Hadith About Knowledge

Jabir ​b. ​'Abdullah ‌reported:I ‌heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying this one month before his death: You asked me about the Last Hour whereas its knowledge is with Allah. I, however, take an oath and say that none upon the earth, the created beings (from amongst my Companions), would survive at the end of one hundred years

Abu ‌Huraira ‌reported ​Allah's ‌Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:There was argument between Adam and Moses, and Adam came the better of Moses. Moses said to him: You are the same Adam who misled people, and caused them to get out of Paradise. Adam said: You are the same (Moses) whom Allah endowed the knowledge of everything and selected him amongst the people as His Messenger. He said: Yes. Adam then again said: Even then you blame me for an affair which had been ordained for me before I was created

A'isha ‌reported ‌that ​Allah's ‌Messenger (ﷺ) recited (these verses of the Qur'an):"He it is Who revealed to thee (Muhammad) the Book (the Qur'an) wherein there are clear revelations-these are the substance of the Book and others are allegorical (verses). And as for those who have a yearning for error they go after the allegorical verses seeking (to cause) dissension, by seeking to explain them. And none knows their implications but Allah, and those who are sound in knowledge say: We affirm our faith in everything which is from our Lord. It is only the persons of understanding who really heed" (Al-Qur'an 3:7). 'A'isha (further) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (in connection with these verses): When you see such verses, avoid them, for it is they whom Allah has pointed out (in the mentioned verses)

A'isha ‌reported ​Allah's ​Messenger ​(ﷺ) as saying:The most despicable amongst persons in the eye of Allah is one who tries to fall into dispute with others (for nothing but only to display his knowledge and power of argumentation)

Anas ​b. ​Malik ‌reported ‌Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:It is from the conditions of the Last Hour that knowledge would be taken away and ignorance would prevail (upon the world), the liquor would be drunk, and adultery would become rampant

Qatida ​reported ​that ‌Anas ​b. Malik said:May I not narrate to you a hadith which I heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which no one would narrate to you after me who would have personally heard it from him (the Holy Prophet) (as I have the good fortune to do so)? -" It is from the signs of the Last Hour that knowledge would be taken away, ignorance would prevail upon (the world), adultery would become common, wine would be drunk, the number of men will fall short and the women would survive (and thus such a disparity would arise in the number of men and women) that there would be one man to look after fifty women

Abu ​Wa'il ​reported:I ​was ​sitting with 'Abdullah and Abu Musa that they reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having said: Prior to the Last Hour, there would be a time when knowledge would be taken away, and ignorance would take its place and there would be bloodshed on a large scale

Has ‌told ‌me ​[Harmalah ​bin Yahya] has told us [Ibnu Wahb] has told me [Yunus] from [Ibn Shihab] has told me [Humaid bin 'Abdurrahman bin 'Auf] that [Abu Hurairah] said; "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) has said about the signs of the Apocalypse; the Age (Time) feels close (short), religious knowledge is revoked, there are many disasters/chaos, stinginess is rampant and there are many alharj." The companions asked; 'O Rasulullah, what is Al Harj? ' Rasulullah answered: 'Murder.' Has told us ['Abdullah bin 'Abdurrahman Ad Darimi] has told us [Abu Al Yaman] has told us [Syu'aib] from [Az Zuhri] has told me [Humaid bin 'Abdurrahman Az Zuhri] that [Abu Hurairah] said; The Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam said: "When the Day of Judgment is near, then knowledge will be revoked." -then he mentioned a similar Hadith.- Has told us [Abu Bakr bin Abu Syaibah] has told us ['Abdul A'la] from [Ma'mar] from [Az Zuhri] from [Sa'id] from [Abu Hurairah] from the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam "When the Day of Judgment is near, then knowledge will decrease." -then he mentioned a Hadith that was similar to both of them.- Has told us [Yahya bin Ayyub] and [Qutaibah] and [Ibn Hujr], they say; has told us [Isma'il] namely Ibn Ja'far from [Al 'Ala] from [his father] from [Abu Hurairah] Likewise it was narrated from another route, and has told us [Ibnu Numair] and [Abu Kuraib] and ['Amr An Naqid] they said; has narrated to us [Ishaq bin Sulaiman] from [Hanzhalah] from [Salim] from [Abu Hurairah] Likewise it was narrated from another route, and has narrated to us [Muhammad bin Rafi'] has narrated to us ['Abdurrazzaq] has narrated to us [Ma'mar] from [Hammam bin Munabbih] from [Abu Hurairah] Likewise it has been narrated from another route, and has narrated to me [Abu Ath Thahir] has informed us [Ibn Wahb] from ['Amr bin Al Harith] from [Abu Yunus] from [Abu Hurairah] everything. he said from the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam which is the same as the Hadith of Az Zuhri from Humaid from Abu Hurairah. However, they did not mention the word stinginess

