3. ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib

1. Musnad Abi Ya'la 260No grade recorded

   إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا، فَلَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَكْذِبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ، فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا مُحَارِبٌ، وَالْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِيَّةِ لَا يُجَاوِزُ إِيمَانُهُمْ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، فَأَيْنَمَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ أَجْرٌ لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

   ✧ When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of God ﷺ, falling from the sky would be dearer to me than lying about him. When I narrate to you from other than him, I am but a warrior, and war is deception. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: At the end of time, a people will emerge, young in age, foolish in intellect, who say the best words of creation, but their faith does not pass beyond their throats. Wherever you find them, kill them, for killing them is a reward on the Day of Resurrection for the one who kills them.

2. Musnad Abi Ya'la 261No grade recorded

   جَاءَ أَبُو مُوسَى إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ يَعُودُهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَعَائِدًا جِئْتَ أَمْ شَامِتًا ؟ قَالَ: لَا بَلْ عَائِدًا، قَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ جِئْتَ عَائِدًا، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِذَا عَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ مَشَى فِي خِرَافَةِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَجْلِسَ، فَإِذَا جَلَسَ غَمَرَتْهُ الرَّحْمَةُ، فَإِنْ كَانَ غُدْوَةً صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مَسَاءً، صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ

   ✧ Abu Musa came to al-Hasan b. Ali to visit him. Ali said to him: Have you come as a visitor or a gloater? He said: No, rather as a visitor. He said: If you have come as a visitor, I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: When a man visits his Muslim brother, he walks in the gardens of Paradise until he sits. When he sits, mercy envelops him. If it is morning, seventy thousand angels pray for him until evening. If it is evening, seventy thousand angels pray for him until morning.

3. Musnad Abi Ya'la 262No grade recorded

   مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ عِنْدَنَا شَيْئًا نَقْرَؤُهُ إِلَّا كِتَابَ اللهِ وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةَ - صَحِيفَةٌ فِيهَا أَسْنَانُ الْإِبِلِ وَأَشْيَاءُ مِنَ الْجِرَاحَاتِ - فَقَدْ كَذَبَ، قَالَ: وَفِيهَا: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: الْمَدِينَةُ حَرَمٌ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْرٍ إِلَى ثَوْرٍ، مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ مِنْهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَدْلًا وَلَا صَرْفًا، وَذِمَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاحِدَةٌ، يَسْعَى بِهَا أَدْنَاهُمْ

   ✧ Whoever claims that we have anything to read except the Book of God and this sahifa — a sahifa containing the ages of camels and matters of wounds — has lied. In it is: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Madinah is sacred between Ayr and Thawr. Whoever introduces an innovation in it or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people. On the Day of Resurrection, God will accept from him neither justice nor ransom. The protection of Muslims is one; the lowest of them may grant it.

4. Musnad Abi Ya'la 263No grade recorded

   سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ، فَقَالَتِ: ائْتِ عَلِيًّا فَسَلْهُ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ أَعْلَمَ بِذَلِكَ مِنِّي، فَأَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ يَمْسَحَ الْمُقِيمُ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً، وَالْمُسَافِرُ ثَلَاثًا

   ✧ I asked A'isha about wiping over the leather socks. She said: Go to Ali and ask him, for he is more knowledgeable about that than me. I went to Ali and asked him about wiping. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ used to command us that the resident wipe for a day and a night, and the traveler for three days.

5. Musnad Abi Ya'la 264No grade recorded

   قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لَكَ تَنَوَّقُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ وَتَدَعُنَا ؟ قَالَ: وَعِنْدَكُمْ شَيْءٌ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْنَا: نَعَمِ، ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِي، هِيَ ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

   ✧ I said: O Messenger of God, why do you choose women from Quraysh and leave us? He said: Do you have anyone? We said: Yes, the daughter of Hamza. He said: She is not lawful for me; she is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.

6. Musnad Abi Ya'la 265No grade recorded

   مُرَّ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ بِجِنَازَةٍ فَذَهَبَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَقُومُونَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عَلِيٌّ: مَا يَحْمِلُكُمْ عَلَى هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: إِنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهِ جِنَازَةٌ قَامَ حَتَّى تُجَاوِزَهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى لَا يَقُولُ شَيْئًا، لَعَلَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّةً، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَتَشَبَّهَ بِأَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فِيمَا لَمْ يَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْءٌ، فَإِذَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ تَرَكَهُ

   ✧ A funeral procession passed by Ali, so his companions went to stand up. Ali said to them: "What makes you do this?" They said: "Abu Musa told us that when a funeral procession passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he would stand until it passed him." He said: "Abu Musa does not say anything [of his own accord]. Perhaps the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did that once. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to like to imitate the People of the Book in matters about which nothing had been revealed to him, but when something was revealed to him, he abandoned it."

7. Musnad Abi Ya'la 266No grade recorded

   أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَهْرٍ أَصُومُهُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنْ كُنْتَ صَائِمًا فَصُمِ الْمُحَرَّمَ فَإِنَّهُ شَهْرُ اللهِ، وَفِيهِ يَوْمٌ تَابَ اللهُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ، وَيُتَابُ فِيهِ عَلَى آخَرِينَ

   ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allah, tell me a month to fast after Ramadan." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If you are going to fast, then fast al-Muharram, for it is the month of Allah, and in it there is a day on which Allah accepted the repentance of a people, and on which He will accept the repentance of others."

8. Musnad Abi Ya'la 267No grade recorded

   إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ سُوقًا مَا فِيهَا بَيْعٌ وَلَا شِرَاءٌ، إِلَّا الصُّوَرُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، فَإِذَا اشْتَهَى الرَّجُلُ صُورَةً دَخَلَهَا، قَالَ: وَفِيهَا مَجْمَعٌ لِلْحُورِ الْعِينِ، قَالَ: يَرْفَعْنَ أَصْوَاتًا لَمْ يَسْمَعِ الْخَلَائِقُ مِثْلَهَا، قَالَ: يَقُلْنَ: نَحْنُ الْخَالِدَاتُ فَلَا نَبِيرُ، وَنَحْنُ النَّاعِمَاتُ فَلَا نَبْأَسُ، وَنَحْنُ الرَّاضِيَاتُ فَلَا نَسْخَطُ، فَطُوبَى لِمَنْ كَانَ لَنَا وَكُنَّا لَهُ

   ✧ In Paradise there is a market in which there is no buying or selling, only forms of men and women. When a man desires a form, he enters it. He said: "And in it there is a gathering of the houris with wide eyes." He said: "They raise their voices in a way the creatures have never heard the like of." He said: "They say: 'We are the eternal ones and we never perish; we are the ones living in comfort and we never suffer; we are the content ones and we never become discontent. Blessed is the one who is for us and we are for him.'"

9. Musnad Abi Ya'la 268No grade recorded

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمَّا نَحَرَ الْبُدْنَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِلُحُومِهَا وَجُلُودِهَا وَجِلَالِهَا

   ✧ When the Prophet ﷺ slaughtered the sacrificial camels, he ordered me to give their meat, hides, and saddle blankets in charity.

10. Musnad Abi Ya'la 269No grade recorded

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَعْضَبِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade [sacrificing] an animal with a broken horn or a slit ear.

11. Musnad Abi Ya'la 270No grade recorded

    نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُضَحَّى بِأَعْضَبِ الْقَرْنِ وَالْأُذُنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade sacrificing an animal with a broken horn or a slit ear.

12. Musnad Abi Ya'la 271No grade recorded

    خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ ذَهَبٌ وَفِي الْأُخْرَى حَرِيرٌ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ حَرَامٌ عَلَى ذُكُورِ أُمَّتِي

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to us with gold in one hand and silk in the other, and said: "These two are forbidden for the males of my community."

13. Musnad Abi Ya'la 272No grade recorded

    خَرَجْتُ فِي جِنَازَةٍ فَقُمْتُ أَنْتَظِرُ أَنْ تُوضَعَ فَأَجْلِسَ، وَنَافِعُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ قَرِيبًا مِنِّي، فَلَمَّا وُضِعَتْ جَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: كَأَنَّكَ انْتَظَرْتَ هَذِهِ الْجِنَازَةَ أَنْ تُوضَعَ فَتَجْلِسَ ؟ قُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، لِحَدِيثٍ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، فَقَالَ

    ✧ I went out for a funeral and stood waiting for it to be placed down so that I could sit, while Nafi' b. Jubayr was near me. When it was placed down, I sat next to him. He said: "It seems you were waiting for this funeral to be placed down so that you could sit?" I said: "Yes, because of a hadith I heard from Abu Sa'id." Then he said:

14. Musnad Abi Ya'la 273No grade recorded

    أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ فَاطِمَةَ، فَعَلَّمَنَا مَا نَقُولُ إِذَا أَخَذْنَا مَضْجَعَنَا: ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَحْمِيدَةً، وَأَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمَا تَرَكْتُهَا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ ؟ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us until he placed his foot between me and Fatimah, and he taught us what to say when we went to bed: thirty-three glorifications (tasbihat), thirty-three praises (tahmidat), and thirty-four declarations of greatness (takbirat). Ali said: "I have never left them since." A man said to him: "Not even on the night of Siffin?" Ali said: "Not even on the night of Siffin."

15. Musnad Abi Ya'la 274No grade recorded

    كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي وِتْرِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ، وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ، لَا أُحْصِي ثَنَاءً عَلَيْكَ، أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ

    ✧ He used to say in his witr: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your wrath, and I seek refuge in Your pardon from Your punishment, and I seek refuge in You from You. I cannot enumerate praise of You; You are as You have praised Yourself."

16. Musnad Abi Ya'la 275No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - وَلَا أَقُولُ نَهَاكُمْ - عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَلُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me—and I do not say he forbade you—from wearing gold rings, wearing qassi garments, and reciting while bowing.

17. Musnad Abi Ya'la 276No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَحْبِسَ لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me to keep the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days.

18. Musnad Abi Ya'la 277No grade recorded

    نَهَى عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ، وَعَنِ الْأَوْعِيَةِ، وَأَنْ نَحْتَبِسَ لُحُومَ الْأَضَاحِيِّ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ، قَالَ: إِنِّي كُنْتُ نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ زِيَارَةِ الْقُبُورِ فَزُورُوهَا، فَإِنَّهَا تُذَكِّرُكُمُ الْآخِرَةَ، وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنِ الْأَوْعِيَةِ فَاشْرَبُوا فِيهَا وَاجْتَنِبُوا مَا أَسْكَرَ، وَنَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ لُحُومِ الْأَضَاحِيِّ أَنْ تَحْبِسُوهَا فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ، فَاحْبِسُوهَا مَا بَدَا لَكُمْ

    ✧ He forbade visiting graves, and [forbade] certain vessels, and [forbade] that we keep the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three [days]. He said: I had forbidden you to visit graves, but visit them, for they remind you of the Hereafter. I had forbidden you [to use certain] vessels, but drink from them and avoid whatever intoxicates. I had forbidden you to keep the meat of sacrificial animals beyond three days, but keep it as long as seems [proper] to you.

19. Musnad Abi Ya'la 278No grade recorded

    لَا طَاعَةَ لِبَشَرٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ

    ✧ There is no obedience to any human being in disobedience to God.

20. Musnad Abi Ya'la 279No grade recorded

    مَا كَانَ فِينَا فَارِسٌ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ غَيْرَ الْمِقْدَادِ، وَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا فِينَا قَائِمٌ إِلَّا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ وَيَبْكِي حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ

    ✧ There was no horseman among us on the day of Badr except al-Miqdad. And I saw us when no one was standing except the Messenger of God ﷺ, praying under a tree and weeping until morning.

21. Musnad Abi Ya'la 280No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي هَذِهِ، أَوْ فِي هَذِهِ: السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me to place the ring on this one or on this one: the index finger and the middle finger.

22. Musnad Abi Ya'la 281No grade recorded

    كَانَ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

    ✧ He used to wake his family during the last ten [nights] of Ramadan.

23. Musnad Abi Ya'la 282No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ performed ablution [washing] three [times] three [times].

24. Musnad Abi Ya'la 283No grade recorded

    مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا شَاكٍ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ فَأَرِحْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَأَخِّرًا فَارْفَعْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً فَصَبِّرْنِي، فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ صَدْرِي، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ وَاشْفِهِ، فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي ذَلِكَ بَعْدُ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by me while I was ill, and I was saying: O God, if my appointed time has come, then give me rest; and if it is delayed, then raise me [from illness]; and if it is a trial, then give me patience. He struck my chest with his hand and said: O God, grant him well-being and heal him. I never complained of that pain again.

25. Musnad Abi Ya'la 284No grade recorded

    كَانَ إِذَا افْتَتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَبَّرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

    ✧ When he began the prayer, he said the takbir, then said: I have turned my face to the One who created the heavens and the earth, as a true believer, and I am not of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for God, Lord of the worlds. He has no partner, and with that I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims.

26. Musnad Abi Ya'la 285No grade recorded

    دَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ الرَّحَبَةَ بَعْدَ مَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ، فَجَلَسَ فِي الرَّحَبَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِغُلَامٍ لَهُ: ائْتِنِي بِطَهُورٍ، فَجَاءَ الْغُلَامُ بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ وَطَسْتٍ، قَالَ عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ: وَنَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ نَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَمِينِهِ الْإِنَاءَ فَأَكْفَأَ عَلَى يَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، قَالَ عَبْدُ خَيْرٍ: كُلُّ ذَلِكَ لَا يُدْخِلُ يَدَهُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى يَغْسِلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الْإِنَاءِ وَمَلَأَ فَمَهُ مَاءً فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ وَنَثَرَ بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ إِلَى الْمِرْفَقِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الْإِنَاءِ حَتَّى غَمَرَهَا الْمَاءُ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَهَا بِمَا حَمَلَتْ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَهَا بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ رَأْسَهُ بِيَدَيْهِ جَمِيعًا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الْإِنَاءِ، ثُمَّ صَبَّ عَلَى رِجْلِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَغَسَلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَمَلَأَهَا، ثُمَّ صَبَّ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى قَدَمِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَغَسَلَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ بِيَدِهِ الْيُسْرَى، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي الْإِنَاءِ فَمَلَأَهَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا طُهُورُ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى طُهُورِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا

    ✧ Ali entered al-Rahaba after praying the dawn prayer and sat down in al-Rahaba. Then he said to a servant of his: Bring me water for purification. The servant brought a vessel containing water and a basin. Abd Khayr said: We were sitting watching him. He took the vessel with his right hand and poured it over his left hand and washed his palms three times. Abd Khayr said: All of that without putting his hand into the vessel until he had washed it three times. Then he put his right hand into the vessel and took a mouthful of water, rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose and expelled it with his left hand three times. Then he washed his face three times. Then he washed his right hand three times up to the elbow. Then he washed his left hand three times. Then he put his right hand into the vessel until the water covered it, then lifted it with what it carried of water, then wiped it with his left hand. Then he wiped his head with both hands together. Then he put his right hand into the vessel, then poured water over his right foot and washed it three times with his left hand. Then he put his right hand into the vessel and filled it, then poured with his right hand over his left foot and washed it three times with his left hand. Then he put his right hand into the vessel and filled it with water and drank from it. Then he said: This is the purification of the Prophet of God ﷺ. Whoever would like to see the purification of the Messenger of God ﷺ, let him look at this.

27. Musnad Abi Ya'la 286No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْخَلَاءِ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْمَ، وَلَا يَحْجُبُهُ - أَوْ لَا يَحْجِزُهُ - شَيْءٌ عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا الْجَنَابَةُ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ would come out of the privy and recite the Quran, and eat meat with us, and nothing prevented him—or held him back—from the Quran except major ritual impurity.

28. Musnad Abi Ya'la 287No grade recorded

    رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَقُمْنَا، وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا. يَعْنِي فِي الْجِنَازَةِ

    ✧ We saw the Messenger of God ﷺ stand, so we stood, and he sat, so we sat—meaning at the funeral.

29. Musnad Abi Ya'la 288No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ حُرَيْثٍ عَادَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَتَعُودُ حَسَنًا وَفِي النَّفْسِ مَا فِيهَا ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِرَبِّ قَلْبِي تُصَرِّفُهُ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ، قَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَمْنَعُنِي أَنْ أُؤَدِّيَ إِلَيْكَ النَّصِيحَةَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَعُودُ مَرِيضًا إِلَّا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ أَيَّةَ سَاعَاتِ النَّهَارِ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَأَيَّةَ سَاعَاتِ اللَّيْلِ كَانَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ

    ✧ Amr b. Hurayth visited al-Hasan b. Ali. Ali said to him: Do you visit Hasan while there is in the heart what is in it? He said: O Ali, you are not the lord of my heart to turn it wherever you wish. He said: Indeed, that does not prevent me from giving you sincere advice. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: No Muslim visits a sick person except that seventy thousand angels send blessings upon him during whatever hours of the day he visits until evening, and during whatever hours of the night he visits until morning.

30. Musnad Abi Ya'la 289No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِزَانٍ مُحْصَنٍ، قَالَ: فَجَلَدَهُ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَجَمَهُ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ، قَالَ: فَقِيلَ لَهُ: جَمَعْتَ عَلَيْهِ حَدَّيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: جَلَدْتُهُ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ، وَرَجَمْتُهُ بِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ He was brought a married man who had committed adultery. He said: He flogged him on Thursday. He said: Then he stoned him on Friday. He said: He was asked: You combined two punishments on him? He said: He said: I flogged him according to the Book of God, and I stoned him according to the Sunnah of the Messenger of God ﷺ.

31. Musnad Abi Ya'la 290No grade recorded

    وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ، إِنَّهُ لَعَهْدُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّكَ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ وَلَا يُبْغِضُكَ إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ

    ✧ By the One who split the grain and created the breath, it is indeed the covenant of the Messenger of God ﷺ to me that no one loves you except a believer, and no one hates you except a hypocrite.

32. Musnad Abi Ya'la 291No grade recorded

    انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْلًا حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْكَعْبَةَ، فَقَالَ لِي: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسْتُ، فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ ثُمَّ نَهَضْتُ بِهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ضَعْفِي تَحْتَهُ، قَالَ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسْتُ، فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجَلَسَ لِي، فَقَالَ: اصْعَدْ إِلَى مَنْكِبَيَّ، ثُمَّ صَعِدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ نَهَضَ بِي حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ نِلْتُ أُفُقَ السَّمَاءِ، وَصَعِدْتُ عَلَى الْبَيْتِ، فَأَتَيْتُ صَنَمَ قُرَيْشٍ، وَهُوَ تِمْثَالُ رَجُلٍ مِنْ صُفْرٍ، أَوْ نُحَاسٍ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أُعَالِجُهُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا، وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَخَلْفَهُ حَتَّى اسْتَمْكَنْتُ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: هِيهِ هِيهِ، وَأَنَا أُعَالِجُهُ، فَقَالَ لِي: اقْذِفْهُ، فَقَذَفْتُهُ، فَتَكَسَّرَ كَمَا تَكَسَّرُ الْقَوَارِيرُ، ثُمَّ نَزَلْتُ فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَسْعَى حَتَّى اسْتَتَرْنَا بِالْبُيُوتِ خَشْيَةَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ بِنَا أَحَدٌ، فَلَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدُ

    ✧ I set out with the Messenger of God ﷺ at night until we came to the Kaaba. He said to me: Sit. So I sat, and the Messenger of God ﷺ climbed onto my shoulders, then I stood up with him. When he saw my weakness beneath him, he said: Sit. So I sat, and the Messenger of God ﷺ came down and sat for me, and said: Climb onto my shoulders. So I climbed onto him, then he stood up with me until it seemed to me that if I wished I could touch the horizon of the sky. I climbed onto the House and came to the idol of Quraysh, which was a statue of a man made of brass or copper. I kept working at it from the right and the left, and in front of it and behind it, until I got a firm hold of it. He said: And the Messenger of God ﷺ was saying: Hit! Hit! while I was working at it. Then he said to me: Throw it down. So I threw it, and it shattered as glass shatters. Then I came down, and we went off running until we hid among the houses, fearing that someone would see us. It was never raised up after that.

33. Musnad Abi Ya'la 292No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تَبْعَثُنِي إِلَى قَوْمٍ شُيُوخٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ، وَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ لَا أُصِيبَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ سَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ وَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen. I said: O Messenger of God, you are sending me to a people who are elders, advanced in age, and I fear that I may not judge correctly? He said: God will make your tongue firm and guide your heart.

34. Musnad Abi Ya'la 293No grade recorded

    أَنَّ امْرَأَةَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ جَاءَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ تَشْتَكِي الْوَلِيدَ أَنَّهُ يَضْرِبُهَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا: ارْجِعِي فَقُولِي لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَتْ فَمَكَثَتْ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَقْلَعَ عَنِّي، قَالَ: فَقَطَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ فَأَعْطَاهَا، فَقَالَ: قُولِي: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي، هَذِهِ هُدْبَةٌ مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ، فَمَكَثَتْ سَاعَةً، ثُمَّ إِنَّهَا رَجَعَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا زَادَنِي إِلَّا ضَرْبًا، فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِالْوَلِيدِ، مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا

    ✧ The wife of al-Walid b. Uqba came to the Messenger of God ﷺ complaining that al-Walid was beating her. He said to her: Go back and say to him: The Messenger of God ﷺ has granted me protection. He said: She went and stayed for a while, then came and said: O Messenger of God, he did not stop beating me. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ cut a fringe from his garment and gave it to her, and said: Say: The Messenger of God ﷺ has granted me protection; this is a fringe from his garment. She stayed for a while, then returned and said: O Messenger of God, he only increased me in beating. So the Messenger of God ﷺ raised his hands and said: O God, take al-Walid to account, twice or three times.

35. Musnad Abi Ya'la 294No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى سُوقِ الْكَبِيرِ فَتَوَسَّمَ شَيْخًا مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ: يَا شَيْخُ، أَحْسِنْ بَيْعَتِي فِي قَمِيصٍ بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَلَمَّا عَرَفَهُ لَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، وَأَتَى غُلَامًا حَدَثًا فَاشْتَرَى مِنْهُ قَمِيصًا بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَلَبِسَهُ مِنَ الرُّصْغَيْنِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ، يَقُولُ فِي لِبَاسِهِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي رَزَقَنِي مِنَ الرِّيَاشِ مَا أَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ وَأُوَارِي بِهِ عَوْرَتِي، فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ: شَيْئًا تُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ، أَوْ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ إِذَا لَبِسَ ثَوْبًا

    ✧ I was with Ali, and we came to the big market. He recognized an old man among them and said: O old man, give me a good sale on a shirt for three dirhams. He said: Yes, O Commander of the Faithful. When the old man recognized him, Ali did not buy anything from him. He went to a young boy and bought a shirt from him for three dirhams. He put it on, and it reached from his wrists to his ankles, and he said about his garment: Praise be to God who has provided me with clothing with which I beautify myself among people and cover my private parts. The Muslims said: Is this something you say of yourself or from the Prophet ﷺ? He said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say that when he put on a garment.

36. Musnad Abi Ya'la 295No grade recorded

    مَا عِنْدَنَا إِلَّا كِتَابُ اللهِ وَهَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَدِينَةَ حَرَامٌ مَا بَيْنَ عَائِرٍ إِلَى ثَوْرٍ، مَنْ أَحْدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثًا، أَوْ أَوَى مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ، وَقَالَ: ذِمَّةُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَاحِدَةٌ يَسْعَى بِهَا أَدْنَاهُمْ، فَمَنْ أَخْفَرَ مُسْلِمًا فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ صَرْفٌ وَلَا عَدْلٌ، وَمَنْ تَوَلَّى قَوْمًا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ مَوَالِيهِ، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ، لَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ مِنْهُ صَرْفًا وَلَا عَدْلًا

    ✧ We have nothing except the Book of God and this sheet from the Prophet ﷺ. He said: Madinah is sacred between Air and Thawr. Whoever innovates in it or gives refuge to an innovator, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people. Neither an obligatory nor a supererogatory act will be accepted from him. And he said: The protection of the Muslims is one, and the lowest of them may extend it. Whoever violates the protection of a Muslim, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people. Neither an obligatory nor a supererogatory act will be accepted from him. And whoever allies himself with a people without the permission of his masters, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people. God will not accept from him an obligatory or a supererogatory act.

37. Musnad Abi Ya'la 296No grade recorded

    نَهَى أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الرَّجُلُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُوَ رَاكِعٌ، وَقَالَ: إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ فَعَظِّمُوا اللهَ، وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ فَادْعُوا اللهَ، فَقَمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ

    ✧ He forbade a man from reciting the Quran while bowing. He said: When you bow, glorify God, and when you prostrate, supplicate to God, for it is fitting that you be answered.

38. Musnad Abi Ya'la 297No grade recorded

    أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْسِمَ جُلُودَهَا، وَجِلَالَهَا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أُعْطِيَ الْجَزَّارَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to oversee his sacrificial camels, to distribute their hides and their coverings, and he commanded me not to give the butcher anything of them. We give him from our own.

39. Musnad Abi Ya'la 298No grade recorded

    قَدْ عَفَوْتُ لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ

    ✧ I have pardoned you regarding the zakat of horses and slaves.

40. Musnad Abi Ya'la 299No grade recorded

    قَضَى بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ، قَالَ: وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ الْوَصِيَّةَ قَبْلَ الدَّيْنِ

    ✧ He judged that the debt comes before the bequest. He said: And you recite the bequest before the debt.

41. Musnad Abi Ya'la 300No grade recorded

    كَانَ الْمَجُوسُ لَهُمْ كِتَابٌ يَقْرَءُونَهُ، وَعِلْمٌ يَدْرُسُونَهُ، فَزَنَى إِمَامُهُمْ، فَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يُقِيمُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: أَلَيْسَ آدَمُ كَانَ زَوَّجَ بَنِيهِ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ ؟ فَلَمْ يُقِيمُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَرُفِعَ الْكِتَابُ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَجُوسِ الْجِزْيَةَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَأَنَا

    ✧ The Magians had a book they read and knowledge they studied. Their leader committed adultery, and they wanted to carry out the prescribed punishment on him. He said to them: Did not Adam marry his sons to his daughters? So they did not carry out the punishment on him. Then the book was taken away. The Messenger of God ﷺ took the jizya from the Magians, as did Abu Bakr, and I.

42. Musnad Abi Ya'la 301No grade recorded

    كُنَّا إِذَا احْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ، وَلَقِيَ الْقَوْمُ، اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَا يَكُونُ مِنَّا أَحَدٌ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ مِنْهُ

    ✧ We, when the battle grew fierce and the people met, would seek protection by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and none of us was closer to the enemy than he.

43. Musnad Abi Ya'la 302No grade recorded

    أَنَّهُ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي إِنْ وُلِدَ لَهُ بَعْدَهُ وَلَدٌ أَيُسَمِّيهِ بِاسْمِهِ، وَيَكْنِيهِ بِكُنْيَتِهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَكَانَتْ رُخْصَةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: وَكَانَ اسْمَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ، وَكُنْيَتَهُ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ

    ✧ He asked permission of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ whether, if a child were born to him after his death, he might name him with his name and give him his kunya? He said: So it was a concession from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: His name was Muhammad and his kunya was Abu al-Qasim.

44. Musnad Abi Ya'la 303No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ، وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing a gold ring, from reciting while bowing, and from wearing qassi and muʿaṣfar.

45. Musnad Abi Ya'la 304No grade recorded

    لَمْ يَكُنْ فِينَا فَارِسٌ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ إِلَّا الْمِقْدَادُ

    ✧ There was no horseman among us on the day of Badr except al-Miqdad.

46. Musnad Abi Ya'la 305No grade recorded

    إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَقُلِ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، وَلْيُقَلْ: يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللهُ، وَلْيُقَلْ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ

    ✧ When one of you sneezes, let him say: Al-hamdu lillahi rabbi al-ʿalamin ʿala kulli hal, and let it be said to him: Yarhamukum Allah, and let him say: Yahdikum Allah wa yuslihu balakum.

47. Musnad Abi Ya'la 306No grade recorded

    قَالَ فِي الرَّضِيعِ: يُنْضَحُ بَوْلُ الْغُلَامِ، وَيُغْسَلُ بَوْلُ الْجَارِيَةِ

    ✧ He said concerning the suckling infant: The urine of a boy is sprinkled, and the urine of a girl is washed.

48. Musnad Abi Ya'la 307No grade recorded

    أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ ثُمَّ قَعَدَ

    ✧ That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood then sat.

49. Musnad Abi Ya'la 308No grade recorded

    أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ بِمَاءٍ فَشَرِبَ قَائِمًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ نَاسًا يَكْرَهُونَ الشُّرْبَ قَائِمًا، وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَشْرَبُ قَائِمًا، ثُمَّ أُتِيَ بِمَاءٍ فَتَمَسَّحَ بِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ

    ✧ Water was brought to Ali and he drank while standing, then said: Some people dislike drinking while standing, but I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drink while standing. Then water was brought to him and he wiped himself with it, then said: This is the ablution of one who has not invalidated it.

50. Musnad Abi Ya'la 309No grade recorded

    قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِلْعَبَّاسِ: قُلْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يُعْطِيَكَ الْخِزَانَةَ، فَسَأَلَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أُعْطِيكُمْ مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ: مَا تُرْزَؤُكُمْ وَلَا تُرْزَؤُونَهَا، فَأَعْطَاهُمُ السِّقَايَةَ

    ✧ Ali said to al-Abbas: Ask the Prophet ﷺ to give you the treasury. So al-Abbas asked him, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him: I give you what is better for you than that: what you are provided with and what you do not provide yourselves; so he gave them the water supply.

51. Musnad Abi Ya'la 310No grade recorded

    كَانَ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ رُمْحٌ، فَكُنَّا إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ رَكَزَهَا، فَيَمُرُّ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ فَيَحْمِلُونَهُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَأُخْبِرَنَّ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: إِذًا لَا تُرْفَعُ ضَالَّةً فَتَرَكْتُهُ

    ✧ Al-Mughira had a spear. When we set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a raid, he would plant it, and people would pass by it and carry it. He said: I said: I will inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about it, but he said: Then lost property will not be picked up; so I left it.

52. Musnad Abi Ya'la 311No grade recorded

    وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ، وَقَالَ: هَذِهِ عَرَفَةُ وَهَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَعَرَفَةُ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَأَرْدَفَ أُسَامَةَ وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَشِمَالِهِ يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، عَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ، فَلَمَّا أَتَى جَمْعًا صَلَّى بِهَا الصَّلَاتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى قَزَحَ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا قَزَحُ وَجَمْعٌ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ، فَلَمَّا أَتَى مُحَسِّرَ قَرَعَ نَاقَتَهُ حَتَّى جَاوَزَ الْوَادِي، وَقَفَ ثُمَّ أَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْجَمْرَةَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَنْحَرَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ، وَمِنًى كُلُّهَا مَنْحَرٌ. قَالَ: وَاسْتَفْتَتْهُ جَارِيَةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْ أَفْنَدَ، وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ الْحَجِّ، أَفَيُجْزِئُ أَنْ أَحُجَّ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: حُجِّي عَنْ أَبِيكِ، وَلَوَى عُنُقَ الْفَضْلِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لِمَ لَوَيْتَ عُنُقَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ ؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ شَابًّا وَشَابَّةً فَلَمْ آمَنْ عَلَيْهِمَا الشَّيْطَانَ. قَالَ: وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَمَيْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَحْلِقَ، قَالَ: احْلِقْ أَوْ قَصِّرْ، وَلَا حَرَجَ. قَالَ: وَأَتَاهُ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، نَحَرْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ، قَالَ: ارْمِ وَلَا حَرَجَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ أَتَى الْبَيْتَ فَطَافَ بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى زَمْزَمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، سِقَايَتَكُمْ لَوْلَا أَنْ يَغْلِبَكُمُ النَّاسُ لَنَزَعْتُ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at Arafa and said: This is Arafa and this is the standing place, and all of Arafa is a standing place. Then he departed when the sun set, and he mounted Usama behind him while the people were striking to his right and left. He turned to them and said: O people, be calm. When he came to Muzdalifa, he prayed the two prayers together. When morning came, he came to Quzah and stood upon it and said: This is Quzah, and all of Muzdalifa is a standing place. Then he departed. When he came to Muhassir, he struck his she-camel until he crossed the valley, then stopped, then mounted al-Fadl behind him, then came to the Jamra, then came to the place of sacrifice and said: This is the place of sacrifice, and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice. He said: A young woman from Khathʿam asked him for a ruling and said: O Messenger of Allah, my father is an old man who has become senile, and the obligation of Hajj has overtaken him. Is it sufficient for me to perform Hajj on his behalf? He said: Perform Hajj on behalf of your father. He turned the neck of al-Fadl, so al-Abbas said to him: O Messenger of Allah, why did you turn the neck of your cousin? He said: I saw a young man and a young woman and did not feel safe for them from Satan. He said: A man came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I threw before I shaved. He said: Shave or shorten, and no harm. He said: Another came to him and said: O Messenger of Allah, I sacrificed before I threw. He said: Throw, and no harm. He said: Then he came to the House and circumambulated it, then came to Zamzam and said: O Banu Abd al-Muttalib, your water supply, were it not that the people would overpower you, I would draw it.

53. Musnad Abi Ya'la 312No grade recorded

    لَا تَدْخُلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ، وَلَا جُنُبٌ، وَلَا كَلْبٌ

    ✧ Angels do not enter a house in which there is an image, nor one ritually impure, nor a dog.

54. Musnad Abi Ya'la 313No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَأَمَرْتُ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ، فَقَالَ: مِنْهُ الْوُضُوءُ، وَمِنَ الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

    ✧ I was a man who emitted madhy frequently, so I commanded al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad to ask the Messenger of God ﷺ about madhy. He said: "From it is wudu, and from mani is ghusl."

