Category:The Book of Pre-Islam in HodHood Indexing

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1. But I give to some people as I feel that they have no patience and no contentment in their hearts and I leave those who are patient and self content with the goodness and wealth which Allah has put into their hearts and Amr Bin Taghlib is one of them . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-318 Category:Chapter on Saying Ammabadu in the Khutba in Sahih AlBukhari
2. Narrated Ibn Masud A man said O Allah Messenger ﷺ Shall we be punished for what we did in the Prelslamic Period of ignorance The Prophet ﷺ said Whoever does good in Islam will not be punished for what he did in the Pre lslamic Period of ignorance and whoever does evil in Islam will be punished for his former and later bad deeds . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1256 Category:Chapter on But man is ever more quarrelsome than anything in Sahih AlBukhari
3. They the people asked O Allah Apostle What are they He said To join partners in worship with Allah to practice sorcery to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause according to Islamic law to eat up usury Riba to eat up the property of an orphan to give one back to the enemy and fleeing from the battle field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1256 Category:Chapter on But man is ever more quarrelsome than anything in Sahih AlBukhari
4. Then he said it for the third time and added You should Know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle and I want to exile you fro this land so whoever among you owns some property can sell it otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1615 Category:Chapter on Whoever preferred to be beaten killed and humiliated rather than to revert to Kufr in Sahih AlBukhari
5. Narrated Aisha Hind bint Utba Bin Rabia said O Allah Apostle Before I embraced Islam there was no family on the surface of the earth I wish to have degraded more than I did your family . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1783 Category:Chapter on Selling under coercion or other circumstances to repay a debt or the like in Sahih AlBukhari
6. Narrated Hakim Bin Hizam That he said O Allah Messenger ﷺ What do you think about my good deeds which I used to do during the period of ignorance before embracing Islam like keeping good relations with my Kith and kin manumitting of slaves and giving alms etc Shall I receive the reward for that Allah Messenger ﷺ said You have embraced Islam with all those good deeds which you did . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1785 Category:Chapter on Circumcision at an old age and pulling out armpit hair in Sahih AlBukhari
7. Narrated Abu Saeed AlKhudri I heard Allah Messenger ﷺ saying There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours and whose fasting will make you look down upon yours but they will recite the Quran which will not exceed their throats they will not act on it and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing and look at the unfeathered arrow but see nothing and look at the arrow feathers but see nothing and finally he suspects to find something in the lower part of the arrow . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-2469 Category:Chapter on Good relations with kith and kin while a Mushrik then embraced Islam in Sahih AlBukhari
8. Then he said How could I remain behind Allah Messenger ﷺ So Ali set out following the Prophet ﷺ When it was the eve of the day in the morning of which Allah helped the Muslims to conquer it Allah Messenger ﷺ said I will give the flag to a man or tomorrow a man whom Allah and His Apostle love will take the flag or said A man who loves Allah and His Apostle and Allah will grant victory under his leadership . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-2726 Category:Chapter on A believer eats in one intestine in Sahih AlBukhari
9. She used to visit us and talk to us and when she finished her talk she used to say The day of the scarf was one of our Lord wonders Verily He has delivered me from the land of Kufr . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3385 Category:Chapter on The merits of Khalid Bin AlWalid in Sahih AlBukhari
10. Aisha asked her What was the day of the scarf She replied Once the daughter of some of my masters went out and she was wearing a leather scarf round her neck and the leather scarf fell from her and a kite descended and picked it up mistaking it for a piece of meat . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3437 Category:Chapter on The days of PreIslamic Period of Ignorance in Sahih AlBukhari
11. Thus if a man met Abu Bakr he would say O Abu Bakr Who is this man in front of you Abu Bakr would say This man shows me the Way One would think that Abu Bakr meant the road while in fact Abu Bakr meant the way of virtue and good . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3698 Category:Chapter on The conversion of Saad to Islam in Sahih AlBukhari
12. Then he said What sort of a man is Abdullah Bin Salam amongst you They said He is our chief and the son of our chief and the most learned man and the son of the most learned amongst us . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3728 Category:Chapter on The signs of Prophethood in Islam in Sahih AlBukhari
13. They again said Get at this Sabi I was treated in the same way as on the previous day and again AlAbbas found me and threw himself over me to protect me and told them the same as he had said the day before . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3828 Category:Chapter on The Statement of Allah Taala those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans in Sahih AlBukhari
14. The people enquire O Allah Messenger ﷺ What are they He said To join others in worship along with Allah to practice sorcery to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause according to Islamic law to eat up Riba usury to eat up an orphan wealth to give back to the enemy and fleeing from the battlefield at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3872 Category:Chapter on Practising good deeds before taking part in a battle in Sahih AlBukhari
15. Narrated Anas Bin Malik The Prophet ﷺ delivered a sermon and said Zaid took the flag and was martyred and then Jafar took the flag and was martyred and then Abdullah Bin Rawaha took the flag and was martyred too and then Khalid Bin AlWalid took the flag though he was not appointed as a commander and Allah made him victorious . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3872 Category:Chapter on Practising good deeds before taking part in a battle in Sahih AlBukhari
16. So when the letter of Allah Messenger ﷺ reached Caesar he said after reading it Seek for me any one of his people Arabs of Quraish tribe if present here in order to ask him about Allah Messenger ﷺ . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3872 Category:Chapter on Practising good deeds before taking part in a battle in Sahih AlBukhari
17. At that time Abu Sufyan Bin Harb was in Sham with some men frown Quraish who had come to Sham as merchants during the truce that had been concluded between Allah Messenger ﷺ and the infidels of Quraish . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3872 Category:Chapter on Practising good deeds before taking part in a battle in Sahih AlBukhari
18. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah alone and not to worship others along with Him to leave all that your fore fathers used to worship to offer prayers to speak the truth to be chaste to keep promises and to return what is entrusted to you . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4610 Category:Chapter on Trading during the time of Hajj in Sahih AlBukhari
