Sulayman bin Samurah from his father

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The month is not always complete at thirty nights."
Musa bin Harun said: Its meaning is that not every month is complete at thirty; that is, sometimes it is twenty-nine.

It is narrated from Khubayb bin Sulayman bin Samurah (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you stand for prayer, do not go ahead of your reciter (the imam) in bowing, prostration and standing; rather, let him stay ahead of you. You will follow him in what you fell behind in: when he raises his head from bowing, prostration and standing before you, then at that time make up what you missed."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "When you fight the polytheists, kill their old men, for the softest-hearted among them are their young men."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When one of you spits while he is in his prayer, let him not spit in front of his face or to his right; rather, let him spit beneath his foot, then rub it into the ground."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us that whoever lost some property or had it stolen, then recognized it, and a year had passed over it, his property is to be returned to him, and the one who bought it is to take back his price from the one from whom he bought it.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said at the time of the Conquest (of Makkah): "This is the year of the Greater Hajj." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Hajj of the Muslims and the Hajj of the polytheists coincided on three consecutive days, and the Hajj of the Muslims, the polytheists, the Christians and the Jews coincided this year on six consecutive days. Since the heavens and the earth were created, this has never happened before this year, and after this year it will not happen again until the Day of Resurrection."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid women from lying down with one another unless there was a garment between them, and he used to forbid a man from lying down with his companion unless there was a garment between them.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid a Muslim from drawing a weapon against a Muslim.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "The believer eats in one intestine, and the disbeliever eats in seven intestines."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Whoever among you prepares food enough for two men, it suffices for three; whoever prepares it for three, it suffices for four; and whoever prepares it for four, it suffices for five; and so on in number (onward)."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us to attend the Friday prayer and not to absent ourselves from it, and that when the believers are called out for some task on Friday and they get up from their places, each one of them has more right to his place when he returns to it.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him for a ruling about what is forbidden to him and what is lawful for him, and he asked about his sacrifice, his livestock, his goats, and the first-born (far') of his camels and sheep. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Good and pure things are lawful for you, and impure things are forbidden to you, unless you become in need of food that is not lawful for you; then eat of it as much as will make you free of need." At that time the man asked: What is my need, what may I eat of it when I reach that state, and what is the sufficiency that frees me from needing it? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "If you hope for new births, then get by on the meat of your livestock until those new births; or if you hope for rain that you expect will reach you, then get by on the meat of your livestock until then; or if you hope to receive some provisions, then get by on the meat of your livestock until you reach them. And if you hope for none of these, then feed your family from whatever is available to you until you become free of need." The Bedouin asked: What is the sufficiency after which I should leave it, if I find that provision? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "When you have given your family their fill of evening milk, then avoid the food that is forbidden to you. As for your wealth, all of it is easy (lawful) for you; there is nothing forbidden in it, except that from the new births of your camels there is a far' (first-born), and from the new births of your sheep there is a far', which you raise along with your livestock until you are free of need (of it); then, if you wish, feed it to your family, and if you wish, give its meat in charity." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded him to sacrifice an 'atirah (the sacrifice of the month of Rajab) from the sheep, out of every grazing flock.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give a command concerning the slaves of a man or woman that are his own personal property and serve his work, and whom he does not wish to sell: he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us not to pay any charity on their behalf, and he used to command us to pay the zakah on slaves who are kept for trade.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "When one of you prays, let him say: 'O Allah, put distance between me and my sins as You have put distance between the east and the west. O Allah, I seek refuge in You from having Your face turned away from me on the Day of Resurrection. O Allah, cleanse me of my sins as a white garment is cleansed of dirt. O Allah, keep me alive as a Muslim and cause me to die as a Muslim.'"

Through the same chain, it is narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us one day: "I have been told to recite the Qur'an to Ibn al-Khattab (Umar, may Allah be pleased with him)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and commanded that he be present whenever the Qur'an was revealed, so that he (peace and blessings be upon him) might recite it to him.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid plundering, so much so that if a group of companions was cooking the meat of a (plundered) goat, even then he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "Do not eat it."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Woman is like a rib: if you try to straighten her, you will break her; otherwise, leave her with that crookedness."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "On the Day of Resurrection, every two of the prophets will be special friends of each other, apart from the rest." He said: "On that day my special friend among them will be the Khalil (intimate friend) of Allah, Ibrahim (peace be upon him)."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The prophets will vie in pride over which of them has more companions from his nation, and I hope that on that day those coming to me (at the Pond) will be the most numerous of them all. For on that day each of them will be standing at a full pond with a staff in his hand, calling those of his nation whom he recognizes; and every nation will have a mark by which its prophet will recognize them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Among the nations is a nation for which a parable has been given, like that of laborers whom a man hired; they were to work for him the whole day, and he fixed one qirat for them. So they worked until, when the day was half over, they grew weary, and they said to the man: Settle our account. So he settled their account, and they received half a qirat. Then he said: Who will complete my work until night for one qirat each? So some other people made an agreement with him and worked, until, when the time of the Asr prayer drew near, they grew weary and said: Settle our account. So he settled their account, and they received half a qirat. And the man wanted his work completed before night, so he hired some people for two qirats on condition that they complete the remaining work until night." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: "I hope, if Allah wills, that you are the people of the two qirats."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asking for a ruling about kalalah: O Messenger of Allah, inform me: is a man's kalalah meant to be his brothers from both his mother and his father? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said nothing to him, except that he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited to him the verse of kalalah in Surah al-Nisa. Then the man began asking again, and every time he asked, he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited that same verse, until he insisted greatly and began raising his voice, and his clamour grew intense out of his eagerness to get an explanation from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); so he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited the same verse to him, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "By Allah, I will not give you more than what I have been given; by Allah, I will not give you more than what I have been given," until he (peace and blessings be upon him) repeated it, whereupon the man sat down and fell silent.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid the owner of date palms from taking a debt against the fruit of his palms until some of its fruit had been eaten, for fear that he might take on a large debt, the fruit would be spoiled, and he would be unable to repay it; he used to forbid the owner of crops from taking a debt against his crops until harvest time came; and he used to forbid the owner of gold, if he sold it for food (to be delivered) at the fruit (harvest), from selling the food for gold until the food had been measured and he had taken possession of it, for fear of usury (riba).

