Narrated Ash-Shu`bi: `Adi took a white rope (or thread) and a black one, and when some part of the night had passed, he looked at them but he could not distinguish one from the other. The next morning he said, "O Allah's Apostle! I put (a white thread and a black thread) underneath my pillow." The Prophet said, "Then your pillow is too wide if the white thread (of dawn) and the black thread (of the night) are underneath your pillow! "

Narrated `Adi bin Hatim: I said, "O Allah's Messenger! What is the meaning of the white thread distinct from the black thread? Are these two threads?" He said, "You are not intelligent if you watch the two threads." He then added, "No, it is the darkness of the night and the whiteness of the day.''

Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d The Verse "And eat and drink until the white thread appears to you distinct: from the black thread." was revealed, but: '... of dawn' was not revealed (along with it) so some men, when intending to fast, used to tie their legs, one with white thread and the other with black thread and would keep on eating till they could distinguish one thread from the other. Then Allah revealed' ... of dawn,' whereupon they understood that meant the night and the day.

Narrated Al-Bara: In the Pre-lslamic Period when the people assumed Ihram, they would enter their houses from the back. So Allah revealed:-- "And it is not righteousness that you enter houses from the back, but the righteous man is he who fears Allah, obeys His Orders and keeps away from what He has forbidden. So enter houses through their doors." (2.189)

Narrated Nafi`: During the affliction of Ibn Az-Zubair, two men came to Ibn `Umar and said, "The people are lost, and you are the son of `Umar, and the companion of the Prophet, so what forbids you from coming out?" He said, "What forbids me is that Allah has prohibited the shedding of my brother's blood." They both said, "Didn't Allah say, 'And fight then until there is no more affliction?" He said "We fought until there was no more affliction and the worship is for Allah (Alone while you want to fight until there is affliction and until the worship become for other than Allah."

‘And Uthman bin Salih narrated in more detail that Abdullah bin Wahb narrated to him, he was informed by so-and-so, Abdullah bin Rabee’ah and Haywah bin Shurayh, they were informed by Bakr bin Amr Mu’afiri, from Bukayr bin Abdullah, from Nafi’, that:
A man (Hakeem) came to Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said,“O Abu Abdur-Rahman! What is the matter with you that you perform Hajj one year and ‘Umrah the next year, but do not participate in Jihad in the way of Allah, even though you know how much Allah has encouraged Jihad?”
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied,“My nephew! Islam is built upon five things: to have faith in Allah and His Messenger, to perform the five daily prayers, to fast in Ramadan, to give Zakat, and to perform Hajj.”
He said,“O Abu Abdur-Rahman! Do you not know what Allah the Exalted has said in the Book of Allah «وإن طائفتان من المؤمنين اقتتلوا فأصلحوا بينهما‏» : ‘And if two groups of the believers fight each other, make peace between them.’ Up to Allah’s statement «إلى أمر الله‏» (and Allah the Exalted’s statement: ‘And fight them’) until there is no more discord.”
Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said,“We fulfilled this obligation during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). At that time, the Muslims were very few and the disbelievers were many, so the disbelievers would corrupt the religion of the Muslims, sometimes killing the Muslims, sometimes causing them harm, until the Muslims became many and the discord disappeared.”

Then that person asked, "Well, tell me, what is your belief regarding Uthman and Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both)?" He replied, "Allah has forgiven Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) for his fault, but you do not consider this forgiveness to be good. As for Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he was the cousin of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his son-in-law." And with a gesture of his hand, he indicated, "Look, his house was adjacent to the house of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)."

The meanings of «تهلكة» and «هلاك» are the same.

Narrated Abu Wail: Hudhaifa said, "The Verse:-- "And spend (of your wealth) in the Cause of Allah and do not throw yourselves in destruction," (2.195) was revealed concerning spending in Allah's Cause (i.e. Jihad).

Narrated `Abdullah bin Maqal: I sat with Ka`b bin Ujra in this mosque, i.e. Kufa Mosque, and asked him about the meaning of: "Pay a ransom (i.e. Fidya) of either fasting or . . . . (2.196)" He said, "I was taken to the Prophet while lice were falling on my face. The Prophet said, 'I did not think that your trouble reached to such an extent. Can you afford to slaughter a sheep (as a ransom for shaving your head)?' I said, 'No.' He said, 'Then fast for three days, or feed six poor persons by giving half a Sa of food for each and shave your head.' So the above Verse was revealed especially for me and generally for all of you."