19. Narrated Salama Bin AlAkwa Ali remained behind the Prophet ﷺ during the battle of Khaibar as he way suffering from some eye trouble but then he said How should I stay behind Allah Messenger ﷺ So he set out till he joined the Prophet . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4610 Category:Chapter on Trading during the time of Hajj in Sahih AlBukhari
20. I further asked you whether there was anybody who after embracing his religion became displeased and discarded his religion . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-5326 Category:Chapter on Ghazwa of Khaibar in Sahih AlBukhari
21. Narrated Abdullah Bin Amr A man asked the Prophet ﷺ What sort of deeds or what qualities of Islam are good The Prophet ﷺ replied To feed the poor and greet those whom you know and those whom you do not Know See Hadith No . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6063 Category:The Book of Chapters on Virtues in Sunan AlTermithi
22. So when he slept on the night of the conquest of Khaibar the Prophet ﷺ said I will give the flag tomorrow or tomorrow the flag will be taken by a man who is loved by Allah and His Apostle and Khaibar will be conquered through him with Allah help While every one of us was hopeful to have the flag it was said Here is Ali and the Prophet ﷺ gave him the flag and Khaibar was conquered through him with Allah Help . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6063 Category:The Book of Chapters on Virtues in Sunan AlTermithi
23. They would say That man claims that Allah has sent him as an Apostle that he has been divinely inspired that Allah has revealed to him such and such . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6063 Category:The Book of Chapters on Virtues in Sunan AlTermithi
24. When my father returned from the Prophet to his tribe he said By Allah I have come to you from the Prophet ﷺ for sure The Prophet ﷺ afterwards said to them Offer such and such prayer at such and such time and when the time for the prayer becomes due then one of you should pronounce the Adhan for the prayer and let the one amongst you who knows Quran most should lead the prayer . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6063 Category:The Book of Chapters on Virtues in Sunan AlTermithi
25. Abu Sufyan I asked you about his family status amongst you and you told me that he comes from a noble family amongst you Verily all Apostles come from the noblest family among their people . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6107 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Related About Supplication In The Morning And The Evening in Sunan AlTermithi
26. Then I asked you whether you had ever fought with him and you claimed that you had fought with him and the battle between you and him was undecided and the victory was shared by you and him in turns he inflicted casual ties upon you and you inflicted casualties upon them . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6554 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Related About What Is Sufficient And Being Patient With It in Sunan AlTermithi
27. AlZuhri said Heraclius then invited all the chiefs of the Byzantines and had them assembled in his house and said O group of Byzantines Do you wish to have a permanent success and guidance and that your kingdom should remain with you Immediately after hearing that they rushed towards the gate like onagers but they found them closed . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6639 Category:The Book Of AlQadar in Sunan AlTermithi
28. So the Prophet ﷺ used to stick to the principle of forgiveness for them as long as Allah ordered him to do so till Allah permitted fighting them . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
29. Narrated Abu Huraira Allah Messenger ﷺ said No child is born except on AlFitra Islam and then his parents make him Jewish Christian or Magian as an animal produces a perfect young animal do you see any part of its body amputated Then he rec The religion of pure Islamic Faith Hanifa i . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
30. Narrated Ibn Abi Mulaikah from Aisha that the Prophet ﷺ saw a lamp in the house of AlZubair so he said O Aisha I do not think except that Asma has given birth so do not name him until I should name him . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
31. Narrated Kathir Bin Abdullah Bin Amr Bin Awuf Bin Zaid Bin Milhah narrated from his father from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said Indeed the religion with creep into the Hijaz just like a snake creeps into its hole and the religion will cling to the Hijaz just like the female mountain goat cling to the peak of a mountain . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
32. Narrated Salim Bin Abdullah Bin Umar from his father On the Day of Uhud the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said O Allah Curse Abu Sufyan O Allah Curse AlHarith Bin Hisham O Allah Curse Safwan Bin Umayah He said So the following was revealed Not for you is the decision whether He turns in mercy towards them or punishes them . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
33. Your Lord looks at them and says Do you want anything more that We may grant you more They say Our Lord What more could we have when we are in Paradise wandering wherever we want Then He looks at them a second time and says Do you want anything more that We may grant you more When they realize that they will not be left alone with that they say Return our souls to our bodies so that we may return to the world to be killed in Your cause another time . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
34. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said Close your ranks and be straight forward for there was never any Prophethood but there was a time of ignorance just before his advent so the number will be taken from that time of ignorance and if that is not enough it will be made up of the hypocrites . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867 Category:Chapter on Doing Deeds During Fitan The Land Of Fitan And The Signs of Fitan in Sunan AlTermithi
35. I ask you by the Revelation of Allah with what has your Lord sent your to us He said With Islam . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6880 Category:Chapter on Taking Off One Ring When Entering AlKhala The Area in Which One Relieves Oneself in Sunan AlNasai
36. Umar said By the One Who sent him with the truth They did not miss those places They were placed in a well and the Prophet came to them and called out O so and so son of so and so O so and so son of so andso Have you found what your Lord promised to be true Of I have found what allah promised me to be true . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6880 Category:Chapter on Taking Off One Ring When Entering AlKhala The Area in Which One Relieves Oneself in Sunan AlNasai
37. It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said When Allah will gather together on the Day of Judgment all the earlier and later generations of mankind a flag will be raised to mark off every person guilty of breach of faith and it will be announced that this is the perfidy of so and so son of so and so to attract the attention of people to his guilt . SahihAlBukhari-017-001-7003 Category:Chapter on The Book Of The Distribution Of AlFay in Sunan AlNasai
38. I asked you whether you had been at war with him and you replied that you had been and that the victory between you and him had been shared by turns sometimes he suffering loss at your hand and sometimes you suffering lost at his . SunanAlTermithi-017-001-9589 Category:Chapter on Evidence that the one who is content with Allah as his Lord Islam as his religion and Muhammad saws as his prophet then he is a believer even if he commits major sins in Sahih Muslim
