The Book of Greetings

The rider should first greet the pedestrian, and the pedestrian the one who is seated and a small group should greet a larger group (with as-Salam-u-'...

While we were sitting in front of the houses and talking amongst ourselves, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to come there. He stood by us and said: Wha...

Avoid sitting on the paths. They (the Companions) said: Allah's Messenger, we cannot help but holding our meetings (in these paths) and discuss matter...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zaid b. Aslam with the same chain of transmitters.

Five are the rights of a Muslim over his brother: responding to salutation, saying Yarhamuk Allah when anybody sneezes and says al-Hamdulillah, visiti...

Six are the rights of a Muslim over another Muslim. It was said to him: Allah's Messenger, what are these? Thereupon he said: When you meet him, offer...

When the People of the Book offer you salutations, you should say: The same to you.

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and...

When the Jews offer you salutations, some of them say as-Sam-u-'Alaikum (death be upon you). You should say (in response to it): Let it be upon you.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.

As-Sam-u-'Alaikum. A'isha said in response: As-Sam-u-'Alaikum (death be upon you) and curse also, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: 'A'isha, veril...

I said 'Alaikum, and the transmitter did not make mention of the word "and".

Abu'l-Qasim (the Kunya of the Holy Prophet), as-Sam-u-'Alaikum, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Wa 'Alaikum. A'isha reported: In response to the...

'A'isha. (do not do that) for Allah does not like the use of harsh words, and it was at this stage that this verse of Allah. the Exalt. ed and Gloriou...

Wa 'Alaikum, A'isha was enraged and asked him (Allah's Apostle) whether he had not heard what they had said. He said, I did hear and I retorted to the...

Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of...

'When you meet the People of the Book." And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Jarir the words are:" When you meet them," but none amongst ...

Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to pass by young boys he would great them.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sayyar with the same chain of transmitters.

I was walking with Thibit al-Bunani that he happened to pass by children and he greeted them. And Thibit reported that he walked with Anas and he happ...

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: The sign that you have been permitted to come in is that the curtain is raised or that you hear me speaking qui...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters.

Sauda, by Allah, you cannot conceal from us. Therefore, be careful when you go out. She ('A'isha) said: She turned back. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was at ...

She (Sauda) was a woman who looked to be significant amongst the people (so far as the bulk of her) body was concerned. The rest of the hadith is the ...

Allah's Messenger, ask your ladies to observe veil, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not do that. So there went out Sauda, daughter of Zarn'a, the wife o...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters.

Behold, no person should spend the night with a married woman, but only in case he is married to her or he is her Mahram.

Beware of getting, into the houses and meeting women (in seclusion). A person from the Ansar said: Allah's Messenger, what about husband's brother, wh...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yazid b. Abu Habib with the same chain of transmitters.

I heard Laith b. Said as saying: Al-Hamv means the brother of husband or like it from amongst the relatives of the husband, for example, cousin, etc.

I did not see but good only (in my wife). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Verily Allah has made her immune from all this. Then Allah's Messenger...

0 so and so, she was my such and such wife. Thereupon he said, Allah's Messenger, if I were to doubt at all, I would have entertained no doubt about y...

Walk calmy, she is Safiyya daughter of Huyyay... Both of them said: Messenger, hallowed be Allah, (we cannot conceive of ab., ug doubtful even in the ...

" She went to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) to visit him as he was observing I'tikaf in the mosque during Ramadan. She talked with him for some time and then st...

Abu Waqid al-Laith reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was sitting in the mosque along wish tome people when there came to him three persons; two of t...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ishaq b. 'Abdullah b. Talha with the same chain of transmitters.

None of you should make another one stand in the meeting and then occupy his place.

No person should ask another person to stand at his place and then he should himself sit there, but he should simply say: Make room and accommodate.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters. but with a slight variation of wording.

None should make one'& brother stand and then sit at his place (and it was common with) Ibn Umar that when any person stood in the company (with a vie...

