Volume 8, Book 78, Number 637:
Narrated Abdullah bin Masud:
While Allah’s Apostle was sitting, reclining his back against a Yemenite leather tent he said to his
companions, “Will you be pleased to be one-fourth of the people of Paradise?” They said, ‘Yes.’ He
said “Won’t you be pleased to be one-third of the people of Paradise” They said, “Yes.” He said, “By
Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, I hope that you will be one-half of the people of Paradise.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 638:
Narrated Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri:
A man heard another man reciting: Surat-ul-Ikhlas (The Unity) ‘Say: He is Allah, the One (112)
and he was repeating it. The next morning he came to Allah’s Apostle and mentioned the whole story
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to him as if he regarded the recitation of that Sura as insufficient On that, Allah’s Apostle said, “By
Him in Whose Hand my soul is! That (Sura No. 112) equals one-third of the Qur’an.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 639:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
I heard the Prophet saying, “Perform the bowing and the prostration properly (with peace of
mind), for, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, I see you from behind my back when you bow and
when you prostrate.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 640:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
An Ansari woman came to the Prophet in the company of her children, and the Prophet said to
her, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you are the most beloved people to me!” And he repeated the
statement thrice.
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 641:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle met ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab while the latter was going with a group of camel-riders,
and he was swearing by his father. The Prophet said, “Lo! Allah forbids you to swear by your fathers,
so whoever has to take an oath, he should swear by Allah or keep quiet.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 642:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
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Volume 8, Book 78, Number 643:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Do not swear by your fathers.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 644:
Narrated Zahdam:
There was a relation of love and brotherhood between this tribe of Jarm and Al-Ash’ariyin. Once
we were with Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari, and then a meal containing chicken was brought to Abu Musa,
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and there was present, a man from the tribe of Taimillah who was of red complexion as if he were
from non-Arab freed slaves. Abu Musa invited him to the meal. He said, “I have seen chickens eating
dirty things, so I deemed it filthy and took an oath that I would never eat chicken.” On that, Abu
Musa said, “Get up, I will narrate to you about that. Once a group of the Ash’ariyin and I went to Al –
lah’s Apostle and asked him to provide us with mounts; he said, ‘By Allah, I will never give you any
mounts nor do I have anything to mount you on.’ Then a few camels of war booty were brought to
Allah’s Apostle , and he asked about us, saying, ‘Where are the Ash-‘ariyin?’ He then ordered five nice
camels to be given to us, and when we had departed, we said, ‘What have we done? Allah’s Apostle
had taken the oath not to give us any mounts, and that he had nothing to mount us on, and later he
gave us that we might ride? Did we take advantage of the fact that Allah’s Apostle had forgotten his
oath? By Allah, we will never succeed.’ So we went back to him and said to him, ‘We came to you to
give us mounts, and you took an oath that you would not give us any mounts and that you had noth –
ing to mount us on.’ On that he said, ‘I did not provide you with mounts, but Allah did. By Allah, if I
take an oath to do something, and then find something else better than it, I do that which is better
and make expiation for the dissolution of the oath.’ “