A Sahabi sweetly retaliates to The Messenger of Allah ﷺ

Narrated Usayd ibn Hudayr,:

AbdurRahman ibn AbuLayla,

quoting Usayd ibn Hudayr, a man of the Ansar, said that while he was given to jesting and was talking to the people and making them laugh,

the Prophet (ﷺ) poked him under the ribs with a stick.

He said: Let me take retaliation.

He(ﷺ) said: Take retaliation.

He said: You are wearing a shirt but I am not.

The Prophet (ﷺ) then raised his shirt and the man (Usayd bin Hudayr) embraced him and began to kiss his side.

Then he said: This is what I wanted, Messenger of Allah!

(Sunan Abu Dawud,5224, Sahih Al-Albani)

It says in ‘Awn al-Ma‘bood (14/90):
“the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) poked him in the ribs with a stick” i.e., he struck him by way of joking and playing. “He” i.e., Usayd “said: Let me retaliate” i.e., allow me to poke you in the ribs as you poked me in the ribs. “Retaliate”i.e., take your revenge.
“and kissed his side” – the Arabic word translated as “side” refers to the area on the side of the body between the lowest rib and the hip.
“He said: This is all I wanted” that is, all I wanted by saying let me retaliate was to kiss you, and I did not really want to retaliate. End quote.

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Forgotten Sunnah Series-6

Leaving the beard to grow (upto a fist’s length*) and trimming the moustache is from the Wajib Sunnahs.

Al-Bukhaari, Muslim and others narrated that ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Trim the moustache and leave the beard.”

Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5443; Muslim, 600.

According to another report:

‘Be different from the mushrikeen: cut the moustache and let the beard grow.”

Narrated by Muslim, 602.

And Muslim (383) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said:

The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Trim the moustache and let the beard grow; be different from the Magians (Zoroastrians).”

The Ahadith above have been taken from here.

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A false narration on the details of Al-Isra wal-Meraj

When the Prophet ﷺ returned from Al-Isra wal-Meraj, he found his bedsheet still warm, and that a vessel of water that he had overturned when he left was still dripping water, and that the chain of his door was still swinging as it had been when he left his apartment before he set off.

Status: False.

Shaykh ash-Shuqayri (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

The idea that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) went and came back during the night of the Isra’ (Night Journey) and his bed had not grown cold is not proven; rather it is one of the lies that are told by people.

End quote from as-Sunan wa’l-Mubtada‘aat (143).

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Forgotten Sunnah Series-5

Praying your Salah with your shoes or sandals on.

Narrated Aws ibn Thabit al-Ansari:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Act differently from the Jews, for they do not pray in their sandals or their shoes.

(Sunan Abu Dawud,652, Sahih by Al-Albani)

Narrated Sa`id Abu Maslama:

I asked Anas (bin Malik), “Did the Prophet (ﷺ) use to offer the prayers with his shoes on?” He said, “Yes.”

(Sahih Al-Bukhari,5850)