Abu ‌Huraira ​reported ‌Allah's ‌Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:(When) the time would draw close to the Last Hour, knowledge would be snatched away, turmoil would be rampant, miserliness would be put (in the hearts of the people) and therewould be much bloodshed. They said: What is al-harj? Thereupon he said: It is bloodshed

Abdullah ‌b. ​'Amr ​b. ​al-'As reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Verily, Allah does not take away knowledge by snatching it from the people but He takes away knowledge by taking away the scholars, so that when He leaves no learned person, people turn to the ignorant as their leaders; then they are asked to deliver religious verdicts and they deliver them without knowledge, they go astray, and lead others astray

Abu ‌Huraira ‌reported ‌Allah's ‌Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:He who alleviates the suffering of a brother out of the sufferings of the world, Allah would alleviate his suffering from the sufferings of the Day of Resurrection, and he who finds relief for one who is hard-pressed, Allah would make things easy for him in the Hereafter, and he who conceals (the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would conceal his faults in the world and in the Hereafter. Allah is at the back of a servant so long as the servant is at the back of his brother, and he who treads the path in search of knowledge, Allah would make that path easy, leading to Paradise for him and those persons who assemble in the house among the houses of Allah (mosques) and recite the Book of Allah and they learn and teach the Qur'an (among themselves) there would descend upon them tranquility and mercy would cover them and the angels would surround them and Allah mentions them in the presence of those near Him, and he who is slow-paced in doing good deeds, his (high) lineage does not make him go ahead

Zaid ‌b. ​Alqam ‌reported:I ​am not going to say anything but only that which Allah's Messenger (may peace be upgn him) used to say. He used to supplicate:" O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from incapacity, from sloth, from cowardice, from miserliness, decrepitude and from torment of the grave. O Allah, grant to my soul the sense of righteousness and purify it, for Thou art the Best Purifier thereof. Thou art the Protecting Friend thereof, and Guardian thereof. O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from the knowledge which does not benefit, from the heart that does not entertain the fear (of Allah), from the soul that does not feel contented and the supplication that is not responded

