Volume 8, Book 77, Number 615:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet said to Ibn Saiyad, “I have kept for you a secret.” Ibn Saiyad said, “Ad-Dukh.” The
Prophet said, “Keep quiet, for you cannot go beyond your limits (or you cannot exceed what has been
foreordained for you).” On that, ‘Umar said (to the Prophet ), “Allow me to chop off his neck!” The
Prophet said, “Leave him, for if he is he (i.e., Ad-Dajjal), then you will not be able to overcome him,
and if he is not, then you gain no good by killing him.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 616:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
I asked Allah’s Apostle about the plague. He said, “That was a means of torture which Allah used to
send upon whom-so-ever He wished, but He made it a source of mercy for the believers, for anyone
who is residing in a town in which this disease is present, and remains there and does not leave that
town, but has patience and hopes for Allah’s reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except
what Allah has written for him, then he will get such reward as that of a martyr.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 617:
Narrated Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib:
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I saw the Prophet on the Day of (the battle of) Al-Khandaq, carrying earth with us and saying, “By
Allah, without Allah we would not have been guided, neither would we have fasted, nor would we
have prayed. O Allah! Send down Sakina (calmness) upon us and make our feet firm when we meet
(the enemy). The pagans have rebelled against us, but if they want to put us in affliction (i.e., fight
us) we refuse (to flee).” (See Hadith No. 430, Vol. 5).
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Book 78: Oaths and Vows
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 613:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Take refuge with Allah from the difficulties of severe calamities, from having an
evil end and a bad fate and from the malicious joy of your enemies.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 614:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
When taking an oath, the Prophet very often used to say, “No, by Him Who turns the hearts.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 605:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet forbade vowing and said, “In fact, vowing does not prevent anything, but it makes a
miser to spend his property.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 606:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said (that Allah said), “Vowing does not bring to the son of Adam anything I have not
already written in his fate, but vowing is imposed on him by way of fore ordainment. Through vow –
ing I make a miser spend of his wealth.”
Volume 8, Book 77, Number 607:
Narrated Abu Musa:
While we were with Allah’s Apostle in a holy battle, we never went up a hill or reached its peak or
went down a valley but raised our voices with Takbir. Allah’s Apostle came close to us and said, “O
people! Don’t exert yourselves, for you do not call a deaf or an absent one, but you call the All-
Listener, the All-Seer.” The Prophet then said, “O ‘Abdullah bin Qais! Shall I teach you a sentence
which is from the treasures of Paradise? ( It is): ‘La haula wala quwata illa billah. (There is neither
might nor power except with Allah).”
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