33. Sayings
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا رُهْمٍ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ الَّذِينَ بَايَعُوهُ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، يَقُولُ: غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَزْوَةَ تَبُوكَ، فَنُمْتُ لَيْلَةً بِالْأَخْضَرِ، فَصِرْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ، فَأُلْقِيَ عَلَيْنَا النُّعَاسُ، فَطَفِقْتُ أَسْتَيْقِظُ، وَقَدْ دَنَتْ رَاحِلَتِي مِنْ رَاحِلَتِهِ، فَيُفْزِعُنِي دُنُوُّهَا خَشْيَةَ أَنْ تُصِيبَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ، فَطَفِقْتُ أُؤَخِّرُ رَاحِلَتِي حَتَّى غَلَبَتْنِي عَيْنِي بَعْضَ اللَّيْلِ. فَزَاحَمَتْ رَاحِلَتِي رَاحِلَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَرِجْلُهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ، فَأَصَبْتُ رِجْلَهُ، فَلَمْ أَسْتَيْقِظْ إِلَّا بِقَوْلِهِ: «حَسِّ». فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «سِرْ». فَطَفِقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ مِنْ بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَأُخْبِرُهُ، فَقَالَ، وَهُوَ يَسْأَلُنِي: «مَا فَعَلَ النَّفْرُ الْحُمْرُ الطِّوَالُ الثِّطَاطُ؟». قَالَ: فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِتَخَلُّفِهِمْ. قَالَ: «فَمَا فَعَلَ السُّودُ الْجِعَادُ الْقِصَارُ الَّذِينَ لَهُمْ نَعَمٌ بِشَبَكَةِ شَرَخٍ؟». فَتَذَكَّرْتُهُمْ فِي بَنِي غِفَارٍ، فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْهُمْ حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُ أَنَّهُمْ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أُولَئِكَ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ. فَقَالَ: «فَمَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَ أُولَئِكَ حِينَ يَتَخَلَّفُ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ مِنْ إِبِلِهِ امْرَأً نَشِيطًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ؟ فَإِنَّ أَعَزَّ أَهْلِي عَلَيَّ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّفَ عَنِّي الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَالْأَنْصَارُ، وَغِفَارٌ، وَأَسْلَمُ».
that he said that he heard Abu Ruhm, who was one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who pledged allegiance to him beneath the tree, saying: I went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the expedition of Tabuk. One night I slept at al-Akhdar, and I drew near to him. Drowsiness overcame us, and I began to doze off and wake up, and my riding-beast had come close to his riding-beast. Its closeness kept alarming me for fear that it might strike his foot in the stirrup, so I began to pull my mount back until sleep overcame me for part of the night. Then my mount pressed against the mount of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while his foot was in the stirrup, and I struck his foot. I did not wake up except at his saying, “Gently!” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, ask forgiveness for me.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Go on.” Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began asking me about those of Banu Ghifar who had stayed behind, and I informed him. While he was asking me, he said, “What happened to the tall, ruddy, long-haired men?” I told him about their staying behind. He said, “And what happened to the short, black, curly-haired men who have livestock at Shabakat Sharakh?” I recalled them among Banu Ghifar, but I did not mention them until I remembered that they were a group from Aslam, so I said, “O Messenger of Allah, those are from Aslam.” He said, “What prevents any one of them, when he stays behind, from putting on a camel from his own camels an able-bodied man in the path of Allah? For the dearest of my people to me are those who do not stay behind from me: the Emigrants from Quraysh, the Helpers, Ghifar, and Aslam.”
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ بِئْسَ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ انْبَسَطَ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْفَاحِشَ الْمُتَفَحِّشَ
'A'isha said, "A man asked for permission to come in to see the Prophet ﷺ and the Prophet remarked, 'He is a bad brother of his tribe.' When the man came in, the Prophet was cheerful towards him. I asked the Prophet about that and he said, 'Allah does not love anyone who is obscene and coarse.'"
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ سَوْدَةُ لَيْلَةَ جَمْعٍ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَةً ثَقِيلَةً ثَبِطَةً فَأَذِنَ لَهَا
'A'isha said, "Sawda, who was a heavy, sluggish woman, asked for permission to come in (to see the Prophet) on the night of Jam' (Muzdalifa) and he gave her permission."
