Volume 9, Book 86, Number 107:
Narrated ‘Amr bin Ash-Sharid:
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Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand on my shoulder and I accompanied him to Sa’d.
Abu Rafi’ said to Al-Miswar, “Won’t you order this (i.e. Sa’d) to buy my house which is in my yard?”
Sa’d said, “I will not offer more than four hundred in installments over a fixed period.” Abu Rafi said,
“I was offered five hundred cash but I refused. Had I not heard the Prophet saying, ‘A neighbor is
more entitled to receive the care of his neighbor,’ I would not have sold it to you.” The narrator said,
to Sufyan: Ma’mar did not say so. Sufyan said, “But he did say so to me.” Some people said, “If
someone wants to sell a house and deprived somebody of the right of preemption, he has the right to
play a trick to render the preemption invalid. And that is by giving the house to the buyer as a
present and marking its boundaries and giving it to him. The buyer then gives the seller one-thou –
sand Dirham as compensation in which case the preemptor loses his right of preemption.”
Narrated ‘Amr bin Ash-Sharid: Abu Rafi’ said that Sa’d offered him four hundred Mithqal of gold
for a house. Abu Rafi ‘ said, “If I had not heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘A neighbor has more right to
be taken care of by his neighbor,’ then I would not have given it to you.” Some people said, “If one has
bought a portion of a house and wants to cancel the right of preemption, he may give it as a present
to his little son and he will not be obliged to take an oath.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 106:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
The Prophet has decreed that preemption is valid in all cases where the real estate concerned has
not been divided, but if the boundaries are established and the ways are made, then there is no pree –
mption. A man said, “Preemption is only for the neighbor,” and then he makes invalid what he has
confirmed. He said, “If someone wants to buy a house and being afraid that the neighbor (of the
house) may buy it through preemption, he buys one share out of one hundred shares of the house
and then buys the rest of the house, then the neighbor can only have the right of preemption for the
first share but not for the rest of the house; and the buyer may play such a trick in this case.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 105:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “The one who takes back his gift is like a dog swallowing its own vomit, and we
(believers) should not act according to this bad example.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 104:
Narrated ‘Amir bin Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas:
That he heard Usama bin Zaid speaking to Sa’d, saying, “Allah’s Apostle mentioned the plague and
said, ‘It is a means of punishment with which some nations were punished and some of it has re –
mained, and it appears now and then. So whoever hears that there is an outbreak of plague in some
land, he should not go to that land, and if the plague breaks out in the land where one is already
present, one should not run away from that land, escaping from the plague.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 103:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amir bin Rabi’a:
‘Umar bin Al-Khattab left for Sham, and when he reached a placed called Sargh, he came to know
that there was an outbreak of an epidemic (of plague) in Sham. Then ‘AbdurRahman bin ‘Auf told
him that Allah’s Apostle said, “If you hear the news of an outbreak of an epidemic (plague) in a cer –
tain place, do not enter that place: and if the epidemic falls in a place while you are present in it, do
not leave that place to escape from the epidemic.” So ‘Umar returned from Sargh.
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 102:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle used to like sweets and also used to like honey, and whenever he finished the ‘Asr
prayer, he used to visit his wives and stay with them. Once he visited Hafsa and remained with her
longer than the period he used to stay, so I enquired about it. It was said to me, “A woman from her
tribe gave her a leather skin containing honey as a present, and she gave some of it to Allah’s Apostle
to drink.” I said, “By Allah, we will play a trick on him.” So I mentioned the story to Sauda (the wife of
the Prophet) and said to her, “When he enters upon you, he will come near to you whereupon you
should say to him, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He will say, ‘No.’ Then you say to
him, ‘What is this bad smell? ‘ And it would be very hard on Allah’s Apostle that a bad smell should
be found on his body. He will say, ‘Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.’ Then you should say to him,
‘Its bees must have sucked from the Al-‘Urfut (a foul smelling flower).’ I too, will tell him the same.
And you, O Saifya, say the same.”
So when the Prophet entered upon Sauda (the following happened). Sauda said, “By Him except
Whom none has the right to be worshipped, I was about to say to him what you had told me to say
while he was still at the gate because of fear from you. But when Allah ‘s Apostle came near to me, I
said to him, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Have you eaten Maghafir?’ He replied, ‘No.’ I said, ‘What about this
smell?’ He said, ‘Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.’ I said, ‘Its bees must have sucked Al-‘Urfut.’ ”
When he entered upon me, I told him the same as that, and when he entered upon Safiya, she too
told him the same. So when he visited Hafsa again, she said to him, “O Allah’s Apostle! Shall I give
you a drink of it (honey)?” He said, “I have no desire for it.” Sauda said, Subhan Allah! We have de –
prived him of it (honey).” I said to her, “Be quiet!”
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Volume 9, Book 86, Number 101:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
Allah’s Apostle said, “It is essential to have the consent of a virgin (for the marriage). I said, “A vir –
gin feels shy.” The Prophet; said, “Her silence means her consent.” Some people said, “If a man falls in
love with an orphan slave girl or a virgin and she refuses (him) and then he makes a trick by bring –
ing two false witnesses to testify that he has married her, and then she attains the age of puberty and
agrees to marry him and the judge accepts the false witness and the husband knows that the wit –
nesses were false ones, he may consummate his marriage.”
Volume 9, Book 86, Number 100:
Narrated Abu Haraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “A lady slave should not be given in marriage until she is consulted, and a vir –
gin should not be given in marriage until her permission is granted.” The people said, “How will she
express her permission?” The Prophet said, “By keeping silent (when asked her consent).” Some
people said, “If a man, by playing a trick, presents two false witnesses before the judge to testify that
he has married a matron with her consent and the judge confirms his marriage, and the husband is
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sure that he has never married her (before), then such a marriage will be considered as a legal one
and he may live with her as husband.”