Isma'il bin Ubayd bin Rifa'ah narrates from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered Quraysh and asked: "Is there anyone among you (in this gathering) who is not from you?" They said: "Among us are our sister's son, our ally and our freed slave (mawla)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Our ally is from us, our sister's son is from us, and our mawla is from us. (But remember!) My true friends and close ones among you are only the God-fearing." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "'And prepare against them whatever you are able of strength' [Surah al-Anfal: 60] . Indeed, strength means archery." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but Imam Bukhari did not record it because Salih bin Kaysan narrated it as mawquf (stopping at the Companion).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "Indeed, ties of kinship are cut and blessings are met with ingratitude, but when Allah Almighty creates affection between hearts, nothing can then separate them." Then he recited this verse: "Had you spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together" [Surah al-Anfal: 63] . 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 Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: This verse was revealed concerning those who love one another for the sake of Allah: "Had you spent all that is in the earth, you could not have brought their hearts together" [Surah al-Anfal: 63] . 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 Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) consulted Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) about the captives, and he said: "They are your people and your kinsmen, so let them go." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) consulted Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: "Kill them." The narrator said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took ransom from them (and let them go). Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse, from "It is not fitting for a Prophet to have captives until he has inflicted a massacre (upon the enemy) in the land" up to "So eat of what you have taken as spoils, lawful and good" [Surah al-Anfal: 67 - 69] . (Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said:) Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) met Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "Because of going against your opinion, some calamity (punishment) almost befell us." The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Khaythamah that Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting among a group of people, and they (some people) mentioned Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and reviled him. Sayyiduna Sa'd said: "Hold your tongues concerning the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for we committed a sin in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (taking ransom for the captives), upon which Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: 'Were it not for a decree from Allah that had preceded, a great punishment would have touched you for what you took' [Surah al-Anfal: 68] . So I hope that a mercy from Allah had already been written for us." One of them said: "By Allah, he used to hate you and call you 'al-Akhnas'." At this Sa'd laughed so much that laughter overcame him. Then he said: "Does it not happen that a man becomes angry with his brother over some matter that occurs between them, yet that does not affect his (the brother's) trustworthiness and integrity?" And he said another word as well. 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 he said: I asked Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him): "You joined Surah al-Anfal, which is one of the Mathani (surahs of fewer than a hundred verses), with Surah Bara'ah, which is one of the Mi'in (surahs of a hundred or more verses), and did not write the line 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' between them, and you placed them among the seven long surahs of the Qur'an. What is the reason for this?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Over a long period various surahs were revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When any portion of revelation came down to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he would call a scribe of revelation and say: 'Place these verses in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.' Surah al-Anfal was revealed in the early period in Madinah, and Surah Bara'ah (al-Tawbah) was revealed in the last part of the Qur'an. The stories and themes of the two resembled each other, so I supposed that it was part of it. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and he had not made clear to us that it was part of it. For that reason I did not write 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' between them, and I placed it among the seven long surahs." This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Ali bin Abdullah bin Abbas narrates from his father that he asked Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him): "Why was 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' not written at the beginning of Surah Bara'ah?" He replied: "Because 'Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim' is (a declaration of) safety and security, whereas Surah Bara'ah was revealed with the sword (the command and declaration of war), and in it there is no safety (for the polytheists)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "You do not recite even a quarter of the surah that you call Surah al-Tawbah, when in fact it is the Surah of Punishment." This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I was in the delegation that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent to Makkah with Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) to proclaim Surah Bara'ah. His son or another man asked him: "What did you proclaim there?" He said: We used to announce: "None will enter Paradise except a believer; after this year no polytheist will perform Hajj; no naked person will circumambulate the House; and whoever has a treaty with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), its term is four months." I proclaimed this so loudly that my voice became hoarse. This hadith is sahih in its chain, and the two Shaykhs did not record it.