It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr that a man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: I made an agreement to work (as a hired labourer) for some people on the condition that they would carry me (on a mount), and in return I reduced my wage so that they would let me perform Hajj with them. Will this Hajj suffice for me? He said: You are among those about whom Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: "It is they who will have a share of what they have earned, and Allah is swift in reckoning" [Surah al-Baqarah: 202] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Ya'mar al-Dili (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hajj (at its core) is standing at Arafah (or: Arafat). So whoever reaches Arafah before the break of dawn has attained the Hajj. The days of staying at Mina are three; so whoever hastens (and leaves) in two days, there is no sin upon him, and whoever delays, there is no sin upon him either." This hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the initial rulings about the prohibition of wine were revealed, he said: O Allah, make a clear and satisfying statement to us concerning wine. So this verse of Surah al-Baqarah was revealed: "They ask you about wine and gambling" [Surah al-Baqarah: 219] . Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was called and the verse was recited to him, and he made the same supplication again: O Allah, make a clearer statement to us concerning wine. Then the verse of Surah al-Ma'idah was revealed, and he was called and it was recited to him. When the reciter reached the words, "So will you not desist?" [Surah al-Ma'idah: 91] , Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We have desisted." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and said: "O people of Madinah! Allah Almighty is giving me indications regarding wine; I do not know, perhaps He will soon send down a decisive command concerning it." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came again and said: "O people of Madinah! Allah Almighty has indeed sent down the prohibition of wine. So whoever this verse reaches while he has any of it with him, let him neither drink it nor sell it." The narrator said: Then the people poured it out in the streets of Madinah. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, and 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 when this verse was revealed: "And do not approach the property of the orphan except in the way that is best" [Surah al-An'am: 152] , the people separated their food and property completely from the property of the orphans. The result was that the orphans' food began to spoil and the meat began to rot. They complained about this to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sent down this verse: "Say: Setting their affairs right is best; and if you mix your affairs with theirs, then they are your brothers" [Surah al-Baqarah: 220] . The narrator said: Then the people began to live together with the orphans and to share their property with them. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and 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 Za'idah bin Umayr asked him about 'azl (withdrawing and discharging semen outside the womb). He said: You people have talked a great deal about this matter. If the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave any ruling about it, then it is as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said; and if he (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent about it, then I say: "Your women are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish" [Surah al-Baqarah: 223] . So if you wish, practise 'azl, and if you wish, do not. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Mujahid; he said: I presented the entire Qur'an to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) three times. I would stop him at every verse and ask him about its revelation and its background. When I reached this verse: "Your women are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish" [Surah al-Baqarah: 223] , he explained: This clan of the Muhajirun used to lay their women (during intercourse) in various positions, whether from the front or from behind. When they came to Madinah, they married women of the Ansar and wanted to do with them as they used to do with the Muhajir women. The Ansari women disliked this and complained about it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sent down this verse: "Your women are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish." Its meaning is: whether from the front or from behind, provided that it is in the place of childbirth (the private part). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) clarified that it means coming from behind, but into the private part itself. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her); she said: (Formerly) a man would divorce his wife as many times as he wished, even if he divorced her a hundred times or more (he still retained the right to take her back), provided that he took her back before her waiting period ('iddah) ended. Eventually a man said to his wife: By Allah, I will neither divorce you so that you become separate from me, nor will I keep you with me (as a wife). She asked: How can that be? He said: I will divorce you, and whenever your waiting period is about to end, I will take you back; then I will divorce you again, and I will keep doing this. The woman complained about this to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she mentioned it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent until this verse of the Qur'an was revealed: "Divorce (that can be revoked) is twice; then either retain her in an honourable manner or release her with kindness" [Surah al-Baqarah: 229] . After that the people began the matter of divorce anew: whoever wished divorced, and whoever wished kept (the marriage). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and no one has criticised Ya'qub bin Humayd with a valid proof. My shaykh Abu Ahmad al-Hafiz debated this with me and mentioned that al-Bukhari narrated from him in the "Sahih". I said: That is Ya'qub bin Muhammad al-Zuhri. But he remained firm on what he had said.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) that his sister was divorced by her husband. Then (after the waiting period) he wanted to remarry her, but Ma'qil (may Allah be pleased with him) prevented her. So Allah Almighty sent down this verse concerning that: "And when you divorce women and they have completed their waiting period, do not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands when they agree between themselves in an acceptable manner" [Surah al-Baqarah: 232] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and 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 he said: When a woman carries the child for nine months, she will breastfeed it for twenty-one months; and if she carries it for six months, she will breastfeed it for twenty-four months. Then, as proof of this, he recited this verse: "And his bearing and his weaning are thirty months" [Surah al-Ahqaf: 15] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.