1. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

1. Musnad Ahmad 1Sahih

   قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ، وَإِنَّا سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوُا الْمُنْكَرَ فَلَمْ يُغَيِّرُوهُ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللهُ بِعِقَابِهِ.

   Abu Bakr stood up and praised and glorified Allah, then he said: O people, you recite this verse: ʿO you who believe! Take care of your ownselves. If you follow the (right) guidance (and enjoin what is right (Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbid what is wrong (polytheism, disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden)] no hurt can come to you from those who are in errorʿ (al-Ma'idah 5:105]. We heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿlf the people see evil and do not change it, soon Allah will send His punishment upon them all.ʿ

2. Musnad Ahmad 2Sahih

   كُنْتُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا نَفَعَنِي اللهُ بِمَا شَاءَ مِنْهُ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَنِي عَنْهُ غَيْرِي اسْتَحْلَفْتُهُ، فَإِذَا حَلَفَ لِي صَدَّقْتُهُ، وَإِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي، وَصَدَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا، فَيَتَوَضَّأُ، فَيُحْسِنُ الْوُضُوءَ قَالَ مِسْعَرٌ: وَيُصَلِّي. وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ: ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَيَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَّا غَفَرَ لَهُ.

   ✧ When I heard a hadith from the Messenger of God ﷺ, God benefited me with what He willed of it; and when someone other than him narrated it to me, I would ask him to swear an oath, and if he swore to me, I believed him. Indeed Abu Bakr narrated to me—and Abu Bakr spoke the truth—that he heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "There is no man who commits a sin, then performs wudu and does it well"—Mis'ar said: "and prays," and Sufyan said: "then prays two rak'ahs, then seeks God's forgiveness, Mighty and Majestic is He, except that He forgives him."

3. Musnad Ahmad 3Sahih

   خَرَجْنَا فَأَدْلَجْنَا، فَأَحْثَثْنَا يَوْمَنَا وَلَيْلَتَنَا حَتَّى أَظْهَرْنَا، وَقَامَ قَائِمُ الظَّهِيرَةِ، فَضَرَبْتُ بِبَصَرِي هَلْ أَرَى ظِلًّا نَأْوِي إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِصَخْرَةٍ، فَأَهْوَيْتُ إِلَيْهَا، فَإِذَا بَقِيَّةُ ظِلِّهَا، فَسَوَّيْتُهُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَفَرَشْتُ لَهُ فَرْوَةً وَقُلْتُ: اضْطَجِعْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَاضْطَجَعَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ أَنْظُرُ هَلْ أَرَى أَحَدًا مِنَ الطَّلَبِ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ فَقُلْتُ: لِمَنْ أَنْتَ يَا غُلَامُ ؟ فَقَالَ: لِرَجُلٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَسَمَّاهُ فَعَرَفْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ فِي غَنَمِكَ مِنْ لَبَنٍ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَلْ أَنْتَ حَالِبٌ لِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَأَمَرْتُهُ فَاعْتَقَلَ شَاةً مِنْهَا، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ ضَرْعَهَا مِنَ الْغُبَارِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرْتُهُ فَنَفَضَ كَفَّيْهِ مِنَ الْغُبَارِ وَمَعِي إِدَاوَةٌ عَلَى فَمِهَا خِرْقَةٌ، فَحَلَبَ لِي كُثْبَةً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، فَصَبَبْتُ [يَعْنِي الْمَاءَ] عَلَى الْقَدَحِ حَتَّى بَرَدَ أَسْفَلُهُ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَوَافَيْتُهُ وَقَدِ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَقُلْتُ: اشْرَبْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ، ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: هَلْ أَنَى لِلرَّحِيلِ ؟ قَالَ: فَارْتَحَلْنَا وَالْقَوْمُ يَطْلُبُونَا، فَلَمْ يُدْرِكْنَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لَهُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا فَقَالَ: لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَنَا حَتَّى إِذَا دَنَا مِنَّا، فَكَانَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُ قَدْرُ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، هَذَا الطَّلَبُ قَدْ لَحِقَنَا وَبَكَيْتُ، قَالَ: لِمَ تَبْكِي ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: أَمَا وَاللهِ مَا عَلَى نَفْسِي أَبْكِي وَلَكِنْ أَبْكِي عَلَيْكَ. قَالَ: فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنَاهُ بِمَا شِئْتَ فَسَاخَتْ قَوَائِمُ فَرَسِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهَا فِي أَرْضٍ صَلْدٍ، وَوَثَبَ عَنْهَا وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا عَمَلُكَ، فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يُنَجِّيَنِي مِمَّا أَنَا فِيهِ، فَوَاللهِ لَأُعَمِّيَنَّ عَلَى مَنْ وَرَائِي مِنَ الطَّلَبِ، وَهَذِهِ كِنَانَتِي، فَخُذْ مِنْهَا سَهْمًا، فَإِنَّكَ سَتَمُرُّ بِإِبِلِي وَغَنَمِي فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَخُذْ مِنْهَا حَاجَتَكَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِيهَا. قَالَ: وَدَعَا لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَأُطْلِقَ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ. وَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ، فَتَلَقَّاهُ النَّاسُ، فَخَرَجُوا فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَعَلَى الْأَجَاجِيرِ، فَاشْتَدَّ الْخَدَمُ، وَالصِّبْيَانُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ يَقُولُونَ: اللهُ أَكْبَرُ، جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ. قَالَ: وَتَنَازَعَ الْقَوْمُ أَيُّهُمْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: أَنْزِلُ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى بَنِي النَّجَّارِ أَخْوَالِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لِأُكْرِمَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ غَدَا حَيْثُ أُمِرَ. قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ: أَوَّلُ مَنْ كَانَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ أَخُو بَنِي عَبْدِ الدَّارِ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ الْأَعْمَى أَخُو بَنِي فِهْرٍ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ فِي عِشْرِينَ رَاكِبًا، فَقُلْنَا: مَا فَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ فَقَالَ: هُوَ عَلَى أَثَرِي، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مَعَهُ. قَالَ الْبَرَاءُ: وَلَمْ يَقْدَمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى قَرَأْتُ سُوَرًا مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ. قَالَ إِسْرَائِيلُ: وَكَانَ الْبَرَاءُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ بَنِي حَارِثَةَ. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وما بين المعقوفين غير موجود في طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: الرحيل.

   ✧ We set out and traveled by night, hastening through our day and night until we emerged into the open, and the midday heat stood still. I cast my eyes around to see if I could find a shade to seek shelter in, and there I saw a rock. I made my way to it, and there was a remnant of its shade, so I smoothed it for the Messenger of God ﷺ, spread a fur for him, and said: "Lie down, O Messenger of God." So he lay down. Then I went out to see if I could find anyone from the pursuers. There I saw a shepherd of sheep and said: "To whom do you belong, O boy?" He said: "To a man of Quraysh"—he named him, and I recognized him, and said: "Is there any milk in your sheep?" He said: "Yes." I said: "Will you milk some for me?" He said: "Yes." I ordered him, and he restrained a sheep from among them. Then I ordered him, and he shook the dust from its udder. Then I ordered him, and he shook his hands from the dust. I had a waterskin with a cloth over its mouth, and he milked a portion of milk for me. I poured [i.e., water] onto the bowl until its bottom cooled, then I came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and found him awake. I said: "Drink, O Messenger of God." He drank until I was satisfied. Then I said: "Is it time to set out?" He said, so we departed, while the people were seeking us, but none of them caught up with us except Suraqah b. Malik b. Ju'shum on a horse of his. I said: "O Messenger of God, the pursuer has caught up with us." He said: "Do not grieve; God is with us." When he drew near to us and there was between us and him the distance of a spear, or two, or three, I said: "O Messenger of God, this pursuer has caught up with us," and I wept. He said: "Why do you weep?" I said: "By God, I do not weep for myself, but I weep for you." Then the Messenger of God ﷺ supplicated against him and said: "O God, suffice us against him with what You will." So the legs of his horse sank into hard ground up to its belly, and he jumped off it and said: "O Muhammad, I know this is your doing, so ask God to deliver me from what I am in. By God, I will blind those behind me among the pursuers. Here is my quiver; take an arrow from it, for you will pass by my camels and sheep in such-and-such a place, so take what you need from them." The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "I have no need of them." He supplicated for him, and he was released, and he returned to his companions. The Messenger of God ﷺ went on, and I was with him until we arrived in Madinah. The people met him, coming out into the road and onto the rooftops. The servants and children in the road shouted: "God is greatest! The Messenger of God ﷺ has come! Muhammad has come!" The people disputed over which one of them he would stay with. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "Tonight I will stay with the Banu al-Najjar, the maternal uncles of 'Abd al-Muttalib, to honor them by that." When morning came, he went where he had been commanded. Al-Bara' b. 'Azib said: "The first of the Emigrants who came to us was Mus'ab b. 'Umayr, the brother of the Banu 'Abd al-Dar. Then Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind, the brother of the Banu Fihr, came to us. Then 'Umar b. al-Khattab came to us with twenty riders, and we said: 'What has happened to the Messenger of God ﷺ?' He said: 'He is right behind me.' Then the Messenger of God ﷺ came, and Abu Bakr was with him." Al-Bara' said: "The Messenger of God ﷺ did not come until I had recited some surahs of the Mufassal." Isra'il said: "Al-Bara' was one of the Ansar, from the Banu Harithah." So it is in the edition of the Islamic Treasure Society, and what is in brackets is not present in the edition of the Risalah Foundation. So it is in the edition of the Islamic Treasure Society, and in the edition of the Risalah Foundation: "the departure."

4. Musnad Ahmad 4Weak

   أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَهُ بِـ بَرَاءَةٌ لِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ لَا يَحُجُّ بَعْدَ الْعَامِ مُشْرِكٌ، وَلَا يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ عُرْيَانٌ، وَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا نَفْسٌ مُسْلِمَةٌ، مَنْ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ مُدَّةٌ، فَأَجَلُهُ إِلَى مُدَّتِهِ، وَاللهُ بَرِيءٌ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَرَسُولُهُ. قَالَ: فَسَارَ بِهَا ثَلَاثًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ: الْحَقْهُ فَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَبَلِّغْهَا أَنْتَ، قَالَ: فَفَعَلَ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَكَى، قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، حَدَثَ فِيَّ شَيْءٌ ؟ قَالَ: مَا حَدَثَ فِيكَ إِلَّا خَيْرٌ، وَلَكِنْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ لَا يُبَلِّغَهُ إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنِّي.

   that the Prophet ﷺ sent him with Soorat Bara'ah (at-Taubah) to the people of Makkah, to say that no mushrik should perform Hajj after this year and no one should circumambulate the Ka'bah naked, and no one would enter Paradise except a Muslim, whoever had a covenant with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a specific time, it would last until the stated time, and Allah is free from (all) obligations to the Mushrikoon and so is His Messenger (cf. 9:3). He went around doing that for three days, then [the Prophet ﷺ said to ‘Ali; “Go and catch up with him; send Abu Bakr back to me and you convey it.” So he did that. And when Abu Bakr carme to the Prophet ﷺ, he wept and said: O Messenger of Allah, is there something the matter with me? He said: ʿThere is nothing but good, but I was instructed that no one should convey it except me or a man from my family.”

