Volume 9, Book 89, Number 323:
Narrated Jabir:
A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, “Please take my Pledge of allegiance for Islam.” So the
Prophet took from him the Pledge of allegiance for Islam. He came the next day with a fever and said
to the Prophet “Cancel my pledge.” But the Prophet refused and when the bedouin went away, the
Prophet said, “Medina is like a pair of bellows (furnace): It expels its impurities and brightens and
clears its good.”
Volume 9, Book 89, Number 296:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet came to know that one of his companions had given the promise of freeing his slave
after his death, but as he had no other property than that slave, the Prophet sold that slave for 800
dirhams and sent the price to him.
Volume 9, Book 88, Number 195:
Narrated Jabir:
A man passed through the mosque and he was carrying arrows, the heads of which were exposed
(protruding). The man was ordered (by the Prophet) to hold the iron heads so that it might not
scratch (injure) any Muslim.
Volume 9, Book 85, Number 80:
Narrated Jabir:
A man from the Ansar made his slave, a Mudabbar. And apart from that slave he did not have any
other property. This news reached Allah’s Apostle and he said, “Who will buy that slave from me?” So
Nu’aim bin An-Nahham bought him for 800 Dirham. Jabir added: It was a coptic (Egyptian) slave
who died that year.
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Volume 8, Book 82, Number 810:
Narrated Jabir:
A man from the tribe of Aslam came to the Prophet and confessed that he had committed an illegal
sexual intercourse. The Prophet turned his face away from him till the man bore witness against
himself four times. The Prophet said to him, “Are you mad?” He said “No.” He said, “Are you married?”
He said, “Yes.” Then the Prophet ordered that he be stoned to death, and he was stoned to death at the
Musalla. When the stones troubled him, he fled, but he was caught and was stoned till he died. The
Prophet spoke well of him and offered his funeral prayer.
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 811d:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A person had sexual relation with his wife in the month of Ramadan (while he was fasting), and
he came to Allah’s Apostle seeking his verdict concerning that action. The Prophet said (to him), “Can
you afford to manumit a slave?” The man said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Can you fast for two success –
ive months?” He said, “No.” The Prophet said, “Then feed sixty poor persons.”
Volume 8, Book 82, Number 811e:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
A man came to the Prophet in the mosque and said, “I am burnt (ruined)!” The Prophet asked him,
“With what (what have you done)?” He said, “I have had sexual relation with my wife in the month of
Ramadan (while fasting).” The Prophet said to him, “Give in charity.” He said, “I have nothing.” The
man sat down, and in the meantime there came a person driving a donkey carrying food to the
Prophet ….. (The sub-narrator, ‘Abdur Rahman added: I do not know what kind of food it was). On
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that the Prophet said, “Where is the burnt person?” The man said, “Here I am.” The Prophet said to
him, “Take this (food) and give it in charity (to someone).” The man said, “To a poorer person than l?
My family has nothing to eat.” Then the Prophet said to him, “Then eat it yourselves.”
Volume 8, Book 80, Number 735:
Narrated Jabir:
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While I was sick, the Prophet entered upon me and asked for some water to perform ablution, and
after he had finished his ablution, he sprinkled some water of his ablution over me, whereupon I be –
came conscious and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I have sisters.” Then the Divine Verses regarding the
laws of inheritance were revealed.
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 396:
Narrated Jabir:
My father died and left behind seven or nine daughters, and I married a woman. The Prophet said,
“Did you get married, O Jabir?” I replied, “Yes.” He asked, “Is she a virgin or a matron?” I replied, “She
is a matron.” He said, “Why didn’t you marry a virgin girl so that you might play with her and she
with you (or, you might make her laugh and she make you laugh)?” I said, “My father died, leaving
seven or nine girls (orphans) and I did not like to bring a young girl like them, so I married a woman
who can look after them.” He said, “May Allah bestow His Blessing on you.”
Volume 8, Book 75, Number 391:
Narrated Jabir:
The Prophet used to teach us the Istikhara for each and every matter as he used to teach us the
Suras from the Holy Qur’an. (He used to say), “If anyone of you intends to do something, he should
offer a two-Rak’at prayer other than the obligatory prayer, and then say: ‘Allahumma inni as –
takhiruka bi’ilmika, wa astaqdiruka biqudratika, wa as’aluka min fadlika-l-‘azim, fa innaka taqdiru
wala aqdiru, wa ta’lamu wala a’lamu, wa anta’allamu-l-ghuyub. Allahumma in kunta ta’lamu anna
hadha-lamra khairun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri (or said, fi ‘ajili amri wa ajilihi) fa-
qdurhu li, Wa in junta ta’lamu anna ha-dha-l-amra sharrun li fi dini wa ma’ashi wa ‘aqibati amri
(or said, fi ajili amri wa ajilihi) fasrifhu ‘anni was-rifni ‘anhu wa aqdur li alkhaira haithu kana,
thumma Raddani bihi,” Then he should mention his matter (need).