39. Upon this he said Am I obliged to say any other prayer besides these He the Holy Prophet said No but whatever you observe voluntarily out of your own free will and the fasts of Ramadan . SunanAlNasai-017-001-13808 Category:Chapter on The Disbeliever Seeking Ransom With An Earthful Of Gold in Sahih Muslim
40. It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah Bin Masud that some people said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Messenger of Allah would we be held responsible for our deeds committed in the state of ignorance before embracing Islam Upon his he the Holy Prophet remarked He who amongst you performed good deeds in Islam He would not be held responsible for them misdeeds which he committed in ignorance and he who committed evil even after embracing Islam would be held responsible or his misdeeds that he committed in the state of ignorance as well as in that of Islam . SahihMuslim-017-001-17852 Category:Chapter on Medicine Sickness And Ruqyah in Sahih Muslim
41. It is narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar Abdullah Bin Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed Verily Islam started as something strange and it would again revert to its old position of being strange just as it started and it would recede between the two mosques just as the serpent crawls back into its hole . SahihMuslim-017-001-17873 Category:Chapter on There Is Nothing Wrong With Ruqyah That Does Not Involve Shirk in Sahih Muslim
42. Saad Bin Abu Waqqas is reported to have said By Allah I am the first person amongst the Arabs to throw an arrow in the cause of Allah and we used to go with Allah Messenger ﷺ and there was no food for us to eat but only the leaves of hubla and samur trees they are wild trees and as a result thereof one amongst us would relieve himself as does the goat . SahihMuslim-017-001-17873 Category:Chapter on There Is Nothing Wrong With Ruqyah That Does Not Involve Shirk in Sahih Muslim
43. There came to him a person and he gave him a large flock of sheep and goats and he went back to his people and said My people embrace Islam for Muhammad gives so much charity as if he has no fear of want . SahihMuslim-017-001-18071 Category:Chapter on The Best Of People in Sahih Muslim
44. Salama Bin Akwa reported that it was Ali whom Allah Apostle ﷺ left behind him in the charge of his family and the Islamic State on the occasion of the campaign of Khaibar and his eyes were inflamed and he said Is it for me to remain behind Allah Messenger ﷺ So he went forth and rejoined Allah Apostle ﷺ and on the evening of that night after which next morning Allah granted victory . SahihMuslim-017-001-18071 Category:Chapter on The Best Of People in Sahih Muslim
45. I have heard the words of a Kahin but his words in no way resemble his words . SahihMuslim-017-001-18071 Category:Chapter on The Best Of People in Sahih Muslim
46. These women went away crying and saying Had there been one amongst our people he would have taught a lesson to you for the obscene words used for our idols before us . SahihMuslim-017-001-18071 Category:Chapter on The Best Of People in Sahih Muslim
47. We then loaded our camels and came to our tribe Ghifir and half of the tribe embraced Islam and their chief was Aimi Bin Rahada Ghifirl and he was their leader and hall of the tribe said We will embrace Islam when Allah Messenger may p . SahihMuslim-017-001-18145 Category:Chapter on The Prophet SAW Established Bonds Of Brotherhood Among His Companions RA in Sahih Muslim
48. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger ﷺ as saying You would find people like those of mine the good amongst you in the Days of Ignorance would be good amongst you in the days of Islam provided they have an understanding of it and you will find good amongst people the persons who would be averse to position of authority until it is thrust upon them and you will find the worst amongst persons one who has double face . SahihMuslim-017-001-18145 Category:Chapter on The Prophet SAW Established Bonds Of Brotherhood Among His Companions RA in Sahih Muslim
49. Abu Said Khudri reported that Ali Allah be pleased with him sent some gold alloyed with dust to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed that among four men AlAqra Bin Habis Hanzali and Uyaina Bin Badr AlFazari and Alqama Bin Ulatha AlAmiri then to one person of the tribe of Kilab and to Zaid AlKhair AlTal and then to one person of the tribe of Nabhan . SahihMuslim-017-001-18390 Category:Chapter on The Khawarij and their attributes in Sahih Muslim
50. Abdullah Bin Umar Allah be pleased with them said If Aisha Allah be pleased with her had heard it from Allah Messenger may peace be up vn him I would not have seen Allah Messenger ﷺ abandoning the touching of the two corners situated near AlHijr but for the fact that it was not completed on the foundations laid by Ibrihim . SahihMuslim-017-001-18449 Category:Chapter on Prohibiting one who has eaten garlic onions or leeks and other things that have an offensive odor from coming to the masjid until that smell has gone away and such a person should be expelled from the masjid in Sahih Muslim
51. Abu Masud AlAnsari reported Allah Messenger ﷺ as saying The one who is most versed in Allah Book should act as Imam for the people but If they are equally versed in reciting it then the one who has most knowledge regarding Sunnah if they are equal regarding the Sunnah then the earliest one to emigrate it they emigrated at the same time then the earliest one to embrace Islam . SahihMuslim-017-001-18614 Category:Chapter on If One Of The Parents Accepts Islam Who Is The Child Given To in Sunan Abu Dawoud
52. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ took her away from her latter husband and restored her to her former husband . SahihMuslim-017-001-18943 Category:Chapter on ArRaml Walking Briskly During Tawaf in Sunan Abu Dawoud
53. Abu Dawud said Muhammad Bin Jafar transmitted it from Shubah from Ghalib saying I heard Masruq Bin Aws and Ismail transmitted it saying Ghalib AlTammar transmitted it to me through the chain of Abu AlWalid and Hanzlah Bin Abi Safiyah transmitted it from Ghalib through the chain of Ismail . SahihMuslim-017-001-20768 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Reported About Swearing That One Has Nothing To Do With Islam Or That One Belongs To Another Religion in Sunan Abu Dawoud
54. When Ibn Abbas was informed of it he said If it had been I I would not have burned them for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said Do not inflict Allahs punishment on anyone but would have had killed them on account of the statement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . SahihMuslim-017-001-20768 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Reported About Swearing That One Has Nothing To Do With Islam Or That One Belongs To Another Religion in Sunan Abu Dawoud
55. Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas The Prophet ﷺ wrote a letter to Heraclius From Muhammad the Messenger of Allah to Hiraql Heraclius Chief of the Byzantines . SahihMuslim-017-001-20768 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Reported About Swearing That One Has Nothing To Do With Islam Or That One Belongs To Another Religion in Sunan Abu Dawoud
56. Narrated Kaladah Ibn Hanbal Safwan Ibn Umayah sent him with some milk a young gazelle and some small cucumbers to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he was in the upper part of Mecca . SahihMuslim-017-001-20768 Category:Chapter on What Has Been Reported About Swearing That One Has Nothing To Do With Islam Or That One Belongs To Another Religion in Sunan Abu Dawoud
57. She said Do not read the verse To those also to whom your right hand was pledged . SahihMuslim-017-001-22087 Category:Chapter on Regarding Allegiances in Sunan Abu Dawoud