5. Musnad Ahmad 5Sahih

   خَطَبَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقَامِي هَذَا عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ وَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: سَلُوا اللهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ - أَوْ قَالَ: الْعَافِيَةَ - فَلَمْ يُؤْتَ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ - أَوِ الْمُعَافَاةِ - عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ، فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ، وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَلَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَقَاطَعُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا، وَكُونُوا إِخْوَانًا كَمَا أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى.

   Abu Bakr addressed us and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood last year where I am standing. Abu Bakr wept, then he said: Ask Allah to keep you safe and sound, for no one is given anything better, after certainly of faith, than well-being. And you should be truthful, for that goes with righteousness and they lead to Paradise. And beware of lying, for that goes with immorality and they lead to Hell. Do not envy one another, do not bear grudges against one another, do not sever ties with one another, do not turn away from one another; be brothers as Allah has commanded you.”

6. Musnad Ahmad 6Hasan

   سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ، فَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ حِينَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْقَيْظِ عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ: سَلُوا اللهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ، وَالْيَقِينَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَى.

   ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say—and Abu Bakr wept when he mentioned the Messenger of God ﷺ, then he was relieved, then he said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say in this heat, last year: "Ask God for pardon and well-being, and certainty in the Hereafter and in this world."

7. Musnad Ahmad 7Sahih

   السِّوَاكُ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ، مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

   ✧ The siwak is a purifier for the mouth, a pleaser to the Lord.

8. Musnad Ahmad 8Sahih

   أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي. قَالَ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

   that he said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, teach me a duʿāʾ that I may say in my prayer. He said: "Say: O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly and no one forgives sins but you, grant me forgiveness from you and have mercy on me for you are the Oft Forgiving Most Merciful."

9. Musnad Ahmad 9Sahih

   أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ، وَالْعَبَّاسَ أَتَيَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَلْتَمِسَانِ مِيرَاثَهُمَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُمَا حِينَئِذٍ يَطْلُبَانِ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ فَدَكَ، وَسَهْمَهُ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذَا الْمَالِ وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَدَعُ أَمْرًا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُهُ فِيهِ إِلَّا صَنَعْتُهُ

   ✧ Indeed Fatimah and al-Abbas came to Abu Bakr seeking their inheritance from the Messenger of God ﷺ, and at that time they were demanding his land of Fadak and his share of Khaybar. Abu Bakr said to them: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: We are not inherited from; what we leave is charity. The family of Muhammad only eats from this wealth. And by God, I will not leave any matter that I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do in it but that I will do it.

10. Musnad Ahmad 10Sahih

    سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمِ مِنْ عَامِ الْأَوَّلِ، ثُمَّ اسْتَعْبَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَبَكَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَمْ تُؤْتَوْا شَيْئًا بَعْدَ كَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ مِثْلَ الْعَافِيَةِ، فَاسْأَلُوا اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ.

    ✧ I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ on this day of last year, then Abu Bakr's eyes filled with tears and he wept, then he said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: You have not been given anything after the word of sincerity like well-being, so ask God for well-being.

11. Musnad Ahmad 11Sahih

    قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ فِي الْغَارِ - وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: وَنَحْنُ فِي الْغَارِ -: لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ نَظَرَ إِلَى قَدَمَيْهِ لَأَبْصَرَنَا تَحْتَ قَدَمَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، مَا ظَنُّكَ بِاثْنَيْنِ اللهُ ثَالِثُهُمَا.

    ✧ I said to the Prophet ﷺ while he was in the cave — and he said once: while we were in the cave —: If one of them looked at his feet, he would see us beneath his feet. He said: Then he said: O Abu Bakr, what do you think of two when God is their third?

12. Musnad Ahmad 12Sahih

    أَنَّ الدَّجَّالَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ بِالْمَشْرِقِ يُقَالُ لَهَا: خُرَاسَانُ يَتْبَعُهُ أَقْوَامٌ كَأَنَّ وُجُوهَهُمُ الْمَجَانُّ الْمُطْرَقَةُ.

    ✧ Indeed the Dajjal will emerge from a land in the east called Khurasan, followed by peoples whose faces are like hammered shields.

13. Musnad Ahmad 13Weak

    لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بَخِيلٌ وَلَا خَبٌّ وَلَا خَائِنٌ، وَلَا سَيِّئُ الْمَلَكَةِ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَقْرَعُ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ الْمَمْلُوكُونَ إِذَا أَحْسَنُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَفِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ مَوَالِيهِمْ.

    ✧ No miser, no deceiver, no treacherous person, and no one with bad treatment of his slaves will enter Paradise. The first to knock on the gate of Paradise are the slaves if they do well in what is between them and God, Mighty and Majestic, and in what is between them and their masters.

14. Musnad Ahmad 14Hasan

    لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ: أَنْتَ وَرِثْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، أَمْ أَهْلُهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ: لَا، بَلْ أَهْلُهُ. قَالَتْ: فَأَيْنَ سَهْمُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِذَا أَطْعَمَ نَبِيًّا طُعْمَةً ثُمَّ قَبَضَهُ جَعَلَهُ لِلَّذِي يَقُومُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَنْ أَرُدَّهُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ. قَالَتْ: فَأَنْتَ وَمَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَعْلَمُ.

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ passed away, Fatimah sent to Abu Bakr: Did you inherit from the Messenger of God ﷺ, or his family? He said: Then he said: No, rather his family. She said: Then where is the share of the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: Then Abu Bakr said: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: When God, Mighty and Majestic, feeds a prophet a provision and then takes him, He makes it for the one who stands after him, so I saw fit to return it to the Muslims. She said: Then you and what you heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ is best known.

15. Musnad Ahmad 15Hasan

    نَعَمْ عُرِضَ عَلَيَّ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَأَمْرِ الْآخِرَةِ، فَجُمِعَ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَالْآخِرُونَ بِصَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَفَظِعَ النَّاسُ بِذَلِكَ حَتَّى انْطَلَقُوا إِلَى آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَالْعَرَقُ يَكَادُ يُلْجِمُهُمْ فَقَالُوا: يَا آدَمُ أَنْتَ أَبُو الْبَشَرِ وَأَنْتَ اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، اشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَبِّكَ قَالَ: قَدْ لَقِيتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي لَقِيتُمُ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى أَبِيكُمْ بَعْدَ أَبِيكُمْ إِلَى نُوحٍ إِنَّ اللهَ اصْطَفَى آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ: فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ إِلَى نُوحٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَيَقُولُونَ: اشْفَعْ لَنَا إِلَى رَبِّكَ، فَأَنْتَ اصْطَفَاكَ اللهُ وَاسْتَجَابَ لَكَ فِي دُعَائِكَ وَلَمْ يَدَعْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا فَيَقُولُ: لَيْسَ ذَاكُمْ عِنْدِي انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ اتَّخَذَهُ خَلِيلًا، فَيَنْطَلِقُونَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَيَقُولُ: لَيْسَ ذَاكُمْ عِنْدِي، وَلَكِنِ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ كَلَّمَهُ تَكْلِيمًا فَيَقُولُ مُوسَى: عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَيْسَ ذَاكُمْ عِنْدِي، وَلَكِنِ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ، فَإِنَّهُ يُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ، وَالْأَبْرَصَ وَيُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى [بإذن اللهِ] فَيَقُولُ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَيْسَ ذَاكُمْ عِنْدِي وَلَكِنِ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى سَيِّدِ وَلَدِ آدَمَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْضُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ انْطَلِقُوا إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، فَيَشْفَعَ لَكُمْ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. قَالَ: فَيَنْطَلِقُ، فَيَأْتِي جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ رَبَّهُ فَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ائْذَنْ لَهُ، وَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ قَالَ: فَيَنْطَلِقُ بِهِ جِبْرِيلُ، فَيَخِرُّ سَاجِدًا قَدْرَ جُمُعَةٍ وَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، وَقُلْ يُسْمَعْ وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ. قَالَ: فَيَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ، فَإِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَرَّ سَاجِدًا قَدْرَ جُمُعَةٍ أُخْرَى، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ وَقُلْ يُسْمَعْ، وَاشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ. قَالَ: فَيَذْهَبُ لِيَقَعَ سَاجِدًا، فَيَأْخُذُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِضَبْعَيْهِ، فَيَفْتَحُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْتَحْهُ عَلَى بَشَرٍ قَطُّ، فَيَقُولُ: أَيْ رَبِّ خَلَقْتَنِي سَيِّدَ وَلَدِ آدَمَ، وَلَا فَخْرَ، وَأَوَّلَ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْضُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَا فَخْرَ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيَرِدُ عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا بَيْنَ صَنْعَاءَ وَأَيْلَةَ، ثُمَّ يُقَالُ: ادْعُوا الصِّدِّيقِينَ فَيَشْفَعُونَ، ثُمَّ يُقَالُ: ادْعُوا الْأَنْبِيَاءَ قَالَ: فَيَجِيءُ النَّبِيُّ وَمَعَهُ الْعِصَابَةُ، وَالنَّبِيُّ وَمَعَهُ الْخَمْسَةُ وَالسِّتَّةُ، وَالنَّبِيُّ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ أَحَدٌ، ثُمَّ يُقَالُ: ادْعُوا الشُّهَدَاءَ، فَيَشْفَعُونَ لِمَنْ أَرَادُوا. قَالَ: فَإِذَا فَعَلَتِ الشُّهَدَاءُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ: يَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَنَا أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ أَدْخِلُوا جَنَّتِي مَنْ كَانَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئًا، قَالَ: فَيَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ. قَالَ: ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ انْظُرُوا فِي النَّارِ هَلْ تَلْقَوْنَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَمِلَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ. قَالَ: فَيَجِدُونَ فِي النَّارِ رَجُلًا فَيَقُولُ لَهُ: هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: لَا غَيْرَ أَنِّي كُنْتُ أُسَامِحُ النَّاسَ فِي الْبَيْعِ [وَالشِّرَاءِ]، فَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَسْمِحُوا لِعَبْدِي كَإِسْمَاحِهِ إِلَى عَبِيدِي. ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُونَ مِنَ النَّارِ رَجُلًا فَيَقُولُ لَهُ: هَلْ عَمِلْتَ خَيْرًا قَطُّ ؟ فَيَقُولُ: لَا غَيْرَ أَنِّي قَدْ أَمَرْتُ وَلَدِي إِذَا مُتُّ، فَأَحْرِقُونِي بِالنَّارِ، ثُمَّ اطْحَنُونِي حَتَّى إِذَا كُنْتُ مِثْلَ الْكُحْلِ، فَاذْهَبُوا بِي إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، فَاذْرُونِي فِي الرِّيحِ، فَوَاللهِ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَيَّ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ أَبَدًا، فَقَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ: لِمَ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ. قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: انْظُرْ إِلَى مُلْكِ أَعْظَمِ مَلِكٍ، فَإِنَّ لَكَ مِثْلَهُ وَعَشَرَةَ أَمْثَالِهِ. قَالَ: فَيَقُولُ: لِمَ تَسْخَرُ بِي وَأَنْتَ الْمَلِكُ ؟ قَالَ: وَذَاكَ الَّذِي ضَحِكْتُ مِنْهُ مِنَ الضُّحَى. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة زيادة: ؓ كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وما بين المعقوفين غير موجود في طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وفي طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة: وليس. كذا في طبعة جمعية المكنز الإسلامي، وما بين المعقوفين غير موجود في طبعة مؤسسة الرسالة.

