Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 79:
Volume 8, Book 79, Number 699:
Narrated Ka'b bin 'Ujra:
I came to the Prophet and he said to me, "Come near." So I went
near to him and he said, "Are your lice troubling you?" I replied,
"Yes." He said, "(Shave your head and) make expiation in the
form of fasting, Sadaqa (giving in charity), or offering a sacrifice."
(The sub-narrator) Aiyub said, "Fasting should be for three days, and the
Nusuk (sacrifice) is to be a sheep, and the Sadaqa is to be given to six poor
persons."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 700:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to the Prophet and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet
said, "What is the matter with you?" He said, "I had sexual
relation with my wife (while I was fasting) in Ramadan." The Prophet said,
"Have you got enough to manumit a slave?" He said, "No."
The Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive months?" The man
said, "No." The Prophet said, "Can you feed sixty poor
persons?" The man said, "No." Then the Prophet said to him,
"Sit down," and he sat down. Afterwards an 'Irq, i.e., a big basket
containing dates was brought to the Prophet and the Prophet said to him,
"Take this and give it in charity." The man said, "To poorer
people than we?" On that, the Prophet smiled till his premolar teeth
became visible, and then told him, "Feed your family with it." (See
Hadith No. 157, Vol 3)
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 701:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A man came to Allah's Apostle and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet
said to him, "What is the matter?" He said, "I have done a
sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan." The Prophet said
to him?" "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said,
"No." The Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive
months?" He said, "No." The Prophet said, "Can you feed
sixty poor persons?" He said, "No." Then an Ansari man came with
an Irq (a big basket full of dates). The Prophet said (to the man), "Take
this (basket) and give it in charity." That man said, "To poorer
people than we, O Allah's Apostle? By Him Who has sent you with the Truth!
There is no house in between the two mountains (of the city of
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 702:
Narrated Abu Huraira :
A man came to the Prophets and said, "I am ruined!" The Prophet
said, "What is the matter with you?" He said, "I have done a
sexual relation with my wife (while fasting) in Ramadan" The Prophet said
to him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?" He said, "No."
The Prophet said, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He said,
"No." The Prophet said, "Can you feed sixty poor persons?"
He said, "I have nothing." Later on an Irq (big basket) containing
dates was given to the Prophet, and the Prophet said (to him), "Take this
basket and give it in charity." The man said, "To poorer people than
we? Indeed, there is nobody between its (i.e., Medina's) two mountains who is
poorer than we." The Prophet then said, "Take it and feed your family
with it."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 703:
Narrated Al-Ju'aid bin Abdur-Rahman:
As-Sa'ib bin Yazid said, "The Sa' at the time of the Prophet was equal
to one Mudd plus one-third of a Mudd of your time, and then it was increased in
the time of Caliph 'Umar bin 'Abdul Aziz."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 704:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn Umar used to give the Zakat of Ramadan (Zakat-al-Fitr) according to the
Mudd of the Prophet, the first Mudd, and he also used to give things for
expiation for oaths according to the Mudd of the Prophet. Abu Qutaiba said,
"Malik said to us, 'Our Mudd (i.e., of Medina) is better than yours and we
do not see any superiority except in the Mudd of the Prophet!' Malik further
said, to me, 'If a ruler came to you and fixed a Mudd smaller than the one of
the Prophet, by what Mudd would you measure what you give (for expiation or
Zakat-al-Fitr?' I replied, 'We would give it according to the Mudd of the
Prophet' On that, Malik said, 'Then, don't you see that we have to revert to
the Mudd of the Prophet ultimately?'"