58. Narrated Amir Ibn Shahr When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ appeared as a prophet Hamdan said to me Will you go to this man and negotiate for us with him If you accept something we shall accept it and if you disapprove of something we shall disapprove of it . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-25080 Category:Chapter on Regarding Shackling Captives in Sunan Abu Dawoud
59. It was narrated from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah said Every division that was allocated according to the rules of the Ignorance days stands as it is and every division that was allocated according to the rules of Islam stands according to the rules of Islam . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26036 Category:The Book of Prayer in Congregation in Muwata Malik
60. It was narrated that Yala Bin Umayah said I asked Umar Bin AlKhattab Allah says And when you travel in the land there is no sin on you if you shorten the prayer if you fear that the disbelievers may put you in trial attack you verily the disbelievers are ever to you open enemies but now there is security and people are safe . SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26551 Category:The Book of The Quran in Muwata Malik

Most Postive Sentiment Hadith in The Book of Pre-Islam in HodHood Indexing

Positive Sentiment may indicate a Permissible, Encouraged Actions or Sunnah

1. It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said on the day of the Conquest of Mecca: There is no Hijra now; but only Jihad fighting for the cause of Islam and sincerity of purpose have great reward ; when you are asked to set out on an expedition undertaken for the cause of Islam you should readily do so. SahihMuslim-017-001-17810
2. Narrated AlBara: A man whose face was covered with an iron mask i.e. clad in armor came to the Prophet ﷺ and said; O Allah Messenger ﷺ ! Shall I fight or embrace Islam first? The Prophet ﷺ said; Embrace Islam first and then fight. So he embraced Islam; and was martyred. Allah Messenger ﷺ said; A Little work; but a great reward. He did very little after embracing Islam ; but he will be rewarded in abundance. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-4481
3. Narrated Ibn Abbas: Ukaz; Majanna and Dh AlMajaz were marketplaces in the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance. When Islam came; Muslims felt that marketing there might be a sin. So; the Divine Inspiration came: There is no harm for you to seek the bounty of your Lord in the seasons of Hajj. 2.198 Ibn Abbas recited the Verse in this way. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-5326
4. Narrated Abdullah Bin Abbas: Abu Sufyan Bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham Syria; Palestine; Lebanon and Jordan ; at the time when Allah Messenger ﷺ had truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya Jerusalem. Heraclius called them in the court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his translator who; translating Heraclius question said to them; Who amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet? Abu Sufyan replied; I am the nearest relative to him amongst the group. Heraclius said; Bring him Abu Sufyan close to me and make his companions stand behind him. Abu Sufyan added; Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man The Prophet and that if I told a lie they my companions should contradict me. Abu Sufyan added; By Allah! Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar; I would not have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me about him was: What is his family status amongst you? I replied; He belongs to a good noble family amongst us. Heraclius further asked; Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the same i.e. to be a Prophet before him? I replied; No. He said; Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king? I replied; No. Heraclius asked; Do the nobles or the poor follow him? I replied; It is the poor who follow him. He said; Are his followers increasing decreasing day by day ? I replied; They are increasing. He then asked; Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards? I replied; No. Heraclius said; Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim to be a Prophet ? I replied; No. Heraclius said; Does he break his promises? I replied; No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it. I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except that. Heraclius asked; Have you ever had a war with him? I replied; Yes. Then he said; What was the outcome of the battles? I replied; Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we. Heraclius said; What does he order you to do? I said; He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him; and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray; to speak the truth; to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin. Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following; I asked you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. In fact all the Apostles come from noble families amongst their respective peoples. I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you claimed such a thing; your reply was in the negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative; I would have thought that this man was following the previous man statement. Then I asked you whether anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative; and if it had been in the affirmative; I would have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom. I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he said what he said; and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a lie about Allah. I; then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the Apostle have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing; and in fact this is the way of true faith; till it is complete in all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody; who; after embracing his religion; became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply was in the negative; and in fact this is the sign of true faith; when its delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the Apostles never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship any thing along with Him and forbade you to worship idols and ordered you to pray; to speak the truth and to be chaste. If what you have said is true; he will very soon occupy this place underneath my feet and I knew it from the scriptures that he was going to appear but I did not know that he would be from you; and if I could reach him definitely; I would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him; I would certainly wash his feet. Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by Allah Apostle which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra; who forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows: In the name of Allah the Beneficent; the Merciful This letter is from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine. ﷺ ; who follows the right path. Furthermore I invite you to Islam; and if you become a Muslim you will be safe; and Allah will double your reward; and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin by misguiding your Arisiyin peasants. And I recite to you Allah Statement: O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him; and that none of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then; if they turn away; say: Bear witness that we are Muslims those who have surrendered to Allah. 