Abdu'llah bin 'Amr bin 'As (RA) reported: It was conveyed to the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) that I observe fast successively and pray during the whole night. He sent for me or I met him and he (the Holy Prophet) said: It has been conveyed to me that you observe fast continuously and do not break it and pray during the whole night. Don't do that. for there is share for your eyes, share for your own self, share for your family; so observe fast and break it, pray and sleep and observe fast for one day during the ten days, and there is a reward for you (for other) nine (days besides the tenth day of the fast). I said: Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) , I find myself more powerful than this. He said: Then observe the fast of David (peace be upon him). He ('Amr) said: Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) , how did David observe fast? He (the Holy Prophet) said: He used to fast one day and break it on the other day, and he did not run (from the battlefield) as he encountered (the enemy). He said: Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) , who can guarantee this for me (will I also encounter the enemy dauntlessly)? 'Ata', the narrator of the hadith, said: I do not know how there (crept in) the matter of perpetual fast. The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) , however, said: He who observed perpetual fast did not fast at all; he who observed perpetual fast did not fast at all, he who observed perpetual fast did not fast at all.

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'As reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The best fasting in the eye of Allah is that of David, for he fasted for half of the age (he fasted on alternate days), and the best prayer in the eye of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is that of David (peace be upon him), for he slept for half of the night and then stood for prayer and then again slept. He prayed for one-third of the night after midnight. He (the narrator) said: I asked 'Amr bin Dinar whether 'Amr bin Aus said that he stood for prayer one-third of the night after midnight. He said: Yes.

This hadith has been reported through another chain of transmitters, and there it is mentioned that. 'A'isha, Hafsa and Zainab (RA) pitched the tents for i'tikaf.

Ya'la bin Umayya (RA) reported that a person came to the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) as he was staying at Ji'rana and he had put on Ihram for 'Umrah and he had dyed his beard and his head with yellow colour and there was a cloak on him. He said: I put on Ihram for 'Umrah and I am in this state as you see (with dyed beard and head and a cloak over me). He (the Holy Prophet) said: Take off the cloak and wash the yellowness and do in your 'Umrah what you do in Hajj.

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I applied the best available perfume I could find to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) before he entered upon the state of Ihram and after he was free from it.

Abu Tufail reported; I said to Ibn 'Abbas (RA) : I think that I saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . He (Ibn 'Abbas) said 'Give a description of him to me. I said: I saw him near al-Marwah on the back of a she- camel, and people had thronged around him. Thereupon Ibn'Abbas said: It was Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) for they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) were neither pushed aside from him, nor were they turned away.

'Urwa bin Zubair reported: I asked 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her); the rest of the hadith is the same. And in this hadith (these words are also found): "When they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ)) asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about this, they said: Messenger of Allah, we felt reluctant to circumambulate between al-Safa' and al-Marwah. Then Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, revealed this verse:" Verily al-Safa' and al-Marwah are among the Signs of Allah so he who perform Hajj or 'Umrah it is no sin on him if he should circumambulate between them. 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) laid down this Sa'i between them as Sunnah (of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ)). So it is not advisable for anyone to abandon this Sa'i between them.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) observed the circumambulation of Ifada on the Day of Nahr (10th of Dhu'l-Hijja), and then came back and observed the noon prayer at Mina. Nafi' (one of the narrators) said that Ibn 'Umar (RA) used to observe the circumambulation of Ifada on the Day of Nahr, and then return and observe the noon prayer at Mina, and mentioned that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did that.

Hammam bin Munabbih reported: It is one out of these (narrations) that Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated to us from Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and he narrated to us traditions out of which is that he said: When there was a person who was driving a garlanded sacrificial camel, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Woe to you; ride on it. He said: Messenger of Allah, it is a sacrificial animal, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Woe to you, ride on it; woe to you, ride on it.

