Tricks

Tricks










Volume 9, Book 86, Number 85:

Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:

The Prophet said, 'O people! The reward of deeds depends upon the
intentions, and every person will get the reward according to what
he
has intended. So, whoever emigrated for Allah and His Apostle, then

his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle, and whoever emigrated
to
take worldly benefit or for a woman to marry, then his emigration
was
for what he emigrated for."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 86:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "Allah does not accept prayer of anyone of you if
he
does Hadath (passes wind) till he performs the ablution (anew)."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 87:

Narrated Anas:

That Abu Bakr wrote for him, Zakat regulations which Allah's
Apostle
had made compulsory, and wrote that one should neither collect
various
portions (of the property) nor divide the property into various
portions in order to avoid paying Zakat.

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 88:

Narrated Talha bin 'Ubaidullah:

A bedouin with unkempt hair came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O
Allah's Apostle! Tell me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards
prayers." The Prophet said, "You have to offer perfectly the five
(compulsory) prayers in a day and a night (24 hrs.), except if you
want to perform some extra optional prayers." The bedouin said,
"Tell
me what Allah has enjoined on me as regards fasting." The Prophet
said, "You have to observe fast during the month of Ramadan except
if
you fast some extra optional fast." The bedouin said, "Tell me what

Allah has enjoined on me as regard Zakat." The Prophet then told
him
the Islamic laws and regulations whereupon the bedouin said, "By
Him
Who has honored you, I will not perform any optional deeds of
worship
and I will not leave anything of what Allah has enjoined on me."
Allah's Apostle said, "He will be successful if he has told the
truth
(or he will enter Paradise if he said the truth)." And some people
said, "The Zakat for one-hundred and twenty camels is two Hiqqas,
and
if the Zakat payer slaughters the camels intentionally or gives
them
as a present or plays some other trick in order to avoid the Zakat,

then there is no harm (in it) for him.

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 89:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Kanz
(Treasure
or wealth of which, Zakat has not been paid) of anyone of you will
appear in the shape of a huge bald headed poisonous male snake and
its
owner will run away from it, but it will follow him and say, 'I am
your Kanz.'" The Prophet added, "By Allah, that snake will keep on
following him until he stretches out his hand and let the snake
swallow it." Allah's Apostle added, "If the owner of camels does
not
pay their Zakat, then, on the Day of Resurrection those camels will

come to him and will strike his face with their hooves." Some
people
said: Concerning a man who has camels, and is afraid that Zakat
will
be due so he sells those camels for similar camels or for sheep or
cows or money one day before Zakat becomes due in order to avoid
payment of their Zakat cunningly! "He has not to pay anything." The

same scholar said, "If one pays Zakat of his camels one day or one
year prior to the end of the year (by the end of which Zakat
becomes
due), his Zakat will be valid."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 90t:

Narrated Ibn Abbas:

Sa'd bin 'Ubada Al-Ansari sought the verdict of Allah's Apostle
regarding a vow made by his mother who had died before fulfilling
it.
Allah's Apostle said, "Fulfill it on her behalf." Some people said,

"If the number of camels reaches twenty, then their owner has to
pay
four sheep as Zakat; and if their owner gives them as a gift or
sells
them in order to escape the payment of Zakat cunningly before the
completion of a year, then he is not to pay anything, and if he
slaughters them and then dies, then no Zakat is to be taken from
his
property."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 90:

Narrated 'Abdullah:

Nafi narrated to me that 'Abdullah said that Allah's Apostle
forbade
the Shighar. I asked Nafi', "What is the Shighar?" He said, "It is
to
marry the daughter of a man and marry one's daughter to that man
(at
the same time) without Mahr (in both cases); or to marry the sister
of
a man and marry one's own sister to that man without Mahr." Some
people said, "If one, by a trick, marries on the basis of Shighar,
the
marriage is valid but its condition is illegal." The same scholar
said
regarding Al-Mut'a, "The marriage is invalid and its condition is
illegal." Some others said, "The Mut'a and the Shighar are
permissible
but the condition is illegal."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 91:

