Book 53: Reconciliation
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Sa'id bin Abi Maryam told us. Abu Ghassan narrated to us that he said: Abu Hazim (Salamah bin Dinar) told me. He narrated from Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd (ra) that there was some quarrel among some people of (the tribe of) Banu Amr bin Auf, so the Prophet (saw) went to them with a few of his Companions to make peace between them. The time of Prayer (Salat) came and the Prophet (saw) did not (return). Hazrat Bilal (ra) came and gave the call to prayer (Adhan), and the Prophet (saw) did not arrive (back). Then (Hazrat Bilal (ra)) came to Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) and said: The Prophet (saw) has been held up and the time of Prayer has come, so will you lead the people in Prayer? He said: Very well, if you wish. (Hazrat Bilal (ra)) said the Iqamah for the Prayer, and Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) went forward, and after this the Prophet (saw) came, passing through the rows, and stood in the first row. The people began to clap, and they clapped a great deal, and Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) would not look here and there during the Prayer. (When there was much clapping) he turned and looked, and what does he see but that the Prophet (saw) is behind him. The Holy Prophet (saw) signalled to him with his hand to lead the Prayer as he was leading it. Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) raised his hand and praised Allah and then stepped back until he came into the row, and the Prophet (saw) went forward and led the people in Prayer. When he (saw) had finished (the Prayer), he turned towards the people and said: “O people! When something happens to you in the Prayer, you start clapping. Clapping is for women. Whoever has something happen to him in the Prayer should say Subhan Allah (Holy is Allah). Then whoever hears him will surely pay attention. Abu Bakr (ra)! When I signalled to you, what prevented you from leading the people in Prayer?” He said: It was not fitting for the son of Abu Quhafah to lead the Prayer (standing) in front of the Prophet (saw).
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Musaddad narrated to us that Mu'tamir told us. He said: I heard my father that Hazrat Anas (ra) said: It was said to the Prophet (saw): If you were to go to Abdullah bin Ubayy (it would be good). The Prophet (saw) set out to go to him. A donkey was his mount. The Muslims also set off with him, and the land there was saline. When the Prophet (saw) reached him, he said: Keep away from me. By Allah! The stench of your donkey has offended me. Then one of the Companions, a man of the Ansar (Hazrat Abdullah bin Rawahah (ra)), said: By Allah! The donkey of the Messenger of Allah (saw) smells better than you. A man from the people of Abdullah (bin Ubayy) became filled with anger because of him, and the two of them abused each other harshly, because of which the companions of both flared up, and it came to sticks, shoes and blows. We have been told that this verse was revealed (about this very incident): And if two parties of believers fight against each other, make peace between them (Qur’an 49:10).
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Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Sa'd told us. He narrated from Salih (bin Kaisan), Salih from Ibn Shihab. Humaid bin Abdur Rahman informed him that his mother Hazrat Umm Kulthum (ra) bint Uqbah told him that she heard the Messenger of Allah (saw). He (saw) said: “He is not a liar who makes peace between people and attributes a good word to someone,” or (he said:) “says a good word.”
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Muhammad bin Abdullah narrated to us that Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Uwaisi and Ishaq bin Muhammad Farwi told us. They both said: Muhammad bin Ja'far told us. He narrated from Abu Hazim, Abu Hazim from Hazrat Sahl bin Sa'd (ra), that the people of Quba quarrelled among themselves, until they threw stones at one another. The Messenger of Allah (saw) was informed of this, and he (saw) said: “Take us there; we will make peace between them.”
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Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, Hisham from his father, his father from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She said: (The verse in irma'atun khafat min ba'liha, that is:) And if a woman fear illtreatment or indifference on the part of her husband (Qur’an 4:129): by this is meant the man who sees in his wife something he dislikes, because of old age or for some other reason, and wants to separate from her, and she says: Keep me with you and fix for me whatever share you wish. (Hazrat Aishah (ra)) said: There is no harm if they agree with each other in this way.
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Adam (bin Abi Iyas) told us. Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us that Zuhri told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah bin Abdullah, he from Hazrat Abu Hurairah and Hazrat Zaid bin Khalid Juhani (ra), that they both said: A Bedouin came and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Judge between us according to the Book of Allah. His opponent stood up and said: He has spoken the truth; judge between us according to the Book of Allah. The Bedouin said: My son was a servant with this man. He committed adultery with his wife. People said to me: Your son must be stoned. I have ransomed my son by giving him a hundred goats and a slave girl. Then after that I asked the people of knowledge, and they said: Your son was only to receive a hundred lashes and exile for one year. The Prophet (saw) said: “I will judge between you only by the Book of Allah. As for the slave girl and the goats, they are to be returned to you, and your son is to be given a hundred lashes and exiled for one year.” And to a man (he said): “Unais (ra) (bin Dahhak)! Go in the morning to the wife of this man and stone her.” So Unais (ra) went to that woman in the morning and stoned her.