    ✧ Yes, I was shown what will be of the affairs of this world and the affairs of the Hereafter. The first and the last were gathered on a single plain, and the people were terrified by that, so they went to Adam ﷺ, while the sweat nearly bridled them. They said: O Adam, you are the father of humankind, and God, Mighty and Majestic, chose you; intercede for us with your Lord. He said: I have met the like of what you have met. Go to your father after your father, to Noah, for God chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of Imran above the worlds. He said: So they go to Noah ﷺ and say: Intercede for us with your Lord, for God chose you and answered your supplication and did not leave on the earth any of the disbelievers. He says: That is not with me. Go to Abraham ﷺ, for God, Mighty and Majestic, took him as a close friend. So they go to Abraham, and he says: That is not with me. But go to Moses ﷺ, for God, Mighty and Majestic, spoke to him directly. Moses ﷺ says: That is not with me. But go to Jesus son of Mary, for he heals the blind and the leper and gives life to the dead [by God's permission]. Jesus ﷺ says: That is not with me. But go to the master of the children of Adam, for he is the first from whom the earth will split open on the Day of Resurrection. Go to Muhammad ﷺ, and he will intercede for you with your Lord, Mighty and Majestic. He said: So he goes, and Gabriel ﷺ comes to his Lord, and God, Mighty and Majestic, says: Give him permission and give him glad tidings of Paradise. He said: Then Gabriel goes with him, and he falls prostrate for the length of a week, and God, Mighty and Majestic, says: Raise your head, O Muhammad, and speak, you will be heard; and intercede, your intercession will be accepted. He said: So he raises his head, and when he looks at his Lord, Mighty and Majestic, he falls prostrate for the length of another week. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, says: Raise your head, and speak, you will be heard; and intercede, your intercession will be accepted. He said: Then he goes to fall prostrate, and Gabriel ﷺ takes him by his upper arms, and God, Mighty and Majestic, opens for him of supplication something He has never opened for any human. Then he says: O Lord, You created me the master of the children of Adam, and no pride, and the first from whom the earth will split open on the Day of Resurrection, and no pride, until the cistern will come to me with more than what is between Sana'a and Aylah. Then it is said: Call the truthful ones, and they intercede. Then it is said: Call the prophets. He said: Then the prophet comes with a small band, and the prophet comes with five or six, and the prophet comes with no one. Then it is said: Call the martyrs, and they intercede for whomever they wish. He said: When the martyrs have done that, God, Mighty and Majestic, says: I am the Most Merciful of the merciful. Admit into My Paradise those who did not associate anything with Me. He said: Then they enter Paradise. He said: Then God, Mighty and Majestic, says: Look in the Fire: do you find anyone who ever did any good? He said: So they find a man in the Fire, and He says to him: Did you ever do any good? He says: No, except that I used to be lenient with people in buying [and selling]. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, says: Be lenient with My servant as he was lenient with My servants. Then they bring out from the Fire a man, and He says to him: Did you ever do any good? He says: No, except that I commanded my children when I die to burn me with fire, then grind me until I am like kohl, then take me to the sea and scatter me in the wind. By God, the Lord of the worlds will never be able to overpower me. Then God, Mighty and Majestic, says to him: Why did you do that? He says: From fear of You. He said: Then God, Mighty and Majestic, says: Look at the dominion of the greatest king, for you will have the like of it and ten times its like. He said: Then he says: Why do You mock me when You are the King? He said: And that is what I laughed about until the forenoon. Thus in the edition of the Islamic Heritage Association, and in the edition of the Messenger Foundation there is an addition: ؓ Thus in the edition of the Islamic Heritage Association, and what is in brackets is not present in the edition of the Messenger Foundation. Thus in the edition of the Islamic Heritage Association, and in the edition of the Messenger Foundation: and not. Thus in the edition of the Islamic Heritage Association, and what is in brackets is not present in the edition of the Messenger Foundation.

16. Musnad Ahmad 16Sahih

    حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسٌ قَالَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ ﷻ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} [المائدة 105] إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَإِنَّكُمْ تَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِهَا وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوْا الْمُنْكَرَ لا يُغَيِّرُوهُ أَوْشَكَ اللهُ أَنْيَعُمَّهُمْ بِعِقَابِهِ قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ مُجَانِبٌ لِلْإِيمَانِ

    ✧ Qays narrated to us, he said: Abu Bakr stood, praised God Almighty and extolled Him, then said: O people, you recite this verse: {O you who believe, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves; those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided} [Al-Ma'idah 105] to the end of the verse, and you place it in other than its proper place. I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: When people see wrong and do not change it, God will soon envelop them in His punishment. He said: And I heard Abu Bakr say: O people, beware of lying, for lying is incompatible with faith.

17. Musnad Ahmad 17Sahih

    أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ مَقَامِي هَذَا ثُمَّ بَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْبِرِّ، وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ، فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ، وَسَلُوا اللهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْتَ رَجُلٌ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ شَيْئًا خَيْرًا مِنَ الْمُعَافَاةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا تَقَاطَعُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا وَلَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا، وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللهِ إِخْوَانًا.

    ✧ He heard him when the Messenger of God ﷺ passed away. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ stood in this place of mine last year, then he wept, then he said: You must be truthful, for it is with righteousness, and both are in Paradise. Beware of lying, for it is with wickedness, and both are in the Fire. Ask God for pardon and well-being, for no man has been given after certainty anything better than well-being. Then he said: Do not sever relations, do not turn your backs on one another, do not hate one another, do not envy one another, and be, O servants of God, brothers.

18. Musnad Ahmad 18Sahih

    تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي طَائِفَةٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ: فَجَاءَ، فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، فَقَبَّلَهُ وَقَالَ: فِدًى لكَ أَبِي وَأُمِّي مَا أَطْيَبَكَ حَيًّا، وَمَيِّتًا، مَاتَ مُحَمَّدٌ ﷺ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ... فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ يَتَقَاوَدَانِ حَتَّى أَتَوْهُمْ، فَتَكَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْ شَيْئًا أُنْزِلَ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ، وَلَا ذَكَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ إِلَّا وَذَكَرَهُ وَقَالَ: وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: لَوْ سَلَكَ النَّاسُ وَادِيًا وَسَلَكَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ وَادِيًا سَلَكْتُ وَادِيَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ يَا سَعْدُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَأَنْتَ قَاعِدٌ: قُرَيْشٌ، وُلَاةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ، فَبَرُّ النَّاسِ تَبَعٌ لِبَرِّهِمْ، وَفَاجِرُهُمْ تَبَعٌ لِفَاجِرِهِمْ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ: صَدَقْتَ نَحْنُ الْوُزَرَاءُ، وَأَنْتُمُ الْأُمَرَاءُ.

    ✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ passed away while Abu Bakr was in a part of the city. He said: Then he came, uncovered his face, kissed him, and said: May my father and mother be your ransom, how good you are alive and dead. Muhammad ﷺ has died, by the Lord of the Ka'bah... Then he mentioned the hadith. He said: Then Abu Bakr and Umar went walking together, leaning on each other, until they came to them. Abu Bakr spoke and did not leave anything that was revealed about the Ansar or that the Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned of their affair but that he mentioned it and said: You know that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: If the people were to take one valley and the Ansar another valley, I would take the valley of the Ansar. And you know, O Sa'd, that the Messenger of God ﷺ said while you were sitting: Quraysh are the guardians of this affair, the righteous of the people follow their righteous, and the wicked of them follow their wicked. He said: Then Sa'd said to him: You have spoken truthfully; we are the ministers and you are the commanders.

19. Musnad Ahmad 19Hasan

    قُلْتُ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَنَعَمَلُ عَلَى مَا فُرِغَ مِنْهُ، أَوْ عَلَى أَمْرٍ مُؤْتَنَفٍ ؟ قَالَ: بَلْ عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ فُرِغَ مِنْهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَفِيمَ الْعَمَلُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: كُلٌّ مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ.

    ✧ I said to the Messenger of God ﷺ: O Messenger of God, do we act upon what has been already decreed or upon a matter newly begun? He said: Rather upon a matter already decreed. He said: I said: Then what is the point of action, O Messenger of God? He said: Everyone is facilitated for what he was created for.

20. Musnad Ahmad 20Sahih

    أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ حَزِنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ يُوَسْوَسُ، قَالَ عُثْمَانُ: وَكُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ، فَبَيْنَا أَنَا جَالِسٌ فِي ظِلِّ أُطُمٍ مِنَ الْآطَامِ مَرَّ عَلَيَّ عُمَرُ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ، فَلَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ وَلَا سَلَّمَ، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: مَا يُعْجِبُكَ أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ، وَأَقْبَلَ هُوَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي وِلَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ حَتَّى سَلَّمَا عَلَيَّ جَمِيعًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: جَاءَنِي أَخُوكَ عُمَرُ، فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ فَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ تَرْدُدْ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ، فَمَا الَّذِي حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَا فَعَلْتُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: بَلَى وَاللهِ لَقَدْ فَعَلْتَ، وَلَكِنَّهَا عُبِّيَّتُكُمْ يَا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: وَاللهِ مَا شَعَرْتُ أَنَّكَ مَرَرْتَ بِي، وَلَا سَلَّمْتَ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: صَدَقَ عُثْمَانُ، وَقَدْ شَغَلَكَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ أَمْرٌ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَجَلْ، قَالَ: مَا هُوَ ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: تَوَفَّى اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ ﷺ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ نَجَاةِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا نَجَاةُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَنْ قَبِلَ مِنِّي الْكَلِمَةَ الَّتِي عَرَضْتُ عَلَى عَمِّي، فَرَدَّهَا عَلَيَّ، فَهِيَ لَهُ نَجَاةٌ.

