SIGN OF THE HOUR (DOOMSDAY)

The Book of Faith : No. 56 - Narrated Abu Huraira:

While the Prophet was saying something in a gathering, a bedouin came and asked him,

"When would the Hour (Doomsday) take place?"

Allah's Apostle continued his talk, so some people said that Allah's Apostle had heard the question, but did not like what that bedouin had asked. Some of them said that Alllah's Apostle had not heard it. When the Prophet finished his speech,

he said, "Where is the questioner, who enquired about the Hour (Doomsday)?"

The bedouin said, "I am here, O Allah's Apostle ."

Then the Prophet said, "When honesty is lost, then wait for the Hour (Doomsday)."

The bedouin said, "How will that be lost?"

The Prophet said, "When the power or authority comes in the hands of unfit persons,

then wait for the Hour (Doomsday.)"

YOU WILL BE WITH THOSE YOU LOVE

The Book of Good Manners : No. 5772 - Narrated Anas:

A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! When will The Hour be established?"

The Prophet said, "Wailaka (Woe to you), What have you prepared for it?"

The bedouin said, "I have not prepared anything for it, except that I love Allah and His Apostle."

The Prophet said, "You will be with those whom you love."

We (the companions of the Prophet ) said, "And will we too be so?

The Prophet said, "Yes."

So we became very glad on that day. In the meantime, a slave of Al-Mughira passed by, and he was of the same age as I was.

The Prophet said. "If this (slave) should live long, he will not reach the geriatric old age, but the Hour will be established."

DEALING WITH WISDOM

The Book of Purification: No. 557

Chapter: IT IS OBLIGATORY TO CLEANSE THE MOSQUE WHEN THERE ARE IMPURITIES IN IT AND THE EARTH BECOMES CLEAN OF IMPURITIES

WITH THE HELP OF WATER WITHOUT SCRAPING (THE PART OF IT)

Anas reported: A bedouin urinated in the mosque. Some of the persons stood up (to reprimand him or to check him from doing so), but

the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Leave him alone; don't interrupt him.

He (the narrator) said: And when he had finished, he (the Prophet) called for a bucket of water and poured it over.

In Sahih Al-Bukhari:

The Book of Ablution : No. 220 - Narrated Abu Huraira:

A bedouin stood up and started making water in the mosque. The people caught him

but the Prophet ordered them to leave him and to pour a bucket or a tumbler of water over the place where he had passed the urine.

The Prophet then said, "You have been sent to make things easy and not to make them difficult."

KEEP ON DOING LITTLE LITTLE DEEDS

The Book on Government : No. 4600 :

Chapter: NO MIGRATION AFTER THE CONQUEST OF MECCA BUT ALLEGIANCE COULD BE

SWORN (TO A RIGHTFUL LEADER) ON SERVING THE CAUSE OF ISLAM, ON FIGHTING IN THE WAY OF ALLAAH AND ON FOLLOWING THE PATH OF VIRTUE

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudari that :

A bedouin asked the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) about Migration.

He replied: Do you talk of Hijra? The affair of Hijra is very difficult. But have you got camels?

The bedouin said: Yes.

He asked: Do you pay the poor-rate payable on their account?

He replied: Yes.

He (the Prophet) said: Go on doing good deeds (across the seas), for surely God will not leave any of your deeds unrewarded.

In Sahih Al-Bhkari :

The Book of the Merits of the Ansar: No. 3659 - Narrated Abu Said:

Once a bedouin came to the Prophet and asked him about the migration.

The Prophet said, "Mercy of Allah be on you! The migration is a quite difficult matter. Have you got some camels?"

He replied in the affirmative.

Then the Prophet said, "Do you give their Zakat?"

He replied in the affirmative.

The Prophet said, "Do you let others benefit by their milk gratis?"

He replied in the affirmative.

Then the Prophet asked, "Do you milk them on their watering days and give their milk to the poor and needy?"

He replied in the affirmative.

The Prophet, said, "Go on doing like this from beyond the seas, and there is no doubt that Allah will not overlook any of your good deeds."

NO MORE NO LESS NO INNOVATIONS... SUNNAH IS ENOUGH

The Book of Faith : No. 14
Chapter : CONCERNING IMAN BY WHICH A PERSON WOULD ENTER HEAVEN

It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that a bedouin came to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and said:

Messenger of Allaah, direct me to a deed by which I may be entitled to enter Paradise.

