5. ✧ al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam
Musnad Abi Ya'la 665No grade recorded
شَهِدْتُ عَلِيًّا وَالزُّبَيْرَ حِينَ تَوَاقَفَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: يَا زُبَيْرُ أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ، أَسَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّكَ تُقَاتِلُ وَأَنْتَ ظَالِمٌ لِي ؟ " قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ إِلَّا فِي مَوْقِفِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ
✧ I witnessed Ali and al-Zubayr when they faced each other. Ali said to him: "O Zubayr, I adjure you by Allah, did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'You will fight me while you are in the wrong'?" He said: "Yes, but I did not remember it until this very moment." Then he turned away.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 666No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ: مَا لَكَ لَا تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْهُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ ؟ قَالَ: مَا فَارَقْتُهُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ، وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْهُ كَلِمَةً، سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ I said to Abu al-Zubayr: "Why do you not narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as so-and-so and so-and-so narrate from him?" He said: "I never separated from him since I embraced Islam, but I heard a word from him. I heard him say: 'Whoever lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.'"
Musnad Abi Ya'la 667No grade recorded
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُكَرَّرُ عَلَيْنَا مَا يَكُونُ بَيْنَنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا مَعَ خَوَاصِّ الذُّنُوبِ ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ، لَيُكَرَّرَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ حَتَّى يُرَدَّ إِلَى كُلِّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقُّهُ
✧ When this verse was revealed: 'Indeed, you are to die, and indeed, they are to die' (Q 39:30), al-Zubayr said: "O Messenger of Allah, will the wrongs that occur among us in this world be brought back upon us, along with the specific sins?" He said: "Yes, they will surely be brought back upon you, until every right-holder is given his due."
Musnad Abi Ya'la 668No grade recorded
" دَبَّ إِلَيْكُمْ دَاءُ الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمُ: الْحَسَدُ وَالْبَغْضَاءُ، وَهِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ، لَا أَقُولُ: حَالِقَةُ الشَّعَرِ، وَلَكِنْ حَالِقَةُ الدِّينِ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ، لَا تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا، وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوا حَتَّى تَحَابُّوا، أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِمَا يُثَبِّتُ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ ؟ أَفْشُوا السَّلَامَ
✧ "The disease of the nations before you has crept upon you: envy and hatred. It is the shaver; I do not mean the shaver of hair, but the shaver of religion. By Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, you will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I tell you what will make that firm for you? Spread peace among yourselves."
Musnad Abi Ya'la 669No grade recorded
" أَوْجَبَ طَلْحَةُ حِينَ صَنَعَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ مَا صَنَعَ
✧ "Talhah made it obligatory when he did what he did for the Messenger of Allah."
Musnad Abi Ya'la 670No grade recorded
وَاللهِ لَكَأَنَّنَا نَنْظُرُ إِلَى الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ حِينَ أَتَانَا عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ لَهُ بَيْضَاءَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أُمَّ عَطَاءٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ نَهَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَنْ يَأْكُلُوا لُحُومَ نُسُكِهِمْ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ، فَلَا تَأْكُلِيهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللهِ، بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي كَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ بِمَا أُهْدِيَ لَنَا ؟ قَالَ: " مَا أُهْدِيَ لَكُمْ فَشَأْنَكُمْ بِهِ
✧ By Allah, it is as if we are looking at al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam when he came to us on a white mule of his and said: "O Umm Ata, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forbidden the Muslims to eat the meat of their sacrificial animals after three days, so do not eat it." She said: I said: "O Prophet of Allah, may my father and mother be your ransom, what should we do with what is gifted to us?" He said: "What is gifted to you, that is your concern."
Musnad Abi Ya'la 671No grade recorded
" جَمَعَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَبَوَيْهِ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ
✧ "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ joined his parents for me on the day of Uhud."
Musnad Abi Ya'la 672No grade recorded
أَنَّ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَةِ ! لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ تَحْمِلُ عَلَى فَرَسِكَ الْأَشْقَرِ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ قَالَ: رَأَيْتَنِي يَا بُنَيَّ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَيَجْمَعُ لِأَبِيكَ أَبَوَيْهِ، يَقُولُ: " ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي
✧ Ibn al-Zubayr said to him: "O father, I saw you charging on your chestnut horse on the day of the Trench." He said: "You saw me, my son?" He said: "Yes." He said: "On that day, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was joining his parents for your father, saying: 'Shoot, may my father and mother be your ransom.'"
