Volume 9, Book 89, Number 273:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! By Allah, I fail to attend the morning
congregational prayer because so-and-so (i.e., Muadh bin Jabal) prolongs the prayer when he leads
us for it.” I had never seen the Prophet more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. He
then said, “O people! some of you make others dislike (good deeds, i.e. prayers etc). So whoever
among you leads the people in prayer, he should shorten it because among them there are the old,
the weak and the busy (needy having some jobs to do). (See Hadith No. 90, Vol. 1)
Volume 7, Book 65, Number 371:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
There was an Ansari man nicknamed, Abu Shu’aib, who had a slave who was a butcher. He came
to the Prophet while he was sitting with his companions and noticed the signs of hunger on the face
of the Prophet . So he went to his butcher slave and said, “Prepare for me a meal sufficient for five
persons so that I may invite the Prophet along with four other men.” He had the meal prepared for
him and invited him. A (sixth) man followed them. The Prophet said, “O Abu Shu’aib! Another man
has followed us. If you wish, you may invite him; and if you wish, you may refuse him.” Abu Shu’aib
said, “No, I will admit him.”
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 7 > BOOK 65: FOOD, MEALS
Volume 7, Book 65, Number 345:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
There was a man called Abu Shu’aib, and he had a slave who was a butcher. He said (to his slave),
“Prepare a meal to which I may invite Allah’s Apostle along with four other men.” So he invited Al –
lah’s Apostle and four other men, but another man followed them whereupon the Prophet said, “You
have invited me as one of five guests, but now another man has followed us. If you wish you can ad –
mit him, and if you wish you can refuse him.” On that the host said, “But I admit him.” Narrated
Muhammad bin Isma’il: If guests are sitting at a dining table, they do not have the right to carry food
from other tables to theirs, but they can pass on food from their own table to each other; otherwise
they should leave it.
Volume 7, Book 64, Number 263:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
The Prophet said, “When a Muslim spends something on his family intending to receive Allah’s re –
ward it is regarded as Sadaqa for him.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 560:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
The Prophet said, “If one recites the last two Verses of Surat-al-Baqara at night, it is sufficient for
him (for that night).”
Volume 3, Book 36, Number 482:
Narrated Abu Masud Al-Ansari:
Allah’s Apostle regarded illegal the price of a dog, the earnings of a prostitute, and the charges
taken by a soothsayer.
Volume 3, Book 34, Number 439:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
Allah’s Apostle forbade taking the price of a dog, money earned by prostitution and the earnings of
a soothsayer.
Volume 1, Book 3, Number 90:
Narrated Abu Mas’ud Al-Ansari:
Once a man said to Allah’s Apostle “O Allah’s Apostle! I may not attend the (compulsory congrega –
tional) prayer because so and so (the Imam) prolongs the prayer when he leads us for it. The narrat –
or added: “I never saw the Prophet more furious in giving advice than he was on that day. The
Prophet said, “O people! Some of you make others dislike good deeds (the prayers). So whoever leads
the people in prayer should shorten it because among them there are the sick the weak and the
needy (having some jobs to do).”