112. ✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud

1. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4968No grade recorded

   دَخَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَسْجِدَ، وَحَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَسِتُّونَ صَنَمًا، فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُهَا بِعُودٍ كَانَ مَعَهُ، وَيَقُولُ: جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا

   ✧ The Prophet ﷺ entered the mosque, and around the Kaʿbah were three hundred and sixty idols. He began striking them with a stick he had with him and saying: “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish.”

2. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4969No grade recorded

   انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ شِقَّتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اشْهَدُوا

   ✧ The moon split into two pieces in the time of the Messenger of Allah, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Bear witness.”

3. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4970No grade recorded

   دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ

   ✧ I entered with my father upon Abdullah, and he said: Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Remorse is repentance”? He said: Yes.

4. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4971No grade recorded

   كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ، فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ: وَالْمُرْسَلاتِ عُرْفًا، فَأَخَذْتُهَا مِنْ فِيهِ، وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ، فَمَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّهَا خَتَمَ: فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ، أَوْ وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لا يَرْكَعُونَ، فَسَبَقَتْنَا حَيَّةٌ فَدَخَلَتْ فِي جُحْرٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا، وَوُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ

   ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ in a cave, and there was sent down upon him: “By those sent forth in succession” (al-Mursalat). I took it from his mouth, and his mouth was moist. I do not know with which of them he concluded: “Then in what statement after it will they believe?” or “And when it is said to them, ‘Bow,’ they do not bow.” A snake raced ahead of us and entered a hole. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “You have been protected from its evil, and it has been protected from your evil.”

5. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4972No grade recorded

   كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا، يَعْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ جِئْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ، فَأَخَذَنِي مَا بَعُدَ وَمَا قَرُبَ، فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ تَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يُحْدِثُ مَا شَاءَ، وَقَدْ أَحْدَثَ فِي أَمْرِهِ قَضَاءً، أَنْ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ

   ✧ We used to greet the Prophet ﷺ and he would respond to us, meaning during the prayer. When we came from the land of Abyssinia, I greeted him and he did not respond to me. I was seized by anxiety over what was far and near. I sat until he finished the prayer, then I said to him: You used to respond to us. He said: “Allah brings about whatever He wills, and He has brought about in His command a decree that you should not speak during the prayer.”

6. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4973No grade recorded

   رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، رَمَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْوَادِي، فَقَالَ: هَذَا وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ، مَقَامُ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ

   ✧ I saw Abdullah b. Mas'ud stone Jamrat al-Aqabah from the bottom of the valley and say: This, by the One besides whom there is no deity, is the standing place of the one upon whom Surat al-Baqarah was sent down.

7. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4974No grade recorded

   أَعَفُّ النَّاسِ قِتْلَةً أَهْلُ الْإِيمَانِ

   ✧ The most restrained of people in killing are the people of faith.

8. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4975No grade recorded

   أَعَفُّ النَّاسِ قِتْلَةً أَهْلُ الْإِيمَانِ

   ✧ The most restrained of people in killing are the people of faith.

9. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4976No grade recorded

   إِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بَدَأَ غَرِيبًا، وَسَيَعُودُ كَمَا بَدَأَ، فَطُوبَى لِلْغُرَبَاءِ قَالَ: قِيلَ: وَمَا الْغُرَبَاءُ ؟ قَالَ: النُّزَّاعُ مِنَ الْقَبَائِلِ

   ✧ Indeed, Islam began as something strange, and it will return as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers. He said: It was said, “Who are the strangers?” He said: Those who withdraw from the tribes.

10. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4977No grade recorded

    تَابِعُوا بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَنْفِيَانِ الْفَقْرَ وَالذُّنُوبَ، كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ، وَلَيْسَ لِلْحَجَّةِ الْمَبْرُورَةِ جَزَاءٌ إِلَّا الْجَنَّةُ

    ✧ Make the Hajj and the Umrah follow one another, for they remove poverty and sins just as the bellows remove the dross of iron, gold, and silver. And there is no reward for an accepted Hajj except Paradise.

11. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4978No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ حِينَ تَطْلُعُ، بَيْنَ قَرْنَيْ شَيْطَانٍ قَالَ: فَكُنَّا نُنْهَى عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ، وَعِنْدَ غُرُوبِهَا، وَنِصْفَ النَّهَارِ

    ✧ The sun rises, when it rises, between the two horns of a devil. He said: We used to be forbidden from praying at sunrise, at sunset, and at midday.

12. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4979No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِحَاجَةٍ، فَقَالَ: ائْتِنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَسْتَنْجِي بِهِ، وَلَا تُقْرِبْنِي حَائِلًا، وَلَا رَجِيعًا

    ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a need. He said: Bring me something to cleanse myself with, and do not bring me any dung or dry bones.

13. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4980No grade recorded

    يَكُونُ فِي النَّارِ قَوْمٌ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ يَرْحَمُهُمُ اللهُ، فَيُخْرِجُهُمْ، فَيَكُونُونَ فِي أَدْنَى الْجَنَّةِ، فَيَغْتَسِلُونَ فِي نَهَرِ الْحَيَاةِ، وَيُسَمِّيهِمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَهَنَّمِيِّينَ، لَوْ أَضَافَ أَحَدُهُمْ أَهْلَ الدُّنْيَا، لَأَطْعَمَهُمْ وَسَقَاهُمْ، وَلَحَفَهُمْ وَفَرَشَهُمْ، قَالَ - وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ -: وَزَوَّجَهُمْ، لَا يَنْقُصُ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا عِنْدَهُ شَيْئًا

    ✧ There will be people in the Fire as long as Allah wills, then Allah will have mercy on them and bring them out. They will be in the lowest part of Paradise and will bathe in the River of Life. The people of Paradise will call them the Jahannamis. If one of them were to host the people of this world, he would feed them, give them drink, clothe them, and spread for them. He said – and I think he said – and marry them, without that diminishing anything of what he has.

14. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4981No grade recorded

    إِنَّ آخِرَ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ، رَجُلٌ يَمْشِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ مَرَّةً، وَيَكْبُو مَرَّةً، وَتَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ مَرَّةً، فَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ، لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِيَ اللهُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ، وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ، فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ، لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا، فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ، وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ، فَيُدْنِيهِ اللهُ مِنْهَا، فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا، ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ أُخْرَى هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا ؟ فَيَقُولُ: بَلَى، أَيْ رَبِّ، وَلَكِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ، لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا، فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ، وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا، وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَيُدْنِيهِ اللهُ مِنْهَا، فَيَسْتَظِلُّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَيَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَائِهَا، ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عَلَى بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْ أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا ؟ فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ، فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لَهُ: لَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ مِنْهَا أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا، فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا، وَرَبُّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا، وَرَبُّهُ يَعْذِرُهُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: أَيَسُرُّكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا ؟ فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، أَتَسْتَهْزِئُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكَ، وَلَكِنِّي عَلَى مَا أَشَاءُ قَادِرٌ.

    ✧ The last person to enter Paradise is a man who walks on the bridge, stumbling at times and the Fire scorching him at times. When he turns to it, he says: Praise be to Allah who saved me from you. Allah has given me something He did not give to anyone among the first or the last. Then a tree is raised up for him, and he says: O Lord, bring me near this tree so I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. Allah says: O son of Adam, perhaps if I bring you near it, you will ask Me for something else. He makes a covenant with Him not to ask Him, but his Lord knows that he will ask for something else, because he sees what he cannot bear to do without. So Allah brings him near it, and he shades himself with its shade and drinks from its water. Then another tree is raised up for him, more beautiful than that one, and he says: O Lord, bring me near this tree so I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. Allah says: O son of Adam, did you not covenant with Me not to ask Me for anything else? He says: Yes, O Lord, but this tree – I will not ask You for anything else. He makes a covenant with Him not to ask Him, but his Lord knows that he will ask for something else, and his Lord excuses him because he sees what he cannot bear to do without. So Allah brings him near it, and he shades himself with its shade and drinks from its water. Then a tree is raised up for him at the gate of Paradise, more beautiful than those first two trees. He says: O Lord, bring me near this tree so I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. Allah says: O son of Adam, did you not covenant not to ask Me for anything else? He says: O Lord, bring me near this tree so I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. Allah says to him: Perhaps if I bring you near it, you will ask Me for something else. He makes a covenant with Him not to ask Him for anything else, but his Lord knows that he will ask for something else, and his Lord excuses him because he sees what he cannot bear to do without. So He brings him near it, and he hears the voices of the people of Paradise. He says: O Lord, admit me into Paradise. Allah says: Would it please you if I gave you the world and the like of it along with it? He says: O Lord, do You mock me while You are the Lord of the worlds? He said: I do not mock you, but I am Able to do whatever I will.

15. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4982No grade recorded

    لُعِنَ آكِلُ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلُهُ، وَشَاهِدَاهُ وَكَاتِبُهُ. وَقَالَ: مَا ظَهَرَ فِي قَوْمٍ الزِّنَا وَالرِّبَا، إِلَّا أَحَلُّوا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ عِقَابَ اللهِ

    ✧ The one who consumes usury, the one who gives it, its two witnesses, and its scribe are cursed. He said: When adultery and usury appear among a people, they have brought upon themselves the punishment of Allah.

16. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4983No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الْكَافِرَ لَيُلْجِمُهُ الْعَرَقُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَيَقُولُ: أَرِحْنِي وَلَوْ إِلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ The disbeliever will be choked by sweat on the Day of Resurrection and will say, 'Give me relief, even to the Fire.'

17. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4984No grade recorded

    كَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى وَعَلَيْهِ جُبَّةٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ، وَكِسَاءٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ، وَسَرَاوِيلُ مِنْ صُوفٍ، وَكُمَّةُ صُوفٍ، وَنَعْلَاهُ مِنْ جِلْدِ حِمَارٍ، غَيْرِ ذَكِيٍّ

    ✧ Allah spoke to Musa ﷺ while he wore a wool jubbah, a wool cloak, wool trousers, a wool cap, and his sandals were made from the skin of an unslaughtered donkey.

18. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4985No grade recorded

    أَنَّ الْأَشْعَثَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، اشْتَرَى رَقِيقًا مِنْ رَقِيقِ الْإِمَارَةِ، فَاخْتَلَفَا فِي الثَّمَنِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: بِعْتُكَ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفًا، وَقَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ: إِنَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْكَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: إِنْ شِئْتَ حَدَّثْتُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: هَاتِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ الْبَيِّعَانِ، وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَيِّنَةٌ، فَالْقَوْلُ قَوْلُ الْبَائِعِ، أَوْ يَتَرَادَّانِ الْبَيْعَ قَالَ: فَإِنِّي أَرُدُّ الْبَيْعَ

    ✧ Al-Ash'ath b. Qays bought some slaves from the emirate's slaves, and they differed about the price. Ibn Mas'ud said, 'I sold you for twenty thousand,' and al-Ash'ath said, 'I only bought from you for ten thousand.' Abd Allah said, 'If you wish, I will narrate to you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' He said, 'Proceed.' He said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: When the two parties to a sale differ and there is no evidence between them, the statement is that of the seller, or they both revoke the sale.' He said, 'Then I revoke the sale.'

19. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4986No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ غُلَامًا يَافِعًا فِي غَنَمٍ لِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ أَرْعَاهَا، فَأَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا غُلَامُ، هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، وَلَكِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ، فَقَالَ: ائْتِنِي بِشَاةٍ لَمْ يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِعَنَاقٍ أَوْ جَذَعَةٍ، فَاعْتَقَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الضَّرْعَ، وَيَدْعُو حَتَّى أَنْزَلَتْ، فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِصَخْرَةٍ، فَاحْتَلَبَ فِيهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: اشْرَبْ، فَشَرِبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، ثُمَّ شَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَعْدَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ: اقْلِصْ، فَقَلَصَ، فَعَادَ كَمَا كَانَ قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعْدُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الْكَلَامِ، أَوْ مِنْ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ، فَمَسَحَ رَأْسِي، وَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ غُلَامٌ مُعَلَّمٌ

    ✧ I was a young boy tending sheep belonging to Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt. The Prophet ﷺ came with Abu Bakr and said, 'O boy, do you have any milk?' I said, 'Yes, but I am entrusted.' He said, 'Bring me a ewe that has not been mounted by a ram.' I brought him a young goat or a yearling. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ held it, then began wiping the udder and supplicating until it produced milk. Abu Bakr brought him a rock, and he milked into it. Then he said to Abu Bakr, 'Drink.' Abu Bakr drank, then the Prophet ﷺ drank after him. Then he said to the udder, 'Shrink,' and it shrank, returning as it was. He said: Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ later and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, teach me some of this speech, or of this Qur'an.' He wiped my head and said, 'You are a taught boy.'

20. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4987No grade recorded

    لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا، قَالَ أَبُو الدَّحْدَاحِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ اللهَ يُرِيدُ مِنَّا الْقَرْضَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَا أَبَا الدَّحْدَاحِ قَالَ: أَرِنَا يَدَكَ قَالَ: فَنَاوَلَهُ يَدَهُ قَالَ: قَدْ أَقْرَضْتُ رَبِّي حَائِطِي، وَحَائِطُهُ فِيهِ سِتُّمِائَةِ نَخْلَةٍ، فَجَاءَ يَمْشِي حَتَّى أَتَى الْحَائِطَ، وَأُمُّ الدَّحْدَاحِ فِيهَا وَعِيَالُهَا، فَنَادَى: يَا أُمَّ الدَّحْدَاحِ، قَالَتْ: لَبَّيْكَ، فَقَالَ: اخْرُجِي، فَقَدْ أَقْرَضْتُهُ رَبِّي

    ✧ When the verse 'Who is it that will lend Allah a goodly loan' was revealed, Abu al-Dahdah said, 'O Messenger of Allah, does Allah want a loan from us?' He said, 'Yes, O Abu al-Dahdah.' He said, 'Show me your hand.' He said, 'So he extended his hand to him.' He said, 'I have lent my walled garden to my Lord.' His garden had six hundred palm trees. He came walking until he reached the garden, while Umm al-Dahdah and her family were inside. He called out, 'O Umm al-Dahdah.' She said, 'At your service.' He said, 'Leave, for I have lent it to my Lord.'

21. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4988No grade recorded

    إِنَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ، يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرِ، فَأَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: مَا تَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: لَيْسَ لَكَ وَلَا لِأَصْحَابِكَ

    ✧ Allah is one and loves that which is odd-numbered, so perform witr, O people of the Qur'an. A bedouin said, 'What are you saying, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'It is not for you nor for your companions.'

22. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4989No grade recorded

    قِتَالُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كُفْرٌ، وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ

    ✧ Fighting a believer is disbelief, and insulting him is wickedness.

23. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4990No grade recorded

    إِذْنُكَ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ الْحِجَابَ، وَتَسْمَعَ سِوَادِي حَتَّى أَنْهَاكَ

    ✧ Your permission is that you may raise the veil and hear my confidential talk until I forbid you.

24. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4991No grade recorded

    نَهَى عَنِ التَّلَقِّي

    ✧ He forbade meeting caravans before they reach the market.

25. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4992No grade recorded

    سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ، وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ

    ✧ Insulting a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief.

26. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4993No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَسَمَ غَنَائِمَ حُنَيْنٍ بِالْجِعِرَّانَةِ، فَازْدَحَمُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عَبِيدِ اللهِ، بَعَثَهُ اللهُ إِلَى قَوْمٍ فَكَذَّبُوهُ، وَضَرَبُوهُ، وَشَجُّوهُ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْرَ الرَّحْلِ، وَقَالَ هَكَذَا: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي، فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed the spoils of Hunayn at al-Ji'irranah. They crowded around him, and he said, 'A servant among the servants of Allah was sent by Allah to a people, but they denied him, beat him, and wounded him.' Abd Allah said, 'It is as if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the size of a saddle, and he said like this: My Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know.'

27. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4994No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ جِبْرِيلَ عِنْدَ السِّدْرَةِ وَعَلَيْهِ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ، يَنْتَثِرُ مِنْ رِيشِهِ تَهَاوِيلُ الدُّرِّ وَالْيَاقُوتِ

    ✧ I saw Jibril at the Lote Tree, upon him six hundred wings, from whose feathers scattered splendors of pearls and rubies.

28. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4995No grade recorded

    كَانَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ: مِنْ هَمْزِهِ، وَنَفْخِهِ، وَنَفْثِهِ

    ✧ He used to say: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the accursed Satan: from his pricking, his blowing, and his spitting.

29. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4996No grade recorded

    فَضْلُ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِضْعٌ وَعِشْرُونَ دَرَجَةً

    ✧ The superiority of a man's prayer in congregation over his prayer alone is twenty-some degrees.

30. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4997No grade recorded

    صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي بَيْتِهِ، أَحَدُنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَالْآخَرُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا صَلَّيْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ We prayed with Ibn Mas'ud in his house, one of us on his right and the other on his left, and he said: Thus we prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

31. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4998No grade recorded

    لَحِقَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَبْدٌ أَسْوَدُ، فَمَاتَ، فَأُوذِنَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: انْظُرُوا هَلْ تَرَكَ شَيْئًا ؟ فَقَالُوا: دِينَارَيْنِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: كَيَّتَانِ

    ✧ A black slave caught up with the Prophet ﷺ, then died, and the Prophet ﷺ was informed of it. He said: See whether he left anything. They said: Two dinars. The Prophet ﷺ said: Two brands.

32. Musnad Abi Ya'la 4999No grade recorded

    إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ قَالَ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فِي يَوْمٍ حَارٍّ، ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا

    ✧ The likeness of me and the world is only as a rider who took midday rest in the shade of a tree on a hot day, then departed and left it.

33. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5000No grade recorded

    إِنَّ لِلشَّيْطَانِ لَمَّةً، وَلِلْمَلَكِ لَمَّةً، فَأَمَّا لَمَّةُ الشَّيْطَانِ، فَإِيعَادٌ بِالشَّرِّ، وَتَكْذِيبٌ بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَمَّا لَمَّةُ الْمَلَكِ، فَإِيعَادٌ بِالْخَيْرِ، وَتَصْدِيقٌ بِالْحَقِّ، فَمَنْ وَجَدَ ذَلِكَ، فَلْيَحْمَدِ اللهَ، وَمَنْ وَجَدَ الْأُخْرَى، فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ الْآيَةَ

    ✧ Satan has a touch and the angel has a touch. As for Satan's touch, it is threatening with evil and denying the truth. As for the angel's touch, it is promising good and affirming the truth. Whoever finds the latter, let him praise Allah; whoever finds the other, let him seek refuge from Satan. Then he recited: 'Satan promises you poverty...' the verse.

34. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5001No grade recorded

    تَفْضُلُ صَلَاةُ الْجَمِيعِ عَلَى صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ وَحْدَهُ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا

    ✧ The prayer of the congregation surpasses the prayer of a man alone by twenty-some portions.

35. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5002No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ

    ✧ Muhammad b. 'Abd Allah b. Numayr narrated to us; Ibn Idris narrated to us; Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir.

36. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5003No grade recorded

    بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْخَيْفِ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ، إِذْ سَمِعْنَا حِسَّ الْحَيَّةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اقْتُلُوهَا، فَدَخَلَتْ فِي شَقِّ جُحْرٍ، فَأُتِيَ بِسَعَفَةٍ فَأَضْرَمَ فِيهَا نَارٌ، ثُمَّ إِنَّا قَلَعْنَا بَعْضَ الْجُحْرِ، فَلَمْ نَجِدْهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: دَعُوهَا، فَقَدْ وَقَاهَا اللهُ شَرَّكُمْ، كَمَا وَقَاكُمْ شَرَّهَا

    ✧ While we were in the Mosque of al-Khayf on the night of 'Arafah, we heard the sound of a snake. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Kill it. It entered a crevice of a burrow, so a palm stalk was brought and set ablaze with fire in it. Then we removed part of the burrow but did not find it. The Prophet ﷺ said: Leave it, for Allah protected it from your evil just as He protected you from its evil.

37. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5004No grade recorded

    إِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ، وَلْيَسْجُدْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ

    ✧ When one of you doubts, let him seek what is correct and prostrate twice.

38. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5005No grade recorded

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَّمَنَا سُنَنَ الْهُدَى فِي الصَّلَاةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي يُؤَذَّنُ فِيهِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us the ways of guidance in prayer in the mosque in which the call to prayer is given.

39. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5006No grade recorded

    أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ، أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ، أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ

    ✧ Beware, the extremists have perished; beware, the extremists have perished; beware, the extremists have perished.

40. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5007No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا نَامَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَجْمَعُ عِبَادَكَ، وَكَانَ يَجْعَلُ يَدَهُ تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ

    ✧ When he slept, he would say: O Allah, protect me from Your punishment on the day You gather Your servants. And he would place his hand under his cheek.

41. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5008No grade recorded

    كَانُوا يَقْرَءُونَ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَالَ: خَلَطْتُمْ عَلَيَّ الْقُرْآنَ

    ✧ They used to recite behind the Prophet ﷺ in prayer, and he said: You have confused the Quran for me.

42. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5009No grade recorded

    أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ ثَلَاثًا

    ✧ Beware, the extremists have perished — three times.

43. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5010No grade recorded

    كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَمَعَنَا زِيَادُ بْنُ حُدَيْرٍ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا خَبَّابٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَكُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَقْرَأُ كَمَا تَقْرَأُ ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَمَرْتُ بَعْضَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ عَلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ لِي: اقْرَأْ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ حُدَيْرٍ: تَأْمُرُهُ يَقْرَأُ وَلَيْسَ بِأَقْرَئِنَا ؟ قَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِقَوْمِكَ وَقَوْمِهِ، فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً مِنْ " مَرْيَمَ " فَقَالَ خَبَّابٌ: حَسْبُكَ

    ✧ We were with Abdullah, and with us was Ziyad b. Hudayr. Khabbab entered upon us and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, do all these recite as you recite? He said: If you wish, I will command one of them to recite to you. He said to me: Recite. Ibn Hudayr said to him: You command him to recite though he is not the best reciter among us? He said: If you wish, I will tell you what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to your people and his people. So I recited fifty verses of Maryam to him, and Khabbab said: Enough for you.

44. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5011No grade recorded

    تَدُورُ رَحَى الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، أَوْ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ، أَوْ سَبْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَإِنْ هَلَكُوا، فَسَبِيلُ مَنْ هَلَكَ، وَإِنْ بَقُوا، بَقِيَ لَهُمْ دِينُهُمْ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا

    ✧ The millstone of Islam will turn for thirty-five, or thirty-six, or thirty-seven years. If they perish, then it is the way of those who perish; and if they remain, their religion will remain for them for seventy years.

45. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5012No grade recorded

    سَرَيْنَا ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَوْ مَسِسْنَا الْأَرْضَ فَنِمْنَا، وَرَعَتْ رِكَابُنَا ؟ قَالَ: فَمَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا، قَالَ: فَغَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي، فَلَمْ يُوقِظْنَا إِلَّا وَقَدْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَلَمْ يَسْتَيْقِظْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا بِكَلَامِنَا قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا، فَأَذَّنَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا

    ✧ We traveled one night with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: O Messenger of Allah, if only we touched the ground and slept, and our mounts grazed? He said: Then who will guard us? I said: I will. He said: But sleep overcame me, and nothing woke us except that the sun had risen, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not wake except by our talking. He said: He commanded Bilal, and he called the adhan, then he stood and prayed with us.

46. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5013No grade recorded

    أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً

    ✧ Indeed, the closest of people to me on the Day of Resurrection are those who send the most blessings upon me.

47. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5014No grade recorded

    لِلْجَنَّةِ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابٍ: سَبْعَةٌ مُغْلَقَةٌ، وَبَابٌ مَفْتُوحٌ لِلتَّوْبَةِ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ نَحْوِهِ

    ✧ Paradise has eight gates: seven are closed and one gate is open for repentance until the sun rises from its direction.

48. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5015No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَرَصَهُمُ الْبَرْدُ، فَجَعَلُوا يَسْتَحْيُونَ أَنْ يَجِيئُوا فِي الْعَشَاشِ، وَالْعَبَاءِ، فَفَقَدَهُمْ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَمْرُهُمْ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَصْبَحَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي عَبَاءَةٍ، فَقَالُوا: أَصْبَحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فِي عَبَاءَتِهِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَوْمُ الثَّانِي، ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَوْمُ الثَّالِثِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ فِي الْعَبَاءَةِ، جَاءُوا فِي أَكْسِيَتِهِمْ مَعًا، فَعَرَفَ وُجُوهًا قَدْ كَانَ فَقَدَهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ أَحَدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ خَرْدَلَةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ، أَوْ قَالَ: ذَرَّةٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

    ✧ The companions of Ibn Mas'ud were bitten by the cold, so they became shy to come in turbans and cloaks. He missed them, and it was said to him: Their matter is such and such. So Abu Abd al-Rahman came one morning in a cloak, and they said: Ibn Mas'ud has come in his cloak. Then came the second day, then came the third day. When they saw him in the cloak, they came in their garments all together, and he recognized faces that he had missed. He said: Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: No one will enter Paradise in whose heart is a mustard seed's weight of pride, or he said: an atom's weight of pride.

49. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5016No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَمْسَى قَالَ: أَمْسَيْنَا، وَأَمْسَى الْمُلْكُ لِلهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ خَيْرِ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَخَيْرِ مَا فِيهَا، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا، وَشَرِّ مَا فِيهَا، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْكَسَلِ، وَالْهَرَمِ، وَسُوءِ الْكِبَرِ، وَفِتْنَةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَعَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the evening, he would say: We have entered the evening, and sovereignty belongs to Allah, and praise belongs to Allah; there is no god but Allah alone with no partner. O Allah, I ask You for the good of this night and the good of what is in it, and I seek refuge with You from its evil and the evil of what is in it. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from laziness, senility, the evil of old age, the trial of this world, and the punishment of the grave.

50. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5017No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَجُلَيْنِ كَانَا يَعْبُدَانِ اللهَ فَسَأَلَا اللهَ أَنْ يُمِيتَهُمَا جَمِيعًا؛ فَمَاتَا جَمِيعًا فَدُفِنَا. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَلَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قُبُورَهُمَا بِالنَّعْتِ الَّذِي نَعَتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ Two men were worshiping Allah, and they asked Allah to cause them both to die together; so they both died together and were buried. Abdullah said: If I had been there, I would have shown you their graves by the description that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ described to us.

51. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5018No grade recorded

    فِي ثَلَاثِينَ مِنَ الْبَقَرِ تَبِيعٌ أَوْ تَبِيعَةٌ، وَفِي أَرْبَعِينَ مُسِنَّةٌ

    ✧ For thirty cattle: a tabīʿ or tabīʿah, and for forty: a musinnah.

52. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5019No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي، فَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَثَبَ الْحَسَنُ، وَالْحُسَيْنُ، عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ، فَإِذَا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهُمَا، أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنْ دَعُوهُمَا، فَإِذَا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ، وَضَعَهُمَا فِي حِجْرِهِ قَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي فَلْيُحِبَّ هَذَيْنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray, and when he prostrated, al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn would jump onto his back. When they wanted to stop them, he gestured to them to leave them. When he finished the prayer, he placed them in his lap and said: “Whoever loves me, let him love these two.”

53. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5020No grade recorded

    مَا كَذَبَ الْفُؤَادُ مَا رَأَى قَالَ: رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جِبْرِيلَ فِي حُلَّتَيْ رَفْرَفٍ، قَدْ سَدَّ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ

    ✧ “The heart did not lie about what it saw.” He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Jibrīl ﷺ in two garments of rafraf, having filled what is between the heaven and the earth.

54. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5021No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ: اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ: أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ، وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي قَالَ: فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ شَهِيدًا، فَبَكَى

    ✧ Abū Bakr narrated to us, Abū Usāmah narrated to us, Misʿar narrated to us, from ʿAmr b. Murrah, from Ibrāhīm, who said: The Prophet ﷺ said to ʿAbdullāh: “Recite to me.” He said: “Should I recite to you when it was sent down upon you?” He said: “I love to hear it from someone other than myself.” He said: So he recited to him from the beginning of Sūrat al-Nisāʾ up to His saying: “So how will it be when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you as a witness against these?” And he wept.

55. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5022No grade recorded

    شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ، أَوْ قَالَ: مَا كُنْتُ فِيهِمْ

    ✧ A witness against them as long as I am among them, or he said: as long as I was among them.

56. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5023No grade recorded

    كَانَ يَقُولُ: رَبِّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ، يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

    ✧ He used to say: “My Lord, protect me from Your punishment on the day You resurrect Your servants.”

57. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5024No grade recorded

    أَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ مَعْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كِتَابًا، وَحَلَفَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ خَطُّ أَبِيهِ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ، مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَشَدَّ عَلَى الْمُتَنَطِّعِينَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّ عُمَرَ كَانَ أَشَدَّ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ خَوْفًا عَلَيْهِمْ، أَوْ لَهُمْ

    ✧ Maʿn b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān brought out to me a book and swore that it was in his father’s handwriting, and in it: ʿAbdullāh said: By the One besides whom there is no god, I have not seen anyone harsher against the mutanaṭṭiʿūn than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, nor have I seen anyone harsher against them after him than Abū Bakr, and I think ʿUmar was the most fearful of the people of the earth for them, or concerning them.

58. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5025No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا يَتَخَلَّفُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ قَدْ عُلِمَ نِفَاقُهُ، أَوْ مَرِيضٌ، إِنْ كَانَ الْمَرِيضُ لَيَمْشِي بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ الصَّلَاةَ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَّمَنَا سُنَنَ الْهُدَى، وَمِنْ سُنَنِ الْهُدَى، الصَّلَاةُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي يُؤَذَّنُ فِيهِ

    ✧ We saw that no one stayed away from the prayer except a hypocrite whose hypocrisy was known, or a sick person. A sick person would walk between two men until he came to the prayer. And he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us the sunan of guidance, and among the sunan of guidance is prayer in the mosque in which the call to prayer is given.

59. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5026No grade recorded

    بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي قَرِيبٍ مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا قُرَشِيٌّ، لَا وَاللهِ، مَا رَأَيْتُ صَفْحَةَ وُجُوهِ رِجَالٍ قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ وُجُوهِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ. قَالَ: فَذَكَرُوا النِّسَاءَ، فَتَحَدَّثُوا فِيهِنَّ، وَتَحَدَّثَ مَعَهُمْ، حَتَّى أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَسْكُتَ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَتَشَهَّدَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، فَإِنَّكُمْ أَهْلُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَا أَطَعْتُمُ اللهَ، فَإِذَا عَصَيْتُمُوهُ بَعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَنْ يَلْحَاكُمْ كَمَا يُلْحَى هَذَا الْقَضِيبُ - لِقَضِيبٍ فِي يَدِهِ - ثُمَّ لَحَى قَضِيبَهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبْيَضُ يَصْلِدُ

    ✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, about thirty men, among whom there was none but a Qurayshī. No, by Allah, I have never seen the surfaces of men’s faces more beautiful than their faces that day. He said: They mentioned women and spoke about them, and he spoke with them, until I wished he would be silent. Then I came to him, and he said the tashahhud, then said: “Now then, O assembly of Quraysh, you are the people of this affair as long as you obey Allah. But when you disobey Him, He will send against you someone who will strip you as this twig is stripped” – for a twig in his hand – then he stripped his twig, and there it was, white and hard.

60. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5027No grade recorded

    مَنِ اتَّخَذَ كَلْبًا لَيْسَ بِكَلْبِ مَاشِيَةٍ، أَوْ كَلْبِ صَيْدٍ، انْتُقِصَ مِنْ أَجْرِهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قِيرَاطَانِ

    ✧ Whoever keeps a dog that is not a dog for livestock or a hunting dog, two qīrāṭs are deducted from his reward every day.

61. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5028No grade recorded

    كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حِمَارٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عُفَيْرٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had a donkey called ʿUfayr.

62. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5029No grade recorded

    لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ

    ✧ Labbayka Allāhumma labbayk, labbayka lā sharīka laka labbayk, inna al-ḥamda wa-l-niʿmata laka.

63. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5030No grade recorded

    تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ، وَتَعَلَّمُوا الْعِلْمَ وَعَلِّمُوهُ النَّاسَ، وَتَعَلَّمُوا الْفَرَائِضَ وَعَلِّمُوهَا النَّاسَ، فَإِنِّي امْرُؤٌ مَقْبُوضٌ، وَإِنَّ الْعِلْمَ سَيُقْبَضُ، حَتَّى يَخْتَلِفَ الرَّجُلَانِ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ لَا يَجِدَانِ مَنْ يُخْبِرُهُمَا

    ✧ Learn the Qur'an, learn knowledge and teach it to the people, and learn the shares of inheritance and teach them to the people, for I am a man who will be taken, and knowledge will be taken away until two men dispute over an obligatory share and find no one to inform them.

64. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5031No grade recorded

    قَنَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو عَلَى عُصَيَّةَ وَذَكْوَانَ، فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ تَرَكَ الْقُنُوتَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed qunut for a month invoking against Usayya and Dhakwan. When he prevailed over them, he abandoned the qunut.

65. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5032No grade recorded

    مَنْ أَقْرَضَ رَجُلًا مُسْلِمًا دِرْهَمًا مَرَّتَيْنِ، كَانَ لَهُ كَأَجْرِ صَدَقَتِهِمَا مَرَّةً

    ✧ Whoever lends a Muslim man a dirham twice, for him is the reward of their charity once.

66. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5033No grade recorded

    كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَهُوَ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ، يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، هَلْ سَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمْ يَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ خَلِيفَةٌ ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا أَحَدٌ مُنْذُ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَسَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اثْنَا عَشَرَ، مِثْلَ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

    ✧ We were sitting with Abdullah after Maghrib while he was teaching us the Qur'an, and a man asked him, 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, did you ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ how many caliphs this nation will have?' Ibn Mas'ud said, 'No one has asked me about it since I came to Iraq before you.' He said, 'Yes, I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: "Twelve, like the chieftains of the Children of Israel."'

67. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5034No grade recorded

    كُنَّا جُلُوسًا نَنْتَظِرُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْنَا، إِذْ أَتَانَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقُلْنَا: اجْلِسْ، فَقَالَ: حَتَّى أَدْخُلَ عَلَى صَاحِبِكُمْ، فَإِنْ خَرَجَ وَإِلَّا رَجَعْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ. قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَخَرَجَا جَمِيعًا، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: إِنِّي لَأُخْبَرُ بِمَجْلِسِكُمْ - أَوْ بِمَكَانِكُمْ - فَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ أُمِلَّكُمْ، إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ، مَخَافَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

    ✧ We were sitting waiting for Ibn Mas'ud to come out to us when Yazid b. Mu'awiya came to us. We said, 'Sit down.' He said, 'Not until I go in to your companion; if he comes out, then fine, otherwise I will return to you.' He said, 'He went in to him, and they both came out.' Ibn Mas'ud said, 'I am informed of your gathering—or of your place—and nothing prevents me from coming out to you except dislike of boring you. The Prophet ﷺ used to space out his admonitions to us over the days, fearing tedium for us.'

68. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5035No grade recorded

    الْمُهَاجِرُونَ، وَالْأَنْصَارُ، وَالطُّلَقَاءُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَالْعُتَقَاءُ مِنْ ثَقِيفَ، بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ

    ✧ The Muhajirun, the Ansar, the Tulaqa' of Quraysh, and the Utaqa' of Thaqif are allies of one another in this world and the Hereafter.

69. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5036No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ أَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ قَائِمًا ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: وَتَرَكُوكَ قَائِمًا

    ✧ He was asked, 'Did the Prophet ﷺ deliver the sermon standing?' He said, 'Yes,' then recited: 'And they leave you standing.'

70. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5037No grade recorded

    إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى أَخَاهُ عَلَى ذَنْبٍ، نَهَاهُ تَعْذِيرًا، فَإِذَا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ، لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مَا رَأَى مِنْهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَكِيلَهُ، وَخَلِيطَهُ، وَشَرِيبَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ، ضَرَبَ بِقُلُوبِ بَعْضِهِمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَلَعَنَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِمْ دَاوُدَ، وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَتَأْمُرُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلَتَنْهَوُنَّ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَلَتَأْخُذُنَّ عَلَى يَدَيِ الْمُسِيءِ، وَلَتَأْطُرُنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَطْرًا، أَوْ لَيَضْرِبَنَّ اللهُ بِقُلُوبِ بَعْضِكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَلَيَلْعَنَنَّكُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَهُمْ

    ✧ A man among the Children of Israel, when he saw his brother committing a sin, would forbid him as an excuse. Then the next day, what he saw of him did not prevent him from being his table companion, his associate, and his drinking companion. When Allah saw that from them, He struck the hearts of some of them against others and cursed them upon the tongue of their prophet Da'ud and 'Isa son of Maryam. That was because they disobeyed and were transgressing. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By Him in Whose hand is my soul, you must enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, seize the hand of the wrongdoer, and compel him to the truth firmly, or Allah will strike the hearts of some of you against others and curse you as He cursed them.'

71. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5038No grade recorded

    أُتِيتُ بِالْبُرَاقِ، فَرَكِبْتُهُ خَلْفَ جَبْرَائِيلَ، فَسَارَ بِنَا، فَكَانَ إِذَا أَتَى عَلَى جَبَلٍ ارْتَفَعَتْ رِجْلَاهُ، وَإِذَا هَبَطَ ارْتَفَعَتْ يَدَاهُ، فَسَارَ بِنَا فِي أَرْضٍ غُمَّةٍ مُنْتِنَةٍ، وَأَفْضَيْنَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ فَيْحَاءَ طَيِّبَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا جِبْرِيلُ إِنَّا كُنَّا نَسِيرُ فِي أَرْضٍ غُمَّةٍ مُنْتِنَةٍ، وَإِنَّا أَفْضَيْنَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ فَيْحَاءَ طَيِّبَةٍ، فَقَالَ: تِلْكَ أَرْضُ النَّارِ، وَهَذِهِ أَرْضُ الْجَنَّةِ. فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي قَالَ: فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا مَعَكَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُحَمَّدٌ، فَرَحَّبَ، وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ قَالَ: سَلْ لِأُمَّتِكَ الْيُسْرَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ عِيسَى. قَالَ: ثُمَّ سَارَ، فَأَتَيْنَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ مَعَكَ يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ: فَرَحَّبَ بِي، وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ قَالَ: سَلْ لِأُمَّتِكَ الْيُسْرَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُوسَى. قَالَ: ثُمَّ سِرْنَا، فَرَأَيْنَا مَصَابِيحَ وَضَوْءًا، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ شَجَرَةُ أَبِيكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَتَدْنُو مِنْهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَدَنَوْنَا مِنْهَا، فَرَحَّبَ، وَدَعَا لِي بِالْبَرَكَةِ، ثُمَّ مَضَيْنَا، حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ، وَنُشِرَ لِيَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، مَنْ سَمَّى اللهُ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يُسَمِّ، وَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ، إِلَّا هَؤُلَاءِ النَّفَرَ الثَّلَاثَةَ: مُوسَى، وَعِيسَى، وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ

    ✧ The Buraq was brought to me, and I rode it behind Jibril. He traveled with us, and whenever he came to a mountain, its legs would rise, and whenever it descended, its hands would rise. He traveled with us through a land that was gloomy and stinking, and we emerged into a land that was spacious and fragrant. I said, 'O Jibril, we were traveling through a gloomy and stinking land, and we have emerged into a spacious and fragrant land.' He said, 'That is the land of the Fire, and this is the land of Paradise.' We came upon a man standing in prayer. He said, 'Who is this with you, O Jibril?' He said, 'This is your brother Muhammad.' He welcomed me and prayed for blessing for me, saying, 'Ask ease for your nation.' I said, 'Who is this, O Jibril?' He said, 'This is your brother 'Isa.' Then he traveled on, and we came upon a man. He said, 'Who is with you, O Jibril?' He said, 'This is your brother Muhammad.' He welcomed me and prayed for blessing for me, saying, 'Ask ease for your nation.' I said, 'Who is this, O Jibril?' He said, 'This is your brother Musa.' Then we traveled on and saw lamps and light. I said, 'What is this, O Jibril?' He said, 'This is the tree of your father Ibrahim. Shall we draw near to it?' I said, 'Yes.' We drew near to it, and he welcomed me and prayed for blessing for me. Then we went on until we came to Jerusalem, and the prophets were presented to me—those whom Allah named and those He did not name—and I prayed with them, except these three individuals: Musa, 'Isa, and Ibrahim.'

72. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5039No grade recorded

    تُوُفِّيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ، فَوَجَدُوا فِي شَمْلَتِهِ دِينَارَيْنِ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: كَيَّتَانِ

    ✧ A man from the Companions of the Suffa died, and they found two dinars in his cloak. That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, 'Two brands of fire.'

73. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5040No grade recorded

    سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ عَنِ السَّيْرِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ، فَقَالَ: مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ، فَإِنْ يَكُ خَيْرًا يُعَجَّلْ بِهِ، وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ، الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ، وَلَيْسَتْ بِمُتَّبِعَةٍ، لَيْسَ مِنْهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا

    ✧ We asked our Prophet ﷺ about walking with the funeral procession. He said, 'Less than a brisk pace. If it is good, it will be hastened; if it is other than that, then far be it for the people of the Fire. The funeral procession is followed, not following. It is not from it whoever goes ahead of it.'

74. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5041No grade recorded

    صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ، فَلَمْ يَرْفَعُوا أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَّا عِنْدَ افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلَاةِ

    ✧ I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu Bakr, and Umar, and they did not raise their hands except at the opening of the prayer.

75. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5042No grade recorded

    أَلَا أُصَلِّي بِكُمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ، فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ يَدَهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً

    ✧ Shall I not lead you in the prayer of the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: Then he led them, and he did not raise his hand except once.

76. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5043No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي وَقَدْ وَضَعْتُ يَدِي الْيُسْرَى عَلَى الْيُمْنَى، فَجَاءَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي الْيُمْنَى فَوَضَعَهَا عَلَى الْيُسْرَى

    ✧ I was praying and had placed my left hand over my right, when the Prophet ﷺ came to me and took my right hand and placed it over my left.

77. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5044No grade recorded

    الرِّبَا وَإِنْ كَثُرَ، فَإِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهُ تَصِيرُ إِلَى قُلٍّ

    ✧ Usury, even if it increases, its outcome will ultimately come to little.

78. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5045No grade recorded

    إِنَّمَا قَنَتَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَهْرًا يَدْعُو فِيهِ عَلَى حَيٍّ مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ، كَانُوا عُصَيَّةً، عَصَوُا اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقْنُتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ only performed qunut for a month, supplicating against a clan of the clans of Banu Sulaym who were disobedient—they disobeyed God and His Messenger. Then he did not perform qunut after that.

79. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5046No grade recorded

    حَبَسَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، حَتَّى اصْفَرَّتِ الشَّمْسُ - أَوِ احْمَرَّتْ - فَقَالَ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا، أَوْ حَشَا اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا

    ✧ The polytheists detained the Messenger of God ﷺ from the afternoon prayer until the sun turned yellow—or red. He said: They have distracted us from the middle prayer. May God fill their bellies and their graves with fire—or may God stuff their bellies and their graves with fire.

80. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5047No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ فِي أُذُنِ مُبْتَلًى، فَأَفَاقَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا قَرَأْتَ فِي أُذُنِهِ ؟ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ: أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ آخِرِ السُّورَةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مُوقِنًا قَرَأَ بِهَا عَلَى جَبَلٍ لَزَالَ

    ✧ He recited into the ear of an afflicted person, and he recovered. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: What did you recite into his ear? He said: I recited: 'Did you think that We created you in vain...' until the end of the surah. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: If a man of certainty recited it over a mountain, it would move.

81. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5048No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ بِالنَّبِيذِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution with nabidh.

82. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5049No grade recorded

    اسْتَحْيُوا مِنَ اللهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ، فَلْيَحْفَظِ الرَّأْسَ وَمَا حَوَى، وَلْيَحْفَظِ الْبَطْنَ وَمَا وَعَى، وَلْيَذْكُرِ الْمَوْتَ وَالْبِلَى، وَمَنْ أَرَادَ الْآخِرَةَ تَرَكَ زِينَةَ الدُّنْيَا، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَدِ اسْتَحْيَا مِنَ اللهِ حَقَّ الْحَيَاءِ

    ✧ Be shy before God with the shyness due to Him. Let one guard the head and what it contains, and guard the belly and what it holds, and remember death and decay. Whoever desires the Hereafter abandons the adornment of this world. Whoever does that has been shy before God with the shyness due to Him.

83. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5050No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ تَعْرِفُ مَنْ لَمْ تَرَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ ؟ قَالَ: غُرٌّ مُحَجَّلُونَ، بُلْقٌ مِنْ آثَارِ الطُّهُورِ

    ✧ They said: O Messenger of God, how will you recognize those of your community whom you have not seen? He said: They will have white marks on their foreheads and limbs from the traces of ablution, and will be piebald from the effects of purification.

84. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5051No grade recorded

    مَا أُحْصِي مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ، وَفِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ بِـ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ

    ✧ I cannot count how many times I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ recite in the two rak'ahs before the dawn prayer and in the two rak'ahs after sunset: 'Say: O disbelievers' and 'Say: He is God, One.'

85. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5052No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوِتْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى: بِـ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى، وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ: قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ، وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ: قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to recite in the first rak'ah of the witr: 'Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High,' in the second: 'Say: O disbelievers,' and in the third: 'Say: He is God, One.'

86. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5053No grade recorded

    كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى بَيَاضِ خَدَّيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ

    ✧ It is as if I am looking at the whiteness of the cheeks of the Messenger of God ﷺ as he turned to his right: Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings, and to his left: Peace be upon you and the mercy of God.

87. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5054No grade recorded

    عَجِبْتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَتَرْكِهِمْ قِرَاءَتِي وَأَخْذِهِمْ قِرَاءَةَ زَيْدٍ، وَقَدْ أَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ غُلَامٌ صَاحِبُ ذُؤَابَةٍ يَجِيءُ وَيَذْهَبُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ

    ✧ I am astonished at the people and their abandoning my recitation and adopting the recitation of Zayd, though I have taken from the mouth of the Messenger of God ﷺ seventy surahs, while Zayd b. Thabit was a youth with locks of hair, coming and going in Madinah.

88. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5055No grade recorded

    أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَنْ يَحْرُمُ عَلَى النَّارِ، أَوْ مَنْ تَحْرُمُ عَلَيْهِ النَّارُ ؟ عَلَى كُلِّ هَيِّنٍ قَرِيبٍ سَهْلٍ

    ✧ Shall I not tell you who is forbidden to the Fire, or to whom the Fire is forbidden? To everyone who is gentle, near, and easygoing.

89. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5056No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ الْمُحِلَّ، وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ cursed the one who makes lawful [a woman for her former husband] and the one for whom it is made lawful.

90. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5057No grade recorded

    لَقَدْ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ رَجُلٌ مَا عَمِلَ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ حِينَ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ، إِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ، فَأَحْرِقُونِي، ثُمَّ اسْحَقُونِي، ثُمَّ ذَرُوا نِصْفِي فِي الْبَرِّ، وَنِصْفِي فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَأَمَرَ الْبَحْرَ وَالْبَرَّ فَجَمَعَاهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: مَخَافَتُكَ، فَغَفَرَ لَهُ لِذَلِكَ

    ✧ A man entered Paradise though he had done no good. When death came to him, he said to his family, 'When I die, burn me, then crush me, then scatter half of me on land and half of me in the sea.' So He commanded the sea and the land, and they gathered him. He said, 'What made you do what you did?' He said, 'Fear of You.' So He forgave him for that.

91. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5058No grade recorded

    حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، نَحْوَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ نَبَّاشًا فَغَفَرَ لَهُ لِخَوْفِهِ

    ✧ Abu Kurayb narrated to us, Muawiya b. Hisham narrated to us, from Sufyan al-Thawri, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas, from Abd Allah, a similar hadith: The man was a grave robber, but He forgave him because of his fear.

92. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5059No grade recorded

    اخْتَصَمَ رَجُلَانِ فِي سُورَةٍ، فَقَالَ هَذَا: أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ هَذَا: أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَيَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ: فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ، فَقَالَ: اقْرَءُوا كَمَا عُلِّمْتُمْ، فَذَكَرَ فِيهِ كَلَامًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ. قَالَ: فَقَامَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا، وَهُوَ لَا يَقْرَأُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ صَاحِبِهِ

    ✧ Two men disputed over a surah. One said, 'The Messenger of God ﷺ taught me it,' and the other said, 'The Messenger of God ﷺ taught me it.' They came to the Prophet ﷺ and he was informed of that. His face changed, and he said, 'Recite as you have been taught.' Then he mentioned something further, and said, 'Those before you were destroyed only by their differing over their prophets.' Each man of us arose, not reciting according to the recitation of his companion.

93. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5060No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ يُصَلِّي فَافْتَتَحَ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ، فَسَجَلَهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ، فَلْيَقْرَأْ قِرَاءَةَ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ. ثُمَّ قَعَدَ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ، فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: سَلْ تُعْطَهْ، فَقَالَ فِيمَا يَسْأَلُ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ، وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ، وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّنَا ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ، فَأَتَى عُمَرُ لِيُبَشِّرَهُ بِهَا، فَوَجَدَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَارِجًا قَدْ سَبَقَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ فَعَلْتَ إِنَّكَ لَسَبَّاقٌ بِالْخَيْرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by with Abu Bakr and Umar while Abd Allah was praying, and he began reciting Surah al-Nisa, reciting it fluently. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Whoever loves to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite the recitation of Ibn Umm Abd.' Then he sat and made supplication. The Messenger of God ﷺ kept saying, 'Ask and you will be given.' Among his supplications he said, 'O God, I ask You for faith that does not turn back, blessing that does not run out, and the companionship of our Prophet ﷺ in the highest Garden of Eternity.' Umar came to give him glad tidings of that, but found Abu Bakr already outside, having preceded him. He said, 'If you have done so, you are indeed foremost in good.'

94. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5061No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ أُصَلِّي، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، فَسَجَلْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ، فَقَرَأْتُهَا، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ جَلَسْتُ، فَبَدَأْتُ بِالثَّنَاءِ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَالصَّلَاةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ دَعَوْتُ لِنَفْسِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سَلْ تُعْطَ، سَلْ تُعْطَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا، فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ كَمَا يَقْرَأُ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ. قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي، فَأَتَانِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَحْفَظُ مِمَّا كُنْتَ تَدْعُو شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ إِيمَانًا لَا يَرْتَدُّ، وَنَعِيمًا لَا يَنْفَدُ، وَمُرَافَقَةَ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي أَعْلَى جَنَّةِ الْخُلْدِ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَتَانِي عُمَرُ أَيْضًا فَبَشَّرَنِي

    ✧ I was praying in the mosque when the Messenger of God ﷺ entered with Abu Bakr and Umar. I recited Surah al-Nisa fluently and read it. When I finished, I sat and began praising God, Mighty and Glorious, and invoking blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, then I supplicated for myself. The Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Ask and you will be given; ask and you will be given.' Then he said, 'Whoever loves to recite the Qur'an fresh, let him recite as Ibn Umm Abd recites.' I returned to my home, and Abu Bakr came to me and said, 'Do you remember anything of what you supplicated?' I said, 'Yes: O God, I ask You for faith that does not turn back, blessing that does not run out, and the companionship of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the highest Garden of Eternity.' Then Umar also came to me and gave me glad tidings.

95. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5062No grade recorded

    مَنْ كَانَ سَهْلًا لَيِّنًا قَرِيبًا، حَرَّمَهُ اللهُ عَلَى النَّارِ

    ✧ Whoever is easygoing, gentle, and near, God has forbidden him to the Fire.

96. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5063No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ تَمَتَّعَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مُتْعَةَ الْحَجِّ

    ✧ He performed tamattuʿ with the Prophet ﷺ, the tamattuʿ of Hajj.

97. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5064No grade recorded

    بِتُّ اللَّيْلَةَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَى الْجِنِّ رُفَقَاءَ بِالْحَجُونِ

    ✧ Last night I spent the night reciting to the jinn, companions at al-Hajun.

98. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5065No grade recorded

    ارْحَمْ مَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ، يَرْحَمْكَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ

    ✧ Have mercy on those on earth, and He who is in heaven will have mercy on you.

99. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5066No grade recorded

    لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: لَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوا إِذَا مَا اتَّقَوْا إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قِيلَ لِي: أَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ

    ✧ When this verse was revealed: “There is no blame upon those who believe and do righteous deeds for what they have eaten, if they fear [Allah]...” to the end of the verse, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “It was said to me: ‘You are one of them.’”

100. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5067No grade recorded

     لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ أَحَدٌ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ

     ✧ No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride, and no one will enter the Fire who has in his heart the weight of a seed of faith.

101. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5068No grade recorded

     لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ.

     ✧ No one will enter Paradise who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride, and no one will enter the Fire who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of faith.

102. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5069No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ يُوسُفَ، قَالَ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: أَلِّفُوا الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أَلَّفَهُ جِبْرِيلُ: السُّورَةُ الَّتِي تُذْكَرُ فِيهَا الْبَقَرَةُ، السُّورَةُ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا آلُ عِمْرَانَ، السُّورَةُ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا النِّسَاءُ. قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ: فَلَقِيتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَسَبَّهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ

     ✧ I heard Ibn Yusuf say while he was on the pulpit: “Compile the Quran as Gabriel compiled it: the surah in which the Cow is mentioned, the surah in which the family of Imran is mentioned, the surah in which the Women are mentioned.” Al-A'mash said: “I met Ibrahim and told him, and he cursed him, then Ibrahim said...”

103. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5070No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ حِمْصَ، فَقَالَ لِي نَفَرٌ مِنْهُمْ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، اقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَرَأْتُ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ، فَقَالَ لِي رَجُلٌ: مَا هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ، وَاللهِ لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: أَحْسَنْتَ قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أُرَادُّهُ بِالْكَلَامِ، إِذْ وَجَدْتُ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الْخَمْرِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَتَشْرَبُ الرِّجْسَ، وَتُكَذِّبُ بِالْقُرْآنِ ؟ لَا جَرَمَ، لَا تَبْرَحْ حَتَّى أَجْلِدَكَ حَدًّا، فَجَلَدْتُهُ حَدًّا.

     ✧ I came to Homs, and a group of them said to me: “O Abu Abd al-Rahman, recite to us.” So I recited Surah Yusuf, and a man said to me: “It was not revealed like that.” I said to him: “Woe to you! By Allah, I recited it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: ‘You have done well.’” He said: “While I was arguing with him, I noticed the smell of wine on him. I said to him: ‘Do you drink filth and deny the Quran? No doubt, you will not leave until I flog you with the prescribed punishment.’ So I flogged him with the prescribed punishment.”

104. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5071No grade recorded

     اقْرَأْ عَلَيْنَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ، وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي، فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ شَهِيدًا غَمَزَنِي، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا عَيْنَاهُ تُهْرَاقَانِ ﷺ

     ✧ “Recite to us.” He said: “I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, should I recite to you when the Quran was revealed to you?’ He said: ‘I like to hear it from someone other than myself.’ So I recited Surah al-Nisa' to him until when I reached: ‘So how will it be when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you as a witness against these?’ He nudged me, so I looked at him and his eyes were flowing with tears ﷺ.”

105. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5072No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، إِذِ انْفَلَقَ الْقَمَرُ فِلْقَتَيْنِ، فَكَانَتْ فِلْقَةٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْجَبَلِ، وَفِلْقَةٌ دُونَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اشْهَدُوا

     ✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, the moon split into two parts: one part was behind the mountain and one part was on this side. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Bear witness.”

106. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5073No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يُؤْخَذْ بِمَا عَمِلَ بِهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَإِنْ أَسَاءَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ.

     ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of Allah, will we be held accountable for what we did in the pre-Islamic era?” He said: “Whoever does good in Islam will not be held accountable for what he did in the pre-Islamic era, but if he does evil in Islam, he will be held accountable for the first and the last.”

107. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5074No grade recorded

     كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَكَى نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، ضَرَبَهُ قَوْمُهُ، حَتَّى أَدْمَوْا وَجْهَهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ.

     ✧ It is as if I am looking at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ imitating one of the prophets: his people struck him until they made his face bleed, and he began wiping the blood from his face while saying: “O Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know.”

108. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5075No grade recorded

     تَسَحَّرُوا فَإِنَّ فِي السَّحُورِ بَرَكَةً

     ✧ Eat the pre-dawn meal, for there is blessing in the pre-dawn meal.

109. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5076No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَكْرَهُ عَشْرَ خِلَالٍ: الصُّفْرَةُ - يَعْنِي: الْخَلُوقَ -، وَجَرُّ الْإِزَارِ، وَالتَّخَتُّمُ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَنَتْفُ الشَّيْبِ، وَالضَّرْبُ بِالْكِعَابِ، وَالتَّبَرُّجُ بِالزِّينَةِ بِغَيْرِ مَحَلِّهَا، وَالرُّقَى إِلَّا بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ، وَتَعَلُّقٌ بِالتَّمَائِمِ، وَعَزْلُ الْمَاءِ عِنْدَ أَوَانِهِ عَنْ مَحَلِّهِ، وَفَسَادُ الصَّبِيِّ غَيْرُ مُحَرِّمِهِ

     ✧ He disliked ten traits: saffron dye—meaning khaluq—, dragging the lower garment, wearing a gold ring, plucking gray hairs, playing with dice, displaying adornment inappropriately, using incantations except with the mu'awwidhat, hanging amulets, withdrawing semen at its time from its place, and corrupting a child without making it unlawful.

110. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5077No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي فَحَسِّنْ خُلُقِي

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say: “O Allah, You have made my physical form good, so make my character good.”

111. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5078No grade recorded

     صَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً

     ✧ A man's prayer in congregation exceeds his prayer alone by twenty-some degrees.

112. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5079No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، مِنْ هَمْزِهِ، وَنَفْثِهِ، وَنَفْخِهِ، فَهَمْزُهُ: الْمُوتَةُ، وَنَفْخُهُ: الشِّعْرُ، وَنَفْثُهُ: الْكِبْرُ

     ✧ He used to say: O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the devil, from his prodding, his blowing, and his spitting. His prodding is madness, his blowing is poetry, and his spitting is pride.

113. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5080No grade recorded

     لَا حَسَدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ مَالًا، فَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَى هَلَكَتِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ، وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ الْحِكْمَةَ، فَهُوَ يَقْضِي بِهَا، وَيُعَلِّمُهَا

     ✧ There is no envy except in two cases: a man to whom Allah has given wealth and empowered him to spend it in the way of truth, and a man to whom Allah has given wisdom, so he judges by it and teaches it.

114. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5081No grade recorded

     كُلُّ مُسْكِرٍ حَرَامٌ

     ✧ Every intoxicant is unlawful.

115. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5082No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَوْلَاكُمْ بِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرُكُمْ عَلَيَّ صَلَاةً

     ✧ The closest of you to me on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who sends the most prayers upon me.

116. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5083No grade recorded

     النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ

     ✧ Regret is repentance.

117. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5084No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَقُولُ إِذَا جَلَسْنَا فِي الصَّلَاةِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَى اللهِ قَبْلَ عِبَادِهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَى جِبْرِيلَ، السَّلَامُ عَلَى مِيكَائِيلَ، السَّلَامُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ، قَالَ: فَنَقُولُ: مَلَائِكَتَهُ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ السَّلَامُ، فَإِذَا جَلَسْتُمْ فَقُولُوا: التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلهِ، وَالصَّلَوَاتُ، وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، ثُمَّ نَتَخَيَّرُ الْكَلَامَ

     ✧ We used to say, when we sat in prayer: Peace be upon Allah before His servants, peace be upon Jibril, peace be upon Mika'il, peace be upon so-and-so. He said: Then we would say: His angels. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: Allah is the Peace, so when you sit, say: The greetings are for Allah, and the prayers, and the good things. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no deity but He, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger. Then we choose the speech.

118. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5085No grade recorded

     لَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَتَنْعَتَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا

     ✧ A woman should not touch another woman and then describe her to her husband so that it is as if he is looking at her.

119. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5086No grade recorded

     تَجِيءُ رَايَاتٌ سُودٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ، وَتَخُوضُ الْخَيْلُ الدِّمَاءَ إِلَى ثُنَّتِهَا يُظْهِرُونَ الْعَدْلَ وَيَطْلُبُونَ الْعَدْلَ فَلَا يُعْطَوْنَهُ، فَيَظْهَرُونَ، فَيُطْلَبُ مِنْهُمُ الْعَدْلُ فَلَا يُعْطَوْنَهُ

     ✧ Black banners will come from the direction of the east, and the horses will wade through blood up to their chests. They will manifest justice and seek justice, but will not be given it, so they will prevail. Then justice will be sought from them, but they will not give it.

120. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5087No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ نِسْوَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَأَتَاهُنَّ، فَوَعَظَهُنَّ، وَذَكَّرَهُنَّ، وَقَالَ: مَا مِنْكُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ يَمُوتُ لَهَا ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ إِلَّا دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَجَلِّهِنَّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ ذَاتَ الِاثْنَيْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْكُنَّ امْرَأَةٌ يَمُوتُ لَهَا اثْنَانِ إِلَّا دَخَلَتِ الْجَنَّةَ.

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out to the mosque, and there were some women from the Ansar in it. He came to them, admonished them, and reminded them, and said: There is not one of you women who loses three children except that she will enter Paradise. A woman from among the noblest of them said: O Messenger of Allah, what about the one who loses two? He said: There is not one of you women who loses two except that she will enter Paradise.

121. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5088No grade recorded

     أَفْضَلُ الْحَجِّ الْعَجُّ وَالثَّجُّ، فَأَمَّا الْعَجُّ: فَالتَّلْبِيَةُ، وَأَمَّا الثَّجُّ: فَنَحْرُ الْبُدْنِ.

     ✧ The best Hajj is the raising of voices and the shedding of blood. As for the raising of voices, it is the talbiyah, and as for the shedding of blood, it is the sacrificing of camels.

122. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5089No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ لَيَغَارُ لِعَبْدِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ، فَلْيَغَرْ لِنَفْسِهِ

     ✧ Indeed Allah has protective jealousy for His believing servant, so let him have protective jealousy for himself.

123. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5090No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ، وَلَا اللَّعَّانِ، وَلَا الْبَذِيءِ، وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ.

     ✧ The believer is not one who taunts, nor curses, nor is obscene, nor is indecent.

124. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5091No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيَّ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ: وَإِنْ مِنْكُمْ إِلا وَارِدُهَا فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ حَدَّثَهُمْ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: يَرِدُونَ عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ وَيَصْدُرُونَ عَنْهُ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ، فَأَوَّلُهُمْ يَمُرُّ كَالرِّيحِ، ثُمَّ كَحُضْرِ الْفَرَسِ، ثُمَّ كَالرَّاكِبِ فِي رَحْلِهِ، ثُمَّ كَشَدِّ الرَّجُلِ، ثُمَّ كَمَشْيِهِ

     ✧ I asked Murrah al-Hamdani about His saying: 'There is none of you but will pass over it (Hell)', so he narrated to me that Abdullah narrated to them, from the Prophet ﷺ, who said: 'They will come to the Sirat and pass over it according to their deeds. The first of them will pass like the wind, then like the galloping of a horse, then like a rider in his saddle, then like a man running, then like a man walking.'

125. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5092No grade recorded

     مَنْ مَاتَ يَجْعَلُ لِلهِ نِدًّا، أَدْخَلَهُ النَّارَ، قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: وَأُخْرَى قُلْتُهَا: مَنْ مَاتَ لَا يَجْعَلُ لِلهِ نِدًّا، أَدْخَلَهُ اللهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْحَقَائِقَ كَفَّارَاتٌ لَمَّا بَيْنَهُنَّ مِنَ الْخَطَايَا مَا اجْتُنِبَ الْمَقْتَلُ

     ✧ Whoever dies while setting up a rival to Allah, He will admit him to the Fire. Abu Abd al-Rahman said: 'And another thing I said: Whoever dies while not setting up a rival to Allah, Allah will admit him to Paradise. And these prayers, the prescribed ones, are expiations for the sins between them as long as major sins are avoided.'

126. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5093No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ، فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا نَامَ اللَّيْلَةَ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُذُنِهِ.

     ✧ A man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and it was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, so-and-so slept last night until morning.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Satan urinated in his ear.'

127. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5094No grade recorded

     الطِّيَرَةُ: الشِّرْكُ، وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا، وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ

     ✧ Tiyarah (belief in bad omens) is shirk. There is none of us but [has some inclination to it], but Allah removes it through reliance on Him.

128. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5095No grade recorded

     كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ فِي هَذَا الْوَادِي مُحْرِمًا بَيْنَ قَطَوَانِيَّتَيْنِ

     ✧ It is as if I am looking at Musa b. Imran in this valley, in the state of ihram, between two Qatwani garments.

129. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5096No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ إِذَا عَمِلَ الْعَامِلُ مِنْهُمْ بِالْخَطِيئَةِ نَهَاهُ النَّاهِي تَعْذِيرًا، فَإِذَا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ جَالَسَهُ، وَآكَلَهُ، وَشَارَبَهُ، كَأَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ عَلَى الْخَطِيئَةِ بِالْأَمْسِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللهُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ ضَرَبَ بِقُلُوبِ بَعْضِهِمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، وَلَعَنَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِمْ دَاوُدَ، وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَتَأْمُرُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلَتَنْهَوُنَّ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَلَتَأْطُرُنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَطْرًا، أَوْ لَيَضْرِبَنَّ اللهُ قُلُوبَ بَعْضِكُمْ بِبَعْضٍ، وَيَلْعَنَكُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَهُمْ

     ✧ Indeed, those before you from the Children of Israel, when a man among them committed a sin, someone would forbid him as a mere excuse. Then the next day he would sit with him, eat with him, and drink with him, as if he had not seen him commit the sin the day before. When Allah saw that from them, He struck the hearts of some of them against others and cursed them on the tongue of their Prophet Dawud and Isa b. Maryam. That was because they disobeyed and used to transgress. By the One in whose hand is my soul, you must enjoin good and forbid evil, and you must compel him to adhere to the truth forcefully, or Allah will strike the hearts of some of you against others and curse you as He cursed them.

130. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5097No grade recorded

     أَنَّ نَاسًا أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ صَاحِبَنَا اشْتَكَى، أَفَنَكْوِيهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَاكْوُوهُ، وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَارْضِفُوهُ.

     ✧ Some people came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Our companion is sick; shall we cauterize him?' He fell silent for a while, then said: 'If you wish, cauterize him; and if you wish, use heated stones.'

131. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5098No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ فِي غَنَمٍ لِآلِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ أَرْعَاهَا، فَجَاءَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا غُلَامُ، هَلْ عِنْدَكَ لَبَنٌ تَسْقِينَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، وَلَكِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ، قَالَ: فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَاةٌ شَصُومٌ لَمْ يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِشَاةٍ شَصُومٍ، قَالَ سَلَّامٌ: لَمْ يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي لَيْسَ لَهَا ضَرْعٌ، فَمَسَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَكَانَ الضَّرْعِ وَمَا بِهَا ضَرْعٌ، فَإِذَا ضَرْعٌ حَافِلٌ مَمْلُوءٌ لَبَنًا، وَأَتَيْتُهُ بِصَخْرَةٍ مُنْقَعِرَةٍ، فَاحْتَلَبَ، فَسَقَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَسَقَانِي، ثُمَّ شَرِبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ: اقْلِصْ، فَرَجَعَ كَمَا كَانَ، قَالَ: فَأَنَا رَأَيْتُ هَذَا بِعَيْنَيَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي، فَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِي، وَقَالَ: بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكَ، فَإِنَّكَ غُلَامٌ مُعَلَّمٌ، فَأَسْلَمْتُ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَهُ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْمُرْسَلَاتِ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا، وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا، فَلَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّ الْآيَتَيْنِ خُتِمَتْ وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لا يَرْكَعُونَ أَوْ ( بِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ ) فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً، وَأَخَذْتُ سَائِرَ الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ. قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ نِيَامٌ عَلَى حِرَاءٍ، فَمَا نَبَّهَنَا إِلَّا قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: مَنَعَهَا مِنْكُمُ الَّذِي مَنَعَكُمْ مِنْهَا، قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: حَيَّةٌ خَرَجَتْ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْجَبَلِ

     ✧ I was tending the sheep of the family of Abu Mu'ayt, and the Prophet ﷺ came to me with Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafah. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'O boy, do you have any milk to give us to drink?' I said: 'Yes, but I am entrusted.' He said: 'Do you have a ewe that is shasum (young, not yet covered by a ram and without an udder)?' I said: 'Yes.' So I brought him a shasum ewe. Salam said: 'Not yet covered by a ram, and it is one that has no udder.' The Prophet ﷺ wiped the place of the udder, and it had no udder, and suddenly there was an udder full of milk. I brought him a hollowed-out rock, and he milked it and gave Abu Bakr to drink and gave me to drink, then he drank. Then he said to the udder: 'Shrink,' and it returned to as it was. He said: 'I saw this with my own eyes from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I said: O Messenger of Allah, teach me.' He wiped my head and said: 'May Allah bless you, for you are a taught boy.' So I embraced Islam and came to the Prophet ﷺ. While we were with him on Hira, Surat al-Mursalat was revealed to him, and I learned it while his mouth was still moist with it. I do not know with which of the two verses it ended: 'And when it is said to them: Bow down, they do not bow down' or 'Then in what statement after it will they believe?' I took from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ seventy surahs, and I took the rest of the Quran from his companions. He said: 'While we were sleeping on Hira, nothing woke us except the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: The one who prevented it from you is the one who prevented you from it. We said: O Messenger of Allah, what is that? He said: A snake came out from the side of the mountain.'

132. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5099No grade recorded

     أَنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ بَعَثَ رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا: ابْنُ أُثَالِ بْنِ حَجْرٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتَشْهَدَانِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ قَالَا: نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ وَرُسُلِهِ، لَوْ كُنْتُ قَاتِلًا وَفْدًا قَتَلْتُكُمَا. فَبَيْنَمَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ بِالْكُوفَةِ إِذْ رُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي مَعَ ابْنِ أُثَالٍ، وَهُوَ قَرِيبٌ لَهُ فَأَمَرَ بِقَتْلِهِ، فَقَالَ لِلْقَوْمِ: وَهَلْ تَدْرُونَ لِمَ قَتَلْتُ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: لَا نَدْرِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ بَعَثَ هَذَا مَعَ ابْنِ أُثَالِ بْنِ حَجْرٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَتَشْهَدَانِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ قَالَا: نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُسَيْلِمَةَ رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ وَرُسُلِهِ، لَوْ كُنْتُ قَاتِلًا وَفْدًا قَتَلْتُكُمَا، قَالَ: فَلِذَلِكَ قَتَلْتُهُ، قَالَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ: وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَوْمَئِذٍ كَافِرًا

     ✧ Musaylimah sent two men, one of them Ibn Uthal b. Hajar. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do you both bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah?' They said: 'We bear witness that Musaylimah is the Messenger of Allah.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'I believe in Allah and His messengers. If I were to kill envoys, I would kill you both.' While Ibn Mas'ud was in Kufa, the man who was with Ibn Uthal, and he was a relative of his, was brought to him, so he ordered his execution. He said to the people: 'Do you know why I killed this man?' They said: 'We do not know.' He said: 'Musaylimah sent this man with Ibn Uthal b. Hajar. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do you both bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah? They said: We bear witness that Musaylimah is the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet ﷺ said: I believe in Allah and His messengers. If I were to kill envoys, I would kill you both.' He said: 'So that is why I killed him.' Abu Wa'il said: 'And the man was a disbeliever at that time.'

133. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5100No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ عِنْدَ اللهِ أَكْبَرُ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ، قَالَ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَصْدِيقَهَا: وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلا بِالْحَقِّ وَلا يَزْنُونَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked: 'Which sin is greatest in the sight of Allah?' He said: 'That you set up a rival to Allah while He created you.' He said: 'Then which?' He said: 'Then that you commit adultery with your neighbor's wife.' He said: 'Then Allah sent down its confirmation: And those who do not call upon another god with Allah, nor kill the soul which Allah has forbidden except by right, nor commit adultery.'

134. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5101No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَا يُقْضَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ

     ✧ The first thing to be judged between people on the Day of Resurrection will be concerning bloodshed.

135. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5102No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَأَنَّهُ قَاعِدٌ تَحْتَ جَبَلٍ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ لَيَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَذُبَابٍ مَرَّ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ قَالَ لَهُ هَكَذَا. قَالَ: وَقَالَ: لَلَّهُ أَفْرَحُ بِتَوْبَةِ الْعَبْدِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ نَزَلَ بِدَوِّيَّةٍ مَهْلَكَةٍ عَلَيْهِ، مَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَامَ نَوْمَةً فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ، فَانْطَلَقَ فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهِ الْعَطَشُ أَوِ الْجُوعُ - أَبُو شِهَابٍ شَكَّ - قَالَ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي فَأَمُوتُ فِيهِ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَاسْتَيْقَظَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَاحِلَتِهِ عِنْدَهُ، وَعَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ

     ✧ Indeed the believer sees his sins as if he were sitting beneath a mountain, fearing that it fall upon him, while the sinner sees his sins as a fly that passed over his nose and he said to it thus. He said: And he said: Allah is more delighted with the repentance of a servant than a man who alighted in a desolate, deadly wilderness, having with him his mount carrying his food and drink. He laid down his head and slept a sleep, then woke to find his mount with his food and drink had gone. He set out seeking it until thirst or hunger overcame him—Abu Shihab was uncertain—and said: I shall return to my place and die there. So he returned to his place, laid down his head, and woke to find his mount beside him, with his food and drink upon it.

136. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5103No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَبِّرُ فِي كُلِّ رَفْعٍ وَوَضْعٍ، وَقِيَامٍ وَقُعُودٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say the takbir with every rising and lowering, and standing and sitting, as did Abu Bakr and Umar.

137. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5104No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ خَدَّيْهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to give salutation to his right and to his left: 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah,' until the whiteness of his cheeks could be seen.

138. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5105No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ أُمَّتِي الْقَرْنُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَسْبِقُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ، وَيَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: كُنَّا نُنْهَى أَنْ نَحْلِفَ بِالْعَهْدِ وَالشَّهَادَاتِ

     ✧ The best of my community is the generation in which I was sent, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then there will come a people whose testimony precedes their oath and whose oath precedes their testimony. He said: Ibrahim said: We were forbidden to swear by the covenant and testimonies.

139. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5106No grade recorded

     إِنَّ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ حِكْمَةً

     ✧ Indeed in poetry there is wisdom.

140. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5107No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَجُلٌ كَثِيرَ الْمَالِ، لَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ، قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ: إِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ مَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِهِ، أَوْرَثْتُكُمْ مَالًا كَثِيرًا، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: إِذَا مُتُّ فَاحْرِقُونِي، ثُمَّ اطْحَنُونِي، فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ رِيحٍ، فَارْتَقُوا فَوْقَ قُلَّةِ جَبَلٍ فَاذْرُونِي، فَإِنَّ اللهَ إِنْ قَدَرَ عَلَيَّ لَمْ يَغْفِرْ لِي، فَفُعِلَ ذَلِكَ بِهِ، فَاجْتَمَعَ فِي يَدَيِ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَبِّ مَخَافَتُكَ، قَالَ: فَاذْهَبْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ

     ✧ There was a man with much wealth. When death came to him, he said to his family: 'If you do what I command you, I will leave you abundant wealth.' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'When I die, burn me, then grind me, and on a windy day ascend to the top of a mountain and scatter me. For if Allah gets hold of me, He will not forgive me.' So they did that to him. He was gathered in the hands of Allah, and He said: 'What made you do what you did?' He said: 'My Lord, fear of You.' He said: 'Go, for I have forgiven you.'

141. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5108No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فُلَانًا نَامَ الْبَارِحَةَ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: بَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُذُنِهِ - أَوْ أُذُنَيْهِ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'So-and-so slept last night and missed the prayer.' He said: 'Satan urinated in his ear—or in his ears.'

142. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5109No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ

     ✧ The most severely punished of people on the Day of Resurrection are the image-makers.

143. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5110No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى، وَسَلْمَانَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ سُئِلَا عَنِ ابْنَةٍ، وَابْنَةِ ابْنٍ، وَأُخْتٍ، فَقَالَا: لِلْأُخْتِ النِّصْفُ، وَلِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، فَسُئِلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ، أَقُولُ كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ تَكْمِلَةُ الثُّلُثَيْنِ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ

     ✧ Abu Musa and Salman b. Rabi'a were asked about a daughter, a son's daughter, and a sister. They said: 'The sister gets half and the daughter gets half.' Abdullah was asked, and he said: 'Then I would have gone astray and not be among the rightly guided. I say as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: the daughter gets half, the son's daughter gets one-sixth to complete two-thirds, and what remains goes to the sister.'

144. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5111No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ تَرَكَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَا فِي السَّمَاءِ طَيْرٌ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحِهِ إِلَّا ذَكَّرَنَا مِنْهُ عِلْمًا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ left us and there is no bird in the sky flapping its wings but that he mentioned to us some knowledge from it.

145. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5112No grade recorded

     قَدِمْنَا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ: مَا بَقِيَ مِنْكَ لِلنِّسَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: ادْنُ يَا عَلْقَمَةَ - وَكُنْتُ شَابًّا - فَدَنَوْتُ، فَقَالَ: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فِتْيَةٍ عُزَّابٍ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ ذَا طَوْلٍ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ، وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ، وَمَنْ لَا فَالصَّوْمُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ

     ✧ We arrived with Abdullah before Uthman. Uthman said to Abdullah: 'What desire do you still have for women?' He said: 'Come close, O Alqama'—and I was a young man—so I came close. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out upon a group of unmarried youths and said: Whoever among you has the means, let him marry, for it lowers the gaze and guards chastity. And whoever cannot, then fasting is for him a restraint.'

146. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5113No grade recorded

     لِيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَهَيْشَاتِ الْأَسْوَاقِ.

     ✧ Let those of maturity and understanding stand nearest to me, then those who follow them. Do not differ, lest your hearts differ. And beware of the clamor of the marketplaces.

147. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5114No grade recorded

     تَصَدَّقُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ، فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عِلْيَةِ النِّسَاءِ: وَلِمَ نَحْنُ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ جَهَنَّمَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ، قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: مَا وَجَدْتُ نَاقِصَ الْعَقْلِ وَالدِّينِ أَغْلَبَ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ ذَوِي الْأَحْلَامِ عَلَى أُمُورِهِنَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ النِّسَاءِ، قِيلَ: يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، وَمَا نَقْصُ عُقُولِهِنَّ وَدِينِهِنَّ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَّا نَقْصُ عُقُولِهِنَّ: فَشَهَادَةُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَأَمَّا نَقْصُ دِينِهِنَّ: فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَى إِحْدَاهُنَّ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ مِنْ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ لَا تَسْجُدُ لِلهِ فِيهِ سَجْدَةً

     ✧ Give charity, O assembly of women, for you are the majority of the people of Hell on the Day of Resurrection. A woman who was not among the elite of women said: And why are we the majority of the people of Hell? He said: Because you curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. Ibn Mas'ud said: I have not found any who are deficient in intellect and religion and more overpowering over men of sound judgment in their affairs than these women. It was said: O Ibn Mas'ud, what is the deficiency in their intellects and their religion? He said: As for the deficiency in their intellects, it is that the testimony of two women equals the testimony of one man. As for the deficiency in their religion, it is that one of them goes through whatever Allah wills of days and nights without prostrating to Allah a single prostration.

148. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5115No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَحْسَنْتَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ تُؤَاخَذْ بِهِ، وَإِنْ أَسَأْتَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذْتَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: Will we be held accountable for what we did in the pre-Islamic era? He said: If you do good in Islam, you will not be held accountable for it; but if you do evil in Islam, you will be held accountable for the first and the last.

149. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5116No grade recorded

     لَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ تَنْعَتُهَا لِزَوْجِهَا أَوْ تَصِفُهَا لِلرَّجُلِ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ ثَلَاثَةٌ فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ صَاحِبِهِمَا، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ، وَمَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ كَاذِبًا لِيَقْتَطِعَ بِهَا مَالَ أَخِيهِ أَوْ مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ

     ✧ A woman should not have intimate contact with another woman and then describe her to her husband or describe her to a man as if he is looking at her. If there are three people, two should not converse privately to the exclusion of their companion, for that grieves him. Whoever swears a false oath in order to seize thereby the property of his brother or the property of a Muslim man will meet Allah while He is angry with him.

150. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5117No grade recorded

     تُوُفِّيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ، فَتَرَكَ دِينَارَيْنِ، فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كَيَّتَيْنِ.

     ✧ A man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, one of the people of the Suffah, died and left two dinars. That was mentioned to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: Two brands of fire.

151. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5118No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَدَّمَ ثَلَاثَةً لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحِنْثَ كَانُوا لَهُ حِصْنًا حَصِينًا مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: قَدَّمْتُ اثْنَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: وَاثْنَيْنِ، قَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ سَيِّدُ الْقُرَّاءِ: قَدَّمْتُ وَاحِدًا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: وَوَاحِدًا، قَالَ: وَلَكِنَّ ذَاكَ فِي أَوَّلِ صَدْمَةٍ

     ✧ Whoever offers up three children who have not reached the age of accountability, they will be a strong fortress for him against the Fire. Abu Dharr said: I have offered up two, O Messenger of Allah. He said: And two. Ubayy b. Ka'b, Abu al-Mundhir, the leader of the reciters, said: I have offered up one, O Messenger of Allah. He said: And one. He said: But that is only at the first shock.

152. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5119No grade recorded

     مَنْ أَحْسَنَ الصَّلَاةَ حَيْثُ يَرَاهَا النَّاسُ، وَأَسَاءَهَا حَيْثُ يَخْلُو، فَتِلْكَ اسْتِهَانَةٌ اسْتَهَانَ بِهَا رَبَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى

     ✧ Whoever performs the prayer well when people see him, and performs it badly when he is alone, that is a belittlement by which he belittles his Lord, Blessed and Exalted.

153. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5120No grade recorded

     الْمِسْكِينُ لَيْسَ الطَّوَّافَ عَلَيْكُمُ الَّذِي تَرُدُّهُ اللُّقْمَةُ وَاللُّقْمَتَانِ، وَالتَّمْرَةُ وَالتَّمْرَتَانِ، قُلْنَا: فَمَا الْمِسْكِينُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: الَّذِي لَا يَجِدُ مَا يُغْنِيهِ، وَيَسْتَحِي أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ، وَلَا يُفْطَنُ لَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ The poor person is not the one who goes around among you and is turned away with a morsel or two morsels, a date or two dates. We said: Then who is the poor person, O Messenger of Allah? He said: The one who does not find what suffices him and is too shy to ask people, and no one notices him so that charity is given to him.

154. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5121No grade recorded

     سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ أَخَاهُ فُسُوقٌ، وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ، وَحُرْمَةُ مَالِهِ كَحُرْمَةِ دَمِهِ.

     ✧ Insulting a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief. The sanctity of his property is like the sanctity of his blood.

155. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5122No grade recorded

     إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ بِطَعَامِهِ فَلْيَبْدَأْ فَلْيُلْقِمْهُ أَوْ لِيُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ وَلِيَ حَرَّهُ وَدُخَانَهُ.

     ✧ When one of you is brought food by his servant, let him begin and feed him or seat him with him, for he has endured its heat and smoke.

156. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5123No grade recorded

     هَلْ تَدْرُونَ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ ؟ قَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: الْمِنْحَةُ أَنْ تَمْنَحَ أَخَاكَ الدَّنَانِيرَ، أَوِ الدَّرَاهِمَ، أَوِ الْبَقَرَةَ، أَوِ الشَّاةَ، أَوْ ظَهْرَ الدَّابَّةِ، أَوْ لَبَنَ الشَّاةِ، أَوْ لَبَنَ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَلَمْ يَقُلِ: الْبَقَرَةَ وَالشَّاةَ.

     ✧ Do you know which charity is best? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: The gift: that you grant your brother dinars, or dirhams, or a cow, or a sheep, or the back of a riding animal, or the milk of a sheep, or the milk of a cow. He did not say: the cow and the sheep.

157. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5124No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ قَدْ يَئِسَ أَنْ تُعْبَدَ الْأَصْنَامُ فِي أَرْضِ الْعَرَبِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سَيَرْضَى مِنْكُمْ بِدُونِ ذَلِكَ بِالْمُحَقَّرَاتِ، وَهِيَ: الْمُوبِقَاتُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، اتَّقُوا الْمَظَالِمَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَجِيءُ بِالْحَسَنَاتِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَرَى أَنَّهُ سَتُنْجِيهِ، فَمَا زَالَ عَبْدٌ يَقُومُ، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ ظَلَمَنِي عَبْدُكَ مَظْلَمَةً، فَيَقُولُ: امْحُوا مِنْ حَسَنَاتِهِ، مَا يَزَالُ كَذَلِكَ، حَتَّى مَا يَبْقَى لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ، وَإِنَّ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ كَسَفْرٍ نَزَلُوا بِفَلَاةٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، لَيْسَ مَعَهُمْ حَطَبٌ، فَتَفَرَّقَ الْقَوْمُ لِيَحْتَطِبُوا، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا أَنْ حَطَبُوا، فَأَعْظَمُوا النَّارَ، وَطَبَخُوا مَا أَرَادُوا، وَكَذَلِكَ الذُّنُوبُ

     ✧ Satan has despaired of being worshiped in the land of the Arabs, but he will be content with you with less than that, with the trivial sins, which are the destructive ones on the Day of Resurrection. Beware of injustices as much as you can, for the servant will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds, thinking that they will save him. A servant will keep standing and saying: O Lord, Your servant wronged me in some way. And He will say: Erase from his good deeds. It will continue like that until no good deed remains for him because of the sins. The parable of that is like a group of travelers who stopped in a desert with no firewood with them. The people dispersed to gather firewood, and it was not long before they gathered it, made a great fire, and cooked what they wanted. Thus are sins.

158. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5125No grade recorded

     مَا أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ، وَمِنْ غَيْرَتِهِ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ مَا ظَهَرَ مِنْهَا وَمَا بَطَنَ

     ✧ No one is more jealous than Allah, and because of His jealousy He forbade immoralities, both apparent and hidden.

159. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5126No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ يَأْمُرُ مُنَادِيًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ: يَا آدَمُ قُمْ فَابْعَثْ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ بَعْثًا إِلَى النَّارِ، فَيَقُومُ آدَمُ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، مِنْ كُلِّ كَمْ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: مِنْ كُلِّ مِائَةٍ تِسْعَةً وَتِسْعِينَ إِلَى النَّارِ، وَوَاحِدًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا لَهُ: مَنِ النَّاجِي مِنَّا بَعْدَ هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّكُمْ فِي خَلِيقَتَيْنِ مِنَ النَّاسِ: يَأْجُوجَ، وَمَأْجُوجَ، وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ، وَمَا أَنْتُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَالرَّقْمَةِ فِي ذِرَاعِ الدَّابَّةِ، أَوْ كَالشَّعْرَةِ فِي جَنْبِ الْبَعِيرِ

     ✧ Indeed, Allah commands a caller on the Day of Resurrection: 'O Adam, arise and send forth from your progeny a contingent to the Fire.' Adam stands and says: 'O Lord, from every how many?' He says: 'From every hundred, ninety-nine to the Fire and one to Paradise.' That distressed those of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who heard it. They said to him: 'Who among us is saved after this?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'You are among two created peoples: Gog and Magog, and they descend from every mound. You are in the world only like a spot on the foreleg of a beast, or like a hair on the side of a camel.'

160. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5127No grade recorded

     الْأَيْدِي ثَلَاثَةٌ: فَيَدُ اللهِ تَعَالَى الْعُلْيَا، وَيَدُ الْمُعْطِي الَّتِي تَلِيهَا، وَيَدُ السَّائِلِ السُّفْلَى إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَاسْتَعِفَّ عَنِ السُّؤَالِ وَعَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ، فَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَ شَيْئًا - أَوْ قَالَ: خَيْرًا - فَلْيُرَ عَلَيْكَ، وَابْدَأْ بِمَنْ تَعُولُ، وَارْضَخْ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ، وَلَا تُلَامُ عَلَى الْعَفَافِ.

     ✧ Hands are three: the Hand of Allah, Exalted is He, is the highest; the hand of the giver that follows it; and the hand of the beggar is the lowest until the Day of Resurrection. So refrain from asking and from begging as much as you can. If you are given something—or he said: good—let it be shown upon you. Begin with those you support, give what you can from surplus, and you will not be blamed for chastity.

161. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5128No grade recorded

     نَضَّرَ اللهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا فَحَفِظَهُ حَتَّى يُبَلِّغَهُ

     ✧ May Allah brighten the face of a person who hears a hadith from us and memorizes it until he conveys it.

162. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5129No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَأَتَى الْغَائِطَ، فَقَالَ: الْتَمِسُوا لِي ثَلَاثَةَ أَحْجَارٍ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِلَّا حَجَرَيْنِ وَرَوْثَةً، فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَرَدَّ الرَّوْثَةَ، وَقَالَ: هَذِهِ رِجْسٌ

     ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ when he went to relieve himself. He said: 'Find me three stones.' I found only two stones and a piece of dung. He took the two stones and threw back the dung, saying: 'This is filth.'

163. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5130No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكَبِّرُ فِي كُلِّ خَفْضٍ، وَرَفْعٍ، وَقِيَامٍ، وَقُعُودٍ، وَيُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ خَدِّهِ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يَفْعَلَانِ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to say the takbir at every lowering, raising, standing, and sitting, and he would give the salutation to his right and to his left: 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah; peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah,' until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen. Abu Bakr and Umar used to do that.

164. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5131No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ

     ✧ I entered with my father upon Abdullah b. Mas'ud, and he said: 'Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Remorse is repentance?' He said: 'Yes.'

165. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5132No grade recorded

     سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَجْعَلَ لِلهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَعَظِيمٌ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَقْتُلَ وَلَدَكَ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَطْعَمَ مَعَكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ

     ✧ I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Which sin is greatest in the sight of Allah?' He said: 'That you set up a rival to Allah while He created you.' I said: 'That is indeed great.' I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'That you kill your child fearing that he will eat with you.' I said: 'Then which?' He said: 'That you commit adultery with your neighbor's wife.'

166. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5133No grade recorded

     قَالَ أُنَاسٌ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَّا مَنْ أَحْسَنَ مِنْكُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ فَلَا يُؤَاخَذُ بِهَا، وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ أُخِذَ بِعَمَلِهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَالْإِسْلَامِ.

     ✧ Some people said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Will we be held accountable for what we did in the pre-Islamic era?' He said: 'As for one of you who does good in Islam, he will not be held accountable for it. But one who does evil will be taken to account for his deeds in the pre-Islamic era and in Islam.'

167. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5134No grade recorded

     إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى رَجُلَانِ دُونَ الْآخَرِ حَتَّى تَخْتَلِطُوا بِالنَّاسِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ، وَلَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَتَصِفَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا، حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا.

     ✧ When you are three, let not two men converse privately excluding the third until you mix with people, because that saddens him. And let not a woman touch a woman and then describe her to her husband, until it is as if he is looking at her.

168. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5135No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ حُنَيْنٍ آثَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْغَنِيمَةِ، فَأَعْطَى الْأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ مِائَةً مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَأَعْطَى عُيَيْنَةَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَأَعْطَى نَاسًا مِنْ أَشْرَافِ الْعَرَبِ، وَآثَرَهُمْ فِي الْقِسْمَةِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: وَاللهِ إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَقِسْمَةٌ مَا عُدِلَ فِيهَا، وَمَا أُرِيدَ بِهَا وَجْهُ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ لَأُخْبِرَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ، قَالَ: فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ حَتَّى كَانَ كَالصِّرْفِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: فَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ يَعْدِلْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَرْحَمُ اللهُ مُوسَى، لَقَدْ أُوذِيَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا فَصَبَرَ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا جَرَمَ، لَا أَرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِ بَعْدَ هَذَا شَيْئًا

     ✧ On the day of Hunayn, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave preference in the spoils. He gave al-Aqraʿ b. Ḥābis a hundred camels, gave ʿUyaynah the like of that, and gave people among the nobles of the Arabs, preferring them in the division. A man said: 'By Allah, this is a division in which justice has not been observed, and the face of Allah has not been sought.' I said: 'By Allah, I will certainly inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' I came to him and told him what the man said. His face changed until it was like red ochre. Then he said: 'Who then is just if the Messenger of Allah is not just?' Then he said: 'May Allah have mercy on Musa. He was harmed with more than this, and he was patient.' I said: 'No doubt, after this I will not raise anything to him.'

169. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5136No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ أَتَانِي الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ، فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ أَمْرٍ مَا دَرَيْتُ مَا أَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا مُؤْدِيًا نَشِيطًا، يَخْرُجُ فِي الْمَغَازِي، فَيَعْزِمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَشْيَاءَ لَا نَجِدُ مِنْهَا بُدًّا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ، إِلَّا أَنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَسَى أَنْ لَا يَعْزِمَ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْأَمْرِ إِلَّا مَرَّةً حَتَّى نَفْعَلَهُ، وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَنْ يَزَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا اتَّقَى اللهَ، وَإِذَا شَكَّ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَيْئًا سَأَلَ رَجُلًا فَشَفَاهُ، وَأَوْشَكَ أَنْ لَا تَجِدُوهُ، وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، مَا أَذْكُرُ مَا غَبَرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَالثَّغَبِ، شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ

     ✧ A man came to me today and asked me about something I did not know how to answer. He said: 'What do you think of a dutiful, active man who goes out on military expeditions, and they bind us to things we cannot avoid?' I said to him: 'By Allah, I do not know what to say to you, except that we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and perhaps he would not bind us to a matter more than once until we did it. One of you will remain in good as long as he fears Allah, and if he doubts something in himself he asks a man who can cure it. It is near that you will not find him. By the One besides whom there is no deity, I do not remember what has passed of the world except as a pool whose clear water has been drunk and whose dregs remain.'

170. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5137No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَقُولُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: سَلَامٌ عَلَى فُلَانٍ، فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ: إِنَّ اللهَ هُوَ السَّلَامُ، فَإِذَا قَعَدَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَقُلِ: التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلهِ، وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، سَلَامٌ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ - فَإِذَا قَالَهَا أَصَابَتْ كُلَّ عَبْدٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ صَالِحٍ - أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، ثُمَّ يَتَخَيَّرُ مِنَ الْمَسْأَلَةِ مَا شَاءَ

     ✧ We used to say in prayer behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Peace be upon so-and-so.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us one day: 'Indeed, Allah is the Peace. When one of you sits in prayer, let him say: The greetings are for Allah, and the prayers and the good things. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah—when he says that, it reaches every righteous servant in heaven and earth—I bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger. Then let him choose whatever supplication he wills.'

171. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5138No grade recorded

     بِئْسَ مَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ: نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَذَا وَكَيْتَ، بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ، اسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَلَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ لِعُقُلِهِ

     ✧ How bad it is for one of you to say, 'I forgot such and such a verse,' rather he was made to forget. Recall the Quran, for it is swifter in slipping away from the hearts of men than camels from their hobbles.

172. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5139No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يُذَكِّرُ النَّاسَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ خَمِيسٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، لَوْ أَنَّكَ ذَكَّرْتَنَا فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ يَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ أَكْرَهَ أَنْ أُمِلَّكُمْ، وَإِنِّي أَتَخَوَّلُكُمْ بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ مَخَافَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

     ✧ Abdullah used to remind the people every Thursday. A man said to him, 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, would that you reminded us every day?' He said, 'What prevents me from that is that I dislike wearying you. I choose times to admonish you as the Messenger of God ﷺ used to choose times to admonish us, for fear of boredom on our part.'

173. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5140No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ صِدِّيقًا، وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ، وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ كَذَّابًا

     ✧ Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man keeps telling the truth until he is recorded as a truthful one. Lying leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire. A man keeps lying until he is recorded with God as a liar.

174. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5141No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ آخِرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ خُرُوجًا مِنْهَا، وَآخِرَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ دُخُولًا الْجَنَّةَ، رَجُلًا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ النَّارِ حَبْوًا، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: اذْهَبْ فَادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ، فَيَأْتِيهَا فَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهَا مَلْأَى، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ: ادْخُلْ فَإِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَ الدُّنْيَا عَشْرَ أَمْثَالِهَا، قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: أَتَسْخَرُ بِي - أَوْ تَضْحَكُ بِي - وَأَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ - ﷺ – ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ يُقَالُ: ذَاكَ أَدْنَى أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلًا

     ✧ I know the last of the people of the Fire to come out of it and the last of the people of Paradise to enter Paradise: a man who comes out of the Fire crawling. God says, 'Go and enter Paradise.' He comes to it, and it seems to him that it is full, so God says, 'Enter, for you have the like of the world and ten times its like.' He says, 'Do You mock me—or laugh at me—while You are the King?' He said: Then I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ laugh until his molars showed. He said: It was said, 'That is the lowest of the people of Paradise in station.'

175. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5142No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَيُّ النَّاسِ خَيْرٌ ؟ قَالَ: قَرْنِي، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ يَجِيءُ قَوْمٌ تَبْدُرُ شَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ يَمِينَهُ، وَيَبْدُرُ يَمِينُهُ شَهَادَتَهُ، قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: كَانُوا يَنْهَوْنَنَا وَنَحْنُ صِبْيَانٌ عَنِ الْعَهْدِ وَالشَّهَادَاتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked, 'Which people are best?' He said, 'My generation, then those who follow them, then those who follow them. Then will come a people whose testimony hastens ahead of their oath and whose oath hastens ahead of their testimony.' Ibrahim said: They used to forbid us, while we were boys, from making covenants and bearing testimonies.

176. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5143No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ اللهُ الْوَاشِمَاتِ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ، وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ، الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا: أُمُّ يَعْقُوبَ كَانَتْ تَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، فَأَتَتْ فَقَالَتْ: مَا حَدِيثٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ لَعَنْتَ الْوَاشِمَاتِ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَاتِ، وَالْمُتَنَمِّصَاتِ، وَالْمُتَفَلِّجَاتِ لِلْحُسْنِ، الْمُغَيِّرَاتِ خَلْقَ اللهِ ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: مَا لِي لَا أَلْعَنُ مِنْ لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُوَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: لَقَدْ قَرَأْتُ مَا بَيْنَ لَوْحَيِ الْمُصْحَفِ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ لَئِنْ كُنْتِ قَرَأْتِهِ لَقَدْ وَجَدْتِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: فَإِنِّي أَرَى مِنْ هَذَا شَيْئًا عَلَى امْرَأَتِكَ، قَالَ: فَاذْهَبِي فَانْظُرِي، قَالَ: فَدَخَلَتْ عَلَى امْرَأَةِ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَلَمْ تَرَ شَيْئًا، فَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ: مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: أَمَا لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ لَمْ نُجَامِعْهَا

     ✧ God curses women who tattoo, those who have themselves tattooed, those who pluck facial hair, and those who file gaps between their teeth for beauty, altering God's creation. He said: This reached a woman of Banu Asad called Umm Yaqub, who used to recite the Quran. She came and said, 'What is this report that has reached me from you, that you cursed women who tattoo, those who have themselves tattooed, those who pluck facial hair, and those who file gaps between their teeth for beauty, altering God's creation?' Abdullah said, 'Why should I not curse those whom the Messenger of God ﷺ cursed, and it is in the Book of God?' The woman said, 'I have read what is between the two covers of the mushaf and I have not found it.' He said, 'By God, if you have read it, you have found it.' Then he said, 'Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.' The woman said, 'I see something of this on your wife.' He said, 'Go and look.' She went in to Abdullah's wife and saw nothing. She came back to him and said, 'I saw nothing.' He said, 'If that had been the case, we would not have shared her bed.'

177. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5144No grade recorded

     صَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةً، قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: لَا أَدْرِي أَزَادَ أَمْ نَقَصَ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ، قِيلَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَحَدَثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْءٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ قَالُوا: صَلَّيْتَ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: فَثَنَى رِجْلَهُ، وَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ، وَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا بِوَجْهِهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَوْ حَدَثَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ شَيْءٌ أَنْبَأْتُكُمْ بِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ، أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ، فَإِذَا نَسِيتُ فَذَكِّرُونِي، وَإِذَا شَكَّ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَتَحَرَّ الصَّوَابَ فَلْيُتِمَّ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمُ، ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ سَجْدَتَيْنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ prayed a prayer. Ibrahim said: I do not know whether he added or omitted. When he said the salam, it was said to him, 'O Messenger of God, has something new happened in the prayer?' He said, 'No, and what is that?' They said, 'You prayed such and such.' He said: He folded his leg, faced the qiblah, and made two prostrations, then said the salam. When he said the salam, he turned his face toward us and said, 'If something new had happened in the prayer, I would have informed you of it. But I am only a human being like you; I forget as you forget. So when I forget, remind me. If one of you doubts in the prayer, let him seek what is right and complete accordingly, then say the salam, then make two prostrations.'

178. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5145No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ وُكِّلَ بِهِ قَرِينٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ، قَالُوا: وَإِيَّاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: وَإِيَّايَ، إِلَّا أَنَّ اللهَ أَعَانَنِي عَلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ، فَلَا يَأْمُرُنِي إِلَّا بِخَيْرٍ

     ✧ There is none of you but has been appointed a companion from the jinn. They said, 'Even you, O Messenger of God?' He said, 'Even me, except that God helped me against him and he became Muslim, so he only commands me to good.'

179. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5146No grade recorded

     يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ، تَصَدَّقْنَ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ، فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ جَهَنَّمَ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عِلْيَةِ النِّسَاءِ: وَلِمَ نَحْنُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ جَهَنَّمَ ؟ قَالَ: مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ، وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ.

     ✧ O company of women, give charity, even from your jewelry, for you are the majority of the people of Hell. A woman who was not among the elite of women said, 'Why are we, O Messenger of God, the majority of the people of Hell?' He said, 'Because of your frequent cursing and your ingratitude to your husbands.'

180. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5147No grade recorded

     لَمَّا رَأَى مِنَ النَّاسِ إِدْبَارًا، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ سَبْعٌ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ، فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، حَتَّى أَكَلُوا لَحْمَ الْمَيْتَةِ وَالْجُلُودَ وَالْجِيَفَ، وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَحَدُهُمْ فَيَرَى الدُّخَانَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ، فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّكَ جِئْتَ تَأْمُرُ بِطَاعَةِ اللهِ، وَبِصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ، فَإِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا، فَادْعُ اللهَ لَهُمْ، قَالَ اللهُ: فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ

     ✧ When he saw people turning away, he said, 'O God, seven like the seven of Joseph.' Then a year seized them that stripped away everything, until they ate the flesh of dead animals, skins, and carcasses, and one of them would look at the sky and see smoke from hunger. Abu Sufyan came to him and said, 'O Muhammad, you have come commanding obedience to God and the ties of kinship. Your people have perished, so pray to God for them.' God said: 'So watch for the day when the sky brings a visible smoke... We will take retribution.'

181. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5148No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَشَاهِدَيْهِ وَكَاتِبَهُ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا نُحَدِّثُ مَا سَمِعْنَا.

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ cursed the one who consumes usury and the one who pays it. He said: I said, 'And its two witnesses and its scribe?' He said, 'We only narrate what we heard.'

182. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5149No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَعَفَّ النَّاسِ قِتْلَةً أَهْلُ الْإِيمَانِ

     ✧ The most blameless people in killing are the people of faith.

183. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5150No grade recorded

     الْوَلَدُ لِصَاحِبِ الْفِرَاشِ، وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ

     ✧ The child belongs to the owner of the bed, and the fornicator gets the stone.

184. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5151No grade recorded

     لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ خَلِيلًا، لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرِ بْنَ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ خَلِيلًا، وَلَكِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ، وَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ نَزَلَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، لِكُلِّ آيَةٍ مِنْهَا ظَهْرٌ وَبَطْنٌ، وَلِكُلِّ حَدٍّ مَطْلَعٌ

     ✧ If I were to take a close friend from the people of the earth, I would have taken Abu Bakr b. Abi Quhafah as a close friend, but your companion is the close friend of Allah. The Quran was revealed in seven harfs; for every verse there is an outward and an inward, and for every limit there is a point of ascent.

185. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5152No grade recorded

     اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ، قُلْتُ: أَلَيْسَ تَعَلَّمْتُ مِنْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي، فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ: فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ شَهِيدًا فَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ

     ✧ "Recite to me." I said, "Did I not learn it from you, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "I love to hear it from other than me." So I recited Surat al-Nisa' to him until I reached: "So how will it be when We bring from every nation a witness, and We bring you as a witness against these?" Then his eyes overflowed.

186. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5153No grade recorded

     إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَرِهَ عَشْرَ خِلَالٍ: التَّخَتُّمَ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَجَرَّ الْإِزَارِ، وَالصُّفْرَةَ - يَعْنِي الْخَلُوقَ -، وَتَغْيِيرَ الشَّيْبِ - قَالَ جَرِيرٌ: يَعْنِي نَتْفَهُ -، وَالرُّقَى إِلَّا بِالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ، وَعَقْدَ التَّمَائِمِ، وَالضَّرْبَ بِالْكِعَابِ، وَالتَّبَرُّجَ بِالزِّينَةِ لِغَيْرِ مَحَلِّهَا، وَعَزْلَ الْمَاءِ عَنْ مَحَلِّهِ، وَإِفْسَادَ الصَّبِيِّ غَيْرَ مُحَرِّمِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked ten qualities: wearing a gold ring, dragging the lower garment, saffron dye — meaning khaluq —, changing gray hair — Jarir said: meaning plucking it —, ruqyah except with the two protective surahs, tying amulets, striking with dice, displaying adornment to other than its proper place, withdrawing water from its place, and corrupting a boy without making it forbidden.

187. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5154No grade recorded

     أَصَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ فَارِسَ يَوْمَ مِهْرَانَ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعْتُ سَلَبَهُ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ، قَالَ: فَأَخَذْتُ خَاتَمًا لَهُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ قَدْ رُئِيَ فِي يَدِي، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِذَا خَرَجْتُ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْعَجَمِ فَأَصَابَنِي شَيْءٌ، فَإِنَّهُ نَافِقٌ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ وَهُوَ فِي يَدِي، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا الْخَاتَمُ ؟ فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ، فَأَخَذَهُ مِنِّي، فَجَعَلَهُ فِي فِيهِ ثُمَّ مَضَغَهُ، ثُمَّ طَرَحَهُ إِلَيَّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: نَهَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنْ حَلْقَةِ الذَّهَبِ

     ✧ I struck a man from the nobles of Persia on the day of Mihran. He said: I took his spoils to the ruler. He said: I took a gold ring of his. He said: It had been seen on my hand. He said: I said, "If I go out to the land of the Persians and something befalls me, it will be useful as a means of support." Then I entered upon Abdullah while it was on my hand. He said, "What is this ring?" So I told him the story. He took it from me, put it in his mouth, chewed it, then threw it to me and said, "The Prophet ﷺ forbade gold rings."

188. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5155No grade recorded

     مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْ أُوتِيَ نَبِيُّكُمْ، إِلَّا مَفَاتِيحَ الْخَمْسِ: إِنَّ اللهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَـزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْحَامِ الْآيَةَ كُلَّهَا

     ✧ Your Prophet has been given everything except the keys of the five: 'Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs' — the entire verse.

189. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5156No grade recorded

     سَأَلْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنِ السَّيْرِ بِالْجِنَازَةِ فَقَالَ: السَّيْرُ مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَيْرًا يُعَجَّلْ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ يَكُ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ، الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَيْسَ مِنْهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا

     ✧ We asked the Prophet ﷺ about walking with a funeral procession. He said: "Walking is less than a trot. If it is good, it is hastened to it; if it is other than that, then away with the people of the Fire. The funeral procession is followed, and it is not followed by one who goes ahead of it."

190. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5157No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَوَّلَ رَجُلٍ قُطِعَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ - أَوْ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ - رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، أُتِيَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقِيلَ: سَرَقَ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبُوا بِصَاحِبِكُمْ فَاقْطَعُوهُ، فَكَأَنَّمَا أُسْفِيَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ رَمَادًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ جُلَسَائِهِ: كَأَنَّ هَذَا قَدْ شَقَّ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَكُونُوا أَعْوَانًا لِلشَّيْطَانِ أَوْ لِإِبْلِيسَ، إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِوَالِي أَمْرٍ أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِحَدٍّ إِلَّا أَقَامَهُ، وَاللهُ عَفُوٌّ يُحِبُّ الْعَفْوَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَلْيَعْفُوا وَلْيَصْفَحُوا أَلا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللهُ لَكُمْ

     ✧ The first man among the Muslims — or in the Muslims — whose hand was cut off was a man from the Ansar. He was brought to the Prophet ﷺ, and it was said, "He stole." He said, "Take your companion and cut off his hand." It was as if the face of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was covered with ashes. One of those sitting with him said, "It seems this has distressed you, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "And what should prevent it? You should not be helpers of Satan — or of Iblis. It is not appropriate for a ruler to have a legal punishment brought to him except that he carry it out. Allah is Forgiving and loves forgiveness." Then he recited this verse: "And let them pardon and overlook. Do you not like that Allah should forgive you?"

191. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5158No grade recorded

     إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ بَعْدِي أَثَرَةٌ وَأُمُورٌ تُنْكِرُونَهَا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ تَأْمُرُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنَّا ؟ قَالَ: تُؤَدُّونَ الْحَقَّ الَّذِي عَلَيْكُمْ، وَتَسْأَلُونَ اللهَ الَّذِي لَكُمْ

     ✧ There will be after me selfishness and matters you will disapprove of." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, how do you command those of us who experience that?" He said, "You fulfill the right that is upon you, and you ask Allah for what is yours."

192. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5159No grade recorded

     إِنَّ خَلْقَ أَحَدِكُمْ لَيُجْمَعُ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ عَلَقَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مُضْغَةً مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ يَبْعَثُ اللهُ الْمَلَكَ بِأَرْبَعِ كَلِمَاتٍ: رِزْقُهُ، وَعَمَلُهُ، وَأَجَلُهُ، وَشَقِيٌّ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ، ثُمَّ يُدْرِكُهُ مَا سَبَقَ لَهُ فِي الْكِتَابِ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا، وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ النَّارِ حَتَّى مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا إِلَّا ذِرَاعٌ، ثُمَّ يُدْرِكُهُ مَا سَبَقَ لَهُ فِي الْكِتَابِ فَيَعْمَلُ بِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَدْخُلُهَا.

     ✧ The creation of one of you is gathered in his mother's womb for forty days, then he is a clot for the like of that, then he is a lump of flesh for the like of that. Then Allah sends the angel with four words: his provision, his deeds, his lifespan, and whether he is wretched or blessed. By the One in whose hand is my soul, one of you does the deeds of the people of Paradise until there is only a cubit between him and it, then what was decreed for him in the Book overtakes him, and he does the deeds of the people of the Fire and enters it. And one of you does the deeds of the people of the Fire until there is only a cubit between him and it, then what was decreed for him in the Book overtakes him, and he does the deeds of the people of Paradise and enters it.

193. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5160No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ إِذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ: وَالْمُرْسَلاتِ عُرْفًا، فَتَلَقَّفْنَاهَا مِنْ فِيهِ، وَإِنَّ فَاهُ لَرَطْبٌ بِهَا، إِذْ خَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اقْتُلُوهَا، قَالَ: فَابْتَدَرْنَاهَا، فَسَبَقَتْنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ وَوُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

     ✧ While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave, suddenly "By those sent forth in succession" descended upon him, and we received it from his mouth while his mouth was still moist with it. Then a snake came out, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Kill it." We rushed at it, but it got ahead of us. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It has been protected from your evil, and you have been protected from its evil."

194. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5161No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَلَمْ يَلْبِسُوا إِيمَانَهُمْ بِظُلْمٍ شَقَّ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالُوا: أَيُّنَا لَمْ يَلْبِسْ إِيمَانَهُ بِظُلْمٍ ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَيْسَ بِذَلِكَ، أَلَمْ تَسْمَعُوا إِلَى قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ: إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ ؟

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: "Those who believe and do not mix their faith with wrongdoing," it was hard on the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and they said, "Which of us has not mixed his faith with wrongdoing?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is not that. Did you not hear the saying of Luqman: 'Indeed, associating partners with Allah is great wrongdoing'?"

195. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5162No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْأَرَضِينَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْجِبَالَ وَالشَّجَرَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْمَاءَ وَالثَّرَى عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْخَلَائِقَ كُلَّهَا عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنَا الْمَلِكُ. قَالَ: فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَالأَرْضُ جَمِيعًا قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ، الْآيَةَ، فَقُلْتُ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ: أَفِي الدُّنْيَا أَمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ ؟ فَقَالَ: فِي الدُّنْيَا

     ✧ A man from the People of the Book came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: “Indeed, God holds the heavens on one finger, the earths on one finger, the mountains and trees on one finger, the water and soil on one finger, and all creatures on one finger.” Then he said: “I am the King.” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ laughed until his molars showed, then recited this verse: “They have not appraised God with true appraisal, while the earth entirely will be [within] His grip on the Day of Resurrection, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand” [Q 39:67], the verse. I said to Ibrahim: “In this world or in the Hereafter?” He said: “In this world.”

196. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5163No grade recorded

     أَنَا لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا، فَإِنْ تَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ، وَإِنْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ، وَإِنْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ، وَاللهِ لَأَسْأَلَنَّ عَنْهُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ، أَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَجَدَ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلًا فَتَكَلَّمَ جَلَدْتُمُوهُ، أَوْ قَتَلَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُ، أَوْ سَكَتَ سَكَتَ عَلَى غَيْظٍ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ، وَجَعَلَ يَدْعُو، فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ اللِّعَانِ: وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلا أَنْفُسُهُمْ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتُ، فَابْتُلِيَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ، فَجَاءَ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَتَلَاعَنَا، فَشَهِدَ الرَّجُلُ أَرْبَعَ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ، ثُمَّ لَعَنَ الْخَامِسَةَ: أَنَّ لَعْنَةَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ كَانَ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ، فَذَهَبَتْ لِتَلْتَعِنَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَهْ، فَلَعَنَتْ، فَلَمَّا أَدْبَرَا، قَالَ: لَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَجِيءَ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا، فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ أَسْوَدَ جَعْدًا

     ✧ I was in the mosque on the night before Friday when a man from the Ansar entered and said: “If a man were to find another man with his wife—if he speaks, you flog him; if he kills, you kill him; if he remains silent, he remains silent in rage. By God, I will ask the Messenger of God ﷺ about it.” When the next day came, he went to the Messenger of God ﷺ and asked him, saying: “If a man were to find another man with his wife—if he speaks, you flog him; or if he kills, you kill him; or if he remains silent, he remains silent in rage.” He said: “O God, make it clear,” and continued to supplicate. Then the verse of li‘an was revealed: “And those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves…” [Q 24:6] these verses. The man was tested among the people, so he and his wife came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and performed li‘an. The man testified four testimonies by God that he was indeed truthful, then invoked the fifth: that the curse of God be upon him if he was among the liars. She went to swear, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Stop.” She swore. When they turned away, he said: “Perhaps she will bring a black, curly-haired child.” She brought a black, curly-haired child.

197. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5164No grade recorded

     مَا تَعُدُّونَ الرَّقُوبَ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: الَّذِي لَا وَلَدَ لَهُ، قَالَ: لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ بِالرَّقُوبِ، وَلَكِنَّ الرَّقُوبَ الَّذِي لَمْ يُقَدِّمْ مِنْ وَلَدِهِ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: وَمَا تَعُدُّونَ الصُّرَعَةَ فِيكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: الَّذِي لَا تَصْرَعُهُ الرِّجَالُ، قَالَ: لَيْسَ ذَلِكُمْ، وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي يَمْلِكُ نَفْسَهُ عِنْدَ الْغَضَبِ

     ✧ “What do you consider the childless one among you?” He said: We said: “The one who has no child.” He said: “That is not the childless one. Rather, the childless one is the one who has not sent ahead any of his children.” He said: “And what do you consider the strong wrestler among you?” He said: We said: “The one whom men cannot throw down.” He said: “That is not him. Rather, it is the one who controls himself when angry.”

198. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5165No grade recorded

     أَيُّكُمْ مَالُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِ وَارِثِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا مِنَّا مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا مَالُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِ وَارِثِهِ، قَالَ: اعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ، قَالُوا: مَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: مَا مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ إِلَّا مَالُ وَارِثِهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ مَالِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: كَيْفَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا مَالُ أَحَدِكُمْ مَا قَدَّمَ، وَمَالُ وَارِثِهِ مَا أَخَّرَ

     ✧ “Which of you loves his own wealth more than the wealth of his heir?” They said: “O Messenger of God, none of us but loves his own wealth more than the wealth of his heir.” He said: “Know what you are saying.” They said: “We know nothing but that, O Messenger of God.” He said: “Is there any man among you who loves the wealth of his heir more than his own wealth?” They said: “How is that, O Messenger of God?” He said: “A man’s wealth is only what he sends ahead, and his heir’s wealth is what he leaves behind.”

199. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5166No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُوعَكُ، فَمَسِسْتُهُ بِيَدِي، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّكَ لَتُوعَكُ وَعْكًا شَدِيدًا، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ: أَجَلْ، إِنِّي أُوعَكُ كَمَا يُوعَكُ رَجُلَانِ مِنْكُمْ، فَقُلْتُ: ذَاكَ أَنَّ لَكَ أَجْرَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ: أَجَلْ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُصِيبُهُ أَذًى مِنْ مَرَضٍ فَمَا سِوَاهُ، إِلَّا حَطَّ اللهُ بِهِ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِ، كَمَا تَحُطُّ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَهَا

     ✧ I entered upon the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was suffering from fever. I touched him with my hand and said: “O Messenger of God, you are suffering from a severe fever.” The Messenger of God said: “Yes, I suffer fever as two men among you would.” I said: “That is because you have two rewards?” The Messenger of God said: “Yes.” Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “No Muslim is afflicted with any harm, of illness or otherwise, but God removes some of his sins by it, as a tree sheds its leaves.”

200. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5167No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَطَالَ حَتَّى هَمَمْتُ بِأَمْرِ سَوْءٍ، قَالَ: وَمَا هَمَمْتَ بِهِ ؟ قَالَ: هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ وَأَدَعَهُ

     ✧ I prayed with the Messenger of God ﷺ and he prolonged it until I thought of doing something bad.” He said: “And what did you think of doing?” He said: “I thought of sitting down and leaving him.”

201. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5168No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ تَقُولُ فِي رَجُلٍ أَحَبَّ قَوْمًا وَلَمْ يَلْحَقْ بِهِمْ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ

     ✧ A man came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: “O Messenger of God, what do you say about a man who loves a people but has not joined them?” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “A person is with those whom he loves.”

202. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5169No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الذَّنْبِ أَكْبَرُ عِنْدَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: أَنْ تَدْعُوَ لِلهِ نِدًّا وَهُوَ خَلَقَكَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَنْ تُزَانِيَ حَلِيلَةَ جَارِكَ، قَالَ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ تَصْدِيقَهَا: وَالَّذِينَ لا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ اللهِ إِلَهًا آخَرَ وَلا يَقْتُلُونَ النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلا بِالْحَقِّ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ A man said: “O Messenger of God, which sin is greatest in the sight of God?” He said: “That you set up a rival to God when He created you.” He said: “Then which?” He said: “Then that you commit adultery with your neighbor’s wife.” He said: Then God sent down confirmation of it: “And those who do not invoke with God another deity or kill the soul which God has forbidden except by right…” [Q 25:68] the verse.

203. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5170No grade recorded

     أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ، فَلَأُنَازِعَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْكُمْ، ثُمَّ لَأُغْلَبَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَيُقَالُ: إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ

     ✧ I will precede you to the Cistern, and I will surely contend for certain men among you, but I will be overcome concerning them. It will be said: “You do not know what they introduced after you.”

204. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5171No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ

     ✧ No one loves praise more than God, Mighty and Majestic; for that reason He praised Himself. And no one is more jealous than God; for that reason He forbade immoralities.

205. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5172No grade recorded

     لَا تُبَاشِرِ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ لِتَنْعَتَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا، كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا

     ✧ A woman must not have physical contact with another woman and then describe her to her husband as if he were looking at her.

206. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5173No grade recorded

     لَقَدْ سَأَلَنِي الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا دَرَيْتُ مَا أَقُولُ لَهُ، قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ رَجُلًا مُؤْدِيًا نَشِيطًا حَرِيصًا عَلَى الْجِهَادِ، يَعْزِمُ عَلَيْنَا أُمَرَاؤُنَا فِي أَشْيَاءَ لَا نُحْصِيهَا، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِلَّا أَنَّا كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ لَا يَأْمُرَنَا بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا فَعَلْنَا، وَمَا أَشْبَهَ مَا غَبَرَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَالثَّغَبِ شُرِبَ صَفْوُهُ وَبَقِيَ كَدَرُهُ وَإِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَنْ يَزَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا اتَّقَى اللهَ، وَإِذَا حَاكَ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَيْءٌ أَتَى رَجُلًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَشَفَاهُ، وَايْمُ اللهِ لَيُوشِكَنَّ أَنْ لَا تَجِدُوهُ

     ✧ Today a man asked me about something I did not know what to say to him. He said: “What do you think about a man who is diligent, energetic, eager for jihad, while our commanders order us to do things we cannot count?” He said: I said: “By God, I do not know what to say to you except that we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and perhaps he would not command us anything but we did it. What remains of this world is like a muddy pool whose clear water has been drunk and whose dregs remain. One of you will remain in good as long as he fears God, and if something troubles his soul, he goes to a man and asks him, and he heals him. By God, it will soon be that you will not find him.”

207. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5174No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَمْشِي، فَمَرَرْنَا بِصِبْيَانٍ فِيهِمُ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، فَفَرَّ الصِّبْيَانُ وَجَلَسَ ابْنُ صَيَّادٍ، فَكَأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ، أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ تَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: تَأْذَنُنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنْ يَكُنِ الَّذِي تَرَى، فَلَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ قَتْلَهُ

     ✧ We were walking with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and we passed by some boys among whom was Ibn Sayyad. The boys fled, and Ibn Sayyad sat down. It was as if the Messenger of God ﷺ disliked that, so the Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: "May your hands be dusty. Do you testify that I am the Messenger of God?" He said: "No, rather you testify that I am the Messenger of God." Umar said: "Will you permit me, O Messenger of God, to kill him?" The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "If he is the one you think, you will never be able to kill him."

208. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5175No grade recorded

     نَزَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: وَالْمُرْسَلاتِ عُرْفًا وَنَحْنُ فِي غَارٍ، فَأَقْرَأَنِيهَا، فَإِنِّي لَأَقْرَؤُهَا قَرِيبًا مِمَّا أَقْرَأَنِي، فَمَا أَدْرِي بِأَيِّ خَاتِمَتِهَا خَتَمَ: وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ارْكَعُوا لا يَرْكَعُونَ أَوْ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ ؟

     ✧ It was revealed to the Messenger of God ﷺ: "By those sent forth in succession" while we were in a cave, and he recited it to me. Indeed I recite it close to what he recited to me, yet I do not know with which of its endings he concluded: "And when it is said to them, 'Bow down,' they do not bow down" or "Then in what statement after it will they believe?"

209. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5176No grade recorded

     لَا يَجْعَلَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِلشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ جُزْءًا، أَنْ يَرَى أَنَّ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَنْصَرِفَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ، قَالَ عُمَارَةُ: فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَرَأَيْتُ مَنَازِلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ

     ✧ Let none of you make for Satan a portion of himself, that he sees it as a duty upon him to turn away from his right side. Indeed I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ most often turning away from his left side. Umarah said: Then I came to Madinah and saw the dwellings of the Messenger of God ﷺ on his left side.

210. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5177No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ وَهُوَ يَتَغَدَّى، فَقَالَ: ادْنُهْ، فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ: أَلَيْسَ الْيَوْمُ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ ؟ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ مَا عَاشُورَاءُ ؟ إِنَّمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُهُ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ رَمَضَانُ تَرَكَهُ

     ✧ Al-Ash'ath b. Qays entered upon Abdullah while he was having lunch. He said: "Come and eat." Al-Ash'ath said: "Is today not the day of Ashura?" Abdullah said: "And what lets you know what Ashura is? The Messenger of God ﷺ used to fast it, but when Ramadan was revealed, he left it."

211. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5178No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى صَلَاةً إِلَّا لِوَقْتِهَا، إِلَّا صَلَاتَيْنِ: رَأَيْتُهُ صَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ جَمِيعًا بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، وَصَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْفَجْرِ قَبْلَ وَقْتِهَا بِغَلَسٍ

     ✧ I never saw the Messenger of God ﷺ pray any prayer except at its proper time, except for two prayers: I saw him pray Maghrib and Isha together at Muzdalifah, and he prayed the Fajr prayer before its time in the darkness of dawn.

212. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5179No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ أَعُودُهُ وَهُوَ مَرِيضٌ، فَحَدَّثَنَا بِحَدِيثَيْنِ: حَدِيثٍ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ، وَحَدِيثٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ كَأَنَّهُ فِي أَصْلِ جَبَلٍ يَخَافُ أَنْ يَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرَى ذُنُوبَهُ مِثْلَ ذُبَابٍ مَرَّ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ فَذَبَّهُ عَنْهُ. قَالَ: وَسَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: لَلَّهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ فِي أَرْضٍ دَوِّيَّةٍ مَهْلَكَةٍ، مَعَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا طَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ، فَنَامَ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَقَدْ ذَهَبَتْ، فَقَامَ يَطْلُبُهَا، فَطَلَبَهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ الْعَطَشُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَكَانِي الَّذِي كُنْتُ فِيهِ حَتَّى أَمُوتَ، قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ عَلَى سَاعِدِهِ لِيَمُوتَ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ وَعِنْدَهُ رَاحِلَتُهُ عَلَيْهَا زَادُهُ وَطَعَامُهُ وَشَرَابُهُ، فَاللهُ أَشَدُّ فَرَحًا بِتَوْبَةِ عَبْدِهِ مِنْ هَذَا بِرَاحِلَتِهِ وَزَادِهِ

     ✧ I entered upon Abdullah to visit him while he was ill, and he narrated to us two hadiths: a hadith from himself and a hadith from the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: "Indeed the believer sees his sins as if he is at the base of a mountain, fearing that it will fall upon him. And indeed the wicked person sees his sins like a fly that passed over his nose, so he waved it away from himself." He said: "And I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ saying: 'God is more intensely pleased with the repentance of His believing servant than a man in a desolate, dangerous land, with him his riding camel upon which is his food and drink, who fell asleep, then woke up and it had gone. He stood up seeking it, and he sought it until thirst overtook him. Then he said: I will return to my place where I was until I die. He said: So he placed his head on his forearm to die, then he woke up and his riding camel was with him, upon it his provisions, his food, and his drink. So God is more intensely pleased with the repentance of His servant than this man with his riding camel and his provisions.'"

213. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5180No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْعُذْرُ مِنَ اللهِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ وَأَرْسَلَ الرُّسُلَ

     ✧ There is no one to whom praise is more beloved than God; for that reason He praised Himself. And there is no one more jealous than God; for that reason He forbade immoralities. And there is no one to whom excuse is more beloved than God; for that reason He sent down the Book and sent the messengers.

214. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5181No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ تُقْتَلُ ظُلْمًا، إِلَّا كَانَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ الْأَوَّلِ كِفْلٌ مِنْ دَمِهَا، لِأَنَّهُ سَنَّ الْقَتْلَ.

     ✧ There is no soul killed unjustly except that upon the first son of Adam is a share of its blood, because he was the first to establish killing.

215. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5182No grade recorded

     بَرِئْتُ إِلَى كُلِّ خَلِيلٍ مِنْ خُلَّتِهِ، وَلَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا، وَإِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ.

     ✧ I absolve myself to every close friend from his close friendship, and if I were to take a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend. Indeed your companion is the close friend of God.

216. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5183No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ أَحْسَنْتَ خَلْقِي، فَأَحْسِنْ خُلُقِي

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to say: "O God, You have made my physical form good, so make my character good."

217. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5184No grade recorded

     لَا يُعْدِي شَيْءٌ شَيْئًا، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فِي الْقَوْمِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ الْبَعِيرَ يَكُونُ فِي الْإِبِلِ الْعَظِيمَةِ فَتَكُونُ بِهِ النُّقْبَةُ بِذَنَبِهِ، أَوْ بِمِشْفَرِهِ فَتَجْرَبُ الْإِبِلُ كُلُّهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَمَنْ أَجْرَبَ الْأَوَّلَ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا عَدْوَى، وَلَا طِيَرَةَ، وَلَا صَفَرَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ، خَلَقَ اللهُ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ وَكَتَبَ حَيَاتَهَا، وَرِزْقَهَا، وَمُصِيبَاتِهَا

     ✧ Nothing transmits infection to anything, three times. A bedouin among the people said: "O Messenger of God, what about the camel that is among a large herd of camels and has a scab on its tail or its lip, and then all the camels become mangy?" The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Then who made the first one mangy?" Then the Messenger of God ﷺ said: "There is no infection, no evil omen, no Safar, no Hama. God created every soul and wrote its life, its provision, and its afflictions."

218. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5185No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُنْزِلْ دَاءً إِلَّا قَدْ جَعَلَ لَهُ شِفَاءً، عَلِمَهُ مَنْ عَلِمَهُ، وَجَهِلَهُ مَنْ جَهِلَهُ

     ✧ Indeed God has not sent down any disease except that He has made for it a cure. He who knows it knows it, and he who is ignorant of it is ignorant of it.

219. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5186No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْحَاجَةِ، فَقَضَاهَا، فَقَالَ: ابْغِنِي شَيْئًا أَسْتَنْجِي بِهِ، وَلَا تُقْرِبْنِي حَائِلًا، وَلَا رَجِيعًا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ، فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي، فَرَأَيْتُهُ كُلَّمَا رَكَعَ حَنَا يَعْنِي طَبَّقَ يَدَيْهِ وَجَعَلَهُمَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ

     ✧ I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to relieve himself, and he did so. He said: 'Find me something to cleanse myself with, but do not bring me anything dry (like dung) or bones.' He said: 'Then he performed wudu and stood to pray. I saw that whenever he bowed, he bent — meaning he clasped his hands together and placed them between his knees.'

220. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5187No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى جَمْرَةِ الْعَقَبَةِ فَسَبَقْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: نَاوِلْنِي أَحْجَارًا، فَنَاوَلْتُهُ سَبْعَةَ أَحْجَارٍ وَهُوَ يُلَبِّي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: خُذْ بِزِمَامِ النَّاقَةِ، فَأَتَى بَطْنَ الْوَادِي، فَعَاجَ إِلَى الشَّجَرَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، ثُمَّ رَمَى فَجَعَلَ يُكَبِّرُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ حَصَاةٍ حَتَّى رَمَى سَبْعَ حَصَيَاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ حَجًّا مَبْرُورًا، وَذَنْبًا مَغْفُورًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا فَعَلَ الَّذِي نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ

     ✧ I was with Abdullah until he reached Jamrat al-Aqabah, and I got ahead of him. He said: 'Hand me some stones.' I handed him seven stones while he was reciting the talbiyah. Then he said: 'Take hold of the she-camel's reins.' He came to the bottom of the valley, turned toward the tree, then said: 'Allahu akbar.' Then he threw, saying 'Allahu akbar' with each pebble until he had thrown seven pebbles. Then he said: 'O Allah, make it an accepted Hajj and a forgiven sin.' Then he said: 'Thus did the one to whom Surat al-Baqarah was revealed.'

221. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5188No grade recorded

     لَا حَسَدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ مَالًا فَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَى هَلَكَتِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ، وَآخَرَ آتَاهُ اللهُ الْحِكْمَةَ، فَهُوَ يَقْضِي بِهَا وَيُعَلِّمُهَا

     ✧ There is no envy except in two: a man to whom Allah has given wealth and empowered him to spend it in the way of truth, and another to whom Allah has given wisdom, so he judges by it and teaches it.

222. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5189No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ بَدْرٍ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا تَرَوْنَ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ الْأُسَارَى ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنْتَ فِي وَادٍ كَثِيرِ الْحَطَبِ، فَأَضْرِمِ الْوَادِي عَلَيْهِمْ نَارًا، ثُمَّ أَلْقِهِمْ فِيهِ، قَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: قَطَعَ اللهُ رَحِمَكَ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَادَةُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَرُءُوسُهُمْ، كَذَّبُوكَ، وَقَاتَلُوكَ، اضْرِبْ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَشِيرَتُكَ، وَقَوْمُكَ، اسْتَحْيِهِمْ يَسْتَنْقِذْهُمُ اللهُ بِكَ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِيَقْضِيَ حَاجَتَهُ، فَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ: الْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ، وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ: الْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا قَوْلُكُمْ فِي هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ ؟ إِنَّ مَثَلَهُمْ مَثَلُ إِخْوَةٍ لَهُمْ كَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ، قَالَ نُوحٌ: رَبِّ لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا إِنَّكَ إِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ، وَقَالَ مُوسَى: رَبَّنَا اطْمِسْ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَاشْدُدْ عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ فَلا يُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى يَرَوُا الْعَذَابَ الأَلِيمَ، وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ: فَمَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ، وَقَالَ عِيسَى: إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ، وَأَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ بِكُمْ عَيْلَةٌ، فَلَا يَنْقَلِبَنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا بِفِدَاءٍ، أَوْ بِضَرْبَةِ عُنُقٍ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: قُلْتُ: إِلَّا سَهْلَ بْنَ بَيْضَاءَ فَلَا يُقْتَلُ، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْإِسْلَامِ، فَسَكَتَ، فَمَا أَتَى عَلَيَّ يَوْمٌ كَانَ أَشَدَّ خَوْفًا عِنْدِي أَنْ يُلْقَى عَلَيَّ حِجَارَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ يَوْمِي ذَلِكَ، حَتَّى قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِلَّا سَهْلَ بْنَ بَيْضَاءَ

     ✧ On the day of Badr, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'What do you think about these captives?' Abdullah b. Rawahah said: 'O Messenger of Allah, you are in a valley with much firewood, so set the valley ablaze upon them, then cast them into it.' Al-Abbas said: 'May Allah sever your kinship.' Umar said: 'O Messenger of Allah, they are the leaders and chiefs of the polytheists. They denied you and fought you. Strike their necks.' Abu Bakr said: 'O Messenger of Allah, they are your kin and your people. Spare them so that Allah may save them through you from the Fire.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then went in to relieve himself. One group said: 'The correct view is what Umar said,' and another group said: 'The correct view is what Abu Bakr said.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out and said: 'What do you say about these two men? Their likeness is that of brothers who came before them. Nuh said: "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth any dweller from among the disbelievers. If You leave them, they will mislead Your servants" (71:26–27). Musa said: "Our Lord, obliterate their wealth and harden their hearts so they will not believe until they see the painful punishment" (10:88). Ibrahim ﷺ said: "Whoever follows me is of me, and whoever disobeys me — indeed, You are Forgiving and Merciful" (14:36). Isa said: "If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, indeed You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise" (5:118). You are a people in need, so let none of you return except with a ransom or a stroke of the neck.' Abdullah said: 'I said: Except Suhayl b. Bayda', for he should not be killed, for I heard him speaking of Islam.' He fell silent. No day ever came upon me that I feared more that stones would be thrown down upon me from the sky than that day, until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Except Suhayl b. Bayda'.'

223. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5190No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّجَاشِيِّ سَلَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْنَا، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْكَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَتَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَشُغْلًا

     ✧ We used to greet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying, and he would respond to us. When we returned from the Negus, we greeted him and he did not respond. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we used to greet you during prayer and you would respond to us.' He said: 'Indeed, in prayer there is sufficient occupation.'

224. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5191No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا، فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ، فَوَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنْتُ إِذَا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ رَدَدْتَ عَلَيَّ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا شَاءَ

     ✧ We used to greet the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during prayer and he would respond to us. Then one day I greeted him and he did not respond to me. I felt something in myself. When he finished, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, when I greeted you during prayer, you used to respond to me.' He said: 'Indeed, Allah brings about whatever He wills of His command.'

225. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5192No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فَضْلَ صَلَاةِ الرَّجُلِ فِي الْجَمَاعَةِ تَزِيدُ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَحْدَهُ بِضْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ دَرَجَةً.

     ✧ The excellence of a man's prayer in congregation exceeds his prayer alone by twenty-some degrees.

226. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5193No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلْقَمَةُ، وَالْأَسْوَدُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَقَدْ كَانَا أَطَالَا الْقُعُودَ عَلَى بَابِهِ حَتَّى انْتَصَفَ النَّهَارُ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ لَهُمَا، فَأَذِنَ لَهُمَا، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: مَا لَكُمَا لَمْ تَدْخُلَا ؟ قَالَ: قَالَا: كُنَّا نَرَاكَ نَائِمًا، قَالَ: مَا كُنْتُ أَشْتَهِي أَنْ تَظُنَّا بِي هَذَا، إِنَّا كُنَّا نَعْدِلُ صَلَاةَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ بِصَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ، أَوْ نَحْوٍ مِنْ صَلَاةِ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ سَيَلِيكُمْ أُمَرَاءُ يُشْغَلُونَ عَنْ وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ، فَصَلُّوهَا لِوَقْتِهَا، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Alqamah and al-Aswad asked permission to enter upon Abdullah, and they had prolonged sitting at his door until midday. He said: 'I went out and sought permission for them, and he admitted them. He said to them: "What kept you from entering?" They said: "We thought you were asleep." He said: "I would not like you to think that of me. We used to equate prayer at this hour with night prayer, or something like night prayer." Then he said: "You will be ruled by commanders who will be distracted from the time of prayer, so pray it at its proper time." Then he stood and prayed between him and it, then said: "Thus I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do."

227. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5194No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِمِنًى فَلَقِيَ عُثْمَانَ فَقَامَ مَعَهُ يُحَدِّثُهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَلَا نُزَوِّجُكَ جَارِيَةً شَابَّةً لَعَلَّهَا تُذَكِّرُكَ مَا مَضَى مِنْ زَمَانِكَ ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: أَمَا لَئِنْ قُلْتَ ذَاكَ، لَقَدْ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الشَّبَابِ، مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ، فَإِنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَعَلَيْهِ بِالصَّوْمِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَهُ وِجَاءٌ

     ✧ I was walking with Abdullah in Mina when he met Uthman and stood with him talking. Uthman said to him: 'O Abu Abd al-Rahman, shall we marry you to a young slave girl, perhaps she will remind you of what has passed of your time?' Abdullah said: 'If you say that, then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: "O young men, whoever among you can afford marriage, let him marry, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding chastity. Whoever cannot, then let him fast, for it is a shield for him."'

228. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5195No grade recorded

     قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ بِحِمْصَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: مَا هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ، فَدَنَا مِنْهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ، فَوَجَدَ مِنْهُ رِيحَ الْخَمْرِ، فَقَالَ تُكَذِّبُ بِالْحَقِّ، وَتَشْرَبُ الرِّجْسَ ؟ وَاللهِ لَهَكَذَا أَقْرَأَنِيهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَاللهِ لَا أَدَعُكَ حَتَّى أَجْلِدَكَ حَدًّا، قَالَ: فَجَلَدَهُ الْحَدَّ.

     ✧ Abdullah recited Surat Yusuf in Homs, and a man said: 'It was not revealed like that.' Abdullah drew near to him and detected the smell of wine. He said: 'Do you deny the truth and drink the filth? By Allah, this is how the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited it to me. By Allah, I will not leave you until I flog you with the prescribed punishment.' He said: 'So he flogged him with the prescribed punishment.'

229. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5196No grade recorded

     صَلَّى عُثْمَانُ بِمِنًى أَرْبَعًا، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِمِنًى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَمَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَمَعَ عُمَرَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقَتْ بِكُمُ الطُّرُقُ، وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ لِي مِنْ أَرْبَعِ رَكَعَاتٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ مُتَقَبَّلَتَيْنِ

     ✧ Uthman prayed four rak'ahs in Mina. Abdullah said to him: 'I prayed with the Prophet ﷺ in Mina two rak'ahs, with Abu Bakr two rak'ahs, and with Umar two rak'ahs. Then the ways parted with you. I wish that from four rak'ahs I had two accepted ones.'

230. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5197No grade recorded

     رَمَى عَبْدُ اللهِ جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ مِنْ بَطْنِ الْوَادِي بِسَبْعِ حَصَيَاتٍ، يُكَبِّرُ مَعَ كُلِّ حَصَاةٍ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ نَاسًا يَرْمُونَهَا مِنْ فَوْقِهَا، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: هَذَا وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَقَامُ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ

     ✧ Abdullah threw Jamrat al-Aqabah from the bottom of the valley with seven pebbles, saying 'Allahu akbar' with each pebble. It was said to him: 'Some people throw it from above.' Abdullah said: 'This, by the One besides whom there is no god, is the station of the one to whom Surat al-Baqarah was revealed.'

231. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5198No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِنًى فَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ، حَتَّى ذَهَبَ فِرْقٌ مِنْهُ خَلْفَ الْجَبَلِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اشْهَدُوا

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ at Mina when the moon split, until a piece of it went behind the mountain. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Bear witness.'

232. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5199No grade recorded

     مَنْ حَلَفَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَهُوَ فِيهَا فَاجِرٌ لِيَقْطَعَ بِهَا مَالَ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ، لَقِيَ اللهَ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِ غَضْبَانُ، قَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ: فِيَّ وَاللهِ، كَانَ ذَلِكَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَرْضٌ فَجَحَدَنِي، فَقَدَّمْتُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ: أَلَكَ بَيِّنَةٌ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا، قَالَ لِلْيَهُودِيِّ: احْلِفْ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِذًا يَحْلِفُ فَيَذْهَبُ بِمَالِي، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِعَهْدِ اللهِ وَأَيْمَانِهِمْ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلا

     ✧ Whoever swears an oath while he is false in it, in order to cut off thereby the property of a Muslim man, will meet God while He is angry with him. Al-Ash'ath said: 'By God, it was concerning me. That was between me and a man from the Jews over some land, and he denied me. So I brought him to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the Messenger of God said to me: "Do you have evidence?" He said: I said: "No." He said to the Jew: "Swear." He said: I said: "O Messenger of God, then he will swear and take my property." So God sent down: "Indeed, those who purchase with the covenant of God and their oaths a small price..."'

233. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5200No grade recorded

     مَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ، قَالَ: وَقُلْتُ أَنَا: وَمَنْ مَاتَ وَهُوَ يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ النَّارَ

     ✧ Whoever dies while not associating anything with God will enter Paradise. He said: And I said: 'And whoever dies while associating something with God will enter the Fire.'

234. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5201No grade recorded

     أَنَا فَرَطُكُمْ عَلَى الْحَوْضِ، وَلَأُنَازَعَنَّ أَقْوَامًا ثُمَّ لَأُغْلَبَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَصْحَابِي ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ

     ✧ I will be your forerunner at the Cistern, and I will surely contend with some peoples, then I will surely be overcome concerning them. I will say: 'O Lord, my companions!' Then He will say: 'You do not know what they innovated after you.'

235. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5202No grade recorded

     لَا تَتَّخِذُوا الضَّيْعَةَ فَتَرْغَبُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ مَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَبِرَاذَانَ مَا بِرَاذَانَ

     ✧ Do not acquire estates, lest you become desirous of the world. Then Abdullah said: 'And in Madinah, what is in Madinah, and in Radhan, what is in Radhan.'

236. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5203No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَطَمَ الْخُدُودَ، وَشَقَّ الْجُيُوبَ، وَدَعَا بِدَعْوَى أَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ

     ✧ He is not one of us who strikes the cheeks, tears the garments, and calls with the call of the people of the pre-Islamic ignorance.

237. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5204No grade recorded

     لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: الثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالنَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ الْمُفَارِقُ لِلْجَمَاعَةِ

     ✧ The blood of a Muslim man who bears witness that there is no god but God and that I am the Messenger of God is not lawful, except for one of three: the married adulterer, a life for a life, and the one who abandons his religion and separates from the community.

238. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5205No grade recorded

     إِذَا رَكَعَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَفْتَرِشْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ فَخِذَيْهِ، وَلْيَجْنَأْ، قَالَ: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى اخْتِلَافِ أَصَابِعِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ طَبَّقَ كَفَّيْهِ فَأَرَاهُمْ

     ✧ When one of you bows, let him spread his forearms on his thighs and lean forward. He said: It is as if I am looking at the interlocking of the fingers of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: Then he clasped his hands and showed them.

239. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5206No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مُسْتَتِرًا بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ، كَثِيرٌ شَحْمُ بُطُونِهِمْ، قَلِيلٌ فِقْهُ قُلُوبِهِمْ، قَالَ: قُرَشِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ ثَقَفِيَّانِ، أَوْ ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ، فَتَكَلَّمُوا بِكَلَامٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: أَتُرَوْنَ اللهَ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَنَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِذَا رَفَعْنَا أَصْوَاتَنَا سَمِعَهُ، وَإِذَا لَمْ نَرْفَعْهُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ، قَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِنْ سَمِعَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا سَمِعَهُ كُلَّهُ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ: وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ سَمْعُكُمْ وَلا أَبْصَارُكُمْ وَلا جُلُودُكُمْ، إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ

     ✧ I was hiding behind the curtains of the Ka'bah. He said: Then three people came, with much fat on their bellies and little understanding in their hearts. He said: A Qurashi and his two sons-in-law, Thaqafis, or a Thaqafi and his two sons-in-law, Qurashis. They spoke words that I did not understand, and one of them said: 'Do you think that God hears this speech of ours?' The other said: 'If we raise our voices, He hears it, and if we do not raise them, He does not hear it.' The other said: 'If He hears any of it, He hears all of it.' He said: I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and it was sent down to him: "And you were not covering yourselves, lest your hearing and your eyes and your skins should bear witness against you," up to His saying: "so you have become among the losers."

240. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5207No grade recorded

     كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَحْكِي نَبِيًّا ضَرَبَهُ قَوْمُهُ، وَهُوَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

     ✧ It is as if I am looking at the Messenger of God ﷺ while he is relating about a prophet whose people struck him, and he is wiping the blood from his face and saying: 'My Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know.'

241. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5208No grade recorded

     قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَسْمًا، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَقِسْمَةٌ مَا أُرِيدَ بِهَا وَجْهُ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا عَدُوَّ اللهِ، أَنَا لَأُخْبِرَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ بِمَا قُلْتَ، قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَاحْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ، وَقَالَ: رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَى مُوسَى، لَقَدْ أُوذِيَ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذَا فَصَبَرَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ distributed a distribution, and a man from the Ansar said: 'This is a distribution by which the face of God is not intended.' He said: Abdullah said: I said: 'O enemy of God, I will surely inform the Messenger of God of what you said.' He said: I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ. He said: His face turned red, and he said: 'May God have mercy on Moses. He was harmed with more than this, and he was patient.'

242. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5209No grade recorded

     لَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ بِاللهِ تِسْعًا أَنَّ ابْنَ صَائِدٍ هُوَ الدَّجَّالُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً، وَلَأَنْ أَحْلِفَ تِسْعَةً: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُتِلَ قَتْلًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَحْلِفَ وَاحِدَةً، وَذَلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللهَ اتَّخَذَهُ نَبِيًّا، وَجَعَلَهُ شَهِيدًا

     ✧ For me to swear by God nine times that Ibn Sa'id is the Dajjal is more beloved to me than to swear once, and for me to swear nine times that the Messenger of God ﷺ was killed a killing is more beloved to me than to swear once, and that is because God took him as a prophet and made him a martyr.

243. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5210No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الرُّقَى وَالتَّمَائِمَ وَالتِّوَلَةَ شِرْكٌ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: لِمَ تَقُولُ هَذَا ؟ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ عَيْنِي تَقْذِفُ، وَكُنْتُ أَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ الْيَهُودِيِّ فَيَرْقِيهَا، كَانَ إِذَا رَقَاهَا سَكَنَتْ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ عَمَلُ الشَّيْطَانِ، كَانَ يَنْخُسُهَا بِيَدِهِ، فَإِذَا رَقَيْتِهَا كَفَّ عَنْهَا، إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكِ أَنْ تَقُولِي كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَذْهِبِ الْبَأْسَ رَبَّ النَّاسِ، وَاشْفِ وَأَنْتَ الشَّافِي شِفَاءً لَا يُغَادِرُ سَقَمًا

     ✧ "Indeed, incantations, amulets, and love charms are shirk." She said: I said, "Why do you say this? My eye used to discharge, and I would go to a certain Jew who would recite over it, and when he recited over it, it would calm down." He said: "That is only the work of Satan. He was pricking it with his hand, and when you recited over it, he would stop. It would have sufficed you to say as the Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Remove the affliction, Lord of the people, and heal; You are the Healer, a healing that leaves no sickness behind.'"

244. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5211No grade recorded

     إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ

     ✧ Indeed, the people most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection are the image-makers.

245. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5212No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَعَلَ الدِّيَةَ فِي الْخَطَأِ أَخْمَاسًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ made the blood-money for accidental killing into fifths.

246. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5213No grade recorded

     لَلْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Paradise is closer to one of you than his shoelace, and the Fire is the same.

247. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5214No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ مَسْرُوقٍ فِي صُفَّةٍ فِيهَا تَمَاثِيلُ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى تِمْثَالٍ مِنْهَا، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا تِمْثَالُ مَرْيَمَ، فَقَالَ مَسْرُوقٌ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الْمُصَوِّرُونَ

     ✧ I was with Masruq in a portico containing statues, and he looked at one of them. They said, "This is a statue of Mary." Masruq said: Abdullah said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said, "The people most severely punished on the Day of Resurrection are the image-makers."

248. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5215No grade recorded

     إِنَّ لِلهِ مَلَائِكَةً سَيَّاحِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يُبَلِّغُونِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي السَّلَامَ

     ✧ God has angels who roam the earth, conveying to me the greetings of peace from my community.

249. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5216No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ حَتَّى يُرَى بَيَاضُ خَدِّهِ

     ✧ He used to greet to his right and to his left: "Peace be upon you and the mercy of God, peace be upon you and the mercy of God," until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen.

250. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5217No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَا يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي الدِّمَاءِ

     ✧ The first thing to be judged between people on the Day of Resurrection will be bloodshed.

251. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5218No grade recorded

     كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَحْكِي نَبِيًّا مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ضَرَبَهُ قَوْمُهُ فَهُوَ يَنْضَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ وَيَقُولُ: رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

     ✧ It is as if I am looking at the Messenger of God ﷺ relating about a prophet from among the prophets whom his people struck, and he was wiping the blood from his face while saying, "Lord, forgive my people, for they do not know."

252. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5219No grade recorded

     مَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ مَالٌ يُغْنِيهِ جَاءَتْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ خُدُوشًا، كُدُوحًا فِي وَجْهِهِ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَا غِنَاهُ ؟ قَالَ: خَمْسُونَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ حِسَابُهَا مِنَ الذَّهَبِ

     ✧ Whoever asks while he has wealth that suffices him, it will come on the Day of Resurrection as scratches or gashes on his face. They said, "O Messenger of God, what is his sufficiency?" He said, "Fifty dirhams or its equivalent in gold."

253. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5220No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سَجَدَ فِي النَّجْمِ وَسَجَدَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ، إِلَّا رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ تُرَابٍ فَرَفَعَهُ إِلَى جَبْهَتِهِ فَسَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَرَأَيْتُهُ قُتِلَ كَافِرًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ prostrated at the Star (surah al-Najm), and the Muslims prostrated, except for a man from Quraysh who took a handful of dust and raised it to his forehead and prostrated on it. Abdullah said: I saw him killed as an unbeliever.

254. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5221No grade recorded

     الطِّيَرَةُ شِرْكٌ، وَمَا مِنَّا إِلَّا... وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ يُذْهِبُهُ بِالتَّوَكُّلِ

     ✧ Belief in omens is shirk, and there is none of us except... but God removes it through reliance on Him.

255. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5222No grade recorded

     إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ وَاحِدٍ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ

     ✧ When you are three, then two should not converse secretly apart from the one, for that would grieve him.

256. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5223No grade recorded

     لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ لَقَتَلْتُكَ، فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ، فَلَسْتَ بِرَسُولٍ، قُمْ يَا خَرَشَةُ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ

     ✧ Were it not that you are a messenger, I would have killed you. As for today, you are not a messenger. Arise, O Kharasha, and strike his neck.

257. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5224No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: مِنْ مَاءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: كُلَّ الْقُرْآنِ قَدْ أَحْصَيْتَ غَيْرَ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَقْرَأُ الْمُفَصَّلَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ: هَذًّا كَهَذِّ الشِّعْرِ ؟ إِنَّ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الرُّكُوعَ وَالسُّجُودَ، وَلَيَقْرَأَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أَقْوَامٌ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّهُ إِذَا قُرِئَ فَرَسَخَ فِي الْقَلْبِ نَفَعَ، إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ النَّظَائِرَ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ، ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَلْقَمَةُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَلْهُ لَنَا عَنِ النَّظَائِرِ الَّتِي كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ بِهَا، قَالَ: ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ: عِشْرُونَ سُورَةً مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِي تَأْلِيفِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

     ✧ A man came to Abdullah and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, how do you recite this verse: 'from water not stale'? He said: Abdullah said to him: Have you enumerated all of the Quran except this? He said: I recite the Mufassal in one rak'ah. Abdullah said to him: Hastily, like the recitation of poetry? Among the best acts of prayer are bowing and prostration. Peoples will surely recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their collarbones, but when it is recited and takes root in the heart, it benefits. I know the corresponding surahs which the Messenger of God ﷺ used to recite in each rak'ah. Then he stood, and Alqama entered upon him. Then he said: Ask him for us about the corresponding surahs which the Messenger of God ﷺ used to recite. He said: Then he came out to us and said: Twenty surahs from the Mufassal in Abdullah's arrangement.

258. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5225No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَمَرَّ بِابْنِ الصَّيَّادِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ: قَدْ خَبَّأْتُ لَكَ خَبِيئًا، فَقَالَ ابْنُ الصَّيَّادِ: الدُّخُّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اخْسَأْ، فَلَنْ تَعْدُوَ قَدْرَكَ

     ✧ We were walking with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he passed by Ibn al-Sayyad. The Messenger of God said: I have hidden something for you. Ibn al-Sayyad said: Al-dukhkh. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Be off! You will never exceed your station.

259. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5226No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ مُسْتَلْقِيًا حَتَّى يَنْفُخَ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُصَلِّي وَلَا يَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to sleep lying on his back until he snored, then he would get up and pray without performing ablution.

260. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5227No grade recorded

     صَلَّى بِنَا عَلْقَمَةُ فَصَلَّى خَمْسًا، فَعَاثَ الْقَوْمُ وَعَابُوهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ فَعَلْتَ، قَالَ: وَأَنْتَ يَا أَعْوَرُ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَانْفَتَلَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ حَدَّثَهُمْ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى بِهِمْ خَمْسًا، فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَانْفَتَلَ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ أَنْسَى كَمَا تَنْسَوْنَ

     ✧ Alqama led us in prayer and prayed five rak'ahs, and the people shuffled about and criticized him. He said: I said: You have done so. He said: And you, O one-eyed one, say that? He said: He turned and prostrated twice, then he narrated to them, from Abdullah, that the Prophet ﷺ prayed five rak'ahs with them, and that was mentioned to him, so he turned and prostrated twice, and said: I am only a human being; I forget as you forget.

261. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5228No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْنَا، فَيَقُولُ: إِنِّي لَأُخْبَرُ بِمَكَانِكُمْ، فَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُمْ إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةُ أَنْ أُمِلَّكُمْ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَتَخَوَّلُنَا بِالْمَوْعِظَةِ فِي الْأَيَّامِ كَرَاهِيَةَ السَّآمَةِ عَلَيْنَا

     ✧ Abdullah used to come out to us and say: I am informed of your location, and nothing prevents me from coming out to you except the dislike of wearying you. The Messenger of God ﷺ used to give us admonition at intervals on some days, disliking boredom for us.

262. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5229No grade recorded

     لَا حَسَدَ إِلَّا فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللهُ مَالًا فَسَلَّطَهُ عَلَى هَلَكَتِهِ فِي الْحَقِّ، وَرَجُلٍ آتَاهُ اللهُ الْحِكْمَةَ فَهُوَ يَقْضِي بِهَا وَيُعَلِّمُهَا

     ✧ There is no envy except in two cases: a man to whom God has given wealth and empowered him to spend it in the way of truth, and a man to whom God has given wisdom, and he judges by it and teaches it.

263. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5230No grade recorded

     اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ، وَإِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْكَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي، قَالَ: فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ، حَتَّى مَرَرْتُ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ شَهِيدًا قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ

     ✧ Recite to me. I said: O Messenger of God, how can I recite to you when it was sent down upon you? He said: I love to hear it from someone other than myself. He said: I recited Surat al-Nisa' to him, until I came to this verse: 'So how will it be when We bring from every community a witness and bring you as a witness against these?' He said: I looked at him and his eyes were flowing with tears.

264. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5231No grade recorded

     مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا، إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ قَالَ فِي ظِلِّ شَجَرَةٍ فِي يَوْمِ صَيْفٍ فَرَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا

     ✧ What have I to do with the world? My likeness and the likeness of the world is only like a rider who takes shade under a tree on a summer day, then departs and leaves it.

265. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5232No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ كَانَ يُكْثِرُ إِذَا قَرَأَهَا وَرَكَعَ أَنْ يَقُولَ: سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ الرَّحِيمُ، ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ When 'When the help of God and victory comes' was sent down upon the Prophet ﷺ, he would often say, when he recited it and bowed: Glory be to You, O God, our Lord, and with Your praise. O God, forgive me; You are the Oft-Forgiving, the Merciful, three times.

266. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5233No grade recorded

     نَفَّلَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَيْفَ أَبِي جَهْلٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ gave me the sword of Abu Jahl as booty on the day of Badr.

267. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5234No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كَأَنَّهُ عَلَى الْجَمْرِ، قُلْتُ: حَتَّى يَقُومَ ؟ قَالَ: حَتَّى يَقُومَ، قَالَ وَكِيعٌ: عَلَى الرَّضْفِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in the two rak'ahs as if he were on hot coals. I said: Until he stands? He said: Until he stands. Waki' said: On burning stones.

268. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5235No grade recorded

     إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلهِ نَسْتَعِينُهُ وَنَسْتَغْفِرُهُ وَنَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا، مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ بِآيَاتٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ، وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيبًا، اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

     ✧ Indeed, praise belongs to Allah; we seek His help and His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls. Whomever Allah guides, none can lead astray, and whomever He leads astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but He, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. Then he recites verses from the Book of Allah: 'Fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims'; 'Fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs; indeed Allah is ever watchful over you'; 'Fear Allah and speak a right word, He will amend your deeds and forgive your sins; and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has achieved a great success.'

269. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5236No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ وَأَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ Abu Khaythamah narrated to us: Waki' narrated to us, from Isra'il, from Abu Ishaq, from Abu al-Ahwas and Abu Ubaydah, from Abdullah, the like of it.

270. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5237No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى وَسَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ فَسَأَلَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنَةٍ، وَابْنَةِ ابْنٍ، وَأُخْتٍ لِأَبٍ، وَأُمٍّ، فَقَالَا: لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ، فَأَتَى الرَّجُلُ عَبْدَ اللهِ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا قَالَا، فَقَالَ: قَدْ ضَلَلْتُ إِذًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ، وَلَكِنْ أَقْضِي بِمَا قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ، وَلِابْنَةِ الِابْنِ السُّدُسُ، تَكْمِلَةُ الثُّلُثَيْنِ، وَمَا بَقِيَ فَلِلْأُخْتِ

     ✧ A man came to Abu Musa and Salman b. Rabi'ah and asked them about a daughter, a son's daughter, and a full sister. They said: For the daughter is half, and the remainder is for the sister. Then the man came to Abdullah and asked him, and informed him of what they had said. He said: Then I have gone astray and I am not of the rightly guided. Rather, I judge by what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ judged: For the daughter is half, for the son's daughter is one sixth to complete the two thirds, and the remainder is for the sister.

271. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5238No grade recorded

     تَابِعُوا بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَالْعُمْرَةِ، فَإِنَّهُمَا يَنْفِيَانِ الْفَقْرَ وَالذُّنُوبَ، كَمَا يَنْفِي الْكِيرُ خَبَثَ الْحَدِيدِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ، وَلَيْسَ لِلْحَجِّ الْمَبْرُورِ ثَوَابٌ إِلَّا الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ Follow between the Hajj and the Umrah, for indeed they remove poverty and sins just as the bellows remove the dross of iron, gold, and silver, and there is no reward for an accepted Hajj except Paradise.

272. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5239No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: هَلْ صَحِبَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: مَا صَحِبَهُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ، وَلَكِنَّا فَقَدْنَاهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ بِمَكَّةَ فَقُلْنَا: اغْتِيلَ، اسْتُطِيرَ، فَبِتْنَا بِشَرِّ لَيْلَةٍ بَاتَ بِهَا قَوْمٌ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ السَّحَرِ - أَوْ قَالَ: الصُّبْحِ - إِذَا نَحْنُ بِهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ حِرَاءٍ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ الَّذِي كَانُوا فِيهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي دَاعِي الْجِنِّ، فَأَتَيْتُ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَانْطَلَقَ فَأَرَانَا آثَارَهُمْ وَآثَارَ نِيرَانِهِمْ

     ✧ I said to Ibn Mas'ud: Did any of you accompany the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the night of the jinn? He said: None of us accompanied him, but we lost him one night in Makkah and said: He has been assassinated, or snatched away. We spent the worst night a people could spend. When it was the time before dawn - or he said: morning - there he was coming from the direction of Hira'. We said: O Messenger of Allah, and they mentioned to him what they had been through. He said: Indeed, a caller from the jinn came to me, so I went and recited to them. Then he went and showed us their traces and the traces of their fires.

273. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5240No grade recorded

     لَا يَمْنَعَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ أَذَانُ بِلَالٍ - أَوْ قَالَ: نِدَاءُ بِلَالٍ - مِنْ سَحُورِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُؤَذِّنُ - أَوْ قَالَ: يُنَادِي - بِلَيْلٍ، لِيَرْجِعَ قَائِلَكُمْ، وَيُوقِظَ نَائِمَكُمْ، وَقَالَ: لَيْسَ أَنْ تَقُولَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا، وَصَوَّبَ يَدَهُ وَرَفَعَهَا حَتَّى يَقُولَ هَكَذَا، وَفَرَّجَ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ

     ✧ Let not any of you be prevented by Bilal's call to prayer - or he said: Bilal's announcement - from his pre-dawn meal, for he calls the adhan - or he said: announces - at night, so that one who is praying may return, and your sleeping one may wake. And he said: It is not that you say like this and like this - and he lowered his hand and raised it - until he says like this - and he spread his fingers.

274. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5241No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنْ تَلَقِّي السِّلَعِ

     ✧ He forbade going out to meet merchandise (before it reaches the market).

275. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5242No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَصَابَ مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ قُبْلَةً، فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَأَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلِي هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: وَلِمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهَا مِنْ أُمَّتِي

     ✧ A man kissed a woman, so he came to the Prophet ﷺ, and this verse was revealed: 'Establish prayer at the two ends of the day.' He said: O Messenger of Allah, is this for me? He said: And for whoever acts upon it from my Ummah.

276. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5243No grade recorded

     آكِلُ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلُهُ، وَكَاتِبُهُ، وَشَاهِدَاهُ إِذَا عَلِمُوا بِهِ، وَالْوَاشِمَةُ وَالْمُوتَشِمَةُ، وَلَاوِي الصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْمُرْتَدُّ أَعْرَابِيًّا بَعْدَ هِجْرَتِهِ مَلْعُونُونَ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

     ✧ The consumer of riba, the one who pays it, its scribe, and its two witnesses when they know of it, the woman who tattoos and the woman who is tattooed, the one who withholds charity, and the one who reverts to being a bedouin after his migration are cursed upon the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ.

277. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5244No grade recorded

     أَلَا هَلَكَ الْمُتَنَطِّعُونَ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

     ✧ Indeed, destroyed are the nitpickers - three times.

278. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5245No grade recorded

     خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَطًّا مُرَبَّعًا، وَخَطَّ وَسَطَهُ خُطُوطًا هَكَذَا إِلَى جَانِبِ الْخَطِّ، وَخَطَّ خَطًّا خَارِجًا، فَقَالَ: أَتَدْرُونَ مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقُلْنَا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: هَذَا الْإِنْسَانُ - لِلْخَطِّ الَّذِي وَسَطَ الْخَطِّ -، وَهَذَا الْأَجَلُ، وَهَذِهِ الْأَعْرَاضُ - لِلْخُطُوطِ - تَنْهَشُهُ، إِذَا أَخْطَأَهُ هَذَا أَصَابَهُ هَذَا، وَذَلِكَ الْأَمَلُ - لِلْخَطِّ الْخَارِجِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a square line for us, and he drew lines in its middle like this, to the side of the line, and he drew a line outside. He said: Do you know what this is? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: This is the human being - for the line which is in the middle of the line - and this is the appointed time, and these are the things that harm him - for the lines - they bite him; if this one misses him, this one strikes him, and that is hope - for the outer line.

279. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5246No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَمِيرًا بِمَكَّةَ كَانَ يُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: أَنَّى عَلِقَهَا ؟ فَقَالَ الْحَكَمُ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ

     ✧ An amir in Makkah used to give two salams. Abdullah said: 'How did he learn it?' Al-Hakam said in his hadith: 'The Prophet ﷺ used to do it.'

280. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5247No grade recorded

     إِنِّي لَمُسْتَتِرٌ بِأَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ دَخَلَ ثَلَاثَةُ نَفَرٍ: ثَقَفِيٌّ وَخَتَنَاهُ قُرَشِيَّانِ، فَتَحَدَّثُوا بَيْنَهُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: أَتُرَى اللهَ يَسْمَعُ مَا قُلْنَا ؟ قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: يَسْمَعُ إِذَا رَفَعْنَا، وَلَا يَسْمَعُ إِذَا خَفَضْنَا، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: إِنْ كَانَ يَسْمَعُ مِنَّا شَيْئًا، فَإِنَّهُ يَسْمَعُهُ كُلَّهُ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَمَا كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَتِرُونَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْكُمْ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ I was hiding behind the curtains of the Kaaba when three men entered: a Thaqafi and his two Qurayshi in-laws. They talked among themselves. One of them said: 'Do you think Allah hears what we say?' One of them said: 'He hears if we raise our voices, but does not hear if we lower them.' The other said: 'If He hears anything from us, He hears all of it.' I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and this verse was revealed: 'And you were not concealing yourselves lest your hearing testify against you...'

281. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5248No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنِي مَنْصُورٌ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، بِنَحْوِهِ:

     ✧ Mansur narrated to me, from Mujahid, from Abu Ma'mar, from Abdullah, with something similar.

282. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5249No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ: لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ لَقَتَلْتُكَ - يَعْنِي: رَسُولَ مُسَيْلِمَةَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said to a man: 'Were it not that you are a messenger, I would have killed you' - meaning the messenger of Musaylima.

283. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5250No grade recorded

     لَا تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ إِلَّا عَلَى شِرَارِ النَّاسِ

     ✧ The Hour will not come except upon the worst of people.

284. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5251No grade recorded

     لَوْ كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا، وَلَكِنَّهُ أَخِي وَصَاحِبِي، وَقَدِ اتَّخَذَ اللهُ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلًا

     ✧ If I were to take a close friend, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend, but he is my brother and companion, and Allah has taken your companion as a close friend.

285. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5252No grade recorded

     مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي، فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَتَمَثَّلُ بِي

     ✧ Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me, for Satan cannot imitate me.

286. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5253No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

     ✧ Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.

287. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5254No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ ضَرَبَ الْخُدُودَ، وَشَقَّ الْجُيُوبَ، وَدَعَا بِدَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ

     ✧ He is not one of us who strikes the cheeks, tears the garments, and calls with the call of Jahiliyyah.

288. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5255No grade recorded

     هَاجَتْ رِيحٌ وَنَحْنُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَغَضِبَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ حَتَّى عَرَفْنَا الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، قَالَ: وَيْحَكَ ! إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا تَقُومُ حَتَّى لَا يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثٌ، وَلَا يُفْرَحَ بِغَنِيمَةٍ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ، وَقَالَ: عَدُوٌّ يَجْتَمِعُ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ هَاهُنَا، فَيَلْتَقُونَ، فَيَشْتَرِطُ شُرْطَةً لِلْمَوْتِ وَلَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَّا وَهِيَ غَالِبَةٌ، فَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا، فَيَلْتَقُونَ فَيَشْتَرِطُ شُرْطَةً لِلْمَوْتِ وَلَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَّا وَهِيَ غَالِبَةٌ، فَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ وَكُلٌّ غَيْرُ غَالِبٍ، وَتَفْنَى الشُّرْطَةُ، ثُمَّ يَشْتَرِطُ شُرْطَةً لِلْمَوْتِ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَّا وَهِيَ غَالِبَةٌ، فَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ، فَيَفِيءُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ وَكُلٌّ غَيْرُ غَالِبٍ، وَتَفْنَى الشُّرْطَةُ، ثُمَّ يَلْتَقُونَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الرَّابِعِ فَيَقْتُلُونَهُمْ وَيَهْزِمُونَهُمْ حَتَّى تَبْلُغَ الدِّمَاءُ ثُنَنَ الْخَيْلِ، وَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى إِنَّ بَنِي الْأَبِ كَانُوا يَتَعَادُّونَ عَلَى مِائَةٍ فَيُقْتَلُونَ لَا يَبْقَى مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ، فَأَيُّ مِيرَاثٍ يُقْسَمُ بَعْدَ هَذَا ؟ وَأَيُّ غَنِيمَةٍ يُفْرَحُ بِهَا ؟ ثُمَّ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ الْقُسْطَنْطِينَةَ، فَبَيْنَا هُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ الدَّنَانِيرَ بِالتِّرَسَةِ إِذْ أَتَاهُمْ فَزَعٌ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ: أَنَّ الدَّجَّالَ قَدْ خَلَفَ فِي ذَرَارِيكُمْ، فَيَرْفُضُونَ مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَيُقْبِلُونَ وَيَبْعَثُونَ طَلِيعَةَ الْفَوَارِسِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرُ فَوَارِسِ الْأَرْضِ، إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَسْمَاءَهُمْ وَأَسْمَاءَ آبَائِهِمْ وَقَبَائِلِهِمْ وَأَلْوَانَ خُيُولِهِمْ

     ✧ A wind blew while we were with Abdullah. Ibn Mas'ud became angry until we recognized anger on his face. He said: 'Woe to you! The Hour will not come until no inheritance is divided and no booty is rejoiced over.' Then he pointed with his hand toward Syria and said: 'An enemy gathers against the Muslims from here. They meet, and he stipulates a detachment for death that does not return except victorious. They fight until the sun sets from here. They meet, and he stipulates a detachment for death that does not return except victorious. They fight until the sun sets, and neither side is victorious, and the detachment is annihilated. Then he stipulates a detachment for death that does not return except victorious. They fight until the sun sets. These and those return, and neither side is victorious, and the detachment is annihilated. Then they meet on the fourth day, and they kill them and rout them until the blood reaches the horses' saddle straps. They fight until the sons of one father count themselves among a hundred and are killed, leaving no man among them. So what inheritance will be divided after this, and what booty will be rejoiced over? Then they conquer Constantinople. While they are dividing dinars with shields, a greater terror comes to them: that the Dajjal has appeared among your families. So they abandon what is in their hands and return, sending out a vanguard of horsemen.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'They on that day are the best horsemen on earth. I know their names, their fathers' names, their tribes, and the colors of their horses.'

289. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5256No grade recorded

     قَالَ: مَنِ اشْتَرَى مُحَفَّلَةً فَرَدَّهَا فَلْيَرُدَّ مَعَهَا صَاعًا

     ✧ He said: Whoever buys a camel or sheep with milk retained in its udder and then returns it, let him return with it a sa' of dates.

290. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5257No grade recorded

     إِذَا كُنْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَلَا يَتَنَاجَى اثْنَانِ دُونَ الْآخَرِ، فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ يُحْزِنُهُ

     ✧ When you are three, let not two converse secretly excluding the third, for that grieves him.

291. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5258No grade recorded

     مَا كَانَ بَيْنَ إِسْلَامِنَا وَبَيْنَ أَنْ عُوتِبْنَا بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعُ سِنِينَ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللهِ وَمَا نَـزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُنَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ: أَيُّ شَيْءٍ أَحْدَثْنَا ؟ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعْنَا ؟

     ✧ There was no more than four years between our embracing Islam and our being taken to task by this verse: 'Has the time not come for those who believe that their hearts should become humbly submissive for the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth?' And we began to turn to one another, saying: What new thing have we introduced? What have we done?

292. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5259No grade recorded

     عَلَّمَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خُطْبَةَ الْحَاجَةِ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلهِ وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ نَحْمَدُهُ وَنَسْتَعِينُهُ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: نَعُوذُ بِهِ، وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ: نَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ شُرُورِ أَنْفُسِنَا، مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللهُ فَلَا مُضِلَّ لَهُ، وَمَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَا هَادِيَ لَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ: اتَّقُوا اللهَ حَقَّ تُقَاتِهِ وَلا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ، وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالأَرْحَامَ، اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلا سَدِيدًا، إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا ثُمَّ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِحَاجَتِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught us the sermon of need. Sufyan said: Indeed, all praise belongs to Allah. And Shu'bah said: All praise belongs to Allah, we praise Him and seek His help. Sufyan said: We seek refuge in Him. And Shu'bah said: We seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our own souls. Whomever Allah guides, none can lead astray, and whomever He leads astray, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. Then he recited three verses: 'O you who believe, fear Allah as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims'; 'And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs'; 'Fear Allah and speak a proper word,' until His saying: 'a mighty triumph.' Then he would speak about his need.

293. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5260No grade recorded

     إِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْحَرُّ فَأَبْرِدُوا بِالصَّلَاةِ - أَوْ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ

     ✧ When the heat becomes intense, then delay the prayer until it is cooler—or: delay the prayer.

294. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5261No grade recorded

     إِذَا حُدِّثْتُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَظُنُّوا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْيَأُ، وَأَتْقَى، وَأَهْدَى

     ✧ When you are told something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then think of the Messenger of Allah in the way that is most becoming, most God-fearing, and most guided.

295. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5262No grade recorded

     لَوْلَا أَنَّكَ رَسُولٌ لَقَتَلْتُكَ،

     ✧ Were it not that you are a Messenger, I would have killed you.

296. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5263No grade recorded

     قِيلَ لَهُ: أَسَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: النَّدَمُ تَوْبَةٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ

     ✧ It was said to him: Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Remorse is repentance? He said: Yes.

297. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5264No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا قَرَأَ آيَةً مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ كُنْتُ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ غَيْرَهَا، فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَرَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَغَيَّرُ وَجْهُهُ، فَقَالَ: كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ، وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فِيهِ، فَإِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمُ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ، فَذَكَرَ الْهَلَاكَ

     ✧ I heard a man recite a verse from the Book of Allah which I had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ differently, so I took him by the hand and brought him to the Prophet ﷺ. I saw the Prophet's ﷺ face change, and he said: Both of you are doing well, and do not differ about it, for those before you differed about it, and he mentioned destruction.

298. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5265No grade recorded

     انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَهُوَ صَرِيعٌ وَعَلَيْهِ بَيْضَةٌ وَمَعِي سَيْفٌ رَثٌّ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْقُفُ رَأْسَهُ بِسَيْفِي، وَأَذْكُرُ نَقْفًا كَانَ يَنْقُفُ رَأْسِي بِمَكَّةَ، حَتَّى ضَعُفَتْ يَدُهُ وَأَخَذْتُ سَيْفَهُ، فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى مَنْ كَانَتِ الدَّبْرَةُ ؟ عَلَيْنَا أَوْ لَنَا، أَلَسْتَ رُوَيْعِيَنَا بِمَكَّةَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَتَلْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: قَتَلْتُ أَبَا جَهْلٍ، قَالَ: اللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ قَتَلْتَهُ ؟ فَاسْتَحْلَفَنِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَامَ مَعِي إِلَيْهِمْ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ

     ✧ I came upon Abu Jahl while he was lying fallen, with a helmet on him, and I had a worn sword. I began to strike his head with my sword, remembering how he used to strike my head in Makkah, until his hand went limp and I took his sword. He raised his head and said: On whose side was the defeat? Against us or for us? Are you not our little shepherd boy in Makkah? He said: Then I killed him. Then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I have killed Abu Jahl. He said: By Allah, besides whom there is no god, you killed him? And he made me swear three times. Then he stood with me against them and supplicated against them.

299. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5266No grade recorded

     مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَّى صَلَاةً إِلَّا لِوَقْتِهَا لِمِيقَاتِهَا، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ بِجَمْعٍ، وَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ بِغَيْرِ مِيقَاتِهَا

     ✧ I never saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pray a prayer except at its proper time, except that he joined Maghrib and Isha at Muzdalifah, and he prayed Fajr before its usual time.

300. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5267No grade recorded

     قَدْ أَذِنْتُ لَكَ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ الْحِجَابَ وَتَسْمَعَ سِوَادِي حَتَّى أَنْهَاكَ، قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهَا السِّرَارُ

     ✧ I have permitted you to raise the screen and listen to my private talk until I forbid you. He said: It has reached me that it is the secret conversation.

301. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5268No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: مَا السُّحْتُ ؟ قَالَ: الرِّشَا، فَقَالَ: فِي الْحُكْمِ ؟ قَالَ: ذَاكَ الْكُفْرُ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: وَمَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِمَا أَنْـزَلَ اللهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ

     ✧ I was sitting with Abdullah when a man asked him: What is suht (ill-gotten gain)? He said: Bribes. The man said: In judging? He said: That is disbelief. Then he recited: 'And whoever does not judge by what Allah has sent down—those are the disbelievers.'

302. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5269No grade recorded

     إِذَا صَلَّيْتُمْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَحْسِنُوا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ لَا تَدْرُونَ لَعَلَّ ذَلِكَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالُوا: فَعَلِّمْنَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتَكَ وَبَرَكَاتِكَ عَلَى سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَإِمَامِ الْمُتَّقِينَ، وَخَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ إِمَامِ الْخَيْرِ وَقَائِدِ الْخَيْرِ، وَرَسُولِ الرَّحْمَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ ابْعَثْهُ مَقَامًا مَحْمُودًا يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخِرُونَ، اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

     ✧ When you invoke blessings upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then do it well, for you do not know—perhaps it will be presented to him. They said: Teach us, O Abu Abd al-Rahman. He said: Say: O Allah, place Your blessings, Your mercy, and Your benedictions upon the master of the messengers, the imam of the God-fearing, the seal of the prophets, Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, the imam of good, the leader of good, the Messenger of mercy. O Allah, raise him to a praiseworthy station that the first and the last will envy him for. O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious. And bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. Indeed, You are Praiseworthy and Glorious.

303. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5270No grade recorded

     مَا كَذَبْتُ مُذْ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا كَذْبَةً، كُنْتُ أُرَحِّلُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَتَى رَجُلٌ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّ رَاحِلَةٍ أَعْجَبُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: الطَّائِفِيَّةُ الْمُنَكَّبَةُ، قَالَ: وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَكْرَهُهَا، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَحَلَهَا فَأَتَى بِهَا، قَالَ: مَنْ رَحَلَ لَنَا هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا: رَحَلَ لَكَ الَّذِي أَتَيْتَ بِهِ مِنَ الطَّائِفِ، قَالَ: رُدُّوا الرَّاحِلَةَ إِلَى ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ

     ✧ I have not lied since I became Muslim except for one lie. I was preparing a mount for the Messenger of God ﷺ, and a man from al-Ta'if came and said, 'Which mount is most pleasing to the Messenger of God ﷺ?' I said, 'The al-Ta'ifi munkabba.' He said, 'And the Messenger of God ﷺ disliked it.' He said, 'When he saddled it and brought it, he said, "Who saddled this for us?"' They said, 'The one you brought from al-Ta'if saddled it for you.' He said, 'Return the mount to Ibn Mas'ud.'

304. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5271No grade recorded

     إِذَا انْفَلَتَتْ دَابَّةُ أَحَدِكُمْ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَاةٍ فَلْيُنَادِ: يَا عِبَادَ اللهِ احْبِسُوا، يَا عِبَادَ اللهِ احْبِسُوا، فَإِنَّ لِلهِ حَاضِرًا فِي الْأَرْضِ سَيَحْبِسُهُ

     ✧ If one of your animals escapes in a desolate land, let him call out: 'O servants of God, restrain it! O servants of God, restrain it!' For God has a presence on earth that will restrain it.

305. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5272No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ، فَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرْتَ فَأَوْتِرْ

     ✧ God is odd and loves the odd, so when you clean yourself with stones, make it an odd number.

306. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5273No grade recorded

     لَا تَزُولُ قَدَمَا ابْنِ آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ عَنْ خَمْسٍ: عَنْ عُمْرِكَ فِيمَا أَفْنَيْتَ، وَعَنْ شَبَابِكَ فِيمَا أَبْلَيْتَ، وَعَنْ مَالِكَ مِنْ أَيْنَ كَسِبْتَهُ وَفِيمَا أَنْفَقْتَهُ، وَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيمَا عَلِمْتَ

     ✧ The two feet of the son of Adam will not move on the Day of Resurrection until he is asked about five things: about his life and how he spent it; about his youth and how he wore it out; about his wealth, from where he earned it and on what he spent it; and what he did with what he knew.

307. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5274No grade recorded

     عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ: رَجُلٍ ثَارَ مِنْ وِطَائِهِ وَلِحَافِهِ، مِنْ بَيْنِ حَيِّهِ وَأَهْلِهِ إِلَى صَلَاةٍ رَغْبَةً فِيمَا عِنْدِي، وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدِي، وَرَجُلٍ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، فَانْهَزَمَ فَعَلِمَ مَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الِانْهِزَامِ وَمَا لَهُ فِي الرُّجُوعِ، فَرَجَعَ حَتَّى يُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي، رَجَعَ رَغْبَةً فِيمَا عِنْدِي وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدِي حَتَّى أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ

     ✧ Our Lord marvels at two men: a man who rises from his bed and blanket, from among his people and family, to perform prayer, out of desire for what is with Me and fear of what is with Me; and a man who fights in the path of God and flees, then knows what is upon him for fleeing and what is for him in returning, so he returns until his blood is shed. God says to His angels: 'Look at My servant; he returned out of desire for what is with Me and fear of what is with Me, until his blood was shed.'

308. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5275No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ - وَقَدْ أَهَلَّ رَمَضَانُ -: لَوْ عَلِمَ الْعِبَادُ مَا فِي رَمَضَانَ لَتَمَنَّتْ أُمَّتِي أَنْ يَكُونَ رَمَضَانُ السَّنَةَ كُلَّهَا، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُزَاعَةَ: حَدِّثْنَا بِهِ، قَالَ: إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ تَزَّيَّنُ لِرَمَضَانَ مِنْ رَأْسِ الْحَوْلِ إِلَى الْحَوْلِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ أَوَّلُ يَوْمٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ هَبَّتْ رِيحٌ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ فَصَفَّقَتْ وَرَقَ الْجَنَّةِ، فَتَنْظُرُ الْحُورُ الْعِينُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ فَيَقُلْنَ: يَا رَبِّ اجْعَلْ لَنَا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ فِي هَذَا الشَّهْرِ أَزْوَاجًا، تَقَرُّ أَعْيُنُنَا بِهِمْ وَتَقَرُّ أَعْيُنُهُمْ بِنَا، قَالَ: فَمَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ إِلَّا زُوِّجَ زَوْجَةً مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ فِي خَيْمَةٍ مِنْ دُرٍّ مُجَوَّفَةٍ مِمَّا نَعَتَ اللهُ حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِ عَلَى كُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ سَبْعُونَ حُلَّةً، لَيْسَ فِيهَا حُلَّةٌ عَلَى لَوْنِ الْأُخْرَى، وَتُعْطَى سَبْعِينَ لَوْنًا مِنَ الطِّيبِ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا لَوْنٌ عَلَى رِيحِ الْآخَرِ، لِكُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ سَبْعُونَ سَرِيرًا مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ مُوَشَّحَةٍ بِالدُّرِّ، عَلَى كُلِّ سَرِيرٍ سَبْعُونَ فِرَاشًا بَطَائِنُهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ، وَفَوْقَ السَّبْعِينَ فِرَاشًا سَبْعُونَ أَرِيكَةً، لِكُلِّ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْهُنَّ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ وَصِيفَةٍ لِحَاجَاتِهَا، وَسَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ وَصِيفٍ، مَعَ كُلِّ وَصِيفٍ صَحْفَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فِيهَا لَوْنُ طَعَامٍ يَجِدُ لِآخِرِ لُقْمَةٍ مِنْهَا لَذَّةً لَا يَجِدُ لِأَوَّلِهِ، وَيُعْطَى زَوْجُهَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ أَحْمَرَ عَلَيْهِ سِوَارَانِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُوَشَّحٍ بِيَاقُوتٍ أَحْمَرَ، هَذَا بِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ صَامَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ سِوَى مَا عَمِلَ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ

     ✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say, when Ramadan had begun: 'If the servants knew what is in Ramadan, my community would wish that Ramadan lasted the whole year.' A man from Khuza'ah said, 'Tell us about it.' He said: 'Paradise is adorned for Ramadan from the beginning of the year to the next, until when the first day of Ramadan comes, a wind blows from beneath the Throne and rustles the leaves of Paradise. The houris with wide eyes look at that and say, "O Lord, grant us husbands from Your servants in this month, so that our eyes may be delighted with them and their eyes may be delighted with us."' He said: 'There is no servant who fasts Ramadan except that he is married to a wife from the houris with wide eyes in a pavilion of hollow pearl, as God has described: "Houris, restrained in pavilions." For each woman among them are seventy garments, no garment of them being the color of another. She is given seventy types of perfume, no type of them having the scent of another. For each woman among them are seventy couches of red ruby studded with pearls. On each couch are seventy beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and above the seventy beds are seventy sofas. For each woman among them are seventy thousand serving girls for her needs and seventy thousand serving boys. With each serving boy is a plate of gold containing a type of food whose last morsel one finds a pleasure that he does not find in its first. Her husband is given the like of that on a couch of red ruby, upon which are two bracelets of gold studded with red ruby. This is for every day that he fasted in Ramadan, apart from the good deeds he did.'

309. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5276No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَمَا يَمَسُّ قَطْرَةَ مَاءٍ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ eat meat, then stand for prayer without touching a drop of water.

310. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5277No grade recorded

     ذَهَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِحَاجَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: ائْتِنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَسْتَنْجِي بِهِ، وَلَا تُقْرِبْنِي حَائِلًا، وَلَا رَجِيعًا، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِوَضُوءٍ، فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ went to relieve himself and said: 'Bring me something with which to clean myself, and do not bring me anything that is a barrier or dung.' He said: 'I brought him water for ablution, and he performed ablution and then prayed.'

311. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5278No grade recorded

     سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ - أَوِ الْمُؤْمِنِ - فُسُوقٌ، وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ

     ✧ Insulting a Muslim – or a believer – is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief.

312. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5279No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ نَدْعُوَ ثَلَاثًا، وَنَسْتَغْفِرَ ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ liked us to supplicate three times and seek forgiveness three times.

313. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5280No grade recorded

     لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ: إِنِّي خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى

     ✧ It is not appropriate for anyone to say: 'I am better than Yunus b. Matta.'

314. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5281No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَلَّى الظُّهْرَ خَمْسًا، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَزِيدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ؟ فَسَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ بَعْدَمَا سَلَّمَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ prayed the noon prayer with five units. It was said to him, 'Has something been added to the prayer?' So he prostrated twice after he had said the salutation.

315. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5282No grade recorded

     الْجَنَّةُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ مِنْ شِرَاكِ نَعْلِهِ، وَالنَّارُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Paradise is closer to any one of you than the strap of his sandal, and the Fire is the like of that.

316. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5283No grade recorded

     تَدُورُ رَحَى الْإِسْلَامِ لِخَمْسٍ، أَوْ سِتٍّ، أَوْ سَبْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَإِنْ يَهْلِكُوا فَبِسَبِيلِ مَنْ هَلَكَ، وَإِنْ يَقُمْ لَهُمْ دِينُهُمْ يَقُمْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا، قُلْتُ: مِمَّا مَضَى أَوْ مِمَّا بَقِيَ ؟ فَقَالَ: مِمَّا بَقِيَ

     ✧ The millstone of Islam will turn for thirty-five, or thirty-six, or thirty-seven [years]. If they perish, then it is in the way of those who perished; and if their religion endures for them, it will endure for them for seventy years. I said, 'From what has passed or from what remains?' He said, 'From what remains.'

317. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5284No grade recorded

     يَدْخُلُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمُ النَّارَ، ثُمَّ يَصْدُرُونَ مِنْهَا بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ

     ✧ All people will enter the Fire, then they will come out of it according to their deeds.

318. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5285No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْهُدَى وَالتُّقَى وَالْعِفَّةَ وَالْغِنَى

     ✧ He used to say: O God, I ask You for guidance, piety, chastity, and sufficiency.

319. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5286No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلنِّسَاءِ: تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عِلْيَةِ النِّسَاءِ: لِمَ - أَوْ فِيمَ أَوْ بِمَ - نَحْنُ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ، وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ، مَا مِنْ نَاقِصَةِ الْعَقْلِ وَالدِّينِ أَغْلَبُ لِلرِّجَالِ ذَوِي الْأَمْرِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، قِيلَ: فَمَا نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِهَا ؟ قَالَ: جَعَلَ شَهَادَةَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلٍ، قِيلَ: فَمَا نُقْصَانُ دِينِهَا ؟ قَالَ: تَلْبَثُ لَا أَدْرِي كَمْ يَوْمٍ لَا تُصَلِّي

     ✧ He said to the women: Give charity, for you are the majority of the inhabitants of the Fire. A woman who was not from the elite of women said: Why—or in what, or because of what—are we? He said: Because you curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. There is none more deficient in intellect and religion and more overwhelming to men of authority than women. It was said: What is the deficiency of her intellect? He said: He made the testimony of two women equal to the testimony of one man. It was said: What is the deficiency of her religion? He said: She remains—I do not know how many days—without praying.

320. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5287No grade recorded

     لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَعَرَّسَ فِيهَا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَحْرُسُنَا ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّكَ تَنَامُ، يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنْتَ إِذًا، فَحَرَسْتُهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي وَجْهِ الصُّبْحِ أَخَذَنِي مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمْ أَسْتَيْقِظْ إِلَّا بِحَرِّ الشَّمْسِ فِي ظُهُورِنَا، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَصَنَعَ كَمَا يَصْنَعُ، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ لَوْ شَاءَ لَمْ تَنَامُوا عَنْهَا، وَلَكِنْ إِنْ يَكُنْ لِمَنْ بَعْدَكُمْ، فَهَكَذَا لِمَنْ نَامَ أَوْ نَسِيَ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ returned from al-Hudaybiyyah, he stopped at a resting place and halted there at night. He said: Who will guard us? Abdullah said: I said: I will. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: You will sleep—saying that twice or thrice—then he said: Then you. So I guarded them until when it was near dawn, what the Messenger of God ﷺ said overtook me, and I did not wake except from the heat of the sun on our backs. The Messenger of God ﷺ arose, did as he usually does, then prayed the Morning Prayer. Then he said: If God had willed, you would not have slept through it, but if it should happen for those after you, then thus is it for one who sleeps or forgets.

321. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5288No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مَوَاقِيتِهَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ

     ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, which deeds are most beloved to God? He said: Prayer at its proper times. I said: Then which? He said: Then dutifulness to parents. I said: Then which? He said: Then striving in the way of God.

322. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5289No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعَمِّي عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ بِالْهَاجِرَةِ، فَأَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَتَأَخَّرْنَا خَلْفَهُ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِ أَحَدِنَا بِيَمِينِهِ، وَالْآخَرَ بِشِمَالِهِ، فَجَعَلَنَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ: هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا كَانُوا ثَلَاثَةً

     ✧ I and my paternal uncle entered upon Abdullah b. Mas'ud at noon, and he commenced the prayer. We went back behind him, but he took the hand of one of us with his right hand and the other with his left, and placed us on his right and left. When he prayed, he said: Thus the Messenger of God ﷺ used to do when they were three.

323. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5290No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْ حُرْمَةً إِلَّا وَقَدْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ سَيَطَّلِعُهَا مِنْكُمْ مُطَّلِعٌ، أَلَا وَإِنِّي آخِذٌ بِحُجَزِكُمْ عَنِ النَّارِ أَنْ تَهَافَتُوا فِيهَا كَتَهَافُتِ الْفَرَاشِ أَوِ الذُّبَابِ أَوِ الْحُنْظُبِ

     ✧ God has not forbidden any sacred thing except that He knew someone among you would look into it. Indeed, I am holding you back by your waist-wrappers from the Fire, lest you tumble into it like the tumbling of moths, or flies, or beetles.

324. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5291No grade recorded

     لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

     ✧ He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride will not enter Paradise.

325. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5292No grade recorded

     إِنَّ آخِرَ مَنْ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ لَرَجُلٌ يَمْشِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ فَيَنْكَبُّ مَرَّةً وَيَمْشِي مَرَّةً، تَسْفَعُهُ النَّارُ مَرَّةً، فَإِذَا جَاوَزَ الصِّرَاطَ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَجَّانِي مِنْكِ، لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي مَا لَمْ يُعْطِ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ، قَالَ: فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ عَبْدِ، فَلَعَلِّي إِنْ أَدْنَيْتُكَ تَسْأَلُنِي غَيْرَهَا، فَيَقُولُ: لَا يَا رَبِّ، فَيُعَاهِدُهُ أَنْ لَا يَسْأَلَهُ غَيْرَهَا، وَالرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ، فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ تُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ عَبْدِ، أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا ؟ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا، فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا، فَتُرْفَعُ لَهُ شَجَرَةٌ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَسْتَظِلَّ بِظِلِّهَا، وَأَشْرَبَ مِنْ مَائِهَا فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ عَبْدِ أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا ؟ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ هَذِهِ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ غَيْرَهَا، فَيُعَاهِدُهُ - وَالرَّبُّ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَسْأَلُهُ غَيْرَهَا لِأَنَّهُ يَرَى مَا لَا صَبْرَ لَهُ - فَيُدْنِيهِ مِنْهَا، فَيَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ، الْجَنَّةَ الْجَنَّةَ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ عَبْدِي، أَلَمْ تُعَاهِدْنِي أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلَنِي غَيْرَهَا ؟ فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ، أَدْخِلْنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَيَقُولُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: مَا يَصْرِينِي مِنْكَ أَيْ عَبْدِي، أَيُرْضِيكَ أَنْ أُعْطِيَكَ الدُّنْيَا وَمِثْلَهَا مَعَهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: أَتَهْزَأُ بِي وَأَنْتَ رَبُّ الْعِزَّةِ ؟ فَضَحِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا تَسْأَلُونِي لِمَ ضَحِكْتُ ؟ قَالُوا: لِمَ ضَحِكْتَ ؟ قَالَ: لِضَحِكِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

     ✧ The last person to enter Paradise will be a man who walks across the Bridge. He will stumble once and walk once, and the Fire will scorch him once. When he has crossed the Bridge, he will turn to it and say: Blessed be the One who saved me from you. He has given me what He has not given anyone among the first and the last. A tree will be raised for him and he will look at it and say: O Lord, bring me near this tree so that I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. He will say: O servant, perhaps if I bring you near it you will ask Me for something else. He will say: No, O Lord. He will covenant with Him that he will not ask for anything else, and the Lord, Blessed and Exalted, knows that he will ask for something else because he sees what he cannot bear to do without. So He will bring him near it. Then a tree better than it will be raised for him, and he will say: O Lord, bring me near this tree so that I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. He will say: O servant, did you not covenant with Me not to ask Me for anything else? He will say: O Lord, this one I will not ask You for anything else. So He will bring him near it. Then a tree better than it will be raised for him at the gate of Paradise, and he will say: O Lord, bring me near this tree so that I may shade myself with its shade and drink from its water. He will say: O servant, did you not covenant with Me not to ask Me for anything else? He will say: O Lord, this one I will not ask You for anything else. He will covenant with Him—and the Lord knows that he will ask for something else because he sees what he cannot bear to do without—so He will bring him near it. Then he will hear the voices of the people of Paradise and say: O Lord, Paradise, Paradise. He will say: O My servant, did you not covenant with Me not to ask Me for anything else? He will say: O Lord, admit me into Paradise. He, Blessed and Exalted, will say: What will satisfy you from Me, O My servant? Will it please you that I give you the world and the like of it with it? Abdullah laughed until his molar teeth showed, then said: Will you not ask me why I laughed? They said: Why did you laugh? He said: Because of the laughter of the Messenger of God ﷺ.

326. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5293No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ لَا أُحْجَبُ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ - أَوْ لَا أُحْبَسُ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ - عَنِ النَّجْوَى، وَعَنْ كَذَا، وَعَنْ كَذَا، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: نَسِيَ عَمِّي وَاحِدَةً، وَنَسِيتُ أَنَا الْأُخْرَى وَبَقِيَتْ هَذِهِ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَعِنْدَهُ مَالِكٌ الرَّهَاوِيُّ فَأَدْرَكْتُ مِنْ آخِرِ حَدِيثِهِمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي امْرُؤٌ قُسِمَ لِي مِنَ الْجَمَالِ مَا تَرَى، فَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ أَحَدًا فَضَلَنِي بِشِرَاكَيْنِ فَمَا فَوْقَهُمَا، أَفَمِنَ الْبَغْيِ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنَّ الْبَغْيَ مَنْ سَفِهَ الْحَقَّ، وَغَمَصَ النَّاسَ

     ✧ I was not veiled from three—or not prevented from three—from private conversation, and from such-and-such, and from such-and-such. Abdullah said: My uncle forgot one, and I forgot the other, and this one remained. I came to him while Malik al-Rahawi was with him, and I caught the end of their conversation while he was saying: O Messenger of God, I am a man who has been given a share of beauty such as you see, and I do not love that anyone should surpass me even by two sandal-straps or more. Is that insolence? He said: No, but insolence is one who treats the truth lightly and belittles people.

327. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5294No grade recorded

     نَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا آذَنْتَنَا فَبَسَطْنَا تَحْتَكَ أَلْيَنَ مِنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا لِي وَلِلدُّنْيَا ؟ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَرَاكِبٍ سَارَ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ، فَقَالَ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ، ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَتَرَكَهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ slept on a straw mat that left marks on his side. We said, "O Messenger of God, why did you not inform us so that we could spread something softer than it beneath you?" He said, "What have I to do with the world? My similitude and that of the world is but that of a rider who travels on a scorching day, stops in the shade of a tree, then departs and leaves it."

328. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5295No grade recorded

     حَبَسُونَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ بُطُونَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ They detained us from the middle prayer until the sun set. May God fill their bellies and their graves with fire.

329. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5296No grade recorded

     مُكَرَّرٌ - حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ Repeated - Bishr b. al-Walid narrated to us, Muhammad b. Talha narrated to us, with its chain, the like of it.

330. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5297No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، لَقِيَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَمُوسَى، وَعِيسَى صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَتَذَاكَرُوا السَّاعَةَ، مَتَى هِيَ ؟ فَبَدَءُوا بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْهَا، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مِنْهَا عِلْمٌ، فَسَأَلُوا مُوسَى، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مِنْهَا عِلْمٌ، فَرَدُّوا الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى عِيسَى، فَقَالَ: عَهِدَ اللهُ إِلَيَّ فِيمَا دُونَ وَجْبَتِهَا، فَأَمَّا وَجْبَتُهَا فَلَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللهُ، فَذَكَرَ مِنْ خُرُوجِ الدَّجَّالِ فَأَهْبِطُ فَأَقْتُلُهُ، فَيَرْجِعُ النَّاسُ إِلَى بِلَادِهِمْ، فَيَسْتَقْبِلُهُمْ يَأْجُوجُ، وَمَأْجُوجُ، وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ، لَا يَمُرُّونَ بِمَاءٍ إِلَّا شَرِبُوهُ، وَلَا بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا أَفْسَدُوهُ، فَيَجْأَرُونَ إِلَيَّ، فَأَدْعُو اللهَ فَيُمِيتُهُمْ، فَتَجْوَى الْأَرْضُ مِنْ رِيحِهِمْ، فَأَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ السَّمَاءَ، فَتَحْمِلَ أَجْسَامَهُمْ فَتُلْقِيَهَا فِي الْبَحْرِ، ثُمَّ تُنْسَفُ الْجِبَالُ، وَتُمَدُّ الْأَرْضُ مَدَّ الْأَدِيمِ، فَعَهِدَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ: أَنَّ السَّاعَةَ مِنَ النَّاسِ كَالْحَامِلِ الْمُتِمِّ، لَا يَدْرِي أَهْلُهَا مَتَى تَفْجَؤُهُمْ بِوِلَادِهَا لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا، قَالَ الْعَوَّامُ: فَوَجَدْتُ تَصْدِيقَ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: حَتَّى إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ الْآيَةَ

     ✧ On the night the Prophet ﷺ was taken on the Night Journey, he met Ibrahim, Musa, and 'Isa (may the blessings of God be upon them). They discussed the Hour, when it would be. They began with Ibrahim and asked him about it, but he had no knowledge of it. Then they asked Musa, but he had no knowledge of it. Then they referred the matter to 'Isa, who said, "God entrusted me with knowledge of what precedes its occurrence; as for its actual occurrence, none knows it except God." Then he mentioned the emergence of the Dajjal: "I will descend and kill him. Then people will return to their lands, and Ya'juj and Ma'juj will come forth to meet them, pouring down from every elevation. They will not pass by any water but drink it, nor by anything but corrupt it. The people will cry out to me, so I will supplicate God, and He will cause them to die. The earth will stink from their odor. I will supplicate God to send rain from the sky, which will carry their bodies and cast them into the sea. Then the mountains will be pulverized, and the earth will be stretched out like leather." 'Isa said, "God, Blessed and Exalted, entrusted me that when that happens, the Hour will be to people like a pregnant woman at full term: her family does not know when she will suddenly give birth, whether at night or day." Al-'Awwam said, "I found confirmation of that in the Book of God," then he recited: 'Until when Ya'juj and Ma'juj are let loose...' [Qur'an 21:96].

331. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5298No grade recorded

     أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَبَا مُوسَى، وَسَلْمَانَ بْنَ رَبِيعَةَ فَسَأَلَهُمَا عَنِ ابْنَةٍ، وَابْنَةِ ابْنٍ، وَأُخْتٍ لِأَبٍ، وَأُمٍّ

     ✧ A man came to Abu Musa and Salman b. Rabi'a and asked them about a daughter, a son's daughter, and a full sister through father and mother.

332. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5299No grade recorded

     نَضَّرَ اللهُ امْرَأً سَمِعَ مِنَّا حَدِيثًا فَبَلَّغَهُ كَمَا سَمِعَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ رُبَّ مُبَلَّغٍ أَوْعَى لَهُ مِنْ سَامِعٍ

     ✧ May God brighten the face of a person who hears a hadith from us and conveys it as he heard it. For perhaps the one to whom it is conveyed retains it better than the hearer.

333. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5300No grade recorded

     مَا قَالَ عَبْدٌ قَطُّ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ هَمٌّ وَحَزَنٌ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي عَبْدُكَ وَابْنُ عَبْدِكَ، نَاصِيَتِي بِيَدِكَ، مَاضٍ فِيَّ حُكْمُكَ، عَدْلٌ فِيَّ قَضَاؤُكَ، أَسْأَلُكَ بِكُلِّ اسْمٍ سَمَّيْتَ بِهِ نَفْسَكَ، أَوْ أَنْزَلْتَهُ فِي كِتَابِكَ، أَوْ عَلَّمْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، أَوِ اسْتَأْثَرْتَ بِهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْغَيْبِ عِنْدَكَ، أَنْ تَجْعَلَ الْقُرْآنَ رَبِيعَ قَلْبِي، وَنُورَ بَصَرِي، وَجِلَاءَ حُزْنِي، وَذَهَابَ هَمِّي، إِلَّا أَذْهَبَ اللهُ هَمَّهُ، وَأَبْدَلَهُ مَكَانَ حُزْنِهِ فَرَحًا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، يَنْبَغِي لَنَا أَنْ نَتَعَلَّمَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَلِمَاتِ ؟ قَالَ: أَجَلْ، يَنْبَغِي لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُنَّ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَهُنَّ

     ✧ No servant ever says, when afflicted by worry and grief: 'O God, I am Your servant, son of Your servant, my forelock is in Your hand, Your decree is executed upon me, Your judgment upon me is just. I ask You by every name with which You have named Yourself, or which You have sent down in Your Book, or which You have taught any of Your creation, or which You have kept to Yourself in the knowledge of the unseen with You, that You make the Qur'an the spring of my heart, the light of my sight, the removal of my sadness, and the dispelling of my worry,' but that God removes his worry and replaces his sadness with joy." They said, "O Messenger of God, should we learn these words?" He said, "Yes, whoever hears them should learn them."

334. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5301No grade recorded

     تَدُورُ رَحَى الْإِسْلَامِ عَلَى رَأْسِ خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، أَوْ سِتٍّ وَثَلَاثِينَ، أَوْ سَبْعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَإِنْ يَهْلِكُوا فَبِسَبِيلِ مَنْ هَلَكَ، وَإِنْ بَقُوا بَقِيَ لَهُمْ دِينُهُمْ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا

     ✧ The mill of Islam will revolve around the age of thirty-five, or thirty-six, or thirty-seven. If they perish, it will be in the manner of those who perished. If they remain, their religion will remain for them for seventy years.

335. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5302No grade recorded

     إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ، فَزُورُوهَا، وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَحْبِسُوا لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ، فَاحْبِسُوا، وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الظُّرُوفِ، فَانْتَبِذُوا فِيهَا، وَاجْتَنِبُوا كُلَّ مُسْكِرٍ

     ✧ I had forbidden you to visit graves, but now visit them. I had forbidden you to keep the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days, but now keep it. I had forbidden you these vessels, but now make nabidh in them, and avoid every intoxicant.

336. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5303No grade recorded

     قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ تَعْرِفُ مَنْ لَمْ تَرَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ؟ قَالَ: هُمْ غُرٌّ مُحَجَّلُونَ بُلْقٌ مِنْ آثَارِ الْوُضُوءِ

     ✧ It was said, 'O Messenger of God, how will you recognize those of your community whom you have not seen on the Day of Resurrection?' He said, 'They will have white blazes on their foreheads and white marks on their limbs from the traces of ablution.'

337. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5304No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْلَةَ الْجِنِّ: هَلْ عِنْدَكَ طَهُورٌ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا شَيْئًا مِنْ نَبِيذٍ فِي إِدَاوَةٍ، فَقَالَ: هَاتِهِ، تَمْرَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ، وَمَاءٌ طَهُورٌ

     ✧ On the night of the jinn, the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Do you have any water for purification?' He said, 'No, except a little nabidh in a water skin.' He said, 'Bring it. A good date and purifying water.'

338. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5305No grade recorded

     أَلَا أُصَلِّي بِكُمْ صَلَاةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ يَدَيْهِ إِلَّا مَرَّةً

     ✧ Shall I not lead you in prayer as the Messenger of God ﷺ prayed? Then he led them in prayer and did not raise his hands except once.

339. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5306No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، انْتَهَى إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى، وَهِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ، وَإِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي مَا يُصْعَدُ بِهِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَيُقْبَضُ مِنْهَا، وَإِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي مَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا، فَيُقْبَضُ مِنْهَا: إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى، قَالَ: فَرَاشٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، قَالَ: فَأُعْطِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ خِلَالٍ: الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ، وَخَوَاتِيمُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَغُفِرَ لِمَنْ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِاللهِ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ الْمُقْحِمَاتُ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ was taken on the Night Journey, he reached the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, which is in the sixth heaven. To it ends whatever is taken up from the earth, and it is taken from there; and to it ends whatever descends from above it, and it is taken from there—when the Lote Tree was covered by what covered it. He said: Moths of gold. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ was given three things: the five prayers, the concluding verses of Surat al-Baqarah, and the major sins were forgiven for those of his community who do not associate anything with God.

340. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5307No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي قُبَّةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ فِي نَحْوٍ مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ مَفْتُوحٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، مَنْصُورُونَ وَمُصِيبُونَ، فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَتَّقِ اللهَ، وَلْيَأْمُرْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَلْيَنْهَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَلْيَصِلْ رَحِمَهُ، وَمَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي يُعِينُ قَوْمَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الْحَقِّ، كَمَثَلِ بَعِيرٍ فِي بِئْرٍ فَهُوَ يَنْزِعُ مِنْهَا بِذَنَبِهِ

     ✧ I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was in a leather tent with about forty men. He said: 'You will be granted victory, made triumphant, and given spoils. Whoever of you lives to see that, let him fear God, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and maintain his kinship ties. Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire. The likeness of one who helps his people in wrongdoing is that of a camel in a well, pulling itself out by its tail.'

341. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5308No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ غُرَّةِ كُلِّ هِلَالٍ، وَقَلَّ مَا يُفْطِرُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to fast three days at the beginning of each lunar month, and he rarely broke his fast on Friday.

342. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5309No grade recorded

     أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، فَإِذَا النَّاسُ يَنْتَظِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَدْيَانِ أَحَدٌ يَذْكُرُ اللهَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ غَيْرُكُمْ، قَالَ: وَأُنْزِلَتْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتُ: لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ إِلَى: وَاللهُ عَلِيمٌ بِالْمُتَّقِينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ delayed the night prayer one night, then went out to the mosque, and found the people waiting for the prayer. He said: 'There is no one among the people of the religions who remembers God at this hour except you.' He said: And these verses were revealed: 'They are not all alike; among the People of the Scripture is an upright community...' to '...and God knows the God-fearing.'

343. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5310No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

     ✧ Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.

344. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5311No grade recorded

     لَوْ كُنْتُ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مُتَّخِذًا خَلِيلًا، لَاتَّخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ خَلِيلًا

     ✧ If I were to take a close friend from my community, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend.

345. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5312No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَصُومُ فِي السَّفَرِ وَيُفْطِرُ، وَيُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ لَا يَدَعُهَا، يَقُولُ: لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا، يَعْنِي: الْفَرِيضَةَ

     ✧ He used to fast while traveling and break his fast, and he would pray two rak'ahs without omitting them, saying: 'He does not add to it,' meaning the obligatory prayer.

346. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5313No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَجْتَنِي لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِوَاكًا مِنْ أَرَاكٍ، وَكَانَ الرِّيحُ تَكْفَؤُهُ، وَكَانَ فِي سَاقَيَّ شَيْءٌ، فَضَحِكَ الْقَوْمُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا يُضْحِكُكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: دِقَّةُ سَاقَيْهِ، قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَهُمَا أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

     ✧ I used to gather a miswak from an arak tree for the Messenger of God ﷺ. The wind would bend him over, and there was something about my shins, so the people laughed. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'What makes you laugh?' They said: 'The thinness of his shins.' He said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, they are heavier in the Balance than Mount Uhud.'

347. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5314No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ غُلَامًا يَافِعًا، وَكُنْتُ أَرْعَى غَنَمًا لِابْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ قَدْ فَرَّا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَقَالَا: يَا غُلَامُ، عِنْدَكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ تَسْقِينَا ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، وَلَكِنِّي مُؤْتَمَنٌ، وَلَسْتُ بِسَاقِيكُمَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَاةٌ جَذَعَةٌ لَمْ يَنْزُ عَلَيْهَا الْفَحْلُ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا، فَاعْتَقَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَمَسَحَ الضَّرْعَ وَدَعَا، فَجَعَلَ اللَّبَنُ يَدِرُّ، وَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِصَخْرَةٍ مُنْقَعِرَةٍ، فَحَلَبَ فِيهَا فَشَرِبَ، وَشَرِبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَشَرِبْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلضَّرْعِ: اقْلِصْ، فَقَلَصَ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ - أَوْ مِنْ هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ - قَالَ: إِنَّكَ غُلَامٌ مُعَلَّمٌ، وَلَكِنْ عَلَّمَنِي، فَأَخَذْتُ مِنْ فِيهِ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً لَا يُنَازِعُنِي فِيهَا أَحَدٌ

     ✧ I was a young boy, and I used to tend sheep for Ibn Abi Mu'ayt. The Prophet ﷺ and Abu Bakr came, having fled from the idolaters. They said: 'O boy, do you have any milk to give us to drink?' I said: 'Yes, but I am entrusted, and I am not going to give you drink.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Do you have a young ewe that no male has mounted?' I said: 'Yes.' I brought it to him. The Messenger of God ﷺ hobbled it, wiped the udder, and supplicated, and the milk began to flow. Abu Bakr brought him a hollowed-out rock, and he milked into it and drank, and Abu Bakr drank, and I drank. Then he said to the udder: 'Contract,' and it contracted. Later I came to him and said: 'O Messenger of God, teach me some of this speech—or this Qur'an.' He said: 'You are a taught boy.' But he taught me, and I took from his mouth seventy surahs that no one disputes with me about.

348. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5315No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي ظِلِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَنَاسٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَقَدْ نَحَرُوا جَزُورًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ مَكَّةَ، فَبَعَثُوا فَجَاءُوا مِنْ سَلَاهَا فَطَرَحُوهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ، فَجَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَطَرَحَتْهُ عَنْهُ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ يَسْتَحِبُّ ثَلَاثًا، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِقُرَيْشٍ - ثَلَاثًا - بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، وَبِعُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، وَبِشَيْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، وَبِالْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، وَبِأُمَيَّةَ بْنِ خَلَفٍ، وَبِعُقْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ قَتْلَى فِي قَلِيبِ بَدْرٍ - أَوْ فِي قَلِيبٍ -، قَالَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ: وَنَسِيتُ السَّابِعَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was praying in the shade of the Ka'bah, and Abu Jahl and some men of Quraysh, having slaughtered a camel in a corner of Makkah, sent someone to bring its placenta, which they threw between his shoulders. Fatimah came and removed it from him. When he finished, he said—and he used to repeat three times—: 'O God, deal with Quraysh'—three times—'with Abu Jahl b. Hisham, with 'Utbah b. Rabi'ah, with Shaybah b. Rabi'ah, with al-Walid b. 'Utbah, with Umayyah b. Khalaf, and with 'Uqbah b. Abi Mu'ayt.' 'Abdullah said: 'I saw them dead in the well of Badr—or in a well.' Abu Ishaq said: 'I forgot the seventh.'

349. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5316No grade recorded

     قَالَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ: اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِي فِي زَوْجِي رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَبِأَبِي أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، وَبِأَخِي مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: لَقَدْ سَأَلْتِ اللهَ عَنْ آجَالٍ مَضْرُوبَةٍ، وَأَرْزَاقٍ مَقْسُومَةٍ، وَآثَارٍ مَبْلُوغَةٍ، لَا يُعَجَّلُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ قَبْلَ حِلِّهِ، فَلَوْ سَأَلْتِ اللهَ أَنْ يُعِيذَكِ مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارِ، أَوْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ كَانَ خَيْرًا أَوْ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ، قَالَ: فَذُكِرَتِ الْقِرَدَةُ - قَالَ: وَأُرَاهُ: الْخَنَازِيرُ - أَكَانَ مِمَّا مُسِخَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُهْلِكْ قَوْمًا فَيَتْرُكَ لَهُمْ نَسْلًا وَلَا عَاقِبًا، وَقَدْ كَانَتِ الْقِرَدَةُ - وَأُرَاهُ قَالَ: الْخَنَازِيرُ - قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ Umm Habibah said: 'O God, bless me in my husband, the Messenger of God ﷺ, in my father Abu Sufyan, and in my brother Mu'awiyah.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'You have asked God about fixed terms, allotted provisions, and destined traces—nothing of them is hastened before its time. If you had asked God to protect you from the punishment of the Fire or the punishment of the grave, it would have been better or more virtuous.' He said: Then monkeys were mentioned—he said: I think he said pigs—were they among those transformed among the Children of Israel? He said: 'God has not destroyed a people and left them descendants or posterity. Monkeys—and I think he said pigs—existed before that.'

350. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5317No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُمْ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْقِرَدَةِ وَالْخَنَازِيرِ: أَمِنْ نَسْلِ الْيَهُودِ هِيَ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ: إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَلْعَنْ قَوْمًا فَمَسَخَهُمْ فَكَانَ لَهُمْ نَسْلٌ حَتَّى يُهْلِكَهُمْ، وَلَكِنَّ هَذَا خَلْقٌ كَانَ، فَلَمَّا غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ مَسَخَهُمْ، فَكَانُوا أَمْثَالَهُمْ

     ✧ They asked the Messenger of God ﷺ about monkeys and pigs: Are they from the descendants of the Jews? The Messenger of God said: 'God has not cursed a people and transformed them so that they have descendants until He destroys them. Rather, this is a creation that existed before. When God became angry with the Jews, He transformed them, and they became like them.'

351. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5318No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ Shayban narrated to us: Dawud b. Abi al-Furat narrated to us with his chain, the like of it.

352. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5319No grade recorded

     مِنْ شِرَارِ النَّاسِ مَنْ تُدْرِكُهُ السَّاعَةُ وَيَتَّخِذُ الْقُبُورَ مَسَاجِدَ

     ✧ Among the worst of people is one whom the Hour overtakes while he takes graves as mosques.

353. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5320No grade recorded

     مَنْ نَزَلَتْ بِهِ فَاقَةٌ فَأَنْزَلَهَا بِالنَّاسِ لَمْ تُسَدَّ فَاقَتُهُ، وَإِنْ أَنْزَلَهَا بِاللهِ أَوْشَكَ اللهُ لَهُ بِالْغِنَى: إِمَّا غِنًى عَاجِلٌ، وَإِمَّا مَوْتٌ آجِلٌ

     ✧ Whoever is afflicted by poverty and lays it before the people, his poverty will not be closed; but if he lays it before Allah, Allah will soon bring him sufficiency, either a swift sufficiency or a delayed death.

354. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5321No grade recorded

     أَنَّ الْأُمَمَ عُرِضَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَتَّى عُرِضَتْ أُمَّتُهُ، فَأَعْجَبَهُ كَثْرَتُهُمْ فَقِيلَ: إِنَّ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

     ✧ The nations were presented to the Prophet ﷺ until his nation was presented, and he was pleased by their great number. It was said: 'With these are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning.'

355. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5322No grade recorded

     إِذَا كَانَ ثُلُثُ اللَّيْلِ الْبَاقِي يَهْبِطُ اللهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا، ثُمَّ تُفْتَحُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ تُبْسَطُ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: هَلْ مِنْ سَائِلٍ ؟ فَلَا يَزَالُ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَطْلُعَ الْفَجْرُ

     ✧ When the last third of the night remains, Allah descends to the lowest heaven. Then the gates of heaven are opened, then they are spread out, then He says: 'Is there any asker?' And He continues thus until dawn rises.

356. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5323No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ يَخْطُبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِذْ هُوَ بِحَيَّةٍ تَمْشِي عَلَى الْجِدَارِ، فَقَطَعَ خُطْبَتَهُ وَضَرَبَهَا بِعُصَيَّةٍ حَتَّى قَتَلَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَنْ قَتَلَ حَيَّةً فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مُشْرِكًا

     ✧ While Ibn Mas'ud was delivering a sermon one day, he noticed a snake walking on the wall. He cut off his sermon and struck it with a small stick until he killed it, then said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever kills a snake, it is as if he killed a polytheist man.'

357. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5324No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ Shayban narrated to us: Dawud b. Abi al-Furat narrated to us with his chain, the like of it.

358. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5325No grade recorded

     كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ لَيْلَةً بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَهُوَ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَسَأَلْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللهِ كَمْ يَمْلِكُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ ؟ فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: مَا سَأَلَنِي مُذْ قَدِمْتُ الْعِرَاقَ قَبْلَكَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: اثْنَا عَشَرَ، عِدَّةَ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

     ✧ We were sitting with Ibn Mas'ud one night after Maghrib while he was teaching us the Quran. A man asked him: 'O Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, did you ask the Messenger of Allah how many caliphs this nation will have?' Ibn Mas'ud said: 'No one has asked me this since I came to Iraq before you.' He said: 'Yes, we asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: Twelve, the number of the chiefs of the Children of Israel.'

359. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5326No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Shayban narrated to us: Hammad narrated to us with his chain, similar to it.

360. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5327No grade recorded

     لِيَلِنِي مِنْكُمْ أُولُو الْأَحْلَامِ وَالنُّهَى، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ، وَلَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَتَخْتَلِفَ قُلُوبُكُمْ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَهَوْشَاتِ الْأَسْوَاقِ

     ✧ Let those of you who possess maturity and understanding stand nearest to me, then those next to them, then those next to them. Do not differ, lest your hearts differ. Beware of the clamor of the marketplaces.

361. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5328No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ Al-Qawariri narrated to us: Yazid b. Zuray' narrated to us, the like of it.

362. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5329No grade recorded

     أَلَا لَا تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ

     ✧ Indeed, do not turn back after me as disbelievers, striking one another's necks.

363. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5330No grade recorded

     كَانَ يَقْرَأُ: فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ

     ✧ He used to recite: “Is there any that will remember?”

364. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5331No grade recorded

     سَلْمَى بِنْتِ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ زَوْجَهَا اسْتُشْهِدَ، فَأَتَتْ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، إِنَّ زَوْجِي اسْتُشْهِدَ، وَقَدْ خَطَبَنِي الرِّجَالُ، فَتَرْجُو إِنْ جَمَعَ اللهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِهِ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، مَا رَأَيْنَاكَ صَنَعْتَ هَذَا بِامْرَأَةٍ غَيْرِ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ أُمَّتِي لُحُوقًا بِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ

     ✧ Salma bt. Jabir reported that her husband was martyred. She came to Abdullah b. Mas'ud and said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, my husband was martyred, and men have proposed to me. Do you hope that if Allah gathers me and him together in Paradise, I will be among his wives? He said: Yes. Some of the people said: O Abu Abd al-Rahman, we have not seen you do this with any woman other than this one. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The first of my ummah to join me in Paradise will be a woman from Ahmas.

365. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5332No grade recorded

     قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: تُصَلِّي الصَّلَوَاتِ لِمَوَاقِيتِهَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ بِرُّ الْوَالِدَيْنِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ثُمَّ أَيُّ ؟ قَالَ: ثُمَّ الْجِهَادُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، وَلَوِ اسْتَزَدْتُهُ لَزَادَنِي

     ✧ We said: O Messenger of Allah, which deeds are most beloved to Allah? He said: That you pray the prayers at their proper times. He said: I said: Then which? He said: Then dutifulness to parents. He said: I said: Then which? He said: Then jihad in the path of Allah. And if I had asked for more, he would have increased for me.

366. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5333No grade recorded

     لَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةِ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ

     ✧ No one will enter the Fire who has in his heart an atom's weight of a mustard seed of faith, and no one will enter Paradise who has in his heart an atom's weight of a mustard seed of arrogance.

367. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5334No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، بِمِثْلِهِ

     ✧ Abd al-Wahid b. Ghiyath narrated to us, Abd al-Aziz b. Muslim narrated to us, similarly.

368. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5335No grade recorded

     قِتَالُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كُفْرٌ، وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ

     ✧ Fighting a believer is disbelief, and insulting him is wickedness.

369. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5336No grade recorded

     أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: ( إِنِّي أَنَا الرَّزَّاقُ ذُو الْقُوَّةِ الْمَتِينُ )

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me to recite: “Indeed, I am the Provider, Possessor of Strength, the Strong.”

370. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5337No grade recorded

     أَنَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُكَبِّرُ فِي كُلِّ رَفْعٍ، وَوَضْعٍ، وَقِيَامٍ، وَيُسَلِّمُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ، حَتَّى أَرَى بَيَاضَ خَدَّيْهِ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ يَفْعَلَانِ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say the takbir in every rising, lowering, and standing, and he gave the greeting to his right and to his left: Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah, peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah, until I saw the whiteness of his cheeks. And I saw Abu Bakr and Umar do that.

371. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5338No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنِ الْجُمُعَةِ: لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، ثُمَّ أُحَرِّقَ عَلَى رِجَالٍ يَتَخَلَّفُونَ عَنِ الْجُمُعَةِ بُيُوتَهُمْ

     ✧ He said to a group of people who were staying away from Jumu'ah: I was about to command a man to lead the people in prayer, then burn the houses of men who stay away from Jumu'ah.

372. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5339No grade recorded

     أَتَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْغَائِطَ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَحْجَارٍ، فَأَخَذْتُ حَجَرَيْنِ وَالْتَمَسْتُ الثَّالِثَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ، فَأَخَذْتُ رَوْثَةً فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَأَخَذَ الْحَجَرَيْنِ وَأَلْقَى الرَّوْثَةَ، وَقَالَ: هَذِهِ رِكْسٌ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ went to relieve himself and ordered me to bring him three stones. I took two stones and sought the third but did not find it, so I took a piece of dung and brought them to the Prophet ﷺ. He took the two stones and threw away the dung and said: This is filth.

373. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5340No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ، قَالَ: فَأُلْقِيَتْ عَلَيَّ مَحَبَّةٌ مِنْهُ، وَعِنْدَهُ شَبَابٌ، فَقَالُوا لِي: سَلْهُ - فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى - فَسَأَلْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ رَأَى جِبْرِيلَ وَلَهُ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ

     ✧ I came to Zirr b. Hubaysh. He said: Affection for me was cast upon him, and there were young men with him. They said to me: Ask him – for he was at a distance of two bow-lengths or nearer – so I asked him, and he said: Abdullah b. Mas'ud said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Jibril, and he had six hundred wings.

374. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5341No grade recorded

     يَكُونُ فِي النَّارِ قَوْمٌ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، ثُمَّ يَرْحَمُهُمُ اللهُ فَيَكُونُونَ فِي أَدْنَى الْجَنَّةِ، فَيُغَسَّلُونَ فِي نَهَرِ الْحَيَاةِ، يُسَمِّيهِمْ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ الْجَهَنَّمِيِّينَ، لَوْ أَضَافَ أَحَدُهُمُ الدُّنْيَا لَأَطْعَمَهُمْ، وَسَقَاهُمْ، وَفَرَشَهُمْ، وَلَحَفَهُمْ - وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَزَوَّجَهُمْ - لَا يَنْقُصُهُ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا

     ✧ There will be in the Fire a people as long as Allah wills. Then Allah will have mercy on them, and they will be in the lowest part of Paradise. They will be washed in the River of Life, and the people of Paradise will call them the Jahannamiyyun. If one of them were to host the people of the world, he would feed them, give them drink, spread bedding for them, and cover them – and I think he said: and marry them – without that diminishing anything from him.

375. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5342No grade recorded

     إِنَّهَا عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ اللَّيْلَةَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ بِأُمَمِهَا وَأَتْبَاعُهَا مِنْ أُمَمِهَا، فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ الثَّلَاثَةُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ الْعِصَابَةُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ النَّفَرُ الْيَسِيرُ، وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَعَهُ الرَّجُلُ الْوَاحِدُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ، وَالنَّبِيُّ يَمُرُّ مَا مَعَهُ مِنْ قَوْمَهِ أَحَدٌ، وَقَدْ أَنْبَأَكُمُ اللهُ عَنْ لُوطٍ، وَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَشِيدٌ، قَالَ: حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَيَّ مُوسَى فِي كَبْكَبَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُمْ أَعْجَبُونِي، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: رَبِّ فَأَيْنَ أُمَّتِي ؟ قَالَ: انْظُرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ، فَإِذَا الظِّرَابُ: ظِرَابُ مَكَّةَ، قَدْ سُدَّتْ بِوُجُوهِ الرِّجَالِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: رَبِّ، مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: هَؤُلَاءِ أُمَّتُكَ، قَالَ لِي: أَرَضِيتَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: رَبِّي، رَضِيتُ، قَالَ: قِيلَ لِي: انْظُرْ عَنْ يَسَارِكَ، فَإِذَا الْأُفُقُ قَدْ سُدَّ بِالرِّجَالِ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ لَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشَأَ عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ أَخُو بَنِي أَسَدِ بْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ رَبَّكَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ مِنْهُمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْشَأَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ: سَبَقَكَ بِهَا عُكَّاشَةُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ يَوْمَئِذٍ: أَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونَ مَنْ تَبِعَنِي مِنْ أُمَّتِي رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، قَالَ: فَكَبَّرْنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا الثُّلُثَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ كَبَّرْنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا الشَّطْرَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: ثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الأَوَّلِينَ وَثُلَّةٌ مِنَ الآخِرِينَ، فَذَكَرَ لَنَا أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تَرَاجَعُوا بَيْنَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَرَوْنَ أَتَرَوْنَ عَمَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ السَّبْعِينَ الَّذِينَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ لَا حِسَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى صَيَّرُوهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ نَاسٌ وُلِدُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَالُوا حَتَّى مَاتُوا عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ فِيمَا حَدَّثَهُمْ حَتَّى بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ كَذَلِكَ وَلَكِنْ هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَكْتَوُونَ، وَلَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ، وَلَا يَتَطَيَّرُونَ، وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ، قَالَ: وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَوْمَئِذٍ إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ - فِدَاكُمْ أَبِي وَأُمِّي - أَنْ تَكُونُوا مِنَ السَّبْعِينَ فَكُونُوا مِنَ السَّبْعِينَ، فَإِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ وَقَصَّرْتُمْ، فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الظِّرَابِ، فَإِنْ عَجَزْتُمْ وَقَصَّرْتُمْ فَكُونُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأُفُقِ، فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ عِنْدَهُ نَاسًا يَتَهَوَّشُونَ كَثِيرًا.

     ✧ The prophets were presented to me tonight with their nations and their followers from their nations. Then a prophet would pass with three from his ummah, and a prophet would pass with a group from his ummah, and a prophet would pass with a small number, and a prophet would pass with a single man from his ummah, and a prophet would pass with none of his people. Indeed, Allah has informed you about Lot, and He said: 'Is there not among you a right-minded man?' He said: Until Moses came to me in a multitude of the Children of Israel. When I saw them, they amazed me. He said: I said, 'Who are these?' He said, 'This is your brother Moses, son of Imran, and those who followed him from the Children of Israel.' He said: I said, 'My Lord, where is my ummah?' He said, 'Look to your right.' And behold, the hillocks—the hillocks of Makkah—were filled with the faces of men. He said: I said, 'My Lord, who are these?' He said, 'These are your ummah.' He said to me, 'Are you satisfied?' He said: I said, 'My Lord, I am satisfied.' He said: It was said to me, 'Look to your left.' And behold, the horizon was filled with men. He said: 'Indeed, with these there are seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning.' He said: Then 'Ukkasha b. Mihsan, the brother of Banu Asad b. Khuzayma, stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate your Lord to make me one of them.' He said, 'O Allah, make him one of them.' He said: Then another man stood up, and the Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, 'Ukkasha has preceded you to it.' He said: Then he said that day, 'I hope that those who follow me from my ummah will be a quarter of the people of Paradise.' He said: So we said takbir. Then he said, 'I hope that you will be a third.' He said: Then we said takbir. Then he said, 'I hope that you will be half.' Then he recited: 'A multitude from the former generations and a multitude from the later generations.' Then he mentioned to us that some men among the believers discussed among themselves, saying, 'What do you think—do you think the deeds of these seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning are such that they are people born in Islam and did not cease until they died upon it?' He said, in what he narrated to them, until it reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said, 'It is not so. Rather, they are those who do not cauterize, do not seek ruqya, and do not practice tiyara, and upon their Lord they rely.' He said: And the Prophet ﷺ said that day, 'If you can—may my father and mother be sacrificed for you—be among the seventy thousand, then be among them. But if you are unable and fall short, then be among the people of the hillocks. And if you are unable and fall short, then be among the people of the horizon. For I saw with it many people assembling in crowds.'

376. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5343No grade recorded

     عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ الْأُمَمُ بِالْمَوْسِمِ، فَرَأَيْتُ أُمَّتِي، ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُمْ فَأَعْجَبَنِي كَثْرَتُهُمْ وَهَيْئَتُهُمْ قَدْ مَلَأُوا السَّهْلَ وَالْجَبَلَ، فَقَالَ: رَضِيتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: إِنَّ لَكَ مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ، هُمُ الَّذِينَ لَا يَسْتَرْقُونَ وَلَا يَكْتَوُونَ وَعَلَى رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ، فَقَامَ عُكَّاشَةُ بْنُ مِحْصَنٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ، فَدَعَا لَهُ، ثُمَّ قَامَ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، ادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سَبَقَكَ بِهَا عُكَّاشَةُ

     ✧ The nations were presented to me at the season, and I saw my ummah. Then I saw them again, and their large number and their appearance amazed me—they had filled the plain and the mountain. He said, 'Are you satisfied, O Muhammad?' He said: I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Indeed, with these you have seventy thousand who will enter Paradise without reckoning. They are those who do not seek ruqya, do not cauterize, and upon their Lord they rely.' Then 'Ukkasha b. Mihsan stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah to make me one of them.' So he supplicated for him. Then another stood up and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, supplicate Allah to make me one of them.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Ukkasha has preceded you to it.'

377. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5344No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ آيَةً سَمِعْتُ خِلَافَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: وَأَظُنُّهُ قَالَ: لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا، فَإِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمُ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ فَهَلَكُوا

     ✧ I heard a man reciting a verse differently from what I had heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: So I took him by the hand and brought him to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, 'Both of you are good.' Shu'ba said: And I think he said, 'Do not differ, for those before you differed about it and were destroyed.'

378. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5345No grade recorded

     يُنْصَبُ لِكُلِّ غَادِرٍ لِوَاءٌ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، يُقَالُ: هَذِهِ غَدْرَةُ فُلَانٍ

     ✧ A banner will be erected for every treacherous person on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said, 'This is the treachery of so-and-so.'

379. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5346No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَصَبْتُ امْرَأَةً فِي الْبُسْتَانِ، فَأَصَبْتُ مِنْهَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْهَا، فَافْعَلْ بِي مَا شِئْتَ، فَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَهُ شَيْئًا، فَذَهَبَ، ثُمَّ دَعَاهُ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ: وَأَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'I fell upon a woman in the garden and did everything with her except that I did not have intercourse. So do with me what you will.' He said nothing to him, and the man left. Then he called him and recited to him: 'And establish prayer at the two ends of the day and at the approach of the night. Indeed, good deeds remove evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.'

380. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5347No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَكَاتِبَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the consumer of riba, the one who gives it, its two witnesses, and its scribe.

381. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5348No grade recorded

     إِنَّ صَاحِبَكُمْ خَلِيلُ اللهِ

     ✧ Indeed, your companion is the intimate friend of Allah.

382. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5349No grade recorded

     قِتَالُ الْمُسْلِمِ أَخَاهُ كُفْرٌ، وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ

     ✧ A Muslim's fighting his brother is kufr, and insulting him is fusuq.

383. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5350No grade recorded

     عَلَّمَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ التَّشَهُّدَ كَفِّي بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ كَمَا يُعَلِّمُنِي السُّورَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ: التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَهُوَ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْنَا، فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ قُلْنَا: السَّلَامُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ taught me the tashahhud, with my palm between his two palms, just as he taught me a surah from the Qur'an: 'All greetings, prayers, and good things are for Allah. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.' This was while he was among us. When he passed away, we said, 'Peace be upon the Prophet ﷺ.'

384. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5351No grade recorded

     الرِّبَا وَإِنْ كَثُرَ فَإِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهُ تَصِيرُ إِلَى قُلٍّ

     ✧ Riba, even if it is abundant, its outcome ultimately becomes little.

385. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5352No grade recorded

     الرِّبَا وَإِنْ كَثُرَ فَإِنَّ عَاقِبَتَهُ تَصِيرُ إِلَى قُلٍّ

     ✧ Riba, even if it is abundant, its outcome ultimately becomes little.

386. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5353No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَالْوَاصِلَةَ، وَالْمَوْصُولَةَ، وَالْمُحِلَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ cursed the consumer of riba, the one who gives it, the woman who joins hair extensions, the one who has them joined, and the one who makes a woman lawful (through a temporary marriage) and the one for whom she is made lawful.

387. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5354No grade recorded

     أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ شَغَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ عَنْ أَرْبَعِ صَلَوَاتٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَأَذَّنَ، ثُمَّ أَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الظُّهْرَ، ثُمَّ أَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْعَصْرَ، ثُمَّ أَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ، ثُمَّ أَقَامَ فَصَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ

     ✧ The polytheists distracted the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of the Trench from four prayers until as much of the night had passed as Allah willed. He said: Then he commanded Bilal, and he gave the call to prayer, then he made the iqamah and prayed Zhuhr, then he made the iqamah and prayed Asr, then he made the iqamah and prayed Maghrib, then he made the iqamah and prayed Isha.

388. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5355No grade recorded

     مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَمُوتُ لَهُمَا ثَلَاثٌ إِلَّا كَانُوا لَهُمَا حِصْنًا حَصِينًا مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَا اثْنَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: وَإِنْ كَانَا اثْنَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَمْ أُقَدِّمْ إِلَّا اثْنَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: وَإِنْ كَانَا اثْنَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ أَبُو الْمُنْذِرِ سَيِّدُ الْقُرَّاءِ: لَمْ أُقَدِّمْ إِلَّا وَاحِدًا ؟ قَالَ: وَإِنْ كَانَ وَاحِدًا، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ الصَّدْمَةِ الْأُولَى

     ✧ There are no two Muslims for whom three children die except that they will be a strong fortress for them against the Fire. He said: We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, what if it was two?' He said, 'Even if it was two.' He said: Abu Dharr said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I have not offered up any but two?' He said, 'Even if it was two.' He said: Ubayy b. Ka'b, Abu al-Mundhir, the master of the reciters, said, 'I have not offered up any but one?' He said, 'Even if it was one.' He said, 'That is only at the first shock.'

389. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5356No grade recorded

     صَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ صَلَاةَ الْخَوْفِ، فَقَامُوا صَفَّيْنِ، فَقَامَ صَفٌّ خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَصَفٌّ مُسْتَقْبِلٌ الْعَدُوَّ، فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالصَّفِّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُ رَكْعَةً، ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَذَهَبُوا فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ أُولَئِكَ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْعَدُوِّ، وَجَاءَ أُولَئِكَ فَقَامُوا مَقَامَهُمْ، فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ قَامُوا فَصَلَّوْا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ رَكْعَةً ثُمَّ سَلَّمُوا، ثُمَّ ذَهَبُوا فَقَامُوا مَقَامَ أُولَئِكَ مُسْتَقْبِلِي الْعَدُوِّ، وَرَجَعَ أُولَئِكَ إِلَى مَقَامِهِمْ فَصَلَّوْا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ رَكْعَةً، ثُمَّ سَلَّمُوا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the fear prayer. They stood in two rows, one row behind the Prophet ﷺ and one row facing the enemy. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed one unit with the row that was next to him, then they rose and went and took the place of those others facing the enemy, and those others came and took their place, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ prayed with them and then said the salam. Then they rose and prayed one unit for themselves and then said the salam. Then they went and took the place of those others facing the enemy, and those others returned to their place and prayed one unit for themselves, then said the salam.

390. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5357No grade recorded

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَطَعَ فِي قِيمَةِ خَمْسَةِ دَرَاهِمَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ cut off for the value of five dirhams.

391. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5358No grade recorded

     لَحِقَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَبْدٌ أَسْوَدُ فَمَاتَ، فَأُذِنَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: انْظُرُوا هَلْ تَرَكَ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالُوا: تَرَكَ دِينَارَيْنِ، قَالَ: كَيَّتَانِ

     ✧ A black slave caught up with the Prophet ﷺ and died, and the Prophet ﷺ was informed of it. He said, 'Look, did he leave anything?' They said, 'He left two dinars.' He said, 'Two brands of cauterization.'

392. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5359No grade recorded

     إِذْنُكَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تَرْفَعَ الْحِجَابَ، وَأَنْ تَسْمَعَ سِوَادِي حَتَّى أَنْهَاكَ

     ✧ Your permission over me is that you may raise the veil and hear my whisper until I forbid you.

393. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5360No grade recorded

     إِذْنُكَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ السِّتْرَ

     ✧ Your permission over me is that you may uncover the curtain.

394. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5361No grade recorded

     قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَرُبُعُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، لَكُمْ رُبُعُهَا وَلِسَائِرِ النَّاسِ ثَلَاثَةُ أَرْبَاعِهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَثُلُثُهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَيَقُولُونَ: فَذَاكَ الْخَيْرُ، قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ وَالشَّطْرُ ؟ قَالُوا: فَذَاكَ الْخَيْرُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِشْرُونَ وَمِائَةُ صَفٍّ أَنْتُمْ مِنْهَا ثَمَانُونَ صَفًّا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us: How will you be when you are a quarter of the people of Paradise, a quarter of it for you and for the rest of the people three quarters of it? He said: They said, 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: Then how will you be when you are a third of it? He said: They said, 'That is the good.' He said: Then how will you be when you are half? They said, 'That is the good.' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said: The people of Paradise on the Day of Resurrection will be one hundred and twenty rows, of which you will be eighty rows.

395. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5362No grade recorded

     كُنَّا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ كُلُّ ثَلَاثَةٍ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ، فَكَانَ أَبُو لُبَابَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ زَمِيلَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَكَانَ إِذَا حَانَتْ عُقْبَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَا: نَحْنُ نَمْشِي عَنْكَ، قَالَ: مَا أَنْتُمَا بِأَقْوَى مِنِّي، وَمَا أَنَا بِأَغْنَى عَنِ الْأَجْرِ مِنْكُمَا

     ✧ On the Day of Badr, every three of us shared one camel. Abu Lubabah and Ali b. Abi Talib were the two riding companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: Whenever the turn of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to walk came, they said, 'We will walk instead of you.' He said, 'You two are not stronger than me, and I am not less in need of the reward than you two.'

396. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5363No grade recorded

     فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: وَلَقَدْ رَآهُ نَـزْلَةً أُخْرَى، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: رَأَيْتُ جِبْرِيلَ عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى عَلَيْهِ سِتُّمِائَةِ جَنَاحٍ، يَنْتَثِرُ مِنْ رِيشِهِ التَّهَاوِيلُ: الدُّرُّ وَالْيَاقُوتُ

     ✧ Regarding this verse: 'And he certainly saw him in another descent,' he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I saw Jibril at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary, upon him six hundred wings, from whose feathers were scattered wonders: pearls and rubies.'

397. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5364No grade recorded

     عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى مِنْ رَجُلَيْنِ: مِنْ رَجُلٍ ثَارَ مِنْ لِحَافِهِ وَفِرَاشِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ حَيِّهِ وَأَهْلِهِ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: يَا مَلَائِكَتِي، انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي هَذَا، قَامَ مِنْ بَيْنِ فِرَاشِهِ وَلِحَافِهِ مِنْ بَيْنِ حَيِّهِ وَأَهْلِهِ إِلَى صَلَاتِهِ، رَغْبَةً فِيمَا عِنْدِي، وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدِي، وَرَجُلٍ غَزَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَفَرَّ أَصْحَابُهُ، وَعَلِمَ مَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْفِرَارِ، وَمَا لَهُ فِي الرُّجُوعِ، فَرَجَعَ حَتَّى أُهَرِيقَ دَمُهُ، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ لِمَلَائِكَتِهِ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَبْدِي هَذَا رَجَعَ رَغْبَةً فِيمَا عِنْدِي، وَشَفَقَةً مِمَّا عِنْدِي

     ✧ Our Lord, Blessed and Exalted, marvels at two men: a man who rises from his blanket and his bed, from among his tribe and his family, to his prayer. Allah says to His angels, 'O My angels, look at this servant of Mine. He rose from between his bed and his blanket, from among his tribe and his family, to his prayer, out of desire for what is with Me and out of fear of what is with Me.' And a man who fought in the way of Allah and his companions fled, and he knew what was upon him for fleeing and what was for him in returning, so he returned until his blood was shed. Allah says to His angels, 'Look at this servant of Mine. He returned out of desire for what is with Me and out of fear of what is with Me.'

398. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5365No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ أَوْ نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Abd al-Wahid b. Ghiyath and Ibrahim b. al-Hajjaj narrated to us, they said: Hammad b. Salamah narrated to us, from Ata b. al-Sa'ib, from Murrah al-Hamdani, from Ibn Mas'ud, from the Prophet ﷺ, the like of it or something similar.

399. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5366No grade recorded

     كَانَ عَبْدُ اللهِ، يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ لَا يَصْلُحُ مِنْهُ جِدٌّ وَلَا هَزْلٌ، وَلَا يَعِدُ الرَّجُلُ الرَّجُلَ شَيْئًا ثُمَّ لَا يُنْجِزُهُ لَهُ

     ✧ Abdullah used to say: Indeed, lying is not proper in seriousness or jest, nor should a man promise another something and then not fulfill it for him.

400. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5367No grade recorded

     الْعَيْنَانِ تَزْنِيَانِ، وَالْيَدَانِ تَزْنِيَانِ، وَالرِّجْلَانِ تَزْنِيَانِ، وَالْفَرْجُ يَزْنِي

     ✧ The two eyes commit zina, the two hands commit zina, the two feet commit zina, and the private part commits zina.

401. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5368No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَجْنِي لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِوَاكًا مِنْ أَرَاكٍ، وَكَانَتْ تَكْفَؤُهُ الرِّيحُ، فَكَانَ فِي سَاقَيْهِ دِقَّةٌ، فَضَحِكَ الْقَوْمُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: مَا يُضْحِكُكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: دِقَّةُ سَاقَيْهِ، قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَهُمَا أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

     ✧ He used to gather a siwak for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from an arak tree, and the wind would bend him, and there was slenderness in his legs, so the people laughed. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'What makes you laugh?' They said: 'The slenderness of his legs.' He said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, they are heavier on the scale than Mount Uhud.'

402. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5369No grade recorded

     أَسْلَفْتُ عَلْقَمَةَ أَلْفَيْ دِرْهَمٍ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ عَطَاؤُهُ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: اقْضِنِي، قَالَ: أَخِّرْنِي إِلَى قَابِلٍ، قَالَ: فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا مِنْهُ، قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: بَرَّحْتَ بِي، وَقَدْ مَنَعْتَنِي، فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، هُوَ عَمَلُكَ، قَالَ: فَمَا شَأْنِي ؟ قُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ حَدَّثْتَنِي، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، قَالَ: إِنَّ السَّلَفَ يَجْرِي مَجْرَى شَطْرِ الصَّدَقَةِ

     ✧ I lent Alqama two thousand dirhams, and when his stipend came out, I said to him: 'Pay me back.' He said: 'Delay me until next year.' He said: I refused him, so I took it from him. He said: I came to him after that, and he said: 'You distressed me, and you withheld from me.' I said: 'Yes, it is your doing.' He said: 'What is my affair?' I said: 'You narrated to me from Ibn Mas'ud that the Prophet ﷺ said: A loan runs the course of half of charity.'

403. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5370No grade recorded

     حَجَجْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ حَتَّى إِذَا طَلَعَ أَوَّلُ الْفَجْرِ قَامَ فَصَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا كُنْتَ تُصَلِّي هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ وَكَانَ يُسْفِرُ بِالصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ يُصَلِّي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ، يَعْنِي: بِجَمْعٍ

     ✧ We performed Hajj with Ibn Mas'ud until when the first dawn rose, he stood and prayed the morning prayer. He said: I said to him: 'You never used to pray this prayer at this hour,' and he used to delay the prayer until it was bright. He said: 'I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ praying on this day, in this place, at this hour,' meaning at Muzdalifa.

404. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5371No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي، فَإِذَا سَجَدَ وَثَبَ الْحَسَنُ وَالْحُسَيْنُ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ، فَإِذَا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَمْنَعُوهُمَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِمْ: أَنْ دَعُوهُمَا، فَلَمَّا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ وَضَعَهُمَا فِي حِجْرِهِ، وَقَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّنِي فَلْيُحِبَّ هَذَيْنِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to pray, and when he prostrated, al-Hasan and al-Husayn would jump on his back, and when they wanted to prevent them, he gestured to them: 'Leave them.' When he finished the prayer, he placed them in his lap and said: 'Whoever loves me, let him love these two.'

405. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5372No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّعَّانِ، وَلَا بِالطَّعَّانِ، وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ، وَلَا الْبَذِيءِ

     ✧ The believer is not a curser, nor a defamer, nor obscene, nor indecent.

406. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5373No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَنَامُ فِي سُجُودِهِ، فَمَا يُعْرَفُ نَوْمُهُ إِلَّا بِنَفْخِهِ، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to sleep during his prostration, and his sleep was not known except by his snoring; then he would stand up in his prayer.

407. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5374No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ وَهُوَ عَلَى إِجَّارٍ فَقَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَبَّأَنَا أَنَّ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنَ السَّبْعِ الْأَوَاخِرِ، وَإِنَّ الشَّمْسَ تَطْلُعُ صَبِيحَتَهَا لَيْسَ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ، فَصَعِدْتُ فَرَأَيْتُهَا كَذَلِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

     ✧ I came to Abdullah b. Mas'ud while he was on a rooftop, and I sat with him while he was saying: 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth; Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed us that the Night of Qadr is in the middle of the last seven nights, and that the sun rises on its morning without rays.' So I climbed up and saw it like that, and I said: 'Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.'

408. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5375No grade recorded

     وَسَمِعَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِخَسْفٍ، فَقَالَ: كُنَّا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ نَعُدُّ الْآيَاتِ بَرَكَةً، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعُدُّونَهَا تَخْوِيفًا، إِنَّا بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا مَاءٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اطْلُبُوا مَنْ مَعَهُ مَاءٌ، فَفَعَلْنَا، فَأُتِيَ بِمَاءٍ، فَصَبَّهُ فِي إِنَاءٍ، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ فِيهِ فَجَعَلَ الْمَاءُ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصَابِعِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: حَيَّ عَلَى الطَّهُورِ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَالْبَرَكَةُ مِنَ اللهِ، فَمَلَأْتُ بَطْنِي مِنْهُ، وَاسْتَقَى وَأُسْقِيَ النَّاسُ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ تَسْبِيحَ الطَّعَامِ وَهُوَ يُؤْكَلُ

     ✧ Abdullah heard of an eclipse, and he said: 'We, the companions of Muhammad ﷺ, used to count signs as blessings, while you count them as warnings. While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we had no water, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Seek someone who has water." We did so, and water was brought. He poured it into a vessel, then placed his palm in it, and water began to flow from between his fingers. Then he said: "Come to the blessed purification, and blessing is from Allah." I filled my belly from it, and he asked for water and people were given to drink.' Abdullah said: 'We used to hear the glorification of food while it was being eaten.'

409. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5376No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ عَلْقَمَةَ

     ✧ Abu Khaythama narrated to us, Jarir narrated to us, from Mansur, with this chain something similar, except that he did not mention Alqama.

410. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5377No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَارٍ، فَأُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ: وَالْمُرْسَلاتِ عُرْفًا فَجَعَلْنَا نَتَلَقَّاهَا مِنْهُ، فَخَرَجَتْ حَيَّةٌ مِنْ جَانِبِ الْغَارِ، فَقَالَ: اقْتُلُوهَا، فَبَادَرْنَاهَا، فَسَبَقَتْنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا وُقِيَتْ شَرَّكُمْ كَمَا وُقِيتُمْ شَرَّهَا

     ✧ We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a cave, and 'By those sent forth in succession' was revealed to him, and we began receiving it from him. Then a snake came out from the side of the cave, and he said: 'Kill it.' We rushed toward it, but it preceded us. He said: 'It has been protected from your evil just as you have been protected from its evil.'

411. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5378No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي، قَالَ: فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ: فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاءِ شَهِيدًا فَاضَتْ عَيْنَاهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: "Recite Surah al-Nisa' to me." He said: I said, "Should I recite it to you when it was revealed to you?" He said: "I love to hear it from someone other than myself." He said: So I recited to him until when I reached: "So how will it be when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you as a witness against these?" his eyes overflowed.

412. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5379No grade recorded

     إِيَّاكُمْ وَهَذِهِ الشَّهَادَاتِ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ: قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ شَهِيدًا، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُقَاتِلُ حَمِيَّةً، وَيُقَاتِلُ وَهُوَ جَرِيءُ الصَّدْرِ، وَلَا يَدْرِي عَلَامَ يُقَاتِلُ ؟ وَيُقَاتِلُ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا، وَسَأُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ بَعَثَ قَوْمًا سَرِيَّةً، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكُمْ لَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ فَاقْتَطَعُوهُمْ، فَلَمْ يَتَفَلَّتْ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَقُوا رَبَّهُمْ فَقَالُوا: رَبَّنَا أَبْلِغْ قَوْمَنَا أَنَّا قَدْ رَضِينَا وَرُضِيَ عَنَّا، وَإِنِّي رَسُولُهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ: أَنْ قَدْ رَضُوا وَرُضِيَ عَنْهُمْ، فَعَلَى مِثْلِ هَؤُلَاءِ فَاشْهَدُوا

     ✧ Beware of these testimonies, that a man says: "So-and-so was killed as a martyr," for a man fights out of zeal, and a man fights while he is brave-hearted, and he does not know for what he is fighting; and a man fights for worldly gain. And I shall tell you about that. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a group of people as a raiding party. They did not remain except a little while until the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood, praised Allah, and extolled Him, then said: "Your brothers met the enemy and they cut them off, and not a single man of them escaped. They met their Lord and said: 'Our Lord, convey to our people that we are pleased and He is pleased with us.' And I am their messenger to you: that they are pleased and He is pleased with them." So bear witness to the like of these.

413. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5380No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بِمِنًى، فَلَمَّا صَلَّى عُثْمَانُ بِهَا أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ: قَدْ صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَصَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَصَلَّى عُمَرُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَأُرَاهُ قَدْ ذَكَرَ مَا كَانَ صَلَّى عُثْمَانُ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: صَلَّى الْيَوْمَ أَرْبَعًا، قَالَ الْأَسْوَدُ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَلَا سَلَّمْتَ مِنَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ وَصَلَّيْتَ الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ بَعْدُ تَسْبِيحًا ؟ قَالَ: الْخِلَافُ شَرٌّ

     ✧ I was with Abdullah at Mina. When Uthman prayed four rak'ahs there, Abdullah said when he finished his prayer: "I prayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in this place two rak'ahs, and Abu Bakr prayed two rak'ahs, and Umar prayed two rak'ahs." He said: I think he mentioned that Uthman had prayed two rak'ahs, then he said: "Today he prayed four." Al-Aswad said: I said to him: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman, why did you not say the salam after the first two rak'ahs and pray the other two rak'ahs afterwards as voluntary prayer?" He said: "Disagreement is evil."

414. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5381No grade recorded

     لَا سَمَرَ إِلَّا لِأَحَدِ رَجُلَيْنِ: مُصَلٍّ، أَوْ مُسَافِرٍ

     ✧ No night talk except for one of two men: one who prays, or a traveler.

415. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5382No grade recorded

     لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِالطَّعَّانِ، وَلَا اللَّعَّانِ، وَلَا الْفَاحِشِ، وَلَا الْبَذِيءِ

     ✧ The believer is not a defamer, nor a curser, nor obscene, nor foul-mouthed.

416. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5383No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ: مِنْ هَمْزِهِ وَنَفْثِهِ وَنَفْخِهِ، قَالَ: هَمْزُهُ: الْمُوتَةُ، وَنَفْثُهُ: السِّحْرُ، وَنَفْخُهُ: الْكِبْرُ

     ✧ He used to seek refuge from Satan the stoned: from his spurring, his blowing, and his puffing. He said: His spurring is madness, his blowing is sorcery, and his puffing is pride.

417. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5384No grade recorded

     هَاجَتْ رِيحٌ سَوْدَاءُ بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ هِجِّيرَى، إِلَّا أَيَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ جَاءَتِ السَّاعَةُ، وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ لَا تَقُومُ حَتَّى لَا يُقْسَمَ مِيرَاثٌ وَلَا يُفْرَحَ بِغَنِيمَةٍ، وَقَالَ: عَدُوٌّ يَجْتَمِعُونَ لِأَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَيَجْمَعُ لَهُمْ أَهْلُ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَنَحَّى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ، قُلْتُ: الرُّومَ تَعْنِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: وَتَكُونُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكُمُ الْقِتَالِ رِدَّةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، فَيَشْتَرِطُ لِلْمَوْتِ شُرْطَةً لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَّا غَالِبَةً فَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى يَحْجِزَ بَيْنَهُمُ اللَّيْلُ، فَيَفِيءُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ كُلٌّ غَيْرُ غَالِبٍ، وَتَفْنَى الشُّرْطَةُ، ثُمَّ يَشْتَرِطُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ شُرْطَةً لِلْمَوْتِ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَّا غَالِبَةً، فَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى يُمْسُوا: يَحْجِزُ بَيْنَهُمُ اللَّيْلُ، فَيَفِيءُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ كُلٌّ غَيْرُ غَالِبٍ وَتَفْنَى الشُّرْطَةُ، ثُمَّ يَشْتَرِطُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ شُرْطَةً لِلْمَوْتِ لَا تَرْجِعُ إِلَّا غَالِبَةً، فَيَقْتَتِلُونَ حَتَّى يُمْسُوا، فَيَفِيءُ هَؤُلَاءِ وَهَؤُلَاءِ كُلٌّ غَيْرُ غَالِبٍ، وَتَفْنَى الشُّرْطَةُ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الرَّابِعُ نَهَضَ إِلَيْهِمْ بَقِيَّةُ أَهْلِ الْإِسْلَامِ فَيَجْعَلُ اللهُ الدَّبْرَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيُقْتَلُونَ مَقْتَلَةً - إِمَّا قَالَ: لَا يُرَى مِثْلُهَا، أَوْ قَالَ: لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهَا - حَتَّى إِنَّ الطَّائِرَ لَيَمُرُّ بِجِهَاتِهِمْ مَا يُخَلِّفُهُمْ حَتَّى يَخِرَّ مَيِّتًا، فَيَتَعَادُّ بَنُو الْأَبِ كَانُوا مِائَةً فَلَا يَجِدُونَهُ بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا الرَّجُلُ الْوَاحِدُ، فَبِأَيِّ غَنِيمَةٍ يُفْرَحُ، أَوْ أَيُّ مِيرَاثٍ يُقَاسَمُ ؟ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ سَمِعُوا بِنَاسٍ هُمْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ: جَاءَهُمُ الصَّرِيخُ أَنَّ الدَّجَّالَ قَدْ خَلَفَ فِي ذَرَارِيِّهِمْ، فَيَتْرُكُونَ مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَيُقْبِلُونَ فَيَبْعَثُونَ عَشَرَةَ فَوَارِسَ طَلِيعَةً، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي لَأَعْرِفُ أَسْمَاءَهُمْ، وَأَسْمَاءَ آبَائِهِمْ، وَأَلْوَانَ خُيُولِهِمْ، وَهُمْ خَيْرُ فَوَارِسَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ يَوْمَئِذٍ - أَوْ قَالَ: هُمْ خَيْرُ فَوَارِسَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْأَرْضِ يَوْمَئِذٍ

     ✧ A black wind blew in Kufa, and a man came whose only refrain was: "O Abdullah b. Mas'ud, the Hour has come!" He was reclining, and he sat up and said: "The Hour will not come until no inheritance is divided and no booty is rejoiced over." And he said: "An enemy will gather against the people of Islam, and the people of Islam will gather against them." And he gestured with his hand towards Syria. I said: "Do you mean the Romans?" He said: "Yes." He said: "And at that fighting there will be a severe apostasy. A detachment will be pledged for death that will not return except victorious. They will fight until night separates them, and these and those will withdraw, neither being victorious, and the detachment will perish. Then the Muslims will pledge a detachment for death that will not return except victorious. They will fight until evening, and night separates them, and these and those will withdraw, neither being victorious, and the detachment will perish. Then the Muslims will pledge a detachment for death that will not return except victorious. They will fight until evening, and these and those will withdraw, neither being victorious, and the detachment will perish. Then on the fourth day the rest of the people of Islam will advance against them, and Allah will put defeat upon them, and they will be slain with a slaughter—either he said: the like of which will not be seen, or he said: the like of which has not been seen—until a bird passes by their sides, it will not pass them without falling dead. Then the sons of one father will count themselves; they were a hundred and they will not find that any of them remains except one man. So what booty is rejoiced over, or what inheritance is divided? While they are thus, they hear of people more numerous than that: the cry comes to them that the Dajjal has taken their place among their offspring. So they leave what is in their hands and turn back, and they send ten horsemen as a scouting party. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I indeed know their names, their fathers' names, and the colors of their horses. They are the best horsemen on the face of the earth on that day'—or he said: 'They are the best horsemen on the face of the earth on that day.'"

418. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5385No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ لَنَا نِسَاءٌ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا نَسْتَخْصِي ؟ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَنْكِحَ الْمَرْأَةَ بِالثَّوْبِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ

     ✧ We used to go on raids with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we had no women. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, should we not castrate ourselves?' He forbade us from that and commanded us to marry a woman for a garment. Then Abdullah recited: 'O you who believe, do not forbid the good things which Allah has made lawful for you.'

419. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5386No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَجُلٌ فِي مَمْلَكَتِهِ تَذَكَّرَ فَعَلِمَ أَنَّ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ مُنْقَطِعٌ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ شَغَلَهُ عَنْ عِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ، فَانْسَابَ مِنْ قَصْرِهِ لَيْلًا حَتَّى صَارَ إِلَى مَمْلَكَةِ غَيْرِهِ، فَأَتَى سَاحِلَ الْبَحْرِ فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّبِنَ فَيَعِيشُ بِهِ وَيَعْبُدُ رَبَّهُ، فَبَلَغَ الْمَلِكَ الَّذِي هُوَ فِي مَمْلَكَتِهِ عِبَادَتُهُ وَحَالُهُ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ رَكِبَ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الْعَابِدُ هَرَبَ مِنْهُ، فَتَبِعَهُ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ مِنِّي بَأْسٌ، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا فُلَانٌ صَاحِبُ مَمْلَكَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، تَذَكَّرْتُ فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّ مَا كُنْتُ فِيهِ مُنْقَطِعٌ، وَأَنَّهُ قَدْ شَغَلَنِي عَنْ عِبَادَةِ رَبِّي، قَالَ: فَمَا أَنْتَ بِأَحَقَّ بِمَا صَنَعْتَ مِنِّي، ثُمَّ خَلَّى سَبِيلَ دَابَّتِهُ وَتَبِعَهُ، فَكَانَا يَعْبُدَانِ اللهَ جَمِيعًا، فَسَأَلَا اللهَ أَنْ يُمِيتَهُمَا جَمِيعًا، فَمَاتَا جَمِيعًا فَدُفِنَا، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: فَلَوْ كُنْتُ بِرُمَيْلَةِ مِصْرَ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قُبُورَهُمَا بِالنَّعْتِ الَّذِي نَعَتَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ While a man was in his kingdom, he reflected and knew that what he was in would come to an end, and that it had distracted him from worshiping his Lord. So he slipped away from his palace at night until he came to another's kingdom. He came to the seashore and began making bricks, living by that and worshiping his Lord. The king in whose kingdom he was learned of his worship and his condition, so he sent for him, but he refused to come to him. When he saw that, he rode to him. When the worshiper saw him, he fled from him, and he followed him on his mount. He said: 'O servant of Allah, you have nothing to fear from me.' Then he dismounted to him and asked him about his affair. He said: 'I am so-and-so, owner of such-and-such a kingdom. I reflected and knew that what I was in would come to an end, and that it had distracted me from worshiping my Lord.' He said: 'You are no more deserving of what you did than I am.' Then he let his mount go and followed him. They worshiped Allah together, and they asked Allah to cause them to die together, and they died together and were buried. Abdullah said: 'If I were at the sand dunes of Egypt, I would show you their graves by the description that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ described to us.'

420. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5387No grade recorded

     فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ وَمَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ بِظُلْمٍ نُذِقْهُ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ قَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا هَمَّ فِيهِ بِإِلْحَادٍ وَهُوَ بِعَدَنِ أَبْيَنَ لَأَذَاقَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

     ✧ About the saying of Allah: 'And whoever intends therein a deviation with wrongdoing, We will make him taste a painful punishment,' he said: 'If a man intended therein a deviation while he was in Aden Abyan, Allah the Exalted would make him taste a painful punishment.'

421. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5388No grade recorded

     مَنْ قَالَ لَيْلَةَ عَرَفَةَ هَذِهِ الْعَشْرَ كَلِمَاتٍ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ، لَمْ يَسْأَلِ اللهَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِلَّا قَطِيعَةَ رَحِمٍ أَوْ مَأْثَمًا: سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ عَرْشُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي الْأَرْضِ مَوْطِئُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي الْبَحْرِ سَبِيلُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي النَّارِ سُلْطَانُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ رَحْمَتُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي الْقُبُورِ قَضَاؤُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي فِي الْهَوَاءِ رُوحُهُ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّمَاءَ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي وَضَعَ الْأَرْضَ، سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي لَا مَنْجَا مِنْهُ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ

     ✧ Whoever says on the night of Arafah these ten phrases a thousand times, he will not ask Allah for anything except that He gives it to him, except severing ties of kinship or a sin: 'Glory be to the One whose Throne is in the heaven; Glory be to the One whose footstool is on the earth; Glory be to the One whose path is in the sea; Glory be to the One whose authority is in the Fire; Glory be to the One whose mercy is in Paradise; Glory be to the One whose decree is in the graves; Glory be to the One whose spirit is in the air; Glory be to the One who raised the heaven; Glory be to the One who placed the earth; Glory be to the One from whom there is no escape except to Him.'

422. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5389No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ بِمِنًى، فَأَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى قُبَّةٍ حَمْرَاءَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ يُحَدِّثُنَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا رُبُعَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَمَا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنْ تَكُونُوا ثُلُثَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا نِصْفَ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَسَأُنَبِّئُكُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِيمَنْ سِوَاهُمْ مَثَلُ الشَّعَرَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَسْوَدِ، أَوِ السَّوْدَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَبْيَضِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ came out to us while we were at Mina, and he leaned his back against a red tent, then he began to speak to us, saying: 'No soul will enter Paradise except a Muslim soul,' three times. Then he said: 'Are you not pleased to be a quarter of the people of Paradise?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Are you not pleased to be a third of the people of Paradise?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, I hope that you will be half of the people of Paradise. I will inform you about that. The parable of the believers among others is like a white hair on a black ox, or a black hair on a white ox.'

423. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5390No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ جَاءَ حَبْرٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ جَعَلَ اللهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْأَرَضِينَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْجِبَالَ وَالشَّجَرَ عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْمَاءَ وَالثَّرَى عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، وَالْخَلَائِقَ كُلَّهَا عَلَى إِصْبَعٍ، ثُمَّ يَهُزُّهُنَّ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: أَنَا الْمَلِكُ، أَنَا الْمَلِكُ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ضَحِكَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ تَعَجُّبًا لِمَا قَالَ، تَصْدِيقًا لَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

     ✧ A Jewish rabbi came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said, 'On the Day of Resurrection, God will place the heavens on one finger, the earths on one finger, the mountains and trees on one finger, the water and the moist earth on one finger, and all creatures on one finger; then He will shake them and say, "I am the King, I am the King."' I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ laugh until his molars showed, in amazement at what he said and in confirmation of it. Then the Messenger of God ﷺ recited, 'They have not appraised God with true appraisal' up to 'from what they associate'.

424. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5391No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: لَا يُبَلِّغُنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي شَيْئًا، فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنَا سَلِيمُ الصَّدْرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to his companions, 'Let none of my companions convey anything to me about anyone, for I love to come out to you with a sound heart.'

425. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5392No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي لَقِيتُ امْرَأَةً فِي الْبُسْتَانِ، فَضَمَمْتُهَا إِلَيَّ فَبَاشَرْتُهَا وَقَبَّلْتُهَا وَفَعَلْتُ بِهَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ، غَيْرَ أَنِّي لَمْ أُجَامِعْهَا، قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ عَنْهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ ذَلِكَ ذِكْرَى لِلذَّاكِرِينَ، قَالَ: فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَهُ خَاصَّةً أَمْ لِلنَّاسِ كَافَّةً ؟ قَالَ: لَا، بَلْ لِلنَّاسِ كَافَّةً

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of God, I met a woman in the garden and embraced her, touched her, kissed her, and did everything with her except that I did not have intercourse with her.' The Prophet ﷺ remained silent about it. Then this verse was revealed: 'Indeed, good deeds remove evil deeds. That is a reminder for those who remember.' The Prophet ﷺ called him and recited it to him. Umar said to him, 'O Messenger of God, is this for him specifically or for all people?' He said, 'No, rather for all people.'

426. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5393No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي حَرْثٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ لَهُ، فَانْتَهَى إِلَى قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لَا تَسْأَلُوهُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ، فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَى الْعَسِيبِ كَأَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلا قَلِيلا

     ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ in a cultivated field in Madinah, and he was leaning on a palm branch. He came upon a group of Jews. Some of them said, 'Do not ask him,' but they asked him. He leaned on the palm branch as if receiving revelation, and said, 'They ask you about the spirit. Say, "The spirit is from the command of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little."'

427. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5394No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: لَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جُنَاحٌ الْآيَةَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قِيلَ لِي: أَنْتَ مِنْهُمْ

     ✧ When the verse 'There is no blame upon those who believe and do righteous deeds' was revealed, the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'It was said to me, "You are among them."'

428. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5395No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ، بِمِثْلِهِ:

     ✧ Suwayd b. Sa'id and Abd al-Ghaffar narrated something similar.

429. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5396No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يَذْكُرُ لَيْلَةَ الصَّهْبَاوَاتِ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: أَنَا بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَبِيَدِي تُمَيْرَاتٌ أَتَسَحَّرُ بِهِنَّ، وَأَنَا مُسْتَتِرٌ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ، حَتَّى طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ، وَذَلِكَ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked about the Night of Decree. He said, 'Which of you remembers the night of the two reddish hills?' Abdullah said, 'I do, by my father and mother, O Messenger of God. In my hand were some small dates with which I was having my pre-dawn meal, shielding myself from the dawn, until the dawn rose. That was the night of the twenty-seventh, if God wills.'

430. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5397No grade recorded

     كَسَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ فِي عَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ، فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ تِلْكَ الصَّلَاةَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَسَجْدَتَيْنِ فِي رَكْعَةٍ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ عُثْمَانُ وَدَخَلَ دَارَهُ، وَجَلَسَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ إِلَى حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ، وَجَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالصَّلَاةِ عِنْدَ كُسُوفِ الشَّمْسِ أَوِ الْقَمَرِ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ قَدْ أَصَابَهَا فَافْزَعُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَإِنَّهَا إِنْ كَانَتِ الَّتِي تَحْذَرُونَ كَانَتْ وَأَنْتُمْ عَلَى غَيْرِ غَفْلَةٍ، وَكُنْتُمْ قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ خَيْرًا أَوِ اكْتَسَبْتُمُوهُ

     ✧ The sun eclipsed during the time of Uthman b. Affan, and Abdullah b. Mas'ud was in Madinah. Uthman went out and led the people in that prayer: two rak'ahs and two prostrations in one rak'ah. Then Uthman left and entered his house. Abdullah b. Mas'ud sat by A'isha's room, and we sat with him. He said, 'The Messenger of God ﷺ used to command us to pray at the eclipse of the sun or the moon. So if you see that it has been eclipsed, hasten to prayer, for if it is what you fear, it will have come while you are not heedless, and you will have attained or acquired good.'

431. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5398No grade recorded

     النَّبِيذُ وَضُوءٌ إِذَا لَمْ نَجِدْ غَيْرَهُ

     ✧ Nabidh is a means of purification if we find nothing else.

432. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5399No grade recorded

     جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: أَسَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي الْخَيْلِ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: الْخَيْلُ مَعْقُودٌ فِي نَوَاصِيهَا الْخَيْرُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، اشْتَرُوا عَلَى اللهِ، وَاسْتَقْرِضُوا عَلَى اللهِ، قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ نَشْتَرِي عَلَى اللهِ، وَنَسْتَقْرِضُ عَلَى اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: قُولُوا: أَقْرِضْنَا إِلَى مَقَاسِمِنَا، وَبِعْنَا إِلَى أَنْ يَفْتَحَ اللهُ لَنَا، لَا تَزَالُونَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا دَامَ جِهَادُكُمْ خَضِرًا، وَسَيَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ يَشُكُّونَ فِي الْجِهَادِ، فَجَاهِدُوا فِي زَمَانِهِمْ، ثُمَّ اغْزُوا، فَإِنَّ الْغَزْوَ يَوْمَئِذٍ أَخْضَرُ

     ✧ A man came to him and said, 'Did you hear the Messenger of God ﷺ say anything about horses?' He said, 'Yes, I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say, "Horses have good tied to their forelocks until the Day of Resurrection. Buy on God's account and borrow on God's account." It was said, "O Messenger of God, how do we buy on God's account and borrow on God's account?" He said, "Say, 'Lend us until our shares come, and sell to us until God opens for us.' You will remain in good as long as your jihad is fresh. At the end of time there will be people who doubt jihad, so wage jihad in their time, and then go on raids, for raiding then is fresher."'

433. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5400No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّاسُ يَجْهَرُونَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ: خَلَطْتُمْ عَلَيَّ الْقُرْآنَ.

     ✧ The people used to recite aloud behind the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Messenger of God said to them, 'You have confused the Qur'an for me.'

434. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5401No grade recorded

     وَكُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، فَقِيلَ لَنَا: إِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَشُغْلًا

     ✧ And we used to greet during the prayer, but it was said to us, 'In the prayer there is indeed occupation.'

435. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5402No grade recorded

     مَنْ نَزَلَتْ بِهِ فَاقَةٌ فَأَنْزَلَهَا بِالنَّاسِ لَمْ تُسَدَّ فَاقَتُهُ، وَمَنْ أَنْزَلَهَا بِاللهِ أَوْشَكَ لَهُ بِالْغِنَى إِمَّا عَاجِلًا، وَإِمَّا آجِلًا آجِلًا

     ✧ Whoever is afflicted by poverty and takes it to the people, his poverty will not be relieved. And whoever takes it to God, He will soon grant him sufficiency, either soon or later, later.

436. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5403No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ إِذْ سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِيًا يُنَادِي: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ: خَرَجَ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَابْتَدَرْنَاهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ صَاحِبُ مَاشِيَةٍ أَدْرَكَتْهُ الصَّلَاةُ فَنَادَى لَهَا

     ✧ While we were with the Messenger of God ﷺ on one of his journeys, we heard a crier calling: 'God is greatest, God is greatest.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Upon the natural disposition.' He said: 'I bear witness that there is no god but God, I bear witness that there is no god but God.' The Prophet said: 'He has come out of the Fire.' We hurried to him, and he was a livestock keeper whom the prayer overtook, so he called it.

437. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5404No grade recorded

     يَتَعَافَى النَّاسُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْحُدُودِ مَا لَمْ تُرْفَعْ إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ، فَإِذَا رُفِعَتْ إِلَى الْحَاكِمِ، حَكَمَ بَيْنَهُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ

     ✧ People pardon one another regarding fixed punishments as long as they are not brought to the rulers. But when they are brought to the ruler, he judges among them according to the Book of God.

438. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5405No grade recorded

     يَخْرُجُ قَوْمٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ حُدَثَاءُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَقُولُ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلٍ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يَعْدُو حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فَمَنْ لَقِيَهُمْ فَلْيُقَاتِلْهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ

     ✧ A people will come forth in the last days, young in age, foolish in minds, speaking from the best of speech, reciting the Qur'an, it does not pass beyond their throats. They leave Islam as an arrow passes through the game. So whoever meets them should fight them, for killing them carries reward from God for the one who kills them.

439. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5406No grade recorded

     أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ، لِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِنْهَا ظَهْرٌ وَبَطْنٌ

     ✧ The Qur'an was revealed in seven modes, each mode has an outward and an inward meaning.

440. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5407No grade recorded

     سَأَلْنَا نَبِيَّنَا ﷺ عَنِ الْمَشْيِ مَعَ الْجِنَازَةِ، فَقَالَ: مَا دُونَ الْخَبَبِ، فَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَيْرًا يُعَجَّلْ إِلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ يَكُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَبُعْدًا لِأَهْلِ النَّارِ، الْجِنَازَةُ مَتْبُوعَةٌ وَلَا تَتْبَعُ، لَيْسَ مِنْهَا مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهَا

     ✧ We asked our Prophet ﷺ about walking with a funeral procession. He said: 'Less than a trot. If it is good, it is hastened to it; and if it is other than that, then away with the people of the Fire. The funeral procession is followed and does not follow; the one who walks ahead of it is not part of it.'

441. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5408No grade recorded

     أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ بَاعَ مِنَ الْأَشْعَثِ رَقِيقًا مِنْ رَقِيقِ الْإِمَارَةِ، فَأَتَاهُ يَتَقَاضَاهُ، فَاخْتَلَفَا فِي الثَّمَنِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: تَرْضَى أَنْ أَقْضِيَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ الْبَيِّعَانِ فَالْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَ الْبَائِعُ، أَوْ يَتَرَادَّانِ

     ✧ Ibn Mas'ud sold al-Ash'ath some slaves from the slaves of the emirate. He came to him seeking payment, and they differed over the price. Ibn Mas'ud said: 'Do you accept that I judge between me and you with the judgment of the Messenger of God ﷺ? When the two parties to a sale differ, the word is what the seller says, or they return the goods.'

442. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5409No grade recorded

     اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا

     ✧ O God, bless my community in its early morning.

443. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5410No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ، كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ: سُبْحَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ، اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ التَّوَّابُ

     ✧ When it was revealed: 'When the help of God and victory comes' to the end of the surah, the Messenger of God ﷺ used to say frequently: 'Glory be to You, our Lord, and with Your praise. O God, forgive me. Indeed, You are the Ever-Relenting.'

444. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5411No grade recorded

     مَنْ أَتَى عَرَّافًا، أَوْ سَاحِرًا، أَوْ كَاهِنًا، فَسَأَلَهُ فَصَدَّقَهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ، فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ

     ✧ Whoever comes to a soothsayer, or a magician, or a diviner, and asks him and believes what he says, has disbelieved in what was revealed to Muhammad.

445. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5412No grade recorded

     بُورِكَ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا

     ✧ My community has been blessed in its early morning.

446. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5413No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ اسْتَقْبَلْنَاهُ بِوُجُوهِنَا

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ ascended the pulpit, we would face him with our faces.

447. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5414No grade recorded

     نَامَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى نَفَخَ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَصَلَّى

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ slept until he snored, then he got up and prayed.

448. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5415No grade recorded

     لَا تَرُدُّوا الْهَدِيَّةَ، وَأَجِيبُوا الدَّاعِيَ، وَلَا تَضْرِبُوا الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ Do not reject a gift, answer the invitation, and do not strike the Muslims.

449. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5416No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ فِي السَّفَرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to combine between the two prayers while traveling.

450. Musnad Abi Ya'la 5417No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَا يُحَاسَبُ بِهِ الْعَبْدُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَأَوَّلُ مَا يُقْضَى بَيْنَ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الدِّمَاءُ

     ✧ The first thing for which a servant will be brought to account is prayer, and the first thing to be judged among people on the Day of Resurrection will be bloodshed.