Sahih al-Bukhari — Merits of the Helpers in Madinah (Ansaar)

Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anybody has to take an oath, he should swear only by Allah." The people of Quraish used to swear by their fathers, but the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do not swear by your fathers

حدثنا قتيبة، حدثنا اسماعيل بن جعفر، عن عبد الله بن دينار، عن ابن عمر رضى الله عنهما عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " الا من كان حالفا فلا يحلف الا بالله ". فكانت قريش تحلف بابايها، فقال " لا تحلفوا بابايكم

Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Qasim:Al-Qasim used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He used not to get up for the funeral procession (in case it passed by him). And he narrated from `Aisha that she said, "The people of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance used to stand up for the funeral procession. When they saw it they used to say twice: 'You were noble in your family. What are you now?

حدثنا يحيى بن سليمان، قال حدثني ابن وهب، قال اخبرني عمرو، ان عبد الرحمن بن القاسم، حدثه ان القاسم كان يمشي بين يدى الجنازة ولا يقوم لها، ويخبر عن عايشة قالت كان اهل الجاهلية يقومون لها، يقولون اذا راوها كنت في اهلك ما انت. مرتين

Narrated `Umar:The pagans used not to leave Jam' (i.e. Muzdalifa) till the sun had risen on Thabir mountain. The Prophet contradicted them by leaving (Muzdalifa) before the sun rose

حدثني عمرو بن عباس، حدثنا عبد الرحمن، حدثنا سفيان، عن ابي اسحاق، عن عمرو بن ميمون، قال قال عمر رضى الله عنه ان المشركين كانوا لا يفيضون من جمع حتى تشرق الشمس على ثبير، فخالفهم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فافاض قبل ان تطلع الشمس

Narrated Husain:That `Ikrima said, "Kasan Dihaqa means glass full (of something) followed successively with other full glasses

حدثني اسحاق بن ابراهيم، قال قلت لابي اسامة حدثكم يحيى بن المهلب، حدثنا حصين، عن عكرمة، {وكاسا دهاقا} قال ملاى متتابعة

Ibn `Abbas said:"In the pre-Islamic period of ignorance I heard my father saying, "Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa

قال وقال ابن عباس سمعت ابي يقول، في الجاهلية اسقنا كاسا دهاقا

Narrated Abu Huraira:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid." He said, Verily, Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did not embrace Islam)

حدثنا ابو نعيم، حدثنا سفيان، عن عبد الملك، عن ابي سلمة، عن ابي هريرة رضى الله عنه قال قال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " اصدق كلمة قالها الشاعر كلمة لبيد الا كل شىء ما خلا الله باطل وكاد امية بن ابي الصلت ان يسلم

Narrated `Aisha:Abu Bakr had a slave who used to give him some of his earnings. Abu Bakr used to eat from it. One day he brought something and Abu Bakr ate from it. The slave said to him, "Do you know what this is?" Abu Bakr then enquired, "What is it?" The slave said, "Once, in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance I foretold somebody's future though I did not know this knowledge of foretelling but I, cheated him, and when he met me, he gave me something for that service, and that is what you have eaten from." Then Abu Bakr put his hand in his mouth and vomited whatever was present in his stomach

حدثنا اسماعيل، حدثني اخي، عن سليمان، عن يحيى بن سعيد، عن عبد الرحمن بن القاسم، عن القاسم بن محمد، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها قالت كان لابي بكر غلام يخرج له الخراج، وكان ابو بكر ياكل من خراجه، فجاء يوما بشىء فاكل منه ابو بكر فقال له الغلام تدري ما هذا فقال ابو بكر وما هو قال كنت تكهنت لانسان في الجاهلية وما احسن الكهانة، الا اني خدعته، فلقيني فاعطاني بذلك، فهذا الذي اكلت منه. فادخل ابو بكر يده فقاء كل شىء في بطنه

Narrated Ibn `Umar:In the pre-Islamic period of ignorance the people used to bargain with the meat of camels on the principle of Habal-al-Habala which meant the sale of a she-camel that would be born by a she-camel that had not yet been born. The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade them such a transaction

