Sahih al-Bukhari · Book 44

كِتَاب الْخُصُومَاتِ

The Book of Quarrels

16 hadith · 9 chapters

The chapter divisions

Chapters in this book

11- بَابُ مَا يُذْكَرُ فِي الإِشْخَاصِ وَالْخُصُومَةِ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِ وَالْيَهُودِ:(1) Chapter. What is mentiones about the people, and quarrels between Jews and the Muslims.23- بَابُ مَنْ بَاعَ عَلَى الضَّعِيفِ وَنَحْوِهِ:(3) Chapter. If somebody sells a thing for a weak-minded person and pays him the price.34- بَابُ كَلاَمِ الْخُصُومِ بَعْضِهِمْ فِي بَعْضٍ:(4) Chapter. The talk of opponents against each other.45- بَابُ إِخْرَاجِ أَهْلِ الْمَعَاصِي وَالْخُصُومِ مِنَ الْبُيُوتِ بَعْدَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ:(5) Chapter. Turning out the sinners and the quarrel some people of the houses after the impropriety of their behaviour gets evident.56- بَابُ دَعْوَى الْوَصِيِّ لِلْمَيِّتِ:(6) Chapter. To file a case for fulfilling the will of the deceased.67- بَابُ التَّوَثُّقِ مِمَّنْ تُخْشَى مَعَرَّتُهُ:(7) Chapter. Trying the person liable to do mischievous things.78- بَابُ الرَّبْطِ وَالْحَبْسِ فِي الْحَرَمِ:(8) Chapter. Fastening and imprisoning in the Haram.89- بَابُ الْمُلاَزَمَةِ:(9) Chapter. ( The creditor’s) pursuit (after his debtors).910- بَابُ التَّقَاضِي:(10) Chapter. Demanding one’s debts.

Opening leaves

First narrations

Bukhari · 2410سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا قَرَأَ آيَةً سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خِلَافَهَا ، فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنI heard a man reciting a verse (of the Holy Qur'an) but I had heard the Prophet (ﷺ) reciting it differently. So, I caught hold of the man by the hand and took him to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who said, "Both of you are right5 narratorsBukhari · 2411اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ ، رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ ، قَالَ الْمُسْلِمُ : وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَى مُحَمَّدًا عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ ، فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ : وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَى مُوسَى عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ ،Two persons, a Muslim and a Jew, quarreled. The Muslim said, "By Him Who gave Muhammad superiority over all the people! The Jew said, "By Him Who gave Moses superiority over all the people!" At that the Muslim raised his6 narratorsBukhari · 2412لَا تُخَيِّرُوا بَيْنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْضُ ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِمُوسَى آخِذٌ بِقَائِمَةٍ مِنْ قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ ، فَلَا أَدWhile Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting, a Jew came and said, "O Abul Qasim! One of your companions has slapped me on my face." The Prophet (ﷺ) asked who that was. He replied that he was one of the Ansar. The Prophet (ﷺ)5 narratorsBukhari · 2413أَنَّ يَهُودِيًّا رَضَّ رَأْسَ جَارِيَةٍ بَيْنَ حَجَرَيْنِ ، قِيلَ : مَنْ فَعَلَ هَذَا بِكِ ؟ أَفُلَانٌ ، أَفُلَانٌ ، حَتَّى سُمِّيَ الْيَهُودِيُّ ، فَأَوْمَأَتْ بِرَأْسِهَا ، فَأُخِذَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَاعْتَرَفَ ، فَأَمَرA Jew crushed the head of a girl between two stones. The girl was asked who had crushed her head, and some names were mentioned before her, and when the name of the Jew was mentioned, she nodded agreeing. The Jew was cap4 narratorsBukhari · 2414إِذَا بَايَعْتَ ، فَقُلْ لَا خِلَابَةَA man was often cheated in buying. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "When you buy something, say (to the seller), No cheating." The man used to say so thenceforward .4 narratorsBukhari · 2415أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَعْتَقَ عَبْدًا لَهُ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَالٌ غَيْرُهُ ، فَرَدَّهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَابْتَاعَهُ مِنْهُ نُعَيْمُ بْنُ النَّحَّامِA man manumitted a slave and he had no other property than that, so the Prophet (ﷺ) canceled the manumission (and sold the slave for him). Nu'aim bin Al-Nahham bought the slave from him.4 narratorsBukhari · 2416مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever takes a false oath so as to take the property of a Muslim (illegally) will meet Allah while He will be angry with him." Al-Ash'ath said By Allah, that saying concerned me. I had commo6 narratorsBukhari · 2417مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ ، لَقِيَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever takes a false oath so as to take the property of a Muslim (illegally) will meet Allah while He will be angry with him." Al-Ash'ath said By Allah, that saying concerned me. I had commo6 narratorsBukhari · 2418أَنَّهُ تَقَاضَى ابْنَ أَبِي حَدْرَدٍ دَيْنًا كَانَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا حَتَّى سَمِعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمKa`b demanded his debt back from Ibn Abi Hadrad in the Mosque and their voices grew louder till Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) heard them while he was in his house. He came out to them raising the curtain of his room and addresse6 narratorsBukhari · 2419سَمِعْتُ هِشَامَ بْنَ حَكِيمِ بْنِ حِزَامٍ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْفُرْقَانِ عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَؤُهَا ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقْرَأَنِيهَا ، وَكِدْتُ أَنْ أَعْجَلَ عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ أI heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way different to that of mine. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had taught it to me (in a different way). So, I was about to quarrel with him (during the prayer) but 6 narratorsBukhari · 2420لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ فَتُقَامَ ، ثُمَّ أُخَالِفَ إِلَى مَنَازِلِ قَوْمٍ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الصَّلَاةَ ، فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَيْهِمْThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No doubt, I intended to order somebody to pronounce the Iqama of the (compulsory congregational) prayer and then I would go to the houses of those who do not attend the prayer and burn their houses6 narratorsBukhari · 2421أَنَّ عَبْدَ بْنَ زَمْعَةَ ، وَسَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي ابْنِ أَمَةِ زَمْعَةَ ، فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، أَوْصَانِي أَخِي إِذَا قَدِمْتُ أAbu bin Zam`a and Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas carried the case of their claim of the (ownership) of the son of a slave-girl of Zam`a before the Prophet. Sa`d said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My brother, before his death, told me 5 narrators