    ✧ Some men among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when the Prophet ﷺ passed away, grieved over him so much that some of them nearly had satanic whisperings. Uthman said: I was among them. While I was sitting in the shade of a fortress among the fortresses, Umar passed by me and greeted me, but I did not notice that he passed or greeted. Umar went on until he entered upon Abu Bakr and said to him: What surprises you? I passed by Uthman and greeted him, but he did not return my greeting. He and Abu Bakr came, while Abu Bakr was in authority, until they both greeted me. Then Abu Bakr said: Your brother Umar came to me and mentioned that he passed by you and greeted you, but you did not return his greeting. What made you do that? He said: I said: I did not do it. Umar said: Indeed, by Allah, you did, but it was your arrogance, O Banu Umayyah. He said: I said: By Allah, I did not notice that you passed by me or greeted. Abu Bakr said: Uthman spoke the truth, and something must have distracted you from that. I said: Yes. He said: What is it? Uthman said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, took His Prophet ﷺ before we could ask him about the salvation of this matter. Abu Bakr said: I asked him about that. He said: I stood up to him and said to him: May my father and mother be your ransom, you are more deserving of it. Abu Bakr said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the salvation of this matter? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever accepts from me the word which I presented to my uncle, but he rejected it, then it is salvation for him.

21. Musnad Ahmad 21Weak

    قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: حِينَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى الشَّامِ: يَا يَزِيدُ، إِنَّ لَكَ قَرَابَةً عَسَيْتَ أَنْ تُؤْثِرَهُمْ بِالْإِمَارَةِ وَذَلِكَ أَكْبَرُ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: مَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ شَيْئًا فَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَحَدًا مُحَابَاةً، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ، لَا يَقْبَلُ اللهُ مِنْهُ صَرْفًا وَلَا عَدْلًا حَتَّى يُدْخِلَهُ جَهَنَّمَ، وَمَنْ أَعْطَى أَحَدًا حِمَى اللهِ، فَقَدِ انْتَهَكَ فِي حِمَى اللهِ شَيْئًا بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهِ، فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللهِ ( أَوْ قَالَ: تَبَرَّأَتْ مِنْهُ ذِمَّةُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ).

    ✧ Abu Bakr said when he sent me to Syria: O Yazid, you have relatives whom you may favor with leadership, and that is the greatest thing I fear for you. For the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever is given authority over any affair of the Muslims and appoints someone over them out of favoritism, upon him is the curse of Allah. Allah will not accept from him any exchange nor justice until He admits him into Hell. And whoever gives someone the protection of Allah, he has violated something in Allah's protection without its right, upon him is the curse of Allah (or he said: the protection of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is released from him).

22. Musnad Ahmad 22Weak

    أُعْطِيتُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ: وُجُوهُهُمْ كَالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ، وَقُلُوبُهُمْ عَلَى قَلْبِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ، فَاسْتَزَدْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَزَادَنِي مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: فَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ آتٍ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْقُرَى، وَمُصِيبٌ مِنْ حَافَّاتِ الْبَوَادِي

    ✧ I was given seventy thousand who enter Paradise without reckoning: their faces like the moon on the night of the full moon, and their hearts on the heart of a single man. I asked my Lord, Mighty and Majestic, for more, and He increased me with each one seventy thousand. Abu Bakr said: I saw that that would cover the people of the villages and strike from the outskirts of the deserts.

23. Musnad Ahmad 23Sahih

    مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا.

    ✧ Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it in this world.

24. Musnad Ahmad 24Sahih

    أَنَّ رِجَالًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَزِنُوا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى كَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنْ يُوَسْوَسَ

    ✧ Some men among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, grieved over him so much that some of them nearly had satanic whisperings.

25. Musnad Ahmad 25Sahih

    أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَقْسِمَ لَهَا مِيرَاثَهَا مِمَّا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ. فَغَضِبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ، فَهَجَرَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَلَمْ تَزَلْ مُهَاجِرَتَهُ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَتْ قَالَ: وَعَاشَتْ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ. قَالَ: وَكَانَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَسْأَلُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ نَصِيبَهَا مِمَّا تَرَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، وَفَدَكَ، وَصَدَقَتِهِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَبَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَيْهَا ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ: لَسْتُ تَارِكًا شَيْئًا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْمَلُ بِهِ إِلَّا عَمِلْتُ بِهِ، إِنِّي أَخْشَى إِنْ تَرَكْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ أَزِيغَ، فَأَمَّا صَدَقَتُهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَدَفَعَهَا عُمَرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ، وَعَبَّاسٍ، فَغَلَبَهُ عَلَيْهَا عَلِيٌّ، وَأَمَّا خَيْبَرُ، وَفَدَكُ، فَأَمْسَكَهُمَا عُمَرُ وَقَالَ: هُمَا صَدَقَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَتَا لِحُقُوقِهِ الَّتِي تَعْرُوهُ، وَنَوَائِبِهِ، وَأَمْرُهُمَا إِلَى مَنْ وَلِيَ الْأَمْرَ، قَالَ: فَهُمَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ.

    ✧ Fatimah, daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, asked Abu Bakr after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to divide for her her inheritance from what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left of what Allah had bestowed upon him. Abu Bakr said to her: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: We are not inherited; what we leave is charity. Fatimah, peace be upon her, became angry and forsook Abu Bakr, and she remained angry with him until she passed away. He said: She lived after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ six months. He said: Fatimah asked Abu Bakr for her share of what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left from Khaybar, Fadak, and his charity in Madinah. Abu Bakr refused her that and said: I am not leaving anything that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to do except that I do it. I fear that if I leave anything of his affair, I will go astray. As for his charity in Madinah, Umar handed it over to Ali and Abbas, and Ali prevailed over him regarding it. As for Khaybar and Fadak, Umar kept them and said: They are the charity of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; they were for his rights that befell him and his needs, and their affair belongs to whoever is in authority. He said: They remain so to this day.

26. Musnad Ahmad 26Weak

    أَنَّهَا تَمَثَّلَتْ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ يَقْضِي وَأَبْيَضَ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ رَبِيعُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: ذَاكَ وَاللهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ.

    A white man by whose face rain may be sought, a refuge for orphans and protection for widows. Abu Bakr said: By Allah, that refers to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

27. Musnad Ahmad 27Graders disagree

    أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ يَدْرُوا أَيْنَ يَقْبُرُونَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ حَتَّى قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَنْ يُقْبَرَ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا حَيْثُ يَمُوتُ فَأَخَّرُوا فِرَاشَهُ، وَحَفَرُوا لَهُ تَحْتَ فِرَاشِهِ.

    ✧ The Companions of the Prophet ﷺ did not know where to bury the Prophet ﷺ until Abu Bakr said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: No prophet is buried except where he dies. So they moved his bed and dug for him beneath his bed.

28. Musnad Ahmad 28Sahih

    أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ: عَلِّمْنِي دُعَاءً أَدْعُو بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِي قَالَ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي ظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا، وَلَا يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، فَاغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرَةً مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ.

    ✧ He said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: Teach me a supplication to call upon in my prayer. He said: Say: O Allah, I have wronged myself greatly, and none forgives sins except You, so forgive me with forgiveness from You and have mercy on me. Indeed, You are the Forgiving, the Merciful.

29. Musnad Ahmad 29Sahih

    قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ [ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ ] حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوُا الظَّالِمَ لَمْ يَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ أَوْشَكَ اللهُ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمْ بِعِقَابِهِ، أَلَا وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ. وَقَالَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: وَإِنَّا سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ Abu Bakr stood, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: O people, you recite this verse: 'O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided' until he reached the end of the verse. Indeed, when people see the oppressor and do not seize his hand, Allah is about to overwhelm them all with His punishment. Indeed, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: The people... And another time he said: And we heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ...

30. Musnad Ahmad 30Sahih

    يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ، وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوُا الظَّالِمَ فَلَمْ يَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ أَوْشَكَ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللهُ بِعِقَابِهِ.

    O people, you recite this verse: ʿO you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow the (right) guidance [and enjoin what is right (Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbid what is wrong (polytheism, disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden)] no hurt can come to you from those who are in errorʿ [al-Ma’idah 5:105]. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “If the people see an evildoer and do not stop him, soon Allah will send His punishment upon them all.”

31. Musnad Ahmad 31Weak

    لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ سَيِّئُ الْمَلَكَةِ.

    ✧ One who mistreats his slave will not enter Paradise.

32. Musnad Ahmad 32Weak

    لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ خَبٌّ، وَلَا بَخِيلٌ، وَلَا مَنَّانٌ، وَلَا سَيِّئُ الْمَلَكَةِ، وَأَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ الْمَمْلُوكُ إِذَا أَطَاعَ اللهَ وَأَطَاعَ سَيِّدَهُ.

    ✧ No deceiver, no miser, no one who reminds of favors, and no one who mistreats his slave will enter Paradise. And the first to enter Paradise is the slave if he obeys Allah and obeys his master.

33. Musnad Ahmad 33Sahih

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ أَفَاقَ مِنْ مَرْضَةٍ لَهُ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَى النَّاسِ، فَاعْتَذَرَ بِشَيْءٍ وَقَالَ: مَا أَرَدْنَا إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ

    ✧ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq recovered from an illness of his, came out to the people, apologized for something and said: We intended nothing but good. Then he said...

34. Musnad Ahmad 34Sahih

    سَمِعْتُهُ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً حِينَ اسْتُخْلِفَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ مَقَامِي هَذَا، وَبَكَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: أَسْأَلُ اللهَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ، فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يُعْطَوْا بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ شَيْئًا خَيْرًا مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ، فَإِنَّهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ، فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ، [وَقَالَ لَا] تَقَاطَعُوا وَلَا تَبَاغَضُوا وَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا وَلَا تَدَابَرُوا وَكُونُوا إِخْوَانًا كَمَا أَمَرَكُمُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

    ✧ I heard him addressing the people, and once he said when he was appointed as caliph: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood last year in this place of mine.' Then Abu Bakr wept and said: 'I ask Allah for pardon and well-being, for people have not been given anything better after certainty than well-being. You must adhere to truthfulness, for it is in Paradise. Beware of lying, for it is with wickedness, and both are in the Fire. [And he said: Do not] sever ties, do not hate one another, do not envy one another, do not turn your backs on one another, but be brothers as Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has commanded you.'

35. Musnad Ahmad 35Hasan

    مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ غَضًّا كَمَا أُنْزِلَ فَلْيَقْرَأْهُ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ.

