Volume 6, Book 60, Number 225:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
(While we were going for the Battle of Tabuk and when we reached the places of the dwellers of
Al-Hijr), Allah’s Apostle said about the dwellers of Al-Hijr (to us). “Do not enter (the dwelling places)
of these people unless you enter weeping, but if you weep not, then do not enter upon them, lest you
be afflicted with what they were afflicted with.”

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 210:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar:
The Prophet said, “The honorable, the son of the honorable the son of the honorable, i.e. Joseph, the
son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham.”

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 79:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar:
The Jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illeg –
al sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, “How do you usually punish the one amongst you
who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?” They replied, “We blacken their faces with coal and
beat them,” He said, “Don’t you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?” They
replied, “We do not find anything in it.” ‘Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to
them. “You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful.” (So the Jews
brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the
Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his
hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. ‘Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher’s)
hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, “What is this?” So when the Jews saw that Verse, they said,
“This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm.” So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and
they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her
companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.
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Volume 5, Book 59, Number 342:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Umar bin Al-Khattab said, “When (my daughter) Hafsa bint ‘Umar lost her husband Khunais bin
Hudhaifa As-Sahrni who was one of the companions of Allah’s Apostle and had fought in the battle
of Badr and had died in Medina, I met ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan and suggested that he should marry Hafsa
saying, “If you wish, I will marry Hafsa bint ‘Umar to you,’ on that, he said, ‘I will think it over.’ I
waited for a few days and then he said to me. ‘I am of the opinion that I shall not marry at present.’
Then I met Abu Bakr and said, ‘if you wish, I will marry you, Hafsa bint ‘Umar.’ He kept quiet and did
not give me any reply and I became more angry with him than I was with Uthman . Some days later,
Allah’s Apostle demanded her hand in marriage and I married her to him. Later on Abu Bakr met me
and said, “Perhaps you were angry with me when you offered me Hafsa for marriage and I gave no
reply to you?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ Abu Bakr said, ‘Nothing prevented me from accepting your offer except
that I learnt that Allah’s Apostle had referred to the issue of Hafsa and I did not want to disclose the
secret of Allah’s Apostle , but had he (i.e. the Prophet) given her up I would surely have accepted
her.”

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 205:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
When ‘Umar embraced Islam, all The (disbelieving) people gathered around his home and said,
“‘Umar has embraced Islam.” At that time I was still a boy and was on the roof of my house. There
came a man wearing a cloak of Dibaj (i.e. a kind of silk), and said, “Umar has embraced Islam.
Nobody can harm him for I am his protector.” I then saw the people going away from ‘Umar and
asked who the man was, and they said, “Al-‘As bin Wail.”

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 206:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
I never heard ‘Umar saying about something that he thought it would be so-and-so, but he was
quite right. Once, while ‘Umar was sitting, a handsome man passed by him, ‘Umar said, “If I am not
wrong, this person is still on his religion of the pre-lslamic period of ignorance or he was their fore –
teller. Call the man to me.” When the man was called to him, he told him of his thought. The man
said, “I have never seen such a day on which a Muslim is faced with such an accusation.” ‘Umar said,
“I am determined that you should tell me the truth.” He said, “I was a foreteller in the pre-lslamic
period of ignorance.” Then ‘Umar said, “Tell me the most astonishing thing your female Jinn has told
you of.” He said, “One-day while I was in the market, she came to me scared and said, ‘Haven’t you
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seen the Jinns and their despair and they were overthrown after their defeat (and prevented from
listening to the news of the heaven) so that they (stopped going to the sky and) kept following camel-
riders (i.e. ‘Arabs)?” ‘Umar said, “He is right.” and added, “One day while I was near their idols, there
came a man with a calf and slaughtered it as a sacrifice (for the idols). An (unseen) creature shouted
at him, and I have never heard harsher than his voice. He was crying, ‘O you bold evil-doer! A mat –
ter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the right to be worshipped except you (O Allah).’
On that the people fled, but I said, ‘I shall not go away till I know what is behind this.’ Then the cry
came again: ‘O you bold evil-doer! A matter of success! An eloquent man is saying: None has the
right to be worshipped except Allah.’ I then went away and a few days later it was said, “A prophet
has appeared.”

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 204:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar:
While ‘Umar was at home in a state of fear, there came Al-‘As bin Wail As-Sahmi Abu ‘Amr, wear –
ing an embroidered cloak and a shirt having silk hems. He was from the tribe of Bani Sahm who
were our allies during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance. Al-‘As said to ‘Umar “What is wrong with
you?” He said, “Your people claim that they would kill me if I become a Muslim.” Al-‘As said, “Nobody
will harm you after I have given protection to you.” So Al-‘As went out and met the people streaming
in the whole valley. He said, “Where are you going?” They said, “We want Ibn Al-Khattab who has
embraced Islam.” Al-‘As said, “There is no way for anybody to touch him.” So the people retreated.

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 169:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
The Prophet met Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail in the bottom of (the valley of) Baldah before any Divine
Inspiration came to the Prophet. A meal was presented to the Prophet but he refused to eat from it.
(Then it was presented to Zaid) who said, “I do not eat anything which you slaughter in the name of
your stone idols. I eat none but those things on which Allah’s Name has been mentioned at the time
of slaughtering.” Zaid bin ‘Amr used to criticize the way Quraish used to slaughter their animals, and
used to say, “Allah has created the sheep and He has sent the water for it from the sky, and He has
grown the grass for it from the earth; yet you slaughter it in other than the Name of Allah. He used to
say so, for he rejected that practice and considered it as something abominable.
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: Zaid bin ‘Amr bin Nufail went to Sham, inquiring about a true religion to fol –
low. He met a Jewish religious scholar and asked him about their religion. He said, “I intend to em –
brace your religion, so tell me some thing about it.” The Jew said, “You will not embrace our religion
unless you receive your share of Allah’s Anger.” Zaid said, “‘I do not run except from Allah’s Anger,
and I will never bear a bit of it if I have the power to avoid it. Can you tell me of some other
religion?” He said, “I do not know any other religion except the Hanif.” Zaid enquired, “What is
Hanif?” He said, “Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither a Jew nor a Christi –
an, and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)” Then Zaid went out and met a Christian reli –
gious scholar and told him the same as before. The Christian said, “You will not embrace our religion
unless you get a share of Allah’s Curse.” Zaid replied, “I do not run except from Allah’s Curse, and I
will never bear any of Allah’s Curse and His Anger if I have the power to avoid them. Will you tell
me of some other religion?” He replied, “I do not know any other religion except Hanif.” Zaid en –
quired, “What is Hanif?” He replied, Hanif is the religion of (the prophet) Abraham who was neither
a Jew nor a Christian and he used to worship None but Allah (Alone)” When Zaid heard their State –
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ment about (the religion of) Abraham, he left that place, and when he came out, he raised both his
hands and said, “O Allah! I make You my Witness that I am on the religion of Abraham.”
Narrated Asma bint Abi Bakr: I saw Zaid bin Amr bin Nufail standing with his back against the
Ka’ba and saying, “O people of Quraish! By Allah, none amongst you is on the religion of Abraham
except me.” He used to preserve the lives of little girls: If somebody wanted to kill his daughter he
would say to him, “Do not kill her for I will feed her on your behalf.” So he would take her, and when
she grew up nicely, he would say to her father, “Now if you want her, I will give her to you, and if
you wish, I will feed her on your behalf.”