Narrated Muhammad bin 'Ali:

'Ali was told that Ibn 'Abbas did not see any harm in the Mut'a
marriage. 'Ali said, "Allah's Apostle forbade the Mut'a marriage on

the Day of the battle of Khaibar and he forbade the eating of
donkey's
meat." Some people said, "If one, by a tricky way, marries
temporarily, his marriage is illegal." Others said, "The marriage
is
valid but its condition is illegal."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 92:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "One should not prevent others from watering
their animals with the surplus of his water in order to prevent
them
from benefiting by the surplus of grass."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 93:

Narrated Ibn 'Umar:

Allah's Apostle forbade the practice of An-Najsh.

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 94:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:

A man mentioned to the Prophet that he had always been cheated in
bargains. The Prophet said, "Whenever you do bargain, say, 'No
cheating.'"

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 95:

Narrated 'Urwa:

That he asked 'Aisha regarding the Verse: 'If you fear that you
shall
not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, marry (other)
women
of your choice.' (4.3) 'Aisha said, "It is about an orphan girl
under
the custody of her guardian who being attracted by her wealth and
beauty wants to marry her with Mahr less than other women of her
status. So such guardians were forbidden to marry them unless they
treat them justly by giving them their full Mahr. Then the people
sought the verdict of Allah's Apostle for such cases, whereupon
Allah
revealed: 'They ask your instruction concerning women..' (4.127)
(The
sub-narrator then mentioned the Hadith.)

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 96:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:

The Prophet said, "For every betrayer there will be a flag by which
he
will be recognized on the Day of Resurrection. "

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 97:

Narrated Um Salama:

The Prophet said, "I am only a human being, and you people have
disputes. May be some one amongst you can present his case in a
more
eloquent and convincing manner than the other, and I give my
judgment
in his favor according to what I hear. Beware! If ever I give (by
error) somebody something of his brother's right then he should not

take it as I have only, given him a piece of Fire." (See
Hadith No. 638. Vol. 3)

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 98:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "A virgin should not be married till she is asked

for her consent; and the matron should not be married till she is
asked whether she agrees to marry or not." It was asked, "O Allah's

Apostle! How will she(the virgin) express her consent?" He said,
"By
keeping silent." Some people said, "If a virgin is not asked for
her
consent and she is not married, and then a man, by playing a trick
presents two false witnesses that he has married her with her
consent
and the judge confirms his marriage as a true one, and the husband
knows that the witnesses were false ones, then there is no harm for

him to consummate his marriage with her and the marriage is
regarded
as valid."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 99:

Narrated Al-Qasim:

A woman from the offspring of Ja'far was afraid lest her guardian
marry her (to somebody) against her will. So she sent for two
elderly
men from the Ansar, 'AbdurRahman and Mujammi', the two sons of
Jariya,
and they said to her, "Don't be afraid, for Khansa' bint Khidam was

given by her father in marriage against her will, then the Prophet
cancelled that marriage." (See Hadith No. 78)

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 100:

Narrated Abu Haraira:

Allah's Apostle said, "A lady slave should not be given in marriage

until she is consulted, and a virgin should not be given in
marriage
until her permission is granted." The people said, "How will she
express her permission?" The Prophet said, "By keeping silent (when

asked her consent)." Some people said, "If a man, by playing a
trick,
presents two false witnesses before the judge to testify that he
has
married a matron with her consent and the judge confirms his
marriage,
and the husband is sure that he has never married her (before),
then
such a marriage will be considered as a legal one and he may live
with
her as husband."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 101:

Narrated 'Aisha:

Allah's Apostle said, "It is essential to have the consent of a
virgin
(for the marriage). I said, "A virgin feels shy." The Prophet;
said,
"Her silence means her consent." Some people said, "If a man falls
in
love with an orphan slave girl or a virgin and she refuses (him)
and
then he makes a trick by bringing two false witnesses to testify
that
he has married her, and then she attains the age of puberty and
agrees
to marry him and the judge accepts the false witness and the
husband
knows that the witnesses were false ones, he may consummate his
marriage."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 102:

