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Chapter 39 The Book of Greetings • 210 Hadiths 36

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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The rider should first greet the pedestrian, and the pedestrian the one who is seated and a small group should greet a larger group (with as-Salam-u-'Alaikum)...

Abu Talha reported:While we were sitting in front of the houses and talking amongst ourselves, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to come there. He stood by us and said: What about you and your meetings on the paths? Avoid these meetings on the paths. We...

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Avoid sitting on the paths. They (the Companions) said: Allah's Messenger, we cannot help but holding our meetings (in these paths) and discuss matters (there). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) s...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of transmitters...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Five are the rights of a Muslim over his brother: responding to salutation, saying Yarhamuk Allah when anybody sneezes and says al-Hamdulillah, visiting the sick. following the bier. ' Abd al-Razza...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Six are the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim. It was said to him: Allah's Messenger, what are these? Thereupon he said: When you meet him, offer him greetings;when he invites you to a feast a...

Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When the People of the Book offer you salutations, you should say: The same to you...

Anas reported that the Companions of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said to him:The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too)...

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When the Jews offer you salutations, some of them say as-Sam-u-'Alaikum (death be upon you). You should say (in response to it): Let it be upon you...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording...

A'isha reported that a group of Jews came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and sought his audience and said:As-Sam-u-'Alaikum. A'isha said in response: As-Sam-u-'Alaikum (death be upon you) and curse also, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: 'A'isha, veril...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:I said 'Alaikum, and the transmitter did not make mention of the word "and...

A'isha reported that some Jews came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and they said:Abu'l-Qasim (the Kunya of the Holy Prophet), as-Sam-u-'Alaikum, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Wa 'Alaikum. A'isha reported: In response to these words of theirs, I said:...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'znash with a slight variation of wording. 'A'isha understood their meaning and cursed them and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:'A'isha. (do not do that) for Allah does not like the use of harsh words, an...

Jabir b. Abdullah reported that some people from amongst the Jews said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Abu'l-Qasim. as-Sam-u-'Alaikum, whereupon he said:Wa 'Alaikum, A'isha was enraged and asked him (Allah's Apostle) whether he had not heard what they had s...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording. The hadith transmitted on the authority of Waki', the words are 'When you meet the Jews." And in the hadith transmitt...

Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to pass by young boys he would great them...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sayyar with the same chain of transmitters...

Sayyar reported:I was walking with Thibit al-Bunani that he happened to pass by children and he greeted them. And Thibit reported that he walked with Anas and he happened to pass by children and he greeted them. and Anas reported that he walked with ...

Ibn Mas'ud reported:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: The sign that you have been permitted to come in is that the curtain is raised or that you hear me speaking quietly until I forbid you...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters...

A'isha reported that Sauda (Allah he pleated with her) went out (in the fields) in order to answer the call of nature even after the time when veil had been prescribed for women. She had been a bulky lady, significant in height amongst the women, and...

A'isha reported that the wives of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to go out in the cover of night when they went to open fields (in the outskirts of Medina) for easing themselves. 'Umar b Khattab used to say:Allah's Messenger, ask your ladies to observe v...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters...

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Behold, no person should spend the night with a married woman, but only in case he is married to her or he is her Mahram...

Uqba b. `Amir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Beware of getting, into the houses and meeting women (in seclusion). A person from the Ansar said: Allah's Messenger, what about husband's brother, whereupon he (ﷺ) said: Husband's brother is lik...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yazid b. Abu Habib with the same chain of transmitters...

Ibn Wahb reported:I heard Laith b. Said as saying: Al-Hamv means the brother of husband or like it from amongst the relatives of the husband, for example, cousin, etc...

Abdullah b. 'Amr. b. al-'As reported that some persons from Banu Hisham entered the house of Asma' daughter of 'Umais when Abu Bakr also entered (and she was at that time his wife). He (Abu Bakr) saw it and disapproved of it and he made a mention of ...

Anas reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the company of one of his wives a person happened to pass by them. He called him and when he came, he said to him:0 so and so, she was my such and such wife. Thereupon he said, Allah's Messenger, i...

