In
The Name Of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful
Assalaamu
Alaykum Wa Rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu
Tabbaruk
& Relics Of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Importance
of Relics Of Musa[moses] alai salaam and Aaron[haroon]alai salaam is mentioned
in Quran
2:248.
And their Prophet (Samuel <><>) said to them: Verily! The sign of
His Kingdom is that there shall come to you At-Tābūt (a wooden box), wherein is
Sakinah (peace and reassurance) from your Lord and a remnant of that which Musā
(Moses) and Hārūn (Aaron) left behind, carried by the angels. Verily, in this
is a sign for you if you are indeed believers.
The
Book Pertaining to the Excellent Qualities of the Holy Prophet (may Peace be
upon them) and His Companions (Kitab Al-Fada'il)
Muslim
:: Book 30 : Hadith 5761 Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) used to come to our house and there was perspiration upon his
body. My mother brought a bottle and began to pour the sweat in that. When
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) got up he said: Umm Sulaini, what is
this that you are doing? Thereupon she said: That is your sweat which we mix in
our perfume and it becomes the most fragrant perfume.
The
Book Pertaining to the Excellent Qualities of the Holy Prophet (may Peace be
upon them) and His Companions (Kitab Al-Fada'il)
Muslim
:: Book 30 : Hadith 5760 Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) had a very fair complexion and (the drops) of his perspiration shone
like pearls, and when he walked he walked inclining forward, and I never
touched brocade and silk (and found it) as soft as the softness of the palm of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and I never smelt musk or ambergris
and found its fragrance as sweet as the fragrance of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him).
"In
the year 17 `Umar enlarged the Prophetic mosque. That year there was a drought
in the Hijaz. It was named the Year of Cinders (`am al-ramada). `Umar prayed
for rain for the people by means of al-`Abbas. Ibn Sa`d narrated from [the
Sahabi] Niyar al-Aslami that when `Umar came came out to pray for rain, he came
out wearing the cloaks (burd) of the Messenger of Allah, upon him blessings and
peace]
Al-Suyuti
mentions the context of this event in his Tarikh al-Khulafa' (Beirut, 1992
Ahmad Fares ed. p. 140):
*Note:
Tabarruk": deriving blessing from something once owned or touched by
prophet Muhammad peace be upon him .also. "Athar": relics :is allowed
in Islam.
Medicine Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 71 :: Hadith 642
Narrated 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle used to read in his Ruqya, "In the Name
of Allah" The earth of our land and the saliva of some of us cure our
patient with the permission of our Lord." with a slight shower of
saliva) while treating with a Ruqya.
The
Book of Drinks (Kitab Al-Ashriba)
Muslim :: Book 23 : Hadith 5057 Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: When the
ditch was dug, I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) feeling very
hungry. I came to my wife and said to her: Is there anything with you? I have
seen Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) feeling extremely hungry. She
brought out a bag of provisions which contained a sa', of barley. We had also
with us a lamb. I slaughtered it. She ground the flour. She finished (this
work) along with me. I cut it into pieces and put it in the earthen pot and
then returned to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) (for inviting him).
She said: Do not humiliate me in the presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and those who are with him. When I came to him I whispered to him
saying: Allah's Messenger, we have slaughtered a lamb for you and she has
ground a sa' of barley which we had with us. So you come along with a group of
people with you. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said
loudly: O people of the ditch, Jabir has arranged a feast for you, so (come
along). Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Do not remove your
earthen pot from the hearth and do not bake the bread from the kneaded flour
until I come. So I came and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came and
he was ahead of the people; and I came to my wife and she said (to me): You
will be humbled. I said: I did what you had asked me to do. She (his wife)
said: I brought out the kneaded flour and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) put some saliva of his in that and blessed It. He then put saliva
in the earthen pot and blessed it and then said. Call another baker who can
bake with you. and bring out the soup from it, but do not remove it from the
hearth, and the guests were one thousand. (Jabir said): I take an oath by Allah
that all of them ate (the food to their fill) until they left it and went away
and our earthen pot was brimming over as before, and so was the case with our
flour, or as Dahhak (another narrator) said: It (the flour) was in the same
condition and loaves had been prepared from that.