    ✧ Whoever would like to recite the Qur'an fresh as it was revealed, let him recite it according to the recitation of Ibn Umm 'Abd.

36. Musnad Ahmad 36Hasan or sahih

    غَضًّا، أَوْ رَطْبًا

    ✧ Likewise, but he said: "fresh or moist."

37. Musnad Ahmad 37Graders disagree

    تَمَنَّيْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَاذَا يُنْجِينَا مِمَّا يُلْقِي الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أَنْفُسِنَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: قَدْ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ: يُنْجِيكُمْ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تَقُولُوا: مَا أَمَرْتُ بِهِ عَمِّي أَنْ يَقُولَهُ فَلَمْ يَقُلْهُ.

    ✧ I wished I had asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what would save us from what Satan casts into our hearts. Abu Bakr said: 'I asked him about that, and he said: What will save you from that is that you say what my uncle commanded me to say, but he did not say it.'

38. Musnad Ahmad 38Graders disagree

    يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يُعْطَوْا فِي الدُّنْيَا خَيْرًا مِنَ الْيَقِينِ وَالْمُعَافَاةِ، فَسَلُوهُمَا اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

    ✧ O people, people have not been given anything better in this world than certainty and well-being, so ask Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for them.

39. Musnad Ahmad 39Sahih

    لَمَّا أَرَادُوا أَنْ يَحْفِرُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ يَضْرَحُ كَحَفْرِ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، وَكَانَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ زَيْدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ يَحْفِرُ لِأَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، [وَكَانَ] يَلْحَدُ، فَدَعَا الْعَبَّاسُ رَجُلَيْنِ فَقَالَ لِأَحَدِهِمَا: اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، وَلِلْآخَرِ: اذْهَبْ إِلَى أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، اللَّهُمَّ خِرْ لِرَسُولِكَ، قَالَ: فَوَجَدَ صَاحِبُ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ فَجَاءَ بِهِ فَلَحَدَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    When they wanted to dig a grave for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abu 'Ubaidah bin al-Jarrah used to dig graves in the manner of the people of Makkah and Abu Talhah Zaid bin Sahl used to dig graves for the people of Madinah, and he would make a niche in the side of the grave. Al-'Abbas called two men and said to one of them, Go to Abu ‘Ubaidah; and to the other he said, Go to Abu Talhah. O Allah, choose for Your Messenger. The one who had been sent to Abu Talhah found him, so he came and dug a grave with a niche in its side for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

40. Musnad Ahmad 40Sahih

    خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِلَيَالٍ، وَعَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَمْشِي إِلَى جَنْبِهِ، فَمَرَّ بِحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ غِلْمَانٍ، فَاحْتَمَلَهُ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: وَابِأَبِي شَبَهُ النَّبِيِّ لَيْسَ شَبِيهًا بِعَلِيِّ، قَالَ: وَعَلِيٌّ يَضْحَكُ.

    I went out with Abu Bakr following 'Asr prayer a few days after the death of the Prophet ﷺ, and ‘Ali was walking beside him. He passed by al-Hasan bin ‘Ali who was playing with some boys. Abu Bakr carried him on his shoulder, saying: May my father be sacrificed for him, the one who looks like the Prophet ﷺ and does not look like 'Ali. He said: And ‘Ali smiled

41. Musnad Ahmad 41Graders disagree

    كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ جَالِسًا، فَجَاءَ مَاعِزُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ، فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ مَرَّةً، فَرَدَّهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ، فَاعْتَرَفَ عِنْدَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ، فَرَدَّهُ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ، فَاعْتَرَفَ الثَّالِثَةَ، فَرَدَّهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّكَ إِنِ اعْتَرَفْتَ الرَّابِعَةَ رَجَمَكَ قَالَ: فَاعْتَرَفَ الرَّابِعَةَ، فَحَبَسَهُ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا: مَا نَعْلَمُ إِلَّا خَيْرًا قَالَ: فَأَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهِ.

    ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when Ma'iz b. Malik came and confessed to him once, but he turned him away. Then he came and confessed a second time, but he turned him away. Then he came and confessed a third time, but he turned him away. I said to him: 'If you confess a fourth time, he will stone you.' Then he confessed a fourth time, so he detained him, then asked about him, and they said: 'We know nothing but good about him.' So he ordered him to be stoned.

42. Musnad Ahmad 42Hasan or sahih

    وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّا قِيلَ مِنْ بَيْعَتِهِمْ فَقَالَ: وَهُوَ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَمَّا تَكَلَّمَتْ بِهِ الْأَنْصَارُ، وَمَا كَلَّمَهُمْ بِهِ وَمَا كَلَّمَ بِهِ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ الْأَنْصَارَ، وَمَا ذَكَّرَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ إِمَامَتِي إِيَّاهُمْ بِأَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي مَرَضِهِ، فَبَايَعُونِي لِذَلِكَ، وَقَبِلْتُهَا مِنْهُمْ، وَتَخَوَّفْتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ تَكُونُ بَعْدَهَا رِدَّةٌ.

    ✧ And I asked him about what was said regarding their pledge of allegiance. He said, as he was telling him about what the Ansar had spoken, and what he said to them, and what 'Umar b. al-Khattab said to the Ansar, and how he reminded them of my leading them in prayer by the command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during his illness: 'So they pledged allegiance to me for that reason, and I accepted it from them. I feared that there would be a trial after which there would be apostasy.'

43. Musnad Ahmad 43Graders disagree

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَقَدَ لِخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَلَى قِتَالِ أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ وَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: نِعْمَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَأَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، وَسَيْفٌ مِنْ سُيُوفِ اللهِ سَلَّهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ وَالْمُنَافِقِينَ.

    ✧ Abu Bakr appointed Khalid b. al-Walid to fight the people of apostasy and said: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: What an excellent servant of Allah and brother of the clan is Khalid b. al-Walid, a sword among the swords of Allah which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has drawn against the disbelievers and the hypocrites.'

44. Musnad Ahmad 44Hasan

    قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِسَنَةٍ، فَأَلْفَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ: قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ، فَخَنَقَتْهُ الْعَبْرَةُ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، سَلُوا اللهَ الْمُعَافَاةَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْتَ أَحَدٌ مِثْلَ يَقِينٍ بَعْدَ مُعَافَاةٍ، وَلَا أَشَدَّ مِنْ رِيبَةٍ بَعْدَ كُفْرٍ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ، وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ.

    ✧ I arrived in Madinah one year after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I found Abu Bakr addressing the people. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us last year, and tears choked him three times, then he said: O people, ask Allah for well-being, for no one has been given anything like certainty after well-being, nor anything more severe than doubt after disbelief. You must adhere to truthfulness, for it leads to righteousness, and both are in Paradise. Beware of lying, for it leads to wickedness, and both are in the Fire.'

45. Musnad Ahmad 45Weak

    إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ: أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ، قَالَ: فَإِنْ مُتُّ مِنْ لَيْلَتِي، فَلَا تَنْتَظِرُوا بِي الْغَدَ، فَإِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْأَيَّامِ وَاللَّيَالِي إِلَيَّ أَقْرَبُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ When death approached Abu Bakr, he said: 'What day is this?' They said: 'Monday.' He said: 'If I die tonight, do not wait until tomorrow for me, for the dearest of days and nights to me is the closest to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.'

46. Musnad Ahmad 46Graders disagree

    قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَامٍ فَقَالَ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَقَامِي عَامَ الْأَوَّلِ: فَقَالَ: سَلُوا اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ، فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْطَ عَبْدٌ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ وَالْبِرِّ، فَإِنَّهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ وَالْفُجُورَ، فَإِنَّهُمَا فِي النَّارِ.

    ✧ Abu Bakr stood one year after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood in my place last year and said: Ask Allah for well-being, for no servant has been given anything better than well-being. You must adhere to truthfulness and righteousness, for they are in Paradise. Beware of lying and wickedness, for they are in the Fire.'

47. Musnad Ahmad 47Sahih

    كُنْتُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَيْئًا نَفَعَنِي اللهُ بِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي مِنْهُ، وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَصَدَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا، ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ، فَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ [تَعَالَى] لِذَلِكَ الذَّنْبِ إِلَّا غَفَرَ لَهُ، وَقَرَأَ هَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ: وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللهَ يَجِدِ اللهَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ [الْآيَةَ]

    ✧ Whenever I heard something from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Allah benefited me with it as He willed. Abu Bakr told me, and Abu Bakr spoke the truth, saying: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: There is no Muslim who commits a sin, then performs ablution, then prays two rak'ahs, then asks Allah [Most High] for forgiveness for that sin, except that He forgives him.' And he recited these two verses: 'And whoever does evil or wrongs himself, then seeks forgiveness from Allah, he will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful' and 'Those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [the verse].'

48. Musnad Ahmad 48Sahih

    وَقَرَأَ إِحْدَى هَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ: مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً

    ✧ Shuba said: And he recited one of these two verses: "Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it" [al-Nisa: 123], and "And those who, when they commit an indecency" [Al Imran: 135].

49. Musnad Ahmad 49Sahih

    إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَامَ فِينَا عَامَ أَوَّلَ فَقَالَ: أَلَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُقْسَمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ شَيْءٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْمُعَافَاةِ بَعْدَ الْيَقِينِ أَلَا إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ وَالْبِرَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، أَلَا إِنَّ الْكَذِبَ وَالْفُجُورَ فِي النَّارِ.

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us the first year and said: 'Indeed, nothing better has been distributed among people than well-being after certainty. Indeed, truthfulness and righteousness are in Paradise. Indeed, lying and wickedness are in the Fire.'

50. Musnad Ahmad 50Sahih

    لَمَّا أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ عَطِشَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَرُّوا بِرَاعِي غَنَمٍ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ: فَأَخَذْتُ قَدَحًا، فَحَلَبْتُ فِيهِ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كُثْبَةً مِنْ لَبَنٍ، فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهِ، فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَضِيتُ.

    ✧ When the Messenger of God ﷺ came from Makkah to Madinah, the Messenger of God ﷺ became thirsty, so they passed by a shepherd of sheep. Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said: I took a bowl and milked into it for the Messenger of God ﷺ a small amount of milk, then brought it to him, and he drank until I was satisfied.

51. Musnad Ahmad 51Sahih

    قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ، وَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ مَضْجَعِي قَالَ: قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ ( أَوْ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ) رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَشِرْكِهِ.

    O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I may say in the morning and in the evening and when I go to bed. He said: ʿSay: O Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth. Knower of the unseen and the seen – or he said: O Allah, Knower of the unseen and the seen, Creator of the heavens and the earth - Lord and Sovereign of all things, I bear witness that there is no god but You; I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own self and the evil of the Shaitan and the shirk to which he calls people.” It was narrated that Ya'la bin ʿAta' said: I heard 'Amr bin 'Asim bin ‘Abdullah... a similar report.