55. Musnad Abi Ya'la 314No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ، وَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، مَثَلُ الَّذِي لَا يُقِيمُ صُلْبَهُ فِي صَلَاتِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْحُبْلَى حَمَلَتْ، فَلَمَّا دَنَا نِفَاسُهَا أَسْقَطَتْ، فَلَا هِيَ ذَاتُ حَمْلٍ، وَلَا ذَاتُ وَلَدٍ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from reciting while I was bowing. He said: "O Ali, the likeness of the one who does not straighten his back in his prayer is like the likeness of a pregnant woman who carries, and when her delivery draws near she miscarries, so she is neither one with a pregnancy nor one with a child."

56. Musnad Abi Ya'la 315No grade recorded

    لَمَّا بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، فَقُلْتُ: تَبْعَثُنِي وَأَنَا رَجُلٌ حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ، وَلَيْسَ لِي عِلْمٌ بِكَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ صَدْرِي، وَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ، وَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen, I said: "You send me while I am a young man, and I have no knowledge of much of judiciary?" He said: "Then he struck my chest and said: 'Go, for God will make firm your tongue and guide your heart.'"

57. Musnad Abi Ya'la 316No grade recorded

    لَيْسَ الْوِتْرُ بِحَتْمٍ كَالصَّلَاةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ، فَلَا تَدَعْهُ. قَالَ شُعْبَةُ: فَوَجَدْتُهُ مَكْتُوبًا عِنْدِي: فَقَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ Witr is not obligatory like the prescribed prayer, but it is a sunnah, so do not abandon it. Shu'bah said: "Then I found it written with me: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ performed witr.'"

58. Musnad Abi Ya'la 317No grade recorded

    سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: مَنْ أَطَاقَ ذَلِكَ مِنَّا، فَقَالَ: كَانَ إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا، كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الْعَصْرِ، صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا، كَهَيْئَتِهَا مِنْ هَاهُنَا عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ، صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ✧ We asked Ali about the prayer of the Messenger of God ﷺ during the day. He said: "You would not be able to do that." We said: "Who among us could do that?" He said: "When the sun was here, like its position here at the time of Asr, he would pray two rak'ahs, and when the sun was here, like its position here at the time of Zuhr, he would pray four, separating between every two rak'ahs with the salam upon the angels brought near, and the prophets, and those who followed them from the prophets and messengers."

59. Musnad Abi Ya'la 318No grade recorded

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ حُلَّةٌ مِنْ حَرِيرٍ، قَالَ: فَكَسَانِيهَا، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا، فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَرْضَى لَكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ لِنَفْسِي، قَالَ: وَأَمَرَنِي فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي خُمُرًا: فَاطِمَةَ، وَعَمَّتِهِ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was gifted a silk garment. He said: "He clothed me with it." Ali said: "I went out wearing it, and the Prophet ﷺ said to me: 'I am not pleased for you with what I dislike for myself.' He said: 'And he commanded me, so I tore it into pieces among my women as head covers: Fatimah and his paternal aunt.'"

60. Musnad Abi Ya'la 319No grade recorded

    بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى جَارِيَةٍ فَجَرَتْ، فَقَالَ: أَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ، فَوَجَدْتُهَا فِي دَمِهَا لَمْ تُعَلَّلْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا، فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا تَعَلَّلَتْ مِنْ نِفَاسِهَا فَطَهُرْتُ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهَا الْحَدَّ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَقِيمُوا الْحَدَّ عَلَى مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to a slave girl who had committed fornication. He said: "Establish the prescribed punishment on her." I found her in her blood, not yet recovered from her postpartum bleeding, so I came to him and mentioned that to him. He said: "When she has recovered from her postpartum bleeding and become pure, then establish the prescribed punishment on her." He said: "Then he said: 'Establish the prescribed punishment on those whom your right hands possess.'"

61. Musnad Abi Ya'la 320No grade recorded

    رُفِعْتُ مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، مِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُهُ يَقُولُ: لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ، حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْجَمْرَةِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا هَذَا الْإِهْلَالُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يُهِلُّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْجَمْرَةِ، وَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَهَلَّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقَوْلِ حُسَيْنٍ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ، قَالَ: وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَخِي الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَكَانَ رَدِيفَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: يُهِلُّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْجَمْرَةِ

    ✧ I was lifted up with al-Husayn b. Ali from Muzdalifah, and I kept hearing him say: "Labbayk, labbayk," until he reached the Jamrah. I said to him: "What is this talbiyah, O Abu Abd Allah?" He said: "I heard my father Ali b. Abi Talib making talbiyah until he reached the Jamrah, and he told me that the Messenger of God ﷺ made talbiyah until he reached it." He said: "Then I returned to Ibn Abbas and informed him of Husayn's statement. He said: 'He spoke the truth.' He said: 'And my brother al-Fadl b. Abbas told me, and he was the riding companion of the Messenger of God ﷺ: he made talbiyah until he reached the Jamrah.'"

62. Musnad Abi Ya'la 321No grade recorded

    مِنْ كُلِّ اللَّيْلِ قَدْ أَوْتَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ، وَأَوْسَطِهِ، وَآخِرِهِ، فَانْتَهَى وِتْرُهُ إِلَى آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ

    ✧ From all parts of the night the Messenger of God ﷺ performed witr: from its beginning, its middle, and its end, and his witr ended at the last part of the night.

63. Musnad Abi Ya'la 322No grade recorded

    إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَالَحَ بَنِي تَغْلِبَ عَلَى أَنْ يَثْبُتُوا عَلَى دِينِهِمْ، وَلَا يُنَصِّرُوا أَبْنَاءَهُمْ، وَإِنَّهُمْ قَدْ نَقَضُوا، وَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يَتِمَّ لِيَ الْأَمْرُ قَتَلْتُ الْمُقَاتِلَةَ، وَسَبَيْتُ الذُّرِّيَّةَ

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ made a treaty with the Banu Taghlib on the condition that they remain upon their religion and not Christianize their children. Indeed they have broken it, and if the matter is completed for me, I will kill the fighters and take the offspring captive.

64. Musnad Abi Ya'la 323No grade recorded

    يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَوْمٌ أَحْدَاثُ الْأَسْنَانِ، سُفَهَاءُ الْأَحْلَامِ، يَقُولُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ قَوْلِ الْبَرِيَّةِ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّ فِي قَتْلِهِمْ أَجْرًا لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ عِنْدَ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

    ✧ At the end of time there will come forth a people young in age, foolish in intellect, who say from the best of the speech of creation, who recite the Quran but it does not pass beyond their throats. So when you meet them, kill them, for in killing them there is a reward for the one who kills them with God on the Day of Resurrection.

65. Musnad Abi Ya'la 324No grade recorded

    أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَهَبًا بِيَمِينِهِ، وَحَرِيرًا بِشِمَالِهِ، وَقَالَ: هَذَانِ حَرَامٌ عَلَى ذُكُورِ أُمَّتِي

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ took gold in his right hand and silk in his left, and said: "These two are forbidden for the males of my nation."

66. Musnad Abi Ya'la 325No grade recorded

    خَطَبَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَقِيمُوا عَلَى أَرِقَّائِكُمُ الْحَدَّ؛ مَنْ أَحْصَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَمَنْ لَمْ يُحْصِنْ، فَإِنَّ أَمَةً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ زَنَتْ، فَأَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَجْلِدَهَا، فَأَتَيْتُهَا، وَإِذَا هِيَ قَرِيبَةُ عَهْدٍ بِنِفَاسٍ، فَخَشِيتُ إِنْ جَلَدْتُهَا أَنْ تَمُوتَ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَحْسَنْتَ

    ✧ Ali gave a sermon and said: "O people, carry out the prescribed punishment on your slaves—those who are married and those who are not—for a slave woman belonging to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ committed adultery. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered me to flog her. I came to her and found she had recently given birth. I feared that if I flogged her she would die, so I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him, and he said: 'You have done well.'"

67. Musnad Abi Ya'la 326No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَلِيًّا، أَتَى أَصْحَابَ الثِّيَابِ، فَقَالَ لِرَجُلٍ: بِعْنِي قَمِيصًا بِثَلَاثَةِ دَرَاهِمَ، قَالَ: فَأَعْطَاهُ ثَوْبًا فَلَبِسَهُ مَا بَيْنَ كَعْبِهِ إِلَى رُصْغِهِ، فَلَمَّا لَبِسَهُ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي مِنَ الرِّيَاشِ مَا أُوَارِي بِهِ عَوْرَتِي، وَأَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا لَبِسَ ثَوْبًا قَالَ هَكَذَا

    ✧ Ali came to the cloth sellers and said to a man: "Sell me a shirt for three dirhams." He gave him a garment, and he wore it, reaching from his ankle to his wrist. When he wore it, he said: "Praise be to Allah who has clothed me with fine clothing with which I cover my private parts and adorn myself among the people." Then he said: "When the Prophet ﷺ wore a garment, he said this."

68. Musnad Abi Ya'la 327No grade recorded

    رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّهُ قَدْ سَرَقَ جَمَلًا، فَقَالَ: مَا أُرَاكَ سَرَقْتَ، قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَلَعَلَّهُ شُبِّهَ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى قَدْ سَرَقْتُ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ بِهِ يَا قَنْبَرُ فَشُدَّ أُصْبُعَهُ، وَأَوْقِدِ النَّارَ، وَادْعُ الْجَزَّارَ يُقَطِّعْهُ، ثُمَّ انْتَظِرْ حَتَّى أَجِيءَ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَ، قَالَ لَهُ: سَرَقْتَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، فَتَرَكَهُ، قَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لِمَ تَرَكْتَهُ وَقَدْ أَقَرَّ لَكَ ؟ قَالَ: أَخَذْتُهُ بِقَوْلِهِ وَأَتْرُكُهُ بِقَوْلِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ قَدْ سَرَقَ فَأَمَرَ بِقَطْعِهِ ثُمَّ بَكَى، فَقِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لِمَ تَبْكِي ؟ فَقَالَ: وَكَيْفَ لَا أَبْكِي وَأُمَّتِي تُقْطَعُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفَلَا عَفَوْتَ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: ذَاكَ سُلْطَانُ سُوءٍ الَّذِي يَعْفُو عَنِ الْحُدُودِ، وَلَكِنْ تَعَافَوْا بَيْنَكُمْ

    ✧ I saw Ali brought a man, and they said: "He has stolen a camel." He said: "I do not think you stole." He said: "Yes, I did." He said: "Perhaps it was made to appear so to you?" He said: "Yes, I did steal." He said: "Take him, O Qanbar, bind his finger, light the fire, call the butcher to cut it, then wait until I come." When he came, he said to him: "Did you steal?" He said: "No." So he released him. They said: "O Commander of the Believers, why did you release him when he had confessed to you?" He said: "I took him by his statement, and I release him by his statement." Then Ali said: "A man who had stolen was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ordered his hand to be cut off, then he wept. It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why do you weep?' He said: 'How can I not weep when a member of my ummah is being cut off before you?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, could you not have pardoned him?' He said: 'That is an evil authority that pardons the prescribed punishments, but you should pardon among yourselves.'"

69. Musnad Abi Ya'la 328No grade recorded

    نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَلُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَقِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ، وَكَسَانِي حُلَّةً سِيَرَاءَ، فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا، أَوْ رُحْتُ فِيهَا، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا عَلَيَّ، قَالَ: إِنِّي لَمْ أَكْسُكَهَا لِتَلْبَسَهَا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعْتُ فَأَعْطَيْتُ فَاطِمَةَ نَاحِيَتَهَا كَأَنَّهَا تَطْوِيهَا مَعِي، قَالَ: فَشَقَقْتُهَا بِاثْنَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ: تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ فَمَاذَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسِهَا، فَالْبَسِي وَاكْسِي نِسَاءَكِ

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing a gold ring, from wearing qassi and safflower-dyed garments, and from reciting the Quran while bowing. He clothed me with a striped silk garment. I went out wearing it, or I set out wearing it. When he saw it on me, he said: "I did not clothe you with it so that you could wear it." He said: So I returned and gave Fatimah one side of it, as if she was folding it with me. He said: So I split it into two. He said: She said: "May your hands be rubbed in dust, what have you done?" I said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing it, so wear it and clothe your women."

70. Musnad Abi Ya'la 329No grade recorded

    وَجَدْتُ مَعَ قَائِمِ سَيْفِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ صَحِيفَةً مَرْبُوطَةً: إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَلَى اللهِ عَدَاءً الْقَاتِلُ غَيْرَ قَاتِلِهِ، وَالضَّارِبُ غَيْرَ ضَارِبِهِ، وَمَنْ جَحَدَ نِعْمَةَ مَوَالِيهِ فَقَدْ بَرِئَ مِمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

    ✧ I found a document tied to the pommel of the sword of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: "The people most hostile to Allah are the one who kills someone other than his killer, the one who strikes someone other than his striker, and whoever denies the favor of his patrons has disowned what Allah revealed to Muhammad ﷺ."

71. Musnad Abi Ya'la 330No grade recorded

    لَا تُبْرِزْ فَخِذَكَ، وَلَا تَنْظُرْ إِلَى فَخِذِ حَيٍّ وَلَا مَيِّتٍ

    ✧ Do not expose your thigh, and do not look at the thigh of a living person or a dead person.

72. Musnad Abi Ya'la 331No grade recorded

    شَهِدْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَالَحَ نَصَارَى بَنِي تَغْلِبَ عَلَى أَنْ لَا يُنَصِّرُوا أَوْلَادَهُمْ، فَإِنْ فَعَلُوا فَقَدْ بَرِئَتْ مِنْهُمُ الذِّمَّةُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَقَدْ وَاللهِ فَعَلُوا، فَوَاللهِ لَئِنْ تَمَّ لِيَ الْأَمْرُ، لَأَقْتُلَنَّ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ، وَلَأَسْبِيَنَّ ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ

    ✧ I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ make a treaty with the Christians of Banu Taghlib that they would not make their children Christians, and if they did, the protection would be withdrawn from them. Ali said: "By Allah, they have done it. By Allah, if the matter is accomplished for me, I will kill their fighting men and take their offspring captive."

73. Musnad Abi Ya'la 332No grade recorded

    سَأَلْتُ عَلِيًّا عَنِ الْبَقَرَةِ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، قَالَ: الْمَكْسُورَةُ الْقَرْنِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ، قَالَ: الْعَرْجَاءُ ؟ قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ، وَأَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ

    ✧ I asked Ali about the cow (as a sacrifice). He said: "It is for seven people." He said: "What about one with a broken horn?" He said: "There is no harm in it." He said: "What about a lame one?" He said: "If it reaches the place of sacrifice. And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered us to examine the eyes and ears."

74. Musnad Abi Ya'la 333No grade recorded

    كَانَ يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى

    ✧ He used to pray the Duha prayer.

75. Musnad Abi Ya'la 334No grade recorded

    سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِأَبَوَيْهِ وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَلَمْ يَسْتَغْفِرْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لأَبِيهِ إِلا عَنْ مَوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَا إِيَّاهُ

    ✧ I heard a man seeking forgiveness for his parents while they were polytheists. I said to him (about it), and he said: "Did not Ibrahim seek forgiveness for his father?" He said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, and Allah revealed: "And Ibrahim's seeking forgiveness for his father was only because of a promise he had made to him."

76. Musnad Abi Ya'la 335No grade recorded

    مَا كُنْتُ لِأُقِيمَ حَدًّا عَلَى أَحَدٍ فَيَمُوتَ فَأَجِدَ فِي نَفْسِي، إِلَّا صَاحِبَ الْخَمْرِ، فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ مَاتَ وَدَيْتُهُ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَسُنَّهُ

    ✧ I would not carry out a prescribed punishment on anyone and have him die and then find anything in my heart, except for the wine drinker. For if he died, I would pay his blood money, because the Prophet ﷺ did not establish it as a fixed punishment.

77. Musnad Abi Ya'la 336No grade recorded

    ذَكَرَ عَلِيٌّ أَهْلَ النَّهَرَوَانِ فَقَالَ: فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مَثْدُونُ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: آنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

    ✧ Ali mentioned the people of Nahrawan and said: "Among them is a man with a defective hand, or a deformed hand. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would inform you of what Allah promised those who kill them on the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ." He said: I said: "Did you hear it from him?" He said: "Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba."

78. Musnad Abi Ya'la 337No grade recorded

    انْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ، أَنَا وَرَجُلٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْ بِهِ إِلَى أَحَدٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا مَا فِي قِرَابِي هَذَا، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَابًا، فَإِذَا فِي كِتَابِهِ ذَلِكَ: الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ، وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ، وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ، مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

    ✧ I set out to 'Ali, myself and a man. He said: I said to him: Did the Messenger of God ﷺ entrust to you anything he did not entrust to anyone? He said: No, except what is in this scabbard of mine. He said: He took out a document, and in that document of his was: 'The believers' blood is equal; the lowest of them may grant protection on their behalf; and they are one hand against those besides them. A believer is not killed for an unbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant stands. Whoever introduces an innovation or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of God and the angels and all people.'

79. Musnad Abi Ya'la 338No grade recorded

    مُرَّ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ بِجِنَازَةٍ، فَقَامَ نَاسٌ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: أَبُو مُوسَى، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّمَا قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ لَمْ يَقُمْ

    ✧ A funeral was brought past 'Ali and some people stood up. He said: What is this? They said: Abu Musa. 'Ali said: The Messenger of God ﷺ only stood once, then he did not stand again.

80. Musnad Abi Ya'la 339No grade recorded

    قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، وَلِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: مَعَ أَحَدِكُمَا جِبْرِيلُ، وَمَعَ الْآخَرِ مِيكَائِيلُ، وَإِسْرَافِيلُ مَلَكٌ عَظِيمٌ يَشْهَدُ الْقِتَالَ، أَوْ يَكُونُ فِي الْقِتَالِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me on the day of Badr, and to Abu Bakr: With one of you is Gabriel, and with the other is Michael; and Israfil, a mighty angel, witnesses the fighting, or is present in the fighting.

81. Musnad Abi Ya'la 340No grade recorded

    قِيلَ لِعَلِيٍّ: أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنِّي أَتْرُكُكُمْ إِلَى مَا تَرَكَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

    ✧ It was said to 'Ali: Will you not appoint a successor? He said: No, but I leave you as the Messenger of God ﷺ left you.

82. Musnad Abi Ya'la 341No grade recorded

    اجْتَمَعَ عَلِيٌّ، وَعُثْمَانُ، وَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، أَوْ عَنِ الْعُمْرَةِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَى أَمْرٍ فَعَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، تَنْهَى عَنْهُ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: دَعْنَا مِنْكَ، قَالَ: إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَدَعَكَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ ذَلِكَ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا

    ✧ 'Ali and 'Uthman met, and 'Uthman was forbidding mut'a or 'umra. 'Ali said: What do you intend regarding a matter the Messenger of God ﷺ did, that you forbid it? 'Uthman said: Leave us alone. He said: I cannot leave you. He said: When 'Ali saw that, he entered ihram for both together.

83. Musnad Abi Ya'la 342No grade recorded

    أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا تَدَعْ قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتَهُ، وَلَا تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتَهُ

    ✧ I am sending you upon what the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me upon: Leave no grave but that you level it, and no image but that you efface it.

84. Musnad Abi Ya'la 343No grade recorded

    خَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، تُخَلِّفُنِي بِالنِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ ؟ قَالَ: أَمَا تَرْضَى أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدِي. ؟

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ left 'Ali b. Abi Talib behind during the expedition to Tabuk. He said: O Messenger of God, are you leaving me behind with the women and children? He said: Are you not pleased that you are to me as Aaron was to Moses, except that there is no prophet after me?

85. Musnad Abi Ya'la 344No grade recorded

    أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى وَضَعَ قَدَمَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ فَاطِمَةَ، فَعَلَّمَنَا مَا نَقُولُ إِذَا أَخَذْنَا مَضَاجِعَنَا: ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَحْمِيدَةً، وَأَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَمَا تَرَكْتُهَا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ ؟ قَالَ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came to us and even placed his foot between me and Fatimah, and taught us what to say when we took to our beds: thirty-three glorifications, thirty-three praises, and thirty-four magnifications. He said: 'Ali said: I have never abandoned it since. A man said to him: Not even the night of Siffin? He said: Not even the night of Siffin.

86. Musnad Abi Ya'la 345No grade recorded

    كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا، حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ ظَاهِرَهُمَا

    ✧ I used to think that the bottoms of the feet were more entitled to wiping than their tops, until I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ wipe their tops.

87. Musnad Abi Ya'la 346No grade recorded

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ لَا يُصَلِّي صَلَاةً إِلَّا صَلَّى بَعْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ did not pray any prayer but that he prayed two rak'ahs after it.

88. Musnad Abi Ya'la 347No grade recorded

    كَانَ لَا يَحْجُبُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ جُنُبًا

    ✧ Nothing prevented him from reciting the Qur'an except that he be junub.

89. Musnad Abi Ya'la 348No grade recorded

    كُنَّا نَسِيرُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ فَسَمِعَ رَجُلًا يُلَبِّي بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: عَلِيٌّ، فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي نَهَيْتُ عَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنِّي لَمْ أَدَعْ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِقَوْلِكَ

    ✧ We were travelling with 'Uthman b. 'Affan and he heard a man pronouncing the talbiyah for both together. He said: Who is this? He said: 'Ali. So he came to him and said: Did you not know that I forbade this? He said: Yes, but I will not abandon the saying of the Messenger of God ﷺ for your saying.

90. Musnad Abi Ya'la 349No grade recorded

    أَنَّ عَلِيًّا قَالَ لِأَبِي الْهَيَّاجِ: أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا تَدَعْ قَبْرًا مُشْرِفًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتَهُ، وَلَا تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتَهُ

    ✧ Ali said to Abu al-Hayyaj: I send you with what the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me: Leave no raised grave but you level it, and no image but you efface it.

91. Musnad Abi Ya'la 350No grade recorded

    إِنَّ امْرَأَةَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ الْوَلِيدَ يَضْرِبُنِي، قَالَ: قُولِي لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَلَمْ تَلْبَثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى رَجَعَتْ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا زَادَنِي إِلَّا ضَرْبًا، فَأَخَذَ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ، فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: قُولِي لَهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ أَجَارَنِي، فَلَمْ تَلْبَثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى رَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا زَادَنِي إِلَّا ضَرْبًا، فَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَلَيْكَ بِالْوَلِيدِ

    ✧ The wife of al-Walid b. Uqba came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Al-Walid beats me." He said, "Tell him: The Messenger of God ﷺ has granted me protection." Ali said: She did not remain but a little while before she returned and said, "He only increased me in beating." So he took a fringe from his garment and gave it to her and said, "Tell him: The Messenger of God ﷺ has granted me protection." She did not remain but a little while before she returned to him and said, "He only increased me in beating." He raised his hands and said, "O God, take al-Walid to task."

92. Musnad Abi Ya'la 351No grade recorded

    لَا يُؤْمِنُ عَبْدٌ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِأَرْبَعٍ: بِالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَيُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ

    ✧ A servant does not believe until he believes in four things: in the resurrection after death, and believes in the divine decree.

93. Musnad Abi Ya'la 352No grade recorded

    خَطَبْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ابْنَتَهُ فَاطِمَةَ، قَالَ: فَبَاعَ عَلِيٌّ دِرْعًا لَهُ وَبَعْضَ مَا بَاعَ مِنْ مَتَاعِهِ، فَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ دِرْهَمًا، قَالَ: وَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ ثُلُثَيْهِ فِي الطِّيبِ، وَثُلُثًا فِي الثِّيَابِ، وَمَجَّ فِي جَرَّةٍ مِنْ مَاءٍ فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلُوا بِهِ، قَالَ: وَأَمَرَهَا أَنْ لَا تَسْبِقَهُ بِرَضَاعِ وَلَدِهَا، قَالَ: فَسَبَقَتْهُ بِرَضَاعِ الْحُسَيْنِ، وَأَمَّا الْحَسَنُ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَنَعَ فِي فِيهِ شَيْئًا لَا نَدْرِي مَا هُوَ، فَكَانَ أَعْلَمَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ

    ✧ I proposed to the Prophet ﷺ for his daughter Fatimah. Ali sold a coat of mail of his and some of what he sold of his belongings, and it reached four hundred and eighty dirhams. He said: The Prophet ﷺ commanded that two thirds of it be spent on perfume and one third on clothing. He spat into a jar of water and ordered them to wash with it. He said: He commanded her not to precede him in nursing her child. Ali said: She preceded him in nursing al-Husayn. As for al-Hasan, the Prophet ﷺ put something in his mouth that we do not know, and he became the more learned of the two men.

94. Musnad Abi Ya'la 353No grade recorded

    لَأُعْطِيَنَّ الرَّايَةَ غَدًا رَجُلًا يَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَغَدَا النَّاسُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، كُلُّهُمْ يَرْجُو أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ الرَّايَةَ، قَالَ: أَيْنَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؟ قَالُوا: هُوَ شَاكِي الْعَيْنِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: ادْعُوهُ، فَجِيءَ بِهِ فَبَصَقَ فِي عَيْنِهِ وَدَعَا لَهُ فَبَرَأَ، ثُمَّ أَعْطَاهُ الرَّايَةَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ادْعُ عَلِيًّا، فَجَاءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، لَا تَلْتَفِتْ حَتَّى تَنْزِلَ بِالْقَوْمِ فَتَدْعُوَهُمْ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنُقَاتِلُهُمْ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ ؟ قَالَ: عَلَى رِسْلِكَ، إِذَا جِئْتَهُمْ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى اللهِ، فَوَاللهِ لَأَنْ يُسْلِمَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى يَدَيْكَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَكَ حُمْرُ النَّعَمِ

    ✧ "I will give the banner tomorrow to a man through whose hands God will grant victory." He said: The people went early to the Messenger of God ﷺ, each hoping that he would give him the banner. He said, "Where is Ali b. Abi Talib?" They said, "He has an eye complaint, O Messenger of God." He said, "Call him." He was brought, and he spat in his eye and prayed for him, and he was cured. Then he gave him the banner and said, "Call Ali." He came, and he said, "O Ali, do not turn aside until you descend upon the people and call them." He said, "O Messenger of God, shall we fight them until they say 'There is no god but God'?" He said, "Proceed gently. When you come to them, call them to God. By God, if one man becomes Muslim at your hands, it is better for you than having red camels."

95. Musnad Abi Ya'la 354No grade recorded

    بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ لَهُ: يَا عَلِيُّ، السَّرِيَّةَ، قَالَ عِمْرَانُ: كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِذَا قَدِمُوا مِنْ غَزْوَةٍ أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتُوا رِحَالَهُمْ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ مَسِيرَهُمْ، قَالَ: فَأَصَابَ عَلِيٌّ جَارِيَةً، فَتَعَاقَدَ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِمَسِيرِهِمْ، فَقَامَ أَحَدُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَأَصَابَ عَلِيٌّ جَارِيَةً، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّانِي، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، صَنَعَ عَلِيٌّ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَامَ الثَّالِثُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، صَنَعَ عَلِيٌّ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ، ثُمَّ قَامَ الرَّابِعُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، صَنَعَ عَلِيٌّ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُغْضَبًا، الْغَضَبُ يُعْرَفُ فِي وَجْهِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ؟ عَلِيٌّ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ، وَهُوَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent out a military detachment and put Ali b. Abi Talib in command. He said to him, "O Ali, [take charge of] the detachment." Imran said: When the Muslims returned from a campaign, they would come to the Messenger of God ﷺ before going to their own lodgings and tell him of their journey. He said: Ali obtained a slave girl. Four men made a pact and told him of their journey. One of the four stood up and said, "O Messenger of God, Ali obtained a slave girl." He turned away from him. Then the second stood up and said, "O Messenger of God, Ali did such and such." He turned away from him. Then the third stood up and said, "O Messenger of God, Ali did such and such." He turned away from him. Then the fourth stood up and said, "O Messenger of God, Ali did such and such." The Messenger of God ﷺ turned to him angrily, anger visible on his face, and said, "What do you want from Ali? Ali is from me and I am from him, and he is the guardian of every believer after me."

96. Musnad Abi Ya'la 355No grade recorded

    أَنَّ أَبَاهُ صَنَعَ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ نُزُلًا بِقُدَيْدٍ، فَجِيءَ بِثَرِيدٍ عَلَيْهِ ذَلِكَ الْحَجَلُ، فَقَالَ لِلْقَوْمِ: كُلُوا، فَإِنَّمَا أُصِيبَتْ مِنْ أَجْلِي، قَالَ: فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ: هَذَا عَلِيٌّ نَهَانَا عَنْ أَكْلِهِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ فَجَاءَ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَمْسَحُ الْخَبَطَ عَنْ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: كُلْهُ، فَقَالَ، يَعْنِي عَلِيًّا: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حَيْثُ جَاءَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بِرِجْلِ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ، فَرَدَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْحِلِّ فَإِنَّا حُرُمٌ، أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ، فَقَامَ نَاسٌ وَشَهِدُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ - أَوْ قَالَ: أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ - رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ جَاءَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ بِبَيْضَاتِ نَعَامٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اذْهَبْ بِهِ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْحِلِّ فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ مُحْرِمُونَ، فَقَامَ قَوْمٌ شَهِدُوا، فَقَلَبَ عُثْمَانُ وَرِكَهُ فَدَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ، وَقَامَ الْقَوْمُ عَنِ الطَّعَامِ، فَجَاءَ أَهْلُ الْحِلِّ فَأَكَلُوهُ

    ✧ His father prepared a meal for Uthman b. Affan at Qudayd. Tharid was brought with partridge on it. He said to the people, "Eat, for it was only hunted for my sake." The people said, "This Ali forbade us to eat it." So he sent for Ali. He came while wiping leaves from his hands. Uthman said to him, "Eat it." He, meaning Ali, said, "I adjure by God any man who witnessed the Messenger of God ﷺ when a bedouin came with the leg of a wild ass and the Messenger of God ﷺ returned it and said, 'Go to the people outside the sanctuary, for we are in a state of ihram,' or something like that." Some people stood up and testified. Then he said, "I adjure by God—or he said, I remind by God—any man who witnessed the Messenger of God ﷺ when a bedouin came to him with ostrich eggs and the Messenger of God ﷺ said, 'Take them to the people outside the sanctuary, for we are a people in a state of ihram.'" Some people stood up and testified. Uthman turned on his side and entered his house, and the people left the food. Then the people outside the sanctuary came and ate it.

97. Musnad Abi Ya'la 356No grade recorded

    نَهَى عَنْ أَكْلِ كُلِّ ذِي نَابٍ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ، وَكُلِّ ذِي مِخْلَبٍ مِنَ الطَّيْرِ، وَعَنْ ثَمَنِ الْمَيْتَةِ، وَعَنِ الْخَمْرِ وَالْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ، وَكَسْبِ الْبَغِيِّ، وَعَنْ عَسْبِ كُلِّ ذِي فَحْلٍ

    ✧ He forbade eating every beast of prey with fangs, and every bird with talons, and the price of carrion, and wine and domestic donkeys, and the earnings of a prostitute, and the stud fee of every male animal.

98. Musnad Abi Ya'la 357No grade recorded

    إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، طُوبَى لِمَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَقَتَلُوهُ، عَلَامَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ

    ✧ A people will pass out of Islam as the arrow passes through the game. They recite the Quran but it does not go beyond their collarbones. Blessed is the one who kills them and whom they kill. Their mark is a man with a defective hand.

99. Musnad Abi Ya'la 358No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حِينَ رَجَعْتُ مِنْ جِنَازَةٍ قَوْلًا مَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي بِهِ الدُّنْيَا جَمِيعًا

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said something when I returned from a funeral that I would not love to have the whole world in exchange for it.

100. Musnad Abi Ya'la 359No grade recorded

     نَهَى أَنْ تُنْكَحَ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا، أَوْ عَلَى خَالَتِهَا

     ✧ He forbade that a woman be married in addition to her paternal aunt, or in addition to her maternal aunt.

101. Musnad Abi Ya'la 360No grade recorded

     يَرِثُ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ دُونَ إِخْوَتِهِ لِأَبِيهِ

     ✧ A man inherits from his full brother to the exclusion of his half-brothers on the father's side.

102. Musnad Abi Ya'la 361No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ غُلَامًا مَذَّاءً، فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَاءَ قَدْ آذَانِي، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا الْغُسْلُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الدَّافِقِ

     ✧ I was a young man who emitted a lot of prosternal fluid; when the Messenger of God ﷺ saw that the fluid troubled me, he said: "The ritual bath is only required for the gushing fluid."

103. Musnad Abi Ya'la 362No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَارَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ، وَكَانَ صَاحِبَ مِطْهَرَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا حَاذَى نِينَوَى وَهُوَ مُنْطَلِقٌ إِلَى صِفِّينَ، فَنَادَى عَلِيٌّ: اصْبِرْ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ، اصْبِرْ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ، قُلْتُ: وَمَاذَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَعَيْنَاهُ تَفِيضَانِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، أَغْضَبَكَ أَحَدٌ ؟ مَا شَأْنُ عَيْنَيْكَ تَفِيضَانِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ قَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِي جِبْرِيلُ قَبْلُ، فَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ يُقْتَلُ بِشَطِّ الْفُرَاتِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ أُشِمَّكَ مِنْ تُرْبَتِهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ فَقَبَضَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ تُرَابٍ فَأَعْطَانِيهَا، فَلَمْ أَمْلِكْ عَيْنَيَّ أَنْ فَاضَتَا

     ✧ He traveled with Ali and was in charge of his ablution vessel. When he drew near Nineveh, while heading toward Siffin, Ali called out: "Have patience, Abu Abd Allah; have patience, Abu Abd Allah, at the bank of the Euphrates." I said: "And what, O Abu Abd Allah?" He said: "I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ one day and his eyes were overflowing. I said: 'O Prophet of God, has someone angered you? What is the matter that your eyes are overflowing?' He said: 'Rather, Gabriel had just left me and told me that al-Husayn will be killed at the bank of the Euphrates.' He said: 'And he said: Would you like me to let you smell some of its soil?' I said: 'Yes.' He stretched out his hand, grasped a handful of earth, and gave it to me, and I could not control my eyes from overflowing."

