Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars: Remarkable and Strange Islamic Traditions: Difference between revisions

{{QualityScore|Lead=2|Structure=4|Content=4|Language=4|References=3}}The Islamic tradition is truly vast, and covers an impressive number of different topics, often including surprising stories, anecdotes and injunctions. Some of these traditions are truly strange or noteworthy in their own right. Presented in no particular order are hadith, tafsir and fatwa material which do not fit into any other category but which never the less are remarkable in their own way. {{QuranHadithScholarsIndex}}

==Muhammad humiliates Satan the genie by choking him with his bare hands==

==Water mixed with dead dogs and menstrual clothes still clean==

==Fever comes from the heat of Hell==

==Wicked wigs==

==The Prophet took the Sexual Powers of 40 Men from a Magical Kettle==

{{Quote|Ibn Sa'd's Kitab Tabaqat Al-Kubra, translation Moinul Haq and H.K. Ghazanfar Volume 1, Page 438-439|'Ubayd Allah lbn Musa informed us on the authority of Usamah lbn Zayd, he on the authority of Safwan lbn Sulaym, he said : The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, said : Gabriel brought a kettle from which I ate and I was given the power of sexual intercourse equal to forty men. }}

==One-shoe walks outlawed==

Allah's Apostle said, "None of you should walk, wearing one shoe only; he should either put on both shoes or put on no shoes whatsoever."}}

==Sheep owners are humble while horse and camel owners are arrogant==

Allah's Apostle said, "The main source of disbelief is in the east. Pride '''and arrogance are characteristics of the owners of horses and camels''', and those bedouins who are busy with their camels and pay no attention to Religion; '''while modesty and gentleness are the characteristics of the owners of sheep'''."}}

==Say no to green jars and white jars==

I heard 'Abdullah bin Abi Aufa saying, "The Prophet forbade the use of green jars." I said, "Shall we drink out of white jars?" He said, "No."}}

==Straighten prayer rows to avoid plastic surgery==

==Curative fly wings in a drink==

==Holy ride on smelly donkey causes massive shoe fight and Qur'an revelation==

==Silverware is Sin==

(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's Apostle said, "He who drinks in silver utensils is only filling his abdomen with Hell Fire."}}

==Inanimate objects awaken from their slumber==

===A Stone which steals clothes===

=== Stone war spies ===

===A crying tree misses the Prophet's sermons===

===Food glorifies Allah while being eaten===

===Trees as informers===

===The Prophet Gives Salutations to a Stone===

===Wandering curses===

===Hellfire complains to Allah===

Allah's Apostle said, "The (Hell) Fire complained to its Lord saying, 'O my Lord! My different parts eat up each other.' So, He allowed it to take two breaths, one in the winter and the other in summer, and this is the reason for the severe heat and the bitter cold you find (in weather)."}}

==Prophet shows how to profit==

==Abdomen contradicts Allah==

==One sneeze, two sneeze, three sneeze, four==

==Allah likes sneezing but hates yawning==

==Allah hither not thither==

Summary: People's livestock were dying because of lack of water. On request, Muhammad prayed to Allah who instantly brought so much rain that that caused livestock to die due to ''excess'' of water. Then Muhammad told Allah to rain ''around'' them, not ''on'' them and the rain stopped.

Anas bin Malik said, "A person entered the Mosque on a Friday through the gate facing the Daril-Qada' and Allah's Apostle was standing delivering the Khutba (sermon). The man stood in front of Allah's Apostle and said, 'O Allah's Apostle, livestock are dying and the roads are cut off; please pray to Allah for rain.' So Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Bless us with rain. O Allah! Bless us with rain. O Allah! Bless us with rain!" Anas added, "By Allah, there were no clouds in the sky and there was no house or building between us and the mountain of Silas'. Then a big cloud like a shield appeared from behind it (i.e. Silas Mountain) and when it came in the middle of the sky, it spread and then rained. By Allah! We could not see the sun for a week. The next Friday, a person entered through the same gate and Allah's Apostle was delivering the Friday Khutba and the man stood in front of him and said, 'O Allah's Apostle! The livestock are dying and the roads are cut off; Please pray to Allah to withhold rain.' " Anas added, "Allah's Apostle raised both his hands and said, 'O Allah! Round about us and not on us. O Allah!' On the plateaus, on the mountains, on the hills, in the valleys and on the places where trees grow.' " Anas added, "The rain stopped and we came out, walking in the sun." Sharik asked Anas whether it was the same person who had asked for rain the previous Friday. Anas replied that he did not know. }}