52. Musnad Ahmad 52Sahih

    سَمِعْتُ عَمْرَو بْنَ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ.:::

    ✧ Then he mentioned its meaning.

53. Musnad Ahmad 53Sahih

    يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَتَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا وَضَعَهَا اللهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوُا الْمُنْكَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَمْ يُنْكِرُوهُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللهُ بِعِقَابِهِ.

    ✧ O people, you recite this verse and apply it other than where God placed it: "O you who believe, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided." I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "When people see wrongdoing among them and do not reject it, God is about to envelop them all with His punishment."

54. Musnad Ahmad 54Sahih

    أَغْلَظَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ: أَلَا أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ ؟ [ قال: ] فَانْتَهَرَهُ وَقَالَ: مَا هِيَ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ A man spoke harshly to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. He said: Abu Barzah said: Shall I strike his neck? He said: He rebuked him and said: That is not for anyone after the Messenger of God ﷺ.

55. Musnad Ahmad 55Sahih

    أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ تَسْأَلُهُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، مِمَّا أَفَاءَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَفَدَكَ، وَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْ خُمُسِ خَيْبَرَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: لَا نُورَثُ مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ، إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذَا الْمَالِ، وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أُغَيِّرُ شَيْئًا مِنْ صَدَقَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ حَالِهَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهَا فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَأَعْمَلَنَّ فِيهَا بِمَا عَمِلَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَبَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَدْفَعَ إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا، فَوَجَدَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَرَابَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَصِلَ مِنْ قَرَابَتِي، وَأَمَّا الَّذِي شَجَرَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَمْوَالِ فَإِنِّي لَمْ آلُ فِيهَا عَنِ الْحَقِّ، وَلَمْ أَتْرُكْ أَمْرًا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُهُ فِيهَا إِلَّا صَنَعْتُهُ.

    Fatimah the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent word to Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq, asking for her inheritance from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, of the faiʿ that Allah had granted to him in Madinah and Fadak, and what was left of the khurnus of Khaibar, Abu Bakr said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿWe (Prophets) are not to be inherited from and whatever we leave behind is charity. Rather the family of Muhammad may take their provision from this wealth.ʿ By Allah, I will not change any of the charity of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ from how it was at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I will do the same with it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did. So Abu Bakr refused to give anything of it to Fatimah, and Fatimah was upset with Abu Bakr because of that. Abu Bakr said; By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the relatives of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ are dearer to me than my own relatives. As for the dispute between me and you concerning this wealth, I did not deviate from the truth concerning them and I will not leave anything that I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ do but I will do it the way he did it.

56. Musnad Ahmad 56Sahih

    كُنْتُ إِذَا سَمِعْتُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَدِيثًا نَفَعَنِي اللهُ بِمَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنِي مِنْهُ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَنِي غَيْرِي [عنه] اسْتَحْلَفْتُهُ، فَإِذَا حَلَفَ لِي صَدَّقْتُهُ، وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَصَدَقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ مُؤْمِنٍ يُذْنِبُ ذَنْبًا، فَيَتَوَضَّأُ، فَيُحْسِنُ الطُّهُورَ، ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَيَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ [عَزَّ وَجَلَّ] إِلَّا [غَفَرَ لَهُ]، ثُمَّ تَلَا: وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةً أَوْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ

    ✧ When I heard a hadith from the Prophet ﷺ, God benefited me with whatever He willed to benefit me from it. When someone other than him narrated to me, I made him swear an oath; if he swore, I believed him. Abu Bakr narrated to me, and Abu Bakr was truthful. He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: "There is no believing servant who commits a sin, then performs ablution and perfects his purification, then prays two rak'ahs and seeks God's forgiveness, except that He forgives him." Then he recited: "And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves..."

57. Musnad Ahmad 57Sahih

    أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا زَيْدُ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ، إِنَّكَ غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لَا نَتَّهِمُكَ قَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَتَتَبَّعِ الْقُرْآنَ، فَاجْمَعْهُ.

    ✧ Abu Bakr sent for me after the killing of the people of al-Yamamah. Abu Bakr said: O Zayd b. Thabit, you are a young, intelligent man, and we do not suspect you. You used to write down the revelation for the Messenger of God ﷺ, so seek out the Quran and collect it.

58. Musnad Ahmad 58Sahih

    أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ، وَالْعَبَّاسَ أَتَيَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ يَلْتَمِسَانِ مِيرَاثَهُمَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَهُمَا حِينَئِذٍ يَطْلُبَانِ أَرْضَهُ مِنْ فَدَكَ، وَسَهْمَهُ مِنْ خَيْبَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: لَا نُورَثُ، مَا تَرَكْنَا صَدَقَةٌ، وَإِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْمَالِ، وَإِنِّي وَاللهِ لَا أَدَعُ أَمْرًا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُهُ فِيهِ إِلَّا صَنَعْتُهُ.

    ✧ Fatimah and al-Abbas came to Abu Bakr seeking their inheritance from the Messenger of God ﷺ, and at that time they were both claiming his land at Fadak and his share at Khaybar. Abu Bakr said to them: I heard the Messenger of God ﷺ say: "We are not inherited from; what we leave is charity. The family of Muhammad ﷺ only eat from this wealth." By God, I will not leave any matter that I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ do without doing it.

59. Musnad Ahmad 59Weak

    قِيلَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَأَنَا رَاضٍ بِهِ.

    ✧ It was said to Abu Bakr: O vicegerent of God. He said: I am the vicegerent of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and I am content with that.

60. Musnad Ahmad 60Sahih

    أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ قَالَتْ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: مَنْ يَرِثُكَ إِذَا مِتَّ ؟ قَالَ: وَلَدِي وَأَهْلِي، قَالَتْ: فَمَا لَنَا لَا نَرِثُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ ؟ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ لَا يُورَثُ، وَلَكِنِّي أَعُولُ مَنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعُولُ، وَأُنْفِقُ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُنْفِقُ.

    ✧ Fatimah said to Abu Bakr: Who will inherit from you when you die? He said: My children and family. She said: Then why do we not inherit from the Prophet ﷺ? He said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: "A prophet is not inherited from, but I provide for those whom the Messenger of God ﷺ used to provide for, and I spend on those on whom the Messenger of God ﷺ used to spend."

61. Musnad Ahmad 61Hasan or sahih

    كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ فِي عَمَلِهِ، فَغَضِبَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ عَلَيْهِ جِدًّا، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ ؟ فَلَمَّا ذَكَرْتُ الْقَتْلَ صَرَفَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَدِيثِ أَجْمَعَ إِلَى غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّحْوِ، فَلَمَّا تَفَرَّقْنَا أَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَرْزَةَ مَا قُلْتَ ؟ قَالَ: وَنَسِيتُ الَّذِي قُلْتُ، قُلْتُ: ذَكِّرْنِيهِ، قَالَ: أَمَا تَذْكُرُ مَا قُلْتَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا وَاللهِ، قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ حِينَ رَأَيْتَنِي غَضِبْتُ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ، فَقُلْتَ: أَضْرِبُ عُنُقَهُ يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ؟ أَمَا تَذْكُرُ ذَاكَ ؟ أَوَكُنْتَ فَاعِلًا ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ وَاللهِ، وَالْآنَ إِنْ أَمَرْتَنِي فَعَلْتُ، قَالَ: وَيْحَكَ - أَوْ وَيْلَكَ - إِنَّ تِلْكَ وَاللهِ مَا هِيَ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

    ✧ We were with Abu Bakr al-Siddiq during his work when he became angry with a man among the Muslims, and his anger became very intense. When I saw that, I said: O vicegerent of the Messenger of God, shall I strike his neck? When I mentioned killing, he turned away from that entire matter to something else. When we dispersed, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq sent for me afterwards and said: O Abu Barzah, what did you say? He said: I had forgotten what I said. I said: Remind me. He said: Do you not remember what you said? He said: I said: No, by God. He said: Did you see when I became angry with the man and you said, "Shall I strike his neck, O vicegerent of the Messenger of God?" Do you not remember that? Would you have done it? He said: I said: Yes, by God, and even now if you command me, I will do it. He said: Woe to you—or may you be ruined—by God, that is not for anyone after Muhammad ﷺ.

62. Musnad Ahmad 62Sahih

    السِّوَاكُ مَطْهَرَةٌ لِلْفَمِ، مَرْضَاةٌ لِلرَّبِّ.

    ✧ The toothstick is a means of purifying the mouth and pleasing the Lord.

63. Musnad Ahmad 63Sahih

    قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قُلْ لِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ، قَالَ: قُلِ: اللَّهُمَّ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكَهُ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَمِنْ شَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ. وَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ وَإِذَا أَمْسَى، وَإِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ

    ✧ Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of God, tell me something I can say when I enter the morning and when I enter the evening. He said: Say: "O God, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Lord of everything and its Sovereign, I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my soul and from the evil of Satan and his association." And he commanded him to say it when he entered the morning and when he entered the evening, and when he took to his bed.

64. Musnad Ahmad 64Weak

    قِيلَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ اللهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: بَلْ خَلِيفَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، وَأَنَا أَرْضَى بِهِ.

    ✧ It was said to Abu Bakr: O vicegerent of God. He said: Rather, the vicegerent of Muhammad ﷺ, and I am content with that.

65. Musnad Ahmad 65Graders disagree

    كَانَ رُبَّمَا سَقَطَ الْخِطَامُ مِنْ يَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، قَالَ: فَيَضْرِبُ بِذِرَاعِ نَاقَتِهِ، فَيُنِيخُهَا، فَيَأْخُذُهُ، قَالَ: فَقَالُوا لَهُ: أَفَلَا أَمَرْتَنَا نُنَاوِلُكَهُ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ حِبِّي رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ لَا أَسْأَلَ النَّاسَ شَيْئًا.

    ✧ The nose-rein might fall from the hand of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq. He said: He would strike the foreleg of his she-camel, make her kneel, and take it. He said: They said to him: Why not command us to hand it to you? He said: My beloved, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, commanded me not to ask people for anything.

66. Musnad Ahmad 66Graders disagree

    قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَامٍ فَقَالَ: قَامَ فِينَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَامَ أَوَّلِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ ابْنَ آدَمَ لَمْ يُعْطَ شَيْئًا أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَافِيَةِ، فَاسْأَلُوا اللهَ الْعَافِيَةَ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ وَالْبِرِّ فَإِنَّهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ وَالْفُجُورَ فَإِنَّهُمَا فِي النَّارِ

    ✧ Abu Bakr stood a year after the death of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood among us the first year and said: Indeed, the son of Adam has not been given anything better than well-being, so ask Allah for well-being. And you must be truthful and righteous, for they are in Paradise. Beware of lying and wickedness, for they are in the Fire.

