Volume 8, Book 78, Number 665:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka’b:
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that he heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “(Moses) said, ‘Call me not to account for what I forget and be
not hard upon me for my affair (with you)’ (18.73) the first excuse of Moses was his forgetfulness.”
Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib that once he had a guest, so he told his family (on the Day of Id-ul-
Adha) that they should slaughter the animal for sacrifice before he returned from the (‘Id) prayer in
order that their guest could take his meal. So his family slaughtered (the animal ) before the prayer.
Then they mentioned that event to the Prophet who ordered Al-Bara to slaughter another sacrifice.
Al-Bara’ said to the Prophet , “I have a young milch she-goat which is better than two sheep for
slaughtering.” (The sub-narrator, Ibn ‘Aun used to say, “I don’t know whether the permission (to
slaughter a she-goat as a sacrifice) was especially given to Al-Bara’ or if it was in general for all the
Muslims.”) (See Hadith No. 99, Vol. 2.)
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 666:
Narrated Jundub:
I witnessed the Prophet offering the ‘Id prayer (and after finishing it) he delivered a sermon and
said, “Whoever has slaughtered his sacrifice (before the prayer) should make up for it (i.e. slaughter
another animal) and whoever has not slaughtered his sacrifice yet, should slaughter it by mentioning
Allah’s Name over it.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 667:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr:
The Prophet said, “The biggest sins are: To join others in worship with Allah; to be undutiful to
one’s parents; to kill somebody unlawfully; and to take an oath Al-Ghamus.
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 668:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
Allah’s Apostle said, “If somebody is ordered (by the ruler or the judge) to take an oath, and he
takes a false oath in order to grab the property of a Muslim, then he will incur Allah’s Wrath when
he will meet Him.” And Allah revealed in its confirmation: ‘Verily! Those who purchase a small gain
at the cost of Allah’s covenants and their own oaths.’ (3.77) (The sub-narrator added:) Al-Ash’ath bin
Qais entered, saying, “What did Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman narrate to you?” They said, “So-and-so,” Al-
Ash’ath said, “This verse was revealed in my connection. I had a well on the land of my cousin (and
we had a dispute about it). I reported him to Allah ‘s Apostle who said (to me). “You should give evid –
ence (i.e. witness) otherwise the oath of your opponent will render your claim invalid.” I said, “Then
he (my opponent) will take the oath, O Allah’s Apostle.” Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever is ordered (by
the ruler or the judge) to give an oath, and he takes a false oath in order to grab the property of a
Muslim, then he will incur Allah’s Wrath when he meets Him on the Day of Resurrection.”
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Volume 8, Book 78, Number 669:
Narrated Abu Musa:
My companions sent me to the Prophet to ask him for some mounts. He said, “By Allah! I will not
mount you on anything!” When I met him, he was in an angry mood, but when I met him (again), he
said, “Tell your companions that Allah or Allah’s Apostle will provide you with mounts.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 670:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
I heard ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Said bin Al-Musaiyab, ‘Alqama bin Waqqas and ‘Ubaidullah bin ‘Ab –
dullah bin ‘Uqba relating from ‘Aisha, the wife of the Prophet the narration of the people (i.e. the li –
ars) who spread the slander against her and they said what they said, and how Allah revealed her in –
nocence. Each of them related to me a portion of that narration. (They said that ‘Aisha said), ”Then
Allah revealed the ten Verses starting with:–‘Verily! Those who spread the slander..’ (24.11-21)
All these verses were in proof of my innocence. Abu Bakr As-Siddiq who used to provide for Mis –
tah some financial aid because of his relation to him, said, “By Allah, I will never give anything (in
charity) to Mistah, after what he has said about ‘Aisha” Then Allah revealed:– ‘And let not those
among you who are good and are wealthy swear not to give (any sort of help) to their kins men….’
(24.22) On that, Abu Bakr said, “Yes, by Allah, I like that Allah should forgive me.” and then resumed
giving Mistah the aid he used to give him and said, “By Allah! I will never withhold it from him.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 671:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari:
I went along with some men from the Ash-ariyin to Allah’s Apostle and it happened that I met him
while he was in an angry mood. We asked him to provide us with mounts, but he swore that he
would not give us any. Later on he said, “By Allah, Allah willing, if ever I take an oath (to do some –
thing) and later on I find something else better than the first, then I do the better one and give expi –
ation for the dissolution of my oath.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 672:
Narrated Al-Musaiyab:
When the death of Abu Talib approached, Allah’s Apostle came to him and said, “Say: La ilaha illal –
lah, a word with which I will be able to defend you before Allah.”
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