بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ
الرَّحِيمِ
[In the Name of ALLAH, the
ENTIRELY MERCIFUL, the ESPECIALLY MERCIFUL]
[Note-
[S.W.T] Subhaanahuu
Wa Ta'ala - [Glorified and Exalted is ALLAH]: This phrase appears after the
Name of ALLAH [S.W.T] its seen as an act of reverence and devotion towards
ALLAH [S.W.T].
[S.A.W.S] Salla'Allahuu
Alayhi Wa-Sallaam – [[May ALLAH Bless Him and grant Him Peace] [S.A.W.] or
[P.B.U.H.] or [S.]]: The expression should be used after stating Prophet
Muhammad [S.A.W.S]'s name.
(A.S) 'Alayhis-Salaam
- [[Peace be upon Him] (P.B.U.H), [Peace be upon Them] (P.B.U.T)]: This
expression should be used after stating the names of the noble Angels (e.g.
Jibraeel, Mikaeel and so on) or Prophets who came before Hadrat Muhammad
[S.A.W.S].
(R.A) Raadiya'Allahu
anhu - [May ALLAH be pleased with him]: When mentioning Sahaba [the
Companions (R.A)] of Hadrat Muhammad [S.A.W.S.], Raadiya'Allahu anhu (for
males/him) and Radiy'Allahu aanha (for females/her) Radiy'Allahu anhuuma (for
them) are used.]
Selected Hadith Regarding Virtues Of Two Sacred City
Of Islam [Medina and Mecca]
Sahih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 2: Belief, Number 20:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Whoever
possesses the following three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith:
1. The one to
whom ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S) become dearer than anything else.
2. Who loves a
person and he loves him Only for ALLAH [S.W.T]'s Sake.
3. Who hates to
revert to disbelief (atheism) after ALLAH [S.W.T] has brought (saved) him out
from it, as he hates to be thrown in Fire."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2: Belief, Number 25:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] was asked,
"What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in ALLAH
[S.W.T] and HIS Apostle (Muhammad) [S.A.W.S]. The questioner then asked,
"What is the next (in goodness)? He replied, "To participate in Jihad
(religious fighting) in ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Cause." The questioner again
asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To perform
(Pilgrimage to Mecca) 'Mubrur, (which is accepted by ALLAH [S.W.T] and is
performed with the intention of seeking ALLAH [S.W.T]’s pleasure Only and not
to show off and without committing a sin and in accordance with the traditions
of the Prophet [S.A.W.S])."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2: Belief, Number 39:
Narrated
Al-Bara' (bin 'Azib) (R.A):
When the Prophet [S.A.W.S] came to Medina, he
stayed first with his grandfathers or maternal uncles from Ansar. He offered
his prayers facing Baitul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) for sixteen or seventeen months,
but he wished that he could pray facing the Ka'ba (at Mecca). The first prayer
which he offered facing the Ka'ba was the 'Asr prayer in the company of some
people. Then one of those who had offered that prayer with him came out and
passed by some people in a Mosque who were bowing during their prayers (facing
Jerusalem). He said addressing them, "By ALLAH [S.W.T], I testify that I
have prayed with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] facing Mecca (Ka'ba).'
Hearing that, those people changed their direction towards the Ka'ba
immediately. Jews and the people of the scriptures used to be pleased to see
the Prophet [S.A.W.S] facing Jerusalem in prayers but when he changed his
direction towards the Ka'ba, during the prayers, they disapproved of it.
Al-Bara' (R.A) added, "Before we changed our direction towards the Ka'ba
(Mecca) in prayers, some Muslims had died or had been killed and we did not
know what to say about them (regarding their prayers.) ALLAH [S.W.T] then
revealed: And ALLAH [S.W.T] would never make your faith (prayers) to be lost
(i.e. the prayers of those Muslims were valid).'" (2:143).