Sacrifice
on Occasion of Birth (`Aqiqa) Bukhari
:: Book 7 :: Volume 66 :: Hadith 378 Narrated Asma' bint Abu Bakr:
I
conceived 'Abdullah bin AzZubair at Mecca and went out (of Mecca) while I was
about to give birth. I came to Medina and encamped at Quba', and gave birth at
Quba'. Then I brought the child to Allah's Apostle and placed it (on his lap).
He asked for a date, chewed it, and put his saliva in the mouth of the
child. So the first thing to enter its stomach was the saliva of Allah's
Apostle. Then he did its Tahnik with a date, and invoked Allah to bless him. It
was the first child born in the Islamic era, therefore they (Muslims) were very
happy with its birth, for it had been said to them that the Jews had bewitched
them, and so they would not produce any offspring.
The
Book Pertaining to the Merits of the Companions (Allah Be Pleased With Them) of
the Holy Prophet (May Peace Be Upon Him) (Kitab Al-Fada'il Al-Sahabah) Muslim :: Book 31 : Hadith 6091 Abu Musa
reported: I was in the company of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as he
had been sitting in Ji'rana (a place) between Mecca and Medina and Bilal was
also there, that there came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) a desert
Arab, and he said: Muhammad, fulfill your promise that you made with me.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Accept glad tidings.
Thereupon the desert Arab said: You shower glad tidings upon me very much; then
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) turned towards Abu Musa and Bilal
seemingly in a state of annoyance and said: Verily he has rejected glad tidings
but you two should accept them. We said: Allah's Messenger, we have readily
accepted them. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) called for a cup
of water and washed his hands in that and face too and put the saliva in it and
then said: Drink out of it and pour it over your faces and over your chest and
gladden yourselves. They took hold of the cup and did as Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had commanded them to do. Thereupon Umm Salama called from
behind the veil: Spare some water in your vessel for your mother also, and they
also gave some water which had been spared for her.
Fighting
for the Cause of Allah (Jihaad) Bukhari
:: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 253 Narrated Sahl:
On
the day (of the battle) of Khaibar the Prophet said, "Tomorrow I will give
the flag to somebody who will be given victory (by Allah) and who loves Allah
and His Apostle and is loved by Allah and His Apostle." So, the people
wondered all that night as to who would receive the flag and in the morning
everyone hoped that he would be that person. Allah's Apostle asked, "Where
is 'Ali?" He was told that 'Ali was suffering from eye-trouble, so he
applied saliva to his eyes and invoked Allah to cure him. He at once got
cured as if he had no ailment. The Prophet gave him the flag. 'Ali said,
"Should I fight them till they become like us (i.e. Muslim)?" The
Prophet said, "Go to them patiently and calmly till you enter the land.
Then, invite them to Islam, and inform them what is enjoined upon them, for, by
Allah, if Allah gives guidance to somebody through you, it is better for you
than possessing red camels."
Military
Expeditions led by the Prophet (pbuh) (Al-Maghaazi) Bukhari :: Book 5 :: Volume 59 :: Hadith 517 Narrated Yazid bin
Abi Ubaid:
I
saw the trace of a wound in Salama's leg. I said to him, "O Abu Muslim!
What is this wound?" He said, "This was inflicted on me on the day of
Khaibar and the people said, 'Salama has been wounded.' Then I went to the
Prophet and he puffed his saliva in it (i.e. the wound) thrice., and since then
I have not had any pain in it till this hour."
The
Book on Salutations and Greetings (Kitab As-Salam) Muslim :: Book 26 : Hadith 5444
'A'isha
reported that when any person fell ill with a disease or he had any ailment or
he had any injury, the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) placed his
forefinger upon the ground and then lifted it by reciting the name of Allah.
(and said): The dust of our ground with the saliva of any one of us would serve
as a means whereby our illness would be cured with the sanction of Allab. This
hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abu Shaiba and Zubair with
a slight variation of wording.