Upon this he (the Prophet) remarked: You worship Allaah and never associate anything with Him, establish the obligatory prayer, and pay the Zakat which is incumbent upon you, and observe the fast of Ramadan.

He (the bedouin) said: By Him in Whose hand is my life, I will never add anything to it, nor will I diminish anything from it.

When he (the bedouin) turned his back, the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said:

He who is pleased to see a man from the dwellers of Paradise should catch a glimpse of him.

In Sahih Al-Bukhari :

The Book of Fasting : No. 1777 - Narrated Talha bin 'Ubaid-Ullah:

A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Inform me what Allah has made compulsory for me as regards the prayers."

He replied: "You have to offer perfectly the five compulsory prayers in a day and night (24 hours), unless you want to pray Nawafil."

The bedouin further asked, "Inform me what Allah has made compulsory for me as regards fasting."

He replied, "You have to fast during the whole month of Ramadan, unless you want to fast more as Nawafil."

The bedouin further asked, "Tell me how much Zakat Allah has enjoined on me."

Thus, Allah's Apostle informed him about all the rules (i.e. fundamentals) of Islam.

The bedouin then said, "By Him Who has honored you, I will neither perform any Nawafil nor will I decrease what Allah has enjoined on me.

Allah's Apostle said, "If he is saying the truth, he will succeed (or he will be granted Paradise)."

RIGHT FIRST ALWAYS

The Book of Distribution of Water : No. 2204 - Narrated Az-Zuhri:

Anas bin Malik said, that once a domestic sheep was milked for Allah's Apostle while he was in the house of Anas bin Malik.

The milk was mixed with water drawn from the well in Anas's house. A tumbler of it was presented to Allah's Apostle who drank from it. Then Abu Bakr was sitting on his left side and a bedouin on his right side. When the Prophet removed the tumbler from his mouth, 'Umar was afraid that the Prophet might give it to the bedouin,

so he (Umar) said. "O Allah's Apostle! Give it to Abu Bakr who is sitting by your side."

But the Prophet gave it to the bedouin, who was to his right

and said, "You should start with the one on your right side."

In another hadith :

The Book of Drinks : No. 5248 - Narrated Anas bin Malik:

I saw Allah's Apostle drinking milk. He came to my house and I milked a sheep and then mixed the milk with water from the well for Allah's Apostle. He took the bowl and drank while on his left there was sitting Abu Bakr, and on his right there was a bedouin. He then gave the remaining milk to the bedouin

and said, "The right! The right (first)."

Sahih Al-Bukhari : The Book of Lost Things Picked Up : No. 2280 - Narrated Zaid bin Khalid:

A bedouin asked the Prophet about the Luqata.

The Prophet said, "Make public announcement about it for one year and if then somebody comes and describes the container of the Luqata and the string it was tied with, (give it to him); otherwise, spend it."

He then asked the Prophet about a lost camel ?.

The face of the Prophet become red and HE (the Prophet) said, "You have o concern with it as it has its water reservoir and feet and it will reach water and drink and eat trees. Leave it till its owner finds it."

He then asked the Prophet about a lost sheep.

The Prophet said, "It is for you, for your brother, or for the wolf."

JUDGEMENT ACCORDING TO ALLAH's LAWS

Accepting Information Given by a Trustworthy Perso : No. 6792 - Narrated Abu Huraira:

While we were with Allah's Apostle a bedouin got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Settle my case according to Allah's Book (Laws)."

Then his opponent got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle! He has said the truth! Settle his case according to Allah's Book (Laws.) and allow me to speak,"

He said, "My son was a laborer for this man and he committed illegal sexual intercourse with his wife. The people told me that my son should be stoned to death but I ransomed him with one-hundred sheep and a slave girl. Then I asked the religious learned people and they told me that his wife should be stoned to death and my son should receive one-hundred lashes and be sentenced to one year of exile.'

The Prophet said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, I will judge between you according to Allah's Book (Laws): As for the slave girl and the sheep, they are to be returned; and as for your son, he shall receive one-hundred lashes and will be exiled for one year.

You, O Unais!" addressing a man from Bani Aslam, "Go tomorrow morning to the wife of this (man) and if she confesses, then stone her to death."

The next morning Unais went to the wife and she confessed, and he stoned her to death.