104. Musnad Abi Ya'la 363No grade recorded

     اجْتَمَعْتُ أَنَا وَفَاطِمَةُ، وَالْعَبَّاسُ، وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَبِرَ سِنِّي، وَرَقَّ عَظْمِي، وَكَثُرَتْ مُؤْنَتِي، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنْ تَأْمُرَ لِي بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ طَعَامٍ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَعَلْتُ، فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَأْمُرَ لِي بِمَا أَمَرْتَ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنْتَ أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَرْضًا كَانَتْ مَعِيشَتِي مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ قَبَضْتَهَا مِنِّي، فَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَرُدَّهَا عَلَيَّ فَافْعَلْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تُوَلِّيَنِي هَذَا الْحَقَّ الَّذِي جَعَلَ اللهُ لَنَا فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي هَذَا الْخُمُسِ فَأَقْسِمَهُ فِي حَيَاتِكَ فَلَا يُنَازِعُنِيهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ، فَوَلَّانِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَسَمْتُهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّانِيهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَسَمْتُهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّانِيهِ عُمَرُ فَقَسَمْتُهُ فِي حَيَاتِهِ، حَتَّى كَانَ آخِرُ سَنَةٍ مِنْ سِنِي عُمَرَ، وَإِنَّهُ أَتَاهُ مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ فَعَزَلَ خُمُسًا، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، هَذَا حَقُّكُمْ، فَخُذْ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، بِنَا الْعَامَ عَنْهُ غِنًى، وَبِالْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَيْهِ حَاجَةٌ فَارْدُدْهُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَرَدَّهُ عُمَرُ تِلْكَ السَّنَةَ، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَدْعُنِي إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ عُمَرَ، حَتَّى قُمْتُ مَقَامِي هَذَا، فَلَقِيَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، لَقَدْ نَزَعْتَ مِنَّا الْيَوْمَ شَيْئًا لَا يُرَدُّ عَلَيْنَا أَبَدًا

     ✧ I, Fatimah, al-Abbas, and Zayd b. Harithah gathered together. Al-Abbas said: "O Messenger of God, I have grown old, my bones have become thin, and my expenses have increased. If you see fit, O Messenger of God, to order for me such-and-such measures of food, then do so." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I have done so." Fatimah said: "O Messenger of God, if you see fit to order for me what you ordered, then do so." The Prophet ﷺ said: "I have done that." Zayd b. Harithah said: "O Messenger of God, you had given me some land from which I made my living, then you took it back from me. If you see fit to return it to me, then do so." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I have done that." I said: "O Messenger of God, if you see fit to entrust to me this right that God has assigned to us in His Book regarding this fifth, so that I may distribute it during your lifetime and no one will dispute it with me after you, then do so." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I have done that." So the Messenger of God ﷺ entrusted it to me, and I distributed it during his lifetime. Then Abu Bakr entrusted it to me, and I distributed it during his lifetime. Then Umar entrusted it to me, and I distributed it during his lifetime, until the last year of Umar's caliphate, when a large amount of wealth came to him and he set aside a fifth. He then sent for me and said: "O Ali, this is your due, so take it." I said: "O Commander of the Faithful, we have no need of it this year, and the Muslims have need of it, so return it to them." Umar returned it that year. Then no one called me to it after Umar, until I stood in this position of mine. Al-Abbas met me and said: "O Ali, today you have taken away from us something that will never be returned to us."

105. Musnad Abi Ya'la 364No grade recorded

     أُتِيَ عَلِيٌّ بِالْوَضُوءِ، فَمَضْمَضَ وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَكَذَا لِمَنْ لَيْسَ بِجُنُبٍ، فَأَمَّا الْجُنُبُ فَلَا وَاللهِ

     ✧ Ali was brought water for ablution. He rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times, then washed his face three times, and washed his hands and forearms three times each, then wiped his head, and washed his feet. Then he said: "This is how I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ perform ablution." Then he recited something from the Quran, and said: "This is for one who is not in a state of major ritual impurity; as for the one in major ritual impurity, then no, by God."

106. Musnad Abi Ya'la 365No grade recorded

     دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلَى فَاطِمَةَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَأَيْقَظَنَا لِلصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ فَصَلَّى هَوْنًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَلَمْ نَسْمَعْ لَهُ حِسًّا، قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْنَا فَأَيْقَظَنَا، فَقَالَ: قُومَا فَصَلِّيَا، قَالَ: فَجَلَسْتُ وَأَنَا أَعْرُكُ عَيْنَيَّ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: وَاللهِ مَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَنَا، إِنَّمَا أَنْفُسُنَا بِيَدِ اللهِ، فَإِذَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَنَا بَعَثَنَا، قَالَ: فَوَلَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ، وَيَضْرِبُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ: مَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا مَا كُتِبَ لَنَا، مَا نُصَلِّي إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللهُ لَنَا، قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَكَانَ الإِنْسَانُ أَكْثَرَ شَيْءٍ جَدَلا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came in upon me and Fatimah one night and roused us for prayer. He then went back to his house and prayed for a quiet portion of the night, and we did not hear any sound from him. Then he came back to us and roused us, saying: "Get up and pray." I sat up, rubbing my eyes, saying: "By God, we do not pray except what God has decreed for us; our souls are in God's hand, and if He wills to raise us, He raises us." The Messenger of God ﷺ turned away, saying and striking his thigh: "We do not pray except what was decreed for us; we do not pray except what God decreed for us," saying it twice. And man is the most argumentative of all things.

107. Musnad Abi Ya'la 366No grade recorded

     أَتَانِي جِبْرِيلُ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ مُخْتَلِفَةٌ بَعْدَكَ، فَقُلْتُ: فَأَيْنَ الْمَخْرَجُ يَا جِبْرِيلُ ؟ قَالَ: كِتَابُ اللهِ، يَقْصِمُ اللهُ كُلَّ جَبَّارٍ، وَمَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ نَجَا، وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ هَلَكَ، قَوْلٌ فَصْلٌ وَلَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ، لَا تَخْتَلِقُهُ الْأَلْسُنُ، وَلَا يَنْفَذُ عَنْ طُولِ الرَّدِّ، وَلَا تَفْنَى عَجَائِبُهُ، فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، وَخَبَرُ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ بَعْدَكُمْ

     ✧ Gabriel came to me and said: "O Muhammad, your community will differ after you." I said: "Where is the way out, O Gabriel?" He said: "The Book of God; through it God breaks every tyrant. Whoever clings to it is saved, and whoever abandons it is ruined. It is a decisive word and not jest; tongues cannot distort it, and it does not wear out from repeated refutation, and its wonders do not cease. In it is the news of those before you and the report of what will happen after you."

108. Musnad Abi Ya'la 367No grade recorded

     صَلَّيْتُ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ الظُّهْرَ، ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى مَجْلِسٍ كَانَ يَجْلِسُهُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَعَدَ وَقَعَدْنَا حَوْلَهُ حَتَّى حَضَرَتِ الْعَصْرُ، فَأُتِيَ بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ مَاءٌ، فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُ كَفًّا فَتَمَضْمَضَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَنْشَقَ وَمَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَذِرَاعَيْهِ، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَمَسَحَ بِرِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فَشَرِبَ فَضْلَ إِنَائِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي حُدِّثْتُ أَنَّ رِجَالًا يَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ أَحَدُهُمْ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ، وَهَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ

     ✧ I prayed the noon prayer with Ali, then he went to a gathering he used to hold in Madinah and sat down, and we sat around him until the afternoon prayer was due. A vessel with water was brought to him, and he took a handful from it and rinsed his mouth, then sniffed water into his nose, wiped his face and forearms, wiped his head, and wiped his feet. Then he stood and drank the remaining water in the vessel, and said: "I have been told that some men dislike one of them drinking while standing, but I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do that. And this is the ablution of one who has not broken his state of purity."

109. Musnad Abi Ya'la 368No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ وَصَفَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: كَانَ عَظِيمَ الْهَامَةِ، أَبْيَضَ مُشْرَبًا حُمْرَةً، عَظِيمَ اللِّحْيَةِ، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ مِثْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ ﷺ تَسْلِيمًا

     ✧ He described the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: "He was large-headed, fair-complexioned with a reddish tinge, thick-bearded, big-boned, and coarse in the palms and soles. I never saw the like of him before or after, ﷺ with much peace."

110. Musnad Abi Ya'la 369No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ عَنْ صِفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ لَا قَصِيرًا وَلَا طَوِيلًا، حَسَنَ الشَّعَرِ رَجِلَهُ، مُشْرَبًا فِي وَجْهِهِ حُمْرَةً، ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ، شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ، عَظِيمَ الرَّأْسِ، طَوِيلَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَلَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ، إِذَا مَشَى يَتَكَفَّأُ كَانَ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَطُّ مِنْ صَبَبٍ

     ✧ He was asked about the description of the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: "He was neither short nor tall, with beautiful, well-combed hair, a reddish tinge in his face, big-boned, coarse in the palms and soles, large-headed, and with a long line of hair from the chest to the navel. I never saw the like of him before or after him. When he walked, he leaned forward as if descending a slope."

111. Musnad Abi Ya'la 370No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ إِلَى قَوْمٍ ذَوِي أَسْنَانٍ وَأَنَا حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْخَصْمَانِ فَلَا تَسْمَعْ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا حَتَّى تَسْمَعَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ، فَإِنَّهُ سَيُبِيرُ لَكَ الْقَضَاءَ، قَالَ: فَتَعَلَّمْتُ فَمَا زِلْتُ قَاضِيًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God sent me to people of mature age, while I was young in years. He said: "When the two disputants come to you, do not listen to one of them until you have heard from the other, for that will clarify the judgment for you." He said: "So I learned, and I have remained a judge ever since."

112. Musnad Abi Ya'la 371No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

     ✧ He used to wake his family during the last ten nights of Ramadan.

113. Musnad Abi Ya'la 372No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

     ✧ He used to wake his family during the last ten nights of Ramadan.

114. Musnad Abi Ya'la 373No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوقِظُ أَهْلَهُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ وَيَرْفَعُ السُّتُورَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to wake his family during the last ten nights and raise the curtains.

115. Musnad Abi Ya'la 374No grade recorded

     خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةٍ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ قَعَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَعَدْنَا مَعَهُ، فَأَخَذَ عُودًا فَنَكَتَ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ، ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ، مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ إِلَّا عَلِمَ اللهُ مَكَانَهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ، وَمَكَانَهَا مِنَ النَّارِ، وَشَقِيَّةً أَوْ سَعِيدَةً، قَالَ: فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ، قَالَ: أَفَلَا نَدَعُ الْعَمَلَ وَنُقْبِلُ عَلَى كِتَابِنَا، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنَّا مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ يُسِّرُ لِعَمَلِهَا، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّقْوَةِ صَارَ إِلَى الشِّقْوَةِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بَلِ اعْمَلُوا، فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ يُسِّرَ لِعَمَلِهَا، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشِّقْوَةِ يُسِّرَ لِعَمَلِهَا

     ✧ We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a funeral procession. When we reached Baqi' al-Gharqad, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down and we sat with him. He took a stick and began to scratch the ground with it, then raised his head and said: 'There is none among you, no soul that is breathed, but Allah has known its place in Paradise and its place in Hell, and whether it is wretched or blessed.' A man from the group stood up and said: 'Should we then abandon deeds and rely upon our book? For whoever among us is of the people of happiness will be facilitated to its deeds, and whoever is of the people of wretchedness will go to wretchedness.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Rather, act, for everyone is facilitated. Whoever is of the people of happiness will be facilitated to its deeds, and whoever is of the people of wretchedness will be facilitated to its deeds.'

116. Musnad Abi Ya'la 375No grade recorded

     أَرْبَعٌ لَنْ يَجِدَ رَجُلٌ طَعْمَ الْإِيمَانِ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِهِنَّ: أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَنَّهُ مَيِّتٌ وَمَبْعُوثٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْمَوْتِ، وَيُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ كُلِّهِ

     ✧ Four things: no man will find the taste of faith until he believes in them: that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, He sent me with the truth, and that he will die and be resurrected after death, and he believes in the divine decree, all of it.

117. Musnad Abi Ya'la 376No grade recorded

     لَا طَاعَةَ لِأَحَدٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ

     ✧ There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allah.

118. Musnad Abi Ya'la 377No grade recorded

     بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا وَيُطِيعُوا، فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: اجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَوْقِدُوا، فَأَوْقَدُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَمْ يَأْمُرْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا وَتُطِيعُوا ؟ قَالَ: فَادْخُلُوهَا، فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَكَانُوا كَذَلِكَ، فَسَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ وَطُفِئَتِ النَّارُ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا أَبَدًا، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition and appointed over them a man from the Ansar, and commanded them to listen and obey. They angered him about something, and he said: 'Gather firewood for me.' Then he said: 'Light it,' and they lit it. Then he said: 'Did not the Messenger of Allah ﷺ command you to listen and obey?' He said: 'Enter it.' They looked at one another and said: 'We fled to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from the Fire.' They remained like that, and his anger subsided and the fire was extinguished. When they returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, they mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: 'Had they entered it, they would never have come out of it. Obedience is only in what is right.'

119. Musnad Abi Ya'la 378No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لَكَ تَنَوَّقُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ وَتَدَعُنَا ؟ قَالَ: هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ شَيْءٌ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمِ، ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِي، إِنَّمَا هِيَ ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why do you choose among Quraysh and leave us?' He said: 'Do you have anyone?' I said: 'Yes, the daughter of Hamzah.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'She is not lawful for me; she is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.'

120. Musnad Abi Ya'la 379No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا لَكَ تَنَوَّقُ فِي نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ وَتَدَعُنَا ؟ فَقَالَ: هَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَيْءٌ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمِ، ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنَّمَا هِيَ ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, why do you choose among the women of Quraysh and leave us?' He said: 'Do you have anyone?' I said: 'Yes, the daughter of Hamzah.' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'She is only the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.'

121. Musnad Abi Ya'la 380No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَجْمَلِ فَتَاةٍ فِي قُرَيْشٍ ؟ قَالَ: وَأَيْنَ هِيَ ؟ قُلْتُ: ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: وَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ ؟ وَإِنَّ اللهَ حَرَّمَ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ مَا حَرَّمَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ

     ✧ I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, shall I not point you to the most beautiful young woman in Quraysh?' He said: 'Where is she?' I said: 'The daughter of Hamzah.' He said: 'Do you not know that she is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding? Allah has forbidden through breastfeeding what He has forbidden through lineage.'

122. Musnad Abi Ya'la 381No grade recorded

     قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَسَأَلَهُ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ، عَنِ ابْنَةِ الْأَخِ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: ذَكَرْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ، فَقَالَ: وَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ Ali said from the pulpit, and Ibn al-Kawwa' asked him about the daughter of a brother through breastfeeding. Ali said: 'I mentioned the daughter of Hamzah to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: Do you not know that she is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding?'

123. Musnad Abi Ya'la 382No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: سَلُونِي، فَسَأَلَهُ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ عَنْ بِنْتِ الْأَخِ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: ذَكَرْتُ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: هِيَ ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

     ✧ Ali came out and said: 'Ask me.' Ibn al-Kawwa' asked him about the daughter of a brother through breastfeeding. Ali said: 'I mentioned the daughter of Hamzah to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said: She is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.'

124. Musnad Abi Ya'la 383No grade recorded

     أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ حَبَسَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَنْ تَغْرُبَ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ امْلَأْ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، حَتَّى كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَنْ تَغْرُبَ

     ✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ was detained by the polytheists on the Day of the Confederates from the afternoon prayer until the sun was about to set. He said: 'O Allah, fill their graves and their homes with fire as they distracted us from the middle prayer, until the sun was about to set.'

125. Musnad Abi Ya'la 384No grade recorded

     قَالَ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ On the Day of the Trench he said: 'They distracted us from the middle prayer until the sun set. May Allah fill their homes and their graves with fire.'

126. Musnad Abi Ya'la 385No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ: مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the Day of the Trench: May God fill their houses and their graves with fire just as they distracted us from the middle prayer.

127. Musnad Abi Ya'la 386No grade recorded

     مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَقُلُوبَهُمْ نَارًا، كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى

     ✧ May God fill their graves and their hearts with fire, just as they distracted us from the middle prayer.

128. Musnad Abi Ya'la 387No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ قَاعِدًا يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ عَلَى فُرْضَةٍ مِنْ فُرَضِ الْخَنْدَقِ، فَقَالَ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ - أَوْ: مَلَأَ اللهُ بُطُونَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ - نَارًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was sitting on the Day of the Confederates at one of the breaches of the Trench, and he said: They distracted us from the middle prayer until the sun set. May God fill their houses and their graves—or: May God fill their bellies and their graves—with fire.

129. Musnad Abi Ya'la 388No grade recorded

     شَغَلَنَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى - صَلَاةُ الْوُسْطَى: صَلَاةُ الْعَصْرِ - مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ وَأَجْوَافَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ The polytheists distracted us on the Day of the Confederates from the middle prayer—the middle prayer is the afternoon prayer. May God fill their graves, their houses, and their insides with fire.

130. Musnad Abi Ya'la 389No grade recorded

     أَمَرْنَا عَبِيدَةَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَلِيًّا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: كُنْتُ أَحْسَبُ أَنَّهَا صَلَاةُ الْفَجْرِ، حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ، يَقُولُ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَأَجْوَافَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ We ordered Abida to ask Ali about the middle prayer, so he asked him and he said: I used to think that it was the dawn prayer, until I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ on the Day of the Confederates saying: They distracted us from the middle prayer, the afternoon prayer. May God fill their graves and their insides with fire.

131. Musnad Abi Ya'la 390No grade recorded

     أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ شَغَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ حَتَّى صَلَّاهَا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَلَأَ اللهُ بُيُوتَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا، كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى

     ✧ The polytheists distracted the Prophet ﷺ from the afternoon prayer until he prayed it after the two evening prayers, so the Messenger of God ﷺ said: May God fill their houses and their graves with fire, just as they distracted us from the middle prayer.

132. Musnad Abi Ya'la 391No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُيُوتَهُمْ وَأَجْوَافَهُمْ نَارًا، ثُمَّ صَلَّاهَا بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءَيْنِ، بَيْنَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَالْعِشَاءِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the Day of the Confederates: They distracted us from the middle prayer, the afternoon prayer. May God fill their graves, their houses, and their insides with fire. Then he prayed it between the two evening prayers, between sunset and evening.

133. Musnad Abi Ya'la 392No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ: مَلَأَ اللهُ قُبُورَهُمْ وَبُطُونَهُمْ نَارًا، كَمَا شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said on the Day of the Trench: May God fill their graves and their bellies with fire, just as they distracted us from the middle prayer, the afternoon prayer, until the sun set.

134. Musnad Abi Ya'la 393No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَالْمِقْدَادَ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا ظَعِينَةً، وَمَعَهَا كِتَابٌ تَجِدُونَهُ مَعَهَا، فَانْطَلَقْنَا نَتَعَادَى، حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الرَّوْضَةَ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالظَّعِينَةِ، فَقُلْنَا: أَخْرِجِي الْكِتَابَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَقُلْنَا: لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ أَوْ لَنُفَتِّشَنَّ الثِّيَابَ، فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ عِقَاصِهَا، فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَاطِبًا، فَقَالَ: مَا هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: لَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيَّ، إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ إِلَّا لَهُ بِمَكَّةَ مَنْ يَحْمِيهِ وَيَخْلُفُهُ فِي أَهْلِهِ غَيْرِي، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ عِنْدَهُمْ يَدًا، وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُ كُفْرًا وَلَا ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي، وَلَا رِضًا بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: صَدَقَكُمْ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: دَعْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me, along with al-Zubayr and al-Miqdad, and he said: Go until you reach the meadow of Khakh, for there is a woman there, and with her is a letter that you will find with her. So we went racing, until we came to the meadow, and there was the woman. We said: Bring out the letter. She said: I have no letter with me. We said: You will bring out the letter or we will search your clothes. So she brought it out from her hair braids. Then we came to the Prophet ﷺ, and in it was: From Hatib b. Abi Balta'a to the people of Makkah, informing them of some of the affairs of the Messenger of God ﷺ. So the Messenger of God ﷺ called Hatib and said: What is this? He said: Do not be hasty with me. I was an ally attached to Quraysh, not one of their own, and there is no one among your companions but has in Makkah someone to protect him and look after his family, except me. So I wanted to have a favor with them. I did not do it out of disbelief or apostasy from my religion, nor out of approval of disbelief after Islam. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: He has told you the truth. Umar said: Let me strike the neck of this hypocrite, O Messenger of God. He said to him: He was present at Badr. And what do you know? Perhaps God has looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you.

135. Musnad Abi Ya'la 394No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ، أَنَا وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَالْمِقْدَادَ، قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: هَؤُلَاءِ فُرْسَانُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of God sent me, along with al-Zubayr and al-Miqdad. Sufyan said: These are the knights of the believers. He said: Go until you reach the meadow of Khakh.

136. Musnad Abi Ya'la 395No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَنَا وَالزُّبَيْرَ وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ السُّلَمِيَّ، وَكُلُّنَا فَارِسٌ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَبْلُغُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّ بِهَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا صَحِيفَةٌ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ، فَأْتُونِي بِهَا، فَأَدْرَكْنَاهَا وَهِيَ تَسْتَنِدُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا حَيْثُ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: أَيْنَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي مَعَكِ ؟ فَقَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَأَنَخْنَا بَعِيرَهَا، فَفَتَّشْنَا رَحْلَهَا، فَقَالَ صَاحِبَيَّ: مَا نَرَى مَعَهَا شَيْئًا، فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا كَذَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَالَّذِي نَحْلِفُ بِهِ لَتُخْرِجِنَّهُ أَوْ لَأَجْزُرَنَّكِ - يَعْنِي السَّيْفَ - فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ الْجِدَّ أَهْوَتْ إِلَى حُجْزَتِهَا، وَعَلَيْهَا إِزَارٌ مِنْ صُوفٍ، فَأَخْرَجَتِ الْكِتَابَ، فَأَتَيْنَا بِهِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: يَا حَاطِبُ، مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا بِي إِلَّا أَنْ أَكُونَ مُؤْمِنًا بِاللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ، وَلَكِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي عِنْدَ الْقَوْمِ يَدٌ يَدْفَعُ اللهُ بِهَا عَنْ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ إِلَّا وَمِنْ قَوْمِهِ هُنَاكَ مَنْ يَدْفَعُ اللهُ بِهَا عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: صَدَقَ، فَلَا تَقُولُوا لَهُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّهُ قَدْ خَانَ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَدَعْنِي حَتَّى أَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَوَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ ؟ وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ يَا عُمَرُ، لَعَلَّ اللهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ وَجَبَتْ لَكُمُ الْجَنَّةُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me, along with al-Zubayr and Abu Marthad al-Sulami, and we were all horsemen. He said: Go until you reach the meadow of Khakh, for there is a woman there with a letter from Hatib b. Abi Balta'a to the polytheists. Bring her to me. We caught up with her while she was leaning on her camel where the Messenger of God ﷺ had told us. I said: Where is the letter that is with you? She said: I have no letter with me. So we made her camel kneel and searched her saddle. My two companions said: We do not see anything with her. I said: We know that the Messenger of God ﷺ did not lie to us. By the One by whom we swear, you will bring it out or I will cut you—meaning with the sword. When she saw seriousness, she reached for her waistband, and she was wearing a woolen garment, and she brought out the letter. We brought it to the Messenger of God ﷺ, and the Prophet ﷺ said: O Hatib, what made you do what you did? He said: O Messenger of God, I am nothing but a believer in God and His Messenger, but I wanted to have among the people a favor by which God might protect my family and property. Every one of your companions has among his people there someone through whom God protects his family and property. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: He has spoken the truth, so say nothing to him but good. Umar said: O Messenger of God, he has betrayed God, His Messenger, and the believers. Let me strike his neck. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Is he not one of the people of Badr? What do you know, O Umar? Perhaps God has looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish, for Paradise is assured for you.

137. Musnad Abi Ya'la 396No grade recorded

     لَمَّا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللهِ مَكَّةَ، أَرْسَلَ إِلَى أُنَاسٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ مَكَّةَ، فِيهِمْ حَاطِبُ بْنُ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ، وَفَشَا فِي النَّاسِ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ حُنَيْنًا، قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ حَاطِبٌ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يُرِيدُكُمْ، قَالَ: فَأُخْبِرَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: فَبَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا وَأَبَا مَرْثَدٍ، وَلَيْسَ مَعَنَا رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَمَعَهُ فَرَسٌ، فَقَالَ: ائْتُوا رَوْضَةَ خَاخٍ، فَإِنَّكُمْ سَتَلْقَوْنَ بِهَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ، فَخُذُوهُ مِنْهَا، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى رَأَيْنَاهَا فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْنَا لَهَا: هَاتِ الْكِتَابَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، قَالَ: فَوَضَعْنَا مَتَاعَهَا، فَفَتَّشْنَاهَا، فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ فِي مَتَاعِهَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو مَرْثَدٍ: فَلَعَلَّ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ مَعَهَا كِتَابٌ، فَقُلْنَا: مَا كُذِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَا كَذَبَنَا، فَقُلْنَا لَهَا: لَتُخْرِجِنَّهُ أَوْ لَنُعَرِّيَنَّكِ، فَقَالَتْ: أَمَا تَتَّقُونَ اللهَ ؟ أَمَا أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ ؟ فَقُلْنَا: لَتُخْرِجِنَّهُ أَوْ لَنُعَرِّيَنَّكِ، قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مُرَّةَ: فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ حُجْزَتِهَا - فَقَالَ حَبِيبُ بْنُ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ: وَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ قُبُلِهَا - فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَإِذَا الْكِتَابُ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، خَانَ اللهَ، خَانَ رَسُولَهُ، ائْذَنْ لِي فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَلَيْسَ قَدْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَدْ نَكَثَ وَظَاهَرَ أَعْدَاءَكَ عَلَيْكَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَلَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ. فَفَاضَتْ عَيْنَا عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى حَاطِبٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كُنْتُ امْرَأً مُلْصَقًا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، فَكَانَ بِهَا أَهْلِي وَمَالِي، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَلَهُ بِمَكَّةَ مَنْ يَمْنَعُ أَهْلَهُ وَمَالَهُ، فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ بِذَلِكَ، وَاللهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي لَمُؤْمِنٌ بِاللهِ وَبِرَسُولِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: صَدَقَ حَاطِبٌ، فَلَا تَقُولُوا لِحَاطِبٍ إِلَّا خَيْرًا، قَالَ حَبِيبٌ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ

     ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ intended to go to Makkah, he sent word to some of his companions that he intended Makkah, among them Hatib b. Abi Balta'a, and it spread among the people that he intended Hunayn. He said: Hatib wrote to the people of Makkah that the Messenger of God ﷺ intends you. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ was informed of it. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me and Abu Marthad, and there was no man with us but had a horse. He said: Go to the meadow of Khakh, for you will meet a woman there with a letter. Take it from her. He said: We went until we saw her at the place the Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned. We said to her: Hand over the letter. She said: I have no letter with me. He said: We put down her baggage and searched her, and we did not find it in her baggage. Abu Marthad said: Perhaps she does not have a letter with her. We said: The Messenger of God ﷺ did not lie, nor did we. We said to her: You will bring it out or we will strip you. She said: Do you not fear God? Are you not Muslims? We said: You will bring it out or we will strip you. Amr b. Murra said: She brought it out from her waistband—and Habib b. Abi Thabit said: She brought it out from her front. We came to the Prophet ﷺ, and the letter was from Hatib b. Abi Balta'a. Umar stood up and said: O Messenger of God, he has betrayed God and betrayed His Messenger. Give me permission to strike his neck. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Did he not witness Badr? They said: Yes, O Messenger of God. Umar said: Yes, but he has broken his oath and aided your enemies against you. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Perhaps God has looked upon the people of Badr and said: Do whatever you wish. Umar's eyes overflowed, and he said: God and His Messenger know best. The Messenger of God ﷺ sent for Hatib and said: What made you do what you did? He said: O Messenger of God, I was a man attached to Quraysh, and my family and property were there. There is no one among your companions but has in Makkah someone to protect his family and property. So I wrote to them about that. By God, O Messenger of God, I am a believer in God and His Messenger. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Hatib has spoken the truth, so say nothing to Hatib but good. Habib said: Then God revealed: O you who believe, do not take My enemy and your enemy as allies, offering them affection.

138. Musnad Abi Ya'la 397No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالْمِقْدَادَ وَالزُّبَيْرَ إِلَى رَوْضَةِ خَاخٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ بِهَا امْرَأَةً وَمَعَهَا كِتَابٌ، قَالَ: فَخَرَجْنَا تَتَعَادَى بِنَا خَيْلُنَا، فَأَقْبَلْنَا فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِالْمَرْأَةِ، فَقُلْنَا: لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ أَوْ لَنُفَتِّشَنَّ الثِّيَابَ، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَتْ مِنْ عِقَاصِ شَعَرِهَا كِتَابًا، فَإِذَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَعْضِ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: مَا هَذَا يَا حَاطِبُ ؟ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا كَتَبْتُهُ ارْتِدَادًا عَنْ دِينِي، وَاعْتَذَرَ بِشَيْءٍ - مَعْنَاهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ بِهَا غَرِيبًا أَوْ نَحْوَ هَذَا - فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، دَعْنِي أَضْرِبْ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ، قَالَ: وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ يَا عُمَرُ ؟ لَعَلَّ اللهَ قَدِ اطَّلَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me, al-Miqdad, and al-Zubayr to the meadow of Khakh, and he said: “There is a woman there who has a letter with her.” He said: We went out, our horses racing with us, and we came upon the woman. We said: “You will bring out the letter or we will search your clothes.” He said: She brought out a letter from the plaits of her hair, and in it was a message from Hatib b. Abi Balta‘ah to the people of Makkah, informing them of some of the affairs of the Messenger of God ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: “What is this, O Hatib?” He said: “O Messenger of God, I did not write it as an apostasy from my religion,” and he made an excuse by something—its meaning was that he was a stranger there or something like this. ‘Umar said: “O Messenger of God, let me strike the neck of this hypocrite.” He said: “And what will make you know, O ‘Umar? Perhaps God has looked upon the people of Badr and said: ‘Do whatever you wish, for I have forgiven you.’”

139. Musnad Abi Ya'la 398No grade recorded

     صَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَخَطَبَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ الْأَشْعَثُ، فَقَالَ: غَلَبَتْنَا عَلَيْكَ هَذِهِ الْحُمَيْرَاءُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَعْذِرُنِي مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الضَّيَاطِرَةِ، يَتَخَلَّفُ أَحَدُهُمْ يَتَقَلَّبُ عَلَى حَشَايَاهُ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ يُهَجِّرُونَ إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللهِ، إِنْ طَرَدْتُهُمْ إِنِّي إِذًا لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ، أَمَا وَاللهِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: لَيَضْرِبُنَّكُمْ عَلَى الدِّينِ عَوْدًا، كَمَا ضَرَبْتُمُوهُمْ عَلَيْهِ بَدْءًا

     ✧ He ascended the pulpit on Friday and delivered a sermon. Then al-Ash‘ath stood up to him and said: “This fair-skinned woman has prevailed over us in regard to you.” He said: “Who will excuse me from these sluggish men? One of them stays behind, tossing on his cushions, while these others hasten to the remembrance of God. If I were to drive them away, I would indeed be among the wrongdoers. By God, I heard him say: ‘They will certainly strike you back onto the religion, just as you struck them onto it at first.’”

140. Musnad Abi Ya'la 399No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نَاجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَةً، قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا تَرَى ؟ دِينَارٌ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا يُطِيقُونَهُ، قَالَ: فَكَمْ، قُلْتُ: شَعِيرَةً، قَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَزَهِيدٌ، قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ أَأَشْفَقْتُمْ أَنْ تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْوَاكُمْ صَدَقَاتٍ، قَالَ: فَبِهِ خَفَّفَ اللهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

     ✧ When it was revealed: “O you who believe, when you converse privately with the Messenger, present a charity before your private conversation,” the Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: “What do you think? A dinar?” He said: I said: “They cannot bear it.” He said: “Then how much?” I said: “A barley grain.” He said: “You are indeed frugal.” He said: Then it was revealed: “Do you fear to present charities before your private conversation?” He said: By this God lightened the burden for this community.

141. Musnad Abi Ya'la 400No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ، وَأَنَا حَدِيثُ السِّنِّ، لَيْسَ لِي عِلْمٌ بِالْقَضَاءِ، قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ صَدْرِي، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ سَيَهْدِي قَلْبَكَ وَيُثَبِّتُ لِسَانَكَ، قَالَ: فَمَا شَكَكْتُ فِي قَضَاءٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ بَعْدَهُ.

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen while I was young in age and had no knowledge of judging. He said: So he struck my chest and said: “God will guide your heart and make firm your tongue.” He said: After that, I never doubted in any judgment between two people.

142. Musnad Abi Ya'la 401No grade recorded

     لَعَنَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ، وَالْحَالَّ وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَنَهَى عَنِ النَّوْحِ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: لَعَنَ

     ✧ Muhammad ﷺ cursed the one who consumes usury, the one who pays it, its two witnesses, its scribe, the woman who tattoos, the woman who has herself tattooed, the one who makes a marriage lawful, and the one for whom it is made lawful, and the one who withholds charity. And he forbade wailing, and he did not say: He cursed.

