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I’m reading ‘Stories of The Quran’ so thought why not share with you in accordance with Quranic verses and Hadiths. Here is the **Story of Habil and Qabil (Able and Cain).
Allah SWT said in Surah Al Ma’idah verse 27 - 31:
And recite to them the story of Adam’s two sons, in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice [to Allah ], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], “I will surely kill you.” Said [the former], "Indeed, Allah only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].
If you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah , Lord of the worlds.
Indeed I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."
And his soul permittedto him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.
Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, “O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?” And he became of the regretful.
**Narrated As-Sadiy on the authority of Abu Malik and Abu Salih after Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) and on the authrity of Ibn Mas’ud and other companions that Adam a.s. used to get the male brought by one birth married to the female brought by the other. Hence, it was supposed that Abel would get married to Cain’s sister who was better and more beautiful than anyone else. At the same time, Cain wanted to keep her for himself. Adam a.s. refused. Then, Adam a.s. ordered both (Abel and Cain) to offer a sacrifice to Allah SWT. Meanwhile, Adam a.s. set forth towrds Mecca to perform pilgrimage. Just before leaving, Adam a.s. tried to entrust (the affairs of) his children to the heavens, the earth and finally to the mountains, but all declined to shoulder the (heavy)trust. Thereupon, Cain accepted the trust and after Adam a.s. went away they (Abel and Cain) offered their sacrifices to Allah SWT. Abel offered a fat she-goat, while Cain offered a bundle of bad plants. Later, a fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrirfice offered by Abel and left untouched that of Cain. Cain become livid with rage and said to his brother: I will kill you so as not to marry my sister, Abel said: Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun [the pious].
Abdullah Ibn Amr said: By Allah! The murdered (Abel) was stronger (the the murderer, Cain), but he refused to stretch his hand against his brother to kill him due to his piety and God-fearing.
Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir mentioned that Adam a.s. was present there where they offered their sacrifices. After Abel’s sacrifice was accepted, Cain said to his father, Adam a.s: “It was accepted only from him because you invoked Allah for the sake”. And, he secretly intended something against his brother. One day, Abel was late and Adam a.s. sent Cain to look for him. The two brothers met and Cain said: “Your sacrifice was accepted and mine was not.” Abel said: ‘Verily, Allah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqun [the pious]’. Cain got angry and his his brother with an iron rod and Abel fell dead at once.
*It was said: Cain killed Abel by throwing a rock at his head while he was asleep. It was also said: Cain choked Abel violently and bit him to death as beasts do. Abel’s saying when Cain threatened to kill him: If you should raise your hand against me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah , Lord of the worlds indicates his good morals and ethics, his fear from Allah, and perfect piety that he may harm his brother, in contrast with the odious deed intended by his brother, Cain.
*For this, Abu Bakrah a.s. reported Allah’s Messenger :saw: as aying: ‘When two Muslims confront each toher and the one amongst them attacks his brother with a weapon, both of them get into Hell-fire.’ (‘The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Saah)' of Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 6901**) He (Ahnaf, one of the sub-narrators) said: 'I said, or it was said: Messenger of Allah! It may be the case of one who kills, but what about the slain (why he would be put in Hell-fire)?. Thereupon, He :saw2: said: 'He also intended to kill his companion.'(**'The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Saah)’ of Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 6898).
**Allah SWT said in Chapter Al Ma’idah verse 29: " Indeed I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers." **i.e. I do not intend to fight against you though I am myself far stronger and tougher than you are, but you will draw my sin on yourself as well as yours] i.e. you will bear the sin of murdering me along with your previous sin (As for the Prophetic Hadith that was transmitted by some other narrators that reads: 'The killer will bear all sins of the slain", no one even knows its degree of validity: whether it be authentic, good, or even weak. It cannot be found in any of the Prophetic hadith Compilations).