(Abu't-Tahir ‌Ahmed ‌b. ​Amr ​b. Abdillah b. Amr b. Sech, a freed slave of the Banu Umayya, narrated to me:) Ibn Wahb informed me:) Yunus informed me, quoting Ibn Shihab. Ibn Shihab said: Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the Tabuk campaign. However, he wanted to go against the Romans and the Christian Arabs in Syria. Shihab said: Abdurrahman b. Abdillah b. Ka'b b. Malik informed me that when Ka'b, one of the sons of Abdullah b. Ka'b, became blind, he became his deputy. (I heard Ka'b b. I heard Malik recounting his experience when he lagged behind the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Battle of Tabuk. Ka'b ibn Malik said: I did not miss any of the battles that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) participated in, except for the Battle of Tabuk! I was also absent from the Battle of Badr. But he never rebuked anyone who was absent from that battle. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Muslims had only set out to target the caravan of the Quraysh. In the end, Allah brought them and their enemies to a place unexpectedly. Indeed, I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the night of Aqaba when we made a covenant with him on Islam. Although Badr is more famous among people than Aqaba, I do not wish that the Battle of Badr had taken place instead of Aqaba. My story from when I parted from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Battle of Tabuk is this: I have never been stronger or richer than when I parted from him during that battle. By Allah, I had never before gathered two packs of camels together. Finally, during that battle, I gathered two camels together. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) conducted this battle in intense heat. He went on a long journey into the desert. He faced a large enemy force and clearly explained to the Muslims what they were to do so they could prepare for their battle. He informed them of where he intended to lead them. The number of Muslims with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was so great that even a guard's book could not record their number. (He is referring to the army register with this statement.) Ka'b continued his account: There were few who wanted to desert (from the army) and did not think that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would not know about it unless a revelation came from Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) undertook this campaign when the fruits and shade were in full bloom. I was the one who most eagerly participated in this campaign. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Muslims with him prepared themselves. I started to stay up all night to prepare with them. But I returned without doing anything; I said to myself: I am capable of this whenever I want. This continued with me. The people continued to work. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), with the Muslims with him, stayed up all night to set out. I had done nothing in terms of preparation. Then I stayed up all night and returned again having done nothing. This state continued. Even the Muslims hastened to their destination, and the warriors advanced. I felt the urge to set out and catch up with them. I wish I had done so. But then this was not destined for me. After the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) left and went out among the people, it began to grieve me that I had not followed him. Only those accused of hypocrisy or those weak whom Allah excuses could be exempted from this. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mention me until he reached Tabuk. While sitting among the congregation in Tabuk, he asked, "What did Ka'b ibn Malik do?" A man from the Banu Salima tribe said, "O Messenger of Allah! His garment and the way he looked at the collar of that garment prevented him." Upon this, Mu'adh ibn Jabal said to him, "What a terrible thing you have said!" "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, we know nothing but good about him," he said. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent. While he was in this state, he saw a man in white clothes with whom the mirage disappeared. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You must be Abu Haysema!" And they saw that it was Abu Haysera'at al-Ansari. This is the man who, when the hypocrites criticized him, gave a measure of dried dates in charity. b. Malik continued his story: "When I heard that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was returning from Tabuk, I was filled with sorrow. I began to think of lying. I was thinking, 'How can I escape from his relatives tomorrow?' I sought help from every knowledgeable person in my family regarding this matter." When I was told that the arrival of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was approaching, false thoughts left me. I understood that I could never escape from them in any way. And I decided to tell him the truth. The arrival of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the morning. When he returned from a journey, he would first begin his work in the mosque. There he prayed two rak'ahs. Then he sat down to meet with the people. When he did this, those who had not gone on the battle came and began to apologize to him and swear oaths to him. There were over eighty of them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) accepted their open declarations. He took allegiance with them and asked forgiveness for them. He also entrusted their hidden aspects to Allah. Finally, I came here. When I greeted him, he smiled with the smile of an angry person. Then he said: I came walking and sat in his presence. He said to me: You stayed behind from the battle? "Didn't you buy your animal?" he asked. I replied, "O Messenger of Allah! By Allah, if I were sitting with anyone other than you from the people of the world, I think I would have escaped the wrath of Allah with an excuse. I have been given eloquence. But by Allah, I know that if I tell you a lie today that would please you, I will soon face the wrath of Allah. If I tell you the truth, you will be offended by me. I seek Allah's reward for my words. By Allah, I have no excuse. By Allah, there has never been a time when I was stronger or richer than when I was lagging behind you." When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived, he said, "Indeed, you have spoken the truth. Now, get up (go) until Allah gives His judgment concerning you!" So I got up. A group of men from Banu Salima also got up and followed me, and they said to me, "By Allah! We do not know of any sin you committed before this." They said, "Indeed, you were unable to offer the same excuse to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that those who did not go to the battle offered. It would have been enough for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to seek forgiveness for your sin." He replied, "By Allah! They rebuked me so much that I almost went back to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and lied to him. Then I asked them, 'Did anyone else suffer the same fate as me?' They said, 'Yes! Two men suffered the same fate as you. They said the same thing you said, and they were told the same thing as you.' I asked, 'Who are they?' They said, 'Murarah ibn Rabi'ah al-Amiri and Hilal ibn Umayyah al-Waqifi.' And they told me about two righteous men who had participated in the Battle of Badr and were worthy of being followed. After they told me this, I left." