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Malik related to me from Safwan ibn Sulaym from Ata ibn Yasar

that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

was questioned by a man who said, "Messenger of Allah, shall I ask

permission of my mother to enter?" He said, "Yes " The man said, "I

live with her in the house". The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, said "Ask her permission." The man said, "I

am her servant." The Messenger of Allah. may Allah bless him and grant

him peace, said, "Ask her permission. Do you want to see her naked?"

He said, "No." He said, "Then ask her permission."

Malik related to me from a reliable source of his from Bukayr ibn

Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj from Basr ibn Said from Abu Said al-Khudri that

Abu Musa al-Ashari said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him

and grant him peace, said, 'One asks permission three times. If you

are given permission, then enter. If not, go away.' "

Malik related to me from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman from another

of the ulama of that time that Abu Musa al-Ashari came and asked

permission from Umar ibn al-Khattab to enter. He asked permission

three times, and then went away Umar ibn al-Khattab sent after him and

said, "What's wrong with you? Why didn't you come in?" Abu Musa said,

"I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, say, 'Ask permission to enter three times. If you are given

permission, then enter. If not, go away.' ''Umar said, "Who can

confirm this? If you do not bring me someone to confirm it, I will do

such-and-such to you."

Abu Musa went out until he came to an

assembly in the mosque which was called the Majlis-al-Ansar. He said,

"I told Umar ibn al-Khattab that I heard the Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Ask permission three times.

If you are given permission, then enter. If not, go away.' Umar said,

'If you do not bring me someone who can confirm it, I will do such-

and-such to you'. If any of you have heard that, let him come with

me.' " They said to Abu Said al-Khudri, "Go with him". Abu Said was

the youngest of them. He went with him and told Umar ibn al-Khattab

about that."

Umar ibn al-Khattab said to Abu Musa, "I did not

suspect you, but I feared lest people forge sayings of the Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from his father

that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

said, "If a man sneezes, invoke a blessing on him. Then if he sneezes,

invoke a blessing on him. Then if he sneezes, invoke a blessing on

him. Then if he sneezes, say, 'You have a cold'." Abdullah ibn Abi

Bakr said, "I don't know whether it was after the third or fourth."

Malik related to me from Nafi that when Abdullah ibn Umar sneezed

and someone said to him, "May Allah have mercy on you,"

(Yarhamuka'llah), he said, "May Allah have mercy on us and you, and

forgive us and you." (Yarhamuna'llah wa yaghfirlana wa lakum).

Malik related to me from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha that

Rafi ibn Ishaq, the mawla of ash-Shifa informed him that he and

Abdullah ibn Abi Talha had gone to visit Abu Said al-Khudri while he

was ill. Abu Said said to them, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah

bless him and grant him peace, informed us, 'The angels do not enter a

house which contains pictures or images.' " Ishaq was not sure which

of them Abu Said said.

Malik related to me from Abu'n-Nasr that Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah

ibn Utba ibn Masud went to visit Abu Talha al-Ansari when he was ill.

He said, "I found Sahl ibn Hunayf with him. Abu Talha summoned a man

and removed a rug which was under him. Sahl ibn Hunayf said to him,

'Why did you remove it?' He said, 'Because there were pictures on it,

and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

said what you know about them.' Sahl replied, 'Didn't the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "except for

markings on a garment?"' (A rug was considered a garment). He said,

'Yes, but it is more pleasing to myself.' "

Malik related to me from Nafi from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from

A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, that she bought a cushion which had pictures on it. When the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw it,

he stopped at the door and did not enter. She recognised disapproval

on his face and said, "Messenger of Allah, I turn in repentance to

Allah and His Messenger. What have I done wrong?" The Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "What is the

meaning of this cushion?" She said, "I bought it for you to sit and

recline on." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, said, "Those who make such pictures will be punished on the Day

of Rising. It will be said to them, 'Bring to life what you have

created'. Then he said, 'The angels do not enter a house in which

there are pictures.' "

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Abd ar-

Rahman ibn Abi Sasaca that Sulayman ibn Yasar said, "The Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered the house of

Maimuna bint al-Harith and there was a lizard in which there were eggs

to eat. Abdullah ibn Abbas and Khalid ibn al-Walid were with him. He

said, 'From where did you get this?' She replied, 'My sister, Huzayla

bint al-Harith, gave it to me.' He then told Abdullah ibn Abbas and

Khalid to eat. They said, 'Won't you eat, Messenger of Allah?' He

said, 'There are those who visit me from Allah.' Maimuna said,

'Messenger of Allah, shall we give you some milk to drink which we

have?' He said, 'Yes.' When he drank, he said, 'From where did you get

this?' She said, 'My sister, Huzayla gave it to me.' The Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Do you see your

slave-girl whom you asked me for permission to free? Give her to your

sister and bring her to your maternal relatives to take care of her.

