Gestures

Anas ibn Malik said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, used to visit Umm Hiram, the daughter of Milhan who was marriedto 'Ubada ibn as-Samit, and she would give him food and delouse his head.Then he slept and woke up laughing."

Qays ibn 'Asim as-Sa'idi said, "I came to the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said, 'This is the masterof the people of the desert.' I said, 'Messenger of Allah, how much propertycan I have without owning anything to someone who comes with a requestor a guest?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, 'The best property is forty. A lot of property is sixty. Woeto those who have hundreds except for he who gives away something precious,lends an animal with abundant milk or sacrifices a fat animal to eat andfeeds beggars and the poor.' I asked, 'Messenger of Allah, which is thenoblest of these qualities?' The valley where I am does not support manyflocks.' The Prophet replied, 'So what do you give as a gift?' I replied,'I give virgin camels and she-camels.' The Prophet asked, 'How much doyou give as a loan?' I said, 'I lend a hundred.' He asked, 'What do youdo with she-camels that are ready to be mated?' He replied, 'People bringtheir ropes (to use as halters for the male camels) and no man is preventedfrom taking a camel on which he puts a halter. He takes the male camelhe thinks is the proper one (for mating and keeps it) until he returnsit.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'Whichdo you love more ? your property or your mawali (i.e. your heirs).' ('Myproperty,' he replied.) The Prophet said, 'Your share is what you eat ofyour property and consume or what you give away and spend. The rest ofit belongs to your heirs.' I said, 'When I go back, I must lessen it.'"

'Abdullah ibn as-Samit said, "I questioned my close friend AbuDharr who said, 'I brought some water for wudu' to the Prophet, may Allahbless him and grant him peace. He shook his head and bit his lip. I said,"May my father and mother be your ransom, have I injured you?" "No," hereplied, "but you will meet amirs ? or imams ? who will delay the prayeruntil it is past its time." "So what do you command me to do?" I asked.He replied, "Pray the prayer at the proper time. If you come across them,then pray with them and do not say, 'I have already prayed, so I will notpray again.'"'"

'Ali reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, knocked at the door of 'Ali and Fatima, the daughterof the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "Don'tyou pray?" 'Ali said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, our spirits are withAllah. When He wishes to wake us up, we will make up.' The Prophet, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, left without saying anything to me.Then I heard him strike him thigh after his back was turned. He said, 'Morethan anything else, man is argumentative.' (18:
54)"

Abu Razin said about Abu Hurayra, "I saw him striking his browwith his hand whole saying, 'People of Iraq, do you claim that I lie againstthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace? Do youhave enjoyment while I have the wrong action? I testify that I heard the, Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "Whenone of you breaks his sandal-strap, he should not walk in his other sandaluntil it is mended."'"

Abu'l-'Aliyya al-Bara' said, "'Abdullah ibn as-Samit passed byme and I gave him a chair. He sat down. I told him, 'Ibn Ziyad has delayedthe prayer. What do you command?' He hit my thigh (and I think he said,'So that it left a mark on me') and then he said, 'I asked Abu Dharr asyou asked me and he hit my thigh as I have hit yours. He said, "Pray theprayer at the proper time, but if you come across some of them, pray withthem and do not say, 'I have already prayed,' and then not pray."'"

It is related that 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar reported that 'Umar wentwith the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, witha group to visit Ibn Sayyad. They found him playing with some childrenin the hills of Banu Maghala. Ibn Sayyad, who was approaching puberty,did not notice them until the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, patted him with his hand and then said to him, 'Do you testify thatI am the Messenger of Allah?' Ibn Sayyad looked at him and said, 'I testifythat you are the Messenger of the unlettered.' Ibn Sayyad said to the Prophet,'Do you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah?' He refuted it and said,'I have believed in Allah and His Messengers.' Then he said to him, 'Whatdreams do you have?' Ibn Sayyad replied, 'Both truthful people and liarscome to me.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,'You are in a state of confusion.' Then the Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said to him, 'I am concealing something from you.'Ibn Sayyad said, 'It is just smoke.' He said, 'Shame on you! You will notgo too far.' 'Umar said, 'Messenger of Allah, let me cut his head off?'The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'If it is him(i.e. the Dajjal), you will not be able to get the better of him. If itis not him, there is no point in killing him.'"

Jabir said, "When the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, was in janaba, he would pour three cupfuls of water over his head."

Jabir said, "In Madina, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, was thrown from a horse onto a palm trunk anddislocated his foot. We used to visit him in the room of 'A'isha. We cameupon him while he was praying sitting down and we prayed standing behindhim. He indicates to us that we should sit down. When he finished the prayer,he said, 'When the Imam prays sitting, then pray sitting. When he praysstanding, then pray standing. Do not stand while the imam is sitting asthe Persians do with their great men.'"

He also said, "One of the slaves of the Ansar had a son whom henamed Muhammad, The Ansar said, 'We will not give you the kunya of theMessenger of Allah until we have sat in the road and asked the Prophetabout the Final Hour.' The Prophet said, 'You have come to me to ask meabout the Hour?' 'Yes,' we replied. He said, 'There is no one alive nowwho will see it, even if he lives a hundred years.' We said, 'A slave ofthe Ansar has had a son and named him Muhammad. The Ansar said, "We willnot call you by the kunya of the Messenger of Allah."' The Prophet said,'You have done well. Call yourselves with my name, but do not use my kunya.'"

Jabir ibn 'Abdullah reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, passed through the market, entering frompart of the high part of the city and the people were on both sides ofhim. He passed by a dead one-eared goat and reached out and took its ear.Then he said, "Who would like to buy this for a dirham?" They said, "Whywould we want it when it is worthless? What would we do with it?" He said,"Would you like to have it?" "No," they replied. He asked them that threetimes and they said, "No, by Allah! If it were alive, it would have a defectas it only has one ear. Why would we want it when it is dead?" The Prophetsaid, "By Allah, this world is less in the sight of Allah than this goatis to you."

'Utayy ibn Damura said, "I saw a man with my father who was consolinganother man in the way people used to console each other in the Jahiliyya.My father bit him and would not use his kunya. His companions looked atmy father and he said, 'It appears that you disapprove of that.' He said,'I will never respect anyone who does this! I heard the Prophet, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, say, "If someone consoles people in theway people consoled each other in the days of the Jahiliyya, then bitehim, and do not use his kunya."'"

'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Sa'd said, "Ibn 'Umar's foot went to sleep anda man said to him, 'Mention the person you love most.' He said, 'Muhammad.'"