143. Musnad Abi Ya'la 402No grade recorded

     جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: ائْذَنُوا لَهُ، مَرْحَبًا بِالطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ

     ✧ ‘Ammar came asking permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said: “Grant him permission. Welcome to the good one, the purified one.”

144. Musnad Abi Ya'la 403No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ جُلُوسًا، فَدَخَلَ عَمَّارٌ، فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: عَمَّارٌ مُلِئَ إِيمَانًا إِلَى مُشَاشَتِهِ

     ✧ We were sitting with ‘Ali when ‘Ammar entered, and he said: “Welcome to the good one, the purified one. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: ‘Ammar was filled with faith up to his very bones.’”

145. Musnad Abi Ya'la 404No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَضَى بِابْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ لِخَالَتِهَا، وَقَالَ: الْخَالَةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ، وَكَانَ اخْتَصَمَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَزَيْدٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ ruled that the daughter of Hamzah belong to her maternal aunt, and he said: “The maternal aunt is in the position of the mother.” ‘Ali, Ja‘far, and Zayd had disputed over her.

146. Musnad Abi Ya'la 405No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ قَوْمِي، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ، أَحْسَبُهُ، فَبَعَثَنَا وَجْهًا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا عِلْجَانِ، فَعَالِجَا عَنْ دِينِكُمَا، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَخْرَجَ، فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ، فَتَمَسَّحَ بِهَا، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، قَالَ: فَكَأَنَّهُ رَآنَا أَنْكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقْضِي حَاجَتَهُ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا اللَّحْمَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَحْجُبُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ، لَيْسَ الْجَنَابَةُ

     ✧ I entered upon ‘Ali b. Abi Talib, I and two men: a man from my people and a man from Banu Asad, I think. He sent us on a mission and said: “You two are sturdy fellows, so strive for your religion.” Then he entered the privy, relieved himself, then came out, took a handful of water, and wiped himself with it. Then he began to recite the Quran. He said: It was as if he saw that we disapproved of that, so he said: “The Messenger of God ﷺ used to relieve himself, then come out and recite the Quran, and eat meat with us, and nothing prevented him from reciting the Quran except major ritual impurity.”

147. Musnad Abi Ya'la 406No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِنَحْوِهِ، حَفِظْتُهُ وَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ بَعْدُ

     ✧ Ali b. al-Ja‘d narrated to us, Shu‘bah narrated to us, something similar to it. I memorized it and did not find it after that.

148. Musnad Abi Ya'la 407No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ، أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ: رَجُلٌ مِنَّا، وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ، أَحْسَبُ، فَبَعَثَهُمَا وَجْهًا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا عِلْجَانِ فَعَالِجَا عَنْ دِينِكُمَا، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْمَخْرَجَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ، فَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَمَسَّحَ بِهَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، فَرَأَى أَنَّا أَنْكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِي الْخَلَاءَ فَيَقْضِي الْحَاجَةَ، ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ فَيَأْكُلُ مَعَنَا الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ لَا يَحْجُبُهُ - وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ: لَا يَحْجِزُهُ - عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْءٌ، لَيْسَ الْجَنَابَةُ، أَوِ الْجِنَازَةُ

     ✧ I entered upon ‘Ali, I and two men: a man from among us and a man from Banu Asad, I think. He sent the two of them on a mission and said: “You two are sturdy fellows, so strive for your religion.” Then he entered the privy and then came out, took a handful of water and wiped himself with it, then came reciting the Quran. He saw that we disapproved of that, so ‘Ali said: “The Messenger of God ﷺ used to go to the privy and relieve himself, then come out and eat bread and meat with us. Nothing prevented him—or perhaps he said: nothing withheld him—from the Quran except major ritual impurity or a funeral.”

149. Musnad Abi Ya'la 408No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا، فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ أَجَلِي قَدْ حَضَرَ، فَأَرِحْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُتَأَخِّرًا، فَارْفَعْنِي، وَإِنْ كَانَ بَلَاءً، فَصَبِّرْنِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ ؟ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ، فَضَرَبَهُ بِرِجْلِهِ، وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَافِهِ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْفِهِ، قَالَ: فَمَا اشْتَكَيْتُ وَجَعِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

     ✧ I was ill, and the Messenger of God ﷺ passed by me while I was saying: “O God, if my appointed time has come, then give me rest; and if it is delayed, then raise me; and if it is a trial, then give me patience.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said to him: “What did you say?” He repeated it to him, and he struck him with his foot and said: “O God, grant him well-being; O God, heal him.” He said: I never complained of that pain after that.

150. Musnad Abi Ya'la 409No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ شَاكِيًا فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا أَقُولُ

     ✧ I was unwell, and the Messenger of God ﷺ passed by me while I was saying.

151. Musnad Abi Ya'la 410No grade recorded

     لَا تُصَلُّوا بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا أَنْ تُصَلُّوا وَالشَّمْسُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ

     ✧ Do not pray after the afternoon prayer, unless you pray while the sun is still high.

152. Musnad Abi Ya'la 411No grade recorded

     لَمَّا حَضَرَ الْبَأْسُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَكَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ. قَالَ: وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْهُ

     ✧ When the fighting became intense on the day of Badr, we sought protection by the Messenger of God ﷺ. He was among the bravest of the people; no one was [braver]. He said: And no one was closer to the polytheists than he was.

153. Musnad Abi Ya'la 412No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَخَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from reciting while bowing, from wearing qassī garments, and from gold rings.

154. Musnad Abi Ya'la 413No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ - وَلَا أَقُولُ نَهَاكُمْ - عَنْ لَبُوسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَعَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me—and I do not say he forbade you—from wearing qassī and saffron-dyed garments, from wearing gold rings, and from reciting the Qur’an while bowing.

155. Musnad Abi Ya'la 414No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ التَّخَتُّمِ بِالذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لِبَاسِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَعَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ، وَلِبَاسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from wearing gold rings, from qassī garments, from reciting while bowing and prostrating, and from wearing saffron-dyed garments.

156. Musnad Abi Ya'la 415No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ، فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ: أَقْرَأُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ فِي السُّجُودِ ؟ فَقَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنِّي نُهِيتُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ فِي الرُّكُوعِ أَوْ فِي السُّجُودِ، فَإِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ فَعَظِّمُوا اللهَ، وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ فَاجْتَهِدُوا فِي الدُّعَاءِ، فَإِنَّهُ قَمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ

     ✧ We were with Ali when a man asked him: Should I recite while bowing or prostrating? He said: Ali said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: I was forbidden to recite while bowing or prostrating. When you bow, glorify God; and when you prostrate, strive in supplication, for it is worthy of being answered for you.

157. Musnad Abi Ya'la 416No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا مَسْرُوقٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ زَكَرِيَّا، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ سُحَيْمٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، بِنَحْوِهِ

     ✧ Masrūq narrated to us: Ibn Zakariyyā narrated to us, from Sufyān, from Sulaymān b. Suḥaym, from Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Maʿbad, from his father, from Ibn ʿAbbās, from the Prophet ﷺ, with something similar.

158. Musnad Abi Ya'la 417No grade recorded

     يَا عَلِيُّ، قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي، وَسَدِّدْنِي، وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ، وَاذْكُرْ بِالسَّدَادِ تَسْدِيدَكَ السَّهْمَ، قَالَ: وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَضَعَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي السَّبَّابَةِ وَالْوُسْطَى، وَنَهَانِي عَنِ الْقَسِّيَّةِ وَالْمِيثَرَةِ، قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ: فَقُلْنَا لِعَلِيٍّ: مَا الْقَسِّيَّةُ ؟ قَالَ: ثِيَابُ الشَّامِ، وَمِصْرَ، مُضَلَّعَةٌ، فِيهَا أَمْثَالُ الْأُتْرُجِّ، قَالَ: وَالْمِيثَرَةُ: شَيْءٌ كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُهُ النِّسَاءُ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ أَمْثَالُ الْقَطَائِفِ

     ✧ O Ali, say: O God, guide me and direct me aright; and remember, by guidance, Your guiding to the path, and remember, by directing aright, Your directing of the arrow. He said: And he forbade me from placing the ring on the index finger or the middle finger, and he forbade me from qassī garments and the mīthara. Abū Burda said: We said to Ali: What is qassī? He said: Garments from Syria and Egypt, ribbed, having designs like citrons. He said: And the mīthara is something women used to make for their husbands, like qatāʾif (a kind of cushion or cloth).

159. Musnad Abi Ya'la 418No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ الْخَاتَمَ فِي هَذِهِ، أَوْ فِي هَذِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from placing the ring on this one or on this one.

160. Musnad Abi Ya'la 419No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَالسُّجُودِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me from gold rings, from reciting while bowing and prostrating, and from wearing saffron-dyed garments.

161. Musnad Abi Ya'la 420No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الرَّجُلُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُوَ رَاكِعٌ، وَقَالَ: إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ فَعَظِّمُوا اللهَ، وَإِذَا سَجَدْتُمْ فَادْعُوا اللهَ، فَقَمِنٌ أَنْ يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade a man from reciting the Qur’an while bowing, and he said: When you bow, glorify God; and when you prostrate, supplicate to God, for it is worthy of being answered for you.

162. Musnad Abi Ya'la 421No grade recorded

     مَا سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ جَمَعَ أَبَوَيْهِ لِأَحَدٍ، إِلَّا سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ: ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي

     ✧ I never heard the Prophet ﷺ combine his parents for anyone except Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas. Indeed, I heard him say on the day of Uhud: 'Shoot, may my father and mother be your ransom.'

163. Musnad Abi Ya'la 422No grade recorded

     لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ، أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ عَمَّكَ الشَّيْخَ الضَّالَّ مَاتَ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَوَارِهِ، وَلَا تُحْدِثَنَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي، فَفَعَلْتُ الَّذِي أَمَرَنِي بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ لِي: اغْتَسِلْ، وَعَلَّمَنِي دَعَوَاتٍ، هُنَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ

     ✧ When Abu Talib died, I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, 'Your errant, elderly uncle has died.' He said, 'Go and bury him, and do not do anything until you come to me.' So I did as he ordered me, then came to him. He said to me, 'Perform a ritual bath,' and he taught me supplications that are dearer to me than red camels.

164. Musnad Abi Ya'la 423No grade recorded

     لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ، أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ عَمَّكَ الشَّيْخَ قَدْ مَاتَ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَوَارِهِ، وَلَا تُحْدِثْ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي، قَالَ: فَوَارَيْتُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَاغْتَسِلْ، وَلَا تُحْدِثْ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنِي، قَالَ: فَاغْتَسَلْتُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ، فَدَعَا لِي بِدَعَوَاتٍ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ بِهَا حُمْرَ النَّعَمِ أَوْ سُودَهَا

     ✧ When Abu Talib died, I came to the Prophet and said, 'Your elderly uncle has died.' He said, 'Go and bury him, and do not do anything until you come to me.' So I buried him, then came to him. He said, 'Go and perform a ritual bath, and do not do anything until you come to me.' So I performed the ritual bath, then came to him, and he supplicated for me with supplications that I would not trade for red or black camels.

165. Musnad Abi Ya'la 424No grade recorded

     اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا

     ✧ O Allah, bless my nation in its early morning.

166. Musnad Abi Ya'la 425No grade recorded

     أَتَى عَلِيًّا، رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَهْرٍ أَصُومُهُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَنِي عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا سَأَلَ عَنْهُ بَعْدَ رَجُلٍ سَمِعْتُهُ يَسْأَلُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنْ كُنْتَ صَائِمًا شَهْرًا بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ، فَصُمِ الْمُحَرَّمَ، فَإِنَّهُ شَهْرُ اللهِ، وَفِيهِ يَوْمٌ تَابَ اللهُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ، وَيُتَابُ فِيهِ عَلَى آخَرِينَ

     ✧ A man came to Ali and said, 'O Commander of the Faithful, tell me of a month I should fast after Ramadan.' He said, 'You have asked me about something I have not heard anyone ask about after a man I heard ask the Prophet ﷺ. He said to him: If you are to fast a month after Ramadan, then fast Muharram, for it is Allah's month. In it is a day on which Allah accepted the repentance of a people, and on it repentance will be accepted for others.'

167. Musnad Abi Ya'la 426No grade recorded

     أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَخْبِرْنِي بِشَهْرٍ أَصُومُهُ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنْ كُنْتَ صَائِمًا شَهْرًا بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ، فَصُمِ الْمُحَرَّمَ، فَإِنَّهُ شَهْرُ اللهِ، وَفِيهِ يَوْمٌ تَابَ اللهُ فِيهِ عَلَى قَوْمٍ وَيُتَابُ فِيهِ عَلَى آخَرِينَ

     ✧ A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me of a month I should fast after Ramadan.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If you are to fast a month after Ramadan, then fast Muharram, for it is Allah's month. In it is a day on which Allah accepted the repentance of a people, and on it repentance will be accepted for others.'

168. Musnad Abi Ya'la 427No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ غُرَفًا يُرَى بُطُونُهَا مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا، وَظُهُورُهَا مِنْ بُطُونِهَا، فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: فَلِمَنْ هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: لِمَنْ قَالَ طَيِّبَ الْكَلَامِ، وَأَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ، وَأَفْشَى السَّلَامَ، وَصَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ

     ✧ Indeed, in Paradise there are chambers whose insides are seen from their outsides and whose outsides are seen from their insides. A Bedouin said, 'For whom are they, O Messenger of Allah?' He said, 'For one who speaks good words, feeds food, spreads peace, and prays at night while people sleep.'

169. Musnad Abi Ya'la 428No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ سُوقًا مَا فِيهِ بَيْعٌ وَلَا شِرَاءٌ إِلَّا الصُّوَرُ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ، فَإِذَا اشْتَهَى الرَّجُلُ صُورَةً دَخَلَهَا، قَالَ: وَفِيهَا مَجْمَعٌ لِلْحُورِ الْعِينِ، قَالَ: يَرْفَعْنَ أَصْوَاتًا لَمْ تَسْمَعِ الْخَلَائِقُ بِمِثْلِهَا، قَالَ: يَقُلْنَ: نَحْنُ الْخَالِدَاتُ فَلَا نَبِيدُ، وَنَحْنُ النَّاعِمَاتُ فَلَا نَبْأَسُ، وَنَحْنُ الرَّاضِيَاتُ فَلَا نَسْخَطُ، طُوبَى لِمَنْ كَانَ لَنَا وَكُنَّا لَهُ

     ✧ Indeed, in Paradise there is a market in which there is no buying or selling except forms of men and women. When a man desires a form, he enters it. He said: And in it there is a gathering of houris. He said: They raise voices the like of which creatures have never heard. He said: They say, 'We are the eternal ones and do not perish; we are the blissful ones and do not suffer; we are the content ones and do not become angry. Blessed is the one who is for us and we are for him.'

170. Musnad Abi Ya'la 429No grade recorded

     لَا صَفَرَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ، وَلَا يُعْدِي صَحِيحًا سَقِيمٌ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ، وَأَبْصَرَتْهُ عَيْنَايَ

     ✧ There is no Safar, no Hama, and no sick person infects a healthy one. He said: I asked, 'Did you hear it?' He said, 'Yes, my ears heard it and my eyes saw it.'

171. Musnad Abi Ya'la 430No grade recorded

     لَا صَفَرَ، وَلَا هَامَةَ، وَلَا يُعْدِي صَحِيحًا سَقِيمٌ

     ✧ There is no Safar, no Hama, and no sick person infects a healthy one.

172. Musnad Abi Ya'la 431No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أَبَاهُ وَلِيَ طَعَامَ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ أَبِي: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْحَجَلِ حَوْلَ الْجِفَانِ، فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ لِعُثْمَانَ: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا يَكْرَهُ هَذَا، فَبَعَثَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ فَجَاءَ وَذِرَاعَاهُ مُتَلَطِّخَانِ مِنَ الْخَبَطِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَكَثِيرُ الْخِلَافِ إِلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُهْدِيَ إِلَيْهِ عَجُزُ حِمَارِ وَحْشٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا مُحْرِمُونَ، فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ، فَقَامَ رِجَالٌ فَشَهِدُوا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ رَجُلًا شَهِدَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُهْدِيَ خَمْسَ بَيْضَاتِ نَعَامٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا مُحْرِمُونَ، فَأَطْعِمُوهُ أَهْلَ الْحِلِّ، فَقَامَ رِجَالٌ فَشَهِدُوا، فَقَامَ عُثْمَانُ، فَدَخَلَ فُسْطَاطَهُ، وَظَعَنَ النَّاسُ، وَتَرَكُوا الطَّعَامَ لِأَهْلِ الْمَاءِ

     ✧ His father was in charge of Uthman's food. My father said: It is as if I can see the partridges around the large bowls. A man came and said to Uthman, 'Ali dislikes this.' So he sent for Ali, who came with his forearms smeared with leaves. He said, 'You are very often opposing us.' Ali said, 'I adjure by Allah any man who witnessed that a haunch of a wild donkey was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said, "We are in a state of ihram; feed it to those not in ihram." Men stood and testified. Ali said, 'I adjure by Allah any man who witnessed that five ostrich eggs were gifted to the Prophet ﷺ and he said, "We are in a state of ihram; feed it to those not in ihram." Men stood and testified. Uthman stood, entered his tent, and the people departed, leaving the food for the people of the water.

173. Musnad Abi Ya'la 432No grade recorded

     أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِلَحْمِ صَيْدٍ وَهُوَ مُحْرِمٌ، فَلَمْ يَأْكُلْهُ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was brought game meat while he was in ihram, and he did not eat it.

174. Musnad Abi Ya'la 433No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا وَعُثْمَانَ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ، وَعُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ وَلَمْ يَجْمَعْ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَلِيٌّ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ بِعُمْرَةٍ وَحَجٍّ مَعًا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: تَرَانِي أَنْهَى النَّاسَ وَأَنْتَ تَفْعَلُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَمْ أَكُنْ أَدَعُ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِقَوْلِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ

     ✧ I witnessed Ali and Uthman between Makkah and Madinah, while Uthman was prohibiting temporary marriage for Hajj and did not combine them. When Ali saw that, he entered into ihram for both, saying: 'Labbayk with Umrah and Hajj together.' Uthman said: 'Do you see me prohibiting people while you do it?' Ali said: 'I would not abandon the Sunnah of the Messenger of God ﷺ for the saying of any person.'

175. Musnad Abi Ya'la 434No grade recorded

     لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ سِتٌّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ: يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ، وَيُجِيبُهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ، وَيُشَمِّتُهُ إِذَا عَطَسَ، وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَيُشَيِّعُ جِنَازَتَهُ إِذَا مَاتَ، وَيُحِبُّ لَهُ مَا يُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِهِ

     ✧ A Muslim owes another Muslim six duties of courtesy: to greet him when he meets him, to answer him when he invites him, to say 'Yarhamuk Allah' when he sneezes, to visit him when he is sick, to follow his funeral procession when he dies, and to love for him what he loves for himself.

176. Musnad Abi Ya'la 435No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ صَنَعَ طَعَامًا، فَدَعَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَاءَ فَرَأَى فِي الْبَيْتِ سِتْرًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، فَرَجَعَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا رَجَعَكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ سِتْرًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ

     ✧ He prepared some food and invited the Messenger of God ﷺ. He came and saw a curtain with images in the house, so he went back. He said: 'I said: O Messenger of God, what made you go back, may my father and mother be your ransom?' He said: 'There is a curtain with images in the house, and the angels do not enter a house containing images.'

177. Musnad Abi Ya'la 436No grade recorded

     أَنَّ أُكَيْدِرَ دُومَةَ أَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثَوْبَ حَرِيرٍ، فَأَعْطَاهُ عَلِيًّا، فَقَالَ: شَقِّقْهُ خُمُرًا بَيْنَ الْفَوَاطِمِ

     ✧ Ukaydir of Dumat al-Jandal gifted the Messenger of God ﷺ a silk garment, and he gave it to Ali, saying: 'Tear it into head covers and distribute them among the Fatimahs.'

178. Musnad Abi Ya'la 437No grade recorded

     إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَغُرَفًا يُرَى ظُهُورُهَا مِنْ بُطُونِهَا، وَبُطُونُهَا مِنْ ظُهُورِهَا، فَقَالَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ: لِمَنْ هِيَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: لِمَنْ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ، وَأَفْشَى السَّلَامَ، وَصَلَّى بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّاسُ نِيَامٌ

     ✧ Indeed, in Paradise there are chambers whose outsides can be seen from their insides, and their insides from their outsides. A Bedouin said: 'For whom are they, O Messenger of God?' He said: 'For those who feed others, spread peace, and pray at night while people are sleeping.'

179. Musnad Abi Ya'la 438No grade recorded

     الدُّعَاءُ سِلَاحُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، وَعِمَادُ الدِّينِ، وَنُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

     ✧ Supplication is the weapon of the believer, the pillar of the religion, and the light of the heavens and the earth.

180. Musnad Abi Ya'la 439No grade recorded

     أَلَا يَقُومُ أَحَدُكُمْ فَيُصَلِّي أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ، وَيَقُولُ فِيهِنَّ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: تَمَّ نُورُكَ فَهَدَيْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، عَظُمَ حِلْمُكَ فَعَفَوْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، بَسَطْتَ يَدَكَ فَأَعْطَيْتَ، فَلَكَ الْحَمْدُ، رَبَّنَا وَجْهُكَ أَكْرَمُ الْوُجُوهِ، وَجَاهُكَ أَعْظَمُ الْجَاهِ، وَعَطِيَّتُكَ أَفْضَلُ الْعَطِيَّةِ وَأَهْنَؤُهَا، تُطَاعُ رَبَّنَا فَتَشْكُرُ، وَتُعْصَى رَبَّنَا فَتَغْفِرُ، وَتُجِيبُ الْمُضْطَرَّ، وَتَكْشِفُ الضُّرَّ، وَتَشْفِي السَّقِيمَ، وَتَغْفِرُ الذَّنْبَ، وَتَقْبَلُ التَّوْبَةَ، وَلَا يَجْزِي بِآلَائِكَ أَحَدٌ، وَلَا يَبْلُغُ مِدْحَتَكَ قَوْلُ قَائِلٍ

     ✧ Would one of you not stand and pray four rak'ahs before Asr, and say in them what the Messenger of God ﷺ used to say: 'Your light is complete, so You guided, and to You belongs praise. Your forbearance is great, so You pardoned, and to You belongs praise. You spread out Your hand and gave, and to You belongs praise. Our Lord, Your face is the noblest of faces, Your honor is the greatest honor, and Your gift is the best and most pleasant gift. You are obeyed, our Lord, and You thank; You are disobeyed, our Lord, and You forgive. You answer the distressed, remove harm, heal the sick, forgive sin, accept repentance, and no one can repay Your favors, nor can any speaker's words reach the extent of Your praise.'

181. Musnad Abi Ya'la 440No grade recorded

     يُجْزِئُ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ إِذَا مَرَّتْ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ أَحَدُهُمْ، وَيُجْزِئُ عَنِ الْقُعُودِ أَنْ يَرُدَّ أَحَدُهُمْ

     ✧ It suffices for a group, when they pass by, that one of them greets; and it suffices for those seated that one of them responds.

182. Musnad Abi Ya'la 441No grade recorded

     صَوْمُ شَهْرِ الصَّبْرِ، وَثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ، صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ، وَيُذْهِبُ وَهِيَ الصَّدْرِ

     ✧ Fasting the month of patience and three days of every month is fasting for a lifetime, and it removes what is in the heart.

183. Musnad Abi Ya'la 442No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ حُلَّةٌ مِنْ حَرِيرٍ، قَالَ: فَكَسَانِيهَا، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَخَرَجْتُ فِيهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَرْضَى لَكَ مَا أَكْرَهُ لِنَفْسِي، فَأَمَرَنِي، فَشَقَقْتُهَا بَيْنَ نِسَائِي: فَاطِمَةَ، وَعَمَّتِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was gifted a silk robe. He said: 'He clothed me with it.' Ali said: 'I went out wearing it, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "I am not pleased for you with what I dislike for myself." Then he ordered me, and I tore it up and divided it among my women: Fatimah and her aunt.'

184. Musnad Abi Ya'la 443No grade recorded

     قَدْ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الْمَجُوسِ الْجِزْيَةَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَأَنَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ took the jizyah from the Magians, as did Abu Bakr and I.

185. Musnad Abi Ya'la 444No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا جَاءَ حَتَّى صَعِدَ، فَحَمِدَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَضَاءٌ قَضَاهُ اللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ؛ أَنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّنِي إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلَا يُبْغِضُنِي إِلَّا مُنَافِقٌ، وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرَى، قَالَ: قَالَ النَّضْرُ: وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَنَا أَخُو رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَابْنُ عَمِّهِ، لَا يَقُولُهَا أَحَدٌ بَعْدِي.

     ✧ I saw Ali come and ascend the pulpit; he praised God and extolled Him, then said: 'It is a decree that God decreed upon the tongue of your Prophet ﷺ, the unlettered Prophet: that no one loves me except a believer, and no one hates me except a hypocrite. He who has fabricated has failed.' Al-Nadr said: 'Ali also said: I am the brother of the Messenger of God ﷺ and his cousin; no one after me can say this.'

186. Musnad Abi Ya'la 445No grade recorded

     بُعِثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ، وَأَسْلَمْتُ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was sent on Monday, and I embraced Islam on Tuesday.

187. Musnad Abi Ya'la 446No grade recorded

     مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا عَبَدَ اللهَ قَبْلِي، لَقَدْ عَبَدْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْبُدَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ، أَوْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ

     ✧ I do not know anyone of this nation, after its Prophet, who worshipped God before me. I worshipped Him five years, or seven years, before anyone of them worshipped Him.

188. Musnad Abi Ya'la 447No grade recorded

     مَا عِنْدَنَا إِلَّا كِتَابُ اللهِ وَهَذِهِ - يَعْنِي الصَّحِيفَةَ - عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ،

     ✧ We have nothing except the Book of God and this—meaning the scroll—from the Prophet ﷺ.

189. Musnad Abi Ya'la 448No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، يَقُولُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ السَّبَائِيِّ: وَيْلَكَ، وَاللهِ مَا أَفْضَى إِلَيَّ بِشَيْءٍ كَتَمَهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ، وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السَّاعَةِ ثَلَاثِينَ كَذَّابًا، وَإِنَّكَ لَأَحَدُهُمْ

     ✧ I heard Ali say to Abd Allah al-Sabaʾi: Woe to you! By God, he did not confide to me anything that he concealed from anyone of the people. And I heard him say: Before the Hour there will be thirty liars, and you are one of them.

190. Musnad Abi Ya'la 449No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ مِثْلَهُ:

     ✧ Abu Bakr b. Abi Shayba narrated to us: Muhammad b. al-Hasan narrated to us with its chain of transmission, the like of it.

191. Musnad Abi Ya'la 450No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ: هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْءٌ سِوَى كِتَابِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: لَا وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ، مَا عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ سِوَى كِتَابِ اللهِ، إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْتِيَ اللهُ رَجُلًا فَهْمًا فِي هَذَا الْقُرْآنِ، وَمَا فِي هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةِ قَالَ: الْعَقْلُ، وَفَكَاكُ الْأَسِيرِ، وَلَا يُقْتَلُ مُسْلِمٌ بِكَافِرٍ

     ✧ I said to Ali: Do you have anything from the Messenger of God ﷺ besides the Book of God? He said: No, by the One who splits the grain and creates the soul. We have nothing besides the Book of God, except that God grants a man understanding in this Quran, and what is in this scroll. He said: The blood-money, the ransom of the captive, and that a Muslim is not killed for a disbeliever.

192. Musnad Abi Ya'la 451No grade recorded

     سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا: بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ بُعِثْتَ ؟ قَالَ: بُعِثْتُ بِأَرْبَعٍ: أَلَّا يَطُوفَنَّ بِالْبَيْتِ عُرْيَانٌ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْحَرَمَ مُشْرِكٌ، وَمَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَهْدٌ فَهُوَ إِلَى مُدَّتِهِ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَهْدٌ فَلَهُ أَجَلٌ، أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُؤْمِنَةٌ

     ✧ We asked Ali: With what were you sent? He said: I was sent with four things: that no one should circumambulate the House naked, that no polytheist should enter the Sanctuary, that whoever has a treaty with the Messenger of God ﷺ, it is until its term, and whoever has no treaty has a period of four months, and none shall enter Paradise except a believing soul.

193. Musnad Abi Ya'la 452No grade recorded

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: سَأُفَسِّرُهَا لَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ، مَا أَصَابَكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنْ بَلَاءٍ أَوْ مَرَضٍ أَوْ عُقُوبَةٍ فَاللهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عَلِيكُمُ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَمَا عَفَا عَنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، فَاللهُ أَحْلَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَعُودَ بَعْدَ عَفْوِهِ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best verse in the Book of God, which the Messenger of God ﷺ related to me? He said: 'And whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your hands have earned, and He pardons much.' He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: I will explain it to you, O Ali. Whatever affliction or illness or punishment befalls you in this world, God is too generous to repeat the punishment for you in the Hereafter. And whatever He pardons in this world, God is too forbearing to return to it after His pardon.

194. Musnad Abi Ya'la 453No grade recorded

     دَخَلْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَقَدْ وَرِمَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: أَلَا تُخْرِجُوهُ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَبُطَّ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَاهِدٌ

     ✧ We entered with the Prophet ﷺ upon a man of the Ansar who had become swollen. The Prophet ﷺ said: Will you not relieve him of it? He said: So he was lanced while the Messenger of God ﷺ was present.

195. Musnad Abi Ya'la 454No grade recorded

     أَكْرِمُوا عَمَّتَكُمُ النَّخْلَةَ، فَإِنَّهَا خُلِقَتْ مِنَ الطِّينِ الَّذِي خُلِقَ مِنْهُ آدَمُ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ يُلَقَّحُ غَيْرُهَا. وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَطْعِمُوا نِسَاءَكُمُ الْوُلَّدَ الرُّطَبَ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ رُطَبٌ فَالتَّمْرُ، وَلَيْسَ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ نَزَلَتْ تَحْتَهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ

     ✧ Honor your paternal aunt, the palm tree, for it was created from the clay from which Adam was created, and no other tree is pollinated besides it. And the Messenger of God ﷺ said: Feed your childbearing women ripe dates, and if there are no ripe dates, then dried dates. And there is no tree more honored by God than the tree under which Maryam bt. Imran descended.

196. Musnad Abi Ya'la 455No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِعَمَّارٍ: سَلْ لِي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ، فَإِنَّ ابْنَتَهُ تَحْتِي، وَإِنِّي أَسْتَحْيِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ، فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا وَجَدَ ذَاكَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

     ✧ I said to Ammar: Ask the Messenger of God ﷺ for me about pre-seminal fluid, for his daughter is married to me, and I am ashamed to ask him. So he asked him, and he said: When he finds that, he should perform ablution.

197. Musnad Abi Ya'la 456No grade recorded

     سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ ؟ فَقَالَ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ، وَيَغْسِلُهُ، وَفِي الْمَنِيِّ الْغُسْلُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked about pre-seminal fluid, and he said: In it is ablution, and he should wash it. And in semen is the full bath.

198. Musnad Abi Ya'la 457No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَجُلًا مَذَّاءً، فَاسْتَحْيَا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمَذْيِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ: سَلْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَذْيِ، قَالَ: فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فِيهِ الْوُضُوءُ

     ✧ He was a man who emitted madhy frequently, and he was too shy to ask the Messenger of God ﷺ about madhy. He said: So he said to al-Miqdad, “Ask the Messenger of God ﷺ about madhy.” He said: So he asked him, and the Messenger of God ﷺ said: “For it, ablution is required.”

199. Musnad Abi Ya'la 458No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُضَحِّيَ عَنْهُ بِكَبْشَيْنِ، فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to sacrifice two rams on his behalf, and I love to do it.

200. Musnad Abi Ya'la 459No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ بِتِسْعِ سُوَرٍ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى أَلْهَاكُمُ التَّكَاثُرُ، وَ إِنَّا أَنْـزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ، وَ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الأَرْضُ، وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ: الْعَصْرُ، وَ إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللهِ وَالْفَتْحُ، وَ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ، وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ، وَ تَبَّتْ وَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ used to perform witr with nine surahs: in the first rakʿah: “Competition in more increase diverts you” (al-Takathur), “Indeed, We sent it down in the Night of Decree” (al-Qadr), and “When the earth is shaken” (al-Zalzalah); and in the second: “By time” (al-ʿAsr), “When the victory of God and the conquest comes” (al-Nasr), and “Indeed, We have granted you al-Kawthar” (al-Kawthar); and in the third: “Say, O disbelievers” (al-Kafirun), “May the hands of Abu Lahab perish” (al-Masad), and “Say, He is God, the One” (al-Ikhlas).

201. Musnad Abi Ya'la 460No grade recorded

     كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَى بَغْلَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الشَّهْبَاءِ فِي شِعْبِ الْأَنْصَارِ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ أَيَّامَ صِيَامٍ، إِنَّهَا أَيَّامُ أَكْلٍ وَشُرْبٍ، أَيَّامُ مِنًى

     ✧ It is as if I am looking at ʿAli on the gray mule of the Messenger of God ﷺ in the mountain pass of the Ansar, and he was saying: “O people, indeed the Messenger of God ﷺ said: These are not days of fasting; they are days of eating and drinking, the days of Mina.”

202. Musnad Abi Ya'la 461No grade recorded

     دَفَعْتُ مَعَ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مِنَ الْمُزْدَلِفَةِ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَسْمَعُهُ يَقُولُ: لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ، حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْجَمْرَةِ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا هَذَا الْإِهْلَالُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يُهِلُّ حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْجَمْرَةِ، وَحَدَّثَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَهَلَّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهَا

     ✧ I departed from Muzdalifah with Husayn b. ʿAli, and I kept hearing him say: “Labbayka, Labbayk” until he reached the Jamrah. I said to him: “What is this talbiyah, O Abu ʿAbd Allah?” He said: “I heard my father, ʿAli b. Abi Talib, reciting the talbiyah until he reached the Jamrah, and he told me that the Messenger of God ﷺ recited the talbiyah until he reached it.”

