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773. Abu Qatadah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who serves others with drinking water should be the last to drink himself.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“But when you enter the houses, greet one another with a greeting from Allah (i.e., say: As-Salamu `Alaikum – may you be safe from evil), blessed and good.” (24:61)
861. Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to me, “Dear son, when you enter your house, say As-Salamu `Alaikum to your family, for it will be a blessing both to you and to your family.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
774. Anas bin Malik (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Once the time for As-Salat (the prayer) approached. Those whose houses were near, went to their houses to perform Wudu’ while some of the people remained with Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam). A stone (containing some water) bowl was brought for him. It was too small for him to spread his hand over it. He performed his Wudu’ and it (the water) sufficed for all the others also. Anas was asked: “How many of you were present there?” He said: “Eighty or more.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Another narration in Muslim is: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) called for a vessel containing water. A wide shallow vessel with a little water in it was brought for him. He put his fingers in it. Anas says: “I kept looking at the water pouring from between his fingers. I estimated that the number of people who made their Wudu’ with it was from seventy to eighty.”
775. `Abdullah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) visited us and we brought water for him in a brass vessel for his ablution and he performed ablution.
[Al-Bukhari].
776. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) visited the house of a man of the Ansar with one of his Companions and said to him, “If you have some water in the water-skin left over from last night, give it to us for drinking; otherwise, we shall drink from some stream directly.”
[Al-Bukhari].
777. Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited us from wearing brocade or silk and drinking out of gold or silver vessels and said, “These are meant for them (disbelievers) in this world and for you in the Hereafter.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
778. Umm Salamah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who drinks from the vessel of silver kindles the Fire (of Hell) in his belly.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
A narration in Muslim is: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Surely, he who eats or drinks in gold and silver vessels fills his belly with Hell-fire.”
862. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported that he passed by some children and greeted them. Then he said: “Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to do the same.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“O Children of ¢dam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover yourselves (screen your private parts) and as an adornment, and the raiment of righteousness, that is better.” (7:26)
“And (Allah) has made for you garments to protect you from the heat (and cold), and coats of mail to protect you from your (mutual) violence.” (16:81)
779. Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Put on white clothes because they are the best; and use them for shrouding your dead.”
[At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud].
780. Samurah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘Wear white clothes because they are the purest and they are closest to modesty; and shroud the dead in it.”
[An-Nasa’i and Al-Hakim].
781. Bara’ (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) was of medium stature. I saw him wearing a red mantle. I have never seen anything more graceful than that.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
782. Abu Juhaifah Wahb bin `Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) by Al-Abtah valley in Makkah, in a red tent made from tanned skin. Bilal brought him ablution water. Then Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) came out wearing a red mantle; and I can still remember looking at whiteness of his shanks. So he made his ablution, and Bilal (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) pronounced the call for prayer (Adhan). I kept following the movement of his (Bilal’s) face to the right and to the left when he recited: `Come to the prayer; come to the success.’ Then a spear was fixed (as a Sutrah) in front of Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) who then stepped forward and led the prayer. Dogs and donkeys passed in front of him (beyond the spear) and no one prevented them from doing so.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
783. Abu Rimthah Rifa`ah At-Taimi (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) wearing two green garments.
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
784. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered Makkah on the day of its conquest and he was wearing a black turban.
[Muslim].
785. Abu Sa`id `Amr bin Huraith (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: As if I am seeing Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) wearing a black turban and both ends of it are falling over his shoulders.
[Muslim].
Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) was delivering a Khutbah wearing a black turban.
786. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The body of Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) was shrouded in three white Yemeni cotton garments, among which was neither a gown nor a turban.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
787. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: One morning Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) went out wearing a black blanket made of camel’s or sheep’s black hair with patterns of camels’ bags upon it.
[Muslim].
788. Al-Mughirah bin Shu`bah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was with Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) in a journey one night, and he asked me, “Do you have any water with you?” I said, “Yes.” So he dismounted from his riding camel and walked away (to answer the call of nature) until he disappeared in the darkness. When he returned, I poured out some water from a vessel and he washed his face. He was wearing a long woollen cloak and could not take out his forearms from his sleeves, so he brought them out from below the cloak and then washed them, and then passed his (wet) hands over his head. I stretched out my hand to take off his Khuff (leather socks), but he said, “Leave them. I put them on after performing Wudu’,’‘ and he passed his (wet) hands over them.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) was wearing a Syrian cloak with tight sleeves.
Another narration is: This incident took place during the battle of Tabuk.
863. Sahl bin Sa`d (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: There was a woman among us who would put beet root in a pot and add to it some ground barley. She used to cook them together. On returning from the Friday prayer, we would greet her and she would offer it to us.
[Al-Bukhari].
864. Umm Hani (May Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of Abu Talib reported: I went to the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) on the day of the conquest of Makkah. He was taking a bath and Fatimah was screening him with a cloth. I greeted him. And she mentioned the rest of the Hadith.
[Muslim].
865. Asma bint Yazid (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) passed by us when we were with a party of women, and he greeted us.
[Abu Dawud].
719. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: On the occasion of the `Eid, the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) would proceed to the prayer place taking one route and returning from another.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
720. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to go by way of Ash-Shajarah and return by way of Al-Mu`arras. He would also enter Makkah through the Higher Pass and would leave it through the Lower Pass.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
804. `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not wear silk (clothes). For whoever wears (them) in this life will be deprived of them in the Hereafter.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
805. `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Silk (clothes) are worn only by him who has no share in the Hereafter.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
806. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “He who wears silk clothes in this life shall not wear them in the Hereafter.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
807. `Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) holding a piece of gold in his left hand and a silk (cloth) in his right hand. Then he said, “These two are forbidden for the males of my Ummah.”
[Abu Dawud].
808. Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Wearing of silk and gold has been made unlawful for males and lawful for the females of my Ummah.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
809. Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited us from eating or drinking in gold or silver utensils and from wearing silk and brocade, or sitting on (anything made from) them.
[Al-Bukhari].
739. Abu Mas`ud Al-Badri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man prepared some food especially for the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) and invited him along with four others. But a man accompanied him. Having arrived at the door, Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to the host, “This person has followed us. You may allow him, if you like, and if you like he will return.” He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I allow him, too.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Allah, the Exalted, says:
“Then as for him who will be given his Record in his right hand will say: `Take, read my Record!”’ (69:19)
“So those on the Right Hand (i.e., those who will be given their Records in their right hands) how (fortunate) will those be on the Right Hand! (As a respect for them, because they will enter Jannah). And those on the Left Hand (i.e., those who will be given their Record in their left hands) how (unfortunate) will those be on the Left Hand! (As a disgrace for them, because they will enter Hell).” (56:8,9)
721. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) liked to use his right hand in all matters: in combing his hair and wearing his shoes.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
722. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah was used to using his right hand for performing Wudu’ and for eating his food whereas he was used to using his left hand in his toilet and for other similar purposes.
[Abu Dawud]
723. Umm `Atiyyah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) instructed us at the time of washing the dead body of his daughter Zainab (May Allah be pleased with her) to begin with her right side, and from the parts that are washed in Wudu’.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
724. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When any of you puts on his shoes, he should put on the right one first; and when he takes them off, he should begin with the left. Let the right shoe be the first to be put on and the last to be taken off.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
725. Hafsah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to use his right hand for eating, drinking and wearing his clothes and used to use his left hand for other purposes.
[Abu Dawud].
726. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When you wear your clothes or perform your Wudu’, begin with your right side.”
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
727. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) went to Mina, he came to Jamrat-ul-`Aqabah and threw pebbles at it. After that, he went to his lodge in Mina and sacrificed. Then he called for a barber and pointed his right side to him, said, “Shave from here.” Then he pointed his left side and said, “Take (hair) from here.” Then he distributed his hair among the people.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
Another narration is: After the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) had thrown pebbles at Jamrah and sacrificed an animal, he turned the right side of his head towards the barber who shaved it for him. Then he called Abu Talhah Ansari (May Allah be pleased with him) and gave his hair to him. Then he turned his head to the left side and asked the barber to shave it. He gave the hair to Abu Talhah and told him, “Distribute it among the people.”
810. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) permitted Zubair and `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf (May Allah be pleased with them) to wear silk because they were suffering from an itch.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
767. Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I served Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) Zamzam water to drink and he drank it while he was standing.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
768. An-Nazzal bin Sabrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: `Ali bin Abu Talib (May Allah be pleased with him) arrived at Bab Ar-Rahbah (in Kufah) and drank water in a standing posture. Then he said: “I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) doing what you have seen me doing.”
[Al-Bukhari].
769. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: During the lifetime of Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) we would eat while walking and would drink while standing.
[At-Tirmidhi].
770. `Amr bin Shu`aib on the authority of his father and grandfather reported: that they saw Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) drink standing, and sitting.
[At-Tirmidhi].
The last three Ahadith point out the permissibility of eating and drinking while walking or standing or sitting, but drinking in the sitting position remains the best.
771. Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade us from drinking while standing. Qatadah reported: “We asked him: `What about eating?”’ He said: “That is even worse, (or may be he said) more detestable.”
Another narration is: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) reprimanded us for drinking while standing.
[Muslim].
772. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “None of you should drink standing; and if any one forgets, he must vomit.”
[Muslim].
736. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) never found fault with food. If he had inclination to eating it, he would eat; and if he disliked it, he would leave it.
Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
737. Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) asked for sauce and was told that there was nothing except vinegar. He asked for it and began to eat from it saying, “How excellent is vinegar when eaten as sauce! How excellent is vinegar when eaten as Udm!”
Muslim].
813. Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) wore a new garment, he would name it. For instance, a turban or shirt or cloak and would supplicate: “Allahumma lakal-hamdu, Anta kasautanihi, as`aluka khairahu wa khaira ma suni`a lahu, wa a`udhu bika min sharrihi wa sharri ma suni`a lahu (O Allah, all the praise is for You that You have given it to me to put on. I ask You its goodness and the goodness of the purpose for which it was made, and I seek Your Protection from its evil and the evil of the purpose for which it was made).”
[Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
802. Mu`adh bin Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever gives up wearing elegant and expensive garments out of humbleness, when he can do so, Allah will call him on the Day of Resurrection and before all the creations, He will give him the choice to wear whichever garment of Iman he would like to wear.”
[At-Tirmidhi].
738. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “When any of you is invited to a meal, he should accept the invitation. If he is observing Saum (fasting), he should supplicate for the betterment of the host and if he is not fasting, he should eat.”
Muslim].
814. Al-Bara’ bin `Azib (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Whenever Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) went to bed, he would lie down on his right side and recite: “Allahumma aslamtu nafsi ilaika, wa wajjahtu wajhi ilaika, wa fawwadtu amri ilaika, wa ‘alja’tu zahri ilaika, raghbatan wa rahbatan ilaika, la malja’a wa la manja illa ilaika. Amantu bikitabikal-ladhi anzalta, wa nabiyyikal-ladhi arsalta [O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned my face to You, committed my affairs to You, and depend on You for protection out of desire for You and out of fear of You (expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment). There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believed in the Book You have revealed, and in the Prophet You have sent (i.e., Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)).]”
[Al-Bukhari].
815. Al-Bara’ bin `Azib (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) directed me thus: “Whenever you go to bed, perform Wudu’ as you do for Salat then (before sleeping) recite: `O Allah! I have submitted myself to You, I have turned myself to You, committed my affairs to You and sought Your refuge for protection out of desire for You and fear of You (expecting Your reward and fearing Your punishment). There is no refuge and no place of safety from You but with You. I believe in the Book You have revealed and in the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) You have sent.”’ Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) added: “If anyone recites these words and dies during the night, he will die on the true Deen, and if he remains alive till the morning, he will obtain good. And make this supplication your last words (before sleeping).”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
816. `Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to offer eleven Rak`ah of optional Salat (prayers) in the latter part of night. When it was about dawn, he would offer two short Rak`ah and then would lie down on his right side till the Mu’adhdhin (one who calls for prayer) would come to inform him that the congregation had gathered (for prayer).
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
817. Hudhaifah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Whenever the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) lay down for sleep at night, he would place his (right) hand under his (right) cheek and supplicate: “Bismika Allahumma amutu wa ahya [O Allah, with Your Name will I die and live (wake up)].” And when he woke up, he would supplicate: “Al-hamdu lillahil-ladhi ahyana ba`da ma amatana, wa ilaihin-nushur (All praise is due to Allah, Who has brought us back to life after He has caused us to die, and to Him is the return).”
[Al-Bukhari].
818. Ya`ish bin Tikhfah Al-Ghifari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: My father said: I was lying down on my belly in the mosque when someone shook me with his foot and said, “Lying down this way is disapproved by Allah.” I looked up and saw that it was Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam).
[Abu Dawud].
819. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whoever sits in a place where he does not remember Allah (SWT), he will suffer loss and incur displeasure of Allah; and whoever lies down (to sleep) in a place where he does not remember Allah, he will suffer sorrow and incur displeasure of Allah.”
[Abu Dawud].
811. Mu`awiyah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Do not ride on saddles made from silk or leopard’s skin.”
[Abu Dawud].
812. Abul-Malih on the authority of his father reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) prohibited the use of the skins of wild animals.
[Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa’i].
Another narration in At-Tirmidhi is: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) forbade the use of the skins of wild animals in making Firash (i.e., something to sit on or lie down on, such as cushions, pillows, covers, spreads, saddles, etc.).
740. `Umar bin Abu Salamah (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I was a boy under the care of Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), and as my hand used to wander around in the dish, he (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said to me once, “Mention Allah’s Name (i.e., say Bismillah), eat with your right hand, and eat from what is in front of you.”
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
741. Salamah bin Al-Akwa` (May Allah be pleased with him) reported on the authority of his father: A man ate with his left hand in the presence of Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), whereupon he said, “Eat with your right hand.” The man said: “I cannot do that.” Thereupon he (the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “May you not be able to do that.” It was vanity that prevented him from doing it and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth afterwards.
[Muslim].
820. `Abdullah bin Zaid (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) lying down on his back in the mosque, placing one leg on the other.
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
821. Jabir bin Samurah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: After the Fajr (dawn) prayer the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) used to sit crossed legged in the same place in which he had prayed till the sun shone brightly.
[Abu Dawud].
822. Ibn `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I saw Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) sitting in the compound of the Holy Ka`bah, with the thighs against the stomach and arms around his legs.
[Al-Bukhari].
823. Qailah bint Makhramah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: I saw the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) seated with his arms enfolding his legs; and when I saw him in such a state of humble guise I trembled with fear due to the awe (he showed in that posture).
[At-Tirmidhi].
824. Ash-Sharid bin Suwaid (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) passed by me when I was sitting with my left hand behind my back and leaning on my palm. On seeing me in this posture he said, “Do you sit like those upon whom the Wrath of Allah has descended?”
[Abu Dawud].
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