Musnad Abi Ya'la 673No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ: مَا يَمْنَعُكَ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْهُ أَصْحَابُهُ ؟ قَالَ: لَقَدْ كَانَ لِي مِنْهُ وَجْهٌ وَمَنْزِلَةٌ، وَلَكِنْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ
✧ I said to Abu al-Zubayr: What prevents you from narrating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as his companions narrate from him? He said: I had a status and position with him, but I heard him say: Whoever deliberately lies about me, let him take his seat in the Fire.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 674No grade recorded
" لَأَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَحْبُلَهُ ثُمَّ يَأْتِيَ الْجَبَلَ فَيَأْتِيَ بِحُزْمَةٍ مِنْ حَطَبٍ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ، فَيَبِيعَهَا، فَيَسْتَغْنِيَ بِثَمَنِهَا، خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ، أَعْطَوْهُ أَوْ مَنَعُوهُ
✧ That one of you should take his ropes, then go to the mountain and bring a bundle of firewood on his back, then sell it and become self-sufficient with its price, is better for him than asking people, whether they give him or refuse him.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 675No grade recorded
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَأَيُّ نَعِيمٍ نَحْنُ فِيهِ، وَإِنَّمَا هُمَا الْأَسْوَدَانِ ؟ قَالَ: " إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ
✧ When it was revealed: 'You will surely be asked that Day about pleasure,' al-Zubayr said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what pleasure are we in? There are only the two black things. He said: 'It will come to pass.'
Musnad Abi Ya'la 676No grade recorded
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُنَا وَيُذَكِّرُنَا بِأَيَّامِ اللهِ، حَتَّى يُعْرَفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ، كَأَنَّهُ مُنْذِرُ جَيْشٍ، يَقُولُ: صَبَّحَكُمُ الْأَمْرُ غُدْوَةً، قَالَ: وَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَ حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِجِبْرِيلَ لَمْ يَتَبَسَّمْ ضَاحِكًا حَتَّى يُرْفَعَ عَنْهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to address us and remind us of the days of Allah, until that could be seen in his face, as if he were warning of an army, saying: The matter will come upon you in the morning. He said: And when he had recently received revelation from Jibril, he would not smile broadly until it was lifted from him.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 677No grade recorded
" غَدْوَةٌ أَوْ رَوْحَةٌ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ، خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا
✧ A morning or an afternoon spent in the path of Allah is better than the world and all that is in it.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 678No grade recorded
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الأَقْرَبِينَ صَاحَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَبِي قُبَيْسٍ: يَا آلَ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ، إِنِّي نَذِيرٌ، فَجَاءَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ، فَحَذَّرَهُمْ وَأَنْذَرَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ، وَأَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ سُخِّرَ لَهُ الرِّيحُ وَالْجِبَالُ، وَأَنَّ مُوسَى سُخِّرَ لَهُ الْبَحْرُ، وَأَنَّ عِيسَى كَانَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى ؟ فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُسَيِّرَ عَنَّا هَذِهِ الْجِبَالَ، وَيُفَجِّرَ لَنَا الْأَرْضَ أَنْهَارًا، فَنَتَّخِذَهَا مَحَارِثَ فَنَزْرَعَ وَنَأْكُلَ، وَإِلَّا فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ لَنَا مَوْتَانَا فَنُكَلِّمَهُمْ وَيُكَلِّمُونَا، وَإِلَّا فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُصَيِّرَ هَذِهِ الصَّخْرَةَ الَّتِي تَحْتَكَ ذَهَبًا فَنَنْحَتَ مِنْهَا وَيُغْنِيَنَا عَنْ رِحْلَةِ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ، فَإِنَّكَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ كَهَيْئَتِهِمْ، فَبَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ حَوْلَهُ إِذْ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ، فَلَمَّا سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ قَالَ: " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ أَعْطَانِي مَا سَأَلْتُمْ، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَكَانَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ خَيَّرَنِي بَيْنَ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا مِنْ بَابِ الرَّحْمَةِ، فَيُؤْمِنَ مُؤْمِنُكُمْ، وَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَكِلَكُمْ إِلَى مَا اخْتَرْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ فَتَضِلُّوا عَنْ بَابِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنَ مُؤْمِنُكُمْ، فَاخْتَرْتُ بَابَ الرَّحْمَةِ فَيُؤْمِنُ مُؤْمِنُكُمْ، وَأَخْبَرَنِي: إِنْ أَعْطَاكُمْ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ كَفَرْتُمْ، أَنَّهُ مُعَذِّبُكُمْ عَذَابًا لَا يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ "، فَنَزَلَتْ وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالآيَاتِ إِلا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الأَوَّلُونَ حَتَّى قَرَأَ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ، وَنَزَلَتْ وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْآنًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتَى. الْآيَةَ.