67. Musnad Ahmad 67Sahih

    أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُقَاتِلَ النَّاسَ حَتَّى يَقُولُوا: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، فَإِذَا قَالُوهَا عَصَمُوا مِنِّي دِمَاءَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ إِلَّا بِحَقِّهَا، وَحِسَابُهُمْ عَلَى اللهِ [تعالى]. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا كَانَتِ الرِّدَّةُ قَالَ عُمَرُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: تُقَاتِلُهُمْ وَقَدْ سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَاللهِ لَا أُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ، وَلَأُقَاتِلَنَّ مَنْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا، قَالَ: فَقَاتَلْنَا مَعَهُ، فَرَأَيْنَا ذَلِكَ رُشْدًا

    ✧ I have been commanded to fight the people until they say: There is no god but Allah. When they say it, they protect their blood and their wealth from me except by its right, and their reckoning is with Allah [Most High]. He said: When the apostasy occurred, Umar said to Abu Bakr: Will you fight them when you have heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say such and such? He said: Abu Bakr said: By Allah, I will not separate between prayer and zakah, and I will certainly fight whoever separates between them. He said: We fought with him, and we saw that as right guidance.

68. Musnad Ahmad 68Sahih

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ فَكُلَّ سُوءٍ عَمِلْنَا جُزِينَا بِهِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: غَفَرَ اللهُ لَكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَنْصَبُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَهُوَ مَا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ

    ✧ O Messenger of Allah, how can there be well-being after this verse: 'It is not by your wishes or the wishes of the People of the Book. Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it'? So every evil we do, we will be recompensed for it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not fall ill? Do you not become weary? Do you not grieve? Do you not suffer hardship? He said: Yes. He said: That is what you are recompensed with.

69. Musnad Ahmad 69Sahih

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ ؟ قَالَ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَلَسْتَ تَمْرَضُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ... ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَإِنَّ ذَاكَ بِذَاكَ

    ✧ O Messenger of Allah, how can there be well-being after this verse? He said: May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not fall ill? Do you not grieve? Do you not suffer hardship? Do you not...? He said: Yes. He said: That is for that.

70. Musnad Ahmad 70Graders disagree

    يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، كَيْفَ الصَّلَاحُ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ

    ✧ O Messenger of Allah, how can there be well-being after this verse: 'Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it'?

71. Musnad Ahmad 71Graders disagree

    لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ: لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، إِنَّا لَنُجَازَى بِكُلِّ سُوءٍ نَعْمَلُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَلَسْتَ تَنْصَبُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تَحْزَنُ ؟ أَلَسْتَ تُصِيبُكَ اللَّأْوَاءُ ؟ فَهَذَا مَا تُجْزَوْنَ بِهِ

    ✧ When it was revealed: 'It is not by your wishes or the wishes of the People of the Book. Whoever does evil will be recompensed for it,' he said: Abu Bakr said: O Messenger of Allah, will we be recompensed for every evil we do? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: May Allah have mercy on you, O Abu Bakr. Do you not become weary? Do you not grieve? Do you not suffer hardship? This is what you are recompensed with.

72. Musnad Ahmad 72Sahih

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ كَتَبَ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ هَذِهِ فَرَائِضُ الصَّدَقَةِ الَّتِي فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ، الَّتِي أَمَرَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، فَمَنْ سُئِلَهَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى وَجْهِهَا، فَلْيُعْطِهَا، وَمَنْ سُئِلَ فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَا يُعْطِهِ: فِيمَا دُونَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، فَفِي كُلِّ خَمْسِ ذَوْدٍ: شَاةٌ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ خَمْسًا وَعِشْرِينَ فَفِيهَا ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنِ ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ، فَابْنُ لَبُونٍ ذَكَرٌ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتَّةً وَثَلَاثِينَ، فَفِيهَا ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتَّةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ، فَفِيهَا حِقَّةٌ طَرُوقَةُ الْفَحْلِ إِلَى سِتِّينَ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ إِحْدَى وَسِتِّينَ، فَفِيهَا جَذَعَةٌ إِلَى خَمْسٍ وَسَبْعِينَ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ سِتَّةً وَسَبْعِينَ، فَفِيهَا بِنْتَا لَبُونٍ إِلَى تِسْعِينَ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ إِحْدَى وَتِسْعِينَ، فَفِيهَا حِقَّتَانِ طَرُوقَتَا الْفَحْلِ إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، فَإِذَا زَادَتْ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، فَفِي كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ خَمْسِينَ حِقَّةٌ، فَإِذَا تَبَايَنَ أَسْنَانُ الْإِبِلِ فِي فَرَائِضِ الصَّدَقَاتِ، فَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةُ الْجَذَعَةِ، وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ جَذَعَةٌ، وَعِنْدَهُ حِقَّةٌ، فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ، وَيَجْعَلُ مَعَهَا شَاتَيْنِ إِنِ اسْتَيْسَرَتَا لَهُ، أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةُ الْحِقَّةِ، وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا جَذَعَةٌ، فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ، وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا، أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ، وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةُ الْحِقَّةِ، وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ، وَعِنْدَهُ بِنْتُ لَبُونٍ، فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ، وَيَجْعَلُ مَعَهَا شَاتَيْنِ إِنِ اسْتَيْسَرَتَا لَهُ، أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةُ ابْنَةِ لَبُونٍ، وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا حِقَّةٌ، فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ، وَيُعْطِيهِ الْمُصَدِّقُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ، وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَةُ ابْنَةِ لَبُونٍ، وَلَيْسَتْ عِنْدَهُ ابْنَةُ لَبُونٍ، وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنَةُ مَخَاضٍ، فَإِنَّهَا تُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ، وَيَجْعَلُ مَعَهَا شَاتَيْنِ إِنِ اسْتَيْسَرَتَا لَهُ، أَوْ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا. وَمَنْ بَلَغَتْ عِنْدَهُ صَدَقَتُهُ بِنْتَ مَخَاضٍ، وَلَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا ابْنُ لَبُونٍ ذَكَرٌ، فَإِنَّهُ يُقْبَلُ مِنْهُ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ شَيْءٌ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا أَرْبَعٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ، فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا. وَفِي صَدَقَةِ الْغَنَمِ فِي سَائِمَتِهَا إِذَا كَانَتْ أَرْبَعِينَ، فَفِيهَا شَاةٌ إِلَى عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، فَإِذَا زَادَتْ، فَفِيهَا شَاتَانِ إِلَى مِائَتَيْنِ، فَإِذَا زَادَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ، فَفِيهَا ثَلَاثُ شِيَاهٍ إِلَى ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، فَإِذَا زَادَتْ، فَفِي كُلِّ مِائَةٍ شَاةٌ، وَلَا تُؤْخَذُ فِي الصَّدَقَةِ هَرِمَةٌ، وَلَا ذَاتُ عَوَارٍ، وَلَا تَيْسٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ الْمُتَصَدِّقُ، وَلَا يُجْمَعُ بَيْنَ مُتَفَرِّقٍ، وَلَا يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَ مُجْتَمِعٍ خَشْيَةَ الصَّدَقَةِ، وَمَا كَانَ مِنْ خَلِيطَيْنِ فَإِنَّهُمَا يَتَرَاجَعَانِ بَيْنَهُمَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتْ سَائِمَةُ الرَّجُلِ نَاقِصَةً مِنْ أَرْبَعِينَ شَاةً وَاحِدَةً، فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا. وَفِي الرِّقَةِ رُبُعُ الْعُشُورِ، فَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمَالُ إِلَّا تِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ، فَلَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ رَبُّهَا.

    ✧ Abu Bakr wrote to them: These are the obligatory alms that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ imposed upon the Muslims, which Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded His Messenger ﷺ. Whoever is asked for them from the Muslims in their proper manner should give them, and whoever is asked beyond that should not give it. For less than twenty-five camels, in every five camels: one sheep. When they reach twenty-five, a bint makhad is due up to thirty-five. If there is no bint makhad, then a male ibn labun. When they reach thirty-six, a bint labun is due up to forty-five. When they reach forty-six, a hiqqah that can be mounted by the stallion is due up to sixty. When they reach sixty-one, a jadha'ah is due up to seventy-five. When they reach seventy-six, two bint labun are due up to ninety. When they reach ninety-one, two hiqqahs that can be mounted by the stallion are due up to one hundred and twenty. If they exceed one hundred and twenty, then in every forty a bint labun, and in every fifty a hiqqah. When the ages of camels differ in the obligatory alms, whoever has reached the alms of a jadha'ah but does not have a jadha'ah and has a hiqqah, it is accepted from him, and he adds with it two sheep if they are easy for him, or twenty dirhams. Whoever has reached the alms of a hiqqah but only has a jadha'ah, it is accepted from him, and the collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. Whoever has reached the alms of a hiqqah but does not have it and has a bint labun, it is accepted from him, and he adds with it two sheep if they are easy for him, or twenty dirhams. Whoever has reached the alms of a bint labun but only has a hiqqah, it is accepted from him, and the collector gives him twenty dirhams or two sheep. Whoever has reached the alms of a bint labun but does not have a bint labun and has a bint makhad, it is accepted from him, and he adds with it two sheep if they are easy for him, or twenty dirhams. Whoever has reached the alms of a bint makhad but only has a male ibn labun, it is accepted from him and nothing is with it. Whoever has only four camels, there is nothing due on them unless their owner wishes. In the alms of sheep, in their grazing flocks, when they are forty, one sheep is due up to one hundred and twenty. If they increase, two sheep are due up to two hundred. If they increase by one, three sheep are due up to three hundred. If they increase further, in every hundred one sheep. In alms, an old ewe, a defective one, or a billy goat is not taken unless the giver wishes. Separate flocks are not combined, nor is a combined flock separated for fear of alms. Whatever belongs to two partners, they settle between themselves equally. If a man's grazing flock is one less than forty sheep, there is nothing due unless their owner wishes. In silver, a quarter of a tenth. If the wealth is only one hundred and ninety dirhams, there is nothing due unless its owner wishes.

73. Musnad Ahmad 73No grade recorded

    أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ يَقُولُونَ: أَخَذَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ الصَّلَاةَ مِنْ عَطَاءٍ، وَأَخَذَهَا عَطَاءٌ مِنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَأَخَذَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَأَخَذَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَحْسَنَ صَلَاةً مِنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ.

    ✧ The people of Makkah say: Ibn Jurayj took the prayer from Ata, Ata took it from Ibn al-Zubayr, Ibn al-Zubayr took it from Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr took it from the Prophet ﷺ. I have not seen anyone with a better prayer than Ibn Jurayj.

