It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: I have not seen this Ummah turn away from anything as it has turned away from this verse: "And if two groups of the believers fight each other, then make peace between them; but if one of them transgresses (rebels) against the other, then fight the one that transgresses until it returns to the command of Allah." [Surah Al-Hujurat: 9] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Arfajah bin Shurayh al-Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (raising his hands): "Soon after me there will be many trials and disorders. So whomever you see wanting to divide the affair of the Ummah of Muhammad while they are united, kill him, whoever he may be among the people." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. I have judged it to be on the condition of the two Shaykhs because Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj, Sufyan bin Sa'id, Shayban bin Abd al-Rahman and Ma'mar bin Rashid narrated it from Ziyad bin Ilaqah; then I found that Abu Hazim al-Ashja'i, Amir al-Sha'bi, Abu Ya'fur al-Abdi and other narrators corroborated Ziyad bin Ilaqah in narrating it from Arfajah. All the narrations of this chapter are collected with me in a separate volume (juz'), so there is no further need to mention these narrations. Furthermore, Imam Muslim recorded the hadith of Abu Nadrah from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When allegiance is given to two caliphs, kill the latter of the two." Its explanation is found in the hadith of Abd al-Rahman bin Abd Rabb al-Ka'bah from Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both), which Imam Muslim recorded.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Dharr, how will you be when death strikes the people so abundantly that a house (meaning a grave) will be obtained in exchange for a slave?" I said: Whatever Allah and His Messenger choose for me. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be when such severe hunger strikes the people that you will come to your mosque but, out of weakness, will not have the strength to return to your bed, and getting up from your bed to come to the mosque will become impossible for you?" I said: Whatever Allah and His Messenger consider best for me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold to chastity and self-restraint." Then he said: "How will you be when there is so much killing among the people that Hijarat al-Zayt (a place in Madinah) will be drowned in blood?" I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Stay in your house." I said: O Messenger of Allah, should I not take up my sword and confront the one who does this? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In that case you would become a partner of those people in their sin." I said: O Messenger of Allah, what if someone forces his way into my house? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you fear that the glint of the sword will overawe you, then do like this (he indicated): throw an edge of your cloak over your face, so that he bears the burden of his sins and yours and becomes one of the people of Hell." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, because Hammad bin Zayd narrated it from Abu Imran al-Jawni, from al-Musha'ath bin Tarif, from Abdullah bin al-Samit.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said something similar (like the previous hadith).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ayman bin Khuraym (may Allah be pleased with him) that Marwan bin al-Hakam said to him: Will you not come out and fight alongside us? He replied: My father and my paternal uncle both took part in the Battle of Badr, and they both instructed me not to fight anyone who says 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no god but Allah). If you bring me a release from the Fire (a guarantee of salvation), I will fight alongside you. Marwan said: Then leave us. So he went out reciting these verses: "I am not one to kill a man who prays / merely for the sake of the rule of another king of Quraysh / who has his own power, while the sin falls upon me / I seek refuge in Allah from ignorance and rashness. / Shall I kill a Muslim without any crime? / If I did so, my life would bring me no benefit as long as I live." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it. And because of the two Companions mentioned, who took part in Badr, this hadith falls within the scope of the musnad (connected) reports.

It is narrated from Abu Thawr al-Huddani that Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Sa'id bin al-As to Kufah on Yawm al-Jara'ah (the day of al-Jara'ah). The people went out to him and turned him back. The narrator said: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Abu Mas'ud said: I did not think that these people would turn back in such a way that not even a cupping-vessel's worth of blood would be shed. And I had no knowledge about this trial except what I learned while Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was alive: "that a man will be a believer in the morning and by evening will have nothing (of faith) with him, and will be a believer in the evening and by morning will have nothing; he will fight in the trial today and tomorrow Allah will destroy him; his heart will be turned upside down and his backside will be raised above him (that is, he will be disgraced and humiliated)." I asked: His lower part? He said: Yes, his backside (that is, he will be turned completely upside down). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Alqamah bin Abi Alqamah narrates from his mother that a man named "Baba" had a slave. Baba used to beat him and punish him for various things, and the slave bore enmity toward his master, so he sold him. One day the slave met him, and he had a sword with him; this was during the governorship of Sa'id bin al-As. The slave drew his sword on Baba and tried to attack him, but the people held him back. Then Baba came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and told her what the slave had done. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever points a piece of iron (a weapon) at any of the Muslims intending to kill him, his blood has become lawful." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Baba left her and went to the slave's new master who had bought him, and asked him to cancel the sale. He cancelled the sale and returned the slave to him, and Baba took him and killed him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever draws his sword (for rebellion or attack) and then strikes with it, his blood is forfeit (that is, no retaliation or blood money will be claimed for him)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "How will you be at that time - or: a time is about to come - when people will be thoroughly sifted (through trials) and only the dregs of people will remain, whose covenants and trusts will have become corrupted, and they will differ among themselves and become like this," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) showed it by interlacing the fingers of his two hands. The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the ruling for us at that time? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take what you recognize (that is, what is known to be right and sound) and leave what you disapprove of (that is, what is objectionable and wrong), and attend to the affairs of your own particular people (your close ones, or your particular religious affairs), and leave the affair of the common people (with its crowds and trials)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording. [Beginning of the Book of Marriage]