203. Musnad Abi Ya'la 462No grade recorded

     مَرَّتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِبِلُ الصَّدَقَةِ، فَأَخَذَ وَبَرَةً مِنْ ظَهْرِ بَعِيرٍ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَذِهِ الْوَبَرَةِ مِنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

     ✧ The camels of zakah passed by the Messenger of God ﷺ, and he took a hair from the back of a camel and said: “I have no more right to this hair than any man among the Muslims.”

204. Musnad Abi Ya'la 463No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ يَسِيرُ حَتَّى إِذَا غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَأَظْلَمَ، نَزَلَ فَصَلَّى الْمَغْرِبَ، ثُمَّ تَعَشَّى، ثُمَّ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ عَلَى إِثْرِهَا، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ: هَكَذَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ

     ✧ ʿAli used to travel until when the sun set and it became dark, he would dismount and pray Maghrib, then eat supper, then pray ʿIsha immediately after it. Then he would say: “This is how I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do.”

205. Musnad Abi Ya'la 464No grade recorded

     الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ، يُصْلِحُهُ اللهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ

     ✧ The Mahdi is from among you, the people of the house; God will set him aright in one night.

206. Musnad Abi Ya'la 465No grade recorded

     كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ، فَذَكَرْنَا الدَّجَّالَ، فَاسْتَيْقَظَ مُحْمَرًّا وَجْهُهُ، فَقَالَ: غَيْرُ الدَّجَّالِ أَخْوَفُ عِنْدِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ: أَئِمَّةٌ مُضِلُّونَ

     ✧ We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ while he was sleeping, and we mentioned the Dajjal. He woke up with his face red and said: “Other than the Dajjal is more fearful to me for you than the Dajjal: misleading leaders.”

207. Musnad Abi Ya'la 466No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ؛ إِذْ جَاءَهُ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: قَدْ جَاءَ فَرُّوخُ، فَجَلَسَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: إِنَّكَ تُفْتِي النَّاسَ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ، وَأُخْبِرُهُمْ أَنَّ الْآخِرَةَ شَرٌّ، قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي، هَلْ سَمِعْتَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ سَنَةُ مِائَةٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِفُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَخْطَأَتِ اسْتُكَ الْحُفْرَةَ، وَأَخْطَأْتَ فِي أَوَّلِ فُتْيَاكَ، إِنَّمَا قَالَ ذَاكَ لِمَنْ حَضَرَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ، هَلِ الرَّخَاءُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ الْمِائَةِ ؟.

     ✧ I was sitting with ʿAli when Abu Masʿud came to him, and ʿAli said: “Furrukh has come.” He sat down, and ʿAli said: “Do you give legal opinions to people?” He said: “Yes, and I tell them that the Hereafter is better.” He said: “Tell me, have you heard anything from him?” He said: “Yes, I heard him say: ‘There will not come upon people the year one hundred while on earth there is an eye that blinks.’” ʿAli said: “Your buttocks missed the hole; you erred in your first legal opinion. He only said that to those who were present with him that day. Is there prosperity except after the hundred?”

208. Musnad Abi Ya'la 467No grade recorded

     إِنَّ السِّقْطَ لَيُرَاغِمُ رَبَّهُ إِنْ أَدْخَلَ أَبَوَيْهِ النَّارَ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَهُ: أَيُّهَا السِّقْطُ الْمُرَاغِمُ رَبَّهُ، ارْجِعْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَدْخَلْتُ أَبَوَيْكَ الْجَنَّةَ، قَالَ: فَيَجُرُّهُمَا بِسَرَرِهِ حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُمَا الْجَنَّةَ

     ✧ Indeed, a miscarried fetus will intercede with its Lord if He admits its parents to the Fire, until it is said to it: ‘O miscarried fetus interceding with its Lord, go back, for I have admitted your parents to Paradise.’ He said: Then it will drag them by its umbilical cord until it enters them into Paradise.

209. Musnad Abi Ya'la 468No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ رَأَى رَجُلًا يَجِيءُ إِلَى فُرْجَةٍ كَانَتْ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَيَدْخُلُ فِيهَا فَيَدْعُو، فَنَهَاهُ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: لَا تَتَّخِذُوا قَبْرِي عِيدًا، وَلَا بُيُوتَكُمْ قُبُورًا، فَإِنَّ تَسْلِيمَكُمْ يَبْلُغُنِي أَيْنَمَا كُنْتُمْ

     ✧ He saw a man coming to a gap that was near the grave of the Prophet ﷺ, entering it and supplicating. He forbade him and said: “Shall I not narrate to you a hadith I heard from my father, from my grandfather, from the Messenger of God ﷺ who said: Do not take my grave as a festival, nor your houses as graves, for your greetings reach me wherever you are.”

210. Musnad Abi Ya'la 469No grade recorded

     لَمَّا تَزَوَّجْتُ فَاطِمَةَ، قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا أَبِيعُ؛ فَرَسِي أَوْ دِرْعِي ؟ قَالَ: بِعْ دِرْعَكَ، فَبِعْتُهَا بِثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أُوقِيَّةً، فَكَانَ ذَاكَ مَهْرَ فَاطِمَةَ

     ✧ When I married Fatimah, I said: O Messenger of God, what should I sell—my horse or my armor? He said: Sell your armor. So I sold it for twelve uqiyyahs, and that was Fatimah's dowry.

211. Musnad Abi Ya'la 470No grade recorded

     مَا كَانَ لَنَا لَيْلَةَ أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ فَاطِمَةَ شَيْءٌ نَنَامُ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا جِلْدُ كَبْشٍ

     ✧ On the night Fatimah was brought to me as a bride, we had nothing to sleep on except a ram's skin.

212. Musnad Abi Ya'la 471No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ وَهُوَ فِي بَعْضِ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ، إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ السَّفَرِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَشَغَلَ عَلِيًّا مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ، قَالَ: إِنِّي... فَقُلْتُ: مَا شَأْنُكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: كُنْتُ حَاجًّا، أَوْ مُعْتَمِرًا - قَالَ: لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ ذَلِكَ قَالَ - فَمَرَرْتُ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا قِبَلَكُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُمُ: الْحَرُورِيَّةُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فِي مَكَانٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ: حَرُورَاءُ، قَالَ: فَسُمُّوا بِذَلِكَ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ: طُوبَى لِمَنْ شَهِدَ هَلَكَتَهُمْ، قَالَتْ: أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْ سَأَلْتُمُ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لَأَخْبَرَكُمْ خَبَرَهُمْ، فَمِنْ ثَمَّ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: وَفَرَغَ عَلِيٌّ فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ الْمُسْتَأْذِنُ ؟ فَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ مَا قَصَّ عَلَيَّ، قَالَ: فَأَهَلَّ عَلِيٌّ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا عَائِشَةُ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: يَا عَلِيُّ، كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَقَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ - أَوْ: تَرَاقِيَهُمْ - يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، كَأَنَّ يَدَهُ ثَدْيُ حَبَشِيَّةٍ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: نَشَدْتُكُمْ بِاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، أَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُ فِيهِمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَذَهَبْتُمْ فَالْتَمَسْتُمُوهُ ثُمَّ جِئْتُمْ بِهِ تَسْحَبُونَهُ كَمَا نَعَتُّ لَكُمْ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

     ✧ I was sitting with Ali while he was engaged in some matter concerning the people, when a man came to him wearing travel clothes and said: O Commander of the Faithful. Ali was occupied with his affair, so the man said: I am... I said: What is your concern? He said: I was on Hajj or Umrah—he said: I do not know which of them he said—and I passed by Aishah, and she said: Who are those people who went out before you, called the Haruriyyah? He said: I said: In a place called Harura'. He said: They are therefore called the Haruriyyah. He said: She said: Blessed is the one who witnesses their destruction. She said: By God, if you asked Ibn Abi Talib, he would tell you their story. So from there I came to ask him about that. He said: Ali finished his matter and said: Where is the one seeking permission? The man stood before him and related the same story as he had told me. He said: Ali raised his voice three times, then said: I was with the Messenger of God ﷺ, and no one was with him except Aishah. He said: He said to me: O Ali, how will you be with a people who will go out at such-and-such a place—and he gestured with his hand toward the east—reciting the Quran but it does not pass their throats, or their collarbones? They pass through Islam as an arrow passes through the game. Among them is a man with a deformed hand, as if his hand were the breast of an Abyssinian woman. Then he said: I adjure you by God, besides whom there is no god, did I tell you that he is among them? They said: Yes, so you went and sought him, then you brought him dragging him, as I described to you. He said: Then he said: God and His Messenger spoke the truth, three times.

213. Musnad Abi Ya'la 472No grade recorded

     يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَنِي اللهُ أَبَدًا، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ وَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ مُتَغَيِّظًا، حَتَّى أَتَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَلَسْنَا عَلَى حَقٍّ، وَهُمْ عَلَى بَاطِلٍ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: أَلَيْسَ قَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَقَتْلَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَعَلَامَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا، وَنَرْجِعُ وَلَمْ يَحْكُمِ اللهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ وَلَنْ يُضَيِّعَهُ اللهُ أَبَدًا، فَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ بِالْفَتْحِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَأَقْرَأَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوَفَتْحٌ هُوَ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَطَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَرَجَعَ، وَرَجَعَ النَّاسُ. ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا بِحَرُورَاءَ - أُولَئِكَ الْعِصَابَةُ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا - فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلِيٌّ يَنْشُدُهُمُ اللهَ، فَأَبَوْا عَلَيْهِ، فَأَتَاهُمْ صَعْصَعَةُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ فَأَنْشَدَهُمْ، وَقَالَ: عَلَامَ تُقَاتِلُونَ خَلِيفَتَكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: مَخَافَةَ الْفِتْنَةِ، قَالَ: فَلَا تَعْجَلُوا ضَلَالَةَ الْعَامِ مَخَافَةَ فِتْنَةِ عَامٍ قَابِلٍ، فَرَجَعُوا، وَقَالُوا: نَسِيرُ عَلَى مَا جِئْنَا، فَإِنْ قَبِلَ عَلِيٌّ الْقَضِيَّةَ قَاتَلْنَا عَلَى مَا قَاتَلْنَا يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ، وَإِنْ نَقَضَهَا قَاتَلْنَا مَعَهُ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى بَلَغُوا النَّهَرَوَانَ، فَافْتَرَقَتْ مِنْهُمْ فِرْقَةٌ فَجَعَلُوا يَهُدُّونَ النَّاسَ لَيْلًا، قَالَ أَصْحَابُهُمْ: وَيْلَكُمْ مَا عَلَى هَذَا فَارَقْنَا عَلِيًّا، فَبَلَغَ عَلِيًّا أَمْرُهُمْ، فَقَامَ، فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: مَا تَرَوْنَ ؟ أَنَسِيرُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَمْ نَرْجِعُ إِلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَلَفُوا إِلَى ذَرَارِيِّكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: بَلْ نَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَذَكَرَ أَمْرَهُمْ فَحَدَّثَ عَنْهُمْ بِمَا قَالَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ فِرْقَةً تَخْرُجُ عِنْدَ اخْتِلَافٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَقْتُلُهُمْ أَقْرَبُ الطَّائِفَتَيْنِ إِلَى الْحَقِّ، عَلَامَتُهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْهُمْ يَدُهُ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى الْتَقَوْا بِالنَّهْرَوَانِ، فَاقْتَتَلُوا قِتَالًا شَدِيدًا، فَجَعَلَتْ خَيْلُ عَلِيٍّ لَا تَقُومُ لَهُمْ، فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ لِي فَوَاللهِ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أَجْزِيكُمْ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ لِلهِ، فَلَا يَكُونُ هَذَا فِعَالَكُمْ، فَحَمَلَ النَّاسُ حَمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَانْجَلَتْ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ مُكَبَّوْنَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: اطْلُبُوا الرَّجُلَ فِيهِمْ، فَطَلَبَ النَّاسُ الرَّجُلَ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ، حَتَّى قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: غَرَّنَا ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْ إِخْوَانِنَا حَتَّى قَتَلْنَاهُمْ، قَالَ: فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنُ عَلِيٍّ، فَدَعَا بِدَابَّتِهِ فَرَكِبَهَا فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى وَهْدَةً فِيهَا قَتْلَى بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، فَجَعَلَ يَجُرُّ بِأَرْجُلِهِمْ حَتَّى وَجَدَ الرَّجُلَ تَحْتَهُمْ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَفَرِحَ وَفَرِحَ النَّاسُ وَرَجَعُوا، وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: لَا أَغْزُو الْعَامَ، وَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ، وَقُتِلَ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ، وَاسْتُخْلِفَ حَسَنٌ، وَسَارَ سِيرَةَ أَبِيهِ، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ بِالْبَيْعَةِ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ.

     ✧ O Ibn al-Khattab, I am the Messenger of God, and God will never cause me to be lost. So Umar went away, not enduring his anger, until he came to Abu Bakr and said: O Abu Bakr, are we not upon truth while they are upon falsehood? He said: Yes. He said: Are not our dead in Paradise and their dead in the Fire? He said: Yes. He said: Then why should we give the diniyyah (concession) in our religion and return without God judging between us and them? He said: O Ibn al-Khattab, he is the Messenger of God, and God will never cause him to be lost. Then the Quran was revealed to Muhammad with victory, so he sent for Umar and recited it to him. Umar said: O Messenger of God, is it a victory? He said: Yes. So his soul was at ease and he returned, and the people returned. Then they went out to Harura'—that band of Kharijites, more than ten thousand—and Ali sent to them adjuring them by God, but they refused. Sa'sa'ah b. Suhan came to them and adjured them, saying: On what basis will you fight your own caliph? They said: Out of fear of fitnah. He said: Do not hasten into the misguidance of this year out of fear of the fitnah of next year. So they returned and said: We will proceed as we came. If Ali accepts the arbitration, we will fight as we fought on the day of Siffin, and if he rejects it, we will fight with him. They marched until they reached Nahrawan. A faction split off from them and began terrorizing people at night. Their companions said: Woe to you! This is not why we parted with Ali. Their affair reached Ali, so he stood and addressed the people, saying: What do you think? Should we march against the people of Syria or return to those who remained behind among your families? They said: Rather, return to them. He mentioned their affair and told them what the Messenger of God ﷺ said about them: A faction will emerge at a time of dissension among the people, and the nearest of the two parties to the truth will kill them. Their sign is a man among them whose hand is like a woman's breast. They marched until they met at Nahrawan and fought a severe battle. Ali's cavalry could not withstand them, so Ali stood and said: O people, if you fight for my sake, by God I have nothing with which to reward you, and if you fight for God's sake, then let not this be your conduct. The people made one united charge, and the enemy was cleared away, face down. Ali said: Seek the man among them. The people searched for the man but did not find him, until some of them said: Ibn Abi Talib deceived us regarding our brothers until we killed them. He said: Ali's eyes filled with tears, and he called for his mount, rode it, and went until he came to a hollow in which the dead were piled one upon another. He began pulling them by their feet until he found the man beneath them. They informed him, and Ali said: God is great, and he rejoiced, and the people rejoiced and returned. Ali said: I will not conduct a military expedition this year, and he returned to Kufa. He was killed, may God have mercy on him, and Hasan was made caliph and followed the way of his father, then he sent the pledge of allegiance to Muawiyah.

214. Musnad Abi Ya'la 473No grade recorded

     أَيُّهَا الْمُصْحَفُ، حَدِّثِ النَّاسَ، فَنَادَاهُ النَّاسُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِدَادٌ فِي وَرَقٍ، وَنَحْنُ نَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْهُ، فَمَا تُرِيدُ ؟ قَالَ: أَصْحَابُكُمْ أُولَاءِ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا، بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ كِتَابُ اللهِ، يَقُولُ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ فِي امْرَأَةٍ وَرَجُلٍ: وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ شِقَاقَ بَيْنِهِمَا فَابْعَثُوا حَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهِ وَحَكَمًا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا إِنْ يُرِيدَا إِصْلاحًا يُوَفِّقِ اللهُ بَيْنَهُمَا. فَأُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً - أَوْ: ذِمَّةً - مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ وَرَجُلٍ، وَنَقَمُوا عَلَيَّ أَنِّي كَاتَبْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، كَتَبْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، وَقَدْ جَاءَنَا سُهَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو فَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، قَالَ: لَا تَكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، قَالَ: وَكَيْفَ نَكْتُبُ ؟ فَقَالَ سُهَيْلٌ: اكْتُبْ: بِاسْمِكَ اللَّهُمَّ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فَاكْتُبْ: مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ لَمْ أُخَالِفْكَ، فَكَتَبَ: هَذَا مَا صَالَحَ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ قُرَيْشًا، يَقُولُ اللهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ: لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الآخِرَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا تَوَسَّطْتُ عَسْكَرَهُمْ، قَامَ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: أَيَا حَمَلَةَ الْقُرْآنِ، هَذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُهُ فَلْيَعْرِفْهُ، فَإِنَّمَا أُعَرِّفُهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللهِ، هَذَا مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ وَفِي قَوْمِهِ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَلَا تُوَاضِعُوهُ كِتَابَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقَامَ خُطَبَاؤُهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: وَاللهِ لَنُوَاضِعَنَّهُ الْكِتَابَ، فَإِنْ جَاءَنَا بِحَقٍّ نَعْرِفُهُ لَنَتَّبِعَنَّهُ، وَإِنَّ جَاءَ بِبَاطِلٍ لَنُبَكِّتَنَّهُ بِبَاطِلٍ، وَلَنَرُدَّنَّهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ، فَوَاضَعُوا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ الْكِتَابَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ، فَرَجَعَ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ، كُلُّهُمْ تَائِبٌ، فِيهِمُ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلَهُمْ عَلَيٌّ عَلَى الْكُوفَةَ، فَبَعَثَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى بَقِيَّتِهِمْ، قَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا وَأَمْرِ النَّاسِ مَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ، فَقِفُوا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ، بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ: أَلَّا تَسْفِكُوا دَمًا حَرَامًا، أَوْ تَقْطَعُوا سَبِيلًا، أَوْ تَظْلِمُوا ذِمَّةً، فَإِنَّكُمْ إِنْ فَعَلْتُمْ فَقَدْ نَبَذْنَا إِلَيْكُمُ الْحَرْبَ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ إِنَّ اللهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْخَائِنِينَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ: يَا ابْنَ شَدَّادٍ، فَقَدْ قَتَلَهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: فَوَاللهِ مَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى قَطَعُوا السَّبِيلَ وَسَفَكُوا الدِّمَاءَ، وَاسْتَحَلُّوا الذِّمَّةَ، قَالَتْ: وَاللهِ ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَقَدْ كَانَ، قَالَتْ: فَمَا شَيْءٌ بَلَغَنِي عَنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ يَتَحَدَّثُونَهُ، يَقُولُونَ: ذَا الثُّدَيَّةِ ؟ مَرَّتَيْنِ، قَالَ: قَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ وَقُمْتُ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْقَتْلَى، فَدَعَا النَّاسَ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَ هَذَا ؟ فَمَا أَكْثَرَ مَنْ جَاءَ يَقُولُ: رَأَيْتُهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ يُصَلِّي، وَلَمْ يَأْتُوا فِيهِ بِثَبَتٍ يُعْرَفُ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: فَمَا قَوْلُ عَلِيٍّ حِينَ قَامَ عَلَيْهِ، كَمَا يَزْعُمُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، قَالَتْ: فَهَلْ سَمِعْتَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا، قَالَتْ: أَجَلْ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، يَرْحَمُ اللهُ عَلِيًّا إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ لَا يَرَى شَيْئًا يُعْجِبُهُ، إِلَّا قَالَ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، فَذَهَبَ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ فَيَكْذِبُونَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَزِيدُونَ عَلَيْهِ فِي الْحَدِيثِ.

     ✧ O mushaf, narrate to the people. The people called out to him: O Commander of the Faithful, do not ask it; it is only ink on paper, and we speak of what we have seen from it, so what do you want? He said: These companions of yours who went out—between me and them is the Book of God. God says in His Book concerning a woman and a man: 'If you fear a breach between the two, appoint an arbiter from his family and an arbiter from her family; if they both desire reconciliation, God will bring about accord between them.' The community of Muhammad ﷺ is greater in sanctity—or protection—than a woman and a man. They criticized me for making a written agreement with Muawiyah. I wrote 'Ali b. Abi Talib,' but Suhayl b. Amr came to us, and the Messenger of God ﷺ wrote: 'In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.' Suhayl said: Do not write 'In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.' He said: How then should we write? Suhayl said: Write 'In Your name, O God.' The Messenger of God ﷺ said: Then write: 'Muhammad is the Messenger of God.' Suhayl said: If I knew you were the Messenger of God, I would not have opposed you. So he wrote: 'This is what Muhammad b. Abdullah has agreed upon with Quraysh.' God says in His Book: 'You have in the Messenger of God a good example for whoever hopes in God and the Last Day.' So Ali sent Abdullah b. Abbas to them, and I went out with him until, when we were in the middle of their camp, Ibn al-Kawwa' stood and addressed the people, saying: O bearers of the Quran, this is Abdullah b. Abbas. Let whoever does not know him know him, for I introduce him from the Book of God. This is one of those about whom and about his people it was revealed: '...a contentious people.' So send him back to his companion and do not debate the Book of God with him. He said: Their orators stood and said: By God, we will debate the Book with him. If he brings us a truth we recognize, we will follow it, and if he brings falsehood, we will refute him and return him to his companion. So they debated the Book with Abdullah b. Abbas for three days, and four thousand of them returned, all repentant, including Ibn al-Kawwa', until Ali brought them into Kufa. Then Ali sent to the rest of them, saying: You have seen what has happened in our affair and that of the people. So remain where you wish, but between us and you: do not shed sacred blood, do not cut off a road, and do not wrong a protected person. If you do, we will declare war on you openly. God does not love the treacherous. He said: Aishah said to him: O Ibn Shaddad, so he killed them? He said: By God, he did not send against them until they cut off roads, shed blood, and violated protected persons. She said: By God? He said: By God besides whom there is no god, it was so. She said: What is this thing I have heard from the people of Iraq, that they call him 'Dhu al-Thudayya'? twice. He said: I saw him and stood with Ali over him among the slain. He called the people and said: Do you know this man? Many came saying: I saw him in the mosque of Banu so-and-so praying, but they did not bring any proof other than that. She said: What did Ali say when he stood over him, as the people of Iraq claim? He said: I heard him say: God and His Messenger spoke the truth. She said: Did you hear him say anything else? He said: By God, no. She said: Yes, God and His Messenger spoke the truth. May God have mercy on Ali. It was part of his speech that whenever he saw something that pleased him, he would say: God and His Messenger spoke the truth. The people of Iraq then lie about him and add to the narration.

215. Musnad Abi Ya'la 474No grade recorded

     لَمَّا كَانَ حَيْثُ أُصِيبَ أَهْلُ النَّهَرَوَانِ، قَالَ لَنَا عَلِيٌّ: ابْتَغُوا فِيهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ إِنْ كَانُوا الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَإِنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُثَدَّنَ الْيَدِ، قَالَ: فَابْتَغَيْنَاهُ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ، فَدَعَوْنَاهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ مَا قَضَى اللهُ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ لِمَنْ قَتَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، قَالَ: فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ بَعْضَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، كَأَنَّهَا حَسَدَتْهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

     ✧ When the people of Nahrawan were struck down, Ali said to us: Search among them, for if they are the people the Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned, among them is a man with a deformed hand, or a stunted hand. He said: We searched and found him, and we called him to Ali. He stood over him and said: God is great. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would tell you what God decreed on the tongue of His Messenger ﷺ for those who killed these people. He said: I said: You heard it from the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba. He said: This reached one of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ, as if she envied him for that.

216. Musnad Abi Ya'la 475No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيٍّا يَوْمَ قَتْلِ أَهْلِ النَّهَرَوَانِ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ حِينَ قُتِلُوا: عَلَيَّ بِذِي الثُّدَيَّةِ - أَوِ: الْمُخْدَجِ - ذَكَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا لَا أَحْفَظُهُ، قَالَ: فَطَلَبُوهُ، فَإِذَا هُمْ بِحَبَشِيٍّ مِثْلِ الْبَعِيرِ، فِي مِنْكَبِهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، عَلَيْهِ - قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: أُرَاهُ قَالَ - شَعَرٌ، فَلَوْ خَرَجَ رُوحُ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَ الْفَرَحِ لَخَرَجَ رُوحُ عَلِيٍّ يَوْمَئِذٍ، قَالَ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، مَنْ

     ✧ I witnessed Ali on the day of killing the people of Nahrawan. He said: Ali said when they were killed: Bring me Dhu al-Thudayya—or the maimed one—he mentioned something of that which I do not remember. He said: They searched for him, and there was an Abyssinian like a camel, on his shoulder something like a woman's breast, with—Abdu al-Rahman said: I think he said—hair on it. If a soul could leave from joy, Ali's soul would have left that day. He said: God and His Messenger spoke the truth. Who...

217. Musnad Abi Ya'la 476No grade recorded

     ذَكَرَ عَلِيٌّ أَهْلَ النَّهَرَوَانِ قَالَ: فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُثَدَّنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ مَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

     ✧ Ali mentioned the people of Nahrawan and said: Among them is a man with a deformed hand, or a stunted hand, or a maimed hand. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would inform you of what God promised through the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ for those who kill them. He said: I said: You heard it from him? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba.

218. Musnad Abi Ya'la 477No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ مَعَ سَيِّدِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حِينَ قُتِلَ أَهْلُ النَّهَرَوَانِ، قَالَ: فَكَأَنَّ النَّاسَ وَجَدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ حَدَّثَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ مُرُوقَ السَّهْمِ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فَلَا يَرْجِعُونَ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ السَّهْمُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ، وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ رَجُلًا مُخْدَجَ الْيَدِ، إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ كَثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، لَهَا حَلَمَةٌ كَحَلَمَةِ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، إِنَّ بِهَا سَبْعَ هُلْبَاتٍ، فَالْتَمِسُوهُ، فَإِنِّي أُرَاهُ فِيهِمْ، فَالْتَمَسُوهُ فَوَجَدُوهُ عَلَى شَفِيرِ النَّهَرِ تَحْتَ الْقَتْلَى، فَأَخْرَجُوهُ، فَكَبَّرَ عَلِيٌّ، وَقَالَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ. وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ قَوْسًا لَهُ عَرَبِيَّةً، فَأَخَذَهَا بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ بِهَا فِي مُخْدَجَتِهِ، وَيَقُولُ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ، وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ حِينَ رَأَوْهُ وَاسْتَبْشَرُوا، وَذَهَبَ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَجِدُونَ

     ✧ I was with my master Ali b. Abi Talib when the people of Nahrawan were killed. He said: The people felt something within themselves about killing them. Ali said: O people, the Prophet of God ﷺ told us of people who pass through the religion as an arrow passes through the game, and they do not return to it until the arrow returns to its bowstring. The sign of that is that among them is a man with a deformed hand, one of his hands like a woman's breast, with a nipple like a woman's nipple, and with seven coarse hairs on it. Seek him, for I think he is among them. They searched and found him on the bank of the river beneath the dead. They brought him out, and Ali said: God is great, God and His Messenger spoke the truth. And the sign of that was a man wearing a bow with an Arab (bowstring). He took it in his hand and began thrusting with it into his deformed limb, saying: God is great, God and His Messenger spoke the truth, God and His Messenger spoke the truth. The people said God is great when they saw him and rejoiced, and what they had felt left them.

219. Musnad Abi Ya'la 478No grade recorded

     لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَنَبَّأْتُكُمْ بِمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ، أَوْ مُثَدَّنُ الْيَدِ، قَالَ: أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ: وَمُودَنُ الْيَدِ، قَالَ: فَطَلَبُوا ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ فَوَجَدُوا مِنْ هَا هُنَا وَمِنْ هَا هُنَا مِثْلَ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، عَلَيْهِ شَعَرَاتٌ، قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: فَحَلَفَ لِي عَبِيدَهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَحَلَفَ عَلِيٌّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would inform you of what God promised through the tongue of Muhammad ﷺ to those who kill them. He said: I said: You heard it from Muhammad ﷺ? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, three times. Among them is a man with a deformed hand, or a stunted hand—I think he said: or a maimed hand. He said: They sought that man and found here and there something like a woman's breast with small hairs on it. Muhammad said: Ubaydah swore to me three times that he heard it from Ali, and Ali swore three times that he heard it from the Messenger of God ﷺ.

220. Musnad Abi Ya'la 479No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا حَيْثُ قَتَلَ أَهْلَ النَّهَرَوَانِ، قَالَ: الْتَمِسُوا الْمُخْدَجَ، قَالَ: فَطَلَبُوهُ فِي الْقَتْلَى فَقَالُوا: لَيْسَ نَجِدُهُ، فَقَالَ: ارْجِعُوا فَالْتَمِسُوهُ، فَوَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ، فَرَجَعُوا فَطَلَبُوهُ، ثُمَّ رَدَّدَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا: مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ، فَانْطَلَقُوا، فَوَجَدُوهُ تَحْتَ قَتْلَى فِي طِينٍ، فَاسْتَخْرَجُوهُ فَجِيءَ بِهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو الْوَضِيءِ: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حَبَشِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ قُرْطَقٌ، إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ ثَدْيِ الْمَرْأَةِ، عَلَيْهَا شَعَرَاتٌ مِثْلُ شَعَرَاتٍ تَكُونُ عَلَى ذَنَبِ الْيَرْبُوعِ.

     ✧ I witnessed Ali when he killed the people of Nahrawan. He said: Seek the maimed one. He said: They searched among the dead and said: We do not find him. He said: Go back and search for him, for by God I have not lied, nor have I been lied to. They went back and searched, then he repeated the same several times: I have not lied, nor have I been lied to. They went and found him beneath the dead in the mud, and they extracted him and brought him. Abu al-Wadi' said: It is as if I am looking at him, an Abyssinian wearing a short tunic, one of his hands like a woman's breast, with hairs on it like the hairs on a jerboa's tail.

221. Musnad Abi Ya'la 480No grade recorded

     ذَكَرَ الْخَوَارِجَ، فَقَالَ: فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُودَنُ الْيَدِ، أَوْ مُثَدَّنُ الْيَدِ، لَوْلَا أَنْ تَبْطَرُوا لَحَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِمَا وَعَدَ اللهُ الَّذِينَ يَقْتُلُونَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، إِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ

     ✧ He mentioned the Kharijites and said: Among them is a man with a deformed hand, or a maimed hand, or a stunted hand. Were it not that you would become arrogant, I would tell you of what God promised to those who kill them through the tongue of Muhammad. He said: I said: You heard it from Muhammad? He said: Yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba, yes, by the Lord of the Kaaba.

222. Musnad Abi Ya'la 481No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ، إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابُ السَّفَرِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، تَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ ؟ وَعَلِيٌّ يُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ وَيُكَلِّمُونَهُ، فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ خَبَرِهِ، فَقَالَ: كُنْتُ مُعْتَمِرًا، فَلَقِيتُ عَائِشَةَ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا فِي أَرْضِكُمْ يُسَمَّوْنَ الْحَرُورِيَّةَ ؟ قُلْتُ: خَرَجُوا مِنْ مَكَانٍ يُسَمَّى حَرُورَاءَ، فَسُمُّوا بِذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: أَشَهِدْتَ هَلَكَتَهُمْ ؟ فَلَا أَدْرِي، قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَمْ لَا، فَقَالَتْ: طُوبَى لِمَنْ شَهِدَ مَهْلَكَتَهُمْ، أَمَا وَاللهِ لَوْ شَاءَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لَأَخْبَرَكُمْ خَبَرَهُمْ، فَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ خَبَرِهِمْ، وَفَرَغَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ الْمُسْتَأْذِنُ ؟ فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا قَصَّ عَلَيْنَا، فَهَلَّلَ عَلِيٌّ وَكَبَّرَ مَرَّتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ غَيْرُ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ، كَيْفَ أَنْتَ وَقَوْمٌ كَذَا وَكَذَا، قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ، قَالَ: قَوْمٌ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ، يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مُخْدَجُ، كَأَنَّ يَدَهُ ثَدْيُ حَبَشِيَّةٍ، أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِهِمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللهِ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرْتُمُونِي أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ، فَحَلَفْتُ لَكُمْ أَنَّهُ مِنْهُمْ، قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فَأَتَيْتُمُونِي تَسْحَبُونَهُ كَمَا نَعَتُّ لَكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: صَدَقَ اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ

     ✧ I was sitting with Ali when a man in travel clothes came and said, “O Commander of the Faithful, will you permit me to speak?” Ali was speaking to the people and they were speaking to him, and he paid no attention to the man. Then I asked the man about his news, and he said, “I was performing umrah and met Aisha. She asked, ‘Who are these people who have gone out in your land called the Haruriyya?’ I said, ‘They went out from a place called Harura, and they were named after that.’ She said, ‘Did you witness their destruction? I do not know’ – he said, ‘Yes,’ or, ‘No.’ Then she said, ‘Blessed is the one who witnesses their destruction. By Allah, if Ali b. Abi Talib wished, he would tell you their story.’ So I came to ask him about them.” Ali finished, and said, “Where is the one who sought permission?” The man told him what he had told us. Ali said, “There is no god but Allah,” and said “Allahu akbar” twice, then said, “I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when no one was with him except Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. He said, ‘O Ali, how will you be with a people who are such and such?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He gestured with his hand and said, ‘A people who will come out of the east, reciting the Quran but it will not pass beyond their collarbones. They will pass through the religion as an arrow passes through its target. Among them is a man with a defective limb, whose hand is like the breast of an Abyssinian woman. I adjure you by Allah, did I tell you about them?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘I adjure you by Allah, did I tell you that he is one of them?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Then you told me that he is not one of them, so I swore to you that he is one of them.’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Then you came to me dragging him just as I described to you?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Allah and His Messenger have spoken the truth.’”

