Volume 9, Book 84, Number 70:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
When the Verse:–‘Those who believe and did not confuse their belief with wrong (worshipping
others besides Allah).’ (6.82) was revealed, it was hard on the companions of the Prophet and they
said, “Who among us has not wronged (oppressed) himself?” Allah’s Apostle said, “The meaning of
the Verse is not as you think, but it is as Luqman said to his son, ‘O my son! Join not in worship oth –
ers with Allah, Verily! Joining others in worship with Allah is a great wrong indeed.'” (31.13)
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 62:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “When the Jews greet anyone of you they say: ‘Sam’Alaika (death be upon
you); so you should say; ‘Wa ‘Alaika (and upon you).'”
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 63:
Narrated ‘Abdullah:
As if I am looking at the Prophet while he was speaking about one of the prophets whose people
have beaten and wounded him, and he was wiping the blood off his face and saying, “O Lord! For –
give my, people as they do not know.”
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 64:
Narrated ‘Ali:
Whenever I tell you a narration from Allah’s Apostle, by Allah, I would rather fall down from the
sky than ascribe a false statement to him, but if I tell you something between me and you (not a
Hadith) then it was indeed a trick (i.e., I may say things just to cheat my enemy). No doubt I heard
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Allah’s Apostle saying, “During the last days there will appear some young foolish people who will
say the best words but their faith will not go beyond their throats (i.e. they will have no faith) and
will go out from (leave) their religion as an arrow goes out of the game. So, where-ever you find
them, kill them, for who-ever kills them shall have reward on the Day of Resurrection.”
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 65:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Yasar:
That they visited Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri and asked him about Al-Harauriyya, a special unorthodox
religious sect, “Did you hear the Prophet saying anything about them?” Abu Sa’id said, “I do not know
what Al-Harauriyya is, but I heard the Prophet saying, “There will appear in this nation—- he did
not say: From this nation —- a group of people so pious apparently that you will consider your
prayers inferior to their prayers, but they will recite the Quran, the teachings of which will not go
beyond their throats and will go out of their religion as an arrow darts through the game,
whereupon the archer may look at his arrow, its Nasl at its Risaf and its Fuqa to see whether it is
blood-stained or not (i.e. they will have not even a trace of Islam in them).”
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 66:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Regarding Al-Harauriyya: The Prophet said, “They will go out of Islam as an arrow darts out of the
game’s body.’
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 57:
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to ‘Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached
Ibn ‘Abbas who said, “If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah’s Apostle for –
bade it, saying, ‘Do not punish anybody with Allah’s punishment (fire).’ I would have killed them ac –
cording to the statement of Allah’s Apostle, ‘Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'”
Volume 9, Book 84, Number 58:
Narrated Abu Burda:
Abu Musa said, “I came to the Prophet along with two men (from the tribe) of Ash’ariyin, one on
my right and the other on my left, while Allah’s Apostle was brushing his teeth (with a Siwak), and
both men asked him for some employment. The Prophet said, ‘O Abu Musa (O ‘Abdullah bin Qais!).’ I
said, ‘By Him Who sent you with the Truth, these two men did not tell me what was in their hearts
and I did not feel (realize) that they were seeking employment.’ As if I were looking now at his Siwak
being drawn to a corner under his lips, and he said, ‘We never (or, we do not) appoint for our affairs
anyone who seeks to be employed. But O Abu Musa! (or ‘Abdullah bin Qais!) Go to Yemen.'” The
Prophet then sent Mu’adh bin Jabal after him and when Mu’adh reached him, he spread out a cush –
ion for him and requested him to get down (and sit on the cushion). Behold: There was a fettered
man beside Abu Muisa. Mu’adh asked, “Who is this (man)?” Abu Muisa said, “He was a Jew and be –
came a Muslim and then reverted back to Judaism.” Then Abu Muisa requested Mu’adh to sit down
but Mu’adh said, “I will not sit down till he has been killed. This is the judgment of Allah and His
Apostle (for such cases) and repeated it thrice. Then Abu Musa ordered that the man be killed, and
he was killed. Abu Musa added, “Then we discussed the night prayers and one of us said, ‘I pray and
sleep, and I hope that Allah will reward me for my sleep as well as for my prayers.'”