That is better for you.' "

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn

Hunayf from Abdullah ibn Abbas that Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira

entered the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, and he was brought a roasted lizard. The

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stretched

his hand toward it. One of the women who was in Maimuna's house said,

"Tell the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

what he means to eat." Someone said, "It is a lizard, Messenger of

Allah." He withdrew his hand. Khalid said, "Is it haram, Messenger of

Allah?" He said, "No, but there were none in my people's land, and I

find that I dislike them."

Khalid added, "I chewed and ate it

while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

was looking."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn

Umar that a man called the Messenger of Allah and said, "Messenger of

Allah, what do you think about lizards?" The Messenger of Allah, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I do not eat them, and I

do not forbid them."

Malik related to me from Yazid ibn Khusayfa that as-Sa'ib ibn

Yazid informed him that he heard Sufyan ibn Abi Zuhayr who was from

the Azd Shanua tribe and among the companions of the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, speaking with some

people who were with him at the door of the mosque. He said, "I heard

the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,

'If anyone acquires a dog which he does not use as a sheepdog or for

hunting, a qirat will be deducted from the reward of his good deeds

each day.' " He was asked, "Did you hear this from the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?" He said, "Yes, by the

Lord of this mosque."

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

"Whoever acquires a dog other than a sheepdog or hunting dog, will

have two qirats deducted from the reward of his good actions every

day."

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar

that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,

ordered dogs to be killed.

Malik related to me from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu

Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, said, "The head of kufr is towards the east. Boasting and price

is among people who have horses and camels. The loud-voiced people are

the people of tents (the Bedouins). Tranquillity is with the people

who have sheep."

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn

Sasaca from his father that Abu Said al-Khudri said that the Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It will soon

happen that the best property of a muslim will be sheep which he takes

to the peaks of the mountains and the valleys, fleeing with his deen

from trials."

Malik related to me from Nafi from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "No one should

milk someone else's cow without his permission. Would any of you like

someone to come to his apartment, break into his larder, and take his

food? The udders of cows guard their food for their owners, so no one

should milk someone else's cow without his permission."

Malik related to me that he had heard that the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "There is no

Prophet who has not herded sheep," and someone asked, "You as well,

Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Myself as well."

Malik related to me from Nafi that one time as Ibn Umar was

served his evening meal, he heard the recitation of the Imam while he

was in his house and he did not hurry from his food until he had

finished what he needed.

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah

ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas from Maimuna, the wife of

the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked

about a mouse falling into clarified butter. He said, "Remove it and

throw away what is around it "

Malik related to me from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar from Sahl ibn Sad

as-Saidi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant

him peace, said, "If it exists, it is in a horse, a woman, and a

house," meaning ill luck.

Malik related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Hamza and

Salim the sons of Abdullah ibn Umar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

"Ill luck is in a house, a woman and a horse."

Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said said, "A woman came to

the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and

said, 'Messenger of Allah, we moved into a house when our number was

great and our wealth was abundant. Now our number has dwindled and the

wealth has gone.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, said, 'Leave it as blameworthy.' "

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked about a milk

camel about to be milked, "Who milks this camel?" A man stood up. The

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

"What is your name?" The man said, "Murra (bitterness)." The Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Sit

down." Then he said, "Who milks this one?" A man stood up and the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

"What is your name?" He said, "Harb (war)." The Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Sit down." Then he

said, "Who milks this camel?" A man stood up, and the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "What is

your name?" The man said, ''Yaish (he lives)." The Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Milk!"

Yahya related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn al-Khattab

asked a man what his name was. He said, "Jamra (live coal)." "The son

of who?" He said, "Ibn Shihab (meteor, flame)." "From whom?" He said,

"From al-Huraqa (burning)." "Where do you live?" He said, "At Harrat

an-Nar (lava field of the fire). "At which one of them?" He said, "At

Dhati Ladha (one with flames)." Umar said, "Go and look at your family

- they have been burned."

Yahya added, "It was as Umar ibn

al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said."

Malik related to me from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn Malik

said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, was cupped. Abu Tayba cupped him, and the Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered him to be given a sa

of dates and ordered his family to lessen what he paid them for his

kitaba or kharaj."

Malik related to me that he heard that the Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If there is a remedy

that will reach the disease, then cupping will reach it."

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ibn Muhayyisa al-Ansari,

one of the Banu Haritha, that he asked permission from the Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to give payment for

cupping, and he forbade him to do it. He continued to ask and seek his

permission until he said, "Feed the ones who drive your water-carrying

camels," meaning "your slaves."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibn

Umar said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, pointing at the east and saying, 'The cause of

dissension is here. The cause of dissension is here, from where the

helpers of shaytan arise.' "

Malik related to me that he heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab wanted

to go to Iraq, and Kabal-Ahbar said to him, "Do not go there, amir al-

muminin. There is nine-tenths of sorcery there and it is the place of

the rebellious jinn and the disease which the doctors are unable to

cure."

