Part 27

"The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Cover yourselves from him." They replied, "We submit, O Messenger of Allah!

Is he not blind and cannot see to recognize us. On this the Prophet (pbuh) said, But you are not blind and

Thus, both men and women should not look at each other except because of necessity. Once there was a

woman who used to display her beauty when she went outdoors. After her death, her kinsmen saw her in a

dream standing before Allah dressed in transparent clothes. Then the wind blew and exposed her.

Accordingly, Allah rejected her and said take her leftward to the Hell-Fire since she was displaying her

Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) said,

"1 came to the Prophet accompanied with Fatimah but We noticed him weeping vehemently. I said,

"I sacrifice you with my father and mother, Messenger of Allah. Why do you weep?" He said, "0 Ali, in the

night Journey (Isra) when I was taken up to the sky, I saw some women of my nation suffering some types

of torture. Therefore, I wept because of their sever tortures. I saw a woman who was hanging from her hair

and her brain was boiling. Another Woman was hanging from her tongue and a boiling fluid was being

poured into her mouth. Another woman whose legs were tied to her breasts and her hands to her forehead

and another who was hanging from her breasts. Another whose head was like a pig's and body like a

donkey and suffered million types of torture, and another woman who had the shape of a dog while the fire

pierced her month until it left her body from the anus and the angels were also Scourging her with lashes of

fire. Upon hearing that, Fatimah asked. O darling and the pleasure of my eyes, what were they doing to

Suffer such torture? Then the Prophet said; O daughter, as for the woman who was hanged from hair, she

Reported by Ibn Hajar AI-Haith ami in Majma' Al-Zawa'id and he said that it is narrated by AtTabarani and the transmitters of this

Reported by Abu Dawud, AtTirmidhi and Ahmad.

would not cover her hair from men. The woman who was hanged from her tongue used to bring harm to

her husband; the one who was hanged from her breasts cumulated her husband's bed. The woman whose

legs were tied to her breasts and hands to forehead and suffering from serpents and scorpions would not

clean her body from major impurity or menstruation, and neglected prayer. The woman whose head was

like a pig's and had a donkey's body was a talebearer and lair. As for the last one, she used to remind

recipients of her charity to them and was envious. O daughter, woe to her who disobeys her husband." 1

Muadh Ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) related that the Prophet (pbuh) said,

"Whenever a woman causes annoyance and torture to her husband in this world, his mate from among the

hour is of Paradise says to her: may Allah ruin thee, do not cause your husband annoyance, for, he is only

your guest, and will soon leave thee to join us in Paradise." 2

Similarly, a husband is commanded to treat his wife kindly and tenderly. He should also be patient if

she mistreats him. Food, clothes and kind treatment are also binding for a man to give to his wife. Allah the

{But consort with them in kindness}

"Listen! Treat women kindly, they are like prisoners in you hands. Beyond this do not use anything from

them. If they are guilty of flagrant misbehaviors, you can remove them from your beds and beat them but do

not inflict upon them any severe punishment. Then, if they obey you, you do not have recourse to anything

else against them. Listen! You have your rights upon your wives and they have their rights upon you. Your

right is that they shall not allow anyone you dislike to trample your bed and do not permit them to enter

"The best of you is whoever treats his wife kindly." 4

The Prophet (pbuh) used to treat women very tenderly. He (pbuh) said,

"Whoever remains patient with regards to the misbehavior of his wife, Allah will give him a reward as

great as Ayub's for his affliction. Likewise, if a woman keeps patient with regards to the misbehavior of her

husband, Allah will give her a reward as great as 'Aishah's Bint Muzahim, (the Pharaoh's wife)." 5

Once, there was a man who came to 'Umar to complain about the misbehavior of his wife. While he

was waiting for 'Umar by the door, he heard 'Umar's wife speaking to him indecently but 'Umar was

Reported by AtTirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, Ahmad and Ad-Dai1ami.

Reponed by AtTirmdhi and Ibn Hibban.

Reponed by AtTirmidhi, Ibn Hibban and Ibn Majah.

