Hadith 1503 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

'Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Companions of As-Suffah were poor people. The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said, "Whoever has food enough for two people, should take a third one (from among them), and whoever has food enough for four persons, should take a fifth or sixth (or said something similar)." Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) took three people with him while Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) took ten. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) took his supper with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and stayed there till he offered the 'Isha' prayers. After a part of the night had passed, he returned to his house. His wife said to him: "What has detained you from your guests?" He said: "Have you not served supper to them?" She said: "They refused to take supper until you come." [Abdur-Rahman (Abu Bakr's son) or the servants] presented the meal to them but they refused to eat. I (the narrator) hid myself out of fear. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) (my father) rebuked me. Then he said to them: "Please eat. By Allah! I will never eat the meal." 'Abdur-Rahman added: Whenever we took a morsel of the meal, the meal grew from underneath more than that morsel we had till everybody ate to his satisfaction; yet the remaining food was more than what was in the beginning. On seeing this, Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) called his wife and said: "O sister of Banu Firas! What is this?" She said: "O pleasure of my eyes! The food has increased thrice in quantity." Then Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) started eating. He said: "My oath not to take the meal was because of Satan." He took a morsel handful from it and carried the rest to the Prophet (Peace be upon him). That food remained with him. In those days there was a treaty between us and the pagans and when the period of that treaty elapsed, he (Peace be upon him) divided us into twelve groups and every group was headed by a man. Allah knows how many men were under the command of each leader. Anyhow, all of them ate of that meal.

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

There are some more narrations in both Al-Bukhari and Muslim with very minor differences in wordings and in details.

Selon "Abdurrahman Ibn Abi Bakr Assidiq (das), les gens de la «Soffa» (partie de la mosquée réservée au logement des pauvres) étaient pauvres. Le Prophète (bsdl) dit une fois: «Que celui qui dispose du manger de deux prenne avec lui un troisième. Que celui qui a le manger de quatre prenne avec lui un cinquième ou un sixième». Abou Bakr (das) ramena chez lui trois invités. Le Prophète (bsdl) en ramena dix. Abou Bakr (das) dîna entre-temps chez le Prophète (bsdl) et y resta jusqu"à la prière du "Ishà. Il rentra ensuite chez lui après avoir

Hadith 1504 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said, "There were Muhaddithun (the recipients of Divine inspiration) among the nations before you. If there is any of such Muhaddith among my followers, he must be 'Umar."

[Al- Bukhari].

In Muslim, this Hadith is narrated by 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her), and in both these narrations Ibn Wahb has said that the meaning of Muhaddithun is recipients of Divine inspiration.

Selon Abou Hourayra (das), le Messager de Dieu (bsdl) a dit: «II y avait dans les communautés qui vous ont précédés des hommes-inspirés de Dieu. S"il y a un tel homme dans ma nation, c"est bien "Omar». (Rapporté par Al Boukhâri

Hadith 1505 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

Jabir bin Samurah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: The inhabitants of Kufah complained to 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) against Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas (May Allah be pleased with him) and 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) appointed 'Ammar (May Allah be pleased with him) as Governor of Kufah in his place. Their complaint was that he did not even conduct As-Salat (the prayers) properly. 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) sent for Sa'd and said to him: "O Abu Ishaq, the people claim that you do not offer the Salat properly." Sa'd replied: "By Allah! I observe Salat according to the Salat of the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him), and I make no decrease in it. I prolong Qiyam (standing) in the first two Rak'ah in Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers and shorten in the last ones." 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "This is what I thought of you, O Abu Ishaq!" Then he sent with him a man (or some men) to Kufah to investigate the matter about him (from the people of Kufah). The inquiry was conducted in every mosque and all the people in these mosques praised him; but in the mosque of the Banu 'Abs, a man, with the name of Usamah bin Qatadah and surname Abu Sa'dah, stood up and said, "Sa'd bin Abu Waqqas did not participate in Jihad and he did not distribute the spoils equitably and did not judge justly." On this Sa'd said: "I shall make three supplications in respect of him: O Allah! If this slave of Yours is a liar and seeker of notoriety, please prolong his life and lengthen his period of adversity and afflict him with trials." (And so did it happen.) Thereafter, when the man was asked about his condition he would say, "I am an old man afflicted with trials and overtaken by the curses of Sa'd."