==Fight polytheists by trimming moustache==

==Allah loves sneezes==

==3 times Assalaamu ‘alaykum, may I enter?==

==Interpretation of dreams==

==Allah takes away Prophet's knowledge==

==Pus better than poetry==

==Spit on the left for protection against bad dreams==

==Skin Color Inheritance==

==Death be upon you, too==

Allah's Apostle said, "When the Jews greet you, they usually say, 'As-Samu 'alaikum (Death be on you),' so you should say (in reply to them), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you)." }}

==The Buttocks of Daus==

==Where to Sit==

==Wind As Omen==

Whenever a strong wind blew, anxiety appeared on the face of the Prophet (fearing that wind might be a sign of Allah's wrath).}}

==Could someone please lick my hands? Thank you==

==Passing Wind==

{{citation|title=تاريخ الرسل والملوك|author=أبو جعفر الطبري|url=https://app.turath.io/book/9783|publisher=al-Maktabah al-Shamilah|volume=vol.1|page=97}}

|According to Ahmad b. Ishaq al-Ahwazi-Abu Ahmad-Sharik(b. 'Abdallah al-Nakha'i)-'Asim b. Kulayb- al-Hasan b. Sa'dfi-Ibn 'Abbas, commenting on: "And He taught Adam all the names,(Qur'an 2:31)" as follows: He taught him the name of everything, down to fart and little fart.}}

==Muhammad offered Divine Wine==

Allah's Apostle was presented a bowl of milk and a bowl of wine on the night he was taken on a journey (Al-Mi'raj).}}

==Allah curses tatooed women==

Allah has cursed those women who practise tattooing or get it done for themselves, and those who remove hair from their faces, and those who create spaces between their teeth artificially to look beautiful, such ladies as change the features created by Allah. Why then shall I not curse those whom Allah's Apostle has cursed and who are cursed in Allah's Book too?}}

==Angel Gabriel said hello==

==Dye your hair because Jews and Christians don't==

The Prophet said, "Jews and Christians do not dye their hair so you should do the opposite of what they do.}}

==Izar dragging causes endless descent==

Allah's Apostle said, "While a man was dragging his Izar on the ground (behind him), suddenly Allah made him sink into the earth and he will go on sinking into it till the Day of Resurrection."}}

   

==Greeting order==

The Prophet said, "The young should greet the old, the passer by should greet the sitting one, and the small group of persons should greet the large group of persons. "}}

==Greeting 3 Times==

Whenever Allah's Apostle greeted somebody, he used to greet him three times, and if he spoke a sentence, he used to repeat it thrice.}}

==Poking the Peeping Tom==

A man peeped into one of the dwelling places of the Prophet. The Prophet got up and aimed a sharp-edged arrow head (or wooden stick) at him to poke him stealthily. }}

Abul Qasim said, "If any person peeps at you without your permission and you poke him with a stick and injure his eye, you will not be blamed."}}

==Allah prefers odd numbers==

Allah has ninety-nine Names, i.e., one hundred minus one, and whoever believes in their meanings and acts accordingly, will enter Paradise; and Allah is Witr (one) and loves 'the Witr' (i.e., odd numbers). }}