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the Muslims from speaking to the three of us who had separated from him. Because of this, the people avoided us. Their attitude towards us changed. Even the place I knew changed in my eyes. It was no longer the place I knew. We remained in this state for fifty nights. My two companions sat in their homes, bowing their heads and weeping. As for me: I was the youngest and most steadfast of the people. I would leave my house, come to prayer, and walk in the markets. But no one would speak to me. After prayer, while sitting in my place, I would approach the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and greet him; and I would think to myself, "Did I move my lips to return the greeting or not?" Then I would pray near him, secretly looking at him. When I turned towards my prayer, he would look at me; when I looked towards him, he would turn away from me. When this persecution by the Muslims continued for a long time, I gradually climbed over the wall of Abu Qatada's garden. Abu Qatada is my uncle and the person I love most. I greeted him. By Allah, he did not return my greeting. I said to him: "O Abu Qatada! For God's sake, tell me, do you know that I love Allah and His Messenger?" Abu Qatada remained silent. I asked him again, for God's sake, to tell me. He remained silent again. I asked again (this time): "Allah and His Messenger know!" Upon this, my eyes filled with tears, and I turned back. I climbed over the wall. Later, while walking in the market of Medina, I met a fellah from the Persian fellahs of Damascus who had come to Medina to sell food. He was asking, "Who will show me Ka'b ibn Malik?" People began pointing to me and indicating me to him. Finally, he came to me and gave me a letter from the King of Ghassan. I was a scribe. I read the letter. I saw that it contained the following: "Then (it should be known) we heard that your wife has wronged you. Allah did not create you in a land of humiliation, nor in a place where your rights would be lost. Join us immediately so that we may help you." When I read this, I said, "This is also a kind of calamity," and I went to the oven and burned the letter there. Finally, after forty of the fifty nights had passed and the revelation had ceased, the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) suddenly came to me. And he said, "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commands you to distance yourself from your wife." I said, "Should I divorce her, or what should I do?" He said, "No! Just distance yourself from her and never approach her again!" He had sent similar messages to two of my companions. Thereupon I said to my wife, "Return to your family and stay with them until Allah gives a ruling on this matter!" Subsequently, Hilal b. Umayya's wife came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, indeed Hilal ibn Umayya is a wasted old man; he has no servant. Would you disapprove of me serving him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But he should never approach you!" The woman said: "By Allah, he has no time to do anything! And by Allah, he has been weeping continuously since this matter happened to him." Then one of my family members said to me: "Why don't you ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission regarding your wife? (See) Hilal ibn Umayya's wife, he gave permission for her to serve Hilal." I said: "I cannot ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about her. I am a young man." When I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission regarding him, I said, "What will he say? Who knows?" And I remained in this state for ten nights. In this way, fifty nights were completed from the time we were forbidden to speak. Then, on the morning of the fiftieth night, I performed the morning prayer on one of our houses. And while I was sitting in the state that Allah Almighty had declared for us, I was overcome with distress. The place, despite its vastness, felt narrow to me. I heard the voice of someone shouting from atop Mount Sel'. He was shouting in a loud voice: "Ka'b ibn Malik, good news!" I immediately prostrated myself. And I understood that Shadumani had come. Then, after the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the morning prayer, he informed the people that Allah had accepted our repentance. Upon this, the people went to give us the good news. Two of my companions went to bring the good news. A man spurred his horse to come to me. A man from the Aslam tribe came running towards me. And he went up the mountain. His voice was faster than a horse. When the person whose voice I heard came to me with the good news, I immediately took off two of my garments and gave them to him to celebrate his good news. By Allah, I did not possess anything else that day. And I borrowed two garments and wore them. I immediately set out on the road, wanting to see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). People came out in groups to meet me, congratulating me on my repentance and saying, "May Allah's acceptance of your repentance be blessed upon you!" Finally, I entered the mosque. And I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sitting in the mosque, surrounded by people. Then Talha ibn Ubaydillah rose and quickly came to me. He shook my hand and congratulated me. By Allah, no one else from the Muhajirin rose except him, and Ka'b never forgot what Talha had done. He said: When I greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), his face would shine with joy and he would say: "Glad tidings to you, this is the best day that has passed since I gave birth to you!" I said: "Is this from you or from Allah, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Rather, it is from Allah!" When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) rejoiced, his face would radiate, as if his face were like a piece of the moon. We knew this. When I sat down, I said: "O Messenger of Allah! One of my acts of repentance is to give up some of my wealth as charity for Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep some of it! This is better for you." I said: "I am keeping my share from Khaybar," and I added: "O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, Allah saved me through righteousness." One of my vows is to never speak the truth again for as long as I live. Since I told this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I do not know of any Muslim who has been granted a greater favor than Allah in granting me the ability to speak the truth. By Allah, since I told this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I have never intentionally told a lie. I pray that Allah will protect me for the remainder of my life. Ka'b said: Thereupon Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) revealed verses 117-118 of Surah At-Tawbah: "Indeed, Allah accepted the repentance of the Messenger and of the Muhajirun and Ansar who followed him in times of difficulty—a group of whom had almost gone astray. Indeed, He accepted their repentance, for Allah is Kind and Merciful to them. And He also accepted the repentance of the three who were left behind, and who felt confined by their own selves, despite the vastness of their world." It went as far as the verse: "Those who believe, fear Allah and be with those who speak the truth!" And then, "By Allah, after He guided me to Islam, He has not bestowed upon me any greater blessing than the truth I spoke to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The matter of me being destroyed as liars are destroyed for lying to him! Indeed, when Allah sent down revelation concerning liars, He said the worst thing that could be said to anyone. Allah says: 'When you return to them, they will swear by Allah that you should not say anything to them. So turn away from them! For they are impure, and their abode is Hellfire for what they earned. They swear to you that you may be pleased with them. But if you are pleased with them, then surely Allah is not pleased with the wicked people.'" (Surah At-Tawbah, verses 95-96) He said: "We were three people who were left behind from the affairs of those with whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) swore an oath, and he accepted their oaths and made a pledge of allegiance for them, and he sought forgiveness for them. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) postponed our affairs until Allah gave His judgment. It is for this reason that Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) said: 'And the repentance of the three who were left behind...' Our being left behind as mentioned by Allah is not our being left behind from the battle. It is only that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) postponed us and left our affairs until after those who had sworn an oath and made an excuse to him, and he accepted their excuses."