'Abdul-Malik bin 'Umair (a subnarrator) said: I saw this man with eyebrows hung over his eyes as a result of his old age and he walked aimlessly, following young girls and winking at them.

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

Jàber Ibn Samoura (das) rapporte: «Les habitants de Koufa se plaignirent de Sa"d (Ibn Abi Waqqàs) (das) auprès de "Omar Ibn Al Khattàb (das) qui le destitua et leur nomma un nouveau gouverneur en la personne de "Arnmâr (Ibn Yâser). Mais ils se plaignirent encore de "Ammâr et, parmi les arguments qu"ils invoquèrent contre lui, ils prétendirent qu"il ne savait pas faire la prière. "Omar envoya donc le chercher et lui dit: «O Abou Isaâc! Ces gens prétendent que tune sais pas faire la prière». Il dit: «Pour ce qui me concerne, je jure par Dieu que je présidais à leur prière exactement à la manière du Messager de Dieu (bsdl) sans rien en diminuer. Quand je faisais les deux prières du soir, je prolongeais la lecture dans les deux premières unités de prière et je la raccourcissais dans le reste». Il lui dit: «C"est ce que nous avons toujours pensé de toi». Il envoya avec lui quelqu"un (ou quelques-uns) à Koufa pour interroger sur lui ses habitants. Cet homme ne laissa pas une mosquée sans s"y renseigner sur lui. Tout le monde ne disait de lui que du bien. Il entra enfin dans une mosquée appartenant aux Béni "Abs. L"un d"eux se leva, du nom de Ousâma Ibn Qatàda, surnommé Abou Sa"da. Il dit: «Puisque tu nous demandes notre avis sur lui, Sa"d ne marche pas avec les expéditions militaires, ne partage pas équitablement le butin et n"est pas impartial dans ses jugements». Sa"d dit alors: «Je me contenterai de faire contre toi ces trois invocations: «Seigneur Dieu! Si ton esclave que voici est menteur et ne cherche par son intervention qu"à se montrer et à se faire connaître, allonge-lui sa vie, allonge-lui sa pauvreté et expose-le aux tentations!» Plus tard, quand on lui demandait qui il était, il disait: «Un pauvre vieux soumis aux tentations et frappé de la malédiction de Sa^d». "Abdul Màlek Ibn "-Omeyr qui rapporte ce Hadith de Jàber dit: «Je l"ai vu de mes propres yeux alors que ses sourcils tombaient sur ses yeux à cause de l"âge. Il se mettait sur le chemin des jeunes filles pour croiser ses doigts avec les leurs (pour jouir vicieusement de ce contact)».

Hadith 1506 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

'Urwah bin Az-Zubair (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Arwa bint Aus brought a suit against Sa'id bin Zaid bin 'Amr bin Nufail (May Allah be pleased with him). She complained to Marwan bin Al-Hakam that he had wrongfully taken possession of a portion of her land. Sa'id said: "How can I take a portion out of her land while I have heard a denunciation from the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)." Marwan asked him: "What did you hear from the Messenger of Allah?" He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) saying, 'He who takes a span of land unjustly will be made to wear seven earths round his neck on the Day of Ressurection'." Marwan said to him: "I don't seek proof from you after this." Sa'id supplicated: "O Allah! If she is a liar, deprive her of her eye sight and cause her to die in her land." 'Urwah said: "She did not die till she became blind. While she was walking in her land (concerning which the dispute arose) she fell down into a pit and died."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

In another narration of Muslim, Muhammad bin Zaid bin 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said that he had seen Arwa blind, feeling for on the walls with her hand and saying: "I am ruined by the curse of Sa'id." Later she fell in a well in the same disputed land and died.