✧ When it was revealed: 'And warn your nearest kindred,' the Messenger of Allah ﷺ cried out on Abu Qubays: O Banu Abd Manaf, I am a warner. Quraysh came to him, and he warned them and alarmed them. They said: You claim that you are a prophet to whom revelation is sent, and that Sulayman had the wind and the mountains subjected to him, and that Musa had the sea subjected to him, and that Isa used to revive the dead? So call upon Allah to move these mountains away from us and to make the earth burst forth with rivers for us, so that we can make them into cultivated fields and plant and eat. Otherwise, call upon Allah to revive our dead for us so that we can speak to them and they speak to us. Otherwise, call upon Allah to turn this rock beneath you into gold so that we can carve from it and it can spare us the winter and summer journeys. For you claim that you are like them. While we were around him, revelation descended upon him. When it was lifted from him, he said: 'By the One in whose hand is my soul, He has given me what you asked. If I willed, it would be. But He gave me the choice between your entering through the gate of mercy, so that your believers would believe, and between leaving you to what you chose for yourselves, so that you would stray from the gate of mercy and no believer among you would believe. I chose the gate of mercy, so that your believers would believe. And He informed me: If He gave you that and then you disbelieved, He would punish you with a punishment with which He has punished no one in the worlds.' Then it was revealed: 'And nothing prevented Us from sending signs except that the former peoples denied them' until he recited three verses. And it was revealed: 'If there were a Quran by which mountains were moved, or by which the earth was split, or by which the dead were made to speak...' the verse.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 679No grade recorded
" كُنَّا نُصَلِّي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ثُمَّ نَبْتَدِرُ فِي الْآجَامِ، فَمَا نَجِدُ إِلَّا مَوَاضِعَ أَقْدَامِنَا
✧ We used to pray with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then we would hurry to the thickets, and we would find only the places of our feet.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 680No grade recorded
" غَيِّرُوا الشَّيْبَ، وَلَا تَشَبَّهُوا بِالْيَهُودِ
✧ Change grey hair, and do not imitate the Jews.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 681No grade recorded
دَعَا لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلِوَلَدِي، وَلِوَلَدِ وَلَدِي، قَالَ: فَسَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ لِأُخْتٍ لِي - كَانَتْ أَسَنَّ مِنِّي -: يَا بُنَيَّةُ. يَعْنِي: أَنَّكِ مِمَّنْ أَصَابَهُ دَعْوَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated for me, and for my children, and for my children's children. He said: I heard my father say to a sister of mine, who was older than me: O my little daughter. Meaning: you are among those reached by the supplication of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 682No grade recorded
" لَمَّا خَلَّفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نِسَاءَهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، خَلَّفَهُنَّ فِي فَارِعٍ، وَفِيهِنَّ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَخَلَّفَ فِيهِنَّ حَسَّانَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ، وَأَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ لِيَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ، فَقَالَتْ صَفِيَّةُ لِحَسَّانَ: عِنْدَكَ الرَّجُلُ ! فَجَبُنَ حَسَّانُ، وَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ، فَتَنَاوَلَتْ صَفِيَّةُ السَّيْفَ فَضَرَبَتْ بِهِ الْمُشْرِكَ حَتَّى قَتَلَتْهُ، فَأُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَضَرَبَ لِصَفِيَّةَ بِسَهْمٍ كَمَا كَانَ يَضْرِبُ لِلرِّجَالِ
✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left his women in Madinah, he left them in Fari', and among them was Safiyyah bt. Abd al-Muttalib, and he left with them Hassan b. Thabit. A man from the polytheists approached to enter upon them. Safiyyah said to Hassan: The man is at your side! Hassan showed cowardice and refused. Safiyyah took the sword and struck the polytheist with it until she killed him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed of that, and he allotted a share to Safiyyah as he used to allot for men.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 683No grade recorded
" أَنَّهُ أَعْطَاهُ يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ لِوَاءَ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ، فَدَخَلَ الزُّبَيْرُ مَكَّةَ بِلِوَاءَيْنِ
✧ That on the day of the conquest of Makkah, he gave him the banner of Sa'd b. Ubadah. So al-Zubayr entered Makkah with two banners.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 684No grade recorded
" مَا مِنْ صَبَاحٍ يُصْبِحُ الْعِبَادُ إِلَّا صَارِخٌ يَصْرُخُ: أَيُّهَا الْخَلَائِقُ، سَبِّحُوا الْقُدُّوسَ
✧ There is no morning upon which the servants wake except that a crier cries out: O creatures, glorify the Holy One.