Medicine
(Kitab Al-Tibb) Dawud :: Book 28 :
Hadith 3892 Narrated Alaqah ibn Sahar at-Tamimi: We proceeded from the Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) and came to a clan of the Arabs. They said: We
have been told that you have brought what is good from this man. Have you any
medicine or a charm, for we have a lunatic in chains? We said: Yes. Then they
brought a lunatic in chains. He said: I recited Surat al-Fatihah over him for
three days, morning and evening. Whenever I finished it, I would collect my
saliva and spit it out, and he seemed as if he were set free from a bond. He
said: They gave me some payment, but I said: No, not until I ask the Apostle of
Allah (peace_be_upon_him).
He
(the Prophet) said: Accept it, for, by my life, some accept it for a worthless
charm, but you have done so for a genuine one.
Medicine Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 71 :: Hadith 632
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Some
of the companions of the Prophet came across a tribe amongst the tribes of the
Arabs, and that tribe did not entertain them. While they were in that state,
the chief of that tribe was bitten by a snake (or stung by a scorpion). They
said, (to the companions of the Prophet ), "Have you got any medicine with
you or anybody who can treat with Ruqya?" The Prophet's companions said,
"You refuse to entertain us, so we will not treat (your chief) unless you
pay us for it." So they agreed to pay them a flock of sheep. One of them
(the Prophet's companions) started reciting Surat-al-Fatiha and gathering his
saliva and spitting it (at the snake-bite). The patient got cured and his
people presented the sheep to them, but they said, "We will not take it
unless we ask the Prophet (whether it is lawful)." When they asked him, he
smiled and said, "How do you know that Surat-al-Fatiha is a Ruqya? Take it
(flock of sheep) and assign a share for me."
Ablutions (Wudu') Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 4 :: Hadith 171 Narrated Ibn Sirrn:
I
said to 'Ablda, "I have some of the hair of the Prophet which I got from Anas
or from his family." 'Abida replied. "No doubt if I had a single hair
of that it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in
it."
Ablutions
(Wudu') Bukhari :: Book 1 :: Volume 4
:: Hadith 172 Narrated Anas:
When
Allah's Apostle got his head shaved, Abu- Talha was the first to take some of
his hair.
Dress Bukhari :: Book 7 :: Volume 72 :: Hadith 784
Narrated IsraiI:
Uthman
bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to
Um Salama." Isra'il approximated three fingers ('indicating the small size
of the container in which there was some hair of the Prophet. 'Uthman added,
"If any person suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send
a vessel (containing water) to Um Salama. I looked into the container (that
held the hair of the Prophet) and saw a few red hairs in it,"
Anas
also said: "The Prophet threw stones at al-Jamra, then sacrificed, then
told the barber to shave his head right side first, then began to give the hair
away to the people." Muslim.
He
said: "Talha was the one distributing it." Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abu
Dawud.
He
also said: "When the Prophet shaved his head in Mina, he gave me the
hair from the right side and he said: Anas! take it to Umm Sulaym [his
mother]. When the Companions saw what the Prophet gave us, they began to
compete to take the hair from the left side, and everyone was getting a share
from that." Ahmad narrated it.
Ibn
al-Sakan narrated through Safwan ibn Hubayra from the latter's father: Thabit
al-Bunani said: Anas ibn Malik said to me (on his death-bed): "This is one
of the hairs of Allah's Messenger, Allah's blessings and peace upon him.
I want you to place it under my tongue." Thabit continued: I placed it
under his tongue, and he was buried with it under his tongue."
Abu
Bakr said: "I saw Khalid [ibn Walid] asking for the Prophet's forelock and
he received it. He used to put it over his eyes and then kiss it." It is
known that he then placed it in his qalansuwa (head cover around which the
turban is tied) and never faced battle again except he won. al-Waqidi
(Maghazi), Ibn Hajar (Isaba). Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani relates that Imam Malik
said: "Khalid ibn al-Walid owned a qalansiyya which contained some of the
Prophet's hair, and that is the one he wore the day of the battle of Yarmuk.
Ibn
Sirin (one of the tabi`in) said: "One hair of the Prophet in my possession
is more precious to me than silver and gold and everything that is on the earth
and everything that is inside it." Bukhari, Bayhaqi (Sunan kubra), and
Ahmad.
In
Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 72, Number 784: `Uthman bin `Abd Allah ibn
Mawhab said, "My people sent me with a bowl of water to Umm Salama."