Selon "Orwa Ibn Zoubeyr, Arwa Bent Aws se plaignit auprès de Marwân Ibn Al Hakam (l"un des califes "Omeyades) de Sa"îd Ibn Zeyd Ibn Noufeyl (das). Elle prétendit qu"il lui avait usurpé une partie de sa terre. Sa"id dit : «Comment lui prendrais-je quelque chose de sa terre après ce que j"ai entendu de la bouche du Messager de Dieu (bsdl)?». Il lui dit: «Qu"as-tu entendu dire le Messager de Dieu (bsdl)?» Il dit: «J"ai entendu le Messager de Dieu (bsdl) dire: «Celui qui s"approprie injustement une palme de terre sera étranglé par un ruban de terre égal pris dans chacune des sept terres». Marwân lui dit: «Je ne te demande aucune preuve après ce que tu viens de dire». Sa"id dit alors «Seigneur Dieu! Si cette femme est menteuse, emporte-lui sa vue et fais-la mourir engloutie par sa terre». Il dit: «Elle ne mourut pas avant d"être devenue aveugle. Un jour qu"elle marchait dans sa terre, elle tomba dans un puits qui fut sa tombe».

Hadith 1507 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with them) said: My father called me on the evening before (the battle of) Uhud and said: "I perceive that I shall be among the first from among the Companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) to be martyred, and after him you are the dearest to me. I am under the burden of debt. Pay it and treat your sisters well." Next morning he was among the first to be killed, so I buried him along with another in the same grave. Thereafter, I did not like that I should leave him with another in the grave. So I dug up his corpse after six months and he was in the same condition in which he was on the day when I buried him, except that there was a scratch on his ear. Then I buried him in a separate grave.

[Al- Bukhari].

Jâber Ibn "Abdullàh (das) rapporte: «Quand nous fûmes à la veille de la bataille de Ouhoud, mon père m"appela le soir. Il me dit: «J"ai le ferme pressentiment que je serai l"un des premiers tués parmi les Compagnons du Prophète (bsdl). Je ne te laisse rien après moi de plus cher que toi, si ce n"est la vie du Messager de Dieu (bsdl). J"ai une dette. Acquitte-la et sois bon avec tes sœurs». Le lendemain matin il fut le premier tué. J"ai enterré un autre dans la même tombe que lui. Puis je n"ai pas aimé en moi-même l"y laisser avec un autre. Je l"ai donc exhumé six mois après. Je l"ai trouvé tel que je l"avais laissé le premier jour et seule l"une de ses oreilles s"était décomposée. Je l"ai alors enterre seul dans une autre tombe». (Rapporté par Al Boukhâri)

Hadith 1508 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Two Companions of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) left his home in a very dark night with something like lights in front of them; when they separated, each of them had one light in front of him till they arrived home.

[Al- Bukhari].

Other narrations reported in Al-Bukhari say that the two men were Usaid bin Hudhair and 'Abbad bin Bishr (May Allah be pleased with them).

Selon Anas (das), deux des Compagnons du Prophète (bsdl) sortirent de chez lui par une nuit obscure. Ils avaient devant eux une lumière comme s"ils tenaient deux lampes. Quand ils se séparèrent, chacun d"eux avait sa propre lumière avec lui jusqu"à son arrivée chez lui». (Rapporté par Al Boukhâri)

