Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār · Volume 1 · Section 317 · 29 narrations
When the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, used to send the estimator, he said: Take it lightly with estimation, for indeed, in the property lies what is stripped and what is to be bequeathed.
Read the full narration →He said: He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade mukhadhara, and that is to sell fruits before they appear to be fine while they are still green. It is also included, in the (act of) mukhadhara,…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade munabadha, mulamasa and the selling of pebble. With regards to each one of them, there are two opinions. As for munabadha, it is said: It is that a man says…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade majr, and that is to sell a camel or other with what is in the belly of a female camel. It is said: «One performed imjar in the sale, a (true act of) imjar.»
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade malaqeeh [1] and madhameen [2]. Malaqeeh are those in bellies, and they are fetuses, and a singular is malqouha. As for madhameen, they are those in the…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade the selling of that which is carried (by pregnancy) by that which is carried by the pregnant. Its meaning is the child of that fetus that is in the belly of…
Read the full narration →the one who is given the Qur’an and assumes that someone has been given more than what he has been given, has certainly magnified a small thing and belittled a big thing. Hence, the carrier of the Qur’an should not see…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also said: «Indeed, I have forbidden (Qur’anic) recitation during kneeling and prostration. As for kneeling, magnify Allah during it, and as for prostration, increase…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also said: «Seek refuge in Allah from disposition that leads to another disposition.» A disposition [1] is uncleanness and blemish. Every disgrace with regards to…
Read the full narration →O Messenger of Allah, this right of mine is to my companion. Then he said: Go, then fraternize yourselves and then draw lots. Then, let each one of you relieve his companion. His saying: « Perhaps some of you is more…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade performing taqsees for graves, that is stuccoing. That is due to gypsum being called qussa. It is said, stemming from this: «I performed taqsees to the…
Read the full narration →«The Saying of Truth».
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, forbade (excessive) openness with regards to family and property. Al-Asma’I said: The root of openness is to cause width and cause something to open. It stems from this…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade that a man performs tadbeeh in prayer like how a donkey performs tadbeeh. Its meaning is that a man lowers his head during kneeling until it becomes lower…
Read the full narration →effeminate was named, due to his bending (as in deviation from normative sexuality), and it is from here that a woman may be called a shemale . The meaning of the narration with regards to prohibiting the bending of…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade jidad during nights, meaning performing jidad to palm trees. Jidad is to crack down. He only forbade it at night because the needy will not attend it (when…
Read the full narration →«There shall be no harm nor cause of harm in Islam». Hence, if some inheritors wanted to divide that, it would not be given to him. However, it could be sold and then its worth could be divided among them.
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade two types of wearing clothes: ishtimal-us-ssammaa’; and that a man wraps himself with a robe and that there is nothing between his genital and the sky.…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade that which is slaughtered for the jinns. (The meaning of) That which is slaughtered for the jinns, is that one buys a house, extracts a core and the likes of…
Read the full narration →The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: «Do not perform tasriya to camels and sheep. The one who buys a misrat, he is (in the legal position) to have the last of the two decisions…
Read the full narration →In another narration: «The one who buys a muhaffala and returns it, let him return a ssaa’ with it.» It was only named muhaffala because the milk was subject to tahfeel and accumulated in its udder. Everything that you…
Read the full narration →«I have certainly come to you with it white and clean» he indicated the orthodox Religion, and that is why the feminine form is mentioned [1], similar to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And that is the…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also said: «I have certainly intended to forbid the gheela.» Gheela refers to gheel, and that is when a man has intercourse with a woman while she is breastfeeding. From…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also forbade irfa’, and that is much smearing of (liquid) substances (on the body).
Read the full narration →Tareeq [1], turuq and then turuqat. Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, said: «Then perform Tayammum with good sand.» (4:43) Tayammum is to intentionally turn to something. From this it is said: «He performed amm to…
Read the full narration →a man says: «Peace be upon you [1]» or that he responds to it and says: «And upon you [2]», and that he does not say: «And upon you [3] be peace». It is disliked to exceed the limitation during response, like how it is…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also said: «Do not perform tanajush nor tadabur.» Its meaning is that a man increases to another man the price of a merchandise while he does not want to buy it, but in…
Read the full narration →A man, at the presence of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, once milked a female camel, and so the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said to him: «Leave that which attracts…
Read the full narration →He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, also disliked shikal in horses. It means that three standing legs of a horse have anklets and that one is free. It stems from shikal, that which a horse is being…
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