It is narrated from Hazrat Harith bin Dhirar (may Allah be pleased with him) that once I presented myself in the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invited me to Islam, so I entered Islam and accepted it. Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invited me to give zakat, which I accepted, and I said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I will return to my people and invite them to accept Islam and to pay zakat. Whoever accepts my invitation, I will collect zakat from him and gather it. Then, at a certain time, O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), please send your envoy to me so that I may deliver to you the money I have collected as zakat."

When Hazrat Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) had collected the zakat from those who accepted his invitation, and the appointed time arrived for which he had requested the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to send an envoy, but the envoy did not come, Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that perhaps there was some displeasure from Allah and His Messenger. So he gathered some prominent people of his tribe and told them, "The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had fixed a time with me that he would send his envoy in which the zakat I have collected would be delivered to him, and the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cannot break his promise. I think that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) withholding his envoy may be due to some displeasure from Allah. Therefore, come with me so that we may present ourselves before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Meanwhile, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Walid bin Uqbah to collect the zakat that Harith had gathered. When Walid set out, he became afraid on the way and, due to some unknown fear, returned and made an excuse before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), saying, "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Harith refused to give me zakat and even intended to kill me." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) then sent a detachment towards Harith. Meanwhile, Harith was coming with his companions when they encountered the detachment, and the people of the detachment said, "Here is Harith." When they came near, Harith asked, "To whom have you been sent?" They replied, "To you." Harith asked, "Why?" They replied, "The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had sent Walid bin Uqbah to you, and he says that you refused to give him zakat and intended to kill him?" Harith said, "By Him Who sent Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth, I have never even seen him, nor did he come to me."

Then, when Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) reached the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him, "You withheld zakat and intended to kill my envoy?" Harith replied, "By Him Who sent you with the truth, I have never even seen him, nor did he come to me. I only came because the envoy was delayed in reaching me, so I feared that perhaps there was some displeasure from Allah and His Messenger."

At that moment, the verses of Surah Al-Hujurat were revealed: "O you who believe! If a transgressor brings you any news... And He is All-Knowing, All-Wise."

Abdullah bin Uqbah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a matter was presented before Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him): a man married a woman, but the man passed away before he had fixed a dowry for his wife and before he had met her in seclusion. What is the ruling regarding this? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer about it. Finally, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry that is customary for women like her, she will also receive her husband’s inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this matter as the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave regarding Barwa’ bint Washiq. Hazrat Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Present witnesses. So two men from the tribe of Ashja’, Hazrat Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Sinan (may Allah be pleased with him), gave this testimony.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain, however, in this it also mentions the details of the incident of Barwa’ bint Washiq (may Allah be pleased with her), that one of our men married a woman from Banu Ru’us, Barwa’ bint Washiq. By chance, he had to go somewhere, and on the way he went down into a well. He became dizzy from the stench of that well, fell, and died in it. The dowry had not been fixed. Those people came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This woman will receive the dowry similar to that of women like her, there will be no increase or decrease in it. She will also receive inheritance, and the waiting period (iddah) will also be obligatory upon her.

Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a matter was presented before Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): A man married a woman, but he passed away before he had fixed a dowry for his wife and before he had met her in seclusion. What is the ruling regarding this? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer regarding it. Eventually, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry similar to that of women like her, she will also receive her husband's inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period ('iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja' stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this matter as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave concerning Barwa' bint Washiq. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Abdullah said: Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abi Za'idah narrated to us, from Dawud, from al-Sha'bi, from Alqamah with this. And Abdullah narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abi Shaybah Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated it to us, and he mentioned the hadith.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a case was presented before Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him): A man married a woman, but before he could fix her dowry and before he had any private meeting with her, the man passed away. What is the ruling in this case? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer regarding it. Finally, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry that is customary for women like her, she will also receive her husband's inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this issue as the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave concerning Barwa’ bint Washiq. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Abdur-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from Alqamah, from Abdullah, similar to the hadith of Firas.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a matter was presented to Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): A man married a woman, but he died before he had fixed a dowry for her and before he had been alone with her. What is the ruling in this case? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer regarding it. Finally, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry that is customary for women like her, she will also receive her husband's inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period ('iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja' stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this matter as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave concerning Barwa' bint Washiq.

It is narrated from Hazrat Qais bin Abi Ghurrarah (may Allah be pleased with him) that in the blessed era of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we traders were first called brokers (dalal). Once, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us in "Baqi" and said, "O group, O traders!" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us first with a more honorable name, "In trade, oaths and false statements also occur, therefore, mix charity and alms into it."

It is narrated from Hazrat Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reciting this verse during the Battle of Hunain: "I am a true Prophet, there is no lie in this. I am the son of Abdul Muttalib."