Safiyya daughter of Huyyay (the wife of Allah's Apostle) reported that while Allah's Messenger (may peace be. upon him) had been observing I'tikaf, I came to visit him one night and talked with him for some time. Then I stood up to go back and he (Al...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Safiyya, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), through another chain of transmitters (and the words) are:" She went to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) to visit him as he was observing I'tikaf in the mosque during Rama...

Abu Waqid al-Laith reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting in the mosque along wish tome people when there came to him three persons; two of them stepped forward to the direction of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and one of them went away. The two st...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ishaq b. 'Abdullah b. Talha with the same chain of transmitters...

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said:None of you should make another one stand in the meeting and then occupy his place...

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:No person should ask another person to stand at his place and then he should himself sit there, but he should simply say: Make room and accommodate...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters. but with a slight variation of wording...

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:None should make one'& brother stand and then sit at his place (and it was common with) Ibn Umar that when any person stood in the company (with a view to making room for him) he did not sit there...

This hadith hilt been reported on the authority of Ma'mar with the same chain of transmitters...

Jabir reported Allah's Apostle (may peace he upon him) as saying:None amongst you should make his brother stand on Friday (during the congregational prayer) and then occupy his-place. but he should only say to him (Accommodate me)...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When anyone amongst you stands up, and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina, the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes away) and then comes back to it, he his the gre...

Umm Salama reported that she had a eunuch (as a slave) in her house. Allah's Messenger imay peace be upon him) was once in the house that he (the eunuch) said to the brother of Umm Salama:Abdullahb. Aba Umayya. if Allah grants you victory in Ta'if on...

A'isha reported that a eunuch used to come to the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and they did not And anything objectionable in his visit considering him to be a male without any sexual desire. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) one day came as he was sitting with so...

Asma' daughter of Abu Bakr reported that the was married to Zubair. He had neither land nor wealth nor slave nor anything else like it except a bom. She further said:I grazed his horse. provided fodder to it and looked after it, and ground dates for ...

Asma' reported:I performed the household duties of Zubair and he had a horse; I used to look after it. Nothing was more burdensome for me than looking after the horse I used to bring grass for it and looked after it, then I got a servant as Allah's A...

Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When there are three (persons), two should not converse secretly between themselves to the exclusion of the (third) one...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of lbn 'Umar through two different chains of transmitters...

Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:If you are three, two amongst you should not converse secretly between yourselves to the exclusion of the other (third one), unti some other people join him (and dispel his loneliness), for it may hur...

Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:If you are three, two should not converse secretly to the exclusion of your companion for that hurts his feelings...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters...

A'isha (the wife of Allah's Apostle) said:When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell ill, Gabriel used to recite this: "In the name of Allah, may He cure you from all kinds of illnesses and safeguard you from the evil of a jealous one when he feels jealous and ...

Abu Sa'id reported that Gabriel came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:Muhammad, have you fallen ill? Thereupon he said: Yes. He (Gabriel) said: "In the name of Allah I exorcise you from everything and safeguard you from every evil that may harm you ...

Abu Huraira reported so many abidith from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The influence of an evil eye is a fact...

Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The influence of an evil eye is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take bath (as a cure) from the influence of an evil ...

A'isha reported:that a Jew from among the Jews of Banu Zuraiq who was called Labid b. al-A'sam cast a spell upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with the result that he (under the influence of the spell) felt that he had been doing something whereas in fact he...

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was affected with a spell, the rest of the hadith is the same but with this variation of wording:" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to the well and looked towards it and there were trees of date-palm near it. I ('...

Anas reported that a Jewess came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with poisoned mutton and he took of that what had been brought to him (Allah's Messenger). (When the effect of this poison were felt by him) he called for her and asked her about that, whereup...

Anas b. Malik reported that a Jewess brought poisoned meat and then served it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)...

A'isha reported:When any person amongst us fell ill, Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) used to rub him with his right band and then say: O Lord of the people, grant him health, heal him, for Thou art a Greet Healer. There is no healere, but w...

This. hadith has been reported on the authority of Shu'ba through another chain of transmitters (and the words are):" He rubbed him with his hand" and (in) the hadith transmitted on the authority of Thauri (the words are)." He used to rub with his ri...