223. Musnad Abi Ya'la 482No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّ الْعَبْدَ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْمُفَتَّنَ التَّوَّابَ

     ✧ Allah loves the believing servant who is tested and frequently repentant.

224. Musnad Abi Ya'la 483No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا عَلِيُّ، أَسْبِغِ الْوُضُوءَ، وَإِنْ شَقَّ عَلَيْكَ، وَلَا تَأْكُلِ الصَّدَقَةَ، وَلَا تُنْزِ الْحُمُرَ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، وَلَا تُجَالِسْ أَصْحَابَ النُّجُومِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, “O Ali, perform ablution thoroughly even if it is difficult for you, do not consume charity, do not breed donkeys with horses, and do not sit with astrologers.”

225. Musnad Abi Ya'la 484No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ أَشْقَى الْأَوَّلِينَ ؟ قُلْتُ: عَاقِرُ النَّاقَةِ، قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ، فَمَنْ أَشْقَى الْآخِرِينَ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا عِلْمَ لِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: الَّذِي يَضْرِبُكَ عَلَى هَذِهِ، وَأَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى يَافُوخِهِ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: وَدِدْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدِ انْبَعَثَ أَشْقَاكُمْ فَخَضَّبَ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ، يَعْنِي لِحْيَتَهُ مِنْ دَمِ رَأْسِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, “Who is the most wretched of the former peoples?” I said, “The one who hamstrung the she-camel.” He said, “You have spoken the truth. So who is the most wretched of the latter peoples?” I said, “I have no knowledge, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “The one who strikes you on this,” and he gestured with his hand to the top of his head. He used to say, “I wish that the most wretched of you would rise up and dye this from this,” meaning his beard from the blood of his head.

226. Musnad Abi Ya'la 485No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ، وَإِذَا خَرَجَ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ فَضْلِكَ

     ✧ When he entered the mosque, he would say, “O Allah, open for me the doors of Your mercy,” and when he left, he would say, “O Allah, open for me the doors of Your bounty.”

227. Musnad Abi Ya'la 486No grade recorded

     النَّعَمُ كُلُّهَا ظَالِمَةٌ أَوْ جَائِرَةٌ

     ✧ All blessings are either oppressive or unjust.

228. Musnad Abi Ya'la 487No grade recorded

     إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكَارِهِ، وَإِعْمَالُ الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْمَسَاجِدِ، وَانْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ، يَغْسِلُ الْخَطَايَا غَسْلًا

     ✧ Performing ablution thoroughly in difficult circumstances, walking to the mosques, and waiting for the next prayer after the previous prayer wash away sins completely.

229. Musnad Abi Ya'la 488No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عَلَى قَلِيبٍ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَمِيحُ - أَوْ: أَمْتَحُ - مِنْهُ، فَجَاءَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، لَمْ أَرَ رِيحًا أَشَدَّ مِنْهَا إِلَّا الَّتِي كَانَتْ قَبْلَهَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ رِيحٌ شَدِيدَةٌ، فَكَانَتِ الْأُولَى مِيكَائِيلَ فِي أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عَنْ يَمِينِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَالثَّانِيَةُ إِسْرَافِيلَ فِي أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عَنْ يَسَارِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَالثَّالِثَةُ جِبْرِيلَ فِي أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَكَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ، وَكُنْتُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ، فَلَمَّا هَزَمَ اللهُ الْكُفَّارَ حَمَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى فَرَسٍ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ، حَمَلَ بِي فَصِرْتُ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ، فَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ، فَثَبَّتَنِي عَلَيْهِ، فَطَعَنْتُ بِرُمْحِي حَتَّى بَلَغَ الدَّمُ إِبْطِي

     ✧ On the day of Badr, I was at a well drawing water from it, when a strong wind came. Then another strong wind, stronger than the first, came, and I had never seen a wind stronger than it except the one before it. Then a third strong wind came. The first was Michael with a thousand angels on the right of the Prophet ﷺ, the second was Israfil with a thousand angels on the left of the Prophet ﷺ, and the third was Gabriel with a thousand angels. Abu Bakr was on his right and I was on his left. When Allah defeated the disbelievers, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted me on a horse, and when I settled on it, it bolted with me and I was on its neck. I called upon Allah, and He made me firm on it. Then I thrust with my spear until the blood reached my armpit.

230. Musnad Abi Ya'la 489No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ، وَيُعْطِي عَلَيْهِ مَا لَا يُعْطِي عَلَى الْعُنْفِ

     ✧ Allah is gentle and loves gentleness, and He gives for it what He does not give for harshness.

231. Musnad Abi Ya'la 490No grade recorded

     أَتَانِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَلَامٍ، وَقَدْ وَضَعْتُ قَدَمِي فِي الْغَرْزِ، فَقَالَ لِي: لَا تَقْدَمِ الْعِرَاقَ، فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يُصِيبَكَ بِهَا ذُبَابُ السَّيْفِ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَايْمُ اللهِ، لَقَدْ

     ✧ Abd Allah b. Salam came to me when I had placed my foot in the stirrup and said to me, “Do not go to Iraq, for I fear that the edge of a sword will strike you there.” Ali said, “By Allah, indeed…”

232. Musnad Abi Ya'la 491No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ عَمَّارٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَرْحَبًا بِالطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ

     ✧ Ammar sought permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ, and he said, “Welcome to the good one, made good.”

233. Musnad Abi Ya'la 492No grade recorded

     الشَّكُّ مِنْ شَرِيكٍ

     ✧ Doubt is from Sharik.

234. Musnad Abi Ya'la 493No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ سَمَّى الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةً عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ ﷺ

     ✧ Indeed, Allah named war a deception on the tongue of His Prophet ﷺ.

235. Musnad Abi Ya'la 494No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ التَّطَوُّعَ ثَمَانِيَ رَكَعَاتٍ، وَبِالنَّهَارِ ثِنْتَيْ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to pray at night eight voluntary rak'ahs, and during the day twelve rak'ahs.

236. Musnad Abi Ya'la 495No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ

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

237. Musnad Abi Ya'la 496No grade recorded

     نَهَى أَنْ يَرْفَعَ الرَّجُلُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ الْعَتَمَةِ وَبَعْدَهَا، يُغَلِّطُ أَصْحَابَهُ، وَالْقَوْمُ يُصَلُّونَ

     ✧ He forbade a man from raising his voice with the Quran before the 'atamah and after it, confusing his companions while the people were praying.

238. Musnad Abi Ya'la 497No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ سَمَّى ابْنَهُ الْأَكْبَرَ حَمْزَةَ، وَسَمَّى حُسَيْنًا بِعَمِّهِ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ: فَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلِيًّا، فَلَمَّا أَتَى، قَالَ: غَيَّرْتَ اسْمَ ابْنَيَّ هَذَيْنِ ؟ قُلْتُ: اللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، فَسَمَّى حَسَنًا وَحُسَيْنًا

     ✧ He named his eldest son Hamzah, and he named Husayn after his paternal uncle Ja'far. He said: So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called 'Ali, and when he came, he said: "You changed the names of these two sons of mine?" I said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." So he named them Hasan and Husayn.

239. Musnad Abi Ya'la 498No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا يَتَوَضَّأُ، فَغَسَلَ كَفَّيْهِ حَتَّى أَنْقَاهُمَا، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ ثَلَاثًا، وَغَسَلَ وَجْهَهُ ثَلَاثًا، وَذِرَاعَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَمَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ، وَغَسَلَ قَدَمَيْهِ إِلَى الْكَعْبَيْنِ، وَأَخَذَ فَضْلَ طَهُورِهِ فَشَرِبَ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُرِيَكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ طُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I saw 'Ali performing ablution. He washed his palms until he cleaned them, then rinsed his mouth three times, and sniffed water into his nose three times, and washed his face three times, and his forearms three times, and wiped his head, and washed his feet up to the ankles. Then he took some of the leftover water of his purification and drank it while standing. Then he said: "I wanted to show you how the purification of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was."

240. Musnad Abi Ya'la 499No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ طُهُورِهِ أَخَذَ بِكَفٍّ مِنْ فَضْلِ طَهُورِهِ فَشَرِبَ

     ✧ When he finished his purification, he would take a handful of the leftover water of his purification and drink it.

241. Musnad Abi Ya'la 500No grade recorded

     إِذَا هَاجَ بِأَحَدِكُمُ الدَّمُ، فَلْيُهْرِقْهُ وَلَوْ بِمِشْقَصٍ

     ✧ When blood stirs in one of you, let him shed it, even with a broad arrowhead.

242. Musnad Abi Ya'la 501No grade recorded

     خَرَجْتُ فِي غَدَاةٍ شَاتِيَةٍ جَائِعًا وَقَدْ أَوْبَقَنِي الْبَرْدُ، فَأَخَذْتُ ثَوْبًا مِنْ صُوفٍ قَدْ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا، ثُمَّ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فِي عُنُقِي وَحَزَمْتُهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي أَسْتَدْفِئُ بِهِ، وَاللهِ مَا فِي بَيْتِي شَيْءٌ آكُلُ مِنْهُ، وَلَوْ كَانَ فِي بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ شَيْءٌ لَبَلَغَنِي، فَخَرَجْتُ فِي بَعْضِ نَوَاحِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى يَهُودِيٍّ فِي حَائِطِهِ، فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ثُغْرَةِ جِدَارِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ، هَلْ لَكَ فِي دَلْوٍ بِتَمْرَةٍ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمِ، افْتَحْ لِيَ الْحَائِطَ، فَفَتَحَ لِي، فَدَخَلْتُ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْزِعُ الدَّلْوَ وَيُعْطِينِي تَمْرَةً، حَتَّى مَلَأْتُ كَفِّي، قُلْتُ: حَسْبِي مِنْكَ الْآنَ، فَأَكَلْتُهُنَّ ثُمَّ جَرَعْتُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَهُوَ مَعَ عِصَابَةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَطَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ فِي بُرْدَةٍ لَهُ مَرْقُوعَةٍ بِفَرْوَةٍ، وَكَانَ أَنْعَمَ غُلَامٍ بِمَكَّةَ وَأَرْفَهَهُ عَيْشًا، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ذَكَرَ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ، وَرَأَى حَالَهُ الَّتِي هُوَ عَلَيْهَا، فَذَرَفَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَبَكَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ، أَمْ إِذَا غُدِيَ عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ بِجَفْنَةٍ مِنْ خُبْزٍ وَلَحْمٍ، وَرِيحَ عَلَيْهِ بِأُخْرَى، وَغَدَا فِي حُلَّةٍ، وَرَاحَ فِي أُخْرَى، وَسَتَرْتُمْ بُيُوتَكُمْ كَمَا تُسْتَرُ الْكَعْبَةُ ؟ قُلْنَا: بَلْ نَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَيْرٌ، نَتَفَرَّغُ لِلْعِبَادَةِ، قَالَ: بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ

     ✧ I went out on a cold morning, hungry, and the cold had exhausted me. I took a woolen garment that we had, then I put it around my neck and tied it on my chest to keep warm with it. By Allah, there was nothing in my house for me to eat, and if there had been anything in the house of the Prophet ﷺ it would have reached me. So I went out to one of the areas of Madinah and went to a Jew in his garden. I looked at him from a gap in his wall. He said: "What is the matter with you, O Bedouin? Would you like a bucket for a date?" I said: "Yes, open the garden for me." So he opened it for me, and I entered. I began drawing the bucket and he would give me a date, until I filled my palm. I said: "That is enough from you now." Then I ate them, then drank some water. Then I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and sat with him in the mosque, while he was with a group of his companions. Mus'ab b. 'Umayr appeared before us in a cloak of his patched with fur. He had been the most pampered youth in Makkah and the most comfortable in his living. When the Prophet ﷺ saw him, he remembered the luxury he had been in, and saw the condition he was in now, so his eyes shed tears and he wept. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Are you better today, or when a tray of bread and meat is brought to one of you in the morning, and another in the evening, and he goes out in one fine garment and returns in another, and you cover your houses as the Ka'bah is covered?" We said: "Rather we are better then, free for worship." He said: "Rather you are better today."

243. Musnad Abi Ya'la 502No grade recorded

     زَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَى دِرْعٍ حَدِيدٍ حُطَمِيَّةٍ، وَكَانَ سَلَّحَنِيهَا، وَقَالَ: ابْعَثْ بِهَا إِلَيْهَا تُحِلِّلْهَا بِهَا، فَبَعَثْتُ بِهَا إِلَيْهَا، وَاللهِ مَا ثَمَنُهَا كَذَا وَأَرْبَعِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married me to Fatimah for an iron coat of mail of the Hutami type, and he had given it to me as armor. He said: "Send it to her, so it may make her lawful to you by it." So I sent it to her. By Allah, its price was not such and such and four hundred dirhams.

244. Musnad Abi Ya'la 503No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ وَأُتِيَ بِالْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَدْ صَلَّى بِأَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ الصُّبْحَ أَرْبَعًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَزِيدُكُمْ ؟ قَالَ: شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ حُمْرَانُ وَرَجُلٌ آخَرُ، شَهِدَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَنَّهُ رَآهُ يَشْرَبُهَا - يَعْنِي الْخَمْرَ - وَشَهِدَ الْآخَرُ أَنَّهُ رَآهُ يَتَقَيَّؤُهَا، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَقَيَّأْهَا حَتَّى شَرِبَهَا، فَقَالَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: أَقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ: أَقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ: وَلِّ حَارَّهَا مَنْ تَوَلَّى قَارَّهَا، فَقَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ابْنِ أَخِيهِ: أَقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، فَأَخَذَ سَوْطًا فَجَلَدَهُ، وَعَلِيٌّ يَعُدُّ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ، قَالَ: أَمْسِكْ، جَلَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَعُمَرُ ثَمَانِينَ، وَكُلٌّ سُنَّةٌ، وَهَذَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ

     ✧ I witnessed 'Uthman b. 'Affan when al-Walid b. 'Uqbah was brought to him, who had led the people of Kufah in the morning prayer with four rak'ahs, then said: "Shall I give you more?" He said: Humran and another man testified against him. One of them testified that he saw him drinking it - meaning wine - and the other testified that he saw him vomiting it. 'Uthman said: "He would not have vomited it unless he drank it." So he said to 'Ali b. Abi Talib: "Carry out the prescribed punishment on him." 'Ali said to his son al-Hasan: "Carry out the prescribed punishment on him." Al-Hasan said: "Appoint someone to handle its heat who has assumed its cold." So he said to 'Abdullah b. Ja'far, his nephew: "Carry out the prescribed punishment on him." He took a whip and flogged him, while 'Ali counted. When it reached forty, he said: "Stop. The Prophet ﷺ flogged forty, Abu Bakr forty, and 'Umar eighty. Each is a Sunnah, and this is dearer to me."

245. Musnad Abi Ya'la 504No grade recorded

     كَانَ شِعَارُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَا كُلَّ خَيْرٍ

     ✧ The watchword of the Prophet ﷺ was 'O all good.'

246. Musnad Abi Ya'la 505No grade recorded

     خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي جِنَازَةٍ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا رَجُلٌ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، فَلَا يَدَعُ قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّاهُ، وَلَا صُورَةً إِلَّا طَلَخَهَا، وَلَا وَثَنًا إِلَّا كَسَرَهُ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، وَهَابَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَامَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَذَهَبَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، لَمْ آتِكَ حَتَّى لَمْ أَدَعْ فِيهَا قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ، وَلَا صُورَةً إِلَّا لَطَّخْتُهَا، وَلَا وَثَنًا إِلَّا كَسَرْتُهُ، قَالَ: مَنْ عَادَ إِلَى صَنْعَةِ شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، لَا تَكُونَنَّ فَتَّانًا، وَلَا مُخْتَالًا، وَلَا تَاجِرًا، إِلَّا تَاجِرَ خَيْرٍ، فَإِنَّ أُولَئِكَ الْمُسَبِّقُونَ فِي الْعَمَلِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ went out in a funeral procession and said: 'Is there not a man who will go to Madinah and leave no grave but that he levels it, no image but that he smears it over, and no idol but that he breaks it?' A man stood up, but he was fearful of the people of Madinah, so Ali stood up and said: 'I, O Messenger of God.' He said: So he went, then he came back and said: 'O Messenger of God, I did not come back to you until I had left no grave among them but that I leveled it, no image but that I smeared it over, and no idol but that I broke it.' He said: 'Whoever returns to making any of that has disbelieved in what was sent down upon Muhammad ﷺ. Do not be a tempter, nor arrogant, nor a trader—except a trader of good, for those are the ones who race ahead in deeds.'

247. Musnad Abi Ya'la 506No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ دَعَا صَاحِبَ شُرْطَتِهِ، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقْ فَلَا تَدَعْ قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتَهُ، وَلَا زُخْرُفًا إِلَّا وَضَعْتَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي فِيمَا بَعَثْتُكَ ؟ بَعَثْتُكَ فِيمَا بَعَثَنِي فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ He summoned the chief of his guards and said: 'Go out and leave no grave but that you level it, and no adornment but that you remove it.' Then he said: 'Do you know for what I have sent you? I have sent you for what the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me.'

248. Musnad Abi Ya'la 507No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ الْبُدْنَ، وَأَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِلُحُومِهَا، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ جِلَالِهَا وَجُلُودِهَا، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to slaughter the camels and to give their meat in charity. I returned to him to ask him about their saddle blankets and hides, and he commanded me to give them in charity.

249. Musnad Abi Ya'la 508No grade recorded

     حَقُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ سِتٌّ: يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ، وَيُجِيبُهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ، وَيَنْصَحُ لَهُ بِالْغَيْبِ، وَيُشَمِّتُ عَلَيْهِ إِذَا عَطَسَ، وَيَعُودُهُ إِذَا مَرِضَ، وَيَشْهَدُ جِنَازَتَهُ إِذَا مَاتَ

     ✧ The right of a Muslim over a Muslim is six: to greet him with peace when he meets him, to answer him when he invites him, to advise him in his absence, to invoke God's mercy on him when he sneezes, to visit him when he falls ill, and to attend his funeral when he dies.

250. Musnad Abi Ya'la 509No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِفَاطِمَةَ: إِنِّي وَإِيَّاكِ وَهَذَا - يَعْنِينِي - وَهَذَيْنِ: الْحَسَنَ وَالْحُسَيْنَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي مَكَانٍ وَاحِدٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Fatimah: 'I, you, this one—meaning me—and these two, al-Hasan and al-Husayn, will be on the Day of Resurrection in one place.'

251. Musnad Abi Ya'la 510No grade recorded

     مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ تَسْبِقُهُ بَعْضُ أَعْضَائِهِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ صُوحَانَ

     ✧ Whoever would like to look at a man some of whose limbs have preceded him to Paradise, let him look at Zayd b. Suhan.

252. Musnad Abi Ya'la 511No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرِيدَ، وَيَشْرَبُ اللَّبَنَ، وَيُصَلِّي وَلَا يَتَوَضَّأُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ would eat tharid, drink milk, and pray without performing ablution.

253. Musnad Abi Ya'la 512No grade recorded

     لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ

     ✧ Do not lie about me, for whoever lies about me will enter the Fire.

254. Musnad Abi Ya'la 513No grade recorded

     مَا كُنْتُ أَدِي مَنْ أَقَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، إِلَّا شَارِبَ الْخَمْرِ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَسُنَّ فِيهِ شَيْئًا، إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْءٌ قُلْنَاهُ نَحْنُ

     ✧ I would not pay blood money for someone on whom I carried out a prescribed punishment, except the wine drinker, for the Messenger of God ﷺ did not establish any ruling regarding it; it is just something we said ourselves.

255. Musnad Abi Ya'la 514No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا، يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ، يَقُولُ: مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: طَلْحَةُ وَالزُّبَيْرُ جَارَايَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ

     ✧ I heard Ali on the Day of the Camel say: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ passed by me saying: Talhah and al-Zubayr are my two neighbors in Paradise.'

256. Musnad Abi Ya'la 515No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَعَنَ عَشَرَةً: آكِلَ الرِّبَا، وَمُوكِلَهُ، وَكَاتِبَهُ، وَشَاهِدَيْهِ، وَالْوَاشِمَةَ، وَالْمُسْتَوْشِمَةَ، وَمَانِعَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَالْمُحِلَّ، وَالْمُحَلَّلَ لَهُ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ cursed ten: the one who consumes usury, the one who gives it, its scribe, its two witnesses, the woman who tattoos, the woman who asks to be tattooed, the one who withholds charity, the one who makes lawful, and the one for whom it is made lawful.

257. Musnad Abi Ya'la 516No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلا، قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ مَرَّتَيْنِ. قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ مَرَّتَيْنِ. قَالَ: لَا، وَلَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ

     ✧ When it was revealed: 'And [due] to God from the people is a pilgrimage to the House—for whoever is able to find thereto a way' [Quran 3:97], the believers said: 'O Messenger of God, is it every year? Twice?' He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ remained silent. They said: 'O Messenger of God, is it every year? Twice?' He said: 'No, and if I had said yes, it would have become obligatory.' Then God sent down: 'O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you' [Quran 5:101].

258. Musnad Abi Ya'la 517No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، وَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، مَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَسْتَحِيلُ النَّاسَ اسْتِحَالَةَ الرَّجُلِ إِبِلَهُ، أَبِعَهْدٍ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَوْ شَيْئًا رَأَيْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَلَا كُذِبْتُ، وَلَا ضَلَلْتُ وَلَا ضُلَّ بِي، بَلْ عَهْدٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَهِدَهُ إِلَيَّ، وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنِ افْتَرَى

     ✧ I heard Ali on the pulpit, and a man came to him and said: O Commander of the Faithful, why do I see you treating people the way a man treats his camels? Is it by a covenant from the Messenger of God ﷺ or something you have seen? He said: By God, I have not lied, nor have I been lied to; I have not strayed, nor have I been led astray. Rather, it is a covenant from the Messenger of God ﷺ which he entrusted to me. And he who fabricates has failed.

259. Musnad Abi Ya'la 518No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا عَلَى مِنْبَرِكُمْ هَذَا يَقُولُ: عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاكِثِينَ، وَالْقَاسِطِينَ، وَالْمَارِقِينَ

     ✧ I heard Ali say from this pulpit of yours: The Prophet ﷺ entrusted to me that I should fight the oath-breakers, the deviators, and the renegades.

260. Musnad Abi Ya'la 519No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي مَنَامِي، فَشَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ مَا لَقِيتُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ مِنَ الْأَوْدِ وَاللَّدَدِ، فَبَكَيْتُ، فَقَالَ لِي: لَا تَبْكِ يَا عَلِيُّ، وَالْتَفَتَ فَالْتَفَتُّ، فَإِذَا رَجُلَانِ يَتَصَعَّدَانِ، وَإِذَا جَلَامِيدُ تُرْضَخُ بِهَا رُؤُوسُهُمَا حَتَّى تُفْضَخَ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ - أَوْ قَالَ: يَعُودُ - قَالَ: فَغَدَوْتُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ كَمَا كُنْتُ أَغْدُو عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ، حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ فِي الْخَرَّازِينَ لَقِيتُ النَّاسَ، فَقَالُوا: قُتِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     ✧ I saw the Prophet ﷺ in my dream, and I complained to him of the crookedness and stubbornness I had encountered from his community, and I wept. He said to me: Do not weep, O Ali; and he turned, so I turned, and behold, two men were climbing up, and there were boulders with which their heads were being crushed until they split open; then it would return — or he said: it would go back. He said: Then I went to Ali in the morning as I used to go to him every day, until when I was among the leather-workers I met the people, and they said: The Commander of the Faithful has been killed.

261. Musnad Abi Ya'la 520No grade recorded

     إِنَّهُ صَنَعَ طَعَامًا فَدَعَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَرَأَى فِي الْبَيْتِ شَيْئًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، فَرَجَعَ، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا رَجَعَكَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ سِتْرًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ

     ✧ He prepared food and invited the Messenger of God ﷺ; he saw in the house something in which there were images, and he went back. He said: I said: O Messenger of God, what made you go back, may my father and mother be your ransom? He said: In the house there is a curtain with images on it, and the angels do not enter a house in which there are images.

262. Musnad Abi Ya'la 521No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ بِنْتُ عِمْرَانَ، هِيَ خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ بِنْتُ خُوَيْلِدٍ

     ✧ The best of its women is Maryam bt. Imran; she is the best of its women in that time, and the best of its women is Khadijah bt. Khuwaylid.

263. Musnad Abi Ya'la 522No grade recorded

     الْإِسْلَامُ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَسْهُمٍ: الْإِسْلَامُ سَهْمٌ، وَالصَّلَاةُ سَهْمٌ، وَالزَّكَاةُ سَهْمٌ، وَالْحَجُّ سَهْمٌ، وَالْجِهَادُ سَهْمٌ، وَصَوْمُ رَمَضَانَ سَهْمٌ، وَالْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ سَهْمٌ، وَالنَّهْيُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ سَهْمٌ، وَخَابَ مَنْ لَا سَهْمَ لَهُ

     ✧ Islam is eight shares: Islam is a share, prayer is a share, zakāt is a share, hajj is a share, jihad is a share, fasting Ramadan is a share, enjoining good is a share, and forbidding evil is a share. And he has failed who has no share.

264. Musnad Abi Ya'la 523No grade recorded

     كَانَ لَا يَحْجُبُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ جُنُبًا

     ✧ Nothing would prevent him from reciting the Quran except being in a state of major ritual impurity.

265. Musnad Abi Ya'la 524No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ الْقَمَرَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ كَأَنَّهُ شِقُّ جَفْنَةٍ

     ✧ I saw the moon on the Night of Decree as if it were half a bowl.

266. Musnad Abi Ya'la 525No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ حِينَ تَنَازَعُوا فِي ابْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ: وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا زَيْدُ فَأَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Zayd b. Harithah when they disputed over the daughter of Hamzah: As for you, O Zayd, you are our brother and our client.

267. Musnad Abi Ya'la 526No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، عَنِ الْمُغَنِّيَاتِ وَالنَّوَّاحَاتِ، وَعَنْ شِرَائِهِنَّ، وَبَيْعِهِنَّ، وَتِجَارَةٍ فِيهِنَّ، وَقَالَ: كَسْبُهُنَّ حَرَامٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade singing-girls and wailing-women, and buying them, selling them, and trading in them, and said: Their earnings are unlawful.

268. Musnad Abi Ya'la 527No grade recorded

     طَلَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَوَجَدَنِي فِي جَدْوَلٍ نَائِمًا، فَقَالَ: قُمْ مَا أَلُومُ النَّاسَ يُسَمُّونَكَ أَبَا تُرَابٍ، قَالَ: فَرَأَى كَأَنِّي وَجَدْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: قُمْ فَوَاللهِ لَأُرْضِيَنَّكَ، أَنْتَ أَخِي، وَأَبُو وَلَدَيَّ، تُقَاتِلُ عَنْ سُنَّتِي، وَتُبْرِئُ ذِمَّتِي، مَنْ مَاتَ فِي عَهْدِي فَهُوَ كَنْزُ اللهِ، وَمَنْ مَاتَ فِي عَهْدِكَ فَقَدْ قَضَى نَحْبَهُ، وَمَنْ مَاتَ يُحِبُّكَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِكَ خَتَمَ اللهُ لَهُ بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمَانِ، مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ أَوْ غَرَبَتْ، وَمَنْ مَاتَ يُبْغِضُكَ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً، وَحُوسِبَ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ came looking for me and found me asleep in a stream bed, so he said: Get up; I do not blame people for calling you Abu Turab. He said: He saw that I felt something in myself because of that, so he said: Get up, for by God, I will surely please you. You are my brother and the father of my children; you fight for my Sunnah and free my responsibility. Whoever dies under my protection is a treasure of God, and whoever dies under your protection has fulfilled his vow. Whoever dies loving you after your death, God will seal for him with security and faith as long as the sun rises or sets. And whoever dies hating you dies a death of ignorance and will be held to account for what he did in Islam.

269. Musnad Abi Ya'la 528No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَنْهَى عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ، وَالْحَنْتَمِ، وَالْمُزَفَّتِ، وَالْمُقَيَّرِ، وَالنَّقِيرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to Yemen and ordered me to forbid gourds, green jars, pitch-covered vessels, tarred vessels, and hollowed stumps.

270. Musnad Abi Ya'la 529No grade recorded

     قَاتَلْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ قِتَالًا، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِذَا هُوَ سَاجِدٌ، يَقُولُ: يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبْتُ فَقَاتَلْتُ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَاجِدٌ، يَقُولُ: يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ، قَالَ: فَفَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ

     ✧ I fought on the day of Badr, then I came to the Prophet ﷺ and found him prostrating, saying: O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting. Then I went and fought, then I came and found the Prophet ﷺ prostrating, saying: O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting. He said: Then Allah granted him victory.

271. Musnad Abi Ya'la 530No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَتَلَ عَبْدَهُ مُتَعَمِّدًا، فَجَلَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِائَةً، وَنَفَاهُ سَنَةً، وَمَحَا سَهْمَهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَلَمْ يُقِدْهُ بِهِ

     ✧ A man killed his slave deliberately, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ flogged him one hundred lashes, exiled him for a year, erased his share from the Muslims, and did not retaliate against him.

272. Musnad Abi Ya'la 531No grade recorded

     زَيْنُ الصَّلَاةِ الْحِذَاءُ

     ✧ The adornment of prayer is wearing shoes.

273. Musnad Abi Ya'la 532No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَالْآخِرِينَ، إِلَّا النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ، يَا عَلِيُّ، لَا تُخْبِرْهُمَا

     ✧ I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when Abu Bakr and Umar approached. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: These two are the masters of the elderly men of Paradise from the first and the last, except for the prophets and messengers. O Ali, do not inform them.

274. Musnad Abi Ya'la 533No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: فِيكَ مَثَلٌ مِنْ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، أَبْغَضَتْهُ يَهُودُ حَتَّى بَهَتُوا أُمَّهُ، وَأَحَبَّتْهُ النَّصَارَى حَتَّى أَنْزَلُوهُ بِالْمَنْزِلَةِ الَّتِي لَيْسَ بِهِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَهْلِكُ فِيَّ رَجُلَانِ: مُحِبٌّ مُطْرٍ يُفْرِطُ لِي بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيَّ، وَمُبْغِضٌ مُفْتَرٍ يَحْمِلُهُ شَنَآنِي عَلَى أَنْ يَبْهَتَنِي

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: In you there is a likeness of Jesus son of Mary. The Jews hated him until they slandered his mother, and the Christians loved him until they placed him in a station that was not his. He said: Then Ali said: Two men will perish concerning me: a loving exaggerator who goes to excess for me with what is not in me, and a hating slanderer whose hatred of me leads him to slander me.

275. Musnad Abi Ya'la 534No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا تَمَضْمَضَ ثَلَاثًا مَعَ الِاسْتِنْشَاقِ بِمَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى طُهُورِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَهَذَا طُهُورُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I saw Ali rinse his mouth three times with the sniffing of water, using one handful of water, then he said: Whoever wants to look at the purification of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, this is the purification of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

276. Musnad Abi Ya'la 535No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ: أَقْرِئْنِي مِنَ الْأَحْقَافِ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً، فَأَقْرَأَنِي خِلَافَ مَا أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَقُلْتُ لِآخَرَ: أَقْرِئْنِي مِنَ الْأَحْقَافِ ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً، فَأَقْرَأَنِي خِلَافَ مَا أَقْرَأَنِي الْأَوَّلُ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَعَلِيٌّ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: اقْرَؤُوا كَمَا عُلِّمْتُمْ

     ✧ I said to a man: Recite to me thirty verses from al-Ahqaf. He recited to me differently from what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had recited to me. I said to another: Recite to me thirty verses from al-Ahqaf. He recited to me differently from what the first had recited to me. So I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Ali was sitting with him. Ali said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Recite as you have been taught.

277. Musnad Abi Ya'la 536No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ، وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing a gold ring, from reciting while bowing, and from wearing qassi and garments dyed with safflower.

278. Musnad Abi Ya'la 537No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade gourds and pitch-coated vessels.

279. Musnad Abi Ya'la 538No grade recorded

     أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ أَنْ يَصْعَدَ شَجَرَةً فَيَأْتِيَهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهَا، فَنَظَرَ أَصْحَابُهُ إِلَى حُمُوشَةِ سَاقَيْهِ، فَضَحِكُوا مِنْهَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: مَا تَضْحَكُونَ ؟ لَرِجْلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَثْقَلُ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded Ibn Mas'ud to climb a tree and bring him something from it. His companions looked at the thinness of his legs and laughed at them. The Prophet ﷺ said: Why do you laugh? The leg of Abdullah on the Day of Resurrection will be heavier than Uhud.

280. Musnad Abi Ya'la 539No grade recorded

     سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يَقُولُ عَلَى هَذَا الْمِنْبَرِ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِخَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا ؟ قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِالثَّانِي ؟ قَالَ: فَذَكَرَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَئِنْ شِئْتُ لَأَخْبَرْتُكُمْ بِالثَّالِثِ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ سَكَتَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ يَعْنِي نَفْسَهُ

     ✧ I heard Ali ibn Abi Talib say on this pulpit: Shall I not inform you of the best of this nation after its Prophet? He said: Then he mentioned Abu Bakr. He said: Then he said: Shall I not inform you of the second? He said: Then he mentioned Umar ibn al-Khattab. He said: Then he said: If I wished, I would inform you of the third. He said: Then he was silent. He said: Then we thought that he meant himself.

281. Musnad Abi Ya'la 540No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ السَّوْمِ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ، وَعَنْ ذَبْحِ ذَوَاتِ الدَّرِّ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade bargaining before sunrise and slaughtering milk-producing animals.

