Hazrat Abdul Hameed’s grandfather, Hazrat Rafi’ bin Sinan, narrates that my parents brought a dispute concerning me to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). One of them was a disbeliever and the other was a Muslim. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave Hazrat Rafi’ the choice, so he inclined towards the disbeliever. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed,“O Allah, guide him,”so he turned towards the Muslim. Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) decided in favor of the Muslim.

Hazrat Abu Huraira narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave the verdict of a slave or a slave-girl as compensation (diyat) for a miscarried fetus. The one against whom the verdict was given said, "Should we pay compensation for one who has neither eaten nor drunk, nor has cried or wailed? And such blood is wasted!" So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "This person speaks like a poet." In any case, the compensation (diyat) for a miscarried fetus is a slave or a slave-girl.

Hazrat Awf narrates that a letter from Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz was read out: That if anyone becomes insolvent and another person finds his personal property with that person, then he alone has a greater right to that property than all the creditors, unless he has already taken some portion from the insolvent person's wealth, in which case the remaining property will be equally distributed among all the creditors. Because the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, made this decision in the same manner.

Hazrat Ikrimah states that the waiting period (‘iddah) of a woman who has obtained khula‘ will be counted as one menstrual cycle. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave this ruling regarding Jameelah bint Salul.

Hazrat Abu Saeed Al-Asam narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, made two rulings regarding a slave and his master: Regarding the slave, he ruled that if the slave leaves the land of war before his master, he will become free. Then, if after the slave, the master also leaves, the slave will not be returned. But if the master leaves the land of war before the slave, and then the slave leaves after him, the slave will be returned to his master.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) separated the couple who performed li'an and gave this ruling: the man is neither responsible for the woman's residence nor her maintenance, because they have separated without divorce, and this woman is not among those whose husband has died. He also ruled that the child of this woman will not be attributed to the father, nor will the woman be accused, nor will her child be accused, and whoever accuses the woman or her child, the punishment for false accusation (qadhf) will be carried out on him.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that if a person sells a slave and that slave possesses some property, then that property will go to the seller, unless the buyer stipulates a condition. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave a similar ruling.

Hazrat Dumrah bin Habib narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, assigned the responsibility of household chores to Hazrat Fatimah, and entrusted the responsibility of work outside the home to Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him.

Hazrat Ibn Abi Mulaika narrates that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, gave the verdict of pre-emption (shuf‘a) in everything: whether it is land, a house, a slave-girl, or an animal. So Ata said that pre-emption is only in a house and land. Then Ibn Abi Mulaika said: May your mother die! Did you not hear? I am saying: the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said this, and you are saying this?

31020 - Ata’ said:“Indeed, pre-emption (shuf‘a) is only in (land) (1) (and houses) (2).”