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Adam narrated to us: Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us: Zuhri narrated to us, from Ubaidullah bin Abdullah, from Abu Hurairah and Zaid bin Khalid Juhani (ra). They both said: A Bedouin came and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Judge between us according to the Book of Allah. His opponent stood up and said: He has spoken the truth; judge between us according to the Book of Allah. The Bedouin said: My son was a hired worker with this man, and he committed adultery with his wife. They said to me: Your son is to be stoned. So I ransomed my son from him with a hundred goats and a slave girl. Then I asked the people of knowledge, and they said: Your son is only to receive a hundred lashes and exile for a year. The Prophet (saw) said: “I shall surely judge between you two according to the Book of Allah. As for the slave girl and the goats, they are returned to you, and your son is to receive a hundred lashes and exile for a year. And as for you, O Unais,” (he said to a man) “go in the morning to the wife of this man and stone her.” So Unais went to her in the morning and stoned her.
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Ya'qub (bin Ibrahim) narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Sa'd (bin Ibrahim bin Abdur Rahman bin Auf) told us. He narrated from his father, his father from Qasim bin Muhammad (bin Abi Bakr Siddiq), Qasim from Hazrat Aishah (ra). She said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever introduces into this Shariah of ours something new that is not part of it, it will be rejected.” Abdullah bin Ja'far Makhrami and Abdul Wahid bin Abi Aun related this hadith, narrating from Sa'd bin Ibrahim.
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Muhammad bin Bashshar told us. Ghundar narrated to us that Shu'bah told us. He narrated from Abu Ishaq that he said: I heard Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra) saying: When the Messenger of Allah (saw) made peace with the people of Hudaibiyah, Hazrat Ali bin Abi Talib (ra) wrote a document between them, and he wrote (his name in it as) Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (saw). The idolaters said: Do not write Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (saw). If he were a messenger, we would not fight him. He (saw) said to Hazrat Ali (ra): “Erase it.” Hazrat Ali (ra) said: I will not be the (person) who erases it. Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) erased it with his own hand and made peace with them on the condition that he and his Companions would stay (in Mecca) for three days, and that they would enter it with their weapons placed in a Julubban. The people asked him: What is this Julubban? He said: The cover in which a sword is placed together with its sheath.
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Ubaidullah bin Musa told us. He narrated from Isra'il, Isra'il from Abu Ishaq, Abu Ishaq from Hazrat Bara' (bin Azib) (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) intended to perform Umrah in (the month of) Dhul Qa'dah. The people of Mecca refused and did not let him enter Mecca, until he settled with them that he would stay in it for only three days. When they began to write the document, (the Companions) wrote: This is that (peace treaty) on the basis of which Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (saw), has made a settlement. They said: We will not accept this. If we knew that you are the Messenger of Allah (saw), we would not have stopped you; rather (write) your name as Muhammad bin Abdullah. He (saw) said: “I am the Messenger of Allah (saw), and I am also Muhammad bin Abdullah.” Then he said to Hazrat Ali (ra): “Erase the words Messenger of Allah (saw).” He said: No. By Allah! I will never erase it. Then the Messenger of Allah (saw) took that document and wrote: This is that (peace treaty) on the basis of which Muhammad bin Abdullah has made a settlement: no weapon shall enter Mecca except one that is in its sheath; and if anyone of the people of Mecca wishes to go with him, he shall not take him; and he shall not stop any of his companions if he wishes to stay in Mecca. When he entered Mecca and the term had passed, (the idolaters) came to Hazrat Ali (ra) and said: Tell your companion to leave us; the term has passed. The Prophet (saw) set off. The daughter of Hazrat Hamzah (ra) followed them, calling: Uncle, uncle! Hazrat Ali (ra) rushed forward and took her by the hand and said to Hazrat Fatimah (as): Take your uncle's daughter. She mounted her (on her camel). Then Hazrat Ali (ra), Hazrat Zaid (ra) and Hazrat Ja'far (ra) disputed among themselves about this girl. Hazrat Ali (ra) said: I have the greater right to bring her up, because she is the daughter of my uncle. And Hazrat Ja'far (ra) said: She is the daughter of my uncle too, and her maternal aunt (Hazrat Asma' bint Umais) is my wife. And Hazrat Zaid (ra) said: She is my brother's daughter. The Prophet (saw) decided that she be given to her maternal aunt and said: “The maternal aunt is in the position of the mother.” And he said to Hazrat Ali (ra): “You are mine and I am yours.” And he said to Hazrat Ja'far (ra): “You resemble me in appearance and in character.” And he said to Hazrat Zaid (ra): “You are our brother and our beloved friend.”