لَمَّا قَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ غَنَائِمَ حُنَيْنٍ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ، ازْدَحَمُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّ عَبْدًا مِنْ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى قَوْمٍ، فَكَذَّبُوهُ وَشَجُّوهُ، فَكَانَ يَمْسَحُ الدَّمَ عَنْ جَبْهَتِهِ وَيَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِقَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ». قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ: فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَحْكِي الرَّجُلَ يَمْسَحُ عَنْ جَبْهَتِهِ.
When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed the spoils of Hunayn at al-Jiranah, they crowded around him. So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Indeed, a servant from among the servants of Allah—Allah sent him to a people, but they denied him and wounded him. He would wipe the blood from his forehead and say: ‘O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know.’” Abdullah b. Masud said: It is as though I am looking at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ portraying the man, wiping his forehead.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ عَوْرَةً فَسَتَرَهَا كَانَ كَمَنْ أَحْيَا مَوْءُودَةً مِنْ قَبْرِهَا
✧ I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Whoever sees a fault of a Muslim and conceals it, it is as if he brought back to life a buried infant girl from her grave.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَمِعْتَ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ هَلَكَ النَّاسُ فَهُوَ أَهْلَكُهُمْ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When you hear a man saying, ‘The people are destroyed,’ then he is the most destroyed of them.”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لاَ تَقُولُوا لِلْمُنَافِقِ سَيِّدٌ فَإِنَّهُ إِنْ يَكُ سَيِّدَكُمْ فَقَدْ أَسْخَطْتُمْ رَبَّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Do not call a hypocrite ‘master,’ for if he is your master, you have angered your Lord, Mighty and Majestic.”
عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ أَرْطَأَةَ قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذَا زُكِّيَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَاغْفِرْ لِي مَا لا يَعْلَمُونَ
✧ From ʿAdī b. Arṭaʾa, he said: “When one of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ was praised, he would say: ‘O Allah, do not take me to task for what they say, and forgive me for what they do not know.’”
أَنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ لأَبِي مَسْعُودٍ أَوْ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ لأَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ مَا سَمِعْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي ( زَعَمَ )؟ قَالَ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ
Abu Qilaba reported that 'Abdullah said to Abu Mas'ud - or Abu Mas'ud said to 'Abdullah, "What did you hear the Prophet ﷺ say about '(false) assertion?" He said, "It is a bad mount for a man."
سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي زَعَمُوا؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ بِئْسَ مَطِيَّةُ الرَّجُلِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَعْنُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَقَتْلِهِ
✧ Did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say something about ‘they claim’? He said: “I heard him say: ‘How bad a man’s mount is “they claim,”’ and I heard him say: ‘Cursing a believer is like killing him.’”
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ لِشَيْءٍ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُ؛ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَيُعَلِّمَ اللَّهَ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُ فَذَاكَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَظِيمٌ
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās: “None of you should say about something he does not know, ‘Allah knows it’—and Allah knows otherwise—thus teaching Allah what he does not know. That is grave in the sight of Allah.”
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ الْمَجَرَّةُ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ السَّمَاءِ وَأَمَّا قَوْسُ قُزَحٍ فَأَمَانٌ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ بَعْدَ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās, he said: “The Milky Way is a gate among the gates of heaven. As for the rainbow, it is a safeguard against drowning after the people of Noah ﷺ.”
عَنِ الْمَجَرَّةِ قَالَ هُوَ شَرَجُ السَّمَاءِ وَمِنْهَا فُتِحَتِ السَّمَاءُ بِمَاءٍ مُنْهَمِرٍ
✧ About the Milky Way, he said: “It is the opening of the sky, and from it the sky was opened with pouring water.”
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ الْقَوْسُ أَمَانٌ لأَهْلِ الأَرْضِ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ وَالْمَجَرَّةُ بَابُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي تَنْشَقُّ مِنْهُ
✧ Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ said: “The rainbow is a safeguard for the people of the earth from drowning, and the Milky Way is the gate of the heaven from which it splits.”