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 3: Knowledge, Number 112:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
In the year of the Conquest of Mecca, the tribe
of Khuza'a killed a man from the tribe of Bani Laith in revenge for a killed
person, belonging to them. They informed the Prophet [S.A.W.S] about it. So he
rode his Rahila (she-camel for riding) and addressed the people saying,
"ALLAH [S.W.T] held back the killing from Mecca. (The sub-narrator is in
doubt whether the Prophet [S.A.W.S] said "elephant or killing," as
the Arabic words standing for these words have great similarity in shape), but
HE (ALLAH [S.W.T]) let HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S] and the believers over power the
infidels of Mecca. Beware! (Mecca is a sanctuary) Verily! Fighting in Mecca was
not permitted for anyone before me nor will it be permitted for anyone after
me. It (war) in it was made legal for me for few hours or so on that day. No doubt
it is at this moment a sanctuary, it is not allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs
or to uproot its trees or to pick up its Luqatt (fallen things) except by a
person who will look for its owner (announce it publicly). And if somebody is
killed, then his closest relative has the right to choose one of the two-- the
blood money (Diyya) or retaliation having the killer killed. In the meantime a
man from Yemen came and said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]! Get
that written for me." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] ordered his companions (R.A)
to write that for him. Then a man from Quraish said, "Except Al-Iqhkhir (a
type of grass that has good smell) ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S], as we use
it in our houses and graves." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Except
Al-Idhkhiri (i.e. Al-Idhkhir is allowed to be plucked)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 23: Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz), Number 432:
Narrated Ibn
Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "ALLAH
[S.W.T] has made Mecca a sanctuary (sacred place) and it was a sanctuary before
me and will be so after me. It was made legal for me (to fight in it) for a few
hours of the day. None is allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut its
trees or to chase its game or to pick up its fallen things except by a person
who announces it publicly." On that Al-Abbas (R.A) said (to the Prophet
[S.A.W.S]), "Except Al-Idhkhir for our goldsmiths and for our
graves." And so the Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "Except
Al-Idhkhir." And Abu Huraira (R.A) narrated that the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
said, "Except Al-Idhkhir for our graves and houses." And Ibn Abbas (R.A)
said, "For their goldsmiths and houses."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 93:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "I have made
Medina a sanctuary between its two (Harrat) mountains." The Prophet
[S.A.W.S] went to the tribe of Bani Haritha and said (to them), "I see
that you have gone out of the sanctuary," but looking around, he added,
"No, you are inside the sanctuary."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 94:
Narrated 'Ali
(R.A):
We have nothing except the Book of ALLAH
[S.W.T] and this written paper from the Prophet [S.A.W.S] (where-in is written
:) Medina is a sanctuary from the 'Air Mountain to such and such a place, and whoever
innovates in it an heresy or commits a sin, or gives shelter to such an
innovator in it will incur the curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], the Angels (P.B.U.T),
and all the people, none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of Worship
will be accepted. And the asylum (of protection) granted by any Muslim is to be
secured (respected) by all the other Muslims; and whoever betrays a Muslim in
this respect incurs the curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], the Angels (P.B.U.T), and all
the people, and none of his compulsory or optional good deeds of Worship will
be accepted, and whoever (freed slave) befriends (take as masters) other than
his manumitters without their permission incurs the curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], the
Angels (P.B.U.T), and all the people, and none of his compulsory or optional
good deeds of Worship will be accepted.
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 95:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"I was ordered to migrate to a town which will swallow (conquer) other
towns and is called Yathrib and that is Medina, and it turns out (bad) persons
as a furnace removes the impurities of iron.