حدثنا مسدد، حدثنا يحيى، عن عبيد الله، اخبرني نافع، عن ابن عمر رضى الله عنهما قال كان اهل الجاهلية يتبايعون لحوم الجزور الى حبل الحبلة، قال وحبل الحبلة ان تنتج الناقة ما في بطنها، ثم تحمل التي نتجت، فنهاهم النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عن ذلك

Narrated Ghailan bin Jarir:We used to visit Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the Ansar, and used to say to me: "Your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day

حدثنا ابو النعمان، حدثنا مهدي، قال غيلان بن جرير كنا ناتي انس بن مالك فيحدثنا عن الانصار،، وكان، يقول لي فعل قومك كذا وكذا يوم كذا وكذا، وفعل قومك كذا وكذا يوم كذا وكذا

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:The first event of Qasama in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance was practiced by us (i.e. Banu Hashim). A man from Banu Hashim was employed by a Quraishi man from another branch-family. The (Hashimi) laborer set out with the Quraishi driving his camels. There passed by him another man from Banu Hashim. The leather rope of the latter's bag had broken so he said to the laborer, "Will you help me by giving me a rope in order to tie the handle of my bag lest the camels should run away from me?" The laborer gave him a rope and the latter tied his bag with it. When the caravan halted, all the camels' legs were tied with their fetters except one camel. The employer asked the laborer, "Why, from among all the camels has this camel not been fettered?" He replied, "There is no fetter for it." The Quraishi asked, "Where is its fetter?" and hit the laborer with a stick that caused his death (later on Just before his death) a man from Yemen passed by him. The laborer asked (him), "Will you go for the pilgrimage?" He replied, "I do not think I will attend it, but perhaps I will attend it." The (Hashimi) laborer said, "Will you please convey a message for me once in your life?" The other man said, "yes." The laborer wrote: 'When you attend the pilgrimage, call the family of Quraish, and if they respond to you, call the family of Banu Hashim, and if they respond to you, ask about Abu Talib and tell him that so-and-so has killed me for a fetter." Then the laborer expired. When the employer reached (Mecca), Abu Talib visited him and asked, "What has happened to our companion?" He said, "He became ill and I looked after him nicely (but he died) and I buried him." Then Abu Talib said, "The deceased deserved this from you." After some time, the messenger whom the laborer had asked to convey the message, reached during the pilgrimage season. He called, "O the family of Quraish!" The people replied, "This is Quraish." Then he called, "O the family of Banu Hashim!" Again the people replied, "This is Banu Hashim." He asked, "Who is Abu Talib?" The people replied, "This is Abu Talib." He said, "'So-and-so has asked me to convey a message to you that so-and-so has killed him for a fetter (of a camel)." Then Abu Talib went to the (Quraishi) killer and said to him, "Choose one of three alternatives: (i) If you wish, give us one-hundred camels because you have murdered our companion, (ii) or if you wish, fifty of your men should take an oath that you have not murdered our companion, and if you do not accept this, (iii) we will kill you in Qisas." The killer went to his people and they said, "We will take an oath." Then a woman from Banu Hashim who was married to one of them (i.e.the Quraishis) and had given birth to a child from him, came to Abu Talib and said, "O Abu Talib! I wish that my son from among the fifty men, should be excused from this oath, and that he should not take the oath where the oathtaking is carried on." Abu Talib excused him. Then another man from them came (to Abu Talib) and said, "O Abu Talib! You want fifty persons to take an oath instead of giving a hundred camels, and that means each man has to give two camels (in case he does not take an oath). So there are two camels I would like you to accept from me and excuse me from taking an oath when the oaths are taken. Abu Talib accepted them from him. Then 48 men came and took the oath. Ibn `Abbas further said: By Him in Whose Hand my life is, before the end of that year, none of those 48 persons remained alive

Narrated 'Aisha: Allah caused the day of Buath to take place before Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sent (as an Apostle) so that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reached Medina, those people had already divided (in different groups) and their chiefs had been killed or wounded. So Allah made that day precede Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) so that they (i.e. the Ansar) might embrace Islam

حدثني عبيد بن اسماعيل، حدثنا ابو اسامة، عن هشام، عن ابيه، عن عايشة رضى الله عنها قالت كان يوم بعاث يوما قدمه الله لرسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم، فقدم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وقد افترق ملوهم، وقتلت سرواتهم وجرحوا، قدمه الله لرسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم في دخولهم في الاسلام