Sa'id ​b. ‌Musayyib, ‌'Urwa ‌b. Zubair, 'Alqama b. Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah b. Abdullah b. 'Utba b. Mas'ud--all of them reported the story of the false allegation against 'A'isha, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ). And they (the slanderers) said what they had to say, but Allah exonerated her of this charge and all of them reported a part of the hadith and some of them who had better memories reported more and with better retention, and I tried to retain this hadith (listening) from every one of them that they reported to me and some of them attested the other. (The sumaried substance of the false allegation is this):'A'isha said: Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) intended to set out on a journey he cast lots amongst his wives and he took one with him in whose favour the lot was cast. It so happened that he cast lots amongst us while setting out on a battle and it was cast in my favour, so I set out along with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). This relates to the period when the revelation concerning the commands of veil had been made. I was carried in a haudaj and I was brought down where we had to stay. In short, when we set out for return journey from the expedition and our caravan was near Medina, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded one night to march forward. I also got up when the command for the march was given and moved on until I went out of the encampments of the army and after relieving myself I came to my place. I touched my chest and found that my necklace which had been made of the stones of zafar had been broken. I retraced my steps and tried to search my necklace and this detained me there. The group of people who saddled my ride and placed my haudaj carrying me upon the camels marched on. They were under the impression that I was in it. The women in those days were light of weight and they did not wear much flesh, as they ate less food; so they did not perceive the weight of my haudaj as they placed it upon the camel as I was a young girl at that time. So they drove the camel and Eet out and I found my necklace after the army had marched. I came to my place and there was none to call and none to respond (the call). I waited at my place under the impression that when the people would riot find me they would come back. So I kept sitting at my place. I was overpowered by sleep and slept. Safwan b. Mu'attal Sulami Dhakwini, who had lagged behind the army because of taking rest came to my place walking in the latter part of the night and he saw the body of a person who was asleep. He came to me and recognised me as he had seen rue before it was enjoined to observe purda. I got ap by his voice as he recited Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un [we are for Allah and to Him we have to return. ] and I covered my head with my headdress. By Allah, he did not speak to me a word and I did not hear a word from him except Inna lillahi. He made his camel kneel down and I amounted the camel as he pressed tLe camel's foreleg and he moved on leaning the camel by the nose string on which I was riding until we came to the army where it had encamped for rest because of extreme heat. Woe be upon those who harboured doubts about me and the most notorious among them was 'Abdullah b. Ubayy, the great hypocrite. We came to Medina and I fell sick for a month. The people had been deliberating over the statements of those who had brought these calumnies against me. I was absolutely unaware of anything concerning that. This, however, caused doubt in my mind that I did not see Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him.) treating me with such kindness with which he treated me as I fell ill before this. The Prophet (ﷺ) would coome and greet me with Assalam-o-'Alaikum and only ask me how I was. This caused doubt in my mind, but I was unaware of the evil. I wept outside despite my failing health and there went along with me Umm Mistah and she said the daughter of Abu Rhm b. Muttalib b. 'Abd Manaf and his mother was the daughter of Sakhr b. 'Amir, the sister of the mother of Abu Bakr Sidiq and his son was Mistah b. Uthatha b. 'Abbad b. Muttalib. I and the daughter of Abu Rahm set towards the direction of my house. Something got into the head dress of Umm Mistah and she said: Woe be upon Mistah. And I said. Woe be upon what you say. Do you curse people who had participated in Badr? She said: Innocent woman, have you not heard what he said? I said: What did he say? She conveyed to me the statement of those who had brought false allegations against me. So my illness was aggravated. I went to my house and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me and he greeted me and then said: How is that woman? I said: Do you permit me to go to the (house) of my parents? She (further) said: I had at that time made up my mind to confirm this news from them. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) permitted me. So I came to (the house of) my parents and said to my mother: Mother, do you know what the people are talking about? She said: My daughter, you should not worry. By Allah, if there is a handsome woman who is loved by her husband and he has co-wives also they talk many a thing about her. I said: Hallowed be Allah, what are the people talking about? I wept during the whole night until it was morning and I did not have a wink of sleep and I wept even in the morning. As the revelation was delayed (in regard to this matter), so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called 'Ali ibn Abi 'Talib and Usama b. Zaid in order to seek their advice in regard to the separation of his wife. Usama b. Zaid told Allah's Messenger (may peace be apen him) about the innocence of his wives and what he knew about his love for them. He said: Allah's Messenger, they are your wives and we know nothing else about them but goodness. And as for 'Ali b. Abu Talib, he said: Allah has not put any unnecessary burden upon you (in regard to your wives). There are a number of women besides her and if you ask that maidservant (Barira) she will tell you the truth. So, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) called Bailra and said: Barira, did you see anything in 'A'isha which can cause doubt about her? Barira said: By Him Who sent thee with the truth, I have seen nothing objectionable in her but only this much that she is a young girl and she goes to sleep while kneading the flour and the lamb eats that. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mounted the pulpit and sought vindication against 'Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul, and he further said: Who would exonerate me from imputations of that person who has troubled (me) in regard to my family? By Allah, I find nothing in my wife but goodness and the person whom the people have mentioned in this connection is, according to my knowledge, a thoroughly pious person, and he did never get into my house but along with me. Sa'd b. Mu'adh stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, I defend your honour against him. If he belong to the tribe of Aus we would strike his neck and if he belongs to the tribe of our brother Khazraj and you order us we would comply with your order. Then Sa'd b. 'Ubada stood up. He was chief of the Khazraj tribe. He was otherwise a pioas man but he had some what tribal partisanship in him and he said to Sa'd b. Mu'adh: By the everlasting existence of Allah. you are not stating the fact, you will not be able to kill him and you will not have the power to do so. Thereupon, Usaid b. Hudair stood up, and he was the first cousin of Sa'd b. Mu'adh and said to Sa'd b. 'Ubada: By the everlasting existence of Allah, you are not stating the fact. We would kill him. You are a hypocrite and so you argue in defence of the hypocrites, and thus both the tribes Aus and Khazraj were flared up, until they were about to fall upon one another and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kept standing upon the pulpit and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) tried to subside their anger until they became silent and thus there was silence. 'A'isha further reported: I spent the whole day in weeping and even the night and could not have a wink of sleep even next night. My parents thought that this constant weeping of mine would break my heart. I wept and they sat beside me. In the meanwhile a woman of the Ansar came to see me. I permitted her to see me and she also began to weep. And we were in this very state that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came and he greeted me and then sat down. He had never sat with me since a month when this rumour was afloat, and there was no revelation (to clarity) my case. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) recited Tashahhud (there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Apostle) and then said: Coming to the point, 'A'isha, this is what has reached me about you and if you are innocent, Allah would Himself vindicate your honour, and if accidentally there has been a lapse on your part seek forgiveness of Allah; He will pardon thee for when a servant makes a confession of his fault and turns (to Him) penitently, Allah also turns to him (mercifully) accepting his repentance. When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) talked, my tears dried up and not even a single drop of tear was perceived by me (rolling out of my eyes). I said to my father: You give a reply to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on my behalf. He said: By Allah, I do not know what I should say to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I then said to my mother: Give a reply to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) on my behalf, but she said: By Allah, I do not know what I should say to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). I was a small girl at that time and I had not read much of the Qur'an (but I said): By Allah, I perceive that you have heard about this and it has settled down in your mind and you have taken it to be true, so if I say to you that I am quite innocent, and Allah knows that I am innocent, you would never believe me to be true, and if I confess to (the alleged) lapse before you, whereas Allah knows that I am completely innocent (and I have not committed this sin at all), in that case You will take me to be true and, by Allah, I, therefore, find no other alternative for me and for you except that what the father of Yousuf said:, (My course is) comely patience. And Allah it is Whose help is to be sought for in that (predicament) which ye describe" (xii 18). After this I turned my face to the other side and lay down on my bed. By Allah, I was fully aware of this fact that I was innocent but I did not expect that Allah would descend Wahy Matlu (Qur'anic Wahy) in my case as I did not think myself so much important that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, would speak in this matter in words to be recited. I only hoped that Allah would in vision give an indication of my innocence to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) during his sleep. And, by Allah, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had not moved an inch from where he had been sitting and none from the members of my family had gone that Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, descended revelation upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) there and then and he felt the burden which he used to feel at the time of receiving revelation. He began to perspire because of the burden of words of Allah as they descended upon him even during the winter season and there fell the drops of his sweat like silvery beads. When this state of receiving revelation was over, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) smiled and the first words which he spoke to me were that he said: 'A'isha, there is glad tidings for you. Verily, Allah has vindicated your honour, and my mother who had been standing by me said: Get up (and thank him, i. e. the Holy Prophet). I said: By Allah, I shall not thank him and laud him but Allah Who has descended revelation vindicating my honour. She ('A'isha) said: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed:" 'Verily, those who spread the slander are a gang among you" (and) ten (subsequent) verses in regard to my innocence. She further said: Abu Bakr used to give to Mistah (some stipend) as a token of kinship with him and for his poverty and he (Abu Bakr) said: By Allah, now I would not spend anything for him. 'A'isha said: It was upon this that Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse:" And let not those who possess dignity and ease among you swear to give to the near of the kin" up to" Yearn ye not that Allah may forgive you?" Hibban b. Musa' said that 'Abdullah b. Mubarak used to say: It is a verse contained in the Book which most (eminently) brightens the hope. Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I wish that Allah should pardon me. I shall never stop this stipend. So he continued to give him the stipend which he had withdrawn. 'A'isha said that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked Zainab, daughter of Jahsh, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), about me what she knew or what she had seen in me, and she said: Allah's Messenger, I shall not say anything without hearing (with my ears) and seeing with my eyes. By Allah, I find nothing in her but goodness. (And she stated this in spite of the fact) that she was the only lady who amongst the wives of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) used to vie with me but Allah saved her in bringing false allegation against me because of her God-consciousness. Her sister Hamna bint Jahsh, however, opposed her and she was undone along with others