==Overweight Men on Yawm ad-Deen==

==A Tree which is 25.5 million miles wide==

==Annoying in-laws==

Allah's Apostle said, "Beware of entering upon the ladies." A man from the Ansar said, "Allah's Apostle! What about Al-Hamu the in-laws of the wife (the brothers of her husband or his nephews etc.)?" '''The Prophet replied: The in-laws of the wife are death itself'''.}}

==Genies like bones and animal dung==

That once he was in the, company of the Prophet carrying a water pot for his ablution and for cleaning his private parts. While he was following him carrying it(i.e. the pot), the Prophet said, "Who is this?" He said, "I am Abu Huraira." '''The Prophet said, "Bring me stones in order to clean my private parts, and do not bring any bones or animal dung."''' Abu Huraira went on narrating: So I brought some stones, carrying them in the corner of my robe till I put them by his side and went away.  

==Covering Up==

We were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and we would ask them, "What is wrong with the people? What is wrong with the people? Who is that man?. They would say, "That man claims that Allah has sent him (as an Apostle), that he has been divinely inspired, that Allah has revealed to him such-and-such." I used to memorize that (Divine) Talk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind) And the 'Arabs (other than Quraish) delayed their conversion to Islam till the Conquest (of Mecca).  

So they looked for such a person and found none who knew more Qur'an than I because of the Quranic material which I used to learn from the caravans. '''They therefore made me their Imam ((to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven years, wearing a Burda (i.e. a black square garment) proved to be very short for me (and my body became partly naked). A lady from the tribe said, "Won't you cover the anus of your reciter for us?"''' So they bought (a piece of cloth) and made a shirt for me. I had never been so happy with anything before as I was with that shirt.}}

The people used to offer the prayer with the Prophet with their waist-sheets tied round their necks because of the shortness of the sheets and the women were ordered not to lift their heads till the men had sat straight. }}

==Devils Chained==

Allah's Apostle said, "When the month of Ramadan comes, the gates of Paradise are opened and the gates of the (Hell) Fire are closed, and the devils are chained."}}  

==Allah's Revelation About the Ants==

Allah's Apostle said, "Once while a prophet amongst the prophets was taking a rest underneath a tree, an ant bit him. He, therefore, ordered that his luggage be taken away from underneath that tree and then ordered that the dwelling place of the ants should be set on fire. '''Allah sent him a revelation:-- "Wouldn't it have been sufficient to burn a single ant?"'''}}

==Prostitutes can stay out of Hell by helping a thirsty dog==

Allah's Apostle said, "A prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that."}}  

==More Women than Men in the Future==

Narrated Abu Musa: Thy Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, "A time will come upon the people when a person will wander about with gold as Zakat and will not find anybody to accept it, and '''one man will be seen followed by forty women''' to be their guardian because of scarcity of men and great number of women".}}

=="This Muhammad of yours is a dwarf and fat"==

AbdusSalam ibn AbuHazim AbuTalut said: I saw AbuBarzah who came to visit Ubaydullah ibn Ziyad. Then a man named Muslim who was there in the company mentioned it to me.

==Exposing oneself to the Lord==

The Prophet had forbidden: (A) the Mulamasa and Munabadha (bargains), (B) the offering of two prayers, one after the morning compulsory prayer till the sun rises, and the others, after the 'Asr prayer till the sun sets '''(C) He also forbade that one should sit wearing one garment, nothing of which covers his private parts (D) and prevent them from exposure to the sky;''' (E) he also forbade Ishtimal-as-Samma'.}}

==Doodling is a sin==

'Picture makers' will receive the harshest punishments from Allah, presumably more than child murders and rapists etc. See also: [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Pictures and Images|''Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Pictures and Images'']].

''Whatever is images of animate beings such as insects and other living beings is not permissible, even if it is drawn on a blackboard or on paper, and even if the purpose of it is to help in teaching, because it is not essential and because of the general meaning of the evidence concerning that.'' (Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 1/685)

==Muttaqi (God-fearing) monkeys==

See a video of a cleric talking about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL5nw7cx0kg this event here.]