3:64. Abu Sufyan then added; When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the letter; there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we were turned out of the court. I told my companions that the question of Ibn Abi Kabsha the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad has become so prominent that even the King of Bani AlAsfar Byzantine is afraid of him. Then I started to become sure that he the Prophet would be the conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam i.e. Allah guided me to it. The sub narrator adds; Ibn AlNatur was the Governor of llya Jerusalem and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn AlNatur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting ilya Jerusalem ; he got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied; At night when I looked at the stars; I saw that the leader of those who practice circumcision had appeared become the conqueror. Who are they who practice circumcision? The people replied; Except the Jews nobody practices circumcision; so you should not be afraid of them Jews. Just Issue orders to kill every Jew present in the country. While they were discussing it; a messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to convey the news of Allah Messenger ﷺ to Heraclius was brought in. Having heard the news; he Heraclius ordered the people to go and see whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The people; after seeing him; told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied; Arabs also practice circumcision. After hearing that Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the Arabs had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. a town in Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his friend who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the Prophet ﷺ and the fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled; he ordered that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said; O Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet i.e. embrace Islam. On hearing the views of Heraclius the people ran towards the gates of the palace like onagers but found the doors closed. Heraclius realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing Islam; he ordered that they should be brought back in audience. When they returned he said; What already said was just to test the strength of your conviction and I have seen it. The people prostrated before him and became pleased with him; and this was the end of Heraclius story in connection with his faith. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6063
5. Bahz Bin Hakim narrated from his father; that his grandfather said: I said: O Prophet of Allah; I did not come to you until I had sworn more than this many times the number of fingers on his hands that I would never come to you or follow your religion. I am a man who does not know anything except that which Allah; the Mighty and Sublime; and His Messenger teach me. I ask you by the Revelation of Allah; with what has your Lord sent your to us? He said: With Islam. I said: What are the signs of Islam? He said: To say; I submit my face to Allah and give up Shirk; and to establish the Salah and to pay the Zakah. SunanAlNasai-017-001-14706
6. Abu Huraira reported Allah Messenger ﷺ as saying: If ten scholars of the Jews would follow me; no Jew would be left upon the surface of the earth who would not embrace Islam. SahihMuslim-017-001-19036
7. Anas reported this hadlth through another chain of transmitters and the words are: It would be said to him: You have told a lie; what had been demanded from you was quite easier than this the belief in the Oneness of Allah. SahihMuslim-017-001-19062
8. Abu Mousa reported Allah Messenger ﷺ as saying: Allah; the Exalted and Glorious; grants respite to the oppessor. But when He lays Hand upon him; He does not then let him off. Re the Holy Prophet then recited this verse: Such is the chastisement of thy Lord when He chastises the towns inhabited by wrongdoing persons. Surely; His punishment is painful; severe xi. 103. SahihMuslim-017-001-19750
9. It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Abbas who learnt the tradition personally from Abu Safyan. The latter said: I went out on a mercantile venture during the period of truce between me and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. While I was in Syria; the letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was handed over to Hiraql Ceasar ; the Emperor of Rome who was on a visit to Jerusalem at that time. The letter was brought by Dihya Kalbi who delivered it to the governor of Busra The governor passed it on to Hiraql; On receiving the letter ; he said: Is there anyone from the people of this man who thinks that he is a prophet. People said: Yes. So; I was called along with a few others from the Quraish. We were admitted to Hiraql and he seated usbefore him. He asked: Which of you has closer kinship with the man who thinks that he is a prophet? Abu Sufyan said: I. So they seated me in front of him and stated my companions behind me. Then; he called his interpreter and said to him: Tell them that I am going to ask this fellow i. e. Abu Sufyan about the man who thinks that he is a prophet. It he tells me a lie; then refute him. Abu Sufyan told the narrator : By God; if there was not the fear that falsehood would be imputed to me I would have lied. Then Hiraqi said to his interpreter: Inquire from him about his ancestry; I said: He is of good ancestry among us. He asked: Has there been a king among his ancestors? I said: No. He asked: Did you accuse him of falsehood before he proclaimed his prophethood? I said: No. He asked: Who are his follower people of high status or low status? I said: They are of low status. He asked: Are they increasing in number or decreasing? I said. No. they are rather increasing. He asked: Does anyone give up his religion; being dissatisfied with it; after having embraced it? I said: No. He asked: Have you been at war with him? I said: Yes. He asked: How did you fare in that war? I said: The war between us and him has been wavering like a bucket; up at one turn and down at the other i. e. the victory has been shared between us and him by turns. Sometimes he suffered loss at our hands and sometimes we suffered loss at his hand. He asked: Has he ever violated his covenant? I said: No. but we have recently concluded a peace treaty with him for a petiod and we do not know what he is going to do about it. Abu Sufyin said on oath that he could not interpolate in this dialogue anything from himself more than these words He asked: Did anyone make the proclamation Of prophethood before him? I said: No. He now said to his interpreter: Tell him; I asked him about his ancestry and he had replied that he had the best ancestry. This is the case with Prophets; they are the descendants of the noblest among their people Addressing Abu Sufyan ; he continued: I asked you if there had been a king among his ancestors. You said that there had been none. If there had been a king among his ancestors; I would have said that he was a man demanding his ancestral kingdom. I asked you about his followers whether they were people of high or low status; and you said that they were of rather low status. Such are the followers of the Prophets. I asked you whether you used to accuse him of falsehood before he proclaimed his prophethood; and you said that you did not. So I have understood that when he did not allow himself to tell a lie about the poeple; he would never go to the length of forging a falsehood about Allah. I asked you whether anyone renounced his religion being dissatisfied with it after he had embraced it; and you replied in the negative. Faith is like this when it enters the depth of the heart it perpetuates them. I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You said they were increasing. Faith is like this until it reaches its consummation. I asked you whether you had been at war with him; and you replied that you had been and that the victory between you and him had been shared by turns; sometimes he suffering loss at your hand and sometimes you suffering lost at his. This is how the