Abdullah ​(b. ​Mas`ud) ​reported:As ‌I was going along with Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) in a cultivable land and he (the Holy Prophet) was walking with the support of a wood, a group of Jews happened to meet him. Some of them said to the others: Ask him about the Soul. They said: What is your doubt about it? There is a possibility that you may ask him about anything (the answer of) which you may not like. They said: Ask him. So one amongst them asked him about the Soul. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kept quiet and he gave no reply and I came to know that revelation was being sent to him, so I stood at my place and thus this revelation descended upon him:" They ask thee about the Soul. Say: The Soul is by the Commandment of my Lord, and of Knowledge you are given but a little" (xvii)

Masruq ‌reported:We ​were ‌sitting ​in the company of Abdullah and he was lying on the bed that a person came and said: Abd Abd al-Rabmin, a story-teller at the gates of Kinda says that the verse (of the Qur'an) which deals with the" smoke" implies that which is about to come and it would hold the breath of the infidels and would inflict the believers with cold. Thereupon Abdullah got up and said in anger. O people, fear Allah and say only that which one knows amongst you and do not say which he does not know and he should simply say: Allah has the best knowledge for He has the best knowledge amongst all of you. It does not behove him to say that which he does not know. Allah has the best knowledge of it. Verily Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said to His Prophet (ﷺ) to state:" I do not ask from you any remuneration and I am not the one to put you in trouble," and when Allah's Mesqenger (ﷺ) saw people turning back (from religion) he said: O Allah, afflict thern with seven famines as was done in the case of Yusuf, so they were afflicted with famine by which they were forced to eat everything until they were obliged to eat the hides and the dead bodies because of hunger, and every one of them looked towards the sky and he found a smoke. And Abu Sufyan came and he said: Muhammad, you have come to command us to obey Allah and cement the ties of blood- relation whereas your people are undone; supplicate Allah for tlicm. Thereupon Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, said:" Wait for the day when there would be clear smoke from the sky which would envelop people and that would be grievous torivent" up to the words:" you are going to return to (evil)." (if this verse implied the torment of the next life) could the chastisement of the next (life) be averted (as the Qur'an states): On the day when We seize (them) with the most violent seizing; surely We shall exact retribution" (xliv. 16)? The seizing (in the hadith) implies that of the Day of Badr. And so far as the sign of smoke, seizing, inevitability and signs of Rome are concern- ed, they have become things of the past now