{{Quote|Taiseer-ul-Baari, volume 2, Page 626|According to `Amr b. Maymûn : I was in Yemen. Amongst the female goats of my people, I saw that at a heightened place, a male monkey brought along a female monkey and slept while keeping her hand beneath his head. During this time, a young monkey came and signaled the female monkey. She softly removed her hand from beneath the male monkey's head and went with the young monkey. She fornicated with him and I was watching it. After that, the female monkey returned and was softly trying to put her hand back under the male monkey's head that he woke up bewildered and smelled her and then screamed. <BR><BR>All the monkeys gathered thereafter. He would point towards her and scream constantly (i.e. she has committed adultery). At last the other monkeys went towards the right left and brought along that young monkey whom I recognized. They dug a hole for this young monkey and the female one and stoned them to death. So I saw monkeys stoning to death too besides the human race.}}

==Unpaid debt to turn into talking snake on Judgement Day==

==Monkeys and pigs are humans who once played music==

that he heard the Prophet saying, "From among my followers there will be some people who will consider illegal sexual intercourse, the wearing of silk, the drinking of alcoholic drinks and the use of musical instruments, as lawful. And there will be some people who will stay near the side of a mountain and in the evening their shepherd will come to them with their sheep and ask them for something, but they will say to him, 'Return to us tomorrow.' Allah will destroy them during the night and will let the mountain fall on them, and He will transform the rest of them into monkeys and pigs and they will remain so till the Day of Resurrection."}}

==Sheep Sacrifices for Babies==

I heard the Prophet (may peace be upon him) say: Let the birds stay in their roosts. She said: I also heard him say: Two sheep are to be sacrificed for a boy and one for a girl, but it does you no harm whether they are male or female.}}

==Camel Urine as Medicine==

== Sprinkle water on boys, wash girls urine ==

==ٍIf your amen coincides with an angels', then get rid off your past sins==

==Sheep ate the Qur'an==

==Holy cocks and devil donkeys==

==The speaking cow==

Once Allah's Apostle; offered the morning prayer and then faced the people and said, "While a man was driving a cow, he suddenly rode over it and beat it. The cow said, "We have not been created for this, but we have been created for sloughing." On that the people said astonishingly, "Glorified be Allah! A cow speaks!" The Prophet said, "I believe this, and Abu Bakr and 'Umar too, believe it, although neither of them was present there. While a person was amongst his sheep, a wolf attacked and took one of the sheep. The man chased the wolf till he saved it from the wolf, where upon the wolf said, 'You have saved it from me; but who will guard it on the day of the wild beasts when there will be no shepherd to guard them except me (because of riots and afflictions)? ' " The people said surprisingly, "Glorified be Allah! A wolf speaks!" The Prophet said, "But I believe this, and Abu Bakr and 'Umar too, believe this, although neither of them was present there."}}

==Feeding and giving water to horses in Jihad as well as their dung and urine will be rewarded==

The Prophet said, "If somebody keeps a horse in Allah's Cause motivated by his faith in Allah and his belief in His Promise, then he will be rewarded on the Day of Resurrection for what the horse has eaten or drunk and for its dung and urine."}}

==Lost camels can be returned to their owners but not sheep==

A man asked the Prophet about the picking up of a "Luqata" (fallen lost thing). The Prophet replied, "Recognize and remember its tying material and its container, and make public announcement (about it) for one year, then utilize it but give it to its owner if he comes." Then the person asked about the lost camel. On that, the Prophet got angry and his cheeks or his Face became red and he said, "You have no concern with it as it has its water container, and its feet and it will reach water, and eat (the leaves) of trees till its owner finds it." '''The man then asked about the lost sheep. The Prophet replied, "It is either for you, for your brother (another person) or for the wolf.'''"}}

