Chapter. The Iman (faith) and its characteristics

 15. Abu Sa´id Khudri said: People from the tribe of´ Abdul-Qais came to Allah´s Messenger salla alayhi wa sallam and said: ´O Prophet of Allah, we belong to the tribe of Rabi´ah, there live between you and us the disbelievers of the Mudar tribe so we find it impossible to come to you except in the Forbiden Months (of holy war), sp please command us to a deed which we must communicate to those who have been left behind us and by doing which we may enter the Jannah.´´ Upon this the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´I enjoin upon you four (things) and forbid you to do four (things): Worship Allah and associate none else with Him, establish prayer, pay Zakat, and observe the fast of Ramadan, and pay one-fifth of the booty (to be given in Allah´s Cause). And i prohibit you from four (things): Ad-Dubba´, Al-Hantam, Al-Muzaffat (and) An-Naqir (these were the names of pots in which alcohlic drinks used to be prepared and served). They said: ´´O Prophet of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam! Do you know precisely what An-Naqir is?´´ He replied: ´´Yes, it is a stump which you hollow out and in which you throw small dates.´´ [Sa´´id said: Or he (the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam) used the word Tamr (dates).] The Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam then added: ´´Then you sprinkle water over it and when its fermentiation subsides, you drink it, then one amongst you (or said: one amongst them) strikes his cousin with the sword:´´ He (the narrator) said: There was a man amongst the people (of the tribe) who had sustained injury (wound) on this very account (due to intoxication), and he said that out of shame he tried to conceal it from the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam. I however inquired, ´´Then what type of vessels we should use to drink O Messenger of Allah?´´ He replied: ´´The water-skins, the months of which are tied (with a string).´´ They said: ´´O Messenger of Allah! Our land abounds in rats, and water-skins cannot remain safe.´´ The Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´(Drink from water-skins) even if these are nibbled by rats, even if these are nibbled by rats, even if these are nibbled by rats,´´ And then (addressing) Ashaj of ´Abdul-Qais, the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam said: ´´Verily, you possess two such qualities which Allah loves, insight and deliberateness.´´

16. Abu Dhar narrated: I asked the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam. ´´What is the best deeds?´´ He replied: ´´To believe in Allah and to fight for His Cause.´´ I then asked, ´´What is the best kind mamumission (of slaves)?´´ He replied, ´´The manumission of the most precious slave and the most beloved by his master.´´ I asked, ´´If I cannot afford to do that?´´ He said, ´´Help the weak or do good for a person who cannot work for himself.´´ I said; ´´O Messenger of Allah, if I am not able to do some of the jobs?´´ He said, Refrain your evil from harming others, for this wil be regarded as a charitable deed for your own good.´´

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