282. Musnad Abi Ya'la 541No grade recorded

     لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلا، قَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ فَسَكَتَ، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَوْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ لَوَجَبَتْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَسْأَلُوا عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ. إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ

     ✧ When this verse was revealed: 'And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find thereto a way' [Qur'an 3:97], they said, 'O Messenger of Allah, is it every year?' He remained silent. Then they said, 'Every year?' He said, 'No; and if I had said yes, it would have become obligatory.' Then Allah revealed: 'O you who have believed, do not ask about things which, if they are shown to you, will distress you' [Qur'an 5:101], to the end of the verse.

283. Musnad Abi Ya'la 542No grade recorded

     كَانَ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ رُمْحٌ، فَكُنَّا إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي غَزَاةٍ فَرَكَزَهُ فَيَمُرُّ بِهِ النَّاسُ فَيَحْمِلُونَهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَئِنْ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَأُخْبِرَنَّهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ إِنْ فَعَلْتَ لَمْ تُرْفَعْ ضَالَّةً

     ✧ Al-Mughira b. Shu'ba had a spear. When we went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a military expedition, he would plant it in the ground, and people would pass by it and carry it off. I said to him, 'If I go to the Prophet ﷺ, I will certainly inform him.' He said, 'If you do that, you will never have a lost item returned.'

284. Musnad Abi Ya'la 543No grade recorded

     وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ عَرَفَةُ، وَهَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَعَرَفَةُ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ حِينَ غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَأَرْدَفَ أُسَامَةَ، وَجَعَلَ يَسِيرُ عَلَى هِينَتِهِ، وَالنَّاسُ يَضْرِبُونَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا لَا يَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّكِينَةِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى جَمْعًا فَصَلَّى بِهِمُ الصَّلَاتَيْنِ جَمِيعًا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَتَى قَزَحَ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا قَزَحُ، وَهَذَا الْمَوْقِفُ، وَجَمْعٌ كُلُّهَا مَوْقِفٌ، ثُمَّ أَفَاضَ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى وَادِي مُحَسِّرٍ قَرَعَ نَاقَتَهُ فَخَبَّتْ حَتَّى جَازَ الْوَادِيَ، وَقَفَ وَأَرْدَفَ الْفَضْلَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْجَمْرَةَ فَرَمَاهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْمَنْحَرَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْمَنْحَرُ وَمِنًى كُلُّهَا مَنْحَرٌ، وَاسْتَفْتَتْهُ جَارِيَةٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ قَدْ أَفْنَدَ، وَقَدْ أَدْرَكَتْهُ فَرِيضَةُ اللهِ فِي الْحَجِّ، فَيُجْزِئُ أَنْ أَحُجَّ عَنْهُ ؟ قَالَ: حُجِّي عَنْ أَبِيكِ، وَلَوَى عُنُقَ الْفَضْلِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ: لِمَ لَوَيْتَ عُنُقَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ ؟ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ شَابًّا وَشَابَّةً، فَلَمْ آمَنِ الشَّيْطَانَ عَلَيْهِمَا، وَأَتَى رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي أَفَضْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَحْلِقَ ؟ قَالَ: احْلِقْ، وَقَصِّرْ، وَلَا حَرَجَ، وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنِّي ذَبَحْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ، قَالَ: ارْمِ وَلَا حَرَجَ، ثُمَّ أَتَى الْبَيْتَ فَطَافَ بِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَى زَمْزَمَ، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، سِقَايَتَكُمْ، لَوْلَا أَنْ يَغْلِبَكُمُ النَّاسُ لَنَزَعْتُ بِهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at ʿArafah and said, 'This is ʿArafah, and this is the standing place; all of ʿArafah is a standing place.' Then he departed when the sun had set, placing Usama behind him on his mount, and he proceeded at his own unhurried pace while the people were striking right and left, not turning toward them, and he was saying, 'O people, you must be calm.' Then he came to Muzdalifah and prayed the two prayers with them together. When morning came, he came to Quzah and stood upon it, saying, 'This is Quzah, and this is the standing place; all of Muzdalifah is a standing place.' Then he departed, and when he reached the valley of Muhassir, he urged his she-camel on, and she quickened her pace until he crossed the valley. He stopped and placed al-Fadl behind him, then came to the Jamrah and threw the pebbles. Then he came to the place of sacrifice and said, 'This is the place of sacrifice, and all of Mina is a place of sacrifice.' A young woman from Khathʿam asked him for a ruling, saying, 'My father is an old man who has become senile, and the obligation of Allah in the Hajj has overtaken him; will it suffice for me to perform Hajj on his behalf?' He said, 'Perform Hajj on behalf of your father.' He turned al-Fadl's neck away, and al-ʿAbbas said to him, 'Why did you turn the neck of your cousin?' He said, 'I saw a young man and a young woman, and I did not feel safe from Satan concerning them.' A man came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I departed from ʿArafah before shaving my head.' He said, 'Shave or shorten, and there is no harm.' Another man came and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, I slaughtered before throwing the pebbles.' He said, 'Throw, and there is no harm.' Then he came to the House and circumambulated it, then came to Zamzam and said, 'O Banu ʿAbd al-Muttalib, your water-giving; were it not that the people would overcome you, I would draw water with you.'

285. Musnad Abi Ya'la 544No grade recorded

     قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: مَا تَرَوْنَ فِي فَضْلٍ فَضَلَ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ ؟ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَدْ شَغَلْنَاكَ عَنْ أَهْلِكَ وَضَيْعَتِكَ وَتِجَارَتِكَ، فَهُوَ لَكَ، قَالَ لِي: مَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: أَشَارُوا عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: قُلْ، فَقُلْتُ: لِمَ تَجْعَلُ يَقِينَكَ ظَنًّا، وَعِلْمَكَ جَهْلًا ؟ قَالَ: لَتَخْرُجَنَّ مِمَّا قُلْتَ، أَوْ لَأُعَاقِبَنَّكَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَجَلْ لَأَخْرُجَنَّ مِنْهُ، أَمَا تَذْكُرُ حَيْثُ بَعَثَكَ نَبِيُّ اللهِ ﷺ سَاعِيًا، فَأَتَيْتَ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَمَنَعَكَ صَدَقَتَهُ، فَقُلْتَ لِيَ: انْطَلِقْ مَعِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَلَنُخْبِرَنَّهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعَ الْعَبَّاسُ، فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ خَاثِرًا، فَرَجَعْنَا، ثُمَّ عُدْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْغَدَ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ طَيِّبَ النَّفْسِ فَأَخْبَرْتَهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعَ الْعَبَّاسُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عَمَّ الرَّجُلِ صِنْوُ أَبِيهِ، وَذَكَرْنَا لَهُ الَّذِي رَأَيْنَا مِنْ خُثُورِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَمَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا أَتَيْتُمَانِي فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ وَقَدْ بَقِيَ عِنْدِي مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ دِينَارٌ، فَكَانَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمَا لِذَلِكَ، وَأَتَيْتُمَانِي الْيَوْمَ وَقَدْ وَجَّهْتُ، فَذَلِكَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتُمَا مِنْ طِيبِ نَفْسِي، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: صَدَقْتَ، أَمَا وَاللهِ لَأَشْكُرَنَّ - يَعْنِي لَكَ - الْأُولَى وَالْآخِرَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَلِمَ تُعَجِّلُ الْعُقُوبَةَ وَتُؤَخِّرُ الشُّكْرَ. ؟

     ✧ ʿUmar b. al-Khattab said, 'What do you think about the surplus of this wealth that remains with us?' The people said, 'O Commander of the Believers, we have kept you away from your family, your estate, and your trade, so it is yours.' He said to me, 'What do you say?' I said, 'They advised you.' He said, 'Speak.' I said, 'Why do you make your certainty into assumption and your knowledge into ignorance?' He said, 'You will come out of what you said, or I will punish you.' I said, 'Yes, I will come out of it. Do you remember when the Prophet of Allah ﷺ sent you as a tax collector, and you came to al-ʿAbbas b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib, and he withheld his alms from you? You said to me, "Come with me to the Prophet ﷺ, and we will inform him of what al-ʿAbbas did." So we went to the Prophet ﷺ and found him dejected, so we returned. Then we came back to him the next day and found him in good spirits, and you informed him of what al-ʿAbbas did. He said, "Do you not know that a man's uncle is the equal of his father?" And we mentioned to him the dejection we had seen on the first day and the good spirits we had seen on the second day. He said, "You came to me on the first day while one dinar from the alms remained with me, and what you saw was because of that; and you came to me today after I had distributed it, and that good spirits you saw was because of that."' ʿUmar said, 'You have spoken the truth. By Allah, I will thank you for the first and the last.' I said, 'O Commander of the Believers, why do you hasten the punishment and delay the thanks?'

286. Musnad Abi Ya'la 545No grade recorded

     لَمَّا انْجَلَى النَّاسُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ، نَظَرْتُ فِي الْقَتْلَى فَلَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا كَانَ لِيَفِرَّ، وَمَا أَرَاهُ فِي الْقَتْلَى، وَلَكِنْ أَرَى اللهَ غَضِبَ عَلَيْنَا بِمَا صَنَعْنَا فَرَفَعَ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ، فَمَا فِيَّ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ حَتَّى أُقْتَلَ، فَكَسَرْتُ جَفْنَ سَيْفِي ثُمَّ حَمَلْتُ عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَأَفْرَجُوا لِي، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ

     ✧ When the people withdrew from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the day of Uhud, I looked among the slain but did not see the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said, 'By Allah, he would not flee, and I do not see him among the slain, but I think Allah became angry with us for what we did and raised up His Prophet ﷺ. There is no good in me unless I fight until I am killed.' So I broke the sheath of my sword, then charged at the people, and they parted for me, and there was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among them.

287. Musnad Abi Ya'la 546No grade recorded

     أَصَبْتُ شَارِفًا فِي مَغْنَمِ بَدْرٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَعْطَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَارِفًا، فَأَنَخْتُهُمَا عِنْدَ بَابِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَحْمِلَ عَلَيْهِمَا إِذْخِرًا أَبِيعُهُ، وَمَعِي رَجُلٌ صَائِغٌ مِنْ بَنِي قَيْنُقَاعَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: أَسْتَعِينُ بِهِ عَلَى وَلِيمَةِ فَاطِمَةَ، وَحَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فِي الْبَيْتِ يَشْرَبُ وَمَعَهُ قَيْنَةٌ تُغَنِّيهِ، تَقُولُ: أَلَا يَا حَمْزَ لِلشُّرُفِ النِّوَاءِ، فَثَارَ إِلَيْهِمَا بِالسَّيْفِ فَجَبَّ أَسْنِمَتَهُمَا، وَبَقَرَ خَوَاصِرَهُمَا، وَأَخَذَ مِنْ أَكْبَادِهِمَا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ شِهَابٍ: وَمِنَ السَّنَامِ ؟ قَالَ: قَدْ جَبَّ أَسْنِمَتَهُمَا، قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى أَمْرٍ أَفْظَعَنِي، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ، وَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ، حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: فَتَغَيَّظَ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَرَفَعَ حَمْزَةُ بَصَرَهُ، فَقَالَ: وَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا عَبِيدُ آبَائِي ؟ قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقَهْقِرُ عَنْهُ

     ✧ I obtained an old she-camel among the spoils of Badr with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave me another old she-camel. I made both of them kneel at the door of a man from the Ansar, intending to load on them sweet rush to sell, and with me was a goldsmith from Banu Qaynuqaʿ. ʿAli said, 'I was seeking his help for the wedding feast of Fatima.' Hamza b. ʿAbd al-Muttalib was in the house drinking, and with him was a singing girl who was singing to him: 'O Hamza, for the noble old she-camels.' He rushed at them with his sword, cut off their humps, ripped open their flanks, and took some of their livers. I said to Ibn Shihab, 'And from the hump?' He said, 'He cut off their humps.' He said: I looked at something that horrified me, and I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and with him was Zayd b. Haritha. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out, and with him was Zayd b. Haritha, and I went out with him until he stood over Hamza. He said: He became angry with him. He said: Hamza raised his eyes and said, 'Are you not but slaves of my fathers?' He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ backed away from him.

288. Musnad Abi Ya'la 547No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا كَانَ إِذَا سَافَرَ سَارَ بَعْدَ مَا تَغْرُبُ الشَّمْسُ حَتَّى يَكَادُ أَنْ يُظْلِمَ، ثُمَّ يَنْزِلُ فَيُصَلِّي الْمَغْرِبَ، ثُمَّ يَدْعُو بِعَشَائِهِ فَيَتَعَشَّى، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ، ثُمَّ يَرْتَحِلُ، وَيَقُولُ: هَكَذَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ

     ✧ When ʿAli traveled, he would journey after the sun had set until it was almost dark, then he would dismount and pray the Maghrib prayer, then he would call for his dinner and eat, then he would pray the ʿIsha prayer, then he would resume his journey, and he would say, 'Thus the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do.'

289. Musnad Abi Ya'la 548No grade recorded

     نَهَى أَنْ يَبْقَى عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ لَحْمِ نُسُكِكُمْ شَيْءٌ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ

     ✧ He forbade that any of the meat of your sacrificial animals remain with you after three days.

290. Musnad Abi Ya'la 549No grade recorded

     قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: رَحِمَ اللهُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، زَوَّجَنِي ابْنَتَهُ، وَحَمَلَنِي إِلَى دَارِ الْهِجْرَةِ، وَأَعْتَقَ بِلَالًا مِنْ مَالِهِ، رَحِمَ اللهُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَإِنْ كَانَ مُرًّا، تَرَكَهُ الْحَقُّ وَمَا لَهُ صَدِيقٌ، رَحِمَ اللهُ عُثْمَانَ تَسْتَحْيِيهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، رَحِمَ اللهُ عَلِيًّا، اللَّهُمَّ أَدِرِ الْحَقَّ مَعَهُ كَيْفَ دَارَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr. He gave me his daughter in marriage, carried me to the abode of emigration, and freed Bilal from his own wealth. May Allah have mercy on ʿUmar. He speaks the truth even if it is bitter; the truth has left him with no friend. May Allah have mercy on ʿUthman. The angels are shy of him. May Allah have mercy on ʿAli. O Allah, make the truth turn with him however it turns.'

291. Musnad Abi Ya'la 550No grade recorded

     قُلْتُ لِفَاطِمَةَ: لَوْ أَتَيْتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَسَأَلْتِهِ خَادِمًا، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَجْهَدَكِ الْعَمَلُ. فَأَتَتْهُ فَلَمْ تُوَافِقْهُ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَدُلُّكُمَا عَلَى خَيْرٍ مِمَّا سَأَلْتُمَا ؟ إِذَا أَوَيْتُمَا إِلَى فِرَاشِكُمَا فَسَبِّحَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَاحْمَدَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَكَبِّرَا أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَذَلِكَ مِائَةٌ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، وَأَلْفٌ فِي الْمِيزَانِ

     ✧ I said to Fatima, 'If only you would go to the Prophet ﷺ and ask him for a servant, for the work has exhausted you.' She went to him but did not find him, and he said, 'Shall I not direct you both to something better than what you asked for? When you retire to your beds, glorify Allah thirty-three times, praise Allah thirty-three times, and magnify Allah thirty-four times. That is one hundred on the tongue and one thousand in the scale.'

292. Musnad Abi Ya'la 551No grade recorded

     أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى وَضَعَ قَدَمَهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ فَاطِمَةَ فَعَلَّمَنَا مَا نَقُولُ إِذَا أَخَذْنَا مَضَاجِعَنَا: ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَسْبِيحَةً، وَثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَحْمِيدَةً، وَأَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ تَكْبِيرَةً، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَا تَرَكْتُهَا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ ؟ قَالَ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us until he placed his foot between me and Fatima and taught us what to say when we took to our beds: thirty-three glorifications, thirty-three praises, and thirty-four magnifications. ʿAli said, 'I have never abandoned them since.' A man said to him, 'Not even on the night of Siffin?' He said, 'Not even on the night of Siffin.'

293. Musnad Abi Ya'la 552No grade recorded

     الْقَائِلُ الْفَاحِشَةَ، وَالَّذِي يَسْمَعُ فِي الْإِثْمِ سَوَاءٌ

     ✧ The one who speaks an obscenity and the one who listens to it are equal in sin.

294. Musnad Abi Ya'la 553No grade recorded

     قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ حِينَ تَنَازَعُوا ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ: وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا زَيْدُ فَأَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Zayd b. Harithah when they disputed over the daughter of Hamzah: “As for you, Zayd, you are our brother and our mawla.”

295. Musnad Abi Ya'la 554No grade recorded

     كُنَّا مَعَ عَلِيٍّ حِينَ قُتِلَ أَهْلُ النَّهَرَوَانِ، قَالَ: الْتَمِسُوا لِي الْمُخْدَجَ، فَانْطَلَقَ الْقَوْمُ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ، قَالَ: ارْجِعُوا فَالْتَمِسُوهُ، فَانْطَلَقُوا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوهُ، قَالَ: ارْجِعُوا فَالْتَمِسُوهُ، فَوَاللهِ مَا كُذِبْتُ وَلَا كَذَبْتُ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقُوا فَاسْتَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْقَتْلَى فِي طِينٍ، فَجَاؤُوا بِهِ فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حَبَشِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ قُرْطَقٌ، إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ مِثْلُ حَلَمَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ، عَلَيْهِ شَعَرَاتٌ مِثْلُ شَعَرَاتٍ تَكُونُ عَلَى ذَنَبِ الْيَرْبُوعِ

     ✧ We were with Ali when the people of al-Nahrawan were killed. He said: “Seek out for me the mukhaddaj (the one with the deformed limb).” The people went but did not find him. He said: “Return and seek him.” They went but did not find him. He said: “Return and seek him, for by God, I have not been lied to, nor have I lied.” He said: They went and extracted him from beneath the slain, in mud, and brought him. It is as if I am looking at him: an Abyssinian, upon him a short garment, one of his hands like the nipple of a woman, upon it hairs like the hairs on the tail of a jerboa.

296. Musnad Abi Ya'la 555No grade recorded

     أَنَّ عَلِيًّا، صَنَعَ طَعَامًا، فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَتَّى إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ رَجَعَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: مَا رَجَعَكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ فِي بَيْتِكَ سِتْرًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ، وَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَا تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تَصَاوِيرُ

     ✧ Ali prepared food, and the Prophet ﷺ came. When he looked at the house, he turned back. Ali said: “What made you turn back, O Prophet of God, may my father and mother be your ransom?” He said: “I saw in your house a curtain with images upon it, and indeed the angels do not enter a house in which there are images.”

297. Musnad Abi Ya'la 556No grade recorded

     الْإِخْوَةُ مِنَ الْأُمِّ لَا يَرِثُونَ دِيَةَ أَخِيهِمْ لِأُمِّهِمْ إِذَا قُتِلَ

     ✧ Maternal brothers do not inherit the blood-money of their brother for their mother when he is killed.

298. Musnad Abi Ya'la 557No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أُعْوِرَ آبَارَهَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to destroy its wells.

299. Musnad Abi Ya'la 558No grade recorded

     إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَأَنْ أَخِرَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ، وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ

     ✧ When I narrate to you from the Messenger of God ﷺ, then for me to fall from the sky is more beloved to me than to say about the Messenger of God ﷺ what he did not say. However, war is deception.

300. Musnad Abi Ya'la 559No grade recorded

     أَتَيْتُ عَلِيًّا فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ، فَقَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي سَفَرٍ، فَمَسَحْنَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَلَيَالِيَهُنَّ، وَلِلْمُقِيمِ يَوْمًا

     ✧ I came to Ali and asked him about wiping over the leather socks. He said: “We were with the Messenger of God ﷺ on a journey, and we wiped for three days and their nights, and for the resident, one day.”

301. Musnad Abi Ya'la 560No grade recorded

     عُفِيَ لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ، وَلَكِنْ هَلُمُّوا صَدَقَةَ الْوَرِقِ، مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ دِرْهَمًا دِرْهَمًا، وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْكُمْ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى تَكُونَ مِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ، فَإِذَا كَانَتْ مِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ، فَفِيهَا خَمْسَةُ دَرَاهِمَ

     ✧ You have been exempted from the zakat of horses and slaves, but come forward with the zakat of silver: from every forty dirhams, one dirham. And nothing is taken from you until it reaches two hundred dirhams; when it is two hundred dirhams, in it is five dirhams.

302. Musnad Abi Ya'la 561No grade recorded

     الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ، يَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ، أَلَا لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ، وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ

     ✧ The believers' blood is equal, and they are one hand against others; the lowest of them may grant protection on their behalf. Verily, a believer is not to be killed for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant is in effect.

303. Musnad Abi Ya'la 562No grade recorded

     أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ عَامِلَ شُرْطَتِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: تَدْرِي عَلَامَ أَبْعَثُكَ ؟ أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَنْ أَنْحِتَ لَهُ كُلَّ زُخْرُفٍ - قَالَ: يَعْنِي كُلَّ صُورَةٍ - وَأَنْ أُسَوِّيَ كُلَّ قَبْرٍ

     ✧ He sent the commander of his police and said to him: “Do you know upon what I am sending you? I am sending you upon what the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me: to obliterate every image, meaning every picture, and to level every grave.”

304. Musnad Abi Ya'la 563No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّ الْأُمَرَاءَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْأُمَرَاءَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْأُمَرَاءَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مَا أَقَامُوا بِثَلَاثٍ: مَا حَكَمُوا فَعَدَلُوا، وَمَا عَاهَدُوا فَوَفَوْا، وَمَا اسْتُرْحِمُوا فَرَحِمُوا، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ، وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ addressed the people one day and said: “Verily, the commanders are from Quraysh; verily, the commanders are from Quraysh; verily, the commanders are from Quraysh, as long as they uphold three things: when they judge, they are just; when they make a treaty, they fulfill it; and when mercy is asked of them, they show mercy. Whoever among them does not do that, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people.”

305. Musnad Abi Ya'la 564No grade recorded

     بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ آخِذٌ بِيَدِي، وَنَحْنُ نَمْشِي فِي بَعْضِ سِكَكِ الْمَدِينَةِ، إِذْ أَتَيْنَا عَلَى حَدِيقَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَحْسَنَهَا مِنْ حَدِيقَةٍ ! قَالَ: لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ مَرَرْنَا بِأُخْرَى، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا أَحْسَنَهَا مِنْ حَدِيقَةٍ، قَالَ: لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا، حَتَّى مَرَرْنَا بِسَبْعِ حَدَائِقَ، كُلُّ ذَلِكَ أَقُولُ: مَا أَحْسَنَهَا ! وَيَقُولُ: لَكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَحْسَنُ مِنْهَا، فَلَمَّا خَلَا لَهُ الطَّرِيقُ اعْتَنَقَنِي ثُمَّ أَجْهَشَ بَاكِيًا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا يُبْكِيكَ ؟ قَالَ: ضَغَائِنُ فِي صُدُورِ أَقْوَامٍ، لَا يُبْدُونَهَا لَكَ إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِي، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فِي سَلَامَةٍ مِنْ دِينِي ؟ قَالَ: فِي سَلَامَةٍ مِنْ دِينِكَ

     ✧ While the Messenger of God ﷺ was holding my hand and we were walking in some lanes of Madinah, we came upon a garden. I said: “O Messenger of God, how beautiful a garden it is!” He said: “For you in Paradise is what is more beautiful than it.” Then we passed by another, and I said: “O Messenger of God, how beautiful a garden it is.” He said: “For you in Paradise is what is more beautiful than it.” Until we passed by seven gardens, each time I said: “How beautiful it is!” and he said: “For you in Paradise is what is more beautiful than it.” When the road became empty for him, he embraced me and then burst into tears. He said: I said: “O Messenger of God, what makes you weep?” He said: “Grudges in the chests of people; they will not show them to you except after me.” He said: I said: “O Messenger of God, will my religion be safe?” He said: “Your religion will be safe.”

306. Musnad Abi Ya'la 565No grade recorded

     أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُكْسَى مِنَ الْخَلَائِقِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، قُبْطِيَّتَيْنِ، وَيُكْسَى مُحَمَّدٌ بُرْدَةَ حِبَرَةٍ، قَالَ: وَهُوَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ

     ✧ The first of creation to be clothed will be Ibrahim, in two Egyptian garments, and Muhammad will be clothed in a striped Yemeni cloak. He said: And he will be on the right of the Throne.

307. Musnad Abi Ya'la 566No grade recorded

     شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا فِي الرَّحَبَةِ يُنَاشِدُ النَّاسَ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ مَنْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي يَوْمِ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، لَمَّا قَامَ فَشَهِدَ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: فَقَامَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ بَدْرِيًّا، كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ سَرَاوِيلُ، فَقَالُوا: نَشْهَدُ أَنَّا سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ: أَلَسْتُ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَأَزْوَاجِي أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ ؟ قُلْنَا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَمَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، اللَّهُمَّ وَالِ مَنْ وَالَاهُ، وَعَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ

     ✧ I witnessed Ali in al-Rahaba adjuring the people: I adjure by God anyone who heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: 'Whomever I am his mawla, Ali is his mawla,' to stand and testify. Abd al-Rahman said: So twelve Badris stood, as if I were looking at one of them with trousers on, and they said: We testify that we heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say on the day of Ghadir Khumm: 'Am I not more entitled to the believers than their own selves, and are my wives not their mothers?' We said: Yes, O Messenger of God. He said: 'So whomever I am his mawla, Ali is his mawla. O God, befriend whoever befriends him, and be an enemy to whoever is an enemy to him.'"

308. Musnad Abi Ya'la 567No grade recorded

     بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْجَزَّارِ الَّذِي يَنْحَرُ بُدْنَهُ، فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِلُحُومِهِنَّ وَجُلُودِهِنَّ، وَأَجِلَّتِهِنَّ، وَلَا أُعْطِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا، وَقَالَ: إِنَّا نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ sent me to the butcher who was slaughtering his camels, and he commanded me to give their meat, hides, and saddle cloths as charity, and not to give anything of that to the butcher. He said: 'We will give him from something else.'"

309. Musnad Abi Ya'la 568No grade recorded

     مَرِضَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَرَضًا شَدِيدًا، حَتَّى أَدْنَفَ وَخِفْنَا عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ بَرَأَ وَنَقِهَ، فَقُلْنَا: هَنِيئًا لَكَ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ، الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ الَّذِي عَافَاكَ، قَدْ كُنَّا نَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: لَكِنِّي لَمْ أَخَفْ عَلَى نَفْسِي

     ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib fell severely ill, so much so that he became exhausted and we feared for him. Then he recovered and regained strength. We said: Good news to you, Abu al-Hasan. Praise be to God who has healed you. We were afraid for you. He said: But I was not afraid for myself.

310. Musnad Abi Ya'la 569No grade recorded

     رَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فَقُمْنَا وَقَعَدَ فَقَعَدْنَا

     ✧ We saw the Messenger of God ﷺ stand, so we stood, and sit, so we sat.

311. Musnad Abi Ya'la 570No grade recorded

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ تَوَضَّأَ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ performed ablution three times three times.

312. Musnad Abi Ya'la 571No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا يَتَوَضَّأُ ثَلَاثًا ثَلَاثًا، وَقَالَ: هَكَذَا تَوَضَّأَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ I saw Ali perform ablution three times three times, and he said: This is how the Messenger of God ﷺ performed ablution.

313. Musnad Abi Ya'la 572No grade recorded

     كَانَ يُصَلِّي دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، إِلَّا الْعَصْرَ وَالصُّبْحَ

     ✧ He used to pray after every obligatory prayer two rak'ahs, except after Asr and Fajr.

314. Musnad Abi Ya'la 573No grade recorded

     كَانَ إِذَا اسْتَفْتَحَ الصَّلَاةَ كَبَّرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَنْتَ رَبِّي وَأَنَا عَبْدُكَ، ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، وَاعْتَرَفْتُ بِذَنْبِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي ذُنُوبِي جَمِيعًا، لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاهْدِنِي لِأَحْسَنِ الْأَخْلَاقِ، لَا يَهْدِي لِأَحْسَنِهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، وَاصْرِفْ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا، لَا يَصْرِفُ عَنِّي سَيِّئَهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ، لَبَّيْكَ وَسَعْدَيْكَ، الْخَيْرُ كُلُّهُ فِي يَدَيْكُ، وَالشَّرُّ لَيْسَ إِلَيْكَ، إِنَّا بِكَ وَإِلَيْكَ، تَبَارَكْتَ وَتَعَالَيْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ، وَإِذَا رَكَعَ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ رَكَعْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، خَشَعَ لَكَ سَمْعِي، وَبَصَرِي، وَعِظَامِي، وَمُخِّي، وَعَصَبِي، وَإِذَا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ مِنَ الرُّكُوعِ، قَالَ: سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ، رَبَّنَا لَكَ الْحَمْدُ مِلْءَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، وَمِلْءَ الْأَرْضِ، وَمِلْءَ مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدُ، فَإِذَا سَجَدَ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ سَجَدْتُ، وَلَكَ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَبِكَ آمَنْتُ، سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ وَصَوَّرَهُ، فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَهُ، وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ، فَتَبَارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ، فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ، قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِي مَا قَدَّمْتُ، وَمَا أَخَّرْتُ، وَمَا أَسْرَرْتُ، وَمَا أَعْلَنْتُ، وَمَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي، أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ، وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ

     ✧ When he began the prayer, he said the takbir, then said: 'I have turned my face to the One who created the heavens and the earth, as a hanif, and I am not of the polytheists. Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for God, Lord of the worlds. No partner has He, and with this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims. O God, You are the King, there is no god but You. You are my Lord and I am Your servant. I have wronged myself, and I have acknowledged my sin, so forgive all my sins, for none forgives sins but You. Guide me to the best of character, for none guides to its best but You. Turn away from me its evil, for none turns away its evil from me but You. At Your service and Your aid. All good is in Your hands, and evil is not attributed to You. We are from You and to You. Blessed and exalted are You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You.' When he bowed, he said: 'O God, to You I have bowed, to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed. My hearing, my sight, my bones, my marrow, and my sinews have humbled themselves to You.' When he raised his head from bowing, he said: 'God hears the one who praises Him. Our Lord, to You is praise, filling the heavens, filling the earth, and filling whatever You will after that.' When he prostrated, he said: 'O God, to You I have prostrated, to You I have submitted, and in You I have believed. My face has prostrated to the One who created it and shaped it, and made its form excellent, and split its hearing and sight. Blessed is God, the best of creators.' When he said the salam, he said: 'O God, forgive me what I have done before, what I have delayed, what I have kept secret, and what I have declared, and what You know better than I. You are the One who brings forward, and You are the One who holds back. There is no god but You.'"

315. Musnad Abi Ya'la 574No grade recorded

     أَنْتَ الْمُقَدِّمُ وَأَنْتَ الْمُؤَخِّرُ

     ✧ You are the One who brings forward, and You are the One who holds back.

316. Musnad Abi Ya'la 575No grade recorded

     نَهَى عَنْ نِكَاحِ الْمُتْعَةِ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ، وَعَنْ لُحُومِ الْحُمُرِ الْأَهْلِيَّةِ

     ✧ He prohibited mut'ah marriage on the day of Khaybar, and the meat of domestic donkeys.

317. Musnad Abi Ya'la 576No grade recorded

     أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقُومَ عَلَى بُدْنِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْسِمَ جُلُودَهَا، وَجِلَالَهَا، وَأَمَرَنِي أَلَّا أُعْطِيَ الْجَازِرَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، وَقَالَ: نَحْنُ نُعْطِيهِ مِنْ عِنْدِنَا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded me to take charge of his camels and to distribute their hides and saddle cloths, and he commanded me not to give the butcher anything from them, and he said: 'We will give him from our own resources.'

318. Musnad Abi Ya'la 577No grade recorded

     أَتَتْ فَاطِمَةُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ تَسْتَخْدِمُهُ خَادِمًا، فَقَالَ: أَدُلُّكِ - أَوْ: أُعَلِّمُكِ - مَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ؟ إِذَا أَوَيْتِ إِلَى فِرَاشِكِ تُسَبِّحِينَ ثَلَاثَةً وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَكَبِّرِي، وَاحْمَدِي، أَحَدُهُمَا ثَلَاثًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، وَالْآخَرُ أَرْبَعًا وَثَلَاثِينَ، قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَلَمْ أَدَعْهَا بَعْدَ أَنْ سَمِعْتُهَا، قِيلَ لَهُ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ ؟ قَالَ: وَلَا لَيْلَةَ صِفِّينَ

     ✧ Fatimah came to the Prophet ﷺ asking him for a servant, and he said: Shall I direct you—or: teach you—what is better for you than that? When you go to your bed, glorify Allah thirty-three times, and say Allah is greater, and praise Allah, one of them thirty-three times and the other thirty-four times. Ali said: I have not left it since I heard it. It was said to him: Not even on the night of Siffin? He said: Not even on the night of Siffin.

319. Musnad Abi Ya'la 578No grade recorded

     كَانَ لَا يَحْجُبُهُ عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا الْجَنَابَةُ

     ✧ Nothing prevented him from reciting the Quran except major ritual impurity.

320. Musnad Abi Ya'la 579No grade recorded

     قَدْ تَجَوَّزْنَا لَكُمْ عَنْ صَدَقَةِ الْخَيْلِ وَالرَّقِيقِ

     ✧ We have exempted you from the zakat of horses and slaves.

321. Musnad Abi Ya'la 580No grade recorded

     لَا تُصَلِّ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ الشَّمْسُ بَيْضَاءَ مُرْتَفِعَةً

     ✧ Do not pray after 'Asr unless the sun is white and high.