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:To run along the valley between two green pillars of Safa and Marwa (mountains) was not Sunna, but the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance used to run along it, and used to say: "We do not cross this rain stream except running strongly

وقال ابن وهب اخبرنا عمرو، عن بكير بن الاشج، ان كريبا، مولى ابن عباس حدثه ان ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال ليس السعى ببطن الوادي بين الصفا والمروة سنة، انما كان اهل الجاهلية يسعونها ويقولون لا نجيز البطحاء الا شدا

Narrated Abu As-Safar:I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "O people! Listen to what I say to you, and let me hear whatever you say, and don't go (without understanding), and start saying, 'Ibn `Abbas said so-and-so, Ibn `Abbas said so-and-so, Ibn `Abbas said so-and-so.' He who wants to perform the Tawaf around the Ka`ba should go behind Al-Hijr (i.e. a portion of the Ka`ba left out unroofed) and do not call it Al-Hatim, for in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance if any man took an oath, he used to throw his whip, shoes or bow in it

حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد الجعفي، حدثنا سفيان، اخبرنا مطرف، سمعت ابا السفر، يقول سمعت ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما يقول يا ايها الناس، اسمعوا مني ما اقول لكم، واسمعوني ما تقولون، ولا تذهبوا فتقولوا قال ابن عباس، قال ابن عباس من طاف بالبيت فليطف من وراء الحجر، ولا تقولوا الحطيم، فان الرجل في الجاهلية كان يحلف فيلقي سوطه او نعله او قوسه

Narrated `Amr bin Maimun:During the pre-Islamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them

حدثنا نعيم بن حماد، حدثنا هشيم، عن حصين، عن عمرو بن ميمون، قال رايت في الجاهلية قردة اجتمع عليها قردة قد زنت، فرجموها فرجمتها معهم

Narrated Sufyan:'Ubaidullah said: "I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "Following are some traits of the people of the pre- Islamic period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the dead." 'Ubaidullah forgot the third trait. Sufyan said, "They say it (i.e. the third trait) was to believe that rain was caused by the influence of stars (i.e. if a special star appears it will rain)

حدثنا علي بن عبد الله، حدثنا سفيان، عن عبيد الله، سمع ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال خلال من خلال الجاهلية الطعن في الانساب والنياحة، ونسي الثالثة، قال سفيان ويقولون انها الاستسقاء بالانواء

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was inspired Divinely at the age of forty. Then he stayed in Mecca for thirteen years, and then was ordered to migrate, and he migrated to Medina and stayed there for ten years and then died

حدثنا احمد بن ابي رجاء، حدثنا النضر، عن هشام، عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما قال انزل على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو ابن اربعين، فمكث ثلاث عشرة سنة، ثم امر بالهجرة، فهاجر الى المدينة، فمكث بها عشر سنين، ثم توفي صلى الله عليه وسلم

Narrated Khabbab:I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was leaning against his sheet cloak in the shade of the Ka`ba. We were suffering greatly from the pagans in those days. I said (to him), "Will you invoke Allah (to help us)?" He sat down with a red face and said, "(A believer among) those who were before you used to be combed with iron combs so that nothing of his flesh or nerves would remain on his bones; yet that would never make him desert his religion. A saw might be put over the parting of his head which would be split into two parts, yet all that would never make him abandon his religion. Allah will surely complete this religion (i.e. Islam) so that a traveler from Sana to Hadra-maut will not be afraid of anybody except Allah." (The sub-narrator, Bayan added, "Or the wolf, lest it should harm his sheep)

حدثنا الحميدي، حدثنا سفيان، حدثنا بيان، واسماعيل، قالا سمعنا قيسا، يقول سمعت خبابا، يقول اتيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وهو متوسد بردة، وهو في ظل الكعبة، وقد لقينا من المشركين شدة فقلت الا تدعو الله فقعد وهو محمر وجهه فقال " لقد كان من قبلكم ليمشط بمشاط الحديد ما دون عظامه من لحم او عصب ما يصرفه ذلك عن دينه، ويوضع المنشار على مفرق راسه، فيشق باثنين، ما يصرفه ذلك عن دينه، وليتمن الله هذا الامر حتى يسير الراكب من صنعاء الى حضرموت ما يخاف الا الله ". زاد بيان والذيب على غنمه

