It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The blood money of a mukatab (slave) will be paid according to the proportion of his freedom at the rate of a free (person), and for the portion of slavery that remains, the reckoning will be according to that of a slave." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a mukatab slave becomes liable to a prescribed punishment (hadd), or he receives an inheritance, he will receive inheritance according to the proportion of his freedom, and the prescribed punishment will be carried out on him to the same extent (in proportion to his freedom)." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Nabhan, the mukatab slave of the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), that he said: I was holding the reins of her mount at al-Bayda' or al-Abwa'. She asked: Who is this? I said: I am Nabhan. She said: I have left the remaining amount of your contract (mukatabah) for my nephew, Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah, so that he may be helped with it in his marriage. He said: I said: By Allah! I will never pay it. She said: If your purpose (in not paying the amount) is to come in to me or to see me, then by Allah, you will never see me, for I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "When the mukatab has (wealth) available to pay, then observe hijab from him." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: O Messenger of Allah! If a man from among the polytheists accepts Islam at the hands of a Muslim man (what is the ruling)? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He (the Muslim) has the greater right to him in his life and in his death." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, and Abdullah bin Wahb bin Zam'ah is a well-known narrator.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about a man who accepts Islam at the hands of another, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He has the greatest right of all people to him in his life and in his death."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "As a boy I was present with my paternal uncles at the 'Hilf al-Mutayyabin' (the Pact of the Perfumed Ones), and it would not please me to have red camels in exchange for breaking that pact." This hadith has an authentic chain (sahih al-isnad), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Mut'im (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no (new, Jahili-style) alliance in Islam, and whatever (good-based) alliance existed in the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), Islam has only added to its strength." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it! In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. [The Book of Tafsir] We begin this book with the revelation of the Qur'an, the readings (qira'at) transmitted in the Musnad, and the mention of the Companions who compiled the Qur'an and memorised it; this section comes before the tafsir of the surahs.