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 705:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings on their
measures, Sa' and Mudd (i.e., of the people of Medina) "
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 706:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "If somebody manumits a Muslim slave, Allah will save
from the Fire every part of his body for freeing the corresponding parts of the
slave's body, even his private parts will be saved from the Fire) because of
freeing the slave's private parts."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 707:
Narrated 'Amr:
Jabir said: An Ansari man made his slave a Mudabbar and he had no other
property than him. When the Prophet heard of that, he said (to his companions),
"Who wants to buy him (i.e., the slave) for me?" Nu'aim bin An-Nahham
bought him for eight hundred Dirhams. I heard Jabir saying, "That was a
coptic slave who died in the same year."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 708:
Narrated 'Aisha:
that she intended to buy Barira (a slave girl) and her masters stipulated
that they would have her Wala'. When 'Aisha mentioned that to the Prophet ; he
said, "Buy her, for the Wala' is for the one who manumits."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 709:
Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari:
I went to Allah's Apostle along with a group of people from (the tribe of)
Al-Ash'ari, asking for mounts. The Prophet said, "By Allah, I will not
give you anything to ride, and I have nothing to mount you on." We stayed
there as long as Allah wished, and after that, some camels were brought to the
Prophet and he ordered that we be given three camels. When we set out, some of
us said to others, "Allah will not bless us, as we all went to Allah's
Apostle asking him for mounts, and although he had sworn that he would not give
us mounts, he did give us." So we returned to the Prophet; and mentioned
that to him. He said, "I have not provided you with mounts, but Allah has.
By Allah, Allah willing, if I ever take an oath, and then see that another is
better than the first, I make expiration for my (dissolved) oath, and do what
is better and make expiration."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 710:
Narrated Hammad:
the same narration above (i.e. 709), "I make expiation for my dissolved
oath, and I do what is better, or do what is better and make expiation."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 711:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
(The Prophet) Solomon said, "Tonight I will sleep with (my) ninety
wives, each of whom will get a male child who will fight for Allah's
Cause." On that, his companion (Sufyan said that his companion was an
angel) said to him, "Say, "If Allah will (Allah willing)." But
Solomon forgot (to say it). He slept with all his wives, but none of the women
gave birth to a child, except one who gave birth to a halfboy. Abu Huraira
added: The Prophet said, "If Solomon had said, "If Allah will"
(Allah willing), he would not have been unsuccessful in his action, and would
have attained what he had desired." Once Abu Huraira added: Allah apostle
said, "If he had accepted."
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 712:
Narrated Zahdam al-Jarmi:
We were sitting with Abu Musa Al-Ash'sari, and as there were ties of
friendship and mutual favors between us and his tribe. His meal was presented
before him and there was chicken meat in it. Among those who were present there
was a man from Bani Taimillah having a red complexion as a non-Arab freed
slave, and that man did not approach the meal. Abu Musa said to him, "Come
along! I have seen Allah's Apostle eating of that (i.e., chicken)." The
man said, "I have seen it (chickens) eating something I regarded as dirty,
and so I have taken an oath that I shall not eat (its meat) chicken." Abu
Musa said, "Come along! I will inform you about it (i.e., your oath).
Once we went to Allah's Apostle in company with a group of Ash'airiyin,
asking him for mounts while he was distributing some camels from the camels of
Zakat. (Aiyub said, "I think he said that the Prophet was in an angry mood
at the time.") The Prophet said, 'By Allah! I will not give you mounts,
and I have nothing to mount you on.' After we had left, some camels of booty
were brought to Allah's Apostle and he said, "Where are those Ash'ariyin?
Where are those Ash'ariyin?" So we went (to him) and he gave us five very
fat good-looking camels. We mounted them and went away, and then I said to my
companions, 'We went to Allah's Apostle to give us mounts, but he took an oath
that he would not give us mounts, and then later on he sent for us and gave us
mounts, perhaps Allah's Apostle forgot his oath. By Allah, we will never be
successful, for we have taken advantage of the fact that Allah's Apostle forgot
to fulfill his oath. So let us return to Allah's Apostle to remind him of his
oath.' We returned and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! We came to you and asked you
for mounts, but you took an oath that you would not give us mounts) but later
on you gave us mounts, and we thought or considered that you have forgotten
your oath.' The Prophet said, 'Depart, for Allah has given you Mounts. By
Allah, Allah willing, if I take an oath and then later find another thing
better than that, I do what is better, and make expiation for the oath.' "
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 713:
Narrated Zahdam:
the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 714:
Narrated Zahdam:
the same narration as above (i.e. No. 712).
Volume 8, Book 79,
Number 715:
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
Allah's Apostle said, "(O 'Abdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler,
for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then
Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be
held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help you ) . And if you take an
oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do
what is better and make expiation for (the dissolution of) your oath."