
said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have brought it so that you may wear it.” So the Prophet took it because he
was in need of it and wore it. A man among his companions, seeing him wearing it, said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Please give it to me to wear.” The Prophet said, “Yes.” (and gave him that sheet). When the
Prophet left, the man was blamed by his companions who said, “It was not nice on your part to ask
the Prophet for it while you know that he took it because he was in need of it, and you also know
that he (the Prophet) never turns down anybody’s request that he might be asked for.” That man said,
“I just wanted to have its blessings as the Prophet had put it on, so l hoped that I might be shrouded
in it.”
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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 78:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Allah’s Apostle passed by two graves and said, “Both of them (persons in the grave) are being tor –
tured, and they are not being tortured for a major sin. This one used not to save himself from being
soiled with his urine, and the other used to go about with calumnies (among the people to rouse hos –
tilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that so-and-so says about him such-and-such evil
things). The Prophet then asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, split it into two pieces and
planted one on each grave and said, “It is hoped that their punishment may be abated till those two
pieces of the leaf get dried.” (See Hadith No 215, Vol 1).
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 63:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Time will pass rapidly, good deeds will decrease, and miserliness will be
thrown (in the hearts of the people), and the Harj (will increase).” They asked, “What is the Harj?” He
replied, “(It is) killing (murdering), (it is) murdering (killing).
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 79:
Narrated Abu Usaid As-Sa’idi:
The Prophet said, “The best family among the Ansar is the Banu An-Najjar. “
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 64:
Narrated Anas:
I served the Prophet for ten years, and he never said to me, “Uf” (a minor harsh word denoting im –
patience) and never blamed me by saying, “Why did you do so or why didn’t you do so?”
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Narrated ‘Aisha:
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A man asked permission to enter upon Allah’s Apostle. The Prophet said, “Admit him. What an evil
brother of his people or a son of his people.” But when the man entered, the Prophet spoke to him in
a very polite manner. (And when that person left) I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You had said what you
had said, yet you spoke to him in a very polite manner?” The Prophet said, “O ‘Aisha! The worst
people are those whom the people desert or leave in order to save themselves from their dirty lan –
guage or from their transgression.”