Book 61: Virtues and Merits
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Khalid bin Yazid Kahili narrated to us that Abu Bakr (bin Ayyash) told us. He narrated from Abu Hasin (Uthman bin Asim), Abu Hasin from Sa'id bin Jubair, and Sa'id from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He said that in the verse wa ja'alnakum shu'uban wa qaba'ila li-ta'arafu (‘and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another’, Qur’an 49:14), shu'ub means the great tribes, and qaba'il means households and the branches of the great tribes.
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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us that Yahya bin Sa'id told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah. Ubaidullah said that Sa'id bin Abi Sa'id narrated to him. He narrated from his father, and his father from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said: The Holy Prophet (saw) was asked: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Who is the most honoured among people? He said: “The one among them who is most righteous (has the most Taqwa).” People said: We are not asking you about this. He said: “Then Joseph (as), who is the Prophet (saw) of Allah.”
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Qais bin Hafs narrated to us. Abdul Wahid (bin Ziyad) told us that Kulaib bin Wa'il narrated to us. He said: Hazrat Zainab bint Abi Salamah (ra), the stepdaughter of the Prophet (saw), told me; he said: I asked her: Do you consider that the Prophet (saw) was of Mudar? She said: Of whom else, then? He was of that very tribe of Mudar which is among the descendants of Nadr bin Kinanah.
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Musa (bin Isma'il) narrated to us that Abdul Wahid (bin Ziyad) told us that Kulaib narrated to us: The stepdaughter of the Prophet (saw) told me. I think she is Zainab (ra) herself. She used to say that the Messenger of Allah (saw) forbade gourd vessels, green lacquered jars, hollowed-out vessels and vessels coated with pitch. (Kulaib used to say:) I said to her: Tell me, to which tribe did the Prophet (saw) belong? Was he of Mudar? She said: Of whom else, then? He was of Mudar, who are among the descendants of Nadr bin Kinanah.
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Ishaq bin Ibrahim narrated to me that Jarir told us. He narrated from Umarah, Umarah from Abu Zur'ah, Abu Zur'ah from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), and Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) from the Messenger of Allah (saw). He said: “You find people like mines. Those of them who were best in the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah) are also best in Islam, provided they understand the religion well. And you will find the best of people in this matter to be the one among them who most dislikes (seeking authority).”
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“And you will find the worst of people to be the two-faced man who comes to people at one time with one face and at another time with another face.”
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Qutaibah bin Sa'id narrated to us that Mughirah told us. He narrated from Abuz Zinad, Abuz Zinad from A'raj, and A'raj from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Prophet (saw) said: “In this matter (that is, government) people follow the Quraish. The Muslim among them follows the Muslim among them, and the disbeliever among them follows the disbeliever among them.”
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“And people are mines. Those of them who were best in the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah) are also best in Islam, provided they understand the religion well. You will find the best of people for this matter to be the one among people who most dislikes it (government and leadership), until he falls into it.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (Qattan) told us. He narrated from Shu'bah that Abdul Malik (bin Maisarah) narrated to him. He narrated from Tawus, and Tawus from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), that he gave (the explanation of) illa l-mawaddata fi l-qurba (‘except that I am inviting you to God because of love of kinship’, Qur’an 42:24), and Sa'id bin Jubair asked: Does this refer only to the relatives of Muhammad (saw)? He said: The Prophet (saw) was such that there was no household of the Quraish with which he did not have some kinship. That is why this verse was revealed, which means: You should at least have regard for the bond that exists between me and you.
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. He narrated from Isma'il (bin Abi Khalid), Isma'il from Qais, and Qais from Hazrat Abu Mas'ud (ra). He traced this hadith back to the Prophet (saw). He said: “Trials will arise from this direction, that is, from the east. And rudeness and hardness of heart are among the uncouth farmers who wear wool, those who keep following the tails of camels and cows, that is, among the people of Rabi'ah and Mudar.”
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Abul Yaman narrated to us that Shu'aib told us. He narrated from Zuhri that he said: Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman told me that Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw). He used to say: “Boastfulness and rudeness are among the uncouth farmers who wear wool, and gentleness (mildness) is among the owners of goats. Faith is Yemeni, and wisdom too is Yemeni.” Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)) said: Yemen was named Yemen because it lies to the right of the Ka'bah, and Sham was named Sham because it lies to the left of the Ka'bah. And mash'amah means the left side, and the left hand is also called al-shu'ma. Likewise the left side is called al-ash'am.
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Abul Yaman narrated to us that Shu'aib told us. It is narrated from Zuhri that he said: Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im used to relate that news reached Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra), while he was with him in a delegation of the Quraish, that Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr bin As (ra) was saying that soon there would be a king from Qahtan. On hearing this Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra) became angry and stood up, and he praised Allah as He deserves. Then he said: Now then! It has reached me that some of you relate things that are neither in the Book of Allah nor transmitted from the Messenger of Allah (saw). These are the people among you who are utterly ignorant. So beware of false notions, the notions that have led them astray, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw). He used to say: “This matter (that is, rule and leadership) will remain among the Quraish. Whoever shows enmity to them, Allah will throw him down on his face, as long as they remain steadfast in the religion.”