Isra'il approximated three fingers indicating the small size of the container
in which there was some hair of the Prophet. `Uthman added, "If any person
suffered from evil eye or some other disease, he would send a vessel
(containing water) to Umm Salama (and she would dip the Prophet's hair into it
and it would be drunk). I looked into the container (that held the hair of the
Prophet) and saw a few reddish hairs in it."
Hafiz
Ibn Hajar in Fath al-Bari, Volume 10, page 353, said: "They used to call
the silver bottle in which the hair of the Prophet was kept jiljalan and that
bottle was in the home of Umm Salama." Hafiz al-`Ayni said in `Umdat
al-Qari, Volume 18, page 79: "Umm Salama had some of the hairs of the
Prophet in a silver bottle. When some people got ill, they would go and
obtain blessings from these hairs and they would be healed by means of their
blessings. If a person were struck by the evil eye or any sickness, he would
send his wife to Umm Salama with a mikhdaba or water-pail, and she would pass
the hair through that water and then drink the water and he would be healed,
after which they would return the hair to the jiljal."
Imam
Ahmad narrates in his Musnad (4:42) from `Abd Allah ibn Zayd ibn `Abd Rabbih
with a sound (sahih) chain as stated by Haythami in Majma` al-zawa'id (3:19)
that the Prophet clipped his nails and distributed them among the people.
Funerals
(Al-Janaa'iz) Bukhari :: Book 2 ::
Volume 23 :: Hadith 433 Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's
Apostle came to Abdullah bin Ubai (a hypocrite) after his death and he has been
laid in his pit (grave). He ordered (that he be taken out of the grave) and he
was taken out. Then he placed him on his knees and threw some of his saliva on
him and clothed him in his (the Prophet's) own shirt. Allah knows better
(why he did so). 'Abdullah bin Ubai had given his shirt to Al-Abbas to wear.
Abu Harun said, "Allah's Apostle at that time had two shirts and the son
of 'Abdullah bin Ubai said to him, 'O Allah's Apostle! Clothe my father in your
shirt which has been in contact with your skin.' ' Sufyan added, "Thus
people think that the Prophet clothed 'Abdullah bin Tubal in his shirt in lieu
of what he (Abdullah) had done (for Al Abbas, the Prophet's uncle.)"
Cup
Hajjaj
ibn Hassan said: "We were at Anas's house and he brought up the Prophet's cup
from a black pouch. He ordered that it be filled with water and we drank from
it and poured some of it on our heads and faces and sent blessings on the
Prophet. Ahmad, Ibn Kathir.
`Asim
said: "I saw that cup and I drank from it." Bukhari.
Minbar
Ibn
`Umar used to touch the seat of the Prophet's minbar and then wipe his face for
blessing. al-Mughni 3:559; al-Shifa' 2:54; Ibn Sa`d, Tabaqat 1:13; Mawsu`at
Fiqh `Abdullah ibn `Umar p. 52.
From
Abu Hurayra, Jabir, Abu Imama, and Malik: The Prophet made it a sunna to swear
to the truth on top of his minbar. Nisa'i, Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja, and
otehrs. Bukhari confirms it. Ibn Hajar says: and in Mecca, one swears between
the Yemeni corner and Maqam Ibrahim. (Fath al-Bari)
Money
The Prophet Gave Away
-
Jabir sold a camel to the Prophet and the latter
gave instructions to Bilal to add a qirat (1/12 dirham) to the agreed sale
price. Jabir said: "The Prophet's addition shall never leave me," and
he kept it with him after that. Bukhari.
Staffs
When
`Abdullah ibn Anis came back from one of the battles having killed Khalid ibn
Sufyan ibn Nabih, the Prophet gifted him his staff and said to him: "It
will be a sign between you and me on the Day of Resurrection." Thereafter
he never parted with it and it was buried with him when he died. Ahmad 3:496,
al-Waqidi 2:533.
Qadi
`Iyad relates in his book al-Shifa', in the chapter entitled "Esteem for
the things and places connected with the Prophet," that after Jihjah
al-Ghifari took the Prophet's staff from the hands of `Uthman and tried to
break it accross his knee, infection seized his knee which led to its
amputation, and he died before the end of the year.
