Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbidding taking of vows, and said: It does not avert Fate, but is the means by which something is extracted from the miser.

Tamim bin Tarafa reported that he beard 'Adi bin Hatim say that a person came to him and asked for one hundred dirhams. He ('Adi) said: You asked Me for one hundred dirhams and I am the son of Hatim; by Allah, I will not give you. But then he said: (I would have done that) if I had not heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: He who takes an oath, but then finds something better than that, should do that which is better.

This hadith is transmitted on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (RA) with a slight variation of words.

Zadhan reported that Ibn 'Umar (RA) called his slave and he found the marks (of beating) upon his back. He said to him: I have caused you pain. He said: No. But he ( Ibn 'Umar (RA) ) said: You are free. He then took hold of something from the earth and said: There is no reward for me even to the weight equal to it. I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who beats a slave without cognizable offence of his or slaps him (without any serious fault), then expiation for it is that he should set him free.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters, but made no mention of (these words) of his: I seek refuge with Allah, I seek refuge with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) .

Ma'rur bin Suwaid reported: I saw Abu Dharr (RA) wearing clothes, and his slave wearing similar ones. I asked him about it, and he narrated that he had abused a person during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he reproached him for his mother. That person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and made mention of that to him. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) said: You are a person who has (remnants of) Ignorance in him. Your slaves are brothers of yours. Allah has placed them in your hand, and he who has his brother under him, he should feed him with what he eats, and dress him with what he dresses himself, and do not burden them beyond their capacities, and if you burden them, (beyond their capacities), then help them.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: In case the slave is owned by two persons, and one of them emancipates him, he will guarantee (his full freedom).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that a Jew killed a girl with a stone for her silver ornaments. She was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when there was yet some life in her. He (the Holy Prophet) said to her: Has so and so killed you? She indicated with the nod of her head: No. He said for the second time, and she again said: No with the nod of her head. He asked for the third time, and she said: Yes with the nod of her head and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded to crush his head between two stones.

Imran bin Husain reported: Ya'la bin Munya or Ibn Umayya fought with a person, and the one bit the hand of the other. And he tried to draw his hand from his mouth and thus his foreteeth were pulled out. They referred their dispute to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , whereupon he said: Does any one of you bite as the camel bites? So there is no blood-wit for it.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ya'la.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of words.

Mansur transmitted this hadith with a slight variation of words.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters except with this variation that the unmarried is to be lashed and exiled, and the married one is to be lashed and stoned. There is neither any mention of one year nor that of one hundred.

Jabir bin ahadeeth reported that there was brought to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a short-statured person with thick uncombed hair, muscular body, having a mantle around him and he had committed adultery. He turned him away twice and then made pronouncement about him and he was stoned. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: We set out for Jihad in the cause of Allah and one of you lagged behind and shrieked like the bleating of a male goat and one of then (goats' gave a small quantity of milk. In case Allah gives me power over one of them, I will punish him (in such a way that it may have a deterrent effect upon others). In another narration transmitted on the authority of Sa'id b Jubair (the words are), that He (the Holy Prophet) turned him away four times."

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported that a person who had drunk wine was brought to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . He gave him forty stripes with two lashes. Abu Bakr (RA) also did that, but when Umar (assumed the responsibilities) of the Caliphate, he consulted people and Abdul Rahman said: The mildest punishment (for drinking) is eighty (stripes) and 'Umar therefore prescribed this punishment.

A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) .

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdul Rahman bin Abu Bakra (RA) through another chain of transmitters.

Salama bin Kuhail reported: I heard Sowaid bin Ghafala say: I went out, and also Zaid bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi'a for Jihad, and I found a whip and took it up. They said to me: Leave it. I said: No, but I will make announcement of it and if its owner comes (then I will return that), otherwise I will use it, and I refused them. When we returned from Jihad, by a good fortune for me, I performed Pilgrimage. I came to Madinah and met Ubayy bin Ka'b, and related to him the affair of the whip and their opinion (the opinion of Zaid bin Suhan and Salman bin Rabi'a) about it (i. e. I should throw it). Thereupon he said: I found a money bag during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which contained one hundred dinars. I came to him along with it, and he said: Make an announcement of it for one year; so I announced it, but did not find anyone who could (claim it after) recognising it. I again came to him and he said: Make announcement for one year. So I made announcement of it, but I found none who could recognise it. I came to him he said: Make announcement of it for one year. I made announcement of that but did not find one who could recognise it, whereupon he said: Preserve (in your mind) its number, its bag and its strap, and if its owner comes (then return that to him), otherwise make use of it. So I made use of that. I (Shu'bah) met him (Salama bin Kuhail) after this in Makkah, and he said: I do not know whether he said three years or one year.