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 98:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
I heard ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]
saying, "The people will leave Medina in spite of the best state it will
have, and none except the wild birds and the beasts of prey will live in it,
and the last persons who will die will be two shepherds from the tribe of
Muzaina, who will be driving their sheep towards Medina, but will find nobody
in it, and when they reach the valley of Thaniyat-al-Wada', they will fall down
on their faces dead."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 99:
Narrated Abu
Zuhair (R.A):
I heard ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S]
saying, "Yemen will be conquered and some people will migrate (from
Medina) and will urge their families, and those who will obey them to migrate
(to Yemen) although Medina will be better for them; if they but knew. Sham will
also be conquered and some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge
their families and those who will obey them, to migrate (to Sham) although
Medina will be better for them; if they but knew. 'Iraq will be conquered and
some people will migrate (from Medina) and will urge their families and those
who will obey them to migrate (to 'Iraq) although Medina will be better for
them; if they but knew."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 100:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"Verily, Belief returns and goes back to Medina as a snake returns and
goes back to its hole (when in danger)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 102:
Narrated Usama
(R.A):
Once the Prophet [S.A.W.S] stood at the top of
a (looked out from upon one) castle amongst the castles (or the high buildings)
of Medina and said, "Do you see what I see? (No doubt) I see the spots
where afflictions will take place among your houses (and these afflictions will
be) as numerous as the spots where rain-drops fall."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 103:
Narrated Abu
Bakr (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "The terror
caused by Al-masih Ad-dajjal will not enter Medina and at that time Medina will
have seven gates and there will be two Angels (P.B.U.T) at each gate guarding
them."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 104:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"There are Angels (P.B.U.T) guarding the entrances (or roads) of Medina,
neither plague nor Ad-dajjal will be able to enter it."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 105:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "There will
be no town which Ad-dajjal will not enter except Mecca and Medina, and there
will be no entrance (road) (of both Mecca and Medina) but the Angels (P.B.U.T)
will be standing in rows guarding it against him, and then Medina will shake
with its inhabitants thrice (i.e. three earth-quakes will take place) and ALLAH
[S.W.T] will expel all the nonbelievers and the hypocrites from it."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 106:
Narrated Abu
Said Al-Khudri (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] told us a
long narrative about Ad-dajjal, and among the many things he mentioned, was his
saying, "Ad-dajjal will come and it will be forbidden for him to pass
through the entrances of Medina. He will land in some of the salty barren areas
(outside) Medina; on that day the best man or one of the best men will come up
to him and say, 'I testify that you are the same dajjal whose description was
given to us by ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S].' Ad-dajjal will say to the
people, 'If I kill this man and bring him back to life again, will you doubt my
claim?' They will say, 'No.' Then Ad-dajjal will kill that man and bring him
back to life. That man will say, 'Now I know your reality better than before.'
Ad-dajjal will say, 'I want to kill him but I cannot.' "
Sahih Bukhari,
Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 107:
Narrated Jabir
(R.A):
A Bedouin came to the Prophet [S.A.W.S] and
gave a pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with
fever and said (to the Prophet [S.A.W.S]), "Please cancel my pledge (of
embracing Islam and of emigrating to Medina)." The Prophet [S.A.W.S]
refused (that request) three times and said, "Medina is like a furnace, it
expels out the impurities (bad persons) and selects the good ones and makes
them perfect."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 109:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "O ALLAH
[S.W.T]! Bestow on Medina twice the blessings YOU bestowed on Mecca."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 110:
Narrated Anas
(R.A):
Whenever the Prophet [S.A.W.S] returned from a
journey and observed the walls of Medina, he would make his mount go fast, and
if he was on an animal (i.e. a horse), he would make it gallop because of his
love for Medina.
Sahih Bukhari,
Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 112:
Narrated Abu
Huraira (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "There is a
garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit, and my
pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 113:
Narrated 'Aisha
(R.A):
When ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] reached
Medina, Abu Bakr and Bilal (R.A) became ill. When Abu Bakr (R.A)'s fever got
worse, he would recite (this poetic verse): "Everybody is staying alive
with his people, yet death is nearer to him than his shoe laces." And
Bilal (R.A), when his fever deserted him, would recite: "Would that I
could stay overnight in a valley wherein I would be surrounded by Idhkhir and
Jalil (kinds of good-smelling grass). Would that one day I could drink the
water of the Majanna, and would that (The two mountains) Shama and Tafil would
appear to me!" The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]! Curse
Shaiba bin Rabi'a and 'Utba bin Rabi'a and Umaiya bin Khalaf as they turned us
out of our land to the land of epidemics." ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S] then said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]! Make us love Medina as we love
Mecca or even more than that. O ALLAH [S.W.T]! Give blessings in our Sa’ and
our Mudd (measures symbolizing food) and make the climate of Medina suitable
for us, and divert its fever towards Aljuhfa." Aisha (R.A) added: When we
reached Medina, it was the most unhealthy of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s lands, and the
valley of Bathan (the valley of Medina) used to flow with impure colored water.
