Volume 8, Book 76, Number 590:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir:
Once the Prophet went out and offered the funeral prayers for the martyrs of Uhud, and then
went to the pulpit and said, “I am a predecessor for you and I am a witness for you: and by Allah, I
am looking at my Fount just now, and the keys of the treasures of the earth (or the keys of the earth)
have been given to me: and by Allah, I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah after
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me, but I am afraid that you will strive and struggle against each other over these treasures of the
world.”
Volume 8, Book 76, Number 434:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir:
The Prophet went out and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of the (battle of) Uhud and
then ascended the pulpit and said, “I am your predecessor and I am a witness against you. By Allah, I
am now looking at my Tank-lake (Al-Kauthar) and I have been given the keys of the treasures of the
earth (or the keys of the earth). By Allah! I am not afraid that after me you will worship others be –
sides Allah, but I am afraid that you will start competing for (the pleasures of) this world.”
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Volume 8, Book 73, Number 159:
Narrated Uqba bin ‘Amir:
We said, “O Allah’s Apostle! You send us out and it happens that we have to stay with such people
as do not entertain us. What do you think about it?” Allah’s Apostle said to us, “If you stay with some
people and they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept is; but if they do not do then you
should take from them the right of the guest, which they ought to give.”
Volume 7, Book 72, Number 693:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir:
A silken Farruj was presented to Allah’s Apostle and he put it on and offered the prayer in it. When
he finished the prayer, he took it off violently as if he disliked it and said, “This (garment) does not
befit those who fear Allah!”
Volume 7, Book 68, Number 462:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir:
that the Prophet gave him some sheep to distribute among his companions to slaughter as sacri –
fices (‘Id–al–Adha). A kid was left and he told the Prophet of that whereupon he said to him,
“Slaughter it as a sacrifice (on your behalf).”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 159:
Narrated ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Beware of entering upon the ladies.” A man from the Ansar said, “Allah’s
Apostle! What about Al-Hamu the in-laws of the wife (the brothers of her husband or his nephews
etc.)?” The Prophet replied: The in-laws of the wife are death itself.
Volume 5, Book 59, Number 374:
Narrated Uqba bin Amir:
Allah’s Apostle offered the funeral prayers of the martyrs of Uhud eight years after (their death), as
if bidding farewell to the living and the dead, then he ascended the pulpit and said, “I am your pre –
decessor before you, and I am a witness on you, and your promised place to meet me will be Al-
Haud (i.e. the Tank) (on the Day of Resurrection), and I am (now) looking at it from this place of
mine. I am not afraid that you will worship others besides Allah, but I am afraid that worldly life will
tempt you and cause you to compete with each other for it.” That was the last look which I cast on
Allah’s Apostle.
Volume 3, Book 50, Number 882:
Narrated Uqba bin Amir:
Allah’s Apostle said, “From among all the conditions which you have to fulfill, the conditions
which make it legal for you to have sexual relations (i.e. the marriage contract) have the greatest
right to be fulfilled.”