FORGIVED THE ENEMY

The Book of Military Expeditions: No. 3859 - Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:

We took part in the Ghazwa of Najd along with Allah's Apostle and when the time for the afternoon rest approached while he was in a valley with plenty of thorny trees, he dismounted under a tree and rested in its shade and hung his sword (on it).

The people dispersed amongst the trees in order to have shade. While we were in this state, Allah's Apostle called us and we came and found a bedouin sitting in front of him.

The Prophet said, "This (bedouin) came to me while I was asleep, and he took my sword stealthily. I woke up while he was standing by my head, holding my sword without its sheath.

He said, 'Who will save you from me?'

I replied, ‘ALLAH ! '

So he sheathed it (i.e. the sword) and sat down, and here he is."

But Allah's Apostle did not punish him.

IMPORTANCE OF IKHLAAS

The Book of One-Fifth of War Booty : No. 2913 - Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ashari:

A bedouin asked the Prophet, "A man may fight for the sake of booty, and another may fight so that he may be mentioned by the people, and a third may fight to show his position (i.e. bravery); which of these regarded as fighting in Allah's Cause?"

The Prophet said, "He who fights so that Allah's Word (i.e. Islam) should be superior, fights for Allah's Cause."

LOVE & KINDNESS TO YOUNGERS

The Book of Good Manners : No. 5611 - Narrated 'Aisha:

A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "You (people) kiss the boys! We don't kiss them."

The Prophet said, "I cannot put mercy in your heart after Allah has taken it away from it."

THE BEST MANKIND

The Book of Heart-Softening Narrations : No. 6086 - Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri:

A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! Who is the best of mankind!"

The Prophet said, "A man who strives for Allah's Cause with his life and property, and also a man who lives (all alone) in a mountain path among the mountain paths to worship his Lord and save the people from his evil."

EVERYTHING IS FROM ALLAH

The Book of Heart-Softening Narrations : No. 6093 - Narrated Anas:

The Prophet had a she-camel called Al'Adba' and it was too fast to surpass in speed. There came a bedouin riding a camel of his, and that camel outstripped it (i.e. Al-Aqba').

That result was hard on the Muslims who said sorrowfully, "Al- Adba has been outstripped."

Allah's Apostle said, "It is due from Allah that nothing would be raised high in this world except that He lowers or puts it down."

SETTLING THE DOUBTS

The Book of Holding Fast to the Book and the Sunnah) : No. 6844 - Narrated Abu Huraira:

A bedouin came to Allah's Apostle and said, "My wife has delivered a black boy, and I suspect that he is not my child."

Allah's Apostle said to him, "Have you got camels?"

The bedouin said, "Yes."

The Prophet said, "What color are they?"

The bedouin said, "They are red."

The Prophet said, "Are any of them Grey?"

He said, "There are Grey ones among them."

The Prophet said, "Whence do you think this color came to them?"

The bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! It resulted from hereditary disposition."

The Prophet said, "And this (i.e., your child) has inherited his color from his ancestors."

The Prophet did not allow him to deny his paternity of the child.

THE BIGEST SIN

The Book of Dealing With Apostates : No. 6482 - Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:

A bedouin came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What are the biggest sins?:

The Prophet said, "To join others in worship with Allah."

The bedouin said, "What is next?"

The Prophet said, "To be undutiful to one's parents."

The bedouin said "What is next?"

The Prophet said "To take an oath 'Al-Ghamus."

The bedouin said, "What is an oath 'Al-Ghamus'?"

The Prophet said, "The false oath through which one deprives a Muslim of his property (unjustly)."

SENSE OF HUMOR

The Book of Tawheed (Monotheism) : No. 7037 - Narrated Abu Huraira:

Once the Prophet was preaching while a bedouin was sitting there.

The Prophet said, "A man from among the people of Paradise will request Allah to allow him to cultivate the land Allah will say to him, 'Haven't you got whatever you desire?' He will reply, 'yes, but I like to cultivate the land (Allah will permit him and) he will sow the seeds, and within seconds the plants will grow and ripen and (the yield) will be harvested and piled in heaps like mountains. On that Allah will say (to him), "Take, here you are, O son of Adam, for nothing satisfies you.' "

On that the bedouin said, "O Allah's Apostle! Such man must be either from Quraish or from Ansar, for they are farmers while we are not."

On that Allah's Apostle smiled.