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“The eyes are the leather strap of the anus”

Sunnah Abu Dawud 203

The Messenger of Allah said: The eyes are the leather strap of the anus, so one who sleeps should perform ablution.

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Muhammad comforted a crying date palm

Sahih al-Bukhari 2095

The date-palm stem near which the Prophet used to deliver his sermons cried so much so that it was about to burst. The Prophet came down from the pulpit to the stem and embraced it and it started groaning like a child being persuaded to stop crying and then it stopped crying.

Moses had his clothes stolen by a stone

Sahih al Bukhari 278

…once Moses went out to take a bath and put his clothes over a stone and then that stone ran away with his clothes. Moses followed that stone saying, “My clothes, O stone! My clothes, O stone!…

Unbelievers visiting a mosque will go to hell

Surah 9:17-18

Never was it befitting for the polytheists to attend Allah’s mosques while professing their denial. Those—their deeds were nullified, and in the Fire they abide.Surely, Allah’s mosques can only be attended by one who has attained faith in Allah…

Muslims living abroad goes to hell

Surah 4:97

When the angels seize the souls of those who have wronged themselves — scolding them, “What was wrong with you?” they will reply, “We were oppressed in the land.” The angels will respond, “Was Allah’s earth not spacious enough for you to emigrate?” It is they who will have Hell as their home—what an evil destination!

When muslims who live outside of Islamic countries (i.e. them being opressed in the land) die, the angel of death will scold them for not living in an Islamic country (i.e. Allah’s earth), and send them to hell.

Snakes in houses may be demons who converted to islam

This teaching is spread out over many Hadiths, but pieced together the gist is:

Muhammad said that you should kill snakes outside, but if you find a snake inside your house you shouldn’t kill it right away. The story goes that a young man found a snake in his house and pierced it with his spear, but it attacked and killed him. People asked Muhammad to pray that he be resurrected but he said that snakes found in houses are jinns (demons) and that some jinns have accepted Islam and become Muslims. So if you find a snake in your house it could be a fellow Muslim, and therefore you should command it to not hurt you but to leave for three days. If it doesn’t obey by the fourth day, it’s a devil and you should kill it.

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Full story of the young man and the snake.

Muhammad said to kill specific snakes…

…but to not kill snakes in houses…

…because snakes in houses are jinn…

…and some snake jinn embraced Islam…

…therefore they should just tell snakes to not harm them and leave.

A deathbed convert couldn’t be buried

Sunan Ibn Majah 3930

…[In battle, a] man … attacked an idolator man with a spear, and when he was defeated he said: “I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, I am a Muslim.” But he stabbed him and killed him…We buried him, but the following morning he was on the surface of the earth. They said: “Perhaps an enemy of his disinterred him.” So we buried him (again) and told our slaves to stand guard. But the following morning he was on the surface of the earth again then we said: ‘Perhaps the slaves dozed off.’ So we buried him (again) and stood guard ourselves, but the following morning he was on the surface of the earth (again). So we threw him into one of these mountain passes.’”

Apparently it was impossible to keep this deathbed convert in the ground, so they did the only sensible thing and threw him into one of these mountain passes. As you do.

Don’t sit between the sun and shade

Sunan Ibn Majah 3722

the Prophet forbade sitting between the shade and sun.

Relieve sexual awkwardness by suckling breasts

A’isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hadhaifa, lived with him and his family in their house. She (i. e. the daughter of Suhail came to Allah’s Apostle and said: Salim has attained (puberty) as men attain, and he understands what they understand, and he enters our house freely, I, however, perceive that something (rankles) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa, whereupon Allah’s Apostle said to her: Suckle him and you would become unlawful for him, and (the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear. She returned and said: So I suckled him, and what (was there) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa disappeared.

So her slave boy is becoming an adult, and her husband is bothered that a young man is spending time with his wife because of the sexual awkwardness. She asks Muhammad what to do. So what is the solution proposed by Muhammad? “Let the horny young boy suck on your breasts, and that will make the situation less sexually awkward.”