Ahadith

This hadith is the same as No. 379. (Bani Isra'il 12)

Abdullah ibn Shikhir relates: I came to the Holy Prophet at a time when he was engaged in Prayer. The sound of his sobbing was like the sound of a boiling kettle (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Bani Isra'il 12)

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet said to Ubayy ibn Ka‘ab: Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, has commanded me to recite to you sura Al-Bayyinah (Chapter 98) of the Quran. He asked: Did He name me? The Holy Prophet said: Yes; whereupon Ubayy fell to sobbing (Bokhari and Muslim). (Bani Isra'il 12)

This hadith is the same as No. 363. (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Ibn Umar relates that when the illness of the Holy Prophet became severe he was asked about the sa/at and he said: Tell Abu Bakr to lead the Prayer. On this, Ayesha said: Abu Bakr is very tender-hearted, he is bound to be overcome when he recites the Quran. The Holy Prophet repeated: Tell him" "RIYADH AS-SALTHIN 101 to lead the Prayer. Another version is: Ayesha said: When Abu Bakr stands in your place people will not be able to hear him for his sobbing (Bokhari and Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Ibrahim ibn Abdur Rahman ibn Auf relates that food was brought to Abdur Rahman ibn Auf when he had been fasting and he said: Mus‘ab ibn Umair was killed, and he was a better man than I, and there was nothing that could serve as a shroud for him except a sheet so small that if his head was covered his feet remained uncovered and if his feet were covered his head remained uncovered. Then we have been endowed generously with the bounties of this world, so that I am afraid lest the reward of our good works might have been hastened for us. On this he began to sob and left off eating (Bokhari). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Abu Umamah Sudayy ibn Ajalan Bahili relates that the Holy Prophet said: There is nothing dearer to Allah than two drops and two marks. The drops are: a tear shed out of fear of Allah, and a drop of blood shed in the cause of Allah. The marks are: a mark received in the cause of Allah, and a mark acquired in discharging an obligation imposed by Allah (Tirmidhi). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

This is only a reference to hadith No. 158. (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)

Amr ibn Auf Ansari relates that the Holy Prophet sent Abu Ubaidah ibn Jarrah to Bahrain to collect the poll tax and he returned from Bahrain with the money. The Ansar heard of this and came up to join in the morning Prayer service with the Holy Prophet. When the service was finished and he was about to leave, they presented themselves before him. When he saw them, he smiled and said: I imagine you have heard that Abu Ubaidah has come from Bahrain with something. They said: It is true, Messenger of Allah. He said: Rejoice, and hope for that which will please you. It is not poverty that I apprehend for you. What I apprehend for you is that you might begin to desire the would as they desired it and that it might destroy you as it destroyed them (Bokhari and Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, )

Abu Sa‘id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet sat in the pulpit and we sat around him and he said: What I am afraid of concerning you after I am gone is the ornament and embellishment of the world that might be thrown open to you (Bokhari and Muslim). (Yunus 26, Al-Hadid 22, Aal-e-`Imran 16, Fatir 7, Al-`Ankabut 66)