قَالَ لأَبِي رَجَاءٍ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمَ وَأَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ فِي مُسْتَقَرِّ رَحْمَتِهِ قَالَ وَهَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدٌ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ فَمَا مُسْتَقَرُّ رَحْمَتِهِ؟ قَالَ الْجَنَّةُ قَالَ لَمْ تُصِبْ قَالَ فَمَا مُسْتَقَرُّ رَحْمَتِهِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ
✧ He said to Abū Rajāʾ: “I convey to you salutations and ask Allah to gather me and you in the resting place of His mercy.” He said: “Is anyone able to do that?” He said: “Then what is the resting place of His mercy?” He said: “Paradise.” He said: “You have not got it right.” He said: “Then what is the resting place of His mercy?” He said: “I said: ‘The Lord of the Worlds.’”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الدَّهْرُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “None of you should say, ‘O ruin of time,’ for Allah is time.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُلْ أَحَدُكُمْ يَا خَيْبَةَ الدَّهْرِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنَا الدَّهْرُ أُرْسِلُ اللَّيْلَ وَالنَّهَارَ فَإِذَا شِئْتُ قَبَضْتُهُمَا وَلاَ يَقُولَنَّ لِلْعِنَبِ الْكَرْمَ فَإِنَّ الْكَرْمَ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “None of you should say, ‘O ruin of time,’ for Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: ‘I am time. I dispatch the night and the day, and when I wish, I seize them.’ And none of you should say to the grapevine ‘karm,’ for karm is the Muslim man.”
أَنْ يُحِدَّ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى أَخِيهِ النَّظَرَ أَوْ يُتْبِعَهُ بَصَرَهُ إِذَا وَلَّى أَوْ يَسْأَلَهُ مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ وَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟
✧ That a man should stare at his brother sharply or follow him with his gaze when he turns away, or ask him: “Where have you come from and where are you going?”
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ رَأَى رَجُلاً يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً فَقَالَ ارْكَبْهَا فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ فَإِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ ارْكَبْهَا وَيْلَكَ
Anas reported that the Prophet ﷺ saw a man driving a sacrificial camel. "Ride it," he told him. The man replied, "It is a sacrificial camel." "Ride it," he repeated. The man said again, "It is a sacrificial camel." "Ride it," he repeated. The man said, "It is a sacrificial camel." The Prophet said, "Ride it, and woe to you!"
سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَرَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَكَلْتُ خُبْزًا وَلَحْمًا فَهَلْ أَتَوَضَّأُ؟ فَقَالَ وَيْحَكَ أَتَتَوَضَّأُ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ؟
✧ I heard Ibn ʿAbbās ؓ when a man asked him: “I ate bread and meat; should I perform ablution?” He said: “Bother you! Should I perform ablution from good things?”
عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ بِالْجِعْرَانَةِ وَالتِّبْرُ فِي حِجْرِ بِلاَلٍ وَهُوَ يَقْسِمُ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ اعْدِلْ فَإِنَّكَ لاَ تَعْدِلُ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكَ فَمَنْ يَعْدِلُ إِذَا لَمْ أَعْدِلُ؟ قَالَ عُمَرُ دَعْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَ هَذَا الْمُنَافِقِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا مَعَ أَصْحَابٍ لَهُ أَوْ فِي أَصْحَابٍ لَهُ يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ
✧ Jābir ؓ said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was at al-Jiʿrānah on the day of Ḥunayn, and the gold was in Bilāl’s lap as he was distributing it. A man came to him and said: ‘Be just, for you are not just.’ He said: ‘Bother you! Who will be just if I am not just?’ ʿUmar said: ‘Let me strike the neck of this hypocrite, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said: ‘This man is with companions of his—or among companions of his—who recite the Qurʾān but it does not pass their collarbones. They go out of the religion as the arrow goes through the game.’”