Prophet's
Musallas or Places Of Prayer
Many
chains of transmission: `Utban ibn Malik was one of the Companions of the
battle of Badr. After he became blind he said to the Prophet: "I would
like you to pray in my house so that I can pray where you prayed." The
Prophet went to his house and asked where exactly he would like him to pray. He
indicated a spot to him and the Prophet prayed there. Bukhari and Muslim. The
version in Muslim has: I (`Utban) sent for the Prophet the message: "Come
and lay for me a place for worship [khutta li masjidan]." Imam Nawawi in
Sharh Sahih Muslim said: "It means: "Mark for me a spot that I can
take as a place for worship by obtaining blessing from your having been there
[mutabarrikan bi aathaarika]
Ibn
`Umar derived blessings even from walking in the same spots where Prophet had
walked and praying exactly where he had prayed both at the Ka`ba and on his
travels, and that he watered a certain tree under which Prophet had prayed so
that it would not die. Bukhari, Bayhaqi (Sunan 5:245).
The
Prophet's grave
Dawud
ibn Salih says: "[The Caliph] Marwan [ibn al-Hakam] one day saw a man
placing his face on top of the grave of the Prophet. He said: "Do you know
what you are doing?" When he came near him, he realized it was Abu Ayyub
al-Ansari. The latter said: "Yes; I came to the Prophet, not to a
stone." Ibn Hibban in his Sahih, Ahmad (5:422), Tabarani in his Mu`jam
al-kabir (4:189) and his Awsat according to Haythami in al-Zawa'id (5:245),
al-Hakim in his Mustadrak (4:515); both the latter and al-Dhahabi said it was
sahih. It is also cited by al-Subki in Shifa' al-siqam (p. 126), Ibn Taymiyya
in al-Muntaqa (2:261f.), and Haythami in al-Zawa'id (4:2).
Mu`adh
ibn Jabal and Bilal also came to the grave of the Prophet and sat weeping, and
the latter rubbed his face against it. Ibn Maja 2:1320, Ahmad, Tabarani, Subki,
Ibn `Asakir and Ibn Taymiyya.
Hafiz
al-Dhahabi writes in the compendium of his shaykhs entitled Mu`jam al-shuyukh
(1:73) in the entry devoted to his shaykh Ahmad ibn `Abd al-Mun`im al-Qazwini
(#58): "Ahmad ibn al-Mun`im related to us... [with his chain of
transmission] from Ibn `Umar that the latter disliked to touch the Prophet's
grave. I say: He disliked it because he considered it disrespect. Ahmad ibn
Hanbal was asked about touching the Prophet's grave and kissing it and he saw
nothing wrong with it. His son `Abd Allah related this from him. If it is said:
"Why did the Companions not do this?" It is replied: "Because
they saw him with their very eyes when he was alive, enjoyed his presence
directly, kissed his very hand, almost fought with each other over the remnants
of his ablution water, shared his purified hair on the day of the greater
Pilgrimage, and even if he spat it would virtually not fall except in someone's
hand so that he could pass it over his face. Since we have not had the
tremendous fortune of sharing in this, we throw ourselves on his grave as a
mark of commitment, reverence, acceptance, and kissing. Don't you see what
Thabit al-Bunani did when he kissed the hand of Anas ibn Malik and placed it on
his face saying: "This is the hand that touched the hand of Allah's
Messenger"?
Imam
Ahmad's son `Abd Allah said: "I asked my father about the man who touches
and kisses the pommel of the Prophet's minbar to obtain blessing, or touches
the grave of the Prophet. He responded by saying: "There is nothing wrong
with it."" `Abd Allah also asked Imam Ahmad about the man who touches
the Prophet's minbar and kisses it for blessing, and who does the same with the
grave, or something to that effect, intending thereby to draw closer to Allah.
He replied: "There is nothing wrong with it." This was narrated by
`Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his book entitled al-`Ilal fi ma`rifat
al-rijal (2:492).