Hadith 1509 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) sent an espionage mission of ten men under the leadership of 'Asim bin Thabit Al-Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him). They proceeded till they reached Al-Had'ah, a place between 'Usfan and Makkah and the news of their arrival reached a section of the tribe of Hudhail, called Banu Lihyan. About one hundred men, who were all archers, hurried to follow their tracks. When 'A sim and his companions came to know of their pursuers, they took refuge in a safe place. The infidels encircled them and said to them: "Come down and surrender, and we promise and guarantee you that we will not kill anyone of you." 'Asim bin Thabit (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah! I will not come down to be under the protection of disbelievers. O Allah! convey this news to our Prophet (Peace be upon him)." Then the infidels shot arrows at them till they killed 'Asim. Three men came down relying on their promise and covenant. They were Khubaib, Zaid bin Ad-Dathinah and another man. When the disbelievers captured them, they tied them up with the strings of their bows. The third of the captives said: "This is the beginning of first betrayal. By Allah! I will not go with you. I have a good example in these (martyrs)." So they dragged him and tried to compel him to accompany them, but he refused. At last they killed him. They took Khubaib and Zaid bin Ad- Dathina with them and sold them as slaves in Makkah. This incident took place after the battle of Badr.

Khubaib was bought by the sons of Al-Harith bin 'Amir bin Naufal bin 'Abd Manaf. It was Khubaib who had killed Al-Harith in the battle of Badr. Khubaib remained a prisoner with those people for a few days till the sons of Al-Harith resolved to kill him.

When Khubaib (May Allah be pleased with him) got wind of this plot, he borrowed a razor from one of Al- Harith's daughters in order to remove his pubic hair. Her little son crawled towards Khubaib because of her carelessness. Later on, she saw her son on his thigh and the razor was in his hand. She got scared so much that Khubaib noticed the agitation on her face and said: "Are you afraid that I will kill him? No, I will never do that." She later remarked (after Al-Khubaib got martyred): "By Allah! I never saw a prisoner better than Khubaib." She added: "By Allah! I saw him once eating of a bunch of grapes in his hand while he was chained and there was no such fruit at that time in Makkah. Probably it was a boon which Allah bestowed upon Khubaib."

When they took him out of the Haram of Makkah to kill him outside its boundaries, Khubaib requested them to let him offer two Rak'ah of voluntary prayer. They allowed him and he offered two Rak'ah prayer. Then he said: "Had I not apprehended that you would think that I was afraid of death, I would have prolonged the prayer. O Allah! Count their number; slay them one by one and spare not one of them." He then recited these poetic verses:

'I do not care how they kill me as long as I get martyred in the Cause of Allah as a Muslim. I received my death for Allah's sake. If Allah so desires, He will bless, the amputated limbs of the torn body.'

Then the son of Al-Harith killed him. It was Khubaib who set the tradition for any Muslim sentenced to death in captivity to offer two Rak'ah of voluntary prayer. On that day the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) informed his Companions of the martyrdom of Khubaib. Later on, when some disbelievers from Quraish were informed that 'Asim had been martyred, they sent some people to fetch a significant part of his body to ascertain his death. (This was because) 'Asim had killed one of their chiefs. So Allah sent a swarm of wasps, resembling a shady cloud, to hover over the body of 'Asim and to shield him from their messengers, and thus they could not cut off anything from his body.

[Al- Bukhari].