عَنْ بَشِيرٍ وَكَانَ اسْمُهُ زَحْمَ بْنَ مَعْبَدٍ فَهَاجَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ زَحْمٌ قَالَ بَلْ أَنْتَ بَشِيرٌ قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِذْ مَرَّ بِقُبُورِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ سَبَقَ هَؤُلاَءِ خَيْرٌ كَثِيرٌ ثَلاَثًا فَمَرَّ بِقُبُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ أَدْرَكَ هَؤُلاَءِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ثَلاَثًا فَحَانَتْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَظْرَةٌ فَرَأَى رَجُلاً يَمْشِي فِي الْقُبُورِ وَعَلَيْهِ نَعْلاَنِ فَقَالَ يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتِيَّتَيْنِ أَلْقِ سِبْتِيَّتَيْكَ فَنَظَرَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَلَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ فَرَمَى بِهِمَا
✧ Bashīr—whose name was Zaḥm b. Maʿbad—emigrated to the Prophet ﷺ and he said: “What is your name?” He said: “Zaḥm.” He said: “Rather, you are Bashīr.” He said: “While I was walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he passed by the graves of the polytheists and said: ‘These have gone ahead with much good’ three times. Then he passed by the graves of the Muslims and said: ‘These have attained much good’ three times. Then the Prophet ﷺ happened to glance and saw a man walking among the graves wearing two sandals. He said: ‘O owner of the two sandals, throw off your two sandals.’ The man looked, and when he saw the Prophet ﷺ, he took off his sandals and threw them away.”
أَنَّهُ رَأَى حُجَرَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِنْ جَرِيدٍ مَسْتُورَةً بِمُسُوحِ الشَّعْرِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ كَانَ بَابُهُ مِنْ وِجْهَةِ الشَّامِ فَقُلْتُ مِصْرَاعًا كَانَ أَوْ مِصْرَاعَيْنِ؟ قَالَ كَانَ بَابًا وَاحِدًا قُلْتُ مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ؟ قَالَ مِنْ عَرْعَرٍ أَوْ سَاجٍ
✧ He saw the rooms of the wives of the Prophet ﷺ made of palm branches covered with haircloths. I asked him about the house of ʿĀʾishah, and he said: “Its door faced Syria.” I said: “Was it one leaf or two leaves?” He said: “It was a single door.” I said: “Of what was it made?” He said: “Of cypress or teak.”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لاَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ حَتَّى يَبْنِيَ النَّاسُ بُيُوتًا يُوشُونَهَا وَشْيَ الْمَرَاحِيلِ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ يَعْنِي الثِّيَابَ الْمُخَطَّطَةَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The Hour will not arise until people build houses that they embellish like the embellishment of striped garments.” Ibrāhīm said: “i.e., striped clothes.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 778No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيُّ الصَّدَقَةِ أَفْضَلُ أَجْرًا؟ قَالَ أَمَا وَأَبِيكَ لَتُنَبَّأَنَّهُ أَنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَأَنْتَ صَحِيحٌ شَحِيحٌ تَخْشَى الْفَقْرَ وَتَأْمُلُ الْغِنَى وَلاَ تُمْهِلْ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْحُلْقُومَ قُلْتَ لِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا وَلِفُلاَنٍ كَذَا وَقَدْ كَانَ لِفلانٍ
✧ Abū Hurayrah ؓ said: “A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, which charity has the greatest reward?’ He said: ‘Indeed, by your father, you will be informed: that you give charity while you are healthy and miserly, fearing poverty and hoping for wealth. And do not delay until it reaches the throat and you say, “To so-and-so such-and-such, and to so-and-so such-and-such,” when it already belongs to so-and-so.’”
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ إِذَا طَلَبَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحَاجَةَ فَلْيَطْلُبْهَا طَلَبًا يَسِيرًا فَإِنَّمَا لَهُ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ وَلاَ يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ فَيَمْدَحَهُ فَيَقْطَعَ ظَهْرَهُ
✧ ʿAbd Allāh ؓ said: “When one of you seeks a need, let him seek it in a modest request, for he only has what has been decreed for him. And let no one of you go to his companion and praise him, for that breaks his back.”