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 30: Virtues of Medina, Number 114:
Narrated Zaid
bin Aslam (R.A) from his father:
Umar (R.A) said, O ALLAH [S.W.T]! Grant me Martyrdom
in YOUR Cause, and let my death be in the city of YOUR Apostle [S.A.W.S]."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 31: Fasting, Number 215:
Narrated Abu
Said Al-Khudri (R.A) (who fought in twelve Ghazawat in the company of the
Prophet [S.A.W.S]):
I heard four things from the Prophet [S.A.W.S]
and they won my admiration. He said:
1. "No lady
should travel on a journey of two days except with her husband or a Dhi-Mahram";
2. "No
fasting is permissible on the two days of Id-ul-Fitr and 'Id-ul-Adha";
3. "No
prayer (may be offered) after the morning compulsory prayer until the sun
rises; and no prayer after the 'Asr prayer till the sun sets";
4. "One
should travel only for visiting three Masjid (Mosques): Masjid-ul-Haram
(Mecca), Masjid-ul-Aqsa (Jerusalem), and this (my) Mosque (at Medina)".
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 43: Oppressions, Number 658:
Narrated
'Abdullah bin Masud (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] entered Mecca and (at
that time) there were three hundred-and-sixty idols around the Ka'ba. He
started stabbing the idols with a stick he had in his hand and reciting:
"Truth (Islam) has come and falsehood (disbelief) has vanished."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52: Fighting for the Cause of ALLAH [S.W.T], Number 42:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas (R.A):
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said,
"There is no Hijra (i.e. migration) (from Mecca to Medina) after the
Conquest (of Mecca), but Jihad and good intention remain; and if you are called
(by the Muslim ruler) for fighting, go forth immediately.
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 52: Fighting for the Cause of ALLAH [S.W.T], Number
139:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik (R.A):
I went along with the Prophet [S.A.W.S] to
Khaibar so as to serve him. (Later on) when the Prophet [S.A.W.S] returned, he
on seeing the Uhud mountain, said, "This is a mountain that loves us and
is loved by us." Then he pointed to Medina with his hand saying, "O
ALLAH [S.W.T]! I make the area which is in between Medina's two mountains a
sanctuary, as Abraham (P.B.U.H) made Mecca a sanctuary. O ALLAH [S.W.T]! Bless
us in our Sa’ and Mudd (i.e. units of measuring)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 483:
Narrated Abu
Jamra Ad-Dabi (R.A):
I used to sit with Ibn 'Abbas (R.A) in Mecca.
Once I had a fever and he said (to me), "Cool your fever with Zam-zam
water, for ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] said: 'It, (the Fever) is from the
heat of the (Hell) Fire; so, cool it with water (or Zam-zam water)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54: Beginning of Creation, Number 485:
Narrated Aisha
(R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Fever is
from the heat of the (Hell) Fire, so cool it with water."
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55: Prophets (P.B.U.T), Number 585:
Narrated Abu
Dhar (R.A):
I said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle
[S.A.W.S]! Which Mosque was first built on the surface of the earth?" He
said, "Al-Masjid-ul-,Haram (in Mecca)." I said, "Which was built
next?" He replied "The Mosque of Al-Aqsa (in Jerusalem)." I
said, "What was the period of construction between the two?" He said,
"Forty years." He added, "Wherever (you may be, and) the prayer
time becomes due, perform the prayer there, for the best thing is to do so
(i.e. to offer the prayers in time)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73: Good Manners and Form, Number 69:
Narrated Ibn
'Umar (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said at Mina, "Do
you know what day is today?" They (the people) replied, "ALLAH
[S.W.T] and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S] know better," He said "Today is
10th of Dhul-Hijja, the sacred (forbidden) day. Do you know what town is this
town?" They (the people) replied, "ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Apostle
[S.A.W.S] know better." He said, "This is the (forbidden) Sacred town
(Mecca a sanctuary)." And do you know which month is this month?"
They (the People) replied, "ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S] know
better." He said, ''This is the Sacred (forbidden) month." He added,
"ALLAH [S.W.T] has made your blood, your properties and your honor Sacred
to one another (i.e. Muslims) like the sanctity of this day of yours in this
month of yours, in this town of yours."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 75: Invocations, Number 374:
Narrated Anas
bin Malik (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said to Abu Talha (R.A),
"Choose one of your boys to serve me." So Abu Talha (R.A) took me (to
serve the Prophet [S.A.W.S]) by giving me a ride behind him (on his camel). So
I used to serve ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] whenever he stayed somewhere.
