Sahih al-Bukhari · The Merits of Al-Ansar
27- بَابُ الْقَسَامَةُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ:
(27) Chapter. AI-Qasama in the Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance.
14 hadith · references 3837–3850
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Bukhari · 3837كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُومُونَ لَهَا ، يَقُولُونَ : إِذَا رَأَوْهَا كُنْتِ فِي أَهْلِكِ مَا أَنْتِ مَرَّتَيْنِAl-Qasim used to walk in front of the funeral procession. He used not to get up for the funeral procession (in case it passed by him). And he narrated from `Aisha that she said, "The people of the pre-lslamic period of i6 narratorsBukhari · 3838إِنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَانُوا لَا يُفِيضُونَ مِنْ جَمْعٍ حَتَّى تَشْرُقَ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى ثَبِيرٍ فَخَالَفَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَأَفَاضَ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُThe pagans used not to leave Jam' (i.e. Muzdalifa) till the sun had risen on Thabir mountain. The Prophet contradicted them by leaving (Muzdalifa) before the sun rose.6 narratorsBukhari · 3839حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ لِأَبِي أُسَامَةَ : حَدَّثَكُمْ يَحْيَى بْنُ الْمُهَلَّبِ ، حَدَّثَنَا حُصَيْنٌ ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ : وَكَأْسًا دِهَاقًا سورة النبأ آية 34 ، قَالَ : " مَلْأ"In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I heard my father saying, "Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa."5 narratorsBukhari · 3840قَالَ : وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ : اسْقِنَا كَأْسًا دِهَاقًا ."In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I heard my father saying, "Provide us with Kasan Dihaqa."1 narratorsBukhari · 3841أَصْدَقُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا الشَّاعِرُ : كَلِمَةُ لَبِيدٍ أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مَا خَلَا اللَّهَ بَاطِلٌ وَكَادَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ أَنْ يُسْلِمَThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The most true words said by a poet was the words of Labid." He said, Verily, Everything except Allah is perishable and Umaiya bin As-Salt was about to be a Muslim (but he did not embrace Islam).5 narratorsBukhari · 3842كَانَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ غُلَامٌ يُخْرِجُ لَهُ الْخَرَاجَ وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَرَاجِهِ , فَجَاءَ يَوْمًا بِشَيْءٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ، فَقَالَ : لَهُ الْغُلَامُ أَتَدْرِي مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو بAbu Bakr had a slave who used to give him some of his earnings. Abu Bakr used to eat from it. One day he brought something and Abu Bakr ate from it. The slave said to him, "Do you know what this is?" Abu Bakr then enquir7 narratorsBukhari · 3843كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَتَبَايَعُونَ لُحُومَ الْجَزُورِ إِلَى حَبَلِ الْحَبَلَةِ ، قَالَ : وَحَبَلُ الْحَبَلَةِ أَنْ تُنْتَجَ النَّاقَةُ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا ثُمَّ تَحْمِلَ الَّتِي نُتِجَتْ , فَنَهَاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صIn the pre-lslamic period of ignorance the people used to bargain with the meat of camels on the principle of Habal-al-Habala which meant the sale of a she-camel that would be born by a she-camel that had not yet been bo5 narratorsBukhari · 3844كُنَّا نَأْتِي أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا ، عَنْ الْأَنْصَارِWe used to visit Anas bin Malik and he used to talk to us about the Ansar, and used to say to me "Your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day, and your people did so-and-so on such-and-such a day."4 narratorsBukhari · 3845إِنَّ أَوَّلَ قَسَامَةٍ كَانَتْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَفِينَا بَنِي هَاشِمٍ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ اسْتَأْجَرَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مِنْ فَخِذٍ أُخْرَى , فَانْطَلَقَ مَعَهُ فِي إِبِلِهِ , فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ بِهِ مِThe first event of Qasama in the pre-lslamic period of ignorance was practiced by us (i.e. Banu Hashim). A man from Banu Hashim was employed by a Quraishi man from another branch-family. The (Hashimi) laborer set out wit6 narratorsBukhari · 3846كَانَ يَوْمُ بُعَاثٍ يَوْمًا قَدَّمَهُ اللَّهُ لِرَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , فَقَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدِ افْتَرَقَ مَلَؤُهُمْ وَقُتِّلَتْ سَرَوَاتُهُمْ وَجُرِّحُوا To run along the valley between two green pillars of Safa and Marwa (mountains) was not Sunna, but the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance used to run along it, and used to say "We do not cross this rain stream5 narratorsBukhari · 3847لَيْسَ السَّعْيُ بِبَطْنِ الْوَادِي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا , وَالْمَرْوَةِ سُنَّةً إِنَّمَا كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَسْعَوْنَهَا ، وَيَقُولُونَ : لَا نُجِيزُ الْبَطْحَاءَ إِلَّا شَدًّاTo run along the valley between two green pillars of Safa and Marwa (mountains) was not Sunna, but the people in the pre-islamic period of ignorance used to run along it, and used to say "We do not cross this rain stream5 narratorsBukhari · 3848مَنْ طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ فَلْيَطُفْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجْرِ ، وَلَا تَقُولُوا الْحَطِيمُ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ كَانَ يَحْلِفُ فَيُلْقِي سَوْطَهُ أَوْ نَعْلَهُ أَوْ قَوْسَهُI heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "O people! Listen to what I say to you, and let me hear whatever you say, and don't go (without understanding), and start saying, 'Ibn `Abbas said so-and-so, Ibn `Abbas said soand- so, Ibn `Abb5 narratorsBukhari · 3849رَأَيْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قِرْدَةً اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهَا قِرَدَةٌ قَدْ زَنَتْ فَرَجَمُوهَا فَرَجَمْتُهَا مَعَهُمْDuring the pre-lslamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them.4 narratorsBukhari · 3850خِلَالٌ مِنْ خِلَالِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ : الطَّعْنُ فِي الْأَنْسَابِ , وَالنِّيَاحَةُ , وَنَسِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ'Ubaidullah said "I heard Ibn `Abbas saying, "Following are some traits of the people of the pre- Islamic period of ignorance (i) to defame the ancestry of other families, (ii) and to wail over the dead." 'Ubaidullah for4 narrators