Volume 9, Book 88, Number 219:
Narrated Abu Bakra:
During the battle of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a Word (I heard from the Prophet). When
the Prophet heard the news that the people of the Persia had made the daughter of Khosrau their
Queen (ruler), he said, “Never will succeed such a nation as makes a woman their ruler.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 218:
Narrated Abu Wail:
Someone said to Usama, “Will you not talk to this (Uthman)?” Usama said, “I talked to him
(secretly) without being the first man to open an evil door. I will never tell a ruler who rules over
two men or more that he is good after I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘A man will be brought and put
in Hell (Fire) and he will circumambulate (go around and round) in Hell (Fire) like a donkey of a
(flour) grinding mill, and all the people of Hell (Fire) will gather around him and will say to him, O
so-and-so! Didn’t you use to order others for good and forbid them from evil?’ That man will say, ‘I
used to order others to do good but I myself never used to do it, and I used to forbid others from evil
while I myself used to do evil.’ ”
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Volume 9, Book 88, Number 217:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari:
The Prophet went out to one of the gardens of Medina for some business and I went out to follow
him. When he entered the garden, I sat at its gate and said to myself, “To day I will be the gatekeeper
of the Prophet though he has not ordered me.” The Prophet went and finished his need and went to
sit on the constructed edge of the well and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well. In the
meantime Abu Bakr came and asked permission to enter. I said (to him), “Wait till I get you permis –
sion.” Abu Bakr waited outside and I went to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Prophet! Abu Bakr asks
your permission to enter.” He said, “Admit him, and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise.” So
Abu Bakr entered and sat on the right side of the Prophet and uncovered his legs and hung them in
the well. Then ‘Umar came and I said (to him), “Wait till I get you permission.” The Prophet said, “Ad –
mit him and give him the glad tidings of entering Paradise.” So Umar entered and sat on the left side
of the Prophet and uncovered his legs and hung them in the well so that one side of the well became
fully occupied and there remained no place for any-one to sit. Then ‘Uthman came and I said (to
him), “Wait till I get permission for you.” The Prophet said, “Admit him and give him the glad tidings
of entering Paradise with a calamity which will befall him.” When he entered, he could not find any
place to sit with them so he went to the other edge of the well opposite them and uncovered his legs
and hung them in the well. I wished that a brother of mine would come, so I invoked Allah for his
coming. (Ibn Al-Musaiyab said, “I interpreted that (narration) as indicating their graves. The first
three are together and the grave of ‘Uthman is separate from theirs.”)
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 216:
Narrated Shaqiq:
I heard Hudhaifa saying, “While we were sitting with ‘Umar, he said, ‘Who among you remembers
the statement of the Prophet about the afflictions?’ Hudhaifa said, “The affliction of a man in his fam –
ily, his property, his children and his neighbors are expiated by his prayers, Zakat (and alms) and
enjoining good and forbidding evil.” ‘Umar said, “I do not ask you about these afflictions, but about
those afflictions which will move like the waves of the sea.” Hudhaifa said, “Don’t worry about it, O
chief of the believers, for there is a closed door between you and them.” ‘Umar said, “Will that door
be broken or opened?” I said, “No. it will be broken.” ‘Umar said, “Then it will never be closed,” I said,
“Yes.” We asked Hudhaifa, “Did ‘Umar know what that door meant?” He replied, “Yes, as I know that
there will be night before tomorrow morning, that is because I narrated to him a true narration free
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from errors.” We dared not ask Hudhaifa as to whom the door represented so we ordered Masruq to
ask him what does the door stand for? He replied, “‘Umar.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 215:
Narrated Sa’id bin Jubair:
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar came to us and we hoped that he would narrate to us a good Hadith. But be –
fore we asked him, a man got up and said to him, “O Abu ‘Abdur-Rahman! Narrate to us about the
battles during the time of the afflictions, as Allah says:–
‘And fight them until there is no more afflictions (i.e. no more worshipping of others besides
Allah).'” (2.193) Ibn ‘Umar said (to the man), “Do you know what is meant by afflictions? Let your
mother bereave you! Muhammad used to fight against the pagans, for a Muslim was put to trial in
his religion (The pagans will either kill him or chain him as a captive). His fighting was not like your
fighting which is carried on for the sake of ruling.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 214:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet said, “O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings
on our Yemen.” The People said, “And also on our Najd.” He said, “O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on
our Sham (north)! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen.” The people said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! And also on our Najd.” I think the third time the Prophet said, “There (in Najd) is the place of
earthquakes and afflictions and from there comes out the side of the head of Satan.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 213:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
I heard Allah’s Apostle while he was facing the East, saying, “Verily! Afflictions are there, from
where the side of the head of Satan comes out.”
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 212:
Narrated Salim’s father:
The Prophet stood up beside the pulpit (and pointed with his finger towards the East) and said,
“Afflictions are there! Afflictions are there, from where the side of the head of Satan comes out,” or
said, “..the side of the sun..”
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