I used to hear him saying, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]! I seek refuge with YOU (ALLAH
[S.W.T]) from (worries) care and grief, from incapacity and laziness, from
miserliness and cowardice, from being heavily in debt and from being
overpowered by other men." I kept on serving him till he returned from
(the battle of) Khaibar. He then brought Safiya (R.A), the daughter of Huyay
whom he had got (from the booty). I saw him making a kind of cushion with a
cloak or a garment for her. He then let her ride behind him. When we reached a
place called As-Sahba', he prepared (a special meal called) Hais, and asked me
to invite the men who (came and) ate, and that was the marriage banquet given
on the consummation of his marriage to her. Then he proceeded till the mountain
of Uhud appeared, whereupon he said, "This mountain loves us and we love
it." When he approached Medina, he said, "O ALLAH [S.W.T]! I make the
land between it's (i.e. Medina's) two mountains a sanctuary, as the Prophet
Abraham (P.B.U.H) made Mecca a sanctuary. O ALLAH [S.W.T]! Bless them (the
people of Medina) in their Mudd and the Sa' (units of measuring)."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 83: Blood Money, Number 21:
Narrated Ibn
'Abbas (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "The most
hated persons to ALLAH [S.W.T] are three:
(1) A person who
deviates from the right conduct, i.e. an evil doer, in the Haram (sanctuaries
of Mecca and Medina);
(2) A person who
seeks that the traditions of the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance, should remain
in Islam
(3) And a person
who seeks to shed somebody's blood without any right."
Sahih
Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 87: Interpretation of Dreams, Number 159:
Narrated Abu
Musa (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "I saw in a
dream that I was migrating from Mecca to a land where there were date palm
trees. I thought that it might be the land of Al-Yamama or Hajar, but behold,
it turned out to be Yathrib (i.e. Medina). And I saw cows (being slaughtered)
there, but the reward given by ALLAH [S.W.T] is better (than worldly benefits).
Behold, those cows proved to symbolize the believers (who were killed) on the
Day (of the battle) of Uhud, and the good (which I saw in the dream) was the
good and the reward and the truth which ALLAH [S.W.T] bestowed upon us after
the Badr battle. (or the Battle of Uhud) and that was the victory bestowed by
ALLAH [S.W.T] in the Battle of Khaibar and the conquest of Mecca).
Sahih
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 93: Oneness, Uniqueness of ALLAH [S.W.T] (Tawheed),
Number 539:
Narrated Abu
Bakr (R.A):
The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said, "Time has
come back to its original state which it had when ALLAH [S.W.T] Created the
Heavens and the Earth, the year is twelve months, of which four are sacred;
(and out of these four) three are in succession, namely, Dhul-Qa'da, Dhul-Hijja
and Muharram, and (the fourth one) Rajab Mudar which is between Jumad
(Ath-Tham) and Sha'ban." The Prophet [S.A.W.S] then asked us, "Which
month is this?" We said, "ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S]
know (it) better." He kept quiet so long that we thought he might call it
by another name. Then he said, "Isn't it Dhul-Hijja?" We said,
"Yes." He asked "What town is this?" We said, "ALLAH
[S.W.T] and HIS Apostle [S.A.W.S] know (it) better.' Then he kept quiet so long
that we thought he might call it by another name. He then said, "Isn't it
the (forbidden) Town (Mecca)?" We said, "Yes." He asked,
"What is the day today?" We said, "ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Apostle
[S.A.W.S] know (it) better. Then he kept quiet so long that we thought that he
might call it by another name. Then he said, "Isn't it the Day of An-Nahr
(slaughtering of sacrifices)?" We said, "Yes." Then he said,
"Your blood (lives), your properties," (the sub narrator Muhammad (R.A),
said: I think he also said): "..and your honor) are as sacred to one
another like the sanctity of this Day of yours, in this Town of yours, in this
Month of yours. You shall meet your LORD and HE will ask you about your deeds.
Beware! Don't go astray after me by striking the necks of one another. Lo! It
is incumbent upon those who are present to inform it to those who are absent
for perhaps the informed one might comprehend it (understand it) better than
some of the present audience." Whenever the sub-narrator Muhammad (R.A)
mentioned that statement, he would say, "The Prophet [S.A.W.S] said the
truth.") And then the Prophet [S.A.W.S] added, "No doubt! Haven't I
conveyed ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Message to you! No doubt! Haven't I conveyed ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Message to you?"