'Abdullah reported Allah's Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: There will be a flag for every perfidious person on the Day of Judgment, and it would be said: Here is the perfidy of so and so.

A hadith has been narrated by Mus'ab bin Sa'd who heard it from his father as saying: "Four verses of the Qur'an have been revealed about me. I found a sword (among the spoils of war). It was brought to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) . He (my father) said: Messenger of Allah, bestow it upon me. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said: Place it there. Then he (my father) stood up and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: Place it from where you got it. (At this) he (my father) said again: Messenger of Allah, bestow it upon me. Shall I be treated like one who has no share in (the booty)? The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) (may peace be upon him said: Place it from where you got it. At this was revealed the verse: "They ask thee about the spoils of war.... Say: The spoils of war are for Allah and the Messenger"

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri who said: The people of Quraiza surrendered accepting the decision of Sa'd bin Mu'adh about them. Accordingly, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent for Sa'd who came to him riding a donkey. When he approached the mosque, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to the Ansar: Stand up to receive your chieftain. Then he said (to Sa'd): These people have surrendered accepting your decision. He (Sa'd) said: You will kill their fighters and capture their women and children. (Hearing this), the Propbet (may peace he upon him) said: You have adjudged by the command of God. The narrator is reported to have said: Perhaps he said: You have adjuged by the decision of a king. Ibn Muthanna (in his version of the tradition) has not mentioned the alternative words.

It has been narrated through a still different chain of transmitters by the same narrator (i. e. Abu Ishaq) who said: I heard from Bara' who was asked by a man from the Qais tribe: Did you run away from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on the Day of Hunain? Bara' said: But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not run away. On that day Banu Hawzzin took part in the battle as archers (on the side of the disbelievers). When we attacked them, they retreated and we fell upon the booty; (they rallied) and advanced towards us with arrows. (At that time) I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) riding on his white mule and Abu Sufyan (RA) bin al-Harith was holding its bridle. He (the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was saying: I am the Prophet. This is no untruth. I am a descendant of 'Abdul Muttalib.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ishaq, who heard Bars' bin Azib (RA) say: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made peace with the people of Hudaibiya, 'Ali drew up the agreement between them, and so he wrote: Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah. (This is followed by the same wording as we have in the previous tradition except the omission of the words: This is what he has settled.)

It has been narrated by'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) who said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was lying postrate in prayer and around him were some people from the Quraish, 'Uqba bin Abu Mu'ait brought the foetus of a she-camel and threw it on the back of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . He did not raise his head until Fatima arrived, removed it from his back and cursed him who had done that (ugly act). He said: O Allah, it is for Thee to deal with the chiefs of the Quraish. Abu Jahl bin Hisham, 'Utba bin Rabi'ah. Uqba bin Abu Mu'ait, Shaiba bin Rabi'ah, Umayya bin Khalaf or Ubayy bin Khalaf (Shu'bah, one of the narrator of this tradition is in doubt about the exact person). I saw that all were slain in the Battle of Badr and their dead bodies were thrown into a well, except that of Umayya or Ubayy which was cut into pieces and was thrown into the well.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Aswad bin Qais with the same chain of transmitters.

It has been reported on the authority of Barra' who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was carrying the earth with us on the Day of Ahzab and the whiteness of his belly had been covered with earth. (While engaged in this toil) he was reciting: By God, if Thou hadst not guided us We would have neither been guided aright nor practised charity, Nor offered prayers. Descend on us peace and tranquillity. Behold I these people (the Makkahns) refused to follow us. According to another version, he recited: The chieftains (of the tribes) refused to follow us When they contemplated mischief, we rejected it. And with this (verse) he would raise his voice. ________ Book 019, Number 4443: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ishaq who said: I heard from Bara' a similar tradition except that he said: "These people (the Makkahns) rebelled against us."

