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(the freed slave of Ibn 'Abbas) Ibn 'Abbas told me, "In the lifetime of the Prophet it was the custom to celebrate Allah's praises aloud after the compulsory congregational prayers." Ibn 'Abbas further said, "When I heard the Dhikr, I would learn that the compulsory congregational prayer had ended."

that Allah's Apostle was asked about an unmarried slave-girl who committed illegal sexual intercourse. They heard him saying, "Flog her, and if she commits illegal sexual intercourse after that, flog her again, and on the third (or the fourth) offense, sell her."

Aisha wanted to buy Buraira and he (the Prophet) went out for the prayer. When he returned, she told him that they (her masters) refused to sell her except on the condition that her Wala would go to them. The Prophet replied, 'The Wala would go to him who manumits.' Hammam asked Nafi whether her (Buraira's) husband was a free man or a slave. He replied that he did not know.

An Ansari man, called Abu Shuaib, came and told his butcher slave, "Prepare meals sufficient for five persons, for I want to invite the Prophet along with four other persons as I saw signs of hunger on his face." Abu Shuaib invited them and another person came along with them. The Prophet said (to Abu Shuaib), This man followed us, so if you allow him, he will join us, and if you want him to return, he will go back." Abu Shuaib said, "No, I have allowed him (i.e. he, too, is welcomed to the meal)."

That he had married Um Yahya bint Abu Ihab. He said. "A black slave-lady came and said, 'I suckled you both.' I then mentioned that to the Prophet (SAW) who turned his face aside." Uqba further said, "I went to the other side and told the Prophet (SAW) about it. He said, 'How can you (keep her as your wife) when the lady has said that she suckled both of you (i.e. you and your wife?)" So, the Prophet (SAW) ordered him to divorce her.

Allah's Apostle (SAW) said, "To guard Muslims from infidels in Allah's Cause for one day is better than the world and whatever is on its surface, and a place in Paradise as small as that occupied by the whip of one of you is better than the world and whatever is on its surface; and a morning's or an evening's journey which a slave (person) travels in Allah's Cause is better than the world and whatever is on its surface."

Allah's Messenger said, "If anyone buys date-palms after they have been pollinated, the fruits belong to the seller unless the buyer stipulates the contrary. If anyone buys a slave who owns property, his property belongs to the seller unless the buyer stipulates its inclusion."

Allah's Apostle (SAW) said, "The Prophet (SAW) Ibrahim (Abraham) migrated with Sarah. The people (of the town where they migrated) gave her Ajar (i.e. Hajar). Sarah returned and said to Ibrahim (Abraham), "Do you know that Allah has humiliated that disbeliever and he has given a slave-girl for my service?"

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And whoever commits suicide with piece of iron will be punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell Fire." Narrated Jundab the Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him."

I asked the Prophet (SAW), "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and to fight for His Cause." I then asked, "What is the best kind of manumission (of slaves)?" He replied, "The manumission of the most expensive slave and the most beloved by his master." I said, "If I cannot afford to do that?" He said, "Help the weak or do good for a person who cannot work for himself." I said, "If I cannot do that?" He said, "Refrain from harming others for this will be regarded as a charitable deed for your own good."