Narrated `Abdullah:The Prophet (ﷺ) recited Surat An-Najm and prostrated, and there was nobody who did not prostrate then except a man whom I saw taking a handful of pebbles, lifting it, and prostrating on it. He then said, "This is sufficient for me." No doubt I saw him killed as a disbeliever afterwards

حدثنا سليمان بن حرب، حدثنا شعبة، عن ابي اسحاق، عن الاسود، عن عبد الله رضى الله عنه قال قرا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم النجم، فسجد فما بقي احد الا سجد، الا رجل رايته اخذ كفا من حصا فرفعه فسجد عليه وقال هذا يكفيني. فلقد رايته بعد قتل كافرا بالله

Narrated `Abdullah:While the Prophet (ﷺ) was prostrating, surrounded by some of Quraish, `Uqba bin Abi Mu'ait brought the intestines (i.e. Abdominal contents) of a camel and put them over the back of the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not raise his head, (till) Fatima, came and took it off his back and cursed the one who had done the harm. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Destroy the chiefs of Quraish, Abu Jahl bin Hisham, `Utba bin Rabi`a, Shaiba bin Rabi`a, Umaiya bin Khalaf or Ubai bin Khalaf." (The sub-narrator Shu`ba, is not sure of the last name.) I saw these people killed on the day of Badr battle and thrown in the well except Umaiya or Ubai whose body parts were mutilated but he was not thrown in the well

حدثني محمد بن بشار، حدثنا غندر، حدثنا شعبة، عن ابي اسحاق، عن عمرو بن ميمون، عن عبد الله رضى الله عنه قال بينا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ساجد وحوله ناس من قريش جاء عقبة بن ابي معيط بسلى جزور، فقذفه على ظهر النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فلم يرفع راسه فجاءت فاطمة عليها السلام فاخذته من ظهره، ودعت على من صنع فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم " اللهم عليك الملا من قريش ابا جهل بن هشام، وعتبة بن ربيعة، وشيبة بن ربيعة، وامية بن خلف او ابى بن خلف ". شعبة الشاك فرايتهم قتلوا يوم بدر، فالقوا في بير غير امية او ابى تقطعت اوصاله، فلم يلق في البير

Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair:`AbdurRahman bin Abza said, "Ask Ibn `Abbas about these two Qur'anic Verses: 'Nor kill such life as Allah has made sacred, Except for just cause.' (25.168) "And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell. (4.93) So I asked Ibn `Abbas who said, "When the Verse that is in Sura-al-Furqan was revealed, the pagans of Mecca said, 'But we have slain such life as Allah has made sacred, and we have invoked other gods along with Allah, and we have also committed fornication.' So Allah revealed:-- 'Except those who repent, believe, and do good-- (25.70) So this Verse was concerned with those people. As for the Verse in Surat-an-Nisa (4-93), it means that if a man, after understanding Islam and its laws and obligations, murders somebody, then his punishment is to dwell in the (Hell) Fire forever." Then I mentioned this to Mujahid who said, "Except the one who regrets (one's crime)

حدثنا عثمان بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا جرير، عن منصور، حدثني سعيد بن جبير، او قال حدثني الحكم، عن سعيد بن جبير، قال امرني عبد الرحمن بن ابزى قال سل ابن عباس عن هاتين الايتين، ما امرهما {ولا تقتلوا النفس التي حرم الله } {ومن يقتل مومنا متعمدا} فسالت ابن عباس فقال لما انزلت التي في الفرقان قال مشركو اهل مكة فقد قتلنا النفس التي حرم الله، ودعونا مع الله الها اخر، وقد اتينا الفواحش. فانزل الله {الا من تاب وامن} الاية فهذه لاوليك واما التي في النساء الرجل اذا عرف الاسلام وشرايعه، ثم قتل فجزاوه جهنم. فذكرته لمجاهد فقال الا من ندم