'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) (Allah -be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Hereafter to travel for more than three nights journey except when there is a Mahram with her.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar (RA) through another chain of transmitters (but with one alteration) that here Allah-o-Akbar is mentioned twice.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Mansur, but he did not mention: "On that very day He created the heavens and the earth," and he (the narrator) substituted the word "fighting" (qital) for "killing" (qatl), and further said: "No one is to pick up the dropped thing except one who makes a public announcement of it."

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) declared sacred the territory between two lava mountains of Madinah. Abu Hurairah (RA) said: If I were to find deer in the territory between the two mountains, I would not molest them, and he (the Holy Prophet) declared twelve miles of suburb around Madinah as a prohibited pasture.

Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who patiently endured the hardships and rigours of (this city, i. e. Madinah), I would be his witness and intercessor on the Day of Resurrection.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that Abu'I-Qasim (Muhammad, may peace be upon him) said: He who intends to do harm to the people of this city (that is, Madinah) Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who intends to do harm to its people (he meant Madinah), Allah would efface him as salt is dissolved in water. Ibn Hatim (one of the narrators) substituted the word "harm" for "mischief".

Sufyan bin Abu Zuhair heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: Yemen will be conquered and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families on them and those who are under their authority, while Madinah is better for them if they were to know it. Then Syria will be conquered and some people will go away driving their camels along with them and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority, while Madinah is better for them if they were to know it. Then lraq will be conquered and some people will go away (to that country) driving their camels and carrying their families with them and those who are under their authority, while Madinah is better for them if they were to know it.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Prayer in my mosque is more excellent than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the Masjid al- Haram.

Sa'id bin al Musayyib heard Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (RA) saying that 'Uthman bin Maz'un decided to live in celibacy, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade him to do so, and if he had permitted him, we would have got ourselves castrated.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah reported: We contracted temporary marriage giving a handful of (tales or flour as a dowery during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and during the time of Abu Bakr (RA) until 'Umar forbade it in the case of 'Amr bin Huraith.

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight alteration.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as having said: There is no Shighar in islam.

Jabir bin'Abdullah (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited Shighar.

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters.

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about a virgin whose marriage is solemnised by her guardian, whether it was necessary or not to consult her. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Yes, she must be consulted. 'A'isha reported: I told him that she feels shy, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Her silence implies her consent.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Humaid with the same chain of transmitters except (with this minor alteration of words) that 'Abdul Rahman said: "I married a woman."

Shu'bah has narrated this hadith with the same chain of transmitters except for (this alteration) that he said that a person from among the sons of 'Abd al Rahman said: "from gold".

Anas (RA) reported: When the 'Iddah of Zainab was over, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to Zaid to make a mention to her about him. Zaid went on until he came to her and she was fermenting her flour. He (Zaid) said: As I saw her I felt in my heart an idea of her greatness so much so that I could not see towards her (simply for the fact) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had made a mention of her. So I turned my back towards her, and I turned upon my heels, and said: Zainab, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) has sent (me) with a message to you. She said: I do not do anything until I solicit the will of my Lord. So she stood at her place of worship and the (verse of) the Qur'an (pertaining to her marriage) were revealed, and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to her without permission. He (the narrator) said: I saw that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) served us bread and meat until it was broad daylight and the people went away, but some persons who were busy in conversation stayed on in the house after the meal. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) also went out and I also followed him, and he began to visit the apartments of his wives greeting them (with the words): As-Salamu 'alaikum, and they would say: Allah's Messenger, how did you find your family (hadrat Zainab)? He (the narrator) stated: I do not know whether I had informed him that the people had gone out or he (the Holy Prophet) informed me (about that). He moved on until he entered the apartment, and I also went and wanted to enter (the apartment) along with him, but he threw a curtain between me and him, as (the verses pertaining to seclusion) had been revealed, and people were instructed in what they had been instructed. Ibn Rafii had made this addition in his narration: "O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet (ﷺ) unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished..." to the words"... Allah forbears not from the truth."