This hadith hilt been reported on the authority of Ma'mar with the same chain of transmitters.

None amongst you should make his brother stand on Friday (during the congregational prayer) and then occupy his-place. but he should only say to him (...

When anyone amongst you stands up, and in the badltb transmitted on the authority of Abu 'Awina, the words are:" He who stands in his place and (goes ...

Abdullahb. Aba Umayya. if Allah grants you victory in Ta'if on the next day, I will show you the daughter of Ghailan for she has four folds (upon her ...

As the comes in front tour folds appear on her front side and as she turns her back eight folds appear on the back side. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (ﷺ)...

I grazed his horse. provided fodder to it and looked after it, and ground dates for his camel. Besides this, I grazed the camel, made arrangements for...

I performed the household duties of Zubair and he had a horse; I used to look after it. Nothing was more burdensome for me than looking after the hors...

When there are three (persons), two should not converse secretly between themselves to the exclusion of the (third) one.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of lbn 'Umar through two different chains of transmitters.

If you are three, two amongst you should not converse secretly between yourselves to the exclusion of the other (third one), unti some other people jo...

If you are three, two should not converse secretly to the exclusion of your companion for that hurts his feelings.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell ill, Gabriel used to recite this: "In the name of Allah, may He cure you from all kinds of illnesses and safeguard you...

Muhammad, have you fallen ill? Thereupon he said: Yes. He (Gabriel) said: "In the name of Allah I exorcise you from everything and safeguard you from ...

The influence of an evil eye is a fact.

The influence of an evil eye is a fact; if anything would precede the destiny it would be the influence of an evil eye, and when you are asked to take...

that a Jew from among the Jews of Banu Zuraiq who was called Labid b. al-A'sam cast a spell upon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) with the result that he (under ...

" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to the well and looked towards it and there were trees of date-palm near it. I ('A'isha) said: I asked Allah'& Messenger ...

I had determined to kill you. Thereupon he said: Allah will never give you the power to do it. He (the narrator) said that they (the Companion's of th...

Anas b. Malik reported that a Jewess brought poisoned meat and then served it to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)

When any person amongst us fell ill, Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) used to rub him with his right band and then say: O Lord of the people,...

" He rubbed him with his hand" and (in) the hadith transmitted on the authority of Thauri (the words are)." He used to rub with his right hand." This ...

When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited the sick he would say: Lord of the people. remove the disease, cure him, for Thou art the great Curer, there is no ...

Lord of the people, remove the malady, cure him for Thou art a great Curer. There is no cure but through Thine healing Power which leaves no trouble, ...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of 'A'isha through another chain of transmitters with a slight variation of wording.

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to recite (this supplication) as the words of incantation:" Lord of the people, remove the trouble for in Thine Hand is the...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitted.

'A'isha reported that when any of the members of the household fell ill Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to blow over him by reciting Mu'awwidhatan, and whe...

'A'isha reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) fell ill, he recited over his body Mu'awwidhatan and blew over him and when his sickness was aggravat...

" When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) fell ill, he blew over his body by reciting Mu'awwidhatan and rubbed him with his hand.

I asked 'A'isha about incantation. She said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had granted its sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation in...

'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) granted sanction to the members of a family of the Ansar for incantation (for removing the effects) of the...

The dust of our ground with the saliva of any one of us would serve as a means whereby our illness would be cured with the sanction of Allah. This had...

'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded the use of incantation for curing the influence of an evil eye.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mis'ar with the same chain of transmitters.

Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) commanded me that I should make use of incantation for curing the influence of an evil eye.

Anas b. Malik reported in connection with incantation that he had been granted sanction (to use incantation as a remedy) for the sting of the scorpion...

Anas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) granted him sanction to use incantation (as a cure) for the, influence of an evil eye, the sting of the scorp...

Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to a small girl in the house of Umm Salama that he had been seei...