Prophet's
Jubba (robe or cloak)
Imam
Muslim relates that `Abd Allah, the freed slave of Asma' the daughter of Abu
Bakr, the maternal uncle of the son of `Ata', said: "Asma' sent me to
Abdullah ibn `Umar saying: "The news has reached me that you prohibit the
use of three things: the striped robe, saddle cloth made of red silk, and
fasting the whole month of Rajab." Abdullah said to me: "So far as
what you say about fasting in the month of Rajab, how about one who observes
continuous fasting? And so far as what you say about the striped garment, I
heard `Umar ibn al-Khattab say that he had heard from Allah's Messenger:
"He who wears a silk garment, has no share for him (in the
Hereafter)." And I am afraid that stripes were part of it. And so far as
the red saddle cloth is concerned, here is Abdullah's saddle cloth [=his] and
it is red." I went back to Asma' and informed her, so she said: "Here
is the cloak (jubba) of Allah's Messenger," and she brought out to me that
cloak made of Persian cloth with a hem of (silk) brocade, and its sleeves
bordered with (silk) brocade, and said: "This was Allah's Messenger's
cloak with `A'isha until she died, then I got possession of it. The Apostle of
Allah used to wear that, and we washed it for the sick so that they could seek
cure thereby." Muslim relates in the first chapter of the book of
clothing. Nawawi comments in Sharh sahih Muslim (Book 37 Chapter 2 #10):
"In this hadith is a proof that it is recommended to seek blessings
through the relics of the righteous and their clothes (wa fi hadha al-hadith
dalil `ala istihbab al-tabarruk bi aathaar al-salihin wa thiyabihim)."
Spots
And People The Prophet Had Touched
Suwayd
ibn Ghafalah reported: I saw `Umar kissing the Stone and clinging to it and
saying: "I saw Allah's Messenger bearing great love for you." This
hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the same chain of
transmitters (and the words are): "He (`Umar) said: "I know that you
are a stone, nor would I consider you of any worth, except that I saw Abu
al-Qasim bearing great love for you." And he did not mention about
clinging to it. [Muslim: 7: 2916]
The
Tabi`i Thabit al-Bunani said he used to go to Anas Ibn Malik, kiss his hands,
and say: "These are hands that touched the Prophet." He would kiss
his eyes and say: "These are eyes that saw the Prophet." Abu Ya`la
narrated it in his Musnad (6:211) and Ibn Hajar mentions it in his al-Matalib
al-`aliya (4:111). al-Haythami declared it sound in Majma` al-zawa'id (9:325).
According
to Bukhari in his Adab al-Mufrad, `Abd al-Rahman ibn Razin related that one of
the Companions, Salama ibn al-Aku`, raised his hands before a group of people
and said: "With these very hands I pledged allegiance (bay`a) to the
Messenger of Allah," upon hearing which all who were present got up and
went to kiss his hand. Another version of this hadith was also related by
Ahmad.
Abu
Malik al-Ashja`i said that he once asked another Companion of the Tree, Ibn Abi
Awfa, "Give me the hand that swore bay`at to the Messenger of Allah, Peace
be upon him, that I may kiss it." Ibn al-Muqri related it.
Bukhari
in al-Adab al-mufrad also relates that Suhayb saw Sayyidina `Ali kiss both the
hand and feet of the Prophet's uncle al-`Abbas, and that Thabit kissed the hand
of Anas because it had touched the Prophet's hand.
The
Soil And Vegetation Of Madina
Narrated
Abu Hurayra: When the people saw the first fruit (of the season or of
plantation) they brought it to Allah's Apostle. When he received it he said:
"O Allah, bless us in our fruits; and bless us in our city; and bless us
in our sa's and bless us in our mudd (i.e. in every measure). O Allah, Ibrahim
was Thy servant, Thy friend, and Thy apostle; and I am Thy servant and Thy
apostle. He (Ibrahim) made supplication to Thee for (the showering of blessings
upon) Mecca, and I am making supplication to Thee for Madina just as he made
supplication to Thee for Mecca, and the like of it in addition." He would
then call to him the youngest child and give him these fruits. [Muslim, 7:
3170]
His
Holy Hand And Feet
Usama
ibn Sharik narrates: "I came to see the Prophet while his Companions were
with him, and they seemed as still as if birds had alighted on top of their
heads. I gave him my salam and I sat down. [Then Beduins came and asked
questions which the Prophet answered.] ... The Prophet then stood up and the
people stood up. They began to kiss his hand, whereupon I took his hand and
placed it on my face. I found it more fragrant than musk and cooler than sweet
water." Narrated by Abu Dawud (#3855), Ti(2038 -- hasan sahih), Ibn Majah
(3436), al-Hakim (4:399), and Ahmad (4:278). al-Hafiz Imam Bayhaqi cites it in
Branch 15 of his Shu`ab al-iman entitled: The Fifteenth Branch of Faith, Namely
A Chapter On Rendering Honor To The Prophet, Declaring His High Rank, And
Revering Him (al-khamis `ashar min shu`ab al-iman wa huwa babun fi ta`zim
al-nabi sallallahu `alayhi wa sallama wa ijlalihi wa tawqirih) Vol. 2 p. 200
(#1528).
