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.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، قَالَ هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ كَانَ عَاشُورَاءُ يَوْمًا تَصُومُهُ قُرَيْشٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَصُومُهُ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ صَامَهُ وَأَمَرَ بِصِيَامِهِ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ رَمَضَانُ كَانَ مَنْ شَاءَ صَامَهُ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ لاَ يَ…
Narrated `Aisha:
'Ashura' (i.e. the tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of Quraish used to fast in the prelslamic
period of ignorance. The Prophet (ﷺ) also used to fast on this day. So when he migrated to
Me…
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
The people used to consider the performance of `Umra in the months of Hajj an evil deed on the earth,
and they used to call the month of Muharram as Safar and used to say, "When (the wounds over) th…
Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father:
In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the two
mountains (around the Ka`ba).
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim:
Abu Bakr went to a lady from the Ahmas tribe called Zainab bint Al-Muhajir and found that she
refused to speak. He asked, "Why does she not speak." The people said, "She has intended to perf…
Narrated `Aisha:
A black lady slave of some of the 'Arabs embraced Islam and she had a hut in the mosque. She used to
visit us and talk to us, and when she finished her talk, she used to say: "The day of the scarf was o…
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَلاَ مَنْ كَانَ حَالِفًا فَلاَ يَحْلِفْ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ ". فَكَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَحْلِفُ بِآبَائِهَا، فَقَالَ " لاَ تَحْلِفُوا بِآبَائِكُمْ ".
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. "