A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited the sick he would say: Lord of the people. remove the disease, cure him, for Thou art the great Curer, there is no cure but through Thine healing Power, which leaves n...

A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to visit any sick he supplicated for him and said:Lord of the people, remove the malady, cure him for Thou art a great Curer. There is no cure but through Thine healing Power which leaves no troubl...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording...

A'isha reported:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite (this supplication) as the words of incantation:" Lord of the people, remove the trouble for in Thine Hand is the cure; none is there to relieve him (the burden of disease) but only Thou...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitted...

A'isha reported that when any of the members of the household fell ill Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to blow over him by reciting Mu'awwidhatan, and when he suffered from illness of which he died I used to blow over him and rubbed his body with his hand...

A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell ill, he recited over his body Mu'awwidhatan and blew over him and when his sickness was aggravated I used to recite over him and rub him with his band with the hope that it was more blessed...

This hadith has been narrated through some other chains of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yanus and Ziyari (the words are):" When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) fell ill, he blew over his body ...

Abd al-Rahman b. al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father:I asked 'A'isha about incantation. She said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had granted its sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation in curing every type of poison...

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) granted sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation (for removing the effects) of the poison of the scorpion...

A'isha reported that when any person fell ill with a disease or he had any ailment or he had any injury, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) placed his forefinger upon the ground and then lifted it by reciting the name of Allah. (and said):The dust of our gro...

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded the use of incantation for curing the influence of an evil eye...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mis'ar with the same chain of transmitters...

A'isha reported:Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) commanded me that I should make use of incantation for curing the influence of an evil eye...

Anas b. Malik reported in connection with incantation that he had been granted sanction (to use incantation as a remedy) for the sting of the scorpion and for curing small pustules and dispelling the influence of an evil eye...

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) granted him sanction to use incantation (as a cure) for the, influence of an evil eye, the sting of the scorpion and small pustules...

Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to a small girl in the house of Umm Salama that he had been seeing on her face black stains and told her that that was due to the infiluence of an evil eye, and he ...

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) granted sanction to the family of Hazm for incantation (in mitigating the effect of the poison of) the snake, and, he said -to Asma' daughter of 'Umais:What is this that I see the children of my br...

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) granted a special sanction for incantation in case of the snake poison to a tribe of 'Amr. Abu Zubair said:I heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah as saying that the scorpion stung one of us as we were sitting ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording...

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported I had a maternal uncle who treated the sting of the scorpion with the help of incantation. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade incantation. He came to him and said:Allah's Messenger, you forbade to practise incantation, whereas ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters...

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited incantation. Then the people of Amr b. Hazm came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:We know an incantation which we use for curing the sting of the scorpion but you have prohibited it. They recited (the ...

Auf b. Malik Ashja'i reported We practised incantation in the pre-Islamic days and we said:Allah's Messenger. what is your opinion about it? He said: Let me know your incantation and said: There is no harm in the incantation which does not smack of p...

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that some persons amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) set out on a journey and they happened to pass by a tribe from the tribes of Arabia. They demanded hospitality from the members of that tribe, but they did no...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Bishr with the same the same chain of transmitters (with these words):That he recited Umm-ul-Qur'an (Sura Fatiha), and he collected his spittle and he applied that and the person became all right...

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported:We landed at a place where a woman came to us and said: A scorpion has bitten the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst you? A person amongst us stood up (and went with her). We had no idea that he had been ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters and he said:There stood up with her a person amongst us whom we did not know before as an incantator...

Uthman b. Abu al-'As Al-Thaqafi reported that he made a complaint of pain to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he felt in his body at the time he had become Muslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Place your hand at the place where you feel pain in you...

Uthman b. Abu al-'As reported that he came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said:Allah's Messenger, the Satan intervenes between me and my prayer and my reciting of the Qur'an and he confounds me. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:, That is (the doing...

Uthman b. Abu al-'As reported that he came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and he narrated like this. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Salam b. Nuh there is no mention of three times...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Uthman b. Abu al-'As with a slight variation of wording...

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious...

Jabir reported that he visited Muqanna' and then said:I will not go away unless you get yourself cupped, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: It is a remedy...

