It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when this verse was revealed: "Those who consume usury (riba) will not rise (on the Day of Resurrection) except as one rises whom Satan has driven to madness by his touch" [Surah al-Baqarah: 275] , the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not abandon al-mukhabarah (a sharecropping arrangement of land in which there is a suspicion of usury), let him take notice of a declaration of war from Allah and His Messenger." 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); he said: I bear witness that Allah Almighty has made al-salaf al-madmun (a sale through advance payment) for a fixed term lawful in His Book and has permitted it. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: "O you who believe! When you contract a debt with one another for a fixed term, write it down" [Surah al-Baqarah: 282] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Mulaykah that he sent a message to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asking about the testimony of children. He said: Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: "such witnesses as you are satisfied with" [Surah al-Baqarah: 282] , and children are not among those with whom we are satisfied as witnesses. The narrator said: I sent a message to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) asking the same question, and he said: It is quite likely that if these children are asked (immediately after the matter), they will speak the truth. The narrator said: I saw that judgment was given only in accordance with what Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) had said. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they 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 whether you reveal what is in your hearts or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it" [Surah al-Baqarah: 284] , it weighed so heavily upon the Companions that nothing before it had ever been so burdensome for them. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "Say: We hear and we obey." So when Allah placed faith in their hearts and they said, "We hear and we obey," Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, sent down the verse from "Allah does not burden a soul beyond its capacity; it will have the good it has earned and bear the evil it has earned" up to "or make a mistake" [Surah al-Baqarah: 286] , whereupon Allah said: "I have done so (that is, I have accepted your supplication)", and likewise up to the end of Surah al-Baqarah. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Salim that when his father (Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both) recited this verse: "And whether you reveal what is in your hearts or conceal it, Allah will call you to account for it; then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills" [Surah al-Baqarah: 284] , tears flowed from his eyes. When news of what he had done reached Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: May Allah Almighty have mercy on Abu Abd al-Rahman! He reacted just as the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reacted when this verse was revealed. Then the verse after it, "it will have the good it has earned and bear the evil it has earned" [Surah al-Baqarah: 286] , abrogated it. 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 Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "The Messenger has believed in what was sent down to him from his Lord" [Surah al-Baqarah: 285] , the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And it was his right and fitting for him to believe." 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 Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite the two radiant surahs, Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Al Imran." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he led the people in prayer and recited these verses in it: "Alif Lam Mim. Allah - there is no god except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all existence" [Surah Al Imran: 1 - 2] . Imam Abu Ubayd said: According to the reciters of Makkah and Madinah, the scholars of Kufah and Basrah, and the experts in recitation of Syria and Egypt, all of them, the word is read as "al-Qayyum", and to my knowledge there is no disagreement among them in the recitation of this word. With us too this is the correct recitation, because it fully agrees with the script of the Qur'an and the consensus of the Ummah, even though other readings of it are possible in terms of the Arabic language. 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 al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: We were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Batha when a cloud passed by. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do you know what this is?" We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is a cloud (al-sahab)." We said: A cloud. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And it is al-muzn (a rain cloud)." We said: Al-muzn. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And it is al-'anan (a high cloud)." We said: Al-'anan. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent, and then said: "Do you know how far it is between the heaven and the earth?" We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Between them is a distance of five hundred years' journey, and from each heaven to the next is a journey of five hundred years, and the thickness of each heaven is a journey of five hundred years. Above the seventh heaven is a sea, between whose top and bottom is as much as between the heaven and the earth. Then above that are eight mountain goats (angels in that form), between whose knees and hooves is as much as between the heaven and the earth. Then above that is the Throne, between whose bottom and top is as much as between the heaven and the earth. And Allah Almighty is above all that, and nothing of the deeds of the children of Adam is hidden from Him." 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) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "In it are verses that are precise (muhkamat)" [Surah Al Imran: 7] ; he said: They are the verses in Surah al-An'am: "Say: Come, I will recite to you what your Lord has forbidden to you: that you do not associate anything with Him" [Surah al-An'am: 151] , to the end of those three verses. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.