Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Avoid two accursed practices. He was asked: What are the two accursed practices? He answered: A person relieving himself in a pathway frequented by people or in a shaded place used by them (Muslim).

Jabir relates that the Holy Prophet forbade anyone passing water into a pond or reservoir (Muslim).

Nu‘man ibn Bashir relates that his father took him to the Holy Prophet and said: I have gifted one of my slaves to this son of mine. The Holy Prophet inquired: Have you made a similar gift to everyone of your children? He said: No; whereupon the Holy Prophet said: Then take this gift back. One version is: The Holy Prophet asked: Have you done this for all your children? He answered: No. The Holy Prophet then said: Be mindful of your obligation to Allah and do justice between your children. My father then returned and revoked his gift. Another version is that the Holy Prophet asked: Bashir, have you other children beside this one? He answered: Yes. The Holy Prophet asked: Have you made a gift like this to all of them? He said: No. The Holy Prophet said: Then do not make me a witness for I will not be a witness to a wrong; and he asked: Would you desire that they should behave equally well towards you? He said: Certainly. The Holy Prophet said: Then why don't you? (Bokhari and Muslim).

Zainab bint Abu Salamah relates: I visited Umm Habibah, wife of the Holy Prophet when her father Abu Sufyan had died. She sent for a yellow perfume and rubbed it on one of her maids and then rubbed it on both her own cheeks and said: I had no desire for a perfume except that I heard the Holy Prophet say from the pulpit: It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day that she should mourn a dead person for more than three days except in the case of her husband when the period of mourning is four months and ten days. Zainab then continued: I then visited Zainab bint Jahsh when her brother died and she sent for perfume and rubbed some of it on herself and said: I have no need for perfume except that I heard the Holy Prophet say from the pulpit: It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day that she should mourn a dead person for more than three days except in the case of her husband when the period is four months and ten days (Bokhari and Muslim).

Anas relates that the Holy Prophet forbade that a person in the city should sell to a villager on commission even if it should be his brother or father or mother (Bokhari and Muslim).

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not purchase goods from a caravan till they arrive in the market (Bokhari and Muslim).

Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not go out to meet caravans to buy from them nor should one in the city sell for one in the country. Ta‘us asked him: What is the meaning of a man in the city selling the goods of one in the country? The Holy Prophet answered: He should not be his commision agent (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet forbade that a man in the city should be the commission agent of a man in the country and forbade fictitious bids and that a man should make an offer while the offer of his brother is pending or that he should make a proposal of marriage while the proposal of his brother is pending or that a woman should try that a sister of hers might be divorced so that she might take her place. Another version is: The Holy Prophet forbade meeting caravans in advance or that a city dweller should act as a commission agent for a rustic or that a woman should make it a condition of marriage that a sister of hers should be divorced or that a person should make a fictitious bid on the bid of a brother and forbade the accumulation of milk in the udder of an animal (Bokhari and Muslim).

Ibn Umar relates that the Holy Prophet said: None of you should make an offer to buy when the offer of another is pending, nor make a proposal of marriage when a proposal of a brother is pending, except with the permission of the latter (Bokhari and Muslim).

Ugqbah ibn ‘Amir relates that the Holy Prophet said: A believer is the brother of a believer and it is not permissible for a believer to make an offer of purchase while an offer of a brother is pending nor that one should make a proposal of marriage while a proposal of his brother is pending until the latter gives up (Muslim).