Qarrah rahimahullaah said: That he asked the Ibn Sirin
rahimahullaah if the companions radiallaahu 'anhum of the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam played jokes on one another.
At this he said, 'They too were humans beings and nothing
else.' [Al Haithami Vol VIII p89]
Auf Ibn Malik Ashjai radiallaahu 'anhu
said:
That at the time of the battle
of Tabuk he went to see the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam. At that time the Prophet was sitting
in a small round shaped tent of leather. Auf saluted the Prophet and he returned
the salutation. He further asked him to come into the tent. At this Auf said, 'Should
I come in, the whole of me?' The Prophet said, 'Yes,
come in the whole of you.' Then he entered the tent. [Abu Daud, al
Bidayah Vol VI p46]
[Walid Ibn Uthman ibn Abi al
Aliyah rahimahullaah says that Auf had said this because of the smallness of the tent (op
cit)]
Abi Malikah radiallaahu 'anhu said:
That
once 'Aaisha radiallaahu 'anhaa uttered some humorous words before the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam. At this
'Aaisha's mother said to the Prophet, 'O Messenger of All�h! Some of the
pleasantries of this tribe trace their origin in the tribe of Kinanah'. At this
the Prophet said, 'This tribe itself depends on our humour.' [al-Bukhaaree,
Chapter of Adaab (manners) p41]
Bakr Ibn Abd All�h radiallaahu 'anhu:
That the Companions radiallaahu 'anhum of the
Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam used to throw melons on one another by way of joke. But they
became valiant when faced with the realities of life or its hardships. [al-Bukhaaree,
Chapter of Adaab p41]
Rabiah Ibn Uthman radiallaahu 'anhu
said:
That a
certain Bedouin came to the Prophet sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam. He seated his she camel outside the
holy Mosque and himself went inside to meet the holy Prophet. Some of the
companions of the Prophet said to Nuaiman Ibn Amr al Ansari, 'If you slaughter
this she camel and satisfy your hunger, the holy Prophet will pay its penalty'.
The narrator says that very soon Nuaiman slaughtered the she camel. When the
Bedouin came out of the Mosque and saw all this, he began crying out, 'O
Muhammad! Some one has slaughtered her.' The holy Prophet came out and asked the
people who had done that. The people told him that Nuaiman had done that. Now
the Prophet went out in search of him. He found Nuaiman in the hose of Dabaah
daughter of Zubair Ibn Abd al Muttalib. He had hidden himself in a cell and had
put branches and dry barks and leaves of the date tree over his body. Someone
cried out that he had not seen him. But this very man pointed to the place where
Nuaiman was hiding. The Prophet took him out from there and his face was covered
with dust and leaves of the date tree. The Prophet asked him who had asked him
to do that. He said, 'O Messenger of All�h! These very men who had told you
about my whereabouts, had asked me to do that'. The holy Prophet began removing
the leaves and barks from his head and face and remained laughing. The narrator
says that later on the Prophet paid the price of the she-camel to that Bedouin.
[Al Istiab, Vol III p575 and Isabah Vol III p570]
Umm Salamah radiallaahu 'anhaa said:
That
Abu Bakr radiallaahu 'anhu went to the city of Busra on a trade mission. With him were
Nuaiman and Suwaibit ibn Harmalah, and both were the two who had fought in the
battle of Badr. Suwaibit was in charge of the provisions of the caravan. Nuaiman
asked him to give him food. At this Suwaibit said, 'Wait a little and let Abu
Bakr come'. Nuaiman was a witty and humorous fellow. He went to a group of men
who had brought beasts of burden. He said to them, 'Will any of you purchase a
slave?' They replied in the affirmative. Nuaiman said, 'That Arab slave is a
plausible fellow and it is just possible that he might say that he is not a
slave. If you leave him because of his words then blame me not, and break not
the deal'. Those traders agreed to this. These men purchased him for 10
she-camels. Nuaiman brought the she-camels and pointing towards Suwaibit, he
told them that that was the slave. The traders said, 'We already know that you
will say this' (i.e. that he isn't a slave). Now the traders tied Suwaibit by
his neck and wanted to take him to their place. In the meantime Abu Bakr came
there, and he was informed about all of this. Abu Bakr and his companions when
to those merchants and returned them to their she-camels. Thus they bought back
Suwaibit. Later on when the Prophet was informed about this incident, he
laughed. The Prophet and his companions continued laughing over this incident
for the whole year. [Ahmad, Abu Dawud , al Tayalsi, al Isabah, Vol II
p98, Al Istiab Vol II p126 and Vol III p 576]
Source: SunnahOnline