Asim b. 'Umar b. Qatada reported:There came to our house 'Abdullah and another person from amongst the members of the household who complained of a wound. Jabir said: What ails you? He said: There is a wound which is very painful for me, whereupon he...

Jabir reported that Umm Salama sought permission from Allah's messenger (may Allah's peace upon him) tor getting herself cupped. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) asked Abu Taiba to cup her. He (Jabir) said:I think he (Abu Taiba) was her faster brother or a y...

Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a phystian to Ubayy b. Ka'b. He cut the vein and then cauterised it...

A'mash reported this with the same chain of transmitters and he made no mention of the fact that he cut one of his veins...

Jabir b. 'Abdillah reported that on the day of Ahzab Ubayy received the wound of an arrow in his medial arm vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it...

Jabir reported that Sa'd b. Mu'adh received a wound of the arrow in his vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it with a rod and it was swollen, to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did it for the second time...

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got himself cupped and gave to the cupper his wages and he put the medicine in the nostril...

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got himself cupped and never withheld the wages of anyone...

Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The fever from the vehement raging of the (heat of Hell), so cool it with the help of water...

Ibn Umar reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is due to vehemence of the heat of Hell, so cool it with water...

Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is from the vehement raging of the fire of Hell, so extinguish it with water...

Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is from the vehement Paging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water...

A'isha reported Allah's messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Fever is from the vehement raging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters...

Asma' reported that a woman running high fever was brought to her. She asked water to be brought and then sprinkled it in the opening of a shirt at the uppermost part of the chest and said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said:Cool (the fever) with wat...

Hisham reported this hadith with the same chain of transmitters. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Ibn Numair (the words are):" She poured water on her sides and in the opening of the shirt at the uppermost part of the chest." There is no...

Rafi' b. Khadij reported:I heard Allah's messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of the Hell, so cool it with water...

Rafi' b. Khadij reported:I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down in your (bodies) with water. Aba Bakr has made no mention of the word" from you" ('ankum), but he said that Rafi' b. Khadi...

A'isha reported:we (intended to pour) medicine in the mouth of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his illness, but he pointed out (with the gesture of his hand) that it should not be poured into the mouth against his will. We said: (It was perhaps due to the n...

Umm Qais, daughter of Mihsan, the sister of 'Ukasha b. Mihsan said:I visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with my son who had not, by that time, been weaned and he urinated over his (clothes). He ordered water to be brought and sprinkled (it) over the...

Umm Qais, daughter of Mihsan, was one of the earlier female emigrants who had pledged allegiance to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). She was the sister of Ukasha b. Mihsan, one of the posterity of Asad b. Khuzaima. She reported that she came to Allah's messeng...

Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Nigella seed is a remedy for every disease except death...

This hadith has been narrated through other chains of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no disease for which Nigella seed does not provide remedy...

A'isha the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said:When there was any bereavement in her family the women gathered there for condolence and they departed except the members of the family and some selected persons. She asked to prepare talbina in a small cou...

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and told him that his brother's bowels were loose. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Give him honey. So he gave him that and then came and said: I gave him honey but it has only m...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording...

Amir b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported on the authority of his father that he asked Usama b. Zaid:What have you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about plague? Thereupon Usama said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Plague is a calamity which was sent to Bani ...

Usama b. Zaid reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said:Plague is the sign of a calamity with which Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, affects people from His servants. So when you hear about it, don't enter there (where it has broken out), and when...

Usama reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Plague is a calamity which was inflicted on those who were before you, or upon Bani Isra'il. So when it has broken out in a land, don't run out of it, and when it has spread in a land, then don't enter i...

Amir b. Sa'd reported that a person asked Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas about the plague, whereupon Usama b. Zaid said:I would inform you about it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is a calamity or a disease which Allah sent to a group of Bani Isra'il, or to...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij through another chain of transmitters...

Usama b. Zaid reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said this:This calamity or illness was a punishment with which were punished some of the nations before you. Then it was left upon the earth. It goes away once and comes back again. He who heard of ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with a different chain of transmitters...

Shu'ba reported from Habib:While we were in Medina we heard of plague having broken out in Kufa. 'Ata b. Yasir and others said to me that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said. If you are in a land where it (this scourge) has broken out, don't get out of it...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters except for the fact that no mention has been made of the account of 'Ata b. Yasir as in the previous hadith...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Sa'd b. Malik, Khuzaima b. Thabit and Usama b. Zaid...