Musnad Abi Ya'la 685No grade recorded
أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ أُحُدٍ أَقْبَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ تَسْعَى حَتَّى كَادَتْ تُشْرِفُ عَلَى الْقَتْلَى، قَالَ: فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ تَرَاهُمْ، فَقَالَ: الْمَرْأَةَ الْمَرْأَةَ، قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: فَتَوَسَّمْتُ أَنَّهَا أُمِّي صَفِيَّةُ قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ أَسْعَى إِلَيْهَا، فَأَدْرَكْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْقَتْلَى، قَالَ: فَلَكَمَتْ فِي صَدْرِي، وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً جَلْدَةً، وَقَالَتْ: إِلَيْكَ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ ! قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَزَمَ عَلَيْكِ، قَالَ: فَوَقَفَتْ وَأَخْرَجَتْ ثَوْبَيْنِ مَعَهَا، فَقَالَتْ: هَذَانِ ثَوْبَانِ جِئْتُ بِهِمَا لِأَخِي حَمْزَةَ، فَإِذَا إِلَى جَنْبِهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قُتِلَ، قَدْ فُعِلَ بِهِ كَمَا فُعِلَ بِحَمْزَةَ، فَوَجَدْنَا غَضَاضَةً وَحَيَاءً أَنْ يُكَفَّنَ حَمْزَةُ فِي ثَوْبَيْنِ، وَالْأَنْصَارِيُّ لَا كَفَنَ لَهُ، فَقُلْنَا: لِحَمْزَةَ ثَوْبٌ، وَلِلْأَنْصَارِيِّ ثَوْبٌ، فَقَدَرْنَاهُمَا، فَكَانَ أَحَدُهُمَا أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْآخَرِ، فَأَقْرَعْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا فَجُعِلَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي الثَّوْبِ الَّذِي صَارَ لَهُ
✧ On the day of Uhud, a woman came hurrying until she was about to overlook the slain. He said: The Prophet ﷺ disliked that she should see them, so he said: 'The woman, the woman.' Al-Zubayr said: I sensed that she was my mother Safiyyah. He said: So I went out hurrying to her and caught up with her before she reached the slain. He said: She struck me on the chest, and she was a hardy woman, and said: 'Away with you, may you have no mother!' He said: I said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has firmly resolved concerning you.' He said: So she stopped and brought out two garments she had with her, and said: 'These are two garments I brought for my brother Hamzah. But there beside him was a man of the Ansar who had been killed, and had been done to as was done to Hamzah. We felt shame and shyness that Hamzah should be shrouded in two garments while the Ansari had no shroud. So we said: For Hamzah one garment, and for the Ansari one garment. We measured them, and one of them was larger than the other, so we cast lots between them, and each of them was placed in the garment that fell to him.'
Musnad Abi Ya'la 686No grade recorded
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَتُكَرَّرُ عَلَيْنَا خُصُومَتُنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا ؟ قَالَ: " نَعَمْ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ إِذًا لَشَدِيدٌ
✧ When it was revealed: 'Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will dispute before your Lord,' al-Zubayr said: I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will our disputes in this world be repeated for us?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: I said: 'Then the matter is indeed severe.'
Musnad Abi Ya'la 687No grade recorded
" لَا تُحَرِّمُ الْمَصَّةُ وَالْمَصَّتَانِ، وَالْإِمْلَاجَةُ وَالْإِمْلَاجَتَانِ
✧ 'A single suckling or two sucklings do not make (marriage) unlawful, nor does a single suckling or two sucklings.'