What is this that I see the children of my brother lean? Are they not fed properly? She said: No, but they fall under the influence of an evil eve. He...

I heard Jabir b. 'Abdullah as saying that the scorpion stung one of us as we were sitting with Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him). A person said: ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

Allah's Messenger, you forbade to practise incantation, whereas I employ it for curing the sting of the scorpion, whereupon he said: He who amongst yo...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

We know an incantation which we use for curing the sting of the scorpion but you have prohibited it. They recited (the words of incantation) before hi...

Allah's Messenger. what is your opinion about it? He said: Let me know your incantation and said: There is no harm in the incantation which does not s...

Is there any incantator amongst you, at the chief of the tribe has bgen stung by a scorpion? A person amongst us said: 'Yes. So he came to him and he ...

That he recited Umm-ul-Qur'an (Sura Fatiha), and he collected his spittle and he applied that and the person became all right.

We landed at a place where a woman came to us and said: A scorpion has bitten the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst you? A person am...

There stood up with her a person amongst us whom we did not know before as an incantator.

Place your hand at the place where you feel pain in your body and say Bismillah (in the name of Allah) three times and seven times A'udhu billahi wa q...

Allah's Messenger, the Satan intervenes between me and my prayer and my reciting of the Qur'an and he confounds me. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sa...

'Uthman b. Abu al-'As reported that he came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and he narrated like this. In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Salam b. N...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Uthman b. Abu al-'As with a slight variation of wording.

There is a remedy for every malady, and when the remedy is applied to the disease it is cured with the permission of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious.

I will not go away unless you get yourself cupped, for I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: It is a remedy.

There came to our house 'Abdullah and another person from amongst the members of the household who complained of a wound. Jabir said: What ails you? H...

I think he (Abu Taiba) was her faster brother or a young boy before entering upon the adolescent period.

Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent a phystian to Ubayy b. Ka'b. He cut the vein and then cauterised it.

A'mash reported this with the same chain of transmitters and he made no mention of the fact that he cut one of his veins.

Jabir b. 'Abdillah reported that on the day of Ahzab Ubayy received the wound of an arrow in his medial arm vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it.

Jabir reported that Sa'd b. Mu'adh received a wound of the arrow in his vein. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) cauterised it with a rod and it was swollen, to th...

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) got himself cupped and gave to the cupper his wages and he put the medicine in the nostril.

Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) got himself cupped and never withheld the wages of anyone.

The fever from the vehement raging of the (heat of Hell), so cool it with the help of water.

Fever is due to vehemence of the heat of Hell, so cool it with water.

Fever is from the vehement raging of the fire of Hell, so extinguish it with water.

Fever is from the vehement Paging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water.

Fever is from the vehement raging of the Hell-fire, so cool it with water.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.

Cool (the fever) with water. for it is because of the vehemence of the beat of Hell.

" She poured water on her sides and in the opening of the shirt at the uppermost part of the chest." There is no mention of these words:" It is from t...

I heard Allah's messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of the Hell, so cool it with water.

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: The fever is due to the intense heat of Hell, so cool it down in your (bodies) with water. Aba Bakr has made ...

we (intended to pour) medicine in the mouth of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in his illness, but he pointed out (with the gesture of his hand) that it should ...

I visited Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with my son who had not, by that time, been weaned and he urinated over his (clothes). He ordered water to be br...

She compressed the uvula because she was afraid that there might be swelling of uvula.) Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Why do you afflict your ...

Nigella seed is a remedy for every disease except death.

This hadith has been narrated through other chains of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

There is no disease for which Nigella seed does not provide remedy.

When there was any bereavement in her family the women gathered there for condolence and they departed except the members of the family and some selec...

Give him honey. So he gave him that and then came and said: I gave him honey but it has only made his bowels more loose. He said this three times; and...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri through another chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

What have you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about plague? Thereupon Usama said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Plague is a calamity which was sent to ...