Narrated
`Abd Allah ibn `Umar: Ibn `Umar was sent with a detachment by the Apostle of
Allah. The people wheeled round in flight. He said: I was one of those who
wheeled round in flight. When we stopped, we said: What should we do? We have
run away from the battlefield and deserve Allah's wrath. Then we said: Let us
enter Medina, stay there, and go there while no one sees us. So we entered the
city and thought: If we present ourselves before Allah's Apostle, and if there
is a change of repentance for us, we shall stay; if there is something else, we
shall go away. So we sat down (waiting) for the Apostle of Allah before the
dawn prayer. When he came out, we stood up to him and said: We are the ones who
have fled. He turned to us and said: No, you are the ones who return to fight
after wheeling away. We then approached and kissed his hand, and he said: I am
the main body of the Muslims. (Abu Dawud, Book 14 [Jihad], Number 2641.)
Narrated
Usayd ibn Hudayr: AbdurRahman ibn Abu Layla, quoting Usayd ibn Hudayr, a man of
the Ansar, said that while he was given to jesting and was talking to the
people and making them laugh, the Prophet poked him under the ribs with a
stick. He said: Let me take retaliation. He said: Take retaliation. He said:
You are wearing a shirt but I am not. The Prophet then raised his shirt and the
man embraced him and began to KISS HIS SIDE. Then he said: This is what I
wanted, Apostle of Allah! (Abu Dawud, Book 41, Number 5205.)
Ibn
`Abd al-Barr relates, in his Isti`ab fi Ma`rifat al-as-hab (p. 673), that the
Prophet, after forbidding two or three times the use of khaluq (a kind of
perfume mixed with saffron), and finding that Sawad ibn `Amr al-Qari al-Ansari
was wearing it, nudged him in the mid-section with a palm-tree stalk (jarida)
and scratched him. The latter asked for reparation; when the Prophet bared his
own belly to him, he jumped and kissed the Prophet's belly.
Narrated
Buhaysah al-Fazariyyah: My father sought permission from the Prophet. Then he
came near him, lifted his shirt, and began to kiss him and embrace him out of
love for him... (Abu Dawud, Book 9, Number 1665.)
places
the Prophet visited Narrated Abu Burda: When I came to Medina. I met Abdullah
bin Salam. He said, "Will you come to me so that I may serve you with
Sawiq (i.e. powdered barley) and dates, and let you enter a (blessed) house in
which the Prophet entered?"
(Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 58, Number 159)
Bukhari
and Tirmidhi narrate from Qatada: "I asked Anas to describe the sandals of
Allah's Messenger and he replied: Each sandal had two straps"; and from
`Isa ibn Tahman: "Anas took out a pair of shoes and showed them to us.
They did not have hair on them." (The remark refers to the Arabian
practice of not removing the hair from the leather from which shoes were made.)
Bukhari, Malik, and Abu Dawud relate that `Ubayd ibn Jarih said to `Abd Allah
ibn `Umar: "I saw you wear tanned sandals." He replied: "I saw
the Prophet wearing sandals with no hair on them and perform ablution in them,
and so I like to wear them."
al-Qastallani
in his Mawahib al-laduniyya said that Ibn Mas`ud was one of the Prophet's
servants and that he used to bring for the Prophet his cushion (wisada), his
tooth-stick (siwak), his two sandals (na`layn), and the water for his ablution.
When the Prophet rose he would put his sandals on him; when he sat he would
carry his sandals in his arms until he rose.
Allah
knows best