Masruq ‌reported ​that ​there ‌came to Abdullah a person and said:I have left behind in the mosque a man who explains the Qur'an according to his personal discretion and he explained this verse:" So wait for the day when the Heaven brings a clear smoke." He says that a smoke would come to the people on the Day of Resurrection anl it will withhold breath and they would be inflicted with cold. 'Abdullah said: He who has knowledge should say something and he who has no knowledge should simply say: Allah is best aware. This reflects the understanding of a person that he should say about that which he does not know that it is Allah who knows best. The fact is that when the Quraish disobeyed Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) he supplicated Allah that they should be afflicted with famine and starvation as was done in case of Yusuf. And they were so much hard pressed that a person would ace the sky and he would see between him and the sky something like smoke and they were so much hard pressed that they began to cat the bones, and a person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and said: Allah's Messenger. seek forgiveness for the tribe of Mudar for (its people) have been undone. The Messenger (ﷺ) said: For Mudar? You are overbold, but he supplicated Allah for them. It was upon this that this verse was revealed:" We shall remove the chastisement a little, but they will surely return to evil" (xliv. 15). lie (the narrator) said: There was a downpoor of rain upon them. When there was some relief for them they returned to the same position as they had been before, and Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this verse:" So wait for the day when the heaven brings a clear smoke enveloping people. This is a grievous torment on the day when We seize them with the most violent seizing; surely, We shall exact retribution." And this (seizing) implied (Battle) of Badr