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And Musa bin Mas'ud said: Sufyan bin Sa'id told us that it is narrated from Abu Ishaq. He narrated from Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra). He said: On the day of Hudaibiyah the Prophet (saw) made peace with the idolaters on three points: that whoever of the idolaters came to them, he would return him to them, and whoever of the Muslims came to them, they would not return him; and that he would come to Mecca the following (year) and stay in it for three days, entering (Mecca) with the weapons, sword, bow and the like, kept in covers. Hazrat Abu Jandal (ra) came stumbling in chains, and he (saw) returned him to them. Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: Mu'ammal (bin Isma'il), narrating from Sufyan (Thauri), did not mention Hazrat Abu Jandal (ra) and said Julub in place of the word Julubban.
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Muhammad bin Rafi' told us. Suraij bin Nu'man narrated to us that Fulaih told us. He narrated from Nafi', Nafi' from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) set out to perform Umrah. But the disbelievers of the Quraish put an obstacle between him and the House of Allah, and he (saw) slaughtered his sacrificial camels at Hudaibiyah and had the hair of his head shaved, and he settled with them that he would perform Umrah the following year and would not bring any weapon except swords, and would stay in Mecca only as long as they wished. So he performed Umrah the following year and entered Mecca in the way he had agreed with them. When he had stayed there for three days, the idolaters told him to leave, and he left.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Bishr told us. (He said:) Yahya (bin Sa'id Ansari) told us. He narrated from Bushair bin Yasar, Bushair from Sahl bin Abi Hathmah, that he said: Abdullah bin Sahl and Muhayyisah bin Mas'ud bin Zaid went to Khaibar, and in those days there was a peace treaty (with the people of Khaibar).
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Muhammad bin Abdullah Ansari narrated to us. He said: Humaid (Tawil) told me. Hazrat Anas (ra) narrated to him that Rubayyi', who was the daughter of Nadr, broke the tooth of a girl. (The girl's people) demanded blood money (Diyat), and (Rubayyi's people) asked for pardon. They did not agree. They came to the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said to them: “Take retaliation (Qisas).” Hazrat Anas bin Nadr (ra) (who was the uncle of Hazrat Anas (ra) bin Malik) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Will Rubayyi's tooth be broken? No. By Him Who has sent you with the truth, that will not happen. He said: “Anas! The command of Allah is that retaliation be taken.” Then those people (the girl's people) agreed and forgave. The Prophet (saw) said: “Among the servants of Allah there are some who, if they swear an oath trusting in Allah, the Exalted, He surely makes their oath come true.” (Marwan bin Mu'awiyah) Fazari, narrating from Humaid, Humaid from Hazrat Anas (ra), added this much: Then those people agreed and accepted the blood money.
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Abdullah bin Muhammad narrated to us, (he said:) Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us that it is narrated from Abu Musa. He said: I heard Hasan (Basri). He said: By Allah, Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (ra) came with armies like mountains to confront Mu'awiyah (ra). Amr (ra) bin As said: I see armies that will not turn their backs until they have killed their equals. Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra), who by Allah was better than Amr (ra) bin As, said: Amr (ra)! If these kill those and those kill these, who will take charge of the government of the people? Who will look after their women and their properties? Then Mu'awiyah (ra) sent two men of the Quraish who were of the descendants of Abdush Shams, namely Abdur Rahman bin Samurah and Abdullah bin Amir bin Kuraiz, to him and said: Go to this man and offer him peace and talk with him and get him to agree. So the two of them came to him and talked and spoke with him and asked for peace. Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (ra) said to them: We are the sons of Abdul Muttalib. We have already received wealth, and the real matter is that this Ummah has gone beyond all limits in its bloodshed. They said: He offers you such and such conditions and seeks peace with you and makes this request. (Hazrat Hasan (ra)) said: Who will be responsible for these things? The two of them said: We are responsible for it on your behalf. Whatever Hazrat Hasan (ra) asked of the two of them, they would say: We are responsible for it. At last he made peace with Mu'awiyah (ra). Hasan (Basri) said: I heard Hazrat Abu Bakrah (ra). He said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) on the pulpit, and Hazrat Hasan bin Ali (ra) was at his side. He (saw) would turn now towards the people and now towards him, and say: “This son of mine is a chief (Sayyid), and it is hoped that through him Allah will make peace between two great parties of the Muslims.” Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: Ali bin Abdullah (Madini) told me that Hasan (Basri)'s hearing from Hazrat Abu Bakrah (ra) is established only by this hadith.