==A house may be set on fire by a mouse==

{{Quote|{{Muwatta|49|10|21|}}|Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zubayr al-Makki from Jabir ibn Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Lock the door, tie the waterskin, turn the vessel over or cover it, and put out the lamp. Shaytan does not open a locked door or untie a tied knot, or uncover a vessel. '''A mouse may set fire to people’s houses''' about them.”}}

==Israelites turned into rats==

==Ethiopians Heads are like Raisins==

The Prophet said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief."}}

==In a dream, Satan cannot imitate the Prophet==

The Prophet said, "Whoever has seen me in a dream, then no doubt, he has seen me, for Satan cannot imitate my shape.}}  

==Don't be late, the angels are watching==

The Prophet said, "On every Friday the angels take heir stand at every gate of the mosques to write the names of the people chronologically (i.e. according to the time of their arrival for the Friday prayer and when the Imam sits (on the pulpit) they fold up their scrolls and get ready to listen to the sermon."}}

==Allah wants to see you...naked==

The Prophet said, "You will meet Allah barefooted, naked, walking on feet, and uncircumcised."}}  

==People are just like camels==

I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "People are just like camels, out of one hundred, one can hardly find a single camel suitable to ride."}}

==Flag fixed behind the buttocks==

==Satanic influences==

===Satan ties three knots at back of our head while we sleep===

===Satan urinated in the prophet's ears===

===The devil sleeps in the nose===

===Satan tries to interrupt Muhammad===

The Prophet offered a prayer, and (after finishing) he said, "Satan came in front of me trying persistently to divert my attention from the prayer, but Allah gave me the strength to over-power him."}}  

===Satan Touches People at Birth===

The Prophet said, "When any human being is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his two fingers, except Jesus, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta-cover instead."}}  

===Yawning is From Satan===

The Prophet said, "Yawning is from Satan and if anyone of you yawns, he should check his yawning as much as possible, for if anyone of you (during the act of yawning) should say: 'Ha', Satan will laugh at him."}}

===Satan farts to the sound of the Adhan===

Allah's Apostle said, "When the Adhan is pronounced Satan takes to his heels and passes wind with noise during his flight in order not to hear the Adhan. When the Adhan is completed he comes back and again takes to his heels when the Iqama is pronounced and after its completion he returns again till he whispers into the heart of the person (to divert his attention from his prayer) and makes him remember things which he does not recall to his mind before the prayer and that causes him to forget how much he has prayed."}}

=== Devils fart when their prayers begin ===

===Babies cry at birth because Satan touches them===

'''The Prophet said, “When any human being is born. Satan touches him at both sides of the body with his two fingers''', except Jesus, the son of Mary, whom Satan tried to touch but failed, for he touched the placenta-cover instead.”|}}

===Eat with the right hand because Satan eats with the left===

== People are left-handed due to vanity ==

Eat with your right hand. He said: I cannot do that, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: May you not be able to do that. It was vanity that prevented him from doing it, and he could not raise it (the right hand) up to his mouth.}}

==Call of nature related to offensive and wicked things==

Whenever the Prophet went to answer the call of nature, he used to say, "Allah-umma inni a'udhu bika minal khubuthi wal khaba'ith i.e. O Allah, I seek Refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things (evil deeds and evil spirits)."}}  

[[Safiyah]] bint Huyay was a woman that Muhammad captured and married, after killing her husband.

==Tortured in the grave for soiling himself==

Once the Prophet, while passing through one of the grave-yards of Medina or Mecca heard the voices of '''two persons who were being tortured in their graves'''. The Prophet said, "These two persons are being tortured not for a major sin (to avoid)." The Prophet then added, "Yes! (they are being tortured for a major sin). Indeed, '''one of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine''' while the other used to go about with calumnies (to make enmity between friends). The Prophet then asked for a green leaf of a date-palm tree, broke it into two pieces and put one on each grave. On being asked why he had done so, he replied, "I hope that their torture might be lessened, till these get dried." }}

