Volume 4, Book 51, Number 25:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
Urwa bin Az-Zubair said that he asked ‘Aisha about the meaning of the Quranic Verse:–
“And if you fear that you will not deal fairly with the orphan girls then marry (other) women of
your choice.” (4.2-3)
Aisha said, “It is about a female orphan under the guardianship of her guardian who is inclined
towards her because of her beauty and wealth, and likes to marry her with a Mahr less than what is
given to women of her standard. So they (i.e. guardians) were forbidden to marry the orphans unless
they paid them a full appropriate Mahr (otherwise) they were ordered to marry other women in –
stead of them. Later on the people asked Allah’s Apostle about it. So Allah revealed the following
Verse:–
“They ask your instruction (O Muhammad!) regarding women. Say: Allah instructs you regarding
them…” (4.127)
and in this Verse Allah indicated that if the orphan girl was beautiful and wealthy, her guardian
would have the desire to marry her without giving her an appropriate Mahr equal to what her peers
could get, but if she was undesirable for lack of beauty or wealth, then he would not marry her, but
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seek to marry some other woman instead of her. So, since he did not marry her when he had no in –
clination towards her, he had not the right to marry her when he had an interest in her, unless he
treated her justly by giving her a full Mahr and securing all her rights.
Volume 3, Book 40, Number 542:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
Anas bin Malik said, that once a domestic sheep was milked for Allah’s Apostle while he was in the
house of Anas bin Malik. The milk was mixed with water drawn from the well in Anas’s house. A
tumbler of it was presented to Allah’s Apostle who drank from it. Then Abu Bakr was sitting on his
left side and a bedouin on his right side. When the Prophet removed the tumbler from his mouth,
‘Umar was afraid that the Prophet might give it to the bedouin, so he said. “O Allah’s Apostle! Give it
to Abu Bakr who is sitting by your side.” But the Prophet gave it to the bedouin, who was to his right
and said, “You should start with the one on your right side.”
Volume 2, Book 20, Number 210:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
Salim told me, “‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said, ‘I saw Allah’s Apostle delaying the Maghrib prayer till he
offered it along with the Isha prayer whenever he was in a hurry during the journey.’ ” Salim said,
“Abdullah bin Umar used to do the same whenever he was in a hurry during the journey. After mak –
ing the call for Iqama, for the Maghrib prayer he used to offer three Rakat and then perform Tasllm.
After waiting for a short while, he would pronounce the Iqama for the ‘Isha’ prayer and offer two
Rakat and perform Taslim. He never prayed any Nawafil in between the two prayers or after the
‘Isha’ prayers till he got up in the middle of the night (for Tahajjud prayer).”
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Volume 2, Book 13, Number 39:
Narrated Az-Zuhri:
I heard As-Saib bin Yazid, saying, “In the life-time of Allah’s Apostle, and Abu Bakr and Umar, the
Adhan for the Jumua prayer used to be pronounced after the Imam had taken his seat on the pulpit.
But when the people increased in number during the caliphate of ‘Uthman, he introduced a third
Adhan (on Friday for the Jumua prayer) and it was pronounced at Az-Zaura’ and that new state of
affairs remained so in the succeeding years.