Sahih Muslim, Chapter 82, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3154:
Amir b. Sa'd
(R.A) reported on the authority of his father:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] said:
I have declared sacred the territory between the two lava plains of Medina, so
its trees should not be cut down, or its game killed; and he also said: Medina
is best for them if they knew. No one leaves it through dislike of it without
ALLAH [S.W.T] putting in it someone better than he in place of him; and no one
will stay there in spite of its hardships and distress without my being an
intercessor or witness on behalf of him on the Day of Resurrection.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 82, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3166:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] as saying:
Medina is a sacred territory, so he who made any innovation in it, or gave
protection to an innovator, there is upon him the curse of ALLAH [S.W.T], that
of the Angels (P.B.U.T) and that of all the people. There would not be accepted
on the Day of Resurrection either obligatory acts or supererogatory acts from
him.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 82, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3180:
Ibn 'Umar (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
He who patiently endures the hardships of it (of this city of Medina); I would
be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of Resurrection.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 82, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3183:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
The Apostle of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S] as
saying: For one among my Ummah who shows endurance against the hardships and rigors
of Medina, I would be an intercessor or a witness on his behalf on the Day of
Resurrection.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 83, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3187:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
dajjal will come from the eastern side with the intention of attacking Medina
until he will get down behind Uhud. Then the Angels (P.B.U.T) will turn his
face towards Syria and there he will perish.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 84, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3188:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
A time will come for the people (of Medina) when a man will invite his cousin
and any other near relation: Come (and settle) at (a place) where living is
cheap, come to where there is plenty, but Medina will be better for them; would
they know it! By HIM in WHOSE Hand is my life, none amongst them would go out
(of the city) with a dislike for it, but ALLAH [S.W.T] would make his successor
in it someone better than he. Behold! Medina is like furnace which eliminates
from it the impurities. And the Last Hour will not come until Medina banishes
its evils just as a furnace eliminates the impurities of iron.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 84, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3189:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as saying:
I have been commanded (to migrate) to a town (Medina) which would overpower
other towns. They (the people) call it Yathrib; its correct name is (in fact)
Medina. It eliminates (bad) people just as a furnace removes the alloy of iron.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 84, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3191:
Jabir b.
Abdullah (R.A) reported:
That a desert Arab swore allegiance to ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]. He suffered frozen a severe fever in Medina
(and) so he came to ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] saying: Muhammad
[S.A.W.S] cancel my oath of allegiance, but ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]
refused it. He again came and said: Cancel my oath of allegiance, but he (the
Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]) refused it. He again came to him and said: Cancel my
oath of allegiance, but he refused. The desert Arab, however, went away
(canceling the allegiance himself); thereupon ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] said: Medina is like a furnace which drives away its impurity and
purifies what is good.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 85, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3194:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported:
That Abul-Qasim (Muhammad [S.A.W.S]) said: He
who intends to do harm to the people of this city (that is, Medina). ALLAH
[S.W.T] would efface him as salt is dissolved in water.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 88, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3203:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) heard:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] say: They
(the residents of) Medina will abandon Medina whereas it is good for them and
it will be haunted by beasts and birds, and two shepherds will come out from
Muzainah intending (to go) towards Medina and tending their herd, and will find
nothing but wilderness there until when they will reach the mountain path of
Wada, they will fall down on their faces.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 89, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3207:
Abu Humaid (R.A)
reported:
We went out along with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s
Messenger [S.A.W.S] in the expedition of Tabuk, and Humaid further related: We
proceeded until we reached the valley of Qura; and ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] said: I am going forth, so he who among you wants to move fast with
me may do so; and he who likes to go slowly may do so. We proceeded until
Medina wag within our sight and he said: This is Tibba (another name of Medina);
this is Uhud, the mountain which loves us and we love it.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 90, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3213:
Ibn 'Umar (R.A)
reported:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] as saying:
Prayer in this Mosque of mine is better than a Thousand prayers (observed in
other Mosque) besides it, except that of Masjid al-Haram.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 91, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3218:
Abu Huraira
(R.A) reported it directly from:
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Apostle [S.A.W.S] that he
said: Do not undertake journey but to three Mosques: this Mosque of mine, the
Mosque of al-Haram and the Mosque of Aqsa (Bait al-Maqdis).