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ قَبْضَ عَبْدٍ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ بِهَا أَوْ فِيهَا أ حَاجَةً
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "When Allah wants to take a servant (in death) in a land, He creates for him a need there, or within it."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 781No grade recorded
أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ قَالَ أَمْسَى عِنْدَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى نَجْمٍ عَلَى حِيَالِهِ فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَيَوَدَّنَّ أَقْوَامٌ وَلَوْا إِمَارَاتٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَأَعْمَالاً أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا مُتَعَلِّقِينَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ النَّجْمِ وَلَمْ يَلُوا تِلْكَ الإِمَارَاتِ وَلاَ تِلْكَ الأَعْمَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لاَ بُلَّ شَانِئُكَ أَكُلُّ هَذَا سَاغَ لأَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ فِي مَشْرِقِهِمْ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ وَاللَّهِ قَالَ لَقَدْ قَبَّحَ اللَّهُ وَمَكَرَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَيَسُوقُنَّهُمْ حُمُرًا غِضَابًا كَأَنَّمَا وُجُوهُهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ حَتَّى يُلْحِقُوا ذَا الزَّرْعِ بِزَرْعِهِ وَذَا الضَّرْعِ بِضَرْعِهِ
✧ Abū ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz informed me, he said: Abū Hurayrah stayed the evening with us. He looked at a star that was in line with him and said: "By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abū Hurayrah, some people who assumed leadership positions in this world and (undertook) deeds will wish that they had been suspended from that star and had not assumed those leadership positions or those deeds." Then he turned to me and said: "May the one who hates you never have good! Has all of this been easy for the people of the east in their east?" I said: "Yes, by Allah." He said: "Allah has disfigured and plotted. By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Abū Hurayrah, He will drive them as angry donkeys, as if their faces were beaten shields, until they join the owner of crops with his crops and the owner of livestock with his livestock."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 782No grade recorded
قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لاَ تَقُلْ كَذَلِكَ لاَ تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللهِ أَحَدًا وَلَكِنْ قُلْ فُلاَنٌ بَعْدَ اللهِ
✧ Ibn ʿUmar said: "Do not say that. Do not set anyone alongside Allah. Rather, say: 'So-and-so after Allah.'"
قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشِئْتَ قَالَ جَعَلْتَ لِلَّهِ نِدًّا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ
✧ A man said to the Prophet ﷺ: "What Allah wills and you will." He said: "You have set up a rival to Allah. (Say): What Allah alone wills."
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَمَرَّ عَلَى جَارِيَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ تُغَنِّي فَقَالَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَوْ تَرَكَ أَحَدًا لَتَرَكَ هَذِهِ
✧ From ʿAbdullah b. Dīnār, he said: I went out with ʿAbdullah b. ʿUmar to the market. He passed by a young slave girl who was singing, and he said: "If Shayṭān were to leave anyone alone, he would leave this one."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَسْتُ مِنْ دَدٍ وَلاَ الدَّدُ مِنِّي بِشَيْءٍ يَعْنِي لَيْسَ الْبَاطِلُ مِنِّي بِشَيْءٍ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I have nothing to do with entertainment, and entertainment has nothing to do with me"—meaning falsehood has nothing to do with me.
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ {وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ} قَالَ الْغِنَاءُ وَأَشْبَاهُهُ
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās: "Among the people is one who purchases idle talk." He said: "Singing and the like."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَفْشُوا السَّلاَمَ تَسْلَمُوا وَالأشَرَةُ شَرٌّ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Spread peace and you will be safe. Prideful extravagance is evil."
أَنَّ أَقْوَامًا يَلْعَبُونَ بِالْكُوبَةِ فَقَامَ غَضْبَانَ يَنْهَى عَنْهَا أَشَدَّ النَّهْيِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ إِنَّ اللاَّعِبَ بِهَا لَيَأْكُلُ ثَمَرَهَا كَآكِلِ لَحْمِ الْخِنْزِيرِ وَمُتَوَضِّئٍ بِالدَّمِ يَعْنِي بِالْكُوبَةِ النَّرْدَ
✧ Some people were playing with dice (al-kūbah). He stood up angry, forbidding it in the strongest terms. Then he said: "Indeed, the one who plays with it eats its fruit like one who eats pork and performs ablution with blood." By al-kūbah he meant backgammon (al-nard).
أَنَّ حُسْنَ الْهَدْيِ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ بَعْضِ الْعَمَلِ
✧ Good guidance at the end of time is better than some deeds.
عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ رَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلاَ أَعْلَمُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ رَجُلاً حَيًّا رَأَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ غَيْرِي قَالَ وَكَانَ أَبْيَضَ مَلِيحَ الْوَجْهِ
✧ From Abū al-Ṭufayl, he said: I said to him: "Did you see the Prophet ﷺ?" He said: "Yes, and I do not know of any living man on the face of the earth who saw the Prophet ﷺ other than me." He said: "He was fair-skinned and handsome-faced."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ الْهَدْيُ الصَّالِحُ وَالسَّمْتُ الصَّالِحُ وَالِاقْتِصَادُ جُزْءٌ مِنْ خَمْسَةٍ وَعِشْرِينَ جُزْءًا مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Good guidance, good bearing, and moderation are one part of twenty-five parts of prophethood."
عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ؓ هَلْ سَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَمَثَّلُ شِعْرًا قَطُّ؟ فَقَالَتْ أَحْيَانًا إِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ يَقُولُ وَيَأْتِيكَ بِالأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَمْ تُزَوِّدِ
It is related that 'Ikrima said, "I asked 'A'isha, 'Did you ever hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ quoting poetry?' She replied, 'Sometimes when he entered a house, he would say, "News will come to you from someone you do not furnish with travel provisions."'"
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةُ نَبِيٍّ وَيَأْتِيكَ بِالأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَمْ تُزَوِّدِ
✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās, he said: "It is the word of a prophet: and he will bring you news whom you have not furnished with travel provisions."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا تَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَنْظُرْ مَا يَتَمَنَّى فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَدْرِي مَا يُعْطَى
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "When one of you wishes, let him consider what he wishes, for he does not know what he will be given."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمُ الْكَرْمَ وَقُولُوا الْحَبَلَةَ يَعْنِي الْعِنَبَ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "None of you should say 'al-karm' (for grapes); rather say 'al-ḥabala'," meaning grapes.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِرَجُلٍ يَسُوقُ بَدَنَةً فَقَالَ ارْكَبْهَا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ فَقَالَ ارْكَبْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهَا بَدَنَةٌ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَوْ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ وَيْحَكَ ارْكَبْهَا
✧ From Abū Hurayrah: The Prophet ﷺ passed by a man driving a sacrificial camel and said: "Ride it." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is a sacrificial camel." He said: "Ride it." He said: "It is a sacrificial camel." He said on the third or fourth time: "Bother you, ride it!"
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا هِيَ؟ يَا هَنْتَاهُ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: "What is it, O you?"
قَالَ لِرَجُلٍ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ يَا هَنَاهْ ثُمَّ قَامَ
✧ He said to a man beside him: "O you!" Then he stood up.
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَرْدَفَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلْ مَعَكَ مِنْ شِعْرِ أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ بَيْتًا فَقَالَ هِيهِ حَتَّى أَنْشَدْتُهُ مِئَةَ بَيْتٍ
✧ From his father, he said: "The Prophet ﷺ seated me behind him and said: 'Do you have any poetry of Umayyah b. Abī al-Ṣalt with you?' I said: 'Yes.' I recited a verse to him and he said: 'Go on' until I recited one hundred verses."
قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لاَ تَدَعْ قِيَامَ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ لاَ يَذَرُهُ وَكَانَ إِذَا مَرِضَ أَوْ كَسِلَ صَلَّى قَاعِدًا
✧ ʿĀʾishah said: "Do not abandon the night prayer, for the Prophet ﷺ never abandoned it. When he was ill or felt lazy, he prayed sitting."
سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْهَمِّ وَالْحَزَنِ وَالْعَجْزِ وَالْكَسَلِ وَالْجُبْنِ وَالْبُخْلِ وَضَلَعِ الدَّيْنِ وَغَلَبَةِ الرِّجَالِ
✧ I heard Anas b. Mālik say: "The Prophet ﷺ used to say frequently: 'O Allah, I seek refuge in You from worry and sorrow, incapacity and laziness, cowardice and miserliness, the burden of debt, and the domination of men.'"
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انَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَجْثُو بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَيَنْثُرُ كِنَانَتَهُ وَيَقُولُ: وَجْهِي لِوَجْهِكَ الْوِقَاءُ، وَنَفْسِي لِنَفْسِكَ الْفِدَاءُ.
