Volume 8, Book 79, Number 701:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet said to him, “What is the mat –
ter?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan.” The Prophet
said to him?” “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you fast for
two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said,
“No.” Then an Ansari man came with an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The Prophet said (to the man),
“Take this (basket) and give it in charity.” That man said, “To poorer people than we, O Allah’s
Apostle? By Him Who has sent you with the Truth! There is no house in between the two mountains
(of the city of Medina) poorer than we.” So the Prophet said (to him), “Go and feed it to your family.”
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Volume 8, Book 79, Number 702:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
A man came to the Prophets and said, “I am ruined!” The Prophet said, “What is the matter with
you?” He said, “I have done a sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan” The Prophet
said to him, “Can you afford to manumit a slave?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you fast for
two successive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you feed sixty poor persons?” He said,
“I have nothing.” Later on an Irq (big basket) containing dates was given to the Prophet, and the
Prophet said (to him), “Take this basket and give it in charity.” The man said, “To poorer people than
we? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Medina’s) two mountains who is poorer than we.” The
Prophet then said, “Take it and feed your family with it.”
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 703:
Narrated Al-Ju’aid bin Abdur-Rahman:
As-Sa’ib bin Yazid said, “The Sa’ at the time of the Prophet was equal to one Mudd plus one-third
of a Mudd of your time, and then it was increased in the time of Caliph ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul Aziz.”
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 704:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the Mudd of the Proph –
et, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of
the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said, “Malik said to us, ‘Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and
we do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!’ Malik further said, to me, ‘If a
ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of the Prophet, by what Mudd would you
measure what you give (for expiation or Zakat-al-Fitr?’ I replied, ‘We would give it according to the
Mudd of the Prophet’ On that, Malik said, ‘Then, don’t you see that we have to revert to the Mudd of
the Prophet ultimately?'”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 695:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
While the Prophet was delivering a sermon, he saw a man standing, so he asked about that man.
They (the people) said, “It is Abu Israil who has vowed that he will stand and never sit down, and he
will never come in the shade, nor speak to anybody, and will fast.” The Prophet said, “Order him to
speak and let him come in the shade, and make him sit down, but let him complete his fast.”
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 696:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
that he was asked about a man who had vowed that he would fast all the days of his life then the
day of ‘Id al Adha or ‘Id-al-Fitr came. ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: You have indeed a good example in
Allah’s Apostle. He did not fast on the day of ‘Id al Adha or the day of ‘Id-al-Fitr, and we do not in –
tend fasting on these two days.
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 697:
Narrated Ziyad bin Jubair:
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I was with Ibn ‘Umar when a man asked him, “I have vowed to fast every Tuesday or Wednesday
throughout my life and if the day of my fasting coincided with the day of Nahr (the first day of ‘Id-
al-Adha), (What shall I do?)” Ibn ‘Umar said, “Allah has ordered the vows to be fulfilled, and we are
forbidden to fast on the day of Nahr.” The man repeated his question and Ibn ‘Umar repeated his
former answer, adding nothing more.
Volume 8, Book 78, Number 698:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
We went out in the company of Allah’s Apostle on the day of (the battle of) Khaibar, and we did
not get any gold or silver as war booty, but we got property in the form of things and clothes. Then a
man called Rifa’a bin Zaid, from the tribe of Bani Ad-Dubaib, presented a slave named Mid’am to Al –
lah’s Apostle. Allah’s Apostle headed towards the valley of Al-Qura, and when he was in the valley of
Al-Qura an arrow was thrown by an unidentified person, struck and killed Mid’am who was making
a she-camel of Allah’s Apostle kneel down. The people said, “Congratulations to him (the slave) for
gaining Paradise.” Allah’s Apostle said, “No! By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, for the sheet which he
stole from the war booty before its distribution on the day of Khaibar, is now burning over him.”
When the people heard that, a man brought one or two Shiraks (leather straps of shoes) to the
Prophet. The Prophet said, “A Shirak of fire, or two Shiraks of fire.”
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