Prophets are tried before the final victory its theirs. I asked you whether he ever violated his covenant; and you said that he did not. This is how the Prophets behave. They never violate their covenants. I asked you whether anyone before him had proclaimed the same thing; and you replied in the negative. I said: If anyone had made the same proclamation before; I would have thought that he was a man following what had been proclaimed before. Then he asked: What does he enjoin upon you? I said: He exhorts us to offer Prayer; to pay Zakat; to show due regard to kinship and to practise chastity. He said: It what you have told about him is true; he is certainly a Prophet. I knew that he was to appear but I did not think that he would be from among you. If I knew that I would be able to reach him. I would love to meet him; and it I had been with him. I would have washed his feet out of reverence. His dominion would certainly extend to this place which is under my feet. Then he called for the letter of the Messenger of Allah may pface be upon him and read it. The letter ran as follows: In the name of Allah; Most Gracious and Most Merciful. From Muhammad; the Messenger of Allah; to Hiraql; the Emperor of the Romans. ﷺ who follows the guidance. After this; I extend to you the invitation to accept Islam. Embrace Islam and you will be safe. Accept Islam; God will give you double the reward. And if you turn away; upon you will be the sin of your subjects. O People of the Book; come to the word that is common between us that we should worship none other than Allah; should not ascribe any partner to Him and some of us should not take their fellows as Lords other than Allah. If they turn away; you should say that we testify to our being Muslims [iii. 64]. When he hid finished the reading of the letter; noise and confused clamour was raise around him; and he ordered us to leave. Accordingly; we left. Addressing my companions while we were coming out of the place. I said: Ibn Abu Kabsha referring sarcastically to the Holy Prophet has come to wield a great power. Lo! even the king of the Romans is afraid of him. I continued to believe that the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would triumph until God imbued me with the spirit of Islam. SahihMuslim-017-001-18071
10. Narrated Samurah Ibn Jundub: The Prophet ﷺ named our cavalry the Cavalry of Allah; when we were struck with panic; and when panic overtook us; the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us to be united; to have patience and perseverance; and to be so when we fought. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-29607

Most Negative Sentiment Hadith in The Book of Pre-Islam in HodHood Indexing

Negative Sentiment may indicate a Forbidden, Disliked, or Discouraged Actions

1. Narrated Ibn Abbas: Abu Sufyan narrated to me personally; saying; I set out during the Truce that had been concluded between me and Allah Messenger ﷺ. While I was in Sham; a letter sent by the Prophet ﷺ was brought to Heraclius. Dihya AlKalbi had brought and given it to the governor of Busra; and the latter forwarded it to Heraclius. Heraclius said; Is there anyone from the people of this man who claims to be a prophet? The people replied; Yes. So I along with some of Quraishi men were called and we entered upon Heraclius; and we were seated in front of him. Then he said; Who amongst you is the nearest relative to the man who claims to be a prophet? So they made me sit in front of him and made my companions sit behind me. Then he called upon his translator and said to him. Tell them i.e. Abu Sufyan companions that I am going to ask him i.e. Abu Sufyan regarding that man who claims to be a prophet. So; if he tell me a lie; they should contradict him instantly. By Allah; had I not been afraid that my companions would consider me a liar; I would have told lies. Heraclius then said to his translator; Ask him: What is his i.e. the Prophets family status amongst you? I said; He belongs to a noble family amongst us. Heraclius said; Was any of his ancestors a king? I said; No. He said; Did you ever accuse him of telling lies before his saying what he has said? I said; No. He said; Do the nobles follow him or the poor people? I said; It is the poor who followed him. He said; Is the number of his follower increasing or decreasing? I said; The are increasing. He said; Does anyone renounce his religion i.e. Islam after embracing it; being displeased with it? I said; No. He said; Did you fight with him? I replied; Yes. He said; How was your fighting with him? I said; The fighting between us was undecided and victory was shared by him and us by turns. He inflicts casualties upon us and we inflict casualties upon him. He said; Did he ever betray? I said; No; but now we are away from him in this truce and we do not know what he will do in it Abu Sufyan added; By Allah; I was not able to insert in my speech a word against him except that. Heraclius said; Did anybody else amongst you ever claimed the same i.e. Islam before him? I said; No. Then Heraclius told his translator to tell me i.e. Abu Sufyan ; I asked you about his family status amongst you; and you told me that he comes from a noble family amongst you Verily; all Apostles come from the noblest family among their people. Then I asked you whether any of his ancestors was a king; and you denied that. Thereupon I thought that had one of his fore-fathers been a king; I would have said that he i.e. Muhammad was seeking to rule the kingdom of his fore-fathers. Then I asked you regarding his followers; whether they were the noble or the poor among the people; and you said that they were only the poor who follow him. In fact; such are the followers of the Apostles. Then I asked you whether you have ever accused him of telling lies before saying what he said; and your reply was in the negative. Therefore; I took for granted that a man who did not tell a lie about others; could ever tell a lie about Allah. Then I asked you whether anyone of his followers had renounced his religion i.e. Islam after embracing it; being displeased with it; and you denied that. And such is Faith when it mixes with the cheerfulness of the hearts. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You claimed that they were increasing. That is the way of true faith till it is complete. Then I asked you whether you had ever fought with him; and you claimed that you had fought with him and the battle between you and him was undecided and the victory was shared by you and him in turns; he inflicted casual ties upon you and you inflicted casualties upon them. Such is the case with the Apostles; they are out to test and the final victory is for them. Then I asked you whether he had ever betrayed; you claimed that he had never betrayed. I need; Apostles never betray. Then I asked you whether anyone had said this statement before him; and you denied that. Thereupon I thought if somebody had said that statement before him; then I would have said that he was but a man copying some sayings said before him. Abu Safyan said; Heraclius then asked me; What does he order you to do? I said; He orders us to offer prayers and to pay Zakat and to keep good relationship with the Kith and kin and to be chaste. Then Heraclius said; If whatever you have said; is true; he is really a prophet; and I knew that he i.e. the Prophet ﷺ was going to appear; but I never thought that he would be from amongst you. If I were certain that I can reach him; I would like to meet him and if I were with him; I would wash his feet; and his kingdom will expand surely to what is under my feet. Then Heraclius asked for the letter of Allah Messenger ﷺ and read it wherein was written: In the Name of Allah; the Most Beneficent; the Most Merciful. This letter is from Muhammad; Apostle of Allah; to Heraclius; the sovereign of Byzantine........ ﷺ who follows the Right Path. Now then; I call you to embrace Islam. Embrace Islam and you will be saved from Allah Punishment ; embrace Islam; and Allah will give you a double reward; but if you reject this; you will be responsible for the sins of all the people of your kingdom Allah Statement :-O the people of the Scripture Jews and Christians ! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship None but Allah....bear witness that we are Muslims. 3.64 When he finished reading the letter; voices grew louder near him and there was a great hue and cry; and we were ordered to go out. Abu Sufyan added; While coming out; I said to my companions; The situation of Ibn Abu Kabsha i.e. Muhammad has become strong; even the king of Banu Al14 Asfar is afraid of him. So I continued to believe that Allah Messenger ﷺ would be victorious; till Allah made me embrace Islam. AlZuhri said; Heraclius then invited all the chiefs of the Byzantines and had them assembled in his house and said; O group of Byzantines! Do you wish to have a permanent success and guidance and that your kingdom should remain with you? Immediately after hearing that ; they rushed towards the gate like onagers; but they found them closed. Heraclius then said; Bring them back to me. So he called them and said; I just wanted to test the strength of your adherence to your religion. Now I have observed of you that which I like. Then the people fell in prostration before him and became pleased with him. See Hadith No. 6;Vol 1 SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6867
2. Saad Bin Abu Waqqas is reported to have; said: By Allah; I am the first person amongst the Arabs to throw an arrow in the cause of Allah and we used to go with Allah Messenger ﷺ and there was no food for us to eat but only the leaves of hubla and samur trees they are wild trees and as a result thereof one amongst us would relieve himself as does the goat. How strange it is that now the people of Banu Asad the progeny of AlZubair instruct me in religion and try to impose punishment upon me in regard to it. If it is so that I am so ignorant of religion ; then indeed; I am undone and my deeds have been lost. Ibn Numair; however; did not make a mention of the word idhan thus? in his narration. SahihMuslim-017-001-18943
3. Narrated Abu Saeed AlKhudri: I heard Allah Messenger ﷺ saying; There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours; and whose fasting will make you look down upon yours; but they will recite the Quran which will not exceed their throats they will not act on it and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing; and look at the unfeathered arrow but see nothing; and look at the arrow feathers but see nothing; and finally he suspects to find something in the lower part of the arrow. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-3328
4. It has been narrated on the authority of Numan Bin Bashir who said: As I was sitting near the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ; a man said: I do not care if; after embracing Islam; I do not do any good deed except distributing drinking water among the pilgrims. Another said: I do not care if; after embracing Islam; I do not do any good deed beyond maintenance service to the Sacred Masjid. Another said: Jihad in the way of Allah is better than what you have said. Umar reprimanded them and said: Dont raise your voices near the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on Friday. When prayer was over; I entered the apartment of the Holy Prophet and asked his verdict about the matter in which they had differed. It was upon this that Allah; the Almighty and Exalted; revealed the Quranic verse: Do you make the giving of drinking water to the pilgrims and the maintenance of the Sacred Masjid equal to the service of those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and strive hard in the cause of Allah. They are not equal in the sight of God. And Allah guides not the wrongdoing people ix. 20. SahihMuslim-017-001-17852
5. Ubay Bin Kaab said : The verdict that water bath is necessary when there is emission given by the people in the early days of Islam was due to the concession granted by the Messenger of Allah in the beginning of Islam. He then commanded to take a bath in such a case.Abu Dawud said : By Abu Ghassan is meant Muhammad Bin mutarrif. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-26371
6. Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet ﷺ said; Avoid the seven great destructive sins. They the people! asked; O Allah Apostle! What are they? He said; To join partners in worship with Allah; to practice sorcery; to kill the life which Allah has forbidden except for a just cause according to Islamic law ; to eat up usury Riba ; to eat up the property of an orphan; to give one back to the enemy and fleeing from the battle-field at the time of fighting and to accuse chaste women who never even think of anything touching chastity and are good believers. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1615
7. It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah Bin Masud that the Prophet observed: He is not one of us one among the Ummah of Islam who beat the cheeks or tore the front opening of the shirt or uttered the slogans of the days of Jahiliya ignorance. Ibn Numair and Abu Bakr said instead of the word au or it is wa [and] the words are and tore and uttered the slogans of Jahiliya without alif. SahihMuslim-017-001-18573
8. Abd AlHamid Ibn Jafar reported from his father on the authority of his grandfather Rafi Ibn Sinan that he Rafi Ibn Sinan embraced Islam and his wife refused to embrace Islam. She came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: My daughter; she is weaned or about to wean. Rafi said: My daughter. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: Be seated on a side. And he said to her: Be seated on a side. He then seated the girl between them; and said to them: Call her. The girl inclined to her mother. The Prophet ﷺ said: O Allah! guide her. The daughter then inclined to her father; and he took her. SunanAbuDawoud-017-001-25083
9. Narrated Abu Huraira: While we were in the Masjid; Allah Messenger ﷺ came out to us and said; Let us proceed to the Jews. So we went along with him till we reached Bait AlMidras a place where the Torah used to be recited and all the Jews of the town used to gather. The Prophet ﷺ stood up and addressed them; O Assembly of Jews! Embrace Islam and you will be safe! The Jews replied; O Aba AlQasim! You have conveyed Allah message to us. The Prophet ﷺ said; That is what I want from you. He repeated his first statement for the second time; and they said; You have conveyed Allah message; O Aba AlQasim. Then he said it for the third time and added; You should Know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle; and I want to exile you fro;;; this land; so whoever among you owns some property; can sell it; otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle. See Hadith No. 392; Vol. 4 SahihAlBukhari-017-001-1785