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Abul Walid narrated to us. Asim bin Muhammad told us; he said: I heard my father. He used to narrate from Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra), and Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) from the Prophet (saw). He said: “Leadership will always remain among the Quraish as long as two men of them remain.”
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Yahya bin Bukair narrated to us that Laith told us. He narrated from Uqail, Uqail from Ibn Shihab, he from Ibn Musayyab, and Ibn Musayyab from Hazrat Jubair bin Mut'im (ra). He said that he and Hazrat Uthman bin Affan (ra) went together (to the Holy Prophet (saw)), and he said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! You have given to the sons of Muttalib and left us out, whereas we and they stand in the same degree of relationship to you. And the Prophet (saw) said: “The Banu Hashim and the Banu Muttalib are one and the same.”
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And Laith said: Abul Aswad Muhammad told me that it is narrated from Urwah bin Zubair. He said that Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra) went with some people of the Banu Zuhrah to Hazrat Aishah (ra), and Hazrat Aishah (ra) was very kind to them because they were relatives of the Messenger of Allah (saw).
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Sufyan (Thauri) told us that it is narrated from Sa'd (bin Ibrahim). And Ya'qub bin Ibrahim (bin Sa'd) said: My father told us, narrating from his father, that he said: Abdur Rahman bin Hurmuz Al-A'raj told me. He narrated from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “The Quraish, the Ansar, Juhainah {and Muzainah}, Aslam, Ashja' and Ghifar are friends and helpers. They have no friend except Allah and His Messenger.”
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Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us that Laith told us; he said: Abul Aswad told me that it is narrated from Urwah bin Zubair that he said: After the Prophet (saw) and Hazrat Abu Bakr (ra), Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra) was dearer to Hazrat Aishah (ra) than all other people, and he used to treat Hazrat Aishah (ra) better than all other people did. And whatever came to Hazrat Aishah (ra) of the provision of Allah, she would not keep with her but would give it away in charity. Seeing this, Hazrat (Abdullah) bin Zubair (ra) said: Her hands ought to be restrained. She said: Are my hands to be restrained? I take a vow upon myself if I speak to him. Then Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra) had several men of the Quraish, and especially the maternal relatives of the Messenger of Allah (saw), intercede with her. But she would not agree. Then the Zuhris, the maternal relatives of the Prophet (saw), among whom were Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Aswad bin Abd Yaghuth (ra) and Hazrat Miswar bin Makhramah (ra), (said to Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra):) When we ask permission to go in, you too slip in behind the curtain. So he did just that. Then Hazrat Abdullah (ra) sent ten slaves to Hazrat Aishah (ra), and Hazrat Aishah (ra) freed them. Then she went on freeing slaves until their number reached forty, and she said: I wish that when I swore the oath I had specified some deed by doing which I would have been free of this vow.
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Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Sa'd told us. He narrated from Ibn Shihab, and Ibn Shihab from Hazrat Anas (ra), that Hazrat Uthman (ra) sent for Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (ra), Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair (ra), Hazrat Sa'id bin As (ra) and Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Harith bin Hisham (ra), and then they copied the Surahs into the volumes (Mushafs). And Hazrat Uthman (ra) said to those three men of the Quraish (Abdullah (ra), Sa'id (ra) and Abdur Rahman (ra)): When you and Zaid bin Thabit (ra) differ about any word of the Qur’an, write it in the language of the Quraish, for it was revealed in their language. So they did just that.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (Qattan) told us. He narrated from Yazid bin Abi Ubaid that Hazrat Salamah (bin Akwa') (ra) narrated to us. He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) went to the tribe of Aslam, who were practising archery in the market place. He said: “O sons of Ishmael (as)! Keep on shooting, for your father too was an archer.” And concerning one of the two parties he said: “I am with the Banu so-and-so.” On hearing this they (that is, the other party) held back their hands. He asked: “What is the matter with them?” They said: How can we shoot when you are with the Banu so-and-so? He said: “Very well, shoot, and I am with all of you.”
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Abu Ma'mar narrated to us that Abdul Warith told us. He narrated from Husain (bin Waqid), and Husain from Abdullah bin Buraidah. (He said:) Yahya bin Ya'mar narrated to me that Abul Aswad Dili told him that it is narrated from Hazrat Abu Dharr (ra) that he heard the Prophet (saw). He used to say: “Whoever ascribes himself to someone other than his father, knowingly, has certainly committed disbelief in Allah; and whoever ascribes himself to a people with whom he has no connection, let him prepare to take his abode in the Fire.”
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