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 92, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3221:
Abu Salama b.
Abd al-Rahman (R.A) reported:
'Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (R.A)
happened to pass by me and I said to him. How did you hear your father making
mention of the Mosque founded on Piety? He said: My father said: I went to
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] as he was in the house of one of his wives,
and said: Messenger of ALLAH [S.W.T] [S.A.W.S], which of the two Mosques is
founded on piety? Thereupon he took a handful of pebbles and threw them on the
ground and then said: This is the very Mosque of yours (Mosque at Medina). He
(the narrator) said: I bear witness that I heard your father making mention of
it.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 93, Book 7: Pilgrimage, Number 3224:
Ibn Umar (R.A)
reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] came
to the Mosque at Quba' riding and on foot, and he observed two rak'ahs of (Nafl
prayer) in it.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 30, Pertaining To The Excellent Qualities Of The Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]
And His Companions (R.A), Number 5802:
Ibn 'Abbas (R.A)
reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]
stayed in Mecca for thirteen years (after he had received revelation) and
stayed in Medina for ten years, and he was sixty-three when he died.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 30, Pertaining To The Excellent Qualities Of The Holy Prophet [S.A.W.S]
And His Companions (R.A), Number 5809:
Ibn 'Abbas (R.A)
reported:
That ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]
stayed in Mecca for fifteen years (after his advent as a Prophet) and he heard
the voice of Gabriel (P.B.U.H) and saw his radiance for seven years but did not
see any visible form, and then received revelation for ten years, and he stayed
in Medina for ten years.
Sahih Muslim,
Chapter 22, Book 41: Pertaining To Turmoil And Portents Of The Last Hour,
Number 7028:
Amir b. Sharahil
Sha'bi Sha'b Hamdan (R.A) reported:
That he asked Fatima (R.A), daughter of Qais
(R.A) and sister of ad-Dahhak b. Qais (R.A) and she was the first amongst the
emigrant women: Narrate to me a hadith which you had heard directly from ALLAH
[S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] and there is no extra link in between them. She
said: Very well, if you like, I am prepared to do that, and he said to her:
Well, do it and narrate that to me. She said: I married the son of Mughira
(R.A) and he was a chosen young man of Quraish at that time, but he fell as a Martyr
in the first Jihad (fighting) on the side of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S]. When I became a widow, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Auf (R.A), one amongst the
group of the Companions (R.A) of ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S], sent me
the proposal of marriage. ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] also sent me such
a message for his freed slave Usama b. Zaid (R.A). And it had been conveyed to
me that ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] had said (about Usama (R.A)): He
who loves me should also love Usama (R.A). When ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]
talked to me (about this matter), I said: My affairs are in your hand. You may
marry me to anyone whom you like. He said: You better shift now to the house of
Umm Sharik (R.A), and Umm Sharik (R.A) was a rich lady from amongst the Anqir.
She spent generously for the Cause of ALLAH [S.W.T] and entertained guests very
hospitably. I said: Well, I will do as you like. He said: Do not do that for
Umm Sharik (R.A) is a woman who is very frequently visited by guests and I do
not like that your head may be uncovered or the cloth may be removed from your
shank and the strangers may catch sight of them which you abhor. You better
shift to the house of your cousin 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. Umm Maktum (R.A) and he
is a person of the Bani Fihr branch of the Quraish, and he belonged to that
tribe (to which Fatima (R.A)) belonged. So I shifted to that house, and when my
period of waiting was over, I heard the voice of an announcer making an
announcement that the prayer would be observed in the Mosque (where)
congregational prayer (is observed). So I set out towards that Mosque and
observed prayer along with ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] and I was in the
row of the women which was near the row of men. When ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger
[S.A.W.S] had finished his prayer, he sat on the pulpit smiling and said: Every
worshiper should keep sitting at his place. He then said: Do you know why I had
asked you to assemble? They said: ALLAH [S.W.T] and HIS Messenger [S.A.W.S]
know best. He said: By ALLAH [S.W.T]. I have not made you assemble for
exhortation or for a warning, but I have detained you here, for Tamim Dari
(R.A), a Christian, who came and accepted Islam, told me something, which
agrees with what I was telling you about the dajjal. He narrated to me that he
had sailed in a ship along with thirty men of Bani Lakhm and Bani Judham and
had been tossed by waves in the ocean for a month. Then these (waves) took them
(near) the land within the ocean (island) at the time of sunset. They sat in a
small side boat and entered that Island. There was a beast with long thick hair
(and because of these) they could not distinguish his face from his back. They
said: Woe to you, who can you be? Thereupon it said: I am al-Jassasa. They
said: What is al-Jassasa? And it said: O people, go to this person in the
monastery as he is very much eager to know about you. He (the narrator) said:
When it named a person for us we were afraid of it lest it should be a devil.
