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the freed slave of Ibn Abbas, that Maimuna bint Al-Harith told him that she manumitted a slave-girl without taking the permission of the Prophet (SAW). On the day when it was her turn to be with the Prophet (SAW), she said, "Do you know, O Allah's Apostle (SAW), that I have manumitted my slave-girl?" He said, "Have you really?" She replied in the affirmative. He said, "You would have got more reward if you had given her (i.e. the slave-girl) to one of your maternal uncles."

Whenever Allah's Apostle (SAW) wanted to go on a journey, he would draw lots as to which of his wives would accompany him. He would take her whose name came out. He used to fix for each of them a day and a night. But Sauda bint Zama gave up her (turn) day and night to Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (SAW) in order to seek the pleasure of Allah's Apostle (SAW) (by that action).

I said, "O Allah's Apostle (SAW)! I have two neighbours; which of them should I give a gift to?" The Prophet (SAW) said, "(Give) to the one whose door is nearer to you."

That he heard As-Sab bin Jaththama Al-Laithi, who was one of the companions of the Prophet (SAW), saying that he gave the meat of an onager to Allah's Apostle (SAW) while he was at a place called Al-Abwa or Waddan, and was in a state of Ihram. The Prophet (SAW) did not accept it. When the Prophet (SAW) saw the signs of sorrow on As-Sab's face because of not accepting his present, he said (to him), "We are not returning your present, but we are in the state of Ihram." (See Hadith No. 758)

The Prophet (SAW) appointed a man from the tribe of Al-Azd, called Ibn Al-Lutabiyya for collecting the Zakat. When he returned he said, "This (i.e. the Zakat) is for you and this has been given to my as a present." The Prophet (SAW) said, "Why hadn't he stayed in his father's or mother's house to see whether he would be given presents or not? By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, whoever takes something from the resources of the Zakat (unlawfully) will be carrying it on his neck on the Day of Resurrection; if it be a camel, it will be grunting; if a cow, it will be mooing; and if a sheep, it will be bleating." The Prophet (SAW) then raised his hands till we saw the whiteness of his armpits, and he said thrice, "O Allah! Haven't I conveyed Your Message (to them)?"

Allah's Apostle (SAW) distributed some cloaks but did not give anything thereof to Makhrama. Makhrama said (to me), "O son! accompany me to Allah's Apostle (SAW)." When I went with him, he said, "Call him to me." I called him (i.e. the Prophet (SAW) ) for my father. He came out wearing one of those cloaks and said, "We kept this (cloak) for you, (Makhrama)." Makhrama looked at the cloak and said, "Makhrama is pleased," (or the Prophet (SAW) said), "is Makhrama pleased?"

A drink (milk mixed with water) was brought to the Prophet (SAW) who drank some of it while a boy was sitting on his right and old men on his left. The Prophet (SAW) said to the boy, "If you permit me, I'll give (the rest of the drink to) these old men first." The boy said, "I will not give preference to any one over me as regards my share from you, O Allah's Apostle (SAW)!" The Prophet (SAW) then put that container in the boy's hand. (See Hadith No. 547).

Allah's Apostle (SAW) owed a man some debt (and that man demanded it very harshly). The companions of the Prophet (SAW) wanted to harm him, but the Prophet (SAW) said to them, "Leave him, as the creditor has the right to speak harshly." He then added, "Buy (a camel) of the same age and give it to him." They said, "We cannot get except a camel of an older age than that of his." He said, "Buy it and give it to him, as the best amongst you is he who pays back his debt in the most handsome way.'

Umar bin Al-Khattab saw a silken dress (cloak) being sold at the gate of the Mosque and said, "O Allah's Apostle (SAW)! Would that you buy it and wear it on Fridays and when the delegates come to you!" Allah's Apostle (SAW) said, "This is worn by the one who will have no share in the Hereafter." Later on some silk dresses were brought and Allah's Apostle (SAW) sent one of them to Umar. Umar said, "How do you give me this to wear while you said what you said about the dress of Utarid?" Allah's Apostle (SAW) said, "I have not given it to you to wear." So, Umar gave it to a mushrik brother of his in Makkah.

When the delegates of the tribe of Hawazin came to the Prophet (SAW) they requested him to return their property and their captives. He said to them, "This concerns also other people along with me as you see, and the best statement to me is the true one, so you may choose one of two alternatives; either the captives or the property and (I have not distributed the booty for) I have been waiting for you." When the Prophet (SAW) had returned from Taif, he waited for them for more than ten nights. When they came to know that the Prophet (SAW) would not return except one of the two, they chose their captives. The Prophet (SAW) then stood up amongst the Muslims, Glorified and Praised Allah as He deserved, and then said, "Then after: These brothers of yours have come to you with repentance and I see it proper to return their captives, so whoever amongst you likes to do that as a favour, then he can do it, and whoever of you wants to stick to his share till we pay him from the very first Fai (i.e. war booty) which Allah will give us, then he can do so." The people said, "We return (the captives) to them willingly as a favour, O Allah's Apostle (SAW)!" The Prophet (SAW) said, "I do not know who of you has given his consent and who has not; so go back and your leaders may present your decision to me." The people went away, and their leaders discussed the matter with them, and then came to the Prophet (SAW) to tell him that all of them had given their consent (to return the captives) willingly. (Az-Zuhri, the sub-narrator said, "This is what we know about the captives, of Hawazin.")