Anas ibn Malik said, "Abu Talha used to kneel before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and sprinkle water on his quiver and say:
عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ فَانْطَلَقَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ نَحْوَ الْبَقِيعِ وَانْطَلَقْتُ أَتْلُوهُ فَالْتَفَتَ فَرَآنِي فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَأَنَا فِدَاؤُكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمُكْثِرِينَ هُمُ الْمُقِلُّونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلاَّ مَنْ قَالَ هَكَذَا وَهَكَذَا فِي حَقٍّ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ عَرَضَ لَنَا أُحُدٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ وَسَعْدَيْكَ وَأَنَا فِدَاؤُكَ قَالَ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ أُحُدًا لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ذَهَبًا فَيُمْسِي عِنْدَهُمْ دِينَارٌ أَوْ قَالَ مِثْقَالٌ ثُمَّ عَرَضَ لَنَا وَادٍ فَاسْتَنْتَلَ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ لَهُ حَاجَةً فَجَلَسْتُ عَلَى شَفِيرٍ وَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَخَشِيتُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ كَأَنَّهُ يُنَاجِي رَجُلاً ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ وَحْدَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَنِ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي كُنْتَ تُنَاجِي؟ فَقَالَ أَوَ سَمِعْتَهُ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ جِبْرِيلُ أَتَانِي فَبَشَّرَنِي أَنَّهُ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ زَنَى وَإِنْ سَرَقَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ
✧ From Abū Dharr, he said: "The Prophet ﷺ went toward al-Baqīʿ and I followed him. He turned and saw me and said: 'O Abū Dharr.' I said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and at your pleasure; may I be your ransom!' He said: 'Those who have much wealth are the ones with little on the Day of Resurrection, except for one who says: like this and like this in what is true.' I said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Like this,' three times. Then Uḥud appeared before us and he said: 'O Abū Dharr.' I said: 'At your service, O Messenger of Allah, and at your pleasure; may I be your ransom!' He said: 'It would not please me that Uḥud be turned into gold for the family of Muḥammad, so that a dinar—or he said a mithqāl—would remain with them by evening.' Then a valley appeared before us, and he went ahead. I thought he had a need, so I sat on the edge, and he was slow in returning. I feared for him. Then I heard him as if he were conversing with a man, and then he came out to me alone. I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who was the man you were conversing with?' He said: 'Did you hear him?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That was Jibrīl. He came to me and gave me glad tidings that whoever of my community dies without associating anything with Allah will enter Paradise.' I said: 'Even if he commits adultery and even if he steals?' He said: 'Yes.'"
سَمِعْتُ عَلِيًّا ؓ يَقُولُ مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يُفَدِّي رَجُلاً بَعْدَ سَعْدٍ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ارْمِ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي
'Abdullah ibn Shaddad said, "I heard 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, say, 'I did not see the Prophet ﷺ saying, ("May my father and mother be) your ransom" after Sa'd. I heard him say to him, "May my father and mother be your ransom."'"
عَنْ أَبِيهِ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَأَبُو مُوسَى يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا بُرَيْدَةُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ هَذَا مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ
✧ From his father: "The Prophet ﷺ went out to the mosque while Abū Mūsā was reciting. He said: 'Who is this?' I said: 'I am Buraydah, may I be your ransom!' He said: 'This one has been given a flute from the flutes of the family of Dāwūd.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 806No grade recorded
أَنَّ أَبِي لَمْ يُدْرِكِ الإِسْلاَمَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ يَا بُنَيَّ يَا بُنَيَّ
As-Sa'b ibn Hakim reported that his grandfather said, "I came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. He began to say, 'Nephew.' Then he questioned me and I told him my lineage and so he knew that my father had not become Muslim. He began to say, 'My son, my son.'"
سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ كُنْتُ خَادِمًا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ بِغَيْرِ اسْتِئْذَانٍ فَجِئْتُ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ كَمَا أَنْتَ يَا بُنَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ بَعْدَكَ أَمْرٌ لا تَدْخُلَنَّ إِلا بِإِذْنٍ
✧ I heard Anas say: "I was a servant of the Prophet ﷺ. I used to enter without seeking permission. One day I came and he said: 'Stay where you are, O my son, for something has occurred after you left: do not enter except with permission.'"
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 808No grade recorded
قَالَ لَهُ يَا بُنَيَّ
✧ He said to him, "O my little son."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي وَلَكِنْ لِيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي
'A'isha reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, "None of you should say, 'khabuthat nafsi'. He should say, 'Laqisat nafsi.'"
رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَقُولَنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَبُثَتْ نَفْسِي وَلْيَقُلْ لَقِسَتْ نَفْسِي
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "None of you should say, 'My self has become foul (khabuthat nafsi),' but let him say, 'My self is queasy (laqisat nafsi).'"