Abu ‌Sa'id ‌al-Khudri ​reported ‌Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:The inmates of Paradise would see the inmates of the apartment over them just as you see the shining planets which remain in the eastern and the western horizon because of the superiority some have over others. They said: Allah's Messenger, would in these abodes of Apostles others besides them not be able to reach? He said: Yes, they will, by Him, in Whose hand is my life, those who believe in God and acknowledge the Truth, will reach them

Hudhaifa ​b. ‌al-Yaman ‌reported:By ​Allah, I have the best knowledge amongst people about every turmoil which is going to appear in the period intervening me and the Last Hour; and it is not for the fact that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told me something confidentially pertaining to it and he did not tell anybody else about it, but it is because of the fact that I was present in the assembly in which he had been describing the turmoil. and he especially made a mention of three turmoils which would not spare anything and amongst these there would be turmoils like storms in the hot season. Some of them would be violent and some of them would be comparatively mild. Hudhaifa said: All (who were present) except I have gone (to the next world)

Abu ‌Sa`id ‌al-Khudri ‌reported:We ​came back after having performed Pilgrimage or `Umra and lbn Sa'id was along with us. And we encamped at a place and the people dispersed and I and he were left behind. I felt terribly frightend from him as it was said about him that he was the Dajjal. He brought his goods and placed them by my luggage and I said: It is intense heat. Would you not place that under that tree? And he did that. Then there appeared before us a flock of sheep. He went and brought a cup of milk and said: Abu Sa`id, drink that. I said it is intense heat and the milk is also hot (whereas the fact was) that I did not like to drink from his hands or to take it from his hand and he said: Abu Sa`id, I think that I should take a rope and suspend it by the tree and then commit suicide because of the talks of the people, and he further said. Abu Sa`id he who is ignorant of the saying of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (he is to be pardoned), but O people of Ansar, is this hadith of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) concealed from you whereas you have the best knowledge of the hadith of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) amongst people? Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) not say that he (Dajjal) would be a non believer whereas I am a believer? Did Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) not say he would be barren and no child would be born to him, whereas I have left my children in Medina? Did Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him) not say: He would not get into Medina and Mecca whereas I have been coming from Medina and now I intend to go to Mecca? Abu Sa`id said: I was about to accept the excuse put forward by him. Then he said: I know the place where he would be born and where he is now. So I said to him: May your whole day be spent