Narrated Imam Ahmed, Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi on the authority of Sa’ad Ibn Abu Waqqas his statement upon the ordeal of ‘Uthman Ibn’ Affan that reads: I testify that Allah’s Messenger 
said: ‘There will be soon a period of turmoil in which the one who sits will be better than one who stands and the one who stands will be better than one who runs". Some on said: Allah’s Messenger ! what is your opinion if someone entered my home and stretched his hand to kill me?’ He said: 'Be just like the son of Adam (Abel). 'Narrated by Ibn Mardwiyah after Hudhaifah Ibn Al-Yaman in another wording as saying: “Be just like the best of adam’s two sons.” (‘The Book Pertaining to the Turmoil and Portents of the Last Hour (Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa`ah)’ of Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 6983)
*Imam Ahmed transmitted after Mu’awiyah and Waki’ their saying: We were told by Al-A’mash on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Murrah after Masruq after Abdullah Ibn Mas’ud r.a. as saying: The Prophet PBUH, 'None (no human being) is killed or murdered (unjustly), but a part of responsibility for the crime is laid on the first son of Adam a.s. who invented the tradition of killing (murdering on earth). ***Ahmed’s Masnad.
***However, there is a cave, called the “Blood cave”, in a mountain located to the northern part of Syria. It is thought to be the scence of the crime where Cain killed his brother Abel. The people living there came to know this through the People of the Book (Christians and Jews) and only Allah SWT knows the validity or realness of this. Al Hafiz Ibn Asakir mentioned in the biography of the Ahmed Ibn Katheer that 'He (Ahmed) saw in a dream Allah’s Messenger , Abu Bakr, Umar and Abel r.a. Ahmed came to know from Abel who took an oath of that it was his own blood (that was split there (in the very cave). Abel said that he has asked Allah SWT to make the invocations and supplications offered in that place acceptable. Allah SWT accepted his own invocations and His Messenger believed in that and said: I, Abu Bakr and Umar used to visit that place every Thursday. *However, it is to be stated that this narration represents only a vision. Even if it were true, no religious ruling can ever be based on such a thing; and Allah knows best!
**The Cave of the Blood as seen from half way up the Jebel al-Arbaeen.
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****Allah SWT said in Chapter Al Ma’idah verse 31: " Then Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, “O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?” And he became of the regretful."
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**Some interpreters said: “After Cain had killed his brother, he carried him on his back for a full year (not knowing what to do with his brother’s corpse).” Others said: He carried him on his back for one hundred years till Allah SWT sent two crows who fought against one another. One of them was killed. The murderer scratched the ground to hide the body of the dead crow. Seeing him doing that, Cain said: Woe to me! Am I not even able to do as this crow and to hide the dead body of my brother? Then, he buried the body of his dead brother and covered it with earth.
Historian said: Adam a.s. become very sick at heat and felt great sorrow for his dead son, Abel. Mujahid said: Cain was brought punishment very soon afterwards. On the same day he killed his brother, Abel his foot was tied up to his thighbone and his face was forcibly direted up to the sun disk. His face used to go where the sun goes as a way of punishment and penalty in return for what he had done to his own brother. Prophet Muhammad said: 'There is no sin more recurring punishment (very rapidly) in the present life, along with what awaits for its doer in the hereafter, than transgression and severing the ties of relationship.(1)’
*Iman Abu Jafar mentioned in his Tarikh ‘History’ on the authority of some people who had said: Eve gave birth to forty children through twenty births. Ibn Ishaq viewed the same and he mentioned their names in detail. However, nothing is sure of their names or numbers. Only Allah SWT knows best and no one else can know their exact number. Others said: there were one hundred and twenty births, in each one a male and a female were born. The first among them were CAin and his Sister Qalimah, and the last ones were Abdul Mughith and his sister Ummul Mughith. Then, human increased in number and spread into the earth.
Allah SWT said in Chapter Al Nisa verse 1: “O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah , through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.”
