Volume 8, Book 73, Number 149:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A bedouin urinated in the mosque, and the people rushed to beat him. Allah’s Apostle ordered
them to leave him and pour a bucket or a tumbler (full) of water over the place where he has passed
urine. The Prophet then said, ” You have been sent to make things easy (for the people) and you have
not been sent to make things difficult for them.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 148:
Narrated Al-Azraq bin Qais:
We were in the city of Al-Ahwaz on the bank of a river which had dried up. Then Abu Barza Al-
Aslami came riding a horse and he started praying and let his horse loose. The horse ran away, so
Abu Barza interrupted his prayer and went after the horse till he caught it and brought it, and then
he offered his prayer. There was a man amongst us who was (from the Khawari) having a different
opinion. He came saying. “Look at this old man! He left his prayer because of a horse.” On that Abu
Barza came to us and said, “Since the time I left Allah’s Apostle, nobody has admonished me; My
house is very far from this place, and if I had carried on praying and left my horse, I could not have
reached my house till night.” Then Abu Barza mentioned that he had been in the company of the
Prophet, and that he had seen his leniency.
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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 147:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Whenever Allah’s Apostle was given the choice of one of two matters he would choose the easier
of the two as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful, he would not approach it. Allah’s
Apostle never took revenge over anybody for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah’s legal bind –
ings were outraged, in which case he would take revenge for Allah’s sake.” (See Hadith No. 760. Vol.
4)
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 146:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
The Prophet said, “Make things easy for the people, and do not make it difficult for them, and
make them calm (with glad tidings) and do not repulse (them ).”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 145:
Narrated Abu Musa:
that when Allah’s Apostle sent him and Mu’adh bin Jabal to Yemen, he said to them, “Facilitate
things for the people (treat the people in the most agreeable way), and do not make things difficult
for them, and give them glad tidings, and let them not have aversion (i.e. to make the people hate
good deeds) and you should both work in cooperation and mutual understanding, obey each other.”
Abu Musa said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We are in a land in which a drink named Al Bit’ is prepared from
honey, and another drink named Al-Mizr is prepared from barley.” On that, Allah’s Apostle said, “All
intoxicants (i.e. all alcoholic drinks) are prohibited.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 144:
Narrated Thabit:
that he heard Anas saying, “A woman came to the Prophet offering herself to him in marriage,
saying, “Have you got any interest in me (i.e. would you like to marry me?)” Anas’s daughter said,
“How shameless that woman was!” On that Anas said, “She is better than you for, she presented her –
self to Allah’s Apostle (for marriage).”
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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 143:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet said, “The example of a believer is like a green tree, the leaves of which do not fall.”
The people said. “It is such-and-such tree: It is such-and-such tree.” I intended to say that it was the
datepalm tree, but I was a young boy and felt shy (to answer). The Prophet said, “It is the date-palm
tree.” Ibn ‘Umar added, ” I told that to ‘Umar who said, ‘Had you said it, I would have preferred it to
such-and such a thing.”
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 142:
Narrated Um Salama:
Um Sulaim came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Verily, Allah does not feel shy to
tell the truth. If a woman gets a nocturnal sexual discharge (has a wet dream), is it essential for her
to take a bath? He replied, “Yes if she notices a discharge.”