It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Abu Burdah says: I prayed the Asr prayer beside him and heard him reciting this verse in his bowing (ruku'): "My Lord, because of the favour You have bestowed upon me, I will never be a supporter of the criminals" [Surah al-Qasas: 17] . When he finished the prayer, he said: "Every prayer I have prayed, I hope that it will be an expiation for the prayer before it." 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 Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Since Allah Almighty sent down the Torah on the face of the earth, Allah has not destroyed any people, generation, nation or the inhabitants of any town with a punishment from the sky, except the town that was transformed into apes. Have you not seen this statement (of the Qur'an): 'And We certainly gave Musa the Book after We had destroyed the former generations, as insight for the people, and guidance and mercy, so that they may take heed' [Surah al-Qasas: 43] ?" 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 Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "And you were not at the side of the Mount when We called" [Surah al-Qasas: 46] , that he said: (At that time) it was called out: "O Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! I responded to you before you called upon Me, and I gave to you before you asked of Me." 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 Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) came to his people and ordered them (to pay) zakah, Qarun gathered the people and said to them: "He (Musa (peace be upon him)) came to you with the prayer and other commands, and you bore them all; will you now also bear his taking your wealth from you?" The people said: "We cannot bear to give away our wealth; what is your opinion?" He said: "My opinion is that we send word to an immoral woman of the Children of Israel that she should accuse him (Musa (peace be upon him)) of having tried to seduce her." (After this conspiracy) Musa (peace be upon him) supplicated to Allah against them, and Allah commanded the earth to obey him. Musa (peace be upon him) said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth gripped them up to their ankles. They began to cry out: "O Musa! O Musa! (Save us!)" Then he said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth seized them up to their knees. Again they began to cry out: "O Musa! O Musa!" Then he said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth pressed them in up to their necks. Again they pleaded: "O Musa! O Musa!" Then he said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth sank in with them and made them disappear completely. Then Allah Almighty revealed to Musa (peace be upon him): "O Musa! My servants asked you and humbled themselves before you, but you did not answer them. By My Might! Had they called upon Me (instead of you), I would certainly have answered them." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: This is the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "So We caused the earth to swallow him and his home" [Surah al-Qasas: 81] , that is, He sank him, layer upon layer, down to the lowest earth. 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 Sayyidah Umm Hani (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "And you commit evil in your gatherings" [Surah al-Ankabut: 29] , and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They (the people of Lut) used to pelt passers-by with pebbles and mock them. That was the evil which they used to commit in their gatherings." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but 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, "And the remembrance of Allah is greater" [Surah al-Ankabut: 45] . Abdullah bin Rubayyi'ah relates: Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked me about its meaning, and I said: "It means remembering Allah through tasbih (glorification), tahlil (declaring His oneness) and takbir (declaring His greatness)." He said: "No; rather, Allah's remembrance of you is far greater and mightier than your remembrance of Him." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Soon there will come people who will recite it with the words 'ghalabatir-Rum' (that is, the Romans have prevailed), whereas it (the correct reading) is 'ghulibatir-Rum' [Surah al-Rum: 2] (that is, the Romans have been defeated)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but 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 the Muslims wanted the Romans to prevail over the Persians because they were People of the Book, while the polytheists wanted the Persians to prevail over the Romans because they were idol-worshippers. The Muslims mentioned this to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and he informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Know that they (the Persians) will soon be defeated." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned this to the polytheists, and they said: "Set a term between us and you: if they prevail, you will get such-and-such, and if we win, we will get such-and-such." So he set a term of five years, but within it the Romans did not prevail. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned this to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not set the term at less than ten (that is, up to nine years)?" The narrator says: After that the Romans prevailed, and this is the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the nearest land, but after their defeat they will prevail" [Surah al-Rum: 1-3] , meaning that the Romans were first defeated and then later prevailed; "To Allah belongs the command before and after, and on that day the believers will rejoice at the help of Allah" [Surah al-Rum: 4] . Sufyan says: I have heard that they (the Romans) prevailed (over the Persians) on the very day of Badr. 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 Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Nafi' bin al-Azraq came to him and asked: "Are the five prayers mentioned in the Qur'an?" He said: "Yes." Then he recited this verse: "So glory be to Allah when you reach the evening" [Surah al-Rum: 17] , and said that this means the Maghrib prayer; "and when you reach the morning" [Surah al-Rum: 17] means the Fajr (morning) prayer; "and in the late afternoon" [Surah al-Rum: 18] means the Asr prayer; and "and when you reach midday" [Surah al-Rum: 18] means the Zuhr prayer. Then he recited this verse (for the mention of Isha): "and after the Isha prayer; (these are) three times of privacy for you" [Surah al-Nur: 58] . This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "And among the people is he who buys idle talk to lead (others) astray from the path of Allah" [Surah Luqman: 6] , that he said: "By Allah! What is meant by it is singing." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.