==Where to Face While Relieving Oneself==

Allah's Apostle said, "If anyone of you goes to an open space for answering the call of nature he should neither face nor turn his back towards the Qibla; he should either face the east or the west}}

==Black dogs are devils==

==Playing chess is evil==

==Muhammad's Mother Aminah Has Her Vulva Illuminated==

==Saved from Hellfire for Manumission==

The Prophet said, "If somebody manumits a Muslim slave, Allah will save from the Fire every part of his body for freeing the corresponding parts of the slave's body, even his private parts will be saved from the Fire) because of freeing the slave's private parts."}}

==Raising the head during communal prayer==

The sin of raising your head before the imam is so great, your face will transform into a donkey.

==Amr ibn al-'As Urinates as a Woman==

AbdurRahman ibn Hasanah reported: I and Amr ibn al-'As went to the Prophet (peace be upon him). He came out with a leather shield (in his hand). He covered himself with it and urinated. Then we said: Look at him. He is urinating as a woman does. The Prophet (peace be upon him), heard this and said: Do you not know what befell a person from amongst Banu Isra'il (the children of Israel)? When urine fell on them, they would cut off the place where the urine fell; but he (that person) forbade them (to do so), and was punished in his grave.}}

==Do Not Drink Water while Standing==

==The Prophet Loves Perfume and Women==

==Looking up during prayer may cause blindness==

==Perpetual suicide==

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Whoever purposely throws himself from a mountain and kills himself, will be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and abiding therein perpetually forever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself with it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his abdomen with it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he will abide eternally forever." }}

==Muhammad Did Not Like Others Copying His Fashion==

Allah's Apostle wore a gold ring or a silver ring and placed its stone towards the palm of his hand and had the name 'Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah' engraved on it. The people also started wearing gold rings like it, but when the Prophet saw them wearing such rings, he threw away his own ring and said. "I will never wear it," and then wore a silver ring, whereupon the people too started wearing silver rings. Ibn Umar added: After the Prophet Abu Bakr wore the ring, and then Umar and then 'Uthman wore it till it fell in the Aris well from 'Uthman. bin 'Umar : Allah's Apostle wore a gold ring, then he threw it and said, "I will never wear it." The people also threw their (gold) rings.}}

==Believers will enter paradise even if they have had illegal sexual intercourse or committed theft==

The Prophet said, "Gabriel said to me, 'Whoever amongst your followers die without having worshipped others besides Allah, will enter Paradise (or will not enter the (Hell) Fire)." The Prophet asked. "Even if he has committed illegal sexual intercourse or theft?" He replied, "Even then."}}

== Women, dogs and donkeys annual prayers ==

==Prophet's sweat used as perfume==

Anas said, "Um Sulaim used to spread a leather sheet for the Prophet and he used to take a midday nap on that leather sheet at her home." Anas added, "When the Prophet had slept, she would take some of his sweat and hair and collect it (the sweat) in a bottle and then mix it with Suk (a kind of perfume) while he was still sleeping. "When the death of Anas bin Malik approached, he advised that some of that Suk be mixed with his Hanut (perfume for embalming the dead body), and it was mixed with his Hanut.}}

==Refusing to die, Moses slaps Angel of Death and damages his eye==

==Eat food and lick your fingers clean to starve the devil==

==Muslim women gossip about their husbands==

==Allah uses eclipses to frighten true muslims==

==Milk and Killing Children==

== Spreading and putting sheets on your chest stops you forgetting ==

== The world ended ~1300 years ago ==

== The eyes are the leather strap of the anus ==

==Shia Hadith==

==Famous Hadith Narrator accompanies Prophet for Food==

[[w:Abu Hurairah|Abu Hurairah]] was one of the most famous hadith narrators. In this hadith, he admits that the only reason he followed Muhammad around so much (and hence knew a lot of narrations) was because he was poor, and that if he followed Muhammad he would always be assured of a free meal:

== See Also ==