10. Narrated Abdullah Bin Abbas: Abu Sufyan Bin Harb informed me that Heraclius had sent a messenger to him while he had been accompanying a caravan from Quraish. They were merchants doing business in Sham Syria; Palestine; Lebanon and Jordan ; at the time when Allah Messenger ﷺ had truce with Abu Sufyan and Quraish infidels. So Abu Sufyan and his companions went to Heraclius at Ilya Jerusalem. Heraclius called them in the court and he had all the senior Roman dignitaries around him. He called for his translator who; translating Heraclius question said to them; Who amongst you is closely related to that man who claims to be a Prophet? Abu Sufyan replied; I am the nearest relative to him amongst the group. Heraclius said; Bring him Abu Sufyan close to me and make his companions stand behind him. Abu Sufyan added; Heraclius told his translator to tell my companions that he wanted to put some questions to me regarding that man The Prophet and that if I told a lie they my companions should contradict me. Abu Sufyan added; By Allah! Had I not been afraid of my companions labeling me a liar; I would not have spoken the truth about the Prophet. The first question he asked me about him was: What is his family status amongst you? I replied; He belongs to a good noble family amongst us. Heraclius further asked; Has anybody amongst you ever claimed the same i.e. to be a Prophet before him? I replied; No. He said; Was anybody amongst his ancestors a king? I replied; No. Heraclius asked; Do the nobles or the poor follow him? I replied; It is the poor who follow him. He said; Are his followers increasing decreasing day by day ? I replied; They are increasing. He then asked; Does anybody amongst those who embrace his religion become displeased and renounce the religion afterwards? I replied; No. Heraclius said; Have you ever accused him of telling lies before his claim to be a Prophet ? I replied; No. Heraclius said; Does he break his promises? I replied; No. We are at truce with him but we do not know what he will do in it. I could not find opportunity to say anything against him except that. Heraclius asked; Have you ever had a war with him? I replied; Yes. Then he said; What was the outcome of the battles? I replied; Sometimes he was victorious and sometimes we. Heraclius said; What does he order you to do? I said; He tells us to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship anything along with Him; and to renounce all that our ancestors had said. He orders us to pray; to speak the truth; to be chaste and to keep good relations with our Kith and kin. Heraclius asked the translator to convey to me the following; I asked you about his family and your reply was that he belonged to a very noble family. In fact all the Apostles come from noble families amongst their respective peoples. I questioned you whether anybody else amongst you claimed such a thing; your reply was in the negative. If the answer had been in the affirmative; I would have thought that this man was following the previous man statement. Then I asked you whether anyone of his ancestors was a king. Your reply was in the negative; and if it had been in the affirmative; I would have thought that this man wanted to take back his ancestral kingdom. I further asked whether he was ever accused of telling lies before he said what he said; and your reply was in the negative. So I wondered how a person who does not tell a lie about others could ever tell a lie about Allah. I; then asked you whether the rich people followed him or the poor. You replied that it was the poor who followed him. And in fact all the Apostle have been followed by this very class of people. Then I asked you whether his followers were increasing or decreasing. You replied that they were increasing; and in fact this is the way of true faith; till it is complete in all respects. I further asked you whether there was anybody; who; after embracing his religion; became displeased and discarded his religion. Your reply was in the negative; and in fact this is the sign of true faith; when its delight enters the hearts and mixes with them completely. I asked you whether he had ever betrayed. You replied in the negative and likewise the Apostles never betray. Then I asked you what he ordered you to do. You replied that he ordered you to worship Allah and Allah alone and not to worship any thing along with Him and forbade you to worship idols and ordered you to pray; to speak the truth and to be chaste. If what you have said is true; he will very soon occupy this place underneath my feet and I knew it from the scriptures that he was going to appear but I did not know that he would be from you; and if I could reach him definitely; I would go immediately to meet him and if I were with him; I would certainly wash his feet. Heraclius then asked for the letter addressed by Allah Apostle which was delivered by Dihya to the Governor of Busra; who forwarded it to Heraclius to read. The contents of the letter were as follows: In the name of Allah the Beneficent; the Merciful This letter is from Muhammad the slave of Allah and His Apostle to Heraclius the ruler of Byzantine. ﷺ ; who follows the right path. Furthermore I invite you to Islam; and if you become a Muslim you will be safe; and Allah will double your reward; and if you reject this invitation of Islam you will be committing a sin by misguiding your Arisiyin peasants. And I recite to you Allah Statement: O people of the scripture! Come to a word common to you and us that we worship none but Allah and that we associate nothing in worship with Him; and that none of us shall take others as Lords beside Allah. Then; if they turn away; say: Bear witness that we are Muslims those who have surrendered to Allah. 3:64. Abu Sufyan then added; When Heraclius had finished his speech and had read the letter; there was a great hue and cry in the Royal Court. So we were turned out of the court. I told my companions that the question of Ibn Abi Kabsha the Prophet ﷺ Muhammad has become so prominent that even the King of Bani AlAsfar Byzantine is afraid of him. Then I started to become sure that he the Prophet would be the conqueror in the near future till I embraced Islam i.e. Allah guided me to it. The sub narrator adds; Ibn AlNatur was the Governor of llya Jerusalem and Heraclius was the head of the Christians of Sham. Ibn AlNatur narrates that once while Heraclius was visiting ilya Jerusalem ; he got up in the morning with a sad mood. Some of his priests asked him why he was in that mood? Heraclius was a foreteller and an astrologer. He replied; At night when I looked at the stars; I saw that the leader of those who practice circumcision had appeared become the conqueror. Who are they who practice circumcision? The people replied; Except the Jews nobody practices circumcision; so you should not be afraid of them Jews. Just Issue orders to kill every Jew present in the country. While they were discussing it; a messenger sent by the king of Ghassan to convey the news of Allah Messenger ﷺ to Heraclius was brought in. Having heard the news; he Heraclius ordered the people to go and see whether the messenger of Ghassan was circumcised. The people; after seeing him; told Heraclius that he was circumcised. Heraclius then asked him about the Arabs. The messenger replied; Arabs also practice circumcision. After hearing that Heraclius remarked that sovereignty of the Arabs had appeared. Heraclius then wrote a letter to his friend in Rome who was as good as Heraclius in knowledge. Heraclius then left for Homs. a town in Syrian and stayed there till he received the reply of his letter from his friend who agreed with him in his opinion about the emergence of the Prophet ﷺ and the fact that he was a Prophet. On that Heraclius invited all the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled; he ordered that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said; O Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet i.e. embrace Islam. On hearing the views of Heraclius the people ran towards the gates of the palace like onagers but found the doors closed. Heraclius realized their hatred towards Islam and when he lost the hope of their embracing Islam; he ordered that they should be brought back in audience. When they returned he said; What already said was just to test the strength of your conviction and I have seen it. The people prostrated before him and became pleased with him; and this was the end of Heraclius story in connection with his faith. SahihAlBukhari-017-001-6063

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