Anas (RA) reported: When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) contracted marriage with Zainab (Allah be pleased with her), Umm Sulaim sent him hais in a vessel of stone as a gift. Anas stated that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him: Go and invite on my behalf all the Muslims whom you meet. So I invited on his behalf everyone whom I met. They entered (his house) and they ate and went out. And Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had kept his hand on the food, and he invoked blessing on that, and said whatever Allah wished him to say, and none whom I met was left uninvited. They ate to their fill and went out, but a group among them remained there and was engaged in lengthy discussion. Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) felt shy of saying anything to them. So he went out and left them in his house and Allah the Great and Majestic revealed this verse: "O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet (ﷺ) unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished." Qatada (instead of using the word Ghaira Nazirina) used the word Ghaira Mutahayyinina (i. e. not waiting for the time of the food). But when you are invited, enter..." up to this verse "This is purer for your hearts and their hearts."

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: When any one of you invites his brother, he (the latter) should accept his wedding feast, or any other like it.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) through another chain of transmitters.

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: My foster-uncle Abu'l Ja'd (kunya of Aflah) sought permission from me, which I refused. (Hisham said to me that Abu'l-Ja'd was in fact Abu'l-Qu'ais). When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) came, I ('A'isha) informed him about it. He said: Why did you not permit him? Let your right hand or hand be besmeared with dust.

Ibn Abu Mulaikahh reported that al-Qasim bin Muhammad bin Abu Bakr (RA) had narrated to him that 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Sahla bint Suhail bin 'Amr came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and said: Messenger of Allah, Salim (the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa) is living with us in our house, and he has attained (puberty) as men attain it and has acquired knowledge (of the sex problems) as men acquire, whereupon he said: Suckle him so that he may become unlawful (in regard to marriage) for you. He (Ibn Abu Mulaikahh) said: I refrained from (narrating this hadith) for a year or so on account of fear. I then met al-Qasim and said to him: You narrated to me a hadith which I did not narrate (to anyone) afterwards. He said: What is that? I informed him, whereupon he said: Narrate it on my authority that 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had narrated that to me.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The child is to be attributed to one on whose bed he is born, and for a fornicator there is stoning.

Abu Qilaba reported on the authority of Anas (RA) : It is the Sunnah to stay with a virgin (after having married her) for a week. Khalid (one of the narrators) said: I wish I can say that it can be traced up to the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) .

Ibn Juraij narrated a hadith with the same chain of transmitters, and she (Hadrat Maimuna) was the last of them to die at Madinah.

Hammam bin Munabbih said: These are some of the ahadith which Abu Hurairah (RA) narrated to us from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and one of these (this one): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Had it not been for Bani Isra'il, food would not have become stale, and meal would not have gone bad; and had it not been for Eve, a woman would never have acted unfaithfully toward her husband.

Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported that the (pronouncement) of three divorces during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and that of Abu Bakr (RA) and two years of the caliphate of Umar (RA) (was treated) as one. But Umar bin Khattab (RA) said: Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matter in which they are required to observe respite. So if we had imposed this upon them, and he imposed it upon them.

Abu Sahba' said toIbn 'Abbas (RA) : Do you know that three (divorces) were treated as one during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , and that of Abu Bakr, and during three (years) of the caliphate of Umar (RA) ? Ibn Abbas (RA) said: Yes.

Abu Salama reported that Fatima bint Qais, the sister of al-Dahhak bin Qais informed him that Abu Hafs bin Mughira al-Makhzumi divorced her three times and then he proceeded on to the Yemen. The members of his family said to her: There is no maintenance allowance due to you from us. Khalid bin Walid along with a group of persons visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in the house of Maimuna and they said: Abu Hafs has divorced his wife with three pronouncements; is there any maintenance allowance due to her? Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: No maintenance allowance is due to her, but she is required to spend the 'Idda; and he sent her the message that she should not be hasty in making a decision about herself and commanded her to move to the house of Umm Sharik, and then sent her the message that as the first immigrants (frequently) visit the house of Umm Sharik, she should better go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind, (and further said: In case you put off your head-dress, he (Ibn Umm Makhtum) will not see you. So she went to his house, and when the 'Idda was over, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) married her to Usama bin Zaid bin Haritha.