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) interpreted the dream, and indeed a righteous dream is a portion of prophethood."

Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the polytheists in the prayer, he would begin with Quraysh, then after them he would follow with many tribes of the Arabs. Then it was said to him (peace and blessings be upon him) once: Curse the disbelievers of Quraysh. So when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wanted to invoke against a tribe, he would say: "O Allah, curse the disbelievers of Quraysh, Banu so-and-so."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "It is not permissible for a Muslim man to mutilate his slave (cutting his nose, ears and the like), nor to castrate him; and whomever we learn has done any of that, we will do the same to him."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "No road is to be blocked, and no one is to be denied surplus water. The wayfarer is to be lent the bucket, the rope and the trough if he has not brought them himself, and he is to be left free to reach the well so that he can draw water himself. And the digging place is not to be denied when the digger goes down, (leaving) twenty-five cubits as a resting place ('atan) for livestock."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to show hospitality to guests.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid milking a man's livestock without his permission, and he would say: "Their milk is just like what is in your own store; neither of the two is more lawful than the other."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "The sun and the moon are not eclipsed for the death of any of you, nor for any event that you bring about; rather, they are among the signs of Allah by which He gives His servants a lesson, so that whoever fears Him and remembers Him may give thanks. So when you see any of the signs of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, hasten to the remembrance of Allah; remember Him and fear Him." And he (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in prayer on the day the sun was eclipsed, then he admonished us and reminded us, then said: "There is nothing in the world of which you have seen a colour, nor anything of Paradise and Hell of which you have been told, but it has all been shown to me in the direction of this wall since I led you in this prayer of mine; so I saw it as an image displayed on the wall of the mosque."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "In this world, praiseworthy envy is only regarding two men: a man whom Allah has given abundant wealth, and he spends from it and spends a great deal, so the other says: If only I had wealth like this, I would spend as he spends, and even better; so he envies him. And a man who recites the Qur'an and stands with it in prayer at night, and beside him is a man who does not know the Qur'an, so he envies him for his standing in prayer and for the Qur'an that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has taught him, and he says: If only Allah had taught me like this, I would stand in prayer as he does."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "Do not go out on the road to meet the trading caravans coming from outside before they reach their market."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Do not sell on behalf of the Bedouins in the town (that is, a townsman should not sell in the market on behalf of a Bedouin), even if he is the brother, father or mother of one of you."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "Whoever sells land or a house, the neighbour of the land and the neighbour of the house has more right to buy it, provided that he pays its price."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: "If two different men give a woman in marriage, and both of them are her guardians, then the one who married her first has the greater right; and likewise in buying and selling: if two men buy one and the same item, the one of them who bought it first has the greater right to it."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid the exchange marriage of women, shighar (marrying one woman in exchange for the marriage of another, an exchange without dowry).

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid that, when there are three men, two of them should converse privately, leaving out the third.
Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to command us that when we went out on a military expedition and someone at the rear of the army called out, 'O you who are ahead!', the one ahead should wait for him until he caught up.
Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to forbid that, when a man is invited to a meal, he should invite someone else along with him, unless the hosts themselves give him permission.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked about eating the dabb (a desert lizard), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I neither command it nor forbid anyone from it, except that we, the family of Muhammad, do not eat it."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that one night, when we had camped by a pit, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from eating the meat of domestic donkeys, and he commanded us to throw away the meat we had with us, so we threw it away.

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him); he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "By Allah, it would not please me to have the mountain of Uhud become entirely gold and belong to me, and then to leave it behind me as inheritance."

Through the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Samurah bin Jundub (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say to us: "Each one of you has three friends on the day he dies: one who withholds from him whatever he asks, and that is his wealth; one friend who goes with him until he enters the grave, then gives him nothing and does not accompany him after that, and those are his relatives; and one friend who says: 'By Allah, I will go with you wherever you go, and I will never part from you,' and that is his deeds, whether they are good or bad."