It has been narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O God, there is no life, but the life of the Hereafter, So forgive Thou the Ansar and the Muhajirs.

It has been narrated on the authority of Anas bin Malik (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: O God, there is no life, but the life of the Hereafter, So forgive Thou the Ansar and the Muhajirs.

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Ishaq that 'Abdullah bin Yazid went (out of the city) with people for offering "Istisqa" ' prayer (for rainfall). He offered two rak'ahs. Then he prayed for rain. That day I met Zaid bin Arqam. There was only one man between me and him (at that time). I asked him: How many military expeditions did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) undertake? He said: Nineteen expeditions. I asked him: On how many expeditions did you accompany him? He said: On seventeen expeditions. I asked: Which was the first expedition he led? He answered: Dhat-ul-Usair or 'Ushair.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) by more than one chain of transmitters.

In another version of the tradition, we have the wording:" An Abyssinian slave maimed and disabled."

It has been narrated on the authority of Yahya bin Husain who learnt the tradition from his grandmother. She said that she heard the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) delivering his sermon on the occasion of the Last Pilgrimage. He was saying: If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you should listen to him and obeey (his orders).

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters, and he said:" a negro slave".

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu 'Abdul Rahman from 'Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a force (on a mission) and appointed over them a man. He kindled a fire and said: Enter it. Some people made up their minds to enter it (the fire), (carrying out the order of their commander), but the others said: We fled from the fire (that's why we have come into the fold of Islam). The matter was reported to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . He said to those who Contemplated entering (the fire at the order of their commander): If you had entered it, you would have remained there until the Day of Judgment. He commanded the act of the latter group and said: There is no submission in matters involving God's disobedience or displeasure. Submission is obligatory only in what is good (and reasonable).

It has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) (may pceace be upon him) said: Banu Isra'il were ruled over by the Prophets. When one Prophet (ﷺ) died, another succeeded him; but after me there is no prophet and there will be caliphs and they will be quite large in number. His Companions said: What do you order us to do (in case we come to have more than one Caliph)? He said: The one to whom allegiance is sworn first has a supremacy over the others. Concede to them their due rights (i. e. obey them). God (Himself) will question them about the subjects whom He had entrusted to them.

It has been narrated on the authority of Usaid bin Hudair that a man from the Ansar took the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) aside and said to him: Will you not appoint me governor as you have appointed so and so? He (the Messenger of Allah) (ﷺ) said: You will surely come across preferential treatment after me, so you should be patient until you meet me at the Cistern (Haud-i-Kauthar).

It has been narrated on the authority of Alqama bin Wai'l al-Hadrami who learnt the tradition from his father. The latter said: Salama bin Yazid al-ju'afi asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) : Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, what do you think if we have rulers who rule over us and demand that we discharge our obligations towards them, but they (themselves) do not discharge their own responsibilities towards us? What do you order us to do? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) avoided giving any answer. Salama asked him again. He (again) avoided giving any answer. Then he asked again-it was the second time or the third time-when Ash'ath bin Qais (finding that the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was unnecessarily being pressed for answer) pulled him aside and said: Listen to them and obey them, for on them shall he their burden and on you shall be your burden.

This hadlth has been narrated on the authority of Jarir with the same chain of transmitters with a slight variation in wording.

It has been narrated on the authority of 'Arfaja who said: I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Different evils will make their appearance in the near future. Anyone who tries to disrupt the affairs of this Umma while they are united you should strike him with the sword whoever he be. (If remonstrance does not prevail with him and he does not desist from his disruptive activities, he is to be killed.)

It has been narrated on the authority of Salim bin Abu al-Ja'd who said: I asked Jabir bin 'Abdullah about the number of the Companions (of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) who took the oath of fealty under) the tree. He said: If we were a hundred thousand, it (i. e. the water in the well at Hudaibiya) would have sufficed us, but actually we were one thousand and five hundred.