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 perform
Hajj without speaking." He said to her, "Speak, for it is illegal not to speak, as it is an action of the
pre-islamic period of ignorance. So she spoke and said, "Who are you?" He said, "A man from the
Emigrants." She asked, "Which Emigrants?" He replied, "From Quraish." She asked, "From what
branch of Quraish are you?" He said, "You ask too many questions; I am Abu Bakr." She said, "How
long shall we enjoy this good order (i.e. Islamic religion) which Allah has brought after the period of
ignorance?" He said, "You will enjoy it as long as your Imams keep on abiding by its rules and
regulations." She asked, "What are the Imams?" He said, "Were there not heads and chiefs of your
nation who used to order the people and they used to obey them?" She said, "Yes." He said, "So they
(i.e. the Imams) are those whom I meant."
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 `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. "
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…