Ibrahim b. Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas reported:Usama b. Zaid and Sa'd had been sitting and they had been conversing and they said this hadith...

This hadith has been transmitted by Ibrahim b. Sa'd b. Malik on the authority of his father...

Abdullah b. 'Abbas reported:Umar b. Khattab set out for Syria. As he came at Sargh (a town by the side of Hijaz on the way to Syria), there met him the commander of the forces, Abu Ubaida b. Jandb, and his companions. They informed him that a scourge...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ma'mar with the same chain of transmitters but with this addition:" Do you think that he would graze in the barren land but would abandon the green land? Would you not attribute it to be a failing on ...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Harith with a slight variation of wording...

Amir b. Rabi'ah reported:'Umar went to Syria and as he came to Sargh, information was given to him that an epidemic had broken out in Syria. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf narrated to him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said: When you hear of its presence in ...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no infection, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Allah's Messenger, how is it that when the camel is in the sand it is like a deer-then a camel afflicted with scab mixes with it and it...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no evil omen, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Allah's, Messenger.... The rest of the hadith is the same...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no trahsitive disease. Thereupon a desert Arab stood up. The rest of the hadith is the same and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Zuhri' the Prophet (ﷺ) is reported to have sai...

Abu Salama h. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, but he is also reported to have said: A sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy. Abu Salama said that Abu Huraira used to narr...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease and he also reported along with it: The ill should not be taken to the healthy...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no huma, no star promising rain, no safar...

Jabir reported Allal's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do not transmit or cause harm through supernatural or h...

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no ghoul, no safar...

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no safar, no ghoul. He (the narrator) said: I heard Abu Zubair say: Jabir explained for them the word safar. Abu Zubair said: safar means belly. It was said to ...

Abu Huraira reported:I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): What is good omen? Thereupon he said: A good word which one of you hears...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording...

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me, i. e. the good word or a good word. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves do...

Anas b. Malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me. It was said: What is good omen? He said: Sacred words...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no divination, but I like good words...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no hama, no divination, but I like good omen...

Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:If there be bad luck, it is in the house, and the wife, and the horse...

Abdullah b. 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, and bad luck is lound in the house, or wife or horse. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with other chains of transmitters but with slight variations of wording...

Umar b. Muhammad b. Zaid reported that he heard his father narrating from Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said. If bad luck is a fact, then it is in the horse, the woman and the house...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but there is no mention of the word" Haqq"" (fact)...

Abdullah b. 'Umar reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:If there is bad luck in anything, it is the horse, the abode and the woman...

Sahl b. Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:If bad luck were to be in anything, it is found in the woman, the horse and the abode...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sahl b. Sa'd with a different chain of transmitters...

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:If bad luck were to be in anything, it is found in the land, in the servant and in the horse...

Mu'awiya b. al-Hakam as-Sulami reported:I said: Messenger of Allah, there were things we used to do in the pre-Islamic days. We used to visit Kahins, whereupon he said: Don't visit Kahins. I said: We used to take omens. He said: That is a sort of per...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mu'awiya b. Hakam as-Sulami through another chain of transmitters. The hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya b. Abu Kathir (there is an addition of these words):I said: Among us there are men w...

A'isha reported:I said: Allah's Messenger, the kahins used to tell us about things (unseen) and we found them to be true. Thereupon he said: That is a word pertaining to truth which a jinn snatches and throws into the ear of his friend, and makes an ...

Urwa reported from 'A'isha that she said that people asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the kahins. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to them:It is nothing (i. e. it is a mere superstition). They said: Allah's Messenger, they at times narrate to us things wh...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters...

Abdullah. Ibn 'Abbas reported:A person from the Ansar who was amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reported to me: As we were sitting during the night with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), a meteor shot gave a dazzling light. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) s...

The hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording...

Safiyya reported from some of the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) having said:He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted...

Amr b. Sharid reported on the authority of his father that there was in the delegation of Thaqif a leper. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) sent a message to him:We have accepted your allegiance, so you may go...

