`A'isha, the Umm al-Mu'minin, said, "I did not see anyone who more
resembled the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
in manner of speaking than Fatima. When she came to him, he stood up for
her, made her welcome, kissed her and had her sit in his place. When the
Prophet came to her, she stood up for him, took his hand, made him welcome,
kissed him, and made him sit in her place. She came to him during his final
illness and he greeted her and kissed her."
Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "I purchased a camel and rode it hard
for a month until I reached Syria. 'Abdullah ibn Unays was there, and I
sent word to him, saying, 'Jabir is at the door.' The messenger returned
and said, 'Jabir ibn 'Abdullah?' 'Yes,' I replied. So 'Abdullah came out
and embraced me. I said, 'A hadith reached me which I had not heard before
and I feared that one of us might die.'" He went on, "I heard the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Allah will gather His slaves
? or people ? naked, uncircumcised, without anything.' We asked, 'What
is meant by "without anything"?' The Prophet said, 'They will have nothing
with them.' (The Prophet went on,) 'They will be called by a voice that
is heard from afar (and I think that he said, 'as if it was from close
at hand'), saying, "I am the King. None of the people of the Garden will
enter the Garden while any of the people of the Fire are seeking him for
some injustice he did to him. None of the people of the Fire will enter
the Fire while any of the people of the Garden are seeking him for an injustice
he did to him."' I asked, 'How is this? We come to Allah naked and without
any worldly goods?' He said, 'This applies to good actions and evil actions.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كُنَّا فِي غَزْوَةٍ، فَحَاصَ النَّاسُ حَيْصَةً، قُلْنَا: كَيْفَ نَلْقَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ فَرَرْنَا؟ فَنَزَلَتْ: {إِلاَّ مُتَحَرِّفًا لِقِتَالٍ}، فَقُلْنَا: لاَ نَقْدِمُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَلاَ يَرَانَا أَحَدٌ، فَقُلْنَا: لَوْ قَدِمْنَا، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْ صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ، قُلْنَا: نَحْنُ الْفَرَّارُونَ، قَالَ: أَنْتُمُ الْعَكَّارُونَ، فَقَبَّلْنَا يَدَهُ، قَالَ: أَنَا فِئَتُكُمْ.
Ibn 'Umar said, "We were on a raid and the people fled. We said,
'How can we meet the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
when we have run away? It has been revealed, "unless he is withdrawing
to rejoin the fight" (8:16)." We said, 'We will not go to Madina and
then no one will see us.' Then we said, 'Perhaps we should go.' The Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came from the Fajr prayer and
we said, 'We fled.' He said, 'You are those rejoining the fight."' We kissed
his hand. He said, 'I am your group.*'"
Ibrahim ibn Marzuq ath-Thaqafi related that his father (who had
belonged to Allah ibn az-Zubayr) told him, "'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr sent
me to his mother, Asma' bint Abi Bakr and he told her how al-Hajjaj was
treating them. She made supplication for me and stroked my head. I was
a young boy at that time."