Selon Abou Hourayra (das), le Messager de Dieu (bsdl) envoya une fois un groupe de dix hommes en reconnaissance chez l"ennemi. Il nomma à leur tête comme émir (chef) "Asem Ibn Thâbet Al Ansàri (das). Ils partirent donc jusqu"à ce qu"ils arrivèrent à l"endroit dit «Al Houdât», entre "Ousfàn et la Mecque. On annonça leur arrivée à l"un des clans de la tribu Houdheyl, les Bani Lihyàn. Ils sortirent à leur rencontre avec une centaine d"archers. Ils les suivirent à la trace. Quand "Asem et ses compagnons sentirent leur présence, ils se réfugièrent sur un monticule. Les autres les encerclèrent de toutes parts et leur dirent: «Descendez et rendez-vous de votre propre gré et nous vous donnons la ferme assurance que nous ne tuerons aucun de vous». "Asem Ibn Thâbet dit: «O gens! Quant à moi je ne me mettrai pas à l"abri de la promesse d"un Mécréant. Seigneur Dieu ! Informe s"en Ton Prophète (bsdl)». Ils tirèrent sur eux leurs flèches et tuèrent "Asem. Trois d"entre eux se rendirent à l"ennemi. C"étaient Khoubeyb, Zeydibn Addathina et un autre. Quand ils les eurent en leur pouvoir, ils détachèrent les cordes de leurs arcs et les lièrent avec elles. Le troisième dit: «Voilà que coommence leur traîtrise. Je jure par Dieu de ne pas vous suivre et j"ai en ceux des nôtres que vous venez de tuer un bon exemple à suivre. Ils voulurent en vain le traîner de force puis le tuèrent et partirent avec Khoubeyb e Zeyd Ibn Addathina. Ils les vendirent à la Mecque après la bataille de Badr. Ce furent les fils d"Aï Hâreth qui achetèrent Khoubeyb. Or c"était ce même Khoubeyb qui avait tué Al Hâreth, le jour de Badr. Khoubeyb resta leur prisonnier jusqu"à ce qu"ils décidèrent de le tuer. Il se fit prêter un rasoir par l"une des filles de Hâreth afin de se raser les poils du corps. Elle le lui prêta. Juste à ce moment un petit enfant à elle, marchant à quatre pattes, arriva jusqu"à lui, dans un moment d"inattention de sa mère. Elle vit Khoubeyb mettre l"enfant sur sa cuisse en tenant le rasoir dans sa main. Elle fut saisie de frayeur comme le ramarqua Khoubeyb. Il lui dit: «Craindrais-tu donc que je le tue? Je ne suis pas homme à commettre pareille infamie». Elle dira plus tard: «Par Dieu! Je n"ai jamais vu un prisonnier meilleur que Khoubeyb. Par Dieu Je l"ai trouvé un jour mangeant une grappe de raisin qu"il tenait dans sa main alors qu"il était enchaîné et qu"il n"y avait en cette saison aucun fruit à la Mecque». Elle disait: «C"était sans aucun doute une subsistance apportée par Dieu à Khoubeyb». Quand ils le sortirent de la zone sacrée pour le tuer dans la zone profane, Khoubeyb leur dit: «Laissez-moi faire deux unités de prière». Ils le lui permirent. Il fit deux unités de prière et dit: «Par Dieu! Si je ne craignais pas que vous pensiez que je le fais par peur de mourir, j"aurais prié davantage. Seigneur Dieu! Compte-les puis tue-les les uns après les autres et n"en laisse aucun vivant». Il improvisa alors ces deux vers : «Peu m"importe quand je suis tué en Islam «sur quel côté je tombe au service de Dieu. «Et ce par amour de Dieu qui, s"il veut, «bénira les morceaux de ce corps déchiqueté». C"est ainsi que Khoubeyb fut le premier à instaurer l"habitude de la prière que fait tout Musulman enchaîné avant de mourir. Le Prophète (bsdl.) informa ses Compagnons de leur mésaventure quand ils furent rattrapés par l"ennemi. Quand les gens de la tribu Qoreysh apprirent que "Asem Ibn Thàbet avait été tué, ils envoyèrent des hommes à eux pour leur rapporter une partie de son cadavre à laquelle ils pourraient le reconnaître et ce parce qu"il avait tué l"un de leurs grands. Mais Dieu envoya une nuée de faux bourdons qui le protégèrent de ces hommes qui ne purent ainsi rien couper de son corps». (Rapporté par Al Boukhàri)

Hadith 1510 - Bab 253 (Superiority of Auliya' and their Marvels)
Chapter 17 (The Book of Du'a (Supplications))

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I never heard 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) relating anything that he conceived it to be so-and-so, but that it proved to be as he had conceived it."

[Al-Bukhari].

Ibn "Ornar (das) a dit: «Je n"ai jamais entendu "Omar (das) dire à propos d"une chose: «Je crois que c"est ainsi», sans qu"elle ne fût exactement ainsi»