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Isma'il bin Abi Uwais narrated to us, he said: My brother (Abdul Hamid) told me. He narrated from Sulaiman (bin Bilal), Sulaiman from Yahya bin Sa'id, Yahya from Abur Rijal Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman, that his mother Amrah bint Abdur Rahman said: I heard Hazrat Aishah (ra). She said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) heard at the door the voices of some people disputing. The voices of both were rising. Meanwhile one of the two was asking the other to let go of part of the debt and to be lenient, and the other was saying: By Allah! I will not let go. Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (saw) went out to them and asked: “Where is the one who was swearing by Allah that he would not do a good deed?” He said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! It is I, and I will do for him whatever he wishes.
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Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us that Laith told us. He narrated from Ja'far bin Rabi'ah, Ja'far from A'raj, that he said: Abdullah bin Ka'b bin Malik told me. It is narrated from Hazrat Ka'b bin Malik (ra) that Abdullah bin Abi Hadrad Aslami owed him some debt. He met him and clung to him, until the voices of both were raised. Meanwhile the Prophet (saw) also passed by them and said: “Ka'b (ra)!” and he signalled with his hand as if someone were saying: Let go of half. So Hazrat Ka'b (ra) took half of what Abdullah owed and let go of half.
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Ishaq (bin Mansur) narrated to us that Abdur Razzaq informed us. Ma'mar told us. He narrated from Hammam, Hammam from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that he said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “On every joint of a person, every day on which the sun rises, charity (Sadaqah) is due. If he does justice between people, this too is charity.”
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Abul Yaman narrated to us that Shu'aib told us that it is narrated from Zuhri. He said: Urwah bin Zubair told me that Hazrat Zubair (ra) used to relate (to him) that he had a dispute with a man of the Ansar, who had taken part in the Battle of Badr, about a water channel in the stony ground of Medina. They brought the dispute to the Messenger of Allah (saw) for judgement. Both of them used to water their land from that channel. The Messenger of Allah (saw) said to Hazrat Zubair (ra): “Zubair! Water (your land), then let it go to your neighbour.” That man of the Ansar became angry. He said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Is it because he is the son of your paternal aunt? The face of the Messenger of Allah (saw) turned red. Then he (saw) said (to Hazrat Zubair (ra)): “Water (your land) and hold it back until it reaches the embankments.” The Messenger of Allah (saw) gave Hazrat Zubair (ra) his full right, although before this the Messenger of Allah (saw) had indicated his view to Hazrat Zubair (ra), in which there was ample room for him and for that man of the Ansar. When the man of the Ansar angered the Messenger of Allah (saw), he gave Hazrat Zubair (ra) a clear and correct judgement and gave him his full right. Urwah said: Hazrat Zubair (ra) said: By Allah! I think that this verse was revealed concerning this very (incident): But no, by thy Lord, they are not believers until they make thee judge in all that is in dispute between them (Qur’an 4:66).
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Muhammad bin Bashshar told me. Abdul Wahhab narrated to us that Ubaidullah (Umari) told us. He narrated from Wahb bin Kaisan, Wahb from Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra), that he said: My father passed away and he owed some debt. I proposed to his creditors that they take the fruit in exchange for the debt he owed. They did not agree, because they did not see in it the full payment of their debt. I came to the Prophet (saw) and mentioned it to him. He (saw) said: “When you pick them and put them on the threshing floor, inform the Messenger of Allah (saw).” Then he came, and with him were Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra) and Hazrat Umar (ra) too. He sat down near (the threshing floor) and prayed for blessing. Then he said: “Call your creditors and pay them their debt in full.” Then I did not leave out anyone to whom my father owed a debt, and I paid off the debt. Thirteen Wasq were left over: seven Wasq of Ajwah (a kind of date) and six Wasq of Laun (a kind of date), or six Wasq of Ajwah and seven Wasq of Laun. Then I met the Messenger of Allah (saw) at the time of Maghrib and mentioned this to him. He laughed and said: “Go to Abu Bakr (ra) and Umar (ra) and tell them.” They both said: When the Messenger of Allah (saw) did what he did, we knew at that very time that it would turn out like this. And Hisham, narrating from Wahb, Wahb from Hazrat Jabir (ra), mentioned the Asr Prayer (in place of Maghrib), and did not mention Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra), nor say that he laughed, and he also said: My father left a debt of thirty Wasq owed by him. And Ibn Ishaq, narrating from Wahb, Wahb from Hazrat Jabir (ra), mentioned the Zuhr Prayer.
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