
ACCOUNT OF HIS GOOD HABITS, MAY ALLAH BLESS HIM
Volume 1, Parts II.85.1Muslim Ibn Ibrahim informed us: Al-Harith Ibn `Ubayd informed us: Thabit and Abu ‘Imran al-Jawni informed us on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik he said:The Prophet, may Allah bless him, sent me on a business. I saw a few boys, and I sat down with them. The Prophet, may Allah bless him, came and greeted the boys.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.2’Abd Allah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abi Shaybah informed us: Waki` informed us on the authority of Dawud Ibn Abi ‘Abd Allah, he on the authority of Ibn Jud’an, he on the authority of his grand-mother, she on the authority of Umm Salamah:Verily the Prophet, may Allah bless him, sent his slave-girl (for some work). She delayed, thereupon he said: If there were no requital. I would have struck you with this tooth-brush.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.3’Abd Allah Ibn Salih Ibn Muslim informed us: Mandal informed us on the authority of al-Hasan Ibn al-Hakam, he on the authority of Anas, he said:I served the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, for ten years. I never saw him stretching his legs (lit knee) towards the legs of his associate. No man shook hands with him when he withdrew his hand before the other person had withrawn his hand and parted with him. He never met a man and turned away from him before he had turned. He never said to me when I had done some work: Why have you done such and such a work? Why have you not done such and such work? I have smelt ottos but I never smelt of better odour than that of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him. He never turned his head before other man’s turning his head when the latter wanted to whisper to him.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.4’Arim Ibn al-Fadl informed us: Hammad Ibn Zayd informed us on the authority of ‘Ali lbn Zayd, he on the authority of al-Hasan:Verily the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, recited this verse by way of an example. Islam and old age suffice for a man to prevent him (from bad deeds). On this Abu Bakr said: O Apostle of Allah the poet has versified it thus: The old age and Islam suffice a man to prevent him (from bad deeds). The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, repeated it as before. Thereupon Abu Bakr said: I bear witness that thou art the Apostle ofAllah and thou knowest not poetry and it is not worthy of thee.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.5Muhammad Ibn al-Subah informed us: Al-Walid Ibn Abi Thawr informed us on the authority of Simak, he on the authority of ‘Ikrimah; he said:’Ayishah was asked: Have you ever heard the Apostle of Allah reciting a verse by way of illustration? She said: Some times when entering his house he recited. He who has no doubt wilt bring news to thee.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.6Muslim Ibn Ibrahim informed us: Sa’id Ibn Zayd informed us: Wasil informed us on the authority of Yahya Ibn ‘Ubayd al-Jahdami, he on the authority of his father:Verily the Prophet, may Allah bless him, used to sit to urinate as he sat in his house.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.7’Ubayd Allah Ibn Musa informed us: Isra’il informed us; (second chain) Al-Fadl lbn Dukayn informed us: Sufyan informed us; all of them on the authority of al-Miqdad Ibn Shurayh, he on the authority of his father, he said:I heard ‘Ayishah saying on an oath that no body saw the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, urinating standing after the revelation of the Qur’an.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.8Hashim Ibn al-Qasim and Khalaf Ibn al-Walid informed us, they said: ‘Abd Allah Ibn al-Mubarak informed us on the authority of Abu Bakr Ibn ‘Abd Allah lbn Abi Maryam, he on the authority of Habib Ibn Salih he said:When the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, entered lavatory he put on his shoes and covered his head.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.9’Attab Ibn Ziyad informed us: ‘Abd Allah Ibn al-Mubarak informed us; he said: ‘Abd Allah Ibn Lahi’ah informed us on the authority of ‘Abd Allah Ibn Hubayrah, he on the authority of Hanash, he on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas:Verily the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, used to flow water (after easing on the ground) then performed with earth. I said: 0 Apostle of Allah ! water is close to you and he replied: I do not know whether I will reach it.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.10Waki’ Ibn al-Jarrah and al-Fad1 Ibn Dukayn informed us on the authority of Sufyan, he on the authority of Mansur, he on the authority of Musa Ibn ‘Abd Allah Ibn Yazid al-Khatmi, he on the authority of a mawla of ‘Ayishah, he said:’Ayishah said: or she said: I never saw private parts of the Prophet, may Allah bless him.
Volume 1, Parts II.85.11Muhammad Ibn Sa’d said: I have been informed on the authority of ‘Abd al-Salam Ibn Harb, he on the authority of al-A’mash, he on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik; he said:When the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, entered lavatory, he never raised his clothes till he was very close to the place he intended




