Hadith of Najd: From Najd in Iraq would emerge the Kharijites who rebelled...
Salim Abdullah ibn Umar said: O people of Iraq, how strange that you ask about minor sins while committing major sins! I heard from my father Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, peace and...
View ArticleUmar on Judgment: The Caliph is impressed by a judge who rules against him
Ash-Sha’bi reported: Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, took a horse from a man and while he was test-riding it, the horse slipped and damaged its leg. The man wanted a judgment...
View ArticleAl-Hajjaj on Uthman: The martyrdom of Uthman is in the likeness of Jesus son...
Awf reported: I heard Al-Hajjaj giving a sermon and he was saying, “Verily, the likeness of Uthman with Allah is the likeness of Jesus son of Mary.” Then he recited these verses and he explained them,...
View ArticleHadith on Rebels: They will leave Islam just as an arrow pierces through its...
Yusair ibn Amr reported: I said to Sahl ibn Hunaif, “Have you heard anything about the rebels (khawarij) from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him?” Sahl said, “I heard the Prophet saying while...
View ArticleHadith on Satan: Beware the trials of Satan among persecutions, civil wars,...
Ibn Umar reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “O Allah, bless us in our Syria. O Allah, bless us in our Yemen.” They said, “O Messenger of Allah, and in our Najd.” The Prophet...
View ArticleHadith on Revelation: The Quran was revealed gradually by the wisdom of Allah
Yusuf ibn Mahak reported: I was in the presence of Aisha, the mother of the believers, when an Iraqi person came and he said, “What type of shroud is best?” She said, “May Allah have mercy on you! What...
View ArticleIbn Abu Layli on Arabs: Most of the jurists were non-Arabs, to the...
Ibn Abu Layli reported: Eisa ibn Musa said to me, and he was a religious man who was severe in his tribalism toward the Arabs, “Who is the jurist of Basra?” I said, “Al-Hasan ibn Abu Al-Hasan and...
View ArticleHadith on Iraq: From there will rise the horn of Satan
Ibn Umar reported: I saw the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, pointing in the direction of ‘Irāq and saying three times, “Verily, the tribulation will come from there. From there...
View ArticleIbn Kathir on Khawarij: The Kharijites commit mass murder of men, women, and...
Ibn Kathir said, “If the Kharijites ever gained power, they would corrupt the entire land, Iraq and Syria. They would not leave a boy or a girl or a man or a woman, for in their view the people have...
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