Plague is the sign of a calamity with which Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, affects people from His servants. So when you hear about it, don't enter ...

Plague is a calamity which was inflicted on those who were before you, or upon Bani Isra'il. So when it has broken out in a land, don't run out of it,...

I would inform you about it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is a calamity or a disease which Allah sent to a group of Bani Isra'il, or to the peo...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij through another chain of transmitters.

This calamity or illness was a punishment with which were punished some of the nations before you. Then it was left upon the earth. It goes away once ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with a different chain of transmitters.

While we were in Medina we heard of plague having broken out in Kufa. 'Ata b. Yasir and others said to me that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said. If you ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters except for the fact that no mention has been made of the ...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Sa'd b. Malik, Khuzaima b. Thabit and Usama b. Zaid.

Usama b. Zaid and Sa'd had been sitting and they had been conversing and they said this hadith.

This hadith has been transmitted by Ibrahim b. Sa'd b. Malik on the authority of his father.

Umar b. Khattab set out for Syria. As he came at Sargh (a town by the side of Hijaz on the way to Syria), there met him the commander of the forces, A...

" Do you think that he would graze in the barren land but would abandon the green land? Would you not attribute it to be a failing on his part? He sai...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Abdullah b. Harith with a slight variation of wording.

'Umar went to Syria and as he came to Sargh, information was given to him that an epidemic had broken out in Syria. 'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf narrated to...

There is no infection, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Allah's Messenger, how is it that when the camel is in the sand it is like a deer-then a...

There is no transitive disease, no evil omen, no safar, no hama. A desert Arab said: Allah's, Messenger.... The rest of the hadith is the same.

There is no trahsitive disease. Thereupon a desert Arab stood up. The rest of the hadith is the same and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of...

There is no transitive disease, but he is also reported to have said: A sick person should not be taken to one who is healthy. Abu Salama said that Ab...

There is no transitive disease and he also reported along with it: The ill should not be taken to the healthy.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.

There is no transitive disease, no huma, no star promising rain, no safar.

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, no ghoul. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to mean that these things in and of themselves ...

There is no transitive disease, no ghoul, no safar.

There is no transitive disease, no safar, no ghoul. He (the narrator) said: I heard Abu Zubair say: Jabir explained for them the word safar. Abu Zubai...

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: There is no divination but the best type is the good omen. It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): What is good...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me, i. e. the good word or a good word. Note: The majority of scholars interpr...

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but good omen pleases me. It was said: What is good omen? He said: Sacred words.

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but I like good words.

There is no transitive disease, no hama, no divination, but I like good omen.

If there be bad luck, it is in the house, and the wife, and the horse.

There is no transitive disease, no ill omen, and bad luck is lound in the house, or wife or horse. Note: The majority of scholars interpret this to...

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Zuhri with other chains of transmitters but with slight variations of wording.

'Umar b. Muhammad b. Zaid reported that he heard his father narrating from Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said. If bad luck is a fact, then ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but there is no mention of the word" Haqq"" (fact).

If there is bad luck in anything, it is the horse, the abode and the woman.

If bad luck were to be in anything, it is found in the woman, the horse and the abode.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sahl b. Sa'd with a different chain of transmitters.

If bad luck were to be in anything, it is found in the land, in the servant and in the horse.

I said: Messenger of Allah, there were things we used to do in the pre-Islamic days. We used to visit Kahins, whereupon he said: Don't visit Kahins. I...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.

I said: Among us there are men who draw lines and thus make divination. What about this? Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: There was a Prophet who...

I said: Allah's Messenger, the kahins used to tell us about things (unseen) and we found them to be true. Thereupon he said: That is a word pertaining...

It is nothing (i. e. it is a mere superstition). They said: Allah's Messenger, they at times narrate to us things which we find true. Thereupon Allah'...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.

A person from the Ansar who was amongst the Companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) reported to me: As we were sitting during the night with Allah's Messe...

The hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri through the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

He who visits a diviner ('Arraf) and asks him about anything, his prayers extending to forty nights will not be accepted.

We have accepted your allegiance, so you may go.

'A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded the killing of a snake having stripes over it, for it affects eyesight and miscarries pregnancy.

The short-tailed snake and the snake having stripes over it should be killed.

Kill the snakes having stripes over them and short-tailed snakes, for these two types cause miscarriage (of a pregnant woman) and they affect the eyes...

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanding the killing of dogs and the killing of the striped and the short-tailed snakes, for both of them affect the e...

Find it out and kill it. Abu Lubaba said: Don't kill them, for Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the killing of the snakes found in houses.

Nafi' reported that Ibn 'Urnar used to kill all types of snakes until Abu Lubaba b. 'Abd al-Mundhir Badri reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forb...

Nafi' reported that he heard Abu Lubaba informing Ibn 'Umar that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden the killing of domestic snakes.

'Abdullah reported that Abu Lubaba had informed him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had forbidden the killing of the snakes found in the house.

They had been forbidden to make an attempt to kill house snakes and they had been commanded to kill the snakes having small tails, small snakes and th...

Pursue this snake and kill it. Abu Lubaba Ansari said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). He forbade the killing of snakes found in the houses except the ...

Nafi' reported that Abu Lubaba happened to pass by Ibn 'Umar who lived in the fortified place near the house of 'Umar b. Khattab and was busy in keepi...

We were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in a cave when there was revealed to him (the Sura al-Mursalat, i. e. Sura lxxvii.:" By those sent forth to spread ...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of al-A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

'Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded a Muhrim (one who is in the state of pilgrimage) to kill the snake at Mina.

While we were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the cave, the rest of the hadith is the same as the one narrated above.

I found him saying his prayer, so I sat down waiting for him to finish his prayer when I heard a stir in the bundles (of wood) lying in a comer of the...

We visited Abu Sa'id Khudri. When we had been sitting (with him) we heard a stir under his bed. When we looked we found a big snake, the rest of the h...

There is a group of jinns in Medina who accepted Islam, so he who would see anything from these occupants should warn him three times; and if he appea...

Umm Sharik reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded her to kill geckos. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abi Shaiba with ...

Umm Sharik reported that she consulted Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) in regard to killing of geckos, and he commanded to kill them and Umm Sharik is one of the ...

'Amir b. Sa'd reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) commanded the killing of geckos, and he called them little noxious crea...

I did not hear that he had commanded to kill them.

He who killed a gecko with the first stroke for him is such and such a reward, and he who killed it with a second stroke for him is such and such rewa...

- He who killed a gecko with the first stroke for him are ordained one hundred virtues, and with the second one less than that and with the third one ...

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying (that he who kills a gecko) with the first stroke there are seventy rewards for him.

An ant had bitten a Prophet (one amongst the earlier Prophets) and he ordered that the colony of the ants should be burnt. And Allah revealed to him:"...

An Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah encamped under a tree, and an ant bit him, and he commanded his belongings to be removed from underneath...

When an Apostle from amongst the Apostles of Allah came to sit under a tree an ant bit him. He commanded his luggage to be removed from under the tree...

A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a punishment of this offence) she was thrown into the Hell. She had not pr...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn 'Umar also.

A woman was punished because of a cat. She had neither provided her with food nor drink, nor set her free so that she might eat the vermin of the eart...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of wording.

Abu Huraira reported this hadith through another chain of transmitters.

Hammam b. Manabbih reported this hadith on the authority of Abu Huraira.

A person suffered from intense thirst while on a journey, when he found a well. He climbed down into it and drank (water) and then came out and saw a ...

A prostitute saw a dog moving around a well on a hot day and hanging out its tongue because of thirst. She drew water for it in her shoe and she was p...

There was a dog moving around a well whom thirst would have killed. Suddenly a prostitute from the prostitutes of Bani Isra'il happened to see it and ...