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded the killing of a snake having stripes over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham. He said:The short-tailed snake and the snake having stripes over it should be killed...

Salim, on the authority of his father. reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Kill the snakes having stripes over them and short-tailed snakes, for these two types cause miscarriage (of a pregnant woman) and they affect the eyesight adversely. So Ibn...

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba talked to Ibn 'Umar to open a door in his house which would bring them nearer to the mosque and they found a fresh slough of the snake, whereupon 'Abdullah said:Find it out and kill it. Abu Lubaba said: Don't kill them,...

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden the killing of the snakes of the houses, and so he abstained from it...

Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden the killing of domestic snakes...

Abdullah reported that Abu Lubaba had informed him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden the killing of the snakes found in the house...

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir al-Ansari (first) lived in Quba. He then shifted to Medina and as he was in the company of 'Abdullah b. 'Umar opening a window for him, he suddenly saw a snake in the house. They (the inmates of the h...

Nafi' reported on the authority of his father that as 'Abdullah b. 'Umar saw one day (standing) near the ruin (of his house) the slough of a snake and said (to the people around him):Pursue this snake and kill it. Abu Lubaba Ansari said: I heard Alla...

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba happened to pass by Ibn 'Umar who lived in the fortified place near the house of 'Umar b. Khattab and was busy in keeping his eyes upon a snake and killing it, the rest of the hadith is the same...

Abdullah reported:We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread goodness" ) and we had just heard (it) from his lips that there appeared before us...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-A'mash with the same chain of transmitters...

Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded a Muhrim (one who is in the state of pilgrimage) to kill the snake at Mina...

Abdullah reported:While we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the cave, the rest of the hadith is the same as the one narrated above...

Abu as-Sa'ib, the freed slaved of Hisham b. Zuhra, said that he visited Abu Sa'id Khudri in his house, (and he further) said:I found him saying his prayer, so I sat down waiting for him to finish his prayer when I heard a stir in the bundles (of wood...

Asma' b. 'Ubaid reported about a person who was called as-Sa'ib having said:We visited Abu Sa'id Khudri. When we had been sitting (with him) we heard a stir under his bed. When we looked we found a big snake, the rest of the hadith is the same. And i...

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported Allah's Messenger having said:There is a group of jinns in Medina who accepted Islam, so he who would see anything from these occupants should warn him three times; and if he appears after that, he should kill him for he is ...

Umm Sharik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded her to kill geckos. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abi Shaiba with a slight variation of wording...

Umm Sharik reported that she consulted Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) in regard to killing of geckos, and he commanded to kill them and Umm Sharik is one of the women of Bani 'Amir b. Luwayy. This hadith has been reported through another chain of transmitters w...

Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) commanded the killing of geckos, and he called them little noxious creatures...

A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said about the gecko as a noxious creature". Harmala made this addition that she said:I did not hear that he had commanded to kill them...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:He who killed a gecko with the first stroke for him is such and such a reward, and he who killed it with a second stroke for him is such and such reward less than the first one, and he who killed i...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters (and the words are):- He who killed a gecko with the first stroke for him are ordained one hundred virtues, and with the second one less than that and...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying (that he who kills a gecko) with the first stroke there are seventy rewards for him...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:An ant had bitten a Prophet (one amongst the earlier Prophets) and he ordered that the colony of the ants should be burnt. And Allah revealed to him:" Because of an ant's bite you have burnt a comm...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:An Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah encamped under a tree, and an ant bit him, and he commanded his belongings to be removed from underneath the tree. He then commanded and it was burnt, ...

Abu Huraira reported so many ahadith and one of them was this that Allah' Messenger (ﷺ) said:When an Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah came to sit under a tree an ant bit him. He commanded his luggage to be removed from under the tree and he...

Nafi' reported from 'Abdullah that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a punishment of this offence) she was thrown into the Hell. She had not provided it with food, or drink, and had...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn 'Umar also...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:A woman was punished because of a cat. She had neither provided her with food nor drink, nor set her free so that she might eat the vermin of the earth...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of wording...

Abu Huraira reported this hadith through another chain of transmitters...