Then we hurriedly went on till we came to that monastery and found a well built
person there with his hands tied to his neck and having iron shackles between
his two legs up to the ankles. We said: Woe be upon thee, who are you? And he
said: You would soon come to know about me but tell me who are you. We said: We
are people from Arabia and we embarked upon a boat but the sea waves had been
driving us for one month and they brought as near this island. We got into the
side boats and entered this island and here a beast met us with profusely thick
hair and because of the thickness of his hair his face could not be
distinguished from his back. We said: Woe be to thee, who are you? It said: I
am al-Jassasa. We said: What is al-Jassasa? And it said: You go to this very
person in the monastery for he is eagerly waiting for you to know about you. So
we came to you in hot haste fearing that that might be the devil. He (that
chained person) said: Tell me about the date-palm trees of Baisan. We said:
About what aspect of theirs do you seek information? He said: I ask you whether
these trees bear fruit or not. We said: Yes. Thereupon he said: I think these
would not bear fruits. He said: Inform me about the lake of Tabariyya? We said:
Which aspect of it do you want to know? He said: Is there water in it? They
said: There is abundance of water in it. Thereupon he said: I think it would
soon become dry. He again said: Inform me about the spring of Zughar. They
said: Which aspect of it you want to know? He (the chained person) said: Is
there water in it and does it irrigate (the land)? We said to him: Yes, there
is abundance of water in it and the inhabitants (of Medina) irrigate (land)
with the help of it, He said: Inform me about the unlettered Prophet [S.A.W.S];
what has he done? We said: He has come out from Mecca and has settled in
Yathrib (Medina). He said: Do the Arabs fight against him? We said: Yes. He
said: How did he deal with him? We informed him that he had overcome those in
his neighborhood and they had submitted themselves before him. Thereupon he
said to us: Had it actually happened? We said: Yes. Thereupon he said: If it is
so that is better for them that they should show obedience to him. I am going
to tell you about myself and I am dajjal and would be soon permitted to get out
and so I shall get out and travel in the land, and will not spare any town
where I would not stay for forty nights except Mecca and Medina as these two
(places) are prohibited (areas) for me and I would not make an attempt to enter
any one of these two. An Angel (P.B.U.H) with a sword in his hand would
confront me and would bar my way and there would be Angels (P.B.U.T) to guard
every passage leading to it; then ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S] striking
the pulpit with the help of the end of his staff said: This implies Taiba
meaning Medina. Have I not, told you an account (of the dajjal) like this? 'The
people said: Yes, and this account narrated by Tamim Dari (R.A) was liked by me
for it corroborates the account which I gave to you in regard to him (dajjal)
at Medina and Mecca. Behold he (dajjal) is in the Syrian Sea (Mediterranean) or
the Yemen Sea (Arabian Sea). Nay, on the contrary, he is in the east, he is in
the east, he is in the east, and he pointed with his hand towards the east. I
(Fatima bint Qais (R.A)) said: I preserved it in my mind (this narration from
ALLAH [S.W.T]’s Messenger [S.A.W.S]).
Kalimah Tayyibah [The Holy Code]
لآَ اِلَهَ اِلاَّ اللَّهُ
مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ اللهِ
Pronunciation:
Laa Ilaaha Illaal-Laahu Muhammadur-Rasulul-Lah [Salla'Allahuu
Alayhi Wa-Sallaam]
Translation:
There is none worthy of Worship but ALLAH Muhammad [May ALLAH Bless him
and grant him Peace] is the Messenger of ALLAH.
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