Historians said: Adam a.s. did not die till he aw from among his progency and offspring four hundred thousand persons (400.000). Only Allah SWT know best!.
**Allah SWT said in Chapter Al-A’raf verses 189, 190:
"It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah , their Lord, “If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful.”
“But when He gives them a good [child], they ascribe partners to Him concerning that which He has given them. Exalted is Allah above what they associate with Him.”
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Adam a.s. was mentioned first to draw the attention of the reader of the Qur’an, then whom was mentioned second was the whole race of mankind. This is done by way of mentioning the whole race of mankind after mentioning the forefather thereof; Allah SWT said in Chapter Al-Mu’minun, verse 12, 13 and Chapter Al Mulk verse 5, where it is well known that the ‘lamps as missiles’ are not the same as lamps of adornment, but He turned from a single catergory of person to the whole races.
**Al Mu’minun verse 12, 13: “And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.” “Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging.”
**Al Mulk verse 5: “And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with stars and have made [from] them what is thrown at thedevils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.”
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Adam a.s. was the father of mankind. He was created by the Hand of Allah SWT Who breathed out of His Soul into him, Who made the Angels prostrate themselves before him, Who taught him names of everything, and Who made him dwell in His spacious Paradise. Narrated Ibn Hibban in his Sahih on the authority of Abu Dharr his saying: ‘I said, O Allah’s Messenger how many were the Prophets of Allah?’ He said: ‘One thousand twenty four thousands.’ I said: How many were the Messengers among them? He said: Three hundred and thirteen, a great number. I said: O Allah’s Messenger Who was the first among them? He PBUH said: Adam. I said: 'O Allah’s Messenger PBUH Was he was a Prophet sent with a Message? He PBUH saiid: Yes, Alah SWT created him with His Hand, then, breathed into him out of His Soul, then, He fashioned him (in a very proper manner)."
In the Night Journey Hadith that can be found in the two Sahihs - Al Bukhari and Muslim. Prophet Muhammad PBUH said: 'So the gate was opened and we went over the nearest heaven and there we aw a man sitting with some people on his right and left. When he looked towards his right, he laughed and when he looked towards his left he wept. Then he said ‘Welcome! O pious Prophet and pious son!’ I asked Gabriel 'Who is he? He replied: He is Adam and the people on his right are the people of Paradise and those on his left are the people of Hell and when he looks towards his right he laughs and when he looks towards his left he weeps." (hadith found in ‘Prayers (Salat)’ of Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 345)
Regarding the Prophetic Hadith that reads: Then, O paassed by yusuf (Joseph) and I found him to be granted half of beauty. "Some scholars explained that it means that he was given half of the beauty of Adam was granted. Indeed, this is very suitable and convincing! that Allah SWT created Adam, fashioned him by His Hand and breathed into him out of His Soul, for all these Allah SWT must have created the best of all things.
It was narrated on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Umar and Abdullah Ibn Amr that: When Allah SWT created paradise, the Angels said: Our Lord! Make this for us for You created for mankind the present world in which they eat and drink. Allah SWT said: 'By My Glory and Loftiness! I will not equalize between the pious from among those whom I created with My Hand, and those whom When I said “Be”, they were! It was narrated in the two Sahihs- Bukhari and Muslim that Abu Hurairah r.a. reported Allah’s Messenger PBUH as saying: Allah, the Exalted and Glorious created Adam in his own image with His length of sixty cubits, and as He created him He told him to greet that group, and that was a party of angels sitting there, and listen to the response that they give him, for it would from his greeting and that of his offspring. Adam then addressed them: Peace be upon you! they (the angels) said: May there be peace upon you and the Mercy of Allah, and they made an addition of ‘Mercy of Allah’. So he who would get into Paradise would get in the form of Adam, his lenght being sixty cubits, then the People who followed him continued to dimish in size up to this day". (hadith found in ‘Prophets’ of Sahih Bukhari Hadith No. 543)
(*1) unable to find reference