Hammam b. Manabbih reported this hadith on the authority of Abu Huraira...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as sayings:A person suffered from intense thirst while on a journey, when he found a well. He climbed down into it and drank (water) and then came out and saw a dog lolling its tongue on account of thirst an...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may pace be upon him) as saying:A prostitute saw a dog moving around a well on a hot day and hanging out its tongue because of thirst. She drew water for it in her shoe and she was pardoned (for this act of her...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There was a dog moving around a well whom thirst would have killed. Suddenly a prostitute from the prostitutes of Bani Isra'il happened to see it and she drew water in her shoe and made it drink, a...

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Hadith #1 — 92

The Book of Faith

Hadith #93 — 533

The Book of Purification

Hadith #534 — 678

The Book of Menstruation

Hadith #679 — 836

The Book of Prayers

Hadith #837 — 1160

The Book of Mosques and Places of Prayer

Hadith #1161 — 1569

The Book of Prayer - Travellers

Hadith #1570 — 1950

The Book of Prayer - Friday

Hadith #1951 — 2043

The Book of Prayer - Two Eids

Hadith #2044 — 2069

The Book of Prayer - Rain

Hadith #2070 — 2088

The Book of Prayer - Eclipses

Hadith #2089 — 2122

The Book of Prayer - Funerals

Hadith #2123 — 2262

The Book of Zakat

Hadith #2263 — 2494

The Book of Fasting

Hadith #2495 — 2779

The Book of I'tikaf

Hadith #2780 — 2790

The Book of Pilgrimage

Hadith #2791 — 3397

The Book of Marriage

Hadith #388 — 3567

The Book of Suckling

Hadith #3568 — 3651

The Book of Divorce

Hadith #3652 — 3742

The Book of Invoking Curses

Hadith #3743 — 3769

The Book of Emancipating Slaves

Hadith #3770 — 3800

The Book of Transactions

Hadith #3801 — 3961

The Book of Musaqah

Hadith #3962 — 4139

The Book of the Rules of Inheritance

Hadith #4140 — 4162

The Book of Gifts

Hadith #4163 — 4203

The Book of Wills

Hadith #4204 — 4234

The Book of Vows

Hadith #4235 — 4253

The Book of Oaths

Hadith #4254 — 4341

The Book of Oaths, Muharibin, Qasas (Retaliation), and Diyat (Blood Money)

Hadith #4342 — 4397

The Book of Legal Punishments

Hadith #4398 — 4469

The Book of Judicial Decisions

Hadith #4470 — 4497

The Book of Lost Property

Hadith #4498 — 4518

The Book of Jihad and Expeditions

Hadith #4519 — 4700

The Book on Government

Hadith #4701 — 4967

The Book of Hunting, Slaughter, and what may be Eaten

Hadith #4972 — 5063

The Book of Sacrifices

Hadith #5064 — 5126

The Book of Drinks

Hadith #5114 — 5383

The Book of Clothes and Adornment

Hadith #5385 — 5585

The Book of Manners and Etiquette

Hadith #5586 — 5645

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The Book of Greetings

Hadith #5646 — 5861

The Book Concerning the Use of Correct Words

Hadith #5862 — 5884

The Book of Poetry

Hadith #5887 — 5896

The Book of Dreams

Hadith #5897 — 5937

The Book of Virtues

Hadith #384 — 6168

The Book of the Merits of the Companions

Hadith #6169 — 6499

The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship

Hadith #6500 — 6722

The Book of Destiny

Hadith #6723 — 6774

The Book of Knowledge

Hadith #6775 — 6804

The Book Pertaining to the Remembrance of Allah, Supplication, Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness

Hadith #6805 — 6936

The Book of Heart-Melting Traditions

Hadith #6937 — 6951

The Book of Repentance

Hadith #6952 — 7023

Characteristics of The Hypocrites And Rulings Concerning Them

Hadith #7024 — 7044

Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell

Hadith #7045 — 7129

The Book of Paradise, its Description, its Bounties and its Inhabitants

Hadith #7130 — 7234

The Book of Tribulations and Portents of the Last Hour

Hadith #7235 — 7416

The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts

Hadith #7417 — 7522

The Book of Commentary on the Qur'an

Hadith #7523 — 7563

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