Gardens of the Righteous — Page 75
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 75 asked him: Do you seek reward from Allah? The man said: Yes. The Holy. Prophet said: Then return to your parents and serve them well (Bokhari and. Muslim). Another version is: A man came and asked permission to join in the fighting. The Holy Prophet asked him: Are your parents alive? The man said:. Yes. He said: Then find your fighting in serving them. 324. Abdullah ibn Amr relates that the Holy Prophet said: One who reciprocates in doing good is not the one who upholds the ties of kinship. It is the one who upholds them when the other party sunders them (Bokhari). 325. Ayesha relates that the Holy Prophet said: The womb is suspended from the Throne of Allah and proclaims: Allah will hold by him who holds by me, and Allah will cut asunder from him who cuts asunder from me (Bokhari and Muslim). 326. Maimunah bint Harith, wife of the Holy Prophet, relates that she freed her bondwoman without asking the Holy Prophet. When he came to her in her turn she said to him: Messenger of Allah, do you know I have freed my bondwoman? He said: Indeed? She said: Yes. He said: Had you given her to your uncles it would have been more meritorious (Bokhari and Muslim). 327. Asma'a bint Abu Bakr relates: My mother came to visit me while she was a pagan and I inquired from the Holy Prophet: My mother has come to see me and she is hoping for something from me. Shall I gratify her? He said: Yes. Be benevolent towards your mother (Bokhari and Muslim). 328. Zainab, wife of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, relates: The Holy Prophet addressed us and said: Spend in charity, ye women, even out of your ornaments. So I went to my husband and said to him: You are not well off and the Holy Prophet has ordered us to spend in charity. So do you go to him and ask him if my giving you something will count as charity, for if not I should give to someone else. Abdullah said: You had better go yourself. So I went and. I found a woman from the Ansar also at the door of the Holy Prophet who was bent on the same errand as myself. But we were afraid to venture in on account of awe of the Holy Prophet. Presently Bilal came out and we said to him: Go to the Holy Prophet and tell him two women at the door want to know whether it would be charity if they were to spend on their husbands and on the orphans under their care, but do not tell him our names. Bilal went to the Holy Prophet and asked him: He inquired: Who are they? Bilal said: A woman of the Ansar and Zainab. He asked: Which of the Zainabs is she? Bilal said: The wife of Abdullah. The Holy Prophet said: They will have a double reward, for benevolence towards relatives and for charity (Bokhari and. Muslim). 329. Abu Sufyan relates that in the course of his meeting with Hiraclius the latter asked him: What does this Prophet teach you? I said: He tells us to worship Allah, the One, and not to associate anything with Him, to discard what our ancestors said, and to perform the salat, tell the truth, keep chaste and exercise benevolence towards kindred (Bokhari and Muslim). 330. Abu Dharr relates that the Holy Prophet said: You will soon