Reponed by AI-Hakim in AI-Mustadrak and he said that the Transmitters of this

keeping silent. Thereupon, the man went back and said, "If this is the case of 'Umar who was decisive and

he was also the Commander of the Believers what about me?" Then 'Umar went out and noticed him

leaving. He called him and said, "What do you want?" The man said, "O Commander of the Believers, I

came to complain about my wife's misconduct and her indecency towards me but when I heard your wife I

went back and said what about me?" 'Umar then said, "O brother, I endured her misbehavior for some

rights upon me to her: she cooked my food, bakes my bread, washes my clothes and suckles my babies.

She is not required to do such work. Furthermore, my heart is repelled from the unlawful because of her.

Thereby, I endured her. "So is my wife, Commander of the Believers" the man said. Then, 'Umar said,

"Thus you should endure her. It is a short life we live in."

This applies to pictures on clothes, walls, stones, coins and all things whether they are made from

wax, pastes, steel, copper, wool or otherwise.

{Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger-Allah has cursed them in this world and in the Hereafter, and

has prepared for them a humiliating punishment.}

'Ikrimah said, what is meant by "Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger are picture-makers. On the

authority of Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,

"On the Day of Judgment, the picture-makers will be punished and will be told, "Bring to life what

On the authority of 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) who said, "Once the Messenger of

Allah (pbuh) came back from a journey while I unintentionally covered myself with a curtain on which

there were pictures of statutes. Upon seeing it, the face of the Messenger of Allah was changed and said,

"0 'Aishah, the most severely punished among people (on the Day of Judgment) will be those who try to

create some thing similar to what Allah has created. 'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with he) said, 'I cut it

off and made from it two cushions." 2

On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said,

"I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying, "Every picture-maker will be in Hell-Fire, in which there

will be, with every picture he has made (in the worldly life), a soul with which he will be tortured." 3

Ibn ' Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) also reported that, "I heard the messenger of Allah (pbuh)

"In the worldly life, whoever made a picture, he would be ordered, on the Day of Judgment, to put life into

it which he would never be able to do." 4

The Prophet (pbuh) has also been reported to have said,

"Allah the Almighty says, who does greater wrong than he who desires to create the like of what I create? Let

them create a grain of barely! Let them create an atom." 5

"On the Day of Judgment, a neck (person) will come out from the Hell and will say, "1 am

entrusted with three persons, whoever associated with Allah other partners, every tyrant and oppressor and

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,

"The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog or a picture." 2

In Sunan Abu Dawud, it is reported on the authority of 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib that the Messenger of

"The angels do not enter a house in which there is a dog, a picture or a person who is in a state of

Concerning this hadith, AI-Khattabi (may Allah bestow mercy upon him) said, "What is meant by

angels is those who descend with mercy and blessings and not those who are entrusted with recording the

actions of the servants who accompany those who are in a state of ritual impurity or otherwise. It is also

said that what is meant by "a person who is in a state of ritual impurity" is not the one who delays washing

until the time of the Prayer comes but the one who does not wash himself from this impurity and neglects it

to the extent that it becomes a habit for him. The following narration lends support to the previous

meaning, "The Prophet used to have sexual intercourse with all of his wives and wash himself only once."

This means that the Prophet (pbuh) delayed washing from ritual impurity and did not have body-washing

directly after it became obligatory.

'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said, "Sometimes the Messenger of Allah (peace and

blessings upon him) retired to his bed while he was in a state of ritual impurity and did not touch any

As for keeping dogs, it is prohibited if they are used in purposes other than guarding groups of people

or for hunting. But if a person is obliged to keep them, for certain purposes, there will be no wrong in this.

By the same token, if the person keeps dogs for guarding his house, there will also be no wrong in this.

As for pictures, it includes everything, which has a soul, whether they are erected bodies, or painted in

a ceiling or on a wall or placed in a certain pattern or woven in clothes or places. In all these cases, pictures

Pictures should be defaced and removed in cases where the person is able to do so. In his Sahih,

Muslim reported on the authority of Hayyan Ibn Husain who said, "Ali Ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be