Volume 9, Book 92, Number 405:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
Once the two righteous men, i.e., Abu Bakr and ‘Umar were on the verge of destruction (and that
was because): When the delegate of Bani Tamim came to the Prophet, one of them (either Abu Bakr
or ‘Umar) recommended Al-Aqra’ bin Habis At-Tamimi Al-Hanzali, the brother of Bani Majashi (to
be appointed as their chief), while the other recommended somebody else. Abu Bakr said to ‘Umar,
“You intended only to oppose me.” ‘Umar said, “I did not intend to oppose you!” Then their voices
grew louder in front of the Prophet whereupon there was revealed: ‘O you who believe! Do not raise
your voices above the voice of the Prophet..a great reward.’ (49.2-3) Ibn Az-Zubair said, ‘Thence for –
ward when ‘Umar talked to the Prophet, he would talk like one who whispered a secret and would
even fail to make the Prophet hear him, in which case the Prophet would ask him (to repeat his
words).”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 543:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
‘Aisha said, “The Prophet said, ‘Anybody whose account (record) is questioned will surely be pun –
ished.’ I said, ‘Doesn’t Allah say: ‘He surely will receive an easy reckoning?’ (84.8) The Prophet
replied. ‘This means only the presentation of the account.”‘
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 410:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
‘Aisha said, “The Jews came to the Prophet and said to him, “As-Samu ‘Alaika (i.e., Death be upon
you).” He replied, ‘The same on you.’ ” ‘Aisha said to them, “Death be upon you, and may Allah curse
you and shower His wrath upon you!” Allah’s Apostle I said, “Be gentle and calm, O ‘Aisha! Be gentle
and beware of being harsh and of saying evil things.” She said, “Didn’t you hear what they said?” He
said, “Didn’t you hear what I replied (to them)? have returned their statement to them, and my in –
vocation against them will be accepted but theirs against me will not be accepted.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 368:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
The two righteous persons were about to be ruined. They were Abu Bakr and ‘Umar who raised
their voices in the presence of the Prophet when a mission from Bani Tamim came to him. One of the
two recommended Al-Aqra’ bin Habeas, the brother of Bani Mujashi (to be their governor) while the
other recommended somebody else. (Nafi’, the sub-narrator said, I do not remember his name). Abu
Bakr said to Umar, “You wanted nothing but to oppose me!” ‘Umar said, “I did not intend to oppose
you.” Their voices grew loud in that argument, so Allah revealed:
‘O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet.’ (49.2) Ibn Az-Zubair
said, “Since the revelation of this Verse, ‘Umar used to speak in such a low tone that the Prophet had
to ask him to repeat his statements.” But Ibn Az-Zubair did not mention the same about his (mater –
nal) grandfather (i.e. Abu Bakr).
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 276:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
I heard ‘Aisha reciting: “When you invented a lie (and carry it) on your tongues.” (24.15)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 186:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
When there happened the disagreement between Ibn Az-Zubair and Ibn ‘Abbas, I said (to the lat –
ter), “(Why don’t you take the oath of allegiance to him as) his father is Az-Zubair, and his mother is
Asma,’ and his aunt is ‘Aisha, and his maternal grandfather is Abu Bakr, and his grandmother is
Safiya?”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 187:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
There was a disagreement between them (i.e. Ibn ‘Abbas and Ibn Az-Zubair) so I went to Ibn ‘Ab –
bas in the morning and said (to him), “Do you want to fight against Ibn Zubair and thus make lawful
what Allah has made unlawful (i.e. fighting in Meccas?” Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Allah forbid! Allah or –
dained that Ibn Zubair and Bani Umaiya would permit (fighting in Mecca), but by Allah, I will never
regard it as permissible.” Ibn Abbas added. “The people asked me to take the oath of allegiance to Ibn
AzZubair. I said, ‘He is really entitled to assume authority for his father, Az-Zubair was the helper of
the Prophet, his (maternal) grandfather, Abu Bakr was (the Prophet’s) companion in the cave, his
mother, Asma’ was ‘Dhatun-Nitaq’, his aunt, ‘Aisha was the mother of the Believers, his paternal
aunt, Khadija was the wife of the Prophet , and the paternal aunt of the Prophet was his grandmoth –
er. He himself is pious and chaste in Islam, well versed in the Knowledge of the Quran. By Allah!
(Really, I left my relatives, Bani Umaiya for his sake though) they are my close relatives, and if they
should be my rulers, they are equally apt to be so and are descended from a noble family.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 188:
Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaika:
We entered upon Ibn ‘Abbas and he said “Are you not astonished at Ibn Az-Zubair’s assuming the
caliphate?” I said (to myself), “I will support him and speak of his good traits as I did not do even for
Abu Bakr and ‘Umar though they were more entitled to receive al I good than he was.” I said “He (i.e
Ibn Az-Zubair) is the son of the aunt of the Prophet and the son of AzZubair, and the grandson of
Abu Bakr and the son of Khadija’s brother, and the son of ‘Aisha’s sister.” Nevertheless, he considers
himself to be superior to me and does not want me to be one of his friends. So I said, “I never expec –
ted that he would refuse my offer to support him, and I don’t think he intends to do me any good,
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therefore, if my cousins should inevitably be my rulers, it will be better for me to be ruled by them
than by some others.”