Narrated 'Aisha:

Allah's Apostle used to like sweets and also used to like honey,
and
whenever he finished the 'Asr prayer, he used to visit his wives
and
stay with them. Once he visited Hafsa and remained with her longer
than the period he used to stay, so I enquired about it. It was
said
to me, "A woman from her tribe gave her a leather skin containing
honey as a present, and she gave some of it to Allah's Apostle to
drink." I said, "By Allah, we will play a trick on him." So I
mentioned the story to Sauda (the wife of the Prophet) and said to
her, "When he enters upon you, he will come near to you whereupon
you
should say to him, 'O Allah's Apostle! Have you eaten Maghafir?' He

will say, 'No.' Then you say to him, 'What is this bad smell? ' And
it
would be very hard on Allah's Apostle that a bad smell should be
found
on his body. He will say, 'Hafsa has given me a drink of honey.'
Then
you should say to him, 'Its bees must have sucked from the
Al-'Urfut
(a foul smelling flower).' I too, will tell him the same. And you, O

Saifya, say the same."

So when the Prophet entered upon Sauda (the following happened).
Sauda
said, "By Him except Whom none has the right to be worshipped, I
was
about to say to him what you had told me to say while he was still
at
the gate because of fear from you. But when Allah 's Apostle came
near
to me, I said to him, 'O Allah's Apostle! Have you eaten Maghafir?'
He
replied, 'No.' I said, 'What about this smell?' He said, 'Hafsa has

given me a drink of honey.' I said, 'Its bees must have sucked
Al-'Urfut.' " When he entered upon me, I told him the same as that,

and when he entered upon Safiya, she too told him the same. So when
he
visited Hafsa again, she said to him, "O Allah's Apostle! Shall I
give
you a drink of it (honey)?" He said, "I have no desire for it."
Sauda
said, Subhan Allah! We have deprived him of it (honey)." I said to
her, "Be quiet!"

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 103:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amir bin Rabi'a:

'Umar bin Al-Khattab left for Sham, and when he reached a placed
called Sargh, he came to know that there was an outbreak of an
epidemic (of plague) in Sham. Then 'AbdurRahman bin 'Auf told him
that
Allah's Apostle said, "If you hear the news of an outbreak of an
epidemic (plague) in a certain place, do not enter that place: and
if
the epidemic falls in a place while you are present in it, do not
leave that place to escape from the epidemic." So 'Umar returned
from
Sargh.

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 104:

Narrated 'Amir bin Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas:

That he heard Usama bin Zaid speaking to Sa'd, saying, "Allah's
Apostle mentioned the plague and said, 'It is a means of punishment

with which some nations were punished and some of it has remained,
and
it appears now and then. So whoever hears that there is an outbreak
of
plague in some land, he should not go to that land, and if the
plague
breaks out in the land where one is already present, one should not

run away from that land, escaping from the plague."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 105:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

The Prophet said, "The one who takes back his gift is like a dog
swallowing its own vomit, and we (believers) should not act
according
to this bad example."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 106:

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:

The Prophet has decreed that preemption is valid in all cases where

the real estate concerned has not been divided, but if the
boundaries
are established and the ways are made, then there is no preemption.
A
man said, "Preemption is only for the neighbor," and then he makes
invalid what he has confirmed. He said, "If someone wants to buy a
house and being afraid that the neighbor (of the house) may buy it
through preemption, he buys one share out of one hundred shares of
the
house and then buys the rest of the house, then the neighbor can
only
have the right of preemption for the first share but not for the
rest
of the house; and the buyer may play such a trick in this case."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 107:

Narrated 'Amr bin Ash-Sharid:

Al-Miswar bin Makhrama came and put his hand on my shoulder and I
accompanied him to Sa'd. Abu Rafi' said to Al-Miswar, "Won't you
order
this (i.e. Sa'd) to buy my house which is in my yard?" Sa'd said,
"I
will not offer more than four hundred in installments over a fixed
period." Abu Rafi said, "I was offered five hundred cash but I
refused. Had I not heard the Prophet saying, 'A neighbor is more
entitled to receive the care of his neighbor,' I would not have
sold
it to you." The narrator said, to Sufyan: Ma'mar did not say so.
Sufyan said, "But he did say so to me." Some people said, "If
someone
wants to sell a house and deprived somebody of the right of
preemption, he has the right to play a trick to render the
preemption
invalid. And that is by giving the house to the buyer as a present
and
marking its boundaries and giving it to him. The buyer then gives
the
seller one-thousand Dirham as compensation in which case the
preemptor
loses his right of preemption."

Narrated 'Amr bin Ash-Sharid: Abu Rafi' said that Sa'd offered him
four hundred Mithqal of gold for a house. Abu Rafi ' said, "If I
had
not heard Allah's Apostle saying, 'A neighbor has more right to be
taken care of by his neighbor,' then I would not have given it to
you." Some people said, "If one has bought a portion of a house and

wants to cancel the right of preemption, he may give it as a
present
to his little son and he will not be obliged to take an oath."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 108:

Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa'idi:

Allah's Apostle appointed a man called Ibn Al-Lutabiyya to collect
the
Zakat from Bani Sulaim's tribe. When he returned, the Prophet
called
him to account. He said (to the Prophet, 'This is your money, and
this has been given to me as a gift." On that, Allah's Apostle
said,
"Why didn't you stay in your father's and mother's house to see
whether you will be given gifts or not if you are telling the
truth?"
Then the Prophet addressed us, and after praising and glorifying
Allah, he said: "Amma Ba'du", I employ a man from among you to
manage
some affair of what Allah has put under my custody, and then he
comes
to me and says, 'This is your money and this has been given to me
as a
gift. Why didn't he stay in his father's and mother's home to see
whether he will be given gifts or not? By Allah, not anyone of you
takes a thing unlawfully but he will meet Allah on the Day of
Resurrection, carrying that thing. I do not want to see any of you
carrying a grunting camel or a mooing cow or a bleating sheep on
meeting Allah." Then the Prophet raised both his hands till the
whiteness of his armpits became visible, and he said, "O Allah!
Haven't I have conveyed (Your Message)?" The narrator added: My
eyes
witnessed and my ears heard (that Hadith).

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 109:

Narrated Abu Rafi':

The Prophet said, "The neighbor has more right to be taken care of
by
his neighbor (than anyone else)." Some men said, "If one wants to
buy
a house for 20,000 Dirhams then there is no harm to play a trick to

deprive somebody of preemption by buying it (just on paper) with
20,000 Dirhams but paying to the seller only 9,999 Dirhams in cash
and
then agree with the seller to pay only one Dinar in cash for the
rest
of the price (i.e. 10,001 Dirhams). If the preemptor offers 20,000
Dirhams for the house, he can buy it otherwise he has no right to
buy
it (by this trick he got out of preemption). If the house proves to

belong to somebody else other than the seller, the buyer should
take
back from the seller what he has paid, i.e., 9,999 Dirhams and one
Dinar, because if the house proves to belong to somebody else, so
the
whole bargain (deal) is unlawful. If the buyer finds a defect in
the
house and it does not belong to somebody other than the seller, the

buyer may return it and receive 20,000 Dirhams (instead of 9999
Dirham
plus one Dinar) which he actually paid.' Abu 'Abdullah said, "So
that
man allows (some people) the playing of tricks amongst the Muslims
(although) the Prophet said, 'In dealing with Muslims one should
not
sell them sick (animals) or bad things or stolen things."

Volume 9, Book 86, Number 110:




Narrated 'Amr bin Ash-Sharid:

Abu Rafi' sold a house to Sa'd bin Malik for four-hundred Mithqal
of
gold, and said, "If I had not heard the Prophet saying, 'The
neighbor
has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than anyone
else),' then I would not have sold it to you."