Volume 8, Book 73, Number 5:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
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Allah’s Apostle said, “While three persons were traveling, they were overtaken by rain and they
took shelter in a cave in a mountain. A big rock fell from the mountain over the mouth of the cave
and blocked it. They said to each other. ‘Think of such good (righteous) deeds which, you did for Al –
lah’s sake only, and invoke Allah by giving reference to those deeds so that Allah may relieve you
from your difficulty. one of them said, ‘O Allah! I had my parents who were very old and I had small
children for whose sake I used to work as a shepherd. When I returned to them at night and milked
(the sheep), I used to start giving the milk to my parents first before giving to my children. And one
day I went far away in search of a grazing place (for my sheep), and didn’t return home till late at
night and found that my parents had slept. I milked (my livestock) as usual and brought the milk
vessel and stood at their heads, and I disliked to wake them up from their sleep, and I also disliked to
give the milk to my children before my parents though my children were crying (from hunger) at
my feet.
So this state of mine and theirs continued till the day dawned. (O Allah!) If you considered that I
had done that only for seeking Your pleasure, then please let there be an opening through which we
can see the sky.’ So Allah made for them an opening through which they could see the sky. Then the
second person said, ‘O Allah! I had a she-cousin whom I loved as much as a passionate man love a
woman. I tried to seduce her but she refused till I paid her one-hundred Dinars So I worked hard till
I collected one hundred Dinars and went to her with that But when I sat in between her legs (to have
sexual intercourse with her), she said, ‘O Allah’s slave! Be afraid of Allah ! Do not deflower me ex –
cept legally (by marriage contract). So I left her O Allah! If you considered that I had done that only
for seeking Your pleasure then please let the rock move a little to have a (wider) opening.’
So Allah shifted that rock to make the opening wider for them. And the last (third) person said ‘O
Allah ! I employed a laborer for wages equal to a Faraq (a certain measure: of rice, and when he had
finished his job he demanded his wages, but when I presented his due to him, he gave it up and re –
fused to take it. Then I kept on sowing that rice for him (several times) till managed to buy with the
price of the yield, some cows and their shepherd Later on the laborer came to me an said. ‘(O Allah’s
slave!) Be afraid o Allah, and do not be unjust to me an give me my due.’ I said (to him). ‘Go and take
those cows and their shepherd. So he took them and went away. (So, O Allah!) If You considered that
I had done that for seeking Your pleasure, then please remove the remaining part of the rock.’ And so
Allah released them (from their difficulty).”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 6:
Narrated Al-Mughira:
The Prophet said, “Allah has forbidden you ( 1 ) to be undutiful to your mothers (2) to withhold
(what you should give) or (3) demand (what you do not deserve), and (4) to bury your daughters
alive. And Allah has disliked that (A) you talk too much about others ( B), ask too many questions (in
religion), or (C) waste your property.”
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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 7:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
Allah’s Apostle said thrice, “Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the great sins?” We said, “Yes, O
Allah’s Apostle” He said, “To join partners in worship with Allah: to be undutiful to one’s parents.” The
Prophet sat up after he had been reclining and added, “And I warn you against giving forged state –
ment and a false witness; I warn you against giving a forged statement and a false witness.” The
Prophet kept on saying that warning till we thought that he would not stop.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 8:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle mentioned the greatest sins or he was asked about the greatest sins. He said, “To
join partners in worship with Allah; to kill a soul which Allah has forbidden to kill; and to be undu –
tiful or unkind to one’s parents.” The Prophet added, “Shall I inform you of the biggest of the great
sins? That is the forged statement or the false witness.” Shu’ba (the sub-narrator) states that most
probably the Prophet said, “the false witness.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 9:
Narrated Asma’ bint Abu Bakr:
My mother came to me, hoping (for my favor) during the lifetime of the Prophet asked the Proph –
et, “May I treat her kindly?” He replied, “Yes.” Ibn ‘Uyaina said, “Then Allah revealed: ‘Allah forbids
you not with regards to those who fought not against you because of religion, and drove you not out
from your homes, that you should show them kindness and deal justly with them.’…….(60.8)
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 10:
Narrated Abu Sufyan:
That Heraclius sent for him and said, “What did he, i.e. the Prophet order you?” I replied, “He or –
ders us to offer prayers; to give alms; to be chaste; and to keep good relations with our relatives.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 11:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
My father, seeing a silken cloak being sold, said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Buy this and wear it on Fridays
and when the foreign delegates pay a visit to you.” He said, “This is worn only by that person who
will have no share in the Hereafter.” Later a few silken cloaks were given to the Prophet as a gift, and
he sent one of those cloaks to ‘Umar. ‘Umar said (to the Prophet), “How can I wear it while you have
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said about it what you said?” The Prophet said, “I did not give it to you to wear but to sell or to give to
someone else to wear.” So ‘Umar sent it to his (pagan) brother who was from the inhabitants of
Mecca before he (‘Umar’s brother) embraced Islam.
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 12:
Narrated Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari:
A man said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Inform me of a deed which will make me enter Paradise.” The
people said, “What is the matter with him? What is the matter with him?” Allah’s Apostle said, “He
has something to ask (what he needs greatly).” The Prophet said (to him), (In order to enter Paradise)
you should worship Allah and join none in worship with Him: You should offer prayers perfectly,
give obligatory charity (Zakat), and keep good relations with your Kith and kin.” He then said, “Leave
it!” (The sub-narrator said, “It seems that the Prophet was riding his she camel.”