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abu Lubaba that the Messenger

of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade killing

snakes which were in the houses.

Malik related to me from Nafi from Sa'iba, the female mawla of

A'isha, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, forbade killing the snakes which were in the houses except

those with two white stripes on their back and the short ones. They

made one go blind and caused miscarriages in women.

Malik related to me from Safiyy, the mawla of Ibn Aflah that

Abu's-Saib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra said, "I went to Abu Said

al-Khudri and found him praying. I sat to wait for him until he

finished the prayer. I heard a movement under a bed in his room, and

it was a snake. I stood up to kill it, and Abu Said gestured to me to

sit. When he was finished he pointed to a room in the house and said,

'Do you see this room?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'There was a young boy

in it who had just got married. He went out with the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to al-Khandaq, (the

ditch which the muslims dug in the 5th year of the Hijra to defend

Madina against the Quraysh and their allies).

When he was

there, the youth came and asked his permission, saying, "Messenger of

Allah. Give me permission to return to my family." The Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave him permission

and said, "Take your weapons with you, for I fear the Banu Quraydha

tribe. They may harm you." The youth went to his family and found his

wife standing between the two doors. He lifted his spear to stab her

as jealousy had been aroused in him. She said, "Don't be hasty until

you go in and see what is in your house." He entered and found a snake

coiled up on his bed. He transfixed it with his spear and then went

out with it and pitched it into the house. The snake stirred on the

end of the spear and the youth fell dead. No one knew which of them

died first, the snake or the youth. That was mentioned to the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he

said, "There are jinn in Madina who have become muslim. When you see

one of them, call out to it for three days. If it appears after that,

then kill it, for it is a shaytan." "'

Malik related to me that he heard that when the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, set foot in the

stirrup intending to travel, he would say, "In the name of Allah. O

Allah! You are my companion in the journey and the Khalifa of my

family. O Allah! Spread out the earth for us and make the journey easy

for us. O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the hardship of the

journey and from returning to sorrow and a distressing sight regarding

property and family."

Malik related to me from a reliable

source of his from Yaqub ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj from Bushr ibn Said

from Sad ibn Abi Waqqas from Khawla bint Hakim that the Messenger of

Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whoever

dismounts to rest in a place should say, 'I seek refuge with the

complete words of Allah from the evil of what he created,' (audhu bi

kalimati-llahi at-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa), and nothing will

harm him until he remounts."

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala from Amr ibn

Shuayb from his father from his father that the Messenger of Allah,

may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "One rider is a

shaytan. Two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding-party."

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala that Said ibn

al-Musayyab heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and

grant him peace, say, "Shaytan concerns himself with one and two. When

there are three, he does not concern himself with them."

Malik related to me from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi from Abu

Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him

peace, said, "It is not halal for a woman who believes in Allah and

the Last Day to travel the distance of a day and night without a man

who is her mahram."

Malik related to me from Abu Ubayd, the mawla of Sulayman ibn Abd

al-Malik from Khalid ibn Madan who attributed it to the Prophet, may

Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Allah, the Blessed and Exalted

is kind and loves kindness. He is pleased with it and helps you with

it as long as it is not misplaced. When you ride dumb beasts, stop

them in their stopping places, and quicken their pace when the land is

barren. Travel by night, because the land is travelled faster at night

than it is during the day. Beware of pitching tents on the road, for

it is the path of animals and the abode of snakes."

Malik related to me from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr from Abu

Salih from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless

him and grant him peace, said, "Travelling is a portion of the

torment. It denies you your sleep, food, and drink. When you have

accomplished your purpose, you should hurry back to your family."

Malik related to me that he heard that Abu Hurayra said that the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A

slave has his food and clothing in the normal manner, and he is only

obliged to do such work as he is capable of doing."

Malik related to me that he heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab went

to the villages every Saturday. If he found a slave doing work which

he was not capable of doing, he lightened it for him.

Malik related to me from his paternal uncle, Abu Suhayl ibn

Malik, that his father heard Uthman ibn Affan say in a khutba, "Do not

oblige the slave-girl to earn money unless she has a skill. When you

oblige her to do that, she will earn money by prostitution. Do not

oblige the child to earn money. If he does not find it, he will steal.

Have integrity since Allah has integrity with you, and you must feed

them good food."

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the

Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,

"When a slave gives good counsel to his master and worships Allah

correctly, he has his reward twice over. "

Malik related to me that he heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab saw a

female slave belonging to Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab. She was

dressed like free (non-slave) women. He went to his daughter Hafsa and said, "Didn't I

see your brother's slave-girl dressed like a free (non-slave) woman walking among the

people and causing trouble?" Umar disapproved of that.