General Subjects

Malik related to me from Nafi that one time as Ibn Umar wasserved his evening meal, he heard the recitation of the Imam while hewas in his house and he did not hurry from his food until he hadfinished what he needed.

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullahibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas from Maimuna, the wife ofthe Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was askedabout a mouse falling into clarified butter. He said, "Remove it andthrow away what is around it "

Malik related to me from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar from Sahl ibn Sadas-Saidi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, said, "If it exists, it is in a horse, a woman, and ahouse," meaning ill luck.

Malik related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Hamza andSalim the sons of Abdullah ibn Umar from Abdullah ibn Umar that theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,"Ill luck is in a house, a woman and a horse."

Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said said, "A woman came tothe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, andsaid, 'Messenger of Allah, we moved into a house when our number wasgreat and our wealth was abundant. Now our number has dwindled and thewealth has gone.' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, said, 'Leave it as blameworthy.' "

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked about a milkcamel about to be milked, "Who milks this camel?" A man stood up. TheMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,"What is your name?" The man said, "Murra (bitterness)." The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Sitdown." Then he said, "Who milks this one?" A man stood up and theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,"What is your name?" He said, "Harb (war)." The Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Sit down." Then hesaid, "Who milks this camel?" A man stood up, and the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "What isyour name?" The man said, ''Yaish (he lives)." The Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, "Milk!"

Yahya related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn al-Khattabasked a man what his name was. He said, "Jamra (live coal)." "The sonof who?" He said, "Ibn Shihab (meteor, flame)." "From whom?" He said,"From al-Huraqa (burning)." "Where do you live?" He said, "At Harratan-Nar (lava field of the fire). "At which one of them?" He said, "AtDhati Ladha (one with flames)." Umar said, "Go and look at your family- they have been burned."

Yahya added, "It was as Umar ibnal-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, said."

Malik related to me from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn Maliksaid, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, was cupped. Abu Tayba cupped him, and the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered him to be given a saof dates and ordered his family to lessen what he paid them for hiskitaba or kharaj."

Malik related to me that he heard that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If there is a remedythat will reach the disease, then cupping will reach it."

Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ibn Muhayyisa al-Ansari,one of the Banu Haritha, that he asked permission from the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to give payment forcupping, and he forbade him to do it. He continued to ask and seek hispermission until he said, "Feed the ones who drive your water-carryingcamels," meaning "your slaves."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibnUmar said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, pointing at the east and saying, 'The cause ofdissension is here. The cause of dissension is here, from where thehelpers of shaytan arise.' "

Malik related to me that he heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab wantedto go to Iraq, and Kabal-Ahbar said to him, "Do not go there, amir al-muminin. There is nine-tenths of sorcery there and it is the place ofthe rebellious jinn and the disease which the doctors are unable tocure."

Malik related to me from Nafi from Abu Lubaba that the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade killingsnakes which were in the houses.

Malik related to me from Nafi from Sa'iba, the female mawla ofA'isha, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, forbade killing the snakes which were in the houses exceptthose with two white stripes on their back and the short ones. Theymade one go blind and caused miscarriages in women.

Malik related to me from Safiyy, the mawla of Ibn Aflah thatAbu's-Saib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra said, "I went to Abu Saidal-Khudri and found him praying. I sat to wait for him until hefinished the prayer. I heard a movement under a bed in his room, andit was a snake. I stood up to kill it, and Abu Said gestured to me tosit. When he was finished he pointed to a room in the house and said,'Do you see this room?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'There was a young boyin it who had just got married. He went out with the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to al-Khandaq, (theditch which the muslims dug in the 5th year of the Hijra to defendMadina against the Quraysh and their allies).

When he wasthere, the youth came and asked his permission, saying, "Messenger ofAllah. Give me permission to return to my family." The Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave him permissionand said, "Take your weapons with you, for I fear the Banu Quraydhatribe. They may harm you." The youth went to his family and found hiswife standing between the two doors. He lifted his spear to stab heras jealousy had been aroused in him. She said, "Don't be hasty untilyou go in and see what is in your house." He entered and found a snakecoiled up on his bed. He transfixed it with his spear and then wentout with it and pitched it into the house. The snake stirred on theend of the spear and the youth fell dead. No one knew which of themdied first, the snake or the youth. That was mentioned to theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and hesaid, "There are jinn in Madina who have become muslim. When you seeone of them, call out to it for three days. If it appears after that,then kill it, for it is a shaytan." "'

Malik related to me that he heard that when the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, set foot in thestirrup intending to travel, he would say, "In the name of Allah. OAllah! You are my companion in the journey and the Khalifa of myfamily. O Allah! Spread out the earth for us and make the journey easyfor us. O Allah! I seek refuge with You from the hardship of thejourney and from returning to sorrow and a distressing sight regardingproperty and family."

Malik related to me from a reliablesource of his from Yaqub ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj from Bushr ibn Saidfrom Sad ibn Abi Waqqas from Khawla bint Hakim that the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whoeverdismounts to rest in a place should say, 'I seek refuge with thecomplete words of Allah from the evil of what he created,' (audhu bikalimati-llahi at-tammati min sharri ma khalaqa), and nothing willharm him until he remounts."

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala from Amr ibnShuayb from his father from his father that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "One rider is ashaytan. Two riders are two shaytans, and three are a riding-party."

Malik related to me from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala that Said ibnal-Musayyab heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, say, "Shaytan concerns himself with one and two. Whenthere are three, he does not concern himself with them."

Malik related to me from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi from AbuHurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, said, "It is not halal for a woman who believes in Allah andthe Last Day to travel the distance of a day and night without a manwho is her mahram."