322. Musnad Abi Ya'la 581No grade recorded

     كُنَّا فِي جِنَازَةٍ فِي بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ، وَجَاءَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَعَدَ وَقَعَدْنَا حَوْلَهُ، وَمَعَهُ مِخْصَرَةٌ، فَنَكَّسَ فَجَعَلَ يَنْكُتُ بِمِخْصَرَتِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ، مَا مِنْ نَفْسٍ مَنْفُوسَةٍ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كَتَبَ اللهُ مَكَانَهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَكَانَهَا مِنَ النَّارِ، وَإِلَّا قَدْ كُتِبَتْ شَقِيَّةً أَوْ سَعِيدَةً، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَا نَمْكُثُ عَلَى كِتَابِنَا وَنَدَعُ الْعَمَلَ ؟ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ، فَسَيَصِيرُ إِلَى عَمَلِ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ، وَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاءِ، فَسَيَصِيرُ إِلَى عَمَلِ أَهْلِ الشَّقَاءِ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ، أَمَّا أَهْلُ السَّعَادَةِ، فَيُيَسَّرُونَ لِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ السَّعَادَةِ، وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ الشِّقْوَةِ، فَيُيَسَّرُونَ لِعَمَلِ أَهْلِ الشِّقْوَةِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

     ✧ We were at a funeral in Baqi' al-Gharqad, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and sat down, and we sat around him. He had a small staff, and he lowered his head and began scratching the ground with his staff. Then he said: There is not one of you, there is no soul that is breathed in, except that Allah has written its place in Paradise and its place in the Fire, and except that it has been written as wretched or blessed. He said: A man said: O Messenger of Allah, should we not rely on our book and abandon action? For whoever is among the people of blessedness will end up doing the deeds of the people of blessedness, and whoever is among the people of wretchedness will end up doing the deeds of the people of wretchedness. He said: Act, for everyone is facilitated. As for the people of blessedness, they are facilitated for the deeds of the people of blessedness, and as for the people of wretchedness, they are facilitated for the deeds of the people of wretchedness. Then he recited: As for him who gives and fears Allah, and believes in the best, We will ease him toward ease. But as for him who is stingy and considers himself self-sufficient, and denies the best, We will ease him toward hardship.

323. Musnad Abi Ya'la 582No grade recorded

     لَا يُؤْمِنُ عَبْدٌ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنَ بِأَرْبَعٍ: أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ، وَيُؤْمِنَ بِالْبَعْثِ بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ، وَيُؤْمِنَ بِالْقَدَرِ

     ✧ A servant does not believe until he believes in four things: that there is no god but Allah alone with no partner, and that I am the Messenger of Allah, He sent me with the truth, and he believes in the resurrection after death, and he believes in divine decree.

324. Musnad Abi Ya'la 583No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: يَا فَرُّوخُ، أَنْتَ الْقَائِلُ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِفُ ؟ أَخْطَأَتِ اسْتُكَ الْحُفْرَةَ ! إِنَّمَا قَالَ: لَا يَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ وَعَلَى الْأَرْضِ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِفُ مِمَّا هُوَ الْيَوْمَ حَيٌّ، وَإِنَّمَا رَخَاءُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَفَرَحُهَا بَعْدَ الْمِائَةِ

     ✧ I was with Ali when Abu Mas'ud entered upon him, and Ali said to him: O Farrukh, are you the one who said: A hundred years will not pass upon the people while there is on the earth an eye that blinks? Your anus missed the hole! He only said: A hundred years will not pass upon the people while there is on the earth an eye that blinks among those who are alive today. And the ease and joy of this ummah is only after the hundred years.

325. Musnad Abi Ya'la 584No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللهَ وِتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوِتْرَ، فَأَوْتِرُوا يَا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ

     ✧ Indeed Allah is odd and loves the odd, so perform witr, O people of the Quran.

326. Musnad Abi Ya'la 585No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا أُتِيَ بِدَابَّةٍ، فَوَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الرِّكَابِ، قَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى عَلَيْهَا، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَإِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ ثُمَّ كَبَّرَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي، فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، ثُمَّ اسْتَضْحَكَ، فَقُلْتُ: مِمَّ اسْتَضْحَكْتَ ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَوْمًا مِثْلَ مَا قُلْتُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَضْحَكَ، فَقُلْتُ: مِمَّ اسْتَضْحَكْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: تَعَجَّبَ رَبُّنَا مِنْ قَوْلِ عَبْدِهِ: سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي فَاغْفِرْ لِي إِنَّهُ لَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، قَالَ: عَلِمَ عَبْدِي أَنَّ لَهُ رَبًّا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ

     ✧ I saw Ali when a mount was brought to him, and he placed his foot in the stirrup and said: In the name of Allah. When he settled on it, he said: Praise be to Allah. Then he said: Glory be to the One who subjected this to us, and we were not capable of it, and indeed to our Lord we will return. Then he said Allah is greater three times. Then he said: Glory be to You, I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You. Then he laughed. I said: Why did you laugh? He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said one day the like of what I said, then he laughed. I said: Why did you laugh, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Our Lord wondered at the saying of His servant: Glory be to You, I have wronged myself, so forgive me, for none forgives sins except You. He said: My servant knows that he has a Lord who forgives sins.

327. Musnad Abi Ya'la 586No grade recorded

     أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِامْرَأَةٍ قَدْ فَجَرَتْ، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا أَنْ تُرْجَمَ، فَمُرَّ بِهَا عَلَى عَلِيٍّ فَعَرَفَهَا، فَخَلَّى سَبِيلَهَا، فَأُتِيَ عُمَرُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّ عَلِيًّا أَخَذَهَا مِنْ أَيْدِينَا فَأَرْسَلَهَا، فَقَالَ: ادْعُوهُ لِي، فَأَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ: لِمَ أَرْسَلْتَهَا ؟ قَالَ: وَاللهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ: قَدْ رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ: عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ، وَعَنِ الصَّبِيِّ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ، وَعَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَبْرَأَ، وَإِنَّ هَذِهِ مَجْنُونَةُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ، وَلَعَلَّ الَّذِي فَجَرَ بِهَا أَتَاهَا وَهِيَ فِي بَلَائِهَا

     ✧ A woman who had committed fornication was brought to Umar, and he ordered that she be stoned. She was passed by Ali, and he recognized her, so he let her go. Umar was told: Ali took her from our hands and released her. He said: Call him to me. He came, and Umar said: Why did you release her? He said: By Allah, you know, O Commander of the Faithful, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The pen is lifted from three: from the sleeper until he wakes, from the child until he reaches puberty, and from the insane until he recovers. And this is an insane woman of Banu so-and-so, and perhaps the one who fornicated with her came to her while she was in her affliction.

328. Musnad Abi Ya'la 587No grade recorded

     مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ مِمَّا كَانَ يُشِيرُ إِلَيَّ: لَيُخَضَّبَنَّ هَذَا مِنْ دَمِ هَذَا

     ✧ Whoever lies about me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire. And I bear witness that among what he pointed to me: This will certainly be dyed from the blood of this.

329. Musnad Abi Ya'la 588No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُنْبَذَ فِي الدُّبَّاءِ وَالْمُزَفَّتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade soaking in gourds and pitch-coated vessels.

330. Musnad Abi Ya'la 589No grade recorded

     خَطَبَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ: وَالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَبَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَتُخْضَبَنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ - يَعْنِي لِحْيَتَهُ مِنْ دَمِ رَأْسِهِ - قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: وَاللهِ لَا يَقُولُ ذَاكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَبَرْنَا عِتْرَتَهُ، فَقَالَ: أُذَكِّرُ اللهَ - أَوْ: أَنْشُدُ اللهَ - أَنْ تَقْتُلَ بِي إِلَّا قَاتِلِي، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَلَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَلَكِنْ أَتْرُكُكُمْ إِلَى مَا تَرَكَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالُوا: فَمَا تَقُولُ لِلهِ إِذَا لَقِيتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: أَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ تَرَكْتَنِي فِيهِمْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ، ثُمَّ تَوَفَّيْتَنِي، وَتَرَكْتُكَ فِيهِمْ، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَصْلَحْتَهُمْ، وَإِنْ شِئْتَ أَفْسَدْتَهُمْ

     ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib addressed us and said: By the One who split the grain and created the soul, this will surely be dyed from this – meaning his beard from the blood of his head. He said: A man said: By Allah, no one says that except that we will destroy his family. He said: I adjure you by Allah – or: I implore Allah – that you do not kill anyone on account of me except my killer. A man said: Will you not appoint a successor, O Commander of the Believers? He said: No, but I leave you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left you. They said: What will you say to Allah when you meet Him? He said: I will say: O Allah, You left me among them for as long as You willed, then You took me, and I left You among them. If You will, You set them right, and if You will, You corrupt them.

331. Musnad Abi Ya'la 590No grade recorded

     إِذَا حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَظُنُّوا بِهِ الَّذِي هُوَ أَهْيَأُ، وَالَّذِي هُوَ أَهْدَى، وَالَّذِي هُوَ أَتْقَى

     ✧ When I narrate to you a hadith from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, think of it in the way that is most fitting, most guided, and most God-fearing.

332. Musnad Abi Ya'la 591No grade recorded

     كَانَتْ لِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَاعَةٌ مِنَ السَّحَرِ آتِيهِ فِيهَا، فَكُنْتُ إِذَا أَتَيْتُ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ، فَإِنْ وَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي سَبَّحَ، فَدَخَلْتُ، وَإِنْ وَجَدْتُهُ فَارِغًا أَذِنَ لِي، فَأَتَيْتُهُ لَيْلَةً فَأَذِنَ لِي، فَقَالَ: أَتَانِي الْمَلَكُ - أَوْ قَالَ: جِبْرِيلُ - فَقُلْتُ: ادْخُلْ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ مَا لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ، قَالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا أَجِدُ شَيْئًا، فَطَلَبْتُ، فَقَالَ لِي: انْظُرْ، فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا جَرْوٌ لِلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مَرْبُوطٌ بِقَائِمِ السَّرِيرِ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ - أَوْ: إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ - لَا نَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ تِمْثَالٌ، أَوْ كَلْبٌ، أَوْ جُنُبٌ

     ✧ I had a time before dawn with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when I would come to him. When I came, I would ask permission. If I found him praying, he would say subhan Allah, and I would enter. If I found him free, he would give me permission. I came to him one night and he gave me permission, and said: The angel came to me – or he said: Jibril – and I said: Enter. He said: In the house there is something I cannot enter because of. He said: I looked and said: I do not find anything. He said: Look. So I looked, and there was a puppy belonging to al-Husayn b. Ali, tied to the leg of the bed in the house of Umm Salama. He said: The angels – or: we, the company of angels – do not enter a house in which there is an image, or a dog, or a person in a state of major ritual impurity.

333. Musnad Abi Ya'la 592No grade recorded

     مَا رَمِدْتُ وَلَا صُدِعْتُ مُنْذُ مَسَحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَجْهِي، وَتَفَلَ فِي عَيْنِي يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ، حِينَ أَعْطَانِي الرَّايَةَ

     ✧ I have not had sore eyes or a headache since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wiped my face and spat into my eye on the day of Khaybar, when he gave me the banner.

334. Musnad Abi Ya'la 593No grade recorded

     اسْتَأْذَنَ قَاتِلُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: لِيَدْخُلِ النَّارَ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ حَوَارِيٌّ، وَحَوَارِيَّ الزُّبَيْرُ

     ✧ The killer of al-Zubayr asked permission to enter upon Ali, and he said: Let him enter the Fire. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Every prophet has a close disciple, and my close disciple is al-Zubayr.

335. Musnad Abi Ya'la 594No grade recorded

     ذُكِرَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عِنْدَ عَلِيٍّ، فَذَكَرَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَقَدِ ارْتَقَى مَرَّةً شَجَرَةً أَرَادَ أَنْ يَجْتَنِيَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ، فَضَحِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ مِنْ دِقَّةِ سَاقِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا تَضْحَكُونَ ؟ فَلَهُوَ أَثْقَلُ فِي الْمِيزَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أُحُدٍ

     ✧ Abdullah b. Mas'ud was mentioned in the presence of Ali, and he spoke of his virtue, then said: He once climbed a tree intending to pick fruit for his companions, and his companions laughed at the thinness of his shins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Why do you laugh? His leg is heavier in the Balance on the Day of Resurrection than Mount Uhud.

336. Musnad Abi Ya'la 595No grade recorded

     كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: الصَّلَاةَ، الصَّلَاةَ، اتَّقُوا اللهَ فِيمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ

     ✧ The last words of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were: The prayer, the prayer; fear Allah concerning those whom your right hands possess.

337. Musnad Abi Ya'la 596No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُوتِرُ فِي أَوَّلِ اللَّيْلِ وَفِي وَسَطِهِ وَفِي آخِرِهِ، ثُمَّ أَثْبَتَ لَهُ الْوِتْرَ فِي آخِرِهِ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform witr in the first part of the night, in its middle, and in its last part; then he settled on performing witr in its last part.

338. Musnad Abi Ya'la 597No grade recorded

     رَكِبَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَأَخْبَرُوهُ بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْوَلِيدِ - أَيْ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ - فَكَلَّمَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ عَلِيٌّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: دُونَكَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ فَأَقِمْ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدَّ، قَالَ: قُمْ يَا حَسَنُ فَاجْلِدْهُ، قَالَ: فِيمَ أَنْتَ مِنْ هَذَا ؟ وَلِّ غَيْرِي، قَالَ: بَلْ ضَعُفْتَ وَوَهَنْتَ، قُمْ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ فَاجْلِدْهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَجْلِدُهُ، وَيَعُدُّ عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ، فَقَالَ: كُفَّ - أَوْ: أَرْسِلْهُ - جَلَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَكَمَّلَهَا عُمَرُ ثَمَانِينَ، وَكُلٌّ سُنَّةٌ

     ✧ Some people from the people of al-Kufa rode to Uthman b. Affan and informed him about the matter of al-Walid – that he drank wine. Ali spoke to him about that, and Uthman said to him: Take charge of your cousin and carry out the prescribed punishment on him. He said: Get up, Hasan, and flog him. He said: What are you in this? Appoint someone other than me. He said: Rather, you have become weak and feeble. Get up, Abdullah b. Ja'far, and flog him. He began flogging him while Ali counted until it reached forty. Then he said: Stop – or: let him go. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ flogged forty, Abu Bakr forty, and Umar completed it to eighty, and all are sunnah.

339. Musnad Abi Ya'la 598No grade recorded

     جَلَدَ عَلِيٌّ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ الْحَدَّ فِي الْخَمْرِ أَرْبَعِينَ جَلْدَةً بِسَوْطٍ لَهُ طَرَفَانِ

     ✧ Ali flogged a man from Quraysh with the prescribed punishment for wine, forty lashes, with a whip that had two ends.

340. Musnad Abi Ya'la 599No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ بَيْتَهُ، وَقَدْ بَالَ، فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ، فَجِئْنَاهُ بِعُسٍّ يَمْلَأُ الْمُدَّ، أَوْ قَرِيبَهُ، حَتَّى وُضِعَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أَتَوَضَّأُ لَكَ وُضُوءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي، قَالَ: فَوُضِعَ لَهُ الْإِنَاءُ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ مَضْمَضَ، وَاسْتَنْشَقَ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدَيْهِ فَصَكَّ بِهِمَا فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَالْتَقَمَ إِبْهَامَاهُ مَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ أُذُنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَعَادَ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ كَفًّا مِنْ مَاءٍ بِيَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَأَفْرَغَهَا عَلَى نَاصِيَتِهِ، ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهَا تَسْتَنُّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، ثُمَّ غَسَلَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى إِلَى الْمِرْفَقِ ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ يَدَهُ الْأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَأُذُنَيْهِ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمَا، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِكَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فَصَكَّ بِهِمَا عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ وَفِيهِمَا النَّعْلُ، ثُمَّ قَلَبَهَا، ثُمَّ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، قُلْتُ: فِي النَّعْلَيْنِ ؟ قَالَ: فِي النَّعْلَيْنِ، ثَلَاثًا

     ✧ I entered upon Ali in his house, and he had urinated. He called for water for ablution, and we brought him a large cup that held a mudd or close to it, until it was placed before him. He said: Shall I perform ablution for you as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did? I said: Yes, may my father and mother be your ransom. He said: The vessel was placed for him, and he washed his hands, then rinsed his mouth and inhaled water into his nose. Then he took water with his hands and splashed it onto his face, and his thumbs caught what was before his ears. Then he repeated the like of that three times. Then he took a handful of water with his right hand and poured it over his forelock, then let it run down over his face. Then he washed his right hand to the elbow three times, and his other hand likewise. Then he wiped his head and his ears from their backs. Then he took water with both palms and splashed it onto his feet while he had on his sandals, then turned them over, and then did the same to the other foot. I said: In the sandals? He said: In the sandals, three times.

341. Musnad Abi Ya'la 600No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ لُبْسِ الْمُعَصْفَرِ، وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَعَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الرُّكُوعِ، قَالَ أَيُّوبُ: أَوْ قَالَ: وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ وَأَنَا رَاكِعٌ

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me from wearing garments dyed with safflower, from qassi silk, from a gold ring, and from reciting while bowing. Ayyub said: Or he said: and from reciting while I am bowing.

342. Musnad Abi Ya'la 601No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُسِرُّ إِلَيْكَ ؟ فَغَضِبَ، وَقَالَ: مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُسِرُّ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا كَتَمَهُ النَّاسَ، غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ

     ✧ I was with Ali b. Abi Talib when a man came to him and said: 'What did the Prophet ﷺ confide to you?' He became angry and said: 'The Prophet ﷺ did not confide to me anything that he concealed from the people, except that he did'

343. Musnad Abi Ya'la 602No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ، لَا أَقُولُ نَهَى النَّاسَ: عَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ الْمُفَدَّمِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade me three things—I do not say he forbade the people: wearing gold rings, wearing qassi and mu'asfar mufaddam, and reciting while bowing or prostrating.

344. Musnad Abi Ya'la 603No grade recorded

     نَهَانِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ، عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ - لَا أَقُولُ نَهَى النَّاسَ - عَنْ تَخَتُّمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنْ لُبْسِ الْقَسِّيِّ وَالْمُعَصْفَرِ الْمُفَدَّمِ، وَأَنْ أَقْرَأَ رَاكِعًا أَوْ سَاجِدًا

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ forbade me three things—I do not say he forbade the people: wearing gold rings, wearing qassi and mu'asfar mufaddam, and reciting while bowing or prostrating.

345. Musnad Abi Ya'la 604No grade recorded

     نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ خَاتَمِ الذَّهَبِ، وَعَنِ الْقَسِّيِّ، وَعَنِ الْمَيَاثِرِ الْحُمْرِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ forbade gold rings, qassi, and red mayathir.

346. Musnad Abi Ya'la 605No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ أَبِي، فَأَتَانَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بِأَمْرٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ النَّاسِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِنِي وَسَدِّدْنِي، وَاذْكُرْ بِالْهُدَى هِدَايَتَكَ الطَّرِيقَ، وَاذْكُرْ بِالسَّدَادِ تَسْدِيدَ السَّبَّابَةِ السَّهْمَ، وَنَهَانِي أَنْ أَجْعَلَ خَاتَمِي فِي هَذِهِ، وَأَوْمَأَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ بِإِبْهَامِهِ إِلَى السَّبَّابَةِ أَوِ الْوُسْطَى - قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: فَأَنَا اشْتَبَهَ عَلَيَّ أَيَّتُهُمَا هِيَ - قَالَ: وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: وَنَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْمِيثَرَةِ وَالْقَسِّيَّةِ، قَالَ: فَأَمَّا الْمِيثَرَةُ فَشَيْءٌ كَانَتْ تَصْنَعُهُ النِّسَاءُ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ يَجْعَلُونَهُ عَلَى رِحَالِهِمْ، وَأَمَّا الْقَسِّيَّةُ فَثِيَابُ الشَّامِ، قِيلَ: شَامٌ أَوْ مِصْرُ، مُضَلَّعَةٌ فِيهَا حَرِيرٌ، وَفِيهَا أَمْثَالُ الْأُتْرُجِّ،

     ✧ I was sitting with my father when Ali b. Abi Talib came to us on some matter concerning the people. Then he said: 'The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: Say: O God, guide me and direct me aright; and remember with guidance Your guiding to the path, and remember with right direction the directing of the arrow by the forefinger. And he forbade me to place my ring on this one.' Abu Burda pointed with his thumb to the forefinger or the middle finger—Asim said: I was confused as to which one it was. He said: Ali said: 'And the Messenger of God ﷺ forbade the mithara and the qassiyya.' He said: 'As for the mithara, it is something that women used to make for their husbands which they placed on their saddles. As for the qassiyya, they are garments of Syria—it was said: Syria or Egypt—ribbed, containing silk, and having patterns like citrons.'

347. Musnad Abi Ya'la 606No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا، حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحٌ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ نَحْوَهُ

     ✧ Zakariyya narrated to us, Salih narrated to us with his chain something similar.

348. Musnad Abi Ya'la 607No grade recorded

     أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلِ آيَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ، حَدَّثَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: وَمَا أَصَابَكُمْ مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُو عَنْ كَثِيرٍ، وَقَالَ ﷺ: وَسَأُفَسِّرُهَا لَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ، مَا أَصَابَكَ مِنْ مَرَضٍ، أَوْ عُقُوبَةٍ، أَوْ بَلَاءٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ، وَاللهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يُثَنِّيَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْعُقُوبَةَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَمَا عَفَا اللهُ عَنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَاللهُ أَجَلُّ أَنْ يَعُودَ بَعْدَ عَفْوِهِ

     ✧ Shall I not inform you of the best verse in the Book of God, which the Messenger of God ﷺ narrated to us: 'Whatever misfortune befalls you is because of what your own hands have earned, and He pardons much.' And he ﷺ said: 'I will explain it to you, O Ali: whatever befalls you of illness, punishment, or trial in this world is because of what your hands have earned. God is too generous to repeat the punishment for you in the Hereafter. Whatever God pardons in this world, God is too majestic to return to it after His pardon.'

349. Musnad Abi Ya'la 608No grade recorded

     كُنَّا نَسِيرُ مَعَ عُثْمَانَ فَسَمِعَ رَجُلًا يُلَبِّي بِهِمَا جَمِيعًا، فَقَالَ: مَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: عَلِيٌّ، قَالَ: أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنِّي قَدْ نَهَيْتُ عَنْ هَذَا ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ لِأَدَعَ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِقَوْلِكَ

     ✧ We were traveling with Uthman when he heard a man reciting the talbiya for both (Hajj and Umra). He said: 'Who is this?' They said: 'Ali.' He said: 'Did you not know that I have forbidden this?' He said: 'Yes, but I would not abandon the saying of the Messenger of God ﷺ for your saying.'

350. Musnad Abi Ya'la 609No grade recorded

     كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا قَدْ كُتِبَ مَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَقْعَدُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفَلَا نَتَّكِلُ ؟ قَالَ: لَا، اعْمَلُوا فَكُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَاتَّقَى وَصَدَّقَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى وَأَمَّا مَنْ بَخِلَ وَاسْتَغْنَى وَكَذَّبَ بِالْحُسْنَى فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى

     ✧ We were with the Prophet ﷺ when he said: 'There is none of you but has his seat written in Paradise and his seat in the Fire.' We said: 'O Messenger of God, should we not then rely?' He said: 'No, act, for everyone is facilitated.' Then he recited: 'As for him who gives and fears and believes in the best, We will facilitate for him the easy way. But as for him who is stingy and considers himself self-sufficient and denies the best, We will facilitate for him the difficult way.'

351. Musnad Abi Ya'la 610No grade recorded

     اسْتَعْمَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ بَعَثَهُمْ، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا، قَالَ: فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: اجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا، فَجَمَعُوا، فَقَالَ: أَوْقِدُوا نَارًا، فَأَوْقَدُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَمْ يَأْمُرْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي وَتُطِيعُوا ؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَادْخُلُوهَا، قَالَ: فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ النَّارِ، قَالَ: فَسَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ، وَطُفِئَتِ النَّارُ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ذَكَرُوا لَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ appointed a man from the Ansar over an expedition he sent, and ordered them to listen to him and obey. They angered him over something, and he said: 'Gather firewood for me.' They gathered it. He said: 'Light a fire.' They lit it. Then he said: 'Did the Messenger of God ﷺ not command you to listen to me and obey?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then enter it.' They looked at one another and said: 'We fled to the Messenger of God ﷺ from the Fire.' He said: Then his anger subsided, and the fire was extinguished. When they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and mentioned that to him, he said: 'If they had entered it, they would not have come out of it. Obedience is only in what is right.'

352. Musnad Abi Ya'la 611No grade recorded

     خَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا خَدِيجَةُ، وَخَيْرُ نِسَائِهَا مَرْيَمُ

     ✧ The best of its women is Khadija, and the best of its women is Maryam.

353. Musnad Abi Ya'la 612No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ بَاطِنَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ أَحَقُّ بِالْمَسْحِ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِمَا، حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْسَحُ ظَاهِرَهُمَا

     ✧ I used to think that the bottom of the feet was more deserving of wiping than their top, until I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ wiping their top.

354. Musnad Abi Ya'la 613No grade recorded

     أَبْعَثُكَ عَلَى مَا بَعَثَنِي عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ تِمْثَالًا إِلَّا طَمَسْتُهُ، وَلَا قَبْرًا إِلَّا سَوَّيْتُهُ

     ✧ I send you on what the Messenger of God ﷺ sent me: to not leave any image but that I efface it, nor any grave but that I level it.

355. Musnad Abi Ya'la 614No grade recorded

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي اشْتَرَيْتُ بَقَرَةً، فَقَالَ: اذْبَحْهَا عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ، قَالَ: مَكْسُورَةُ الْقَرْنِ، قَالَ: لَا يَضُرُّكَ، قَالَ: عَرْجَاءُ، قَالَ: إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْمَنْسِكَ فَاذْبَحْ، أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، أَنْ نَسْتَشْرِفَ الْعَيْنَ وَالْأُذُنَ

     ✧ A man came to Ali and said: ‘I bought a cow.’ He said: ‘Slaughter it on behalf of seven.’ He said: ‘It is broken-horned.’ He said: ‘It will not harm you.’ He said: ‘It is lame.’ He said: ‘When it reaches the place of sacrifice, then slaughter. The Messenger of God ﷺ commanded us to examine the eye and the ear.’

356. Musnad Abi Ya'la 615No grade recorded

     مِفْتَاحُ الصَّلَاةِ الطُّهُورُ، وَتَحْرِيمُهَا التَّكْبِيرُ، وَتَحْلِيلُهَا التَّسْلِيمُ

     ✧ The key of prayer is purification, its sanctification is the takbir, and its release is the taslim.

357. Musnad Abi Ya'la 616No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عَلَى إِثْرِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ رَكْعَتَيْنِ، إِلَّا الْفَجْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ used to pray after every prescribed prayer two rakʿahs, except Fajr and ʿAsr.

358. Musnad Abi Ya'la 617No grade recorded

     الْوِتْرُ لَيْسَ بِحَتْمٍ مِثْلَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَلَكِنَّهُ سُنَّةٌ سَنَّهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ

     ✧ The witr is not an obligation like the prescribed prayer, but it is a practice established by the Messenger of God ﷺ.

359. Musnad Abi Ya'la 618No grade recorded

     رَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا يَسْتَغْفِرُ لِأَبَوَيْهِ وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ، فَقُلْتُ: تَسْتَغْفِرُ لِأَبَوَيْكَ وَهُمَا مُشْرِكَانِ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ قَدِ اسْتَغْفَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِأَبِيهِ وَهُوَ مُشْرِكٌ ؟ قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَنَزَلَتْ: مَا كَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ يَسْتَغْفِرُوا لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ، إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَتَيْنِ

     ✧ I saw a man seeking forgiveness for his parents while they were polytheists. I said: ‘You seek forgiveness for your parents while they are polytheists?’ He said: ‘Did not Abraham seek forgiveness for his father while he was a polytheist?’ He said: I mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and it was revealed: ‘It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to seek forgiveness for the polytheists,’ to the end of the two verses.

360. Musnad Abi Ya'la 619No grade recorded

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ، عَلَى فُرْضَةٍ مِنْ فُرَضِ الْخَنْدَقِ، فَقَالَ: شَغَلُونَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْوُسْطَى، صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ، حَتَّى غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ، مَلَأَ اللهُ أَجْوَافَهُمْ - أَوْ: بُيُوتَهُمْ - وَبُطُونَهُمْ وَقُبُورَهُمْ نَارًا

     ✧ On the day of the Trench, the Prophet ﷺ was at one of the openings of the trench and said: ‘They diverted us from the middle prayer, the ʿAsr prayer, until the sun set. May God fill their cavities—or their houses—their bellies, and their graves with fire.’

361. Musnad Abi Ya'la 620No grade recorded

     حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ زِرٍّ، أَنَّ عَبِيدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيَّ، سَأَلَ عَلِيًّا عَنْ هَذَا، فَذَكَرَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ

     ✧ Zuhayr narrated to us: Wakiʿ narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from ʿAsim, from Zirr, that ʿAbidah al-Salmani asked Ali about this, and he mentioned from the Prophet ﷺ something similar to the hadith of Shuʿbah.

362. Musnad Abi Ya'la 621No grade recorded

     سَأَلْنَا عَلِيًّا عَنْ تَطَوُّعِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَهُ، قَالَ: فَقُلْنَا: أَخْبِرْنَا بِهِ نَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ مَا أَطَقْنَا، قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ أَمْهَلَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا، يَعْنِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ، مِقْدَارُهَا مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ مِنْ هَا هُنَا، يَعْنِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ، قَامَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ أَمْهَلَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتِ الشَّمْسُ مِنْ هَا هُنَا، يَعْنِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَشْرِقِ، مِقْدَارُهَا مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ مِنْ هَا هُنَا، يَعْنِي مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَغْرِبِ، قَامَ فَصَلَّى أَرْبَعًا، وَأَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الظُّهْرِ إِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَهَا، وَأَرْبَعًا قَبْلَ الْعَصْرِ، يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَ كُلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ، وَالنَّبِيِّينَ، وَمَنْ مَعَهُمْ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: فَتِلْكَ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً تَطَوُّعُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالنَّهَارِ، وَقَلَّ مَنْ يُدَاوِمُ عَلَيْهَا

     ✧ We asked Ali about the voluntary prayers of the Prophet ﷺ during the day. He said: ‘You will not be able to do them.’ We said: ‘Tell us, and we will take from them what we can.’ He said: ‘When the Prophet ﷺ prayed Fajr, he would wait until the sun was here—meaning from the east—at the same height as it is at the time of ʿAsr from here—meaning from the west—then he would stand and pray two rakʿahs. Then he would wait until the sun was here—meaning from the east—at the same height as it is at the time of Zuhr from here—meaning from the west—then he would stand and pray four rakʿahs, and four before Zuhr when the sun declines, and two after it, and four before ʿAsr, separating between each two rakʿahs with the taslim upon the angels brought near, the prophets, and those with them of the believers and Muslims.’ Ali said: ‘These are sixteen rakʿahs of the voluntary prayer of the Messenger of God ﷺ during the day, and few persist in them.’

363. Musnad Abi Ya'la 622No grade recorded

     كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُقْرِئُنَا الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ جُنُبًا

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ would recite the Qurʾan to us in every state as long as he was not in a state of major ritual impurity.

364. Musnad Abi Ya'la 623No grade recorded

     كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ، وَالْآخِرِينَ، إِلَّا النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ

     ✧ I was with the Prophet ﷺ when Abu Bakr and Umar approached. He said: ‘These two are the masters of the elders of the people of Paradise, from the first and the last, except for the prophets and messengers.’

365. Musnad Abi Ya'la 624No grade recorded

     قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالدَّيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ: مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيَّةٍ يُوصَى بِهَا أَوْ دَيْنٍ، وَأَنَّ أَعْيَانَ بَنِي الْأُمِّ يَتَوَارَثُونَ دُونَ بَنِي الْعَلَّاتِ

     ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ ruled that the debt is before the bequest, and you recite: ‘after any bequest that is made or debt.’ And that the full brothers of the same mother inherit to the exclusion of half-brothers from the father.

366. Musnad Abi Ya'la 625No grade recorded

     لَا يَدْخُلُ الْمَلَكُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ كَلْبٌ وَلَا صُورَةٌ

     ✧ No angel enters a house in which there is a dog or an image.

367. Musnad Abi Ya'la 626No grade recorded

     لَا تَكْذِبُوا عَلَيَّ، فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكْذِبْ عَلَيَّ يَلِجِ النَّارَ

     ✧ Do not tell lies about me, for whoever tells a lie about me will enter the Fire.

368. Musnad Abi Ya'la 627No grade recorded

     دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَالْأَشْتَرُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَعْهَدْهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ عَامَّةً ؟ قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا مَا فِي كِتَابِي هَذَا، قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَابًا مِنْ قِرَابِ سَيْفِهِ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: الْمُؤْمِنُونَ تَكَافَأُ دِمَاؤُهُمْ، وَهُمْ يَدٌ عَلَى مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ، وَيَسْعَى بِذِمَّتِهِمْ أَدْنَاهُمْ، لَا يُقْتَلُ مُؤْمِنٌ بِكَافِرٍ، وَلَا ذُو عَهْدٍ فِي عَهْدِهِ، مَنْ أَحْدَثَ حَدَثًا، أَوْ آوَى مُحْدِثًا، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ

     ✧ Al-Ashtar and I entered upon ʿAli and he said: Did the Messenger of God ﷺ entrust to you something he did not entrust to the people generally? He said: No, except what is in this document of mine. He said: Then he brought out a document from the scabbard of his sword, and in it was: The believers' blood is equal, and they are one hand against those besides them, and the lowest of them may give protection on their behalf. A believer is not to be killed for a disbeliever, nor one with a covenant while his covenant stands. Whoever introduces an innovation or shelters an innovator, upon him is the curse of God, the angels, and all people.