“We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) –seven or eight or nine of us – and he said: ‘Will you not givepledgeto the Messenger of Allah?’ So we stretched forth our handsandsomeone said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have already given youourpledge. On what basis shall we give this pledge?’ He said: ‘(Onthebasis that) you will worship Allah and not associate anythingwithHim, you will establish the five daily prayers, you will listenandobey’ – then he spoke some words under his breath – ‘andyou will notask the people for anything.’ He said: ‘I saw someof that group. Ifhe dropped his whip he would not ask anyone to pickit up for him.’”

“A slave came and gave his pledge totheProphet (ﷺ), pledging to emigrate, and the Prophet (ﷺ) did notrealize that he was a slave. Then his master came looking for him,andthe Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Sell him to me,’ and he brought himinexchange for two black slaves. Then after that he did not acceptthepledge from anyone until he had asked whether he was a slave.”

“When the believing womenemigrated to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), they would be tested inaccordance with Allah’s saying: ‘O Prophet! When believing womencome to you to give you the pledge...’”[60:12]‘Aishah said: “Whoever among the believing women affirmed this, passed the test. When they affirmed that, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say to them: ‘Go, for you have given your pledge.’ No, by Allah! The hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never touched the hand of any woman, rather he accepted their pledge in words only.”‘Aishah said: “By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not demand of women (in their pledge) anything other than that which Allah had commanded, and the hand of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never touched the hand of a woman. He would say to them, when he had accepted their pledge: ‘You have given your pledge,’ verbally.”

“Whoever enters a horse (in a race) between two other horses,notknowing whether it will win, that is not gambling. But whoeverentersa horse (in race) between two other horses, certain that itwill win,that is gambling.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtoforbid traveling with the Qur’an to the land of the enemy, lest theenemy gets hold of it.

“I cameto the Prophet (ﷺ) with some other women, to offer ourpledge tohim. He said to us: ‘(I accept your pledge) with regard towhat youare able to do. But I do not shake hands with women.’”

“There should be no prizes for racing except races with camelsandhorses.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)forbadetraveling with the Qur’an to the land of the enemy, lest theenemygets hold of it.

“You have distributed it to our brothers Banu Hashim and BanuMuttalib, but we are related to you (to Banu Hashim) in the same way(as Banu Muttalib).” The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Rather Ithink that Banu Hashim and Banu Muttalib are the same.”*

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)madea horse lean, and he would send the horse that he had made leanfromHafya’ to Thaniyyatul-Wada’, and (he would send) the horse thathe had not made lean from Thaniyyatul-Wada’ to the mosque of BanuZuraiq.”