74. Musnad Ahmad 74Sahih

    تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ عُمَرَ مِنْ خُنَيْسِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ ( أَوْ حُذَيْفَةَ شَكَّ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ) وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا، فَتُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ، فَعَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَفْصَةَ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ قَالَ: سَأَنْظُرُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ، فَلَقِيَنِي فَقَالَ: مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ يَوْمِي هَذَا، قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ ابْنَةَ عُمَرَ، فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا، فَكُنْتُ أَوْجَدَ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ، فَخَطَبَهَا إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَأَنْكَحْتُهَا إِيَّاهُ، فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: لَعَلَّكَ وَجَدْتَ عَلَيَّ حِينَ عَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ حَفْصَةَ فَلَمْ أَرْجِعْ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ شَيْئًا حِينَ عَرَضْتَهَا عَلَيَّ إِلَّا أَنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُهَا، وَلَمْ أَكُنْ لِأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا نَكَحْتُهَا.

    ✧ Hafsah bint Umar became widowed from Khunays b. Hudhafah (or Hudhayfah - Abd al-Razzaq was unsure), who was one of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and had been present at Badr, and he died in Madinah. He said: I met Uthman b. Affan and offered Hafsah to him. I said: If you wish, I will marry you to Hafsah. He said: I will consider it. I waited for some nights, and then he met me and said: I do not want to marry today. Umar said: I met Abu Bakr and said: If you wish, I will marry you to Hafsah bint Umar. He did not reply to me at all, and I was more upset with him than with Uthman. I waited for some nights, and then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed to her, and I married her to him. Abu Bakr met me and said: Perhaps you were upset with me when you offered Hafsah to me and I did not reply to you. He said: I said: Yes. He said: Nothing prevented me from replying to you when you offered her to me except that I had heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mention her, and I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. If he had left her, I would have married her.

75. Musnad Ahmad 75Weak

    لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ سَيِّئُ الْمَلَكَةِ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَلَيْسَ أَخْبَرْتَنَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ أَكْثَرُ الْأُمَمِ مَمْلُوكِينَ وَأَيْتَامًا ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى فَأَكْرِمُوهُمْ كَرَامَةَ أَوْلَادِكُمْ، وَأَطْعِمُوهُمْ مِمَّا تَأْكُلُونَ، قَالُوا: فَمَا يَنْفَعُنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ: فَرَسٌ صَالِحٌ تَرْتَبِطُهُ تُقَاتِلُ عَلَيْهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَمَمْلُوكُكَ يَكْفِيكَ، فَإِذَا صَلَّى، فَهُوَ أَخُوكَ، [فَإِذَا صَلَّى فَهُوَ أَخُوكَ].

    ✧ The one who mistreats his slave will not enter Paradise. A man said: O Messenger of Allah, did you not tell us that this nation has the most slaves and orphans among the nations? He said: Yes, so honor them as you honor your children, and feed them from what you eat. They said: What will benefit us in this world, O Messenger of Allah? He said: A righteous horse that you keep ready to fight on in the path of Allah, and your slave who takes care of your needs. When he prays, he is your brother. [When he prays, he is your brother.]

76. Musnad Ahmad 76Sahih

    أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ مَقْتَلَ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَانِي فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْقَتْلَ قَدِ اسْتَحَرَّ بِأَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ مِنْ قُرَّاءِ الْقُرْآنِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَأَنَا أَخْشَى أَنْ يَسْتَحِرَّ الْقَتْلُ بِالْقُرَّاءِ فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ، فَيَذْهَبَ قُرْآنٌ كَثِيرٌ لَا يُوعَى، وَإِنِّي أَرَى أَنْ تَأْمُرَ بِجَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ فَقُلْتُ لِعُمَرَ: وَكَيْفَ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: هُوَ وَاللهِ خَيْرٌ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى شَرَحَ اللهُ بِذَلِكَ صَدْرِي، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ الَّذِي رَأَى عُمَرُ، قَالَ زَيْدٌ: وَعُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ جَالِسٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّكَ شَابٌّ عَاقِلٌ لَا نَتَّهِمُكَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ تَكْتُبُ الْوَحْيَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَاجْمَعْهُ. قَالَ زَيْدٌ: فَوَاللهِ لَوْ كَلَّفُونِي نَقْلَ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ مَا كَانَ بِأَثْقَلَ عَلَيَّ مِمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ مِنْ جَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ تَفْعَلُونَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ.

    ✧ Abu Bakr sent for him after the killing of the people of al-Yamamah, and Umar was with him. Abu Bakr said: Umar came to me and said: The killing has been intense among the people of al-Yamamah, among the reciters of the Quran from the Muslims, and I fear that the killing will be intense among the reciters in other places, and much of the Quran will be lost and not preserved. I think you should order the collection of the Quran. I said to Umar: How can I do something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not do? He said: By Allah, it is good. He kept urging me until Allah opened my chest to it, and I saw in it what Umar saw. Zayd said: Umar was sitting with him, not speaking. Abu Bakr said: You are a young, intelligent man, and we do not suspect you. You used to write the revelation for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so collect it. Zayd said: By Allah, if they had tasked me with moving a mountain, it would not have been heavier on me than what he ordered me to do of collecting the Quran. I said: How can you do something that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not do?

77. Musnad Ahmad 77Sahih

    لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، وَاسْتُخْلِفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَاصَمَ الْعَبَّاسُ عَلِيًّا فِي أَشْيَاءَ تَرَكَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ شَيْءٌ تَرَكَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَلَمْ يُحَرِّكْهُ، فَلَا أُحَرِّكُهُ، فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: شَيْءٌ لَمْ يُحَرِّكْهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَلَسْتُ أُحَرِّكُهُ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عُثْمَانُ اخْتَصَمَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ: فَأَسْكَتَ عُثْمَانُ وَنَكَّسَ رَأْسَهُ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ، فَضَرَبْتُ بِيَدِي بَيْنَ كَتِفَيِ الْعَبَّاسِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ، أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا سَلَّمْتَهُ لِعَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: فَسَلَّمَهُ لَهُ.

    ✧ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away and Abu Bakr was made caliph, al-Abbas disputed with Ali over things the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had left behind. Abu Bakr said, 'It is something the Messenger of Allah ﷺ left, and he did not move it, so I will not move it.' When Umar was made caliph, they brought their dispute to him and he said, 'It is something Abu Bakr did not move, so I am not going to move it.' He said: When Uthman was made caliph, they brought their dispute to him. He said: Uthman fell silent and lowered his head. Ibn Abbas said: I feared he would take it, so I struck my hand between al-Abbas's shoulders and said, 'O my father, I adjure you to hand it over to Ali.' He said: So he handed it over to him.

78. Musnad Ahmad 78Sahih

    بَيْنَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ، وَالْعَبَّاسُ قَدِ ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: مَهْ يَا عَبَّاسُ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا تَقُولُ، تَقُولُ: ابْنُ أَخِي وَلِي شَطْرُ الْمَالِ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا تَقُولُ يَا عَلِيُّ، تَقُولُ: ابْنَتُهُ تَحْتِي، وَلَهَا شَطْرُ الْمَالِ وَهَذَا مَا كَانَ فِي يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهِ، فَوَلِيَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، فَعَمِلَ فِيهِ بِعَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، ثُمَّ وَلِيتُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَحْلِفُ بِاللهِ لَأَجْهَدَنَّ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ فِيهِ بِعَمَلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ وَعَمَلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ. ثُمَّ قَالَ

    ✧ While we were sitting with Umar, Ali and al-Abbas entered, their voices raised. Umar said, 'Easy, O Abbas. I know what you are saying. You say: The son of my brother, and to me belongs half the wealth. And I know what you are saying, O Ali. You say: His daughter is under me, and to her belongs half the wealth. And this is what was in the hands of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we saw how he used to deal with it. Abu Bakr took charge of it after him and dealt with it as the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had done. Then I took charge of it after Abu Bakr, and I swear by Allah that I will strive to deal with it as the Messenger of Allah and Abu Bakr dealt with it.' Then he said…

79. Musnad Ahmad 79Hasan

    أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ جَاءَتْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَعُمَرَ تَطْلُبُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَا: إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: إِنِّي لَا أُورَثُ.

    ✧ Fatimah came to Abu Bakr and Umar seeking her inheritance from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. They said, 'We heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: I am not inherited from.'

80. Musnad Ahmad 80Weak

    إِنِّي لَجَالِسٌ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِشَهْرٍ، فَذَكَرَ قِصَّةً، فَنُودِيَ فِي النَّاسِ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةٌ وَهِيَ أَوَّلُ صَلَاةٍ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ نُودِيَ بِهَا أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةٌ، فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ، فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ شَيْئًا صُنِعَ لَهُ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَيْهِ، وَهِيَ أَوَّلُ خُطْبَةٍ خَطَبَهَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ: فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، وَلَوَدِدْتُ أَنَّ هَذَا كَفَانِيهِ غَيْرِي، وَلَئِنْ أَخَذْتُمُونِي بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ مَا أُطِيقُهَا إِنْ كَانَ لَمَعْصُومًا مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ، وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

    I was sitting with Abu Bakr as-Siddeeq, the successor of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, one month after the death of the Prophet ﷺ and he was telling a story, then the call went out among the people, ʿAs-salatu jami'ah (prayer is about to begin),ʿ and it was the first time that this call of ʿas-salatu jami'ahʿ went out to the people. The people gathered and he ascended the minbar, which was something that was made for him to deliver speeches, and it was the first speech he gave in Islam. He praised and glorified Allah, then he said: O People, I wish that someone else could have taken care of this for me, for if you compare my way to the way of your Prophet ﷺ, I cannot be like him, for he was protected from the shaitan and the revelation used to come to him from heaven.

81. Musnad Ahmad 81Graders disagree

    قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ: أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقُولَ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَإِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ وَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ مَضْجَعِي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ: اللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ أَنْتَ رَبُّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَمَلِيكُهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُكَ وَرَسُولُكَ، أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ نَفْسِي، وَشَرِّ الشَّيْطَانِ وَشِرْكِهِ، وَأَنْ أَقْتَرِفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي سُوءًا، أَوْ أَجُرَّهُ إِلَى مُسْلِمٍ.

    ✧ Abu Bakr al-Siddiq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ instructed me to say when I enter the morning, when I enter the evening, and when I lie down at night: O Allah, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, You are the Lord of everything and its Owner. I bear witness that there is no god but You alone, with no partner, and that Muhammad is Your servant and Messenger. I seek refuge in You from the evil of my own soul, from the evil of Satan and his trap, and from committing any wrong against myself or bringing it upon a Muslim.